Disclaimer: The characters of Inuyasha are owned by Rumiko Takahashi, but this story belongs to me.
Inuyasha's Baby
My Darling Angel,
You are the most beautiful baby I have ever seen. You have your mother's lovely eyes and father's unique hair. The combination of your blue grey eyes (your grandfather's eyes were just that stormy shade too) and the shock of silky soft silver makes you the most adorable little baby in the world! Holding you in my arms is one of the most wondrous things I have ever experienced in my life.
I love you so much!
Your adoring grandma
"She's beautiful, Inuyasha."
The dog demon looked at his daughter and felt his heart expand. He was being flooded with emotions. Love. Pride. Fear. Anger. Worry. Terror. And more love. He felt like laughing, crying, roaring, and crowing (which was a first for him).
Looking at her was like looking at a miracle. She was a part of him and a part of Kagome. Already she had him wrapped around her tiny little fingers. He would do anything for her. She was his little girl. His daughter. He didn't have the words to describe the love that was filling his chest. He made her! HIM! His whole life he had thought he was worthless. But then Kagome came into his life. And look at what an incredible creation they made together. He was a part of bringing this precious creature into the world. But what if he messed this up? What if he was a lousy father? What if he was such a lousy father that he warped her for life? And she was so delicate looking! What if he dropped her and broke her? He was nearly paralyzed with fear when he first held her.
The baby yawned, then opened her beautiful eyes. Inuyasha's heart clenched. Kagome's eyes.
Kagome...
Joy turned quickly to anguish. Inuyasha hadn't been able to be there to hold her hand while she gave birth like they had wanted. He hadn't even been allowed in the room with her. Instead he was forced to wait in with her family, nervously pacing, unable to be still. Not knowing if Kagome or the baby had survived. After hours of torture the doctor had come out to say that he had a baby girl, but there had been complications. The child had been born with a severe deformity and the mother was still in danger. The doctor's look of sadness and regret only made Inuyasha furious. They were keeping him from his mate now? When she needed him the most? It took a whole lot of gentle coaxing from Kagome's mother to keep him from storming through the doors in the hospital.
The deformity, as it turned out, happened to be having no ears. Well, no ears that were visible on the side of her tiny little head where they were supposed to be on a human child. Instead there were openings on the top of her head with extra skin flaps. Inuyasha and Kagome's mama were adamant that they don't touch those little ear flaps when they offered to have them surgically removed. They would become ears like his in just a few weeks, but they didn't need to know that.
"You'll have to try to take her to the past as soon as possible," his mother in law whispered to him as she cooed to her grandbaby, blinking back tears. She spared a moment to glare at the doctors on the other side of the glass who were surely talking about them. "I can't believe they were going to try to remove her adorable little ears!"
"I'm not leaving without Kagome."
Her sniffled and wiped her eyes with the back of her hand before she pressed a kiss to the baby's head. "You heard what the doctor said, Inuyasha. Kagome..."
"I. AIN'T. LEAVING. HER."
"I know this is hard, Inuyasha. I do." She placed a hand on his shoulder to comfort him. "But Kagome would want you to take the baby back to the past."
"No." Inuyasha flexed his claws. "I will not leave my mate."
"The damage was too much. She may not..."
"She WILL be fine."
He held his arms out and silently demanded his pup. Reluctantly she passed the little bundle to him. His daughter. His child. His and Kagome's. The pup had been born strong. Too strong. The doctors didn't know why Kagome had tears inside her, but he knew they were from the tiny claws his daughter was growing. A demon's body was equipped to give birth to babies with sharp claws. A human's was not. Kagome's... was not. She had lost a lot of blood. They said she'd never have another child... that they might have to... it was hard to think about... to remove part of Kagome from the inside. It was all so horrific that Inuyasha hadn't been able to fully comprehend.
But no one was taking anything out of his mate.
"She's already showing fangs," Kagome's mother whispered worriedly. "You must take her out of here. Quickly."
"I can't leave Kagome."
"I'll stay with Kagome. You take the baby where it is safe. Try the well. Please! Maybe it will work."
How could he even think of leaving Kagome in this place?
But her mother was right. He swore under his breath. The doctors were talking. They wanted to run more of those tests. Take more of the pup's blood, stick her in a machine that would take pictures of her insides. And THAT just wasn't going to happen! He had hoped that the pup would be more human, like her mother. After all, it made sense that she would be more human than demon, since she would only be a quarter demon. Inuyasha had a moment of feeling absurdly proud that his daughter took after him. Then he was nearly swamped with grief over the pain Kagome had gone through.
