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Chapter 45 – Freaking Potato Chips

Kagome opened her eyes, only to find herself in bed with Inuyasha, like always, his arms were around her. Sunlight poured through the window, bathing the room in an orange-yellow light. Tomorrow was the day that Rin would get married… She was suddenly wide-awake. Good thing her mother bought her some morning sickness medicine, otherwise she would have jumped out of Inuyasha's arms and into the bathroom. "Inuyasha! Wake up!" Kagome took his shoulder and gently shook it. He groaned and held her closer. "No, no, no! Inuyasha, we need to get Rin and Sesshomaru a wedding present!" Inuyasha stirred and mumbled something. Kagome sat herself up, but Inuyasha refused to let her go.

"Look, I know you don't like your elder brother, but heck, I need to get Rin at least something!" Kagome said desperately. "Inuyasha, don't make me…" Inuyasha smiled.

"Do what?" He said, his eyes still closed. Kagome patted his head and grinned. She shoved Inuyasha off the bed and leaned down to whisper in his ear. He stared up at her in wonder.

"Sit," She breathed, and immediately Inuyasha was sent hurling into the ground. He sent a bunch of swear words at her and watched her leave the room with a smirk on her face. "Good boy!"

"Why you little…" Inuyasha muttered. 'This ain't over yet, wench.'

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"Oh, come on, Inuyasha! Miroku will be there too! Plus, Rin canceled so she could spend her day with Sesshomaru!" Kagome pleaded as she tried to drag Inuyasha to the car. He firmly stood, not letting Kagome move him in inch. "What, is this some kind of revenge for what happened this morning?" Inuyasha shook his head.

"I'm saving that revenge for some other time," Inuyasha said boldly. "And why do you want me to come anyway? You just want me to hold all your things, huh?" Kagome gasped.

"Why, of course not, Inuyasha! Why do you say that? All I want is to spend some time with you and our friends! Are you saying that you don't want to spend time with me?" Kagome sobbed. Inuyasha's face was in panic.

"Don't cry, Kagome! Fine, I'll go with you," Inuyasha said, irritated. Kagome's tears immediately disappeared as she grabbed his arm and dragged him to his car.

"Let's get a move on then!" Kagome said excitedly and went in the passenger seat. Inuyasha mumbled something and climbed into the driver's seat.

"Feh," Inuyasha muttered while starting up the car. Kagome leaned over to kiss him on the cheek.

"Thanks," Kagome said with a warm smile. Inuyasha couldn't help but smile back at her.

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"What about this?" Inuyasha said, pointing to a large set of cooking knives. They were in the home improvement department of the store, and so far they had no luck what so ever in finding the right gift. They had met up with Sango and Miroku hours before, but they had decided to split up and meet up at the food court. Kagome shook her head no.

"I'm sure they already have enough of that," Kagome mumbled. Inuyasha simply shrugged and followed her. She walked toward a large variety of pots and pans, but none seemed to satisfy what she was looking for. "C'mon, let's go look for something else… like maybe for the baby!" Kagome's eyes sparked up as she grabbed Inuyasha's wrist and brought him to an elevator. She pressed the button and waited for the elevator to come to their floor. The light dimmed and they heard a clicking sound. The elevator doors opened and they went in, surprised at who they saw.

"What are you doing here?" Inuyasha blurted out. Kouga and Ayame stood casually in the elevator, leaning against the metallic walls. Kagome slapped Inuyasha in the stomach with the back of her hand. He sent her a little glare and focused his gaze on the two who stood before them.

"Hello, Kagome! Haven't seen you around since winter break started. How's it going?" Ayame greeted them with a smile.

"Oh, nothing much. We're just here to find a gift for Inuyasha's brother. He's getting married tomorrow," Kagome informed them. She nodded a 'hello' to Kouga, who nodded in return.

"What a surprise, your brother's fiancé invited us, too," Kouga said, not letting his eye contact with Inuyasha break. "But we already found them a present, right Ayame?" Ayame grinned and showed them one of the bags she was carrying.

"Yup. We got them a few cooking knives and stuff like that," Ayame grinned. Kagome nearly doubled over from stifling her laughter.

