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Talawolfgirl : Thank you! And yes, he should show her how he feels because at this point she might not take his words at face value, still under the belief that he might think he would only do the honorable thing in the situation or that he might see them as a mistake... a burden...
InuKagLover 1992 : I felt that in that moment she wouldn't want him there and if he had been there she would have been too emotional with all that was happening in that moment so that was why I had her do it alone, though with Kaede as a familiar face.
windbreaking : I wanted her to have someone with her that could also be a link to Inuyasha and yes, I was quite happy with them having Kaede as her mentor. Not because she was a woman, but because she had a connection to both Kikyo and Inuyasha. And as for them being more than half demon I figured that with her having demonic blood in her veins like Inuyasha that they would come out almost full demon. :)
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Kagome walked around the hut, her energy revived from that one night of rest, before coming to stand before her children. They were sleeping peaceful, save for one. The same baby who had eyed her yesterday long after his siblings had gone to bed was now just laying there with his golden eyes staring up at her. Smiling she thought that he looked the most like Inuyasha in both features and his attitude. Even for a newborn he held that look of skepticism and she found that both sad and cause for a slight giggle to slip from her mouth. "Guess we should give you all names, huh?" Without the knowledge of how many children or their genders while pregnant she had little thought of what to name them, but with a good night's sleep she found that four names came to mind. "You are so different than your siblings," she whispered while reaching out to pick up her son, her last born child. "Since I have a feeling that you will be so much like your father I think the name, Itsuki, is the perfect name." He grinned at her, his little mouth forming a smirk so much like Inuyasha she could feel her heart break.
"Independence, very fitting," came a response from the doorway, Kaede stepping into the hut to join her before the cradles. Kagome smiled at her son before turning her gaze to the older Miko. "Have ye figured out names for the other little ones?" The younger woman nodded as she turned to her other children that were still sleeping soundly. It was easy to tell the difference between the last two little boys as while they looked the same as the one in her arms, they each had a difference to their ears. One had a black ear on the right and the other little boy had one on his left while the other ear was silver, glinting in the light from the open window.
"The one with his black ear on the right is Mori and the other boy I have named Mosu." She looked down at her daughter, the only baby that looked like her in coloring while still retaining Inuyasha's ears. "Her name is Kaiya." Kaede smiled at the last child's name, knowing that Kagome had named her that symbolically. All their names were fitting, both in tribute to how they met or a trait or feature of the man that had stolen her heart and whether they could repair their relationship she didn't intend to forget who had blessed her with them.
"I have come to tell ye that I am taking my leave, Kagome," the older woman said as she turned fully to look at the woman before her, the younger woman stroking her son's silvery patch of hair with a small smile on her face. She knew they would be alright as Kagome had taken her role as mother to her children with open arms. She had feared that once the Miko had had the baby she might suffer post-partem depression as some new mothers suffered that fate when it came to something despairing in their life as Kagome had. She was still in turbulent waters concerning the Hanyou, the father of her children, but Kagome had bounced back like she always seemed to do. She cherished her children whether their father was in the picture or now, though she hoped that the raven haired new mother would realize that Inuyasha loved her and while his torn feelings concerning her sister were nothing more than unresolved emotions and not love, not like what he felt for her.
"Kaede," Kagome asked, mindful that her children were still asleep, Itsuki falling asleep in her arms as they spoke. She looked up at the elder woman, her eyes closed now that she wasn't looking at her son, the open love hidden behind her chocolatey orbs. "You promise that you will tell Inuyasha about what I asked of you last night?" The older woman nodded. "I don't mind if you tell him where I am, but make sure he knows that I need this time to myself." Again she nodded to the statement. Hugging the woman who was now a mother, she headed out of the hut, wondering how she could keep the Hanyou from coming as soon as he found out where the Miko was hiding.
As luck would have it Kaede ran into him on the road a few hours later, the male looking almost frantic as he scowled down at the older Miko, surprise reflecting in his golden orbs. She nodded to him in greeting, but said nothing as tried to walk past him, only a few words said when she walked by him. "Come, Inuyasha, we must talk." He scowled at her, noting right off the bat that she smelled like Kagome and something else. The old woman smelled kind of like him, but the scent was somehow warped, a slight scent of Kagome mixed in with his own scent making a new scent.
