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JosieBelle: I'm sorry, I can't marry you. My heart was stolen away by a tall dark stranger many years ago.

Eekolie: ... ...

Chapter Forty Two: One Bride and One Baby

"Lord Sesshomaru, where are we going?" The annoying little imp asked.

"We're going to see my half brother."

"Lord Inuyasha? What could we possible want with him?"

"Inuyasha has a mate. I want to see if he's redeemed himself and picked a demon mate or if he picked that stupid human girl that he is always with."

A small sniffle caught Sesshomaru's attention. He turned his head slightly and saw that Rin looked depressed again. She had been acting that way for the last few days that they've been traveling. "Rin. Crying is for the weak. Stop."

"I'm sorry my lord."

Sesshomaru sighed. She had said that many times before. "Why are you sad Rin?"

Rin glanced down at Jaken then back to her lord. "Lord Sesshomaru, are you planning on just … leaving me in the middle of the woods some day."

Sesshomaru stopped walking and looked down at Rin. "What?"

"Are you gonna get sick of me and abandon me in the middle of the woods?"

"Who told you that?"

"J-Jaken."

Sesshomaru looked down at the little green imp with a death glare. "Forgive me lord!" Jaken yelled out falling on his hands and knees. "I didn't mean to put such idea's in that girls head."

But Sesshomaru would have none of that. He took out one of his swords and sliced Jaken in half. Rin gasped. He waited a few more minutes before taking out his other sword and reviving Jaken. "If you lie to the girl again," Sesshomaru said when Jaken had pulled himself together, "I won't bring you back to life."

"Yes my lord." Jaken mumbled.

Sesshomaru continued to walk, Rin staying by his side. "Will Inuyasha be mad that we're showing up?" she asked.

"No. We were invited."

"Invited?"

"For a wedding."

Rin squealed in delight. "A wedding!" she started jumping up and down. "Will I get to dress in pretty clothing, with flowers in my hair, and -"

"Quiet Rin." Sesshomaru said. He didn't want to hear a small girl rant on about some stupid human ceremony.

"Yes my lord."

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Kagome sat up suddenly and rubbed her back. It was getting harder and harder to sleep through the entire night. It normally wouldn't have made it so frustrated, but she was supposed to give birth a while ago. Apparently her baby was just as stubborn as it's father and was taking it's sweet time.

She looked down at Inuyasha. He was sleeping soundly beside her. She was a little surprised that her sudden movement didn't wake him up. "Are you okay." A sudden voice in the dark almost scared Kagome, but she knew it was just Sango.

"You should be asleep." Kagome whispered.

"I know. I'm just … nervous."

Kagome looked down when she saw Inuyasha's ears twitch. "Come on…" she motioned for Sango to stand up. "Let's go for a walk. I don't want to wake anyone up."

The two girls stood and walked outside. It was fairly warm for the middle of the night.

"Kagome."

Sango and Kagome turned around. Sonia had followed them. "I'm sorry," Kagome said "did we wake you?"

"No. Are you guys going for a walk?"

"Yeah, come on."

Kagome had gotten used to this. Sonia would follow her around every where. It used to annoy her, but she knew that it was for her own good. Besides, Sonia was just doing what Inuyasha had asked her to do.

"So, why are you so nervous?" Kagome asked Sango once the three of them were a safe distance from Kaede's house.

"I don't know." She shrugged. "What if Miroku changes his mind?"

Kagome and Sonia started laughing.

"What!" Sango exclaimed.

"Sorry Sango. But that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard." Kagome said.

"Yeah. I haven't know you guys that long, but I can tell Miroku loves you." Sonia said.

"You two are getting married the day after tomorrow. I either of you were to change your mind, I'm sure it would have happened by now."

Sango blushed and nodded. Kagome tried, but failed, to hide her yawn. The others looked at her. "Oh Kagome," Sango said, "we shouldn't be keeping you up so late."

"I'm fine." Kagome waved her hands to shoo them away, but it didn't work. Both the girls grabbed Kagome's arms and started to pull her back towards Kaede's house.

