I AM SOOO SORRY FOR HOW LATE THIS IS PEOPLE. WAS HAVING HUGE ISSUES WITH LETTING ME UPLOAD, SO I AM LATE, BUT HERE IT IS!
Nicely done response for last chappie, my doves! Special thanks to Kasha and Inu Youkai Wanna Be they know who they are! Kasha has a very important part in the last parts of this story! And thanks to Hoshiko Leiko Taisho for letting me use "Oh my Buddha!" you'll all see it later.
Okay, it starts kind of heavy, but lightens up a hell of a lot by the end. This is a fun, light, fluffy chapter to get over all the heavy, and let our friends have some time out!
That was what is was MEANT to be. I actually really don't like what I've written for this chapter, but I'm running low on inspiration, the gap between finding out and getting into pregancy is a hard one to fill, which is why most writers skip over it. If I was smart, that's what I would have done too...I still hope you think it's okay...
Okies, I once again, don't have too much to say, but hey, here ya go, I know you all want to see what Kagome's going to do, so, presenting (drum roll and mariachi band please.)
Chapter 17: Maybe Baby
"Quit messing with me Inuyasha." Kagome said, the smile still plastered on her face. "It's not funny."
"Is this the face of a kidder right now, Kagome?" Inuyasha asked, pointing sarcastically at his chin.
"How do you know so soon?" she hissed, reaching out for a chair behind her as her face drained of color.
"You smell different." Inuyasha said simply, chewing his bottom lip. "Sesshoumaru filled me in." He straddled another chair opposite hers.
"No, no, no, no, nooooooo..." Kagome wailed, her face crumpling as tears started to spill down her face.
She wasn't ready for something like this. She just couldn't do it! Sure, she'd always wanted kids, but not now! Not for YEARS at least. But now it had happened, she was alone, and there was nothing she could do about it. Except get rid of it. Abortions were easy to come by now. But Kagome had been against abortion ever since her friend Ayumi had had one back in high school. Watching Ayumi's lifelong pain at killing her own flesh and blood was something Kagome had hoped to never have to go through, and now she would...
"What?" Inuyasha asked, incredulous at her emotional reaction.
"Inuyasha, are you CRAZY?" Kagome shrieked, taking hold of his face with her hands, looking into his eyes and shaking her head. "We are nowhere near ready for children, of any kind, yet! Shippou was DRINKING with strippers, a clown, an orchestra and a musician a few nights ago for Kami's sake! He is TEN YEARS OLD. How do we take care of a baby? A whole new life that's ours, and ours alone? Can we handle that? Honestly?" she asked, pleading with him with her swimming eyes.
Inuyasha felt numb, completely disbelieving. He couldn't believe Kagome was saying these things. Did she honestly have so little faith in their relationship that she didn't think they could cope with this?
"Kagome, what are you talking about?" he asked. "I want this pup. I think we have it, newly here, for a reason. Tell me honestly, were the past three days not the happiest of your life, or was that just me?" he finished coldly, daring her to contradict him.
"Inuyasha, never, ever doubt my love and commitment to you. Ever." Kagome said seriously, a stern determination building in her eyes, now flashing in defiance.
His face softened, and his fang once again began worrying his bottom lip.
"I just don't think this is the right time, or place for a baby, I mean not only have I never entered a relationship this fast, I've also never fallen in love this fast. Inuyasha, the truth is, although we have this, this connection, like one I...I've never known before, we don't know each other inside out. That's what people who are stable enough to start families have. We haven't had the chance to find out about each other yet, to find more things to love. You have no idea how much I want that for us. We only just got engaged, and even that was so fast. I can't keep this baby..." Kagome trailed off, breathing shallowly.
Not once in his life had Inuyasha ever considered aborting one of his own, and he'd be fucked if his goddamned mate would decide that for him.
"I'll repeat myself, Kagome." Inuyasha began, his tone hard and his eyes sharp. "Were the last three days the happiest of your life or not?"
"Well – " Kagome was cut off.
"Just answer the question." Inuyasha snapped.
"Yes, they were." Kagome said weakly.
"Are we, or are we not, inuyoukai mates?" Inuyasha asked again.
"Well – " Once again, Inuyasha was cut off.
"Answer it." Inuyasha interrupted.
"We are." Kagome said, nodding.
"Were we not bound together on our first time?" Inuyasha asked.
