Hi once again! Hareyu here! I'm here with the next chapter!

Chapter 25 : a few more changes

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Kagome awoke with a start, to see Inuyasha in a hump on the floor , moaning , in what seemed like , agony.

" Inuyasha… are you … alri…" she collapsed beside him groaning as hit the floor, causing the other occupants of the hut to awaken . As soon as they looked over toward the to lumps on the floor , they jumped up and started yelling, the only calm one , Keade as she instructed Miroku to move Kagome to the back room and , to move Inuyasha onto a futon she'd spread out , after a few quick examinations. He looked quizzically at her , before doing as he was told.

After Miroku had come back, She said , " they will be fine… they are merely experiencing their second growth spurts." She said grimly, Sango and miroku's facial expressions changed from worried to grim also: this meant that Inuyasha would be even more overly protective of Kagome, and Kagome would likely be visited by many ' suitors' , and would just as over protective of Shippo as Inuyasha was of her. Shippo looked up , at the grim adults , confused.

He shrugged it off and ran into the room Kagome was in , before anyone could stop him. He curled up on top of his adoptive mother's stomach , before falling into a deep sleep , again.

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For the past few days , Shippo hadn't left his mother's side . He hardly ate , and looked just as sick as Kagome did. The other awake members of what he considered , a family , tried to pry him away from her , but that worked to no avail . He would just dart back to her side , and apologize , as though she were awake. Several days after her and , Inuyasha's collapses , He started to walk out into the front room to check on Inuyasha .. But his depressed façade fell as Kagome stirred .

She blinked her eyes as she awoke. As soon as her eyes opened to see Shippo , He ploughed into her stomach. She smiled .

After a touching , ' reunion' , He picked him up and started to look him over.

" Shippo … you look horrible, We're going to have to get you some rest , food , and some clean air …" She said in a loving tone.

She then held him close to her and walked out into the front room , only to be grabbed by a silvery band , and pulled into Someone's lap. She looked up , pulling Shippo closer to her as she did, and saw the newly matured face of Inuyasha.

Her breath hitched in her throat . He was so… beautiful . All of his remaining baby fat had receded giving way to sharp angles that made him look like Sesshomaru . On his forhead, their was a silvery crescent moon , on the bottom point of which , there hung a red eight –point star.

In his eyes … there was what had really made her breath hitch in her throat: In his golden depths, there were the emotions of Love and Joy. She saw her own reflection looking back at her as she stared : She too, had an angled face that seemed to be that of a super- model's , as did her body. She had a black star burst in the middle of her forhead. She sighed happily , leaning her head against his chest : She and her pup were safe in his arms.

Her Youkai side seemed to agree , though not fully. But she did when a low growl sounded in his chest , rumbling through his body and into hers. Just as he did this , Miroku , Sango and keade walked into the quiet hut. Inuyasha whipped them around, holding Kagome , and Shippo Closer to him, as though the newly arrived people would attempt to take them from him. Let them try. He thought . When they all put their hands up in defense, mumbled apologies , and left , he calmed himself.

Kagome rubbed the bottom of her head against his chin in thanks , before falling into a deep slumber once more.

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I don't think I should end it here… But please review , if I get … 5 or 10 reveiws I'll update.

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- hareyu