Disclaimer: I am not Rumiko Takashi…Though I'm sure that if I was I wouldn't be sitting here writing FANfiction…that is how you know that I am not her…unless of course she is a fan of herself…which if that's the case then that's just weird. Therefore, if I am a FAN then I do not own any of the Inuyasha characters or plot. Only the plot of this story. Thank you. *bows*

Love Me as I Am

Chapter 18- Confused Apprehension

She held his head against her chest and cried.

"Oh Kanaye."

A few tears escaped even Kanaye's eyes. Why was life so cruel? Had he done something wrong?

Kanaye tilted his head up in the direction he heard Trinity's voice. He could feel her tears hot on his neck. He touched her face gently with his hand.

"Please Trinity. Don't cry."

Trinity placed her hand on top of his.

"I know…I'm sorry. I'll only make things worse for you."

"I might not be able to see but I'm still alive aren't I?"

Trinity nodded.

"Yes love. You are."

~*~*~

"Inuyasha. I'm worried about Suki. She's still not awake." Kagome whispered, her words dripping of concern.

Kanaye's ears twitched as he listened to his mom. He interrupted the conversation with a gasp as he remembered how he had found Suki.

"M-mom." He muttered, trying to sit up. Trinity helped him a bit, giving him a gentle push with her hands that were placed on his back.

"Mom…Suki was crying when I found her. She was trying really hard to get back as soon as possible. I think…I think something was going on with the baby. Otherwise she would have just walked and taken her time. I know she loves the rain."

Kagome stared speechless at Kanaye. She knew he was blind but she had chosen to put that behind her for the moment.

"I-Inuyasha. Can you…you know. Listen…like you did when Kikyo attacked me? Please…tell us if there's a heartbeat."

Inuyasha's eyes widened then relaxed. He nodded and crawled on his hands and knees over to his unconscious daughter.

"Forgive me." He whispered as he set his ear on her abdomen. He felt like he was invading her personal space.

He listened hard and didn't hear anything but the shuffling of Miroku's feet on the ground.

Inuyasha glared at him and her froze, the whole room going deathly silent.

Inuyasha listened again and at first all he heard was Suki's own heartbeat. But his sensitive ears picked up another. It was soft, barely audible, and at a slow tempo…much slower than Suki's. He picked his head up with a solemn look on his face. It scared Kagome.

"Inuyasha…is the baby alright?"

Inuyasha turned to her.

"If you're asking if it's still alive then yes."

A rush of relief ran over Kagome and the others, but Inuyasha wasn't finished.

"It's dying. It's heartbeat slips away slowly as we speak. I…I don't know what to do for her.

As if on cue Suki's body started moving as her eyes opened.

She sat up wearily and rubbed her eyes.

No one said anything as she looked around the room at everyone's faces.

It still rained outside and it pattered on the roof of the cabin, creating a soft clicking noise as the droplets hit the roof and rolled off onto the ground.

"What's wrong? Please. Somebody tell me."

Kanaye was first to speak up.

"Suki…were you…in labor when I found you?"

Suki strained to remember. It was all a blur at the moment.

Everyone waited.

Then it hit her and she put her hand on her stomach.

"I was…oh gosh…is the baby…is it…?" but she saw the look on Kanaye's face and was confused.

"Kanaye. Why are you looking at me like that? Y-you look as if you're…"

Again no one said anything.

"You're blind. Aren't you…?" she questioned, studying his eyes. They were empty looking.

"It's my fault. Everything's my fault…If you hadn't come to find me…I…" she said, stealing a short glance in Kagome's direction.

"I-I missed it. I have a new baby sister…and I missed it…" tears swelled up in her eyes as a pain hit her side at that exact moment. The labor was commencing again.

"I don't want to go through with this anymore. I just want to die!" she screamed. Half in anguish and half in painful agony. She had never felt anything like it. It felt like she was being stabbed with millions of daggers ten times over. She started to get up but was pinioned as Inuyasha wrapped his hands around her shoulders keeping her there.

"You're not going anywhere. I don't want to loose you and neither do any of them. I'm sorry…" he told her as she looked around the room again. Everyone's eyes were on her, even Kanaye's. He could only hear her but he could sense that she was crying.

She struggled against Inuyasha's grasp but due to her exhaustion she was easily pliable to him and she eventually surrendered herself to her languor as she felt another pain.

The baby had dropped down further.

She gave up and leaned against her father's chest tiredly. Not thinking she even had enough strength left to force a breath.

Inuyasha shot Kagome a 'help me' look and she acquiesced his plea, turning to Sango, who had sat silently taking in the happenings.

Sango nodded as Kagome handed the sleeping baby girl to her. She had dog ears, dark hair and Inuyasha's eyes. She was gorgeous.

Kagome crawled over with some difficulty as she still hurt considerably. The weight on her stomach was subtracted so it wasn't quite so hard.

Kaede walked in and set her extremely soaked belongings in the corner. She had not a clue what had happened but decided she'd find out later. She dried her wrinkly skin off somewhat and began to get stuff ready.