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Notes to my reviewers: That was kinnda mean of me to make up for it, this chapter won't be a cliffy.

Eekolie: I'm so evil because it's so much fun.

NordicaVB: I did have a part taken out during editing it said: When she blew on the whistle, Kagome was surprised to feel the baby kicking and moving around inside of her. It pained her heart, but she needed to get Sesshomaru to talk. I ended up taking it out because I didn't want the readers to think I was trying to harm a small baby. I'm glad you noticed that.

Gamemasta: ::Gasp:: How on earth did you figure out that I'm secretly Naraku, leaving cliffhangers to torture innocent readers (lol). That is a really good idea for a story. Almost too good. I don't think I could possibly do it justice. If you wrote a story like that I would definitely read it.

Captured Moon: ::taps fingers impatiently against computer desk:: sigh.

Chapter Forty Three: Ginsenshi

Inuyasha walked quickly in the room. Kagome was off to the side, asleep. "She used up a lot of energy, but she'll be fine." Sonia said. She was standing not that far from Inuyasha holding the baby, it was wrapped in the dark green blanket with the cat and the dog Kagome received for her birthday.

She walked over to Inuyasha and placed the baby in his arms. "It's a boy." She smiled. "A healthy baby boy. You should be proud."

Inuyasha smiled and looked down at the little baby. He was amazed at how small it's ears, nose, and fingers were.

"What's his name?" Kaede asked.

"Ginsenshi."

"Hello Ginsenshi." Sonia shook the baby's little hand. "Happy birthday."

Inuyasha sat down next to Kagome. The news that both his mate and new pup were healthy gave him a happiness that only compared to the first time Kagome said I love you'. Ginsenshi soon fell asleep in his arms. "Thanks Sonia, Thanks Kaede."

Kaede nodded and walked outside to tell everyone who was still waiting the good news. Sonia was about to follow her, but Inuyasha stopped her.

"Sonia."

"Yes?"

"I hope you know, this means I consider you part of our family."

Sonia laughed and nodded. "Congratulations Inuyasha." She squeezed his arm and walked out.

Inuyasha looked down at Kagome sleeping. Her eyes twitched a little bit before opening up. "Inuyasha?" she mumbled sleepily.

"Yeah."

She sat up slowly. God, I'm sore she silently complained. She leaned against Inuyasha and looked down at her baby. Ginsenshi had fallen asleep in Inuyasha's arms and was now sucking on one of his fingers. "Isn't he wonderful." She cooed.

"Perfect." Inuyasha said. "Just like his mom."

Kagome smiled, she was too tired to blush at his compliment. "I hope Sango isn't mad at me."

"Mad? At what?"

"I kind of ruined her big day."

"What do you mean."

"This was supposed to be Sango's special day and I stole all the attention away from her."

Inuyasha snorted. "You didn't go into labor on purpose did you?"

"N-No."

"So it wasn't your fault."

Kagome reached out to hold her newborn baby. Inuyasha, though reluctantly, handed him over. He watched Kagome examine Ginsenshi's small fingers for a little while before clearing his throat. "You should go to bed."

"I just want to stay up a little while longer." She said, not taking her eyes away from the baby.

"Trust me, we should take every chance to sleep that we get."

Kagome smiled, he did have a point. She laid back down on her little bed with Ginsenshi curled up in her arms. Inuyasha watched her for a little while till Kohaku, Shippo, and Kaede walked in. Kohaku had planned on spending the night with them to give Sango and Miroku their privacy.

Shippo and Kohaku started to walk over to Kagome so they could see the new baby, but stopped when Inuyasha growled at them. He didn't want them to wake up either Kagome or the baby.

"I'm glad it's a boy." Shippo whispered before falling asleep in his own bed. "I always wanted a little brother."

Sango blushed as she got closer and closer to her house. Miroku, who was a few feet ahead of her, turned around and glanced back. "What a nice shade of red." He said, causing her blush to become darker.

Kagome was the first one to wake up when Ginsenshi started crying. She stood up and walked outside before he had a chance to wake anyone else up. She carried the child, rocking him back and forth, till she made her way to the stream. She sat down and soaked her feet in the water and brought the baby to her breast.

She stroked the back of the baby's head while he sucked greedily. "Here you are." Kagome turned her head sharply when she heard Inuyasha's voice behind her.

"You scared me."

"You scared me first."

"What?"

He sat down beside her. "I woke up and you and Ginsenshi were missing."

"He cried, so I had to feed him."

"You could have done that in Kaede's house."

"I didn't want to wake up the others."

