~~~~~The next day~~~~~
Kagome was standing just outside the door to the hut she had spent the night in, Jielynn in her arms, sleeping, she sighed, speaking to the sky.
".....Oh 'Yasha... I wish you could see your daughter, she is beautiful... And... Well.. Sweet... 'Yasha... Come back to me... Please... Just come back...."
Kagome slid down to her knees on the ground, crying for her lost mate, Jielynn against her chest, she wanted to die, but knew she could not because of the wee one.
Kagome stood quickly, having heard the sound of footsteps, she sniffed back her tears, and turned to face the forest. Fasha stepped outside as well, a plate and a towel in her hands, she was drying the plate, had heard the noise, and come to see what it was.
"......Lady Kagome? Did you hear something as well?"
Kagome starred into the forest, not paying attention to Fasha.... She yelped with happiness, and bounded off toward the approaching figure, Jielynn in her arms..
"INUYASHA!"
"Kagome...."
Inuyasha grabbed Kagome, hugged her tightly and smiled.
"You're alive... Oh gods... 'Yasha..."
"Yes, mate, I am alive, I could not stand your grieving."
Kagome held up their now screaming infant daughter, smiling she thrust the child into Inuyasha's arms.
"........Who is this, 'Gome?"
"....'Tis Jielynn, Lord, your daughter...."
Inuyasha starred down at the infant, his eyes wide.
He looked at Kagome, tears now streaming down his cheeks.
"I am a terrible man, Kagome... I wasn't here for you....."
"'Yasha... I just had her yesterday.... You are here now, that is all that matters.....I love you, 'Yasha."
Kagome stared at the child, having just noticed the tiny white tail the child waived about in the air, she smiled, having before noticed the teeny fangs the child had had at birth.
"She's a daemon, just like you, 'Yasha..."
Inuyasha smiled, gently grasping the child's tail, pulling it gently.
"Why are you pulling her tail?"
".....Making sure it isn't broken... Oh Kagome.... Thank you."
Kagome smiled once again as Inuyasha pulled her against himself, keeping her close with one arm, holding Jielynn in the other, he walked back toward the hut, and Fasha, grinning.
".....Who is that, Lady Kagome?"
"My mate of course, Fasha!"
Fasha blinked, shook her head and stepped toward the family, she poked Inuyasha's cheek and he blinked at her, wondering exactly what she thought she was doing.... And why Kagome wasn't stopping her from touching him was a mystery in itself.
"....'Yasha, I know what you are thinking... She was my mid-wife... She helped me birth the child...."
".....I see.... And this woman's name is Fasha, ne?"
".....Yes, Inuyasha, my name is Fasha... Problem? I think I see where the child gets off screaming all the time..."
"WHAT WAS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN!?!"
Fasha laughed at Inuyasha's sudden outburst.
"....You are as hot-headed as a bull when he has not seen a cow in years!"
At that, Fasha stalked back into the house, laughing her head off.
Kagome was giggling as well, and took Jielynn from Inuyasha, guiding the child's mouth once again to her breast, thankful she had kept some of her open, fronted shirts.
Inuyasha watched his child nurse, and smiled, reaching for the child's cheek, he ran a finger gently down over the cheek he had been reaching for, as well as Kagome's breast.
".....Inuyasha?"
"Yes, Kagome?"
"....How do you like your daughter?"
"....She looks like you, 'Gome..."
Inuyasha pulled Kagome close again, hugging her tightly to his chest, being careful not to hurt the child.
"....She is very small, is there something wrong with her?"
Kagome laughed, looking up at Inuyasha as he picked her up.
".....She is a newly born babe... Of course she is small, there is nothing wrong with her, 'Yasha..."
Inuyasha nodded, and laughed as well.
"....I keep forgetting that you are human, Kagome... Our children are usually bigger than she is..."
".....I'm sorry... Don't hate me, 'Yasha.."
Inuyasha hugged her tightly, walking to a tree, sitting beneath it.
"....I will never hate you, or our babe, Kagome.... I will never leave either of you... I love you both...."
"Oh, 'Yasha...."
".......Sleep little Kagome... Sleep..."
Kagome nodded and settled herself down on his chest, falling into a deep sleep for the first time in 10 months.
Inuyasha watched the sleeping Kagome, his eyes filled with unshed tears, he ran his fingers through her hair, and kissed the top of her head.
Inuyasha whispered into Kagome's hair.
"....I love you more than life, 'Gome... I will always be with you... And Jielynn...."
