Foxgem: Well how do you do? This is really madding. I had this whole chapter practically typed when guess what? I saved something over it. OOOHH! I am such a goof ball. Well here is chapter 14 for the second time…

Chapter 14

Peace

Flashback

"Come here. Come to mommy." Kagome said smiling. Kagome held out her arms.

Shippo and Kara immediately began squirming from the perches so that they could get down and run to mommy. Nathan stayed where he was. Inuyasha was astonished that Nathan smelt strongly of fear.

Inuyasha took a step forward and reached out for Nathan. It was a relief to see Nathan not hesitate when he went into Inuyasha's arms.

Meanwhile Kara and Shippo had climbed up on Kagome's bed. Kagome grabbed both and had them lay down on with her. She hugged them tightly. "I missed you guys." Then She kissed Shippo and Kara on the heads. "But where is my Nathan?"

"Here." Inuyasha said putting Nathan on top of Kagome's bed.

"Come here, baby. I missed you, too." Nathan went to Kagome numbly. Kagome pulled him on top of her chest. "I love my children." Kagome sighed and breathed in deeply.

"I'm not your child."

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Inuyasha stared in horror at the little boy. Sango practically fainted and poor shocked Miroku had to quickly catch her.

Shippo and Kara stared at him with wide eyes. Kagome was too shocked to do anything.

Kara and Shippo were the first ones to move.

Kara gripped Nathan's shirt and yanked him so he had to meet her eyes. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU ARE NOT HER CHILD? What's the matter with you? Here mommy is sick and hurt and you are being rude and selfish!"

Shippo then pushed Kara away so that he could gab Nathan's shirt. "I thought we already discussed this! Kagome is my mommy, Kara's mommy, and your mommy! We are all one family! How dare you put mommy through this. I thought when we talked about this last night we agreed that for us there is only this family and no other!"

Nathan bowed his head to that Shippo could no longer look into his eyes. "Shippo…do you love the woman that gave birth to you?"

"Yeah…"

"Last night you guys agreed that you would forget everything that happened before. I don't think that is fair to our real mommy. How can you just forget about someone that you are apart of? I want my real mommy." Nathan's voice was strange.

Kagome felt a pang in her heart. He was diffidently Hojo's son. Once again Erin was chosen over her.

Inuyasha saw the look in Kagome's eyes and knew exactly what she was thinking. Inuyasha growled angrily at Nathan, "Son, you better watch your mouth."

Nathan turned on Inuyasha. "YOU ARE NOT MY FATHER!"

"THAT'S IT!" Shippo yelled. Now it was personal. "Why can't you just love both? Why can't you just accept both? Your and my mothers are not here! They will never be able to come back. Your mommy can't hold you, can't feed you, and can't touch you! Your mommy will never be able to love you the way you want! But Kagome is here. She does love you. She can hold you, feed you, and love you! Why can't you accept that? Do you think that maybe your mother chose Kagome to take care of you? Maybe your mother wanted this to happen. To be a family. To have a real…happy…loving family. Did that ever cross your mind?"

Nathan's head was bowed. Shippo and Inuyasha could smell the tears. "I want…to love Kagome as my mommy the way I have been…but…why do I feel like I am betraying my real mommy? Why can't my heart settle? I don't think I can be like you Shippo. So brave to love everyone. To accept what has happened. I can't be like you. I am not strong enough. Kagome?" Nathan looked up and locked eyes with Kagome. Kagome's heart ripped when she say the pain and suffering that was held in them. "I love you. I always have. I…can't…I want…"

"Shh…" Kagome said pulling Nathan to her chest. Kagome let the tears spill.

Just then a nurse came in. "Time for you all to leave. Mrs. Kagome needs to sleep now."

Sago nodded. "Come on then. Kids give Kagome one more kiss." After the kids kissed Kagome one last time Miroku picked up Nathan and Sango picked up Kara. "Come on Shippo." Sango called as they headed out. Shippo walked towards the door. He wanted to see what affect this had on his mother.

Kagome's head was bowed. Inuyasha turned to the nurse. "Give us 5 minutes and then you can put her under."

