No, I do not own Inuyasha or his company…Rumiko Takahashi does!

Author's Note: You may be wondering about Kenjen at this point in time. Well, I would like to add that Kenjen is very bright for being so young. If he sounds more developed than normal just think about how all children are different and grow up with knowledge past down from their elders. I mean, when I was three I was already spelling and counting. My very first word I spelled at the age of three was "abdominal." I just wanted to let you guys know that before anyone tries to ridicule Kenjen. He is a pretty cute kid!

Chapter 7: Will you be my mother?

The last words hit Kagome like a ton of bricks!

Kag Pov

Did he just say 'his son'? That can't be right? This is Inuyasha…There's no possible way he could have fathered a child. There's no possible way…

Kagome realized she was staring at the child; but subconsciously couldn't help but stare. He was exactly made in Inuyasha's image from the silver white hair to his amazing amber eyes. She quickly regained her composure and bent down to Kenjen's level.

"Hey Kenjen, my name's Kagome. I'm one of your father's friends."

Kenjen looked at the young woman and then whispered in his father's ear something inaudible; but made Inuyasha's cheeks blush. He quickly whispered something back to the child and the boy replied,

"You're really pretty Ms. Kagome!"

Inuyasha looked please with his son and Kagome said,

"Why thank you Kenjen…You're a very sweet boy!"

The young child couldn't help but smile even wider than before at her comment and asked,

"Are you going to be my new mommy?"

Kagome and Inuyasha froze at the boy's words and Mrs. Shigwa after hearing her son's question quickly said,

"Uh Kenjen, why don't you go play with Uncle Miroku?"

"But I wanna stay with daddy and Ms. Kagome."

Inuyasha patted his son's head and said,

"I think you should do what your grandmother said."

"Yes father."

Kenjen takes off running into Miroku's arms from across the room. Mrs. Shigwa looked at the young girl next to her son and quickly grabbed Kagome's hands helping her get up.

"Oh my goodness…Inuyasha mentioned a lovely friend…But his description did not do you justice my dear."

"Oh…Why thank you."

"I'm Mrs. Shigwa…Inuyasha's mother. I'm pretty sure seeing Kenjen was a shock for you. Judging from your gaze at my grandchild it's obvious Inuyasha kept him a secret. Well, I'll let you two talk…Sweetheart, we'll you be coming home?"

"Yes mother."

"All right…It was nice meeting you Kagome. I hope we see each other real soon."

"Thank you Mrs. Shigwa."

They watched her leave and return to Kenjen and as soon as her prescence was gone, tension filled the gap between both Kagome and Inuyasha.

"Um…Kagome," said Inuyasha turning towards Kagome.

"He's cute…"

"Listen Kagome, I meant to tell you sooner I just-"

She places a finger on his lips urging him to be quiet. Kagome gives him a warm smile and replied,

"He's cute…Just like his father."

With that, she closed the gap between them with a kiss. As the kiss lingered on a sudden SMACK could be heard through the on going crowd of students. Kagome and Inuyasha broke free of their kiss and watched the commotion coming from across the room.

"You pervert! How dare you grab my freakin' ass again! Didn't you learn your lesson from last time?"

Sango was fuming at Miroku who had his hand cupped over his cheek.

"You act like you didn't enjoy it!"

"Why you-"

Sango went in for another slap when Inuyasha came from behind her and grabbed her arm before she made contact. She was so outraged by Miroku, that she hit Inuyasha with her other hand to break free from his grasp. Inuyasha gave her an annoyed glare and rolled his eyes at her embarrassed face.

"Did you get your tantrum out of your system Sango?"

"Oh! Inuyasha…I am so sorry…I didn't mean to-"

"Save it! What's this all about anyways?"

"Well, this guy was trying to hit on me with the lamest pick up line ever and before I knew it he had his hand on my ass and I slapped him!"

"Hey! It was not a lame come on!"

"Excuse me…You asked if you could have fries with my shake!"

"Well…It sounds lame the way you put it!"

Sango was preparing to take another swing at Miroku when Inuyasha intervened…Again!

"All right, all right! Listen Sango, Miroku is just a really bad lech and you just have to forgive him."

"I don't have to do anything except kick his ass for grabbing mine!" She began to try and grab Miroku; but Inuyasha quickly held her by the waist insisting she calm down.

Kagome walked up to steady her outraged friend and Miroku instantly walked behind her shielding himself with Sango's friend.

"Hey Kagome! You are looking lovely from behind if I must say!"

"Miroku!" Snarled Inuyasha, insinuating for his friend to knock it off.

