Inuyasha slowly knocked on the door. "Miroku, I need to talk to you"
Inuyasha heard shuffling, and giggling, then, the door opened. "What can I do for you Inuyasha" Miroku stated with a proud smile.
"Uh, can we talk, it's important"
"Sure" Miroku opened the door and stepped out, closing it behind him.
"Sesshomaru is kicking us out!" Inuyasha yelled as he crossed his arms.
Miroku rose an eyebrow. "Us as in all of us or us as in you?"
"Me and Kikyo" He snapped.
"Surely he does not mean while the shadows are out?"
"No no, not right now, just, when this is all over" They began to walk,
"Well what did you expect Inuyasha?"
" I duno, I thought Kagome..."
Miroku stopped and held his hand out pleadingly. "Inuyasha, did you really think that we would all just stay together?"
Inuyasha blushed a bit. "Sorta." He said as he rubbed the back of his head.
Miroku placed his hand on Inuyasha's shoulder.
"Soon, all this will be over, we are mated, married and having kids, there is life beyond this"
"It just don't feel right" He huffed, as he crossed his arms stubbornly.
"Does not matter how it feels Inuyasha, after the shadows and Naraku are dealt with, Sango and I will be leaving to, back to her village; to rebuild it."
They made it outside "We are going back to the forest, Kikyo wants to be with her sister"
"That is wise"
The problem with Inuyasha was that he was the only one not growing up.
"It's hard growing up and moving on Inuyasha, but it has to be done, Kagome is married to Sesshomaru"
Inuyasha crossed his arms "I will never get used to that"
Miroku smiled "I know, how are the kids?"
"Fine, sleeping a lot." He didn't know much about kids.
"Ah, normal." Miroku said a warm smile on his face.
"I still can't get over all the damn blood, aren't you afraid?"
"Of course I am, but I trust Kagome"
Kagome would also help Sango give birth in a few months.
"Those shadows, they showed up when Kikyo was in labor" Inuyasha said his tone becoming serious.
"Inuyasha, I have to ask, how did Kikyo gain her human form again?"
Inuyasha looked at his friend hard in the face "I duno, why?"
"It's just that she never told us."
"What are you trying to say Miroku?"
Miroku threw his hands up "Nothing nothing, I was just wondering that's all!"
They walked a bit further out "It's quiet again" Miroku added,
"Yeah, I hate sitting here, knowing Naraku is out there" Inuyasha looked off,
"I too wonder, but your brother is not leaving Kagome, and I must admit I do not want to leave Sango, even if this place is well guarded"
"What are you up to Naraku?" Inuyasha whispered, a growl edging its way into his voice.
Miroku placed his hands behind his back and he too looked off, wondering if the shadows and Naraku where one in the same, and he wondered why Naraku was hiding. His hands went tight behind his back, his hole still alive, a heartbreaking reminder; that he may not live to see all his kids grow up.
That was all he truly wanted, was to raise his kids; to be there for them. To see his daughters off. There was not a day that went by that he didn't think of his own father, and how he wished he could be there with him. He also prayed for this child, while the curse seemed to only affect the boys, he could not help but worry about his own daughter that was soon to be born.
Miroku eyes slanted to Inuyasha, he did not want to upset his friend, but he too felt the aura coming from Inuyasha's little daughter, and he wondered just how Kikyo came to gain her life back. He could not help but wonder if the shadows or Naraku, or even both; had something to do with her new ever beating heart. He could not lie, he worried.
He worried for Inuyasha heart, for Kikyo's soul and for the innocent child who at this point and time, had no say, but most of all, he worried for Kagome, because when it all came down to it, it all lead back to her.
She was the beginning and she would be the end, the one, he knew, that would save them all, but, at what cost? He really hoped it was not the cost of her own child.
AN: A BIG THANKS to Clark for helping me with this chapter! wink!