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"Kagome? Kagome, wake up!"

"Inu-Yasha?" Kagome answered groggily. "What?" Kagome quickly came to her senses and remembered the conversation that took place a few minutes ago. "Wait. How long does a inu-youkai pregnancy take?"

"Yeah, about that..."

"Yeah?!?"

"Imkindanotsurepleasedonthurtme!"

"What?"

"I don't really know."

Kagome was about to faint again. "You mean to tell me that I'm going to go into labor, months before I should?"

"Maybe?"

"Oh, gosh. I don't believe this. I'm going to- I don't know. I guess I'll go talk to Sango."

"Kagome, I'm sorry."

"Yeah..."

~~

"Sango?"

"Hey, Kagome, what's up?"

"Nothing much, but Inu-Yasha said that I might be going into labor early."

"What? What's 'might' supposed to mean?"

"I don't know. He said he wasn't sure."

"Well, you are showing a lot. And you are carrying a youkai child. I guess it's only natural."

"But I don't want to be in labor early! I want a normal pregnancy, a normal child, a normal life."

"I think it's kind of late, seeing as how you fell in love with a hanyou."

"Sango! You know what I mean. I don't regret falling in love with him. I don't regret anything, but I would just like to know what it'd be like to have a human husband."

"I know, but this is the way your life turned out, and you can't waste your time wishing it was different when you have a baby on the way!"

"Thanks Sango." Neither of them knew that Inu-Yasha was outside of the hut, listening to every word they said.

"She wants a human husband?" Inu-Yasha whispered to himself, insulted. "I know she loves me, but she deserves a normal life. Something I can't give her." He left quietly, feeling a horrible pain in his heart. "Or can I?"

"You know, Sango, I don't even know why I thought that. I guess I was just a little freaked out about going into labor." Kagome said.

"Anytime."

Kagome walked out of the hut, calling for Inu-Yasha. "Inu-Yasha? Where are you?" she yelled, but there was no answer. Kagome looked around, suspecting that he was going to pop out of the bushes to scare her, but he wasn't there. Kagome was getting worried. As a last resort, she yelled, "SIT!" but she didn't even hear a thump. That meant that he was far from the village.

"Where are you?" She yelled. She smelled something odd. Almost like Inu- Yasha himself, but she never really noticed his scent before. She realized that the baby, being ΒΌ youkai, had the senses of its father, which also gave Kagome the same heightened senses as long as it was in her. She followed Inu-Yasha's scent carefully, but was surprised when it suddenly grew fainter, and was being replaced with a different scent, almost like... blood. "Inu-Yasha?!" Kagome grew frantic. "Where are you? Are you ok?" she yelled. No answer. "Inu-Yasha? Do you hear me?" she heard a soft grunt, filled with pain, coming from one of the trees that surrounded her. She looked for a trace of red, either his kimono or his blood.

-Drip drip-

"Inu-Yasha?"

-Drip drip-

She found a tiny puddle of blood close to her. She looked directly up and climbed the tree that the blood was coming from. "Inu-Yasha! What are you doing?" she asked.

"Why are you here Kagome? How did you know I was here?"

"It looks like our baby is just like its father. He/she can smell things just like you can." Kagome smiled.

"Our baby," Inu-Yasha thought aloud. "That sounds nice."

"Yeah, it does. Now do you mind telling me why there is blood dripping from your hand?"

"It's part of a ritual, that _you_ interrupted."

"What kind of ritual? I never imagined you to be the 'blood ritual' type."

"It's a ritual to become human."

"Honey, why do you want to be human?"

"Don't you want me to be human?"

"No, where did you get that idea? Wait, you didn't hear what Sango and I were talking about, did you?"

"I did. If you want a normal life, I might be able to give it to you."

"Inu-Yasha, I love you just like you are. I love my life just how it is, no matter how hectic it is. I don't care about having a normal life. I love you, and I never want you to change."

"I love you too."

"Come on, I got to get that wound dressed."

"Yeah."

"So, how many weeks longer till I give birth?" Kagome asked while she uncomfortably made her way down the tree.

"Well, not too long."

"Give me an estimate."

"Maybe... 3 weeks?"

"Hmm. That doesn't seem too long. I'll have to tell Kaede to be ready for our baby."

"I wonder if it's a boy or a girl." Inu-Yasha said.

"Want me to find out?"

"What? How?"

"In my world, there's something called a sonogram, which is a picture of the baby, in my stomach."

"So you can find out if it's a boy?"

"You want a boy?"

"Or a girl, I mean."

"Yeah, I can."

"Then, come on!" Inu-Yasha dashed to the well, dragging poor pregnant Kagome along.

"Inu-Yasha, slow down." Kagome said, out of breath.

"Ok, but hurry, I want to find out what our baby is."

"Don't worry."

~~ (One sonogram later)

"Inu-Yasha! I got the sonogram back! Want to see?"

"Of course!" he stared at the picture. "What the heck am I looking at?"

"You are looking at one healthy baby girl!"

"It's a girl?" Inu-Yasha said excitedly, trying to hide his disappointment.

"Oh, honey, I know you wanted a boy, but as long as she's healthy, who cares?"

"I know. I just always imagined a son."

"Well, who says we won't have one?"

"You're right."

"I always am."

"Wow. I'm a father. I'm the father of a little girl. I'm going to have a daughter!"

"_We're_ going to have a daughter." She corrected. "I can't wait to tell Sango!"

She exited the hut in search of her best friend, and left Inu-Yasha in his thoughts.

"Sango?"

"Yeah?" Sango replied.

"Guess what? I'm having a girl!"

"A girl? How do you know?"

"In my world, you can take pictures of the baby in the womb and find out if it's a girl or a boy." She said, giving her the same explanation that she gave Inu-Yasha.

"Wow! Do you think I can do that? Miroku and I are anxious to find out what it is."

"Sure, just find Miroku and we'll go!"

"Ok." She turned. "Miroku?" she called.

"Yeah?"

"I have a surprise! Well, Kagome has a surprise."

"What is it, Kagome-sama?"

"The surprise is in my world, so come on." The two pregnant woman and the confused monk made their way to the well, and Kagome quickly stopped at her house to get some clothes for them. Kagome thought it would be strange if a demon exterminator and a monk showed up at the doctor's office.

"Ok, here are the results." The doctor said to the couple. She showed them the picture and told them exactly what they wanted to know: their baby was healthy, and it was a boy.

"It's a boy!" Miroku exclaimed.

"Our baby's healthy!"

"Good for you guys!" Kagome said. "Maybe your son will get along with my daughter."

"Thanks Kagome-chan. I can't believe it's a boy!"

"I'm so happy for you!" "I can't wait to be a mother." Sango exclaimed.

"Me neither."

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