Chapter Eleven:

Over Protective Hanyo Father to be

The minutes that followed Kagome's announcement were quiet and tense As those minutes ticked by InuYasha had the intense need to grab Kagome and get the hell out of that house but he knew that that wouldn't go over well with either his female or her mother.

"How far along?" Mama Higurashi finally asked and InuYasha felt his heart race as adrenalin began to pump through the half demon's system but he made himself stay where he was.

"I think maybe five weeks or so." Kagome answered. Even though she acted as if she wasn't worried the truth was that she was terrified that her mother would be upset with her but she hid her insecurities as not to worry the hanyo next to her and bravely faced her kind loving mother.

Mama Higurashi sighed as she crossed her arms and sat back in her chair then she looked to the couple before her. At times InuYasha seemed as if he were still a child with the way he'd ask questions and get all excited about learning something new and Kagome, well to mama Higurashi Kagome still was her baby.

But I always did know that they'd end up together.

"Well," Mama said. "First thing is first I'll set up an appointment with a doctor so that we can make sure you're healthy and get you some prenatal care. Then we'll figure out something for your school."

Kagome bit her lip as her mother got up to make the arrangements. She put her hand on InuYasha's shoulder and then stood up and followed her mother.

"Mama, are you mad at me?" Kagome asked as her hand subconsciously settled over her womb.

The worried mother smiled and then hugged her daughter to her.

"Oh my baby, I'm not made at either of you. He loves you and I'm happy that you're together. I would have preferred the two of you had waited to become parents at least until you were eighteen but I am eager to meet my grandbaby."

Kagome smiled as she rested her head on her mom's shoulder. She couldn't describe how relieved she was that her mother wasn't yelling at her or trying to kill InuYasha.

"Thanks Mom."

"Now you two should go gets some rest and I'll tell Gramps and Souta."

Kagome nodded then went back to the kitchen to her husband.

"Ready for bed?" InuYasha asked as he stood up. He had kept his ears trained on his miko and her mother in case Kagome had needed saving. InuYasha was happy that she hadn't needed him at all.

"Yeah." Kagome answered and InuYasha lead her up to her room determined to make sure that she and his unborn child got all the rest that they could.

Myoga In The Feudal Era

"Totosai! Totosai! I Have wonderful news!" the old sword smith looked around for the flea demon that was one of his dearest and closest friends.

When he finally found the flea perched on his work anvil he scratched his head and sat back.

"What got you so worked up Myoga?" whatever the flea had to say it sure had him worked up.

"You won't believe it! Master InuYasha has taken the Lady Kagome as his mate and they are already with child!" Totosai hummed thoughtfully as he sat on the floor of his cave as he mulled this information over.

So that hot-tempered pup is going to be a father eh?

"I can't imagine that Sesshomaru will be to please to hear about this."

Myoga ceased his bouncing and his face paled at the thoughts of the cold and deadly Inu Lord of the West.

"I don't think Lord InuYasha will go out of his way to enlighten his brother on Lady Kagome's condition." Myoga said as he began to shake at the thought of the battle that the two brothers would engage in because surely Sesshomaru would seek to kill the unborn child for its half demon blood.

"I'm sure there'll be nothing to worry about." Totosai said as he stuck his finger in his ear. "The pup is bound to be a little over three or four before Sesshomaru ever lays eyes on him."

Unknown to the two old men inside the cave said Lord was standing still and listening.

So InuYasha followed his instincts and mated the miko. Hmm interesting.

Then Sesshomaru turned and headed for his younger brother's village to see the hanyo's mate for himself.

Thursday: Kagome's Doctor's Appointment.

InuYasha felt like he was a caged animal trapped in the sterile prison that was the doctor's office. The scents alone made his nose burn and not to mention the multiple people that rank of illnesses, some he had never smelled before.

Why does that one male smell so… wrong? He wondered as a man that seemed to not have any ailments that the half demon could see walked by. It seemed the scent was coming from the human's lower body.

As he passed InuYasha discreetly placed himself between the human and his wife and mother in law.

