6. The Telling and a Cradle

Inuyasha woke up early the next day; he was very excited to say the least. Today was the day he would tell his mate about her expectation. He tucked the fur around Sango's sleeping form and ventured out from the cave. For the third day in a row, there was a clear blue sky, he inhaled the fresh air and looked content with him self. He thought about the material for the cradle, and found the oak to be the best tree to use. He took off and found what he was looking for in a nearby forest. He sliced up the tree using his sword and brought back the material to the cave. With skilled fingers and claws, he began to create the frame to the cradle.

Sango heard some odd noises and decided it was time to wake up. She followed the sounds to the outside and found Inuyasha sitting on the ground, carving in a piece of wood. She rubbed the sleep from her eyes and looked at him with curious eyes.

"Inu-chan, what are you doing?" she asked?

"If you will make some tea for us I will soon tell you what I am making," he answered with a sparkling smile.

Sango nodded, not quite satisfied with his answer, she did not like surprises, they always seemed to blow up in her face and become nasty.

Inuyasha brushed his red armour off and went after Sango. He saw her preparing for tea and he sat down at the table. His smile never left his face. "He is acting odd, what is he up to?" she wondered as she watched him from the corner of her eyes. "That goofy smile of his, something weird is going on here." Sango had used two words that Kagome once had taught her. Sometimes words from the future did come in handy. She poured up tea into carved cups and she sat down face to face with her husband.

Inuyasha tasted Sango's delicious tea and his smile widened a bit.

"Ok Inu-chan, would you like to tell me what you are up to?" she asked a bit angrily.

"I am making a cradle."

Inuyasha had dropped his bomb and silence entered the cave. Sango just stared at her mate as if he had grown mushrooms on his head.

"You are making WHAT!"

"A cradle my beloved mate, you are carrying my pup," he clarified.

"Are you telling me Inuyasha, that I am pregnant?" Sango whispered with low voice, she tried to grasp the things he was telling her.

"Yes, you are pregnant; I can smell it in your scent. I knew it yesterday, but I wanted to surprise you a bit by making a little cradle for the pup."

"Surprise me a bit?"

"Are you not happy my mate?" Inuyasha's voice hinted a bit of hurt.

"I… I…"

Sango rose and waved her hands, not knowing what to say. She was carrying Inuyasha's child within her womb. How could this have happened? "You dimwit, you know how it happened, if you make love like you two have done, this was bound to happened. But am I happy?... Of course I am.. I am going to have a baby." Sango screamed and threw herself into Inuyasha's dumfounded form.

"We are going to have a baby! Of course I am happy my mate, so very happy," she cried happily and let little kisses rain down on the hanyou's face.

"You had me worried there for a while Sango," he said, gasping for air. She had hugged him to tight for his lungs to work correctly.

"Sorry Inu-chan, but I am so happy I could scream."

"You already have my love." he thought with a smile and felt the ringing in his sensitive ears. He saw her rise again and began to pace around the cave.

"Oh, Inu-chan there is so much we must do before the baby is born," she began ranting all the things they had to do and Inuyasha sighed, but it was a happy sigh.

They spent the rest of the day planning for the happy event. Inuyasha could not have been a happier hanyou. He had a lovely mate, and she carried their first child. With in a month he should be able to tell the sex of the pup too. This day turned out to be a very good one.

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