InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Alone ❯ Home ( Chapter 7 )

Chapter 7: Home

The hanyou jumped out of the well with the future miko in his arms. Together they walked through he shrine grounds toward the two story house where the Higurashi family lived. Kagome went inside and announced her arrival as she slipped out of her shoes and placed her bag by the door.

"Mama I'm home! Mama? Are you here?" She walked through the house looking for her mother until she found a note on the kitchen counter. They were visiting aunt Aiko, and helping her with the new baby. They shouldn't be back for three days.

As she read the note the word 'baby' appeared darker and larger than the rest. She blinked a few times until the word matched the others. She was being paranoid, she didn't even know for sure yet. She turned to find Inuyasha standing in the entrance to the kitchen, leaning against the door frame.

"Are you hungry? It's getting late."

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Kagome stood in front of the mirror in the bathroom sink, a towel wrapped around her wet body. She took a small hand towel and cleaned the fog off the mirror. She stared at her reflection while she brushed her hair. The water dripped of the ends and splashed at her feet on the floor. What if she was pregnant? What then? She was only sixteen, she hadn't even finished school yet. Her mother might be mad but, "Knowing Okasan she'll get over it and eventually be happy for me." Souta would defiantly be thrilled, and then there was jii-chan. She sighed sadly. "No, he won't like it one bit." A wave of dizziness passed over her, and she had to grasp the ends of the bathroom sink to steady herself. Raising her eyes to the her reflection in the mirror one more time she thought, "What am I going to do?"

She came out of the bathroom barefoot, and dressed in a dark blue spaghetti strap shirt, with matching pajama shorts, a white towel draped over her shoulders. Walking into her room she switched on the light; there was no sign of Inuyasha anywhere. "He must still be watching TV." She put down her brush and towel, as she giggled at the memory of the half-demon's first encounter with the television. He had been hesitant to go near it in the beginning, but soon grew to love it.

She laid down on her bed, and curled up facing the wall. "Inuyasha..." Would he hate her if she really was-? What would he think? And what about their mission? The shards, and Naraku. This would make her and Inuyasha, not to mention their baby, extremely vulnerable. What if Inuyasha didn't want kids right now? What if he abandoned her, or even worse denied it? Tears slowly slid down her cheeks to land on the mattress. She was too young, way too young.

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Inuyasha came into Kagome's room to find her asleep. As he crept closer to her body, he could faintly make out the scent of her dried up tears. What could have made her cry? Was it something he did? Of course it was something he did, it always was. But what?

Careful not to wake her, he cautiously got into bed with her, spooning his body against hers', and wrapped his arms around her. He tucked the back of her head under his chin, inhaling the aroma of her hair, as he let his eye lids shut. Hopefully it wasn't his fault she'd been crying.

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Inuyasha awoke to the painful buzzing of what he recalled to be Kagome's alarm clock. Groaning in protest, he tried to ignore it and go back to sleep, but it wouldn't shut up. "What the hell does the wench need a contraption like that for?" He took a pillow and stuffed it over his head, until the ringing finally stopped.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome's sleepy voice reached his tortured ears, and with another groan he sat up scratching his head.

"What?"

"I have to go to school today, so you-," She stopped to muffle a rather loud yawn with the back of her hand, "So you need to stay here and be good." She walked to the door, and as she opened it she called over her shoulder, "Don't destroy anything while I'm away!"

Inuyasha stared at her residing back until she was out of view, and then fell back down onto the mattress. Kagome's bed was always so much comfortable than the futons back in his time, and even tree branches.

Just as he was falling asleep she ran in through the door, already dressed in her sailor fuku, and kissed him goodbye as she grabbed her school bag.

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For the first time in Kami knows how long she was going to be early to school. In fact, school wouldn't be starting for another hour or so. She needed time, time to go to the drug store, time to take the test, and time to cope with the results. But hey, she was going to be early.

She turned the corner, and went in through the automatic sliding doors of the pharmacy, and started to go up and down the aisles looking for a test. When she finally found them there were so many she didn't know which one to take. She glanced around until everyone was out of sight before grabbing the most accurate looking pregnancy test she could find and hurrying to the cashier. She was an elderly woman, with gray hair tightly pulled back in a bun, and wrinkles around her eyes and mouth, her large thick glasses magnified her eyes to appear larger than they really should be. The old lady frowned and looked at Kagome scornfully as she presented the pregnancy test. Kagome blushed from her neck to her hairline, as she waved her hands in front of her innocently.

