Wow this year went by soo fast, here's another chapter. I'll try to update some more chapters for my others stories too. But I'm not making any promises.

Chapter 4

"Wake up… wake up!" Inuyasha felt a lot of weight on his chest as he was trying to sleep.

"C'mon Inuyasha wake up!" young Shippo said pouncing on his brother who was trying his best to stay asleep but was failing with every pounce and from the lack of oxygen.

With one final pounce Inuyasha had had enough. Grabbing his brother by the back of his pajamas he stopped Shippo and sat up.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Inuyasha asked angrily to Shippo as he dangled the 3 year-old in the air as he got out of bed.

"You was tryna sleep all day. I had to wake you up somehow, and I'm hungry hurry up and make breakfast." Shippo said wiggling his was out his brother's grasp.

Letting go of the child Inuyasha finally got up to start his day. After getting both of them washed up and dressed Inuyasha made himself and Shippo some bacon and pancakes for breakfast. But as they ate Inuyasha got a phone call.

"Hey Yash sweetie." A female voice came from the other line

"Hey Kikyo" Inuyasha said not really wanting to talk with his ex.

"We're still meeting up, right? Let's meet at the ice cream shop near the train station." She said not letting Yash get a word in.

"Yeah, alright bye." She said cheerful as she hung up

Groaning Inuyasha finished the rest of his meal, then taking Shippo with him they went to meet up with Kikyo.

"Why are we gonna go see Kikyo for? You don't even like her anymo." Shippo complained from his car seat in the back of Inuyasha's car as his brother drove them to the station to meet her.

"I know Shippo, just be quiet." Inuyasha said trying not to get angry with the small child.

"Hmm" Shippo huffed crossing his little arms over his chest.

"Jerk"

"Hey Inuyasha!" Kikyo said waving her arm to get their attention as they got out the car.

"Oh, you brought your little brother with you again." She said not to thrilled to see the child tagging along again.

"Of course he did. He can't leave me by myself. I just a little kid." Shippo told her standing in front of Inuyasha who remained silent.

"Whatever" she muttered turning around as they enter the ice cream store.

"Well anyways, what have you been up to lately?" she asked as they stood for their turn in line.

"Nothing much but the usual." He said bleakly

"Aww don't be like that. I just wanted to know how you were doing." Kikyo said grabbing his arm

"Well it's not like we're together anymore, that I need to tell you any aspect of my life." Inuyasha said releasing her hold on his arm.

"Hey Inuyasha, I want a chocolate and vanilla cone with sprinkles." Shippo said as it was their turn to order.

"Can I help you?" the girl at the counter asked.

"Ah yeah 2 small vanilla cones and add sprinkles to one." He told the girl then gave her the money to pay for the cones.

"Aww, why didn't you get me da chocolate ice cream too?" Shippo whined as they waited for the girl to make their order.

Kikyo then walked up and order herself an ice-cream Sunday.

When the orders were made, they took their treats outside to eat at one o the tables.

"This isn't fair Yash." Shippo continued to complain

"Will you shut up Shippo, I didn't get you the chocolate 'cause I don't want you to make a mess. Be happy I even got you sprinkles." Inuyasha said handing the child his cone as they sat down to eat.

"You should have put his in a cup." Kikyo said watching the boy try to eat his frozen treat as it started to melt in his little hand.

"Eww he's making a mess." She complained looking in discuses at how Shippo was able to get sticky melted ice cream all over his face, hands, shirt with sprinkles everwhere.

"I don't know how you can stand dealing with a child like this." She continued grabbing a handful of napkins to wipe the boy's face. Inuyasha phone then began to ring, vibrating in his pocket.

"Why can't I go outside?" Souta asked standing behind his sister as she was doing the dishes.

"'Cause Souta, it's too early to be going out with the baby. And I just made the excuse to Miyaka that you were sick so I could stay home. If I let you out now that would defeat the purpose of say you were the one sick. Beside if you are out and someone from work sees you they might just tell and I could be out a job." Kagome said to her brother with little patience for his new behavior.

"That's not fair. No one told you to lie about me because of the baby."

"Souta just cut it out. Go play your video games or something."

"Why should I, it's not like you're my mom." He quickly stopped his self from talking, but it was too late the damage was already done.

"Sis… I … I'm sorry. I didn't mean it." He tried to apologize seeing her tense up, on the verge of crying.

"Just… go to your room." She told him in a low voice drying off her hands. Obeying her he retreated to his bedroom.

Going for her phone Kagome scrolls down her number list till she found Inuyasha's number. Listening to the phone ring Kiana started to cry as she held her own tears.

"Souta, come warm me up a bottle for Kiana." She called to the boy as the ringing stopped and Inuyasha picked up.

