Something wasn't right. The wind in right hand was moving, it was angry. Curious as to what was going, Miroku quickly unravelled the prayer beads and unravelled the cloth. He widened his eyes at the site. The wind in his right palm was slowly disappearing. The swirling black winds soon dissolved and Miroku feel to his knees. His wind tunnel… it was diminishing. He found himself smiling.

"Sango. Sango… come here quickly!" Miroku stood up in time to see Sango hurrying in from their room with Yukiko in her arms. He showed her his blank right palm and she gasped. Miroku nodded his head still in disbelief.

"How? How did this happen?" Sango asked pressing Yukiko closer to her.

"I don't know. But you what this means, don't you, Sango?" Miroku took Yukiko from Sango's grasp

"Yes. Naraku has been conquered. But by whom?" Sango brushed her bangs out of her tired eyes.

"I don't know." Miroku admitted. A strange feeling told him that it was Inuyasha. Wherever he may be. True many other people wanted his death, but whom lately had shown the audacity and stepped forward to slay the cold-blooded villain?

"I'm still worried about Inuyasha and Kagome." Sango said

"I know; I am too." Miroku put his free arm around Sango and she let her head rest on his shoulder. "But we have to believe that they are safe."

"I know. But I have a strange feeling that something is wrong. I hope they're safe." Sango replied.

Inuyasha stole another glance at Kagome. She was moaning. She was in pain. He needed to be faster. With any amounts of energy he could spare, Inuyasha began to run faster. She gave another weak cry and he could smell her tears. He looked around. They had been running for almost an hour. And only now were they beginning to leave the forest that had lead him to Naraku's castle and where he was keeping Kagome. Naraku was dead. Kikyou killed him. He silently thanked Kikyou for protecting Kagome.

Finally he saw the denseness of the forest deplete and did they fall onto an open road. It would only be a matter of time. The only reason it took him so long to find Kagome the first time was because of all the smells commingling. It was harder to pick them out. Now because he knew where he was going, Inuyasha hoped to have Kagome to the village by sunset. If she could last that long though. He looked at the sky. He guessed by the sun's position that it was the peak in the after noon. He looked at Kagome again. He cheeks were tinted red and sweat covered her, even with the wind blowing in her face. Inuyasha could tell that she was holding back all her pain. He concentrated on running again. He wanted her to hold on.

I don't think I'm going to make it. I think I need to stop… It hurts so much. Kagome cried. So much pain. She caught Inuyasha's eye and shook her head.

"I don't think I'm gunna make it, Inuyasha." Kagome panted. She looked him in the eye and again and he narrowed it. He gave his head a shake and Kagome smiled then quickly shut them in pain. Inuyasha gave a soft whine. Kagome tried to smile again but to no avail. It hurt too much to move. Please hold on… I will not have you guys in the middle of a dirt road even if it kills me. If she could survive not having her babies in Naraku's castle, then she could sure as hell wait until they reached the village.

Still with that thought in her mind, it still didn't numb or stop the pain that she was feeling. She wished that it would numb a bit so at least she could breath normal. She was tired of having to gasp in breaths. She ran her hands through Inuyasha's silver fur and he looked back again. Kagome smiled and he closed his eyes fast. She needed to think of something to help her mind get off the torture. She wondered how Inuyasha was able to take on his true form. What did he have to do? Was he able to turn back the transformation? He wasn't stuck like this, was he? True, she didn't mind this form, but she hadn't seen Inuyasha in so long, that she wanted to see him, her half demon.

Hey, thinking about this is making me forget about the pain, wait that was a contraction they're getting closer. That can't be good. We have get there soon; I'm not sure how long I can pretend not to be in pain. Kagome wiped the sweat from her brow and threw her head back. Recovering from the last contraction, Kagome moved her head back so she was staring straight ahead again. She could do this. She hoped.

