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Disclaimer: I'm pretty sure I've said this before, but here it is once more. I don't own Inuyasha. HE OWNS ME!
Mahou
Chapter 4: The Months That Followed (1)
The days that followed were interesting for them…They told Kaede and Shippo the story and soon found out an added bonus: This pup (as Inuyasha calls it) was growing much faster than usual. In one month, it was like it had been 2 and ½. They estimated that Kagome would be pregnant for about 5 months instead of 9 at that rate.
About one month after finding all this out (Kagome was about 4 months now) Koga got worried about why they weren't traveling anymore so he dropped by.
Kagome was inside with Inuyasha when the hanyou picked up wolf scent. "Inuyasha? Whats wrong?" she whispered. Everyone else had left to go slay a demon.
"Koga," the half dog growled out.
"Uh oh…" They stood up and Inuyasha went outside while Kagome peeked outside.
"Hey, mutt face!" Koga insulted. "What did you do with my woman?"
"She ain't your woman, wolf," he snapped back. Koga looked around Inuyasha and saw Kagome peeking out of the hut.
"Hey, Kagome? You alright…" Then his nose caught the sent of the child. "You…you…" He looks from Inuyasha to Kagome and backs away. "My…my woman…mutt face…"
"Kagome…" Inuyasha said as she walked out and snuggled up against him.
"Shh," she whispered.
"You…you…mutt…" Koga fainted in front of them.
"Nice. I didn't think he'd faint…but I just wanted him to leave me alone," she whispered as they stared at the unconscious wolf. "I know exactly what he was thinking…"
"Yeah," Inuyasha whispered as he kissed Kagome's cheek.
"Wha?" She and Inuyasha had gotten closer, to say the least. She'd had more time to learn from Kaede, but mostly she stayed with Inuyasha. But this surprised her.
"You're carrying my pup…no matter how that came to be…so I have my rights to kiss you." She blushed then turned back to Koga.
"Should we tell him the truth or give him the idea that I don't like him that way and let him keep thinkin that we are…?"
"Let him keep thinking that we're mates," Inuyasha answered instantly. He smiled and dragged the wolf inside.
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Kagome soon fell asleep cuddled up to her hanyou and Koga woke up to find them like that, Inuyasha awake. "What the…?"
"You fainted," Inuyasha said as he laughed. Koga glared at Kagome snuggled up to the hanyou.
"Why…why would someone as beautiful as Kagome choose a half breed like you?" Inuyasha's laughter stopped and the ears twitched. He was ticked now. "I'm much stronger than a mutt. I'm full demon…"
"Shut up." Kagome moved a little, signaling she was awake, so Inuyasha waited until she yawned and sat up before standing.
"I'm better by a long shot…" Koga continued, not noticing Kagome.
"Wolf…you just signed you death…"
"Sit 'oy," Kagome said sleepily, not able to get the words out right. But getting 'sit' right was all she needed to send Inuyasha to a birthday party with his new best friend (i.e., Dirt. He was invited to a nice party…dirt for dinner!)
"What was that for," the irritated hanyou grumbled.
"Koga, don't be so rude. Inuyasha, don't be so…uh…rude…" She paused as she realized that she was trying to tell them both the same thing. "I guess I'm just really tired today, huh?"
"Wench," Inuyasha muttered as he pulled himself off the floor.
"Sit." Kagome stood up and stepped over the dirt bound boy and walked up to Koga. "Inuyasha, tell everyone else I went for a walk." She winked at Koga and left.
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Kagome went out to the river. There was a slight chill in the air, but then again, it was October. But then again again, she wasn't wearing cloths from her era anymore, either. She was wearing an outfit similar to Sango's with a sweater that her mom had got for her (ok…overall outfit + a sweater).
After she sat and waited for a few minutes, Koga came. She'd decided to go against what Inuyasha had said and tell the ookami yokai anyway. "Whats all this about?" he started, "I though you were my woman."
"I never agreed to what you said, Koga," she said smoothly. "But this isn't what you think…will you walk with me?" He nodded slowly before helping her up and they started on their walk.
"Koga…two months ago, Inuyasha drank from a river and got real sick from that. We found some people that could cure him, but they gave me a potion, too. Turns out, the little girl that led us there was evil and she needed our blood to make the potions so I would become pregnant."
"You're pregnant from a drink!" he yelped.
