Chapter six: four years, eleven months and thirty-one days
"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked. "Hmmm?" he replied. "You know, the Shikon no tama has been in my body long enough to heal the wounds. Do you think I can take it out and make a wish on it?" Kagome asked curiously. "What do you want to wish for? And yea I guess it would be ok." Inuyasha said. "Well, I want it to be a surprise." She said with a smile. "Do you want me to take it out?" Inuyasha asked nicely. "I know it will hurt so yes I do want you to take it out because I know you will be careful." She said with a nervous look on her face. Inuyasha nodded and looked kind of worried. 'Why would she want me to cut that back out of her body and what in the hell would she wish? Well besides the part where she would like Naraku to stay the hell out of our lives.' Inuyasha thought to himself. "Mommy, Daddy?" The twins said in unison as they walked in the room. "We're hungry." Kikyou said. "What are you guys doing?" Jijen said as he saw his father looking in Kagome's shirt at the side he was going to have to cut. "Nothing, Darling." Kagome said to her son. She hugged him and looked at Inuyasha. "We will do this after I feed Jijen and Kikyou and then I will take them over to Sango and Miroku's." She said as she started to go to the cooking room. Inuyasha watch as his lover went into the kitchen with their two kids. All three of them were having a birthday celebration tomorrow. The twins were turning five and Kagome was turning twenty-three. 'Those are mine and Kagome's children.' Inuyasha thought as he walked into the kitchen with his family. "Inuyasha, did you know Sango is pregnant again?" Kagome asked him while she was cooking the children's favorite, Ramen noodles. She learned how to get different seasonings from the villager and used rice instead of noodles. "Good gods, again?" Inuyasha said "That's there fourth child in the past five years." Inuyasha inquired. Kagome nodded. "Well the more the merrier." Kagome said with a smile. Inuyasha shook his head and walked over behind Kikyou. "What's wrong Kikyou?" Inuyasha asked. "I dunno, daddy. I have just been weird lately." Kikyou said while looking out an opening (Kind of like a window but without the window) at the woods. Inuyasha looked where she had been looking and then back at her. Inuyasha looked at Kagome. She was looking at Kikyou. Inuyasha looked at Jijen; he was the only on acting normal and chugging down his food as usual. Inuyasha knocked him in the back of the head lightly with his shoulder. "Eat slowly or you will choke Jijen." Inuyasha said with a little frown on his face. Jijen slowed down at the look at the look on his father's face. That brought everyone back to reality. Kikyou sat at the table and ate her lunch. Jijen finished and started to jump around saying, "I'm wedy I'm wedy I'm wedy," about a hundred times. Jijen saw Inuyasha looking at him with a glare. He went in the other room and sat down patiently. Kagome looked at Inuyasha and said, "Would you stop glaring at him all of the time. That's the kind of stuff that's makes kids grow up to be like you." "Yea, but I am going to beat the rudeness out of him, Kagome." He said in a down tone. "Inuyasha, he will never stop because he's going to be like you the way you used to be." She said in a giggly tone. Inuyasha glared at he and she just gave him a sarcastic glare back. They both started to laugh. "Jijen, get in here." Inuyasha said with happiness in his tone. Jijen walked back in looking down at the floor. Inuyasha went over to him, picked him up and threw him into the air. Jijen started to laugh a lot and then Inuyasha put him on his back. "I'm going ahead with Jijen so he can play with sojo and tango." Kagome nodded in a reply as they walked out the door. "Kikyou, what's wrong with you?" Kagome asked. "Mommy, was there any reason why you named me Kikyou?" Kikyou asked, not giving her mother any eye contact. "Umm….. No honey there wasn't a reason why I named you that. Why?" She asked. "Well I dunno, its jus that there has to be a reason why you were named what you are and why I was named what I am. Don't you think?" Kikyou said. Kagome just stared at how much thought her almost five year old daughter could think of. "I don't know, Kikyou. Well....I do, but when you become the right age I will tell you why I named you Kikyou." Kagome said to her daughter. "Ok mommy." Kikyou said with a smile and walked out in front of their hut. She walked back in to the hut to ask her mother one more question. "Mommy, why are all these beasts after you all the time?" Kikyou said. "If I told you, you would inherit the problem and I don't need you in danger at this moment. When you can handle your self, I shall tell you everything." Kagome replied in a unnatural seriousness. Kikyou noticed that her mommy wasn't being playful. Kagome noticed that her daughter was feeling strange, so she decided to break the silence and say "Last one to Aunt Sango and Uncle Miroku's house is a rotten egg!" Kagome and Kikyou raced out of the house to run to Sango's house.