Kagome's tired eyes looked at the scene upon her. The sun was sinking and they had been running all day. Kagome looked down at Inuyasha who was panting. But still he kept running. She looked up. They were just about to reach the main gates of Kaede's village. Her eyes lit up. She made it. With that said, another contraction rattled her and she bit back her cry. She felt Inuyasha's gaze on her and she opened her eyes. He stopped suddenly. Kagome looked around, they were at Kaede's hut already. Inuyasha looked back at her and she widened her eyes. He was still panting.

"Thanks Inuyasha." Kagome said. She looked up at the sound of movement. Sango walked out of Kaede's hut followed by Miroku who was carrying a sleeping Yukiko in his arms. Kagome watched Sango stop and widened her eyes. Kagome tried to smile but fast pain stopped her.

"Kagome, what's going on? Are you alright?" Sango asked as she helped her off Inuyasha. "Who is this?"

Kagome looked at Inuyasha. He bowed his head. Kagome nodded and turned back to Sango. "It's Inuyasha." Kagome watched Sango looked up at Inuyasha. Miroku stood there contemplating on what to say next.

"But-…" Sango was cut off when Kagome interjected.

"Sango, I'm going into labour, is Kaede still there?" Sango already led Kagome into the hut. Moments later Shippo came out and jumped onto Miroku's shoulder. Miroku diverted his attention from Inuyasha at the mention of Kagome.

"What's wrong with Kagome?" Shippo asked

"Simple. She's gunna have our pups." Miroku looked up to see Inuyasha standing before him; he was dusting off a sleeve of his outer kimono. His hands disappeared and he looked intently at the hut where Kagome was. "What are you staring at monk?"

"Inuyasha? How were you able-…"

"Able to do that? I don't know." Inuyasha shrugged. He really didn't feel like explaining the whole situation, because he didn't entirely understand it himself. But he pulled it off. Surprisingly. He watched Miroku sit down with a still sleeping Yukiko and closed his eyes. Inuyasha took Miroku's advice and sat down himself. Hard to believe that early tomorrow morning or sometime in the night he'd be a father. His own family. Still kind of strange. After all, his family had all died and his only living family wanted his death. He sighed. More trouble as always. He looked nervously at the hut; he could smell Kagome's tears. He swallowed. He hated not being near her side. There was nothing he could do. He just had to wait, and he hated waiting. After all he promised he'd protect Kagome from anything, everything mind that. Yet he couldn't protect her from this. He growled lightly. He wished he could at least see her, just to make sure she was okay.

Kagome felt Sango run the damp cloth over her forehead again. She clenched her teeth in pain. She never experienced pain like this. She was trying to hold in her screams. Her cheeks burned. Sango was holding her hand but it wasn't helping much.

"Kagome, if ye need to scream please do so child." Kaede smiled and Kagome nodded.

"Kagome it will be okay," Sango tried to get her to smile. "Remember what it is you will get at the end of all the pain Kagome." Kagome looked up at Sango. She said those words to Sango when she was giving birth to Yukiko.

"H-how long has it been?" Kagome managed. It felt like she had been in a small box for nearly a week.

"Nearly four hours." Sango replied. Kagome groaned. That was short.

"Just get these things out of me." She rasped. Oh Inuyasha if you ever touch me again, I swear I'll say sit so many times… she couldn't complete her threat because she screamed.

Inuyasha opened his eyes, and almost jumped up. He stopped himself when he heard the demon voice within him again. Inuyasha tried to block it out. What could the demon possibly want to talk about at a time like this? He managed to subdue it. Kagome screamed again. He began to breath heavily. He couldn't help. He felt useless just waiting here. He felt like a human again. He scowled. Now he could smell the blood on her. Blood? Again he almost jumped up. What was keeping him down? Now Inuyasha began to feel nervous. Blood wasn't a good thing. Inuyasha rubbed his chest a little. Damn Naraku. Got him pretty good. Thing was he didn't think about the pain, all he wanted to do was get Kagome to Kaede's so she could make her unbearable pain go away. However it didn't look like Kaede did at all. Inuyasha looked up at the sky.