Yes. He would take their pup to the well. It had to work. Then he would come back for Kagome tonight. He'd take her home. Surely Kaede would have some idea of how to heal such wounds. Or... or... or maybe Sesshomaru would know. His own mother had survived... Inuyasha cringed. Sure she had survived, but she had never fully recovered. But Kagome was made of stronger stuff. She would be fine. She would.
"I'll be back after dark," he told her. "Have her stuff ready to go." His chest tightened at the thought of leaving her hurt and fighting for her life. But the pup... He could do this. He could save them both.
Kagome's mother bit her lip and nodded in agreement. Then she brushed another kiss to her granddaughter's head. "Take the band from Kagome's wrist," she told him quietly with her face turned from the window. "The baby has a matching one. I'll distract them while you take the baby."
He gently sliced the bracelet from Kagome's wrist. Then took the clipboard with his mate's information and tucked it into his robes when her mother nodded to them. After giving Inuyasha a warm smile, she wailed loudly and threw herself to the ground.
It was so startling that Inuyasha froze. It took her waving a hand at him when the doors flew open for him to understand.
Inuyasha backed into the tiny bathroom, letting the door slide shut as his mother in law started wailing louder. All it took was standing on the toilet and one hard shove against one of the large tiles on the ceiling and he had his escape. Inuyasha leapt up into the hole it made and replaced the tile. He saw humans doing something similar on one of the movies that he sometimes watched with Souta. They didn't mention how smelly it was though. When he got above an empty room he removed another tile and dropped down. He made sure to replace the tile again. Sometimes people in the movies didn't do that and got caught.
His daughter made a soft cooing sound as he opened the window in the room. At least she wasn't crying.
"We're going for a little ride," he told her as he took off his outer robe with one arm and used it to make a type of sling to secure her to him. It would also give her a little extra protection.
He dropped the clipboard on the empty bed, but kept the papers. He wasn't sure why, but he was sure Kagome's mother had a good reason for wanting them gone. Once he was sure that the baby would be safe, he hopped up onto the ledge. He checked the baby again to make sure it was still secure. Then he jumped. Going from level to level was easy, but he had to be uncomfortably close to the building. After every jump he would check on the baby. But all she did was stare with wide blue grey eyes, and occasional making a sound that he could swear was a giggle. When he was close enough he jumped into a tree.
He tried to stay covered as he quickly made his way back to the shrine. Souta was waiting for him with Kagome's bag by the front door. He looked torn between nervousness and excitement. He opened his mouth, probably to ask how his sister was doing. Then he closed it and looked warmly at the baby.
"Can I see her?" he asked softly.
Inuyasha was in a hurry, but he let the kid take a peek.
"She's all wrinkly... kinda like an alien after all."
Inuyasha bopped him on the head and turned to hide his daughter from Souta. Then he grabbed Kagome's bag and started towards the well house without a word.
"Will... will I ever see her again?"
The scared uncertain tone in the kid's voice made Inuyasha stop. He wasn't sure if he was talking about his sister or his niece.
"Yes," he said, answering both questions, hopefully with certainty in his voice. He couldn't, however, turn to face the kid. Then he went to the well. He looked down at his little girl, and she looked back at him. "You ready?"
He wasn't really expecting an answer. He suspected he wasn't asking the baby anyhow. He was plagued with questions and fear. What if it doesn't work? How will he hide the baby here? What if it does work? How will the baby get fed until Kagome could feed her?
He didn't have any answers. But he jumped anyhow.
He held on to his daughter tightly, willing the light to let her through. He bent his knees slightly in case he wasn't able to go through and would need to soften the landing. He didn't take his eyes off of his little girl as the light engulfed him. He breathed a sigh of relief when she simply gurgled through the blue light. Safe on the other side of the well he let himself relax. Almost immediately a face appeared over the side of the well.
"Is that the baby?" asked an incredulous voice. "It's here already?"
Inuyasha leapt out of the well, landing as gently as he could on the other side. He gave Shippo a pat on the head, then unwrapped the baby and knelt down so the kitzune could see her better. The fox looked so in awe that Inuyasha's head swelled again.
"A girl?" he asked.
"Yeah. Got a problem with that?"
Shippo shook his head. "No! She's great! She's very cute." He looked at the baby, and Inuyasha was warmed by the love he saw. Then Shippo looked back up at him with confused green eyes. "But where is Kagome?"
Inuyasha swallowed with difficulty. They didn't know. None of them knew what had happened.
"I need your help. Kagome needs your help."
After a short explanation involving a lot of tears (Shippo) and swearing (Inuyasha), Shippo nodded gravely and turned to leave. Then he stopped. He kissed the baby on the head, ruffled her fuzzy hair, then took off. Inuyasha ran towards the village as Shippo went in search of Sesshomaru. Kaede was in the garden with Sango. Both women froze when they saw Inuyasha coming. At first they were smiling in joy at the bundle he held in his arms so carefully, then they noticed the look on his face... and the absence of Kagome.
