Chapter 15: Arrested
"He's so cute!" Rin squeals again as she stares at Katsuo who's playing in the ball pit with kids slightly older than him. Currently, he's wearing a white shirt with blue jean overall.
The backyard was decorated with various jungle themed balloons and streamers. They even had a big plastic ball pit alongside three inflatable bouncing houses; two were for the kids while the third one was for the adults. There are seven tables covered with light blue table cloths with picture frames of Katsuo with various family members. Next to the white wood gate and the back of the house are long rectangular tables filled with food, snacks, and drinks.
"I know right. I'm glad I packed that second outfit," Kagome says before taking a bite out of her carrot dipped in ranch.
"I hear that congratulations are in order," Rin states, causing Kagome to raise a brow. She turns her head and watches Inuyasha walk into the backyard, arguing with Koga who's carrying the birthday cake.
"For-"
"Baby number 2."
"How did you know? I just told my mom and Izzy this morning," Kagome says with a giggle as picks up another carrot.
"Izzy told me while I was helping her set up the dessert station. I'm so happy for you!"
"Thank you," Kagome says as before shoving the small baby carrot into her mouth. "We're probably going to tell everyone after Sango's baby shower, this weekend. But we wanted to tell our parents after I was done with my first trimester."
"Understandable," Rin says with a nod before she picks up her paper cup that has a tiger printed around it.
"So," Kagome mumbles.
"So, what?" Rin asks with a raised brow as she takes a sip of her fruit punch.
"When's the wedding?"
Kagome bursts out into laughter as Rin spits out her drink. Rin quickly rushes forward and grabs a napkin to wipe her red face. "Wha-at do you mean?"
"Oh come, Rin. You and Sesshy have been dating for a while."
"So," Rin mumbles with a blush.
"Have two thought about marriage or kids?" Kagome asks as she picks up her cauliflower and dips it into her pool of ranch. "Sesshomaru isn't getting any younger."
"I know, I know," Rin says as she runs her fingers through her hair. She lets out a sigh as she looks at her friend. "I think about it a lot. I love him, but I don't know. I don't think he's ready for that step yet."
Kagome nods as she looks at Rin before putting the cauliflower into her mouth. She leans back in her seat and turns her head. She smiles at the scene in front of her. "He's ready. He just needs a little push," she says as she moves her head in the direction she's looking at.
Rin follows Kagome's gaze and her heart starts beating faster.
"Uncly!" Katsuo cheers as Sesshomaru picks him up with his tail from the ball pit. "Yaya!"
"Higher?" Sesshomaru asks with a grin.
"Yaya!"
"Just give him so time. I'm sure he'll come around and be ready," Kagome tells Rin with a smile.
After they admired the bond between Sesshomaru and his nephew. It was now time to cut the cake.
"A princess' cake?" Kagome asks with a raised brow as she looks down at the pink and white cake.
"It's all they had left," Koga defended. "And at least I got chocolate like you asked for."
"Idiot," Inuyasha mumbles from his spot behind Kagome.
"I tore into him too, Kagome," Ayame says as her daughter wraps her arm around her leg.
"Prety mama," Katsuo gushes as he reaches for his cake. Kagome turns around and smiles at Katsuo who's in his father's arm.
"Well I guess if Katsuo likes it, we can keep it," Kagome says. "Inuyasha, do you have the candle and knife?"
Kagome cuts a piece of cake and puts it on a plate while Inuyasha got Katsuo situated in the plastic high chair. After she was done, she tells Inuyasha to put the candle on top of it and to light it; the candle was shaped into the number 1. After that, Inuyasha and Kagome gather all the guest around the birthday boy before they start singing happy birthday to him.
"Happy birthday dear Katsuo! Happy Birthday to you!"
"Yay!" He cheers while clapping his hands with everyone else. Everyone laughs at his actions. Inuyasha sets the cake on the high chair tray before ruffling his son's hair.
"Happy birthday son."
"Happy birthday, baby," Kagome gushes as she pinches his cheek. "Now, blow out the candle."
Kagome burst out into giggles as Katsuo pushes his lips together and blows, causing spit to fly everywhere. 'He looks so cute!'
After Katsuo blows out his candle, he immediately grabs sections of his cake, tears it off, and shoves the cake into his mouth.
Inuyasha shakes his head and smirks before turning to look at the crowd. "Who wants cakes?"
