I just had to post another chapter because I soooo love this story! Like I said, I've been inspired right now by FATED so Their Destiny is on a little hold. I already know what I'm going to do for Their Destiny so you needn't worry about that story! Just enjoy this one for now guys!

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.

© 2011-2012, Apryl Johnson.
I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters created by Rumiko Takahashi, but I do own the idea/plot/storyline of this story.

FATED

Chapter 10: Inuka's Painful Cry

When Inuyasha left Kagome felt considerably lonely. She wished she didn't have to send Inuyasha away but she had to. 'Okay,' she thought. 'What will Inuka and I do now?'

She looked at her son. He was just so precious with his mop of black hair and color changing eyes. Right now they were gold. 'He's not angry and I don't think he's annoyed... I doubt he's having mischeivous thoughts right now... maybe he's-" her eeyes widened. "Are you lonely Inuka?"

The pup looked up at her with such sad gold eyes. Kagome felt her heart clench in her chest. 'There has to be a way to get Inuyasha and Kikyo's marriage dissolved,' she thought. 'But first...' she smiled at him. "Inuka let's go into the village to find some friends to play with okay?"

The little pup nodded and as soon as Kagome was properly dressed, she picked him up with the satchel of toys Inuyasha had brought and headed out. 'He even got Inuka a pair of shoes, how sweet of him! I'll have to tell him how pleased I am for that.'

They found a few children playing with a ball. Kagome looked at Inuka. 'He's a bit small but he's stronger than regular humans and-"

He began to squirm when he saw the kids. "You want to go?" She asked. He kept struggling. "Okay okay," she said as she put him on the floor, held his hand and let him lead her to them.

They stopped when they saw her. She bent to their level with a smile, "Hi children," she said in a friendly manner. "This is my son, Inuka. He'd like to play with you, can he?"

They looked at her, but then one boy, the leader of the three said, "He's too small!"

"I know he is but can you let him play anyway?" she asked. "He really wants to."

Inuka was reaching for the ball.

The lead boy looked at Inuka with a frown. "He'll get hurt lady,"

"Just roll the ball to him a few times and you'll make him really happy," Kagome said. "And I'll be watching right there so if anything happens you don't have to worry."

"How old is he?" Another boy asked staring at Inuka.

"He's almost two. He's a bit big for his age and he's strong too so don't underestimate him," Kagome giggled softly. "Will you let him play a while?"

"Okay lady but if anything happens to him it's not our fault!" The boy told her.

"Deal," Kagome said and let go of Inuka who sped toward the ball. "Share the ball Nuka."

"Mine!" Inuka shouted but then three of the boys came to him.

"Let's play," one said. "Give us the ball."

"Mine!"

Kagome frowned a little. 'Inuka's claimed it as his-'

"Look lady he don't wanna share!" The leader complained.

"I have an idea!" Kagome went to the satchel and pulled out another ball. "Inuka!" she showed her son the new ball and he dropped the old one and ran to her reaching for it. Kagome looked at the boys. "Play with it and when he understands he's supposed to share it, he'll do the same." Kagome gave Inuka is red ball.

"Okay lady,"

And then they began to play as Inuka clutched his own and watched as the boys threw the ball at each other and caught it. "Inuka, do you wanna play with them?"

Inuka nodded.

"Then you have to do what they do," She told him. "Give me the ball."

Inuka handed it to her. "Now catch!"

She tossed it to him gently and he almost caught it. It went to his feet and he laughed she laughed ith him. "Good boy," she said. "Now give it back!"

He picked it up and threw it at her and she caught it. "Smart boy! Catch!"

She tossed it again and this time he caught it. "Wonderful Inuka!"

He threw it back without her having to tell him to. They did that for a while and then Kagome asked him. "You wanna play with them now?"

"Yes."

"Okay go play!"

Inuka ran to them and said, "Play! Play!"

The boys grimaced at him.

'I don't like how they're looking at him,' Kagome realized. 'I'll have to keep a close eye on them.'

She watched as Inuka threw the ball to one of the boys and then the boy threw it to a different boy who threw it to the leader boy and soon she saw Inuka was being left out of the game.

'That's not right,' Kagome thought.

"Play!" Inuka said running to the leader for the ball.

"Hey it's not your turn!" The boy shouted at him.

"Play!" Inuka shouted back.

"No! You have to wait your turn!"

But Inuka wasn't hearing it. He hadn't had the ball in a while so he instinctively knew something wasn't right and when the boy tried to push him, Inuka's eyes flashed pure gold, and before the boy's eyes Inuka's teeth turned to fangs and he grew tiny claws and his hair flashed silver for a second before Kagome came.

