Hey everyone and welcome back to another chappie. Ok, I know I promised to update as soon as I got my reviews, but guess what happened? My computuer stopped working. When I tried to load the chap, it wouldn't. It refused. So...here is another chap of your loved story known as Mahou. As a promise to make up for your wait, I will udate again tomorrow. Not today, because I want you guys to feel the suspense here (evil me, eh?). Well, enough wait...Mahou, Chapter 5!
Mahou
Chapter 5: The Months That Followed (2)
Another month later (Kagome 4 months which is to 7 months), Inuyasha woke up to find Kagome sneezing by the fire. "See? You went and got yourself sick," he scolded. By now, they had gotten their own hut to stay in, since they'd be staying there for a long time.
"I'll be fine," she whispered, her throat aching.
"Take it easy…your going through a lot lately."
"Right." Kagome sighed and crawled into her sleeping bag. As soon as she was asleep, he put his hand on her forehead.
"At least you don't have a fever…" He paused, then turned away and let out a sneeze of his own.
"Maybe ye need some rest," Kaede said as she cooked breakfast. She had got into the habit of dropping by often to make sure Kagome was ok.
"I'm fine. This'll pass soon enough." Kaede sighed and let the stupid half dog do as he wished.
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Kagome woke up and felt a whole lot better. No more sneezing. Inuyasha, on the other hand, who got no rest, was feeling much worse. "Inuyasha?" Kagome whispered while she sipped some hot cocoa she had brought with her.
"What?" he mumbled after a stifled sneeze.
"Are you ok?"
"I'm fine."
"And you're yelling at me for sneezing. Nice." She put her hand gently on his forehead as he let out another sneeze. "And you have yourself a fever."
"I feel just sneeze fine."
"Well, you look worse than fine. Inuyasha, get some rest. Not like any demons are gonna show up in the next 3 or 4 hours anyway."
"And what if one does and I'm not up to warn you ahead of time? What if I wake up to late and it ends up killing you and the others?"
"Relax, would ya?" She smiled sweetly as he sneezed one more time. "Go lay down on my sleeping bag and at least take a nap…for me?" He looked at her smile and knew that it would be her sleeping bag or the floor, so he went and laid down obediently.
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Inuyasha hadn't realized how long he slept, but it was night when he woke up. And he felt twice as bad. "Inuyasha?" Kagome whispered as he sat up slowly. "You feelin alright?"
"For being sick…I'm fine." She smiled and dished him out some Ramen, which she had also ordered him to go get a few days earlier.
"Dinner?"
"I've slept since morning?"
"Yup. You're becoming a real sleepy head." She smiled as she handed him the food.
"So where'd Sango and Miroku disappear to?"
"They went for a walk." Inuyasha smiled as he ate his food…well, half of it (no one eats a lot when their sick, not even Inuyasha who can eat a bowel 3 ft high of rice, a huge steak and who knows what else for dinner).
Sango followed as Miroku led her on the moon lit path. "So Sango," Miroku said.
"Yes Miroku?" she replied.
"This is quite an interesting experience…Kagome and Inuyasha that is. But…I was thinking…" He backed away as she lifted the Hirikotsu. "Now, now Sango. Hear what I have to say…"
"Go on…" she muttered between gritted teeth.
"This has been a chance for not only them to get to know each other better, but a chance for us as well. Sango…No matter what you think, I care about you most of all girls."
"Miroku…where is this coming from?"
"It's become obvious that Kagome and Inuyasha are madly in love with each other…so I didn't want to…uh…how should I put this…I wanted to…I don't want to fight my thoughts…uh…" Miroku, for the first time ever speaking to a girl, was at loss for words.
"Miroku…You don't have to say anything." Sango smiled as they quietly linked hands to finish their walk.
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Inuyasha woke up the next day and felt horribly dizzy and sick to his stomach. "Kagome…" he moaned out.
"Well…you really are a sleepy head," she replied as he felt the heat coming off her when she kneeled next to him (he kept his eyes shut).
