Chapter 5

Kagome woke with a start that following week and ran to a pal that held water in it and she vomited into it. I came behind her and held her hair back from her face as she emptied her stomach. After she finished she sat on the wall against the wall. "What's wrong Kagome?" I ask anxiously. "Nothing I just have stomach flu or something." She assured me as she leaned her head back against the wall. I sniffed the air around her and froze. It was there. The scent of demon aura around, I could hear a faint heart beat from inside her. It wasn't hers because this heart beat was a bit faster.

"Kagome I-I-I th-thank you maybe with child." I stutter out. She looked up at me with wide eyes.

"What?" She asked disbelief.

"Your scent has changed and there's a demon aura around you, and-and I-I-I can hear a faint heart beat." I answer. She looks at me for a minute, I notice her face change as if she were counting. Her head snapped up to look at me.

"I thank you're right I missed my last cycle and I've been feeling sick for a while now this was the first time I puked." She said as she confirmed what I already know.

"Wow I'm pregnant." She said looking down at her stomach and placed her hand lovingly there.

I didn't know how to feel. I was happy and scared shitless at the same time. I knew Kagome would be find I wasn't worried about her health I was terrified of becoming a father. I've faced many frightening things in my life. I've seen kagome nearly die a few times which scared me more than fighting terrifying demons and occasionally nearly dying from my own injuries. None of that fear was compared with this fear. I'd rather face thousands of demons then be a father. What if I drop them or play to rough with them and hurt them? What if I lose my temper and hurt them? What if I fail as a father? All these ran through my mind as I watched Kagome grow more and more pregnant each month that passed by.

"InuYasha, it's time. Get Sango." She screamed at me from our bed one morning. I nodded and quickly ran to fetch Sango. I told her what Kagome told me to do and I followed her back to the mansion. She said I couldn't be in the birthing room and sent me outside to wait.

Miroku was out there waiting with me. I paced back and forth in front of the front steps. I paused when I heard her screaming out in pain. My ears flatten down against my head as another pain filled scream came out of Kagome. I desperately wanted to be in there and stop her pain but there was nothing I could do to stop the pain. Giving birth is a painful process. I remember when Sango was giving birth the first time and I waited outside with Miroku as he did what I was doing now. "InuYasha she will be fine." He assured me. I nodded and went back to pacing. I stopped suddenly when her screams stopped. I was frozen to the ground. My heart nearly stopped beating. Then it went into gear when I heard a baby wailing from inside the mansion.

I heard and smelled Kagome's tears as she was crying. I heard Sango say it's a girl. I have a daughter? I can't believe it. I think to myself with joy. Sango walked out and smiled at me and nod for me to go in. I nearly run inside and I came to a stop at the door to the birthing room. There I saw Kagome holding something in her arms. I walk slowly towards her. "Come meet your daughter." She says looking up at me with a smile. I walk further in and I sit by her side as she was sitting up against the wall. She looked exhausted but glowing with joy at the same time.

She hands over the tiny baby girl into my arms and I look at the little face. She's beautiful. The most beautiful creature I have ever seen besides Kagome. Her tiny chest heaving up and down very fast, she opens her eyes and her eyes matched mine perfectly. I start to wonder what else she inherited from my demon side. I look at her face then her black hair that matched Kagome's, there, on top of her head rested two little black ears the same as mine. I didn't realize I could love someone so completely till I saw her face. She smiled at me and I couldn't help but smile back.

"What should we name her?" I ask never looking away at my daughter's golden eyes.

"I was thinking naming her Izayoi after your mother. I know how much she meant to you." Kagome answered. I looked at her with surprise.

"Thank you!" I said in a small voice. I look back at the baby girl in my arms and smile.

"Izayoi" I say with love, and she smiled back as if she approved.

The End