"It – " Kagome began, only to find her mouth covered with one strong, rough palm, claws scraping her cheek gently.
"I won't say it again." Inuyasha whispered.
Kagome nodded mutely, eyes wide in surprise over his hand.
"Do you know what that means in relation to our current situation?" Inuyasha asked.
"No." Kagome whispered through between his fingers.
"Didn't think so." Inuyasha replied cuttingly. He ran his hand through his hair before taking a deep breath, beginning his explanation.
Kagome knew better than to say anything this time.
"As inuyoukai, our instinctive aim is to reproduce as quickly and fruitfully as possible. To survive in the wild and all. In this day and age, that instinct is usually held dormant until we need it, seeing as most people like to have couple time before pups. However, there is a teeny tiny little loophole in this rule. If I wasn't concentrating on de-fertilizing my seed, which I sure as hell wasn't, I guess it was due to my feelings for you, and your inner body wasn't actively telling me we weren't to have pups yet, then nature would have taken its course. As I can tell, it has. Basically, our bodies both decided, against the reason of our heads, that this was meant to happen. Which is why I can't support you getting rid our our first pup." Inuyasha finished resolutely.
"So what you're trying to tell me is that..." Kagome struggled to ignore the warm feeling in her womb and the confusion building in her head. "Is that innately, we are more than ready for this baby? The only thing stopping us of course, excuse me for not being ecstatic, but I'm terrified." Kagome admitted, looking into her lap.
And suddenly, Inuyasha understood. Kagome didn't want to kill the baby because she wouldn't love it, or was too selfish to have it when she was able to, she was scared of the change, of the new responsibility. True, even his heart was pitter pattering in anxiety, but somehow, Inuyasha had never felt so grounded about something in his life. Ever. He'd always wanted pups someday, whether he liked it or not, he was overjoyed about this one.
"Koishii..." Inuyasha murmured, pulling Kagome over into his lap, allowing her to nestle in his arms, her head wedged under his chin.
"Don't koishii me mister..." Kagome mumbled from his neck. "You have no idea how scary this is for me! I just started my career. I'm gonna have to put it on hold for this baby. That is not my major problem. My problem is that I can't be trusted to take care of a life like this. I've lived like I'm still in college for the past year. I've never had to look after anyone but me. For years, I've been number one. Now this baby is. I'm gonna have to learn how to do things, like change diapers, and potty train small creatures, and...and play with the little bum! How do you do things like that? Me and Mama aren't that close, or else I'd ask her, but we're gonna need help! Plus there's that whole labor thing, that looks painful on ER! I can't even tweeze my eyebrows! I have to shave them with a teeny beard trimmer! Inuyasha, I hate Jeremy!" Kagome wailed, burying her head in his shoulder.
"So...are we having this pup?" Inuyasha asked, just to clarify.
"Only if you're at the hospital when I give birth, puppy." Kagome said, looking into his eyes, a gleam of love and anticipation in the chocolate pools.
"REALLY?" Inuyasha squealed like a child. At her sheepish nod, he picked her up in his arms and spun her in the air, once, twice, three times before setting her on the ground again and setting a kiss on her that practically had her knees buckling beneath her.
"What changed your mind so fast, wench?" Inuyasha asked breathlessly, his forehead touching hers.
"Well, I thought on instinct didn't I?" Kagome said, equally breathlessly. "I figured I was having this baby alone. No help whatsoever. Like I said, up until very recently, I was number one. And then I remembered...I have you."
Inuyasha kissed her again for that, and she felt it all the way down to her toes, warmth spreading throughout her limbs, infusing her with strength and light as they always did. Kami, she loved this man. Him and his little friend downstairs, come to think of it... or not so little friend, actually...
She was snapped out of her "innocent" little daydream by a quiet question from Inuyasha.
"When do we tell the others?" Inuyasha asked quietly, keeping Kagome enclosed in his arms.
"Now." Kagome said immediately.
"What? We're not waiting?" Inuyasha said, shocked.
"Nope." Kagome said.
"Why not?" Inuyasha asked incredulously.
"I'm a girl. I am currently living with my three best friends. How do you expect me to keep a secret like that? Especially if they ply me with alcohol, which I know they will." Kagome said matter-of-factly, a mischievous grin on her face.
"Just cause you're having a hanyou baby doesn't mean you're drinking, bitch." Inuyasha warned.
