Chapter 14:

Threatened

Kagome and Inuyasha went to her era the week after to tell her family that they were expecting. Of course they were surprised about it but they were very happy for them. They stayed for a few days and were now back in his era.

They were sitting up in a tree with their hands on her stomach.

"Do you think it's gonna be a boy or a girl?" Kagome asked.

"It's gonna be a boy."

She shook her head. "I think it's going to be a girl."

"Nah, trust me. It's going to be a boy."

"It's inside of me, I should know."

"That doesn't mean anything. You can't see it. I'm the one that put it inside of you. I think I know what I put in there."

"I'm the one that's going to give birth to it."

Suddenly his sensitive nose caught something. A disgusting smell that he thought he'd never have to smell again. "That's impossible."

Kagome raised her eyebrow. "What are you talking about? Of course it's possible."

He shook his head. "Not that. I smell something."

"What is it?" she asked.

"Naraku."

"Naraku? Are you sure your nose is working right? He's been dead for over four years now."

"It's Naraku. I'd know that scent anywhere." He took her in his arms and jumped out of the tree.

Miroku came over to them. "You guys, I sense a demonic aura around here."

"You too huh?" Inuyasha said.

"Inuyasha said he smells Naraku," Kagome said.

"Inuyasha are you sure it's Naraku?" Miroku said just as confused as Kagome had been.

"It's Naraku, trust me," Inuyasha said firmly.

"Where's Sango?" Kagome asked.

"She's at home with the children," Miroku said.

Inuyasha crossed his arms frustrated by the whole situation. "This is ridiculous. Naraku is dead, how am I smelling him here?"

Suddenly they heard screaming in the village. "Come on," Miroku said and they all ran towards it.

Sango came outside and went over to him. "What's going on out here?"

"There's a demon, possibly Naraku," Miroku explained.

"What…?" Sango said confused.

Then they saw a man with messy jet black hair a bit past his shoulders, he was wearing a red and white kimono and armor with spikes on it. One thing they noticed when they saw him, he was not Naraku.

Inuyasha pulled out his Tetsusaiga. "What the hell are you doing here and what do you want?"

"You're just the guy I'm looking for Inuyasha," he said in menacing voice. "You and you're friends."

"What do you want with us?"

"My name is Akumasu. I served Naraku, and I've come to avenge my master's death."

Inuyasha snorted. "Get real. You'll have to go through me before you can kill my friends!" He ran towards the guy preparing to stab him and chop his head off. Akumasu was quick though and pulled out his own sword and knocked Inuyasha out of the way. He landed on his feet nearly slamming into someone's house. "Damn you."

Akumasu smirked. "So which one of you is going to be first?"

"Don't touch them!" Inuyasha said. "Wind scar!"

Five golden deadly flashes of light zoomed towards Akumasu but he deflected them with his sword. Not towards Inuyasha though, at Kagome!

Inuyasha ran to her as fast as he could and knocked her out of the way before she could get hurt. They landed on the ground a few feet away. "Damn it, he deflected my wind scar," he mumbled. He looked at Kagome. "Are you okay?"

She nodded. "I'm fine."

He pulled her up with him and prepared to fight Akumasu.

"You want to play like that?" Akumasu put his sword away. "Come find me in two days or I'll come back and destroy you and burn your village down." With that he walked off.

"You bastard, come back here and fight!" Inuyasha exclaimed preparing to go after him.

Miroku grabbed his arms and stopped him. "Don't be so hasty Inuyasha. It's better to go after him later than to fight him here in the village."

"So what do we do?" Sango said.

"We have no choice but to go after him," Miroku said. "Inuyasha and I will go, and you and Kagome can stay here…"

"No way," Sango said. "He wants me just as much as he wants you guys and I'm coming to fight with you whether you like it or not."

"But the children…"

"Kaede will take care of them."

"Okay, you can come with us," Miroku said defeated.

"I wanna go!"

They looked down and saw Shippo standing at their feet. "You're late," Inuyasha said. "Do you even know what's going on?"

Shippo shook his head. "Nope, but whatever it is I want to be a part of it."

"Alright then, you can go," Miroku said.

"I'm coming too," Kagome said.

"No you're not," Inuyasha said.

"Why not?"

"It's too dangerous."

"I can take care of myself Inuyasha," Kagome said.

"You're not going."

Kagome glared at him. "Everyone else is going. Why can't I go?"

"Because I said so alright!"

Everyone else glance at each other. "Um, I'm gonna go tell the kids we're leaving," Sango said going towards her house.

"I'll come with you," Miroku said following her.

"And I've got to do…that thing…over there," Shippo said pointing in a random direction and going there not knowing what he was trying to do.

Inuyasha walked off as well and Kagome followed him. "Hey, what's going on with you? Why don't you want me to come? Whatever this guy's deal is, I want to help you fight him."

"Kagome you're carrying our child! It's too risky."

"Inuyasha the baby will be fine. I'm coming with you." She sighed. "I can't let you go alone. What if…what if you don't come back? I wouldn't be able to sleep worrying about you."

Inuyasha looked at her and they were silent for a moment. "When Akumasu deflected my wind scar at you, it was too close. If I had been a second later…" his voice trailed off. "I'm just worried about your safety, and our baby's."

Kagome put her arms around his neck and gave him a reassuring kiss. "I'll be okay. Come on, let me come."

He looked at her for a moment then sighed. "Okay, fine. Just leave all the dirty work to us."

"Fine, but if one of you is in trouble, I'm stepping in."

I love how Inuyasha is so protective of Kagome and their child. So what's going to go down with Akumasu? Will someone get seriously hurt? And will anything happen to Kagome and their unborn child? Read on to find out!