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Hello everybody! Alright in this chapter many new feelings are starting to be experienced by both genders. In the chapter where Souta took a trip to Sesshomaru's office, and met Rin, I realize at the time I thought it was kind of a pointless chapter. Although now I know how it works into the story. Btw if anyone sees a discrepancy than please inform me. Other than that read, review and enjoy!

Disclaimer:

The police would get me if InuYasha I claimed

I'd get thrown in jail, executed and maimed

And although it would be an exciting chase

I own fricking nothing so get out of my face

Miracles

Chapter 11

"Um hello Kouga." Kagome said nervously as she unwound his arm from her waist. The boy grinned showing his fangs.

"I didn't know you worked here Kagome. Wow too bad, because you know who else works here-" Kouga was cut off as Ayame had just come out from the back room, and was now making her way around the counter.

"Kouga! What a surprise! I thought you were going to come later." Ayame said happily skipping over and latching onto his arm. Kouga looked uneasily down at her grimaced.

Kagome couldn't help but laugh. She thought that Ayame looked familiar. She was the same girl that was with Kouga at the restaurant. Kagome picked her fallen mop and walked over to replace it in the janitorial closet . She left the two wolf-like teenagers arguing in the middle of the store, as she went to gather her clothes from the back room, and punch out her shift. When she came back, street clothes folded under an arm, she found that Kouga and Ayame were now full out yelling at each other in the face.

"I AM NOT GOING TO BE YOUR BOYFRIEND SO STOP ASKING!" Kouga screamed at the shorter red haired girl, with the purple flower stuck in her pigtails.

"LISTEN YOU! YOU PROMISED ME WHEN WE WERE LITTLE! ONLY A DICK WOULD GO BACK ON HIS PROMISE!" Ayame was standing on tip toes screaming right back at the boy wearing a brown shirt and blue jeans.

"I WAS A LITTLE KID! WHAT KIND OF PERSON TAKES THAT SERIOUSLY! I ALSO SAID I WAS GOING TO BE WOLVERINE WHEN I GREW UP! YOU GOING TO TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY TOO?" Kouga seemed to be getting to the end of his patience. As soon as he caught sight of Kagome he went over to her and slung an arm around her shoulders. "Besides Kagome is my woman now."

Three sets of shocked faces looked at Kouga. Two of them were angry and the third was just plain shocked. Kouga just smirked at the rest and a fourth face sucked on a popsicle making little rivulets of blue juice stream down his face. During the shouting match InuYasha had walked in carrying Souta. He stood snarling looking at Kouga.

"What the hell does that mean wolf? She ain't your woman!" InuYasha shouted at him. Kagome wriggled out from under Kouga's arm and quickly went over to InuYasha who was already stomping his way over to lay some hurt on Kouga. InuYasha blindly handed Souta to Kagome as he kept walking menacingly toward the still smirking boy.

Kagome stopped near Ayame, who was looking at her murderously. "I thought you were my friend Kagome." she said quietly but with venom, her piercing green eyes looking betrayed and full of anger at the same time.

"Oh Ayame, I'm not his woman!" She exclaimed, still shocked at hearing the words come from Kouga. "I've only met him twice! I don't even know him!"

"Are you sure?" The fire was gone leaving uncertainty in Ayame's voice.

"Don't be silly, of course I'm sure." Kagome smiled at the girl who returned the smile slowly.

InuYasha marched over to Kouga and grabbed the collar of his shirt. Kouga's mischievous look was gone, replaced by his willingness to fight for Kagome. "I mean what I said you mangy mutt. She's my woman." Kouga said fiercely growling a little. InuYasha cocked his arm back intending to smash Kouga's face. But Kouga ripped himself from InuYasha's grasp, dodging the hanyou's fist. Kouga got into a battle stance as InuYasha cracked his knuckles ready for a fight.

