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Notes to my reviewers: This chapter is dedicated to Inufreak831, Captured Moon, and Eekolie

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Winxy: Some people have trouble writing long chapters, but I have trouble writing short chapters.

Captured Moon: I have thought about writing a fanfic on Case Closed, but I haven't thought of any good plots.

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AznInuyasha: Sure. You're the first person to ask, so I guess that means your going to be the baby's godfather.

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Chapter Thirty: A Simple Deed From Kagome

It was long after midnight when they started to arrive at the next village. None of them thought it would take that long, so they were all pretty tired. Sango, Shippo, and Kirara were all asleep. Miroku was carrying Sango on his back, Inuyasha was holding Shippo, and in Kagome's arms was Kirara. (Wow, that's — like — the first time I've made a reference to Kirara huh.)

"You ok, Kagome." Miroku asked. Kagome, who was really tired, kept stumbling around. Inuyasha even had to put out his arm to catch her every now and then.

"I'm fine." She said, followed by a yawn.

"I can carry you." Inuyasha said. He had gone nights without sleep a lot more often then Kagome did, so he was used to it.

"I'm fine," Kagome said with a harsher tone in her voice (going without sleep made her grumpy), "I just want to find a place to sleep tonight."

"We could set up camp."

Kagome squinted her eyes and looked off into the distance in front of them. "No. We're only an hour or so away from the town."

"Do you think we'll find a place to stay?" Inuyasha asked.

"I'm sure someone will give us a room." Miroku said.

Both the men walked on for a little while until they noticed Kagome wasn't with them. "Kagome?" Inuyasha turned around and looked at her. She was standing completely still, looking down at her feet.

"Kagome, what's wrong?" Miroku and Inuyasha walked up to her.

She took in a deep breath. "Your right Inuyasha, we should set up camp."

"But I thought -"

"If this town is anything like the last one we won't find anyplace to sleep. We should wait till morning."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah."

"Ok." Inuyasha set Shippo down on the ground and started to set up beds for everyone. With Miroku's help they were able to manage it in a few short minutes. Sango and Miroku shared a bed, Shippo had his own, and Inuyasha was putting the last touches on the bed for him and Kagome.

"You can lay down now." He said to Kagome, who hadn't moved very much from the spot she was standing in.

"Thanks Inuyasha." She sat down on it and watched Inuyasha start a fire. It only took her a few seconds to doze off to sleep, but she woke up when she felt a pressure on her stomach. She lifted her head up a little bit and noticed that Inuyasha was pressing his head against it.

"What are you doing?" she asked.

Inuyasha smiled at her, "I just wanted to listen for the baby before I went to sleep."

"Listening? I'm only about," she did the math in her head, "four months along. You couldn't possibly hear anything."

"I could and I can. I have demon ears remember."

Kagome laughed a little bit and leaned back again. Inuyasha lifted his head away form her stomach and settled into the spot next to her. "Inuyasha"

"Hmm?"

"What was your mother's name?"

Inuyasha wrapped his arms tightly around Kagome. "Why do you want to know?"

"I just do."

"Her name was, Kaiyo."

Kagome snuggled a little closer to Inuyasha. "If our baby is a girl, we should name her after your mother."

Inuyasha looked down at Kagome, "You sure you want to do that."

"Yeah."

He gave a little smile, "What if it is a boy?"

Kagome thought about it for a few seconds, "You can pick the name."

"Why me?"

Kagome didn't answer his question. She simply nuzzled her head into Inuyasha's chest and went to sleep.

Sango's eyes opened when she felt the sun beating down on her. Where are we? she asked herself. The last thing she remembered was Miroku lifting her up so that she wouldn't have to walk.

She rolled over and noticed that Miroku was asleep right next to her. "Miroku." She whispered. His eyes moved under his eyelids a little, but he didn't open them.

"Miroku." She said a little louder. When he didn't wake up this time, she pulled on his ear. His eyes snapped open and looked down at her.

"May I help you miss."

"Miroku, where are we?"

