InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Tale of Twos ❯ Part V: To Have and To Hold ( Chapter 5 )

Disclaimers: I do not own InuYasha or any of the manga/anime characters. They belong to the wonderful genius Rumiko Takahashi.

 

 

A Tale of Twos

Warnings: Sexual Suggestiveness

 

Part V: To Have and To Hold

for xgrenade

Prompt: InuYasha/Kagome; fluff and humor

Word count: 1209

 

 

Part V: To Have and To Hold

 

Approximately one year later…

 

InuYasha leaned over to poke at the fire under the pot of stew. Kagome had been back for not quite three months now and had invited Miroku and Sango over for dinner. Miroku was sitting across from him, while Sango and Kagome had gone out to get a few more vegetables from Sango's garden.

 

The two ladies were laughing when they came back in. “I'm sorry, Sango. When I asked you over for dinner, I didn't mean to eat your food! I was so surprised to pull up my carrots and onions, and there was nothing there! And then the rabbit… well, I assume that's where the cabbage went.”

 

“He won't be eating no more,” InuYasha muttered. “He looked fat and juicy, though.”

 

Miroku grinned. “I gather at least something good came from your garden, after all? And Sango will have to show you whatever it is that she used to keep the critters from destroying ours. But we're happy to share; we've had a good year so far. Even if we hadn't we couldn't let our friends starve.”

 

The hanyou growled. “Are you saying…” his voice trailed away as a gentle hand laid on his shoulder.

 

“I think he means that we need vegetables and fruits for a well-rounded diet. I know you would never let me go hungry when there is game or fish to be had.” Kagome smiled at him as she dumped the vegetables into the pot. “So what did you two do with the kids tonight?”

 

Sango sat down next to her husband as she said, “Kisha asked if she could watch them in exchange for a palm reading.”

 

InuYasha snorted. “You're still pulling that scam?”

 

“My intentions are strictly honorable,” Miroku replied. “Besides, would you have rather we brought them with us? The baby and the twins?”

 

“They're not so bad… most of the time…” he mumbled.

 

“You know, Kagome, you should have seen InuYasha with the girls when I was pregnant, and even before. He's actually very good with them,” Sango said.

 

“Really?” Kagome perked up and looked at her hanyou.

 

InuYasha didn't say anything, though his cheeks flushed as he stared at the floor, refusing to meet anyone's eyes.

 

They barely heard him mutter, “If they just wouldn't pull my ears.”

 

“At least they haven't nearly burned down anyone's hut in your care.” The monk grinned, hoping to remind InuYasha of that particular episode.

 

It worked, because as he looked up a smirk overtook his downtrodden expression. “The runt will never live that one down, will he?”

 

“What happened?” Kagome asked. The others were all trying not to laugh, and she felt left out.

 

“Well, you see…” Miroku started the story off by telling Kagome how Shippou was bragging to InuYasha that he was better with the girls than the hanyou was and made the mistake of making a bet he could entertain them all night. Once he explained how it all began, he turned it over to InuYasha.

 

The hanyou couldn't help but to laugh as he retold the series of events of the evening, which culminated in Shippou allowing a large portion of Kaede's herbs to be destroyed and then nearly setting her hut on fire. The last he saw of Shippou that morning was when he left him shortly before dawn trying to explain what had happened to the old miko after she had returned from delivering a baby. The two girls had fallen asleep when he grabbed them to keep them from being set ablaze by Shippou's `hat' so he carried them back home.

 

“Ahhh… but you're leaving something out,” Miroku added.

 

InuYasha flushed and looked at the floor.

 

The monk continued, “We found him asleep under the tree outside of our hut, one girl tucked in each arm. The three of them looked so innocent that it's hard to believe it was our gruff inu-hanyou and two little hellions.”

 

Kagome smiled and rubbed his arm. “Why didn't you take them and put them to bed?”

 

“They were… busy…” the hanyou was the color of his firerat.

 

Even Sango was blushing now.

 

“We used the opportunity of the night alone to give the girls a little brother,” Miroku said, wrapping his arm around Sango and pulling her against him - probably so she couldn't hit him. “But the point I was actually trying to make was that InuYasha will make an excellent father one day.”

 

The hanyou could bear no more and suddenly rose and almost flew out of the hut. He stopped when he heard Kagome cry his name.

 

“InuYasha!” Kagome jumped up and ran after him. “InuYasha, wait!”

 

She found him standing at the far edge of her garden, gazing at the trees in his forest. “InuYasha, what is it? What's wrong?”

 

“I… we… they…” he just couldn't find the words.

 

The miko took his hand in hers and rubbed his arm with her other, trying to calm him. “Why are you upset, my husband?” she asked softly.

 

He looked down to meet her eyes and saw only love and concern. He took a deep breath before he started, “They… they… Kagome, we haven't even talked about kids. They're assuming…” he looked back out at the forest.

 

Kagome squeezed his hand. “InuYasha, don't you want to have children?”

 

He swallowed. “Yeah… but do you?” He couldn't look at her, afraid of her answer.

 

She looked at his defeated posture, his ears pinned to his head. Suddenly she realized that as self-confident as he had become since she first met him, inside there was still one very insecure hanyou. “InuYasha,” she began but he still wouldn't meet her eyes. She turned loose of his hand and moved in front of him to reach up to cup his face. “InuYasha, I am your wife, and I love you. And that means that when we're ready - when you're ready - we will start a family. I would love nothing more than to have your children.”

 

She was surprised when he squeezed his eyes shut and a tear escaped from one corner. She wiped his cheek with the pad of her thumb before she pulled his face down to hers.

 

He kissed her softly and then wrapped his arms around her and just held her.

 

They jumped when they heard, “Hey, guys! We're hungry! I didn't mean make him a father now!”

 

The couple turned to see Miroku and Sango peering around the corner of the hut, both grinning.

 

“Why not, Bouzo? It was your idea!” InuYasha called back, making both Kagome and Sango blush.

 

“Well, if you need any pointers,” Miroku started and then yelped. Sango had grabbed his ear and yanked.

 

“We'll be inside,” Sango called as she dragged her husband out of sight.

 

“Are you ready to go back in?” Kagome asked, her face still rivaling the scarlet of InuYasha's firerat.

 

“Yeah, but maybe we can call it an early night,” he answered with a gleam in his eye.

 

“Works for me,” she responded as she took his hand to lead him back towards the door. “The sooner we eat, the sooner we sleep.”

 

InuYasha stopped dead in his tracks, pulling her to a halt with him. “Wench, sleep wasn't what I had in mind.”

 

Kagome grinned. “Me, either.”

 

 

*finis*