Kagome laughed and stopped trying to resist, knowing it was pointless. Suddenly she was overcome with a feeling that she was being watched. She glanced from side to side, straining her eyes to see what was there. It took a few minutes, but she was able to make out a figure. Who is that she asked herself.

She continued to stare at it. She couldn't make out any facial features, but she felt like she had seen that person somewhere before.

"What are you looking at Kagome?" Sonia asked.

Kagome snapped herself out of her thoughts and glanced at the two girls. "N-Nothing." They were standing right outside Kaede's house. Kagome walked in and took her spot next to Inuyasha again.

The hanyou, though still asleep, wrapped his arm around her and pulled her closer to him. Kagome smiled and rubbed his ears for a few minutes till she fell asleep as well.

Off in the distance Sesshomaru stood in the same spot. He was the one that Kagome had seen earlier. He was disappointed to see that his brother had indeed picked a human mate. Figures he thought. A small sigh caught his attention. He looked over to the spot where Rin and Jaken were sleeping. Rin's eyes were moving under her eyelids.… maybe not all human are pathetic he continued.

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Morning came quicker then anyone wanted, especially for Kagome who had woken up three more times before sunrise. Inuyasha was surprised when she told him that. Normally he was a light sleeper, so it bugged him when he realized that he hadn't woken up along with her.

After a nice hot breakfast Kagome stood up and started to walk towards the door. "Where are you going?" Inuyasha asked, drawing all attention in the room to her.

Kagome frowned. She was hoping on getting out without anyone noticing. "I'm — er — going to take a bath."

"Have Sonia go with you."

Sonia set her plate aside and stood up.

"I can manage without her." Kagome tried to put on her best game face, but it didn't fool Inuyasha one little bit.

"We made a deal remember."

Kagome sighed and nodded "I know, it's just … I need some alone time. You and Sonia have been following my every move for the last two weeks."

Inuyasha looked over at Sonia then back to Kagome. "F-Fine. Just don't be gone to long."

Kagome leaned over and kissed Inuyasha's forehead then left the house. She ignored the feeling of guilt that bite the back of her neck. She did, in fact, lie to Inuyasha. She wasn't planning on going to take a bath. She had decided to go and see who it was that was in the woods last night. She knew that she had seen that person somewhere before.

She looked around for a little while, but couldn't find where it was she had seen the figure. She was almost ready to give up when she got to the river. Giving out a frustrated sigh, she dipped her feet in the water and decided to relax for a little while.

Keeping her feet in the cool water, she laid back against the grass. It took her a few moments to realize that she wasn't alone. Standing not that far from her was a little girl. "Hello, I didn't see you there. What's your name?" Kagome sat up.

The little girl smiled and sat down next to her. "Rin. My lord said that you were Inuyasha's mate."

Kagome was a little surprised, but nodded. "How do you and your lord know who Inuyasha is?"

"My lord and I have been traveling around for a while, sometimes he has to battle with Inuyasha."

Kagome thought about it for a little while. "L-Lord Sesshomaru?"

The girl nodded.

Kagome gasped a little. "He's here. Oh no! He isn't going to start a fight with Inuyasha is he?"

Rin shook her head. "No. Lord Sesshomaru says that we were invited."

"Invited." Kagome thought for a few minutes. "Could I talk to Sesshomaru?"

"Lord Sesshomaru." Rin corrected her.

Kagome shrugged. "Can I talk to him?"

"Sure." Rin jumped to her feet. "Follow me." She started to run off into the woods.

Kagome was almost out of breath when they arrived at the camp. Sesshomaru was sitting against a tree. He looked up when he saw Rin coming, and noticed Kagome right behind her. He was a little surprised to see that she was pregnant. It wasn't something he noticed last night.

That's probably why I didn't smell her on Inuyasha he thought. "What do you want." His eyes narrowed on her.

"Rin told me that you were invited, is that why you're here?"

Jaken and Rin stood off to the side.

"No."

"Then why?"

Sesshomaru didn't answer. Kagome walked over to him. She had dealt with this kind of attitude when she first met Inuyasha, and she would be damned if she was gonna deal with it again.

When she was directly in front of him she got down on her knees and held Sesshomaru's face in her hands, forcing him to look directly at her. "Sesshomaru, why did you come?"

