A/N: YAY! THE LONG-AWAITED SEQUEL! (Note: Inuyasha will be referring to Kags as "mate" instead of "wife" because he is a hanyou and therefore would have a mate. He married her because he knew she would like that better, but he thinks of her as a mate.) I WON'T HOLD YOU UP ANY LONGER, READ!
Chapter 1: Oh my…
Kagome sighed and looked out the window of her and Inuyasha's hut. Nothing. There was still no one on the road even though it was dusk. She closed her eyes and placed a hand on her stomach.
A week…she thought. It's been a week since he left…
She closed her eyes. The day after they had found out about her "problem" they had heard about a youkai attacking a village quite a bit away. Miroku wanted to go, so Inuyasha had to accompany him. Of course he wouldn't let Kagome go in her current "condition" so she stayed behind. Sango also stayed behind to look after Kagome.
Every day Inuyasha was gone, Kagome felt sadder and sadder. They barely had time to celebrate this new life that was about to enter their lives. Inuyasha had just found out he was going to be a father only to be swept away to fight youkai.
He had better be okay…Kagome thought. I mean…what if he is worrying about me? If he worries…he doesn't fight as well if he should…what if…what if he…he…
All the worrying she did made her feel sick to her stomach again. Oh no…Her forehead was drenched in sweat as she fought to make it over to the bucket in the corner of the room. Thankfully, she reached the bucket before her food was yet again forced out of her.
"Kagome-chan?" a female voice asked.
Kagome took a deep breath to calm her stomach, and she turned around. "S-Sango-chan…"
Sango immediately ran to her side. "You're still sick?"
Kagome wiped her forehead. "Y-yeah…" She grabbed the bottle that was full of the herb juice and took a long drink. It instantly calmed her stomach.
"You went to Kaede-sama, right?" Sango asked. "Did she tell you what's causing this?"
Even though it had been a week, Kagome hadn't gotten around to telling Sango what was really the matter with her. She suspected Inuyasha hadn't told Miroku, so she decided there was no need until she talked with him. "Stomach sickness." Kagome said.
"Is it contagious?" Sango asked.
"N-no, I don't think so." Kagome said. "But I made it worse by worrying."
"Don't worry about it." Sango said. "I'm sure they're coming home right now."
Kagome sighed. "Right. It's just that…Inuyasha's gone, he's been gone for too long, and now with…with this…it's hard without him!"
"I know Kagome-chan." Sango said. "With Miroku being gone…well, lets just say even I miss it…" Sango stood up. "Don't worry. I'm sure they'll be back soon. You need to get some rest. Stop worrying about it and focus on getting better."
Kagome nodded, and watched Sango leave. It's nice that she's worried about me…but I do wonder when I'll be able to tell her the truth…
That night after she had fallen asleep, she heard a noise and instantly woke up. She opened her eyes and was met with blackness, only broken by the outline of the moon. She heard footsteps outside and then heard the bamboo curtain being drawn aside.
Someone's coming into the hut! She thought, alarmed. She turned and opened her eyes, and saw an outline of a tall man standing in the middle of the hut.
I have to try to scare them away. Kagome jumped up out of the bed. "Whoever you are, you had better get out, because you don't want to GET ME MAD!"
"Keh! You think I want to get you mad? Especially in your current condition?"
Kagome knew that voice. "I-Inuyasha?"
The figure stepped into the moonlight. It had silver hair, with pointed dog's ears on his head and amber eyes. He smirked at her like he had only seen her minutes ago, yet there was a longing in his eyes. It was her hanyou.
"INUYASHA!" Kagome cried, jumping on him and practically knocking him over.
"Whoa! Kagome, calm down!"
She hung on to him as happy tears came from her eyes. "Inuyasha, I was so afraid you'd never come back! And then what would I do without you and then the baby and everything and it was just so hard and—"
Inuyasha cut her off, by scooping her up in his arms and pressing his lips against hers. She forgot what she had planned on saying to him; she just melted in the happiness of being held in his arms once more. He twirled her around and lay her down on the bed.
Once she was released from his hold, she said, "Inuyasha, there's a few things we have to talk about…"
"No," he said, crawling on top of her. "Talk later."
Kagome couldn't help but agree as he recaptured her lips in his, both enjoying this passionate and loving embrace. The time for talking was over, the time to show their love was now.
Hours later, Kagome lay on top of Inuyasha's bare chest, her eyes closed. She had a small smile on her lips. he was also smiling as he gazed up at her. With his right hand, he stroked her hair.