"Oh no! Don't shout at him," she told the boys and picked up her son who instantly calmed down. She didn't see his slight transformation.

The boy who did was shaking in fear. "He's- he's a monster lady! A monster-"

Kagome's head snapped to the boy suddenly angry. "What did you say?"

The boy sputtered and ran off with his friends screaming that the baby was a monster in disguise leaving their ball behind.

Inuka was crying.

"OH Inuka," she held her son to her. "It's okay."

"Mon-sta." he said softly.

"No! No!" she shook her head and made him look at her. "You're not a monster."

"Mon- sta," his eyes were a sad gold.

"Oh Inuka," she felt tears come to her eyes. "I'm sorry those boys were so mean to you."

"Papa!" Inuka cried.

'Oh dear,' Kagome thought. 'He wants his father. Oh Inuyasha what will I do?'

"PAPA!" Inuka was crying wildly. He wasn't taking rejection and name-calling very well. Kagome tried to calm him but Inuka kept screaming and he wouldn't let her lift him. Soon he was running and Kagome gasped.

"Inuka! Inuka!"

Since Inuka was half-demon he went much faster than a regular two year old child. He was almost so fast, Kagome couldn't keep up. "Inuka!"

The villagers watched as the little boy ran with tears on his face, crying for his papa as Kagome ran after him. "Inuka! Come back!"

The pup continued running until suddenly, Kagome screamed. He had walked into a road where a horse was carrying a cart of produce. 'He'll be crushed!' Kagome screamed again, "INUKAAAAAAAAA!"

Inuka froze when he saw the horse rear up with massive hooves. Paralyzed with fear, he closed his eyes and screamed. When suddenly, in a rush he was out of harm's way and in strong arms that clutched him tightly.

Inuyasha had just been found by Kikyo's advisor Muso who was telling him about Kikyo's plans to strengthen the security around the Eastern boarders.

"That's a good idea," Inuyasha said noticing how chillingly Muso was looking at him. He was about to ask Muso what the fuck his problem was when suddenly Inuyasha had heard his son's painful cry. His heart dropped and he was off in the direction of the distant cry leaving Muso completely stupefied. Now Inuyasha held his son tightly.

So tightly he almost felt as if he'd break the little pup in two. 'He's safe,' Inuyasha thought as he clutched the pup to him. 'Thank heavens he's safe.'

"Inu... Inu..." Kagome finally caught up and in a relieved heap of tears she dropped to the ground shaking. "Inu... Inu..." Tears were pouring from her face.

Inuyasha saw the villagers watching but he didn't care. This was his family. He bent to Kagome. "Kagome it's all right. Inuka's fine."

The pup was crying in his arms. Kagome looked up and she knew- she just knew from the very depth of her soul that the man she was looking at as the one she loved utterly and completely. "Inuya..." Kagome blanked out from the pressure and dropped to the ground.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha picked her up into his arms and then jumped into the air heading for his mansion where he knew a skilled physician would be.

When he got there the servants were in shock. Inuyasha began throwing orders about. "...And call the physician, NOW."

"Yes my lord," The servants bowed and began to do as told.

Soon Kagome was on his bed. The thing about Inuyasha and Kikyo's relationship was that they never slept together as in- fall asleep in the same room. She always wanted him to come to her room, do his conjugal duties and leave. He didn't care. He'd prefer not sleeping with Kikyo in any capacity since he wanted to be with her sister. And now Kagome was in his bed and his son, now fast asleep was with him as well.

The physician came in minutes later. "You called my lord?"

"She fainted. Wake her up." Inuyasha said.

"At once," The physician told him as he pulled out a tiny bottle. He opened it and put it under her nose. A moment after Kagome was sputtering awake.

"Kagome," Inuyasha went to her. His sleeping son, clutching onto his red kimono top.

She began to sneeze as the physician covered up the bottle and explained, "Smelling salt," he said.

"Thank you. Check her head for any wounds," Inuyasha told him.

The man rubbed the back of her head and felt a bump. "She's bumped it but it's small. "I can put some herbs on it for swelling."

"Do that," Inuyasha said.

"Inu- Inuyasha?" Kagome's vision was a bit blurry but soon it was clear as day. "Inuka!"

"Shh..." Inuyasha hushed her. "He's fine."

"You- you saved him from the horse," she said calming down.

"I heard him scream and I was still in the area so I-"

"Thank you. Thank you so much!" she wanted to jump in his arms but refrained since the doctor was still there and rubbing the lump on her head.

"You can leave now," Inuyasha told the man as he rested Inuka gently on the bed and pulled off his kimono top to put over the pup who had tearstains on his tiny face. "And close the door behind you."

"Yes my lord," The physician said as he closed up his kit and walked out of the room, closing the door.

