Let's make it very clear here: My name is NOT Rumiko Takahashi and I don't own Inuyasha. I do however own this story, and any characters I invent.

Kagome took deep breath, pulling herself off the bathroom floor where she had been writhing in the agony of a contraction. God how long have I been in here? She wondered as she opened the door and forced her way over to Amaya, trying to remain calm, knowing she was in for a total freak out from a certain hanyou when she told them to get her to the hospital

"Hey there you are Kagome!" Amaya greeted her cheerfully.

"Um Amaya can I see you for a sec?" Kagome whispered weakly, grabbing the lawyers arm and dragging her over to safe distance.

"My Water broke."

"WAA?"

"In the bathroom. My water broke"

"Holy"

"Neh!" Kagome said doubling over as a second contraction hit her.

"Okay now it's gonna be alright honey, let's just get you to the hospital. INUYASHA, OVER HERE NOW PLEASE!"

"Yeah, what?" He snapped, still seemingly agitated.

"What has gotten into you?" Kagome snapped, in pain and in no mood.

"That Hojo freak. He smelled exactly like"

"You're worked up over a SMELL?"

"Not just A smell. He smells like"

"OKAY! Time-out both of you. Inuyasha, Kagome needs to get to the hospital NOW."

"Why what happened?" He snapped immediately going into his protective mode, sniffing for blood or any other signs of injury.

"Her water broke." Amaya snapped, beginning to drag Kagome towards the exit and her car.

"What's THAT mean?

"It means the baby's coming NOW!"

"But isn't early?" Inuyasha said grabbing Kagome's hand and helping her over to Amaya's car.

"He's only early by a few days. It'll probably be fine."

"How far away is the hospital?" demanded Inuyasha, as Kagome let out a yelp, and squeezed his hand, hard.

"Only about fifteen minutes but it could be as long as thirty minutes depending on traffic"

"Feh, screw traffic!" Inuyasha said grabbing a hold of Kagome's arm and yanking her out of the car. "How do you get there from here?"

"Follow this row of houses for about four blocks, then go right for about

"Inuyasha what are you?" Before she could finish Kagome was flying up until they landed on a roof. And Inuyasha immediately began to leap from roof to roof, using his nose to search for the nuseatign smell

Seven Hours (and three broken fingers) later. . .

Inuyasha felt like he had just nodded off when suddenly someone was shaking him awake. Luckily tonight was the New Moon, so that he was in human form, which meant that he didn't have to wear the ridiculous baseball cap. It also, unfortunately, it also meant the three broken fingers bandaged on his hand still hurt. The violet eyes slowly opened only to find Mrs. Higurashi smiling down at him.

"Hey sleepyhead!" Inuyasha immediately sat up, cursing himself for a dolt. Damn weak human body. He immediately turned to the woman standing beside him.

"Where's Kagome? Is she okay?" Kagome's mother laughed, before rubbing her eyes, and answering his questions.

"Kagome's fine, so is the baby. He's five pounds three ounces. A bit small, but with a good set of lungs on him." Inuyasha stood up and without further question ventured down the hall until he found Kagome, face flushed from the exhausting experience, and now enjoying a long rest. Even though she was sleeping, Kagome still looked tired. He gently stroked her soft face for a moment, just drinking it in. Then an insistent whimper brought his attention to the little being in the basket-like object next to her. Slowly he picked up the crying whimpering bundle, studying the little boy.

His eyes belonged to his mother, for that Inuyasha was grateful. His hair was fluffy brown, black except for three long brown streaks. The little boy had stopped whimpering upon being picked up, and now studied Inuyasha with equal intensity. Little mite isn't he? Inuyasha thought as he picked up one little hand and held it for a moment. Suddenly, the boy opened his mouth and began howling like a banshee. Inuyasha desperately bounced the baby up and down, to no avail. Damn, Mother said this always worked! Slightly panicky now, he continued to jiggle him until a small giggle called his attention to Kagome, who was watching his desperate attempts to soothe the boy.

"HERE! He's your son!" Inuyasha declared, throwing the baby into Kagome's arms

"His name is Micah and I'm pretty sure he's just hungry." So Kagome began to feed the ungry newborn, while Inuyahs thought ahead to there impending marriage. After a few minutes of uncomfortable silence. Kagome spoke.

"Having second thoughts about the ring?" A long sigh escaped the Hanyou, and there was a painful pause as he carefully chose his words.

"Not giving you the ring. Some of the reasons BEHIND giving you the ring." Kagome nodded as she gently stroked her son's soft little cheek.

"Yeah. Getting married because of a baby. . ."

"Actually I can't think of a better reason. But getting married just to make a judge take your side. . . That's wrong." Kagome nodded, feeling tears trickle down her cheeks.

"Hey, hey now! No tears!! I didn't say I wouldn't do it, I just want to hold off for a bit." A sigh escaped Kagome, but she nodded her acceptance. Then she placed Micah next her, and he promptly fell asleep again. Kagome then moved over, patting the bed next to her for Inuyasha to sit. He settled down next her, and Kagome leaned into her hanyou, and quickly dozed back asleep. Inuyasha stayed up for a little while, just watching his "fiancée" and her son sleep. He looked so much like his mother; it was tempting to pretend. . .

It could work. He thought holding Kagome a little bit closer to him. We could be a family. God knows his father doesn't deserve him. So that left only one problem to solve. . .

Why did Hojo smell exactly like Naraku?

A note from FB: Okay, there, Micah's Here. Thank you all to my wonderful reviewers! Remember: The greater the outpouring of love, the more I'm tempted to sit down and write.