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Chapter 6: The News and the Birth
The next weeks were quiet. Inu-Yasha and Kagome barely spoke, and never spoke of what had happened that awful night. Kaida had passed away, but everyone knew she was peaceful when she did. Kagome was surprised that a few days later Kouga and Ayame came by. "Hello Kagome." Kouga greeted her.
"Kouga, Ayame, what are you two doing here?" Kagome asked them.
"Kouga wanted to make sure you were all right. He said he had a feeling that something was wrong." Ayame told her.
"And I'm sure you told him not to worry about me, because you could care less if I died or not." Kagome said with a laughed.
"I don't feel that way any more. Now that I know you're having Inu-Yasha's pup, I know you and Kouga will never be together." Ayame said as she took Kouga's hand. "So we can be together now, right Kouga?" Ayame asked.
"Uh..." Kouga tried to free his arm, but Ayame's grip was too tight.
"Hello Kouga." Sango greeted him as she and Miroku walked up to the hut. Behind them was Inu-Yasha, who didn't seem to notice Kouga was there. He seemed distant and uncaring.
"Hey mutt face!" Kouga yelled to Inu-Yasha, but there was no reaction from him. "What's wrong with him?" Kouga asked Kagome. She wouldn't answer him though. Kagome just looked away from them as a tear fell from her eyes.
"Uh... what are you doing?" Sango asked Ayame as she sniffed the air around Sango.
"You're with child." Ayame grinned. Sango's face turned bright red.
"Sango? Miroku!" Kagome turned and looked at her friends. No one could believe it.
"That's quite a nose you have, Ayame." Miroku smirked. This was great news, unexpected, but great. With the excitement of Sango's pregnancy, Kagome forgot about what had happened a few weeks before.
"We should celebrate!" Kagome announced.
"Kagome, you shouldn't go to all the trouble..." Sango began to say, but Kagome interrupted her.
"We should celebrate tonight, since Kouga and Ayame are here." Kagome said as she looked at Inu-Yasha. "Can you guys go down to the river and catch some fish? We women will get every thing else together." Kagome said. Inu-Yasha nodded, and then he, Miroku, and Kouga headed down the small path to the river.
"I wish you would have said something sooner, Sango." Kagome told her friend.
"I'm sorry, Kagome. I wanted to wait to tell everyone." Sango said as she glared at Ayame.
"Sorry about that, Sango." Ayame apologized as she cleaned off some vegetables.
"Ladies that was the best fish stew I've ever had." Miroku told them.
"I agree. Is there any more?" Inu-Yasha asked Kagome.
"No, you ate all of it. Feeding two demons and a half demon takes a lot of food." Kagome and the others laughed.
"It's not my fault! The stew was really good, and I'm eating for more then one now." Ayame smiled. Everyone just froze in place.
"What did you say?" Kagome asked.
"Sango isn't the only one with child." Ayame grinned. Everyone began to congratulate Kouga and Ayame when Kagome's face changed.
"Kagome, what's wrong?" Sango asked her.
"I think I'm having the baby." Kagome tried to stand up, but she was in too much pain.
"What do we do? With that old hag gone, does anyone know what to do?" Inu-Yasha began to panic.
"Calm down, Inu-Yasha. I have helped birth many babies before. I can help Kagome." Sango said as she stood up. "Now help her into the hut. Ayame, can you and Kouga go down to the river and bring back some water? When you do, boil it and bring it into the hut to me. Shippo, go get me some cloth, as much as you can find, and bring them to me." Sango ordered everyone. No one argued with her though, they all wanted to do what they could to help Kagome.
Inu-Yasha laid Kagome down on a cot in the middle of the hut, then sat down next to her. "Inu-Yasha, stay with Kagome and try to keep her clam. I am going to wash up." Sango said as she ran back out of the hut.
"Kagome, are you in much pain?" he asked her.
"Of course I am!" Kagome screamed at him. Then a look of horror swept across her face. Suddenly Kagome blacked out and when she awoke, she was in a dark room, with only one other person. The other person hadn't noticed Kagome there and was chanting some kind of spell.
"Die!" the women screamed as she pushed a knife threw an image in the small bowl of water that was sitting in front of her. Kagome peaked over the women's shoulder and looked into the bowl. It was an image of a baby, with dog-like ears and black hair.
