~Chapter Seven~ ~Perfect~
Inu-Yasha stood for a moment inside the hut, staring over at his lover, whom was asleep and looking much better then in her earlier condition.
The nurse had cleaned everything up when she had returned and had replaced the quilts with new, fresh ones, and made sure Kagome was comfortable and out of pain.
Inu-Yasha smiled as he stepped closer.
When he finally reached Kagome's side, he knelt down and kissed her cheek gently.
The child in his arms moved a bit, but stayed well deep in slumber.
"……Kagome……" Inu-Yasha whispered as he pushed back her bangs.
It only took a few seconds before she came around, despite her need to sleep, and looked up at Inu-Yasha.
"Inu-Yasha…." She began to speak immediately.
"What happened? Was the baby born? Is it okay?" She questioned in a weak voice.
Inu-Yasha smiled and leaned closer to her.
"…..You tell me….." He stated.
Kagome stared up at him and he knew to help her sit up straight on her pillows.
Once she had made herself comfortable, she looked back to Inu-Yasha.
She knew what would happen next.
He handed her the bundle she knew already was her own.
She took it into her arms just as well as Inu-Yasha had first done, and looked down at the child sleeping soundly.
She lost herself in the power that filled her senses.
"Oh……." Was all she could say as tears fell from her eyes. Such happy tears.
"So this is what I slaved over?" She laughed a bit as she stared down to the child in marvel.
Inu-Yasha laid his head on her shoulder and gazed down at the infant as well.
"What was it?" Kagome asked.
"A girl." Inu-Yasha replied.
Kagome's heart filled with joy at this.
"Are you happy with that? Or did you wish for a boy?" She questioned.
Inu-Yasha smiled. "To tell you the truth, I think I really didn't care, as long as it was our child, a thing that I believe everyone wants, but are only so lucky if they get one."
Kagome nodded.
"Isn't she the most mystical being you've ever seen?" He asked.
Kagome giggled. "Yes. She's beautiful."
Kagome laid her head down onto Inu-Yasha head, as he lay on her shoulder, simply stared down at their newborn.
"Thank you, Kagome…." Inu-Yasha stated after a moment.
"And for what?" She questioned.
He looked up into her eyes.
"For giving me such a gift that I don't deserve at all."
Kagome shook her head. "You deserve this more then anyone. To be a parent is a joy. A thing that no one really knows about until they have a child themselves."
"But….how could…..how……." Inu-Yasha stuttered at the fact he knew not why the child was his. Why he had been so blessed.
"Hey. We both did this. We both created her." Kagome told him.
He smiled.
Just as a beam of sunlight peered into the room, the child slowly opened her eyes for the first time in front of her parents.
Immediately, Kagome and Inu-Yasha were breath taken at what stared back at them.
The infants eyes were the mixture color of gold and brown.
"Such beauty….." Inu-Yasha whispered.
"What I don't understand, Kagome, is how we created something so….flawless. Something so perfect that neither one of us could look at her and be taken and carried away with one smile." Inu-Yasha went on to say.
Kagome smiled at her daughter. "I don't know either…….but I don'ts care. I love her."
She then held her child with care and warmth.
Inu-Yasha smiled at them.
He had truly been blessed. Given a second chance at being something he never thought was possible. A father. A lover. A protector.
He loved Kagome more then anything. And he loved his daughter more then anything.
As of that moment as he gazed down at the small child and smiled, it seemed to look back up at him, and smile back in her own way.
"Let's see……I see me in there a lot, but I see you as well, Inu-Yasha. Which one of us do you think she truly resembles?" Kagome stated.
Inu-Yasha looked down at the baby and stared for a moment.
In such soft sunlight, he saw nothing more then Kagome in his daughter's face.
"You." He said simply. "I see you, Kagome. But she has differences from both of us. I'm sure she'll be her own separate individual, as everyone is."
Kagome nodded.
"That reminds me, Inu-Yasha! We haven't given her a name yet! I can't believe she's gone without a name for this long! We can't wait any longer!!"
Inu-Yasha suddenly remember such a thing as well.
