Well guys.. again with another chapter about out favorite guys. This may sound weird, but the next few chapters may take longer, since I have to rewrite them all over again. So please be patient!

I wanted to say that even if I don't get much reviews, I will still be posting the fic till the end, for the sake of some of my faithful reviewers, even if they are few.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Inu-gang characters. They belong to old hag Rumiko Takahashi. I only own the name of the Narshas, Kimiko, Keiko, Grown-up Rin and Kirara's baby Kittens. (Oh! And Sesshy's friendly personality!)

Chapter 11

Acceptance

Immediately after the well sealed itself, Inuyasha leaped into it, hoping that he would still be able to pass through. Sadly, he hit the bottom. Deeply, he knew she was gone… and that without her… he was again the solitary hanyou that had surrendered under Kikyo's and the Shikon's control. In definition… he was again the lost soul that looked for acceptance, even if his friends had already done that. In his heart, he looked at his friends as his own family, or as demons said, his pack. In which he was the dominant male, who protected them from any danger. Miroku was the second male, who protected the pack when he was injured or dead. Shippo was the pup, even if he wasn't exactly his true son. Sango had been his right hand in what referred to protection, and he trusted her entirely. But Kagome… she had been his mate, even before they had actually mated. She was the glue that joined them together, forgetting differences, and accepting defects. She had always been the pillar in which his family always found comfort and advice, and the one who everyone in the pack had the obligation to protect with their life. But now… she was gone.

Inuyasha sat in the well, and cried his heart out.


Everyone else stood at the side of the well, avoiding each other's sight, and hearing the heartbreaking sound of the sobbing hanyou, but sharing a comforting embrace. They stood there for long time… but when the coldness of the afternoon reached them… they decided to leave the poor heartbroken hanyou to himself for a while. So they headed to the village.

Walking through the forest, they met a white and red dressed miko, with long black hair in a low ponytail.

She looked at them expressionless as ever, but she spoke to them in a quiet voice.

"Is she gone already…?"she asked.

"Well yeah… she parted about midday" responded quietly the kitzune.

The miko simply stole a gaze towards the direction of the well, and then simply turned towards the direction she had come from.

"Excuse me, Kikyo-sama … may I ask why is it that you don't go to Inuyasha, now that he is so heartbroken?" asked Miroku, before she went too far.

Surprisingly, she turned to glare at them, but then she gave them a sad smile, and said.

"I came only to see if my reincarnation was already gone, and to check that the fully restored jewel was properly purified. Not to see Inuyasha. And I am sure the last person he would like to see is the incarnation of the woman he loved. He deserves to be alone for a while. Anyway… I will not see him in a long time from now, since I have to go in a long journey, starting from now. If Inuyasha asks… let him know that I free him from his promise to go with me to hell… but I will be needing the souls from his mate for a bit longer, until I finish my unconcluded work, which excludes any of you. And please tell Kaede that she may be freed as well from her obligation to bring my remains to my tomb."

And with those last words, she disappeared into the forest.


The light rays filtered into the well hut, but still, they didn't illuminate the still figure that rested at the bottom of the well.

Kagome recovered consciousness when her little kitten liked her face. She settled her down, and looked at her watch. As it was digital, it showed the 12: 45pm of April 22nd. She frowned. She could have sworn that morning that it was 21st, but it was ridiculous she had been unconscious for over 24 hours after only a well travel, so she just ignored the fact, gathered her things, and leaped out of the well in one jump, just as Inuyasha did it. Before walking inside the house thought, she used her miko powers to turn herself human. She left her things in the couch, and ran to her room, her kitty in arms.

She laid in her bed, crying silently, petting her kitty, which played with a yarn ball she had found under the bed. She looked at the ceiling, until she heard her brother walking out in the corridor. He surely heard her small sobs, because he entered moments later into her room.

"Hello sis! I'm glad you're back! Did Inu-Onii-chan come with you?" Souta asked excitedly. But his smile vanished at the sight of the tearful face of his sister.

"No Souta… I came alone… and I don't think we'll see much of him for quite a period of time." said sadly Kagome.

"Oh… did you have another fight?" asked her brother, concern in his tone.

"No… it's not that… but… I need some time for myself ok?" said Kagome, burying her head in the pillow.

"Um… well, ok. I'll tell Mama you're home. Bye!" he said, and left the room.

