Title: Kibbles and Bits

Authoress: Liko-chan

Warnings: Language, fluff, OOCness, TWT, humor

Summary: Distant Sequel to RFLO; Rin is pregnant and decides to teach Kagome how to make a special blend of treats, when she goes over for pregnancy aid. Inuyasha falls in love with food and Sesshoumaru is being his usual silent self... Or maybe that's worry etched causing his brow to furrow.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha and associations . . . but there will be a time in life when I, Liko, will still not own Inuyasha, just you wait . . . you'll see . . .

A.N.- Konnichiwa Minshuu(people) . . . Sorry I took so long to update. There is no real reason I took so long (I'm not gonna lie), but I just couldn't see a way to go about the next chapter, so here goes nothing . . .

Kibbles and Bits

Chapter 1: Food

Kagome groaned.

There they go again, biting each other's heads off! Looking over to Rin, Kagome noticed she seemed less distressed.

"Hey, " She nudged the younger woman lightly, "you're okay?"

Rin nodded, sitting up straight again. Perhaps Kagome didn't need Inuyasha's youki(or whatever it was he gave off) while she was pregnant, but Rin was a mere human. Carrying Sesshoumaru's obviously powerful pups, she needed more than what little energy her body offered.

"You never told me why you came here . . . " Kagome started, though she already kind of had a suspiscion.

Nodding, Rin smiled a little, "I have never been with child before." She started nervously, " I've seen others bare children and they have told me to have a midwife present." Rin blushed here, "Rin doesn't have many friends other than servants, but they are all demons. And Rin's never witnessed a human delivery, " She looked patheticly at the miko, "Rin needs help."

Kagome nodded, understanding. "No problem," She stood up, "but you'll have to deliver in my village, here." Obviously Sesshoumaru didn't know about human deliveries, but this was his first child, too. He wouldn't know anything beside instincts(though he would never admit that), and since Rin was human, his instincts weren't really helpful for her.

Rin struggled to stand, finally managing. "Thank you. Let me notify Lord Sesshoumaru and..."

Kagome smiled. When she had heard Rin refer to herself in the third person, she nearly interrupted the girl to correct her. It was amusing had Rin's attitude changed so suddenly. "Rin, why do you do that?"

Rin frowned. "Hm? What do you mean?"

"You refer to yourself in the third person, it's unusual."

Rin's frown deepened, "I'm unusual?"

Kagome laughed, shaking her head. "No, not at all. I just meant that people don't usually do that but you do."

Rin shrugged a bit, then straightened. It was hard to be so formal and proper all the time, especially if you weren't raised so, "Oh," She thought of why she spoke in such a way, then continued, "when I was little I didn't talk much. Sowhen I met Sesshoumaru, he sometimes referred to himself in the 3rd person, and I suppose it's a habit I picked up. But he only did it when he was feeling all high and mighty around annoying humans. Jaken says I do it when I'm too nervous to thing straight!"

Kagome nodded, that was understandable. Having only Sesshoumaru around to learn from, for so many years, his habits would be hard not to learn. She watched as Rin took a step, stopped to steady herself, then took another.

It seemed she couldn't keep steady, and for fear of falling, she stopped where she was, beside Kagome. "Lord Sesshoumaru!" She called.

Sesshoumaru turned toward Rin and her loud call. The woman just didn't know how loud she could get . . . He is a dog demon, he has perfect hearing. He would hear it even if she whispered his name. And even after all these years, she still yelled, knowing how sensitive his hearing was.

Inuyasha winced, his doggy ears flattening against his head. His noticed, barely, his son's black ears doing the same. "Shut up, woman! He can hear ya just fine! Ya don't hafta yell!"

Sesshoumaru snarled, causing Inuyasha to turn his attention back to him "Watch who you speak to in such a manner. You may address your woman as such, but never mine."

Inuyasha smirked. Oh, how he wanted to gloat and rub all the years of abuse and teasing in Sesshoumaru's demonic face!

Sighing, Kagome stood up before they started a fight. Especially with her son over there. "Come on, guys. Rin is expecting and all you two can do is fight? Show some respect."

Sesshoumaru nodded, smugly. "Yes, Inuyasha, show respect to the superiors."