"Yeah. I guess we sorta forgot, huh?"
He, again, looked down to the child and gave her a good long look over.
"I really don't know what to name her. Do you have anything in mind?" He asked.
Kagome laughed. "But….I want you to name her! I've done ALL the work so far! Your turn!!"
Inu-Yasha sighed.
"I want a name that means something grand. Grand and beautiful. Just as she is!"
He thought a whole longer then.
Finally, it clicked.
"I remember when she was born, the moon's shadow was overhead, and I thought immediately of a name with beauty and grace. I'm not sure why, but that name sounds so perfect for her." Inu-Yasha explained.
"So what is this name that's so grand?" Kagome questioned.
Inu-Yasha took the baby from Kagome's arms with care and held her gently.
"I will name her, Karu."
"Karu." Kagome repeated Inu-Yasha as she thought about it.
"That's a wonderful name, Inu-Yasha. Karu."
Inu-Yasha smiled and she smiled as well.
They looked down at their infant again.
After a while, Kagome became tired again and fell asleep.
Inu-Yasha took the child and walked around with her.
"My Karu. I hope you like your name. It's what I've named you. You've met your mother and I, and you've already met your auntie Sango, Great Grandma Kaede, and the village nurse. I hope uncle Miroku and Shippo will get here soon so you can meet them as well. I know they'll love you, just as I do." Inu-Yasha told her with much excitement in his voice.
Karu, as she would now be called rather then, "The baby", smiled up at her father and soon fell into a peaceful slumber in Inu-Yasha's arms.
Inu-Yasha held her close to him gently and spoke kind words.
"I've got you, and I will never let go."
~Later that day, with Sango~
Sango strolled about in the woods.
*What a morning. Kagome's baby was born and I hear Inu-Yasha named her Karu a little after sunrise. It's now around noon, and everything's quieted down a bit, except for all the gossip going around the village women about then newborn in the town.* Sango stated in thought as she rolled her eyes.
She sighed and sat down on a rock out in a large field where the summer breeze swept past her swiftly.
Staring at the ground, she was suddenly reminded of a day not too long ago.
She saw herself in that tight demon slayer outfit that she never wore anymore walking about a field almost similar to the one she was in then, searching for the jewel shards, Inu-Yasha and Kagome fighting over something odd way ahead of her, Shippo picking flowers with Kirara, and Miroku traveling alongside her.
It was on that day that she realized something most dear to her.
She had been mad at the monk from the early hours of the morning that day, and she wasn't speaking to him, but when she noticed that he wasn't trying anything on her, she turned to him and stared.
His face so gentle and knowing, and yet you could see the mischief in his eyes.
He turned top her and gave her a warm smile that made her feel wanted.
"Well, it looks to me that it's going to be a fine day, indeed. Don't you agree, Sango? The air has a pleasant scent to it, and I'm sure it's not just Kagome's odd liquid she calls "Perfume". I believe it's simply knowing that it'll be a good day, sunny and cheery, and filled with soon to make memories that I'm sure you'll remember for the rest of your life. I think I'll pick flowers with Shippo, that I will!" And he did just that.
Sango watched him kneel down and pick the daises with Shippo in a marry kind of way.
She remembered never being so happy on that day.
She saw Inu-Yasha laughing hysterically at Miroku as he did such a childish thing, and Kagome yelling at him to quit it and she joined the monk and the fox demon herself!
"Well, looks like you and me are the only normal ones around here. I'm ashamed." Inu-Yasha murmured to her.
She giggled and let the wind brush past her.
*This is my family….Inu-Yasha, Kagome, Shippo, Kirara, and…..Miroku. I love them all….but…then Miroku's smile I love the most.* She thought.
And the memory faded.
Sango came out of her fond thoughts and placed her hand over her cheek, blushing.
"Miroku was right. I will never forget that day, his kind words, or his smile. I know I will never forget him at all…..it's just……"
Her fists tightened on her kimono as a tear drop fell to the material.
"Why did he have to leave me here……I…..I miss him so much. I truly do………." She whispered as the summer breeze carried her long blackish brownish hair, swaying it in the wind with grace.