Kagome gave him a look and continued patting her friend's shoulder in order to calm her down and relax. Soon Ayame walked over to witness the scene saying,

"What's wrong with Sango?"

"Oh…Well, um, Miroku decided to touch Sango."

"That's not so bad."

"ON MY ASS!" Yelled Sango, having her voice echo throughout the recital hall.

"Oh! Hey wait! I know you!" Said Ayame pointing to Miroku.

"You do?" Asked a nervous Miroku.

"Yes! You're that guy that grabbed Sango last time. Man, she got you good for that one. Didn't think you'd be stupid enough to try again!"

"You mean Sango's the woman who slapped you a few days ago?" Asked Inuyasha still keeping Sango back.

"Yeah…Sort of…"

"I should just let her go right now!"

"PLEASE! LET ME AT HIM!"

"Down girl!" said Ayame patting her friend's head.

The feud raged on for another ten minutes until Kenjen walked back up to his father saying,

"Daddy! Grandma says I have to sleepy go night night!"

Sango stopped in her rage and quickly calmed down with shock written all over her face, along with Ayame. Everyone stared at the little boy hugging his father's leg beckoning for him to go tuck him in. Sango broke the silence with,

"Did that little kid just say 'daddy'?"

Inuyasha let go of Sango to pick his son up in his arms and held him so everyone could see.

"Yes. This is my son, Kenjen. Kenjen, these are some of your father's friends."

The little boy waved at everyone and then turned his head back to his father saying,

"Daddy…Will you tuck me in tonight? I've missed you!"

With that Inuyasha hugged his child saying,

"I've missed you too."

Back in Kagome's room an up roar rang through the walls at the girl's replies to a tired Kagome relaxing on the loveseat.

"You mean to tell me that little kid is Inuyasha's son!" Squealed Sango.

"Yes. Kenjen is his son."

"But who…Who's the mother?"

"I don't know Sango."

"Well…Where is the mother?"

"I don't know Ayame."

"Does Inuyasha love the mother?" Beckoned Sango.

Kagome was outraged by this question and abruptly stood up to face her friends saying,

"Listen! I just met Kenjen tonight! I know about as much as you guys, which is his name is Kenjen and he's Inuyasha's son!"

Immediately following Kagome's statement a knock came from the door. The three girls listened intently to the knocks looking at each other and wondering who should answer it. Kagome looked at her friends saying,

"Oh this is so ridiculous!"

Opening the door she was surprised to see Inuyasha staring back at her with his amber eyes locking her in place.

"Inuyasha!"

"Hey Kagome…I was wondering since tomorrow is Saturday, if you'd like to go to the park with Kenjen and me. Maybe kind of spend the day together…We could perhaps talk about somethings."

"Tomorrow…Um…Sure, why not?"

"Great…Um, I have to go back to Kenjen, I'm staying at our house tonight. I hope that's all right."

"Of course…You should be with your son."

They looked at each other not knowing what to do or say. It was apparent there was tension fixated in the air around them. But no movement or words could suppress the emotions flowing through them. Inuyasha told her good bye and Kagome turned back around to her friends.

Sango broke the silence by saying,

"Hey! I know what we should do!"

"What?" asked Ayame suspiciously.

"Duh! Watch the rest of the "Escaflowne" series!"

"Oh right! That's a great idea! What episode did we leave off on?"

"Um…I think we just found out Allen fathered a child out of wedlock!"

After realizing her mistake Sango's face quickly flustered and she started gulping. Ayame quickly hit her over the shoulder with a pillow for saying such a thing at a time like this. Kagome looked over at her fighting friends and said,

"I'm actually a little tired guys, sorry, but I have to call it a night!"

"It's all right Kagome, we understand," said Sango heading towards the door.

"Yeah, you've had a long day. We'll just let you rest."

"Thanks guys."

The morning was peaceful and silent until a severe pounding at the door made Kagome shift uncomfortably in her sleep forcing her to pull the covers over her head. Forcing herself to drown out the sound she kept her eyes closed until she heard two voices outside her door.

"Hey Kagome! Wake up girl!"

"Yeah, father and I are ready for the park Ms. Kagome!"

With a yawn Kagome grabbed her robe and met Inuyasha and Kenjen at her door. As soon as the door was opened Kenjen pushed his way in and quickly jumped on top of her sofa making a nice seat for himself. Inuyasha apologized and came in closing the door for Kagome.

"Were you planning to sleep the whole day or something?"

"No, I just didn't expect to get up so soon."

"It's already noon!"

"And that's really soon!"

"Whatever…Hurry up and get changed!"

"Yes Ms. Kagome! I wanna go to the park!"

"All right! For you Kenjen I'll be out in two seconds."

