InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ As Fate Would Have It ❯ Chapter 15

Chapter 15

 

Inuyasha paced back and forth in the sterile hallway outside Kagome's examination room in the hospital. The grumpy hanyou was approached by a few nurses, who tried to tell him to relax, but after several growls and golden glares, he was left alone.

 

Dammit. Some strange human was examining and checking on his pup, his Kagome, and all he could do was stalk back and forth like a caged animal. He let out another low growl and pulled the brim of his black baseball cap down lower over his eyes.

 

Kagome's mother smiled in an attempt to pacify the hanyou. “It'll be okay, Inuyasha. I've gone through similar exams during both my pregnancies. Kagome will be just fine. And so will your baby.”

 

He stopped and looked at her with a look of confusion and wariness. Wasn't she supposed to be seething in fury that he had gotten her daughter pregnant like this? Instead, she was as happy and optimistic as ever.

 

He tugged at the unfamiliar clothing that Kagome's mom had bought for him. She had declared that if he wanted to come along to her obstetrician appointment that he had to “blend in.” He mentally snorted. Kinda hard to “blend in” when you've got purple stripes on your cheeks, but so far, those had been ignored.

 

The red long-sleeve t-shirt he liked well enough, but these foreign pant-like things, called “jeans,” were a little too tight for his comfort. How was someone supposed to jump into trees with their legs encased in tight, stiff material like this? He tugged at the leg of the black material again, trying to loosen it to no avail.

 

He had absolutely refused to wear the shoes Kagome's mom had defined as “sneakers.” The idiotic things completely encased his foot to the point where he couldn't tell where he was putting one foot or the other. So her mother had compromised and found some flip-flops for him to wear, which were much more bearable.

 

He sighed and started pacing again. Minako watched her father from her seat on her grandmother's lap. Her bright blue eyes never left the silver-haired hanyou as his agitation grew. Today she wore a light blue dress with pink accents, with a matching bonnet that covered her wolf ears. She had her long black hair in a single braid that trailed out under the back of the bonnet, tied off by light blue and pink ribbons.

 

“Baka papa okay?”

 

Kagome's mother smiled at the little girl. “Of course, kawaii. He's just worried about your mama.”

 

“Mama? Where mama?”

 

Inuyasha stopped pacing once more and turned to glare at the door that separated him from his mate. If she doesn't come out of there in one minute, I'm gonna…

 

At that moment, the door opened and Dr. Ichida stepped out, closing the door behind her. Inuyasha blinked. He hadn't realized that Kagome's doctor was a female. He stepped in front of the black-haired woman, glaring into her silver eyes, which were hidden behind a pair of glasses.

 

“What the hell was going on in there? Is Kagome okay? What about the p-“

 

“Baby,” Kagome's mom interrupted quickly, cutting off Inuyasha's instinctual term for his child. “I believe he wonders how the baby is doing, Dr. Ichida.”

 

The pretty doctor smiled understandingly. “Your baby is absolutely fine, Mr. Higurashi. Your wife is doing well, too. In fact, we're about to run an ultrasound to check how things look inside. Would you like to come in and see for yourself?”

 

Inuyasha blinked again. It took him a moment to realize that the doctor was addressing him. Kagome's mother must have something to do with this... “Mr. Higurashi,” indeed.

 

Then the doctor's words registered in his brain. Ultra-sound? What in Kami's name was that? It sounded like they were going to put something inside his mate to see the pup? He scowled and clenched his hands into fists.

 

“There's no fucking way you're going to put anything in my mate…!”

 

“Inuyasha!” Kagome's mother placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. “An ultrasound allows us to see images of the baby while it's still inside the mother. It helps the doctors see if there are any problems with the baby or its environment that may threaten its life or that of the mother.”

 

“Threaten its life? Or Kagome's?” Inuaysha's golden eyes went wide in horror and shock. Kagome's mom smiled to reassure him.

 

“No, no! If something is found, it is usually fixable by doctors. You have nothing to worry about.” She shared a special grin with Dr. Ichida. “You'll be able to see what your baby looks like before it's born.”

 

With news like that, Inuyasha allowed himself to be led into the tiny room, where Kagome reclined on a strange-looking bed. She smiled at him, her eyes bright with excitement.

 

“Inuyasha! I'm so happy you decided to come in and see!”

 

“Keh! Not like I had much of a choice.”

 

Her face fell. He hadn't wanted to come. “Oh… gomen. I didn't realize. If you don't want to be here…”

 

“Don't tell me where I want to be, wench. I want to be right here, with you and our pup.”

 

She grinned at him. Then she looked around, not seeing her mother or Minako. “Um, where is my mom? And Minako?”

 

Dr. Ichida entered the room, pushing a giant computer-like machine in front of her. “I saw your mother taking the little one down the hall for a treat, I believe,” she replied, with a mischievous grin.

 

She turned to Inuyasha. “Your daughter is absolutely adorable. She looks just like you.”

 

“Keh!”

 

Inuyasha flushed and busied himself with looking at the strange machine the doctor had rolled in. “What's this contraption?”

 

The doctor chuckled. “This is the ultrasound machine. Now, usually the technicians do the ultrasounds, but since Mrs. Higurashi is a special case, I decided to do this one personally.”

 

Dr. Ichida winked at Kagome. “Besides, I want to see if my prediction is accurate.”

 

“Prediction?”

 

“I think you're having a girl. Now, we'll see if I'm right.”

 

Inuyasha growled at the doctor's guess of a daughter, but quelled it with a glance from his mate. He moved around the bed to her other side as the doctor set up the machine.

 

“Ready?”

 

Kagome nodded. The doctor squeezed some ice-blue gel on Kagome's slightly swollen belly, which was exposed from just below her breasts to just below her hipbones. Inuyasha made a face as the subtle scent of the gel hit his sensitive nose.

