Title: Romance in the air

Author: enchanted nightingale

Beta: pussycatadamah

Disclaimer: The characters do not belong to me. I only use them in my plot for fun.

Chapter 11

Kagome's apartment:

The miko was feeling cranky. It had been two day since she spilled the beans to Tsunade, Sasuke and Naruto. Two days she stayed at home. And two days since her morning sickness had kicked in. Cracker in hand she was sprawled on her couch snuggled under a warm blanket and munched the salty food absently. Her mind was a mess. She had so much to think about. First and foremost was the mess that was her life. Now that Tsunade knew the truth she dreaded what would happen next. She liked Konoha well enough; she could imagine herself living here for a few more years. The people well nice enough, the shinobi around here were friendly enough. She had made many friends and had a job she liked.

"Such a mess…" she sighed and bit into another salty cracker.

She had seen Naruto. While she had not spoken to him she did not stop cooking for him and now for his dark haired guest as well.

So she was quite surprised when there was a tap on her balcony window.

Kagome blinked. "I really need to buy some curtains," she muttered as she stood and opened the door for Naruto and Sasuke.

"Hey," the blond ninja waved.

Sasuke nodded cordially and they both entered her small home.

"How are you doing?" Naruto asked. "Sakura told us you have not been to work lately… Tsunade did not fire you, did she?"

Kagome blinked. "You thought… No! That's not it!" the miko protested.

"Then what?" the young Uchiha demanded.

"Well, you better sit down."

The two males swallowed.

"Last time you said that you gave us the shock of our lives," Naruto told her, looking at her warily.

Kagome laughed. "Well, this one is good news." She touched her belly where she knew life was growing. Two pairs of eyes followed the movement. "I'm actually pregnant."

Hokage's Tower:

Tsunade paced her office. Her head was still unable to grasp the wealth of information that Kagome had given was too much for her.

She could still not imagine a world with so many demons, so much destruction. No matter how many ninjas they had they would still have trouble dealing with them. The name of Kagome's foe came to her. 'Naraku,' Tsunade remembered. The ninja shivered. That kind of enemy she could do without. That demon sounded like Orochimaru, but twice as bad.

The thought that Kyuubi had come from that land made her shiver. That meant that more demons could cross over, not just the Tailed beasts.

Shizune entered cautiously, especially with the news she wanted to deliver.

"What is it?" Tsunade asked the girl.

Shizune sighed. "Well, Jiraya-"

"What did that pervert do?" Tsunade demanded. She could use a punch bag. "Where is he?"

The other woman sweat-dropped. "Well, at the hospital-"

But Tsunade was already gone.

Kagome's apartment:

"Pregnant?" Naruto echoed.

The girl nodded.

"Congratulations are in order then," Sasuke spoke up.

Kagome smiled and hugged him, enjoyed seeing the young teen blush and stutter. Naruto laughed at the pair until his turn came. Kagome pulled him, too, in a hug and the fox vessel tried to escape but the miko would not let up. In fact Kagome planted a kiss on his cheek, something that finally made the blond stop and stare at her wide eyed.

"You're just so cute Naruto," Kagome told him before releasing him. "Now, how about I make some tea?"

Naruto blinked again and Sasuke pulled him further inside.

"Me? Naruto? Can Kyuubi join us? Unless you guys mind."

The two shinobi blinked.

With a flash of chakra said fox appeared in the middle of the room. He was too exotic and too much like a demon that he looked out of place in the close confines.

"Hey!" Naruto yelled and pointed at the apparition.

Kyuubi smirked. "Hello there brats." He turned to Kagome. "I accept the invitation."

Kagome rolled her eyes. "Of course you do. Jasmine tea or green?"

"Hm, Jasmine," the demon replied as he, too, sat across from Sasuke and Naruto. "Stop squirming Naruto," Kyuubi told the blond. "I won't attack you anytime soon."

"Okay," Naruto sighed. He tried to relax as well; it simply took too much energy to stay so alert and angry at the fox, especially now that he looked nothing like the snarling beast that disturbed his thoughts.

"You look like a human," Sasuke told Kyuubi.

"I do, don't I?"

The dark haired ninja nodded.

"Have you met many demons boy?" the fox asked. At Sasuke's negative emotion his lips curled, showing his fangs. "Then do not presume to know about my kind, boy."

"Now, now," Kagome came with a tray of cookies. "Play nice, Kyuubi."

The fox rolled his eyes and then those intelligent red eyes zeroed in on the spot where he could feel another presence inside the miko. "Hm, you really are carrying." A grin broke out on his face. "Had a bit too much fun, didn't you?"

Kagome blushed. But then her eyes narrowed. "You're one to talk. I swear foxes are such perverts!"

"We are not!" Kyuubi exclaimed.

"Really?" a catty grin formed on the miko's face. "So all the talk I heard about the libido of kitsune youkai were all lies?"

"Blasted woman!" the demon said, making Kagome laugh as she went to drink the tea.

"What was this about?" Naruto asked. "Does she mean you are a pervert?"

Kyuubi blushed. "I'm not! And you brat do not go and misinterpret what you hear."

"But isn't Kagome a miko?" Sasuke cut in. "You should not have your powers," he told Kagome, who had brought the tea.

"I have really no idea," the woman admitted. "Perhaps because I am not a traditional miko." She shrugged. "It doesn't really matter to me. If I do lose my powers I can still defend myself, I do know how to use a sword."

"Sword?" both Sasuke and the Kyuubi's interest was caught.

On the other hand Naruto groaned. "What's nice about swords?"

"They're sharp…" Kyuubi told him.

"Can slash and cut…" Sasuke continued.

"Kill and maim…" the fox went on.

Naruto sat horrified as his best friend and the demon he played warden to listed all the horrible things they could think of.

At one point Kagome laughed. "Kyuubi," she called out, halting their speech. "There are two swords, those that kill and the one that gives life," the miko told them.

"The Tesneiga was used?" the demon asked urgently.

Kagome nodded and told the three about Sesshomaru's use of the fang his father gave him when he used it to bring back to life Rin, the father of a beaver demon and even the imp Jenken.

"Cool sword," Naruto muttered.

"Just how strong are demon fangs?" Sasuke wondered.

"You have no idea boy," Kyuubi said, a fond hue in his voice.

"Why do you call us boy, brat or whatever?" Naruto asked then.

Kyuubi blinked.

"Yes, I wanted to ask that myself," Sasuke wondered.

"Ah, perhaps he's too old to remember your names," Kagome teased.

"Woman!" the demon roared.

"You want something?" Kagome's voice was sweet but her powers had gathered on her palms, pulsing steadily.

"You are insufferable," Kyuubi told her.

"Why, thank you," the miko replied. "I'll bring the sugar."

And Naruto found the chance to whisper to the fox, "You're whipped."

That earned him a growl but Kagome returned and Sasuke asked how demon usually fought; taking the talk away from anything that could cause much debate among them.

End of chapter