Jielynn looked up at her father, and reached out with a tiny hand for his fingers. Inuyasha lowered his hand down where Jielynn could reach it, and smiled when she took one of the pro-offered fingers and stuck it in her mouth.
Jielynn chewed on her father's finger, her tiny fangs biting into his flesh.
Inuyasha laughed a bit, removing Jielynn from Kagome's grasp.
"You are very cute, little girl..."
At that, Jielynn let go of his finger and just stared at him with her ice blue eyes.
Kagome woke up from her peaceful sleep, at the feeling of emptiness in her arms, Jielynn was missing, she looked at Inuyasha, noticed Jielynn and calmed down.
Kagome sat down beside Inuyasha, looking at Jielynn, then Inuyasha.
"....What are you doing, 'Yasha?"
"....Playing with my daughter, Kagome..."
"...Oh... Well.. I guess that's okay..."
"....You guess?"
"....Yes...."
"...Why couldn't I play with her?"
"......No reason Inuyasha... I was just scared for a minute... I thought Brielle had taken her..."
"....Kagome, you know I wouldn't allow that..."
Kagome nodded, smiled, and brushed some hair back from Inuyasha's face.
Jielynn looked at her mother, then her father, and gnawed on Inuyasha's finger some more.
"....She likes you, 'Yasha..."
"Of course she does, I'm her father..."
Kagome laughed, and leaned toward Inuyasha, kissing him on the lips.
Inuyasha kissed her back, and smirked as he leaned back against the tree.
"Kagome.... Will you have another of my children?"
"....Yes, 'Yasha... As soon as Fasha says it is okay..."
At that moment, Brielle jumped out of nowhere, ready to kill.....Again.
Inuyasha jumped to his feet, giving Jielynn back to Kagome.
"Go inside Kagome!"
Kagome did as she was told, standing, running into the house with Jielynn in her arms.
"....So... Inuyasha, you are alive... You wretched half-breed..."
"...Yes, I am alive.. But you won't be for long..."
And with those words, Inuyasha lept forward, slashing his claws across Brielle's chest, ripping her heart out in one clean blow.
She fell to the ground in a bloody heap, her body then disappering, Inuyasha ate Brielle's heart to ensure that her death would be permanent.
Kagome was standing just outside the door to the hut she had spent the night in, Jielynn in her arms, sleeping, she sighed, speaking to the sky.
".....Oh 'Yasha... I wish you could see your daughter, she is beautiful... And... Well.. Sweet... 'Yasha... Come back to me... Please... Just come back...."
Kagome slid down to her knees on the ground, crying for her lost mate, Jielynn against her chest, she wanted to die, but knew she could not because of the wee one.
Kagome stood quickly, having heard the sound of footsteps, she sniffed back her tears, and turned to face the forest. Fasha stepped outside as well, a plate and a towel in her hands, she was drying the plate, had heard the noise, and come to see what it was.
"......Lady Kagome? Did you hear something as well?"
Kagome starred into the forest, not paying attention to Fasha.... She yelped with happiness, and bounded off toward the approaching figure, Jielynn in her arms..
"INUYASHA!"
"Kagome...."
Inuyasha grabbed Kagome, hugged her tightly and smiled.
"You're alive... Oh gods... 'Yasha..."
"Yes, mate, I am alive, I could not stand your grieving."
Kagome held up their now screaming infant daughter, smiling she thrust the child into Inuyasha's arms.
"........Who is this, 'Gome?"
"....'Tis Jielynn, Lord, your daughter...."
Inuyasha starred down at the infant, his eyes wide.
He looked at Kagome, tears now streaming down his cheeks.
"I am a terrible man, Kagome... I wasn't here for you....."
"'Yasha... I just had her yesterday.... You are here now, that is all that matters.....I love you, 'Yasha."
Kagome stared at the child, having just noticed the tiny white tail the child waived about in the air, she smiled, having before noticed the teeny fangs the child had had at birth.
"She's a daemon, just like you, 'Yasha..."
Inuyasha smiled, gently grasping the child's tail, pulling it gently.
"Why are you pulling her tail?"
".....Making sure it isn't broken... Oh Kagome.... Thank you."
Kagome smiled once again as Inuyasha pulled her against himself, keeping her close with one arm, holding Jielynn in the other, he walked back toward the hut, and Fasha, grinning.
".....Who is that, Lady Kagome?"
"My mate of course, Fasha!"