"You know what I mean. They'll get it out of me somehow. And I can't keep this kind of thing down. I was the kind of kid who told my father what we were getting Mama for Mother's Day. I can't keep secrets!" Kagome said.
"Oh fine then." Inuyasha said, his nose wrinkling in distaste.
"You know we're gonna have to hurry up and get married by the way. I refuse to be a bride who shows." Kagome said as she took Inuyasha's hand and led him onto the nearest descending pod.
"That is a good point. Miroku'll love that." Inuyasha said grumpily.
"Shut up. He'll love that you're getting married before him." Kagome admonished.
"Why is that?" Inuyasha asked suspiciously.
"Well, he can see how you screw up our wedding, and learn not to do it at his!" Kagome said simply.
"I wasn't planning on screwing up!" Inuyasha said indignantly, his velvet ears flattening into his hair as his face reworked into a pout.
"You never do, koichi." Kagome said, patting his shoulder sympathetically as she began to slowly flee. "It comes naturally!"
"Oi!" Inuyasha said, his mouth dropping open in shock.
"I'm pregnant now! I can't lie! Blame Jeremy! This was all his fault!" Kagome called out from where she was outside the club doors.
"Hey, you women always use PMS as an excuse for that, don't be like that for the next nine months!" Inuyasha warned as he jogged to catch up with her. "Plus, don't use Jeremy's name in public next time, you never know when the trannies are around, they were damned convincing last time..."
"I can, and I will!" Kagome disagreed immediately.
"You ready?" Inuyasha asked, kissing the side of her head lightly as he looped an arm around her waist.
"As I'll ever be." Kagome assured him, walking ahead of him.
Inuyasha watched her walk so strongly in front of him, and was immensely proud. A little turned on, he thought, as he watched her ass move seductively with each step in her tight jeans in front of him, but mostly proud. She was being so strong, despite this life changing discovery. She'd been over it and excited about it within twenty minutes. And, with a swell of pride and love blooming in his chest, Inuyasha thought, it had all been because of him, and their bond. Their love.
"Inuyasha, hurry your ass up!" Kagome called, waving at him from the table where everyone else was sitting in plush velvet couches and sipping cocktails.
This club was as phenomenal as the restaurant. Pounding, up to date hip hop blared through the speakers position at all corners of the room, filling it with crystal sound. Around the edges of the vast room there were low glass tables with varied amounts of comfy velvet chair around them. In the center was a dancefloor, which was currently packed with the rich and beautiful. Smoke from a machine whirled ethereally around the ankles of the clubbers, making them seem surreal and otherwordly. All the tables had heavy velvet drapes you could pull around if you wanted...privacy...Yeah, Inuyasha liked this club, he should think about those drapes for YouKingdom...Remembering he had to answer Kagome, Inuyasha shook himself out of his reverie.
"I'll walk as slow as I want, wench!" Inuyasha yelled back. Yes, she was having his pup, but he was no pushover.
He sauntered on at his own casual rate, ignoring Kagome's death glares as he finally reached the table. Okay, so maybe he shouldn't have stopped to get that beer, talk to some old work friends, and help a bouncer lug some poor drunk out the door, but he was there, wasn't he?
"Just for that, you can tell them." Kagome snapped, crossing her arms and wedging in between Sango and Ayame, who sat on the four person couch with Rin next to Ayame.
"Well, I have no issues with that!" Inuyasha replied, sticking his tongue out at her. Kagome also plucked hers out at him, rolling hers up. Inuyasha then touched his chin with the tip of his tongue. Kagome sat up and touched her nose with hers.
"Children, children!" Miroku said, putting his head right in the couple's eyeline. "What is this illustrious news you had to tell us?"
"Illustrious?" Inuyasha asked, eyeing Kagome suspiciously.
"What?" she asked defensively. "It's a good word for it!"
"Kagome's pupped." Inuyasha bit out, deliberately to piss off Kagome.
"Couldn't even make it sound wondrous and God-given, could you..." Kagome muttered under her breath, allowing herself to be smothered under the barrage of feminine shrieks, squeals, screams and glomping that followed.
Kagome was squished up in the middle , with Sango and Ayame with their arms wrapped around her sides, making as much noise as possible in her ears, whilst Rin was on her lap somehow, squealing louder than anyone else.
As Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha and Kouga watched the women's scene of excitement, as their significant others hugged Kagome, and then each other, and then Kagome again, shifting position each time, in disgust and confusion, they heard a masculine moan of approval.
Three pairs of youkai eyes shot over to Miroku's lonely armchair (after groping Rin instead of Sango in the dark, he'd been banished to a safety corner.) growling threateningly.
"You think if they were in bikinis and mud, it'd be just like that mud wrestling I can get on my pay per view...documentary...channel." Miroku covered, embarrassed.
"Pay per view documentaries, riiiiight. Not exactly G-rated, huh Miroku?" Kouga asked, grinning knowingly.
"You know, Kouga, I always liked you best..." Miroku said, looping an arm around his shoulders.
"Let's go dance." Sesshoumaru said suddenly, turning to the guys for approval.
"What." Inuyasha asked flatly, not believing a word of what Sesshoumaru had just said.
"I said, let's dance." Sesshoumaru repeated.
"You don't dance. We do." Kouga said slowly, as though explaining it to a three year old.
"Who says?" Sesshoumaru asked indignantly.
"The laws of humanity as we know and love them." Inuyasha said, an eyebrow raised in disbelief.
"You know what, don't be such a fucking smartass." Sesshoumaru snapped, glaring at the three of them threateningly.
"Everybody, collect said women, and let us go and booo-gay." Sesshoumaru said, shoving all three towards the couch where four delighted women still sat, entangled in one another.
"Yes sir." Miroku said, saluting briefly.
"Come on, wench, we have three months before you start showing and can't come here anymore. I'm gonna enjoy what we've got left." Inuyasha said, holding his hand out to Kagome.
"Sango my dove, you are looking particularly lovely this fine summer night, would you do me the honor of-" Miroku began, bowing gallantly.
"Miroku, zip it, I'm coming." Sango said, placing a finger to Miroku's lips and following him onto the dancefloor.
"We haven't danced in forever..." Kouga began wheedling to Ayame.
"Why do you men seem to think we need long questions so we'll dance with you?" Ayame asked, seizing Kouga's ponytail and lugging him along to the dancefloor behind her.
"Rin?" Sesshoumaru asked, standing in front of her.
"What?" Rin asked, puzzled.
"Helloooo..." Sesshoumaru asked, expecting the coin to drop in Rin's head.
"What do you want? You can't want to dance... Do you?" Rin said, trailing off and looking at him with narrowed eyes.
"WHY DOES NO ONE THINK I LIKE DANCING?" Sesshoumaru asked incredulously.
"Cause you don't!" Rin replied just as loudly.
"Who says?" Sesshoumaru asked, wanting to know her defence.
"The laws of humanity as we know and love them!" Rin said, as though it were the most obvious thing since Elton John was gay.
"Alright, you know what, once I'm done dancing with you, then showing you exactly what dancing does to my sex drive, I want to see a copy of these laws everyone seems to be obeying!" Sesshoumaru said, his index finger pointing in the air as he grabbed Rin's hand and took her to the dancefloor.
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Oh Kami, Inuyasha thought through a fug of desire, thank the gods for music and Kagome, as he held his gliding, gyrating mate in his arms, her back to his chest.
He and Kagome were gelled together, her body molding to his own perfectly as they moved to Britney Spears I Got that Boom Boom (AN: It's really good people, listen to it, even if it is Britney!) She had her left arm gripping his thigh as they wound to the syncopated rhythm, her right arm looped around his neck, keeping his breath trained on her neck, just over her mate mark. His right arm came up under her left, up her entire body, under her breasts and touching her shoulder, as his other arm came around her hips, over her crotch. (AN: Oooh this is hot...) They moved as one, their sex charged musicality carrying them into a dreamworld where only they and the beat existed...
(AN: Now, see, the trick is to see how many ways I can find for everyone to dance... Concentrate, and reread Inu and Kag's if you have to!)
Kouga and Ayame were dancing nostalgically, like they were back in high school, giggling and chatting over to Inuyasha and Kagome's left.
Sango had her back turned to Miroku and her arms crossed as she cringed in embarrassment as Miroku broke out what he liked to call his "retro-handjive", grinning maniacally as he adjusted it to the pounding rhythm.
