Author's Note:
OK, somebody shoot me for last chapter! O~O I did not meen that!!! (Crouches, drops to the ground and stuff to avoid being shot). Seriously now, I am sorry for being so mean to you, but I just could not help myself! Furthermore, that remark about the "May" thing was right; it should have been "March" instead... Hey, I may be a nutcase, but I am good at Biology and Anthropology! Oh, something else... Lemon-queen-69 noticed something that you didn't. (Checks security system piled up around documents to see if there is some breech.) As an answer to your question... ^v^

Thank you for your interest in this story! You have made RaspK FOG a very happy person!

Chapter 7
Yet more revelations...

Inuyasha's face contorted at her words, flinging Kagome's merry thinking to the garbage. 'Is it possible that Sango-chan could be wrong about his feelings concerning kids? That cannot be...' If she only knew what crossed his mind...

'Keh, why would I want a mutt around the house?' After a moment, when Kagome's words seeped through his stubborness, making him fully aware of their meening, Inuyasha's mouth almost reached the floor, eyes ready to pop out of their sockets, his face getting pale, only to brighten into one of the biggest grins he had ever displayed! Kagome's face lit up, not knowing what had Inuyasha previously thought, still grateful that he seemed happy with the news... "You should have told me earlier, you know!"

Kagome lept at his form, hugging him so firmly he had to struggle to even breathe. "I am so glad, my love, that you are happy as well."

"How in the world could you ever think I would not be happy about that?" was his reply, good news having swept the stupid thoughts he had just a matter of seconds ago.

"Baka!" Kagome mocked hurt, while Inuyasha brought her closer to him, continuing their passion-filled kiss, picking pace from where they stopped...

Sango noticed all of this and didn't manage to stiffle a giggle that escaped her lips, stirring Miroku up in his sleep, who in turn asked her what was wrong. Miroku followed the line that Sango's finger traced, sighing heavily at the sight of the two lovebirds... "They are never going to learn now, are they?"

"I don't think so..."

Around that moment, Shippou's nose reached up in the room, only to notice there was something wrong. "What's this smell?" Shippou said?" Turning around to see what would be emmiting this smell, he saw Kagome in Inuyasha's arms, hugging each other... The smell was coming from over there somehow. 'Don't know waht is it, but I have to go away; that thing is making me feel dizzy...' With that thought Shippou ran off, jumping over a startled Sango, heading for Kaede's room. 'It was beyond me, thinking I would prefer the reek of herbs than Kagome's presence...'

The following morning the whole party of five had breakfast outside Kaede's hut. As they sut munching and sipping their share of the food, Kagome chose to speak up.

"Houshi-sama, I want to talk to you about something, but you have to promise me that you are going to keep your hands to you!"

"What could have made you think of such a thing, Lady Kagome?", at which Kagome promptly rolled her eyes.

"Come on, and do as I said, or Inuyasha would be very upset..." That truly caught the monk's attention.

"Alright..." As they reached a clearing, curiosity had already caught the best of him. "OK, we have left the village. Can you please tell me what were you thinking of earlier?"

"Well, I wanted to ask you to be Inuyasha and my child's godfather, since Sango is going to be its godmother..."

"Oh, that's it... No big deal, I guess." As the aforementioned monk turned his back to head for the village once more, he suddenly facefaulted, much to Kagome's amusement...

Miroku found none of this very funny. "You and Inuyasha are having a child?" Kagome noticed that as he picked himself up, he was trembling pretty badly for a moment.

"What is it, Houshi-sama? Are you alright?"

"No, I am not! I would like to congratulate you, yet I seriously have to keep my promise, have I not?" Miroku's puzzled look was almost as good as Inuyasha's when she told him about it. Almost...

"Come and give me a hug, my friend!"

After that little chat, the two of them turned back to the village to find that Inuyasha and Sango were missing.

"Shippou-chan, were are Sango and Inuyasha?"

"I do not know, Kagome-chan, Sango just wanted to talk to Inuyasha about something..."

Kagome nodded her understanding. "Come over here, cuttie!" Shippou followed suit, jumping in Kagome's lap. There was something that he could not figure out, something that he could not recall as a trait of her own scent...

"Tell me, Kagome-chan, why do you smell different now? Has anything happened while you were away?" Kagome's face blushed furiously at Shippou's rightful question. 'Youkai sense's can be soo frustrating...'

"Well, Shippou, tell me have your mother ever told you how were you brought to this world?"

Shippou seemed out of it, really dumbfounded at her words, then awfully sad as he gazed down at his feet... "Not really; I would not be considered old enough to be told of such stuff, and I wasn't really interested at the time... Then she died, and..." Tears were streaming down his cheeks, not many, but of the heart-breaking kind, those that drip down one's face, and while you think they will hit the ground with a soft plinck, they pound your heart, making it ache for the things that should not have happened... "It's OK, Shippou, it's alright, please don't cry..." Kagome tried to soothe him, wandering if her child would ever have to endure such pain and grief. 'Well, I'll do my best to prevent harm from reaching us, keeping our child safe from Shippou's kind of hurt!"

A minute later, Shippou raised his face to look at Kagome. "I am fine, Kagome-chan. Now, what were you talking about?"

"See now, Shippou, when a couple is very happy with one another they may want to give birth to a child, their greatest bond of love, their greatest responsibility and their greatest joy. Right?" Shippou nodded, not completely understanding...

Kagome was feeling her face turning a little pinker with every word she spoke out; she would prefer to have such talk with her children only. "Well, gulp, when the couple think of themselves as ready, they gulp mate again, during specific days. That way, gulp, the female partner gets pregnant, that is, gulp, their child is growing inside her body."

Shippou seemed amazed at the information. "So, that's what Miroku meant when he was saying 'bare my child' to these women... Tell me, Kagome-chan, what is mating exactly?"

"NANI?" Kagome was looking pretty much like a tomato. "Shippou-chan, excuse me, but I do not think I can tell you right now!"

"Well, I can always teach him the theoritical part." Miroku offered. "NE!!!" Kagome shouted.

Shippou could not exactly understand what was all this fuss about, so he asked his next question. "Seriously, Kagome-chan, what does all this have to do with you?" As the two elder humans stared at him, finally aware of the fact that he had not figured anything out, Shippou was getting really confused. "What?"

"Well, to tell you the truth, Shippou-chan, I... hum... I am pregnant." Shippou's face lightened brightly at her words. "Yipee!" he said and lunged at her, hugging her tightly... 'Brother or sister? I do not care, I will love it nonetheless!'

"Can't... breathe..." Kagome managed to say, making Shippou relax his hold. "You know, Kagome-chan, someone very familiar is approaching..."

"Who is he? Is he human?" Miroku asked?

"Ne, sniff, it's Kouga..." Kagome looked at the monk knowingly, at which Miroku nodded his head slightly. As Kagome was about to tell Shippou not to talk about her pregnancy in front of Kouga, Shippou spoke up: "Do you think Kouga is going to be mad at Inuyasha because of you baring his child?"

A very loud roar that sounded like "WHAT?!" was heard from a clearing next to the spot they were sitting down.

"Oh, shit..." Miroku whispered, only to smack himself on the head with his staff for improper language.

Well, I hope you liked it. Please forgive me for being late again, but I had Computer/Internet problems once more... See you!