41/2 months later

Koishii pulled on Inumes haori.
"We have to go, now." He sat up frantically.
"Why, what's wrong?" Koishii moved her yukata to the side she had her demon slaying outfit on under the dress garment. She rested her hand on her expanding stomach.
"I'm having the baby." Inume took of his haori and wrapped it around Koishii's shoulders. Lord Buddha please forgive me for what about I'm going do. Inume looked at his sister. He thought about all of the consequences they would face and what there parents would think of them after the baby was born. "Inume we have to go now." Koishii clenched her stomach. "Inume..." He grabbed the sword and blanket that lay next to his futon.
"Let's go." Inume tied the sword onto the loop on his pants. He picked Koishii up bridal style and began to run. Koishii dug her nails into the hanyou's shoulder making him wince in pain. She had a high tolerance for pain but that meant this was really painful. Koishii screamed and then bit down on the inside of her cheek, making it bleed. "Hang on Koishii everything will be all right. You and the baby will be just fine." Koishii began crying. She knew what was yet to come she just wouldn't admit it. The only thing she didn't know was Inume new the very same thing that she did. It was there worst nightmare. Inume pulled Koishii closer to his body. She wrapped her arms around Inume's neck. "I just want this to be over Inume."

"It's all right Koishii. Push!" Koishii did just as she was told. Koishii screamed again. Inume bit his lip. He didn't know who to deliver a baby. He just prayed to Buddha he was doing something right. By now Inume could see the crown of his baby's head. He prayed it was a girl. She wouldn't have to carry any of the families burden. Only the weight of a child and husband when time came. Koishii was a sensible girl and was favorite for advice from all of the girls younger then her. Koishii shifted uncomfortably and groaned. Inume went near her birth canal. He couldn't believe what she was going through but the moment that the baby's head came out almost pushed him over the edge.
"That's right Koishii. Push one last time." Koishii pushed and felt Inume's hands near her birth canal. She felt the pressure of the baby being slowly pulled out of her womb. Inume grinned.

"Koishii. Koishii it's a girl." Koishii lay with her eyes closed. Her chest was raising and falling slowly. Koishii opened her eye slightly and then closed them again. "Koishii...Koishii..." He looked at her chest, it had completely stopped moving. The baby let out a loud cry showing she was taking her first breath. Her mother on the other side was taking her last. A single tear rolled down Inume's face as he watched his fiancee die. InuYasha stood behind his son.
"Damn it! I'm too late." Inume stood up and cuddled the baby to his chest and wrapped the baby in it in the rob of the fire rat. InuYasha picked up Koishii and looked at her. "I'm sorry Inume." Inume bit his tongue so he wouldn't cry. It was to soon for her to go. She hadn't even met her daughter and her daughter would be raised with out a mother. InuYasha glanced at his son and then the girl in his arms. They slowly made there way back to the village, an uncomfortable silence in the air. Once in the village Miroku meet the two half demons at the entrance. He looked at his daughter.
"Is she..." InuYasha nodded slowly. Miroku glanced at the baby in Inumes arms. "And the baby is..."

"The daughter of Koishii and I. She died giving birth." Sango ran up next to her husband. She put her hand over her mouth when she saw her daughter. She reached out to touch the baby then pulled her hand back. She looked at the two dog ears on the baby's head and glared at Inume.
"You bastard! You did this to her!" InuYasha stood in front of his son.
"There was nothing we could have done. Her heart was failing." Sango began crying hysterically.
"Stop lying! You're only saying this to protect your son!" Kagome stood in front of Sango. "You did this to her she'd still be hear if it wasn't for you." Inume looked up enraged.
"She would have died if it was my baby or not. She knew she was dying and so did I. It was you that over looked her sickness. I tried helping her by trying to keep her calm. The stress of having the baby and would Miroku kill her for having a hanyou child was to much for her heart and it stopped beating." Kagome looked at Koishii.
"I'm so sorry Sango." Miroku went up to Inume and grabbed him by the throat.
''I told you never to touch my daughter again. I told you that you were going to die. Now a life for a life. Inume and my daughter." Kagome shook her head. InuYasha cracked his knuckles.
"Get the hell of off my son." Miroku pulled his arm back and took Koishii from the hanyou.
"Many people die during birth. Koishii just happened to be one of them. It's possible for her to have had heart failure. You don't have the right technology to find any thing wrong inside of a person. It wasn't Inume's fault." Sango walked up to her husband and looked at her daughters face. She turned around and began walking back to the hut, Miroku following. Kagome looked at the baby in her sons arms. "Is she alright?" Inume nodded. The baby had fallen asleep against his chest. "You have to give her a name." Inume looked at the little black dog ears on top of her head. "You know they're going to go away really soon right."
"Keiko." Kagome looked at her son. "The baby's name is Keiko." Kagome tok her granddaughter from her son.
"Hi Keiko. Welocme to the family."