"Not funny for someone who feels this damn sick."
"Sorry...s-i-t up for a minute." She made sure to spell 'sit' instead of say it. She didn't want an accident when he was feeling this pathetic.
"Why should I?" Kagome sighed.
"Because…You have a fever…I know that's a stupid reason, but I need you to s-i-t up so…you can take some medicine…"
"Feh." He propped himself on one elbow while the other hand went to his head. "I don't need any medicine. I'll be just cough cough fine."
"Right." She sighed again before looking though what she had in her new bag before pulling out a thermometer.
"What the hell…not that thing again!" She put her hand on his forehead.
"You still have a fever…" He sighed and let her put the smelly thing in his mouth. That made Kagome happy, so he just sat back against the wall. All she really wanted was for him to get better, and if this did that, he could get over it.
"How long again?"
"No talking…and until I say." He glared at her and she just smiled…But his glare softened as Kagome laid a hand on her stomach, but he was a good boy and didn't say a thing.
"You ok?" he whispered when she took the thermometer out.
"Yeah…I think baby woke up. Anyway…" She looked at the thermometer. "Well…not as bad as last time."
"Last time?"
"Before we found that village…then it was 101…then 104…but right now your fever is 100 degrees. That's still bad though." He glared at her.
"You'd do anything to keep me in bed."
"No, I'd do anything to keep you healthy." He sighed and sat back. She had him there.
"I feel just…" His sentence was cut off by a loud coughing fit.
"Fine? Right. If you were just fine, you wouldn't be coughing like that. You probably just got a cold from the cold air. That or some form of the flu."
"The what?"
"It's something from my era…you never know. I could have brought the flu bug back and you just got unlucky enough to catch it."
She looked him over for a moment before going through her stuff and pulling out some medicine. "You feel sick to you stomach at all? And dizzy?"
"Both…" Kagome nodded. "I take it that that means it's that 'flu' thing?"
"Yup." She measured out the medicine and handed it to him.
"What the hell?" He stared at the liquid medicine, but, after a quick glance at her, drank it down.
"Now get some rest. You'll feel better in a little while." He nodded slightly, but that only made him feel dizzier. He quickly gave up and just laid down and was asleep in seconds.
…Later…
When Inuyasha woke up, he didn't feel better. If anything, he felt worse. All at once, a sent filled his nose, his stomach churned, and he could feel yesterday's dinner trying to come back up. "Inuyasha?" Kagome whispered as he ran outside.
"You said that damned stuff would make this go away…" he muttered as she kneeled beside his shaking form.
"It takes time…" Sango helped her pull Inuyasha back inside and give him more medicine (since it was about 5 hours later).
A little bit later, after everyone had fallen asleep, Kagome stood at the doorway. That feeling that someone was watching them was back. She didn't think this person was evil…she actually got a warm, happy feeling from this person.
"Kara…" the wind seemed to whisper.
"Who's out there?" Kagome whispered in return, taking a step out.
"Kara is in you, isn't she?" Kagome gasped as a glow started to emanate nowhere.
"Y…yeah…I know that's bad…I'm sorry…I didn't want Inuyasha…"
"To die. That's what the last couple said. What is your name?" Kagome saw a beautiful lady appear in the glow.
"I am Kagome…the father would be Inuyasha…"
"I figured that. Kagome, you are young. Much younger than any of Kara's other victims. Before, I put a stop to her…But…I accidentally killed the couple that was with child."
"If you don't mind my asking…who are you?"
"I am Kara's mother. I don't have anywhere near as much power as my daughter, but I can keep at least her soul dormant. I think that, just maybe, this time I'll be able to save you and the rest of your family. Well…family-to-be…"
"Inuyasha and I are best friends…" The lady nodded.
"But you love him, don't you?"
"Hai."
"That's the only thing I needed to know. The last couple were engaged to be married from when they were just children. They didn't truly love each other. So Kara controlled the child. I couldn't save any of them."
"So…since I love Inuyasha…you might be able to save us?"