Rin giggled. Sesshoumaru would never admit it and would probably deny it completely, but Rin was sure he had never intended to kill his brother. He was much stronger and had ample time over many years to do so, and yet all he did was occasionally go visit the hanyou and play fight. (Surely that's all it was because she had seen her lord really battle, and Inuyasha would have stood not a chance).

Inuyasha grinned, mockingly. "Ha! Superiors? If your referring to the fact that I'm half-demon and your full-fledged, then let me gladly remind you that your girl's human and your kids are gonna be mutts, too!"

Satisfied with that, Inuyasha stood up and puffed out his chest triumphantly. He felt like he had taken over the world, just being able to shove that tad-bit of info in Sesshoumaru's face!

Kagome groaned, glaring at the back of his head. There he goes again, showing off like some stuck-up jerk! Right in front of Inukinshou, no less. The Asshole!

"Inuyasha!" She yelled, angrily.

Sesshoumaru stared coldly at Inuyasha, before walking past him. "Come now, Inuyasha. Who said I was referring to the fact that you are half-demon." He glanced over his shoulder, "This Sesshoumaru is above you, demon or not."

Rin giggled, taking another step closer to her mate. "Lord Sesshoumaru?"'

Turning to Rin, Sesshoumaru's cold demeanor dropped. His eyes were slightly warmer, and his lips were slightly curved; almost a smile, almost.

"Kagome-chan wants us to stay, so she can deliver our pups . . . " She had taken to calling her babies 'pups', since everyone in the castle did.

Sesshoumaru frowned. "Stay . . .here?"

The look of disgust on his face told Kagome that he would rather not stay there, let alone have his offspring delivered there. "Well, you can't travel around with her as big as a house. It's not good for her OR the baby!" The miko screeched.

Rin frowned. "HEY! I'm not that big!" She smiled sweetly, "I'm pleasantly plump."

Standing up, and approaching Rin, Sesshoumaru snorted. "It will not take us more than two days to reach home." His voice was it's usual monotone but to Rin, it was imploring; urging her to agree with and obey him.

"Home? You live somewhere? You don't just travel around aimlessly?" Kagome questioned, seriously.

Sesshoumaru scuffed. "Unlike Inuyasha, this Sesshoumaru does not just travel around aimlessly. I am, after all, the Lord of the Western Lands."

Kagome gasped and Inuyasha growled. "Bastard! That's only because dad left you with the castle."

Kagome gasped again, then looked at Rin. "You live in a castle?" For some reason, she thought Sesshoumaru had just dubbed himself the title of Ruler of the Western Lands. She really didn't think there was anything behind it, until now.

Rin nodded, then smiled. "Then, it will be better to deliver there, ne?"

Kagome nodded. "That would be the best place to deliver . . . Is that okay?" She looked up to Inuyasha.

"Feh," He waved his hand over his shoulder, "I don't care!"

"And is that okay with you, Sesshoumaru?" She asked.

Sesshoumaru scrunged his nose in disgust, then looked to Rin. "Fine."

"It's settled then, we'll leave tomorrow!" Rin said excitedly.

Time passed quickly as they lazed around Kagome's hut. Rin couldn't bare to be on her feet for too long and Sesshoumaru wouldn't dare leave her alone, so he settled closely by--just outside; Rin with far more blankets than needed under her butt--she was rather petite, despite being heavily pregnant. And the wooden seats and floors were a serious pain.

Kagome sat on a chair near the make-shift kitchen, with Rin beside her drinking tea. "So, you have never cooked before?"

Rin shook her head negative. "Well, I have cooked before, but not much. At home, Sesshoumaru has servants and chefs do that. I used to help them but since this got bigger, "She rubbed her stomach affectionately, "he won't really let me do much anything."

"Did he know you were helping them?"

Rin nodded. "Although he ignored it a lot because he knew I liked helping them, but when I got pregnant, he wouldn't let it slide anymore."

Kagome smiled. "Well, he's not here now!"

Rin smiled, "...but he's right outside . . . "

"So . . . he won't notice until it's too late, come on . . . If you make him a meal, he'll love it. And it may just be me, but he seems a bit tense . . . I'm sure a meal would help that."

Rin nodded, smiling.

Inukinshou was standing beside her the whole time, just looking at her stomach. "Momma?" He called, unsure.

Kagome smiled, "Yea, hun'?"