"Oh and… Souta!" she called before he went away.

"Yeah?" he responded.

"Could you take care of her?" she said, pointing the playful kitten, which rolled in the floor, immerse in her game.

"Wow…cool! When did you get her? she so cute! can we keep her?" asked her brother.

"Yeah… just get her some food and water. I guess Buyo won't make fuss if he shares with her." she responded

"Um… sis…? What's her name? Does she have one yet?" asked the boy.

"Maybe we can name her later. Why don't you make a list of names to choose from?" said the girl from the pillow.

"Um ok. Bye!" said Souta as he grabbed carefully the kitten, and walked downstairs.

Kagome slept for some good hours, till dinnertime.


Ayuki Higurashi headed upstairs to check on her elder daughter. From what her son had commented to her, the girl seemed to have fallen into a major depression, caused, as usual, by a silver haired hanyou. She had been closed up for hours. Ayuki sighted. The constant voyages to the Sengoku Jidai her daughter did, distanciated them more and more each day. Every time she came home she spent shorter time at that era, and they didn't talk to each other much. It seemed that the feudal era had become her new home, and that she only visited her family, when at first it had been in vise versa.

She sighted again, and entered the girl's room. She was staring at the ceiling, her eyes swollen, and her pillow wet from tears.

"Um… Kagome…? Are you all right dear? It seems you are a bit depressed. Is there something you want to talk about?" asked Mama Higurashi with concern.

"No Mama… well…actually there is something I want to talk about, but I might wait to tell you all together" responded Kagome.

"Ok. As you wish… oh, and dear…? May I ask… when is Inuyasha coming for you? It's just that we are out of ramen at the moment and…" she stopped when she saw that her daughter's eyes were filling with tears again. "Oh! I'm so sorry dear!" she exclaimed, hugging her gently.

"It's all right Mama. It's just that… I'm very depressed at the moment. Maybe I'll come down after dinner" murmured the girl

"Ok… as you wish" said her mother, and left her to cry some more against her tear-soaked pillow.


When she felt she had had enough crying, Kagome washed her face in the bathroom, and went downstairs, stopped in the couch, not entering the kitchen where her family had just finished dinning. She sat for a while, thinking of the best way of explaining the past events to her family. She was afraid that if she showed them her true form, they would reject her. She knew they liked Inuyasha, but would they accept their own girl as a hanyou? She sighted. She knew her family loved her, but she didn't know what would their reaction be. She armed herself of courage, and stepped into the kitchen

They went silent when she entered, and centered their attention on her.

"Um… well… I've got something very important to tell you. I don't know if you will like it, but there is no possible way back. But… firstly, I have to explain the recent events I have lived in this few days, so you can understand my condition a little better." she started. " First of all… we have finally recollected the whole Shikon no tama, so our actual quest is over. But we still need to defeat Naraku. Second…" she blushed at this point "…Inuyasha confessed his true feeling for me Mama… and he said he loved me!" she murmured

"For Kami! I'm so happy for you dear! And it was about time!" exclaimed her mother.

Kagome smiled, but then her smile was replaced with a sad one. "Um, yeah…well… on with the story…. Just after he did that, a ghost priestess appeared and told us something about a prophecy that said that if I didn't leave the feudal era for…15 years…" she let out a little sob " … my loved one would suffer. So… I agreed to leave." she sighted, but then blushed again "But… before that…I like…um… like… I don't think I should say …married Inuyasha…well… I did in a sort of way…so it means I wont be able to marry or bed anyone else… but it's better if I refer to it as if I … made a blood-bond with him… or as he calls it… I am…his mate" she said, blushing now in haori-red tone.

Souta and Mama Higurashi's smiles increased.

"Oh! But don't make illusions! I wont be seeing him in 15 years, remember? But the thing is… it had some secondary effects… and that's what I'm worried about…" she said, and with a small flash of light, she transformed into her true self. She waited for the critic, pressing her doggie ears against her skull.

The reaction took a pair of seconds to come, but it came most unexpected to her.

"Oh WOW! You're like Inu-Onii-chan! You look so cool sis!" exclaimed Souta.

"Oh my GOD! You look soooo cute with those ears my dear! Which means I get puppy eared grandchildren!" exclaimed happily her mother.

Granpa only glared at her for a moment, but then smiled.