Fasha blinked, shook her head and stepped toward the family, she poked Inuyasha's cheek and he blinked at her, wondering exactly what she thought she was doing.... And why Kagome wasn't stopping her from touching him was a mystery in itself.
"....'Yasha, I know what you are thinking... She was my mid-wife... She helped me birth the child...."
".....I see.... And this woman's name is Fasha, ne?"
".....Yes, Inuyasha, my name is Fasha... Problem? I think I see where the child gets off screaming all the time..."
"WHAT WAS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN!?!"
Fasha laughed at Inuyasha's sudden outburst.
"....You are as hot-headed as a bull when he has not seen a cow in years!"
At that, Fasha stalked back into the house, laughing her head off.
Kagome was giggling as well, and took Jielynn from Inuyasha, guiding the child's mouth once again to her breast, thankful she had kept some of her open, fronted shirts.
Inuyasha watched his child nurse, and smiled, reaching for the child's cheek, he ran a finger gently down over the cheek he had been reaching for, as well as Kagome's breast.
".....Inuyasha?"
"Yes, Kagome?"
"....How do you like your daughter?"
"....She looks like you, 'Gome..."
Inuyasha pulled Kagome close again, hugging her tightly to his chest, being careful not to hurt the child.
"....She is very small, is there something wrong with her?"
Kagome laughed, looking up at Inuyasha as he picked her up.
".....She is a newly born babe... Of course she is small, there is nothing wrong with her, 'Yasha..."
Inuyasha nodded, and laughed as well.
"....I keep forgetting that you are human, Kagome... Our children are usually bigger than she is..."
".....I'm sorry... Don't hate me, 'Yasha.."
Inuyasha hugged her tightly, walking to a tree, sitting beneath it.
"....I will never hate you, or our babe, Kagome.... I will never leave either of you... I love you both...."
"Oh, 'Yasha...."
".......Sleep little Kagome... Sleep..."
Kagome nodded and settled herself down on his chest, falling into a deep sleep for the first time in 10 months.
Inuyasha watched the sleeping Kagome, his eyes filled with unshed tears, he ran his fingers through her hair, and kissed the top of her head.
Inuyasha whispered into Kagome's hair.
"....I love you more than life, 'Gome... I will always be with you... And Jielynn...."
Jielynn looked up at her father, and reached out with a tiny hand for his fingers. Inuyasha lowered his hand down where Jielynn could reach it, and smiled when she took one of the pro-offered fingers and stuck it in her mouth.
Jielynn chewed on her father's finger, her tiny fangs biting into his flesh.
Inuyasha laughed a bit, removing Jielynn from Kagome's grasp.
"You are very cute, little girl..."
At that, Jielynn let go of his finger and just stared at him with her ice blue eyes.
Kagome woke up from her peaceful sleep, at the feeling of emptiness in her arms, Jielynn was missing, she looked at Inuyasha, noticed Jielynn and calmed down.
Kagome sat down beside Inuyasha, looking at Jielynn, then Inuyasha.
"....What are you doing, 'Yasha?"
"....Playing with my daughter, Kagome..."
"...Oh... Well.. I guess that's okay..."
"....You guess?"
"....Yes...."
"...Why couldn't I play with her?"
"......No reason Inuyasha... I was just scared for a minute... I thought Brielle had taken her..."
"....Kagome, you know I wouldn't allow that..."
Kagome nodded, smiled, and brushed some hair back from Inuyasha's face.
Jielynn looked at her mother, then her father, and gnawed on Inuyasha's finger some more.
"....She likes you, 'Yasha..."
"Of course she does, I'm her father..."
Kagome laughed, and leaned toward Inuyasha, kissing him on the lips.
Inuyasha kissed her back, and smirked as he leaned back against the tree.
"Kagome.... Will you have another of my children?"
"....Yes, 'Yasha... As soon as Fasha says it is okay..."
At that moment, Brielle jumped out of nowhere, ready to kill.....Again.
Inuyasha jumped to his feet, giving Jielynn back to Kagome.
"Go inside Kagome!"
Kagome did as she was told, standing, running into the house with Jielynn in her arms.
"....So... Inuyasha, you are alive... You wretched half-breed..."
"...Yes, I am alive.. But you won't be for long..."
And with those words, Inuyasha lept forward, slashing his claws across Brielle's chest, ripping her heart out in one clean blow.
She fell to the ground in a bloody heap, her body then disappering, Inuyasha ate Brielle's heart to ensure that her death would be permanent.