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Chapter 30 – Happily Ever After?

Inuyasha jumped out of the well, Kaida cooing and gurgling in her bundle of cloth. Kagome bounced her up and down, making similar noises that made Inuyasha grin.

He strode proudly out of the little hut-thing that held the well, that wonderful creation that had brought Kagome to him. They almost made it to the house, except Souta spotted them from a window and shrieked, alerting the entire house and its residents to their presence.

They sighed, but he kept walking, ignoring the sound of feet thundering down the stairs.

"I'm home!" Kagome called out reflexively, and her mother barreled into the front room, about to take them in her arms, when she gasped.

"Kagome! Inuyasha!" All other words failed her as her eyes filled with tears, and she silently held out her arms. With a smile, Kagome gave her the sacred bundle.

Mrs. Higurashi took the baby with a grin on her face, gently swaying side to side. She whispered sweet nothings to Kaida, who burped up in response. The tension in the room was broken, and everyone laughed. The couple was ushered into the living room, where they all sat down admiring their new baby girl.

"What's her name?" Souta asked. Kagome grinned.

"Kaida." All eyes, except for Inuyasha's, who just shook his head, turned to her to give her a funny look. Souta frowned, and then shrugged.

"Can I hold my niece Sis?" Everyone grinned, and Souta happily took the baby into his own arms, marveling at her tiny features. He gently eased his finger into her tiny fist, and his eyes widened at her amazing baby strength.

Eventually everyone had a turn, and they all marveled and awed the tiny baby, who remained awake for only a few minutes at a time.

"Are you going to stay here a while, Kagome? It'd be nice to have you two...three," she amended with a smile, "home for a while." Kagome smiled, and even Inuyasha smiled in anticipation of ramen.

"Sure mom. Besides, we need to get all Kaida's things to Sengoku Jidai anyway, so we might as well just stay here."

"Well, no less than a week, I won't stand for less." Kagome looked to Inuyasha, and he just shrugged. She laughed, nodding to her mother, who nodded as well, smiling to herself.

"So, who's up for some ramen?"

Inuyasha was at her feet in seconds.

"Come on Inuyasha, there's only a few more boxes!"

"Hell no. I'm not breaking my back anymore. I'm tired, woman!"

Kagome sighed, crossing her arms over her chest, Inuyasha did likewise. Kaida cooed in the background. Their faces faltered, both trying to adjust the scowls on their faces. Kaida laughed, and finally they both lost it.

After they'd finished laughing, Kagome walked over to the child, lifting her up into the air. She nuzzled Kaida's nose with her own, and the baby made small noises. Inuyasha came up behind her, his hand on her shoulder. He smiled, lovingly gazing at Kagome.

She turned, stared at his happy face for a moment, then leaned over and kissed him gently, Kaida clasped gently against her with one arm. Kaida blew bubbles and blubbered as her parents kissed, one fist trying to find its way into her own tiny mouth.

Finally they pulled away, and Kagome laughed as she worked Kaida's fist out of her mouth. She jumped a little when she felt Inuyasha's breath along her neck, and Kaida giggled as she was bounced.

"What are you doing?" she asked, laughing.

"You smell like pup," he murmured, and she tried to turn her head to glare at him.

"I smell like a dog?" she asked, and he shook his head with a smile.

"Fine then, you smell like baby," he corrected, and she smiled again. They both looked again to Kaida, who had reached up to grab hold of her ears with a look of wonder on her face. She curiously looked to her father, reaching and pointing with one hand at his own ears as she held one of hers with the other. They both grinned.

On a whim, Kagome gently rubbed the base of one of Kaida's ears, and the baby closed her eyes and cooed happily, and began to purr.

"Ha!" she said, pointing to their child, "I knew it really did feel good!" she said triumphantly, and Inuyasha just huffed.

"So, you knew that." She smiled and shook her head.

"You always denied it, baka." He stuck out his tongue and she continued to laugh. "I'm glad she looks so much like you," she said, and Inuyasha raised his eyebrow.

"Really? But it means you can't take her outside around here." She shrugged.

"We're not living here are we?" She bounced Kaida up and down on her hip. "I wonder if she'll have her human day on the full moon, too."

Inuyasha grinned. "She'll look like you, then," he said, and Kagome smiled.

"I guess so," she murmured, gazing at her baby with love. "Inuyasha?"

"Hm?" He came up behind her, wrapping his arms around her and laying his chin on her shoulder.

"I love you."

"I love you, too."

"Take the rest of her stuff."

"....Damn."

Finally - Inuyasha stretched his back with a groan - all of the baby's things had been moved, and Inuyasha and Kagome gazed happily at the hut that had been made for them while they'd been gone for the week in the future.