Miroku stretched his arms and sat up. "Kagome thought it would be best if we stopped and made camp."

"Really?" Sango sat up and looked over at Kagome. She was still asleep next to Inuyasha.

"Yeah. She was worried that the town we're going to will be like the last one."

"What would she be worried about?"

"She didn't want us to walk all the way just to be turned down when we ask for a room to stay in."

Sango sighed and stood up. "Kagome is too sweet for her own good."

Miroku stood up and walked over to the spot that Kagome was sleeping in. "Kagome." He tapped her shoulder.

"Miroku what are you doing?"

"We should get ready to go, shouldn't we?" he continued to tap her shoulder, but she wasn't waking up. Then Miroku got an idea. His hand moved down a little bit and pinched her butt.

Kagome screamed and slapped Miroku hard across the face, Sango whacked him on the back of the head, and Inuyasha (who was woken up by Kagome's screamed) punched him on the shoulder.

Miroku turned towards Shippo, "Do you want to put in a hit as long as I'm here?"

Shippo shook his head. He woke up when Kagome screamed, but didn't have any idea what was going on, nor did he really care. "I'm hungry." He said after he was fully awake.

Kagome looked in the direction the town was. "Why don't we eat when we get there."

"Ok."

"Should we get moving?" Inuyasha asked.

Sango tugged on Kagome's sleeve, "Are we anywhere near a stream?"

"Yeah. Why?"

"I kinnda want to take a bath."

"That sounds good, I'll join you." Kagome said. The girls walked off.

"I guess that means no." Inuyasha said to himself.

Kagome lead the way to the stream that wasn't very far from the area where they had spent the night. When they reached it, both girls tested out the water by sticking their hands in it. It was freezing cold, but neither of them cared.

After striping down they both entered the water. Kagome let out a minor yelp when the cold water flowed around her body. Sango laughed at her reaction and began to swim around. "Have you been thinking about names for your baby?" she asked when they were both settled in.

"Not really. If it's a girl, we're going to name it after Inuyasha's mom and if it's a boy Inuyasha will come up with a name."

"So I guess he's the one I should be bugging."

Kagome laughed. "Yeah." She dipped herself under the water, to get her hair wet.

"Kagome, could I ask you something?" Sango said when her head was once again above the water.

"Sure."

"Is our search for the jewel shards on a stand still until my brother is found?"

"Do you want it to be?"

Sango pressed her hand against her forehead. "No, I just don't want you to get to distracted to notice any jewel shards."

"Don't worry about it."

"Why?"

Kagome looked around. "Promise me you won't tell anyone"

"Yeah."

"I already know where the rest of the jewel shards are."

"What!" Sango yelled out without meaning too.

"Shhh, don't tell. Especially not Inuyasha."

"Why? Should we all get them now, while you still remember."

"No. The rest of the jewel is with Kikyou."

"Kagome, how are we supposed to get them."

Kagome leaned back and looked up at the clouds in the sky. "I have a plan, but I might need your help."

"Anything."

"When we get to a village near Kikyou's castle, I'm going to start a fight with Inuyasha, then say I'm sleeping in your room."

"Why?"

"I'll sneak away during the night. If I stay in a room with Inuyasha, he'll ask why I'm leaving."

"Ok, but where do I come in?"

Kagome moved a little closer to Sango. "You will need to cover for me as much as possible. Tell Inuyasha things like, I'm taking a bath, I'm going for a walk, anything. Try to keep him from noticing that I'm gone as long as possible."

"That won't be easy."

"I know."

Sango sighed and thought about it for a little while. Then her eyes snapped open. "Kagome, you're not suggesting going on your own are you!"

"Yes."

"Kagome no! You can't go and fight Kikyou on your own. What if you get hurt?"

"I'm not going to fight her. I'm going to try and get into her castle and back out again without her knowing."

"Is that possible?"

"Yes at least I think it is."

Both the girls looked up when they heard Miroku's voice in the background. "Girls, hurry up!"