"If this is your decision… I'm happy for you my girl"

Kagome starred stunned at them. It had been too easy to convince them. They hadn't even doubt about their decision. They had accepted her just as she was, the mated fact and all. She let out the breath she hadn't even known she had been holding, and smiled at her family. She was accepted.

She wiped away the tears of joy that had accumulated in the corner or her eyes. And faced her family to tell them the last fact she knew they deserved to know.

"Oh… and lastly… I think I may be pregnant. And I really hope so." she finished.

This was the last thing her mother needed. She bursted into tears, and hugged her daughter.

"Oh Kagome! I so happy for you! And I really DO hope you are pregnant, and that your child gets those cute puppy ears!" she exclaimed. Kagome sweat dropped for a moment.

"But Mama, if I DO am pregnant, how could I ever explain a doctor about my condition, and the conditions my baby will be born? And I don't just mean the anatomy, but the pregnancy durance, since the demon pregnancy lasts a lot shorter than the human one. I think it is about… 4 ½ months. The baby grows at an amazing speed, and in a short time, the sex can be determined. Anyway, if I DO am pregnant, the fetus would be growing already." Explained Kagome.

"Well… firstly, we've got to stop assuming, and make you the test!" Ayuki exclaimed, dragging her daughter to the bathroom upstairs.


"Oh my GOSH! I'm going to mom!"

"Oh thanks Kami! I'm going to be Grandma!"

"Cooool! I'm going to be uncle!"

"For Kami…I'm going to be great-grandfather…. God! I'm getting so old!"

Kagome and her mother jumped hugging around the dinning table. The pregnancy test had given positive, which meant a new member of the family was in the way. It even seemed that Kagome's belly had grown a cm from all the excitement!

"But Mama… how are we going to resolve the doctor problem?" asked Kagome.

"Well dear… we should go to Dr. Yamato of course! He was the one who gave birth to you and Souta! He was the one who discovered in first place you had this strange object incrusted in your side, which was of course the Shikon no tama. I'm sure he didn't know what was it, or why had you been born with it, but maybe if we tell him the whole story, lots of him doubts could be resolved. And I'm sure he will be delighted to treat one of the first demon births in this era!" said Mama Higurashi.

"Right. That's great… but we have another point left. Were would I live? Cuz I can't stay here forever for you to maintain me, so I need to get a job, and my own home to live with the kid, and …" she was topped by her mother, who placed a hand in her shoulder.

"Don't worry dear. You can live here until the baby is born, so that way you can have all the help you need to handle it for a few months, and then you can start to look for a job, and maybe somewhere else to live your own life with your kid. But for now, you don't have to worry on where to stay. Us, your family, will always be there to support you." Said Ayuki, smiling sweetly at her daughter.


One month later…

"Well… I have to say that is one of the best stories I have ever heard! And I say that you're very lucky indeed miss Higurashi. This guy is pretty handsome. He looks a bit stubborn, but I guess by the way he looked at you, that he is in love with you till the bones." Exclaimed Dr. Yamato, admiring the photo Kagome had brought to the consult.

It was a photo taken about a year ago, in the day of their 3rd anniversary with the gang. It showed the guys under Goshinboku; Miroku with one of his well known lecherous smiles in her face, since a moment after the photo was taken he had groped the woman at his side; Sango with a smile on her face, unaware of the wandering hands of the monk, with a kawaii looking Kirara in her shoulder; Kagome was smiling with Shippo in her arms, both grinning like mother and child; and Inuyasha, who was strangely smiling slightly, and who wasn't looking at the camera, but at the raven haired woman at his side. And because of his expression, it was one of Kagome's most precious photos, since it was one his rare smiles.

Kagome smiled, and guarded the photo safely in her handbag, next to her changing rock, which always became handy. She passed her hand over her good-sized belly, which had grown some good 10 cm after she had come back.

Dr. Yamato revised the files of the revision. His eyes went wide for a moment, before his smile grew, and he faced the anxious family he had in the room.

"Well miss Higurashi…" he announced "it seems that you're doubly lucky this time, cuz it seems you're going to have twins!"

"NANI!" exclaimed Granpa, Souta, Ayuki and Kagome in total surprise.

The future mother and her mother hugged in joy.

Well… yeah! It seems the characters are multiplying like rabbits… I know…I know… but don't blame! I personally, don't think in having kids of my own, but I love to torture others having them!

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