"Kagome," Inuyasha zipped to the door, locked it and then zipped back to her and pulled her into him. "My god," he said shaking. "What in hell happened?"

Kagome's tears were coming out fresh and she tried to explain. "Inuka- Inuka started crying uncontrollably and he just ran off. I- I tried to catch him but he was so fast and- and- he jumped into the road and the cart- and the horse- and the..."

Inuyasha's mouth crashed upon hers instantly as he fought against his own tears. His son could've died a while ago.

"I'm- I'm sorry-" Kagome tried to speak but his kisses thwarted her efforts.

"It's not your fault," Inuyasha squeezed her to him. "Damn it, it's not your fault-"

"I'm a terrible mother-" She was beginning to hyperventilate.

He pressed her into the bed and put his tongue in her mouth. He kept it there until she couldn't breathe. He pulled away and she took a deep breath due to her lack of oxygen. She was trembling but she was beginning to calm down. He leaned down on top of her to help her ease her breathing until she as just crying silent tears.

He put his face in her neck and began to shed tears as well.

'He's crying,' Kagome could feel Inuyasha- her strong and powerful lover- shaking from the force of his tears. Her arms wound around him. "Inu- yasha."

"I always hated being a hanyou," Inuyasha rasped. "But for once in my life I can honestly say I'm glad to have a little demon blood running through my veins. Without it-"

They looked at their sleeping son. They didn't even want to think about their life without Inuka. There was no life. They couldn't even remember what life was like without their tiny little hanyou- their love child.

Inuyasha got up off of her and swiped the tears from his face. He inhaled trying to calm his own self. "Kagome what made him cry like that?" Inuyasha asked.

She sniffled as she brushed her tears away.

"It had to be something very hurtful- painful," Inuyasha said. "When I heard him scream the first time- him screaming for me- I thought he just missed me but then he screamed again and again and I knew something was wrong. I ran as fast as I could. I- I nearly died when I saw Inuka about to be trampled-"

Kagome closed her eyes tightly. She didn't want to relive the horrific moment. "I was so slow- I could only watch- everything happened so- so fast."

"What happened?" Inuyasha asked. "Something happened to him. I want to know what."

She nodded. "I thought- I thought it would be a good idea to take Inuka out into the village to play with some of the other children like you suggested." she started. "I knew he was small but he's a lot bigger than other two year olds and stronger, he learns quickly and I- I just thought he'd be able to make some friends."

"I don't like where this is headed," Inuyasha knew exactly where it was headed.

"Everything was going fine at first but then- but then the little boys they stopped throwing Inuka the ball. Inuka felt left out and tried to take the ball and get them to play with him but- but the leader shouted at him."

Inuyasha's eyes flashed red. "What did he say?"

"He- he told Inuka that he had to wait his turn," Kagome said. "But Inuka's not stupid. He knew he'd been waiting too long for his turn and they'd been leaving him out intentionally. I had just gotten up to go to them when the boy got this strange look on his face. I went to them and told them not to scream at Inuka but- but that horrid little boy ran off with his friends calling Inuka a- a-" Kagome didn't want to say the word.

"A what?" Inuyasha asked.

"A monster," Kagome whispered softly but Inuka seemed to hear even in his sleep and fresh tears poured from his tiny face, he was shaking and making painful little noises. Kagome rubbed his back gently to calm him. "He knows what that is. Last year when the village was attacked by Naraku, the villagers screamed the word and Inuka saw the demon Naraku had sent and connected that horrible creature to the word monster. Now those boys called Inuka that and Inuka thinks he's a-'

'A monster,' Inuyasha's mind repeated. 'They called my son a monster. A mon...ster.'

"Inuyasha-"

Inuyasha stood up. "Who were they?"

"Huh?"

Inuyasha felt his anger begin to grow. "Kagome who were they? What were their names? I'm gonna beat the fucking shit outta them."

Kagome's eyes widened as Inuyasha began to growl ferociously.

"Inuyasha!"

"Tell me! Damn it tell me!"

"I- I don't know their names," Kagome said "But it was three of them. They left their ball next to the hut of the village locksmith and-"

Inuyasha beelined to the window and jumped out. 'Those fucking boys will pay. They will not get away with hurting my son!'

Ah yes, the pain of being a hanyou. I wonder what I should have him do to those boys... okay, okay I don't have to wonder I've already written the chapter. If you want it please review! After I get a certain number of reviews I'll post! I'll even post TODAY if I get the number of reviews I'm waiting for today!

Thanks for reading!

Inuluver1990 goes to await some reviews!

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.

© 2011-2012, Apryl Johnson.
I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters created by Rumiko Takahashi, but I do own the idea/plot/storyline of this story.