"Hello"

"Where are you?" she asked as a tears managed to make its way down her left cheek.

"Kagome?" Kiana still crying in the background.

"Who else do you know who with a baby in the background crying?" she said adjusting Kiana in her arm so she could feed her.

"What's the matter?"

"Where are you? I thought you said you were coming over." She said as Kiana quieted down and fed from the bottle.

"Yeah, ah … I'm on my way." He told her hanging up his end.

Still outside the ice cream shop Kikyo still continued to fuss over the ice cream covered Shippo but she also notice Inuyasha answering his phone.

"Hello" she wondered who was on the other line

"Kagome?" who the fuck is Kagome?

"What's the matter?" what the hell, who was this Kagome he's talking to; is she his new girlfriend?

"Yeah, ah … I'm on my way." No he wasn't just going to get up and leave her there.

"Hey listen Kikyo; I gotta go." Inuyasha said collecting Shippo into his arms then getting in his car and driving off.

'What the heck was going on?' she asked herself

"Where are we goin' now?" Shippo asked happy to be getting away from the pestering Kikyo.

"Over Kagome's." Inuyasha answered as he took the same street to Kagome's

At her door Inuyasha he waits for her to answer after knocking a few times. When she finally does answer its quiet inside, but she seems to be a little upset.

"Hey, did something happen?" he asked as they enter the small apartment.

"Where were you this morning?" she answered his question with a question.

"He was with his girlfriend, we had ice cream." Shippo answered her, lifting up his arms asking to be picked up which she obliged.

Inuyasha tensed thinking he might be in trouble with her. But to his surprise she just turned around to go to the kitchen to clean Shippo up from being so sticky.

"Oi, what are you mad about?' Inuyasha asked her following her to the kitchen.

"This doesn't have anything to do with me right?" he continued as she wet a rag with warm water then proceeded in cleaning Shippo's hands and face before acknowledging him.

"No, it doesn't have anything to do with you. And I'm not mad; I'm just upset right now."

"So what are you upset about?" he continued to ask

Just as she was about to answer his question she was cut off when the baby's cry was heard from the other room.

"Not again." She could make out her brother complaining

"What's the matter with her now?" Souta asked coming out his room but stopped mid-complaint when he saw Inuyasha and his brother were back over.

"Souta quit complaining." He sister told him as she went to tend to the baby.

Ignoring her, he went up to Inuyasha.

"So, you finally showed up." He said

"Souta go away." Kagome said "Go back to your room or something."

Dismissing his sister Souta went back to his room, Shippo following behind him.

Placing the baby on the couch Kagome went though the process of changing her diaper, Inuyasha stood quietly to the side unsure of what to do or say next.

Kiana then drifted back to sleep. Asking Inuyasha to watch the baby so she finished tidying up the kitchen, Kagome left the room.

"Oi, are you sure there's nothing bothering you?" he asked again following her back in to the kitchen with the sleeping baby in his arms.

"I said its nothing." She said getting a little irritated

"Well, if it's about earlier, she's not my girlfriend anymore. We been broke up." He tried to explain, hoping he was still on her good side.

She then stopped what she was washing turning around to give him her full attention.

"I already told you it was nothing you did, and I don't care if you have or don't have a girlfriend. It's just-" she was cut off when both Souta and Shippo ran out of Souta's room begging to go outside to play. Kiana also woke up and joined in noise with a cry.

Feeling her stress level rising, Kagome rubbed her fingers against her temple. Seeing her in distress, Inuyasha comes to the rescue by taking the boys out so she could get some rest.

Finally well rested Kagome still remained in bed with the baby, but knowing she'd be hungry when she woke up. So with the moment of peace she had Kagome studied the sleeping infant's facial features in detail.

Every few seconds or so the baby's facial expressions would change slightly, but what Kagome thought was cute was how she would suck on her bottom lip every so often.

"Where's your mother little one?" she whispered to the sleeping baby while she ran her fingers through the baby's downy dark hair.

Kiana started to stir then let out an angry wail. She opened her eyes, kicked her feet and cried.

"Hey, baby girl." Kagome said as she picked her up carefully, laying her in her arms.

"You hungry, sweetheart?" she asked, feeling a maternal bond form between her and the baby.

Still crying Kiana turned her head in towards Kagome rooting at her chest in search of food. Even though she was still so young to know, Kagome figured she was missing her mother and was searching for her breast to nurse.

Knowing that she couldn't provide the baby with the nourishment she needed. The only thing she could do was comfort the orphaned infant; removing her shirt and bra she placed the baby to her breast. Rubbing her nipple at the baby's lip Kiana eagerly latched on and started suckling. Kagome then rested back on her pillows as Kiana nursed; her eyes closed again, her tiny hand resting on top Kagome's breast.

