Chapter 25

It had been two years since Inuyasha and Kagome lost their daughter. Koga had stopped by several time with his family and a few just him or him and Ayame. They could see Inuyasha and Kagome's change. They tried to help and take the kids and keep them out of the way, but they still would leave and stay to themselves. They had taken to leaving during the day to be by themselves to talk and hold each other. They took a trip by themselves to go back to the sacred tree that always made them feel better. Inuyasha wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her up into the tree with him.

"There is something about this place that has always calmed me." Kagome said as she leaned back into Inuyasha's chest.

"It always calmed me when ya left. Was the only place I could go and think clearly." He whispered into her ear. "Would you like to go look for that woman to open the well?" He asked her causing her to turn and look at him.

"I would love to see everyone again but I am sure everything has changed. Sota is probably all grown up, Mama is probably very old , gramps is most likely dead, and all my friends have probably moved on and found guys and are married and everything. I don't know if I could go back." She said thinking of her home. Inuyasha nodded knowing that she gave up her life to be with him and now she was so far gone from everyone in her era it's as if she didn't belong there in the first place.

"I know, but I am sure your mother and brother would still like to see you again. And think about them with the kids. At least we would be able to really relax." Inuyasha chuckled. After two years they had been able to work through their grief and slowly went back to their old selves, only taking few trips to relax.

"Yeah, until the kids come running and screaming that they are torturing them." Kagome laughed. She turned and looked at him with a smile. "I think I would like to go back and see everyone again. It would be nice to let mama be happy and Sota to freak out again." He smiled and leaned down and claimed her lips.

"Do you wanta head back to the house and get something at eat?" He asked when they parted. She nodded with a smile and he gathered her in his arms as he jumped to the ground. He let her stand on the ground and they walked back to their house hand in hand. They went back and Kagome was making sandwiches while he was outside cleaning up around the house. They hadn't been back in a very long time and the place defiantly needed fixing along with Sango and Miroku's place.

"Inuyasha!" She called when she was finished. He came in to see her finishing up and walked up behind her. She smiled as she felt him get closer and started to giggle when he wrapped his arms around her and kissed her cheek. "You don't have to suck up, you'll get your food." She laughed as he moved down to her neck and started to nibble. She started to moan as he kissed and nibbled at all her tender spots. As he continued she turned around to face him. They kissed passionately before Inuyasha picked her up bridal style and nearly ran to their bedroom. (There is a lemon here but I want to leave it all to your imagination! For the hentais out there, imagine it to go however you want!)

(Days later)

Kagome walked to the village to see if anyone needed help. Since she came back she had learned how use several of her not so newly acquired powers. She had talked to Kaede and used one of those powers to let Kaede live the life span of a demon. The village was in need of her, she was very important to everyone.

"Lady Kagome!" A village child called. Kagome turned to see the young boy and smiled.

"Hello there, Kiyoshi. How are you today?" She asked the boy. He smiled and nodded.

"I am good. It has been a while since you have stayed in the village for a few days." He smiled.

"Yeah, it's a little vacation I guess." Then they heard the other children calling for him and they said their goodbyes and went on their ways. She walked into the center to find Kaede's hut and entered to see the old woman making medicines.

"Good afternoon, Kaede." She smiled at the old miko.

"Good afternoon, child. Have ye been ill as of late? Ye have been coming in the afternoon and sleeping in these last few days." Kaede said eyeing the young woman with her one good eye as Kagome smiled and turned away.

"No I have been well. If I wasn't Inuyasha wouldn't let me out." She giggled making the old miko smile and get back to work with Kagome joining her.

"Where be Inuyasha?" Kaede asked after a few minutes of working.

"He's cleaning up a bit around Miroku and Sango's place then he's coming down here to help some of the villagers." Kagome smiled. "Our places were in such bad shape, I'm glad we came back for a while." Kaede nodded her head. After five hours of working and randomly talking about nonsense they heard Inuyasha as he walked into the hut.

