Psycho Demon-Witch: wow… I got quite a few reviews for that chapter.

I don't think I made myself very clear about the Inuyasha/Harry Potter thing. The problem is getting all (apart from Kagome and Inuyasha) to that time period. Obviously Dumbledore has to invite them, but I don't know how to get them to that time. Oh well, I'll try a different crossover. (Ponders this) I really like Yu-Gi-Oh/Harry Potter crossovers too… hm. Well I'm going to shut up and continue with the story.

Chapter Nine

Luckily for them, no one else had heard. Shippo probably could have, but he was too busy playing with Rin. Only Kagome and InuTaisho knew, and that was how it would stay for the time being.

In the last few weeks they had stayed relatively close to the village, never being more than a couple of days walk away. During this time they had not had another encounter from Naraku, which indicated that he was either still weakened or he was waiting for them to get comfortable. They hoped it was the former. Even so, they didn't let their guard down, not wanting to take any risks.

Sesshoumaru was now in the final few weeks of his pregnancy. He had been thinking about what would happen once they were born. Would Naraku try to raise them to be evil, or would he just kill them and rape him again for the fun of it? He didn't know, and it made him very anxious.

He and Inuyasha had had very little time together, as the others were always watching him, making sure he was alright. It annoyed him, and he wished they could leave him alone for five minutes. It was not like he would die if they left him for a few minutes.

Although they annoyed the hell out of him, Sesshoumaru found himself becoming closer to them, and found himself worrying over their safety. He had never worried about anyone but Inuyasha before. Before he met Rin anyway. Now he was caring for a number of people. It was confusing.

Once more, they were heading back to the village, where Kagome would once again go home to go to school and get more supplies.

It was currently night, and they were all sat around a fire. All except for Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru that is.

Kagome wondered that the others weren't suspicious yet, after all, they were away from the group as often as they could afford. She had been slightly disturbed by Inuyasha's and Sesshoumaru's relationship, but as they were a hanyou and youkai their customs were different. She was upset too, as she had always thought Inuyasha had loved her, though he never showed it. She had done her best not to appear upset though. She was glad that Inuyasha was happy.

She looked at the others. She saw the knowing smile spread on InuTaisho's face when he saw her look at him. Sango and Miroku were in their own conversation. They glanced over at Kagome suddenly.

"Are you alright Kagome?" Sango asked, concern evident in her voice.

"Hm? Oh, I'm fine, really" Kagome replied with fake cheerfulness. Both Sango and Miroku gave her a look that said 'you don't expect us to believe that do you?'.

"Don't give us that Kagome. Something's wrong. Is it anything to do with Inuyasha?" Sango asked.

"Inuyasha seems to have been spending a lot of time with Sesshoumaru just lately, doesn't he" Miroku more stated than asked. Sango nodded in agreement. Kagome looked down, with a red flush on her face. She didn't want to lie to Sango or Miroku, but at the same time she didn't want to betray Inuyasha's trust.

"It's really nothing" she insisted. Both just stared at her. Shippo and Rin then ran over and decided that it would be fun to stare too. "Will you stop STARING at me?" Kagome screamed. Shippo and Rin backed away, afraid at Kagome's outburst. Her eyes softened and she held her arms out to the two children. They came forward cautiously. Kagome put her arms around them and pulled them to her. "I'm sorry" she said. "It's just that I'm a little stressed at the moment. I didn't mean to snap at you" she continued.

"Is it because of Inuyasha again? I'll beat him up for you Kagome" Shippo said innocently. Kagome smiled at him.

"Thank you Shippo, but that won't be necessary. Inuyasha didn't really do anything to hurt me. Not anything that could be controlled" she said. Rin and Shippo blinked at her.

"What do you mean Kagome?" Rin asked.

"Oh, nothing" Kagome said quickly.

At that moment Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru walked through the trees. "Where have you two been?" Sango asked.

"None of your damn business" Inuyasha said.

"Inuyasha! Don't be so rude" Kagome said to him. Inuyasha huffed and sat down, Sesshoumaru shortly following.

"Sesshoumaru and I have something to tell you all" Inuyasha began.

"THANK YOU!" Kagome yelled. She sweatdropped at the looks she got before continuing. "Keeping that in was killing me". All but Inuyasha, Sesshoumaru and InuTaisho looked at her in confusion. She laughed nervously. "They'll tell you" she said. Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes at her. She glared back, but he was not at all intimidated.

"Well, Sesshoumaru and I are… together" Inuyasha said hesitantly. Gasps came from all but the children.

"What does that mean?" Shippo asked. Both he and Rin were confused. Inuyasha sighed.

"It means we are in love" he explained.

"Does that mean that Lord Sesshoumaru's puppies are going to have another daddy?" Rin asked.

"Yes Rin" Sesshoumaru said. Rin squealed with excitement. She didn't know it wasn't proper in human society.

"I thought you two hated each other" Sango stated.

"Nope. I don't think we ever did, really" Inuyasha mused. Jaken was the only one who didn't look too happy.

"Milord? Why would you mate with a half breed? I thought you hated them" he said. He was clearly disgusted by it.

"Jaken. I do not ask your approval, but I do ask that you keep your silence. If I hear another word out of you on the subject, then I will kill you, is that understood?" Sesshoumaru said icily.

"Y.. yes Milord" Jaken said. He had already died once in service to Sesshoumaru, and come close to death hundreds of times before. It was not an experience he wanted to feel again. Not for another few centuries anyway.

Satisfied, Sesshoumaru turned to each of the others and looked at them, daring them to say anything against his and Inuyasha's relationship.

Surprisingly, they took it very well. It wasn't as surprising as with Kagome, but still, he hadn't expected them to be so fine with it. Most humans would have spoken their protests, but then, Sesshoumaru concluded, these were not your average humans.

Eventually, the awkward silence passed, and the humans began chatting amongst themselves while Shippo and Rin played together, adn Inuyasha held Sesshoumaru in his arms. Sesshoumaru felt a twinge in his stomach. "What's wrong?" Inuyasha whispered.

"It's nothing" Sesshoumaru replied. Inuyasha accepted this and went back to stroking Sesshoumaru's hair affectionately. Sesshoumaru ran his hands over his stomach, as though trying to soothe the restless beings within him. It couldn't possibly be time for the birth, he was thinking. He was still weeks away from the due date, but sometimes demon pregnancies did vary though it rarely occured in dog demons.

Another twinge in his stomach. He had been feeling them all day, but not this bad. He had kept it from the others though, not wanting to worry them.

As he listened to the chatter of the rest of the group, he felt another shock of pain run through him. He then felt something wet between his legs. He looked down and saw a clear liquid coming from inside him.

Pain worse than anything he had felt so far ran through him. The shock of it made him cry out. The others all looked in his direction. InuTaisho gasped. "Sesshoumaru, why did you not tell anyone?" he demanded.

"I… I didn't want to worry you" Sesshoumaru replied through deep breaths.

"Idiot" Inuyasha snapped at him.

"What's going on?" Shippo asked.

"Sesshoumaru just went into labour" Inuyasha told him.

Psycho Demon-Witch: Heh, the pups will soon be here. I've even had their names planned for some time. So did you like it, or did it suck? I'm going to name the pups after both Inuyasha's and Sesshoumaru's parents. You'll see how I do that when I next update! Please review!