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Chapter Thirty Nine: Surprises
Everyone passed by the well as they drew closer to Kaede's village. Sango, Miroku, Kohaku, and Shippo all continued walking without hesitation. But Inuyasha stopped when he noticed that Kagome took a long, wishful, look at it. "Do you want to go back to your time?" he asked.
The others stopped walking and turned around to look at Inuyasha and Kagome. Kohaku smiled a little. Sango had told him about the well and how Kagome and Inuyasha were able to travel through it.
"I'd kinnda like to see my mom." Kagome mumbled.
"Ok." Inuyasha turned to Sango and the others. "You guys go to Kaede's village. Kagome and I will be back in a few days."
"See you later Kagome." Sango said. She was eager to get back to Kaede's village. Miroku kept hinting and reminding her about the surprise he had instore and she really wanted to find out what it was.
Kagome gave Sango a relived smiled as she waved. Shippo gave Kagome a hug then ran ahead of the others. He was determined to be the first one to reach Kaede's village. He was happy to be back in all this familiar territory.
"Kaede Kaede!" he yelled out when he saw her.
Kaede, whom was bent over some plants in her garden, looked up at the happy child running towards her. "Shippo, ye are back." She welcomed Shippo's hug and waited for the others to join them.
"Where is Kagome and Inuyasha?" was the first thing she asked.
"Kagome and Inuyasha went back to her time for a few days." Sango said. She gave the old woman a hug. "Wait till you see Kagome, she's gotten so big."
"I bet. Dinner will be in a few hours. Why don't ye all rest after your long trip."
"We will." Miroku said, "But first I need to show Sango something."
Kaede laughed. "Did ye all find your brother, Sango?"
"Yeah. He's right - " Sango turned around and noticed that Kohaku wasn't with them. "Where is he?" she asked herself.
"There he is." Shippo pointed in the direction they came from.
Kohaku ran up to Miroku and the others, caught his breath, and bowed to Kaede.
"What kept you?" Sango asked.
"I wanted to watch Kagome jump down the well."
"She jumped!"
"No, Inuyasha carried her."
Sango let out a relived sigh. Miroku grabbed one of her hands, "Well, I might as well show you and Kohaku at the same time."
"Show us what?" Kohaku asked.
"My surprise."
Sango smiled. She had been waiting forever. "Can I come too." Shippo asked.
Miroku nodded, "Follow me." He started walking off. Sango, Kohaku, and Shippo all followed him eagerly looking around for anything that was new or interesting.
It took a little while, but Sango began to realize that they were walking to the same place Miroku had taken Sango before they left for their trip. What could he possible have here she thought. Last time it was nothing but nice scenery.
"Cover your eyes Sango." Miroku said.
"How can I walk if I can't see where I'm going?"
"Don't worry." Kohaku said, "I'll help you." He grabbed onto her sleeve and pulled her along after she covered her eyes with one hand.
Sango tried her best to keep her balance. A small rock or upturned root could throw her off completely. She heard Kohaku and Shippo both gasp and wanted badly to open her eyes, but Miroku hadn't given her the okay yet.
"Can I open them now?" she asked.
"Not yet." He responded.
A few minutes later. "Now?"
"Nope."
Sango waited another five minutes till Kohaku stopped pulling on her arm. "How about now?" she asked.
"Ok." He said. "You can open your eyes now."
Sango lifted her hand away from her eyes and looked up. She sucked in a deep breath when a beautiful new house that stood in the spot where Miroku had taken her a while ago met her eyes.
"Miroku…" she was at a complete loss of words. The house seemed bigger then the other ones in Kaede's village, and it seemed a lot nicer too. The whole thing must have cost Miroku a lot of money.
She held back her tears and practically jumped on Miroku to give him a hug. "How did you ever pull this off."
"I paid some villagers to build it while we were gone."
Sango thought back to the day they left. "So that's the little errand you had to do."
Miroku laughed. "Yeah, I was hoping to surprise you. Do you like it?"
Sango hugged Miroku tighter. "Oh I love it. When do we get to move in?"
"I figured we would move in after we got married. Until then you can add all those, little touches, that woman like so much."
Sango kissed Miroku deeply and jumped out of her arms. She couldn't wait to see the inside.
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Inuyasha lifted Kagome up bridal style in one arm and used the other one to climb his way down the well. He refused to simply jump until they were only a few inches from the bottom, because of the risk to Kagome and the baby.
