A/N: BTW Kagome does NOT know that she's pregnant yet!

Chapter 29

When he caught up with Kagome, he was horrified to smell the faint scent of salt. She was crying. Five guesses who made her do that.

He ran up and turned her around, to see tears streaming down her face. Her eyes already puffy and red. "What the hell are you crying for?"

She smiled sadly through her tears. "You two have a lot in common." she said simply. Before shutting her eyes tightly in pain, as her body wracked with more sobs.

With out uttering a word, he pulled her into his chest. And started stroking her hair, as she cried onto his shoulder. Under normal circumstances, he would have thought she lost her mind, but she was with pup. So he guessed that could do all kind of things with her head.

He held her until her tears slowed, and eventually vanished. And her body stopped shaking. Before pulling her away slightly, and cupping one cheek with his hand. "Kagome, my mate, mother of my pup, how could you think that there is anyone else on this earth that I would rather be with?" Truthfully, he had heard Miroku say something similar, to a village girl once. So it wasn't exactly his own invention.

Kagome smiled for a second, before she finally frowned. "Mother of your pup?" she asked coyly.

Inuyasha eyes widened in panic, and before he could think about it, he suddenly called out, "Shit!"

Kagome stepped back a little, to lay a hand over her stomach. "Am - am I- am I pregnant?" She asked hesitantly.

Inuyasha sighed. To late for the romantic confession he had been planning. Well, trying to plan. "Yes, you're having my pup."

Then his arms were once again, filled with Kagome, and her enticing smell, with that tanginess to it, that was there unborn pup, he just couldn't get enough of it.

Suddenly, she jumped out of his arms, and wrapped her own around her stomach. "Oh god! The finale battle with Naraku! This is why you didn't want me to go, isn't it? You could smell it, even then!"

Again, he nodded. "And I still don't want you to Kagome, you have to think about more then just you, you now have to worry about the pup too."

Kagome spun around and locked into the distance. If she didn't participate in the final battle, and they failed, she'd never forgive herself. Any, and or, all of there deaths would be on her conscience. It would kill her to know her friends, and her mate, were out there getting killed, while she sat at home on her bed, twiddling her thumbs.

But if she did go, (and her arms tightened more around her stomach, and unborn child at the thought) and she lost the baby, she wouldn't be able to forgive herself either. This was a no win situation.

She whirled around with a fire in her eyes that sent Inuyasha reeling. Her eyes showed how confused she was, and how angry she was, and how happy she was, all at the same time. Inuyasha didn't know exactly how, but he could see it all. Or maybe he could just read her better then he thought he could.

"What do you think I should do? If I go home now, I look like a coward, and like I'm selfish, and I'll never be able to live with myself if something goes wrong. And If I stay, I endanger our child's life. I don't know if I can live with that either. what do I do?" She asked desperately. Not knowing what else to do at the moment.

"Dammit Kagome! You go home, and you don't come back till I come get you!" Inuyasha snapped, becoming way to uncomfortable, because of the lost look on her face. "That's what you do, just go take care of her, and leave the fighting to me!"

Kagome smiled despite herself, as she walked up, and laid both her hands on opposite sides of his chest. "'Her'?"

Inuyasha blushed. He hadn't meant to refer to the pup like that, but Kagome had caught it. But now that he thought about it, he was absolutely sure that there pup would be female. "Yeah, her."

Kagome nodded. "Alright, if that's what you want, then I guess I'm going home. But I have to tell the others first." She started to pull away, but he grabbed her forearms tightly.

She looked back up at him, and saw the panic in his face and eyes, and laughed. "I'm just telling them I'm leaving, not about her." She said, before successfully pulling away, and trotting off for the village.

Inuyasha sighed, before his face broke out in an evil grin, and he ran after her. For once, he got his way!

Kagome and Inuyasha sat down in Kaede's loaner hut. Across the fire from Miroku and Sango. Shippou was off playing with a little girl from the village, Kohaku was taking out some frustration on a pile of wood on the other side of the village. Kaede was doing her rounds for the wounded.

"Didn't we just come out of a meeting?" Miroku commented. Sango slapped him.

"A couple things have come up Miroku." Kagome said, looking down at the ground, scared to ask the thing she knew she had to ask.

Inuyasha decided to take the conversation into his hands. "First, is this girl Kiesha. She supposedly one-fourth hanyou, conceived on her fathers human night. So she's as human as they come, but is faster then a god-damn cheetah!"

