Eyes closed behind pale lids; shift around as he dreams of his most favored activity. The baby laid between the two her ears flickering a bit as she tried to roll on her stomach her mother watching. Quietly, he begins to shift and open his eyes, looking first to the child. The child's ember hues look to his as she let out a low playful bark. A slight chuckle escaped the still sleepy male, his tired eyes slowly lifting up to Kagome. She smiled lightly watching her small infant.

"Did you enjoy the spring," he asks quietly as he looks to her, having gone to sleep without a word when they got back.

She nodded lightly. "Yes it was comforting I felt safer there especially with you watching over our child."

Smiling slightly, he nods once more and rolls onto his back. Rolls the child on to her stomach placing her on her father's stomach. Slowly, he embraces the girl, opening his eyes and smiling down at her. The child's ears flickered a little once more before going back.

"She... is so tiny... I am almost afraid I could break her..."

"You could. But she's strong like her father." She moved over to him a little resting her head on Jakotsu's shoulder to watch the child. Slowly his head tilted over against her's, lightly brushing one hand over the child's back.

"You do not mind me this close do you Jakotsu-kun?"

"No, you're alright," he whispers as the three lay there together. She nodded lightly closing her eyes halfway petting the child's ears softly. He softly smiled as he lay there with the girl in his arms.

"Is this what a family is supposed to do Jakotsu-kun?"

"Just one of the many things families do.. together.." he whispers.

She nodded. "Will we just have a boy and girl?"

"That I can not say for certain… there is no guarantee the child will be a boy.."

She nodded lightly. "...Is that what you want though a boy?"

"That would be a wonderful thing.." he whispers quietly. She nodded lightly closing her eyes.

"You.. would willingly bare me.. the monster that tried to kill you and Inuyasha on more than one occasion.. a child..?"

"You are no monster compared to Bankotsu-kun..." Tears rolled down her pale cheeks. His eyes closed slowly as he moved one arm to encircle the young woman. She wiped the tears away quickly not wanting to upset him. A very slight smile graced his lips as he looked down at her, then the child. The child looked to him with sleepy eyes. Kagome reached over rubbing her back. His free hand gently caressed the soft hair of the baby girl's ears.

"I should probably put her to bed Jakotsu-kun, if that is ok with you."

"Yes... She is sleepy, she should be allowed to rest peacefully..." She nodded sitting up picking the small infant up placing her in basket to rest. Slowly, he sits up and stretches, his eyes closing as he yawns. She covered her child with many blankets humming softly. His arms find their way around Kagome from behind as he listens to her hum. She blushed lightly as she covered the basket with a thin mosquito net.

"She doesn't realize just how special she is.. to have a mother like you.."

"...Or a father like you... Inuyasha wouldn't even touch me like you are... I know its fake, but it's comforting to me."

"Fake… no... Though it may not be the same as a true family would share.. our's shares in a special kind of love.. The child that brings us together..."

"Two children if I am able to bare you one myself." She smiled.

His head slowly nodded as he tilted his head, "That song… will you finish it?"

She shook her head. "I do not know the rest of the song..."

"That is alright… It just… sounded familiar..."

"...It could be."

Slowly he drew his arms away from the woman, "You should rest.. tomorrow is the day of a raid.."

"So I will only be here alone."

"Unless you want to come with us... though the child might be in danger that way.."

"I will stay near and watch from the forest."

"Very well… there is a bow and some arrows in the supply tent.. for you to protect yourself... "

She nodded lightly looking to the infant. "I worry about being caught off guard by a soldier."

"I will be near… just call for me, if you need.."

"I will..."

His head nodded once more as he slowly lay back down. She laid down on her matt covering up slowly rolling to face the baby. "Rest well… Tomorrow comes early…" She nodded closing her eyes. Slowly, he once again drifts off to sleep, glancing once more at Kagome before darkness claimed his vision behind pale skin.