A beast hell-bound and bent on blood
A life marked with pain and fears
A path begat by the mother's role
Whose eyes are stained with tears
The pack embraces her wounded soul
Redemption born by swords and claws
Its wrath is known throughout the darkness
The makings of death are beyond flaws
Kagome felt her heart throb with pain, though she fought to make sense of the words being spoken around her. She could not see who it was.
"Who is that?"
She tried to open her eyes and see, but her body didn't listen.
"What is happening?"
A little girl appeared in front of her, she has long silver hair and the same yellow eyes as Inuyasha's, wearing a red bow on the back of her head, like the one Kagome's used to wear when she was a child. Then, hands with long nails started pulling the girl back away. Away from the light and from her vision.
"No! Wait!"
The girl was struggling and suffering, she didn't want to leave. She stretched her hand out to Kagome and called.
"Mother! Help me!"
"No! NO! Please, let her stay!"
She didn't want to lose her just yet.
Her voice failed, she couldn't make out a single noise. And everything turned black. She tried to move or speak, but she was feeling too much pain and fatigue.
"Please! Let me hold her, just let me hold her."
Kagome let out a gasp and jolted awake. Her eyes immediately flew open as she clutched the sheets tightly, her heart beating wildly within her chest and her body trembling anxiously. Her hands ran to her large belly, trying to feel the baby kicks inside. Just then Inuyasha shifted at her side. She realized a pair of arms wrapping around her shoulders, holding her securely. She flinched in surprise but became still. Kagome felt her body go weak with relief at finding his familiar arms over her like always.
"Are you okay? What happened?"
Her face was covered in cold sweat, the vision putting a very real strain on her whole body. Those words weren't a mere fragment of her imagination. No, that's was a very real premonition.
"The baby. There is something wrong with the baby!"
"Calm down, it was only a nightmare."
"No! I know the difference between nightmares and visions. This was a premonition, there were words. Words spoken in my head."
A strange wave of pain washed over Kagome, blurring her thoughts. She took a moment to inhale and exhale slowly, trying to steady her uneasy stomach. This sensation... She knew well.
"Hey! Are you okay, Kagome?"
"Ah! It's time!" She exclaimed, nervously.
Just then they heard the sound of the door being slithered and light entered the room, followed by the shadow of a small body.
"Mommy, I can't sleep." Cried the little boy.
Kagome's firstborn, a six' year old boy, of short black hair, that resemble much herself, was standing by the door, holding a candle.
"Kouta! Go get Sango and Kaede." Inuyasha screamed.
Under the light the boy saw his mother in his father's arms, she appeared very sick.
"Mom! Is mom okay?"
"She will be fine, she needs help. So, go! Hurry!" He urged.
The little boy startled and ran outside.
"Hold on, Kagome. You will be alright! both of you."
"I don't want to lose her."
"Shhh. You're not losing anybody." He said using his gentlest voice to calm her.
"So, it is a girl?" He asked, trying to distract his wife from pain. Though he still doubted that her bad dream had something to do with the baby.
"Yeah, it is... so I saw." She replied, smiling weakly.
"And how she looked like?"
"Oh! She was beautiful, she had your eyes." He smiled back, trying to envision the child as Kagome described.
"Kagome!" Sango and Kaede burst inside de room, carrying cloths and water.
"Inuyasha, you should go now." She said.
"Okay." He leaned his forehead on Kagome's. "Don't worry. I'll be right outside if you need me."
After long hours of loud screams, Inuyasha walked in circles outside looking so anxious and worried. Miroku was taking care of the kids at his and Sango's house and could not be at his friend side to offer words of encouragement. His thoughts wandered between the screams and Kagome's dream, could it really be a vision, a premonition? What if something really happens? What would he do? Then, a baby's voice cried out. Sango called him to come inside and sitting there was Kagome, holding in her arms the newborn wrapped in a cloth.
"Congratulations! It's a girl."