As they were getting dressed Kagome looked over at her friend. "Sango, please don't tell anyone. I don't want you guys getting in any unnecessary danger."

"I'm not going to be able to talk you out of this am I."

"No."

Sango sighed. "Fine, I won't tell. But I really wish you would reconsider going alone."

Kagome smiled, but shook her head. That was the last the two talked about it all day. The men wondered why they were so silent when they got back, but didn't question them.

Inuyasha set Kagome back on her feet when the reached the village. She took him up on his offer when he asked her if she wanted a ride, but now that they were there, she told him that it would be better if she walked.

"Should we split up again?" Miroku asked.

"No." Inuyasha said, "There really isn't any point. Come on."

They all started to walk through the town, paying close attention to the people around them. Kagome was trying really hard to reach their faces and see if they had any problem with Inuyasha or Shippo. But from what she could tell, they didn't. Nobody even seemed to notice the two demons.

"Who should we ask?" Shippo looked around.

"Well why don't we -" Kagome started to say, until she noticed something.

"Kagome?"

She ignored Sango's voice and started to walk off the path they were on. Inuyasha glanced over at Sango before they all followed her.

Kagome kept on walking till she was near her destination. From the path she had been on, she saw a small girl curled up, crying. "What's wrong?" She asked, sitting down next to her.

The child stopped crying and looked up at Kagome, without saying anything she held out her hand. Kagome looked down at it and noticed some blood. "What happened."

"I fell." She mumbled.

Kagome reached inside her backpack and pulled out the first aid kit. "Here, let me see it."

"Kagome, what's going on?" Inuyasha asked.

"This little girl is hurt." Kagome said. The others watched as she used some disinfectant on the cut. The girl cried out but didn't pull her hand away. "You're very brave." She whispered to her.

"Thank you." The girl said.

Kagome smiled and placed a Band-Aid on the girl's hand. "There you go." She patted the little girl on her back.

"Are you done?" Miroku asked.

"Yeah." Kagome stood up and smiled down at the little girl. "Try to keep that cut clean, ok."

"Ok."

Kagome started to walk along with everyone else to find someone they could ask about Kohaku. "That was nice of you Kagome." Sango said.

"It was nothing."

They continued to walk. "Hey." She yelled out. The little girl had grabbed onto Kagome's hand and pulled her off in a certain direction. The others started to follow her, wondering where the girl was taking her.

Kagome ran along with the child until she stopped at a small house. "Come on." The girl said. "You can meet my mommy and daddy." She pulled Kagome in.

"S-Should we go in too?" Sango asked.

"Yeah." Inuyasha said instantly. He started to walk towards the door, but Miroku placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Inuyasha," he said, "we weren't invited."

"I don't care."

He walked in the house and was soon followed by Sango, Miroku, and Shippo. He saw that Kagome was sitting on the floor with the girl and an older man and woman.

"I'm sorry." The man chuckled, "My daughter likes to bring home people she likes."

"It's ok." Kagome said.

The woman glanced at Kagome and the others. "I'm sorry, but I haven't seen any of you before. Are you new in town."

"Actually, we're travelers."

"Oh. You are welcome to spend the night at our house if you need to. If our daughter likes you, then we like you."

Sango sat down next to Kagome. "Thank you. We aren't putting you out are we?"

"No. Almost everyone who travels through our town stays at this house. We welcome visitors."

Kagome's eyes opened wide. "Really. Maybe you could help us."

"How?"

"We're looking for a friend of ours. Maybe he passed through here." She took out one of the drawings out of her backpack and showed it to the couple.

Silence filled the house for a few minutes till the woman finally said, "Yes, we've seen him before. Kohaku right."

Wouldn't it suck if I ended the story here. You guys would never get to find out what's gonna happen to Kikyo, whether or not Kohaku will ever be found, and you would never get to find out what Kagome's baby would be like but don't worry. I may leave cliffys every once and a while, but I'm not that evil.

Following the advice from Captured Moon I'm going to ask for a high number of reviews. 375 should do it : P

P.S. AznInuyasha is the baby's godfather.

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