"Boys! Don't do this. Can you guys just calm down ok?" Kagome ran forward, still holding Souta in her arms, standing between the two enraged males. "Please don't fight." she looked at InuYasha and said directly to him, "InuYasha I'm not his woman, don't believe him." She then turned toward Kouga, "And Kouga I'm not your woman, so please leave me alone." Kagome back up into InuYasha's chest. "We have to leave now." Kagome turned facing InuYasha, pulling on his sleeve. "Let's go InuYasha, it's getting late." With a final growl in Kouga's direction InuYasha was led out the door by Kagome.

"Oh for heavens sake! You were going to get into a fight over something so stupid!" Kagome scolded InuYasha while they drove home. "Honestly, did you really believe such a stupid thing he said?" Kagome was so into lecturing InuYasha, she didn't even notice when Souta dropped the sticky blue popsicle stick in her lap, and began imitating her by shaking his little fist at InuYasha. InuYasha looked down as the movement caught his eye, and burst out laughing. "Oh for the love of Pete! Do you think this is funny? Kouga was going to fight you! And you're laughing!" Kagome shrieked at him.

"Listen wench, he was calling you as his own. That's pretty serious to call a girl your woman. And don't get in the middle of a fight ever again. You could have gotten hurt, or Souta hurt. So don't try it again."

"Don't you listen wench me! I'm the one doing the reprimanding here not you!"

InuYasha pulled his car into a parking space of the apartment complex, turning the engine off he turned facing Kagome looking deep into her chocolate eyes.

"Don't get in the middle of a fight between me and someone, I don't want you to get hurt. Or for Souta to get hurt, I'd rather me get into a fight then you accidently get hit. So don't do it again." His voice lacked the slight amusement it held from before, he was dead serious. Kagome mentally gulped and nodded.

"InuYasha... I'm sorry." Kagome whispered as the boy got out of the car and came around to her side. He opened the door and picked up Souta.

"It's ok, Kagome just don't ever do it again." Another nod from Kagome, and InuYasha grinned at her pointing to the popsicle stick in her lap. "I hope that's not going to stain." Kagome gasped as she saw the blue tinted popsicle stick in her lap, a blue smudge around the offending piece of wood.

"Oh no I have to go to work tomorrow! How am I going to get this cleaned by then?" Kagome bent over to examine the blue stain more closely. InuYasha's mind went a little fuzzy as he watched her bend over in her little mini skirt. The cloth rose a few inches while she was bent revealing more of Kagome legs than was previously shown. A sharp tug coming from below him ripped his attention to the sticky baby in his arms. Souta had gotten a hold of a lock of his hair and was now gleefully yanking on it causing InuYasha to wince with every pull. The toddler then stopped and yawned blinking tiredly a few times.

"Hey Kagome I think we should go inside, Souta looks kind of tired." InuYasha headed for the doors into the apartment, Kagome walking along behind him. She was still worrying over the stain in her uniform. "You know there's a laundry room in the basement for residents to use. I suppose you could wash your stuff there." He said while climbing the stairs to their floor. Funny how he started to think in terms of 'we'. It wasn't just his, Miroku, and Sesshomaru's apartment anymore. It was his, Miroku, Sesshomaru, Kagome, and Souta's apartment. Theirs. Wait till Kagome saw what he and Souta were doing while she was gone. Boy was she going to be surprised.

InuYasha unlocked the door and stepped in waiting to hear Kagome's reaction to some additions he had made. When Kagome walked in the room, still preoccupied she didn't notice the stroller sitting by the door, or the baby gates on the doorways to the kitchen, and living room. When she walked into his room to change her clothes she didn't see the crib sitting in the corner. She hadn't noticed the car seat in InuYasha's car either, since she was busy telling him off about fighting. InuYasha was a little disappointed she didn't seem to see these things.

Kagome came out of the bedroom dressed in a InuYasha's way too large pair of jeans held up by a belt, with a t-shirt that could have fit more of her into it than it should."So Kagome notice anything different?" InuYasha asked hoping she'd see all the effort he had made to be sure of Souta's safety and well being.

