Disclaimer: Isn't this a little redundant? You all know that I do NOT own InuYasha, ^ ^; (Slaps at her neck) Damnit Myouga! Go suck on Sesshoumaru's neck! Or anyone else for that matter!
What the Future Holds
Chapter 3
Only two months have gone by, and Kagome is mysteriously nearing the final stages of pregnancy.
"Get up Kagome!" cried Shippo, shaking her slightly, "It's time to go see the Oracle!" The little kitsune youkai pulled and tugged at the woman he adopted as a mother figure, trying to help her sit up.
"Okay Shippo!" said Kagome in an exhausted voice, "Just let me take my time getting up." Why is the baby growing so fast?! I'm only in my fifth month, yet it looks like I am in the last few weeks of the pregnancy. Oh gods! What is that pain? Kagome thought and she clutched at her abdomen. She felt a warm liquid burst in her lower region as a sharp pain wormed its way through her body.
"Kagome! You've wet yourself! You're too old to do that even though I some…" Shippo began but was instantly cut off by Kagome's frantic voice.
"Shippo! Run and get Kaede and the Oracle. They should be out in the streets! Please hurry!" Kagome moaned as she almost fell to the floor. Shippo ran from the hut in a panic, Kagome's fear filling his nose. He ran as fast as he could, bumping into some of the villagers and knocking them over in his rush. He saw InuYasha and ran towards him, yelling.
"INUYASHA! Quick! Where is Kaede and the Oracle?!" he shouted, waving his little paws above his head.
"Why, what's the matter?" he asked him, and then sniffed the air, "Kagome! Shippo, I just passed them, keep running down here and…" Kaede and the Oracle seemed to appear before them.
"I thought that I sensed something wrong," the Oracle replied calmly, "Thy mate is in labor, and this will not be easy for her. Come quickly Kaede." The two women walked briskly to the hut and went inside, finding Kagome struggling to sit up, then crying out in pain again.
"Easy there my child," Kaede said soothingly, "This won't take too long." She spoke softly, knowing as well as the Oracle did, that a virgin's first baby was the hardest trial in her life. She caught the Oracle's eye, and she nodded slightly, and then turned to InuYasha and Shippo.
"Ye two!" she barked (no pun on InuYasha's behalf), "Get outside! Find Sango and tell her to come in here, NOW!"
The two males stumbled out the doorway and fell back onto the ground. They looked up at the laughter and found that they were at the feet of Miroku, Sango, and Sesshoumaru's human, Rin.
"Well," Miroku laughed, "Looks like InuYasha was beaten for once."
"Shut up you damn monk! Sango, get your ass inside and help Kaede and the Oracle because Kagome is having the baby!"
"Ah! Rin, come with me!" Sango gasped and the two girls ran inside, just as a scream erupted from the hut.
"INUYASHA!!" cried Kagome from within the coolness of the hut. InuYasha leaped up, but was stopped by Miroku, who grabbed him from under his arms. He shook his head sadly at him.
"The birthing of a child is for female eyes only. You would only get in the way of their work," he said softly, and Shippo sat on the ground, crying quietly. InuYasha looked in anguish at the hut and shut his eyes in pain as he heard Kagome scream for him again. His entire being was telling him that he had to go to her, but he knew that his presence in the birthing chamber would somehow harm the child. He slumped against Miroku and slid to the ground. He looked at Shippo and gathered the young kitsune into his arms, and hugged him. They all needed comfort at this time, even if it had to be from the ones who annoyed them the most.
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"Easy my child, ye must be strong for the children," the Oracle said as another contraction passed in Kagome's body.
"Wise one," Rin said, looking at the Oracle with wide eyes, "Why dost thee keep saying "children" when Kagome is to have but one pup?"
"It is because I sense two heart beats in the womb of this woman my child," the woman said. She grunted softly as Kagome gripped her hand tightly at the pain in her body. The women in the room looked at her in a silent pause, knowing that the Oracle had always been right about her prediction. They knew that her words were true and that Kagome was to have two pups instead of one.
"Now build up the fire Sango, and boil some water," Kaede ordered, "Rin, sit at Kagome's head and hold her face in your hands and talk to her, she will need a voice to listen too as the Oracle and myself will have to do other things." The two did as they were told, but stopped as Kagome screamed for InuYasha once more.
"InuYasha! Where is he?" Kagome said weakly, "Please, we want to see him, we want him to be here when they come into this world."
"She's fading!" Kaede cried.
"I know," the Oracle sighed, "She's loosing too much blood, and the children are ready to come out." She shook her head and sighed heavily.
"In order for Kagome to survive this birth, InuYasha must give his blood to her. She must drink it so the children will live. Rin, run quickly and get InuYasha from outside."
The little girl nodded and ran outside, swiftly heading towards InuYasha.
"InuYasha," Rin said, forcing her voice to keep steady and not panic, "The Oracle wants you inside." InuYasha leaped up and ran inside, looking at Kagome's body in shock. They had torn the clothes from her swelled body, and Kagome was in a pool of her own blood. InuYasha could see the crown of a head over the Oracle's shoulder.
"Push Kagome!" the Oracle cried, "InuYasha, ye must give thy mate thy blood to drink so that she and the children can survive this ordeal. However, the affects of Kagome drinking thy blood will change her into a demon, a hanyou as ye are."
"If it will save the ones I love," InuYasha said without hesitation, rolling up his sleeve, "I'll do it." He drew a clawed finger above the wrist of his arm and went over to Kagome. He held the wound to her mouth and waited. Kagome's mouth latched onto the arm, sucking hard and greedily seeking the blood. Her eyes shot open as a new strength filled her veins. Kagome tore her mouth from InuYasha's arm and suddenly pushed out the life she was carrying. A small 'pop' was heard and a baby shot out of her, but Kagome somehow knew that she had more to come. Just one more, and this one is…a girl. Another 'pop' and another screaming baby, this one a girl.
"Come now Kagome, you must push out the after birth," Kaede said, and Kagome did so without yelling once.
"You have a boy and a girl! They are twins Kagome! InuYasha, they have your coloring, silver hair and golden eyes," Sango said happily. Kagome lay back with a sigh of exhaustion, a smile upon her face. InuYasha went to her side and covered her with the shirt of his kimono, nuzzling her face as he did so.
"In…InuYasha," Kagome sighed as she began to drift off into sleep, "We have twins."
"I know love," he whispered and kissed her sweaty forehead, "I'll take care of all of you." The twins looked at their parents with smiles on their faces, but then cried out as their hungry bellies called for food. The adults laughed at their impatience, knowing that they inherited that trait from their father, InuYasha.
To be continued…