"Oh, I bet they're going to find that useful for… something other than cooking," Kagome said. The elevator stopped and a small beep was heard. "This is where we get off! See you guys!" Kagome stepped through the doors with Inuyasha following her through. He mumbled something that was hard to hear, but Kagome didn't let it bother her.

"Where are we going again?" Inuyasha said timidly. Kagome turned left, then right, and then left again.

"The baby department," She answered. She brushed her hand over the shirts that hung on racks as she passed. "Here we are! I'm sure we'll be able to find something here." Inuyasha looked around. All over the walls were little baby clothes, shoes, and anything that was used for babies.

"We're going to get them something for their baby, right? Will it count if we don't get them anything for their baby shower?" Inuyasha asked. He let Kagome look for random things, and in a mere matter of seconds, there was a small pile of baby stuff hanging from his arm. He gaped at it. "Is this all for them?"

"I didn't decide yet… but sure, why not?" Kagome said with a small smile. "Besides… we'll need something for our baby, don't we?" She was right. They did need something for the baby… but Inuyasha couldn't help but think 'Are we even sure we are going to have a baby?'

"I thought this was their wedding, not their kid's birthday," Inuyasha pointed out. "How are you going to pay for all this, anyway?" Kagome let out a laugh.

"That's where you come in. They'll be grateful, anyway. We still need to find them a wedding, gift, huh?" Kagome was spacing out. Inuyasha could sense the uneasiness in her voice.

"Is there something wrong?" Inuyasha asked, putting his free hand on her arm. Kagome shook her head no.

"We better get moving. I know a good place to find the perfect gift for them," Kagome smiled, but Inuyasha could tell she was forcing herself. He just gave her an 'are you sure?' look and motioned to the cash register, where he paid for the things Kagome handed him. They walked out of the store and into the mall without saying another word.

"Here's the store I was telling you about!" Kagome exclaimed. They were now in front of a store that sold… adult things and lingerie. Inuyasha's eyes nearly bugged out.

"This?! Why in the world…Oh," Inuyasha said, a small pink tint rising on his cheeks. They stepped into the store and immediately Kagome took an outfit off a rack and showed it to him. It was a see-through spaghetti-strap dress with faux feathers sewn into the hems, making it look fluffy. It had matching underwear; only it wasn't see-through, but made out of satin. It was the color of a deep blood red. Kagome turned it around to show a fake white bunny tail.

"This is good enough, right? There's even some bunny ears for the guys," Kagome giggled. She went up to the cash register and paid for it. The girl behind the counter smiled at her as she handed the bag over to Kagome. They quickly left the store and went towards the food court.

"Geez, what is up with people and thinking the wrong thing?" Inuyasha muttered as he led Kagome down an escalator and into a restaurant. He spotted Sango sitting at a table, with no Miroku in sight. Kagome rushed to Sango and grinned. She looked around.

"Where's Miroku?" Sango pointed at the floor, and there, in a heap, laid poor Miroku. He looked like someone had run him over, and then backed up again just to make sure he was dead. Kagome bent down and poked him hard with her finger. "Uh, you sure he's not dead?"

"Nah, he stopped breathing minutes before you came here. You guys all done shopping?" Sango said. Something was bothering her, and right away Kagome could sense it.

"Sango? You wanna talk?" Kagome said. Sango stood up.

"Sure. Let's go out and get some fresh air," Sango forced a weak smile at Kagome. Kagome waved bye at Inuyasha, who was looking down. He sat himself down in a chair and waved back. Kagome strode side-by-side with Sango.

"Sango, I-"

"Miroku asked me to marry him." Kagome looked at Sango as if she were telling Kagome that she had just committed murder, which could be half true if Miroku showed up missing the next day. (It could happen…)

"Sango… you accepted, didn't you?" Kagome asked. Sango looked down, her hands stiffly in her jacket's pockets.

"I don't know what to accept anymore. Miroku's been a womanizer all his life, and nothing's going to change that. How could I marry someone who keeps chasing pretty skirts every time one passes by? How could I live a life like that? My father… he had always wanted me to live life successfully, and to the ultimate fullest. But… I don't know… I love Miroku, you know that, but I don't know if I'm up for the job to be his wife," Sango said sadly.