Night had fallen nearly three hours ago. Miroku was trying to fight off sleep, but he wasn't doing so well. Shippo was asleep on his shoulder. Inuyasha didn't understand how that was comfortable. What more, he didn't understand how they could sleep at a time like this. He smelt more of her tears and blood. With each minuet that passed, Inuyasha grew more nervous. But he had to be calm and wait.

Something he wasn't good at doing, but he didn't really have much of a choice. He could hear Kagome's ragged breath and panting. He cursed his demon abilities. He hated being able to smell and hear all. He could do nothing for her! Inuyasha stood up and stretched. He jumped up into a near by tree and tried to find a more comfortable position. But he was soon finding it impossible. He groaned and shifted one more time. He could hear Kagome begin to cry. He bit his lip. He flattened his ears, hopefully it would block out her pain. He hated it. He could hear Sango's voice, muffled and soon followed by Kaede's. But he couldn't hear what they were saying. Kagome screamed again and he shut his eyes tight. He hoped that soon it would be over, he didn't like seeing her in pain. He sighed.

Suddenly his eyes snapped open and he straightened up. He smelled a new scent in the hut with them. Minuets after he heard soft crying. Inuyasha gave a weak smile; one of his pups had been born. Now how long would he have to wait until his second pup would be born? Kagome was crying again. Sango was talking to Kagome. But she scream again. Inuyasha's face fell. He sighed. He hoped he wouldn't have to wait much longer. He wanted to see his pup. Kagome, he knew that she was waiting for it to be over. He could hear her ragged breathing again. His pup was crying and so was Kagome. He growled. It was pitch dark out now, and even with his eye site he was finding hard to see. Kagome gave a muffled cry. He jumped out of the tree and began pacing back and forth. He hated waiting…

After another hour, Inuyasha stopped pacing and looked at the sky. It was well into the night. Inuyasha started pacing and then suddenly stopped. He smiled. His other pup had just been born. But it was quiet. Inuyasha grew anxious. He couldn't hear anything. Kagome talking and Sango was replying to her too. Kagome's tears, what was going on? Inuyasha turned and looked at the hut. He swallowed, nothing was wrong with his second pup, was there? Unexpectedly he saw Sango come out of the hut. His eyes lit up and he swallowed. Kaede soon came out of the hut after. Inuyasha walked up to Sango and looked at her solemn eyes. Suddenly he became nervous again. Kagome, he could see her now right? Sango walked up to him and she gave a small smile.

"Congratulations Inuyasha." Sango beamed

"Aye Inuyasha. Beautiful children." Kaede added

"So… I can see Kagome now?" Inuyasha asked, almost pleaded

"Of course." Kaede answered

Inuyasha walked over to the hut and then looked back at Kaede and Sango who was waking Miroku and taking her daughter from him. He rubbed his eyes and yawned.

"Ah, Sango? Kaede?" Inuyasha looked at the ground. When both were looking him he replied that it took both women off guard. "Thanks." Inuyasha walked into the hut. Sango looked at Kaede who merely stared at where Inuyasha once stood. One thing was one their mind. Did Inuyasha just say 'thanks?'

Inuyasha looked across the hut to where Kagome was resting with her eyes closed. Her cheeks were still tinted red and her breathing was deep and a little uneven. Sweat covered her forehead and a bit of her chest. He also noticed one small black haired head and another silver one on Kagome's chest. Their backs were to him so he couldn't see his new pups very clearly. He could hear faint sniffles from the black haired pup, but the silver haired one remained quiet. Inuyasha only hoped that his other pup was resting.

"Kagome?" Inuyasha whispered and quietly walked over to her. He saw her open her eyes and smiled sincerely. She moved over and she motioned him to join her.

"How are you?" Inuyasha asked as he sat down beside her.

"Exhausted." Kagome tried to smile. Another sniffle from the black haired one prompted Kagome to bring her gaze down and Inuyasha fallowed her. "Would you like to see them?" Inuyasha nodded. Kagome motioned for him to pick up the black haired one. When he did Kagome smiled.