When they were on the other side, Kagome smiled. She could hear her mother's voice soon followed by Souta. They seemed to be walking past the well and into the house. "Hurry." Kagome pulled a little on Inuyasha's sleeve. "I've missed them so much. Last time they saw me, I wasn't showing."
Inuyasha laughed at her a little and slowly made his way out of the well. When Kagome's feet were safely on the ground again he let her run into the house. He was almost reminded of a small child.
"Mom! Souta! Grandpa!" Kagome yelled out when she was inside.
Her mom and little brother walked out of the living room. "Kagome! We were getting worried about you."
After they all got their fill of hugs, the first thing Kagome's mom said was "Wow. You've gotten a lot bigger."
Kagome laughed and brought her hand to her stomach. "Yeah. Inuyasha and I were going to stay for a few days, okay."
"Sure."
"Where's Grandpa?"
"He went to visit some friends for a while. It's a shame you missed him."
Inuyasha walked in the house and started to make his way to Kagome before Souta tackled him to the ground. "Ahhh, what the hell!"
"Hi Inuyasha. Do you want to play some more video games?"
"No." he said instantly, "they give me a headache."
Souta looked a little upset, but got off of Inuyasha. "I'll play with you later Souta." Kagome said.
Inuyasha stood up and brushed his cloths a little bit. Souta walked outside to play soccer. "We fixed your room Kagome." was the last thing he yelled out before the front door closed.
Kagome turned towards her mom. "What was wrong with my room?"
"Nothing. Souta and I have just been working on your room a lot lately."
"Doing what?"
"It's a surprise."
"Really."
"Yeah. Go take a look. "
Kagome smiled and walked up to her bedroom. Inuyasha was a little curious too, so he followed her. When they got there Inuyasha was surprised at how different it looked.
She had a bigger bed (made for two instead of one), a large dresser, a brand new desk, and in the corner of the room was a small crib. "Isn't it wonderful." Kagome smiled happily, holding onto Inuyasha's arm.
"Yeah I guess." He mumbled.
"What's wrong with it?"
Inuyasha sniffed the air. "I only has Souta and your mom's scent. One of the things I loved most about your old room was that it always smelled like you."
"Well," Kagome bite her bottom lip while thinking of a solution to Inuyasha's dilemma. "In a little while it will smell like me again, besides I'm right here for your sniffing pleasure anytime you want." She laughed holding her hand up slightly.
Inuyasha smiled and sniffed her hand. "Good."
Kagome's mom appeared behind them. "Your stuff is still in boxes Kagome." she said. "Souta and I didn't know if you really had a certain level of organization that you liked, so we decided to leave it up to you."
"Where are all the boxes?"
"In the guest room."
"I'll get them." Inuyasha said, he remembered all to well where the guestroom was. He kissed Kagome's cheek and walked out of the room.
"Do you like it?" Kagome's mom asked.
"I love it. You and Souta are so nice." She hugged her mom.
"Well, you and Inuyasha can unpack. I'll call you down for dinner."
"Ok."
When Kagome was alone in her new room she took the opportunity to explore her new dresser and desk. Opening all the drawers and running her hands along the wood.
"I've got some of your things." Inuyasha's voice interrupted her thoughts. "There are a lot of boxes."
Kagome laughed at the sight of Inuyasha. He was holding five boxes stacked on top of each other in his hands and one box balancing on his head. She stood up and took the one off of his head and set it on the floor.
"You shouldn't carry so many at once. You might drop one and break something."
"If I carry six each time, I'll be done in … about three trips."
Kagome took the boxes out of his hands and set them on the floor. She kissed him quickly before pushing him out the door. "Hurry. The more work we get done today, the less we'll have to do tomorrow morning."
Inuyasha grumbled a little before going down the stairs again.
Kagome started opening the boxes one by one. Most of them were full of clothing, but a few of them were filled with personally stuff. Book, drawings, and other random objects she had in her old room.
When Inuyasha came up the second time he had six boxes in his hands and one balanced on his head. He piled all the boxes on the floor and turned to Kagome. "I brought more boxes then last time, so I think I'm entitled to a better kiss."
Kagome laughed at his attitude and wrapped her arms around his neck. "I think you're right." She kissed him more passionately this time, opening her mouth for him.
Right as Inuyasha started to enjoy it, she pulled away. "Go get the last of the boxes." She whispered to him.
Inuyasha sighed and walked out again.
The two of them had more fun unpacking then they thought they would. Inuyasha was in charge of hanging up all her shirts, dresses, and anything fancy while also putting her pants, shorts, skirts, and (his personal favorites) bras and underwear in the dresser.
