A Dream is a Wish your Heart Makes
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha
I apologize in advance for any mistakes I make regarding Japanese customs or language usage.
Review Responses: Hope everyone is enjoying this story, read and review to give me input. Any flames will be used to fuel the fire I'm going to torture Jaken with, don't worry; Sesshomaru gave me permission to torture the little toad. O_~
Story Weaver1: Glad you liked the last chapter, it was supposed to be a brief bit of comedy mixed in with the serious stuff.
Dumber then a Moogle ass: Yes, the kids will be arriving soon in a few chapters.
AN: the following symbols indicate the enclosed type of action/speech
::Thoughts::
"Speech"
*SOUND EFFECT*
~~~~~~~~~~ = time passes
change of view
~talking mind to mind~
Inuyasha chuckled lightly and carefully wiggled out from under his unconscious mate. He then carefully got her into the futon after which Shippo slipped in to curl up by her stomach and he climbed in last. He could understand her surprise, she had told him that it was impossible to tell if a girl was pregnant until three months into her term. To suddenly find out about eight days after they first mated that she bore Inuyasha's child must have been a huge shock, especially if she was tired from tending to him. He chuckled again at the look she had had on her face, a look of mingled surprise, happiness, fear, love, and worry. "What's so funny Outo-san?" asked Shippo from his small nest in-between his parents. "I'm just imagining what your future brothers and sisters might be like," replied Inuyasha, "Hopefully none of them will be as mischievous as you used to be." he finished with a grin as he ruffled Shippo's hair.
Mirouku interrupted the small father-son talk with his usual tact saying, "So soon after becoming mates, Inuyasha. You two must have been quite busy that night you left Shippo with ..." *POW* *WHAM* Sango had clobbered Mirouku with Hiraikotsu and Inuyasha with his fist, which was pretty amazing, considering he managed to get out of the futon without tearing it up in his desire to clobber the hentai, sending the monk into la-la land with swirly eyes. Sango snorted and put a blanket over Mirouku so he wouldn't catch cold before climbing into her own futon. "So how many pups do you think Kagome will have?" she asked as Kilala curled up by her head with a small lick and a "mew" before dozing off. "I don't know, one would be fine to start," replied Inuyasha. Since he had heard from Mirouku just before the Hydra attacked that the two were engaged he said, "Good job in catching the pervert, do you think maybe you can train him to stop being such a baka?" Sango chuckled and the two fell asleep to the sound of Kilala's purring and Shippo's light sniffing as his instincts made sure he stayed by him mother.
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Kagome woke up the next morning to find Shippo's fluffy tail gently brushing her face. Thinking back to the events of the previous evening, Kagome smiled at the realization that she would have at least one more pup soon. A hand stroking her ears alerted her to Inuyasha being awake. "Koibito, I'd like to go and tell my mother the good news, she deserves to know about my being pregnant. And if I didn't tell her, let's just say I'd rather face ten youkai at once than my angry mother." Inuyasha suddenly got a mental image of Mrs. Higurashi as a really powerful youkai learning that he had gotten her little girl pregnant. He couldn't help but let out a small whimper of fear. Kagome grinned and rubbed his ears saying, "Don't worry, I'll protect you from my mom." The couple decided to wait till everyone was up and take Shippo with them to spend the day in Kagome's time. About half an hour later, the small family was on their way to the Bone Eater's Well to Kagome's time.
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Kagome jumped out of the well and walked out of the well house in time to catch Souta before he left to spend the day at a friend's house. "Kagome!" yelled Souta as he ran up to give her a big hug. "Get back here by three so I can tell you everything that's happened okay?" asked Kagome. Souta nodded and ran off to his friend's house. Kagome then slipped her arm into Inuyasha's with Shippo on her shoulder and walked into her house. "Oka-san, I'm back!" called Kagome as she opened the door to find her mother reading in the living room. Mrs. Higurashi jumped up and hugged everyone. "Oh Kagome, I've missed you!" exclaimed her mom. "I've missed you to mama. Is Jii-chan here?" asked Kagome. "Yes but he still thinks he was drunk the last time you were here and he saw you so..." Mrs. Higurashi's reply was cut off by the hall door opening and Kagome's Grandfather entering the room and asking, "Dear, have you seen my glasses?" Grandfather's jaw dropped at the sight of his grand daughter with hanyou ears and tail plus Shippo snuggled up in his daughter's arms. "Y...yo...youkai!" screamed Grandpa while whipping out an Ofuda and smacking it onto Shippo's head before anyone could react.
