The Next Sequence of Unfortunate Events

Ch. 4 Midnight Contemplations and Shippo's Eerie Secret

By: Blubelle

**Hey everyone I know I said Saturday, and this was written Saturday but I couldn't load it for some reason. Anyway it's here now. So everyone review, I'm in a major writers block, and if I keep going at this rate, I'll have nothing to write. So come on everyone give me some inspiration. I'm thinking of writing another story at the same time as I finish this one up, you know this one is kinda getting boring. Anyway, enjoy if you will.

-Kelly
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**Ch.4 Midnight Contemplations and Shippo's Eerie Secret
As the hut went quiet, Inuyasha relaxed a bit more. The white-haired- half-demon sat in a tree a short distance from his sleeping comrades. Inuyasha stared blankly into the full moon, as if he could stare right through it. Lost in his thoughts, for the first time Inuyasha didn't notice anything that was happening around him. He was so intent on understanding what was happening in his life.

'Any day now, and I'll be a father.' Inuyasha thought as he continued to stare into the shining light in front of him. The moon's rays reflecting off of his beautiful golden eyes making him look almost angelic.

'Will I be good enough for it? Will I, a half dog demon be able to parent it the way it needs to be?' Inuyasha thought once more, but quickly pushed it away remembering that he wasn't alone and that he could handle anything, especially raising a child.

Inuyasha continued to drift in and out of thought, never taking his eyes off of the unwavering glow of the glimmering moon in front of him.

As Inuyasha's thinking became more and more intense, Kagome crept up behind him, worry evident in her shimmering eyes.

She continued to stare at his form for a long time before receding into the woods once again and heading back toward the hut to join her companions in their blissful sleep, which sounded very appealing to the pregnant girl.

'I wonder what exactly he's thinking about.' Kagome kept her thoughts to herself as she continued her journey, just in case a pair of sensitive half-demon ears happened to pick up her query.

She silently reentered the hut and scooted into her sleeping bag, leaving the rest of the world (mind you and me) unaware of her little walk.

The next morning everyone woke up at about the same time, except of course Sango who was sleeping off the events of the previous night. Kagome prepared breakfast and was finishing up as Inuyasha walked hungrily in.

"Ready to leave?" Inuyasha asked as he put his empty bowl down next to him.

At this statement the whole room froze and stared. Pieces of food fell from Miroku's mouth as Sango sat groggily up and also stared at the hanyou.

"Ha! The apocalypse has come, Naraku's picking flowers, no. Kagome got an A on one of her tests!" Miroku said still wide-eyed, chuckling a bit as he spoke his words.

"What do you mean by that?" Inuyasha asked. Staring at each pair of eyes turned on him giving them each a glare.

"In other words it's a miracle, or rather a one in a million occurrence." Said Miroku as he continued his meal.

"Hey, I get A's on tes." Kagome began.

"What's so amazing?" Inuyasha said cutting off Kagome.

"Well, honestly, that is the first time you have ever asked Kagome if she was ready to leave. In the past you either force her to leave or you don't let her leave at all. Now can you see what a phenomenon this is?" Miroku said not taking anything away from eating as Sango plopped heavily back onto the ground to continue sleeping.

"I have too!" Inuyasha said.

"Yeah, and Shippo is 55!" Miroku stated back at the now standing hanyou. At this comment Shippo began backing away, trying not to draw attention to himself. He spoke as Miroku glanced down at his retreating figure.

"Ha, good one Miroku." Shippo said with a fake smile before disappearing behind Kagome.

Everyone looked toward where the kitsune was just standing, trying to comprehend what just happened before going back to their conversation.

"I have too, and that's final! Come on Kagome let's go." Inuyasha said, holding out his hand to help his mate up from her sitting position.

"Okay Inuyasha, let me get my things and we'll go." Said Kagome as she walked toward her backpack.

After packing, everyone said goodbye, and a few congratulations before the two left toward the fabled bone eaters well.

Inuyasha grabbed Kagome hand upon entering the clearing where the well resided. Stepping up of the lip of the well they took one last look at each other before jumping in together.

The swirling abyss of blue lights had Kagome anxious towards what awaited her on the other side. This anxiousness didn't cease even as they landed on the soft earthen bottom of the other side. Inuyasha picked her up and jumped out with relative ease.

Kagome's pace was exceptionally fast at that time, especially for a pregnant woman. It had been two whole months since Kagome had been home.

The couple entered the house and looked around.

It was completely empty. No one was home.

"Where is everyone? No note? Hmmm." Kagome said almost to herself.

"No note, but they weren't really expecting us." Inuyasha said back.

"Well, I guess we might as well stay, I have been missing some of the modern conveniences of this time." Kagome said as she walked toward her room.

"I guess so." Inuyasha said unpleased, but didn't want to tempt the wavering moods of the woman.

"Oh, a bath sounds so good!" Kagome stated as the two walked into her room.

"I know, tell me about it." Inuyasha said, smirking, as Kagome looked at him with humorous disapprovement.

"Haha, right Inuyasha, how about you take a nap instead. I just want to relax, okay?" Kagome said as she prepared for what she thought would be her first relaxing moment in a long time.

"Doesn't sound nearly as fun." Inuyasha said as he made his way toward her bed.
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**Okay that was it! Hope you enjoyed it. Once again not very long I know, but at least it was better than my last chapter. I think. Anyway please review. Thanks for reading and keep checking back, I'm going to try to get back into the swing of things. Thanks again. Kelly signing off!

-Kelly