So that we can choose each other. But though you're still with me, I've been alone all along.
Kikyo went into labor first. They all thought it would be Kagome. Kikyo had no trouble with her pregnancy.
Kagome woke up second to Inuyasha.
She bolted from her room and ran the best she could down the hall, a trail of maids running behind her begging her to stop running.
She passed by Sesshomaru without so much as a second glance. He didn't care for her haste either and growled in annoyance.
She stayed fast by her sisters' side as she went through labor. Refusing pain aide, as it was frowned upon, even though Inuyasha told her it was fine.
She didn't want him to lose his power gain. At his side his fang hummed. It knew.
Kikyo labored for 14 hours before she was ready to push. Kagome should not have watched but she did. She didn't know how her sister could lay so still for so long.
"Push, Kikyo" Kaede said, but it was all background noise in Kagome's ears. All she could hear was her own heartbeat. Fear set in, she backed away, almost to the door. Soon she would be in this pain. Kikyo's screams, her blood, her pain. God how was she supposed to do this?
Her eyes turned to Inuyasha who was holding Kikyo's hand and saying sweet things to her. They truly did love each other.
She would have no one. She felt the beginning of tears forming.
Kikyo pushed and her cries filled the room and the halls. She didn't have to hand the baby away, didn't have to fear a demoness would take it, didn't have to fear Inuyasha would throw her away, kill her, fight her for her power.
She would. She had to fear all those things.
She watched as the baby was placed on Kikyo's chest, she watched as Inuyasha smiled the most breathtaking smile ever in his life. She watched as they both instantly fell in love with the beautiful dark-haired half breed baby they made together.
Kagome's heart shuttered wildly within her and it was too much to take. She slid out of the room and landed right into the hands of Inuyasha's mother.
"Kagome?" His mother voice was sweet and calm.
"I- I shouldn't have watched." Her hand went to her belly.
His mother could see the pain and fear on her face. "Do not be frightened."
How could she not be? That was so much easier said than done.
"You won't be alone." His mother stated.
"Won't I" She whispered before bowing and quickly making it back to her room. She slid down the door and rubbed her belly. Tears fell.
This was it. She knew it would be soon and suddenly she wished she had more time.
"I'll die if they take you" She whispered.
She wished she could run away and have this baby.
"I'm going to die either way" She had a feeling, she didn't know why, but she just did.
Though her life was tied to the jewel, death could still reach her.
Kagome crawled to her bed and curled up and placed her hands back on her belly, feeling her son.
For now, she had him and he was all that mattered.
Not Sesshomaru, not power, not the jewel and not even her own life.
Just his, because he was her heart.
Still it made her sad, Sesshomaru didn't want her heart even though she would freely give it to him.