Disclaimer: Ok ya I don't own Inuyasha and I never will so let's get on with the story.

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CHAPTER TEN- A Peaceful Day… Sort of…

The next two months seemed to fly by. Kagome wasn't acting like her normal cheerful self at first but after a couple of days she started acting normally again. She spent most of her time at her new home or with Sango looking at baby things. The girls would drag InuYasha, Miroku, and Shippo along with them and they would end up holding whatever they bought.

Today everyone was having a great time. They were sitting by a stream having a picnic. Kagome had started buying clothes from this era and decided to wear one of her new kimonos today. It was blue and she wore a green-blue skirt with it. Shippo was lazily lying in the grass with Kilala who had fallen asleep. InuYasha was lying on the picnic blanket with Kagome sitting next to him. Miroku and Sango were also sitting on the picnic blanket.

Shippo sat up and jumped onto InuYasha's chest. He grunted as the young fox landed on him and lazily opened his eyes.

"InuYasha!" Shippo said. "Why're you just lying there? It's a beautiful day!"

"Ya…" InuYasha agreed. "It's a perfect day to take a nap…"

"No… it's a perfect day to play! I know! Kagome!" He jumped over onto Kagome's lap. "Can I go swimming, Kagome? PLEASE?"

Kagome smiled. "Sure, Shippo. You can go swim for a while but be careful, ok?"

"Don't worry, Kagome, I'll be careful." With that said Shippo ran off to the stream and took off his shirt. Then he happily started to swim around.

InuYasha yawned loudly. Kagome looked at him and laughed. "Why are you so tired, Dog-Boy?"

InuYasha yawned again and replied, "Because a certain someone doesn't let me sleep at night because of her damn mood swings and cravings for weird foods that haven't been invented yet in this era…"

Kagome rolled her eyes. "Oh quit complaining… Kaede said that me being a pain is normal since I'm going to have a baby…"

"Feh... It's normal even when you're NOT going to have a baby… OWW! Why'd ya hit me?"

Kagome angrily turned around and continued eating, ignoring InuYasha.

InuYasha sat up. "Aww, Come on Kagome… I was kidding!" He crawled over to Kagome's side and looked up at her. His ears drooped. "Kagome…?" He sighed. Only one other thing he could do.

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"What are they fighting about this time?" Miroku asked Sango.

"InuYasha said something stupid…"

"Oh…"

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InuYasha started whimpering and looked up at Kagome with big puppy-dog eyes. She looked down at him and continued being angry but after a moment she smiled and kissed his forehead. "It's ok! I still love you!" She then put down her food and gave him a big hug.

:sigh: more mood swings… InuYasha thought.

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Later on in the afternoon InuYasha was lying down with his head on Kagome's lap. She was gently rubbing one of his ears and he was purring. Shippo was sleeping nearby. He was soaking wet, but luckily Kagome brought along some extra clothes for him to change into. Miroku had taken Sango for a walk along the stream. Kilala had followed after them to keep them safe.

I wonder if he even realizes that he's purring… Kagome wondered. Suddenly InuYasha sat up and started sniffing the air.

"InuYasha?" Kagome asked in a concerned voice. "What's wrong?"

InuYasha began to growl angrily as he looked towards a small forest. A familiar cloud of dust began to rush towards them.

Oh no! It couldn't be…! Kagome thought.

Suddenly a figure jumped out of the cloud of dust and landed a couple of yards from Kagome and InuYasha. "Hey Kagome!" he said happily. "Haven't seen you in a while!"

Kagome nervously replied, "H… Hey Koga…" She looked towards InuYasha. He had moved so that he was standing between herself and Koga. This is just great… InuYasha's been really protective of me ever since we found out about the baby! He's hardly let any other guys come near me! And now that Koga's here…

"What are you doing, Mutt-Face? Get outta my way!" Koga yelled.

InuYasha continue to growl.

"What's wrong, puppy? Didn't Kagome train you to be a friendly dog?" He said with a smirk.

"You keep away from MY Kagome!" InuYasha yelled angrily.

HIS Kagome? Koga thought angrily. "What do you mean 'MY Kagome? She's MY woman! Not yours!"

Shippo sleepily opened his eyes and blinked a few times as he sat up. He yawned and turned his head to see what all the commotion was about. He gasped and jumped onto Kagome's shoulder. "Oh NO! Kagome what's Koga doing here!" he yelled. Oh no! Koga's gonna try to take Kagome away! I don't want her to leave! She's the closest thing I have to a mom!