"She really needs the rest, sir." The nurse said firmly.

"I need 5 minutes with my wife." Inuyasha growled.

The nurse sighed. "Fine. But only 5 minutes." The nurse turned and walked out.

Inuyasha knew that Shippo was still there but he knew Shippo needed answers so Inuyasha said nothing.

"Kagome? Baby? Talk to me." Inuyasha touched her shoulder.

"Stay away from me." Kagome looked up at him with angry wet eyes. "You said that I should tell him. You said it was the right thing! Look at this! How are we supposed to be a family now? I should have never told him! Now the boy I have cared for and loved has now chosen Erin over me! Is this fair? I have loved this boy…with everything…" Kagome was sobbing now. "I have…put everything that I have…all my love…trust…in him. And now…look at where it has taken me!"

Inuyasha sat on the bed and pulled her to his chest. "Shh…Kagome it is going to be okay. Shh… I am here. It's all right."

Inuyasha just waited for her tears to subside. "Kagome…he is 4. Give him time. Come on. He is confused. The one woman, the only woman for that matter, that has always been there since day 1, who kissed his boo boo's and mad…e everything better is now not who he thought she was. He put his trust and love into you, too. He is hurting. Just like you. We have years a head of us. We can fix this. Together. We are going to be a family. I promise you. In time Nathan will be able to see that he can have both. He can love you and Erin."

Kagome looked up at with big tear stained eyes. "But I don't wanna have to share."

Inuyasha laughed and hugged her. "It's going to be okay. You'll see."

"Thank you." Kagome whispered.

"For what?"

"For not letting go of me."

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Over the past 2 months things seemed to iron themselves out. Kagome's wounds were healing fast and nice. The case closed leaving Kagome everything of Hojo's. Inuyasha wanted to burn everything but Kagome reasoned to where they would at least sell everything and maybe get money for it. Inuyasha was sending a realtor to go through everything.

Somehow even the situation with kids even ironed itself out. Nathan started reacting to the things around him and began to act a little more loving. It seemed as if what Inuyasha said was coming true. Perhaps in the future they could be one family.

As for Kagome and Inuyasha their relationship went to a new level. After the fourth day Kagome was in the hospital Inuyasha could wait no longer. Inuyasha practically dragged the first priest he saw to the hospital and had him marry them right there on the spot. Which meant now that they were husband and wife Inuyasha was even more anxious in getting Kagome healed.

Inuyasha sold Kagome's old house (they didn't have time to get it all fixed…Inuyasha kind of handed the house to the realtor and said to bill them everything it took to get the place into great selling order then sell it to the highest bidder. The realtor got 40 of the profit) and sent all of the stuff to a new one in the U.S. that Kagome and him picked out over the Internet. It took no time at all to sell Inuyashas house.

Inuyasha spent all of his time split between the kids, Kagome, realtors, Kagome, Sess, and Kagome. I did mention Kagome right? Kagome could not think of a time where she would wake up and have him not there.

"Inuyasha…you should go home."

"I am home."

"Are you calling the hospital your home?"

"Where ever you are that is where my home is."

"Gah. I give up."

"What? You're not feeling sick are you! Are you dizzy? Can you hear me? How many fingers am I holding up?"
"TWO! Stop it! I am just fine!"
"Breathe honey! You look flushed! Hold on I'll get the nurse!"

"INUYASHA!"

To tell the truth it took all of Kagome's strength to keep her wits. She loved Inuyasha with all of her heart…yet she could see perfectly well why women sent their husbands off to work.

Finally on her last day of the hospital everyone was there to help Kagome get in her wheel chair. In fact Naruku put Kikyo in a wheel chair and challenged Inuyasha and Kagome to a race. Naruku and Kikyo won. Naruku beat Inuyasha to the elevator and there was no way Inuyasha was going to take the stairs with Kagome in her condition. So they had to wait for the next elevator.

Everyone got a good laugh out of it. Life was finally looking up.

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Kagome sighed as she sat in her wheelchair. She was in Naruku's mansion and in the green house. Rin took the kids out with Sess to the playground letting Kagome get some rest.