When Kagome and Kikyou got to the house, Kikyou yelled out with glee, "I beet you mommy. I win, you are the rotten egg!" Kagome looked at Kikyou with a smile and said, "Ok, you won fair and square." She leaned down and kissed Kikyou on the head. Kagome stood straight up as she watched Kikyou go and play with Sanchi, Tango, Sojo, and Jijen. Kagome felt something come around her waste as she was about to walk in the hut to see Sango and Miroku. It was Inuyasha. He looked down at Kagome and kissed her. "You are so good with Kikyou, Kagome." Inuyasha said with a passionate smile on his face. "Its called, Motherly Love" Kagome said as she Kissed Inuyasha. Kagome poked Inuyasha in his stomach with the tip of her finger and it made Inuyasha jump. He looked at her and grabbed her hand. They both walked into the hut to see their friends. Sango was in the kitchen making a big pot of Vegetable soup for everyone and Miroku was in the back of the house roasting a big wolf, he caught in the woods, over there fire. Inuyasha went to the back to help Miroku and Kagome walked into the kitchen to help Sango. "Hello Kagome." Sango said with a big smile on her face. "Hello Sango." She replied. "What are you making in that big pot?" Kagome asked curiously. "Vegetable soup and Miroku is in the back rousting a Wolf he found in the woods." Sango said. "Oh, do you need any help?" Kagome asked. "Nope, I am all good here." Sango replied. "What are you cooking all this food for anyways, Sango?" Kagome asked. "Well tomorrow are the twins and your birthday, right? So I decided that we would invite some friends and they would bring what the want to bring for the party." Sango explained. "Oh, Sango, you really didn't have to." Kagome said. "Who all did you ask to come?" Kagome asked. "Well, I invited some of the villagers, Shippou, and Kouga if he felt like coming." At the sound of Kouga's name, Kagome gasped. Kouga, the one who had once kidnapped her and also the one who confessed that he loved her. Kouga was a Wolf Demon and was Inuyasha's rival for Kagome's affections. Inuyasha had nothing to worry about because he knew that he had won Kagome's affections and that she would never two time him for Kouga. Kouga was sure to start trying to claim her in front of Inuyasha and Kagome's kids. They hadn't spoke to Kouga in so long, so its not like he would know unless he got close enough to sniff them. "Kouga's coming?" Kagome asked. "Well I figured he would turn the invitation down because he didn't want to see Inuyasha again." Sango explained. "I guess if he does he will. Oh well who cares." Kagome said. She wasn't about to let Kouga ruin her fun.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked. "Hmmm?" he replied. "You know, the Shikon no tama has been in my body long enough to heal the wounds. Do you think I can take it out and make a wish on it?" Kagome asked curiously. "What do you want to wish for? And yea I guess it would be ok." Inuyasha said. "Well, I want it to be a surprise." She said with a smile. "Do you want me to take it out?" Inuyasha asked nicely. "I know it will hurt so yes I do want you to take it out because I know you will be careful." She said with a nervous look on her face. Inuyasha nodded and looked kind of worried. 'Why would she want me to cut that back out of her body and what in the hell would she wish? Well besides the part where she would like Naraku to stay the hell out of our lives.' Inuyasha thought to himself. "Mommy, Daddy?" The twins said in unison as they walked in the room. "We're hungry." Kikyou said. "What are you guys doing?" Jijen said as he saw his father looking in Kagome's shirt at the side he was going to have to cut. "Nothing, Darling." Kagome said to her son. She hugged him and looked at Inuyasha. "We will do this after I feed Jijen and Kikyou and then I will take them over to Sango and Miroku's." She said as she started to go to the cooking room. Inuyasha watch as his lover went into the kitchen with their two kids. All three of them were having a birthday celebration tomorrow. The twins were turning five and Kagome was turning twenty-three. 'Those are mine and Kagome's children.' Inuyasha thought as he walked into the kitchen with his family. "Inuyasha, did you know Sango is pregnant again?" Kagome asked him while she was cooking the children's favorite, Ramen noodles. She learned how to get different seasonings from the villager and used rice instead of noodles. "Good gods, again?" Inuyasha said "That's there fourth child in the past five years." Inuyasha inquired. Kagome nodded. "Well the more the merrier." Kagome said with a smile. Inuyasha shook his head and walked over behind Kikyou. "What's wrong Kikyou?" Inuyasha asked. "I dunno, daddy. I have just been weird lately." Kikyou said while looking out an opening (Kind of like a window but without the window) at the woods. Inuyasha looked where she had been looking and then back at her. Inuyasha looked at Kagome. She was looking at Kikyou. Inuyasha looked at Jijen; he was the only on acting normal and chugging down his food as usual. Inuyasha knocked him in the back of the head lightly with his shoulder. "Eat slowly or you