Chapter 14: Baby Problems

"Alright, Inuyasha, our baby has a deadly illness, but there's no money to pay for the operation. What would you do to get us some?" Kagome asked sprawled on the floor of her bedroom. She was looking at the financial problems paper that Ms. Takada had given them earlier that day.

"Do I have to save it?"

"What kind of father are you?" Kagome asked.

"I'm NOT a father."

"What about you, Miroku?" Sango asked she was sitting at Kagome's desk.

"I would, most probably, go find a job. Work hard and bring some money home for the operation."

"Inuyasha, why can't you be like that?" Kagome asked.

"What type of crap is that? This wouldn't even be happening to me in real life."

Kagome shook her head. Inuyasha was being really uncooperative, she'd just answer it herself and say Inuyasha had said this and that.

"I think these are so cool," Shippo said holding Lil' Inu. "But I do feel sorry for you, Kagome. Getting paired up with a loser like Inuyasha."

"Shut up! You're the loser."

"This is like playing that game. You know the one we played at that place with Kagome's friends?" Miroku asked.

"Yea, you're right," Sango agreed. "It was called Life."

"And see, Sango, I told you that you would marry me."

"But I didn't pick you. You're not that bad of a parent to the twins, though."

"And so there are privileges." He gave her a knowing look. She knew what types of privileges he was talking about.

"Next question," Kagome said. "We've won the lottery what are we going to spend the money on?"

"What's a lottery?" Miroku asked.

"Maybe we do need a break from this," Kagome agreed. She was too exhausted and tired of having to explain something to them every question.

They were gathered in Kagome's room to work. Sango and Miroku on the floor, Inuyasha near the closet, and Kagome at her desk.

Inuyasha had been staring at his work the whole time. He didn't have a single idea of what he was doing. He wanted to ask Kagome what to do, but he didn't want her to think he was dumb.

"That's it. I don't understand a thing," Miroku said to Sango.

"Come on, Miroku, this is just Stem-and-Leaf plots. They're easy. Come here, and let me teach you," Sango said. Since Sango had always been pretty smart, it hadn't taken long for her to read over the chapter and understand how to do it.

"Sure thing." He scooted next to her.

"See, the digits in the tens' place is for the stems and the numbers in the one's place are the leaves. And then you have this key to help you…"

Inuyasha had tried eavesdropping to the conversation, but it wasn't helping. Weren't stems and leaves on trees? So what did they have to do with this book? If that's all it was, why couldn't he understand? "I'm tired of staring at this shit. I don't want to do it anymore," Inuyasha spoke up. He got ready to leave the room.

"Wait a minute, Inuyasha. This is a grade," Kagome said.

"I don't need this stuff. I mean, this may be important to you but it's not to me."

"Do you really not care or do you just not understand?" He stubbornly crossed his arms and refused to help. "Inuyasha, I'm trying to help here."

"Fine!"

"Now come here and I'll explain it to you."

Inuyasha walked over, still keeping up his 'bad boy' attitude. Kagome was sitting on the bed now, allowing for them to have more space. Inuyasha got on the bed and sat down next to her.

"Do you see those numbers?" He nodded. "Okay then, basically this line says the same thing. You have two 3's so you're going to write a 3 on this side. You're saying that this is also…"
Inuyasha was only half-listening and it seemed pretty simple after that. He didn't know how he couldn't have figured that out. Maybe because of how fancy that 'book''s explanations were. He was paying attention to her teaching, the other half of Inuyasha was staring at her and breathing in her scent. He couldn't resist, she was right there next to him. Those features of hers framed her pretty face. And yet he treated her like—

Inuyasha's thoughts were interrupted by her voice.

"Inuyasha… Inuyasha…?"

"Huh? What?" he asked annoyed. He hadn't wanted to be interrupted.

"Are you listening?"

"Yea I'm listening."

"Well, do you get it yet?"

"No, you're a bad explainer."

Kagome sighed. "One more time. This here…"

"It's okay, I'll get it," Inuyasha interrupted.

"Are you sure?" He nodded. "Well, if you ever need any more help, just ask."

"Ok." Inuyasha was a little amazed when Kagome stayed on the bed to do her homework instead of returning to her desk. And if he turned his head to the right angle, he could see her answers, which he started copying down.

"Wow!" Kagome said. "I guess you really do get it. You're as far as I am." Then she noticed that everything was the same, he was on the same part of the problem she was on. "Hey! Inuyasha, I thought you said you understood."

"I do, I just don't feel like doing it."

"Then how about we work together. You answer 20-24 even and I'll answer 21-23 odd. Alright?"

"I guess."

And so they continued to work together.

"Now, Miroku, I know if Inuyasha has gotten it, you should have too," Sango said.

"Of course. I'm sorry, but I've always been aware of how to do this. I just wanted to be next to you."

Sango blushed. "Well, you can stay there if and only if you promise not to try anything."

"Alright, I'll try."

"Okay."

Shippo stared at the couples as they worked on there homework. They were weird, a little too weird for him…

"Bout time we got done," Inuyasha said slamming closed the Algebra book. He stared over at everyone else, they were all sleep. Even Kagome, who had fallen asleep on his shoulder.

Then Lil' Inu started crying.

Doesn't anybody hear it but me? Inuyasha wondered as he nudged Kagome.

