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Chapter Six

The light blinded her as she opened her eyes slowly. She was lying in a hosptial room, covered with a white blanket that was keeping her comfortably warm. She smiled, and saw a familiar white head next to her. She sighed, reaching up to rub his ears. As she did so, a frown burrowed onto her forehead. He wasn't waking up! That was awfully strange.

Inuyasha, you rarely sleep when I rub your ears! You usually jump up and holler!

Kagome shook her head with a slight chuckle, then remembered what Kouga had done to her. Her hands instantly flew to her stomach, and she sighed. The baby was still there. She rubbed her stomach lovingly, humming as she closed her eyes. She was humming a tiny tune she had heard a few weeks ago from one of her friends, before she found out she was fully pregnant. But before she could go any further, like actually sing, she heard the door open.

There stood a woman in a white doctor's lab coat, long black hair, violet eyes, and black ears. Hanyou dog ears. Kagome rubbed her eyes with one hand, blinking repeatedly. Was it possible? Did youkai and hanyou live in modern-day Tokyo? A movement next to Kagome brought her out of her thoughts, realizing her husband was waking up.

"Dr. Sakurambo?" Inuyasha murmured, blinking. His eyes were open only slightly as he smiled at Kagome, taking her hand and giving it a squeeze. "You were in my dream. You said Kagome was pregnant with twins…"

"I'm not Dr. Sakurambo. In fact, I'm Dr. Moriko. And I hate to burst your bubble, Inuyasha, but Kagome here is definitely not pregnant with twins," the woman came forward, holding a clipboard and smiling at Kagome. "Hello, Kagome. You probably don't even know where you are at. You were quite injured by Kouga…the wolf prince, I presume?"

"Yes. What's going on? I thought - but hanyou - and youkai?"

"Don't confuse yourself, Kagome," Dr. Moriko chuckled. "Your mother found this place while taking you to the actual hospital. She turned around, and brought you here. Which was very smart of her. I'm not saying your mother is stupid - oh no - but she made the right choice to bring you here. Want to know why?"

Kagome nodded, shifting a bit on the bed to make herself comfortable. Inuyasha stood up, his ears twitching as he walked over to the window for a few seconds, stretching. He came back, standing next to Kagome, a hand on her shoulder. Dr. Moriko was kind, gentle. Kagome knew she could trust this woman.

"This is a hanyou hospital. We do take in youkai once in awhile, but rarely. You see, when a hanyou and a human mate, they still have a hanyou child. So to lessen the chances, we decided to create this hospital. The ones at the youkai hospital," she explained as she checked Kagome's vitals. "Here, hanyou children can be born without questions from the human doctors. To think what would have happened if they discovered that wound of yours. It was so jagged, they would have known an animal ripped through you."

So hanyou do exist in this era. I would have thought that they died out by now. I guess there is always hope.

Inuyasha wasn't even listening. His ears were still twitching, especially towards Kagome's stomach. She raised her head to look up at him, but she didn't expect him to be moving forward, ears twitching like crazy. She raised an eyebrow, then chuckled as Inuyasha bent over and put his ear to her stomach.

"Inuyasha! What are you doing?" Kagome laughed. It tickled, his ear twitching like that on her stomach. "Are you okay?"

"There's this thump sound coming from you! What is it?" Inuyasha asked, still listening. Kagome and Dr. Moriko laughed, making Inuyasha flatten his ears against his head as he turned red. "What? Is she supposed to make that sound?"

"I'm not supposed to sound like that. The baby is, though."

Inuyasha gave the most confused look of his laugh, causing Kagome to burst into a fit of giggles. She held her sides, laughing hard. Dr. Moriko was controlling her laughter, but it was more of simple chuckles. She leaned over and patted Inuyasha's head, shaking her own.

"That is the baby's heartbeat."

"Th-that's my pup's heartbeat?" Inuyasha flattened his ear against Kagome's stomach again, smiling up at his wife. "It's so tiny…Wait! It got faster! Kagome! It knows I'm here! It knows I'm its father!"

Kagome nodded, lifting his head up. Dr. Moriko left the room, giving the two (or three, however you wish to look at it) some privacy. Kagome rubbed the base of Inuyasha's ears, causing him to give a low rumble of pleasure. She giggled, and brought his head forward even more, giving him a heated, passionate kiss.

Inuyasha continued to kiss her passionately as he thought about what the doctor just told him. Kagome wasn't pregnant with twins. So it was all a dream. He sighed into the kiss, rubbing her shoulders. He could tell she needed to relax as she leaned up against his body. Her stomach rested against his thigh, since he was standing. He laughed as he felt the heartbeat even then, giving Kagome a reason to tweak his ear.