"It shouldn't matter to you."

"Inuyasha is my mate. If you've come to fight him I want to know?"

Once again Sesshomaru didn't answer. Kagome sighed and let go of his face. Jaken and Rin watched her closely; they had never seen someone treat Sesshomaru with such little respect (other then Inuyasha). "Sesshomaru. Tell me."

"I will not fall to the command of a human." He spat.

Kagome shook her head. "I was really hoping I wouldn't let it come to this." she grabbed the chain around her neck, placed the silver whistle in her mouth, and blew as hard as she could.

Sesshomaru didn't scream, but he gritted his teeth and covered his ears. Jaken and Rin were surprised. They didn't know what kind of witchcraft Kagome was doing to cause such pain to their lord.

"Okay!" Sesshomaru yelled out. "Just STOP!"

Kagome did. "Why are you here?"

"I came to see you."

"Me? Why?" Kagome spoke to him in a softer tone, but still held the whistle close to her mouth.

"Inuyasha said he had a mate. I wanted to know if he had picked a demon or a … human."

"But Rin said you were invited."

"We were. Sango invited me to the wedding."

"Why?" she leaned back a little to be more comfortable.

Sesshomaru shrugged.

Kagome let go of the whistle and tried to think. "It's probably about Kohaku." She mumbled.

"What?"

Kagome grabbed Sesshomaru's hand and looked directly into his eyes. "You and your brother have more in common then you think. You both try to act tough, but somewhere inside you both have a sweet side."

Sesshomaru snorted.

"It's true." Kagome laughed. "Otherwise, I'm sure you wouldn't be traveling around with Rin."

"Is there a point to this?" Sesshomaru asked angrily. He hated it when others pointed out that Rin traveled around with him, he didn't want anyone to think he was soft.

"Later on, Sango is going to ask for a favor. Please listen to her and consider giving her a chance. Even if she is human."

Sesshomaru looked away. He didn't want to agree to anything.

"I'll see you at the wedding, Rin." Kagome said. She stood up walked back to Kaede's house. Inuyasha was standing outside, leaning on one of the walls. He smiled when he saw Kagome.

"Your hair isn't wet." He said.

"I changed my mind about taking a bath." She walked up to Inuyasha and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Where's Sango."

"She's inside."

"Good."

Kagome stood on her tiptoes and kissed him. "D-Did I miss something?" he asked when they pulled apart.

"No. I just felt like kissing you."

Inuyasha leaned down and gave her a quick kiss before grabbing her arm and pulling her inside the house, "Come on. We've been waiting for you."

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Sango shifted her weight from one foot to the other nervously as she and Sonia waited in her house for Kagome to arrive. "Don't worry, she'll be here." Sonia said, trying to calm her down. Sango was already in her bridal clothes with her wedding starting in a little while.

"Where is she? She said she'd be here."

"She will." Sonia said. "She's probably just having a hard time getting Inuyasha and Shippo ready. You know how they hate to dress up."

Sango nodded. "I guess so."

… … … … … … … … … …

Kagome tapped her foot impatiently. "Come on Inuyasha! I'm late."

"Fine, but don't laugh." He mumbled from behind the tree.

"I won't. I just need to approve you before you got to Sango's wedding."

Inuyasha stepped out from hiding. Kagome smiled when she saw him. He was dressed in the formal clothing that Sango had told him to wear, he smelled nicer then usual, and even the little hairs on his ears seemed to be neatly groomed.

"Inuyasha you look amazing." Kagome kissed him.

"Thanks."

"Okay, go help Miroku get ready."

Inuyasha smiled and walked off.

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"I'm really sorry." Kagome burst through the door.

Sango gave a relived sigh. "Thank God. I can't get my hair just right."

"I've tried everything." Sonia said "But nothing seems to work."

"Don't worry." Kagome walked over to Sango. "Sit down I'll work on your hair."

Much to Sango's doubt it only took Kagome ten minutes to get it perfect, which was a good thing because the wedding was starting soon. Kagome took a step back when she was done and looked Sango over.

"You look so beautiful." She smiled warmly.

"Thanks."