Shippo crossed his eyes to look at the ofuda stuck on his head, reached up and pulled it off to look at the front. "Oka-san, this looks just like Mirouku's ofudas, so how come it doesn't work?" he asked showing it to Kagome. Kagome sweat dropped sighed and looked at her grandpa saying, "It's because Jii-chan thinks he has holy powers Shippo." Grandpa looked stunned at this failure of his 'powers' and Inuyasha snorted and said, "I told you before old man, those things are useless. Besides, Shippo wouldn't hurt any one in Kagome's family, she's his adopted mother." Kagome went on to explain her transformation and repeated her warning to her grandpa to never use the ofuda on any of her friends again.
Inuyasha glanced at Kagome's mom after her daughter finished speaking to gauge her mood, then got down on his knees and bowed down asking, "Mrs. Higurashi, I humbly ask for your approval for your daughter's hand in marriage?" Kagome's grandpa looked outraged at the thought of a youkai marrying his grand daughter, but Mrs. Higurashi slapped her hand over his mouth and smiled at Inuyasha as she replied, "I can't think of more worthy young man for her to marry. You've kept her safe over the years and you're always polite when visiting. Of course you have my permission." (AN: see, Inuyasha knew better than to tick off Mrs. Higurashi or she might not let Kagome go back to the feudal era) Kagome jumped up and hugged her mom then let out a small "yeep" as Inuyasha pulled her onto his lap as he sat down on the couch. Kagome squirmed a little to get comfortable and sighed at the content feeling from being so close to her mate. Feeling safe in his arms, Kagome looked at her mom, gulped, and said, "Mom, I know this may come as a shock to you but youseewhenmeandinuyashamatedigotpregnat!" Mrs. Higurashi blinked and slowly replayed what her daughter had said. "Kagome, are you saying you're pregnant?" she asked. Kagome slowly nodded and Mrs. Higurashi beamed with joy, "Oh, I can't wait to have grandchildren!" she exclaimed. Everyone sweat dropped.
Kagome's mom smiled at the young hanyou couple and then stood up saying, "I just remembered I have to go to the store today. You'd better come along father, the fresh air will do you good." Deaf to her father's protests, Mrs. Higurashi dragged him out of the house and into the car before driving to the market. "Remind me never to get on your mom's bad side," said Inuyasha as he watched her rapid progress to the car. Kagome nodded, then asked, "How about I make us all some breakfast?" Inuyasha and Shippo both agreed and prepared the table while Kagome started cooking some bacon, eggs, sausage, and pancakes. the smell of the food soon had both Shippo and Inuyasha's stomachs growling and the family soon sat down for a happy breakfast.
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Later in the afternoon, Inuyasha was taking a nap on the couch while Shippo sat in Kagome's lap listening to her read The Hobbit. They had just reached the part where Bilbo, the dwarves, and Gandalf had been rescued from the wargs by the eagles when the doorbell rang. Kagome quickly grabbed a hat she had nearby for just such an occasion and after making sure her tail was safely tucked inside her jeans and passing the Shikon jewel to Shippo as he transformed into a human boy about his own age she ran to the front door. She opened the door to find her friends Yuka, Eri, & Ayumi. "Kagome!" they said, giving her a big group hug, "we heard you had been out of town since the start of summer vacation and just got back this morning." Kagome smiled and replied, "Yeah, I got back earlier and stayed home to watch the house while the rest of my family is out."
Shippo suddenly walked into the hall and tugged on Kagome's t-shirt asking, "Oka-san, can you please keep reading to me?" which caused Kagome's friends to stare at her and Eri to ask, "Kagome, did he just call you Oka-san?" Kagome shrugged and smiled while explaining, "Shippo is my adopted son. You know how I've been missing so much school over the years?" At her friends' nods she continued, "I was helping take care of Shippo at a volunteer hospital where his dad was sick by helping around the house, cooking, and cleaning. His father unfortunately died just before the end of the end of the school year, so I adopted Shippo." As the girls digested this information, Ayumi accidentally caught sight of Inuyasha as he rolled over in his sleep. "Kagome, who's that on the couch?" she asked. "That's Inuyasha," she replied, "He's also been helping me with Shippo while I've been back here for my exams." Yuka walked over to the couch and got a good look at the sleeping hanyou. "Kagome, what's up with his clothes and the dog ears?" she asked. "His family is very traditional, so they wear old fashioned clothes a lot and that's also why he is carrying that sword. The dog-ears were surgically grafted to his head to counter a birth defect that left him without natural ears. He can hear really well, so let's go into the kitchen so he can sleep longer."
