Disclaimer: X-Men belong to their creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. InuYasha belongs to its creators Rumiko Takahashi. I make no claim to either the comic/movie or the anime/Manga. So don't sue me… You wouldn't get much anyway; cause I'm flat broke (cries) MONEY! WHY HAVE YOU DESERTED ME?? (sobs)
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Logan was out of the bedroom and beside her in record time. She was crumpled on the ground, her eyes as wide as saucers and her skin sickly pale. "What is it?" He questioned and gave her a quick once-over. Nothing was broken, he saw and the only thing he smelt was her fear and slight anger. Other than that, she looked the same as she had when they woke up.
Kagome turned wide gray eyes onto him, her bottom lip trembling. "I'm pregnant…" She whispered.
Logan paused, blinking slowly. "What? How can you know that?" His question went unanswered as the girl jumped up and clutched her hair, a frantic scream wringing itself from her lips and throat.
"I'm not ready for a baby yet! What will my mother think? Or grandpa? Why did I let those ditz-heads talk me into going to that bar?" She stomped around, eyes impossibly wide. "Oh, I knew I should have stayed home and masturbated!" She continued to pace, panic welling up inside of her so quickly it felt like she would be swallowed up. Incoherent mumbles left her for a few minutes before she screamed and yanked at her hair.
"What am I going to do? I'm not ready! Maybe I could give it up for adoption…" She twirled around. "NO!" Kagome's blue eyes flashed in rage. "I don't want to subject the child to that… But I'm barely making enough to support myself… By the GOD'S what did I get into?" She whirled around and cried out suddenly, making the confused mutant jump slightly. "How am I going to support the poor thing?" Tears overflowed and trailed down her face.
Logan gulped thickly. How does she know she's pregnant? I thought women couldn't tell this early. He watched her silently as the girl mumbled and chattered to herself.
"—third job! I'll have to work long hours!! Who will watch the baby then?" She clutched her shoulders and sobbed loudly. "Why did I leave my apartment?" The question passed her lips in a barely audible whisper before collapsing onto the kitchen's tile floor again.
The mutant stepped forward and kneeled in front of her. "Hey, calm down. Maybe you're not preg—"
She rudely cut him off with a sarcastic laugh. "Not pregnant? Do you hear how stupid you sound? Of course I'm pregnant! My circle started two days ago!!"
The male blinked. "What? But you wer—" Again she cut his sentence short.
"No shit, Sherlock! I don't work the same way as other humans do!" Her bright blue eyes flashed in rage. "How dumb can you get? You should… know… oh…" Kagome trailed off and stared wide eyed at him. "Of course you don't know. You don't even know what you are, let alone what's going on with me…" And then she started to laugh. It was a broken sounding laugh that slowly morphed into loud, choking sobs. "I did a demon who doesn't even know what he is!" She wailed.
Logan stared at her before a single word clicked in his brain. "D-demon?" He questioned, voice deeper then usual. "Hey, I know I may look grizzlier than most people but I'm not—"
Kagome's hands gripped his shoulder tightly and he looked into her deep ocean-colored eyes. "You. Are. A. Demon." She said slowly, as if speaking to a child. "A wolf demon to be precise. Not a full one mind you… You're less than a half demon, that's for sure, but so close it's scary." Her left hand raised to let her fingers trailed over his right cheek before brushing softly over his lips.
The mutant narrowed his eyes slightly. "How I know you're not crazy?" He watched her suspiciously.
Her smile was disarming. "Alright. I'll prove to you that you've got some demon blood in you." She scowled slightly and locked eyes with him. "Have you ever gone into a rage so complete you had no control over your movements and all you could think about was ripping flesh and killing?"
Logan turned his head away. "And if I do…?"
"Was it in situations where your life was in danger?"
"… Yes… Mostly…"
"Mostly?" She tilted her head to the side and peered at him curiously. "… Do you do it just because you like the power rush?"
"No, it happens when a lot of blood is around or… Or something violent sets me off." He looked off to the side and glared at the ground. Kagome smiled softly at him before brushing his cheek with her hand that had steadied from the earlier constant shake it had been subjected to.
"Ah. Well, wolves do like their blood…" She touched her chin with her fingers and leaned back. "I can tell your still not convinced… Hm… Let's see… Are your ears sensitive? Like, to touch?" She reached forward and ran the tip of her finger in feather-light touches over the rounded pieces of flesh.
Logan gave a violent shiver and closed his eyes, his nostrils flaring and catching a delicious scent that had his cock twitching back to life. "I'll take that as a yes… Hm… Heightened sense of smell, sight, and hearing, right?"
He nodded and opened his eyes. "Yeah…"
She moved around to sit Indian style in front of him. Her eyes narrowed and she looked him up and down slowly, in a calculating manor. "If you were a real hanyou, your hair would be ears…" Kagome mumbled to herself and leaned back, her weight resting softly on her hands. "How fast can you heal?" She asked him after a long pause.