The sunshine felt wonderful. Kagome looked all around at the different yet beautiful flowers. Kagome smiled as she touched a red poinsettia.

"Hey beautiful." Kagome whispered.

"That is my line." Inuyasha said coming up behind her. "Man I am going to have to put a tracking device on the chair of yours. Now that you are able to move around you waste no time in running everywhere." Inuyasha gave her a kiss.

Kagome smiled. "Hey handsome. Where are Kikyo and Naruku? And Sango and Miroku for that matter."

"Miroku and Sango are busy planning their wedding. They want to have it when we are still here." Inuyasha sighed as he pictured Sango dragging Miroku all over the place. Poor guy.

" Oh. What about my sister?"

"She is at the moment at the doctors with Naruku for the babies checkups. After that I believe Naruku is taking her out for dinner/lunch."

"So…the kids won't be back for another what 3 hours?"

"Yeah…so what do you want to do? You hungry? Do you want to go out and eat or-"

Kagome blushed. "I want to spend some time with my new husband breaking in our bed."

Inuyasha smiled. "You have no idea how much I want that but for the time being I 0think it better wait. You are still weak and the doctor said no strenuous activities for at least a month."

"Well…then that is not a problem. There is nothing strenuous with you in my bed."

"That is…HEY! Excuse me! Was that an insult?"

"Well it wasn't a complement." Kagome said smiling behind her hand.

"Ouch! I will have you know that after our first time, may I remind you, you couldn't move for the next 9 hours! I whipped you out!" Inuyasha growling.

Kagome smiled. "I'm sorry I do not remember that."

"WHAT?"

"I think you better remind me how 'strenuous' our activities can be."

"Kagome! I can't. I don't want to hurt you. I would kill myself before I hurt you." Inuyasha said cupping a cheek with his hand. "I love you."

"I love you, too." Kagome said leaning into his hand.

Inuyasha smiled. Maybe they could… if he was really, REALLY gentle with her. Inuyasha went in and kissed her. Kagome wrapped her arms around his neck. Just when it started getting good a maid interrupted.

"Excuse me Mr. Inuyasha but the police are here." She said keeping her eyes on the floor.

"What? Do you know what they want?" Inuyasha asked shocked and irritated. "Take my wife her and put her in our bedroom." Inuyasha turned to Kagome and smiled giving her one more kiss. "Wait for me, okay. It won't take but a moment."

"I want to go with you." Kagome said with pleading eyes.

Inuyasha shook his head. "Not this time. I love you and I will be there shortly. I promise I will tell you everything."

Inuyasha smiled trying to smooth out the worry lines in Kagome's face. Finally Kagome nodded and the maid took her away. Inuyasha watched after them and sighed when Kagome turned the corner. This had better end soon.

Inuyasha turned and ran to where his 'guests' were located.

When Inuyasha walked into the study he was surprised to see Mr. Henderson there. "What now? What can you possibly want now?"

"Mr. Izotia. I'm afraid that I am the bearer of sad tidings." Mr. Henderson looked down at the floor. Dmn! Why did he always get suck with all the dirty work. To be quite honest he would never like to set eyes on the half demon or any of his relations. Mr. Henderson remembered well his encounter with Kikyo. That was extremely painful.

"Well…I wouldn't expect the police to be the bearer of good news." Inuyasha said crossly. "Tell me what are you doing here?"
Mr. Henderson sighed. "Please…Mr. Izotia. I don't want to be here either. We are afraid that Mrs. Izoria's mother committed suicide last night."

"What?" Inuyasha went pale.

"Yeah that's right. She cut her wrists but it looks like she got inpatient that it wasn't happing quick enough that she shot herself in the head. The gun has her finger prints all over it and she attempted a good-bye letter as well."

"Do you have the letter?" Inuyasha asked sitting down slowly. Great…Inuyasha wished he never promised to tell Kagome everything.

"No. We burned it. You could barely read it anyway. And the things you could read where terrible. But it was diffidently suicide."

Inuyasha held his head in his hands.