"Actually yeah, where did Souta get those clothes?" She pointed to the tiny pair of jeans he was wearing, and the striped green and blue shirt, which was damp at the top and slightly blue. On his feet were a pair of blue chuck converse's.

"Well me and Souta went shopping." He said cooly playing it off like it was no big deal.

"I see and you bought clothes?" She seemed a bit worried because she frowned in a distracted manner.

"Clothes, and other things..." InuYasha said, leaning against the couch.

"Other things like?..." Kagome then caught a glimpse of one of the baby gates, she turned then saw the other baby gate connecting tp the kitchen, she then saw the stroller resting near the door. She walked over to one of the gates and examined it closely. Kagome opened her mouth about to say something when she peered into the bedroom, seeing the crib.

"InuYasha, you really didn't have to do all that." she sat down on the couch and looked up at him, leaning against it on the other side. Her face held confusion.

"I did it cuz I wanted to so don't worry about." InuYasha suddenly looked triumphant saying, "And now no more surprise wake up calls at the crack of dawn!" He laughed, inviting Kagome to laugh along too. She chuckled a little wiping one of her eyes.

"Hey are you ok?" InuYasha said looking searchingly in her eyes. Kagome smiled and picked herself up from the couch.

"I'm just fine InuYasha." She vanished into the bedroom coming back with a laundry basket full of InuYasha's dirty clothes. "And since I'm doing laundry I might as well clean your stuff along with mine."

"Whoa I didn't even know I had a laundry basket." InuYasha whispered in amazement. Kagome laughed and skipped along to basement.

Kagome's week had gone similarly to that first Monday. She had gotten her uniform cleaned along with a huge pile of InuYasha's. School went pretty regularly, nothing of noticeable mention had occurred. As it turned out InuYasha had bravely made a trip to the grocery store and picked up a ton of boxes of popsicles. Souta was always happily licking one. Kagome had picked up the habit, so whenever InuYasha saw either Higurashi at home they were always sucking on them. Although when the older Higurashi sucked on a popsicle it made InuYasha hasten to another room to cool down. InuYasha had taught Souta a lot of new words, one of them being "feh", although when Souta said it sounded more "fah". Kagome had already beat him up for saying curse words around the little tyke. Kagome waited happily and nervously for Saturday to come. In the morning she was supposed to go shopping with Sango, and at 1 pm she was going to have a picnic with Ryoki. She couldn't wait to talk with her older brother, and have him see Souta. As for as she knew Ryoki had only seen him when he was just born. Kagome didn't remember why he suddenly left that day, probably her father had chased him out.

InuYasha was starting to get used to living with Kagome. They switched on and off sleeping in his bed, while the other slept on the couch. This plan worked out too. The only portion of his life InuYasha didn't like about Kagome was when he walked into room one day to find the whole thing cleaned. His clothes were folded neatly in their drawers, and his closet was organized. He actually had a chair in his room, and a desk, and a computer! There was even some textbooks propping up the bed! He finally could find his skateboard and everything else he thought was lost or stolen finally showed up. But that fact that Kagome did it without asking made him mad. She said it was a surprise, but what kind of surprise is it to come into one's own room and find a girl calmly waxing all the wood furniture? And his bathroom... The cluttered sink was clear, everything put away in the cabinet behind the mirror. All the shampoo and conditioners in the shower were neatly lined up on the shelf in there. The towels were folded sitting under the sink, in infuriating stacks. The whole thing actually sparkled! But it was an improvement, at least from how it used to be. But it still ticked him off that Kagome did without telling him first. Whatever...

Saturday dawned on them, birds chirping, Miroku singing in his shower, and Kagome's cooking from the kitchen. Souta cheerfully was throwing toy blocks at InuYasha's prone sleeping form. "Why do you always feel the need to wake me up with pain to my head?" InuYasha had woken when one of Souta's blocks found it's way to his cranium. The hanyou rubbed his sore head and started to arise from his bed. He wore only a pair of plaid red boxers. The strong scent of bacon and eggs was calling him from the kitchen. He followed his nose, briefly remembering to grab Souta on his way out.

