BlueMoon Goddess: I'm so happy people are liking the idea so far. Now onto the chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha, its characters, or 'Quade's Babies' by Brenda Jackson which this story is based on.
Summary: Inuyasha's one-night affair with Kagome leaves him bewitched, but he never even learned her last name. Almost eleven months later, driven by one incriminating photo, he finally tracks her down. And discovers two little babies who look just like him.
"Sir, the plane is about ready to take off. Please shut down your laptop and fasten your seat belt."
Inuyasha followed the flight attendant's instructions while thinking just how many times he'd heard such a request. Every time he traveled through plane. Though he hoped next time he can travel by train, that way no one would tell him he had to shut down his electronic devices and just keep working until he arrived at his destination.
He glanced around. At least he was in first class, thank God. And no one was sitting in the seat beside him, which made things even better. He didn't like the feel of being crowded or cramped. He liked having his space. That was the reason he'd enjoyed his job. Traveling to different states and countries were perks of his job with him being a corporate auditor and all in his father's company. Even though he was the CEO of his father's company, he was the one who got to travel more often than others in the company. However, since his father had taken a load off his work and his brother getting ready to start a family of his own, Inuyasha had been drafted to go to the business retreat this year. Which he hated, being around those big-headed rich dickheads. That was the reason why he was in Sharm al-Sheikh, Egypt, the night he had met Kagome.
Kagome…Hell, just thinking about her brought an automatic tightening in his chest, as well as a stirring in another part of his body. The woman had gotten that sort of response from him from the first time he had encountered her that night walking on the beach. He had actually felt her presence before seeing her. And when he had gazed into her face, a deep physical attraction had unleashed fierce desire in him, a degree to which he had never felt toward any other woman in all his thirty-one years. It had been hot. Unexplainable. And luckily for him, the attraction had been mutual.
It didn't take long to discover that she was just as physically attracted to him as he was to her and after a few brief moments of small talk, she accepted his offer to share a drink…in his hotel room. Although he had known she would be safe with him, he had initially questioned her decision until they'd gotten up to his room. Before going inside with him she had made a smart move by using her cell phone to contact the female friend she was traveling with to let her know where she would be, specifically which room and at which hotel on the beach.
Her name was the only part of her she had exchanged with him that night and considering how they'd met and the activities that had followed afterward, he hadn't been sure if that had even been her real name. She had been pretty secretive, but then so had he. And like her, he had only shared his first name.
He had constantly thought of her since that night and then a few days ago, while in a grocery store, he had seen her face on the cover of a magazine. And it was pretty damn obvious that she was pregnant. In fact, she looked ready to deliver at any moment. Since the magazine had been December's issue and it was the second week of February, a million questions had been going through his mind. The first of which was whether or not he was the man responsible for her condition.
They had used protection that night, but he would be the first to admit his lust for her, his desire to have sex with her, had been uncontrollable. And somewhere in the back of his mind he seemed to recall at least one of the times in which there hadn't been a barrier, whether it was true or just a figment of his imagination, he wasn't certain. Even if he had used a condom each time they had had sex, condoms weren't without flaws and when you fucked as many times as they had, anything was possible. Even an unplanned pregnancy.
She was the only one who could put his mind to rest by telling him whether or not the child, which should've been born by now, was his. If it wasn't, she must've slept with someone else around the same time she had slept with him. Though that was something he didn't want to think about. And if the child was his, he would do the right thing, the only thing a Takahashi could do if they were foolish enough to get caught in such a situation. He would ask her to marry him to give their child his name. After a reasonable amount of time they could file for a divorce and part ways.
He could tolerate a short-term wife if he had to. He refused to be reminded that a marriage of convenience was how things had started out between his father and mother, and that they were still happily married. Inuyasha was happy it worked out the way it had for his parents, otherwise he wouldn't be here. However the situation with him and Kagome was different. His father, Inutaisho had fallen hard for his mother, Izayoi, from the first time he had seen her at a mutual friend's wedding. But it had been lust and only lust that had driven Inuyasha's desire for Kagome that night. If it had been more than that, he would've taken the time to get to know her. He'd only had one goal in mind after meeting her and that was finding a way to get her into his bed.
One of the downsides of his job was the long periods he'd had to put his social life on hold. It had been during one of those times, when his testosterone had been totally out of whack, that he met Kagome. He'd gone a long time without a woman and Kagome had been a prime target for a one-night stand. But he hadn't meant to get her pregnant if that's what he'd actually done.