Inuyasha looked down at Ginsenshi. His eyes grew wide for a second before blushing and looking away. Kagome laughed. "What's wrong Inuyasha. Didn't you know how women feed babies."

He shook his head.

"You didn't think my breast were only for your amusement did you?"

He nodded, still not looking at her.

When the baby had his fill she covered herself up again and stood up. "It's safe to look now."

Inuyasha stood up. "You're right. Maybe that isn't something you shouldn't do at Kaede's house."

Kagome laughed even harder.

Several Months Later

Sango struggled with Ginsenshi as the two girls sat in the grass. The child had been trying his hardest to get out of Sango's arms, it turned out that he didn't like being held all the time. "I don't know how on earth you handle this."

Kagome laughed. "Just rub his ears."

The little baby had grown a lot. Without telling Kagome or Inuyasha, the others had made a little bet on what features he would get from which parent. Kohaku was the one that won. Ginsenshi had black hair and brown eyes like his mother. The only things he had received from his father were his ears and his little (not very sharp yet) claws and fangs.

Sango reached down and tried it, but it didn't work. As soon as she touched them Ginsenshi start kicking and screaming even louder. Giving a frustrated sigh, she gave up and handed him over to Kagome.

Kagome took the baby in her arms and started rubbing his ears the way he preferred. Sango watched Ginsenshi calm down and let out a groan. "I'll never make a good mother."

"Don't worry. Ginsenshi is fussier then most babies. It took me a while to figure this little one out." She set her son on the ground so that he could crawl around trying to catch grasshoppers.

Kagome yawned and stretched out in the grass.

"Are you alright?" Sango asked.

"Fine."

Sango shifted nervously for a few seconds, "K-Kagome. Could I ask you something?"

"Sure."

"Are you still planning on going after Kikyo?"

Kagome was silent for a long time before she finally spoke. "I have to. She has the rest of the jewel."

After Sesshomaru revived Kohaku, they knew where all the jewel shards were. Kagome had some and Kikyo had the rest.

"You aren't still planning on going alone, are you!"

"It's the safest way. You guys will stay out of danger."

"But what about Inuyasha. He could protect you."

Kagome sighed. "A part of Inuyasha still cares about Kikyo. He shouldn't have to fight her."

"But I -"

Kagome sat up. "You promised you wouldn't tell the others. Remember."

Sango nodded.

Kagome stood up and picked up Ginsenshi. "Besides. Inuyasha should stay here and take care of Ginsenshi."

"You could at least tell him."

"I know, I know." She started walking away. Sango stood up and joined her.

"Where are we going?"

Kagome laughed. "We are going to see Inuyasha. He and Miroku have been working all day."

"It will be so nice when you live closer to me."

"Yeah."

A little while after Ginsenshi was born Inuyasha, Miroku, and some of the other villagers had started working on a house for Kagome. They had been working extra hard to get it done quickly and it was almost done. In the long run, Kagome knew it would be nice having a house just for her and Inuyasha, but at the moment it was killing her.

Inuyasha usually worked all day and stayed out late night to do some heavy lifting. Kagome would wake up to feed and care for Ginsenshi during the night, so she was always in deep deep sleep by morning. The two didn't get to see each other much.

Sango and Miroku commented on this to Inuyasha, telling him that Kagome felt bad, but he just feh'd it away. He was planning on making it up to her after the house was built.

It didn't take them very long to reach it. Miroku and some of the villagers were working hard on finishing up one of the walls and Inuyasha was on the roof, trying to find the damn spot that leaked.

"Inuyasha." Kagome called out.

The hanyou looked up from his work and smiled when he saw Kagome. He jumped off the roof landing a few feet from her and grabbed Ginsenshi from her arms. Sometimes it surprised Kagome – how Inuyasha acted with the baby. A lot of men in the village didn't want to be seen holding a child in their arms while around other men. Something about masculinity, Kagome never completely understood it. But Inuyasha was always more then happy to take Ginsenshi and play with him, or show him off.

"What are you doing here?" he asked.

"I wanted to come see you."

Inuyasha used his only free hand to grab Kagome's. "Come on. I want to show you something."

Kagome allowed him to pull her inside their, half build, house. "What is it?" she asked while holding in her laughter.

"This is gonna be Ginsenshi's room." Inuyasha said, "and next to it, on that side -" he continued to pull her around, "is were Shippo will stay."

"Is that what you wanted to show me."

Inuyasha shook his head. "No, come on." He led her to the main room. It had three windows. Two in front near the door and one at the side. "Look through that one." He said pointing to the one at the side.