"Oi, old woman, you know where she is, don't you?" Again she repeated herself, reaching out to push him in the opposite direction she had come from, his growl warning her that he wasn't in the mood for whatever she had to say. He looked at where she had come from, noting that there was no scent of Kagome from this way, but that made no sense since she reeked with it and it was still fresh. "I have to fi-"
"She is safe, Inuyasha and wishes to have some time to herself," came a terse response, the Miko trying to keep her cool while doing as the younger woman asked of her and finding her patience running thin with the male beside her. Before he could respond she continued with a warning, "If ye go to her now she will never give ye a chance. If anything she will 'sit' ye until ye are unconscious so she can run again and this time she will be leaving with your pups." That thought made his mouth slam shut in frustration and fear. Would she really leave him and take the pups with her? He would never see any of them. Reaching deep inside himself, even as his demon whined at the fact that he had missed the birth of his children he took a deep breath, his jaw tense as his fangs clenched against the curses he wanted to deliver to both the woman before him and the one that now wanted time to herself, away from him. "Good, ye will do best to listen to her in this request. She only asks for a week, another six days, to herself. She is still hurting, not only from what has transpired in such a short amount of time, but with her own feelings. She wants to love ye, but still has to get past what happened that night and with no recollection of it, she is in turmoil."
"I remembered that night!" he spat, growing frustrated that while had that information he couldn't tell his mate, alleviate her concerns so they could finally be together. It was driving him crazy with all this distance. Mates were not meant to live like this, their emotions only grew far more erratic and as they were both now part demon their demonic side would soon come to the surface. How had she been so rational anyway? Why wasn't her demon giving her grief for being apart from him while his was demanding a reconciliation with her?! Then it struck him that he now had pups! His pups were born and he didn't even know how many she had had or what sex they were! Had he had boys or girls or both?! "My pups?" he asked, leaving her to fill in the rest of the question.
"Ye are the proud father of four children, one girl and three boys." At his smile she continued, "She had named them and while your son resembles ye the little girl looks like her mother in coloring while still retaining your ears." Inuyasha felt the tug heighten to go to her side, to see his pups and hold them while praising her and ensuring that all of them were healthy and happy, but he knew he could not do that, not just yet and it was killing him. Like most demons, he needed to see them, hell, most demons never left their mate's side during the pregnancy or the birth, standing by if they needed them, but he had lost that chance to her being captured and then to their own troubles.
"What are their names?" He really wanted to know what his children were called as he had also missed out on that. Most demons held a name that meant something. His own name fell under the title of spirit so in all his name meant dog spirit while his brother's name meant Destruction of Life and while that title still held true, his brother had changed. He could feel it.
"She named the boys Mosu, Mori, and Itsuki while your daughter is called Kaiya." He felt his heart jump at that last name. While the others held great meaning, not only to her, but to him his daughter's name spoke volumes. It made him feel better, knowing that she forgave him on some level and knowing that made it a little easier to give her what she had asked... for time.
"I guess I can give her a week then, but know this old woman, I will leave the very minute that time is up." She nodded at him, turning to leave with him following behind her. He would never admit his feelings to the old Miko, making sure to sound as irritated as he could when giving into his mate's request, but he knew now that he had a chance to win her back, it would only take some time and with that he came up with a plan, rushing off ahead of the older woman to find the monk and the slayer and tell them of what he wanted to do.
The next day found Kagome up and about, sitting on the edge of her cot feeding two of her children, her daughter Kaiya and her first born son, Mosu. Both babies suckled contently within their mother's arms, one pair of golden eyes closed while her daughter's brown eyes seemed to drift around. Kagome felt that she was looking at a miniature her but with doggy ears. Smiling she looked up as the woman from the other day appeared, her waddle making the Miko almost giggle considering that she probably looked like that only days ago. The female smiled down at Kagome's other two babies, still laying there with not a sound coming from Mori while Itsuki was making a whining sound, impatient for a turn at his mother's breast. He was like Inuyasha in that fact as well, wanting his food and very impatient when it came to waiting. She wondered if they would also be like him when it came to his love for ramen when they got older. It brought a chuckle to her lips, the sound drawing the attention of the female before her.
"I never got to introduce myself to you yesterday, you know with all that was happening," she said, pushing a dark lock out of her face. The Miko nodded, staying silent as she waited for the other woman to speak again. "My name is Yua." Kagome would have shook her hand if her arms weren't full, her son falling asleep as her daughter sighed in contentment, now watching the other woman approach with curiosity. "Um, so, I know this is a strange question to ask a stranger, but I figured you could give me some insight on birthing demon..." she faded off as she looked down at the children in her arms, Kagome stepping up to lay both children down and take her other two children, Itsuki moving quickly to take a breast before she even had a chance to settle back down on the cot.
"Your m-husband is a demon?" The woman, a few years older than Kagome herself, nodded. "So, what is your question?" The woman pulled at her kimono, looking at a loss for words or on a way to ask her question.
"Yeah, but you didn't look like you were all that far along," she stated, now looking at Kagome again. "Not that I know how far along you were, but I'm about five months along and I am...well, I'm..." Kagome got what she was trying to ask.
