Chapter 6 – Boy or Girl?

The technician focused on the screen as the image of our baby appeared. She said our baby is looking very healthy and that it is growing at the right rate. And now, here is the big moment…

We stared at the screen trying to see what it is.

"If you look right about here," she pointed at the screen. "We can see that you two will be having a baby boy!"

I smiled as a tear escaped from my eye. It's getting so real I can hardly believe it. I looked over at Inuyasha. He had a blank stare at the screen, he seems to be in disbelief. I think he's finally starting to realize he's going to be a dad.

The technician told me that I was doing great and to remember to eat healthy. She had asked me if I have been experiencing some discomfort yet, and so far my back is a bit sore in the morning, but that's about it. She said that I'll start gaining more pain as the baby grows. Apparently I'm very lucky that I haven't been experiencing morning sickness yet, it seems to be uncommon for that to happen.

Inuyasha and I walked out of the doctor's office with our hands clasped together. We're both extremely happy to be having a baby boy.

We were supposed to go shopping today for the babies room, but Inuyasha felt exhausted from work so we decided to go eat at a restaurant and spend the evening at home instead.

We went to a small restaurant that seemed to be pretty quiet. It looks like a family owned business. I find those are the best types of restaurants. Not over-priced, and homemade meals that don't have huge portions impossible for you to finish.

Inuyasha ordered a cheeseburger and fries and I decided to get a chicken breast with Caesar salad. Our waitress seemed to recognize Inuyasha as she seemed quite nervous around us.

When we finished eating, Inuyasha had gotten up to wash his hands as his burger was a little bit sloppy. While he was gone, the waitress came to bring the check.

"I don't want to be nosy," she began. "But is that Mr. Takahashi?"

I nodded for an answer, slightly annoyed.

"My husband works with him," she smiled. Okay, well now I feel a bit bad for being annoyed. "He had mentioned he was having a baby with a lovely girl."

"Yes I'm four months along." I replied, obviously very excited to be talking about my baby. "We just found out that we're having a baby boy."

"Oh that's wonderful!" she said just as Inuyasha came by.

Inuyasha paid the check and she congratulated us on our baby as we left. Inuyasha asked what that was about and I told him she's married to one of his co-workers. Although, Inuyasha had no idea which one as he works with a lot of people.

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A week has passed by since we discovered the sex of our baby, although we have kept it a secret from everyone so far. Because Ayame and Kouga are engaged now, the four of us talked and we decided to plan an engagement/baby sex reveal party together.

It's Saturday morning and we're all going to Inuyasha's parents to celebrate as Ayame's and Kouga's families will be there too. The mansion is the only place big enough to hold four families, plus our small group of friends.

I had gotten a cake made. It's decorated in blue and pink, and the inside of it is coloured blue. So when we cut the cake, the sex will be revealed. Ayame isn't a huge fan of cake so she had a bunch of cookies made for desert as well.

The chefs are hard at work making the appetizers. Since the party is early afternoon we're just going to be snacking on food rather than having a big meal. It's easier for people to socialize that way.

Kouga, Inuyasha and Ayame are busy getting decorations put up while I get to sit here and blow balloons up. Just like the ultrasound tech had said, I would be experiencing more pain soon. I think she cursed me cause it started the next day, now my back is really hurting.

I've never really been good at blowing balloons up, I have a hard time getting the air into them at first. And of course that gave Inuyasha the opportunity to tease me…

"I see you're having a hard time, you can practice some more tonight hunny." He said with a wink.

OH MY GOD! "As if you said that!" I yelled at him. Inuyasha and Kouga fell into fits of laughter while my face turned bright red and Ayame shook her head. They may be in their twenties now, but they still act like little kids. I'm seriously going to have to learn some good come backs.

A few hours had passed by the time Rin and Sesshoumaru had arrived over. I could hear Sesshoumaru complaining about how much they have been coming home lately as they entered the mansion. I know for a fact he wouldn't be coming here if it weren't for Rin.

"Any kicking yet?" Rin asked as soon as she saw me and gave me a hug.

"Not yet, but my doctor told me I'll start to feel kicking between 16 and 22 weeks, and I'm 17 weeks now so I should be soon." I said with a smile. Although, Rin seemed quite disappointed that she wouldn't be able to feel the kicking today.

