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Chapter 46: New Addition

"Mmmm. Potato chips. Pork rinds. Ummm… vanilla ice cream with cool whip, strawberries, and fudge. Ooo… cheese burger and French fries with a nice big coke. Caffeine, I miss caffeine." Kagome sat in InuYasha's lap, his hands wrapped around her swollen stomach. She was due at anytime, as anyone who even looked at her could easily tell. "Chocolate chip cookies dipped in a big glass of cold milk. Ice, I miss ice. Peanut butter. A taco with extra hot sauce. Oden, or even Ramen. I can't believe I'm having cravings for a giant bowl of Ramen noodles."

"Keh, you're not the only one. Try to think of something else, koishii (beloved, darling), something other than food." InuYasha shifted uncomfortably under Kagome's added weight. He knew better than to make fun of her weight gain, though. Last time he tried cracking a joke of how her weight was breaking his back, she almost succeeded in burying him in one of his 'sit' induced craters. She had stopped getting sick after the second month, but her mood swings had gotten the better of even the hanyou. Shippou had started spending his days in the village away from his new home just to avoid the grouchy miko.

"Like what?"

"Well, we still haven't thought of a name for the pup."

"What about Gin (silver) for a girl. I like that name."

"Hm. What about Keiko (adored one)?"

"Ooo… I like that one too. So if it's a girl it's either Gin or Keiko. Alright, now, what if it's a boy?"

"Yoshi (best)."

Kagome gave InuYasha a playful scowl. "I don't think so, dog-boy." She nudged his stomach with her elbow. "What about Kentaro (big boy)?"

InuYasha glared down at his mate. "Keh. You're kidding, right?"

"Well it's no worse than Yoshi!" Kagome huffed and pushed herself to her feet, with the help of her hanyou, of course.

"Oi, Kagome, where do you think you're going!" he rose to his feet and followed her around the hut.

She sighed as she bent over to pick up her bathing supplies, only for InuYasha to rush ahead and pick it up for her. "We've already been through this, InuYasha. Sango and I are going to the hot springs, alone, as in without you." She ripped her supplies for the hanyou's grip and made her way to the hut entrance. "She'll be here any minute and I don't want any arguments from you."

"And I said you aren't going without me. I promise I won't peek, but I am going whether you like it or not, Kagome, and that's final!"

"I…"

"No. The pup is due anytime now, koishii, so just do what I say. As soon as the pup is born you can go off with Sango as much as you want but until then…" He instantly regretted his remark. Kagome's eyes watered, about to cause a downpour of tears. InuYasha's ears laid flat on the side of his head. "K-kagome? What did I do now? Kagome?"

Her eyes flamed with anger just as Sango and Miroku walked in. "You…you…you BAKA! The only reason you're keeping me here is because I'm carrying your pup!"

"Kagome, I didn't meant it that way!" he made a move to wrap his arms around her, but the miko pushed away and headed for the door.

"But that's what you just said! You just said I could do anything I wanted as soon as the pup was born! You don't care about me, all you care about is your pup!" she whined.

"Sango, I do believe we have come at a very bad time." Sango looked to Miroku and nodded.

"Kagome! Don't start this again!"

"Start what again, InuYasha! All I want to do is have a little private time with Sango without you questioning me about every single thing that goes wrong!" she took a deep breath and turned back to the hanyou. "Now, InuYasha, I'll say this one more time. I'm going to the hot springs with Sango and Mai, and only Sango and Mai. You are not to follow, got that dog-boy?"

"And like I said koishii, you are not going anywhere without me until after the pup is born."

"InuYasha… YOU CAN JUST 'SIT' Thump HERE UNTIL I GET BACK! If you try to follow I'll 'sit' Thump you until you can't 'sit' Thump anymore! I'll have to tell you to 'sit' Thump just so your sore butt can 'sit' Thump down!" she grabbed Sango's free hand and stepped over the groaning InuYasha. "Sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit!" She made a point to stand on InuYasha's back a little longer than necessary before dragging the exterminator out the door and down the path. "And Miroku? Don't let him follow us or I'll create a subduing spell for you too."