To Inuyasha's disappointment, Kagome had arranged for Shippou to live with them as well. The small demon had jumped in the air with joy while Inuyasha pouted in the background. Kagome simply sighed happily, ushering them all into their new dwelling.

Sango, at first, had requested a house for herself and Kohaku alone. Miroku, always a quick thinker, had remedied this situation by arranging them to be married the instant that Inuyasha and Kagome returned.

Until then, he said, they could all live in Inuyasha and Kagome's hut until they got back. They needed to "break it in" he said earnestly.

So when the two and their baby had finally returned for good, they'd been hurried into Kaede's hut, where the ceremony was held immediately. And, to Miroku's delight, they had a hut built for themselves.

Kohaku decided on his own that he preferred to live with Kaede than with a pair of love-birds.

Inuyasha woke up, curled up against Kagome's back as she slumbered. He sighed happily, playing idly with the locket around Kagome's neck. In it, he knew, were pictures of him and of Kaida.

It had actually been quite disastrous, when Kagome took the photos she had of Kaida and of him to the store to be digitally altered so that they would fit into the locket she bought. Hojo, her friend she hadn't seen in years, saw her.

Of course, he walked up to her, wanting to chat and know how she was, etc. His eyes, at the last minute, took in the child in her arms. Furtively, Kagome gently made sure the bonnet was on securely, and then tried to flash Hojo a smile.

Gaping, he stared at the baby. "Is she yours?" he asked hesitantly, and Kagome shyly nodded. He looked over to her pictures, which were laid out on the machine, and Inuyasha's grumpy face was staring back on the monitor. He frowned, looking from the baby to Inuyasha, and then back to Kagome.

"When did all this happen, Kagome?" he asked, trying to be cool about it but his smile was faltering. She opened her mouth, and then closed it.

"Well, we got married..." her eyes widened. She couldn't say 'two months ago'! That would sound horrible, with their child happily sitting on her hip. "A year ago," she decided, thinking that sounded safe. He nodded slowly, not really focusing on anything in particular.

"Oh... congratulations, Higurashi..." he muttered, then his eyes widened. "I mean, oh, what's your last name?" he asked, faltering on the words. Kagome gulped.

"Well, you see, um-"

"Who's this?" Inuyasha's voice interrupted, making both humans jump. His eyes fixed on the human man, he slipped his arm around Kagome, who gratefully leaned against him.

"Hello," Hojo said, and gulped before sticking out his hand. Inuyasha raised an eyebrow at the proffered limb, and then looked to Kagome, who nodded. Sighing, he shook Hojo's hand.

"Inuyasha, this is Hojo; Hojo, Inuyasha." Both men nodded at the introductions, and then Hojo smiled a little nervously.

"Inuyasha? I've never heard that name before. It's very interesting." Kagome looked cautiously up at Inuyasha, who had a rather peaceful expression on his face.

"Yeah, I'm orphaned, so I didn't really have a last name. So we settled on a really big first name." He smiled, and Hojo's eyes widened slightly.

"Ah," he muttered, frantically looking around for a distraction. "Well, I have to go now; it was nice to see you... Higurashi," he said quickly, and then bolted.

For a while, Kagome looked after her friend with a smile on her face, and then shook her head as she laughed. Inuyasha, on the other hand, pouted.

"He still won't leave you alone?" he growled, and Kagome looked up in surprise.

"Did you see him run Inuyasha? He's not going to be bugging me again, I can guarantee it." He nodded, and they hurriedly collected the new photos and left before anything else could happen.

Now, back in the past, Inuyasha pulled Kagome closer to him, smiling as she reached back to pat his leg, then fell back into slumber.

As he closed his eyes to fall asleep once more, he wondered slightly about the jewel. They hadn't gathered all the pieces, and Naraku hadn't had them when he was destroyed. Inuyasha worried for a bit, before deciding that it could wait.

For now, he would sleep, and the rest of the world could wait.

The End

Oh no! It's over! Aaaaah! Oh well. For now, I'm going to work on my other stories, and then I'll start working on the sequel for So Much For Pretending. Thank you so much for all of your reviews, you guys really mean a lot to me. I'm actually surprised; I finished the first story I put up! Pretty cool eh? So maybe (maybe) I should go in order. But you can definitely expect more from me, I promise. Again, everyone, please please please check out my stories on It would mean a lot to me. I'm even gonna put up my auto-biography! It'll be totally fun. So please, read my stuff and leave me some nice reviews. Thanks again everyone! I'll write some more for you later! -Ariana