My second chapter…..enjoy.

Finding Out…with Names…

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Kagome was getting ready to go back to the feudal era where her beloved Inuyasha would be waiting, standing in the sunlight with his beautiful silver hair flowing over his shoulders, and his flawless face shining with an adorable smile, and his eyes twinkling gorgeously. He would take her in his arms and hold her tightly and whisper sweet things that would embarrass him if someone else heard them. Things like, "You're my life, Kagome." "I love you so much." "Please don't leave me, Kagome. I hate it when you go." "You're so beautiful in that silly school uniform, Kagome."

Kagome prepared a large lunch for her friends, and no, she did not forget the ramen that Inuyasha loved so much. Her younger brother Soata strolled into the kitchen. "Hey, Kagome! I thought you were living with Inuyasha and those other guys! Did you leave them?"

Kagome thought, I would never leave my Inuyasha.

She shook her head, "Nope. I just came to get some ramen and stuff." Kagome's mother walked in. She seemed surprised to see her runaway daughter in her kitchen.

Kagome smiled and went to hug her mother. "Hey, mom."

The woman pushed her away. "What are you doing here?"

That hurt Kagome. "Mom, aren't you happy to see me?" "I'll only be glad when you leave that mongrel you're so in love with." Kagome had tears in her eyes. Soata said, "Ouch…" Kagome gripped the bag of food she had primed and said, "For your information, Gramps let me in. I'm getting food for my mongrel." She spat. Soata watched his sister leave. He turned to his mother and found her looking down at the counter. "My baby is just ruining her life…" Tears ran down her face. "Mom…" Soata began.

A shrill scream pierced the air.

The two ran outside and found Kagome sitting on the ground. In front of her was a puddle of vomit. She was crying very hard. "Kagome!" Soata cried. Kagome heard her mother crying, which made her sob harder. Then she heard Soata screaming, and Gramp's voice emerged. Kagome couldn't stop crying. Her stomach and her head were pounding and something told her that Inuyasha was probably looking for her.

Inuyasha

That was her last thought before everything went black.

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Inuyasha paced the ground in front of the well, anxiously. He looked around. "It's been an hour, I'm going after her." he said to himself. He quickly grabbed his hat, to cover his ears, and jumped into the well. He made his way to Kagome's home.

He found Soata crying in the arms of a woman. "Soata?" He said.

The little boy looked up. The woman did as well and gasped at the presence of such a man. "Inuyasha!" Soata hugged his leg and said, "Inuyasha! Kagomewasgettingyoufoodandthentherewasafightandsheleftandshethrewupandshe-"

Inuyasha shushed him. "Wait." He nodded to the woman. "Who's she?" The woman stood up and bowed respectfully. "My name is Koboyashi Etsu." Soata wiped his nose on his sleeve. "She's my teacher. She was gonna come talk to my mom." Inuyasha raised his eyebrow.

"Where's Kagome?" He asked.

Soata said, "She's inside. The doctor is checking on her. She threw up a whole lot. She's really sick!"

Inuyasha growled. "Kagome, I'm coming!"

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Kagome's mother rubbed her daughter's hand. Gramps sat reciting incantations to ward off any evil spirits. A young doctor wrote on a clipboard and said with a cheerful smile, "Don't worry, sir. Kagome isn't in any trouble." Kagome's mother asked him, "Then why did my daughter faint?" The doctor smiled again, "Fainting is just an ordinary symptom of pregnancy, Mrs. Higurashi." Her mother and Gramps jaws' dropped. "Pregnant?" Mrs. Higurashi gasped, "How could she be pregnant?"

Then she remembered, "That bastard, Inuyasha."

Gramps sighed, "Oh my." He began to read more incantations. "We don't want that child to be a half demon." He whispered. The doctor left silently.

Mrs. Higurashi grip on Kagome's hand went tighter. "That little creep will pay for what he's done." Then, she heard someone call Kagome's name. A man in a red kimono rushed in. He had a blue hat on.

Inuyasha.

Mrs. Higurashi screeched, "Get out, you son of a bitch!"

Inuyasha saw Kagome laying on the bed. "Kagome!"

He went to her side and stroked her forehead. "Kagome." He turned to her mother, "What happened to her?" He asked aggressively. Mrs. Higurashi said, "Oh, some I'm the blame? You're the one who knocked her up!" Inuyasha didn't understand, "What?" The woman was losing her patience. "You got her pregnant, you monster!" Inuyasha was about to argue when he realized something,

"You mean, all those tears…the food, the throwing up was….."

He didn't finish his sentence. Instead, he went to his wife's side and stroked her face. "Kagome?" He repeated his partner's name, "Kagome?"

The young woman slowly opened her eyes. "I-Inuyasha?" Inuyasha smiled. He continued to stroke her face. "That's right, love. It's me. How are you feeling?" Kagome groaned, "Like piece of crap."

Inuyasha began to laugh. It felt good to laugh, maybe a little too hard, but still, it felt so good to laugh.

Tears of joy were running down his face. He hugged Kagome tightly.

Mrs. Higurashi hollered, "Let go of my baby!" Gramps stopped his spells. Inuyasha ignored her and put both of his hands around Kagome's face. Kagome kissed the tears on his face. She rubbed her nose gently against Inuyasha's. He leaned forward so that his forehead touched her's. "Kagome, do you know why you're here?"