"We need your help," he told them.
He explained about Kagome, and how he would need help with the baby until he could bring Kagome back. Sango agreed to take care of the baby and protect her with her life. Kaede promised to prepare a place for Kagome and began to gather the medicinal herbs she would need. Reluctantly he handed his pup over to Sango, then he ran back to the well.
He never felt more alone in his life.
Getting Kagome out wasn't going to be as easy as he thought. He realized this as he saw all the cars with flashing lights. Police cars, he remembered. Instead of going in through the front doors, Inuyasha snuck back in through a walkway on the roof. Walking down the hall he saw officers asking nurses and doctors questions. He decided that using the air duct again would be the best bet, so he found an empty bathroom and popped open a tile.
Traveling through air ducts was not fun. They were small and smelly. Finding empty rooms to jump down into was not as easy as it seemed. Police officers and hospital staff were everywhere! It took forever to get back to the bathroom in Kagome's room. Unfortunately her mother had company in the room. People were asking her questions, and her voice sounded stressed. He hated hearing her so upset. She was his family. His to protect. But Kagome HAD to come first. And right now he had to wait for just the right moment to rescue her.
The moment came quicker than he thought. One of the officers needed to use the restroom where Inuyasha was hiding. The dog demon rushed the officer then leapt over the next one to land by Kagome's bed. He heard her mother scream, and after glancing her way realized that it was another diversion.
With one swipe he cut through all the tubes connected to Kagome with one hand. With the other he gathered her up. With claws out and teeth bared, he turned on the people in the room and roared. Then raced to the window, covering her head, and going out backwards so the glass would not cut her as it shattered.
His escape with Kagome was very similar to his escape with his daughter. Only this time it went a lot faster.
"I'm so sorry, Kagome," he said as he saw the needles still in her arm. "Just a little longer, baby. Hold on just a little longer."
The painkillers must have been wearing off, because by the time they reached the shrine Kagome was moaning in pain. It was better that Souta not see her. Without pausing he raced to the well house, kicked down the door, and jumped into the well. When they reached the past he laid her gently on the grass and began to peel the tape off of Kagome's arm so he could pull the needle out. But at her first cry of pain he stopped. His hands were shaking as he put his forehead against hers. She was burning up.
Scooping her up again he ran to Kaede's. He had never run so fast in his life. Every cry and moan of pain tore him up inside.
"You're going to be okay," he told her desperately. "I love you. You're going to be okay."
Sango gasped when he stopped in front of the hut. He pushed past her to where there was a sleeping pallet on the floor. Carefully he laid her down. He just barely kept from snapping at Kaede when she knelt beside him. He tried to calm himself, but could not stop his voice from trembling as he spoke.
"We need to get these out of her," he said.
"Aye. What is this substance?"
"Just get those things out of her!" he snarled.
Eventually Inuyasha was asked to leave. He made vague threats (peppered generously with cursing). It took a threat from Sango to dust him with demon sleeping powder to keep him still. His job was to stroke Kagome's hair and tell her over and over that he loved her and that their baby girl was waiting for her. He kept his eyes on Kagome. He couldn't bear to watch what Kaede was doing. Luckily the herbal broth Sango made her drink had calmed her and seemed to have taken away much of the pain.
One by one the needles were pulled out and the tiny wounds were slathered with a healing salve. The broth was to help with the fever.
"The doctors from her time say that her insides are torn up," he was finally able to say.
Kaede was silent for an agonizing moment. Just when Inuyasha was about to lose his temper (again), she spoke solemnly.
"These are not wounds that I can heal." She moved to put her hand on his shoulder, then changed her mind. "I am sorry, Inuyasha. We will do what we can to make her comfortable."
He hunched over his mate's head and willed himself not to let the tears fall. He was having difficulty breathing. It wasn't true. Kagome WAS going to make it. He couldn't bear to lose her. When he heard his daughter cry his heart broke. He felt someone hold her for him, and he took her gratefully. His family…. Kagome…. Please don't leave me, Kagome….
"A Lady of the Western Lands does not screech like a commoner," said a cold voice from the doorway.
Inuyasha didn't need to look up to see who had entered.
"Sesshomaru."
Welcome to the world, baby girl,
You're just as beautiful as your mother. Let's hope you have my temper though.
And don't listen to your uncle Sesshomaru. He's kind of a jerk. You have my full permission to bite him whenever you feel like it.
Your Daddy
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Author's Note:
I have used this as Kagome's eye color in all my stories because of the covers of the manga. I choose to exercise my artistic license and will keep them this color.