He breathed in as her lovely scent filled his mind. That scent he had so missed. But her scent was always mixed with his nowadays, especially after long nights, like tonight, but there was also another…it was very faint, but he could just pick up another scent, which was like hers and his combined. "Even though its been a week and I thought of it every day, it's just…It's still is too hard to believe. I mean…soon, I'll have another runt running around."
"Hmmm…" Kagome said, not opening her eyes.
"Soon, I'll have to look after not just you, but a kid as well…"
"Too much responsibility for ya?" Kagome asked.
"Yeah, looking after one person is enough."
Kagome laughed and opened her eyes, sliding off him. "If I remember correctly, about a year ago you didn't even want to look after me!"
He wrapped his arm around her. "I should have listened to my better judgment and left you alone. It would have saved me a lot of trouble."
Kagome rubbed one of his ears. "Me too, dog boy."
"You know I hate it when you do that." Inuyasha said. "My ears are NOT playthings."
"Oh really?" Kagome asked. "Then why haven't you stopped me?" She said, rubbing his other ear.
"Cuz I'm too busy doing this." He said, wrapping both of his arms around her and kissing her neck
Kagome sighed. He'll never admit it, he really doesn't care when I rub his ears. It's his whole "guy" thing. Since he is a guy, he can touch me all he wants, but I can't get a little fun out of touching him?
When Inuyasha released his hold on her she rested her head in her hand. "So, when are we going to tell everyone?" she asked.
"Tell them what?" he said, crossing his arms.
He is such an idiot sometimes…"About the baby!"
"Keh! How about never!"
Kagome rolled her eyes. "Inuyasha, they are going to find out. It's not something you can hide for long."
"Well, we'll tell them when we can't hide it any longer!"
"Inuyasha! Miroku and Sango aren't stupid. They'll suspect something's up when I keep throwing up. And they'll definitely notice when I start getting big."
Inuyasha hadn't thought of that. He stared at her, and tried to imagine Kagome, his Kagome, fat. He just couldn't do it. The hanyou suddenly realized that this might be harder for him then he thought. "Yeah…well, still we don't have to tell them now."
Kagome stared. "You just don't want to know what Miroku will say."
"You're right, I don't."
"Can I tell Sango?" Kagome asked. "I know she can keep it a secret for a while!"
"No." Inuyasha said, pulling her towards his chest. "Let's not tell them now. This is our kid Kagome, just ours. So, for a little while, let's just keep this our little secret."
She snuggled up against him. "Okay. But how long?"
"Just a little bit longer." he said, pulling the blanket over them. "Until we've made all the decisions on what to do about it. For now, just get some sleep. I know you'll need more."
"If you knew I needed sleep, then why didn't we fall asleep two hours ago?" Kagome asked.
"Because," he said with a grin. "We needed to celebrate, after all."
"You pervert." she yawned. "You're almost as bad as Miroku."
"Don't compare me to that monk." Inuyasha said. "At least I'm not a butt groper."
"Yes…but you still got me pregnant. And after only four months. In my book, that counts as pretty perverted, dog boy."
The next day they ate an early dinner at Kaede's. Kagome and Inuyasha had stayed in their hut all day, since she was still succumbing to morning sickness. But later on, she felt it was safe enough to venture out.
"Kagome-sama, are you feeling better?" Miroku asked, since he too had returned with Inuyasha.
"A little." Kagome said. "Inuyasha's been taking care of me."
"Keh! It was either that or have you throwing up all over the place."
Sango looked concerned. "Kagome-chan! Is it really that serious?"
Kagome shook her head. "No, Inuyasha's just exaggerating. I wasn't sick that much."
Kaede looked surprisingly at Kagome, as if to say, "You haven't told them yet?" But Kagome pretended to ignore it.
"Come on then, let's eat." Inuyasha said.
While everyone else ate stew and cooked fish, Kagome barely managed to get through her rice. She tried breathing through her mouth, which seemed to work better around the food.
"Feeling all right, Kagome?" Kaede asked.
"Yes, a bit better." She said.
"Well, if ye need them, I have some of those herbs around here."
"Thanks, Kaede." Kagome said.
"Is it contagious?" Shippou asked, making Kagome and Inuyasha both cringe.
"Uh…no." Kaede said, noticing Inuyasha and Kagome's looks.
"But still…" Miroku said, grabbing Sango by the waist and pulling her closer to him. "Just in case it is, we don't want you getting it, now do we, Sango?"
"Miroku…" she warned.
"Now, now, Sango, don't worry. I won't do more than this. Unless you want me to." He teased.