"I think your child will be the one who saves you. If your daughter…"
"How do you know it's a girl?"
"I'll get to that in a minute. Now, if your daughter is in control, then I won't have to do anything. I think that if you truly love him, then her soul will be plenty strong enough. Now, how I know she's a girl…It was Kara's potion. She wouldn't want to share a body with a boy…would you if you were her?"
"No…" Kagome smiled. "So we might have a chance? What about…"
"The villagers? That's easy. I can put the future in the family's hands. Here." She waved her hands and a cup appeared in midair…then a yellowish liquid filled it. "A liquidized jewel…"
"I…do I drink that?"
"Yes. It will allow your daughter to use all of Kara's magic."
"How?" The lady put the cup in Kagome's hands.
"I can't tell you that, because I myself am not sure. But, I know it will give her the ability to put a stop to Kara and free us…"
"You were one of the villagers?"
"No, I died years before, when Kara was only a few months old. But when she started this, my soul was pulled back to this world."
"Thank you…" Kara's mother nodded and soon disappeared. Kagome stood, staring up at the stars, wondering for a moment if that was real. But she only had to look at the cup in her hands to believe.
"Kagome?" Sango whispered from the door. "What is that?"
"Nothing. Go back to sleep. I'll be there in a minute." Sango, who was still half asleep, obeyed. Kagome poured the drink down her throat and the cup disappeared. Suddenly, she felt very tired, so she went inside and fell asleep herself.
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Inuyasha shook the girl awake the next morning, worried sick at the pained expression on her face. "Kagome….Kagome!"
"Wha?" She opened her eyes and saw the pale hanyou over her. "Hey…I take it your feeling better?"
"A little bit. You?"
"Fine…ow…" Her hands went to her over-sized stomach. "Ok…almost fine…" She crawled outside and Inuyasha waited for the morning sickness to pass before picking her up and carrying her back in…And almost dropping her when he sat her down.
"I guess we're both out of it right now." He blushed as her hand instantly rested on his forehead.
"You still have a fever."
"And I'm still sick." Kagome smiled.
"At least you're being honest." Sango rolled her eyes as she and Miroku decided to leave, taking Shippo and Kirara with them.
"You sure you're alright?" the hanyou whispered to the miko.
"Inuyasha, I'm fine." She frowned a second before a smile crossed her face. "And it feels like baby woke up."
"Woke up?" Kagome smiled even more as she grabbed Inuyasha's hand and laid it on her stomach.
"See? It feels like baby woke up." Inuyasha sat there in amazement as he felt the baby kicking. "There's one more thing I gotta tell you…"
"What? Nothings wrong, is it?" He instantly got worried all over.
"No…everything is fine…Last night, while you were asleep, I met the spirit that's been kind of following us around…"
"Spirit?"
"Kara's mom…She talked to me…She thinks that this is good…I mean, she thinks our baby's soul will be able to overpower Kara's…"
"That's good…but from your voice…there's more?"
"Yeah. She gave me this drink so that our baby could use all of Kara's powers."
"Another potion. Nice."
"Not exactly a potion…just…well…I don't know what…But there was one more thing. She told me how she knew if this baby was a boy or a girl."
"How?"
"If you were in Kara's position, would you want to be in a girl's body?"
"Not really…"
"And Kara is a girl. I'm pretty sure she wouldn't want to be in a boy's body."
"So your…our baby is a girl?"
"Yeah." Inuyasha smiled as he sat behind her and pulled her backwards into a hug.
"Nothing wrong with that."
"You sure you're feeling better? No need for any more rest…?"
"No! No more rest…" Kagome giggled. She should have expected that, but for some reason she hadn't.
"Can I check your fever one last time?" He glared at her. "Thermometer or rest until the fever's gone with the wind."
"Fine." He sighed as she popped the thermometer into his mouth one last time.
"Better…99.8. Just over one degree over normal."
"Normal is 98 'point' 8?"
"I think it's somewhere around 98.6." She smiled. "That's not that bad, really. I mean, only a few points off normal is enough to get some people off their feet." She smiled. "But you're not normal."