"I'm a rare case," she stated, the woman's eyes grew wide. "I'm a Miko and from what, well, I guess you could call him my brother-in-law, told me was that it caused my pregnancy to progress quicker than normal so you should still have another four months to go." Breathing out the breath that had been held while she waited for the answer the girl looked relieved. Before Kagome could say more though the flap began to move with a strong wind, her nose picking up immediately upon a familiar smell, her smile dying for a moment. Just what she needed, him to appear after all the shit that had gone down. She hoped that it wasn't about to get ugly in her, but just in case she said, "You might want to leave, I don't know if this is just a social visit or he's about to try and claim me again." Yua looked torn, knowing that just by her words this wasn't her mate, but a rival for the claim that was visible on her skin. At the woman before her still feeding her children she almost stayed, but as soon as the male came close enough to smell she noted that the boy in Kagome's right arm glared, such a feat for a newborn, but telling on how this would go down so with a wave she headed out, passing the male she assumed Kagome had been talking about.
Just by looking at him she could see that he was a wolf demon, not unlike her own mate, and that he looked rather powerful in physic. Walking away she glanced back as he entered the hut where the new mother sat.
Koga burst into the good sized hut, his cerulean eyes falling upon the woman he had smelled on the way back to his den and deciding that he would see why she was not at the village where her group normally stayed. He had been surprised when he woke up a few days ago to find that Inuyasha was gone and figuring out quite quickly that it had something to do with the Miko he had just brushed it off, but smelling the mutt upon passing, her scent missing from the area he had again wondered what had transpired while he had slept. Now he knew, she had given birth, the scent of the pups hitting his nose upon reaching the area just beyond the village. He was surprised that not only were the pups in her arms identical to the mutt, but one of them was giving him the same look that Inuyasha did when he came near the Miko.
"What are you doing here, Koga? I thought you were helping that village." He noted the cold tone of her voice, and while it slightly threw him off his own thoughts that he found it upsetting. She had never been cold to him before. Even when she had slapped him all that time ago in his den she hadn't been hateful, only letting him know she hadn't appreciated his claim on her, professing that she belonged to the mutt and now knowing that it was indeed the silver haired male that had not only claimed her but had also fathered her pups he knew that she had never been his. No, she had allowed his rival in claiming her affections claim her as his own. While it hurt, and he would love to challenge that claim he knew he could not do that, not when she had pups by the other male. Sure, he had known that they would have Hanyous if they were to breed, but looking over at the cradles he knew she had not one or two by the other male, but four. There was a limit to what he could take and a woman who had four children by another demon was crossing the line and not only that, but the look in her eyes spoke volumes. She would not allow him to claim her, would rather strike him down to protect her mark and the children she had birthed.
"I just passed the village and noticed you were here," he stated, moving closer, his eyes watching the baby in her right arm as he watched him too. He never stopped suckling on Kagome's breast, his mouth still working even as he scowled at the wolf approaching his mother. "So, the mutt is your mate." It wasn't a question, more a observation of what he could tell just by looking at her children. She nodded, keeping her eyes on the male before her. "I'm not going to force a claim on you, Kagome. I know you love the half breed, I just had hoped I had a chance to change your mind, but now..." he faded off, watching as she seemed to relax with his declaration, a smile lifting her lips. He noted that it wasn't a full smile, not like her normal ones. This one was sad, almost resigned in a way.
"Yeah, I do love him," she said simply, saying nothing about being the mate to the silver haired male. They stood there, him just feet from where she was, his eyes slowly moving over each child until his gaze fell upon the last baby, her daughter.
"I wish you all the luck with him," he said softly, sad that he no longer had a chance with the Miko. "If you ever change your mind you know where to find me." And then he was gone, leaving the Miko sighing after he had left. She knew it was a hallow statement, that he would never fulfill it as she had seen that look on his face when he had seen all the children before him. It made her wonder if Inuyasha would look at them like that, as if they were too much to handle and hoping and dreading should that be his reaction. Some part of her wanted him to take back his mark and leave their life while her heart, it clenched at the thought that he would turn away from not only her, but their children.
We need our mate... Kagome blinked in confusion. Had someone just spoke? Looking around to make sure that she was indeed alone she figured that maybe she still needed some more rest, putting Mori back in his crib while Itsuki clung to her, watching her with his golden eyes as she made herself comfortable on the cot. She lay there for only a few moments before eyes closed and she fell asleep with her son still eating.
The children's names are as follows.
1st Born: Kaiya- forgiveness
2nd: Mosu- flare, ignite, or blaze
3rd: Mori- Forest
4th: Itsuki- independence
Inuyasha is going to give her space and Koga has taken himself out of the running, but what will happen when the week is over and Kagome introduces Inuyasha to his children? Stay safe!