Kagome walked up to in and looked out. At first she didn't see what was so unique about it. Then it came to her. Though the tree was still a distance away, the window framed the old Goshinboku perfectly. She stared at it for a long time before she noticed that Inuyasha was standing next to her.

"I thought you would like it." he said in a voice no higher then a whisper.

Kagome sighed and grabbed his hand. "You know me so well."

He chuckled. "Are you kidding. There are a million things about you that confuse me."

Ginsenshi started making whimpering sounds. The two looked down at him. "He's probably hungry." Kagome said, picking him up. "I'll go feed him." she kissed Inuyasha quickly on his cheek before walking out.

As she left, Inuyasha noticed something about her that he hadn't seen before. She looks tired he thought really tired. He leaned against the window frame and sighed. He was starting to feel a little bad at the lack of time he was spending with her.

Sango wrapped her arms around Kohaku and Miroku when they arrived home. She had been waiting for them all day. Kagome had disappeared with Kaede sometime around noon and with the men working on the house, she had been alone.

"I'm gonna go with Shippo to the stream." Kohaku said. "We're going fishing."

"Okay." Sango laughed as he ran out of the house.

Miroku watched the boy run for a few seconds before turning to Sango. "Here." He handed her some flowers and kissed her quickly.

"There beautiful." She said looking at the flowers. "Where did you find them."

Miroku shrugged, "Around."

Sango let a small giggle escape from her lips. "You sure know how to treat a girl, don't you."

Miroku smiled and brought Sango closer. He waited till he could see the little blush on her cheeks before leaning down to kiss her. Sango wrapped her arms around his neck, opening her mouth for him.

"Am I interrupting anything." Inuyasha's voice caused the two to pull apart quickly.

"What are you doing here?" Sango asked, noticing that he had Ginsenshi with him.

"I need to ask you two a favor." He set the child down, allowing him to crawl around.

"What is it?"

"C-Could you guys babysat for a little while."

"For how long?" Miroku asked.

"About a week."

Sango smiled. She would have said yes even if he said a year. "Sure. Why?"

"Kagome needs a rest. I'm gonna take her to her era for a little while."

"How'd you get her to agree to that?" Miroku was impressed. Kagome hated being away from Ginsenshi for more then a few minutes, much less a week.

"I haven't yet."

Sango laughed. "She's not gonna enjoy leaving her son behind."

"I'm not gonna enjoy it either." Inuyasha shrugged. "But she really needs some time off. I'll see you guys in a week." He turned, gave a quick glance to Ginsenshi, and headed out the door to Kaede's house.

"Where's Ginsenshi?" Kagome asked instantly when Inuyasha walk into the house. She was sitting next to Kaede holding a sting up with her hands while Kaede placed beads on it.

"Don't tell me your making another one of those." Inuyasha moaned.

Kagome laughed. "No. This is just a regular necklace. Where is Ginsenshi?"

"Miroku and Sango are watching him. Come on. Pack your things."

"What?"

"Pack your things."

"Why?"

"You and I are going somewhere."

"Not without Ginsenshi."

Inuyasha let out a sigh. He didn't feel up to an argument today. He walked past Kagome and started tossing her things inside her yellow backpack. When he was finished he tossed it over one shoulder, grabbed Kagome around the waist, and tossed her over his other shoulder too.

"We'll be back in a week." He told Kaede as he walked out of the house.

"Inuyasha! Put me down."

"No."

"Please." She tried to sound pathetic.

"No."

"Why not?"

"You'll just run away."

Kagome stopped struggling. Damn he's right she thought.

Inuyasha laughed, knowing he won, and jumped down the well.

Inuyasha didn't let Kagome down until they were well on her side, only a few feet from her front door. Once her feet were on the ground she looked longingly at the well. She thought about running back and finding Ginsenshi, but she knew Inuyasha would stop her. "It's gonna be hell without him here."

Inuyasha nodded and pulled her inside the house. "I know, but you really need some rest. When was the last time you got a good nights rest?"

Kagome didn't answer.

"I thought so." He mumbled.

Kagome's mom heard his voice and came running out of the kitchen. "Kagome." she wrapped her arms around her daughter. "It's been a while."

Kagome smiled and gave into her mother's hug. More and more time was passing inbetween her visits.

"Did you bring Ginsenshi?"

"No."

A small sigh escaped her lips. "Oh well" She walked over and gave Inuyasha hug too. "Bring him by next time, okay."

Inuyasha and Kagome both nodded.

Okay. No cliffhanger. As much as I love leaving cliffhangers, I didn't turn this chapter into one. I meant to put in a lemon for Miroku and Sango's wedding night, but (as many of you know) a person needs to be in the right mood to write a proper lemon. I'll put one in later.

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