I've realized that you guys will get up to chapter 20, and then I'm gone for a week to go traveling >>;

Chapter 15

- Previously -

"This one will retire here for tonight, return to my ward the next day, and return in two days." Sesshomaru stated.
"Okay, every two days you can come here, but that's all, Rin is the one that needs the protection; she's just an onnanoko."
"Hai…" He replied while trying to remove the pants off as his delicate ears heard light laughing.
"Do you want some help?" Kagome asked innocently as she tried not to laugh loudly since he didn't know what he was doing.
"Hai," the taiyoukai said a little afterwards.

Kagome sat up as Sesshomaru stood for her so that it would be easier. The miko unbuttoned the pants and carefully unzipped them so nothing would be snagged. She lightly tugged them down and he lifted his feet out.

"What had that 'examination' mean?" Sesshomaru questioned.
"It was just to check my body, to see if I was in good condition for giving birth to any of the kabus." Kagome stated with a light smile.
"Maybe you should give this one an 'examination,' miko."
She raised an eyebrow, "you are so not the taiyoukai that I know."
"That is because you aren't letting this one kill."
"…go kill a youkai when you go back to the feudal era…"
"With pleasure," he grinned dangerously.

"For now, just, sleep for now, or nap, what ever," Kagome slid under the covers.
"Very well," Sesshomaru lied down next to her in bed.
'I can't tell him… I'm too scared…' She sighed, "Sesshomaru, how many months does it take for a hanyou kabu to be born?"
"Around six months from a youkai and ningen, naze?"
Her head shook, "no reason, oyasumi."
"Oyasumi," He replied.

- Now -

It's been a month now since the hospital visit had come around and Kagome wasn't feeling all too well today. This morning she received many kicks and punches in the stomachs from the litter in her, telling her to not go to school. Kagome obey them and rubbed her stomach to settle them down, and then walked down stairs.

The young miko had become into a mature high school girl who acted more mature with her mothers help and did some chores when she could. Right now she finished getting dressed and went downstairs to look for her mother, wondering what would need to be done.

"Kagome, aren't you going to school?" An old man asked curiously as he walked up from behind.
The miko looked around, "oh, Jii-chan… ohayoo," she sighed in relief, "the onnanokos don't want me to go to school today, so I'll take the day off."
"Splendid; I know just the excuse!" Jii-chan said happily and rushed away to the phone to make a call.
"…" her eyes rolled over and continued to look around, "ooookaaaasaaaan?"

"Kagome, I'm in the laundry room." Rei's voice called out.
Kagome walked to the laundry room and found her, "ohayoo okasan."
"Ohayoo, are you not going to school today?" She asked curiously.
"Iie, so do you want help with anything?"

"Hmm… well, do you think you can do the dishes for me?" Her mother asked curiously.
"Hai, I'll go wake up Souta first then-"
"Iie, iie, I'll go wake him up, we don't need you going up and down the stairs so much in one day." Rei reminded her.
"It's rare when I can go up and down the stairs without and supervision nowadays, it's really annoying." She sighed.
"Yes well, you're the one with four babies-"
"Kabus, not babies; babies are ningens."
"Well their half ningen," she smiled.
"…" Kagome sighed, "Alright, I'll go do the dishes and yell for Souta to wake up."

"Matte Kagome…" Her mother called for her to return.
"Hai?" Kagome looked at her.
"Is Sesshomaru going to be today?"
"Um… yeah… he left yesterday."
She nodded, "okay, I was just wondering."
"Right… well, I'm off to do dishes," Kagome left.

A taiyoukai slowly took his time on entering Inuyasha's forest towards the well. Things have been rushed on Kagome's request for them to be finished before the first full moon after that hospital visit. He hadn't understood why, but did not question her either, and did as told.

The miko asked for the hut to be built and finished as well as the four requested bracelets that were forged from his fangs. She had no idea how annoying it was to find to find Totosai to even have them done. When he was found, he said 'iie' until he had told that it was for the miko's litter of kabus that she would eventually give birth to.

Sesshomaru growled at the remembrance of when he told Totosai about the kabus. That damn youkai was laughing up a storm after hearing that. It was obvious since it was the taiyoukai's fangs that needed to be taken; they were his kabus as well as Kagome's, and it was more than enough to give him a heart attack.

'That damn youkai is lucky this one can not kill him.' Sesshomaru thought to himself with annoyance.

Coming closer to his young kyodai's forest, he caught the scent of the young kitsune youkai nearing by. Sesshomaru halted his walking and waited for the little one to come forth and give him the updates on the hut. The taiyoukai did not want to talk to the ningens, and so he decided to have an alliance with the miko's kitsune kabu.

