A Child Shall Guide Them
Chapter 6


Two days after Kagome and his argument, InuYasha sat against the wall of Miroku and Sango's hut. Miroku and Sango were at the store, and fortunately haven't had time to ask him about the visit. He planned to them about Shippo, but felt that, greedy or not, he wanted to keep Sui to himself. Besides, he has only known for 3 days. When it should have been 6 years...Closing his eyes, he sighed. Kagome had blamed their time apart on him. He just couldn't see how she could. Doesn't she see that he had done it to protect her? Stupid wench. She had also said she hates him. That wasn't possible. He could still feel her love. Especially in her kiss...

His thoughts quickly turned from their troubling conversation, to the kiss they had both selfishly shared. He remembered they jolts he had, the feel of her body. Just as it had felt all those years ago, only...better. InuYasha yelped as a box crashed onto his head. Ceres, one of the town children Miroku and Sango had given refuge to, smile sweetly.

"Hey, Inu!" She sat in front of him and positioned the box between them. "Play with me?" she asked innocently. He looked at the box and rubbed his head.

"After the pain you inflected on me? FEH!" Ceres kicked him in the shin. Hard. "Fine. If that's the way it is." He ruffled the girl's hair and they unloaded the game. Halfway through the game, the hut door opened. A very pregnant Sango entered, Miroku following behind, food in hand.

"Ceres, go clean up for dinner." Sango said taking in the girl's dirty clothes.

"Aw! Sango!" Ceres's bottom lip appeared.

"Now." With a pout, Ceres stood and walked out the room, he body slumping. With a small smile, InuYasha picked up the game. Pushing the box against the wall, he stood and brushed off the dirt, from the floor, that had stuck to his pants. Once Ceres returned, the four gathered around the table to eat.

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Later that night, InuYasha and Miroku sat outside. Sango and Ceres were already asleep and the guys needed some air. Once the were seated and ready, Miroku brought the one thing InuYasha didn't want to talk about. Kagome.

"So, how did it go?" InuYasha turned and looked straight ahead. He shrugged.

"Okay I guess."

"Okay? What's that supposed to mean?" InuYasha grimaced. 'It means,he thought.'that I don't want to talk about it.'

"It was good. I'm going back tonight." He reallhy wasn't planning on it, but if he could avoid this conversation...

"Good. Try to convince her to come see us. Sango and I would love to see her." InuYasha nodded and stood. "You going already?"

"Yea, before it gets to late." 'The sooner the better.' Deciding he would tell them about Shippo tomorrow, he said goodbye and took off into the forest.

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Kagome lowered a sleeping Sui into her bed and kissed her forehead. She backed out of the room and shut the door. After pouring herself a cup of coffee, she sank into the couch, snuggling against the pillow. Today had felt so good outside, that she had taken Sui to the park. After almost three hours, they returned home exhausted. Sui ate supper and then fell asleep at the table. Kagome sat her cup down and grabbed the package off the table. In the past two days, she never found time to open it. Now, with Shippo at Yuna's and Sui asleep, she had the time. She rubbed her hands together in anticipation. Reaching to the table she grabbed a pen, to cut the tape with. She cut into one side of the tape and the door bell rang. She threw the pen across the room and sighed. She sat down the box and stood. With a longing look at the box she headed to the door. She opened it with a huff. Her frown deepened when she saw who it was.

"Hey." InuYasha said with a small frown as he took in the darkened house. "Sui here?"

"Just missed her. We had a big day at the park and she wore her self out." She tried to smile but failed. After InuYasha nodded a silence fell over them. InuYasha diverted his eyes to a tree and Kagome stared at the floor. When she looked back up, his gaze was boring into her.

"Can I come in or not?" He asked his expression never changing. She nodded and walked back to the couch. As she set she heard the door shut.

"It's stuffy hot in here." He said. She turned around to ask if he wanted her to turn down the heat. Her eyes widened. InuYasha had stripped of his red top shirt. Her gaze traveled down him. His chest was very visible though his white shirt. She swallowed hard and it took everything in her not to run into his arms. That wasn't possible. At least...not now. When her eyes meet his, InuYasha had a smug smirk on his mouth. He had caught her checking him out. She flushed crimson. InuYasha walked around her and through himself on the couch. Letting him lounge a moment she walked to the kitchen and got him a coffee. She came back and sat on the couch beside him. Handing him the coffee, she reached for hers.

"Thanks." He said before drinking it all in one swallow. She shook her head and lifted her cup to her lips, only to find it empty. She blinked. Kagome could have sworn she didn't drink it all. She shook her head again and set the cup back down. A slight snicker to her left told her what happen to her coffee. That ass. Turning she smacked his arm receiving a laugh.

"Jerk." She smiled. He stared at her hand, which still rested on his arm. He looked back into her eyes. They sighed.

They spoke at the same time.

"We need to talk." Neither was sure who spoke first, but they both knew what needed to be said. For the next hour or two, InuYasha spoke. He explained about sensing she was in serious danger and that he had done the first thing he thought of. Which just happen to be pushing her through, than closing, the well. He told her how he had felt and what his worries had been. He told her things he had never told anyone. He told her about how he had cried and beat him self up, literally. Then he mentioned the day Shippo had left. He ended with Kikyo and Naraku's death.

"The day Naraku was really dead, I vowed to find you. Now I have, only, I have a kid now to and it's just weird. I'm not sure how to handle this. I just want..." InuYasha's voice drifted off as if he wasn't really sure what he wanted anymore. She gripped his hands.

"What do you want, InuYasha?" He shrugged and his eyes glazed over.

"I'm not really sure. Everything is so messed up."

"Iknow you have had it hard, but so have I. I found out I was pregnant almost 2 weeks after you had banned me from the fuedel era." She told him of all the things she went through with the pregnancy. The shopping, the work, the hospital visits, choosing a name...alone.

"How did you come up with Sui anyways?" She smiled and shrugged.

"Truthfully, I don't know." InuYasha squeezed her hand.

"I am really sorry you had to go through this alone." His words were sincere. She nodded and stood. He mimicked her movements. She turned to go to the kitchen, but InuYasha grabbed her arm. She turned to look back at him making a piece of hair fall into her eye's. InuYasha brushed it away, his hand lingering longer than necessary. The contact sent shivers through her and she removed her arm from his grasp.

"I-I better get to bed." She grabbed their empty cups. But once again he grabbed her arm. Taking the cups, he sat them back down.

"One thing..." She swallowed when he stepped as close as possible without touching her.

"Yea?" Her voice was breathless and squeaky. Even though she knew what was coming, she was still nervous. He lowered his head to her ear.

"Kiss me." So, she did.

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