The three finally made it to the waiting room for the doctor that would see Kagome.

As Kagome sat and looked through magazines her mother pulled InuYasha aside feeling the need to warn the hanyo of what would go on during the examination and check up so that the young man wouldn't react negatively and harm the physician.

"Now InuYasha I want you to know that the doctor will be examining Kagome thoroughly which includes a pelvic exam."

InuYasha blinked as he looked at the older woman. "What's that?" he asked.

Mama Higurashi sighed as she searched for a way to explain it to the hanyo so he'd understand.

"A pelvic exam is when the doctor looks at the birth canal and womb to make sure that it's healthy."

InuYasha tensed and then he felt angry. "Are you saying that this healer is going to be touching Kagome's womanhood?"

"Well basically yes but he won't mean any harm he has to make sure that Kagome's body is physically healthy so the pregnancy will go smoothly. InuYasha shook his head, No way was another male touching his wife like that hell no!

"Why isn't a female doing this?" he asked as he looked to his mate as she paid him and her mother no mind.

"Because this doctor is an old friend of Kagome's father and he'll be discreet about any abnormalities concerning the baby." InuYasha sighed as he looked over to Kagome again.

"I can stay with her right?" he asked as he looked back to the mortal woman before him. She smiled and nodded. "Of course dear that's why we brought you."

Before too long Kagome's name was called and she stood with her mother and lover and walked to the back.

Once in the examination room Kagome was asked to change into a paper gown as once that was done she sat and waited for the doctor to come in. InuYasha stood next to her not moving. In Kagome's mind he looked like a statue of some kind of great guardian.

InuYasha jumped when he felt his miko's hand brush his arm. He glanced over at her and felt his demon side calm as his mate seemed at ease and comfortable in her surroundings.

Another three minutes a middle-aged man with grey peppering his black hair and laugh lines came into the room. InuYasha figured that this was the doctor that Kagome's mother had told him about. He was dressed in a white lab coat and he had a clipboard in his hands.

"Well I never thought I would have seen the day." The man said as he smiled at Kagome warmly. "This can't be Akira's little girl you're much to grown up."

Kagome laughed as the older man teased her the way he always had when she was growing up. Dr. Haru Tanaka had been the closest thing she had Souta had to an uncle since both their mother and father had been the only children in their families, both of the Higurashi children still got cards for their birthdays from the physician.

"Hello Uncle Haru," Kagome smiled as she watched the doctor sit on a stool and look through her charts.

"Well now this says that our little Kagome is going to be a mommy huh?" Dr. Tanaka looked up with slight concern in his other wise cheerful brown eyes. It was then he noticed the strange silver haired man standing close to the teenager. As Tanaka studied the stranger he realized who the boy was and why he was here.

"I take it you're the proud papa-to-be?"

InuYasha nodded silently as he watched the healer with a challenge in his eyes.

Tanaka chuckled as he turned back to the paperwork. "I'm glade you're still here, most teenaged boys would have skipped town after knocking up their girlfriend. You got a good sense of responsibility kid."

InuYasha glared as the human acted as if he should have abandoned his wife and unborn child.

What self-respecting man leaves his woman and child to fend for themselves? InuYasha wondered as the male, Tanaka, began his exam.

First he asked Kagome and her mother questions about their medical history, both Kagome's and her family's. InuYasha listened as the three mortals talked then the Doctor turned to him.

"What about you?" He asked. "Are there any health problems in your family we should know about that could affect Kagome's pregnancy?"

InuYasha answered without missing a beat.

"No, my mother's family as well as my father's was fairly healthy." Though he wasn't sure how this would really affect his child.

"Alright then lets start with the physical shall we."

He then asked Kagome to stand on a scale so he could weigh her then he checked her blood pressure and her heart.

It wasn't until the Dr. Tanaka went to examine the young woman's breasts that InuYasha began to get annoyed.

"Why the hell do you need to touch her chest?" he asked suspiciously to which Dr. Tanaka replied.