The girls all sat down at the table with Shippo in Kagome's lap. "So is this Inuyasha the two-timing, overprotective, arrogant, jealous, jerk we've heard so much about.?" asked Eri. Kagome sweat dropped, sighed, and replied while nodding, "But he has changed. He finally chose me when his old girl friend tried to hurt me and asked me to marry him. He's always been watching Shippo for me while I've been here. And the reason he could be so rude was because he had little human contact because of his ears." As Kagome finished, her friends all let out a romantic sigh and had sparkly eyes as they looked at her. "Wait," said Ayumi, "did you say he asked you to marry you? What about your mom?" Before Kagome could reply, a loud yawn from Inuyasha brought everyone's attention to him as he sat up and stretched on the couch. "I can answer that question," he said with a happy grin, "I did ask Kagome to marry me, and her mother approves." he continued before kissing Kagome lightly. "I'm going to take a shower, Koibito, call me if you need my help with anything."
Yuka stared at Inuyasha as he went up the stairs and looked at Kagome's happy smile before saying, "I think you two will make a great couple, at least now we know why Kagome kept missing school and what she was doing." "So how is everyone doing now that we've all graduated from high school?" asked Kagome. "Well, Hojo is going to be a doctor, so he's heading off to medical school soon. We're all going to some out of town colleges to broaden our horizons, what about you Kagome?" replied Eri. "I think I'll taking care of Shippo to much to go to college, besides, I was offered the position of Shrine maiden in Inuyasha's home town. The work is simple and comes with a small house perfect for raising a family." said Kagome as she rubbed Shippo's hair. The girls spent another half hour talking about future plans and telling stories from their years together before Kagome's friends all left.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha
I apologize in advance for any mistakes I make regarding Japanese customs or language usage.
Review Responses: Hope everyone is enjoying this story, read and review to give me input. Any flames will be used to fuel the fire I'm going to torture Jaken with, don't worry; Sesshomaru gave me permission to torture the little toad. O_~
Story Weaver1: Glad you liked the last chapter, it was supposed to be a brief bit of comedy mixed in with the serious stuff.
Dumber then a Moogle ass: Yes, the kids will be arriving soon in a few chapters.
AN: the following symbols indicate the enclosed type of action/speech
::Thoughts::
"Speech"
*SOUND EFFECT*
~~~~~~~~~~ = time passes
change of view
~talking mind to mind~
Inuyasha chuckled lightly and carefully wiggled out from under his unconscious mate. He then carefully got her into the futon after which Shippo slipped in to curl up by her stomach and he climbed in last. He could understand her surprise, she had told him that it was impossible to tell if a girl was pregnant until three months into her term. To suddenly find out about eight days after they first mated that she bore Inuyasha's child must have been a huge shock, especially if she was tired from tending to him. He chuckled again at the look she had had on her face, a look of mingled surprise, happiness, fear, love, and worry. "What's so funny Outo-san?" asked Shippo from his small nest in-between his parents. "I'm just imagining what your future brothers and sisters might be like," replied Inuyasha, "Hopefully none of them will be as mischievous as you used to be." he finished with a grin as he ruffled Shippo's hair.
Mirouku interrupted the small father-son talk with his usual tact saying, "So soon after becoming mates, Inuyasha. You two must have been quite busy that night you left Shippo with ..." *POW* *WHAM* Sango had clobbered Mirouku with Hiraikotsu and Inuyasha with his fist, which was pretty amazing, considering he managed to get out of the futon without tearing it up in his desire to clobber the hentai, sending the monk into la-la land with swirly eyes. Sango snorted and put a blanket over Mirouku so he wouldn't catch cold before climbing into her own futon. "So how many pups do you think Kagome will have?" she asked as Kilala curled up by her head with a small lick and a "mew" before dozing off. "I don't know, one would be fine to start," replied Inuyasha. Since he had heard from Mirouku just before the Hydra attacked that the two were engaged he said, "Good job in catching the pervert, do you think maybe you can train him to stop being such a baka?" Sango chuckled and the two fell asleep to the sound of Kilala's purring and Shippo's light sniffing as his instincts made sure he stayed by him mother.