"Hello Inuyasha." Kaede greeted. He gave a nod and smirked at Kagome as she continued to work only glancing at him and smiling. "Have ye come to take my help away?" The miko asked.

"Nah. Just came ta talk for a minute." He said and Kagome looked up at him questionably. He smirked and left the hut. Kagome looked at the old miko who raised her eye brow and went back to work.

"Go see what he wanted child. It does seem like he has something important to speak of." Kagome nodded and left to see Inuyasha standing outside.

"You takin a break so we could take our walk?" He asked making her smile.

"I think that will be fine." She said as they walked together into the forest. "Have you gotten word from the castle?" He smiled and nodded at her.

"Yeah, Myoga stopped by and told me a list of messages. Seems like the kids are doing well. Izayoi still sits in her tree but comes down to get food and that is pretty much it. The boys are fine; Taji still tries to eat Myoga too. Everyone is doing well. Apparently Rin is pregnant, Sesshomaru pretty much cursed himself when he found out." Inuyasha laughed.

"What about Shippo? How's he?" Kagome asked making Inuyasha smile at her.

"That's another thing…. Mizuki is gonna have a kid too." He smiled as she jumped up and down cheering and laughing.

"Are you serious? Oh, my little Shippo is going to be a dad!" She squealed. Inuyasha laughed as she was so excited. "Anything else, how's Nori and Katsu and the others?"

"They are all fine, from what Myoga says Nori and Katsu are gettin pretty close. The others are doing fine."

"That's it?" She asked expecting more news on all the kids. Inuyasha smirked and looked at her.

"Well there is one more thing." He said. She looked at him waiting. "Let me see if I remember." He paused making her anxious and making him smile. "Oh yeah." He said and leaned down and kissed her passionately.

"Inuyasha you know you can't kiss me like that unless we're home." She smiled at him. He smirked down and kissed her again.

"Yeah, well it's a special occasion."

"What's the occasion?" She asked confused.

"It's been over eight years since last time." He said making her frown at him as she had to think. He laughed at the scrunched up unhappy face she made for making her think about it.

"Just tell me." She said, he looked at her a moment.

"Eight years ago there was a baby born….." She thought a moment as he paused.

"Well there was Taji and Hatsu and Mina and Masaharo." She thought. "Inuyasha just tell me.

"Well Taji is going to be happy not to be the youngest anymore." He hinted making Kagome's eyes go wide.

"Are you…..? Do you….?" She couldn't speak. She was shocked as he nodded.

"Yeah, I smelled it this morning but you got dressed and left I didn't have a lot of time to talk to you about it." He smiled as she laughed and wrapped her arms around his neck. He wrapped his around her waist to pick her up and twirl her around before setting her on her feet again.

"Oh, I can't believe it!" She half yelled happily. Then suddenly her face dropped and she looked at him serious. "Inuyasha, we agreed not to have another baby until after we took care of at least the humans." He looked her in the eye. He knew what she meant. She didn't want anything to happen again.

"Don't worry. Nothing like that will happen again, okay?" He said "We are all makin sure of it." He said and pulled her into a tight hug.

"I know…. It's been two years but it still hurts." She whispered as he held her.

"I know. But don't worry okay?" She nodded. "Let's go back before the old hag thinks something happened." He smirked as they turned and went back into the village hand in hand. He kissed her on the temple as she continued into the hut and he went off to help villagers.

"What was it Inuyasha had to tell ye?" Kaede asked as Kagome walked into the hut.

"Myoga came by with news of everyone at the castle. Everyone is doing well. The kids are still active as ever. Izzy stays in her tree but is coming down to eat, which is a plus." Kagome smiled.

"What of the others?" Kaede asked as she worked. Kagome went to her side and pick up where she left off.

"Well Taji tried to eat Myoga again, the other children are fine. Rin is going to have a baby. Myoga said Sesshomaru cursed himself when he found out." Kagome smiled at the thought. "Shippo and Mizuki are going to have a baby too. I can't believe that that little kit we found all those years ago is now all grown up and having a baby." She nearly squealed to the old woman who smiled.