"Pretty fast." He admitted. He didn't know why but the way she was staring at him, sizing him up and the words she spoke had him believing her. Logan wouldn't admit it yet, just to see what else she would come up with, and waited for her to speak again.
She didn't disappoint him.
"Do your fingernails grow and harden?" Kagome grabbed his hands and pulled them close to her face. "No… The energies all wrong…" She turned his hand palm up and rubbed her thumb over the callused skin. She pressed experimentally over the flesh before moving his hand back and pressing a long nerve on his wrist.
A single, gleaming claw shot out and glittered in the artificial light of the raven's kitchen.
An excited gurgle came forth from Kagome's mouth and she pressed the two other nerve endings, exposing his long, foot-long Adamantium coated claws. She stared in wonder at the lengthy knives before tracing her finger over the duller edge of the claws. "Wow…" She mumbled and barely pressed the pad of her forefinger against the Adamantium. A fine line of blood bubbled from the stinging cut. "They're very sharp…" The blue-eyed beauty commented absently as she continued her explorations.
"How did the metal get on here?" Kagome pressed her fingers on the nerve endings and sheathed the claws. Her bright eyes locked with his and she gave him a curiously brilliant smile.
"It was bonded to my entire skeleton when I was younger." Logan told her. He didn't know why but he felt so comfortable around her, like nothing could set off his berserker mode. "Don't really remember it much, though."
The woman gave an absent nod. "Yeah, you've got strange barriers around a few places on your head…" She tilted her head to the side like a curious puppy. Her hair tumbled over her shoulder. "Is your butt sensitive to touch?" She asked him suddenly.
Logan gave a surprised blink before arching a fine brow at her. "Why do you ask that?" He questioned her.
Kagome shrugged. "You're an ookami youkai, and ookami have tails. I just thought that your bum could be because wolf tails are one of the most sensitive parts of their body besides their ears and… uh… their… uhm…" She paused, a large blush staining her adorable face.
The male chuckled. "You're embarrassed to say cock?" He joked and watched as the woman's eyes narrowed angrily. His mind roughly kicked him and reminded him of something important. "How do you know I am a demon, or at least part of one?" He was highly curious, which was generally a bad thing coming from Logan.
She gave him a tiny wink. "Promise not to tell anyone? I don't want this broadcasted around, okay?" The male nodded for her to continue. Cupping her hand around her mouth, the girl leaned forward, dragged his head down to her level and whispered softly in his ear. "I'm a miko." Kagome moved back from him and stared at him, as if gagging his reaction.
The word took a few minutes to register before something clicked. "What did you say your last name was?" He asked her.
Kagome blinked in surprise at the random question. Of course, she had asked him a few so she answered him with a slight wave of her hand. "Higurashi. Why?" Her head tilted to the side again and Logan furrowed his brows.
"I knew a Higurashi. Nice guy, son was a good fight too." He mumbled and stood up.
The priestess's face went a nice shade of red at seeing his state of undress. She blushed heavier and tried to cover as much of her body as she could when she noticed her own bare skin. "Ack!" She cried out and stood up, racing to the bedroom.
Logan watched her with a soft chuckle before he grabbed roughly at the foggy memories. Come to think of it, Kiyoshi had blue eyes like hers. And his dad too. What was that old coots name again? T-Ten… Tensei! That's it! The male gave himself a congratulatory mental pat on the back and caught the pair of jeans that were thrown at his face.
"Put that on, please." Kagome instructed him as she adjusted the baggy shirt to cover all of her essential parts. She sat down on her tiny couch before looking at him with blushing blue eyes. "Please?" She tried again and Logan shrugged, slipping on the denim pants with practiced ease.
He strolled over to the miko and seated himself next to her. She grabbed his hand and narrowed her eyes at him. "You knew a Higurashi? Who?"
Logan could practically taste her anticipation and leaned back against the couch. "Let's see… The old guy's name was Tensei, I think. And his son's name was—" Kagome cut him off and the salty scent of tears had the mutant's eyes snapping open.
"Was it Kiyoshi?" She whispered.
Logan nodded his head. "Yeah, how'd you know?" He stared at her for a few seconds before realization dawned on him. "Holy shit, Kiyoshi was your dad, wasn't he." The male moved closer to her, arm slipping around her shaking shoulders. "How is he, anyway."
"Dead." He could barely hear her voice and tightened his hold on her shoulders. "He died when I was eight years old… Kept momma from being shot by this mugger. He was caught and put in jail for manslaughter… But daddy never made it to the hospital alive… He died from blood loss…" Her voice trailed off and Kagome curled into his chest, sobbing loudly.
He pulled her into his lap and ran his hand up and down her back in a soothing manor. He took a deep breath and nearly groaned. How come her scents so damn enticing? He thought with a pained scowl. Logan didn't want to get a boner while she was crying… Might think he was a quack or something.