The three girls helped each other fix little parts of their outfits and hair until they heard on knock at the front door. "Do you think that's Miroku?" Sango whispered. "He's not supposed to see me before the wedding."

"I'll check." Kagome said. Sango stood behind Sonia, just in case, while Kagome opened the door. She was surprised to see that it wasn't Miroku, but Sesshomaru standing there.

"It's you!" Sango exclaimed. "I was worried you wouldn't except my invitation."

Sesshomaru looked over at Sango. "What was the favor you wanted to ask me."

Sango steeped out from behind Sonia, "You already know about that."

"She, " he glanced to Kagome and back again "told me about it."

Sango gave Kagome a questioning look, but eventually shrugged it off.

Kagome allowed Sesshomaru enough room to come inside the house, but he didn't move. Sango sighed at that gesture and walked closer to him. "Sesshomaru, I really need you to help me."

"Help a human."

"Please, my brother has a jewel shard in his back. We need to get it out, but if do, he'll die."

"Let me guess, you want me to revive him after he dies."

Sango nodded.

"No." Sesshomaru said coldly, he still didn't want to seem soft.

Sango gasped. "Please." She pleaded with him. "As a wedding present."

Sesshomaru was about to say 'no' again, but he noticed Kagome. She touched her fingertips to the whistle while giving him a mean glare. This went unnoticed to Sonia and Sango, but Sesshomaru sure as hell saw it. His eyes grew a little bigger. "O-Okay… as a wedding present."

Sango squealed in delight and hugged Sesshomaru as tightly as she could. She was so happy. "You can do it after the wedding." She said once she let go of him.

Sonia suddenly exclaimed. "The wedding. Sango we need to go!"

Sonia grabbed Sango's arm and rushed past Sesshomaru. Kagome laughed at the sudden commotion then turned to Sesshomaru. "Thank you."

He nodded, but didn't answer.

"I guess you're staying for the wedding, huh."

"I was planning to anyway."

"Really."

He looked away. "Rin seemed really excited about it." Sesshomaru was surprised at himself. Normally wouldn't talk this much to someone, much less a human. But Kagome had some kind of power over people and demons. This must be why my brother picked her as a mate he thought to himself.

"Well," Kagome started to walk towards him. "we should go, the ceremony will be starting soon."

For the first time in a long long while Sesshomaru actually gave a very small smile and waited for Kagome to join him. She was at the door when she suddenly reached out and grabbed to doorframe.

"Is something wrong?" Sesshomaru asked.

Kagome grabbed her stomach and gave a small scream.

Shit Sesshomaru thought what am I supposed to do.

Kagome screamed again and looked up at Sesshomaru. "Go get someone. Kaede, Sonia, anyone…" she pleaded.

Sesshomaru nodded and quickly went looking for a woman. It was hard, everyone had already gone to see the wedding.

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Inuyasha and Shippo both looked around. The ceremony had already started. They had saved a seat inbetween them for Kagome, but she wasn't there. They kept looking around for her, maybe she had found a different place to sit. But she was nowhere to be seen.

"Sango's gonna be upset if Kagome misses her wedding." Inuyasha whispered.

Shippo nodded in agreement.

Sango took a brief moment to look out at the people who attended her wedding. It seemed like the whole village came. She quickly found Rin sitting next to Kohaku, Kaede new to the two of them, Inuyasha and Shippo a few rows back, and Kagome — Where's Kagome she thought, but shrugged it off, thinking she was just lost in the crowed.

Kagome tried to stand up. It seemed like Sesshomaru had been gone forever, and this baby wasn't going to wait. Just like your father, if you're aren't being stubborn, you're rushing everything she thought angrily. It took a great amount of effort, but she managed to stand up. Assuming she was on her own, Kagome had decided to try and get to Kaede's house. She thought she would receive more help there.

Little by little she walked. It was really hard. She clutched her stomach the whole way. Gods, where is Sonia when I actually need her?

When she did arrive at Kaede's house she was in tears, not only from the pain, but also the frustration of finding it empty. Everyone is at the wedding, remember baka she told herself. She didn't want to ruin the wedding so she sat down in one of the corners, but once again he pain got to her and she started to sob into her hands. "Inuyasha." she mumbled.

