Chapter 38-

It was as if someone has stolen his keen sense of hearing and process of real time as Sesshoumaru helped his pregnant wife down a now crumbled staircase from Hinaku Hospital. The whole scene seemed to play out in slow motion as Rin watched as many people scampered past her in all directions. She could barely control her breathing.

"Koishi, I need you to take deep breaths, it'll be okay." Sesshoumaru encouraged, trying to shove the panicked people out of his way. They were only frightening her more. The important part was that they were okay.

Rin didn't even notice how her body shook uncontrollably as tears rolled down her eyes. She tried her hardest on just focusing on the light kicks of her babies still developing in her growing womb.

"Please! My wife needs help!"

-Earlier that Day-

"How about Anabella?" Rin chimed in on the car ride to her ultrasound appointment. She held a tiny notebook in her hand with a list of boy and girl names. Sesshoumaru made her scratch out more than half of them already.

"That's a western name,"

Rin glared at her husband and crossed out yet another name. He must not have noticed though.

"Sesshy, you haven't put in any ideas. I feel like I'm doing this all by myself," Rin frowned and closed up her notebook. Sesshoumaru hated nothing more than seeing Rin upset. She was a walking ray of sunshine all the time. He placed a hand on her thigh while he drove and gave it a light squeeze.

"I'm sorry, I'll think more with an open mind. What is next?"

Rin reopened her notebook, her glimmering smile was back on her face. "One of them can be named Ryuki and if another is a girl it could be Ryuko, and then maybe the third...Ryoji."

"I think those names are suitable." Sesshoumaru nodded his head slightly glancing at Rin's enormous belly. He thought she was too cute pregnant. He couldn't handle the adorable-ness when she waddled into a room. He was surprised how well she was handling carrying triplets for her small size.

"You're only saying that so that I'll be happy!" Rin accused puffing up her cheeks.

"It's what I live for," He almost smiled. Almost.

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"There's one head...two...and...hiding behind them number three!" The Ultrasound technician pointed out on the screen for Sesshoumaru and Rin. Rin's stomach had a lot more surface area than the technician was used to.

Rin's lips were quivering the entire time the doctor ran the rod through the jelly on her stomach. She couldn't take it anymore and started laughing.

"She's ticklish everywhere, I swear." Sesshoumaru chuckled as the Ultrasound Technician pulled the rod away.

"So would we like to know the sexes?" She asked, slightly rotating in her chair.

Rin looked up at Sesshoumaru, as if asking for permission. "It'll be a lot easier to decorate their nursery knowing."

"Whatever you want." He shrugged. "If we know now and I'm disappointed, I'll have time to get over it," He joked.

Before Rin could give the okay to her doctor the machines in the room went out. The doctor looked up at the ceiling, past her glasses, and bit her lip.

"Well that's never good," She sighed, cleaning off the jelly off of Rin's stomach. "It should reboot in a few minutes if our technician is messing with it right now."

The three of them in the small room watched as the lights flickered off. In almost that same instance, beneath their feet they could feel the ground grumble like a volcano. The young technician ran to the door, peering out through the door. Nurses seemed to have been walking quickly back and forth.

"Yoko, code Nine." Her chief doctor called out to her trying to transport a gurney.

"Shit!" She turned around back into the room and the startled couple, "We have to evacuate!"

Sesshoumaru helped Rin off on the hospital table and ushered the two woman quickly out of the room.

"What happened?" Yoko called out to one of the interns who was pointing people in the direction towards the stairs. Sesshoumaru and Rin were following right behind her.

"The South Wing was bombed. We have to get everyone out as quick as possible in case there is another attack."

Rin couldn't believe what she was hearing. She instantly felt sick to her stomach. She felt like her feet couldn't move fast enough. Once they reached the stairwell there were volunteers handing out facial masks.

"It wiped out the entire neonatal ward,"

Rin squeezed her eyes shut to hold back the tears. Sesshoumaru grabbed a mask for Rin and placed it over her mouth before getting himself one. His heart had never raced so quickly in his entire life.

'I have to get my mate and pups to safety...'

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Kagome tried swallowing the lump that formed in her throat as she stared at her surrounding. Their neighbors had began shuffling outside of their homes onto their balconies to get a better look. Kagome had never experienced an Earthquake before, but InuYasha was right to get her out of the house.

"InuYasha, What's going on?" Kagome asked, clinging to him as she shivered in her towel. Droplets of water fell from her face onto his shirt.

"We won't be able to tell from here. Maybe they have someone reporting it on the tv." He waited until he was sure the rumbling of the ground had diminished; at least for the time being.

Kagome could hear InuYasha turn on the TV in the living room while she snatched her phone from the bed to call her mother. At the same time, she fumbled around in her closet to find something decent to where in case they had to leave the house.

"Kagome? Are you alright? I was just about to call you!" Akira asked over the phone, almost instantly answering the phone.

"We're fine mama, but what's going on?" Kagome tried wringing out her hair in the towel while she straightened up.

"There was a bombing at one of the hospitals downtown. They think that they were American." Akira said with a disappointed sigh. "It happened underneath in one of the subways. Oh I'm glad you're okay."

Kagome joined InuYasha on the couch and turned down the volume a little.

"Well we promise to stay inside," She said to her mother.

"Okay, I love you Kagome."

Kagome hung up her phone and focused her attention on the screen trying to catch up with the News Report. Any sort of breaking news gave her anxiety. InuYasha slipped his hand over hers and held it to comfort her.