"We have to make sure that there are no abnormalities with them, The last thing we want is for Kagome to develop problems that could prevent her from breast feeding or worse endanger the fetus."

With assurances from both Kagome and her mother that this was a normal part of the check up InuYasha finally calmed down and allowed the doctor to examine his wife's chest but when it came time for the pelvic exam Mrs. Higurashi had to force the hanyo from the room.

That was how the older woman found herself in the hall with her irate half demon son in law. She crossed her arms and watched the man pace the hall like a caged tiger, or perhaps dog would be more appropriate.

"InuYasha attacking Haru was uncalled for. I told you about the pelvic exam." She scolded as she stood by the wall.

When the doctor had instructed Kagome to put her feet in the stirrups attached to the bed InuYasha had actually lunged at him and only Kagome's quick use of the sit command had saved the life of her father's dearest friend.

"I know," InuYasha snapped. "But I don't like the idea of another man touching her down there. He has no right!"

Massaging her temples Mrs. Higurashi tried to collect herself to talk to the stubborn hanyo.

"InuYasha all of this is so your baby can be born safe and healthy and so there are no complications that could cost Kagome her life. I know this makes you uncomfortable but it is almost over."

Just as the words left the mother's mouth Kagome and the doctor came out of the exam room. InuYasha instantly took his woman in his arms and glared at the human male that had been allowed to 'examine' her.

"Well Kagome's got a clean bill of health and the baby seems to be developing just fine. I'd say you're a little more the five weeks along."

He then turned to the soon to be father and smirked. "I expect you to make sure Kagome eats well, gets lots of rest absolutely no stress. If you are willing to nearly take my head off I expect you to be just as willing to help make sure this pregnancy goes smoothly."

InuYasha turned his nose up in the air while he kept his arms locked around Kagome.

"Feh, whatever."

Dr. Tanaka laughed said he'd see them in a few more weeks for Kagome's next check up and then saw them out.

It wasn't until they were out of the building that InuYasha relaxed enough to drop his arm from around Kagome's shoulders. As they walked toward the subway to head back to the shrine InuYasha studied his lover, looking for any sign of distress or fear. He found none. In fact she was the exact opposite as she laughed and talked with her mother about the baby and the things to get for him or her.

Once his own nerves settled InuYasha was able to enjoy the sight of his Kagome happily chattering about their child and he allowed the anticipation of fatherhood fill him even while fear set in in the back of his mind on whether of not he'd be able to raise this baby without messing the poor kid up.

That Night After Dinner

Kagome sat at her desk as she brushed her hair out before going to bed. InuYasha sat on the bed, his legs and arms crossed as he watched the girl stone faced.

Noticing InuYasha's expression Kagome put the brush down and turned to ask him what was wrong.

InuYasha flinched at hearing the unexpected sound of her voice and looked up at her as if he had forgotten she was there.

Sighing and running a clawed hand through his long silver hair, the half demon began to explain his fears to the woman that would birth his child in nine short months.

"I don't know if I can do this father thing Kagome." He said with his ears drooping pitifully. "I mean I haven't exactly had a role model when it comes to raising pups and well, what if I screw this kid up?" he looked up at the miko with golden eyes clouded by fear of the unknown. InuYasha had never even thought of being a father until after he had fallen for Kagome. He hadn't even entertained thoughts of Kikyo and he having children and now here he was terrified that this baby would come to resent or even hate him of the life that it will be born into.

A life full of hate and discrimination, InuYasha could only hope that he could keep the worst of it away from his family.

Kagome smiled as she got up and walked over to her troubled husband. Smiling the young woman took InuYasha's face in her hands and kissed his lips softly.

"InuYasha you are going to be a wonderful father, you know how I know?"

All he could was shake his head in answer. "Because you're worried about this sort of thing and I haven't been pregnant two months yet. You're scared of the kind of future this baby could have and you only want the best for him. So don't worry we have plenty of time to figure this out because we are in this together."

InuYasha nodded as he kissed the palm of her hand and then he moved aside and pulled down the comforter to allow the pregnant teen to slip into her bed before he lay down beside her.