Miroku backed out of her way. "Ah… of course, Kagome. Anything you say."

InuYasha waited for the multiple 'sit' spells to ware off before sitting up, his bones and back cracking and clanging with a loud protest. "Ugh…" he got to his feet and straightened out his back with another loud protest, then approached the entrance only to be stopped by Miroku. "Get out of my way, monk. I'm not in too good of a mood right now, and it'd do me some good to clobber you." He cracked his knuckles to make a point.

Miroku pulled out a couple of ofuda from his robe and slammed them on the entrance. "Now, InuYasha, I promised Kagome I would keep you here. And, might I say, now that the tables have turned I do not plan on letting you out until she says the word."

"If you quite remember, last time you threw that junk up my nose to escape! I still owe one to you for that, now let me out of here!"

"No. You might as well do as Kagome said and sit here until she returns. I have no intention of removing the spells until then."

InuYasha growled and flexed his claws in front of him. "A word of advice Miroku."

The monk cocked his eyebrow. "And what would that be?"

An evil grin spread wide across his face. "Next time you try sealing me in a hut, it'd be better if you were on the outside before you do." He approached the monk with his claws extended in front of him.

"Now, In-inYasha… don't be too hasty. Remember, I'm a father now and you wouldn't want your niece to grow up without her father, would you? In-InuYasha? InuYasha!"

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Kagome stripped her clothing and with the help of Sango carefully slipped down into the steaming water with a soft sigh. Mai sat in her mother's lap, idly splashing in the water with her small hands. "I just don't know what to do with him, Sango. Sometimes he's so sweet, and kind, and I love him so much. Other's he's mean, and arrogant, and stubborn, and I just hate him! Is there something wrong with me?"

Sango controlled her laughter and turned to answer her friend. "You're pregnant, Kagome. It's just the hormones. And as for InuYasha? Yes. He's stubborn sometimes, but he does care for you, just a little overprotective." Mai started to squeal as she splashed water into her own eyes. "Shhh, Mai, it's okay."

Kagome smiled. "I hope I'll be a good mother. I just can't picture myself as been as good of a parent as you or Miroku. You both seem to know exactly what Mai wants when she wants it." Tears formed behind her eyes as she held her face in her hands. "Oh, Sango! What am I going to do? I can't do this!"

"Yes you can, Kagome. Neither Miroku nor I knew what we were getting into when we had Mai, but we somehow managed."

Kagome sighed as she slipped deeper into the water. "I hope you're right." She closed her eyes and gripped her stomach. "Oww! Hey, pup, that's my spleen you're kicking around, not a soccer ball. I swear, Sango, this kid is trying to rearrange my organs for whatever suits it better. The pup is already like it's father, a stubborn fighter that I can't help but love. And I sat him so many times he's probably not going to be able to walk for awhile. He's probably mad at me, too."

"He understands what you're going through, Kagome, although sometimes he's a little insensitive to how you feel about it. You've really got to start talking to him more. That way he wouldn't have an excuse."

"Oww, hey! That one really hurt! Oww!" Kagome gripped her stomach tightly. "I think I better be heading back now. The pup doesn't like it when I'm away from InuYasha for too long."

Just as Sango was helping her out of the springs, Shippou came running up from the path. "Okaasan! Okaasan! Oyaji is going to kill Miroku!"

Kagome stepped out and as quickly as her plump body would allow, pulled on her cloths and waddled over to the kitsune. "Calm down, Shippou. InuYasha isn't going to kill Miroku. He knows if he does I'll kill him."

