Chapter 25

Sesshomaru and Kagome have been married for a month and a half now and the baby was expected any time soon. Sesshomaru had gotten so wound up about being a father that he would not leave Kagome's side for anything, not even to take a bath or use the bathroom. He wanted to be ready at all times for the baby. He had Sango and Miroku go out and buy things for the child and have clothes made, even though he didn't know if it was a boy or girl.

Kagome thought it was very cute that Sesshomaru was so eager to be a father and that he wasn't going to let her out of his sight, but at times she needed a break. She hadn't really had any private time to talk to Sango about her and Miroku's sudden engagement. She was so distracted by her own child and the constant assistance of Sesshomaru that she wasn't able to congratulate them. She felt even worse when she found out that Sango was also pregnant and hadn't been able to congratulate her for that either.

Bankotsu, Kikyou and Inuyasha sat across the table, watching over Kagome for Sesshomaru, because he was called away to the servants' quarters about a huge leek in the roof. Kagome did feel a bit of relief when he was no longer concentrated on her and the baby and had something else to do. She stared boredly across the table at Kikyou and Inuyasha as they stared at her stomach. It had grown to an enormous size in the past few weeks and they were fascinated with it.

Kagome hated how big her stomach had gotten. She looked like a giant blimp and felt as if se weight as much as a mountain. Her back was killing her, her feet were sore, and her breasts were increasing in size because of the milk that was forming and causing them to hurt as well. At times she felt useless because she couldn't play with Shippo and Rin, cook, or clean anything. She had to be very careful because of the protectiveness of her husband.

Sango and Miroku walked into the room and sat over by Kagome. It felt like they hadn't seen each other in years, even though they lived in the same house. Sesshomaru didn't mean to, but he was keeping her away from her friends and kids because of his constant paranoia. Sango looked down at Kagome's stomach smiling and then back up to her exhausted looking friend.

"Can I feel?" she asked her and Kagome nodded. Sango set her hand gently on Kagome's stomach as she lifted her shirt, revealing a melon-sized belly. Sango jumped for joy when she felt a soft kick to Kagome's stomach, but stopped when she saw that she was in pain.

"Sesshomaru did this to me…" she hissed. "I'm going to kill him." Her eyes seemed to darken when Sesshomaru walked into the room. Kagome jumped and winced again at another kick of the baby. She looked up at Sesshomaru as he smiled down at her. He was confused when he only got an angry frown back and sat down in a chair next to her.

"Are you okay, Kagome?" he asked her.

"YOU DID THIS TO ME!" she yelled, grabbing onto his shirt. "Do you have any idea how much this hurts? It is like he hates me already!" she began to shake Sesshomaru violently, "All it does it kick and scratch at my insides!"

"Kagome, you know having a demon baby is going to be a lot harder then a human one." Kikyou said trying to calm Kagome down, "They have different characteristics then humans and it doesn't help that they grow so fast."

"I know!" she yelled, "But this is HIS fault!" she pulled Sesshomaru as close as she could get him. Kagome calmed down and suddenly pressed her lips against Sesshomaru's in a deep and loving kiss. Sesshomaru had no idea what to do now. Her mood swings were now at extreme levels and he didn't know if his kimono would be able to take much more of the torture.

"Um…" Inuyasha, Bankotsu, and Miroku began to back slowly out of the room. In their eyes, Kagome had gone nuts and it was way to dangerous to stay near her. Rin, Shippo, and Kohaku learned about a week ago that they needed to avoid Kagome while the baby was still inside of her and stayed in their rooms or playing with each other most of the time.

"I can't wait to have this baby!" Kagome giggled happily.

"Um…" Miroku stopped before he left the room, "Is Sango going to get like that?"

"Probably." Sango giggled and the men darted out of the room. "They are so dumb."

"Bankotsu is like a little boy and the other two are scared to death of me." Kagome smiled up at her friend.

"Why isn't Bankotsu scared of you?" Kikyou asked.

