Author's note: I just want to appologize to everyone for not updating when I should have, I'm REALLY SORRY! cries on hands and knees, wallowing in puddle of my own tears I now have my own private "typer"! It is one of my dear friends JESSICA! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING ME IN MY TIME OF NEED JESS! Honestly i need to say that I could never hope for better friends than the ones I have. SO, anyway...Sorry for wasting your time with my personal apologies and thank yous -

Please enjoy my final chapter of this fan fiction and I hope you will enjoy the sequal,

Samantha.

Chapter 11

The sun was very warm and delightful as it shone upon Kagome and Sango as they laid in the grass with Kirara as their headrest. Sango looked up at the clouds as Kagome picked the leaves and petals off a small purple flower. The silence was broken when Sango and Kagome began to talk at the same time.

"Kagome, are you pregnant?" Sango asked.

"Sango, I'm going to have Inuyasha's baby." Kagome said at the exact same time. They both blushed then looked at each other and laughed. "I'm sorry for not telling you earlier." Kagome had an enormous blush on her face and lowered her glance to the ground.

"It's okay, I knew...to tell you the truth I knew what happened the day after. You were so tired, I knew something must have happened...I should be the one apologizing, for not saying anything." Sango looked at Kagome until she looked back. Sango smiled at her. "I'm very happy for you..." Sango said with a sad look in her eyes.

"Sango...what about you and Miroku? Don't you have plans?" Kagome looked at Sango with concerned eyes as she st up. Sango joined her sitting and sighed.

"Yes, Miroku and I do have plans, but I don't think I know them just yet." Sango chuckled and looked up. Her lengthy brown hair flowed around her shoulders and waved in front of her face. It was silent for a moment then Kagome began to speak, gently, like a whisper.

"Sango, would you mind if I named my child Kohaku? After your brother..." Sango looked down after hearing these words. She began to shake and the ground absorbed the few, lone tears that escaped Sango's eyes.

"Oh, Kagome!" She flung herself over Kagome's shoulder. She was crying, and in between sobs, she was thanking her. "It would be an honor; thank you. You will never know how much this means to me!" She looked up at Kagome.

Kagome smiled and hugged her best friend tightly. "It is the least I could do Sango! You have saved me, and fought by my side for so long, and you have been a great friend. Both you and Kohaku deserve to be rewarded. You have had to suffer so much, I just want it to finally be over." She stroked Sango's long, brown hair, twisting the shiny straight strands in her fingers.

"Thank you..." Sango said before she stood up and extended a hand to Kagome. "We should get you a maternity dress. You baby's growing so fast that you're stretching out your school clothes." Sango laughed off her tears and helped her friend up. She helped her onto Kirara and they took off into the village.

Inuyasha returned shortly after they left. He found Miroku and Shippo and sat next to them. "Kagome and Sango went to the village for clothes." Miroku nervously moved his staff from one place to another.

"What's up with you?" Inuyasha asked as he began to get annoyed with Miroku's fidgeting.

"Miroku was explaining to me where babies come from!" Shippo's excited voice rushed into Inuyasha's ears, causing him to skip a breath.

"You're hardly qualified to teach him that, Miroku..." Inuyasha said, rolling his eyes.

"Alright then, Inuyasha, you teach him. You are a father to be...might as well get your practice now..." Miroku smirked and stood up.

"Someone finish telling me!" Shippo seemed a little too excited over the topic.

"Uhh..." Inuyasha blushed and looked at Shippo, certainly afraid of what to say.

"Is Kagome really having a baby, Inuyasha?" Shippo looked at him with so much curiosity it clouded around Inuyasha and felt like he couldn't breathe. He blushed as if it was his job and looked at Shippo. He leaned in and whispered into Shippo's kitsune ears. As he spoke quietly, Shippo's eyes grew wider and wider. "No way! I knew that was used for something big!" He jumped up and smiled. "Hey, Inuyasha! When Kagome has your baby...can I play with it?" Shippo asked inquisitively.

"Uhh...sure?" he responded. I didn't think Shippo would take that as well as he did... Inuyasha said to himself as he got up and motioned for Miroku to follow him. "Shippo, stay here." Inuyasha said as he lead Miroku out of the room. Shippo nodded as Miroku slid the door shut. "Miroku, I'm concerned for Kagome..." Inuyasha said sadly.

"Why is this?" Miroku asked, concerned.

"Because she doesn't have much time left and there is always a chance she could die...Also, the sacred jewel is gone...I don't know what could have happened but I don't sense it, and Kagome won't tell me anything else besides the fact that she saw it disappear." Inuyasha said with a sigh.

"Calm down, Inuyasha." Miroku patted his Hanyou friend's back. "She is the healthiest woman I know, besides Lady Sango. She is from another time, and has much better chances." Miroku smiled. "As for the jewel...give it time. We will know what the jewel has done sooner or later..." With that, he went back into the room, leaving Inuyasha with his thoughts.

As soon as he entered the room, Shippo asked Miroku a question about a very uncomfortable subject. "So when is Sango having your baby, Miroku?" Miroku blushed and hit the little kitsune with his staff.