"Why………."
Just as the words left her lips, she heard footsteps approaching her.
She wanted to run, but she didn't feel like it, so she stayed put, hoping that whoever it was would just go away after a moment, getting the hint that she didn't want to be bothered.
She listened as the footsteps came closer, until finally, they reached only a few feet away from her.
Her fists tightened again and she became angry.
"PLEASE!!! JUST GO AWAY AND LEAVE ME BE!! I WISH NOT TO BE BOTHERED BY SIMPLE PASSER BYERS!!!" She shouted.
Nothing for a moment, but then……
"Well…so sorry to bother you. If you truly wish for me to leave, then I suppose I could go, but it is truly necessary to call me "a passer bier"?" Said a voice so familiar that Sango nearly fell off the rock she sat upon.
She looked up from the ground, and turned ever so slowly that she wouldn't miss anything.
There stood, with a smile as pure and gentle as his soul, was the monk she had so wished to see for months.
"Miroku………" She whispered.
He laughed and put his hand behind his head.
"Yeah…..sorry I bothered you."
Sango stood up and stared.
Her eyes filled with tears after a moment.
"Miroku……you…..jerk!!!!!" She cried as she ran to him swiftly.
She fell into his arms with ease.
Miroku dropped the bag he carried and his staff, staring down at her.
"W…What's the matter, Sango?" He stuttered as he began to blush deeply.
Sango's grip tightened.
"You…idiot….leaving me behind for so long….how was I supposed to live……..without you?" She stated.
Miroku's eyes widened.
"I….don't understand. You hate me, do you not, Sango?" He questioned in total confusion.
Sango shook her head frantically.
"Never….never in a million years could I hate you. Miroku…you lecher! I…I…..I love you." She whispered into his kimono as she looked up at him.
Miroku was in complete shock.
Soon, Sango realized what she had done and stepped away, but Miroku pulled her close to him once more.
"I….can see that you didn't mean to say such a thing so hastily, but……what gave you the idea you could step away without kissing me first?" He smirked.
Sango was stunned, and just as she thought she needed to run away or something, for fear of what Miroku meant just then, he pulled her up and kissed her lips gently.
They stood and simply stayed lip-locked for over 5 minutes, before Miroku softly let go, and stepped back from Sango.
"I….I'm sorry…Sango. The truth of the matter is…..I….I love you as well. I simply couldn't stop thinking of you when I was out on the road with little Shippo. Forgive me if I acted too fats, but….just hearing you say such words that I thought you'd never say touched my heart so deeply that I…"
"I understand." Sango smiled as she touched her fingers to her lips.
Miroku smiled back at her.
"Please…..I want you to know that I've cried and missed you so……I just wanted to see you again thus badly…….I……..if you wish to go on the journey again, then I'm going with you……but if you can…please stay here with me." Sango explained.
Miroku stared. "But…what about Kagome? Don't you have to be here to help out with the birth of the baby?" He asked.
Sango smiled more broadly now. "Kagome? She has her baby this morning under the moon's shadow!" She informed with a bit of excitement in her voice.
Miroku was stunned. "Well….seems that I'm a bit off track. Why don't you take me to the village and explain things to be more clearly……my Sango."
Sango blushed at the last words, then became confused. "What about Shippo? Isn't he with you?"
Miroku shrugged. "I thought he'd come with me, but he went to the village immediately to see Kagome and Inu-Yasha. Boy, will he ever have a shock when he finds out Kagome already had her child!"
Sango stared up at him. "You mean to say…you were intentionally coming to see me first?"
He smiled that smile that no one could oppose.
"Well….yes! I was so excited to be here that I rushed to find you first. I was so happy to find you……"
Sango's kind expression stopped him.
She reached for his hand and they walked one another to the village, only minutes away down the sunny path.
*Everything's so perfect.* Sango told herself in thought.
And everything would remain perfect for her, because Miroku was staying.
No other time was more enjoyable then that to her heart.
~Oi! Hope you're liking it! I still have stuff going for yah! ^.^Keep reading friend! HeHe!~
~chibikagome1@yahoo.com~
