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Chapter Thirty Seven: Almost Learning the Gender of the Baby

:: where did I last leave off oh yeah, I remember. Okay, on with the story.::

Kagome looked up at Inuyasha, "What?"

"I don't like that village."

"Can you smell a demon in it or something?" Miroku asked.

Inuyasha shook his head. "Why don't you like it?" Kagome asked, placing her hand on his shoulder. She was a little worried about the look on his face. It seemed like a combination between sad and a little scared.

He shrugged. "Inuyasha, tell me." She whispered. If something was bothering him, she wanted to know about it.

"I-I'm just gonna stay here tonight." he mumbled and gently pushed Kagome's hand away.

"Inuyasha. We need to stock up on supplies before we go back to Kaede's village." Sango said, she wasn't the mood to camp out when they were so close to a village.

"I said I was gonna stay here' not you." Inuyasha said with a little more growl in his voice. "You guys can go ahead."

Miroku, Sango, and Shippo stared at Inuyasha for a few seconds then turned and started walking down the hill again. Kagome watched them leave.

"What are you still doing here?" Inuyasha's voice grabbed her attention. It was a lot calmer then when he talked to the others.

"I'm gonna stay with you."

Inuyasha let out a sigh, "No. You should go with them."

"What?"

"Go on." He nudged her arm a little bit, "Don't let me stop you from finding a comfortable bed."

"I already told you. You are the most comfortable bed I'll find anywhere."

Inuyasha chuckled to himself. "You'll be a lot safer in the village."

"Are you sure you want me to go?" Kagome wrapped her arms around his neck. She could still see that same look in his eyes, even though he tried to hide it.

Inuyasha leaned down a little and kissed Kagome. He licked her bottom lip waiting for her to open her mouth, which she did. He enjoyed the moment and wished it didn't pass as quickly as it did. "I'm sure." He said when they broke apart.

Kagome kissed his cheek and squeezed his hand before running of to catch Sango and the others. Inuyasha watched her leave and looked over at the nearest tree. He shook his head "I'm not ever setting foot in that stupid village." He mumbled before leaping onto one of the lower branches.

Miroku was able to talk the owner of an Inn into giving them two rooms to stay in for free (one for the girls and one for the boys) using his evil spirit' routine. But as they settled down and ate their dinner, Kagome kept rolling thoughts around in her mind.

They were so close to the mountains, and Kikyo's castle, that she could leave now and be back before morning. I wouldn't even have to start a fight with Inuyasha she thought happily.

But then Kagome remembered the look he had on his face when she left him. She wanted to comfort him and find out what was wrong. But she argued with herself when we get to Kaede's village, I'd be so far from the mountains my trip might take a week.

Her hand moved down to her stomach when she felt the baby kick. That little movement reminded her, that if she wen to Kikyo's castle she wouldn't be, simply, putting herself in danger. But also Inuyasha's unborn child.

"Kagome!" Sango snapped her fingers.

Kagome's head jerked up, "What?"

"We've been trying to get your attention for a while." Miroku said. "What were you thinking about."

"N-Nothing."

"Shippo has been asking you a question for a while"

Kagome looked down at Shippo. "What?"

"Can I sleep with you in the girls room tonight?" he asked hopefully.

"I told him it was ok with me." Sango told Kagome.

Kagome shook her head. "Sorry. I was going to go spend time with Inuyasha. He seemed depressed earlier."

Sango's eyes widened as Kagome stood up and grabbed her bag. "She wouldn't" she whispered to herself. She remembered earlier when Kagome had glanced up at the mountains, and wondered if she was actually planning on leaving.

Sango stood up and followed her outside. "Kagome, are you planning on going to Kikyo's castle?" she didn't see any point in beating around the bush.

Kagome stopped and turned to face Sango, "No, I've thought it through, and I'd rather comfort Inuyasha."

Sango grabbed Kagome's hand. "Tell me the truth."

"I am."

Sango bit her lip, "Then take Shippo with you."

"What!"

