Chapter Twelve

Tokyo: Beautiful Yet Dangerous

Disclaimer: How many times do I have to tell you stupid lawyer people that I don't own InuYasha! Idiots! All of you!

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Kagome woke up with the same routine; barf until you can't barf anymore into the toilet, eat breakfast (or lack there of), get the twins up, get them breakfast, have a shower, get dressed, and get the twins dressed. Normally, she would have some kind of help with this but this morning, everyone was busy preparing for his or her own busy days so Kagome was multitasking a lot. It really helped that they were co-operating, in which Kagome was very grateful for.

Right before they were going out the door, Kagome knelt down to their eye level. "Okay, let's go over this one more time. What do you do when I'm talking to someone?"

"Stay by your side and don't interrupt." Takara said proudly. Kagome smiled, nodding.

"Good. What do you when we're walking down the street?"

"Hang onto your clothes or your hands and don't talk to anyone we don't know!" Kasei exclaimed, earning another beautiful smile from his mother.

"Very good. Now, if someone you don't know offers you something, what do you do?"

They thought for a minute and then a light bulb came on in Takara's mind.

"Don't take it for any reason unless you say it's okay and if they try and get you to go somewhere with them, don't and come back to the shrine." Kagome smiled, clapping her hands together and hugging her children.

"You guys are great! Okay, now let's go!" Kagome double checked everything and locked the door with her children taking her hands and walking into busy Tokyo.

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The twins were looking around with awe and amazement. Everything was so big and so pretty. It was tempting just to let go and stare at the huge buildings. Kasei had shifted his hand from his mother's to hanging onto the handle of her shoulder purse. He remembered to hold on tightly while he was looking around. His sister was looking at all the people, her nose twitching a little with all the different smells.

Kagome was looking at a piece of paper with some writing that she had in her hand and was looking around as they walked, seeming to be lost in thought. Finally, she found it and then rung in the numbers and a voice on the other end of the black box made the kids jump. Kagome smiled a little, putting a hand on their heads, reassuring them that it was all right.

"Hello, I'm Kagome Higurashi. I'm here to see Natsume Osaka." There was another buzzing noise and the door was unlocked. Kagome reached up and opened it, ushering her children inside and letting the door close behind her.

The elevator door opened and a few people came out, one of them being a young woman who was smiling brightly. Kagome wasn't picturing someone so young and radiant so she stood patiently.

"Kagome Higurashi?" She asked. Kagome looked up and blushed a little.

"Yes, I am she. I'm so sorry, I wasn't expecting someone so … um … so … " Kagome blushed again as her words left her. Thankfully, the young woman seemed to find it flattering as she laughed.

"Oh, don't worry about it. I get that all the time." She noticed the twins who were clinging to their mother, fear in their eyes and Takara's thumb in her mouth as she looked at the woman. She recognized the voice from the one in the box and figured it to be some sort of box nymph.

"Oh, are these your children?" Kagome nodded and the young woman named Natsume knelt down. "Aren't you two just the most adorable little things I've ever seen!" She smiled at them, her blonde tresses falling over her shoulder and her blue eyes sparkling a little. Takara thought she was a very pretty lady, one of the prettiest she'd ever seen and almost as pretty as her mother.

Natsume then produced two lollipops for them with a smile. The children looked from the strange objects and then looked up at their mother who smiled and nodded. Kasei, being the bolder of the two, reached out and slowly took one, Takara doing the same.

Kagome smiled a little, kneeling down and taking the plastic off and handing them to them again. Kagome stood again as well as Natsume and smiled.

"I trust you're here about the apartment?" Natsume asked with a smile.

Kagome nodded. "I am, yes."

"Well, c'mon, let's go." Kagome nodded and they began following her, the twins looking around curiously and even a little timidly when they looked around the elevator. When it began moving suddenly, they clutched Kagome tightly, a small whimper coming from Takara. Kagome soothingly rubbed one of her ears and the elevator stopped.

Natsume lead them all out and down the hall. After about a minute, she stopped at a door and opened it with a key. She let Kagome and the twins go in first and she followed, closing the door. Kagome looked around, approving so far. Everything looked okay.