So here he was on his way to Gainesville, Florida, to find out if he was the father of her baby. He had contacted the ad agency and discovered not only that Kagome was her real name, but that she was also a model, which was the reason she had been on the cover of that magazine. He shouldn't have been surprised to learn of her profession since she had to have been the most beautiful woman he'd ever met. On the cover of that magazine with her pregnancy proudly displayed for the camera, she had still looked radiant and breathtakingly beautiful.
Inuyasha felt the plane tilt upward as it took off. He leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes, deciding now was a perfect time to relive those long and passionate hours he had spent in bed with Kagome nearly eleven months ago.
"Kagome, will you please stop being so stubborn and difficult."
Kagome rolled her eyes upward. Leave it to her three best friends, Ayumi, Eri and Yuka, to try to gang up on her, while trying to convince her to think their way. Any other time she would've conceded, just to be left alone. But not this time. Although she was still considered the baby of the friends, now she had a baby of her own. No, she quickly corrected, she had babies of her own. Two of them.
It still amazed her that nearly eight weeks ago she had given birth to twins. Her doctor had suspected the possibility of multiple births early and the sonogram she'd taken by her third month had confirmed his suspicions. She had been shocked. Her mother, grandfather and brother were overjoyed and she let them convince her that she needed to come home to Florida to be around family when the time came for her to deliver.
The main reason she had agreed was because she had wanted her babies born in United States instead of London where she had been living for the last three years. As a professional model she moved from place to place and one day while on a photo shoot in London, she had stumbled across what she considered her dream home and hadn't wasted any time purchasing it. The problems her friends were having was her announcement at dinner today that once the doctors had given the okay for the twins to travel, she would be returning home to London. She was hoping that would be sometime in the summer.
"Be realistic Kagome." Eri was saying. "Handling one baby isn't easy and you have two. You're going to need help."
"And I will have help." Kagome said as she opened the refrigerator to pull out the salad she had made earlier. "My housekeeper will be there and I've hired a nanny for the babies to assist me."
"But it's not the same as having your family and friends close by." Yuka replied.
Kagome closed the refrigerator door and then leaned against it. She studied the three women who were putting up a fierce argument as to why she and her babies shouldn't return to London.
"You guys know how I feel about the three of you trying to mother me. I wish you wouldn't do it." She said, and immediately saw the guilt on their faces. Although she knew they only wanted what was best for her.
"I know taking care of two babies won't be easy." Kagome said. "But I'm determined to do it. Thanks to you Eri, I have enough money not to work for the next eight months or longer if I have to. The modeling agency knows my plans and is giving me the time I need. Besides, it's not like me and the kids won't come back for frequent visits. And I don't plan to sneak off during the night, so the three of you can relax."
She saw the reluctant smiles that touched their faces. Then Ayumi spoke and said. "I'm going to miss those two angels. I've gotten attached to them."
"Then I expect that you'll come visit us often."
Ayumi laughed and shook her head in a nod. "Absolutely."
Kagome looked at her other two friends and figured something else was on their minds. Typically, Eri and Yuka were the ones to stay in everyone's business and tended to ask questions that no one would dare ask. Since Yuka was the more outspoken one in their little group and Eri wasn't afraid to speak her mind. And at the moment Kagome had a feeling what was on their minds and it wouldn't be the first time during the past eleven months that they had asked.
"Okay Eri and Yuka, go ahead and ask me."
Eri frowned while absently rubbing the back of her head. "Why? So you can tell me it's none of my business again?"
"Umm, go ahead and ask. I might surprise you this time."
Kagome saw the doubtful look on Eri and Yuka's face, but she knew they wouldn't be able to resist. "Okay, we want to know who fathered our beautiful goddaughter and handsome godson."
Kagome closed her eyes briefly and could see the face of the man just as clearly as if he was standing right there in front of her. His facial features were embedded deep into her memory and would always stay there. And she had a feeling her son and daughter would be a constant reminder of him.
Although her daughter had inherited a lot of her side of the family's features, and beautifully brown eyes, her little girl had obtained an abundance of wavy silver hair from her father. Her son also inherited his father's golden eyes and had her black hair but with cute small doggy ears that adored the top of his head. But what she noticed immediately was the shape of her son's mouth. It definitely belonged to his father as well.
She of all people, should know after the countless times during that one single night she had plastered hers to it. There had been no doubt in her mind on that particular night, just as there weren't any now, that Inuyasha had to have been the most handsome man she'd ever met. And his maturity had set him apart. He hadn't played any games with her, but she had with him…at least at first. She had lied to him about her age, stating she was twenty-eight instead of twenty-one. She'd figured that, had she been truthful, he would've walked away from her that night and there was no way she could let him do that. She had been attracted to him in a way she had never been to anyone else and she had wanted to explore what such a deep attraction meant.