"Right."
"Prescription: Take it easy. Overdoing it will make that fever shoot right back up…You're still a little weak anyway."
"Don't rub that in."
"Not trying to." After putting everything away, she ended up laughing as he surprised her by pulling her onto his lap and kissing her on the nose. "Inuyasha…You're acting just a little bit weird…"
"Yeah…I noticed that…" He seemed to be off somewhere in la la land, so Kagome gave up trying to talk to him. It wasn't long that Sango returned with Shippo.
"Hey Kagome!" The happy kitsune said. He was happy that he was going to have the equivalent to a sibling. They hadn't had the heart to tell him that the child was mostly a bad thing, so he had the right to be happy.
"Hi Shippo…" Inuyasha looked up and let Kagome go, but said nothing. Shippo jumped onto Kagome's lap and put his hands on her stomach. He had felt the baby kick before, so he wasn't anywhere near as surprised as Inuyasha had been.
"So I take it your both feeling better?" Sango said happily.
"Yeah. Where's Miroku?"
"Don't know…he said he had a surprise for me…knowing that lecher, it's probably something that'll make him happy more than me."
"Probably." Kagome smiled as Shippo jumped to Inuyasha's shoulder and started to annoy the hanyou and Sango sat next to her. When she thought about it, they were one big family.
Sango was like her sister, and Miroku was like a brother-in-law (because he likes Sango and Sango likes him…so jus a bro would be a lil weird). Kaede was like her wise grandmother and Shippo was like her adopted son. And Inuyasha, of course, was the one she loved. Every once in a while, she actually imagined what life would be like if they were married.
He would completely forget Kikyo and she would have the guts to tell off both Ho-jo and Koga. Inuyasha would ask her at the god-tree and they would defeat Naraku as two lovers. They would also have many kids.
At least her dreams were slowly coming true. She'd finally told off Koga and they were having their first kid…even if she was the result of a drink and shared her body with an evil soul that wanted to control the world. At least the baby was her's and Inuyasha's.
"Kagome…" Inuyasha said, snapping the miko back to the real world.
"Huh? Oh…what's goin on now?"
"You drifted off into la la land," Shippo said, trying to sound smart.
"Inuyasha was off in la la land a few minutes ago," Kagome said back, getting a glare from the half-demon.
"Both of you were in la la land when I got back," Miroku said. Kagome hadn't even noticed he was back. She saw a bag resting at his side, and smiled as she stood and excused herself for a walk.
About an hour later, Miroku asked Sango if she would go with him for a walk outside by the frozen over ponds. "Miroku? Whats this all about?" Sango whispered as they walked.
"Sango…remember earlier when we talked about this whole experience? Well…I was thinking…Sango…I…" He stopped walking a moment. The only time he truly wanted a girl to bear his child, he couldn't ask her.
"Miroku?" She stopped and turned to face him. He gulped and was glad she didn't have her Hirikotsu.
"I…Sango…I…I…" He took a deep breath and walked up close to her and grabbed her hands so he wouldn't be tempted to rub her butt…and so she couldn't slap him at what he was about to do.
"What's wrong, Miroku?"
"Nothing…" He closed his eyes and took another deep breath before grabbing hold of her shoulders and pulling her into a deep kiss. She tensed for a moment, but melted when she realized how true this kiss was.
"You can slap me now," he whispered when he pushed her away.
"I…" For some reason, she couldn't bring herself to do it.
"Sango…?"
"I can't…Miroku…what was that all about?"
"Sango, I truly love you."
"Miroku…" She smiled as she almost jumped on him with a hug.
"Will you…and this is coming from my heart…will you marry me, then bear my children?"
"Children…" She smiled slightly to herself. "Yes…Miroku…yes…"
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The wedding was planned to be two months after Kagome was supposed to have the baby, and Sango and Miroku decided to tell Inuyasha, Kagome, Shippo, and everyone else (except the minister person) after the baby was about a week and a half old.
