Disclaimer: Finally the chapter you've all been waiting for, the birth of Sango and Miroku's child (which reminds me, Hearii I didn't give away the gender last chapter, I gave it away along with the name of the child in chapter two XD) though I'm little disappointed with my hit count (2) and probably should write my next chapter to TKP before this but I figured I'd be nice. Oh yeah I keep on forgetting, I don't own Inuyasha or any of the characters with the exception of Miruto, Takashi, Kinbari, Michio, Ichiro, Mineto, Sachi, Kanojo and Kouichi.

Chapter 12:

Birth of a Monk

"Where the hell is Inuyasha with my food? I am starving and I am eating for two here so that means that he is starving my baby too," Sango asked, starting out in an angry tone and ending in tears.

"It's alright honey, I'm sure the baby is fine and Inuyasha will be back soon," Miroku said calmly trying to consol his hormonal wife.

"He'd better or as soon as this baby's out of me he'll be the first demon I go after," the nine-month pregnant woman snarled as she crossed her arms.

"Please sister calm down, there's no reason to be mad at Inuyasha, he's only trying to help," the black haired boy said as he bent down next to his elder sister.

"You are right Kohaku I should not be mad at Inuyasha," Sango agree in a tranquil voice but then immediately glared at her new husband, "It's yours, if it wasn't for you I would not be in this mess and I'd be able to see my toes right now!"

A mixture of Miroku's signature lecherously smile and fear appeared on the monk's face as Kohaku shivered and looked away, "You know it takes two people to create a child, and if I remember correctly it all started when you…" the Buddhist started but then remembered that Kohaku was within hearing distance and immediately searched for a change of subject, "Oh here comes Inuyasha, see Sango I told you he would return soon."

"What in hell took you so long, I could have given birth in the time it took you," the demon exterminator yelled then turned to the growing fax demon, "And you be useful and use your fox fire to cook it."

"For your sake you'd better give birth soon, you'd think a person would at least be grateful that I brought all that food," the half demon growled then mumbled, "Maybe a bit more food then you actually need."

"What was that Inuyasha?" Sango shouted as she pushed herself up and reached for her boomerang but found it was slightly out of her reach.

"You heard me, I don't think that something that small needs this much extra food," Inuyasha replied smugly starting an insult war between the two, with Miroku being left to mediate between the two.

"Exactly which one of them is pregnant again?" Miruto whispered into Kagome's ear making her laugh hysterically.

"Sango the food is done," Shippou smiled as he brought two fish over to the woman.

"Finally, that's Shippou, you're the best," Sango sobbed as she hugged the demon then took the food and rapidly began to devour it in a style befitting Inuyasha but then suddenly stopped, "Damn my water just broke, I didn't even have a chance to finish breakfast."

Sango's companions frantically began to stare at one another, hoping that someone knew what to do, "Miroku you're a monk, what are we supposed to do now?" Kohaku asked his brother-in-law.

"I am sorry but giving birth was not part of my education, I was always taught that it was woman's work," Miroku replied and was shot dirty looks from the two female members of the group.

"I think we should bring here to a nearby village, the only question is, where is the nearest village?" Kagome contemplated and accidentally started a new argument.

"I believe the nearest village is in that direction," the monk said as he pointed north.

"What are you an idiot? It's that way, I can smell the people," Inuyasha argued as he pointed in the opposite direction.

"Inuyasha that is because that direction is upwind from here, I am almost certain we should go north," Miroku informed the now red-faced demon.

Miruto listened in on the conversation and tried to intervene, "Actually… Miroku, Inuyasha we should… may I just have a moment….WILL YOU TWO LISTEN TO ME FOR ONE MOMENT, YOU'RE BOTH WRONG IT'S THAT WAY," the incarnation eventually yelled as he pointed behind him to the east.

"Yeah right, how the hell would you know?" the white haired half-demon protested and watched as the water elemental simply smiled and closed his hands together. When he opened them he was holding a small pool of water and in it was the image of a village, "Oh sure do it the easy way."

"Well now that that's settled can we get back to me, Miruto teleport me over there," Sango commanded as she tried to stand up but eventually conceded and allowed Miroku to help her up.