A light breeze passed by that ruffled everyone's hair. InuYasha rushed at Koga with his hand on the hilt of the Tetsusaiga ready to attack. Koga jumped up at the last second and ran over to Kagome.

"Kagome I…" Koga stopped in mid-sentence as he noticed something about Kagome. "K.. Kagome…? Why…"

InuYasha rushed at Koga and pounced on him. They rolled a couple of times before InuYasha jumped backwards so that he was between Kagome and Koga again. "Keep your hands off Kagome! She's mine! Touch her an' I'll kill you!"

Koga growled as he got back up. He ignored InuYasha and looked over at Kagome. He took a couple of steps forward. "Kagome…" he said sadly. "That half-breed's scent… It's all over you…" He looked at Kagome's stomach. It had already started to grow with the baby inside of her.

"Koga I—"

"How… How could you do this to Kagome you filthy half-breed! I'll kill you!"

Koga jumped at InuYasha. InuYasha moved over slightly then kneed Koga in the gut. Koga jumped up and managed to kick InuYasha. InuYasha jumped up as well, then kicked Koga in the head. ((A/N: hahaha! Boot to the head!)) Koga fell backwards and slowly got back to his feet. Now that he didn't have jewel shards anymore he wasn't as fast. InuYasha unsheathed Tetsusaiga.

"Just forget it, wolf. You can't win against me now that you don't have jewel shards."

"I won't leave until I've defeated you! I can't forgive you for what you've done to Kagome!" Koga yelled.

"Will you two just stop it!" Kagome yelled from the picnic blanket.

"Stay out of this, Kagome!" InuYasha called back as he leaped into the air.

"I'll kill you even if it's the last thing I do!" Koga yelled as he got ready to block InuYasha's attack. InuYasha brought his sword up. He was going to use the Wind Scar. A blue aura started to glow around Tetsusaiga. Kagome's eyes widened in fear. InuYasha was going to kill Koga!

"Wind Sca—"

"InuYasha, SIT BOY!" Kagome yelled. InuYasha obediently plummeted to the ground and dropped the Tetsusaiga. It transformed back to a rusty old blade and landed on the ground in front of him.

InuYasha quickly got back up and put the Tetsusaiga back in its sheath. Then he turned to face Kagome. "What the hellare you doing?"

"I could ask you the same thing!" Kagome yelled back.

"Huh? What are you babbling about? I didn't do nothin'!" InuYasha walked over to Kagome, completely ignoring Koga who just stood there listening to them.

Tears started to form in Kagome's eyes. "You're yelling at meeee!" she yelled as she broke down in tears and covered her face with her hands.

Oh great…. Another mood swing… InuYasha thought. He pulled Kagome into a strong embrace ((A/N: awwww)) and rubbed her back. "Kagome… Come on I wasn't yelling at you…"

"Yes you were…!" she said as she cried on his shirt.

He sighed and kissed the top of her forehead. "I'm sorry…" Kagome continued sniffling. "Kagome, you know that I love you and I try not to make you sad…"

":sniff: I know…"

"I hate to ruin such a touching moment, but we're in the middle of a fight to the death, Mutt-Face." Koga said. "Don't worry Kagome, I'll get rid of this loser and then I'll take you home, ok?"

Kagome pushed InuYasha aside and glared at Koga. He took a step back in fear. "Get lost, Koga! I don't love you! I love InuYasha!"

"B… But Kagome…!"

"Shut up! I don't wanna put up with this! I'm hot, and sweaty, and tired, and hungry, and pregnant, and I want a hot fudge sundae! So go AWAY!" Kagome sat back down and started crying again.

Koga stared at her in disbelief. That was odd…

InuYasha knelt down beside Kagome. "Kagome… stop crying, ok?"

"No! I wanna hot fudge sundae!"

"We don't have those in this era yet…"

"I DON'T CARE! GO GET ME ONE!"

"But I…"

"WAHHHHHH! YOU HATE MEEE!"

"K….Kagome?" Koga asked.

"WHAT!"

"Do you really…. love… InuYasha?"

":sniffle: yes… I'm sorry, Koga…. We can still be friends… right?"

Koga smiled a little. "Ya… we can still be friends… :sigh:" he turned to Inuyasha. "You better take good care of her, Mutt-face…" he turned back to Kagome. "Cya, Kagome…" With that said he left in another cloud of dust as he went back to the wolf den.

InuYasha pulled Kagome into his lap and just sat there with her. She was still sniffling a little bit. Shippo jumped onto Kagome's lap and the three of them just sat and stared into the water.

A little while later Miroku, Sango, and Kilala came back. Miroku looked happily at them. "So… what'd we miss?"