"Kagome?"
Her eyes snapped open to find her three friends staring at her. "Okay, his name is Inuyasha and I met him on a beach in Egypt. It was a one-night fling." She saw the shock written on her friends faces. Mainly because they were surprised she of all people would do something like have a one-night stand.
"And what's this Inuyasha's last name?" Yuka asked, staring at her over her glass of cranberry juice.
Kagome hunched her shoulders. "Don't know. We were more interested in getting into each other's pants than we were last names."
Neither of them said anything at first and then Eri asked. "And you're sure he wasn't married?"
Kagome inhaled deeply. "He said he wasn't, but I wasn't completely honest about everything with him, so he might've lied a little about one or two things with me. However, I believe he was telling the truth about not being married."
Yuka raised a brow. "And just what did you lie about?"
Kagome moved away from the refrigerator and crossed the kitchen to the cabinet over the sink to pull out her teapot. "My age." She said, turning back around to face her friends, wanting to see their expressions when she answered. "I told him I was twenty-eight instead of twenty-one." She saw the tightening of her friend's features.
"And you think he believed you?" Ayumi asked.
"Yes, on that particular night I'd gone for a walk on the beach after a long day of doing a photo shoot. My makeup was still on, which probably made me look a little older."
Eri snorted and rolled her eyes. "Or he figured you were ripe for the picking and didn't even care."
Kagome laughed softly and said. "If he figured that, then he was absolutely right. I saw him and wanted him just as much as he wanted me."
She couldn't help but remember that night. Every single detail was burned into her memory. Never in her life had she desired a man as much as she had him and on first sight. Her attraction had been immediate, her surrender had been ultimate and the ten hours that followed had been breathtaking, absolutely the best hours she had spent in any man's bed. And although her experience was limited compared to some women, with those she could compare the difference was beyond measure. Inuyasha had made her beg, scream and become a captive to passion of the most intense kind. She had literally been at his mercy the entire night.
"Kagome?"
It was only then that she realized that Ayumi had been trying to get her attention. "What?"
"I know I asked you this before, it was during the time you were in your seventh or eighth month. I questioned whether or not you felt you should try and find this guy and you said no. Have you changed your mind about that?" Ayumi asked.
"No." Kagome said, shaking her head. "It was a one-night stand and he didn't expect anything out of it, except what he got…what we both got that night, extreme pleasure. I don't blame him for getting me pregnant. He used a condom each time, I saw it. I guess one must've broken."
Eri chuckled. "I think that's an understatement, don't you? Must've been one hell of a night to produce twins."
"It was." She crossed the room to stand in front of them. "I finally got my mom to go home after convincing her I could handle things on my own tonight and now I want the three of you to do the same. Dinner was great and I appreciate the three of you joining me, but I want to get some rest before the babies wake up. They're still sleeping and if they stay on schedule, I'll only have the six o'clock feeding to deal with."
"But what if they want to eat at the same time?" Ayumi asked, seemingly alarmed at the thought of her best friend caring for the babies alone. Someone had been there with her on a rotating basis since she and the babies had come home from the hospital.
"If that happens, then it won't be a problem since I do have two hands and have two breasts to find each baby." Kagome said with a smile.
"Come on, Ayumi and Eri, let's leave since she's determined to get rid of us." Yuka said with a laugh. The three of them then made their way out of the kitchen and through the living room.
"Only so I can get some sleep." Kagome said.
"If you need anything don't hesitate to call us Kagome." Ayumi said.
"I will. See you guys later."
After her friends had left, Kagome went into the nursey to check on her babies. Each was in a crib and the room had been beautifully decorated with a modern jungle theme, compliments of her friend Sango Kuwashima, an interior decorator whom she met during her first few months in London and helped her decorate her condo there. Once she heard Kagome was pregnant, she offered to decorate the nursery as a baby shower gift.
Kagome's announcement that she would be having twins had sent excitement spreading through her family, since there were no record of multiple births in the family. More than once Kagome had wondered about her babies' father. Did he have a history of multiple births in his family? The doctor had asked her a number of questions about the man who had fathered her babies and she hadn't been able to answer any of them. It probably hadn't taken her doctor long to determine she had gotten pregnant by a man she hadn't known for long.
Stealing a few quiet moments while the babies slept, she decided to stretch out on the sofa instead of on the bed. Kagome kicked off her shoes to lie down, feeling confident she could handle things just like she had told her mother and three best friends. The baby monitor was sitting on the coffee table and would alert her when they awakened.