"Nee-chan, you're staying home?" Souta asked tiredly as he entered the kitchen.
"Hai, I don't think the kabus want me to go today, so I'll stay home." Kagome replied as she dried a dish and placed it aside. "They've been calm for a few hours."
"Aww, I want to stay home too," he pouted and sat at the table.
"Why not, go ahead; you've been a good boy." She smiled.
"Hontou?"
"Hai, I'll go call your school."
"Arigato nee-chan!" He yelled happily.

Kagome picked up the hand held phone and dialed the schools number and talked to the secretary. She explained the Souta wanted to help around the house since his 'nee-chan' was pregnant; he wanted to help her out today. The secretary said it was okay and hung the phone up.

"Nee-chan…" Souta called out in an unsure tone.
"Nanda-you Souta?" Kagome looked at him curiously.
"Are you sure that's okay? I mean like, you're not having them delivered today or anything, ne?"
"Hai, I know-" she was cut off when she felt the water break then started to breathe while feeling some contraction coming, "Souta… get okasan…"

Souta didn't like the expression on her face and ran to find their mother in the house. Once she was found, the boy told her that Kagome wanted her, and that it was an emergency. Rei didn't like hearing that from her son and ran to her daughter and saw her trying to maintain her breathing. Immediately she went to the phone and dialed for the hospital.

"I need paramedics to take my musume to the hospital, she's going through labor!" Re yelled worriedly.

(Okay, I know it's been four months and not six. A human is pregnant for nine months. When a human is having quadruplets, they then only have thirty-two weeks of being pregnant. Forty-five weeks minus thirty-two is thirteen 45-32 equals 13. So since a hanyou is born in six and a half months, subtract thirteen weeks from that 33-13 equals 20, and it equals to four months. Four months is the time when a human would give an inu youkai their hanyou pups birth if their quadruplets. SEE! I research, AND calculate properly! Oh, and the reason why it's naturally six and a half months for a single pup is because dogs have pups after four months, and humans have theirs in nine months, so I found the middle of those two and received six and a half months. Yay for me!)

"Sango says that the hut should be ready by three days top Sesshomaru-sama, but I still don't know why Inuyasha isn't allowed to go in her era." Shippo wondered curiously as any pup would.

"It was the mikos orders." Sesshomaru answered.
"Demo, she's been gone for a really, really long time." The little kitsune youkai said with worry.
"She is fine." He stated.
"How do you know if my okasan is okay? More importantly, how do you know she doesn't want Inuyasha around!" Shippo glared at him angrily with an accusing finger.

"Shippo-chan," an onna called out.

"Jii-chan, you and Souta stay here and wait for Sesshomaru-sama, I'm sure he'll be he very soon, but we have to go now!" Rei said while paramedics were placing Kagome in.
"Hai, when he get's here, we'll all head over there to the hospital." Jii-chan stated while trying to remain calm.
"Okasan, make sure they take care of nee-chan!" Souta said with extreme worry written all over his face.
"Hai, we have to go now, we'll see you there." Rei waved quickly and rushed out of the house and down the stairs.

She ran into the passengers' seat and closed the door quickly as the paramedics quickly drove off. Souta watched them leave from the top of the shrine stairs with worry. Jii-chan told him to go inside so they could wait for the dangerous taiyoukai.

"Jii-chan, did nee-chan look worried before they took her away?" Souta asked curiously while in thought.
"I wouldn't surprise me, but then again, I don't know how it is to go through labor either." Jii-chan replied.
"I think something got nee-chan scared or something when she wanted me to get okasan." He stated.
"You can ask her why when that damn youkai gets here and we arrive to the hospital." The old guy explained.

"Okay…"

"Let's leave the taiyoukai alone, and let's go back to the village; Kaede wants you to help her with herbs." The onna suggested.
The young kitsune turned to see Sango and smiled almost instantly, "hai Sango," he rushed to her, "is she in the herb garden?"
"Hai, now hurry up and go help with the herbs before Houshi-sama does." Sango laughed lightly.
"Kay!" Shippo then rushed away and went running towards the herb garden to go assist the old onna.

"…" Sesshomaru nodded his head to her with small gratitude.
"I didn't do it for you; I did it so you wouldn't kill him so that Kagome will have her kitsune when she comes back." Sango glared at him.
"The miko is gravid with four." He growled.
"N-nani!" She looked at him with a shocked expression.

"Totosai should arrive to the village; when he does, tell him that you will take what he has brought." Sesshomaru demanded.
"Naze, what is it he's bringing?" Sango's fists tightened with much uncertainty against the taiyoukai.
"They are for the kabus." He began walking lightly away.