"What do you think? It's a two bedroom with only one bathroom but you've got your own individual sundeck." Kagome nodded and walked around the apartment a little more. The more she saw, the more she approved.

"Are there other people with children here?" Kagome asked. Another reason for choosing to look at these apartments was that there was a good school system just down the street. Kagome could easily walk them there and pick them up after work and once they got older, they could easily stay home on their own.

Natsume nodded. "Oh yes. There are many parents here with young children about their age. In fact, there's another little boy and girl just a few doors down the hall." Kagome smiled and nodded.

Once they had gotten back down to the lobby, she received the paperwork and a friendly smile. Walking out of the apartment, Kagome folded the papers and put them into her shoulder purse and looked down at her children.

"Well, are you guys hungry?" They're eyes widened a little and they nodded vigorously.

"Alright. We'll go get some pizza."

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Kagome, Kasei and Takara were sitting on a picnic bench, eating their pizza and Kagome had gotten soda for herself and juice for the twins. Kasei quickly finished his, hopping off the bench.

"Mom, can I go play with the birds?" Kagome smiled and nodded.

"Don't go too far, though."

"Okay! I won't!" He ran off, chasing the pigeons happily. He would sneak up on them and try and catch them but they were always too fast for him. Kagome watched him and laughed, turning her attention to the flowers and the sky, beginning to daydream a little.

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She had just gotten through the well and was now back in the feudal era with her friends and with her beloved mate.

Sesshomaru had been waiting at the well for their return and the minute he smelt them, he jumped down and grabbed her bags, flinging them up over the well and picking up Kagome and his children, he jumped the well also.

Kagome smiled at him and sighed a little, putting her arms around him and feeling his arms go around her. He tipped her face up and gently pressed a kiss down onto her lips. A very happy Kagome leaned against him and smiled when the kiss ended.

"Sesshomaru, I missed you so much."

"Kagome, I missed you too, all of you. I couldn't go a day without worrying and wondering and trying." Kagome smiled at him.

"I've got some good news for you."

"What is it?"

"I'm pregnant again." Sesshomaru looked at her and she smiled, nodding. Smiling, he scooped her up and twirled her around a little before setting her down on her feet again and kissing her again.

"I love you, Kagome."

"I love you, too, Sessho."

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Kagome looked up and her eyes focused on Kasei and fear slammed into her. Dropping everything, she stood up only to find herself frozen in the spot.

"KASEI!" She shouted just before a loud screech could be heard. All Kagome could hear was her own heart pounding as she watched her son stop in the middle of a busy street, his eyes go wide with fear just seconds before the car slammed into his small body.

Kagome watched him as the force of the impact sent him flying towards the cars windshield and then rolled his body off the still moving car and then finally have it slump on the sidewalk in a twisted way. Everything was in slow motion for Kagome as she ran towards her son. Why couldn't she go any faster? Why couldn't she hear anything but her own heartbeat?

Everything returned to Kagome full force and she ran to Kasei and knelt down, picking up his bloody and bruised and broken little body. Tears streamed down her face and her body shook.

"Kasei. Kasei its mom. It's mom, honey, wake up." He didn't move and Kagome began panicking as she looked around.

"HELP! SOMEBODY HELP! SOMEBODY CALL 911!" She screamed and people that had been standing around quickly got out their cell phone. Kagome held her son's body in her arms, sobbing hysterically.

The ambulance arrived and they put Kasei on a stretcher, doing various things to him. They allowed Kagome and Takara to ride in the back with him. Half way to the ambulance, he began to go in cardiac arrest. Machines started beeping wildly and the paramedic began working at stopping the bleeding and yelled at his partner to hurry up.

Kagome could only sit there and watch in horror. Was she going to lose him?

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A/N: Oh! Bad cliffy! –Evil laugh- Now the question remains;

Will our beloved Kasei make it?

You'll have to stay tuned to find out! I'm feeling especially generous and it is currently going to be 2 am in about 20 minutes. I hope you all feel special even after I just left you on the worst cliffhanger of the entire story! –Another evil laugh-

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