Oh speaking of Rin and Sesshoumaru, their wedding is in two months. The time is coming so quickly!

Rin had previously asked me to stand in the wedding, which I gladly said yes to. Inuyasha is also standing for Sesshoumaru. He's not very happy about it, but they are brothers. Apparently Sesshoumaru never intended for Inuyasha to be standing but he was forced into it by their father. We're supposed to go dress shopping in a few weeks, that way there will be enough time to get them altered if needed.

It didn't take much longer for us to finish everything, and just in time for everyone to start arriving. The chefs had come out with the appetizers and began offering beverages to everyone.

Ayame and Kouga seem to have enormous families. Between the two of them, 20 people showed up, and that wasn't even near to being half of them.

I was soon able to find Sango and Miroku in the crowd of people. Of course Sango cursed me for not telling her what sex our baby is. I wanted to keep it a surprise for everyone though.

Everybody had been enjoying themselves. I got the chance to meet all of Kouga and Ayame's family and they are very nice people. Their personalities are polar opposite from each other but in the end you can tell they're very loyal, genuine people.

Halfway through the party, Ayame had decided to make an announcement.

"Okay everyone, so before we finally cut Kagome's cake to find out what the sex is, I have a little announcement." She began. "Kouga and I weren't planning on getting married for at least another year, but seeing as we have been together for four years, and have next to no problems between us, we have decided to get married this September!"

Everyone congratulated them, although I was pretty surprised. By that time, my baby will be about a month or a few weeks old, depending on when I have him.

We all mingled for a little while longer before we decided to cut the cake. I had decided to get my mother to do the honours to show everyone what we would be having.

"So who thinks they're going to be having a girl?" Miroku decided to shout, and most of the crowd agreed that that what it would be. "Or a boy?" he asked. Less people agreed to a baby boy.

My mother took the knife to cut a piece for whoever the first taker would be. Everyone watched as she cut off a blue piece. Everyone awed at the idea of us having a boy.

Everyone congratulated us as well as Ayame and Kouga.

A little bit later on Ayame had pulled me, Sango, and Akai to the side to talk for a bit.

"Any names yet?" Sango asked me in the midst of our conversation.

"Actually we haven't talked about it yet. I think we will soon though, and we're going to have to figure out the theme for his bedroom." I answered her.

"Oh, I have something to ask you guys!" Ayame piped up before we moved onto another topic. "I would like all of you to stand in my wedding!" she said with a big smile on her face. We all of course agreed to this. I asked her who the Maid of Honour would be and she said she had asked her cousin as they have been tight since they were kids.

I seriously can't believe everything that's going on now. I'm pregnant, Rin and Sesshoumaru are getting married in May. Ayame and Kouga are getting married in September. Everything is crazy! But, everyone knows that when everything seems perfect, something always bad happens. The more perfect life is, the worse the situation we get. I hate thinking like this but I have been expecting something bad to happen for a little while now.

Oh well, I shouldn't be worrying about that right now. It's time to be happy and to enjoy life with my friends. I couldn't ask for anything else.

Bonjour Bonjour. I'm not entirely happy with this chapter, but this is all I could think of. Don't worry, the story will be getting more interesting soon!

So yes, more people voted for a boy :) A lot of people wanted twins but I have different plans.. hehehe

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed! Please review and let me know what you think, I love you guys!

PS Please check out my two other stories, Love Hurts (A heartbreaking romance story between Kouga and Kagome, I know I've never paired them before, and I honestly don't like their pairing, but you'll see why I paired them way way far into the story). And Spoiled Brat! (It's a Sess/OC pairing, which most people do not enjoy, but I feel like it's a great story that's not getting much attention, I think you guys would like it though!)

It's been a while since Love Hurts has been updated, but it is based on a true story, so it's a bit hard to write, but I should have the next chapter up within the next week or two! Definitely suited for people who enjoy heartache type of stories (I would have said angst but I don't feel that it's THAT dark, but meh I've never read angst with so can't really say)

Wow, talked way too much, I think it's the coffee I had earlier… Coffee coffee coffee…