will choke Jijen." Inuyasha said with a little frown on his face. Jijen slowed down at the look at the look on his father's face. That brought everyone back to reality. Kikyou sat at the table and ate her lunch. Jijen finished and started to jump around saying, "I'm wedy I'm wedy I'm wedy," about a hundred times. Jijen saw Inuyasha looking at him with a glare. He went in the other room and sat down patiently. Kagome looked at Inuyasha and said, "Would you stop glaring at him all of the time. That's the kind of stuff that's makes kids grow up to be like you." "Yea, but I am going to beat the rudeness out of him, Kagome." He said in a down tone. "Inuyasha, he will never stop because he's going to be like you the way you used to be." She said in a giggly tone. Inuyasha glared at he and she just gave him a sarcastic glare back. They both started to laugh. "Jijen, get in here." Inuyasha said with happiness in his tone. Jijen walked back in looking down at the floor. Inuyasha went over to him, picked him up and threw him into the air. Jijen started to laugh a lot and then Inuyasha put him on his back. "I'm going ahead with Jijen so he can play with sojo and tango." Kagome nodded in a reply as they walked out the door. "Kikyou, what's wrong with you?" Kagome asked. "Mommy, was there any reason why you named me Kikyou?" Kikyou asked, not giving her mother any eye contact. "Umm….. No honey there wasn't a reason why I named you that. Why?" She asked. "Well I dunno, its jus that there has to be a reason why you were named what you are and why I was named what I am. Don't you think?" Kikyou said. Kagome just stared at how much thought her almost five year old daughter could think of. "I don't know, Kikyou. Well....I do, but when you become the right age I will tell you why I named you Kikyou." Kagome said to her daughter. "Ok mommy." Kikyou said with a smile and walked out in front of their hut. She walked back in to the hut to ask her mother one more question. "Mommy, why are all these beasts after you all the time?" Kikyou said. "If I told you, you would inherit the problem and I don't need you in danger at this moment. When you can handle your self, I shall tell you everything." Kagome replied in a unnatural seriousness. Kikyou noticed that her mommy wasn't being playful. Kagome noticed that her daughter was feeling strange, so she decided to break the silence and say "Last one to Aunt Sango and Uncle Miroku's house is a rotten egg!" Kagome and Kikyou raced out of the house to run to Sango's house.
When Kagome and Kikyou got to the house, Kikyou yelled out with glee, "I beet you mommy. I win, you are the rotten egg!" Kagome looked at Kikyou with a smile and said, "Ok, you won fair and square." She leaned down and kissed Kikyou on the head. Kagome stood straight up as she watched Kikyou go and play with Sanchi, Tango, Sojo, and Jijen. Kagome felt something come around her waste as she was about to walk in the hut to see Sango and Miroku. It was Inuyasha. He looked down at Kagome and kissed her. "You are so good with Kikyou, Kagome." Inuyasha said with a passionate smile on his face. "Its called, Motherly Love" Kagome said as she Kissed Inuyasha. Kagome poked Inuyasha in his stomach with the tip of her finger and it made Inuyasha jump. He looked at her and grabbed her hand. They both walked into the hut to see their friends. Sango was in the kitchen making a big pot of Vegetable soup for everyone and Miroku was in the back of the house roasting a big wolf, he caught in the woods, over there fire. Inuyasha went to the back to help Miroku and Kagome walked into the kitchen to help Sango. "Hello Kagome." Sango said with a big smile on her face. "Hello Sango." She replied. "What are you making in that big pot?" Kagome asked curiously. "Vegetable soup and Miroku is in the back rousting a Wolf he found in the woods." Sango said. "Oh, do you need any help?" Kagome asked. "Nope, I am all good here." Sango replied. "What are you cooking all this food for anyways, Sango?" Kagome asked. "Well tomorrow are the twins and your birthday, right? So I decided that we would invite some friends and they would bring what the want to bring for the party." Sango explained. "Oh, Sango, you really didn't have to." Kagome said. "Who all did you ask to come?" Kagome asked. "Well, I invited some of the villagers, Shippou, and Kouga if he felt like coming." At the sound of Kouga's name, Kagome gasped. Kouga, the one who had once kidnapped her and also the one who confessed that he loved her. Kouga was a Wolf Demon and was Inuyasha's rival for Kagome's affections. Inuyasha had nothing to worry about because he knew that he had won Kagome's affections and that she would never two time him for Kouga. Kouga was sure to start trying to claim her in front of Inuyasha and Kagome's kids. They hadn't spoke to Kouga in so long, so its not like he would know unless he got close enough to sniff them. "Kouga's coming?" Kagome asked. "Well I figured he would turn the invitation down because he didn't want to see Inuyasha again." Sango explained. "I guess if he does he will. Oh well who cares." Kagome said. She wasn't about to let Kouga ruin her fun.