"Sir, that isn't the end. When we had her body analyzed, we found an abnormal substance. If I was a medical student I could give you a bigger name for it but I am not. She had a brain disease it seems. And by the looks of it she had it for almost half of her life. The brain is severely damaged and we found strong pills in the medicine cabinet." Mr. Henderson watched Inuyasha closely.

"Brain…disease? If you were to put a guess on it…how old do you think Kagome's mother was when she had found out about this?"
"We believe that she had to be at least 28 when this happened."

"Which means Kagome had to be around 4."

"Did you have any idea that this was going on?"

"No. I mean we did wonder why…Mr. Henderson. I believe you read all about Kagome's history. Is that correct?"

"Yes."

"So you know what Hojo did to her before?" Inuyasha was careful not to look into Mr. Henderson's eyes.

Mr. Henderson sighed. "Yes, and may I say that was a rotten thing to do. One question before we continue. Why did Mrs. Izotia take in the women that stole her husband and raise the child as her own? I don't understand."
"I doubt if Kagome knows even why. I think she wanted to understand what Hojo saw in her to be able to leave a family, or it could be she felt sorry and understood how Erin felt. We may never really know why. But I love her more for doing it." Inuyasha was not a smoking man but right now it sounded good.

Mr. Henderson shook his head.

"Anyway, we never understood Kagome's mother. She would support Hojo and back him up. Then she would beat up her daughter thinking it was all Kagome's fault. You tell me if what happened to Kagome happened to your small daughter that you wouldn't back your daughter and kill the SOAB that did that to your daughter?

"She was always acting weird. She would have nothing to with me. I was a half-breed and she couldn't accept that. But to Kagome it didn't matter. I love her and now I am going to concentrate on making her the happiest wife on the planet. This news…is actually quite helpful. Believe it or not. Now we can understand that she wasn't thinking right and maybe we will be able to forgive her in time." Inuyasha stood. "Is that all, Mr. Henderson?"

"Yes…one more thing…with this…the chief says you won't be allowed to leave Japan until this is sorted out. Best not. Well, I hope I see you again Mr. Izotia."

Inuyasha smiled and held out a hand, "To be frank, I don't want to see you. Every time I see you something bad seems to happen. No thanks. I would like a peaceful life from now on."

Mr. Henderson smiled. This half demon wasn't that bad. Mr. Henderson shook Inuyasha's hand and marched out.

"Oh, by the way…" Inuyasha called after Mr. Henderson.

"Yes?"

"Keep a close eye on your daughter and the men she will date."

Mr. Henderson chuckled. "You think I am going to let my daughter date especially with what I see everyday? I would say that you have a brain disease as well."

Inuyasha laughed. "I guess you do have a point. Take care Mr. Henderson."
"You to, Mr. Izotia." Mr. Henderson raised a hand in farewell and disappeared around the doorway.

Inuyasha sat down on the sofa and sighed. Great. Now he had to go and tell Kagome.

Inuyasha stretched and got up. Turning around he stood stunned with what he saw.

Kagome stood in the doorway. She was pale and she had tears flowing down her cheeks.

"Kagome! What are you doing out of your wheel chair?" Inuyasha rushed forward and picked her up in his arms.

Kagome looked up at Inuyasha. "So…my mother…"

"Yeah…" Inuyasha whispered.

Kagome dissolved into tears. Inuyasha carried her to their room and laid her on the bed. Then he got down beside her and held her. Inuyasha rubbed her back, kissed her neck and tried not to get angry about her being out of her wheelchair.

After her tears subsided Kagome asked tired, "Does this mean…"

"Does this mean what, honey?"

"Does this mean she might have loved me?"

"She always loved you." Truthfully Inuyasha had no idea that she had loved Kagome but somehow it felt right.

Kagome shook her head. "How can that be?"

Inuyasha got up on an elbow. He had to think quick. "Remember that time we went swimming when you were 18?" that got a deep blush out of her. Good. "And when you asked if you and I could go by ourselves, do you remember her getting really upset and she locked you in your room? It was because she knew that there was a risk that you and I would be doing other activities than swimming."

