Oasis

Chapter 14: Sunshine

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Kagome shifted, twisted, and turned as much as she could with her now more rounded belly. She let out a small groan trying to be inconspicuous before letting out a heavy sigh. Grabbing hold of her stomach she turned and found her face pressing into a well-toned chest, its owner wrapping his muscular arms around her back.

"What's," he let out a yawn, "wrong, sweetie? Can't sleep?"

"No," she shifted a little, "our pup just thinks it's a good time to kick at his mama." Her words were accentuated by a mighty kick that even Inuyasha could feel on his stomach. Quickly looking down he saw, just as another kick took place, the area of skin lifted ever so slightly from the movement.

He smiled and lowered himself to face her belly. He placed his hand on it and massaged it lovingly. "Get some sleep, pup, you're keeping your mama awake in the middle of the night."

Kagome sighed in relief as not long after the kicks stopped and the movement settled. "Thank you," passing her fingers through his hair, she continued, "what would I ever do without you?"

"Nothing," he replied, gathering her up into his arms, "because I'm not ever letting you go."

"And I won't ever let you let me go. I'll find some way back into your arms."

He smiled and she yawned. Kissing her nose, and then settling her head onto his chest, he repositioned himself to have one hand over belly and one arm around her shoulders. "Go to sleep."

She nodded and drifted into a peaceful sleep.

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The next night was much the same as the last one, though Kagome could say otherwise. Her stomach hurt a lot and felt like it was just about to drop with the weight of the pup. She certainly thought so, as the last few days she had a feeling the pup was dropping lower and lower inside her body. If this is what her mother had to go through to bring her into the world, then she will sincerely apologize the next time she saw her, she thought as another bout of pain crossed from her midsection. She held in a groan of pain.

'Oh boy, does this hurt,' Kagome thought rubbing at her stomach. Sweat built up on her forehead and her eyes slammed shut. She exhaled after the pain left and unclenched her hands. She inhaled and exhaled, staring out at the white dotted black sky on the other side of the window. The stars twinkled as if laughing at her and she grimaced in pain with another tightening of her muscles.

She gasped and squirmed, riding out the pain and biting her lip to stifle her voice. A single tear formed in her eye but she refused to let it fall, instead rubbing it off with her finger. Her lower back hurt, she felt pain in her lower section more often as time went on. It starter as early as midday time but they never lasted long nor did they come this close to the other. And now here she was on the bed on her back with the moon shining bright in the night sky with what seemed to be her baby moving down her body.

A sudden pain made her cry out before she had any time to stifle it. She opened her eyes to see Inuyasha's face appear right above hers with worry, confusion, and a slightly surprised look in his eyes. "What's wrong? Where does it hurt?"

"Nothing's wrong," Kagome stated passing her fingers through his hair. "I'm okay. Go back to sleep." She smiled, hoping she convinced him enough.

She didn't. "Don't lie to me. You're sweating. What's really wrong?"

Kagome bit her lip and looked away but cried out from the pain, wrapping her arms around her stomach. She exhaled and tried to gasp out, "The pup… hurts…"

Inuyasha was alarmed, "the pup? What's wrong with the pup? How can I help? Kagome?" She only looked at him and spread her arms toward him. Taking the hint he sat her up and almost dropped her when the scent of blood filtered through his nose.

He set her back to wall; knees bent close to her chest, and looked back to the bed to find a spot of red on the blankets. He sucked in a breath and turned to look directly into Kagome's eyes, "Kagome answer me, what's wrong with the pup?"

"I think…" she gasped with shut her eyes, "I think the babies coming."

"What?!" Inuyasha almost fell over. "How do you know?"

"Be-because…" she exhaled and searched for Inuyasha's hand which he immediately placed into hers, "my mom… was like this before she… had my brother."

"Okay… do you know what happened after that?"

"No. The doctor said I was too small to be with my mom."

Inuyasha's worry grew. "Okay… okay. I guess we'll have to figure this out then." He gave her hand a squeeze, "what do you want me to do? How can I help?"

"You can help by wiping the sweat from my face…" seeing his hand reach out she continued, "with a wet towel, Inuyasha!" she gritted her teeth and exhaled.

"Sorry. I'll go get it right now." He hurryingly said. Using his hanyou speed he quickly came into the kitchen and filled a coconut shell with water, silently thanking his eyes for their ability to see in such darkness that he knew Kagome couldn't, and getting a miniature towel for his love.

Going outside, he jumped to the second story window. He could hear his heart pounding in his ears and sweat build up on his forehead. His hands were slightly trembling as he ran toward his wife and knelt before her. He noted how her hands were clutching desperately to their beds blanket and her legs were slightly trembling.