"Huh?" she asked sleepily.

"It's crying. Turn it off before I do."

"Inuyasha, I'm tired. Could you?"

"Er…" He arose off the bed and took Lil' Inu out of the room. "Shut up," he growled shaking the baby furiously.

"Tsk tsk," Shippo said.

Shippo's appearance had startled him."Where the hell did you come from?"

"You don't handle babies like that."

"What would you know, you're just a baby."

"Am not. Let me hold it."

"Remember, when you take it, it's yours."

"But it's your son right?"

"No."

"Yes it is." Inuyasha handed the baby to Shippo. "Haven't you been paying attention to Kagome?"

Shippo taught Inuyasha how to hold the baby and rock it back and forth gently.  Inuyasha was mad that young Shippo knew more than he about the baby, but then decided when it came to babies he didn't care to have much knowledge on that.

Shippo shook his little head. "That was violence." Soon the baby had stopped crying. "Here, you're the daddy."

"For the fifteenth time, I'm not!" But he took Lil' Inu anyway. Inuyasha thought he had a hold on the baby, but didn't. Lil' Inu's head broke off and tumbled to the ground.

"Ooo," Shippo yelled, "I'm telling Kagome!"

Inuyasha quickly covered his mouth, "No," he said pulling the kitsune back. "She'll be mad if she finds out. Not that I care or anything."

"Then what to do?"

"Excuse me, Kagome's mom, but do you have anything that could hold something onto something."

A puzzled look crossed over Ms. Higurashi's face. "I have some tape."

"Can I have some?" Shippo asked with a smile.

"Sure. How much?"

"A lot."

Shippo trudged back up the stairs with some tape.  "Here, it's really sticky."

"Sure. Can it hold?"

"That's what Kagome's mom said."

Inuyasha took the tape and began taping the head back on. "There." Lil' Inu's head was less than poorly put on, sure it was holding up but there was some tape on its face. You could definitely tell someone had messed with it. "Think Kagome won't be able to tell the difference?" Inuyasha asked looking at Lil' Inu.

Shippo stared, not saying a word.

Inuyasha stealthily headed back to the room. He laid the baby back into the baby carrier.

The next morning

"Today's the last day!" Kagome rejoiced.  "We bring it to school and it stays there."

"We sure didn't have it long," Sango said.

"And you're complaining?" Inuyasha asked.

"No, but it was only one day."

Kagome nodded. "I know."

Sango turned to Miroku. "Our babies sure weren't fussy."

"I guess we've just got that touch."

The door opened and there stood Ms. Higurashi. "I don't understand why you two left your kids alone. They were crying all last night. I watched them for you."

"What was that…?"

"And now comes the saddest part of a parent's life. Letting their little babies go," Ms. Takada said wiping away a fake tear. "Who's first?"

"We will be," Miroku said wrapping an arm around Sango. Sango pushing the carriage.

Kagome looked over at Inuyasha. He had watched it all that morning and wouldn't let her hold it for anything. Something was strange…

"Now we let go into the world, our twins. Miroku Jr. and Sanku!" Miroku said holding up the babies.

"Miroku," Sango whispered. "Those were not our babies names."

"Well Miroku Jr. was my kid's name."

"You don't have to be so dramatic."

"Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Kazaa," Mrs. Takada said.

They walked back to their seats.

"So how does it feel not to have babies anymore?" Kagome asked Sango.

"She still misses our marriage," Miroku told answered for her.

"Mr. and Mrs. Shikon."

"That's us," Kagome slid out of her seat.

"Yea." Inuyasha was holding Lil' Inu, careful of its head. He'd been guarding and holding it the whole day. Kagome had found it so sweet that he was actually starting to feel feelings of remorse for the baby since it was leaving. Inuyasha wanted to object but said nothing, he didn't want to spoil his cover.

"The baby please," Ms. Takada asked her arms outstretched.

"Be careful," Inuyasha warned her.

"I think I'd know how to be careful with one of my own babies," she said practically snatching the baby from him. Then the baby's head fell off. "Oh my God! I broke it. How is that possibly? They said the androids were made to be durable. But I guess they're just as fragile as human baby heads. But I hadn't done anything wrong." Her voice trailed off as she examined the baby. "No, this baby's head was taped on."

Kagome looked at Inuyasha. "Inuyasha you…"

"Uh… Kagome, don't be mad!"

Hey, minna-sama, and thanks MissKittyCat! You reviewed all my stories! Yay! But sorry, Bunny! I got in trouble and I'm not allowed on till March 1. I'm typing this at school while I'm supposed to be doing my work. See I had passed this note to my friend, Natasia, and the note said: Why does he always give us such stupid ass assignments? (I don't cuss, but I'm not afraid to write it. Strange, but…) And he gave me detention, called my mom at the school and let me speak to her. I was grounded for a month, then it was two weeks. But you see, I didn't do the stupid assignment and he called her again. That time I got it from my dad, and he had been calm at first. He turned on me. T.T I won't be officially allowed to get on the computer till March 1. When I got home then all my anime stuff was gone! Even my plushies I had brought Sango to school, but my mom knew there was one more. She's gone too! I'm getting zeroes in this class cuz of you guys! But a promise is a promise. Yakusoku! Megu-chan T.T