Oh my gosh. Ok I want to thank everybody who reviewed for the first chapter. I am in complete and total shock that I have gotten so many reviews in less than 24 hours for this story... apparently people liked it more than I could ever have expected, soooo at the end of the chapter read the little A/N cuz I have a surprise for you!
I also know that some parts might not have made sense so I'll explain them. The English teacher is also the Health teacher and Kagome had Ryoichi BEFORE 10th grade started, like during summer vacation, she went to school for a while and then left and when she came back was like 3 or 4 months AFTER senior year started... and Ryoichi had JUST turned 2 so it hadn't been very long.
Ok, now that I have clarified read on!
Chapter 2
Kagome lifted her head and looked around at her classmates. She laughed weakly.
"Please. Me, with a child? Hahahaha, that's really funny." She said and looked away without meeting anyone's eyes. Inuyasha watched her expression and frowned.
"Well then why can't you do the assignment?" Mrs. Hiro asked her. Kagome sighed trying to think up the quickest lie she could.
"It's just because I'm horrible at taking care of babies." She said. Inuyasha could smell her scent spike and knew she was lying. Mrs. Hiro gave Kagome a disappointed look.
"That is the point of this project. To show you how hard it is to care for a child while still taking responsibility for your other duties, and teaching you how hard it is to be a teenage mother."
"Mrs. Hiro, isn't this project supposed to be done in Health class?" One of the girls asked Mrs. Hiro. She nodded.
"Yes Tamaka, but since I am both the English teacher and Health teacher I've decided that I want all my classes to do this project. I believe it shows responsibility and discipline." She said and handed out the babies. Inuyasha and Kagome got a female baby. "Oh and you will also be writing an essay at the end of this project. I will give you more information as we get closer to the end of the assignment." She said and the class groaned. Kagome smiled at her baby and rocked her back and forth. Inuyasha leaned back in his seat and raised a skeptical eyebrow at her.
"I thought you said you were horrible at caring for babies." He said. Kagome immediately dropped their child on her desk and put her hands in her lap.
"I am. It's just that I saw my mother do that with Souta once." She said and bit her lip. Inuyasha's eyes narrowed. She was lying again. A few minutes later the bell rang and Mrs. Hiro dismissed the class. Inuyasha picked up their child and walked out of the room with Kagome following quietly behind.
She had no idea how she was going to do this. If Inuyasha came to her house he would find out her secret and all hell would break loose. She stopped outside of the room and saw Inuyasha playing with the baby. Kagome smiled softly. He seemed pretty good with children, which made her wonder how he would act if he met Ryoichi.
"So, what should we name her?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome thought for a second and decided to use the name she chose for Ryoichi if he had been born a girl.
"Hitomi." She said. Inuyasha nodded.
"Doubly beautiful. That's a good name." He said and looked at her quizzically.
"How did you think of it so quickly?" He asked her. She just shrugged.
"I've always liked that name." She said and looked away. Inuyasha didn't smell a lie so he nodded and then put the baby in the carrier they were given. Inuyasha had a few questions to ask Kagome so he asked her to join him under the oak tree near the cafeteria at lunch.
When lunchtime came around Kagome reluctantly walked toward the tree where she saw Inuyasha playing with their 'baby'. He had decided to take care of Hitomi since Kagome 'supposedly' was horrible with babies. She sat down next to him and he put the baby down and stared at her.
"Ok, I'm here. What do you want?" She asked. He looked at her intensely.
"Kagome, why did you really not want to do the project?" He asked. She sighed and should have known he would interrogate her. She should have remembered that with him being a hanyou that he could smell a lie a mile away so she decided to tell the truth… though not all of it.
"Because I'm to busy right now." She said. It was true. Ryoichi was a handful sometimes as was Naraku. Inuyasha didn't smell a lie and nodded.
"Ok, but why didn't you bite my head off when I suggested you had a kid?" He asked. Kagome hesitated before answering and it made Inuyasha suspicious.
"Because I was too shocked that you would suggest such a thing." She said. It was true, though not true enough. Inuyasha caught the scent of a lie and scowled at her but at her face he didn't get angry.
"You're lying to me, Kags, and I don't like it when people lie. I'm going to find out what's going on and I'm going to find out soon." He said and stood up with their child and left her under the tree. Kagome sighed and closed her eyes. At least she was safe for now.
"So you're partnered with Inuyasha. Well Kagome that had better be the only reason you're with him." A mean voice said. Kagome mentally groaned and opened her eyes to see the head cheerleader of the school glaring down at her.