But it was Sesshoumaru who was wowing the crowds, along with Inuyasha, lost in the music with their mates. Sesshoumaru had Rin as Inuyasha had Kagome, back to chest, except he had taken the intimacy and seduction to the next level. He had seized Rin's arms and wrapped them around his lower back, her fingertips brushing the top of his ass seductively. Rin, her eyes shut in ecstasy, a sensual smile on her face, was barely touching the ground as Sesshoumaru allowed her to straddle one of his lean, muscular thighs so her toes skimmed the ground, allowing her to move fluidly with him.
As the dancers moved aways slowly to crowd around the edge of the dancefloor, as at YouKingdom so long ago, to watch the hot young couples dance so sensually, Inuyasha's confidence and competitive nature soared. Hell, he could only throw Kagome around like this for a few more months, and then she'd need to pee every three seconds and weigh as much as a small whale. Plus, Sesshoumaru was proving to be better than him so far...
Upon hearing Chris Brown' Run It start, Inuyasha's devilish grin grew immeasurably wide. With a flourish, and a roguish wink Kagome's way, Inuyasha whipped her around in his arms and twirled her around one, two, three times in front of him. Her hair whipped around, slapping her face in the sharp execution of each turn on her toes, as she was abruptly pulled back in Inuyasha's chest. He then grinned challengingly at Sesshoumaru.
"Beat that, Fluffster." He said, fangs glinting in the strobe lights.
"Will do, baby bro, will do..." Sesshoumaru muttered back evilly, lifting Rin swiftly into the air. Rin squeaked briefly at the sudden lift off the ground, as Sesshoumaru grabbed hold of her calves as well as her waist, essentially wrapping her around him. With herself locked in place, Rin allowed her shock to dissolve and her arms to go outwards and her head to tilt back. Sesshoumaru squeezed her calf reassuringly, before shooting another grin at the gyrating Inuyasha and Kagome, and span around with her four times before setting her lightly on the floor again, nodding triumphantly at Inuyasha.
"Bastard...Sorry Kagome..."Inuyasha muttered, a pout mushing up his face. "I'm apologizing in advance if you next wake up in hospital, okay?"
"What?" Kagome asked, her eyes widening as the word lengthened into a squeal as Inuyasha hoisted her, lying on her stomach, onto his right shoulder. Prodding her upper thighs to get her to straighten her legs out as she grunted in irritation, she stuck her own arms either side of her, resisting the strong, strong, strong temptation to hold onto Inuyasha's ears for dear life as he began spinning. But no, he didn't stop after one or two turns, Kagome realized, her eyes watering from the speed they were picking up. Hold up, why had everyone gone so blurry? And why did her stomach feel like a small whirlpool? And why was her throat so sour feeling? And why...was her vomit all over Inuyasha's outfit...
The whole cheering masses came to an uncomfortable halt as Kagome continued to retch down Inuyasha's shirt, as he stood, stunned, holding her over his shoulder still.
"Are you done?" Inuyasha asked quietly, his voice high with shock.
Kagome gave a small cough before answering. "Sure."
As the pregnant pause whiled on for ten seconds, Sesshoumaru could contain himself no longer and burst into laughter.
Real, chesty, deep belly laughter. A laughter so rich and mellow that it was infectious as the whole club began to chuckle with him. Soon, the laughter spread not only across the dancefloor, but into the booths. Outwards it continued going, until even the bartenders were laughing at Inuyasha, who stood stock still, fuming, Kagome gripped over his shoulder still.
"Um, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked tentatively. This was a new one. Morning sickness was evidently aggravated by overexertion, she realized as she burped softly as she tapped his shoulder.
"Yes, dear?" Inuyasha answered testily, turning his head towards her. Kagome almost squeaked in shock at the total irritation on his face. His lips were set in a thin, tight line, and his golden eyes flashed at her as he glared at her.
"Could...Could you put me down, please?" Kagome asked, a wide smile gracing her face.
Inuyasha replaced her on the ground without a word. He sent one ice cold glare at Kouga and Miroku who were laid out on the floor patting each other's backs. They'd both ended up choking on their own laughter, and their girlfriends had abandoned them to go laugh someplace safer. They scrambled up off the floor and followed Inuyasha.
"I'm cleaning up, we're flying out tonight. I'll be back in five." Inuyasha said, one silver eyebrow twitching madle as he placed a chilled kiss on her cheek as
"Kagome?" Sango asked, timidly peeking out from behind a velvet drape. "Are they gone yet?"