"Yeah…While it is true that the child is Inuyasha's…It's because of that girl. Ok? So don't go being mean to Inuyasha because of this."
"So…your still my…"
"No."
"But…"
"Koga…You're my friend. That's how it will always be. I'll never love you that way. See…If this was anyone else's child…I wouldn't be around…I'd probably have…I don't know what…but I wouldn't have accepted this as easy as I did…"
"So you really love that mutt, eh?"
"Yeah…" She blushed as the stopped. "Don't tell him…"
"Why would I?"
"Sorry…see, I always say that because my friends from my e…home country would have told him. Habit."
"It's ok." He smiled and hugged her quickly. "I just don't see how that mutt beats me…"
"I don't either…I guess it's the fact that he's different and, well, special. That's what girls tend to look for in their boys." She smiled. "But…what about Naraku? Koga…what will you do?"
"I'll kill him…someday. Until I can, I'll just keep those damned incarnations at bay…Until that child of yours is a little older so you and Inuyasha can help…"
"So you admit you can't do it alone?"
"That guy almost beat you, that demon slayer, that monk, mutt face, and mutt face's older brother. If he can do that, then I doubt I can take him alone…" Kagome smiled as he nodded and ran off.
"Best of luck," she whispered. "And don't forget Ayame. Shetruly loves you." She walked by herself for a little bit before sitting down under the god tree.
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After another month had passed, though the baby would be about 5 and ½ months in now if it was a regular pregnancy, Kagome and Inuyasha were out for a walk on the slightly snowy day (I mean, less than an inch of snow). Kagome had sweatpants on and a hoodie over her loose shirt, as well as a hat and boots. She had also managed to convince Inuyasha to put on a Santa hat, even though everyone giggled at him slightly.
"I don't see the point of this stupid hat," Inuyasha growled at her.
"Do you want your adorable ears to freeze?" Kagome snapped back causing the hanyou to blush (as well as invent about 10 new shades of red)
"No…"
"So deal with it." She smiled, but frowned when she realized he had stopped. "Whats wrong?"
"Sesshomaru…"
"HERE?"
"Apparently." He stepped in front of her as a foolish little girl ran onto the path.
"Hi…" Rin said a bit foolishly.
"Hello, Rin," Kagome said calmly as she walked around Inuyasha and kneeled down next to the girl.
"You're that nice lady that always follows Sesshomaru-sama's little brother, aren't you?"
"That's a long title for me…but pretty much. What are you doing around here?"
"Se…"
"Rin!" a voice sounded. "Don't wander too far!"
"Yes, Master Jaken." She sighed and bowed to them before turning and running head-on into the imp thing (is he supposed to be a toad?).
"Don't be so clumsy…"
"It's not my fault I was leaving and you were coming!"
"She's got a bad temper," Inuyasha whispered to Kagome.
"Rin! Jaken!" a deep voice sounded and both were up in an instant.
"And we're about to see the ring-leader," Kagome whispered back as she stood up and took a step behind Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha…" Sesshomaru said with his normal emotionless voice.
"Sesshomaru," Inuyasha said back as his brother walked in front of the two tiny creatures (well, Rin human, but Jaken ain't, so I gotta say that).
"Naraku is loose and you haven't been getting in my way."
"Are you saying you were worried about me?" Inuyasha smirked as his brother glared. Truth was, though strange, Sesshomaru was at least curious of what had happened to the annoyance (or so he told Jaken). That's when the sensitive dog nose picked up what Kagome was pathetically hiding.
"So that's why you disappeared?" Inuyasha looked at Kagome's stomach and nodded slightly.
"So there was a dumb village, a potion, now Kagome's pregnant….from a drink."
"Why does everyone say that," Kagome complained.
"Because that's what happened." Inuyasha looked at her as Jaken and Rin left.
"So you won't be fighting Naraku because of a drink?" Sesshomaru said tired of being ignored.
"Something like that."
"As long as you stay out of my way, I don't really care." Kagome held Inuyasha back by a section of his hair as the smug acting yokai turned and left.
"I'm really starting to hate that," Kagome said coldly. That got Inuyasha to turn around, completely confused.
"Hate what?" he whispered.
"I mean…you're my best friend ever…yeah…kind of a little weird…But I'm sick of the pregnant by a drink bit. Though it's the truth, it makes me feel worse than if I was pregnant like a normal girl…and still young."
"What do you mean?"