"Kikyo, leave me alone." She said and stood up to walk away.
"Not until you say you'll leave my man alone." She said. Kagome turned away from her.
"Kikyo, he's not yours, and you already have a man." Kagome said. She had seen Kikyo hanging all over this older guy before and after school. Kikyo snorted.
"I'm just with him to make Inuyasha jealous." She said and stepped around Kagome and leaned in until she was only a few inches away. "Anyway you had better leave Inuyasha alone." She said, glaring at Kagome. Kagome snorted.
"Yea, and you'd better get a breath mint and out of my personal space." Kagome said and pushed past Kikyo. She turned around and glared daggers at Kagome as she walked away.
"I'm going to get you for that." She growled and turned again, walking away.
After school ended Kagome left the building and saw Kikyo climbing all over her 'boyfriend'. Inuyasha was walking next to her and they both looked at Kikyo. Her boyfriend was watching Kikyo but at Kagome's laugh looked up and stared wide-eyed.
"Kagome?" He asked in shock. Kagome gasped.
"Keitaro!" She said happily. Kikyo and Inuyasha looked at them in confusion.
"You know each other?" The asked in unison. Kagome's eyes widened when she realized that if she didn't make up something Keitaro would tell them that she had worked at Club Shikon. She nodded and gave Keitaro a look.
"Yea. We used to work together." She said and smiled. Kikyo looked confused but didn't say anything. Inuyasha nodded at him and grabbed Kagome by the wrist and pulled her away. Kagome said that she had something to take care of at home and asked him to watch their child. He nodded and they went to their cars. Kikyo watched Kagome and then turned to her boyfriend.
"Keitaro, have you always been a stripper?" Kikyo asked him. He nodded.
"Yea, that's where I met Kagome. She worked the night shift and I worked the day shift, so I would see her when my shift ended or I took someone's place." He said. Kikyo's jaw was hanging open and then she smiled evilly.
"Ooooh, isn't that interesting information." She said and excused herself to go tell the rest of the students still on campus the news.
Kagome walked into her apartment, physically and mentally exhausted. She found Ryoichi on the floor playing with a puzzle with Naraku helping him occasionally. The little boy looked up when his mom entered the room and grinned at her.
"Hi, Mommy!" He said happily and turned back to his puzzle. She smiled at him.
"Hi, Ryo. Hi, Naraku." She said and flopped down on the couch. Naraku stared at her.
"Long day?" He asked and she nodded and dropped her head back against the couch. He pulled himself up to sit on the couch next to her. "What happened?" He asked. She sighed and rolled her head toward him.
"My teacher in English class is making us take care of a toy baby for two weeks. And my partner is Inuyasha. This is a nightmare. And then not only that Kikyo's dating Keitaro." She said and groaned. Kagome had told Naraku about Kikyo and he knew Keitaro, so he just nodded.
"Ok, that doesn't sound too bad." He said and patted her shoulder. She opened her eyes and glared at him.
"It is bad though. I tried to get out of the assignment and now everyone's suspicious." She said. Naraku bit his lip and looked away and then back.
"Uh, Hey Kagome? Isn't the baby project supposed to be in Health class?" He asked her. She nodded.
"Yea but this year Mrs. Hiro does both classes and I heard that she was going to turn it into an English project because she wanted all of her students to do it and she turned it into an English project by adding an essay at the end where you tell her what you've learned and how hard it is to care for a child." She said.
"Ah, I see." He answered and nodded his head. Ryoichi finished the puzzle and laughed. Then he turned to his mother and climbed into her lap. She smiled at him and hugged him.
"So, have you been good for Uncle Naraku, Ryo?" She asked her son and pushed his long hair behind one ear.
"Yea, Mommy. Naku and me had fun!" He said happily. Kagome laughed at the way Ryoichi said Naraku's name. Naraku mock scowled at the boy.
"Why can't you ever say my name?" He asked the boy and shook his head, not getting an answer and not expecting one.
"I don't know how I'm going to do this. Inuyasha's bound to find out about Ryoichi." She said and sighed deeply. Naraku sighed as well.
"Why don't you just tell him? Or even bring him over to see Ryoichi?" He asked. Kagome sighed again and stood up with Ryoichi in her arms.
"I can't do that, Naraku." She said and walked into her room. She sat Ryoichi on the bathroom counter and he brushed his teeth while Kagome had her back turned to him and talked to Naraku.
"Why the hell not?" He asked.
"Because I know Inuyasha and if he found out it wouldn't go over well." She said and looked back at her son. He finished brushing his teeth and she helped him climb down and then she asked him to go put on his pajamas. He toddled over to his bed and undressed himself and changed. When he was done he walked back to his mother and clung to her leg. Naraku grunted.