"I know we can't change Miroku's habits, but… you know he loves you dearly. Have you ever noticed that whenever he talks to other girls, he's never serious? Have you ever noticed that whenever he talks to you, he is always smiling? He's in love with you, Sango, and only you! Did you ever hear him say 'I love you' to any other girl?" Kagome asked. Sango looked at Kagome.

"Well, no, I-"

"Ok then! I've heard him say plenty of times that he loves you, and it always sounds so true. Always. It's always your job to give Miroku discipline, whether he's groping you or flirting with other girls. Ever since he fell in love with you, haven't you noticed that he won't grope anyone else other than you? All he ever does is ask his pick-up line, get smacked and leave! Sango, get it in your head, Miroku will always love you till the day he dies!!!" Kagome nearly shouted.

As if every imaginary metal gear sprung back to life, Sango's face lit up. She had always known that he had loved her in every way, but somehow... Miroku's love was different. She knew now that Miroku's love was one in a million, and here she was, rejecting it.

"Kagome, you're right. It's time I started focusing on his good qualities! I'm going to accept Miroku's marriage right away!" She gave Kagome a warm hug and pulled back with a big grin on her face. "Thank you."

"Anytime," Kagome chuckled. 'Anytime…'

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Kagome and Sango made their way back to where they left Inuyasha and Miroku. Miroku was no longer on the floor, but sitting next to Inuyasha. They looked dead bored…

"Are you guys even alive?" Sango asked, poking Miroku slightly. Miroku sighed and looked up.

"We're freaking bored as hell," Inuyasha muttered. "Can we go now?" Kagome smiled slightly.

"Ok. Is it okay if we leave now, Sango and Miroku?" Sango nodded.

"We're leaving too, it's getting late and I promised my brother Kohaku that I would hang out with him," Sango said. Her brother had just came home from the hospital, from suffering a severe case of some kind of sickness. He had been in the hospital for nearly a month now, but he was as good as new. With their deceased father and mother, Sango was finally old enough to have Kohaku live with her. They had had some visits from the child agency, and Kohaku was supposed to live at a foster home. Luckily for them, the agent they sent to Sango let them off the hook.

"Tell him I said hello!" Kagome called over to Sango from her shoulder. Sango nodded and smiled while she waved. Kagome linked her arm with Inuyasha and stared straight ahead while they walked toward the nearest exit. As soon as the two was out of sight, Sango let out a laugh.

"They didn't even suspect anything!" Miroku shouted with glee. He was laughing so hard, tears nearly rolled down his cheeks. He wiped them away and let out a sigh.

"C'mon… I can't wait to get home… after all, you still need to pay me back," Sango said, a devious look in her eye. Miroku caught on.

"You sure you don't wanna do it here?" Miroku said teasingly. Sango gasped.

"In front of these little kiddies? Why, Miroku! What would their mother's think?" Sango said, already walking away with her shopping bags.

"Oh, Sango… what a little vixen you are…" Miroku muttered to himself. 'But then again…she's my little vixen…' He thought with a smile.

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"Inuyasha… where do you keep your stuff when you cook stuff?" Kagome called out from the kitchen. Inuyasha could hear her rummaging about from where he sat, which was on the couch. He was watching TV and he didn't bother to get up and show her where he stored his food.

"In one of them cabinets," Inuyasha shouted back. He could hear Kagome give out an exasperated sigh.

"Which cabinet?" Kagome groaned.

"I dunno," Inuyasha said with a teasing smile. He could almost smell Kagome's anger… and it wasn't pretty.

"Inuyasha. I'm hungry… I want something to eat… and YOU'RE PRACTICALLY STARVING ME!" Kagome yelled. Before Inuyasha had a time to react, she had jumped on him, making them fall on the floor. Inuyasha fell on his back while Kagome, being the lucky one, fell on top of him as if he were a cushion. She tried grabbing at his neck, but Inuyasha took hold of her wrists before it made contact with his neck.

"Kagome! I was just teasing!" Inuyasha tried to smile. It didn't help as much, but Kagome stopped trying to grab at him.

"Can you go out and get me something to eat, please?" Kagome said, in her best sad voice. Inuyasha scoffed.

