Inuyasha sat in the big room on the wide wooden floor. He looked at Kagome, who was very close to giving birth. Inuyasha looked at her sleeping body in the darkness.
He looked at her in her long, white sleeping kimono. He liked it better when she had worn clothes from her time. It had nothing to do wig the fact that she looked just like Kykio. He had gotten used to that. But her old clothes had suited her much better. Then again, they had reminded Inuyasha that Kagome belonged to a different world, which she no longer did.
Inuyasha was confusing himself. There were a good few ways to think an out this seemingly very simple question.
Sometimes thinking was a lot harder than fighting off demons. Aside from Naraku. Naraku made you think while you fought. Buy Naraku had been dead for a long time.
Inuyasha waited for Kagome to wake up. In the meantime, he walked over to Kagome's small pile of belongings from her own time. It consisted of three old, stubby crayons Shippo had once used, her old school uniform, which did not fit with her enlarged stomach, a very fat, very worn book called Windrider, and an empty chapstick tube.
Inuyasha pick up a crayon. He flipped it over, reading the label. It read Crayola, skye blue. He didn't know what kind of demon a Crayola was, but the color was pretty, like his mother Izayoi's old necklace. Inuyasha set the crayon down a scampered back to the corner.
Kagome soon awoke, and rose from her small bed. Inuyasha looked at her. She had sleep rings around her eyes, and her hair was knotted. Inuyasha got up and walked over to her.
"Morning, Puppy," she said. Inuyasha growled. He hated it when she called him that. She laughed.
Inuyasha stepped outside. Soon, Kagome joined him, dressed in her priestess attire. She was quite pretty, as usual. Her black hair flowed back behind her as a gust of wind swept over them. It was a calm wind, not sharp and cold like that of the wind in winter. The two of them just stood there, mostly keeping their heads facing forward, but sometimes glancing at each other.
Eventually Kagome said, "Inuyasha, why do you hate your brother?"
"Half brother," growled Inuyasha.
"Whatever. Why?" Kagome asked, not abandoning the topic so easily.
"Because… Because.. .This is hard to admit, but he is a lot more powerful than I am. He avoids my Tetsusaiga, even when I use the Meido Zangetsu, or the Wind Scar, or the Adament Barrage, or even the Backlash Wave. He doesn't even seem phased by them. And he doesn't hesitate to kill an entire village of people. He just does and walks away, not even troubled," Inuyasha said.
"Inuyasha, I thinik he's changed. I know he is building his empire, and gaining a lot of power and all that. But I think that Rin changed his mind about humans being worthless. I think that he wouldn't do that anymore," said Kagome.
"I don't think you get it. I think he wouldn't kill anyone Rin knew, but would kill any other humans without hesitation," replied Inuyasha.
"I doubt it. Inuyasha? If you had the chance, would you kill Sesshomaru?" asked Kagome.
"Of course! I would leap at the chance… No," said Inuyasha reluctantly.
"I didn't think so," said Kagome. They stood in silence once more. Again, it was Kagome who started the conversation.
"Hey, you wanna go over to Sango and Miroku's?" she asked. She saw a look of reluctance on Inuyasha's face. Their children always poked and prodded him like he were a dog. Kagome laughed.
"Don't worry. Kinta and Asake are with Kaede. Sango told me that they would be. And Jinka is sleeping almost all the time.
"Yeah," mumbled Inuyasha, "He asleep.. Whenever he isn't bitting me, kicking me, wailing at me, or pulling y hair- hard!"
"Don't be such a baby," said Kagome.
"You try being around a bunch of whining toddlers with long white hair and dog ears!" he retorted, but Kagome was already walking toward Sango and Miroku's hut. Inuyasha sighed and reluctantly followed her.
Thankfully, Jinka was asleep, and the twin nightmares were with Kaede as Sango had told Kagome. Miroku was apparently out at another village. He enjoyed helping others rid themselves of demons- but only if it was at an extremely unfair price. Sango resented this, but they had a steady income of money, so she gave in to letting him go to other villages to destroy demons.
This left only Sango. Inuyasha sighed. Whenever it was just Sango, Kagome and Sango acted really... Well, girly. Inuyasha sat in the corner, watching the two girls chatter. When Inuyasha was about to leave, Miroku came in, carting three large bags of money and two big barrels of rice. Sango glared at him. He had gotten a lot this time. Miroku quickly pulled Inuyasha off into another room, out of the way of Sango's angry outbursts.
"Hey, Miroku, how much did you cheat them out of this time?" asked Inuyasha.
"Three barrels of rice, and three bags of coins. What else would I have," said Miroku innocently.
"I know you got something in you rode I can see the bulge, and I can smell fresh cloth," replied Inuyasha. Miroku smiled and puled out a paper parcel. He unfolded it and pulled out three kimonos. Two were tiny, for the twins, and the third was Sango's size. They were made of silky blue and purple satin cloth. They were decorated with tiny white seashells and sequins and beads. Inuyasha did not care or such fineries, but he knew it was the kind of thing that made Kagome squeal and jump up and down in excitement. Miroku pulled out another large one just like it. Inuyasha knew it was for Kagome. He smiled in thanks.
When Inuyasha got back to their hut, it was dark out.
"Kagome, I have something for you," said Inuyasha.
"Oh. What is it?" Kagome said, unfolding the kimono. He smiled delightedly and threw her arms around Inuyasha.
"I love it!"she said. Inuyasha smiled. He was glad.
The two lay on the floor, not bothering to go to the bed. Kagome rested her head on Inuyasha's lap and fell asleep. Inuyasha wanted many things. He wanted to have his mother back. He wanted to have Kykio back. He wanted to have more power than Sesshomaru. But more than anything else, he wanted to stay with Kagome forever. That was his dream