"Kagome, you and I both know he's going to find out, and if you don't tell him, I will." Naraku said and left her room. Kagome fell on her bed and hid her head under the pillow. Ryoichi watched her and then pulled at her foot that was dangling over the bed.
"Mommy? What you doing?" He asked her curiously. She lifted the pillow and turned her head to look at her son.
"Nothing, Ryo. Now why don't you go to bed, ok sweetie?" She asked. He nodded and climbed into his bed and fell asleep. Kagome decided she'd boycott her homework and fell asleep. The next morning she woke up to what she thought was an earthquake and bolted straight up to find her son jumping on her bed and Naraku watching him. She mock growled and grabbed her son and pulled him down on top of her and tickled him. He erupted into giggles.
"Mommy, stop! I sorry Mommy! Please stop!" He screamed happily. Kagome chuckled and let him go. Naraku was silently laughing and helped the little boy off the bed. He looked at Kagome.
"Today's Friday. You know if you tell him today your humiliation won't start until two days after." He said, smiling slightly. Kagome glared at him.
'Har de har har. You're so funny." She said sarcastically and shooed him out of the room while she showered and changed. She grabbed her backpack and after kissing her son goodbye and telling Naraku to have a good day, left for school. When she stepped out of her car and walked up toward the school doors she noticed people eying her and whispering as she walked by. She looked down at her black dress trying to see if something was showing or unbuttoned. Not seeing anything she shrugged and walked to her locker and then to her class. She sat down and a few minutes later she saw Sango come running in. She looked up at her friend and smiled but at her look it faded. She stopped in front of her and panted.
"Kagome I've been looking for you everywhere. The whole school's talking." She said. Kagome felt her stomach flip.
"Talking about what?" She asked nervously.
"You!" Sango exclaimed worriedly. Kagome bit her lip.
"What are they saying?" She asked her friend. Sango twisted her shirt between her fingers.
"They're saying that you're a stripper." She said. Kagome let out the breath she hadn't realized she was holding. She wished people hadn't found out but at least no one knew about Ryoichi. She nodded.
"I WAS a stripper, though I gave it up a while back." She said. Sango gasped and stared at her.
"Seriously?" She asked and Kagome nodded. Sango stared at her with a dazed look. A few minutes after that Inuyasha came bursting into the room with Miroku hot on his heels.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled. He had the baby with him. Kagome sighed.
"It's true Inuyasha." She said before he could say another word. She could see him physically deflate, and concern filled his eyes.
"But why?" He asked. Kagome didn't look at him.
"I had my reasons." She said and that was all she said. She ignored everyone's whispering for the rest of the day. After school Kagome took the child from Inuyasha but he was suspicious of her and followed her home. He watched her get out of her car and go up to an apartment. He waited a while and then walked up to it and knocked on the door. A tall man answered it. He smiled evilly.
"You must be Inuyasha. Hey Kagome! Inuyasha's here!" He said and ushered Inuyasha inside, ignoring his questioning look. He found Kagome leaning against a kitchen counter with her head in her hands. She didn't even look up when he entered. He looked around and his eyes widened when he saw baby toys and supplies everywhere. He looked at the man in front of him in confusion. The man smiled and turned to Kagome.
"So are you gonna tell him, or should I?" The man asked. Inuyasha heard Kagome sigh.
"You can do it Naraku. I know how badly you want to." She said. Naraku smiled though he did look a little sad that Kagome felt so miserable. He turned to Inuyasha and grinned. Then he opened his mouth and yelled.
"Hey, Ryoichi! Why don't you come out and see your daddy?" He asked. Inuyasha looked at him in shock and heard a door open and slam against the wall.
"Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!" He heard a voice yell and stared in shock when a little boy about two years old stopped in front of him. His eyes widened when he looked upon the little boy that was the spitting image of him as a baby. Long silver hair, amber eyes, little claws, a tiny yet strong looking body. The only difference was the little boy had human ears. The little boy grinned up at him and ran to him, clinging to his jean clad leg. He looked at Naraku in complete shock. Naraku was grinning, and then he turned to Kagome. She was watching his reaction and by the look on her face she was expecting this reaction. She waved her hand at her son.
"As I'm sure you can see, he's yours." She said.
Ok, so because I got so many reviews for the first chapter, if I get at least 3 more tonight I will post the 3rd chapter for you all... like as soon as I see 3 more reviews lol, so review and get a bonus goody chapter! YAY! lol