InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Born to Make You Happy ❯ Home at Last ( Chapter 29 )

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Chapter 29 - Returning Home
Kagome opened her eyes, and when she felt the warmth beside her she smiled, happy tears
forming in her eyes. She was home, she was safe, and everyone she loved was near. She turned
her head to the side, finding Inuyasha slumbering.
Slumbering wasn't a good word, she thought, frowning. He seemed dead, more than asleep.
Raising her eyebrow, she poked and prodded, but all he did was snort and swat her away with his
hand. Smiling, she relaxed, sitting up with a wince.
Anxiously, she looked around the small hut, relieved to see a little box next to her, Kaida
slumbering as heavily as her father inside of it. She giggled, still amazed to see their child living
and breathing. Her thoughts were clouded, remembering a brief vision of Aiko, who looked
exactly like her sister. She closed her eyes, reaching out to feel Inuyasha, curling up against his
side.
Vaguely, she heard the sounds of her friends outside, and fell asleep wondering whether or not
she'd heard the name "Kohaku" or not.
"Kagome! Kagome!" She waved her hand lamely, signaling that she was indeed alive. The
shaking didn't stop though, and her eyes opened fractionally to find Inuyasha's smiling face. She
responded in kind, reaching up with a smile to kiss him.
"Can you get up?" he asked, and she shrugged. He smiled. "Let's find out. You've slept for a day
now. Except when you fed Kaida." She frowned.
"I don't remember feeding her," she said. He shrugged.
"Maybe Kaede drugged you or somethin'. I dunno." He yawned, his fangs bared. She laughed.
"I'm sure you only just woke up too, baka." He smiled sheepishly, but tried to pull her up all the
same. She struggled, her legs weak. But she managed, with him holding her.

"We've got a surprise," he whispered, and pulled her inexorably forward. She blinked, blinded
by the light, and then gasped when her eyes were normal again.
"Kohaku!" she cried, and she opened her arms as he laughed and hugged her with a blush. She
tousled his hair, causing him to blush more. She finally released him, and he stood there blushing
until Sango came and hugged him with a laugh.
"Come on, silly. Let's go find Miroku." The boy frowned.
"Do you really like him, Aneue? He's always..." the boy's flushing face caused him to lower his
head. "Touching you," he finished lamely. Sango sighed, looking in the direction of the forest
with a rueful smile.
"Yeah, well. I guess I'm more or less used to it." Kohaku frowned, and she shook her head,
taking his hand as they walked in the direction that Miroku had disappeared into.
Kagome turned and hugged Inuyasha, standing contentedly in the sun. "Thank you for that,
Inuyasha. It's nice to see her happy again." Inuyasha tilted her face up.
"That wasn't the whole surprise." His smile grew. "Wanna go home for a bit?"
"Home?" she asked. "You mean, my time?" He nodded. She slowly grinned, seeing her family in
her mind's eye. A giggle escaped, and she nodded yes as Inuyasha picked her up in her arms,
taking her back into the hut. He smiled, picking Kaida up with a gentleness that Kagome smiled
to see. For a moment, he just stared at his child, sighing happily, then turned to Kagome, handing
Kaida to her.
Kagome held her with equal reverence, and she cooed when the baby opened her eyes, sucking
on a tiny clawed thumb. They both smiled, and Inuyasha picked Kagome up in his arms, Kaida in
hers.
"Kaede, will you tell Sango and Miroku where we've gone?" she asked as they passed the old
miko on their way out. She nodded with a smile.
"Aye, take care," she said with a wave, and they took off into he forest, finding the well in no