"If it wasn't for the drink bit, my family would hate me and I'd be forced to stay here…forever. I mean, sure, I love it here, but I love my family…"
"Slow down." She hadn't realized how fast she was speaking again. "To the point."
"It just sounds weird…I'm pregnant because of a drink…but it's still your kid, no matter what." Inuyasha blushed deeply. "I know you don't love me…but you can't deny that that stupid girl hit our soft points."
"I don't have any 'soft' points…and who said I didn't…" He blushed as his voice dropped to almost nothing. "Who said I didn't love you?" She blushed as she heard the word love in his sentence, but he jumped away before she could respond with a sit (which is what he expected).
Kagome sighed and sat under a tree, forgetting what he said. "Inuyasha, I love you…even if you don't love me too," she sang out quietly, inventing the beat as she went.
About an hour later, she was still under the tree, and Sango had yelled at Inuyasha for leaving her, even though he'd expected her to be back by then. Now he was sitting above her in the tree.
"Cold, isn't it?" she said to no one in particular.
"A bit," Inuyasha replied from the tree causing her to jump.
"Inuyasha…your back…"
"I couldn't leave you in the cold…"
"Too late." She smiled, not realizing the twinge of gilt that just got hold of his heart. "I'm fine, baka." He jumped down to her side and realized she was shaking from the cold.
"You're not fine. You're shaking." He instantly pulled his robe off and wrapped it around her shoulders.
"I am fine. I'm not frozen." She smiled as she took off his hat and tweaked his ears before putting the thing back on his head.
"But you might get sick," he said, choosing to ignore the ear rub as he pulled the hat back down.
"Inuyasha…why are you suddenly so worried about me?"
"I…I…uh…" He stopped and looked away trying to think up a reason. "Kagome…It doesn't matter how it happened…your pregnant. What would everyone-your family and our friends- say…and do if anything happened to you?"
"What about you?"
"Nani?"
"You aren't worried cuz you're my best friend?" Inuyasha blushed, but stayed quiet. If he told her how much he cared about her, she would view him as weak. Or if she did love him…he'd ruin her chance at a normal future. As soon as Naraku was dead, the jewel was whole, and the pup was three years old, he was gonna seal her in her era, permanently.
"It's not that…I…" He blushed even more before completely turning around so she wouldn't see his face.
"Inuyasha. I can leave as soon as the 'pup' is old enough for you and everyone else to look after…if you don't…"
"NO!" He jumped nearly a foot in the air, causing Kagome to jump. As soon as she said leave, his heart dropped down to the ground. "I…I mean…you can't leave…uh…Shippo! He thinks of you as like a mother…you can't deprive him of that…" Inuyasha covered pathetically.
"You always hide behind Shippo."
"Do not!"
"Ok, then tell me exactly what your thinking right now, no lies." A blush deepened across his face.
"Right now I'm thinkin that that kitsune shouldn't be an orphan. I know what that's like." Kagome sighed.
"Honestly?"
"Honestly."
"So you really don't care about me?" He smelled the tears as they rose in her eyes.
"No…I mean yes…I…" He stopped while he hoped he was still ahead. He smelled as the tears ran down her face, but he didn't say what he was thinking. He couldn't ruin her chances at a normal life like that.
"Inuyasha…" She got up to run, but he managed to stop her.
"Don't cry…I do…care about you…I just…I don't…I…" He couldn't say it. She'd call him stupid for this. She'd think he was weak and not strong and…He shook is head to clear his thoughts. Suddenly, he felt almost like crying.
"What? You what?"
"I…" He turned from her as the tears welled in his own eyes. What was he thinking? If she left…he didn't want to think about that. He would be losing someone who was closer to him than his mother and Kikyo were, put together. But if you loved something, you let it go, right? That's what he had to do…he had to let Kagome go.
"Are you ok?" He blinked back the tears before looking at her with his normal expression.
"Just fine." She smiled gently at him, understanding why he was afraid to tell her stuff. Everyone he cared about left him. He didn't want this to end up the same way, though he thought it would. She wouldn't let that happen. 'He might think he's ruined my life,' she thought, 'but, honestly, he perfected it.
"It is cold out here…"
"You already said that."
"Let's get back to Kaede's." He nodded and they started to walk. When she walked slower he wanted her to, he picked her up bridal style and carried her to Kaede's hut.
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Ume Hajime