"It's for my mother," she explained, "She's been feeling ill all morning and asked me to stop by and...and...I hope it's a boy! I've always wanted a brother!"

The lady narrowed her eyes, and shook her head, as she placed the product into a small plastic bag.

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When Kagome made it to school it seemed almost deserted. There were a few teachers here and there, and one or to students walking around. She sighed in relief; at least she wouldn't have to face her friends yet. She went into the building and walked through the hallways until she came upon the girls restroom. Making sure no one was around, she went in and locked the door. She checked the stalls; the bathroom was empty.

With shaking hands she took the bag out of her backpack. She looked at it for a long time, before disposing of the cardboard box, and going into one of the stalls.

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You just needed to wait five minutes for the results, but Kagome had been sitting on the bathroom floor for fifteen minutes already, biting her nails nervously. Why couldn't she have a choice in this? What if she wasn't ready for this? "I can't do this!" her mind kept screaming. It was too much too soon. She wasn't ready, and Inuyasha sure as hell wasn't ready. He could barely take care of himself, how was he going to take care of a baby? And in the Feudal Era no less!

She sighed, it was now or never. Gradually she rose to her feet, and turned to face the mirror on the wall above a counter. Slowly her gaze turned downward, to the pregnancy test laying on the tile counter. Just as her eyes were about to make contact with it, she shut them tightly and held her breath. In her mind she saw Inuyasha, and then a miniature version of Inuyasha. A little boy with his red clothing and claws, his golden eyes and his adorable dog ears. She smiled softly, maybe having a baby with Inuyasha wouldn't be so bad. At last she opened her eyes to a small blue plus sign.

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Inuyasha sat bored on Kagome's bed. There was nothing to do in this time. There were no forests to run in or hunt in, only demons that Kagome kept telling him not to destroy. He looked out the window. It was a perfect day to be outside, but he couldn't risk it with his appearance. He lay down and burned holes into the ceiling. He was bored.

After a while he decided to go back to his time. But only for a little while, he wanted to be here when Kagome returned. He opened the window and hopped out onto the ground and into the well house. Maybe he could do something nice for Kagome to make up for making her cry.

He ran for miles all around the country side of his time, until he came upon a field of wild flowers.

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Kagome arrived home that evening rather happy, and relieved, but most of all dreadful. Walking around the house to the sliding door on the side, she went into the kitchen, into the hallway, and up the stairs to her room. All day she had been thinking of a way to break the news to Inuyasha, but hadn't come up with anything yet. When she opened the door to her room she was greeted by the said hanyou. He was standing in the middle of the room, one hand behind his back, the other fidgeting with the hem of his haori. He looked up at her, and gave a her a toothy grin. She loved it when he looked like that, it made him seem like a little boy which he still was inside. She was about to step forward when his hand shot out from behind him, a bouquet of wildflowers in it.

Kagome looked at the flowers for a minute. There were lilies and daisies, and some she couldn't recognize. They were beautiful, exotically beautiful, and even more so because they were a gift from Inuyasha. "I'm sorry," he said, "For making you cry last night." She gasped, "How did he know?" And then she remembered the secret she now carried within herself.

"Inuyasha..." He looked at her questioningly. Hadn't she liked the flowers?

"Hai?"

"There's something I have to tell you," she looked down at her clasped hands, " Something you should know."

"Kagome? What is it?" He was becoming concerned now, maybe something happened to her while she was at school.

"I-I-I'm-...."

"You're what?"

"I'm...pregnant," she squeaked.

The flowers in his hands dropped to the floor, his eyes widened, and his mouth hung open. "What did she say?!!" He couldn't speak, his vocal cords were frozen, and his muscles suddenly became very stiff. "She-she-she...Oh my god!"

Just then the door swung open and Souta walked in, Buyo in his arms. "Hey ne-chan, we're home early. Oh! Inu no niichan!!! What are you doing here?" As Buyo jumped out of Souta's arms, the boy took hold of the shocked Inuyasha's wrist and pulled him out of Kagome's room, into his own, with talk of video games. The young dog-demon to stunned to complain, or give ay sort of response.