Everyone smiled and clapped when Sango and Miroku were finally announced as man and wife. Inuyasha even gave a loud whistle to show his happiness. It seemed like a stampede when almost every guest wanted to talk to Sango, wish her happiness, but she pushed her way past them all and went straight to Inuyasha.

"So. What's it like to be married?" he smiled when she came.

"Wonderful." she laughed and hugged him. "Where's Kagome, I want to talk to her."

Inuyasha's smile faded a little while he looked around, but he still kept it on. "I don't know. I didn't see her anywhere."

"Y-You don't think she missed it... do you?"

"No. Something terrible would have to happen to keep Kagome from - " Inuyasha and Sango suddenly caught a view of Sesshomaru walking quickly up to Sonia whom was standing a long distance away from them.

He seemed to be talking to her quickly and pointing off in a direction. "Shit." Inuyasha said.

"What's wrong?"

"I don't know. Let's find out."

Inuyasha and Sango ran over to Sesshomaru just as Sonia ran off in the direction he had pointed. "Sesshomaru." Inuyasha spoke "Is something wrong."

"I suggest you hurry little brother, you mate is about to have your pup."

Sango gasped. Inuyasha seemed to be in shock, because he didn't move until Sango lightly pushed him. "Go Inuyasha. I'll get Miroku and Kaede."

Inuyasha shook his head back into reality and nodded. He ran as fast as he could following Kagome's scent. He could tell that she was at Kaede's house and was surprised to see that Sonia wasn't there yet. He walked in and saw Kagome sitting on the floor crying.

"Kagome." He ran to her side, he didn't really know what to do.

Kagome screamed then looked at Inuyasha "I need Kaede, or Sonia, or Sango. Now!"

Almost on cue Sonia ran through the door. "She wasn't at Sango's house like Sesshomaru told me, otherwise I would have been here sooner." she told Inuyasha as she knelt down beside Kagome.

"W-What can I do."

"Go tell Kaede and Sango that Kagome is here, they might be heading in the wrong direction."

Inuyasha nodded and ran off to find them. He was amazed at how Sonia was able to keep a calm head.

Kagome looked up at Sonia. "T-The - " she tried to talk inbetween her sobs.

Sonia grabbed Kagome hand. "Don't worry. Kaede and Sango are on their way. Now ..." she took in a deep breath and signaled for Kagome to do the same, which she did, "... try to lay down."

She nodded and did so, but in the process she felt another contraction and screamed out.

Sonia ran her hand along the side of Kagome's face and tried to sooth her while they waited for the others.

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Sango and Kaede ran to Kagome's side, all the men (Shippo, Kohaku, Miroku, and Inuyasha) were waiting outside. Even some villagers were near by, just in case they were needed.

"Sango" Sonia looked at the two women. "you gather up two buckets of hot water and as much sand that you can find." Sango nodded and ran off. "Kaede…"

"I know… some blankets." It wasn't the first time Kaede had helped out with a delivery.

"Yeah. Make sure one of them is one you don't mind throwing away."

Outside the men were all wondering why Sango was running in and out of Kaede's house to get certain things.

"Is something wrong with Kagome?" Shippo asked when she passed him by.

"No. Kagome's fine."

Inuyasha sat in a near by tree looking down at his claws. He was able to pick up every single scream that came from Kagome and in tore up his insides every time. A while ago he thought it would be nice to have more then one pup, but if Kagome had to go through this kind of pain … he wasn't so sure.

It seemed to take forever. Inuyasha would sink his claws into the tree. His Kagome was in pain and there was nothing he could do. It wasn't till much later when he heard a loud scream that made him cringe… then it was over.

Everything went silent for a little while until Sango and Sonia walked out of the house. "You can go in now." They told Inuyasha.

He rushed past them as soon as they said that.

Miroku grabbed Sango's hand, "Is Kagome all right?"

"Yeah, she's fine."

"So …"

"What?"

"Is it a boy or a girl?"

"It's a …"

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I'm so evil. I couldn't help it. I had to leave a cliffy. An evil cliffy. I want five reviews, until then …

Sorry there wern't that many details about the wedding or the birth, but I didn't have time.

Happy Birthday Captured Moon

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