After soaking the towel into the water, he placed the folded cloth on her forehead. "Are you okay?" he heard the quietly asked question come from Kagome.

"Why do you say that?" his voice cracking slightly in which he mentally slapped himself.

"Cause you look like you're about to pass out any second now." She slightly giggled.

He scoffed and went back to fretting over her. Though he tried to calm down, he failed miserably. "Blankets! Blankets… we need some blankets," he muttered and ran back downstairs.

Running over to the basket, he skimmed through it when he heard "Inuyasha! Hurry up, please!" come from upstairs.

Deciding to just grab the whole thing, he ran and jumped to the run where he found Kagome kneeling and gasping with her arms over her stomach. The stench of an unfamiliar substance was in the air.

"Oh my. Oh Inuyasha! I think the pup's coming. Please help me!" Inuyasha got right to work. He pushed Kagome back into the previous position, replacing the wet towel on her head, and drying up the water on the floor. His ears were flat against his head since Kagome's cries were still loud even with her grinding her teeth and biting her lip to keep quiet.

Wetting another towel, he folded it and placed it on her lower back. "I'll be back." Inuyasha ran downstairs and grabbed a wooden bowl, which he thankfully had carved out only days before that can hold far much more water than the coconut shell, and filled it with water.

Returning back to Kagome's side, he gently grabbed her hand and silently winced at how strong her grip became. "Kagome, honey, I'm going to check where the baby is okay?"

She nodded, inhaling and exhaling, and watched as Inuyasha gently passed a hand over her stomach, not putting any pressure, and laid an ear on her skin to check the baby's heartbeat.

"You're right. The pup's coming out today." He briefly smiled at her, receiving one in return.

She cried out again and he passed his hands over her arms, up and down, with gentle rubbing from his fingers. He got behind her, having her between his legs, and massaged her back. Kagome appreciated this as it helped lessen the pain she was in. She was shaky and nauseated, and the pain was becoming stronger and came quicker as time continued.

A few more minutes of this passed, when she suddenly had the need to push. "Inuyasha! Get in front of me! Our pup wants to see us now."

Inuyasha, alarmed and a little shaky, did as she said, getting in front of her and stating, "Okay, I can do this. You can do this. We can do this…"

"Inuyasha just catch the baby! And get a blanket! Augh! This hurts!" Kagome yelled. Doing just that, Inuyasha spread a blanket on his outstretched arms.

"I feel the need to push!"

Inuyasha nodded. "Okay Kagome, push when you need to and relax when you don't okay. I don't want you getting hurt."

Kagome nodded and gasped. She started to push as the need came and relaxed when she didn't. She kept up with this for several minutes when a cry from Inuyasha had her smile briefly and stop.

"I can see the head! You're doing great Kagome. Be gentle, okay. You can do this." Inuyasha yelled excitedly. He was still nervous and scared beyond belief but at the sight of the pup he and Kagome created brought a grin to his face.

She tried to keep what he said in mind. She felt an incredible need to push until the baby was out but she didn't want to harm him or her. So she pushed gently, slowly, and bit her lip to keep the tension elsewhere, almost drawing blood, and her hands fisted to the cloth below her.

"The pup has my hair! Come on Kagome keep pushing! I can see the face already!" Inuyasha could see the pup's head turn to the side and watched as its shoulders came into view and then the chest, followed by the stomach. The pup came out steadily and Inuyasha was amazed at how small it was. He could vaguely make out the sky outside getting lighter and lighter.

Kagome groaned and with a final push felt the weight she'd been carrying around so long leave her body. She heard Inuyasha cry, "It's a boy!" and felt the pup being placed on her stomach with the first light of day shining on them.

Making sure to keep the pup's face out of the light, she gently rocked him to shush him of his cries. "It's okay, pup. You're momma's here. Don't you want to see you mommy and daddy."

The cries lasted a few more seconds before they became gentle whines and then stopped all together. Kagome gasped when he opened his eyes. "He has you're eyes too," she sighed out.

They stared at each other a few moments before a tiny smile spread on the pup's face and he raised a finger which was caught by Kagome's hand. "He's going to have you're smile. I just know it," Inuyasha commented.

"He's beautiful." Kagome noticed and felt the tube that was connected to her pup's stomach. "We should cut this. Do you want to do it?"

Inuyasha looked at her before looking back down at the pup. "Are we supposed to?"

"I never saw anyone back home walking around with this on their belly button."

Inuyasha frowned before sighing. "Okay." He reached out and pressed a claw to the tube.

"Wait!"

Inuyasha looked back at Kagome. "What's wrong?"

Kagome shook her head. "Nothing, it's just… we don't know what's in there so I think we should tie it, or something first."