He was led to the kitchen by the wafting aroma of food, where he set Souta down in his high chair, and he sat himself in front a dish heaping with bacon and scrambled eggs. Needless to say InuYasha dug in enthusiastically. Kagome was busy stirring something on the stove with her back to him, so she wasn't really paying attention to him.

"Oh!" Kagome said, startled that she had company, and that her one of her company wasn't wearing a shirt. "InuYasha I didn't know you were up." The girl set a bowl of oatmeal in front of Souta and sat herself in front of a dish similar to InuYasha's, only her portions were smaller.

"Yeah well I'm up now eh." Apparently he didn't want to be bothered while he consumed the delicious meal Kagome had prepared. After a moment he said, "You know this is really good."

"I've had lot's of practice." She answered dryly, in between feeding herself and feeding Souta. InuYasha was quiet for a moment, as he processed what she had just said.

Kagome felt a hand on top of hers. She looked up and saw InuYasha staring at her, while taking Souta's spoon away from her. "Here you eat and I'll finish with the squirt." He grinned scooting his chair closer to Souta. The toddler, pleased that he had received so much attention that morning, gave a toothy smile while simultaneously throwing clumps of oatmeal at InuYasha.

"You know when he gets old enough, we should enroll him in a sport, like football. He'd be a hell of a quarterback." InuYasha laughed ironically, wiping the oatmeal off his bare chest, and picking it out of his long silver locks.

Kagome showered first taking Souta with her. When she had finished and dressed herself in an over large ensemble of InuYasha's, and Souta in pair of red corduroy overalls with a white t-shirt underneath. "You know InuYasha I never knew you had a fashion sense for little kids."

"I don't... I had some help..." InuYasha muttered turning away from Kagome.

"What!" Kagome laughed, "Who may I ask helped you then?" Kagome settled Souta on her hip, her arm clutching the baby bag and folded up stroller for the trip down the stairs. She turned to InuYasha waiting for an answer.

"Just a sales lady... She said I could get a discount because she's never seen a father shop with his son for clothes before." He rubbed his head waiting for Kagome's reaction. The latter bursting into uncontrollable laughter.

"I see, and you didn't bother correcting her that it was in fact not your son?"

"I just let her believe what she wanted to, ok?" InuYasha huffed heading towards the bathroom for a shower. Still chuckling Kagome opened the door preparing to leave, when InuYasha called out to her.

"Hey Kagome" she turned, just in time to catch the flying object that sailed through the air toward her. Kagome looked in her hand to find a key. "Now you won't get locked out or anything." InuYasha returned back within his room leaving Kagome slightly caught off guard.

She now had the keys to a man's apartment.

Kagome met Sango at the latter's apartment. They then both went down to the parking lot, transferring the car seat for Souta, from InuYasha's car to Sango's. Once they were all settled in Sango drove them to the mall.

"You know I think I've only been here a couple of times." Kagome remarked as she pushed Souta along in the stroller. The girls (and baby) went into a store that displayed skinny mannequins in the window wearing cute skirts and sparkly tops, and played loud funky music on the speakers.

"That's a tragedy Kagome, because the mall is where they have awesome sales for cute outfits." Sango said while holding up a short sleeve shirt to herself in front of a mirror. Kagome just sighed, and examined a pair of jeans.

"Oh my gosh!" Sango squealed spotting a pink and green knee length skirt. She grabbed it up, and held it to Kagome. "This would look so good on you!" Another piece of clothing caught Sango's eye, and she similarly squealed snatching it up. Within five minutes Sango had picked out at least ten outfits and shoved them into Kagome's arms pushing her into a dressing room. "You can't come out unless you're wearing one of those, and we're not leaving till I see them all on you." Sango ordered through the door.

Needless to say Sango had forced, or um convinced Kagome to agree that she did look hot in her new clothes. It was a bit of a disappointment for both girls when it came to leave.

