Mizu: Sorry I haven't updateed in a while folks, I had the SAT's to do and I went to a convention over the weekend. Not to mention a ton of school work. But, Your reviews have moved me, and now, I shall update. By the way, have any of you met my muse? No? well, she's kinda mad at me for not introducing her sooner, but here she is, the creative Mika!

Mika: It's about time you introduced me! I work all day, giving you inspiration, out of the goodness of my heart-

Mizu: Actually, you work all day to give me inspiration because you're bound by this contract I signed with 'Muse's 'R' Us' *holds up a thick stack of paper all legal looking with signatures on the front*

Mika: So? You still should respect me! I give you the ideas for these damn fics!

Mizu: But I write them down and type them up and make them what they are so they're mine! BUWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Mika: *is giving Mizu a strange look* Okaaay. I think you've tortured the readers enough, you sadistic authoress.

Mizu: Here's the fic,and I don't own Inuyasha!

"talking" *thinking* ^*^POV Change^*^ ///Scene Change\\\

Inuyasha walked back to the hut, traumitized. He had never heard
Sesshoumaru laugh before and he never wanted to again. It was just
too....too much.

Sango and Miroku left to go get some rest, now that they knew Kagome was
going to be okay, Shippou had gone with them, after they all promised to
wake him up if Kagome woke up.

Inuyasha entered the hut and was startled to see Kagome awake and watching
him. He smiled. Kagome looked at him, "Inuyasha, why do I have furry ears
on the top of my head? And I have claws and fangs too." She asked.

Inuyasha bit his lip nervously, " Heh, heh. Yeah, well, there's a
reasonable explanation for that."

Kagome looked at him expectantly.

"Since we did the ceremony, you're my mate now....and as such....you took
on my blood and it turned you into a hanyou. Like me." Inuyasha said
nervously.

Kagome brightened up, "Really? That's so cool! That must be why I feel much, much better now." she paused, blushing as a thought just came to her.
"Ummm......Inuyasha? Since we're mates, shouldn't we have.....you
know......mated?" she asked, blushing furiously.

"You we're in the greatest of conditions to mate, so it was put off, but
now that you're better...." he looked at her hopefully.

Kagome nodded, and Inuyasha checked to make sure nobody was around the hut
as he claimed his beloved.

///With Sesshoumaru\\\

*Damn you Naraku!* Sesshoumaru fumed silently, as he stalked the woods.
*How dare you touch what is mine! That child is in my charge! Surely you
must have known what you were getting yourself into when you purposely
evoke my wrath...You will pay dearly.*

Sesshoumaru looked up to find himself in the outskirts of the ningen
village his half-brother and his wench were so fond of staying in. He
frowned. It wasn't often when he let himself wander like that. He really
should be more careful. Sesshoumaru's ears tweaked, and he grimaced. He
didn't really want to hear what his brother was doing at the moment. He
shuddered, and turned to go back into the forest. Anything was preferable to this village stinking of humans and hearing Inuyasha claim his wench...

///With the Others\\\

Sango and Shippou were happily chatting while Miroku meditated in the corner. Well, they thought Miroku was meditating in the corner. Really, he
was watching Sango and Shippou, and thinking about how happy he was when
Sango concieved. Now, it wasn't a question of 'if', but 'when'. Never before had he been so content in his life, now he wasn't going to be alone
anymore. Friends could only go so far, they couldn't fill the aching hole
in your heart where you were dieing to show the special someone how much you really cared. He could do that now, lavish attention on his loved one, showing her his total devotion. He sighed quietly in contentment. Yes, now,
if only they could kill Naraku, then he could live a happy life with his
friends. And his wife.

Sango knew that Miroku wasn't meditating. Months of studying the monk
secretly had shown her when he was faking. And he was definately faking. While her mouth automatically responded to Shippou's conversation, her mind
was somewhere else all together. Miroku. She had never been truly happy
before, and she had never realized it until now. He completed her, making her whole. She dreamed of finally settling down, raising a family, teaching her children to fight, smacking her perverted husband...okay, she did that
now, but it was a part of her life now, and she had to stop the lecher somehow, plus, it was rather fun... But she had one thing still in her way.
Naraku. She mentally frowned. He was going to pay! She could finally put
her brother at rest once Naraku died. Only then could her happiness be
completed totally.

She sighed and snuck a glance over at her houshi, and was startled when his
gaze met her own. She surpressed a grin, and turned her attention back to
Shippou, who was starting to wonder about her slow replies.

///With Inu+Kag\\\

Kagome lay cuddled up to Inuyasha's side, basking in the afterglow.
Inuyasha looked down tenderly at his mate, and placed a kiss on her
forehead. She smiled up at him, and returned it. Now, she could look
forward to spending centuries with her hanyou, instead of just hoping for
decades.

Inuyasha was watching his mate when her eyes suddenly widened. Alarmed, he
asked her,"What's wrong?"

Kagome looked up at him, "My mom! I don't know if she'd be too happy about
this. Inuyasha, I'm only 15."

"Yeah, so? Here, you're old enough at 13." Inuyasha said confused. (AN: I
don't really know if it's 13 or 14. Can't remeber So I'm gonna go for
the most shocking.)

Kagome looked at him, shocked. "13?! Inuyasha, in my time, that's barely a
teenager! 18 is when you're an adult where I come from."

Now it was Inuyasha's turn to be shocked, "18? Kagome, here, that's old
enough to have had a a few kids, and quite a lot of marriage years behind
you."

Kagome nodded, "Inuyasha, I understand that, but try to understand me. In
my time, if you're involved this intimately at 15, that's kinda slutty."

"Slu-tty?" Inuyasha's mouth stumbled over the new word.

"Trashy, dirty, ummmm... a whore or a prostitute. That's what a slut is.
Slutty is something the resembles the behavior of a slut. Understand?"