"If Shippo is with you, I won't have to worry about you going off into the mountains. You wouldn't take him with you."

"Sango. Don't worry. I just want to comfort my mate." Kagome smiled in a reassuring way. "Tell Shippo and Kohaku to sleep in the second room, that way you and Miroku can have some time to yourselfs."

She didn't say anything else after that. She just continued walking. Sango sighed, "I'll just have to trust her to be smart." She said out loud.

She walked back into the room and realized that all eyes were on her. "What?"

"Why did you chase after mom?" Shippo asked.

"I wanted to ask her something. Kohaku, you and Shippo are going to sleep in the other room. Ok."

Both the boys nodded and got up to leave. "Good night Sango." Shippo said. He gave her a hug and walked to the room across the hall.

Kohaku stayed in the room a few more minutes. "Sango."

"Yeah."

"I'm glad you getting married." He hugged her quickly and ran out of the room.

Sango laughed and closed the door. She sat down beside Miroku and finished up the little bit of food she still had on her plate. When her plate was completely empty she set in down on the floor.

"Did you like it?" Miroku asked.

"Yeah. Who made it."

"Well, Kagome and Inuyasha have been giving me pointers on how to cook."

"Really?"

"Yeah. I can't expect you to always cook for me and I can't expect you to suffer through my bad cooking."

Sango laughed and hugged Miroku. "You're so sweet."

"I try." Miroku grabbed Sango and pulled her into his lap. "I can't wait till we get back to Kaede's village."

"Why?"

"I have a surprise waiting for you there."

Sango's face lit up "Tell me."

"It's a surprise, I can't."

"Please" Sango kissed along his neck hoping that would get him to tell.

Miroku did his best impression of a strict conservative person. "Your silly little tricks won't work on me this time woman."

Sango moved so that she was facing him and wrapped her arms around his neck. "You're really not gonna tell me."

"Nope."

Sango made a puppy face, but Miroku just leaned forward and kissed her. Sango was taken off guard and gasped, he took that opportunity to deepen the kiss.

Sango laughed when they pulled apart and rested her head on his chest. "Good night Miroku."

Miroku rubbed her back a little while she fell asleep.

Kagome walked carefully through the dark thinking about how she referred to herself as Inuyasha's mate. I am his mate she thought I probably made him feel bad when I said I wouldn't marry him. I basically already have. She made a mental note to tell Inuyasha that later, but first she just wanted to find him.

She continued walking; using the light from the moon to guide her, till she found her way to the hill that Inuyasha was on.

He was sitting on the ground facing a fire with his back towards Kagome. She wasn't even sure that he knew she was there. He was poking the fire with a stick, but stopped and sniffed the air. "K-Kagome."

He turned around and saw her standing behind him. "How long have you been there." He quickly wiped his eyes, hoping that Kagome didn't notice. But she did.

"I just got here." She said.

"Do you want some rabbit meat?" he asked, holding up a plate full of cooked meat.

Kagome shook her head and sat down next to him. She could see that his eyes were a little red and that he had little streaks going down his cheeks from tears. "Inuyasha"

He turned his head away from her. "Didn't I tell you to stay with Miroku and Sango!" he said harshly, hoping Kagome wouldn't notice how bad he was feeling.

"I wanted to be with you."

"That's stupid!" he said, "You'll be safer in the village!"

Kagome wrapped an arm around Inuyasha's shoulders. "Inuyasha, you're my mate, so I should know why you're feel upset."

"Mate?" he looked at her. "I thought you hated that word."

Kagome shrugged. "No, I was just being stupid, I guess. I love you. Now tell me what's wrong?"

Inuyasha tensed up a little. "Nothing's wrong."

"Inuyasha, don't' try to fool your mate. What's wrong? Why don't you want to go into that village?"

"B-Because."

"Is there a demon in it?"

"No."

"Then tell me."

Inuyasha laid down on the ground, using his arms as a pillow. "I don't want to talk about it."

"Inuyasha. Please tell me." She ran her fingers through his hair.