"But Miroku tried to seal InuYasha in the hut and he was inside the hut when he sealed it and he started screaming, and then everything got quiet. I think Oyaji really killed him this time!" the kit started jumping up and down. "You gotta stop him Okaasan, or Mai's not gonna have an Outosan (father) for long."

"Alright, Shippou, I'm going. I just got…" Kagome stopped and put her hands around her stomach.

"What's wrong, Kagome? Is the pup kicking again?" Sango asked, placing her free hand on the miko's back.

"I don't think so, Sango. I…I think this is it, I think the pup's coming this time!" she took a deep breath. "Shippou, I need you to do something for me. Go get InuYasha, tell Miroku to let him out of the hut and go straight to Kaede's. Tell him the pup is coming and he needs to get there as fast as possible. Can you do that for me, Shippou?" she took another deep breath.

"I'll be back as fast as I can!" he jumped off into a run down the path.

"Kirara!" Sango yelled. The fire cat stopped in front of her and transformed. After helping Kagome onto the cat's back, she lifted herself and Mai up behind her. "Come on Kirara, we've got to get Kagome to Kaede's."

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"Oyaji, Oyaji, Oyaji!" Shippou jumped onto the side of the hut so he could look though one of the windows.

"Oi, runt! What did I tell you about calling me that!"

"Oh, hush up! Where's Miroku? He has to let you out now! You have to get to Kaede's as fast as you can, Okaasan is having the pup right now!" there was a moment of silence followed by a loud thump as the hanyou hit the floor. "Oyaji! You're going to miss the pup! Miroku! Where are you!" Shippou strained to see into the hut.

"H-He… I knocked him out! He's unconscious over there in the corner!" the hanyou was panicked. Shippou heard the soft pounding of feet against the floor, then the sound of a hand slapping against flesh repeatedly. "Oi, monk! You better wake up or I'll kill you! Hear that Miroku? I'll kill you!"

"Hurry up! Okaasan's gonna have the pup and we're gonna miss it because you bakas had to fight! Hurry! Quit hitting him! He'll never wake up if you do that!"

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"Sango, why isn't he here yet? I have to have InuYasha here! Do you think something happened to Shippou!" Kagome was laying down on a futon in Kaede's hut. Sango was holding onto her hand an rubbing her forehead.

"Shhhh, I'm sure InuYasha, Shippou, and Miroku are on their way here right now. They'll be here shortly, so don't worry."

"Ai, Kagome. You should not stress ye self while so close to giving birth. It is not good for ye or the pup. Try to calm down a bit."

Kagome took long, deep breaths as a new wave of pain hit her. It had already been a good fifteen minutes since she arrived at the hut from the springs. That was plenty of time for Shippou to reach their hut and for InuYasha to make it there. What was taking him so long? Did something really happen to one of them? She clenched her fists around the blanket as yet another contraction hit. "INUYASHA!"

"Kagome, calm down. You're only going to make it harder on yourself. He'll be here, I promise."

"Sango, he has to be here, I can't do this without him! I can't do anything without him here!"

"Oi! I'm here!" InuYasha stumbled in the entrance and flopped down to Kagome's side, instantly taking her hand in his and wiping her forehead with a cold cloth Sango handed him. She was burning up, he cursed himself for not getting there sooner.

"InuYasha… where have you been!"

"Miroku used a sealment charm to keep him in the hut, but Oyaji knocked him out! When I came to get him, we had to wait until Miroku woke up to take the Ofuda off the entrance." Shippou jumped on Sango's shoulder, looking down at the sleeping Mai. "He's coming, Oyaji refused to carry him here."

InuYasha pulled Kagome's head into his lap, dipping the cloth in the bowl of fresh water and wiping it across her face. He could sense her pain, her fear, her hurt. His ears flattened when he realized he was already doing everything he could. Her hand tightened around his and she grimaced with another contraction. InuYasha hoped he would never have to feel the kind of pain she was in at that moment. "Shhhh. Koishii, you're doing great. Just calm down and take deep breaths. That's it. It's going to be over before you know it." He nuzzled into her hair and kissed her cheek affectionately.