"This is actually good," Kagome says as she shoves more cake into her mouth with her fork.
"Mother like son," Rin says with a giggle as Kagome leans into Inuyasha's side. Inuyasha chuckle before looking at his friend.
"You actually did something right for once, wolf."
"Eat shi-"
"Koga!"
"The kids aren't here," Koga defends to his wife.
They group laugh at Koga's worried face as his wife continues to yell at him.
"Well I'm gl-OHHHH!" Sango shouts as pain shoot through her stomach.
"Are you okay?" Kagome asks with a concerned look.
Sango nods as she shifts in her seat. "Yes. I-OUCCHH! OHHHH!"
"Sango, what's wrong?" Miroku asks as Sango had now dropped her cake onto the ground and is holding her stomach.
"I don't know. It's just there this pain in my stomach," Sango explains as she tries to rub her bloated stomach to ease the pain. However, that wasn't helping. "Is it a contraction?"
"Let's find out," Miroku says as he hands Inuyasha his plate before helping Sango standing up. "I'm going to take you to the hospital."
"But it's Katsuo's birthday," Sango states as Kagome stands up as well. Currently, all the guests are looking at the group in slight concern.
"You need to see what's going on, San. I'll drive you guys," Kagome suggests.
"But it's Katsuo's birthday," Sango repeats.
"Katsuo will understand," Kagome tells her with a small smile. "The only thing left was to open the presents. We can do that once we find out your fine. I'm sure Katsuo wants to know if his cousins are okay."
Sango nods as Miroku guides her towards the back door.
"I hope Sango's okay," Rin whispers with worried eyes. Sesshomaru nods in agreement.
"How about you take Kat to pick up his big surprise," Kagome tells Inuyasha, referring to the electric toy car they brought for him.
"Sure. Sounds good. We'll stop by the hospital afterwards. Hopefully everything's okay," Inuyasha says causing Kagome to nod.
"Hopefully," she says with a smile as she leans up and gives him a peck before rushing off to her friends.
Inuyasha sighs and turns around to see Katsuo once again covered in cake as he sits in his great grandfather, Katashi's, lap. Currently, he's eating ice cream that his Aunt Hitomi is serving him.
He smirks as he starts making his way towards them.
"Some party."
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Three Hours Later
"I'll be right back," Kagome says with a smile as she excuses herself from her Sango and Miroku. She closes the door to the hospital room before taking her phone out of her back pocket. She looks through her contact and finds Inuyasha's name.
"He should have been here by now. Where is he?" She mumbles to herself with a frown as she pushes the call button and places the phone to her ear. She crosses her arms and taps her nails against her elbow.
"Hell-"
"Inuyasha! Where are you?" She interrupts as she walks down the hallway.
"Hey Kagome, it's Bankotsu."
"What are you doing with Inuyasha's phone?" Kagome questions with a raised brow.
"Well, umm, Inuyasha kinda got arrested and-"
"HE WHAT?" She shouts in disbelief.
"Kagome calm-"
"I'm on my way."
"But-"
Beeeeeeeeeepp!
"Well this is going to go well," Bankotsu sarcastically mumbles as he ends the call. He places Inuyasha's phone on his desk before leaning back and looking at Katsuo who's sitting on that table playing with his ball. "Is mommy scary when she's angry?"
Katsuo looks up with big eyes and nods with a giggle.
"Great," Bankotsu groans.
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Ten Minutes Later
"Katsuo!"
Katsuo and Bankotsu look up to see Kagome rushing towards them.
"Mama!" Katsuo screams as he opens his arms. Kagome quickly swoops him into her arms and hugs him to her chest. She kisses his head and rubs his back.
"Are you okay?" She asks as she pulls him away from her chest and looks at him. "You're not hurt, are you?"
"Mama!" Katsuo cheers with a grin.
"He's fine," Bankotsu tells Kagome as he stands up.
"What happen?" Kagome asks as she shifts Katsuo up a few inches to lay her head against his while rubbing his back.
"Inuyasha got into a fight with a bear demon," Bankotsu explains. "According to Inuyasha and a few witnesses, Katsuo dropped his ball and Inuyasha let him go after it, and the guy that Inuyasha got into a fight with, Hikoboshi, son picked it up, Katsuo tried to get the ball back but the guy's son wouldn't give it to him so Inuyasha asked the kid and the boy's father got angry and started a fight with Inuyasha."
