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Notes to my reviewers: OMG sorry you guys, I made a big mistake. I'm making Mai the granddaughter not the daughter. Sorry. My bad.

Captured Moon: When you didn't review chapter 32 I assumed it meant you didn't like me anymore and you were boycotting my story. J.K. I actually figured someone had you tied in a closet somewhere. (who could possibly turn down a bowl of never ending Ramen.) I wonder if the Top Ramen Company makes any money off of Inuyasha. Ouch, I have a head acheme — need — Excedrin —

Kcm-gamer-dude1234: mmm

Eekolie: ::crosses fingers:: here's hoping you live through hurricane ivan.

Akihanah: That sounds good. You can be the baby's guardian angel. You're not the first to call me evil and I know for a fact that you won't be the last. ::giggles::

Inufreak831: So many questions, let's see if I can answer them. They're going to find Kohaku pretty soon, but I can't tell you exactly when. Yeah, Kagome is gonna try and sneak the jewels out of Kikyo's castle. I'm assuming Kikyo can merge the shards together. I loved the names you gave me from the minute I read them. Thanks for letting me use them. : )

Chapter Thirty Four: The Light from Another Fire

Inuyasha's mouth dropped open, "W-What kind of question is that!" he said, adding volume to his voice while still making sure Kagome didn't wake up.

"We were just wondering." Miroku held up his hands. "You prize both of those things so dearly."

"Kagome isn't a thing — she a human." Inuyasha said looking down at Kagome's face.

"So Kagome is more important to you, right."

Inuyasha looked at Sango and Miroku. "Tell me something. What do you gain from knowing which one I value more?"

"Kagome is our friend." Sango said sternly, "I don't want her to get hurt."

"I'm not gonna hurt her."

"You've done it before without realizing it." The others pointed out.

Inuyasha looked down at Kagome, then stood up. "I'll be right back." He said. Without waiting for their response, he walked away.

"Miroku." Sango scooted a little closer to him.

"What?"

"Am I the most important thing to you?"

Miroku looked down at Sango's face, "Of course." He leaned in to kiss her.

Inuyasha looked around for a little while and found a spot to sit down. It was a grassy area with enough trees to hide them, but enough open space to walk around.

Why didn't we make camp here? he asked himself, but brushed that thought away and set Kagome down on the ground.

Noticing that Inuyasha's arms weren't around her anymore, Kagome stirred awake. She opened her eyes slowly expecting to see the camp, but was surprised to see that she wasn't in it anymore. She sat up quickly and turned to come face to face with Inuyasha's beautiful brown human eyes.

"I-Inuyasha. Where are we?"

"Not that far from camp." He said. "I wanted to talk to you."

Kagome rubbed the sleepiness out of her eyes. "What about?" she leaned against him.

Inuyasha wrapped his arm around Kagome's waist. "Is just something that Sango and Miroku asked, bothered me a little bit."

She moved her head and looked up into Inuyasha's eyes. He did look upset about something, but she couldn't tell what it was. "Inuyasha." She reached up and ran her fingers through his hair. "What's wrong?"

"N-Nothing. It's just they asked me which was more important to me. You or the jewel."

Kagome took the jewel out from under her collar and looked down at it. She always knew the jewel was important to him, but she never bothered to think about whether it was more important then her. It always seemed like an unnecessary worry. If she weren't as important as the jewel now, then she never would be. No point in worrying about it. As long as Inuyasha loved her she was happy.

"Kagome." He pulled her onto his lap. "You are much more important then the jewel. I've always thought that and I always will." He tucked the jewel back into her shirt and hugged her closely. "Anyone who can't see that must be blind."

"Inuyasha." She mumbled into his chest. Deep down she had already know that, but it was nice to hear it every once and a while.

She nuzzled his neck a little and snuggled in as close to him as she could. Inuyasha smiled at her reaction and bent down so he could kiss her. Kagome met his kiss and opened her mouth so his tongue could enter.

Inuyasha moved her so that she was lying on the grass then moved over her body, holding himself up by his elbows so that he wouldn't crush her. He kissed softly along her neck and collarbone while one hand slowly moved under her shirt to massage one of her breast.

Kagome let out a moan. She ran her fingers through Inuyasha's black hair and bent her legs a little causing him to harden. He wanted to do this more then anything, but something in the back of him mind stopped him.

He sighed then pushed himself off of Kagome. "I-Inuyasha. Why'd you stop." Kagome sat up and looked at him.

He sat beside her, closed his eyes, and waited till he had control over his body again before answering her. With one hand, he reached over and rubbed her stomach. "I don't want to do anything that would hurt the baby."

Kagome smiled. "You won't."

He kissed her cheek and helped her to her feet. "I don't want to risk it. Besides, the others will be wondering where we are."

Kagome grabbed Inuyasha's hand and squeezed it tightly. "I love you Inuyasha." She said in a tone barely above a whisper.

"I love you too."

They're journey to find Kohaku started taking a sour note. Apparently they were on his trail. Every village they went to ended up telling them the same thing. He was here, but he left.' Sometimes they missed him by a few days and sometimes a month.

It also wasn't helping everyone's mood when Inuyasha started yelling. Kagome was already seven months pregnant and he wanted her to stop traveling and take a break. Even if it meant staying in her time, but she simply refused.