A few minutes later, Kaede was sure the time was about to come, as Kagome's contractions started getting closer, and she ordered all the men out of the hut, as it was a custom for their time. Two hours later InuYasha, Shippou, and Miroku holding Mai were still sitting outside the hut. InuYasha would stand, look toward the hut, then pace a few minutes more before sitting down again. Shippou sat up in a nearby tree following the hanyou intently back and forth until finally falling asleep.

"Hey, Miroku, do you think you can…"

"If you're going to ask me to put up another delivery charm, InuYasha, you can just forget about it." He replied with a hint of annoyance.

"But…"

"No buts, InuYasha. After one delivery charm, sure, I should have thought of that myself. Two: alright, so you have always been a little over protective. Three: fine, Kagome is young and she is having your pup after all." He pointed to the papered entrance. "But FIFTEEN! That is overly excessive, even for you. I refuse to use up any more of my spiritual powers to satisfy your hanyou antics." He leaded back against the tree truck, still holding the sleeping Mai in one arm and his staff in the other.

InuYasha growled and sat back down on the ground. He couldn't help that he was worried about his mate. Kagome was young, a human, and having his hanyou pup. A normal pregnancy was enough to rattle his nerves, but one this dangerous was enough to drive him completely insane. Even from outside the hut her distress was strong, lingering like a bad taste in his mouth. He stood up and started pacing again. "What's taking them so long in there! It's just one pup for crying out loud!"

"InuYasha, these things take time. Just sit down and wait like everyone else. Sango will come and get you if anything changes." Miroku let out an annoyed sigh.

Then InuYasha smelled it: blood. Kagome's blood, followed by a loud high-pitched howling scream. He pushed past the standing monk and completely ignored the kitsune still sleeping in the tree. In the hut, Kagome was still lying on the futon looking completely worn out while Sango wiped her down with a wet cloth. Kaede was standing to one side holding a tightly wrapped bundle in her arms.

"Would ye like to hold ye son, InuYasha?"

InuYasha nodded and gulped at the same time. "M-m-m-my s-s-s-on?" he stretched out his arms and took hold of the bundle.

"Ai. Tis a boy."

InuYasha took his first look at the small pup in his arms. He was completely amazed by the pups appearance. His hair was long and silvery, just like his Outosan's, only with black streaks on either side of his head and his dog-like ears also outlined in black. "Oi, so you're the pup who's been giving your Okaasan so many kicking fits. Just look at his little nose. It looks just like yours, Kagome." He plopped down on the futon next to Kagome. She lifted her head just enough to lay it back down on his shoulder. "And look at his little fingers. Is he really ours?" the smile across his face never faded.

Kagome nodded. "Our pup." She kissed InuYasha's lips, then the pup's forehead. "Our family."

"What's his name, Kagome?" Sango questioned.

Kagome smiled "Makoto. His name is Makoto (Sincere)." Keade motioned for everyone to leave the new family to themselves, leading them out of the hut. InuYasha nuzzled his nose into Kagome's hair, laying kisses on her cheek and forehead. "I love you, InuYasha."

"I love you, too, Kagome."

"Hey! Why didn't you wake me, Oyaji! Is that my new oto (younger brother)?"

"Umhum. His name is Makoto." InuYasha laid back on the futon, placing Makoto and Shippou on his stomach. Kagome snuggled up closer, and the four soon fell asleep, together, as a family.

A/N:

All gone. No more left except the epilogue, and the SEQUEL! Yes, I decided on a sequel since most of my reviewers thought it was a good idea, though I might not have it up for awhile. I've got a lot of junk to do, my BF's wedding, Survivor camp on the tech crew, my white water rafting trip in Tennessee, another wedding I got to film this Saturday…. :sigh: To much to do, so little time. But I will be working on it, so… yea.

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