"Ye seem very happy about that. Even more than I would expect. Any other news?" Kaede looked at the young miko who had grown to be as a granddaughter.

"Well everyone else is fine. Katsu and Nori are apparently getting closer and then there was the information Inuyasha had fun making me guess." Kagome playfully glared at the doorway of the hut as if trying to see Inuyasha.

"What was it, child?"

"He said he smelled something this morning. He said that I left so fast we didn't have time to talk."

"Are ye trying to make me guess?"

"No, Kaede. He told me that he smelled my scent change like when I was pregnant with the twins and Taji." Kagome said, leaving out Takara. It was still painful to talk or even really think about her. The old miko looked at Kagome and smiled brightly.

"Then I suppose I should be congratulating ye." Kaede laughed softly. "Ye are to become a mother and a grandmother at the same time." Kagome looked at her.

"That just makes me feel kind of old." She said with a smile as she went back to work. "But I guess it's not so bad if I get to see the baby that is half fox demon. I wonder if it will have a tail or little fox ears or…." She sighed. " I guess I'll just have to wait and see."

"Aye. Child that ye will have to do." The two mikos continued their work talking about the new children to come and all the others back at the castle.

Six months later the children ran around laughing as Sango, and Miroku sat at the base of a tree, Sesshomaru and Rin sat against the castle wall with Rin in between Sesshomaru's legs and lying back relaxing. Sesshomaru and Inuyasha had agreed that she would be having a boy. Katsu and Nori leaned against another tree; Nori laid her head on Katsu's shoulder as they watched the children run. Shippo sat with Mizuki on a bench, the three with the demon noses agreed she would be having a girl. Shippo was afraid that something would happen and Mizuki would break, the women thought it was cute. Inuyasha had his arms wrapped around his mate as they sat in a tree. Kagome sitting sideways on the large limb and leaning onto Inuyasha's chest, resting. Rin sat up and looked around.

"What is it?" Sesshomaru asked his mate. Suddenly she grabbed her swollen stomach and tensed at a contraction.

"Get Kagome and the others." She said. He looked at her and helped her stand up. As they began to walk over to the tree Kagome was in she had another contraction, this one was stronger, making her double over for a minute and gasp. Inuyasha heard a gasp and looked down to see Rin doubled over.

"Kagome." He said softly and kissed her head. "You need to get up; I think Rin is in labor." He said making her eyes fly open and she looked at him. He grabbed hold of her and dropped to the ground. As soon as Kagome's feet touched the ground she was off to Rin's side calling for the other women.

"Alright, let's get you inside and in bed." Kagome said to her before she turned to her brother in law. "Take her up to your room, we'll be up in a minute but I want her in bed as fast as possible." Sesshomaru nodded and picked his mate up before running up to his room.

"Well this will be interesting." Sango smiled looking at Mizuki, and Kagome, both pregnant and about to burst.

"It would be very interesting if we went too." Kagome laughed.

"Don't go sayin that. I don't know if Sango and I will be able to deal with that." Nori laughed as the girls went up the room with the men following.

"Alright, Inuyasha you know the rules about the father." Kagome told her mate who smirked.

"Yeah, yeah. Just don't knock him out for more than a few hours." Kagome smiled and kissed his cheek before they went into the room with the others.

"Come on Sesshomaru. Let them do their thing." Inuyasha said Sesshomaru looked at his mate once more before leaving with all the men. Kagome and Mizuki went to Rin as Sango and Nori gathered and brought all the things they needed over.

"Hatsu, I left her outside." Rin painted after another contraction.

"Don't worry about her, the guys went back out and Otohime hasn't left the kids." Mizuki said.

"Just concentrate on having this boy." Sango said coming to Rin's other side as Kagome moved to Rin's feet. Nori stood beside her ready to help.

(Three hours later)

"Alright Rin, one more push." Kagome said. It had been three hours of intense labor and Rin was exhausted but she pushed down as hard as she could and suddenly there was a tiny scream from a gray haired little boy. Kagome handed the baby to Nori and she cleaned him up and handed the crying infant to his mother.