"Yeah." Kagome replied sheepishly, chewing her bottom lip in embarrassment.
Luckily, the DJ had averted the crisis by putting on another Britney dance track, Outrageous, and once again the club was alive with dancers, body to body, the incident forgotten.
"Well, that was embarrassing." Ayame stated bluntly, looking smugly at Kagome as she and Rin followed Sango to stand around Kagome.
"You just have a knack for stating the obvious, don't you sweetie?" Kagome replied, cocking her head to the side and shooting Ayame a small smile as she rubbed her stomach.
"Maybe I should've told you guys that even this early in the pregnancy, you're 45 more prone to throwing up under circumstances like that." Rin said apologetically.
"YOU KNEW?" Kagome asked, shrilly, fixing Rin with a look of fire.
"Well, I didn't think you actually WOULD throw up an $800 dinner all over Inuyasha's outfit the day you got engaged and found out you were expecting, did I?" Rin said in her defense.
"Well, excuse me, I'm a whole two days pregnant!" Kagome replied shrilly.
"Two whole days. Kagome, you are gonna have a horrible pregnancy, you know that?" Sango said in distaste.
"Please, don't remind me." Kagome muttered back, walking towards the doors slowly.
Her head bent low, tears welled up in her eyes as she thought about the huge life change she was about to undergo. She glimpsed the guys leaning up against the car, supposedly helping Inuyasha clean up by keeping their noses as far away as possible. Her stride lengthened and quickened.
"Aw, don't worry sweetie." Ayame cooed, rubbing her back soothingly as Kagome looked at the parking lot floor. "You always have us for all those pregnant moments we can bully you about once you've had the pup and Inuyasha will let us bully you again."
"Good point." Kagome agreed, smiling wetly as she sniffed back the impending tears. "Just a lot to take in, you know? Come on, we have a flight to get on, Inuyasha's already there."
"Topless, I might add..."Rin said, a seductive tone lacing her voice as she pinched Kagome's butt mischievously.
"Oi! MY hanyou!" Kagome said possesively, growling low in her throat, eyes flashing humorously at Rin.
"Well isn't someone rubbing off on you!" Sango said, bumming into the car, beckoning to the others to climb in next to her.
"I resent being called a someone, you know!" Inuyasha snapped from the front, in a much better mood now the chicken parmigiana-covered shirt had now been shredded and disposed of.
"Be glad you're not an IT, puppy." Ayame said, chuckling darkly.
"We can always put you in Coach, bitch." Inuyasha threatened, pulling out of the lot and gunning the Skyline to 120mph. He liked sending cars ahead to places like this so that he could leave as and when, without having to wait for the damned limo.
"You wouldn't dare. Not unless I tell them where a certain Dr. Hojo's luggage went..." Ayame said, playing her trump card triumphantly.
"Huh?" Inuyasha said, feigning cluelessness.
"Well, I have another model friend in Russia, and she comes from this poor family, who live in Moscow. Her little sister's best friend's cousin's girlfriend came home with an item of clothing with the initials of said doctor monogrammed on them, just the way Kagome said they were." Ayame finished, grinning maniacally.
"Just in case you hadn't figured it out, Inuyasha," Miroku stage whispered, from where he was riding shotgun. "You could get into a lot of trouble for that."
"No shit." Inuyasha muttered, glaring darkly at the road as he sped towards the hotel.
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"Sit with me, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked as they walked onto the first class area of the plane, on their way back to California. "We need to talk."
"Sure." Inuyasha said without hesitation. He hated letting issues fester and get worse.
He tossed his suitcase back at the poor porter, ignoring his yelp of pain as the suitcase sat squarely on his chest, knocking him to the ground.
"Inuyasha, you know he's –" Kagome began, before being cut off by Inuyasha.
"Fine." Inuyasha said, taking Kagome hand and heading right for the back of the cabin.
"On second thoughts, Inuyasha, we should go to the front. Sango just went to the bathroom, and I can see Miroku sorting through his flavored condoms." Kagome pointed out.
"Good point." Inuyasha agreed, making a direct turn to the plane front. "Pup doesn't need corrupting before it's born."
"Are you mad at me for throwing up on you?" Kagome asked, once they'd buckled up and gone through all the take off procedures. Safely in the air, Kagome decided to come straight out with it.
"Gods, no. Crabby and irritated, and that will go down in history and all, but not mad." Inuyasha said, examining his claws intently.