 

Unaware of Inuyasha's grimace, Dr. Ichida placed the “scanner” on Kagome's belly. Immediately a black and white image came onto the screen, the picture in the shape of a wide piece of pie.

 

“Oi! My pup isn't shaped like that!”

 

“Inuyasha! Be quiet! That's just how it looks on the screen. Look inside the `V'.”

 

The doctor moved the scanner around a bit, clicking keys on the machine as she did so, constantly watching the screen.

 

Inuyasha squinted his eyes. How the hell was anyone supposed to make anything out of all that fuzz?

 

“Ah-ha! There you are!” Dr. Ichida exclaimed in delight. A tiny, scrunched-up form appeared on the screen, barely discernable even to Inuyasha's superior vision because of all the static.

 

“That's my pup?”

 

“Erm… hai, I would say so.”

 

Kagome looked at the doctor. She had caught the doctor's hesitation. “What's wrong, Dr. Ichida?”

 

“One moment, Mrs. Higurashi.” She moved the paddle around some more, looking intently at the screen. “There's something funny here…”

 

Kagome exchanged a worried glance with Inuyasha. They both thought the same thing: could the doctor tell that the baby was part hanyou?

 

She almost groaned. Don't tell me the baby has dog ears… Although, in her opinion, dog ears would be as adorable on her child as they were on Inuyasha. She preferred them, of course, but how to explain them to a modern-day doctor?

 

Suddenly the doctor began to laugh. Inuyasha and Kagome both tensed. Inuyasha placed a hand on Kagome's shoulder as though bracing both of them for a multitude of questions and ridicule. Dr. Ichida turned to the young couple.

 

“Congratulations. You have twins.”

 

Inuyasha fell over.

 

“Say what?” Kagome nearly shrieked. “You have got to be kidding me.”

 

The grinning doctor shook her head. “Nope. Sorry, Mrs. Higurashi. I am not kidding.” She pointed to the figure on the screen. “Here, you will see the outline of baby A- here's the head, and an arm.” Then she moved the scanner slightly, repositioning it. “And here is baby B.” She showed the backbone of, undeniably, a second baby.

 

It was true. They were having twins. Two. Not one, but two.

 

Inuyasha finally recovered. “Two pups?”

 

“Hai.” She moved the scanner around a bit more, getting pictures of both babies. “And I can see the gender of each baby.” She glanced at the couple. “Did you wish to know?”

 

Kagome looked at Inuyasha. Inuyasha looked down at Kagome. He shrugged, but she knew he was dying to know. She looked back at the doctor.

 

“Hai, onegai.”

 

Dr. Ichida chuckled. “It would seem that I shouldn't take up a career as a fortune-teller. Baby A looks to be a boy.”

 

Inuyasha cheered. Kagome sighed. “That means that Baby B is a boy, too, right? I mean, twins are usually the same, right?”

 

Dr. Ichida cackled, truly amused. “Not this time, Mrs. Higurashi. You have a girl, too. Congratulations. You have one of each.”

 

Inuyasha fell over again.

 

Kagome glanced over the side of the bed, looking down at the twitching form on the floor. “Oh, Kami. Not again.”

 

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Sango squealed in delight when Kagome told her that she and Inuyasha were having twins. Miroku put his arm on Inuyasha's shoulder and shook his head.

 

“Excellent work, Inuyasha. Not enough to father one child in a single shot, but two! And one of each gender at that! I'm impressed.”

 

“Keh! You're just jealous because I have pups and you don't.”

 

Sango's gaze snapped up, pain evident in her coffee-hued eyes. Silently she stood up and walked outside, letting the mat fall behind her. Kagome whirled on Inuyasha, glaring.

 

“Inuyasha! How could you say something so insensitive?”

 

“What the hell did I do?”

 

Miroku stared at the doorway, where the mat swung slightly following Sango's exit. His eyes were deeply saddened as he spoke.

 

“It is not Inuyasha's fault, Kagome. Sango…” he paused, and then looked back at the miko, his indigo eyes full of sorrow. “I have failed her. We both want children so badly, yet all our efforts have proven… well, fruitless, as it were.”

 

Kagome looked at Miroku askance. “She hasn't gotten pregnant at all?” The ex-monk shook his head.

 

Inuyasha snorted. “Probably because you're human. One shot is all it takes for a hanyou.”

 

“Osuwari!”

 

“OW!”

 

Kagome pondered for a moment, tapping her finger against her chin as she thought. As the dust settled around Inuyasha's prone form, she brightened.

 

“I've got it! Wait here!” She stood up and hurried out the door after Sango, leaving Miroku to stare after her in confusion. Inuyasha managed to extricate himself from the hole he had made in the floor.

 

“What the hell is her problem?”

 

Miroku said nothing. He prayed daily that he and Sango would be blessed with a child, but the reminder that the hanyou had gotten his mate pregnant after only one coupling, now with the knowledge that he had fathered twins, made him feel as though he had failed as a husband and as a man.

 

Sango would probably leave him. She needed a man that could give her everything- including children.

 

He sighed. He had asked so many women to bear his children over the years. It was ironic, that now he was having difficulty siring a child on the one woman he loved more than anything else. Punishment, probably, for his previous lecherous behavior.

 

Inuyasha brushed the dust off his haori. “Wench sure is moody lately.”

 

“Of course. If I were carrying your hanyou twins, I'd be pretty angry too.”

 

“Oi! Hentai! Shut your mouth!”

 

“I am no longer a hentai, as you so delightfully put it, Inuyasha. I am a happily married man. Lechery has no part of my life. I am loyal to my lovely wife.”

 

“Keh! Once a hentai, always a hentai.”

 

“Once a baka, always a baka.”