Chapter Ten:

Telling The Family

Three days Later

InuYasha had faced many dangerous in his life. Ogres, demons, his brother. But he had never been scared not once, okay maybe a few times as a child but other then that never. So how could the thought of telling Kagome's mother that her daughter was carrying his child terrify him so much?

Lets see, He thought sarcastically as he waited for Kagome to get her things together so they could leave.

You're a hanyo, you impregnated her sixteen-year-old daughter, you took her as your wife without asking for her hand, and oh yeah you have an undead priestess thats want to drag you to hell!

"You ready?" the young man looked up to see the mother of his unborn child standing with her bag in her hands. He sighed as he pulled himself to his feet.

"As ready as I'll ever be." He said as he took the giant yellow bag monstrosity from her hands.

Kagome smiled as her hanyo was already being extra careful when it came to her and their child's safety. "Oh come one," Kagome said as she began to walk toward the edge of the village. ""Mama loves you its not like she's going to kill you."

"Yeah right." He mumbled under his breath.

"InuYasha! Kagome!" the couple turned to the sound of someone calling for them to see Shippo running toward them. The kit stopped in front of the two and took a moment to catch his breath.

"Are you going to Kagome's time to tell her family about the baby?"

"Yes, we'll be back in a few days so be good okay Shippo."

The kit nodded his head and then turned to the hanyo.

"Good luck InuYasha I hope you don't die!"

With an 'I told you' expression on his handsome face InuYasha looked to his wife expectantly.

"You aren't going to die!" she said then proceeded to drag her husband behind her by his haroi sleeve.

Shippo laughed as he watched the indestructible, fearless half demon being dragged away by a tiny pregnant human woman.

"Shippo?" a familiar voiced asked in shock. The fox child looked to the rock next to him to see Myoga watching the disappearing couple with wide eyes.

"Oh hey Myoga! When did you get here?"

"Did I hear correctly? Are Lord InuYasha and Lady Kagome expecting their first child already?"

Shippo beamed happily at the flea and nodded his head.

"Yay they found out three days ago. InuYasha has been putting off going to tell Kagome's family but this time it didn't work."

"Oh this is joyous news!" Myoga squealed as he danced around in joy and celebration. "The last pup born to the Silver Inu Clan was Lord InuYasha himself! Oh I must go tell Totosai!"

Then the little flea bound off while laughing gleefully.

Modern Era

On the opposite side of the well InuYasha carefully helped Kagome from side the ancient structure. Once the two exited the well house InuYasha found himself unable to move any farther.

The half demon's old insecurities began to rise in his mind once more. Would her family disown her for being with him? Would they curse him? Would they try to hut Kagome for carrying his child?

As images of what could happen, what he expected to happen, made him break out into a cold and his heart race. He didn't want Kagome to go through that kind of rejection.

"InuYasha?" Kagome asked as she put a hand on his arm. She could feel him shaking as he held her hand. "It'll be okay. I'm sure Mama will be a little upset but they won't hate you for this."

The young man turned to face the love of his life. She was looking up at him with so much love and encouragement in her brown eyes. She practically glowed with happiness and in a few short months she would be glowing with motherly pride and a round belly.

He smiled and then took her face in his hands and kissed her lovingly on her lips.

"I don't care what happens to me you crazy woman, all that I care about is the two of you." The miko blushed as a shy grin stretched her across her lips.

"Thanks InuYasha." She then took his hand and began to lead him toward the house. "Now come on I'm sure Mama has something cooking."

Once the two entered the house Kagome called out a greeting.

"I'm home!"

"Sis!"

The next thing the couple knew Souta had come thundering down the stairs intending to ram himself into his sister for a long awaited hug. In the last second InuYasha jumped in front of his vulnerable lover and caught his new brother-in-law before he made contact with Kagome's waist.

"Oi!" the hanyo snapped as he held the boy by the back of his shirt. "Don't jump on her like that runt!"

"Hey InuYasha! You're here too?"

InuYasha let the kid go and smirked in a smug way. He would never tell anyone this but the fact that Souta hero-worshiped him made the half demon feel pretty good.