"That's my baby!" Kagome screamed as she woke up.
"Kagome! Are you all right?" Inu-Yasha asked her.
"Something's wrong!" Kagome screamed. Sango ran into the hut with her hands filled with cloth. She sat down and began to birth Kagome's baby.
"Inu-Yasha... you must leave now." Sango suddenly said.
"I'm not going any where." Inu-Yasha told her.
"Miroku, get Inu-Yasha out of here." Sango told him.
"And how would you like me to do that?" Miroku asked, knowing he wouldn't be strong enough to force Inu-Yasha out of the hut. Luckily Kouga and Ayame walked in just at that time. Kouga helped Miroku to get Inu-Yasha out of the hut by knocking him out. Ayame stayed to help Sango. It was going to be a difficult birth, but somehow they were going to do it with the mother and child surviving.
Outside the hut, Miroku and Kouga had decided to tie Inu-Yasha to a tree, so he couldn't get back inside. As they sat and waited, a young woman, concealed by a dark cloak, walked up to them. "Is this the hut where the woman gives birth?" she asked.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?" Miroku asked her.
"A few days ago an old women came to my village. She told me of a young girl that was with child, and also that there would be a need for a mid-wife. When I asked her why she came to me and not another she told me that she was the mid-wife for her village, and that her time was coming to an end. This is the place, date, and time that the women told me to come. Are you still in need of a mid-wife?" she asked, her face still covered.
"Of course." Miroku began to lead the women inside when Kouga stopped him.
"I don't think we should trust her. She reeks of demon." Kouga warned Miroku.
"Kagome needs a mid-wife, and neither Sango nor Ayame are that. Let her help them." Miroku assured Kouga of the women.
"Kagome?" Ayame noticed that Kagome wasn't conscious any more. "Sango, something's wrong." Ayame looked terrified.
"Sango, I have brought a mid-wife to assist you." Miroku said as he led the young woman inside. Then he turned and left.
"Your help is welcomed." Sango said, not noticing the demon feeling the woman gave off. Ayame noticed it though, and the knife the woman was carrying.
"Sango!" Ayame jumped at the women, but it was too late. The young woman had pushed Sango out of the way and stabbed Kagome. Ayame grabbed the woman as Sango ran to her friend.
"Kagome?" Sango tried frantically to get her friend to wake.
Meanwhile, Ayame dragged the young girl outside. "Ayame, what happened?" Kouga asked.
"This wench tried to kill Kagome and the baby." she told them.
"Well then I'll just have to kill her." Kouga said as he stepped towards the women. She pushed Ayame back and threw her cloak into the air. Her medium length blue hair flew back down into place as she blue eyes shined. "Who are you?" Kouga asked her, he could tell that she was a wolf demon.
"I am Kira. I am an incarnation of Naraku, sent here to kill the half demon child and its mother." Kira told them.
"Another incarnation?" Miroku couldn't believe it. How many incarnations was Naraku going to create? "Why does Naraku wish to kill the child?" Miroku asked.
"That is none of your concern." Kira told him as she pushed past him and ran towards the forest. Kouga couldn't let her escape; she was trying to kill Kagome. He ran after, hoping to stop her from returning to Naraku.
"Kouga!" Ayame wanted to follow, but decided that she couldn't, for fear that she might get hurt, or her pups.
Inside the hut, Sango noticed that the cut actually helped them, instead of hurting them. With Kagome unconscious, she wouldn't be able to push. Sango took out a clean knife and cut just a bit further so she could take the baby out. She had to hurry though, before the baby died. She was shocked when she finished cutting Kagome open.
Kagome was still asleep when Sango allowed Inu-Yasha, who had just woken up, to come in. "Here is your son." Sango said as she handed the baby boy to Inu-Yasha. "And this is your daughter." Sango said as she held another child in her arms.
"Twins?" Inu-Yasha couldn't believe it.
"Inu-Yasha? Where is our baby?" Kagome asked him when she opened her eyes.
"Here's one." Sango smiled as she handed the girl to Kagome. "I'll leave you two alone now." Sango smiled and walked out of the hut.
"Inu-Yasha, we have twins?" Kagome asked him.
"A son and daughter." he smiled down at her and kissed her softly on her forehead. "I love you, Kagome."
"I love you too."