Now, it was around 5 months, and it was early January. All they did now was wait and wait. The closer the time came, the more Inuyasha thought about how he was going to tell Kagome he loved her and if he was going to tell her. She had shown that she truly cared about him, so all that was left was getting the courage to spill the straight out truth.
A week before it was exactly 5 months since Kagome drank the potion when Inuyasha asked her to go for a walk with him. He figured that it would be safer to tell her before the baby was born, just in case.
"Inuyasha…where are we going?" she asked him as he carried her bridal style. Her stomach was now much too large for her to ride on his back without irritating her.
"You'll see!" He was all smiles at the moment, which kind of freaked her out. She looked up at the Santa hat he still wore outside in the winter. It was quite cute on him.
"I guess you like the new hat?"
"Not that new anymore…"
"I know…you like it though?"
"It's warm…and it doesn't bother my ears as much. So…I guess so." Kagome smiled happily as he landed in a beautiful clearing next to a waterfall that was still flowing. He sat down on the frozen ground where the several feet of snow somehow missed, and held her close to him.
"That waterfall is beautiful."
"You should see this place in the spring…or better, the fall. When all the leaves are changing colors…it's truly an entrancing place."
"I can see why…Did we just come here to talk about hats and look at cold water…or is there something on your mind?"
"Kagome…be honest with me…When this journey is over…What will you do?" Kagome looked up into his sparkling eyes.
"Well…even before our baby girl existed, I planned on coming back whenever I could…But now, I might just live here…"
"Don't make sacrifices for us…"
"I'm not. I like it here…better than my era. It's almost like I was born in the wrong era…this place suits me." Inuyasha smiled. She liked it there…so she would stay.
"Ok…" Here came the hard part. "And…uh…I don't want to sound selfish…but…"
"Inuyasha, the only reason I'm here is because of you. Something brought me here…something guided that arrow to split the jewel, and something let me know you."
"What something?"
"Destiny. Destiny brought me here and had me shatter that jewel for a reason. Weather it was to save the world from Naraku, to save a village of lost souls from being lost forever, or meeting a pure soul that everyone turned away from…Destiny led me here."
"Destiny…led you to me…and me to you?"
"Something like that." She smiled and closed her eyes and snuggled up to his chest.
"So…" He stopped as he felt her tense up a little before relaxing. "Whats wrong?"
"Baby woke up." She smiled and grabbed his hand with her hand that was closest to his chest and laid it across her stomach.
"Wow…you know…I never thought I'd feel this…or smell the scent of my child…or…" He stopped. "Kagome…can I listen?"
"Say what?" She sat up and looked into his eyes with complete confusion.
"Can I listen to her heartbeat?" Kagome smiled and nodded. She pulled up her hoodie and shirt a little bit and he put his soft ear close to her stomach.
"Wow…its cold out…" She giggled as his ear twitched and tickled her. "Baby Girl healthy?"
"Yeah…" He smiled as he listened to the steady rhythm of the unborn child's heart beating.
"Cold, cold, cold," she echoed again and again to get his attention so she could put her shirt down.
"Wow…"
"You said that already…" He smiled as he pulled his hat back on.
"Yeah…but that's amazing…A hanyou isn't supposed to know what that's like…"
"But you do. That just makes you all the more special." She smiled, but the smiled went away in an instant as a wave of pain over took her.
Ok, A little tid-bit about the romance part of my story (because so many commented on it):
I wrote these early chappies back in December, first off. Secondly, I had two stories that didn't have a strong or long enough plot for my liking (one had no beggining, the other no end). So, I sort of had to combine them. That's why their "I love you's" are taking so long. Also, you can kind of say that they both know it, their just afraid to say it in the open. If you had a close friend that you hung out with, then you got married to them, it would be a bit odd. Things would be different. That's another thing I tried to work into here...Didn't do it to well though...
But enough of my yaking. I'll be seeing you tomorrow then! (Oh, and I better have at least 5 more reviews after these next two chaps, got it?) ;) or (a better smile) -.O