"So why were you so peeved afterwards?" Kagome asked, pressing on.
"I wasn't peeved, as such...just blindsided." Inuyasha said, studying his claws even closer as his ears flattened to his head.
"Tell me." Kagome said simply, looking at him with concern in her chocolate eyes. Her hand rested lightly on her stomach, rubbing in tiny circles.
Inuyasha took his own hand and rested it on her own, hearing Kagome's sharp intake of breath at the gesture.
"Think of all the horror stories you hear about pregnant women. Mood swings, cravings, fatness, zip on the sex drive front. Knowing you and her love of making things difficult for me, I'll get 'em all. I have eight months and twenty nine days left of this. And at the end of those nine months of hell, there'll be a baby there. Not only is the pregnancy itself fucking terrifying, so is the fact that I'm gonna be a father. I know that as a youkai at my age, I'm bodily ready and all that other shit, but I sure as hell don't know how to cope with pregnant miko. It's a damned scary prospect Kagome, and we need to start preparing ourselves." Inuyasha finished, feeling the weight lift off his shoulders. Oprah was right, sharing did get you somewhere on that bandwagon to self-value or whatever.
"We need help." Kagome agreed, nodding.
"No, we need to prepare ourselves, were you not listening?" Inuyasha said, confused.
"We need professional help, Inuyasha." Kagome said, smiling mischievously.
"No, honest, it's just us." Inuyasha said v-e-r-y slowly, just in case Kagome didn't get it.
"As in, an OB-GYN." Kagome replied, equally slowly.
"No." Inuyasha said abruptly crossing his arms and pouting like a child.
"Hello, I'm the one having a hanyou baby here." Kagome said indignantly, shaking his shoulder.
"Hanyou? I thought it could only be quarter-demon?" Inuyasha asked, turning his head back to her.
"No, I asked Rin and Sesshoumaru. It'll be a hanyou because apparently inuyoukai will do their best to procreate youkai, so apparently in the interests of survival, there was no point in having a child any less than hanyou, or else it wouldn't live long. It seems you should've been sterile, which Sesshoumaru tells me should explain why he's always calling you puppy." Kagome said matter-of-factly.
"Well isn't someone the walking talking youkai baby dictionary." Inuyasha said sarcastically.
"No really, Inuyasha, I think we need someone for this. This is a special kind of pregnancy, you have to realize. What is so bad about us having one?" she asked.
"They...they touch you places." Inuyasha muttered, blushing deeply.
"What?" Kagome asked, pushing him on a little more.
"They look in between you legs, Kagome!" Inuyasha said loudly, turning around to face her.
"Is that what you're worried about?" Kagome said incredulously, a wide smile building on her face.
"Hell yeah! What goes on down there is between you and me! It's my damned property!" Inuyasha said angrily.
"First off, it's actually MINE, considering I'm the one who will be attempting to single handedly shove a watermelon sized child out of it in nine months." Kagome said, smirking at Inuyasha as his face paled. "Secondly, they only look to check everything's all right, and when I'm giving birth, unless YOU feel like delivering our child, they'll have to anyway." Kagome reasoned, grinning even more as Inuyasha's already pale face turned a light tinge of green.
"Didn't think so." Kagome said. "Besides, the one Rin recommended to me is female. A Dr. Kasha."
"Do we REALLY have to?" Inuyasha whined, his ears perking up again.
"Yes." Kagome said firmly.
"Fine..." Inuyasha muttered. "But I'm gonna be there everytime you go."
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Kagome squealed, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"You know, you could let me check everything's in working order down there before this Kasha woman does, you know..." Inuyasha murmured seductively in her ear.
"I don't know..."Kagome said mock thoughtfully. "It all seems good to me..."
"But better safe than sorry, right?" Inuyasha murmured.
"Alright, Doc, I just hope you know what you're looking for..." Kagome muttered as her lips drew closer to Inuyasha's own.
"Oh, I do..." Inuyasha replied as he claimed her lips hungrily.
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(AN: This new character is based on my wonderful reviewer, Kasha – TheInuFreak2. She asked to be in the story, so I've put her in, okay? I hope you like Dr.Kasha!)
"Hello, Mr Mireshi, I'm Dr. Kasha and I'll be your worst nightmare for the next nine months!" a cheerful female voice greeted our pregnant couple as they walked into the pristine white office.