Kagome's clothing took up the top three drawers and she saved the three bottom ones for Inuyasha's clothing that she planned on buying later.
Kagome emptied the boxes that head her books, pictures, phone, alarm clock, and basically everything else she might ever need. She paused a little when she found a painting she did for school a while ago.
"Look Inuyasha."
He turned and looked at the painting in Kagome's hand. It had all the three versions of him. In the background was his full demon and full human and closer up was his half demon self.
"You made this?"
"Yeah. It was for my art class. I figured these to forms," she pointed to the figures in the background. "are what make you, you."
Inuyasha smiled at it. "Where do you want to put this?"
"I guess on the wall somewhere." She glanced around. "How about above the bed."
Inuyasha nodded and watched her hang it up. He was surprised that Kagome painted a picture of him like that. Nobody had ever done that before.
When Kagome was finished putting up the painting she took a few steps back and admired it for a little while. They only had a few boxes left so Kagome grabbed Inuyasha's hand and headed downstairs.
"Where are we going?" he asked.
"Outside."
"For what?"
"I want to watch the sun set."
Inuyasha glanced out one of the windows as they passed it by. He hadn't realized how late it was. When they were outside Kagome pulled Inuyasha to the center of her backyard and sat down in the grass.
Inuyasha took the spot next to her and looked up at the sky. Kagome laughed at how attentive he was being to the sunset and rested her head in his lap. Inuyasha looked down at her and ran his fingers through her hair. "You look beautiful today Kagome."
Kagome looked up at him and rubbed one of his ears. Inuyasha closed his eyes and sighed. He loved it when Kagome rubbed his ears.
The sky started to turn different shades of orange, pink, and purple so Kagome sat up and leaned her head on Inuyasha's shoulder. "It's beautiful isn't it."
"Kagome!" Kagome's mom yelled out her name.
"Yes?" she turned and faced the house.
"Could you help me for a second."
"Sure." Kagome quickly kissed Inuyasha then stood up and walked into the house.
Inuyasha sighed and looked down at his claws. Waiting.
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Kagome set the table carefully. Her mother had insisted on using the fancy dishes and she didn't want to break any of them. Her mother was cooking steaks tonight.
"Kagome, could you set out the wine glasses on the counter."
"Wine glasses?" Kagome was confused by the sudden formality of dinner. She set out four glasses, one for each of them.
"I picked up some red wine at the store today. I figured we could all have it with dinner." Kagome's mom said as she filled each glass up, saving the last two. "Except for you and Souta. I got you some non-alcoholic grape juice."
Kagome laughed "So you basically got wine for you and Inuyasha.". When she was a little girl and her mother had her fancy dinner parties Kagome would have a glass of that grape juice. The adults thought it was funny when she walked around pretending that it was real wine.
"Does Inuyasha like wine?"
"I don't know." Kagome took the glasses and set the on the table. "I think that's everything."
"Yeah. Why don't you call down Souta. He's in his room."
Kagome walked up the stairs to Souta's bedroom while her mom light the candles. She turned away from the table and screamed when she saw Inuyasha. She wasn't expecting him to be in his human form, so she thought some strange man was in her house.
"Did I scare you?" he asked.
"No." she said clutching her chest and breathing deeply.
"What happened?" Souta and Kagome walked over to her.
"Nothing lets have dinner."
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Dinner had been an amusing event. Inuyasha had never had wine before. Thinking it was like any other drink, he gulped it down in a matter of seconds. It wouldn't have effected him, but he was human tonight, so he felt lightheaded the rest of the night.
After all the dishes were cleaned everyone sat in the living room to watch some movie that Souta had picked earlier. He was on the floor in front of the TV. Inuyasha sat on the couch with Kagome, having his arm around her shoulders. And Kagome's mom sat on the overstuffed chair near them.
They were all relaxing when Kagome stood up. "Something wrong?" Inuyasha asked.
Kagome started to walk away without answering him, but stopped at the entrance to the living room and clutched the wall. Both Inuyasha and Kagome's mom stood up and went to her side.
"Kagome. What's wrong?" Inuyasha asked again. Her eyes were closed and she was gritting her teeth. He could tell that something was wrong.
Kagome couldn't answer him. She dropped to her knees and let out a small scream.
"Kagome! We're gonna take you to the hospital!" her mom said. "Inuyasha, Souta, you get her in the van. I'm gonna get my car keys."
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Did you know… without realizing it, I actually dropped a few hints about the baby being a girl or boy in the last few chapters. They aren't really big or anything, so don't get frustrated.
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