Kagome fell in love with the child at that moment; she was indeed her daughter now. She smiled down at the baby; she ran her hand down her downy hair and played with her tiny hand that grabbed a firm grip to her index finger.

The moment was then interrupted when her cell phone began to vibrate on her nightstand. With her free hand she reached for it; looking at the caller I.D., she knew it was her friend: Sango calling.

"Hey Sango, what's up?" she said placing the phone to her ear.

"You liar!" Sango shouted in the phone, apparently angry.

"What?!" Kagome was surprised at her friend's outburst

"You are a liar." She repeated

"What are you talking about, what did I lie about?"

"I just got called in for work to take your shift. Miyaka said you couldn't come in cuz Souta's sick; well the child I just saw at the park didn't look sick to me. What's going on Kagome, I know you, and you wouldn't call off work unless it was really important."

Figuring she would get caught sooner or later, she was hopping it would be later; Kagome had to say something to her best-friend, but what?

"It is important but I don't want a lot of people knowing; especially work and school." She started

"What are you talking about, Kagome?"

She then tried to think of a good way to tell her the new development in her life. Taking a deep breath and blowing it out, she went with,

"How would you feel about being call 'Auntie Sango' or being a god mother for that matter?" she asked

"What?!" she shouted causing Kagome to move the phone away from her ear.

"Are you telling me that you're… you're gonna have?" she tried to say the word but it wouldn't come.

"No Sango I'm not pregnant, but I have a baby. A baby girl." She said with a smile on her face.

"A-are you serious, Kagome please tell me you're joking."

"This is no joke, I'm dead serious. She's only four days old, but I didn't want to tell Miyaka so I said that Souta was sick to stay home with her." Kagome said also explaining her reason for lying.

"Four days, Kagome where'd you get a baby from? I see you practically every day and you never looked pregnant to me, and you were in school yesterday too."

"I know, I never said I gave birth. I actually found her yesterday after school in the school shed. It sounds like something you would read from a book, but yeah in our school shed in a car-seat under a blanket, with a note everything."

"Oh my God, our school shed."

"Yeah when I was putting some stuff back for Eri."

"So you're seriously gonna take care of this baby by yourself, did you even think of going to the police or the hospital?"

"Of course we did. We stopped at the hospital first before we did anything else."

"We, what we are you talking about?" Sango asked noticing Kagome starting to use the word 'we' and not 'I'.

"Oh, um… I wasn't the only one there when I found her. Inuyasha came along shortly after I discovered her and we took her to the hospital. The doctors there says she perfectly healthy but didn't recognize her as any of their patients' and not have any room to keep her, we volunteered to care for her." She said cradling the phone between her ear and her shoulder while she laid Kiana back on her bed after fallen asleep again.

"Kagome are you sure it's a good idea, what about school?" Sango asked in a worried voice.

"Don't be so worried San, I'll still go to school."

"Okay then, I won't worry. So what's the baby's name?"

"We chose to name her Kiana." She said looking down at the sleeping angel.

"Oh, that's a cute name. Now I have to see her. She's a little cutie isn't she?" Sango asked smiling on her end.

"She is"

"Okay after work I'm heading straight over there to see her. But now I gotta go, see ya later." She said ending the conversation.

Placing her phone back on the stand Kagome got out of bed and straightens her clothes. Then picking the sleeping infant up she went to the kitchen to fix a bottle. With warm bottle in hand she went to the living room couch to feed the baby.

"Okay sweetie you gotta wake back up and eat." She said rubbing the nipple of the bottle against Kiana's lips encouraging her to wake and eat. She then started to feed but kept her eyes closed. Unfortunately Kiana started to fall asleep while she ate so every few minutes Kagome had to pull the nipple out her mouth to wake her back up but would give it back when she woke to eat again.

A short time later Inuyasha and the boys returned, Souta came in with bags in his arms while Inuyasha carried in a sleeping Shippo. The bags containing more baby supplies: diapers, blankets, bottles, wipes, mainly more of the things that were in the diaper bag that the hospital gave them.

"How long are you planning to stay today?" Kagome asked placing the now empty bottle on the table and placing Kiana on her shoulder to burp.

"I'll wait till Shippo wakes back up." He said placing Shippo next to her on the couch. She nodded her head that she understood as Kiana let out a un-lady like burp then drifting back off to sleep. Getting up Kagome passed the sleeping baby to Inuyasha surprised arms and told him,

"She needs to be changed. After that you can lay her back in her carrier." She said heading for the kitchen with the empty bottle.