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Kagome woke up the next morning to find Shippo's fluffy tail gently brushing her face. Thinking back to the events of the previous evening, Kagome smiled at the realization that she would have at least one more pup soon. A hand stroking her ears alerted her to Inuyasha being awake. "Koibito, I'd like to go and tell my mother the good news, she deserves to know about my being pregnant. And if I didn't tell her, let's just say I'd rather face ten youkai at once than my angry mother." Inuyasha suddenly got a mental image of Mrs. Higurashi as a really powerful youkai learning that he had gotten her little girl pregnant. He couldn't help but let out a small whimper of fear. Kagome grinned and rubbed his ears saying, "Don't worry, I'll protect you from my mom." The couple decided to wait till everyone was up and take Shippo with them to spend the day in Kagome's time. About half an hour later, the small family was on their way to the Bone Eater's Well to Kagome's time.
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Kagome jumped out of the well and walked out of the well house in time to catch Souta before he left to spend the day at a friend's house. "Kagome!" yelled Souta as he ran up to give her a big hug. "Get back here by three so I can tell you everything that's happened okay?" asked Kagome. Souta nodded and ran off to his friend's house. Kagome then slipped her arm into Inuyasha's with Shippo on her shoulder and walked into her house. "Oka-san, I'm back!" called Kagome as she opened the door to find her mother reading in the living room. Mrs. Higurashi jumped up and hugged everyone. "Oh Kagome, I've missed you!" exclaimed her mom. "I've missed you to mama. Is Jii-chan here?" asked Kagome. "Yes but he still thinks he was drunk the last time you were here and he saw you so..." Mrs. Higurashi's reply was cut off by the hall door opening and Kagome's Grandfather entering the room and asking, "Dear, have you seen my glasses?" Grandfather's jaw dropped at the sight of his grand daughter with hanyou ears and tail plus Shippo snuggled up in his daughter's arms. "Y...yo...youkai!" screamed Grandpa while whipping out an Ofuda and smacking it onto Shippo's head before anyone could react.
Shippo crossed his eyes to look at the ofuda stuck on his head, reached up and pulled it off to look at the front. "Oka-san, this looks just like Mirouku's ofudas, so how come it doesn't work?" he asked showing it to Kagome. Kagome sweat dropped sighed and looked at her grandpa saying, "It's because Jii-chan thinks he has holy powers Shippo." Grandpa looked stunned at this failure of his 'powers' and Inuyasha snorted and said, "I told you before old man, those things are useless. Besides, Shippo wouldn't hurt any one in Kagome's family, she's his adopted mother." Kagome went on to explain her transformation and repeated her warning to her grandpa to never use the ofuda on any of her friends again.
Inuyasha glanced at Kagome's mom after her daughter finished speaking to gauge her mood, then got down on his knees and bowed down asking, "Mrs. Higurashi, I humbly ask for your approval for your daughter's hand in marriage?" Kagome's grandpa looked outraged at the thought of a youkai marrying his grand daughter, but Mrs. Higurashi slapped her hand over his mouth and smiled at Inuyasha as she replied, "I can't think of more worthy young man for her to marry. You've kept her safe over the years and you're always polite when visiting. Of course you have my permission." (AN: see, Inuyasha knew better than to tick off Mrs. Higurashi or she might not let Kagome go back to the feudal era) Kagome jumped up and hugged her mom then let out a small "yeep" as Inuyasha pulled her onto his lap as he sat down on the couch. Kagome squirmed a little to get comfortable and sighed at the content feeling from being so close to her mate. Feeling safe in his arms, Kagome looked at her mom, gulped, and said, "Mom, I know this may come as a shock to you but youseewhenmeandinuyashamatedigotpregnat!" Mrs. Higurashi blinked and slowly replayed what her daughter had said. "Kagome, are you saying you're pregnant?" she asked. Kagome slowly nodded and Mrs. Higurashi beamed with joy, "Oh, I can't wait to have grandchildren!" she exclaimed. Everyone sweat dropped.