Kagome lets what she just heard digest before asking. "Is Inuyasha okay? Can he come home tonight?"
"He's okay, a few cuts and bruises is all. Both Inuyasha and the other man decided to not press charges."
"Keh, Inuyasha should have pressed charges. He didn't do anything wrong," Kagome angrily states with a furrow of the burrow. Bankotsu nods in agreement as he sees his older brother walking passed them.
"Renkotsu!"
The bald man turns around and walks towards his younger brother. All of his brother worked somewhere in the police department.
"What's up?" He asks as he walks towards them. "Hi Kagome."
"Hey," Kagome responds with a smile. Inuyasha had meet Bankotsu and all his brothers when he was in college.
"Sorry we missed the birthday party. I'll send you our gifts when I get off tomorrow," he explains.
"Thanks," Kagome says as she turns Katsuo to look at their friend. "Katsuo, say thank you."
"Ank Ohh."
Renkotsu chuckles as he ruffles his silver hair.
"Can you watch him? I'm going to take Kagome to see Inuyasha."
"Yeah. Sure thing," Renkotsu says as she turns to face Kagome again.
"Be good, Kat," Kagome says as she hands Katsuo over to Renkotsu.
"Is that your ball? Did you get it for your birthday?" Renkotsu asks as he takes Katsuo into his arms and walks towards Bankotsu's chair.
Kagome smiles as Katsuo starts to play with Renkotsu.
"This way," Bankotsu states as he places a hand on the small of Kagome's back and guides her to the back of the room. "I left out a few details of what was said and happened with the exchange between Inuyasha and the guy. Katsuo wasn't hurt but-"
"Did that guy say hal-"
"There he is," Bankotsu states as he points to the cell in the back corner of the room. Kagome gasps as she sees the condition Inuyasha is in. She starts running towards the cell and grasps the bars between her hands.
"Inuyasha," she mumbles with a sad look in her eye.
"Hey," Inuyasha says as he stands up and walks towards her. He had a black eye that is starting to turn purple, a busted lip, and a bandage over his left eyebrow and his right hand, over his knuckles.
"Are you okay?" She asks as she places a hand on his cheek.
"I'm fine. You should see the other guy."
"What was that you, half-bastard?!"
Kagome frowns and turns her head to see a tall, big man with pale skin and long brown hair. He had a bandage wrapped around his head, two black eyes, and bruises on his cheeks that are turning purple. It was Hikoboshi.
Inuyasha growls at his comment. "What was that you piece of shit."
"Just go talk to your bitch!" Hikoboshi shouts.
"Why-"
"Inuyasha no," Kagome warns as she grasps his face in her hands. She stares at him with love in her eyes and a smile on her face. "He's not worth it. Not anymore."
"But-"
"He's not. Just don't worry about him right now. Okay, baby?" She asks as she leans forward and kisses him.
Hikoboshi sneers in disgust in response.
Kagome pulls away and leans her head against Inuyasha's. "Is he the guy you got into a fight with?"
"Yeah," Inuyasha mumbles as Bankotsu walks towards the front of the cell and starts to unlock then open it.
"Inuyasha, you are free to go."
Inuyasha pulls away from his wife and starts walking to the cell door; Kagome follows his every moment. Once at the door, Kagome hugs her husband and lets out a sigh of relief.
"I'm glad you're okay," she whispers after they pull away.
"Me too," Inuyasha cockily mumbles back.
Kagome smiles and leans up and gives him another kiss before walking around her husband and into the cell. Bankotsu and Inuyasha both raise a brow at that.
'What is she doing?' They think.
Hikoboshi is the only one in the cell, he raises his head and sneers at Kagome as she stands a few feet away from him.
"What do you want wh-"before he could finish his sentence, Kagome had started her attack.
"Fuck!" The man swears as he clutches his family's jewels. He growls as he looks up at Kagome, only to see a fist covered in a blue aura aiming towards his eye.
"Whoa! There! Kagome stop!" Inuyasha shouts as he grabs Kagome around the waist and yanks her away from punching Hikoboshi again.
