Sorry its so long between updates, lots of term papers.

Chap: Strike three, your out!

Inuyasha blanched, going pale. "Hell no, woman!!"

"Now, dammit! I've only got two hands!" she called out.

"Make Shinju"—

"She's got the baby!"

"I said no!"

"S-i-"

He ducked out of reflex. "Coming! Damn woman," he muttered, as he went back over to the bed. Shinju smiled slightly. The betting was getting ridiculous about when those two would get together and have children of their own. She herself was in for fifty yen on it happening within the next six months.

Kagome motioned him over to her, sweating about as much as the mother was. "We're almost done, I know it. Please, help me one last time."

"Okay, okay." He glanced over at the woman. "You alright there?"

"F-Fine," Harumi said, panting. "Just having a little—picnic."

Kagome couldn't help it and laughed at the look on Inuyasha's face. "I knew you had it in you," she smiled at the new mother. "Okay, now, push! Lets get this other one home."

Inuyasha winced at the sight of all that stuff---"Oh, this is so gross"—

"Dammit, Inuyasha! Catch!"

This baby was polite enough to come head first, and if Inuyasha wasn't there, the little one would have fallen, he came out so fast. "Whoa! Slippery little guy, aren't ya?" The hanyou said as the newborn wailed in cold.

"See, I told you I'd need help," Kagome joked. "Get him cleaned up while I take care of Harumi."

He set to work, carefully cleaning off the little baby. Suddenly he tensed and looked over his shoulder at her. "You sure that's the last one in there? I ain't doing this three times, dammit."

"Yes, I'm sure," Kagome said over Harumi and Shinju's laughter. She giggled, "You can go get washed up now."

"Thank you gods!" The poor boy handed the baby over to Shinju's other arm and bolted out of the hut.

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Later on, after Sai was allowed in and made his introductions to his new sons, everyone began to celebrate. Twins were always lucky, and twin boys especially so. And the mother was in fine states thanks to Kagome's painkillers.

The impromptu party was in full swing, with Kagome as the guest of honor. But she waved off their praise, saying that she couldn't have done it without the mother there and all. People laughed at the joke, but smiled as she gave most of the credit to Inuyasha and his help.

Sai and Harumi were debating names for the children, with everyone shouting out suggestions. Finally, they decided on Shiro, "white", and Koichiro, "lucky son." When Kagome had asked why, the couple blushingly told her that Shiro was in honor of Inuyasha's help, with the hanyou's white hair, and Koichiro was for Kagome, in their good fortune of her coming while Keade was away. Inuyasha, from his perch on a nearby roof, had blushed to the base of his ears at the honor, while Kagome beamed.

Shinju smiled as she stood by the miko. "So my lady, have you given any thought to having children of your own?"

Kagome started a bit, but then returned the smile. "Yes, I have."

Everyone with a bet made tensed as the girl went on. "How many do you want?"

The miko laughed, "As many as I could bear! I would love being a mother."

"Its obvious to anyone that sees you with children," an elderly woman said from the crowd around her. She smiled at the young woman. "What would they look like?"

Inuyasha, shifting to another rooftop where he could easily keep an eye on Kagome, listened intently.

Kagome smiled, her eyes going soft as she answered, "I'd want them to have his eyes and his smile. I'd want them to love to run and jump as much as he does"—

A sudden noise made her look up. Inuyasha had just jumped from the roof and gone into the forest. "What's gotten into him?"

Shinju was looking a little panicked. "Y-you mean, you do not desire the hanyou, but the wolf prince, my lady?"

"What? No! I never said that! I want Inuyasha as the"—she slapped a hand over her mouth. "Oh, gods."

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