time at all. They both stared down at it, the bundle in Kagome's arms squirming and cooing.
With a final smile at each other, Inuyasha jumped into the well, laughing as Kaida protested with
a squeal.
~~~*~~~
Inuyasha jumped out of the well, Kaida cooing and gurgling in her bundle of cloth. Kagome
bounced her up and down, making similar noises that made Inuyasha grin.
He strode proudly out of the little hut-thing that held the well, that wonderful creation that had
brought Kagome to him. They almost made it to the house, except Souta spotted them from a
window and shrieked, alerting the entire house and its residents to their presence.
They sighed, but he kept walking, ignoring the sound of feet thundering down the stairs.
"I'm home!" Kagome called out reflexively, and her mother barreled into the front room, about
to take them in her arms, when she gasped.
"Kagome! Inuyasha!" All other words failed her as her eyes filled with tears, and she silently
held out her arms. With a smile, Kagome gave her the sacred bundle.
Mrs. Higurashi took the baby with a grin on her face, gently swaying side to side. She whispered
sweet nothings to Kaida, who burped up in response. The tension in the room was broken, and
everyone laughed. The couple was ushered into the living room, where they all sat down
admiring their new baby girl.
"What's her name?" Souta asked. Kagome grinned.
"Kaida." All eyes, except for Inuyasha's, who just shook his head, turned to her to give her a
funny look. Souta frowned, and then shrugged.
"Can I hold my niece Sis?" Everyone grinned, and Souta happily took the baby into his own
arms, marveling at her tiny features. He gently eased his finger into her tiny fist, and his eyes
widened at her amazing baby strength.
Eventually everyone had a turn, and they all marveled and awed the tiny baby, who remained
awake for only a few minutes at a time.
"Are you going to stay here a while, Kagome? It'd be nice to have you two...three," she amended
with a smile, "home for a while." Kagome smiled, and even Inuyasha smiled in anticipation of
ramen.
"Sure mom. Besides, we need to get all Kaida's things to Sengoku Jidai anyway, so we might as
well just stay here."

"Well, no less than a week, I won't stand for less." Kagome looked to Inuyasha, and he just
shrugged. She laughed, nodding to her mother, who nodded as well, smiling to herself.
"So, who's up for some ramen?"
Inuyasha was at her feet in seconds.
~~~*~~~
"Come on Inuyasha, there's only a few more boxes!"
"Hell no. I'm not breaking my back anymore. I'm tired, woman!"
Kagome sighed, crossing her arms over her chest, Inuyasha did likewise. Kaida cooed in the
background. Their faces faltered, both trying to adjust the scowls on their faces. Kaida laughed,
and finally they both lost it.
After they'd finished laughing, Kagome walked over to the child, lifting her up into the air. She
nuzzled Kaida's nose with her own, and the baby made small noises. Inuyasha came up behind
her, his hand on her shoulder. He smiled, lovingly gazing at Kagome.
She turned, stared at his happy face for a moment, then leaned over and kissed him gently, Kaida
clasped gently against her with one arm. Kaida blew bubbles and blubbered as her parents kissed,
one fist trying to find its way into her own tiny mouth.
Finally they pulled away, and Kagome laughed as she worked Kaida's fist out of her mouth. She
jumped a little when she felt Inuyasha's breath along her neck, and Kaida giggled as she was
bounced.
"What are you doing?" she asked, laughing.
"You smell like pup," he murmured, and she tried to turn her head to glare at him.
"I smell like a dog?" she asked, and he shook his head with a smile.
"Fine then, you smell like baby," he corrected, and she smiled again. They both looked again to
Kaida, who had reached up to grab hold of her ears with a look of wonder on her face. She
curiously looked to her father, reaching and pointing with one hand at his own ears as she held
one of hers with the other. They both grinned.
On a whim, Kagome gently rubbed the base of one of Kaida's ears, and the baby closed her eyes
and cooed happily, and began to purr.
"Ha!" she said, pointing to their child, "I knew it really did feel good!" she said triumphantly,
and Inuyasha just huffed.