"The suspect got away. Damn youkai." InuYasha rolled his eyes.

"How do you know it was a youkai?" Kagome wondered.

"The demonic aura, the purple sky, I don't think just any old human terrorist could create something like that."

"My mom thinks they were Americans,"

"As if the atomic bombs weren't enough, Japan hasn't done anything to them."

The news woman on the screen reported the mass casualty that occurred in both the subway and in one wing of Hinaku Hospital just moments ago. They could see as firefighters hurried to the scene by the dozen trying to get to anyone that may have been trapped due to the blow. InuYasha turned the channel knowing this probably wasn't good for Kagome to watch.

"All that matters is that we're safe, right?" InuYasha lightly picked up Kagome's chin and wiped the frown off of her face. "I'll get dinner started."

"You're making dinner?" Kagome asked, snaking her head around the couch as she watched InuYasha grab a few pots and pans. "That's unusual."

"For not having a job at the moment, it's the least I can do." He shrugged, getting out his ingredients of vegetables and spices.

Kagome heaved herself up off of the couch to try and blow dry the rest of her wet hair. InuYasha must have stolen her blow dyer because it was no longer in her bathroom. Walking past InuYasha's bed she caught his phone flashing.

"Hey Yash!" She called from his room. "I think someone's calling you!"

"Could you answer it please?" He yelled back.

Picking up the phone, Kagome answered to Izayoi.

"Hi Izayoi... Yes, we're fine...It happened shortly after I came home from work and hopped in the shower...That's good to hear...O-oh...They're okay, right?"

()()()()

As much as InuYasha would have much rather cut the vegetables with his claws, he figured Kagome wouldn't appreciate the uncleanliness of them. First one chop, and then two, he was able to get into the rhythm of cutting. He wondered what this attack had meant for Japan. He almost felt like his mother and father knew it was going to happen at some point. Perhaps that was why she was so glum when they were on their camping trip just a few months ago.

InuYasha had his water boiling to the perfect temperature before plopping in all his diced ingredients. It made him a little uncomfortable experiencing the shaking of a nearby attack and going right back to mundane living. Wasn't that all the rest of the world had ever done?

Kagome peeked over his shoulder into the pot, not being able to guess what he had planned on making.

"Who was it?" He asked, pushing her out of the kitchen behind the counter. He didn't want her to try to help him. For once he wanted to cook her a meal that he made himself.

"Your mother. She told me Rin and Sesshoumaru were at the hospital when. it happened. They made it out safely though. Apparently Rin's in shock right now." Kagome tried her best to get out all the information fast before InuYasha panicked.

He just shook his head, not believing it. He was glad his brother and sister in law were okay.

"They were trying to find out their babies' genders." She continued.

"Are they at the mansion?"

"It sounded like he just took her to their home."

InuYasha rubbed his hands over his eyes as if trying to overcome a headache. He didn't really know what to do. Should they go visit them? Tell them that they were glad they were okay?

Kagome hugged InuYasha from behind and rested her head on his back. "You should call them. I'll finish up dinner." She knew that hearing that they were okay from themselves would help him feel better.

"No it's okay, I have to get my mind off of this whole ordeal. Sorry I pulled you out of the shower."

"You were just trying to keep me safe. I forgive you." Kagome smiled. " 'long as you didn't sneak a peek." She teased, sticking out her tongue.

InuYasha just whipped his head around, slapping Kagome's face with his midnight black hair.

"What are you making anyways?"

Once again InuYasha began shuffling Kagome right back out of the kitchen.

"Okay, okay.." Kagome laughed. "I'll go wait til it's ready."

Kagome nearly fell asleep on the couch waiting for InuYasha to finish his dinner masterpiece. Her eyes found the courage to open when a steaming plate of food was placed on the coffee table beside her. InuYasha went to go fetch his plate after and took a seat beside her on the couch.

She stared at the items nicely arranged on the plate, it looked like egg rolls.

"I just tried something new, starting from scratch, I don't know if they'll be any good."

Kagome picked up one of the three egg rolls on her plate and dipped them in the small dish of sauce InuYasha placed between them.

"Not bad, Yash." Kagome complimented, after taking her first bite. "You should make food for us more often."

"I'm glad you like it, I enjoy being able to do little things like this for you,"

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Sesshoumaru scrolled through countless web pages on the occurrence that happened earlier in the day. He could still go back to those moments when youkais, hanyous, and humans were packed like sardines in the stairwell. He could smell the linger of tears in the air knowing that the neonatal unit had been their target all along. Its like his mind couldn't erase the images. The police had a few suspects in mind but he knew they weren't the right ones.

A horrific wail from the hall made his heart sink, instantly causing him to get up and look past his screen.

"Se-sesh-Seshoumaru!" Rin cried out, her voice cracking from the tears.

Sesshoumaru nearly tripped over the computer chair, dashing his way out of his office to find his wife clutching her stomach in her hands. She flipped over her hand slowly to show smudges of blood.

Hey everyone! I apologize for the dreadfully long disappearance of me. I do finally plan on finishing this. My intention was never to leave it hanging forever. On another note, I have written my very own book. Pretty short; 20,000+ words. I plan on making it available on Amazon soon. I took a writing class last year to get my head back into writing for you guys. Must have worked. How would InuYasha and Kagome felt the rumble? Idk. Just go along with it. :p