"This is no time for questions, Shippo. Let us rest." Miroku said as an excuse to get off the subject.

Kagome and Sango returned later that day. They had purchased and stunning kimono for Kagome to wear. It was white with large pink flowers and small red flowers. The tie around the waist was a nice red, the same as the flowers. She walked up to Inuyasha in it and his jaw did nothing but hang open. In his eyes, she had never looked prettier. Her stomach was at its full size; she had only two weeks left. "Inuyasha, do you like it?" She smiled and blushed a little. He twirled her in his arms.

"I love it; it looks great!" He kissed her gingerly and took her hand. Sango giggled at how open Inuyasha was being; she certainly wasn't used to that part of him. They all went inside and sat down. Shippo sat on Kagome's lap, listening to her stomach, his little kitsune ear pressed to her. She giggled and rubbed his head, messing his hair slightly.

"Ha ha! I can hear her!" Shippo squealed.

"How do you know it's a girl, Shippo?" Sango asked as Inuyasha looked wide-eyed at Kagome. Kagome just giggled.

"I don't, but I hope it's a girl..." Shippo said, lifting his head from her belly.

"And why is this?" Inuyasha asked, hoping to rid any thoughts of Shippo wanting to become mates with his unborn daughter.

"I always wanted to have a sister, so I could protect her." he said shyly.

"You? Protec–" Inuyasha began, but Kagome cut him off by both pinching his arm and talking to the young kitsune.

"That's nice, Shippo; I'm sure you will do a great job at protecting her. Thank you." She smiled sweetly. Shippo smiled back and jumped off to further amuse himself with the crayons Kagome gave him.

Later that night Kagome lay asleep next to Inuyasha. They both were alseep, dreaming soundly of the future. Kagome's eyes shot open; she had a miller pain shoot through her body and she felt like she had wet herself. She lifted the blanket and saw that her water had broken. She nudged Inuyasha.

"What? What is it?" he looked at her, slightly annoyed at being so rudely awakened.

"I'm leaking..." she said, blushing.

"WHAT! What the hell is that supposed to mean!" he said, sitting up, and looking at her with concern. She winced in pain.

"My...water broke. I'm going into...labor!" she yelled out with the pain of another contraction.

"What now! But you're a whole two weeks early!" He looked extremely frightened as he got up.

"I wouldn't joke about this...Inuyasha!" She yelled at him in pain yet again.

"I'll get Keide!" Inuyasha ran out of the room and returned a couple of minutes later carrying Keide.

"I could have walked on my own, Inuyasha." she said as he set her down.

"You walk too slow!" he said anxiously. Keide sat next to Kagome and gave her some herbal water.

"That will help with the contractions." Keide said as she propped Kagome's legs up and shooed Inuyasha out of the room, with his protests.

"Keide, I'm staying!" He fought with her.

"This is not for a man's eyes!" she fought back, casting him out of the room. She put a sutra on the door to keep him out.

"Damn you, Keide!" he yelled from the other side. Sango, Shippo, and Miroku joined him shortly after.

"What's going on?" Sango asked, looking at Inuyasha, who was laying on his side, one leg propped up on the other, nervously tapping the floor.

"Kagome's in labor..." Inuyasha's voice cracked with the words. They could hear Kagome scream and hear Keide urging her on. Inuyasha looked at the door and his face reflected all of his restlessness and anxiety.

"Keide, do you require any assistance?" Miroku asked, speaking through the door to her.

"No." She responded quickly.

"Are you sure? As a mon–" He was cut off by Sango's fist to the back of his head.

"Pervert..." she said, feeling bad for Kagome. The three of them sat there for hours until they finally heard cries from the other room. Inuyasha's ears perked and he sat up. He stood up and walked to the door, listening in. He heard Keide come to the door and remove the sutra. Before she could fully open the door, Inuyasha walked cautiously around to Kagome's front. She looked really worn and tired. She was sitting up, with a small bundle in her arms wrapped in a red blanket that matched Inuyasha's clothing. She opened her eyes and smiled at him.

"Kohaku...she's beautiful..." She tilted the bundle and Inuyasha sat down next to her. He looked at their newborn daughter with all the pride and happiness he had ever had. He had helped make her; he helped bring her into the world. Kagome held Kohaku out to him and he took her, at first afraid even to touch her. With his hands shaking he took her in his arms. Inuyasha pulled the blanket off the sleeping baby's head.

Her hair was silver, like his until the ends, which were black like Kagome's. His heart dropped as he continued looking; she had ears like him. They were still folded forward like his were when he was born...by morning, they would look just like his. It was miraculous how she looked so much like both of them. She had Kagome's nose and eyebrows; the shape of her face and chin were also like Kagome's. Her hair and ears identical to Inuyasha's. He bent over and kissed her warm forehead.

"Kohaku, heh, the name has never seemed so beautiful..." He lifted his face from hers and noticed she was looking right at him. She had his eyes as well! She had stunning amber eyes exploding with beauty and adventure.

Inuyasha couldn't have been happier than at that moment; holding his child and being with his mate gave him more satisfaction than a jewel ever could.

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