She had spoken with Riz Lyons, her agent, and fully understood Kagome's decision to put her modeling career on hold for a while until the babies got older. Right now the thought of leaving them with anyone while she traveled didn't sit well with her, and she just couldn't see having her nanny travel with her just to take care of the babies. She wanted to be a stay-at-home mom for at least two or three years. And with her wise investments she would have no problem doing so.
The house was quiet and Kagome felt her eyelids getting heavy. Today had been laundry day. She had washed the babies' laundry earlier and would fold it later. Her mother had encouraged her to get out and do something while volunteering to stay there and watch the twins. Taking her mother up on her offer, Kagome had gone to the hair salon and had planned to pay a visit to a nail salon as well, but she had begun missing her twins and had rushed back home.
Kagome's eyes drifted closed and automatically she thought about her babies' father. "Inuyasha."
It was an unusual name and she couldn't help wondering if it was real. Whether it was real was not important now, but it could possibly be later when her children grew up and asked about their father. What on earth would she tell them?
'The truth.' Her mind suddenly interjected.
She would tell them the truth and would even assist them in finding him one day if that's what they wanted to do. With only a first name to go by it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack, but she was certain even with the limited information she had, the man could be found eventually. While pregnant she had even entertained the idea of hiring a private investigator to locate him, but she had to consider the possibility that given her circumstances, he might not want to be found. Not every man relished the thought of being a father and he was one two times over.
Thinking of Inuyasha made her want to relive that night and her mind automatically went back in time, to a night that had changed her life forever. Though her memory was short-lived as the ringing of the doorbell interrupted her dream. She opened her eyes, a little annoyed at the intrusion. Standing, she stretched her body trying to fight off the lingering sensual sensations of her dream. When the doorbell sounded again she quickly moved to the door. The last thing she wanted was for her babies to wake from their nap. More than likely her visitor was one of her friends who decided to come back to check up on her. That or her mother or brother who periodically dropped by to make sure she was okay. She had to admit they were all thoughtful and always had been, even while thinking they'd been somewhat overprotective of her while growing up.
She took a quick look through the peephole and blinked. Her eyes then shot open wide as she looked out the peephole again. Because she had just dreamed about the father of her babies her mind had to be playing tricks on her. There was no way he could be outside on her doorstep. The sun had set and the person was standing in a shadowed area of the porch so she couldn't completely make out the man's face. But from the build of his body, reminded her so much of Inuyasha. Her one-time lover. The man who was constantly a part of her dreams.
She found her voice, yet it was shaky when she asked. "Who is it?"
"Inuyasha."
Kagome sagged against the door as a gush of shocked breath rushed from her lungs. 'Why was he here? Had he somehow found out about the twins?'
"Kagome, I need to talk to you."
His voice was just as she remembered, ultra-husky and as sexy as any man's voice had a right to be. Knowing she couldn't keep him standing outside forever, she garnered as much strength as she could and slowly began twisting the doorknob while asking herself how she would handle seeing him again when the mere thought of the man sent lust ripping through her body.
The door opened and she immediately met his gaze finding it hard to believe that this wasn't a dream and he was actually here, standing on her doorstep, in the flesh. The air surrounding them suddenly became charged, just as it had that night. And she couldn't help noticing that also just like that night, his body was molded into a pair of faded jeans and a pullover shirt. Both oozed a degree of sexuality that warmed her skin and created an intense yearning within her. The man was as sinfully handsome as she remembered. Even more so.
To make matters worse, he was staring at her the same way he had that night on the beach and it didn't take a rocket scientist to recognize that look of blatant desire in his eyes. Like before, he was getting to her without very much effort and she fought back the urge to reach out and touch him, while convincing herself that her hormones were out of whack and making her crave something she really didn't want and definitely something she didn't need.
Inhaling deeply she tried to relax, fight off the shock of seeing him. Kagome was determined to find out why he was there while refusing to consider that somehow he had found out about the twins.
"Inuyasha? I don't understand why you're here." She heard herself say. "I didn't expect to ever see you again."
He continued to look at her. "I didn't expect to ever see you again either." He said softly, yet in a masculine tone. "But I saw you on the cover of a magazine, and you were pregnant."
She nervously licked her lips, having an idea where this conversation was headed. A part of her regretted that she had allowed Riz to talk her into doing that magazine cover. And what on earth was he doing looking at an issue of Pregnancy magazine?
"I want to know one thing."
Kagome sensed what he wanted to know but asked the question anyway, preferring not to make assumptions. "What do you want to know?"
"Did you have my baby?"