"That's your son, he was born first." Inuyasha looked at his son. Black hair. Human ears. And, his golden eyes. He smirked. Ran in the family. His eyes were glassed over with water and his eyes were half shut. However almost immediately after his son opened his eyes, he quickly shut them again. Inuyasha smelt mostly human blood on him, but there was a small trace of demon blood. He had mostly human traits too. His black hair and human ears could have easily come from Kagome. Or myself. Inuyasha didn't see that as likely though. No, not very likely at all. Gently he handed Kagome back their son and picked up the silver haired one.

"Your daughter. She's a quiet one. Almost thought she was a still born," Kagome closed her eyes a bit. Kagome was scared when she heard no noise come from her. Kagome could already tell she had developed Inuyasha's trait for scaring the hell out of her. "She has your ears though." Inuyasha looked at his daughter's head. Snowy velvet like ears twitched at the movement. They were so small he almost didn't see them. As Inuyasha ran his thumb over her cheek it prompted her to open her eyes. Inuyasha's breath was cut short. Violet. His daughter blinked. Her large eyes were filled with inquisitiveness. Violet. Inuyasha was stunned. His daughter had his human eyes. It felt weird. Seeing his human eyes on his daughter. She smiled and closed her eyes again. His silver hair… his human eyes. His demon blood. Inuyasha shook his head a bit to get it clear. Kagome's right, she is very quiet. But his daughter had Kagome's face and his claws too. He smiled.

"What about names?" Kagome asked as she watched her son grab a lock full of her black hair.

"Shizuka." Inuyasha ran his thumb over his daughter's cheek again and looked at Kagome who nodded.

"Fits her perfectly." Kagome smiled.

"What about our son?" Inuyasha asked

"Well he was born first, so Taro?" Kagome thought

"Fine by me."

"Taro and Shizuka." Kagome whispered and Taro looked up at her briefly and let go of her hair.

"Inuyasha, can I ask you something?" Inuyasha averted his gaze from Shizuka to look at Kagome.

"What?"

"How exactly did you manage-…" Kagome was cut off

"To transform? I don't really know myself. Maybe I was so set on finding you. But all I do know is that in order for that to happen, I had to sacrifice all the human blood in me. It was kinda overwhelming." Inuyasha admitted. But maybe now, whenever things looked beyond hopeless he'd be able to call upon that form again.

"Well, I'm glad you did it. And that you came back to me." Kagome smiled

"Always. You look worn out." Inuyasha stated and Kagome yawned. "Maybe you should get some sleep."

"Good idea." Kagome moved closer to Inuyasha and he shifted Shizuka so he was holding her with one arm. He placed his other arm around Kagome and brought her in closer. His nose went into her hair as it always did. Comforted him as always. He felt Kagome's even breathing and he too shut his eyes. It still felt weird to be a father. He looked at Taro and then Shizuka. Could he really take care of something that small and fragile? Kagome seemed to think he could. Kagome had given his something he never expected to find again: Acceptance and a family.

"I love you Kagome. And thanks." Inuyasha smiled when he felt Kagome nod her head. He held his daughter closer to him and soon after fell asleep.

"Congratulations to both you Inuyasha and Kagome. It makes me feel happiness, to see you so happy Inuyasha. Cherish the moments with you new family and never let them go." Kikyou looked at the hut where Kagome and Inuyasha were staying. She smiled and turned around, accompanied by her soul gatherers. Perhaps she would, one-day return to offer her praise. Maybe, she would leave that up to time.

Well there ya go. The last chapter is complete. Now all i have to write is the epilouge. Wow that was a fast update! Wohoo! Sooo what did everybody think? Names right, they are japanese names so ill give trnaslations for them:

Taro -Japanese for first born male

Shizuka - Japanese for silent; quiet.

Not bad huh? Ah yes Sango's daughter's name: Yukiko - Daughter of Yuki

Not really sure what that means but i liked it. So was this chapter up to your standards? BTW has anybody heard of a fic called Just a little fall of rain? Or Wouldnt know what I'd do? If so can you please tell me the author. Searching for them didnt work.

Well so much for my ranting, review as always and i thank you for sticking with me forever. Hey i'll be wirting a one shot fic soon too, check that one out too!

Ja ne!