Inuyasha nodded.

"Okay, so, if I get pregnant-"

"When you get pregnant."

"If I get pregnant." Kagome continued. "I wouldn't receive a lot of
sympathy or kindness. It isn't exactly looked well upon for me to be
pregnant."

"But it's only a matter of time." Inuyasha pressed.

Kagome blushed and mumbled something.

"What did you say?"

"I said I'm on 'the pill' I know I won't get pregnant. Not until I stop
taking it." Kagome muttered.

Inuyasha looked hurt. "But what about pups? I want to have them, and you
did agree to too."

Kagome sighed, "Inuyasha, I've been on the pill for a while, it shortens my
period and helps the cramps. I didn't know that you felt the same at the
time..." Kagome trailed off.

Inuyasha sighed, "But we are going to have pups, right?"

"Yes, Inuyasha."

Inuyasha smiled and hugged her. Kagome rolled her eyes and grinned,"My one-
track-minded hanyou." she whispered.

Inuyasha's ears twitched and the corners of his mouth turned upward, "My
stubborn hanyou." he replied.

Kagome opened her mouth to protest when she remembered that she was a
hanyou, she giggled instead.

"That's what I thought." Inuyasha smirked playfully, "Well, c'mon. You have
a kit out looking for you. We had to tear him away from you."

"Shippou! Oh, I almost forgot about him! Oh the poor darling, I must have
scared him....Where is he?" Kagome exclaimed.

"Use your nose." Inuyasha instructed.

Kagome followed his order, and sped out the door to find her son.

///With the Others\\\

A blur sped into the room and stopped in front of Shippou. Shippou looked up and smiled in time to see Kagome before she picked him up and pulled him
into a hug.

" 'Kaasan! I missed you! Are you all better now?" The child exclaimed,
hugging her with all his strength.

"Shippou, I'm so sorry! I promise I'll never do that again!" Kagome said.

Kagome heard a slight cough. She looked up to see Sango smiling at her.

"Sango-chan!" Kagome noticed the ring glinting on her friend's left hand.
She grinned. "Sango, do tell." she laughed.

Sango saw what Kagome was looking at and blushed. And blushed even harder
when her husband came up from behind and embraced her.

"Sango and I are married now." Miroku stated proudly.

Kagome raised and eyebrow and grinned even bigger. "I guess that letter
wasn't such a bad idea after all..."

The couple grew solomn. " Lady Kagome, you must promise us that you will
never attempt that again. If you have something you need to talk about, come to us. We don't want to loose you. Ever." Miroku said. Sango nodded in
agreement.

Kagome lost her grin, "I know, now that I think about it, I can't believe what I was thinking." she said quietly, running her hand through Shippou's
pony tail.

Kagome chatted with the new couple, but suddenly got the idea that they
wanted to be *ahem* alone. She grabbed Shippou and went off to find
Inuyasha. She found him sitting in the Goshinboku. Shippou was sitting on
her shoulder.

"Inuyasha!" she called up.

"What?"

"Come here!"

"Why?"

Kagome frowned. "I need to go home, I have to talk to my mom!"

Inuyasha jumped down from the branches, and stood infront of Kagome,
crossing his arms. "You can't go home." he said resolutely.

"And why not?"

Inuyasha looked slightly embarrassed, "I'll miss you..." he whispered.

Shippou, saw the mark on Kagome's neck, and then hopped over to Inuyasha's
shoulder. Inuyasha glared at the kit, who ignored him and pryed open
Inuyasha's mouth and examined his teeth.

He hopped onto the ground and looked back and forth between Inuyasha and
Kagome, grin growning wider every second.

"I HAVE A NEW DADDY!I HAVE A NEW DADDY!I HAVE A NEW DADDY!" he yelled,
jumping up and down in excitement.

Kagome blushed and Inuyasha bopped Shippou on his head.

"Shut up ya runt, or I'll hit ya again, harder."

Shippou glared at Inu. "That's not very nice, Daddy."

Inuyasha started at his words, "Wha-what?! I'm not your Daddy!!"

Shippou smiled, "But you mated with Mommy. That makes you my Daddy." he
said, with the reasoning of a child.

Kagome giggled,"Yeah Inuyasha, there's the kid you wanted."

Inuyasha scowled at her."You know damn well that's not what I meant."

Kagome smiled, and took Inuyasha by the hand. Shippou jumped into her free
arm. Kagome lead her new family to the well.

"Inuyasha, I have to go home. I want my mom to know what happened, and that
she's a grandma. Plus, I have to go to school, Kami-sama only knows how
much homework I have piled up." she said, pleadiningly.

Inuyasha shook his head.

"Please?" Kagome pouted, using her patented puppy-dog eyes, complete with
quivering bottom lip.

Inuyasha's expression softened,"Fine..."

Kagome smiled happily, and gave her mate a hug. "Let's go!"

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Mizu: So, what do you think?

Mika: It sucked. What have you done with the beautiful idea I gave you?! Ohhhh, my poor creation!!!

Mizu: *teary eyes* You're so mean! Kouga!!!

*Kouga appears in a whirlwind, and grabs Mizu up in a giant hug* Kouga: My woman!

Mizu: *sniff sniff*

Kouga:...Your muse yelled at you again didn't she?

Mizu: *nods*

Kouga: *sigh* Okay...well, let's call Kikyo, that's enough torture... c'mon, let's go out to eat!

Mizu: Okay.

*couple walks off holding hands*

Mika: NOOOO!!!!! NOT THE CLAYPOT!!!! HOW CREUL CAN YOU GET!!!!!!! YOU'LL PAY, YOU'LL ALL PAY!!!!!!!!!!!! *is grabbed by a soul snatcher and it dragged off the the pot*

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