"Can't you get it? I'm trying to watch TV," Inuyasha said. He sat upright now, picked up Kagome and sat her down on the couch. He plopped himself down next to her. She stood up and turned off the TV. He glared at her. "Yo, miss. You just turned off the TV. If you would be so kind and to step aside-"

"NO. I want you, to go get me, something to eat." Kagome's voice was shaky and she let out a ragged breath. "NOW." Inuyasha quickly bolted to the door and grabbed his car keys from the table. Kagome smiled at the closed door and waited to hear the engine being turned on. 'Good boy…'

At least twenty minutes later, Inuyasha came in, holding up a bag of takeout for her to see. He was shocked to see her munching away on potato chips. "What the hell are you eating?" He walked over to her and snatched the chips from out of her reach.

"You take too long." Kagome made a grab for the bag, but Inuyasha jerked it out of her way. "Inuyasha! Give it back!"

"Hell, what were you thinking? You nearly killed our baby!" Inuyasha said to her. Kagome let out a sound that sounded like his 'Feh'.

"Look, we're not even sure I'm pregnant or not, at least let me eat-" She stopped quickly in mid sentence and put a hand over her mouth. She ran towards the bathroom and threw up. Inuyasha came rushing in seconds later, a glass filled with fresh water and a towel.

"What? You got food poisoning?" His eyes wandered away from her and onto the bathroom counter. Next to the sink, lay a home pregnancy test. A little blue mark was on it, and it told him that Kagome was indeed pregnant. "Holy shit."

"What?" Kagome coughed and took the water Inuyasha held. She took a few sips of it and took the towel that was in his other hand. "You look like you've seen a ghost." Kagome got up to rinse her mouth out.

"When did you buy this?" Inuyasha demanded, holding up the pregnancy test for her to see the little blue mark.

"When Sango and I went out to talk. Who knew that you could get those in malls," Kagome said nervously. Kagome took it out of Inuyasha's hands. "Oh… I guess that means that I'm pregnant, ne?" Inuyasha growled.

"And you nearly killed it." Inuyasha mumbled, thinking of the accursed potato chips. "Fucking potato chips." Kagome let out a laugh.

"Whatever. So, what kind of food did you get?" Kagome gave Inuyasha a small kiss on the cheek as she walked out of the bathroom. She dived into the bag and pulled out the food. "Ramen? We can't live on ramen forever."

"Yes, we could. And plus, it has some nutrients in it. So ha!" Inuyasha said triumphantly. Kagome waved her hand. She sat down at the table and opened up her share of the ramen.

"Whatever." She split her chopsticks apart and started eating. Inuyasha sighed and sat down next to her, split his chopsticks apart and starting eating his own ramen. In mere minutes he was already done.

"I guess we'll have to tell you mom," Inuyasha said, leaning on his hand to look at Kagome. She finished the last bit of her ramen and looked back at him.

"Yeah… oh how excited she'll be…" Kagome's face paled. "We still need to defeat Naraku…" Inuyasha paled as well.

"How long will you think he'll wait?" Inuyasha asked softly. His voice was low in a bare whisper, his eyes could not be seen from underneath his bangs. "Last time… we almost killed him, didn't we? But in the end, he nearly killed you."

"He nearly killed you too…" Kagome said, close to tears. Inuyasha slammed a fist on the table, making Kagome jump. He looked up with a smile on his face.

"This only means that we could learn from our mistakes. He beat him up pretty badly, didn't we? We could try harder and then we'd win!" Inuyasha grinned from the soft smile on Kagome's face.

"What do you think it'll be… a girl or a boy?" Kagome whispered softly. Inuyasha helped her up and followed her to their bedroom. Kagome climbed in her usual spot- next to Inuyasha. Inuyasha put his arms around her and inhaled her scent.

"It would be nice to have a little girl… who looks exactly like you," Inuyasha said to her, slowly drifting to sleep. Kagome laughed.

"I want a boy who looks a lot like you… and I want him to have your ears…" Kagome whispered, sleep closing her eyes. "Inuyasha?" He replied with the sound his of his even breathing. She smiled. "I love you…"

"I love you too…"

Ah, such love. P And to those whom I owe a cookie... here you go. ::hands over old moldy cookies:: What? You don't like my cooking?! ::pulls out flamethrower:: HOW YA LIKE ME NOW?! Haha, I'm just keeding. No really, I'm serious. Review and you get a less moldy cookie. D