Inuyasha felt his insides tighten, not knowing what Kagome's response would be, not even sure from the way she was looking at him if she would even give him one. The trouble was, he didn't plan on leaving until she did. Until now he'd never given any thought to being a father. In fact, a wife and kids weren't on his list of goals he'd wanted to achieve in life. However, if he was the father of her child then he would take full responsibility and the sooner she knew it the better.
"Takahashi's take full responsibility for their actions." He said, as if that explained everything. He tried to downplay the stirrings in his groin that had started the moment she had opened the door. And when she lifted perfectly arched eyebrows the stirrings increased.
"Takahashi? Is that your last name?" She asked.
He studied her to see what about her was different from that night. She looked a lot younger than twenty-eight and the color of her eyes seemed darker than he recalled. But her lips, full and enticing, were just as luscious as he remembered. She was wearing a pair of jeans and a T-shirt that stretched across her breasts. Her waistline looked small, not indicative of a woman who'd given birth to a child, but her hips had curves that hadn't been there before. He, of all people, should know. He had touched and tasted every inch of her body.
"Inuyasha?"
When she said his name, he realized he hadn't responded to her question. "Yes. Takahashi is my last name." It also made him realize just how little they knew about each other. The only thing they did know was how much they could satisfy each other in bed. "And I take it that Higurashi is yours?" He declared to add.
She nodded slowly. "Yes, Higurashi is mine."
Now that they'd gotten that out of the way, she still hadn't answered his question, the most important one and the reason he was there. "Are you going to answer my question about the baby?"
Kagome wasn't sure if she should answer him. Although there was no doubt in her mind that he had a right to know, she just wasn't certain he would be ready for her response. He was inquiring about a baby. How would he handle the fact that there were two? She left out a sigh as she studied the handsome face staring back at her. It was a face that still had the power to make her pulse race, her heart beat faster and goose bumps to form on her arms. And worse still, it had the power to make her vividly recall every single detail of the night they had spent together.
Fully aware of the lengthening silence between them and the fact she could tell by the tightening of his jaw that he was getting annoyed she hadn't responded to his question, she said. "I think you should come in so we can talk about it."
"Do you?" He asked in what she picked up as a rather cool voice.
"Yes." She took a step back and opened the door a little wider in invitation.
He continued to stare at her for a moment before crossing the threshold into her home and closing the door behind him. It wasn't until he was inside that she became fully aware of just how tall he was. His presence seemed to dominate the room and there was an air about him that said he was confident in his masculinity. Confident, even arrogant.
"You're stalling."
He had come to stand directly in front of her and she was all too aware of his presence. "Am I?" She asked, fighting the tightness in her throat.
"Yes and I'd like to know why? I would think my question was simple enough." Inuyasha said in a tone that let her know he was getting even more agitated. "You were pregnant. The baby you gave birth to was fathered by me or by someone else. All I want to know is, was it me?"
Anger simmered in her belly at the thought that he could assume she had slept with someone else, but then she had to be reasonable, he didn't know her. The only thing he knew was how quickly he had been able to get her in his bed and without very much effort. He had been a total stranger yet she had gone to his hotel room, stripped naked and had fucked him almost nonstop all night long.
She inhaled deeply and then asked. "And if I were to say that it wasn't you?"
He gave her a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes. "Then I apologize for seeking you out and wasting your time."
"And if it was you?" She asked softly. "Not saying that it was." She hurriedly added.
She saw a hardening in his gaze. "To be quite honest, you really aren't saying anything." He said, crossing his arms over his chest. "Why can't you just give me a definitive answer?"
Kagome placed her arms over her chest, as well. "It's a bit complicated."
He lifted a brow and gave her a probing look. "Complicated in what way? Either I'm the one who got you pregnant or I'm not. Which one is it?"
His gaze burned into hers with a warning that said he was impatient and tired of her not giving him a straight answer. She swallowed the lump in her throat and then said. "Yes, you're the one, but…"
"But what?"
From his expression it was hard to tell if he was disappointed or elated about being a father. Probably the former, since she figured most men preferred not becoming a daddy from a one-night stand. "There wasn't a baby." She said.
Kagome actually saw the light of concern that flashed in his eyes. "Did you lose it?" He asked softly.
"No." She said quickly. "That's not what I meant."
Inuyasha stared at her. His expression then became rather chilling. "Then how about telling me just what the hell you did mean."
She glared at him. He was getting angry and so was she. She placed her hand on her hip and took a step closer to him with fire in her eyes. "What I mean, Inuyasha, is that I didn't give birth to one baby. I gave birth to two."
BlueMoon Goddess: There you have it! Inuyasha and Kagome met again and she told him about fathering a set of twins. Since this chapter was pretty long, it's going to be awhile before the next one is updated. So, until then guys! ^_^