"Oi, don't you walk away from me when I'm talking to you-!"
"The only reason why this one has not killed you was because the miko would not approve, wench." Sesshomaru continued forth away from her.
"So you do like her; you're trying to get her to be your mate…" She glared at the back of his head.
"…" He ignored her and caught an annoying scent.

Sesshomaru slowly began walking in a slight different direction but stopped when he thought of the miko. The idea of returning to the miko was important, but to observe the hanyou's actions since it was with the scent of that dead miko wench. Taking a glance in the direction of the well, he slowly went into the hanyous direction, and carefully observed the foul creatures.

Kagome was screaming loudly in the pain of have the third kabu out of her womb and taken away to be cleaned as the other two were. Now it was time for the last one and it was in trouble. The kabu turned sideways once the third left the womb and when she turned side ways, the cord wrapped around her neck.

"The baby is strangling it's self! I can't get her untangled with her turned sideways!" One of the surgeons yelled to the others.
"Can we try cutting the cord inside of Higurashi-sama!" A nurse suggested quickly with worry while she and two other nurses calmed the three kabus down.
"Even if I do cut the cord, she would still be strangled by the cord!" He yelled. "If she would stop being so difficult I might be able to get her out!"

A minute passed, then another, and another. The kabu finally stopped struggling and the surgeon turned her head quickly and had Kagome push a little while he pulled. She came out and the cord was snipped quickly to unwrap it around the neck while a nurse removed the nose bubbles, and there was silence in there air.

"…we lost her…" He sighed and walked away while the nurse took it away to be cleaned up.

The three kabus began crying in loud pitched screams that painfully hurt all their ears except Kagome's. Frozen and was completely mortified at what the surgeon just said right in front of her. At that very moment, she was told that her last kabu she was giving birth to; was dead, and it was all her fault.

"SSSSEEEESSSSHHHHOOOOMMMMAAAARRRRUUUU!" Kagome screamed from the top of her lungs while tears poured out of her eyes.

Sesshomaru's head whipped around towards the well to give the expression of fear, for the second time ever. Growling furiously, he left his perch the tree branch and fled to the well. Hopping out to see the shrine in view, he slid the door open and dashed angrily towards the house to have Souta jump in shock but run to him.

"Nii-san! Nee-chan went to the hospital! She's going through labor right now!" Souta yelled in a frantic way. "She looked scared about something, but I don't know what it was about!"

"The hospital…" Sesshomaru growled and left the house.

Jii-chan rushed over and looked at Souta who was staring at the opened back door. Asking what happened, he got the reply of 'nii-san went to the hospital,' and he cheered. The old guy grabbed Souta and went down the annoying shrine stairs. They both got in the car and Jii-chan drove like maniac.

Sesshomaru caught Kagome's scent once he entered the hospital and was thankful that it was still on the same floor. Getting closer to his destination, he was able to hear Kagome's sobbing and busted through the door furiously.

Looking at his surroundings, he heard four cries; Kagome's and three kabus. His senses increased, now looking for the fourth kabu. Under a small white sheet looked like a kabu was under it and growled as he went to the miko who clung to his armor.

"What happened," Sesshomaru growled furiously.
"The fourth kabu is dead Sesshomaru, gomen nasi!" Kagome cried out in pain and devastation.
He then looked over at the sheet that covered something in which he knew was to the dead kabu, "…"
"Hontou ni gomen nasi…" she cried.

The taiyoukai stroked her cheek once, motioning her to release him, and she slowly obeyed him. All the surgeons and nurses didn't want him there, he looked dangerous, and he had two katanas with him. Since he came though, maybe he was her 'husband' or something.

A male nurse went in front of the dangerous otoko, "d-don't touch it!"

WHAM!

Sesshomaru smacked the pathetic ningen away and continued forth to the dead kabu slowly. With his one and only clawed hand, he removed the sheet, and growled with disgust then looked to the miko. Kagome was looking at him with the saddest face as she cried.

He grabbed a surgeon that smelt the most bloodiest, "what had happened!"
"I-I-I-" The surgeon was terrified.
"Sesshomaru yamete-yo onegai!" Kagome sobbed.
The taiyoukai threw the ningen aside aggressively and went halfway towards Kagome, "miko," he spoke out a little less dangerous while standing in the middle of the room.