"So, you knew that." She smiled and shook her head.
"You always denied it, baka." He stuck out his tongue and she continued to laugh. "I'm glad she
looks so much like you," she said, and Inuyasha raised his eyebrow.
"Really? But it means you can't take her outside around here." She shrugged.
"We're not living here are we?" She bounced Kaida up and down on her hip. "I wonder if she'll
have her human day on the full moon, too."
Inuyasha grinned. "She'll look like you, then," he said, and Kagome smiled.
"I guess so," she murmured, gazing at her baby with love. "Inuyasha?"
"Hm?" He came up behind her, wrapping his arms around her and laying his chin on her
shoulder.
"I love you."
"I love you, too."
"Take the rest of her stuff."
"....Damn."
~~~*~~~
Finally - Inuyasha stretched his back with a groan - all of the baby's things had been moved, and
Inuyasha and Kagome gazed happily at the hut that had been made for them while they'd been
gone for the week in the future.
To Inuyasha's disappointment, Kagome had arranged for Shippou to live with them as well. The
small demon had jumped in the air with joy while Inuyasha pouted in the background. Kagome
simply sighed happily, ushering them all into their new dwelling.
Sango, at first, had requested a house for herself and Kohaku alone. Miroku, always a quick
thinker, had remedied this situation by arranging them to be married the instant that Inuyasha and
Kagome returned.
Until then, he said, they could all live in Inuyasha and Kagome's hut until they got back. They
needed to "break it in" he said earnestly.
So when the two and their baby had finally returned for good, they'd been hurried into Kaede's
hut, where the ceremony was held immediately. And, to Miroku's delight, they had a hut built for

themselves.
Kohaku decided on his own that he preferred to live with Kaede than with a pair of love-birds.
~~~*~~~
Inuyasha woke up, curled up against Kagome's back as she slumbered. He sighed happily,
playing idly with the locket around Kagome's neck. In it, he knew, were pictures of him and of
Kaida.
It had actually been quite disastrous, when Kagome took the photos she had of Kaida and of him
to the store to be digitally altered so that they would fit into the locket she bought. Hojo, her
friend she hadn't seen in years, saw her.
Of course, he walked up to her, wanting to chat and know how she was, etc. His eyes, at the last
minute, took in the child in her arms. Furtively, Kagome gently made sure the bonnet was on
securely, and then tried to flash Hojo a smile.
Gaping, he stared at the baby. "Is she yours?" he asked hesitantly, and Kagome shyly nodded. He
looked over to her pictures, which were laid out on the machine, and Inuyasha's grumpy face was
staring back on the monitor. He frowned, looking from the baby to Inuyasha, and then back to
Kagome.
"When did all this happen, Kagome?" he asked, trying to be cool about it but his smile was
faltering. She opened her mouth, and then closed it.
"Well, we got married..." her eyes widened. She couldn't say `two months ago'! That would
sound horrible, with their child happily sitting on her hip. "A year ago," she decided, thinking
that sounded safe. He nodded slowly, not really focusing on anything in particular.
"Oh... congratulations, Higurashi..." he muttered, then his eyes widened. "I mean, oh, what's
your last name?" he asked, faltering on the words. Kagome gulped.
"Well, you see, um-"
"Who's this?" Inuyasha's voice interrupted, making both humans jump. His eyes fixed on the
human man, he slipped his arm around Kagome, who gratefully leaned against him.
"Hello," Hojo said, and gulped before sticking out his hand. Inuyasha raised an eyebrow at the
proffered limb, and then looked to Kagome, who nodded. Sighing, he shook Hojo's hand.
"Inuyasha, this is Hojo; Hojo, Inuyasha." Both men nodded at the introductions, and then Hojo
smiled a little nervously.
"Inuyasha? I've never heard that name before. It's very interesting." Kagome looked cautiously

up at Inuyasha, who had a rather peaceful expression on his face.
"Yeah, I'm orphaned, so I didn't really have a last name. So we settled on a really big first
name." He smiled, and Hojo's eyes widened slightly.
"Ah," he muttered, frantically looking around for a distraction. "Well, I have to go now; it was
nice to see you... Higurashi," he said quickly, and then bolted.
For a while, Kagome looked after her friend with a smile on her face, and then shook her head as
she laughed. Inuyasha, on the other hand, pouted.
"He still won't leave you alone?" he growled, and Kagome looked up in surprise.
"Did you see him run Inuyasha? He's not going to be bugging me again, I can guarantee it." He
nodded, and they hurriedly collected the new photos and left before anything else could happen.
Now, back in the past, Inuyasha pulled Kagome closer to him, smiling as she reached back to pat
his leg, then fell back into slumber.
As he closed his eyes to fall asleep once more, he wondered slightly about the jewel. They hadn't
gathered all the pieces, and Naraku hadn't had them when he was destroyed. Inuyasha worried
for a bit, before deciding that it could wait.
For now, he would sleep, and the rest of the world could wait.
The End
Right. So, I went a year without posting THE LAST TWO CHAPTERS. I'm so sorry if you're
still... out there. Well anyway, I'm still working on that sequel, since this is a crappy ending. I
haven't even edited this story... Ugh. Old story. Anyway, I'm sorry, this is the end, until the
sequel... eventually. Thanks to everyone who ever read, who reviewed, who cried, who laughed,
all ya'll I love you so much for reading. Thanks!!!

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