A/N: I do not own Inuyahsa. If I did then Sesshomaru and kagome would be together.

Chapter 1: New Life

"Kagome, you have to push a little bit harder. I can see the head."

"I'm pushing as hard as I…aaaaaaahhhhhh!"

"Just one more push… It's a girl!"

One Hour Later:

The new mother, Kagome, held her newborn daughter in her arms. It took three the little one out but she was the happiest human alive at that moment. Kagome studied the smiling infant's face, staring at the bright sapphires that were identical to her own.

"Kagome." The young miko looked up to see her long time friend and adopted sister, Sango, and her former mentor and close friend, Kaede, looking at her as she lay on her side in a simple white yukata on the plush furs while staring at the gurgling babe that was laying next to her, playing with her blue-black hair.

"What are you two standing so far away for? Come in," said the glowing mother with a bright smile on her face.

The two women were quick to step inside the cozy little hut almost running to the new mother and her baby.

"Oh Kagome! She looks so much like you!" Sango will be even happier when I tell her my child's name, Kagome thought, her grin steadily growing.

"Yes, she does look like ye," Kaede said, giving Kagome a kind smile.

"Kagome, what's her name? Did you decide yet?" Sango was so happy for he younger sister, who she had found when she was lost in the forest with no recollection of her real family, that she didn't even let Kagome talk one word.

"Yes Sango, I have decided what her name will be," laughed the joyous miko.

"Well, what is it?"

"I've decided to name her after our mother. The woman that took me in after you found me in the forest. The woman who cared for me as her own and treated me with the love that could only belong to a mother. My child's name is Rin. Her name is Rin."