"You listen here you fucking cunt! Don't you ever fucking talk to my son again! And if you lay a fucking hand on my husband again, I will fuck you up! You hear me?! I will fucking tear you apart and will fucking piss on your damn grave, you good for nothing piece of shit! You hear my you bas-"
Inuyasha places his hand over Kagome's mouth as he drags her out of the jail cell. Everyone stares in shock and slight amusement as Inuyasha struggles to contain Kagome. Inuyasha winces as his wife elbows him in the stomach. He rolls his eyes at Suikotsu who's laughing at him. Inuyasha looks around the room and spots a door that was labeled as a bathroom. He quickly drags the struggling Kagome towards it. He pushes it open with his shoulder and closes the door behind him once they're in the room. He leans against it as Kagome continues to kick and scream.
"Calm down, Kagome! Calm down!"
Kagome continues to struggle against him but after repeated words of encouragement from her husband, she calms down.
"You good?" He asks as he slowly pulls his hand off her mouth.
"Yeah," she mutters. "Can you let me go?"
"Yeah," Inuyasha mumbles as he lets go of her.
Kagome sighs as she walks a couple of feet from him before turning around to look at him. "Sorry about that."
"No no, you're good," Inuyasha states with a shrug as he places his hands into his back pocket. "It was kinda hot."
"Really, you're turned on by me making a complete fool of myself."
"Yes," he jokes with a smirk, causing Kagome to roll her eyes and cross her arms.
"Jerk," she mumbles as she walks closer to him and runs her finger over the bandage on his eyebrow. "Does it hurt?"
"It's healing," Inuyasha mutters with a shrug as he looks down at her.
"What happened?" She asks. "Bankotsu told me the G rated version of it."
Inuyasha growls and frowns as he thinks about what happened a few hours ago. "Katsuo had dropped his ball, so I told him to go get it, because it was just a few feet away from us, since we were waiting in the check-out line. I had turned my back to put his toy on the line when I heard him crying and screaming, the guy's little boy had his ball that your mom got him. So, I got out of the line and calmed Katsuo down before asking the little boy to give Katsuo back his ball because it was his."
Kagome nods as she listens to the story.
"But the little boy's dad came and starts yelling and cursing-"
"He called you guys half-breeds and bastards, didn't he?"
"Kag-"
"Didn't he?" Kagome softly asks as she leans her head against his chest.
"He did," Inuyasha tells her with a sigh. "Katsuo didn't understand what was going on or what he said. But I did. Katsuo saw how upset I was and started crying again. So, I told the guy to back off and calm down and that's when he pushed me. And I guess you know what happened next."
Kagome lets out a shaky breath as she nods.
"I didn't want to fight in front of Katsuo, but the guys just provoked me and after what he called Katsuo, I don't know. I couldn't control myself."
"Thank you."
Inuyasha automatically looks down in shock. "Wait, what did you say-"
"Thank you for protecting our son," Kagome says as she looks up at him with tears in her eyes.
"Kagome, why the tears?" He asks as he leans up and wipes the tears that were beginning to fall down her cheeks.
"Because you were so strong, you protected Katsuo, and you're hurt, and I'm just so happy that he has a father like you and-"
"You're rambling," Inuyasha says with a chuckle as he stares into her eyes. His wife sighs as she looks down before looking back up at him.
"This world is cruel. Why can't everyone be treated equally?"
"Keh. Because some people are idiots," Inuyasha states as he moves a piece of Kagome's hair out of her face.
"I just hate the fact that people are going to look down at him," Kagome says as she turns and kicks the wall. "People are going to judge him before they know. Before they realize how kind and sweet he is."
"That is true," Inuyasha confirms with a sad twinkle in his eye. He hadn't experienced this type of treatment when he was growing up. He and his mother lived in a small town where everyone was accepting and kind. However, when they moved to the big city to live with his father, he soon realized how cruel people could be. He remembered one time he came home with a black eye because some smartass thought it would be cool to throw his bookbag into a foundation. He quickly showed the bullied who was boss. Even though he proved that he could take care of himself, he hated the sad look on his mother's eyes when he came home with bruises and scratches. She tried to be strong, but he could see that behind her strong face, she was scared and hated the harsh people in this world. "But we'll be there to protect him."
"But not all the time, Yash," Kagome honestly states. "I was thinking about putting him in daycare to hang out with other kids' his age but after this, I'm scared. What if another kid treats him horribly or what if the kids' parents don't like the fact that Katsuo's a-"
"When that time comes," Inuyasha interrupts as he grasps both of her hands in his. "We'll be prepared."