"I wanna touch it . . . Can I?" He said, staring at Rin's budding belly. She had taken off the heavy layers of the kimono's coat, only leaving the essential two layers on.

Kagome smiled. "Well, you have to ask Rin that. I can't give you premission for that. Go ahead, ask Auntie Rin."

Rin smiled. "Here," She grabbed the little boy's tiny hand and slid it across her stomach. She liked having her tummy rubbed...

He quickly snatched it away, eyes wide in fear. "It's alive!" He yelled, running to hide behind his mother's leg. He whimpered lowly, peeking over at Rin's stomach.

"Yea, it is!" Kagome grinned, "It's a baby."(In case you haven't noticed, Kagome thinks there is only one pup in there).

Rin smiled and stood, rubbing InuKinshou on the head. "It's your cousins, say 'hi!' "

The kid smiled and mumbled out a nervous 'hi'. He quickly eased around the women, and ran to the door, "I'm gonna tell papa, 'kay?"

Kagome let her son go and headed to the battery powered fridge she had brought back from her time. "Now, time to get down and dirty! What do you want to cook?"

Rin smiled. "A cook at home taught me how to make a special gourmet meal. It's easy and not very hard, do you want to learn?"

Kagome nodded. "What is it called?"

Placing her hand on her hip and the other one on her stomach, Rin thought. "I can't remember. Actually, we created it by accident but never chose a name . . . " Pulling out tons of pots and pans, Rin grabbed bottles of seasoning. "Now, we begin!"

---Meanwhile---

Sesshoumaru leaned against the ancient Kami tree. The tree, itself, stank of Inuyasha's scent and it wasn't as comfortable as his sakura trees back home, but it would have to do, just until tomorrow.

Closing his eyes, Sesshoumaru rested, only to be disturbed by a loud yelp; Inuyasha.

"What do you want?"

Inuyasha sneered. "Nothing . . . just came to rub this irony in your face."

Sesshoumaru growled. "Leave."

"Oh no! After so many years of hating me for being half-demon, and hating humans for being alive, look at you . . . oh, how the high and mighty have fallen."

Sesshoumaru stayed calm, slowly opening his eyes to meet Inuyasha's gaze, but instead was face to face with Inuyasha's son.

"What?" Sesshoumaru growled.

"Nothing, "The kid imitated his father, "Uncle sess-sesshy-" Inukinshou growled in frustration, he couldn't say Sesshoumaru's name, "Uncle!"

Inuyasha laughed out loud. "Pay backs' a mother, ain't it?"

Sesshoumaru growled again. "Get the kid off of me, Inuyasha."

Inuyasha snorted, "Not in this lifetime, and if you hurt him . . . "

Sesshoumaru stood up straight, holding Inuyasha's son by the back collar of his shirt. "I have no use for killing a child. You, little brother, are a different story . . . "

Inuyasha growled, for what seemed like the umpteenth time, " Oh, yea?"

"DINNER!" Kagome yelled.

Inukinshou struggled out of Sesshoumaru grasp and made his way onto the taiyoukai's shoulder. "Come to dinner, uncle."

Sesshoumaru sighed. "Damn! This child is no doubt yours, Inuyasha."

Inuyasha growled. "You wish . . . I was never THAT bad!"

Kagome looked up from her spot at the edge of the table to see Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru walk in. To her surprise, her son was on Sesshoumaru's shoulder. It made her a bit uneasy...

"There's a first for everything, I suppose." she whispered, glancing from Sesshoumaru to Rin.

Sesshoumaru gave her a cold glare. Damn his half-brother, and his family!

"Oh, yea . . . and Sesshoumaru, just so ya know, the kid eats on your shoulder too . . . he doesn't like to sit at the table . . . " Inuyasha smirked, vengefully.

Rin giggled. "I made dinner, Lord Sesshoumaru."

Sesshoumaru frowned. "Why?"

Rin smiled, widely, "Because Rin wanted to. Hope you like it."

Kagome removed the dish cover, and stared, along with three other pairs of eyes, at Rin's specialty.

"It looks . . . interesting," Kagome muttered.

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A.N.-Well that took me a while, since I didn't know what to write, but I hope you liked it. Please review, and I'll try to update faster. I have finals coming up in a week (but we get out of school early so I can update).

Please review! Thanks!

Edited 3.12.08. Fixed grammar and sentences.