But Kagome seemed to notice his distraction anyway, as was broadcasted by her startled gasp and her moving from his arms. "S-sorry! I didn't mean… I just… SHIT!" She stood up and started to pace. "Why won't you stop and leave me alone?" She cried out and stared down at her lower half. "You got fucked, what more do you want!?" Kagome grabbed her long hair and pulled at it with a strangled cry.
Logan held his hand out at her. "What's wrong, Kagome?" He stood up and walked towards her.
Kagome twirled around and shook her head. "No! Stay away! Don't come any closer!" She cried out.
He paused, a pained look entering his dark eyes. "Sorry." He mumbled and took a few steps backwards. "I was just trying to help."
The miko blinked at him. "What…?" Realization dawned on her pretty face. "OH! No, it's not that I don't like you… It's just… If we get to close… Uh… Well… I can't really control my… uhm… urges…? As well as I should be…" A heavy blush stained her face and Logan blinked.
" 'Control your urges…?' " He asked and a completely male smile spread across his rugged face. "So, I make you horny?" Logan crossed his arms over his chest and gave a deep chuckle. "Well, guess I have to take care of those urges now don't I."
Kagome scoffed at him, giving the male a good look at her back. "Yeah, right." She looked at him from over her shoulder. "You're free to go, you know. I won't hold it against you if you don't want to be dragged down by a pregnant woman."
"Yeah, about that." He said and stepped towards her. Kagome narrowed her eyes again and moved back a few paces. "How do you know you're pregnant?"
Kagome gave a deep sigh. "Again, it's because of my miko powers. Since you have demon blood in you… The moment your, uh…" She trailed off, a heavy blush covering her cheeks.
"When I came in you?" He finished for her.
She glared at him her face a nice shade of red. "Yes. When that happened."
"So, you can sense you're pregnant because our kid's got my blood in it?" Kagome nodded and crossed her arms over her chest.
"That and with my cycle going on, I'm pretty much pregnant." She covered her face and sighed again. "Damnit. I'm gonna be in so much debt!" Logan could see another meltdown on the horizon so he quelled it before she went off the deep end again.
"Calm down, I won't let that happen. I'll take on a job and we can raise the kid on both of our salaries. But when you start getting bigger, I'll work more so you can rest more." Kagome stared wide-eyed at him.
"What?" She whispered, hand curling against her mouth instead of her whole face. She swallowed and took a few tentative steps towards him. "What did you say?"
Logan looked off to the side and actually blushed slightly. "I'm not the kind of guy to fuck a woman, get her pregnant and run off. If you don't mind a wolf demon hanging around with you, I'll help you keep the kid out of poverty."
Tears gathered in Kagome's beautiful eyes and she walked over to him quickly. "Thank you so much! I was so scared I would have to…" She trailed off and stared at him. "No, that won't work!" She twirled away from him. "You'll have to stay out of the house! But I can't let you live out there, all alone! Oh, why do you have to be so demanding?" The miko scowled at her crotch again. "Stop being dumb and relax for once!"
The mutant arched a brow at her. "What are you yelling at?" He questioned her, already knowing the answer. It was pretty obvious, but he wanted to know if she would actually admit she was screaming and ranting at her hormones.
"Nothing!" She said and straightened.
That blush is gonna be permanent soon. Logan thought absently before walking towards her silently. "Come on, why not let it get a workout for a bit?"
Kagome's eye widened. "Are you crazy!? Why would I do that when I have to get things ready for the baby? I have to start saving up for diapers and work out the numbers and call my family… My family! By the gods!" She started to race around the room again. "I'm soooo in deep trouble! What will momma think? How can I face her? Oh!" She collapsed onto the ground and Logan sighed heavily.
Got my work cut out with this one. He thought and moved towards her, kneeling down next to her. "Hey, calm down. Let's just eat something and talk about this." He touched her shoulder lightly and turned her face towards him. "I'll cook something, you just sit at the table and wait to be served." He helped her stand up and walked her to the tiny kitchen table. He sat her down and walked into the small kitchen area. He puttered around for a moment, searching for all the needed ingredients.
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HBWD's Corner: And there's the second chapter! I'm so sorry for not updating for a long-assed time! Please forgive me! I just had to do a thousand other things, like school and work and being taken over by the Model Behavior bug… Which I will be updating along with my other stories periodically…
And yes, this is short. But don't blame me! Please!!
Also, I got some help from a wonderful authoress by the name of Two Tailed Demon Cat!! WHOO!! She's so frickin awesome! And she helped me with a very important part! (giggles)
Anyhoo, please post your review, I'm a review whore (snickers)
EDIT!!: I've changed a few things around but it's essentially the same. I'm just going to clear a few things up, okay? Logan is when our boy is in his right mind (no berserker mode or anything) while Wolverine is his berserker mode. (dances)
Logan: Human mind
Wolverine: Demon mind
Translations: Hanyou – ½ demon. Miko – priestess. Kiyoshi – quiet one. Tensei – revival.