"Wow we bought so much stuff, are you sure it's ok?" Kagome asked Sango, while pushing the baby carriage to the exit so they could leave.

"I like doing this Kagome so stop worrying. And think of it this way, you never have to wear boxers, or any of InuYasha's clothes again. Unless you want to that is..." Sango giggled at her own comment. Kagome rolled her eyes and strapped Souta in to his car seat once they had reached the car.

Indeed Kagome now held a complete wardrobe. She had pants, skirts, shorts, and shirts, with long sleeves, short sleeves, v-necks, necklines that went so low Kagome was unsure if she would ever wear them out. She had a myriad of shoes and accessories, each matching something she bought. And most importantly she had girls underwear now. Bras, and panties, no more boxers. It was a good thing that they had brought the stroller along or they wouldn't have had enough hands to hold all the bags they had purchased.

Once Kagome was back at the apartment, and she and Sango struggled to carry the stroller and all it's packages up to her floor, she unlocked the door. With Souta on one hip, and her hand wheeling the stroller, Kagome pushed the door open to find InuYasha fast asleep on the couch. She smiled and bypassed him to the bedroom. With a sigh, Kagome plopped on the bed, exhausted.

Souta squirmed in her arms, until he was free where he immediately crawled out the door. Kagome had left the baby gate open, and he made his way right up to InuYasha. The hanyou didn't even stir as the baby climbed up and snuggled into his arm.

After Kagome had put all her new clothes and stuff away she came back into the living room to find her two boys sleeping on the couch. Her two boys. Since when had she started to think of InuYasha like that? These thoughts surprised and startled her, causing her to blush while she was making the picnic lunch for herself, Souta and Ryoki.

Kagome packed turkey and cheese sandwiches, a potato salad, some apples and bananas, and a container of lemonade. When the lunch was packed, Kagome passed the sleeping males on the couch, and went into the bedroom. She changed her clothes into one of her new outfits.

By the time Kagome emerged from the bedroom, InuYasha was awake and watching a football game, while Souta sat on his knee sucking on a green popsicle. He looked up and saw Kagome, his eyes widening. She was wearing that first skirt that Sango had spotted, the pink and green one, that flowed down to her knees, with a matching pink shirt. On her feet were a pair of simple green sandals. InuYasha didn't know it, but he probably could guess, that she was also wearing her own underwear and her own bra. She stood blushing slightly in front of him.

"So um how do I look?" Kagome did an experimental twirl for the inspection of the hanyou.

"G-great." He said and mentally gulped. InuYasha soon took control over his surprised expression and rearranged it to his usual gruffness. Kagome went over and plucked Souta from his lap, carrying him back to the bedroom so he could change his clothes. Within minutes she was ready with Souta. InuYasha held the door open for her as she maneuvered herself, Souta, the lunch basket and the stroller out onto the landing. He helped her carry it all down the stairs. At the apartment complex's doors he faced Kagome and spoke to her. "Are you sure you don't want me to drive you there? Because the streets are dangerous you know."

"Of course, not the parks only a few blocks away. I'm perfectly able to walk there." Kagome brushed him off and settled Souta in the stroller, the latter who began babbling playfully at his new surroundings. "Good bye InuYasha." Kagome turned and commenced walking in the direction of the park.

Stubborn wench. InuYasha decided right then and there he was going to follow her an make sure she was safe.

Kagome strolled in the park, enjoying the sunshine, pushing the stroller along a path. The park was filled with children, playing on the playground, throwing balls and frisbees around, and playing games like tag and hide-and-go-seek. Mothers and fathers sat on park benches watching their offspring play or participated in the games themselves. Souta was giggling and pointing to random objects. He absolutely burst into laughter when a dog came up and sniffed him curiously. Kagome found a nice patch of grass under the shade of a large tree. She spread out a blanket and set Souta on it while she rummaged around in the stroller for a baby book. Upon finding it, Kagome too sat down and began reading to her. She was so immersed in the book and Souta she didn't notice the dark presence coming closer and closer.