"Oi! That hurt!" Inuyasha jumped, rubbing his ear in pain. "What was that for? I didn't do anything wrong!"

"Laughing! Why'd you laugh?"

"The pup's heartbeat! I felt it against my leg, that's all! It felt funny!" Inuyasha rolled his eyes, and sat down on the edge of the bed, his hand going to her stomach. She laid back, closing her eyes. "Kagome…do you really think our pup will be accepted in the village and all?"

"Of course he, or she, will. Our pup will be loved by everyone, because it is our pup, after all!"

This did give Kagome another thought. Was Inuyasha worried that she would be dead for having a hanyou child? Just like his mother died? She shook her head to herself, and smiled, putting her hand over Inuyasha's. He looked into her eyes, staring deeply. This was exactly what he wanted. A family to raise, to have, to belong to. Nothing was better than this for Inuyasha.

"I know what I want to name her. If it is a girl," Kagome broke the silence. "Izayoi. After your mother. It would be a great blessing to her, don't you think?"

"Yeah…I like that! Izayoi! Izayoi of the Western Lands!"

"Who said she was belonging to the Western Lands, huh? She will be Izayoi of the Takahasi Family. That is much more respectable for a woman!" Kagome retorted, wagging her finger.

"Who said I want to call my pup my last name?" Inuyasha held his head up high. "I would much rather call her by her lands. She belongs to them, just as you do."

"Inuyasha! I swear, once I am allowed to mo-"

A knock came just in time. Inuyasha sighed, standing up as Dr. Moriko came in, a smile on her face. Both husband and wife looked at one another as she explained a few rules Kagome would have to follow until her next check-up.

"For one, she should walk about outside once a day. She should also stay off her feet until the child is born, or until I say so," Dr. Moriko wrote it down, handing it to Kagome. "Come back in three months, and I'll be able to tell you two whether you're having a boy or girl!"

Inuyasha helped Kagome up, sliding her into her outer kimono slowly. Dr. Moriko helped tie the black obi about her waist, keeping it as loose as possible to hide her pregnancy while they traveled back to the Feudal Era and to their estate. After a few more minutes in the hospital while Dr. Moriko typed up her discharge, Inuyasha was carrying his wife out to her mother's car. He hated the thing, but at least it was a bit more roomy than the older car. He sighed as Kagome sat in the front seat, chattering away with her mother about what color the baby's room would be, how she wanted to bring over a mobile that she had as a baby, and so on.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked as she ate her rice and vegetables, with a bit of milk on the side. Sango was now cooking for her and Inuyasha as she and Miroku lived there as well.

Inuyasha looked up, blinking. Ramen dangled out of his mouth, causing Kagome to chuckle slightly. That was an adorable sight. Dog ears, ramen, and big, wide amber eyes. She knew she married Inuyasha for a reason. He swallowed the remaining noodles that dangled out of his mouth, grinning sheepishly.

"It's the new moon tonight. Are you sure you want to go out for our evening walk?" Kagome asked, rubbing his back lovingly.

"Keh. You have to. Doctor said so. And Miroku has that barrier up, so we're safe," Inuyasha looked out the window. The sun was already on the horizon. "About an hour or two until I change…I'll be fine!"

"If you say so, Inuyasha."

Almost an hour and a half later, Kagome and Inuyasha were walking down the steps to head outside. It was taking a bit longer than usual as Kagome had to walk down herself, just like the doctor told her. She struggled, her wound giving her great pain. She sighed as she reached the final landing, Inuyasha picking her up and carrying her out to the porch where her handmaidens waited. He shook his head, telling them it was just them tonight.

Inuyasha let his wife down, wrapping an arm about her waist as they walked down the path of cherry blossom trees. The petals fell about them, signaling the beginning of autumn. Kagome smiled up at Inuyasha, but his eyes were clouded in thought. She leaned her head against him, begging to know what was wrong. He didn't even look down. He finally did though, making Kagome smile.

"When will the pup kick, Kagome?" Inuyasha asked out of the blue. Kagome chuckled, shrugging her shoulders.

"Should be about the time I have to go back for a check-up. Don't worry, time will fly, trust me."

"Time…yeah…it'll fly…"

Author's Notes:

I know. Two chapters in one day. I owe it to you all for taking so long to put Chapter Five up. So to all of you who care, I have been extremely busy. All due to school. My life has been anything but easy lately, but it will be back on track soon enough. I am working on Part Two in a composition notebook at the moment, so don't worry!

Kya-chan