"We can't tie it." Inuyasha said after looking at the cord but not finding the end. "Why? Because of some juice or something?"

"Yes. Just in case."

Inuyasha nodded and thought about it for a second. Looking around the room he spotted some vine over at the corner of the room. Crawling over to it, Inuyasha grabbed one and cut it in half before going back to Kagome and his new son. He tied the vine on the cord and proceeded to cut the spot in between.

"There. All done." Inuyasha watched as his son yawned closed his golden eyes, his tiny-clawed finger still wrapped inside Kagome's hand. He watched as Kagome wrapped the blanket tighter around him and kept him close to her chest, his head gently lying on the rounded flesh found there.

He briefly looked outside the window and saw how the island was slowly coming alive, he murmured, "Kazuki…"

Looking at him, Kagome hummed.

"I want to name him, Kazuki."

"Kazuki…" Kagome loved the way the name rolled off her tongue. "First shine… I love it. His name is Kazuki, then. Our little Kazuki…"

Looking at him in the eye, she asked, "Do you want to hold him?"

Inuyasha almost looked panicked. "But I don't know how…" he trailed off and Kagome interjected with, "Oh come on. You held my brother and your neighbors' baby before. Come on, here I'll show you."

"I don't know…"

Kagome pouted and looked at him with widened eyes. "Please, Inuyasha…"

Inuyasha relented and sat next to her. He focused on getting his arms the same way Kagome's were placed. When he was fairly certain he was as ready as can be, he nodded to her.

Smiling, Kagome leaned forward to place their sleeping child in his arms. She held his head with her hand and lifted Inuyasha's elbow to hold him upright. Her smile widened when she saw the aw and love in Inuyasha's eyes as he gazed at his son.

"He's so small…" Inuyasha commented.

"Yes," Kagome said, "If you looked like that as a baby then you were so cute." She squealed at the end.

Inuyasha chuckled. He toyed with the hair found under his fingers on his pups head. With one gentle stroke of his finger, he felt a velvety warm muscle under his skin and with further inspection Inuyasha found it to be puppy ears, identical to his own. "He has ears just like me…" Inuyasha whispered with wonder and Kagome grinned.

Inuyasha looked back at Kagome and with a chaste kiss to her lips, he whispered, "thank you…" he smiled, "I love you, Kagome."

"I love you, too." Kagome smiled, loving the way Inuyasha's eyes seemed to light up as he gazed at his son. They were so alike in looks and both of them were hers; her wonderful, beautiful boys.

The smile slowly slipped away from her face. She felt pain in her lower stomach, not unlike the ones she had when she bled from her legs. Something was moving, she could feel it. With a frown on her face, she called, "Inuyasha…"

"What's wrong?"

"I think something else is coming…"

Inuyasha cut her off. "Another pup?!"

"No! But… there's something there. It doesn't hurt but it's coming out."

"Okay…" Inuyasha muttered. Handing the pup to his wife, Inuyasha got back to his previous position and with a towel caught the sack that Kagome pushed out of her. It was simple and with a small jump outside, Inuyasha got rid of it.

He eagerly jumped back to the room his wife and pup were waiting in. He was greeted with the sight of Kagome's smile which quickly turned into a look of surprise as she hurriedly looked down at the pup.

Kneeling beside her, Inuyasha also looked at the phenomenon that was occurring before his eyes. "What's he doing?"

"He… he's sucking from me…" Kagome muttered. She slowly pulled the pup away, in which caused the pup to whine before lashing unto her again. In that short time, Inuyasha and Kagome were able to see some sort of liquid coming out of the pink pebbles found on Kagome's globes.

"What do you think it is?"

"I don't know, but the pup seems to like it?"

"Do you want to try it?"

"Uh… no, I think the pup wants it all anyway…" Inuyasha muttered nervously.

Kagome giggled. "I'm just playing with you…" Her giggle turned into a yawn.

Inuyasha upon seeing this leaned back on the wall, bringing Kagome to sit on his crossed legs, with his arms wrapped firmly around his family, and stated "get some sleep…"

Kagome yawned and nodded, wrapping the blanket tighter around her son who was also nodding off, satisfied at his fill of food for now. Resting her head on her husbands' lean chest, Kagome closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

Inuyasha looked down at them both. He was a father and a husband now, and he couldn't be happier. A childhood fear of Kagome ever leaving him for someone else was quickly squashed at the sight of their sleeping faces. He smiled and closing his eyes he managed to get one thought through his hazy, sleep filled mind…

Mom, Dad, if only you could see us now…

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Well that's it for this chapter. Hope you like it and enjoy.

Kazuki= "one/first shine"

Thanks for reading and hope to write for you soon!

Adieu!