Kagome's mom smiled at the young hanyou couple and then stood up saying, "I just remembered I have to go to the store today. You'd better come along father, the fresh air will do you good." Deaf to her father's protests, Mrs. Higurashi dragged him out of the house and into the car before driving to the market. "Remind me never to get on your mom's bad side," said Inuyasha as he watched her rapid progress to the car. Kagome nodded, then asked, "How about I make us all some breakfast?" Inuyasha and Shippo both agreed and prepared the table while Kagome started cooking some bacon, eggs, sausage, and pancakes. the smell of the food soon had both Shippo and Inuyasha's stomachs growling and the family soon sat down for a happy breakfast.
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Later in the afternoon, Inuyasha was taking a nap on the couch while Shippo sat in Kagome's lap listening to her read The Hobbit. They had just reached the part where Bilbo, the dwarves, and Gandalf had been rescued from the wargs by the eagles when the doorbell rang. Kagome quickly grabbed a hat she had nearby for just such an occasion and after making sure her tail was safely tucked inside her jeans and passing the Shikon jewel to Shippo as he transformed into a human boy about his own age she ran to the front door. She opened the door to find her friends Yuka, Eri, & Ayumi. "Kagome!" they said, giving her a big group hug, "we heard you had been out of town since the start of summer vacation and just got back this morning." Kagome smiled and replied, "Yeah, I got back earlier and stayed home to watch the house while the rest of my family is out."
Shippo suddenly walked into the hall and tugged on Kagome's t-shirt asking, "Oka-san, can you please keep reading to me?" which caused Kagome's friends to stare at her and Eri to ask, "Kagome, did he just call you Oka-san?" Kagome shrugged and smiled while explaining, "Shippo is my adopted son. You know how I've been missing so much school over the years?" At her friends' nods she continued, "I was helping take care of Shippo at a volunteer hospital where his dad was sick by helping around the house, cooking, and cleaning. His father unfortunately died just before the end of the end of the school year, so I adopted Shippo." As the girls digested this information, Ayumi accidentally caught sight of Inuyasha as he rolled over in his sleep. "Kagome, who's that on the couch?" she asked. "That's Inuyasha," she replied, "He's also been helping me with Shippo while I've been back here for my exams." Yuka walked over to the couch and got a good look at the sleeping hanyou. "Kagome, what's up with his clothes and the dog ears?" she asked. "His family is very traditional, so they wear old fashioned clothes a lot and that's also why he is carrying that sword. The dog-ears were surgically grafted to his head to counter a birth defect that left him without natural ears. He can hear really well, so let's go into the kitchen so he can sleep longer."
The girls all sat down at the table with Shippo in Kagome's lap. "So is this Inuyasha the two-timing, overprotective, arrogant, jealous, jerk we've heard so much about.?" asked Eri. Kagome sweat dropped, sighed, and replied while nodding, "But he has changed. He finally chose me when his old girl friend tried to hurt me and asked me to marry him. He's always been watching Shippo for me while I've been here. And the reason he could be so rude was because he had little human contact because of his ears." As Kagome finished, her friends all let out a romantic sigh and had sparkly eyes as they looked at her. "Wait," said Ayumi, "did you say he asked you to marry you? What about your mom?" Before Kagome could reply, a loud yawn from Inuyasha brought everyone's attention to him as he sat up and stretched on the couch. "I can answer that question," he said with a happy grin, "I did ask Kagome to marry me, and her mother approves." he continued before kissing Kagome lightly. "I'm going to take a shower, Koibito, call me if you need my help with anything."
Yuka stared at Inuyasha as he went up the stairs and looked at Kagome's happy smile before saying, "I think you two will make a great couple, at least now we know why Kagome kept missing school and what she was doing." "So how is everyone doing now that we've all graduated from high school?" asked Kagome. "Well, Hojo is going to be a doctor, so he's heading off to medical school soon. We're all going to some out of town colleges to broaden our horizons, what about you Kagome?" replied Eri. "I think I'll taking care of Shippo to much to go to college, besides, I was offered the position of Shrine maiden in Inuyasha's home town. The work is simple and comes with a small house perfect for raising a family." said Kagome as she rubbed Shippo's hair. The girls spent another half hour talking about future plans and telling stories from their years together before Kagome's friends all left.