Mrs. Higurashi grabbed hold of Inuyasha's sleeve. "Get out, you rapist demon!" Inuyasha calmly swatted her hand away and got up. "Look, lady. I suggest you shut your trap before a slice you into sushi." He picked up Kagome and said, "Let's go, Kagome." He leaped out of the window and ran until he got to the shrine.

Mrs. Higurashi continued to rant until Gramps sighed and said,

"Daughter, shut up."

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"You mean…I'm going to have a baby?!" Kagome cried happily. Inuyasha smiled, "Yeah. My baby." Inuyasha took her into his arms and held her for a long time. "A child. I can't believe it." He put one hand on Kagome's lower belly. Kagome smiled up at her husband and said, "Believe it." They shared a soft, chaste kiss, Kagome pulled away and said, "Come on, lets tell the others." And so they did.

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Sango squealed again. Miroku smiled. "Congratulations, you two!" Sango hugged Kagome and then Inuyasha. "I'm going to make the baby his first kimono!" Kagome said, "There's no need! I'm going to go back home and get the baby some things."

Inuyasha said, "There's no way you're going back there, Kagome. Did you see how rude you're mother was?" "Yeah but-" "Shhh. I'll go." "No! Inuyasha!" "Kagome…"

They continued to argue for the rest of the night.

The next day, they argued until they got to the well. "Kagome, you're pregnant. What if you fall too hard and hurt the kid?" "What if my mother comes at you with chef's knife?" "A what?" A bag being thrown into the air interrupted their quarrel. "What?" Inuyasha pulled out the Tetsaiga. "Who's there!? Show yourself!" Soata climbed out of the well holding another large bag.

Inuyasha pulled him out. "What is this, Soata?"

Kagome hugged her brother. "What's in the bags?" Soata said, "It's baby stuff. Diapers. Baby formula, bottles. You know, baby stuff." Kagome smiled. "Soata! How'd you know?" Inuyasha was too busy pawing through the supplies to pay attention.

Soata said, "Gramps told me to give them to you, since here you don't have the right stuff."

Inuyasha opened the baby formula can and sniffed the powder. "What the hell is this?" He asked. "Is it poison? Is your mom trying to kill our kid?" Kagome laughed softly. "It's baby formula, Inuyasha. We mix it with water so we make milk to feed the baby." Inuyasha tipped his head over to the side. "What happened to breastfeeding? The way normal women do." Kagome said, "I don't think I'm breastfeeding." Soata climbed down the well saying, "Bye, sis!"

Inuyasha said, "But isn't breast milk supposed to be healthy? This is modern. It probably has something in it."

Kagome said, "They make it so it's just as healthy as breast milk."

Inuyasha said, "If our baby gets sick, I might have to kill you."

Kagome smiled and watched him fish through the bags. He pulled out a crimson baby suit.

"What the hell is this?" He showed it to Kagome.

Kagome gasped and said, "Aw! It's a baby suit! Imagine our baby in this with little puppy ears! He'll look just like you!"

Inuyasha stared at it. The corners of his mouth tugged into a little smile.

He browsed through the bags and pulled out a large, heavy blue book. There were English letters printed at the top. "Kagome? What's this?"

Kagome read the top and said, "It's a baby name book. It's supposed to give you ideas to name your baby." Inuyasha tipped it over and flipped through the pages. "At least it's in Japanese."

He thumbed slowly through the names, "Hinata….Ami…..Aito….." He smirked, "Not bad…"

Kagome looked over his shoulder. "What about Akina?" Inuyasha's ear twitched. "Ew, no." "Akiko?" "Maybe." "Chihiro?" "Hm…anything else?" "Eiko?" "How the hell do we even know it's a girl?"

Kagome pouted, "Fine, let's look for boy names and rate our favorite top few for each gender and when the babe comes, we'll pick."

Inuyasha shrugged, "Fine with me."

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Kagome looked at her list as she rubbed her now rounded belly. "I think that's it, Inuyasha. For girls, it's between Hideko and Kazumi. For boys, "It's either Riku, Sora, or Nikko." Inuyasha took the list and studied it.

"If it's a girl, I think we should use Hideko. There are enough K's in this world. Kaede, Kagome, Kekyo…enough!"

Kagome raised an eyebrow, then her eye twitched. "Ow!" She cried as a pain formed in her belly. Inuyasha looked worried, "What is it?" Kagome smiled weakly. "It kicked." She too k his hand and put it on her belly. Inuyasha felt another kick push against his and.

His eyes lit up like stars. " This is…this is wonderful." Tears gathered in his eyes and rolled down his cheeks. Kagome gasped. "Inuyasha…" Inuyasha smiled through his tears. "I love you, Kagome. I'll love you forever. And I love our kid too, always." Now, Kagome had tears running down her face. "Inuyasha….our baby…." The half demon kissed her and said, "I think I need to go outside…for some…fresh air…"

Kagome lay back and rubbed her belly. He just wants to go cry in the forest. Poor Inuyasha…he's still too shy to shed lots of tears in front of me, Kagome thought, in front of our baby, too.