************CHAPTER 9 IT"S A…..********
As the day progressed the other clans started to slowly arrive, sayleen and rin were told to greet the guests and take them to their designated places, the first of the guests to arrive was the leader of the northern tribe along with his granddaughter ayame. Rin and sayleen bowed deeply to show respect, "good afternoon elder" rin spoke, sayleen bowed to ayame "good afternoon lady ayame, if you''ll please follow me." Ayame scoffed "where is kagome, this is supposed to be her duty..i would have never embarrassed kago like this, she is already lacking in the wife department." Sayleen bit the side of her cheek "lady kagome is a wonderful wife to lord koga, she's just heavily pregnant and was feeling contractions from the babe. She sends her deepest apologies for the inconvenience." Without another word, the two split and were escorted to their places, this continued until all the leaders were in the east.
As the day went on the eastern wolf women tended to their guests while their brothers plotted and planned to squash the lingering threat, a few hours before dark kagome finally came out of her room. She slowly walked out her hand rubbing her stomach smiling brightly "please excuse my rude and reclusive behavior and tardiness, seems my pup is working on turning for labor" the other ladies excluding ayame smiled in return the first to speak was the lady of the south "pay it no mind lady kagome, we all understand truly." the other ladies nodded and made a small noise in agreement. Kagome walked to ayame and grabbed her hands "ayame, i hope all is well with you and you grandfather. I'm so sorry things happened this way but i know first hand this threat and the powers it wields, if the worse comes to worse and our clans end up in war with him. I have a big favor I need to ask of you." kagome let go of ayames hands and attempted to bow. "I do intend to join my mate in war to fight with him so we can protect not only our clan but our children as well. I beg of you please if it comes to it, take our children the unborn pup and shippo as well and flee, protect them please. I want...no...i need, we need our children to thrive and be happy.. Please lady ayame, grant me this. It's no offense to the other ladys but I know you on a personal level. I trust if not for me then for koga to protect his children. Even if you won't raise them then just take them away from here, away from their uncle who wishes to kill them and take them to their godmother in kaede's village" the other ladys gathered around and watched, their hands laid over their hearts. Though they do not agree with Koga's pick being human, it touched them deeply to see her put her life on the line to protect her mate and children. She was showing qualities of not any demon but loyalty and fierceness of a wolf demon. Before ayame could speak kagome lost her footing, she and saline quickly caught her and held her until she could stand upright again. A loud hiss came kagome, her hands wrapped around her stomach again while she tried to breath through the contractions "lady kagome, are you alright? Should I help you back to your den?" Sayleen looked at Kagome worriedly, Kagome smiled at her "maybe here afterwhile, i'd like to visit with our guests for a little while longer" the lady of the west came up "my lady if i may?" kagome looked at her, "of course, all of you are able to speak freely here, I don't mind." all of the ladies smiled and bowed their heads to her in gratitude. "I am a midwife back home, I have taken care of many women and delivered their pups. Would you mind if I take you to your den and check on your pup? How far along are you, my lady?" kagome looked at her stomach. "I'm 27 weeks, six months getting ready to go into my seventh" the woman looked straight up at Kagome, her face serious. "Get her into her den now, and someone get lord koga! Now! This pup is coming tonight. My lady please don't be scared but wolves are only pregnant for two to three months, a wolf demon is a little longer usually five to six months because of obvious reasons. Kagome your over your due date, the contractions you're having are because the babe is stuck and overdue. If we don't get it out now it and you both will die" this new information scared kagome, sayleen and Airvianna. Both women quickly picked up their friend and carried her to her den, they prepared her bed for delivery and for the new baby. Kagome grabbed the lady of the west's hand "what is your name? I would like to know and befriend the woman who is about to save my child." the woman smiled softly "My name is Aimi Togashi". "Thank you Aimi Togashi for saving my pup...oh Airvianna will you go get shippo and let him know he's about to be a big brother?" airvianna smiled softly, a tear tracing her cheek "of course"
Word traveled quickly through the den of the pup's pending arrival, the clan who was inside the cave stood by to help their lady with her new pup, excitement for a new baby to the clan and fear for their lady's life as well as her child's life all at the same time, koga excused himself from the other lords to be by his mates side as she gave birth to their pup, shippo stood outside kagome's den waiting for the ok from his mother to come in and see his new brother or sister. He sent a couple wolves to Kaede's village to fetch inuyasha, sango and miroku as a happy surprise to his mother.
"Ok my lady, I do believe I have the baby unstuck and in position. During your next contraction i need you to push" kagome looked up to koga who gave her a reassuring squeeze and kissed her forehead "i'll be right here the entire time, you have this kagome." she smiled and began to push screaming through gritted teeth "good my lady, that was a good push. Be ready to do it again"...this continued for a few hours with very little progress. Within the few hours the wolves had made it to the village and gotten their friends. The first into the den was the still heavily pregnant sango "shippo?" shippo looked and smiled "you guys made it" sango hugged the fox pup "how is she, is the baby here yet?" shippo shook his head "not yet, i haven't gotten to see momma yet." Sango nodded and walked over to sit down. After miroku and inuyasha sat down kagome scream was heard followed by the sound of a baby crying, everyone looked to the door and smiled relieved to hear the strong and healthy cry. Airvianna stepped out holding the pup for all to see "our lady is not finished baring pups yet, this is the first pup! It is a BOY! Kauzo!" Everyone cheered and applauded for their new prince. She brought the infant over to shippo "would you like to see your new baby brother?" Shippos' eyes and face lit up, he smiled from ear to ear "hello Kauzo, i'm shippo your big brother! I promise i'll always protect you. You'll love our momma, she's the best mother ever, momma, father and i love you so much already." he kissed the top of the infants head, when he looked up he saw a crying sango and Airvianna "did i say something wrong?" they both smiled happily "no, that was just so sweet we both are crying tears of happiness.
Airvianna took the newborn to get cleaned up, while she was gone more screams came from kagome and koga's den until again an infant's cry followed the scream. Everyone waited patiently to hear what the next child was. This time no one came out, more screams were heard dread filled the room, not sure if the pup survived. Aimi poked her head out "I need one of her ladys to fetch more water and towels. She isn't finished and is bleeding excessively." Ayame stood and fetched the water and towels when she entered the room. Koga looked up at her "ayame!? What are you doing here? This isn't the time." she shook her head "it's not that, i just wanted to help kagome survive childbirth, she deserves that much at least.
The anticipation of lord koga and lady kagome's pups' arrival not only affected their clan but it became so infectis that the lords and ladies of the other tribes also grouped in and were on the edge of their seats to see the other pup. Hours passed by screams heard occasionally until one last big scream and the sound of a baby crying was heard again. Out came Ayame and Sayleen both carrying a baby, they held the babies up "our lord and lady have delivered the rest of the pups, for a grand total of three pups! A boy and TWO GIRLS! The one in my hands is the second born. Her name will be Kuiko and the one in lady Ayame's hands name is Kohanna! Our lady is healing and currently resting. She will be ready for visitors in a few hours to allow her and lord koga time to bond with the pups and heal. We will protect our new prince and princesses as if they were our own pups, we as a clan will not allow anyone to harm them" again the clan cheered.