Luckily for Inuyasha he knew how to change a diaper. Finding the supplies near the couch he placed Kiana on a blanket on the couch and prepared to change her diaper. Removing her tiny one-piece outfit Kiana started to fuss from being disturbed with a whimper but as Inuyasha took off her diaper she woke completely with a loud cry then started to kick her feet.

Inuyasha tried to be quick with the change but Kiana's cry grew to a full blast when he wiped her bottom with a cold wipe, he hated hearing anybody crying but Kiana's cry made him feel worse. Putting a clean diaper on her and dressing her back up, Inuyasha quickly picked her up to quiet her wail.

Clearly not forgiving about being woken up Kiana continued to cry in Inuyasha's chest. Inuyasha tried his best to calm the wailing baby by bouncing her gently and patting her on her back but to no avail. Kagome then return to the room to retrieve the baby then placing a pacifier in her mouth; holding it in place to till she started to suck on it.

Now with the room quiet Inuyasha was able to breathe a sigh of relief. Then looking over to Shippo surprised to see that the child slept through the baby's noise.

"He could probable sleep though an fire alarm going off and not know what happen till someone got him out in time to tell him what he survived." Inuyasha said joking

"Well at least he didn't wake up complaining to add to the noise." Kagome said place Kiana in her carrier once she was asleep again.

Then there was a knock at her door which Kagome got up quickly to get before the noise woke the baby again. Taking a quick glance at her watch she knew that whoever was behind the door was probably Sango because her shift ended twenty minutes ago.

Opening the door, sure enough it was Sango so she let her in. Inside the apartment Sango caught sight of Inuyasha sitting on the couch and in front of him sat the carrier. Getting closer she quickly said her hi to Inuyasha then going over to the carrier were Kiana laid asleep.

"Aw she's adorable, Kagome." She said grabbing hold of her friend's hand to contain her excitement.

"But why is she still in hospital clothes?" she asked noticing the baby in hospital one-piece.

"We're still getting use to her being here San, we haven't had time to go shopping. It not like we planned for this to happen." Kagome told her.

"Yeah that's true."

"But now that you brought it up we do need to go shopping." Kagome said walking over to the back of the couch.

"Do you mind coming with us to go shopping for her?" she asked Inuyasha

"I don't care." He said understanding the situation.

"Great let me get Souta and we can leave now."Kagome said as she went to get her brother. Inuyasha leaned over to wake Shippo and tell him the new plan.

Coming back into the room with Souta behind her, Kagome grabbed her purse and keys and the diaper bag as Inuyasha got the car seat and they all walked out to Inuyasha car.

Loaded into his car Inuyasha made sure the car-seat was secure before putting Shippo in his then letting Souta climb in, Sango getting in on the other side of the car-seat. Then climbing into the driver seat they were ready to go. Looking through the rear-view mirror Kagome saw Shippo reaching a hand toward Kiana.

"Shippo leave her alone she's sleeping." She cautioned.

"Its okay, her eyes open so she awake." He countered

"Leave her alone anyways, Shippo." Inuyasha told him so he sat back in his seat as Inuyasha continued driving. Shortly thereafter they arrived at the mall; their first stop to 'Baby Gap' and 'Children's Rainbow' to pick out clothes for Kiana.

"Oh these are so cute." Kagome said holding up a 3-piece pink dress with head band and tiny white socks.

"Yeah, so is this one." Sango said showing her a mini-jean skirt with a white top that went along with it that had a rainbow on them. They both then placed their choices in their cart while Inuyasha held on to Kiana; who decided to be awake for the outing. Inuyasha also added to their cart a glider, a bassinet that would fit on Kagome's room and a few toys that caught the baby's interest.

Souta and Shippo on the other hand managed to slip away from them and headed over to the kid section looking at things for themselves, which Inuyasha allowed them to get.

After being in the store for a while Shippo started to bore and get hungry.

"Kagome I'm hungry can we go get something to eat now." Shippo whined tugging at her shirt.

"Yeah we're heading to the food court now." She said catching hold of his hand as they walked. Inuyasha decided to take the bigger items to his car before he would end up lugging them around the mall. Once back they all venture to the food court but as they walked they were stopped several time commented on how cute the baby was and how she looked like both her parents, who caused Kagome and Inuyasha to blush and Kagome couldn't find it in her heart to correct them.

Shopping a little more they then stopped and figured they bought enough for Kiana, so they returned to Kagome's to unload and set up. Sango had help but then had to leave to go get her brother from karate practice.

Staying a little long then he figured Inuyasha and Shippo stayed till he help put Kiana down for the night.

"Thanks again, Inuyasha for coming over and helping out with everything." Kagome said from the door as Inuyasha and Shippo readied to leave for the night.

"Night"

"Good-night Kagome" Shippo said waving to her then continued to walk as she closed the door and locked it.

12/8/09