"Nope." She said. Kagome noticed that at first, Sango appeared not to like it, but then she leaned against Miroku and smiled. Kagome felt a slight twinge of jealousy. After all… she said, stealing a glance at Inuyasha, who was now on his third bowl of stew. He does have a problem with public displays of affection…
But still…now that I'm having his kid, you'd think he'd show a LITTLE bit of affection. He just came home last night! Can't he hug me a bit? Or he could show some concern? Or some TACT? She thought, glaring at him as he scarfed down the food. He can eat whatever he wants, and I have to practically starve because I've got morning sickness!
Kagome folded her arms and glared at him, making a small growl. Inuyasha didn't seem to notice, but Miroku and Sango did. "Urm…Inuyasha?" Miroku asked. "It seems that Kagome-sama wants something."
"Huh?" Inuyasha asked. "Something bothering you, Kagome?"
"Oh no, not at all." She said in an annoyed tone.
"No, come on! What's bothering you?"
"Nothing, nothing." Kagome said. "Go back to your food. You seem to be paying it a lot of attention."
"What?" Inuyasha asked, holding out the bowl. "You want some of this?"
That did it. "Inuyasha, you insensitive baka!" Kagome yelled.
"Oh dear, Sango." Miroku said. "It seems that they are going to have yet another tiff."
"What did I do now?" Inuyasha asked.
"You're paying that bowl of stew a lot more attention then you are me! I haven't seen you for a week and you act like we saw each other yesterday!"
"Yeah, I know you're here, it's not something I can forget!" he yelled. "You never got this upset before!"
"That's because this time it's different!" Kagome bellowed. "After all, it's your fault I got like this!"
"My, my," Miroku said, "This is starting to get interesting." Shippou and Sango nodded.
"I know it is, but you can't expect me to—"
"Eating the world when I can barely eat one bowl of rice! Completely ignoring me even though I'm sitting right next to you!"
"Hey! I pay attention to you—"
"Yeah, when we're alone together!" Kagome yelled.
("Did anyone else hear what I just heard?" Miroku asked, grinning.)
"What about now? Or in public? Girls like it when guys do that you know!"
("Hmmm…" Miroku's hand reached for Sango's butt, but was instantly slapped away.)
"Okay, okay, I'm paying attention to you, what do you want?" Inuyasha asked.
Kagome looked like she was ready to explode. "Look mister! Don't pull any of that crap on me! You owe me, you know! Do you want me to have this baby or not?"
Kagome instantly knew what she had said. Oops…. Kagome and Inuyasha stopped fighting, and turned around. Three pairs of eyes were on them, wide as dinner plates. "Um…." Inuyasha said, as both he and Kagome turned bright red.
"Oh, dear." Kaede said.
"Um…well…uh…" Kagome said, avoiding their gaze.
"Well…" Miroku said, grinning. "Isn't this a surprise? But to be truthful, I would have thought it would have been me and Sango first…" Sango glared at him.
"Kagome-chan?" Sango asked. "Why didn't you tell me?"
"Well, we only found out a week ago!" Kagome said.
Everyone looked over at Kaede. She sighed. "When Kagome came to me then, it was clear that she was already a month along."
"A…A month?" Kagome asked. I didn't know…but I wish I could have known…that Inuyasha's—our baby…had already been inside me for a month…
"So…Inuyasha…It seems you two have been up to some things lately." Miroku said. "After all, I didn't think anyone would be up late more than me and Sango…" Sango smacked him.
"You know as well as I do that that has nothing to do with it!" She snapped.
"I thought Kagome said she didn't want a baby yet." Shippou asked.
"Well, sometimes these things just—" Sango grabbed his ear in a warning. "Uh…happen." Miroku finished.
"So, wow…a baby…that's just…congratulations!" Sango said.
"Yes…but I'm more jealous than anything." Miroku admitted.
Kagome looked at Inuyasha. "Well, they know now…" She said.
"Yeah…" Inuyasha sighed. "But somehow, I just don't care."
"Good." Kagome said. "And now do you think you could show me some support?"
Inuyasha smiled and wrapped his arm around her, pulling her next to him. "Better?" he asked, kissing her forehead.
"Better." She smiled.
Miroku grinned. "While all of this is very lovely, I'm sure we could make this even more of a celebration. Come, Sango," he said, getting up and preparing to walk out the door. "If we hurry we can catch up to them…"
She smacked him again. "We're not having a baby until you grow up!"
A/N: Jeez…I made the first chapter long…Don't expect the rest to be this long. Anyway, REVIEW!