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Chapter Three: The Hut and The Murder

"Did you know I have a hut made for just us?" InuYasha asked, holding unto Kagome's hand. Kagome shook her head, shocked. InuYasha went through the trouble to attempt to keep her here as long as he could. InuYasha kissed Kagome on the cheek. "Kagome, I missed you." Kagome looked at him.

"You saw me last night. Did you really miss me that badly?" she asked. InuYasha nodded. "Let's get Sakura and Hikaru after you show me this hut that was built for us." InuYasha shrugged and led Kagome toward the forest. Near the God tree that Kagome knew was a hut and a big one at that.. Kagome looked at InuYasha and he nodded. Kagome dropped his hand to go and look inside. The one room was small. This made Kagome confused since the outside looked huge. "Pretty small, isn't it?"

"Well, I thought our children would need plenty of protection and built a bigger hidden room. That's why it looks big on the outside and small on the inside. Go toward the back, feel about, and turn the corner," InuYasha explained. Kagome nodded and walked to the back. She felt around until her hand could reach around an edge. It was perfectly invisible to the naked eye. Kagome turned around the corner. She gasped. A room that was bigger than the room she had seen.

"InuYasha, what about it collapsing?" Kagome asked, stepping farther into the big room.

"There are covered holes right around there for them to escape," InuYasha answered, pointing at the places. "I didn't want any of them to die. I was sure you didn't either." Kagome smiled and nodded.

"Well, let's get Sakura and Hikaru," Kagome said, taking InuYasha's hand and leading him out of the room. She was still wondering how the crib got in there. Unless Kaede knew and placed the crib in there, but kept the children until her return. Kagome glanced at the suitcase and stopped.

"Come on, Kagome. I'm sure Sakura and Hikaru miss you already," InuYasha said. Kagome nodded and they raced to the village. InuYasha won, but he allowed Kagome to enter Kaede's hut first. Kagome froze at the door. Lying in the straw bed were two crying babies. Kagome looked around. Blood coated the wall. "Kagome, are you okay?" Kagome stepped forward and InuYasha walked in. "Oh no. Whatever attacked her was after something important." Kagome walked, in mourning and shock, to her children. She knelt down before them. Sakura's silver-streaked black dog-like ears were folded and appeared to be human ears. Hikaru's ears did the same. Their cries hurt Kagome's ears as she held them to her. Their clothes were blood stained and it got on Kagome's shirt. Kagome didn't care. She got up, holding the children in her arms, and walked in silence to InuYasha. Sakura and Hikaru attached themselves to Kagome and settled down.

"I'm going to our home," Kagome said, still shocked. Her face was tear-streaked. InuYasha's face fell.

"Don't leave me here in this era. Stay please. The village will need a priestess. Only you can fill that void," InuYasha begged. Kagome shook her head.

"I'm going to our hut. Come when you have gotten Sango and Miroku," Kagome replied. InuYasha watched her carry their pups and walk to the forest slowly. InuYasha allowed her to disappear out of his eyesight and earshot before taking to the river that was on the other side of the village. Sango and Miroku saw him coming. Sango stood up even though she was pregnant.

"InuYasha, what bids this visit?" she asked. Sango was hoping InuYasha had come to tell them that Kagome was back with Sakura. InuYasha stopped in front of them and looked sad.

"Do you want the bad news or the good news?" he asked. Miroku smiled.

"Tell us the bad news and then the good news," he answered. Sango glared at him. Miroku knew that Sango wanted to hear if Kagome was back. He knew how much Sango missed her best friend.

"Kaede has been killed. Whatever killed her was after something. It didn't kill Sakura or Hikaru. It was definitely after a priestess. The good news is that Kagome is back," InuYasha said. "I showed her the hut I built. She was happy until she found Kaede's hut the way it was. She walked back to our hut with Sakura and Hikaru in her arms. They had stopped crying while she was crying. Sango, she needs comfort. Miroku, you and I need to find Kaede's body and give it a proper burial. Sango, I can take you to Kagome if you want."

"Thank you InuYasha, but I can walk. I'm only four months along," Sango said before walking down the road.

"She is tough," Miroku said. InuYasha shrugged and followed Miroku to Kaede's hut.

Meanwhile, Sango reached the hut. She heard crying and pleads. She walked in to finding an upset Kagome trying to feed two babies. They were refusing to eat. Sango's heart went out to her. "They won't eat because you are upset. Babies can feel emotions from their mother. I can feed them if you want. It would be practice for me." Kagome looked at Sango and smiled a sad smile.

"Thank-you, Sango. InuYasha didn't mention that you were pregnant," Kagome said, seeing Sango's still growing stomach.

"I told him that I wanted you to see not hear. I see that Hikaru has finally stopped crying out a lot," Sango commented, sitting down and taking the food away from Kagome. Kagome gave a half-laugh.

"He really missed his mommy. He needed me and I gave him to InuYasha," Kagome began to cry. Sango sighed.

"You did what you had to in order to get your mother to let you go. Kagome, we missed you. I'm sorry for what has happened on your first day back. InuYasha and Miroku are out searching for it," Sango said, feeding Sakura who was now eating. Kagome, all of a sudden, stood up. She snatched the arrows and the bow that she found in the forest on her way to the god tree. "What is wrong?"

"They are in danger," Kagome said, running to the doorway. She stopped and turned around. "Sango, sorry, but we can't have you be fighting in your current position." Sango nodded and tended to Kagome's children. Sakura and Hikaru watched their mother leave them with a strange person that they didn't know very well. All they knew was that their mother trusted this stranger. They went to sleep after giving a burp.