Sorry it's been so long to update, just restarted college.

I don't own the inu, or he'd never leave my house.

Chap: playing catch

Inuyasha could not believe what he was seeing. Kagome had her hand-----and was trying to---oh gods. Now he knew what she meant whenever she said that she was 'gonna blow chunks.' He looked away, unable to look at something like that. "Kagome? What in the hell are you doing?"

"Don't worry, everything's going to be much better now that I know what's wrong," she said confidently. She gave her attention to Harumi. "Now, I won't try to turn the baby inside you, that would cause too much bleeding. But I am going to try and find this other foot, alright? You need to help me, okay? I need you to start counting off your contractions, the space of time that you don't have one, okay? Start counting them off, alright, Harumi?"

"Y-yes, miko-sama," the girl panted. She started to count to herself, suddenly tensing—"My lady"---

"I know, I can feel it. Try not to push, okay? Don't' push. Try and get through this one, you can do it," she told the girl. Inuyasha had to admit, he was impressed. Kagome sounded totally confident in front of Harumi. The girl strained, desperately fighting the pull of her body's muscles, near to screaming in pain. Kagome glanced over at him. "Inuyasha, get in my bag, find the metal box with the blue cross on it. Open it, find me the long wrapped tubes, and bring them over to me where I can see them."

He did as she asked, bringing out three. She nodded toward one, "That red one, open it up for me." The boy peeled the paper carefully off, revealing a long slender tube with a long needle at the end. "Okay, get back in the blue box, look for the vial that has blue writing on it and bring it over here too." He brought it over, a bit confused. "Kagome? What's this for?"

"It's a muscle relaxer, they mostly use it on people who have seizures, or during labor to stop contractions."

"You can't stop the birth now, can you?"

"No, but I need to get her muscles loosened, or I'll never get this baby out. Now, uncap the needle, be careful not to touch it! Insert it through the cap of the vial, and pull back the little hook on the needle. Only pull it back to three of the tiny black lines, okay?" She glanced over as he did what she said. "You know, Inuyasha, you'd make a great nurse."

"Hmph," he muttered, concentrating on the task at hand. When finished, he handed it to her, "What now?"

"Now, we wait for it to kick in." A few minutes later, Harumi sighed. "Miko-sama, the pain is lessening. I-I feel much looser."

"Good," Kagome sighed. "Now we can get back to work."

"You made her muscles loosen, right?" Inuyasha asked.

"Yep, this way I can get my hand in there"—(he turned green at hearing her say that)—"and see if I can't find that other foot." She set to work, almost crowing in joy when she caught it. "Yes! Inuyasha, you have to help me now, okay?"

"C-what do I have to do?"

"Catch."

"Right." He paused, the full meaning sinking in. "WHAT?! Me!?"

"No, the invisible man behind you." She rolled her eyes when he actually turned to look,

"Yes, you, stupid. Once this baby comes, I'll have to get the afterbirth and check her over. You'll have to take care of the baby until I get things settled."

"B-but I don't know what to do!"

She glared at him. "Trust me, just do whatever first comes to mind, you'll be fine." A moan from Harumi had them both tensing. "Okay, now, Harumi, push! Come on, you can do it! Ready? Big shove now, bring this kid home!" Inuyasha's eyebrows almost disappeared into his hairline when the baby finally came. It was very tiny and small, and crying almost softly. She quickly handed the—boy, he noted, over to him, quickly cutting the cord and tying it off.

"Um, what now?"

"Inuyasha," she sighed. Suddenly, she smiled. "Clean that little fellow up and take him to meet his father." The hanyou smiled, very, very careful with the tiny baby in his arms. He took one of the cloths and called for the water Sei had boiled. The man had tried to come running before the boy had just glared at him, making the elders pull him back. Shinju had handed the bowl over to him, asking for news. Inuyasha just smiled and went back in.

He rinsed off the blood and gunk off the little guy, taking a small towel of Kagome's to wrap him up before going outside when suddenly---

"Harumi?" Kagome frowned as the girl began to stiffen with familiar tension. "Harumi, stop pushing."

"I-I can't!" The girl raised frightened eyes to the young miko.

"Harumi, you have to relax or you'll start bleeding again," she said softly. "Harumi"—she re-examined the girl, and stiffened. "Inuyasha, I think I need your help again," she said urgently. He froze, "Wh-what do I do with this one?"

"Call for Shinju, she seems rational. Have her come in here and take care of the little guy, but don't let her back outside."

"Why not? It's crowded in here as it is."

"Harumi, it's going to be alright, you have to trust me on this, okay?" She smiled at the young woman. Turning back to him she answered, "Because the father should be the first official family to see him, but we won't tell, right?"

He stared at her, and then smirked. "You don't want to hurt the guy's feelings. You are something else, you know that?"

"So I've been told. Um, you better hurry," she said with a slight trace of nervousness. "This could be complicated."

He called for the girl to come into the hut, handing the babe over to her. She cooed softly to it, smiling brightly. "Oh, my lord, he's so tiny and beautiful."

"You should save that kind of talk for the father. Right now, we may have problems."

"What is it?"

"Harumi's still pushing"—

"Inuyasha!" Kagome called, "I need you to catch again!"

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I just keep picturing the look on Inu's face when he hears that, it makes me smile. I hope you all like it, so please review!