"He looks like Sesshomaru." Mizuki said.

"Yeah, he does." Rin smiled breathless.

"I'll tell him he can come up now and the rest of them can wait till after you sleep to see the baby." Kagome smiled and the women left, five minutes later Sesshomaru came into the room that still smelled of Rin's blood to see her falling asleep holding a tiny bundle.

"Would you like to see your son?" She asked as he walked over to sit beside her on the bed. She smiled and handed the baby to him. Sesshomaru looked down at the gray haired, gold eyed boy and saw a purple mark on each cheek, two little triangles on the top of his head that swiveled hearing all the noises that was in the room. The boy yawned showing off his tiny fangs. "What do you want to name him?" Rin asked making him look at her.

"It does not matter to me." He told her and looked back at the boy making Rin smile as she thought of names.

"What about Juro?" She asked. He nodded with a smile as he heard her yawn and lean against him. The new small family sat for an hour before Sesshomaru gently moved laying Rin down and taking the sleeping baby out to the others.

"Sesshomaru, you can go up." Kagome said with a smile as the demon took off. Even though he always acted as though he never cared for anything, when it came to Rin he would always loose his composure.

"How did it go?" Miroku asked.

"It went very smooth. It took a while but once everything was moving, it went nice and easy." Sango told him.

"She's lucky, unlike me." Kagome smiled. "She gets the little angles, I get the mini Inuyasha's" Inuyasha looked at her as she began to laugh. "Although she doesn't have as much fun as we do." Kagome said making everyone laugh.

"What did he look like?" Katsu asked.

"He was a big boy with gray hair, gold eyes, a purple strip on each cheek, and the cute little puppy ears." Nori said making Inuyasha growl and everyone else to smile and laugh.

"What is with you people and the damn ears?" He asked.

"They're just so adorable." Kagome smiled and rubbed one before he pulled back.

"Ya ain't getting one of mine, you got a mini 'me' that likes it, why don't you go after him." He said trying to get Kagome to leave him and go after Toshiro. She smiled and turned back to talk with the others and watch the kids run around.

After an hour Mizuki spoke. "They have too much energy."

"Ya think they have too much, ya better hope that kit doesn't take after her father." Inuyasha said laughing. "He never sat still."

"For you maybe. He was always good for everyone else." Kagome smiled. Sesshomaru slowly walked into the court yard with something in his arms. Kagome and Inuyasha jumped out of the tree while everyone else went to stand around the great dog demon looking at the baby.

"He looks like you." Inuyasha said making Sesshomaru nod. Kagome took the baby out of his father's arms and cuddled him to her. The other women huddled around her and the men looked at the boy then went to talk to Sesshomaru as the children ran over to see. Sango helped Kagome sit down and show the kids.

"So how's it feel to have a son?" Katsu asked

"No different than I did before." Sesshomaru said coldly.

"Come now Sesshomaru, you tell me it does not feel good to have a son?" Miroku said.

"It's different for you, ya leach. No one else went around begging for a son." Inuyasha said with a smirk.

"Doesn't it even feel different to have more than one child?" Miroku asked ignoring Inuyasha's comment.

"No it does not feel any different." Sesshomaru said.

"It just hasn't hit you yet. It will feel different when you're getting up in the middle of the night to defining screams then it'll really hit you when he turns two and starts his little phase." Inuyasha said.

"What little phase?" Katsu asked.

"When the kid turns two it's like they completely change. Believe it or not, Toshiro used to be the loud mouth and Izzy used to be quiet and sweet. Taji would listen and not leave your side but when they turned two it all changed. Izzy talked back and wanted to do what she wanted. Toshiro quieted and calmed down, then there was Taji. He picked a favorite word." Inuyasha sighed.

"What was it?"

"No. That was his answer to everything." Inuyasha said with a smirk.

"And just think, ya got another on the way." Shippo smiled.

"Keep talkin cause you're in a load of shit if yours takes after you when you were a kid." Inuyasha smirked when Shippo's face dropped and he groaned.