Kagome just stares into his trusting yet honest eyes.
"He's going to go through some things that we just can't protect him from and that's part of life.
"But he's just baby," Kagome whines.
"And we'll always protect him, Kagome. But you have to understand, when he grows older, we won't always be there."
Kagome sighs in response as she looks down. "I know."
"But we just have to do our best to teach him to treat people with respect regardless of what they say," Inuyasha tells her. "But we must also teach him to stand up for himself and what he believes is right."
Kagome nods again as tears form in her eyes. "Can we talk about this later. I'm just-"
"I know, and I understand," Inuyasha says as he pulls her into a hug.
"This was some first birthday, huh?" Kagome mumbles into Inuyasha's shoulder as she wraps her arms around his shoulder blade.
Inuyasha chuckles in response. "Yeah, some birthday."
They pull away from each other and give one another a peck on the lips before staring into each other loved filled eyes.
"So, what happened with Sango?"
"It was a false alarm. She had Braxton-Hicks contractions," Kagome states as she lets out a sigh of relief. "However, the doctors wanted to keep her overnight and have pushed up her delivery for this Wednesday."
Inuyasha nods in response. "I'm glad to hear that she and the twins are okay."
"Me too," Kagome says. "Can we go home now? Today's been wild, and I just want to cuddle with Ramen, you, and my baby."
"I thought I was your baby," Inuyasha asks with a raised brow and smirk.
"You're my big pain in the ass," Kagome states as she pinches his cheek.
Inuyasha rolls his eyes in response as he turns around and opens the door. Kagome giggles as she follows after her husband and walks out the room.
After collecting Katsuo from Bankotsu's desk, saying hi to all of Bankotsu's brothers, and collecting Inuyasha's belongings, the trio were finally able to go home.
"Well now you can say that you spent your first night in jail," Kagome says with a giggle as she walks through the open door that Inuyasha is holding. Inuyasha chuckles as he follows behind them.
"Yay!"
Kagome giggles as they start walking towards her car.
"Well didn't you at least enjoy the earlier parts of your birthday?" Kagome asks as she stops in front of the back door on the passenger side of her car.
"Yes!" He eagerly says with a nod before letting out a yawn. Kagome giggles as she bends down and picks him up.
"It's passed your bedtime, sweetie."
Katsuo nods as he rubs his eyes but grins at her.
Kagome kisses the side of his head while she reaches into her pocket and takes out her keys. She unlocks the door before opening it and getting Katsuo situated in his car seat. "When we get home, I'm going to give you a bath and after that, you can cuddle with me, daddy, and Ramen. How does that sound?"
Katsuo nod as he rubs his eyes. Kagome grins and kisses his head again before closing the door, after he was securely buckled in. She turns her head to see Inuyasha in the passenger seat. She walks around her car to the driver's side and gets in. Once in and after putting her key into the ignition, she turns her head to look at Inuyasha who's leaning back with his arm over his eyes and forehead.
When they hadn't moved for a minute, Inuyasha takes his arm off his forehead and turns to look at his wife. "What?"
"You're amazing."
"You're just now recognizing that."
Kagome gives him a smile in response before she leans forward and gives him a kiss. Inuyasha quickly returns the kiss. Once they pull apart, they grin at each other.
"I love you, Yash."
"And I love you too, Kag."
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WildHeart44: Thank you for your review! Glad you liked the chapter. And I loved Sesshomaru's reaction to the whole thing… priceless! Lol. I was going to skip ahead a month but a lot of people wanted to see the birthday party, so I decided to combine my original idea with the birthday party. Hope you like it!
Susu-Anon: Lol. Sesshomaru will gain some empathy…. Later. ^0^. And thanks for the idea. I might do that for one of the chapters. How did you like 'A Moment Too Late'?
Hive-chan: Since a lot of people were asking for it, I decided to give a small glimpse of his birthday party. ^0^. How did you like the chapter?
Youkai55: Lol. True. You're right… Everyone loses Katsuo expect for Kagome and maybe her mom and Izayoi. ^0^.
Missyouneek818: Glad to see ya! Lol.And true! They had one job, but hey, Katsuo's an active little hanyou. He probably escaped right when Kagome and Inuyasha closed the door and left. Lol. And Sesshomaru's attitude will change later on… hopefully.: ). Hope you liked the chapter.
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