"That big ass teddy bear knows I won't do anything to him." She laughed, holding onto her stomach, "It seems he is the only one I have not yelled at since I became pregnant."

"Well that isn't fair." Sesshomaru said, "How much longer until the baby is born?"

"WHY ARE YOU SO IMPATIENT!" Kagome yelled suddenly, causing Sesshomaru to jump back away from her and cower behind a large chair.

"Kagome, calm down…" Kikyou giggled, "You know the boy loves you and he just wants you back to ONLY happy Kagome…"

"Yeah… Not this evil, wicked, witch that inhabits my home." Sesshomaru mumbled bravely under his voice.

"What did you just say?" Kagome said standing up and walking ominously over to Sesshomaru, "DID YOU JUST CALL ME A WITCH!" she got ready to smack him when suddenly a splashing sound hit everyone's ears and she looked down, "My water just broke…"

"What does that even mean?" Sesshomaru said backing away from the fluid that was falling to the floor.

"It means the baby is coming!" she said, "Take me to the infirmary! NOW!" she demanded and Sesshomaru jumped over to her, picked her up, and darted out of the room. Everyone began to follow as the news was spread through the castle about the baby being ready to come.

Once Sesshomaru got Kagome to the infirmary, he set her down on the bed as the midwife began to help with the birth of the child. Sango and Kikyou demanded that Sesshomaru and the rest leave the room. Though Sesshomaru didn't want to leave, once he heard Kagome yell out in pain and saw her glare evilly at him, he left as quickly as he could.

Sesshomaru and the rest waited patiently outside of the room. The constant yells of pain and Kagome threatening to kill the man that did this to her was beginning to take a toll on Sesshomaru. He didn't know whether she still loved him or not, but it wasn't his fault. The poor guy had never been near childbirth before and had no idea of the traditional yelling and threatening that went during the birth. He sat down, covering his ears as tight as he could, trying very hard to block out all the sound from the room.

After a while, the yelling and screaming stopped and the sound of a crying baby came from the infirmary. Sango walked out of the room, wiping her hands with a towel. She looked up at Sesshomaru with a large smile on her face.

"Congratulations Sesshomaru." Sango said, "You are the father of a beautiful baby girl."

"I'm a dad… of a little girl?" Sesshomaru looked to the floor and took a deep breath, "I'M A DAD!" he suddenly jumped up and down, yelling out in joy and happiness. Once Sango was able to calm the man down, she escorted him inside the room. "Where's my baby?" he looked around frantically.

"Over here." A soft and tired voice went to his ears and he turned around. Kagome was lying on the bed with a sweat covered face, and a small bundle in her arms. Sesshomaru walked slowly over to them and looked down at his little angel. He bent down and kissed Kagome on the forehead.

"Can I hold her?" he asked.

"Of course." She giggled and handed him the baby. "You are her father, you know? You can hold her whenever you want."

Sesshomaru was extremely careful when he held his little girl. He made sure that he wouldn't drop her by wrapping both of his arms tightly around her, but not tight enough to hurt her. Kagome watched Sesshomaru with a smile on her face. Sesshomaru was the proudest man on earth at that moment. For the first time in his life, he had a huge and actually happy looking smile on his face. He walked out of the room to show Inuyasha and the rest his little miracle.

"Whoa…" Inuyasha backed away from it.

"What's wrong?" Sesshomaru asked.

"Baby's are small…" Inuyasha said pointing at her, "And little, and fragile, and tiny…. I don't go near them."

"So, what is her name?" Miroku asked.

"I don't know!" Sesshomaru quickly walked back into the room and looked at Kagome, "What's the baby's name? She has to have a name!"

"What would you want to name her?" Kagome asked.

"Hm…" Sesshomaru sat down on the floor right next to Kagome's bed, staring down at the baby as she slept in his arms. He thought for a moment on what would be a good name for his child. Kagome stared down at him knowing that he was deep in thought and wanted the perfect name. "What was the name of that flower in your time…"

"What?" Kagome asked.

"That pink flower that you showed me…" he said, "It had a nice name and it was pretty too."