He looked up at Kagome. He could tell by the look on her face, that she was really concerned. He hated making her feel bad. "I can't go into the village because it's where I lived when I was a child."

Kagome's hand stopped moving. She knew that Inuyasha had a terrible childhood. Seeing the village probably brought back a thousand bad memories for him. She bent down and hugged his as tightly as she could. "Inuyasha, I'm sorry. If you had just told me, I wouldn't have wanted to stay"

She pressed her face into Inuyasha shirt. He felt some tear drops on his shirt and knew that she was crying for him.

Kagome lifted herself off of him and smiled, "You should try an go to sleep. Okay."

Inuyasha nodded, but he didn't think he'd be able to fall asleep. Kagome noticed that and started rubbing his ears. He sighed and closed his eyes. When morning came they would be able to leave and he wouldn't have to come back there again.

Kagome listened to Inuyasha's steady breathing. She could tell he had fallen asleep, but she didn't stop rubbing his ears. The fire had died down before Kagome curled up beside Inuyasha and went to sleep too.

Inuyasha woke up to see big eyes only inches from his face. "What the hell." He yelled punching away whatever it was. He sat up and realized that it was Shippo, whom was now several feet away rubbing his head.

"That hurt." He complained.

"Sorry." Inuyasha grunted. He figured that Shippo shouldn't have been that close to him anyways.

He rubbed his eyes and looked around. Miroku, Kohaku, and Sango were both sitting on the ground not that far from him. "It's about time you woke up." Miroku said, usually you're a light sleeper.

"Whatever." Inuyasha mumbled. "Can we leave now?"

"Where's Kagome." Sango asked. "Didn't she come to see you last night." She said, growing a little concerned that Kagome might have lied to her.

Inuyasha looked around; "Where the hell is she." he hadn't even noticed that she was gone.

Almost to answer his question, Kagome walked over to them.

"Where were you?" Miroku asked.

"I went to get dressed." She said, "I wasn't' gone that long. Where'd you all come from?"

"After we got some supplies, we came up here to eat. But Inuyasha wants to leave now."

Kagome looked over at Inuyasha, knowing why he was so anxious to leave. "Yeah. I want to go too. We can eat breakfast on the road."

Everyone gave Kagome a strange look. Normally she would make sure everyone had eaten before they traveled. "Kagome, are you feeling okay?"

Kagome laughed, "I'm fine. I just want to go."

They started walking soon after that. Inuyasha carried Kagome because her feet were hurting, but other then that, nothing was out of the ordinary. They were all having those meaningless conversations that have no point other then entertainment.

Miroku was enjoying the glory of proving one of his points when Kagome suddenly slapped herself.

Everyone stopped walking and stared at her.

"Why'd you do that Kagome?" Inuyasha asked.

Kagome grabbed something from off her shoulder and held it up. "Myouga was biting me."

Inuyasha started down at the little flea and growled. "Where did you come from? Why did you bite Kagome?"

Myouga ignored Inuyasha's question and looked at Kagome. "I see you're expecting. Is it Inuyasha's pup?"

Kagome rolled her eyes. "Duh."

"And I can tell by the taste of your blood that it's gonna be a -"

"No!" Kagome yelled out "Don't say it!"

"Why not?"

"It's gonna be a surprise."

Inuyasha growled. He was so close to knowing if the baby was gonna be a boy or a girl, but Myouga couldn't talk fast enough.

Miroku walked over and picked Myouga up. "We could use your help Myouga. Do you think you could answer a question."

Myouga jumped out of Kagome's hand and onto Miroku's shoulder. "Sure."

"Have you even heard of cutting off someone's life line, but them still living." Miroku asked, it was obvious to Sango that he was referring to Kohaku and the jewel. It made her smile.

Myouga sat down and crossed his arms to think about it for a little while. "Well, I do know one way."

"What?" Sango asked desperately.

"I'm not one hundred percent sure you'll want to know."

"Just tell us." Sango said impatiently.

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