"All right…I'll be counting! Um, hey dad…How do you count to two?"

Inuyasha and Kagome couldn't help but giggle at Kenjen's question and she took off to her bedroom to hurry and prepare for the long day ahead of them.

Walking out to the parking lot of the dorm Kagome offered for them to take her car; but Inuyasha said they would take his Honda over to the park.

"You drive a Honda?"

"Yeah, a black one. I like to call him Midnight!"

Kagome gave him a weird stare; but it was quickly broken by Inuyasha grabbing her hand to take her to his car. Kenjen liked what he saw…His father expressing himself with a possible "new mommy." As they arrived to the park Kenjen grabbed his father's hand and managed to also grab Kagome's feeding into his dream of a happy family.

The park was filled with so much life coming from the children running and jumping around as their parents sat on benches and watched them release their extra energy. Kagome and Inuyasha followed Kenjen to the jungle gym and watched him several times slide down the slide and into Inuyasha's waiting arms. After Kenjen grew tired of the slide he ventured over to the swings and had his father of course push him back and forth while Kagome complimented him on how high he was going.

Swinging back and forth Kenjen would look back and see how happy his father and the young woman looked together. He always wondered what it would be like to have a mother to hold him and kiss him good night. The young child loved his grandmother; but he knew even at a young age there was something he was missing out on. He wished very much that Ms. Kagome would fill in his longing void.

"Daddy! I'm hungry!" Cried Kenjen still swinging.

"You are? Well, what would you like to eat?"

"I want a hot dog!"

"Ok son, I'll get you whatever you want. You gonna be alright with Ms. Kagome?"

"Yes Father!" Kenjen replied happily.

Inuyasha gave Kagome a tender kiss on the cheek telling her he wouldn't be long and after he saw his father leave Kenjen beckoned for Kagome to take him off the swings and let him sit down on one of the benches.

"Ms. Kagome? May I talk with you?"

"Sure Kenjen…What is it?"

"Do you like my dad?"

"Of course Kenjen."

"No…Do you 'really' like my dad?"

"And how would you know what 'really like' means?"

"Because I know my dad 'really likes' me, and I can tell he 'really likes' you!"

"Oh really?"

"Yes!...Ms. Kagome?"

"Yes Kenjen?"

"Will you be my new mother?"

Kagome looked at him in silence not sure how to talk to a young boy about these type of situations; but before she could reply Kenjen continued.

"I really like you Ms. Kagome. I can tell you are the one for my father."

"And how can you tell?"

"Because I've never seen my father like this."

"Like what sweetheart?"

"He's…Happy."

Right after Kenjen admitted his father's behavior Inuyasha came walking up with three hot dogs and three sodas sitting next to Kenjen.

"Well, I can see you're still alive Kenjen."

"Yes father."

"What were you two talking about?"

"I asked Ms. Kagome if she would be my new mother!"

"Kenjen? We discussed this…"

"But father…"

"Here, eat up Kenjen," said Inuyasha handing him his hot dog, " or no trip to the ice cream parlor!"

"Yes sir."

The group ate in silence; but Kenjen couldn't help but feel hopeful for a happy family with both a mom and dad. As he looked around at the other happy families he realized he was finally realizing his dream come to life. Looking back from his father and Ms. Kagome he ate the last bite of his food and asked if he could play in the sandbox. Inuyasha of course said yes and Kenjen felt he was doing good by leaving them alone.

As Kenjen ran off Inuyasha took this opportunity to put his arm around Kagome's shoulders; but couldn't help sensing Kagome in another world.

"Something wrong Kagome?"

"Hmm? Oh! No, I'm just fine."

"Would you like to know how Kenjen came to be?"

"Oh! Um, only if you want to Inuyasha."

"It's fine…Besides, you should know."

Kagome waited for him to continue and hoped it wouldn't be too painful.

"It was right after my father died…I came here to Lamar as a freshmen…And I was alone. I've lived here all my life; but mother told me to go off to college and not to worry about her. So, I did; but I decided not to go far. To keep some independence I decided to live in the dorms…And my first day of college, I met her…Kikyo."

"Kikyo?"

"She was the first person who tried to console me after my father's death and I accepted her help. But one night…We decided to take our friendship to a whole new level. Afterwards, she said she thought it best for us not to be together anymore, and soon after, she left Lamar…And me."

Kagome noticed the sadness in his voice and felt her own pain growing within her heart. Was she possibly feeling jealousy…At the thought of someone loving Inuyasha before her?

