A/N: I picked up a new manga today. (Kodocha! If anyone reads this, here's a cookie!) So I had to read it and now I am late. So that's why its taking so long to update. But I did finish it today! (There's a few words in Japanese in here, I'll translate at the bottom author's note.)

Chapter 6: Dreams of the Future

Kagome sighed as she walked back to her hut. It was nearing dusk, and she had spent the last few hours at Sango and Miroku's hut. Shippou had come over too, since he now lived at Kaede's because according to the old miko, "the couples needed some time alone." And, oh, how true that was.

Kagome rubbed her six month belly. Now it was impossible for the villagers not to notice that she was pregnant. Most rolled their eyes and said nothing, after all, she wasn't the only village girl pregnant since a lot of them had seemed to have gotten married that summer, but they did know that she was pregnant with a hanyou's child. And to some, how someone could love a hanyou was beyond their capacity to understand.

Well, I'll just let them go on not understanding. Kagome said. After all, I guess not everyone welcomes a hanyou lightly. But…I guess they're going to have to, since another little hanyou will be running around here soon…

For a second, Kagome imagined it. Her and Inuyasha: parents. Before it was hard enough imagining them together, yet it had happened. And it was much, much, better than her imaginations ever made it out to be. Now they were about to be parents. Even though she knew neither of them were ready for it, they would just have to learn how to raise a child.

And Inuyasha…I wonder how he's going to do, being a father and all...

She imagined Inuyasha as a father. Smiling as small, dog eared children climbed on to his back and laughing as they tickled his ears. Kagome couldn't help but giggle. Of course, he'd probably only be like that when he thought no one was looking…

She saw herself, gently rocking a white haired, dog eared child to sleep while Inuyasha hugged her, smiling down at the baby. She smiled. And I'm going to be a mother! And both of us are going to be parents!

She sighed. I remember when I was little, I asked my mom if I could have my own baby, and she said not for a long time…I used to imagine what it would be like raising my own child…and now I guess I'll know…except, I never quite imagined raising a child that would have its own little set of doggy ears…

As she pulled back the bamboo curtain and entered their hut, Inuyasha was sitting on the floor with a sour expression on his face. "What's with you?" Kagome asked, coming and sitting down beside him.

"How long does it take you to visit Sango, anyway?" he asked.

Kagome rolled her eyes. "Inuyasha, I had to talk to her, didn't I?"

"You were gone for three hours!" Inuyasha said.

"I'm a girl! I have to talk every once in a while!"

"For three hours?"

"You had better be glad it was only three. The reason I left was because Sango's morning sickness started up again. She was saved because Miroku practically dived at her with a bucket."

Inuyasha snickered. "How's the monk doing?"

Kagome grinned. "Remember when I said you were a wreck?"

"Yeah."

"Well, he's three times worse."

The hanyou couldn't help but laugh. "I guess the monk's learning it's not as easy as it seems."

"Sango did say he was starting to repent asking every woman to bear his child."

"I have a feeling he's going to be repenting for a long, long time." Inuyasha said.

"Me too. Especially once Sango's mood swings get bad. He's really going to regret it then…"

"Yeah, Miroku's gonna get whipped…damn." He said. His hair had started turning to a shade of black and his ears slid down his face and became human. His amber eyes turned to chocolate brown and his nails and fangs shrunk. "I forgot." He said, once the change was complete.

Kagome had also forgotten that it was the night of the new moon. She shrugged. "Oh well. What difference does it make? I mean, it's not like we're afraid youkai are going to pop out of no where, are we?"

"Yeah, but…" Inuyasha said, looking at his nails. "I don't like being a human. I feel…vulnerable. Like I'm alone."

Kagome leaned against him. "You're not alone. When have I ever left you alone when you turned human?"

Inuyasha smiled and wrapped his arm around her, so it rested on her swollen stomach. "Do you know how much anxiety that caused me?" he said. "Because for some reason, every time it was the new moon, every youkai in the world decided to attack. And you were always there, trying to save me."

"Of course!" she said. "You always do the same for me, so what was I supposed to do?"

"Yeah, but you don't get it. The male is supposed to make sure the female is safe, not the other way around! Even if it was that time of the month—"

This made Kagome burst out laughing.

"Hey! What's so funny?"

"It's just—" she said, between giggles. "'That time of the month'!"

"Keh! Women. You try living like this, and then we'll see who's laughing!"

"And why don't you try going through what we do, and then you tell me which is harder!"

Inuyasha didn't want to comment. Thinking about what she had just said only served to gross him out.

Kagome laughed when she saw his pain. She gave him a small nip on his human ear, something she did every new moon. "C'mon dog boy." She said, indicating to the bed. "We have to talk about a few things."

"What sort of things?" he asked, as they both crawled under the sheets.

"You baka." Kagome said. "I'm already 6 months pregnant, and we haven't even stopped to think of names for the baby!"

Inuyasha thought hard. He came up with nothing. "Uhh…"

"How about Suki?" Kagome asked. "For 'love'?"

Inuyasha snorted. "Suki? We're not naming our boy Suki!"

Kagome glared. "I meant for a girl!"

"Keh…how about…Tame?"

Kagome shook her head. "No…it just doesn't sound right…Mikomi? Hope."

"No…Kousen?"

"Inuyasha! Even if we do have a boy, we are not naming it 'battle!'"

"Well, what else am I supposed to name it? I haven't done this before!"

"Well, neither have I!"

There was a slight pause. Inuyasha sighed. "Well, what are we supposed to name it?"

Kagome looked at the ceiling. "I don't know, something meaningful I suppose…"

"Meaningful, like…Saisho?" he asked.

"Yes, but I don't really like Saisho…How about Kiri?"

"No…Yuuki?"

"Do you mean for a boy or a girl?"

"What else, boy!"

"How's Kai? It can mean the same for both! Or Yume?"

"Naito?"

Kagome grinned and pointed at his black hair. "Arata Tsuki?"

"Very funny…Kuro?"

Kagome yawned. She was getting tired fast. "How about 'Tame Yuro'?"

Inuyasha stared. "Are you that tired?"

"Yeah, 'Neimuri.'"

Inuyasha's arm wrapped around her waist. "For one who wanted to talk about Baby names, you sure seem tired."

"I'm pregnant Inuyasha! I'm getting more tired by the day!"

He gave her a pleading face. "Don't go to bed yet. I have one more for you, 'Kissu.'"

Kagome grinned. "Fine." She said, as his strong arms wrapped around her as his lips met hers.

A/N: O.o…Rather pointless chapter. But it had to be done…anyway, here's a translation of what those names mean…
Tame-Good
Saisho-Beginning
Kiri-Mist
Yuuki-Courage
Kai-Together
Yume-Dream
Naito-Night
Arata Tsuki- (She's making fun of him) New Moon
Kuro-(Can mean dark or black)
Tame Yuro-Good night
Neimuri-sleep
Kissu-kiss (But you probably guessed that…)
Anyway, I'll tell you, the baby will be named one of the names in this chapter! Try to guess which one! (If you guess the right one, you get a cookie!)