"You mean the Sakura blossoms?"

"Yes." He nodded and kissed his baby's head, "Her name… can we make it Sakura?"

"Yes." Kagome smiled and reached down and set her hand on Sesshomaru's head. "Sakura…"

Sesshomaru couldn't take his eyes off the little treasure in his arms. She had not opened her eyes, but knew that she would in a while. Suddenly, Shippo, Kohaku, and Rin all ran through the door and stopped in their tracks when they saw the baby.

"Momma!" Shippo and Rin walked over to her, "The baby is out!"

"Yes it is." Kagome giggled, "You two now have a little sister named Sakura." Kagome looked back to Sesshomaru who still had not taken his eyes off of Sakura. Kagome sat up the best she could so she could see her baby. Rin and Shippo crawled into the bed with her mother and lied down by her side.

"We are finally a full family." Shippo said, "Now that the little monster is out of Kagome's tummy."

"Did you just call her a monster?" Sesshomaru looked up to his son.

"Yes daddy!" Rin said, giggling, "Remember how mommy was mean to you because of the baby scratching and kicking her tummy."

"That's why we call her monster."

"You're right…" Sesshomaru chuckled and looked back down to Sakura, who had just opened her eyes, "You are my… I mean our little monster, aren't you?"

Sakura just stared up at the man that was holding her with wide eyes. A strand of hair fell over his shoulder and across her nose. She scrunched up her face and sneezed, waving her arms and pushing the hair away. Kagome giggled as Sakura began to have a fight with Sesshomaru's hair. She grabbed onto a lock of it and shoved it into her mouth.

"Demon baby's grow up really fast don't they?" Kagome asked.

"Yes…" Sesshomaru nodded, "Especially compared to a human baby."

"Daddy…" Rin said, "The baby is going to eat your hair if you don't stop her."

"Oh…" Sesshomaru looked down to see that Sakura was about to attempt to swallow it and gently pulled it from her mouth, "We are going to need something to hold my hair back until she is older."

"You sounded…" Kagome began to laugh, "So girly when you said that."

"I am a father." Sesshomaru said, "I can sound how ever I want."

Kagome just smiled at him as he looked back down to the baby. Sakura was grabbing onto his shirt and pulling herself up, determined as hell to get his hair again. Sesshomaru lifted her into the air and kissed her cheek. She suddenly began to laugh hysterically at him and Sesshomaru got all excited.

"Kagome, she laughed!" he said and everyone in the room began to laugh at him.

"You are so cute…" Kagome rubbed the back of his head as he continued to play with Sakura.

"Well that is that…" Sango said, "I can't believe Kagome and Sesshomaru are a complete family." She began to walk down the hall with Miroku.

"I do have to say that I am quite happy with her choice." Miroku said, "She didn't have to go through hell to keep Sesshomaru and he is a lot more honest."

"Yes, I agree, but I never thought they would be married." Sango said.

"I know…" Miroku said, "So when do we start to plan the coming of our baby?"

"When it comes it comes." Sango said.

"Do you think I will be a good father?" he asked.

"Of course I do." Sango kissed his cheek. "You'll be a fantastic dad."

"I hope so…" Miroku smiled.

Sango and Miroku walked out into the garden and sat down on a large bench. They too would soon become a complete family and wanted to make sure that their baby had everything it needs. Kikyou and Inuyasha would never be able to have kids and Inuyasha preferred it that way. Kids scared him and Kikyou wasn't too fond of them either.

Kagome and Sesshomaru stayed in the infirmary for a long time. Sesshomaru was still playing with Sakura and Kagome was just staring out of the window, thinking hard about her life. She was a normal twenty first century girl and now she was five hundred years in the past, having a baby with one of the most powerful men on the planet, and a mother of three. Even though she let go of a lot of things from her time, for some reason she didn't regret any of them and was proud to be able to come back and forth in time, but what is going to happen to her kids and Sesshomaru when she grows old and he stays young?

That my friend is a tale for another day…

Bring Me To Life: The End