"T-the kabu moved about and was strangled by the cord…" Kagome cried, trying to suppress the sobbing.
"Is it four you want, miko?" Sesshomaru questioned.
"What kind of a question is that!" She yelled.
"Three makes it less to handle, do you still want four?"
"Of course I still want four kabus; they're my kabus, they're our kabus! Why am I the one who has to be questioned on how many I want, when I had given birth to four!"
"Then you will get what you want, miko." Sesshomaru stated while returning to the dead kabu.
"W-what are you going to doing?"

He stopped and looked sideways to her, "Tenseiga," the taiyoukai replied.

Reaching to his side, he grabbed the sword passed down from his father, and raised it two the air. Kagome heart jumped to her throat, hoping that this would work, and she would receive a living fourth kabu. Two surgeons then blocked the taiyoukai's path and now stood between him and the kabu.

"Get out of his way!" Kagome yelled angrily at the two idiotic surgeons.

Sesshomaru didn't wait for them and slashed his sword down. The two surgeons were cut but not cut or affected by the sword. There was a silent pause, and quietly, a soft cry came from under the sheet as it moved.

"I-it's alive…" A surgeon stated with the most confusion.

The taiyoukai removed the sheet, picked up the nude kabu carefully, and went to Kagome to hand over to her. Kagome held the kabu closely to her, but not tight enough to hurt her. Her finger gently rubbed her nose and the kabu held her finger.

Short soft medium gray hair was on the kabu's head with lighter gray toned inu ears. Her small little eyes opened to reveal walnut gold colored eyes, then yawned, and sucked on her okasan's finger. It was obvious that the little was hungry, and so Kagome breast fed the kabu; not minding the others all around.

"Have you thought of a name yet…? Kagome… Sesshomaru-sama…?" Rei asked the two of the a little nervously.
"…" Sesshomaru looked to Kagome, signifying that he wanted her to choose.
Kagome looked down to the kabu, "Kichi," she looked to Sesshomaru, "is that okay with you?" (Name meaning: fortunate, lucky.)
He nodded, "fortunate and lucky, is suited for this pup."

"A-and the others…?" A female nurse asked nervously with the third born who was 'looking' at her mother and identical twin. (They won't be able to see anything but blobs for two weeks.)

Kagome looked to Sesshomaru with a small smile on her face, "it's the third born, you decide."
"…" Sesshomaru was thinking and was interrupted by a voice.
"Here you go Higurashi-sama." A male surgeon was at her side, placing a small bracelet on Kichi's wrist when she finished feeding and was taken away.
"Teme…" The taiyoukai began to growl at the otoko who took Kichi away from Kagome.

"Shh… Sesshomaru... Sesshomaru," she rubbed his right arm, "it's going to be okay, she's being taken to the nursery room to rest and be checked. She'll be safe; the kabus will all receive bands like mine," Kagome showed him her own; "you'll see them in the morning."

Sesshomaru growled, "The pup needs to be with us so our scents will be known."
"Okay, okay, ochitsuite… will have them bring in four bassinets." Kagome told him in a reassuring way as the otoko gave her okasan Kichi and went to get four bassinets.
"…" he nodded and then looked at the third born kabu once more while she was being given too Kagome for feeding, "Chikako." (Name meaning: wisdom and intelligence.)

After the kabu was fed from Kagome, the bracelet with her name on it was placed on her little wrist, and was then taken away by the nurse to step aside. The second born was now placed into Kagome's arms, and was giggling happily. Kagome smiled softly and rubbed her nose against her kabu's to only be licked by the little one.

The kabu and red single stripes on both cheeks that were a little feminine, and her eyes were brown like Kagome's. Her hair was a silver white, with cute little inu ears, and a happy mood. She clung to her okasan and fed upon the milk that was given to her while Kagome smiled.

"Her name will be… Sato." Kagome smiled happily. (Name meaning: sugar. I plan to make her the hyper child; obviously.)

When it was time to remove Sato from Kagome, she created a big fuss, and didn't want to leave her okasan. Soon enough though, she stopped, and was placed in the bassinet like the other two named kabu as they came in. The first born was now given to Kagome to be fed, and it was Sesshomaru's turn to decide the name.

"Hidemi," Sesshomaru spoke, already knowing the name to call her. (Name meaning: excellent and superior…)
"You're going to favor her, aren't you?" Kagome laughed playfully in a light teasing way to the taiyoukai.
"…" He snorted.
She scowled at him and looked at Hidemi, "did you see what your otousan just did to okasan?"
"…" Hidemi snorted at her otousan and everyone laughed.
Sesshomaru growled, "Are you mocking this one?"
"…" The little one went back to feeding, completely ignoring her father.

YAY! Hidemi, Sato, Chikako, and Kichi are born! I love Kichi and Hidemi 3