Kagome smiled as she snuggled into InuYasha's chest with her back facing the wall that was right against her side of the bed and she promptly fell asleep with her hanyo protector watching over her through the night.

The Next Morning/ Returning to the Feudal Era

InuYasha leapt from the depths of the bone eater's well happy to be back in his own time and away from the noise and harsh smells of Kagome's world.

I don't know if our pup's nose will be able to handle all of that mess. He thought as he sniffed the clean air of the past. He then turned around and reached into the dried well and pulled Kagome up next to him.

Not wanting his wife to over exert herself the hanyo took her heavy yellow backpack and shouldered it before reaching for her hand but before she could take his hand he shoved her behind him, dropped the pack and got in a defensive position in front of his lover.

InuYasha snarled as the hated scent became stronger the closer it got. He had hoped to not have to deal with Sesshomaru at lest while Kagome was pregnant, of course since when have things ever gone his way?

Like a phantom the Daiyokai emerged from the shadows of the tree line. It surprised Kagome that the demon could blend in so well with his surroundings while dressed in his white kimono and hakama. That plus his long silver hair made him look like he would be better suited for Alaska or the Himalayas

Hard, cold, golden eyes looked InuYasha up an down as if trying to find something different in the half demon then those same eyes shifted to the human woman that was watching him carefully. She had one hand on the edge of the well behind her and her other was placed softly against the hanyo's back.

"So the rumors are true. Your miko is carrying your pup." His eyes then moved down on the woman to rest at her stomach.

Sesshomaru stopped just out of the tree line. He knew that a male Inu, even a hanyo, protecting his pregnant mate was very dangerous not to mention his own instincts directing him to keep the young mother to be safe and at ease.

"Yeah what's it to you, Bastard." InuYasha snapped as he bared his fangs and put his hand on the Tessiga ready to defend his family if the need arose.

Sesshomaru's eyes never wavered from Kagome's womb and the child that resided there and though he did not move toward the couple he did allow his demonic aura to reach out and brush against his half brother's and then allowed it to press inquisitively against he small, barely there aura of the fetus inside the miko that would one day be his niece or nephew.

"What do you think you're doing you Bastard?" InuYasha snarled as he took a step forward with the intent of attacking the older demon.

Sesshomaru looked to the angry, and very scared soon to be father and answered his question emotionlessly.

"I am merely getting a feel for the pup little brother nothing more."

Kagome could feel the demon Lord's aura pushing against her own but what really surprised her was that she felt an almost warm aura that did not belong to her rise from her womb to meet the foreign presence.

InuYasha looked back to Kagome searching for any fear or discomfort but was only met with curiosity. Then something strange happened.

Sesshomaru began to glow an ethereal blue then he was violently shocked hard enough that he flew back against a tree.

InuYasha stared with his mouth hanging in open in amazement while Kagome moved closer to InuYasha with her hands against her belly.

"What happened?" The miko asked as she clung to the father of her child.

InuYasha looked back at her.

"You didn't do that?" he asked as he gestured to the demon sitting on the ground with a hand to his head as he tried to clear his shook the attack off. Kagome shook her head and began to say something but it was Sesshomaru that answered the question.

"It was the child." Sesshomaru said as he stood up and brushed his clothes off acting as if the spiritual attack laced with demonic energy hadn't hurt him in the lest when in reality the demon lord's body was humming with a painful ach that made him feel as if his very bones were vibrating against each other.

"It appears the child has inherited more then just our father's demon blood little brother."

InuYasha pressed himself against Kagome and moved her back slightly to keep her from his brother's reach.

"Hmm," Sesshomaru hummed as he studied the two. "This is very interesting."

The Daiyokai then turned and left. His brother and his lover watching surprised that the lord hadn't attempted to retaliate.

So many things to think about. Sesshomaru thought as he walked away intending to make his way to the Western palace.

A/N: So what do you guys think? I wonder what Sesshomaru has planned. Well we'll find out in the next chapter! Please review and let me know what you all think.

Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha or anyone from the show.