"Nine months went by until one night I received a knock just outside my dorm room. I opened the door and there Kenjen was in a stroller with a note. Turns out Kikyo became pregnant that night and didn't want him because he was my son. I didn't question Kenjen being my son…I guess you can see why."

"Do you still…"

"What?"

"Do you still…Love her?"

Inuyasha didn't know how to reply; but not to worry Kagome he looked down at his watch and said it was time to go so they could swing by the ice cream parlor before Kenjen's nap.

Kag Pov

He's still in love with her, even though she left him for no reason. She's still in his heart no matter what…

Inu Pov

I'm sorry Kagome; but I cannot forget about her. She's still in my heart and a part of my life…Because of Kenjen.

After going to the ice cream parlor Inuyasha took Kagome back to her dorm and said he would be back tomorrow. He told Kagome that at least for two weekends a month he goes home to be with Kenjen and would not come back till the weekend was over. Kagome told him she understood and said good bye to Kenjen who hugged her before saying good bye. She could not help but remember what he asked her early…Would she be a good mother? Would she be able to be his mother?

Closing the door to her room she tried to get the images of a happy future with Inuyasha and Kenjen out of her mind. Knowing how Inuyasha still feels about the mother of his child she realized there was no room for her in their lives. She would just be another friend, if that.

She was just about to turn the television on when Sango knocked on the door telling her to open up. Kagome was surprised by the intensity in her rooms and rushed over to the door. As soon as it was slightly ajar Sango quickly rushed in.

"Kagome! Have you been watching the news at all?"

"Why?"

"There's a possible Hurricane headed our way! They say it could be a category five!"

"There's no way we could get hit by a hurricane Sango!"

"Why not Kagome? We are only forty miles from the coast line! Kagome, I'm worried. I over heard some of the administrators while in the dining hall. They were talking about shutting the school down…Possibly by Wednesday!"

Before they could continue on their conversation, Ayame quickly came in with the same intensity as Sango.

"Guess what guys! You'll never believe what is going on!"

"We know Ayame…A hurricane is on it's way."

"What? Hurricane? No, no, I was talking about the big tail gate party outside! What are you guys waiting for…Let's go!"

The trio found a spot on the ground to sit on and finished the rest of their turkey legs hoping they did not gain too many pounds from stuffing so many kinds of foods in their stomachs. There was a full moon out tonight; but it wasn't the normal white moon. This moon was huge and red…Kagome never saw a moon this color before. Ayame broke this silence asking,

"Ok! Look at the moon guys! You know what they say whenever a red moon appears?"

"What?" asked Kagome.

"Well, usually strange things happen…Things you wouldn't believe!"

"Hmm, I think it's just all the pollution from the factories, nothing to do with 'signs from above'!"

"Ah come on Kagome! I vote for something strange to happen!"

"You would Sango!"

"Hey! All I'm saying is that is one big motherfu-"

"Sango!"

"What?"

"Nevemind…"

"All right…You believe what you want Kagome…But I'll still believe that something is gonna happen. You just wait and see. I'm pretty sure it's going to be about that hurricane and possibly our evacuation. I'll even bet you ten dollars."

"All right…I'll take that bet and prove you wrong!"

"You're on and you'll be sorry…Sorry when you're out of ten dollars!"

That night Kagome's mother called begging her to come home as soon as possible.

"Mother! I can't just pack up and leave whenever I want! I have to wait for the school to say so!"

"Sweetheart! You need to come home now! A hurricane is on it's way!"

"Mother!"

"Kagome…Listen to me…You are not in Nacogdoches anymore! You are close to the coast line and you are in the path of the hurricane. Now I want you to come home as soon as possible!"

With that, Kagome assured her mother she would be home soon and quickly put the phone back on the receiver. The words, "You are not in Nacogdoches anymore" still rang throughout her mind. This whole time college felt like one big vacation away from home. The people she met were like summer friends, and even Inuyasha was like that summer crush. Unfortunately, Kagome knew that Inuyasha was much more than a summer crush and deep down she knew that her friends were more like sisters.

The next day Beaumont was declared a danger zone and everyone was ordered to evacuate immediately. Inuyasha and Kagome were in her room watching the news when Inuyasha said,

"Hmm, we haven't had a hurricane come this way since 2002. What do you think Kagome?"

"I really don't know…But I'm out ten dollars."

Right after the announcement Sango called her on her cell phone squealing,

"HA! Pay up Kagome!"

End Chapter 7!

Thank you guys so much for reading and reviewing! I really appreciate all the encouragement! As I said in a previous chapter we are hitting hard times soon…Welcome to hard times everyone! But just remember…After the storm the sun always appears around the corner. Things may look bad for the couple now; but don't worry…Things will look up…Eventually!