It was large and spacious, with a huge glass desk in the center of it, with a clean cut Apple Mac on it. Everything in here seemed modern, clean and sharp, like anyone trying to give birth in here would have to do it quietly and cleanly.
In the center stood a tall woman, another inuyoukai by the smell of her, Inuyasha guessed. She was a beautiful specimen, much like Sesshoumaru in caliber. She possessed long blue-grey hair, brushing the top of her butt. She had her own pair of green ears atop her head, velvet and emerald. She looked at Inuyasha with sharp blue green eyes, full of humor and kindness, he was disappointed to find out. Now he didn't have a reason to kill her outright. The eyes that he so wanted to be full of bloodlust and evil and all that, were framed in cute black glasses. The pristine white doctor coat over an equally pristine white pantsuit finished off the polished look.
"Hi, Dr Kasha, sorry I'm late, I had some forms to fill out." Kagome walked in, shaking Dr. Kasha's hand.
"It's all right, Miss Higurashi. I was just telling your mate here how much I know he distrusts me." Dr Kasha replied lightly, leading them both to the more comfortable area of her office, where two white leather sofas sat on either side of a glass coffee table.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome reprimanded, hitting his arm.
"It's all right, it's only natural. After all, I am going to be spending the next nine months looking at you in, shall we say...intimate places." Dr Kasha said with a laugh.
"Damn straight." Inuyasha agreed, plomping down on the sofa next to Kagome, pouting miserably.
"Okay sweetie, here goes. You're carrying a special little baby inside you. I'm aware you're barely pregnant, but it's good that you've come so early on, as now you'll know what to expect before it hits you. Hanyou pregnancies can take its toll on human women, even a powerful miko such as yourself. This means, and Inuyasha, this should get you to like me more, that you will need to be infused with more youkai energy a little more often. That means you and Inuyasha will have to have sex at least once a day, more if you over-exert yourself." Dr. Kasha waited for Inuyasha's reaction with bated breath.
Inuyasha silver eyebrows shot up behind his bangs, as he replied leeringly (AN: Is that a word?) "I don't like you, but I like the way you think...I'll be glad to oblige."
"Don't blush there, sweetie. You'll have more advanced morning sickness than most human mothers would, it may well have already started, judging by Mr Mireshi's snort there. You will also have more powerful cravings that are more unpredictable, as your baby needs more energy than human babies do, that it can't get from you because you're human, so it has to get it from what it wants you to eat. Of course, there's all the usual as well, weight gain, irritability, something along the lines of constant PMS, feeling like a small whale etc. etc."
"Okay, then..." Kagome said, nodding slowly as she committed it all to memory. "Do I need to be taking some kind of supplements for this?" she asked suddenly.
"Oh no, believe me, Inuyasha should be able to give you all the extra nourishment you need..." Dr. Kasha said. "I have hanyou babies as well, so I've done this before."
"You have no idea how nice it is to hear you say that..." Kagome said, sighing in relief.
"That's my job." Dr. Kasha smiled good naturedly. "Come up onto the table, we just need an initial sonogram and then you guys can disappear for the next four weeks."
"Alrighty then!" Kagome agreed, hopping up onto the examination table and lifting the bottom of her light blue wifebeater up, exposing her tanned, still-flat stomach.
"The hell are these?" Inuyasha asked, playing with the strong rubber stirrups on the end of the bed.
"You don't want to know, honest." Dr. Kasha said, eyes glinting in amusement.
"I'll find out..." Inuyasha promised loosely. "Is that the little runt?"
"It's our child Inuyasha, not a runt." Kagome admonished, looking at the tiny embryo in wonder.
"I can't see it." Inuyasha stated, scrutinizing the small screen.
"Most of us can, dear." Dr. Kasha commented dryly.
"It looks like a teeny kidney bean." Inuyasha stated, unimpressed.
"It'll get bigger." Kagome said, frowning at him.
"Can I just say, and I never thought I'd say this about any child of mine, but that thing's ugly." Inuyasha stated.
And so began Inuyasha and Kagome's long journey on the timeless road to parenthood.
AN: Oy...Not my best work, but I think it fulfilled what it was supposed to, ne? See ya next week, and just because I was so close to finishing, and because I was inspired all of a sudden, it is now 2.13 in the morning my time. Kasha, I hope you like your character! Goodnight all, and
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