"I'm sorry Sango but I have told you before, I don't know how to teleport with a passenger. Last Time I tried I ended up switching clothes with Shippou," the demon reminded her, shivering at the disturbing memory of the very tight clothing.

"Hey at least you got your clothes back, I was naked till we reached the next town and I was able to get new ones," Shippou retaliated defensively.

"Please we have more pressing matters to attend to, Inuyasha help me get Sango onto Kirara's back," Miroku said then he and Inuyasha lifted Sango onto the cat-demon and the monk sat behind her but soon realized something, "Hmm there doesn't seem to be much room once Kohaku come up. Miruto would you mind teleporting?"

"Sure but it's to early in the morning to use up that much energy, I think I'll just ride the cloud," Miruto told them then summoned upon a cloud of water vapor and sat upon it.

"Wait you've been able to do that this time and still you've insisted on riding on riding poor Kirara," Sango stated in shock. Miroku was about to protest but his wife held her hand to his mouth.

"Yeah well I have to stay awake when I ride my cloud and I like to sleep when I'm on Kirara. It's really hard to sleep through the night with ears like this, between the crickets and Inuyasha's snoring I'm up all night," the incarnation explained as the over emotional woman's face turned red.

"Damn you lazy demon, how many secrets have you been keeping from us," the exterminator fumed. Miruto looked down and seemed to start counting on his fingers and when he used them up he started to take off his left sandal when Sango finally got fed up and broke down into tears… again, "We don't have time for this, my baby's coming now."

Twenty minutes later, the eight companions reached the village. Kagome spotted a woman and immediately approached her, "Excuse me, my friend is pregnant and is ready to give birth do you know of anyone that can help her?"

"Oh of course quickly follow me," the villager responded then led the gang to a hut in the center of the village, Sango and Kagome quickly entered but when there companions attempted to follow they were stopped, "I'm sorry but no men allowed."

"Of course, we shall wait outside, please make sure that my wife is well taken care of and also bring her these," Miroku agreed then pulled out a pair of rosary beads. The woman retrieved the beads and then entered the hut to give them to the monk's spouse.

"Don't worry I'm sure Sango will be fine," Inuyasha told his friend in an attempt to comfort him.

"I know, after everything we've been through this won't be much." The monk smiled then sat down against the side of the hut with his staff in hand.

Seven and a half hours later the young woman emerged from the hut and spotted the monk and his companions, two of whom were sleeping. "Would you like to come in and see your son?"

A large smile spread across Miroku's face as he quickly scrambled to his feet and entered the hut along with Kohaku, Inuyasha and Kirara. He immediately spotted Sango in the center of the room with a newborn in her arms whose hand was wrapped in green beads 'Finally I have a son to carry on the family tradition, if only I'd had him sooner like my father, I have so much to teach him but if I don't defeat Naraku then I'll only have four years to teach him,' Miroku thought as he bent down next to his wife to look closer at his child.

"He has your eyes," Sango smiled at her husband then looked back at her baby.

"So what are you going to name him, sister?" Kohaku asked as the baby began to yawn.

"Well Miroku and I were discussing it a few weeks ago and we decided to name him Michio," Sango told her young brother then turned back to the baby.

"I am not quite sure anymore, I feel like something's missing," the monk stated then turned to an elderly woman who he assumed was the one who helped his wife, "Excuse me but what is the name of this village?"

"Higurashi Village," the woman smiled.

"Michio Higurashi, I like the sound of that, though it sounds familiar somehow," he new mother pondered as she tried to figure out why it sounded so familiar.

"Hey Kagome isn't that your…" Inuyasha started out rather loudly but was immediately SAT then dragged outside, "What the hell was that for."

"Inuyasha I have to tell you something but you can't reveal this to anyone, that baby is my ancestor," Kagome revealed. Upon hearing the news Inuyasha burst into laughter, "SIT BOY!"


Finally done, that was really fast. I just started today and I'm already finished. This feels so awesome and now the title of the story has finally become clear XD. Please, please, please, please, please R&R.