"Which we did. You came and got me out from my window and we went swimming. Actually…I think we swam for a total of 10 minutes and we were gone how long? 3 hours?" Kagome said blushing.

Inuyasha laughed. "That is not the point. Your mom was trying to protect you because she loved you. Not to mention hating me."
"What?"
"The reason why your mother hated me was because I am half demon. She grew up thinking all demons were evil. She was trying to protect you. She was always trying to protect you. She loved you."

"More than you love me?"

Inuyasha drew her closer. "That is impossible."

"Why don't you show me just how much?" Kagome said smiling.

Inuyasha shook his head and playfully slapped her bottom. "Now, now, we cannot over exhaust you. That was the doctor orders. We have to honor the doctor."

"You honor him. I don't want to." Kagome said kissing him.

Inuyasha was going to lose it if he didn't get up now. Inuyasha pulled away and stood up. "If you can't control yourself than I am going to sleep in a separate room."

"That will just be more pain for both of us."

"Exactly. So when you are all healed I will just have to take it all out on you." Inuyasha smiling.

"Inuyasha…please. I hate this. I need to feel you. All of you. I need you to whisper that you are never going to leave me."

Inuyasha smiled then he remembered. "OH! Kagome remember that I told you that I had presents for you and the kids. I never gave you yours. Hold on!" Inuyasha dashed out of the room."

Kagome sighed. She almost had him! DANG IT! Kagome hated to complain but to be quite frank…she felt very horny. Inuyasha's sent was intoxicating.

Inuyasha ran back in the room holding a good sized box. "Here we go. I hope you like it." Inuyasha handed it to her and kissed her check. Kagome caught him and dragged him on the bed.

"I want you right here when I open it." Kagome smiled. Kagome let go and took hold of the box and opened it. Kagome almost dropped it. It was a small glass figurine of a dolphin in the flipping into the sea with a dark star filled sky and a glowing moon. This was an exact replica of the present he gave her after they slept together. But the one he gave her before…Hojo had accidentally sat on it when they first met.

"Inuyasha…this is…Thank you so much!" Kagome hugged him. Once again she had tears on her face.

"You have got to stop all these tears. I feel utterly helpless when you cry and you know exactly how much I hate that."

Kagome smiled. "I am afraid you are just going to have to get over it. I love you." Kagome kissed him dragging him down.

Inuyasha chuckled and pulled away. "Not today."

Kagome bit her lip thinking. "Tonight then?"

"No. I don't think you are listening. Nothing is going to happen until the doctors gives the okay."

"So you are going to ask our doctor when it is okay to mess around with me?" Kagome raised an eyebrow. "You are going to let someone tell you what to do?" Kagome rubbed his ear.

Inuyasha began his love growl. "Kagome…stop…please. What if I hurt you? I couldn't stand myself if I hurt you."

"You won't hurt me."

"Kagome…you can't…" Inuyasha gasped.

Kagome frowned. "This is my body and I know that it needs nothing more than some loving from my husband."

"Say that again." Inuyasha's eyes were intense.

Kagome was confused. "Say what?"

"That I am your husband."
Kagome smiled and pulled him close. "I love you my dear, sweet, loving husband."
"And I love my wife." Inuyasha gave her a quick kiss. "so much that I am not going to take her until the doctor says that you are okay."

Kagome pushed him away. "You are terrible."

"How am I terrible? I am trying to save you some pain." Inuyasha wanted to laugh.

"Here you are playing with my emotions as if I mean nothing to you."

Inuyasha didn't like that one bit. Inuyasha growled and pinned her. "You and your emotions is everything to me. I love you." Inuyasha kissed her hard then pulled away and walked out the door.

"Bastard." Kagome smiled.

"As long as I am not an annoying wench like you!" Inuyasha called.

Kagome settled back on her pillows and smiled as she drifted into a deep sleep.

Finally…peace was hers. Finally…life…was going her way. Finally…

Foxgem: HEEE! Done with that one. Okay next chapter is going to be long so prepare yourself…oh…and the dead Hojo is in it. Sorry…at least he isn't alive.