Kagome had made up her mind a while ago. Regardless of whether or not they had found Kohaku she would go back to Kaede's house when she was in her eighth month. Inuyasha and her decided that it would be smart for her to give birth in her time. Kagome would say new kinds of medicine, machines, and pain killers.'

The others didn't argue that much. It seemed logical to them. But the farther away from Kaede's village they got, the more worried and upset Inuyasha became.

Now, after one of Kagome's (hormone driven) fights with Inuyasha they all ate their dinner in silence. Shippo seemed to be the only one who wasn't uncomfortable. He chewed on his food contently.

"This is yummy, thanks for cooking Sango."

Sango smiled. "Anytime Shippo."

Kagome had happily eaten all of hers, plus what was left over. Inuyasha laughed every time she ate more then usual. He never saw Kagome as the, stuff-yourself-type. "Did you enjoy the food, Kagome?" he asked in a too polite voice that told her he was laughing on the inside.

Sango and Miroku both waited for Kagome to scream at him, but instead she just laughed and lifted up her nose a little to look like a pig. They all laughed for a little while, before Kagome's smile faded.

"Is something wrong?" Sango asked.

Kagome moved her hand so it fell over her swollen stomach. "It hurts when the baby kicks. It's definitely Inuyasha's child." She smiled.

"Let me feel!" Shippo jumped up from his spot and placed his hand where Kagome's was. He stood still, waiting, for a while till he pulled his hand back in surprise. "I felt it Kagome."

"Good." She smiled at him.

Shippo moved back to his spot, but kept starring at Kagome's stomach with a serious look on his face.

"Is something wrong Shippo?" Kagome asked.

"I was just wondering how'd the baby get there?"

The others stiffened and looked between Shippo and Kagome nervously, but Kagome just laughed. "Inuyasha put it there."

That confused Shippo even more. "H-How he do that."

Kagome looked down at Shippo. He was really young when his parents died, so nobody was around to teach him (even the basic) facts of life'.

She let out a sigh. "Come on Shippo." She stood up and motioned for him to follow her. "You and I are going to have a talk."

Inuyasha, Sango, and Miroku watched Kagome walk off with Shippo. "Hmm I feel a little guilty." Miroku said.

"Why?" Sango looked at him.

"I always figured Inuyasha or I would have the talk' with him. After all, we're the guys."

Sango rolled her eyes. "Kagome has been like a mom to him. Nobody's better then her."

"Whatever." Inuyasha mumbled and laid down on the grass. "As long as it's not me." he hated the idea of talking to Shippo about that stuff. After all, he had to learn it on his own, why couldn't Shippo.

Kagome and Shippo showed up at the camp just after the sun went down. Kagome smiled at the others in a way that told them, Don't worry, everything went fine.' Then she grabbed her towel and a change of cloths. "I'm going to take a bath." She said.

"I'll come with you." Sango started to stand up.

"No!" Kagome said instantly then walked off.

Sango sat back down and rested her head on her hand. "Kagome shouldn't be embarrassed." She mumbled when Kagome was gone.

Kagome didn't let anybody, including Inuyasha, see her change and she always bathed alone ever since she started showing. Unlike what Sango thought, she wasn't embarrassed at all (or at least she wouldn't admit it). She just didn't want everyone to see her morphed body.

Inuyasha would always say stuff like, "I don't care, you're beautiful anyway." or "I didn't fall in love with your looks alone, I love you." But it was no good. Kagome wouldn't listen to him.

She kept her bath short, the less time she was nude, the better. It wasn't till Kagome had dried off and dressed in her pajamas that she realized she had forgotten the way back to camp.

"Oh no." she mumbled to herself. She walked around for a while trying to find her way back to camp. She almost tripped a couple of times, but she never lost her balance.

She became more and more nervous when every tree and rock started to look the same. With little light to guide her, she was having a hard time telling where she had been and where she hadn't. I could be walking in circles and not even know it. She thought to herself.

After giving up hope, Kagome sat on the ground and wrapped her arms around herself. She hated being lost, she always felt so vulnerable. "Inuyasha!" she yelled out as she tried to hold back her tears.

Suddenly something caught her attention. It was the light from a campfire. Kagome smiled and stood up. "Inuyasha." She called out again. She started walking towards the fire. At first she walked slowly, but she wanted to be in Inuyasha's arms again, so her paced quickened.

When she was in the full light of the campfire she smiled and looked around for Inuyasha. But he wasn't there. It only took her a few seconds to grasp the fact that she had walked into the wrong campsite.

Inuyasha leaned against a tree as he waited for Kagome to get back. He and Sango were the only ones still awake. "I wonder what's taking her so long." Sango said as she looked at the dying embers.

Inuyasha's ears perked a little when he heard something. It sounded like Kagome, but he couldn't really tell. "Did you hear that?" he asked Sango.

"Hear what?"

He shook his head. "Never mind."

It couldn't have been Kagome he thought the river isn't that far away. He looked down at the embers, then it hit him.

"Shit!" he yelled out and stood up.

"What's wrong?" Sango asked.

"I think Kagome's lost."

"What do you know!" she stood up.

"The fire died down. She probably couldn't find her way back." He started to walk off towards the river. Either he would happily find her safe and sound there, or he would have to end up sniffing around for her.

Sango started to follow him. "No. Stay here." he said. "I'll be right back."

This is likemy first successful fanfic story. Is it normal for someone's first story to be thirty four chapters long or am I just a freak of nature.

Question: If you could be any animal, what animal would you be?

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