Now if he still feels that way about me after he finds out I knocked up his sister everything will be good.

"Course I am, your sister could get into trouble in one of those padded cell things someone's got to look out for her."

InuYasha grunted when his comment earned him an elbow to the kidney. He chuckled as he looked back her with a teasing smile.

"Yeah sis is pretty clumsy huh?"

"Why you little brat!" Kagome grumbled as she playfully shoved the boy as she walked toward the kitchen.

"Mama?"

Kagome found her mother in the kitchen cooking, from the smell of it oden.

But surprisingly the smell of her favorite dinner was having the opposite affect that it usually did.

Oh no. She thought as she put a hand to her nauseated stomach. She then ran past InuYasha and her brother toward the nearest bathroom.

The two males watched as Kagome dashed past them with a hand to her mouth. Souta blinked then looked up at his hero. "What's her problem?"

InuYasha looked to the nine-year-old and answered as he began to go after his wife.

"Uh... nothing kid Kagome just hasn't been feeling well lately."

"Oh," Souta said. "Well at least she's not pregnant right?" then the kid walked into the kitchen to inform his mother that InuYasha and Kagome were home leaving a stunned hanyo frozen in the hall.

What the hell does he mean by that? Does the runt know already?

The sound of his woman gagging in the bathroom brought InuYasha from his shocked stupor and he rushed in to comfort the pregnant teen.

"Kagome you okay?" he asked once she was finished. Kagome nodded as she wiped her mouth with a paper towel.

"Yeah, I'm okay."

She looked up at the hanyo and the sight of his ear plastered to his head in worry nearly broke her heart.

"I'm okay InuYasha, really this is normal."

InuYasha nodded as Kagome got up and washed out her mouth.

"Kagome are you alright dear?" the couple turned around to find Kagome's mother standing in the doorway, worry etched across her face.

"Uh yeah mom I'm fine." Kagome said as she felt InuYasha move closer to her as if he wanted to ensure that no harm could come to her.

"Actually mom there is something InuYasha and I need to tell you and gramps."

InuYasha stiffened. He was not ready for this but he didn't really have a choice.

"Well alright dear we'll talk after dinner."

Kagome nodded as her mother left and then the teen turned to face the hanyo behind her.

"I'll be okay InuYasha you'll see."

Despite his unease the half demon nodded and followed Kagome out to the living room where her grandfather and little brother were watching T.V.

And so InuYasha sat on the couch with Kagome holding his hand in her lap and nervously waited for the inevitable blow out over his and Kagome's unborn baby.

Dinner

Dinner was strange. InuYasha sat as close to Kagome as he could without being in her lap and he was never not touching her. Kagome knew that he was nervous about her family's reaction but a girl needed some breathing room

Of course just because she put up an optimistic face she was a little unsure as well. I mean telling your family that you are married and have sex is one thing but telling them that you are also pregnant at seventeen? Not the easiest conversation to have.

Once dinner was done mama Higurashi sent Souta and Gramps off to do their own things and sat across from the nervous couple.

"Alright you two, what do you have to tell me?" the elder Higurashi woman smiled as if to ease the scared hanyo that she had come to think of as a son. The poor boy looked ready to collapse.

"Well mom a few weeks ago we went to kill this demon that was draining the life from maidens and he got a hold of me."

Her mother nodded as she studied the two. "And InuYasha saved you. Thank you dear." She said as she put a comforting hand on InuYasha's hand.

The hanyo nodded his head but stayed silent,

"Right," Kagome continued. "But that's not all. You see InuYasha is at an age where his demonic instincts start focusing on finding a wife and having children and his demon chose me."

The teen's mother sat for a seconded then asked her question.

"So what does that mean exactly?"

Kagome took a deep breath but was interrupted by her half demon husband.

"Kagome is my wife now. I've claimed her the way Yokai claim their mates and now Kagome is… She's… uh…" the half demon's courage faltered as it came time to say the word pregnant so the young mother –to- be took his hand and looked to her own mother.

"Mama... I'm... I'm pregnant. And InuYasha... is the father."

A/N: So how do you all think this is going to go? Oh you got to love cliffhangers. Review and let me know what you all think!