Miroku raised an eyebrow. He seemed to be in a joking mode today. "Something tells me you know this from personal experience Inuyasha."

The said hanyou growled menacingly. "My point, is she's gonna help us in the final battle. She's really not a bad fighter. But I could take her." Inuyasha said cockily.

Kagome giggled. "She put up one heck of a fight though." she commented.

Inuyasha again, growled. But it sounded more irritated this time, then angry like last.

"Kagome." He said, gesturing for her to speak. She swallowed hard, before opening her mouth.

"I have a favor to ask of all of you."

Sango and Miroku both nodded slowly.

The miko inhaled deeply. "Me and Inuyasha both believe it would be best, if I wasn't involved in the final battle."

Sango and Miroku both looked shocked. They knew Inuyasha would try to persuade her to stay behind, but they never thought she'd go along with it.

Kagome took there surprise as disappointment, and hung her head. "I'm really sorry guys, but there's a very good reason I have to sit this one out. I hope you could find it in your hearts to forgive me." She said to the floor.

Sango suddenly realized her friend felt guilty about this. "Oh no Kagome! We aren't mad at you, we are simply surprised. After all, this is not your battle to fight, we all appreciate your help in collecting the jewel shards, but it is totally understandable for you to not fight this fight, it's very dangerous."

"But that's not it! I'm not scared! I just can't do this, there's too much at stake! And I wish I could tell you more, but someone," She gave a quick glance at Inuyasha, "Won't let me. Just please don't think I'm running away, because I'm not!" She protested. Before tears started coursing down her face again.

Inuyasha was about to go to her, when she suddenly stood up, and declared, "I'm sorry, but I'm going home now. It is my mothers wedding in a few days. I'm sure she'd like me home for that." And then she was gone.

Sango and Miroku both rounded on the pour hanyou. "What in the world is going on?" Miroku demanded.

Inuyasha gave them a glare. "She ain't going, and that's finale."

They gave each other odd looks. "Inuyasha," Sango said slowly. "We expected for you to try and stop her, but we never thought you'd succeed. I'm impressed. Or I might be, depends on what you used to get her to stay home."

"Keh, you'll find out later." Was all he said. Before bounding out of the hut.

Kagome stumbled as she tried to walk through the forest, again in tears. 'Why am I acting this way? Why do I keep crying like this? Could it be because of the baby?' she thought.

When she reached the bone eaters well, A hand grabbed her wrist right as she was about to climb inside, and spun her around, and into a warm, strong chest.

"You really thought you'd get to leave without saying goodbye?" the man asked huskily.

Kagome smiled through her tears, at the hanyou she loved. She wasn't mad at him, infact, she was glad he could make the decision she couldn't. She leaned up, and gave him an innocent peck on the lips.

But what started as innocent, turned to fiery in two seconds flat. The second she pulled away, Inuyasha had moved forward, and devoured her lips in a heated kiss that rocked her world.

She responded in kind, giving him everything she had to offer, and delighting in the feeling of his fangs on her lips.

Everything spiraled out of control. Before Kagome knew it, her shirt was gone, and both Inuyasha's outer, and inner haori's were somewhere to her left, and she just knew that was her fault somehow.

Then they were in the bottom of the well, Inuyasha had grabbed her, and climbed down the side, so as they wouldn't switch over to the modern era. And then they made love to each other, inside the very object, that had brought them together in the first place.

Sry about the lime. But it's pretty clean. So I hope I didn't offend anyone. And If I did, sry! Anyways, sry I haven't updated lately either. So much crap going on! This weekend, on Friday night, I have a volleyball game, then I'm going to see the new HP movie, Saturday, I have an all day volleyball tournament, Sunday is the Nextel cup (Go Edwards!)(for those of you who watch nascar) and Monday, I have Volleyball tryouts for the next season! So yea, I'm booked! See you all next time I post! (could be a while!)

Kagome finally knows she's pregnant, and the rest of the gang, are off to fight the finale battle! See you next time!

This chapter is also dedicated to those who lost there lives in Katrina's fury. And to those who lost there homes, there whole lives in fact, in a matter of days. God bless, and good luck to all those who did survive. (Note: All my chapters, and even this whole story, is dedicated to the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. )

I'm the all powerful Fu Fu!
Mwahahahaha!
(Sry, had the urge)

Disclaimer:
Why aren't they mine?
I wish they were
But I'll settle for terrorizing them
(Grin)