For Haruka
She gave birth in hospital five months after conception; this was standard for youkai kits. It was painless with all the relief medicine available. She gave birth to a beautiful girl and named her Haruka, a fitting name she believed and in that moment Yamazaki burst in through the doors. He'd been forced to stay outside when he tried to deliver the baby himself and it had taken a while to make him calm enough to allow him entry. He stopped short, eyes widening at the sight of Haruka and suddenly he seemed to turn back into the fox they were used to.
"You're both fine," he noted as he walked over to them and held out his arms tentatively for the newborn kit, "may I?" He asked it in such a way that Kagome raised her eyebrows, as if he had to ask to hold his own newborn.
Kagome passed her over and she nuzzled into her father's chest. Kagome could pinpoint the exact moment his heart melted. Then for the third time in his life, he cried.