InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Changes 'Till The End ❯ Chapter 9 ( Chapter 9 )

Chapter 9: Gone Missing

Inuyasha and Kagome were both sitting in her family's living room, two cups of hot tea still waiting to be touched in front of them. They came to the future with plans to tell Kagome's family about the baby, and take things to fill their home with, but a lot had to be explained to the girl's mother, who was conveniently seated across from them.

"Well Kagome, tell me what you wanted to. Sota's still at school and Grandpa's in town running a few errands, so you won't have to worry about and disruptions. So, what's wrong?"

Kagome took a deep breath, steadying her thoughts. `Well, here it goes'. "Mama… well, this is somewhat unexpected but I'm…. I'm." Inuyasha gave her a reassuring smile, and she looked at her mother instead of the floor. "I'm pregnant." She whispered. It was out, now hopefully her mother wouldn't chase her out of the house or do anything drastic.

The woman sat there is disbelief. Her 18-year-old daughter was going to have a baby? No doubt the boy sitting next to her was the father. `But I always wanted grandchildren.' She smiled, thinking of the future as a grandmother.

She turned her attention to the two in front of her, both nearly pale and waiting for some kind of response from her. "Do you want me to be mad dear?" she asked.

"Mama, of course not! I just wanted you to know… to see how you would react." She looked back to Inuyasha, who was sitting next to her quietly, now sipping the tea.

"This is some surprise Kagome, but, well, what can you do?" she said a little too gravely, than she sprang out of her seat to hug her daughter across the table. "And I'm going to be a grandmother!" she said excitedly.

Inuyasha let out a deep breath; he knew how important it was to have this woman's approval. It would make his life a whole lot easier. Kagome let out an awkward smiled and hugged her mother back.

"And Inuyasha's the father." She said, pointing out the obvious.

Her mother let out a small chuckle. "I'm not blind dear, I knew it would be him. Well then, where do you plan to stay then? The baby should have a home."

Inuyasha finally decided it would be his chance to speak up. "I built her house in my time, we were planning to stay there." Kagome nodded her approval. "I know I'll have to drop out of school Mama, but I feel like I belong in the past and I couldn't go to school pregnant." She added.

She had known this day was coming, when her daughter would finally decide to live in the past and give up her life here. Kagome was no longer a little schoolgirl, she was a woman, and the past had changed her to depend on the necessities in life, much unlike the friends she had here. She would never stop her daughter from being happy, and she had been prepared for this conversation. "You'll visit, right? I wouldn't want to miss out on my first grandchild."

Kagome clasped her hands together, happy that her mother didn't seem too upset about the whole situation. "Of course Mama! I'd visit you all the time, I couldn't stay away. You know that."

Her mother nodded her head, than pointed her eyes to the quiet boy next to her. "Well Inuyasha, what do you think about all of this, you haven't said a word in some time now."

"Uhh… thanks for not getting mad at Kagome. The pu… baby will be demon and I know how people treated me when I was younger and I want you to know Kagome won't get hurt or anything." Kagome smiled, as did her mother. The two looked so much a like.

"I don't mind about the demon part Inuyasha… if that's why you kept so quiet." He nodded and gave his usual response, a simple `Keh'. The conversation then turned to the topic of what furniture should the two bring back with them. Inuyasha nearly fell asleep with the hot cup of tea in his lap.

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Five hours later the two were sitting on a couch, this time in their own home. It was exhausting, but Inuyasha managed to move over all of the stuff Kagome wanted back here, and he didn't think he did too badly of a job. They now had a `living room', a kitchen, three bedrooms and a storage room all in their little house.

"We're finally done!" exclaimed a Kagome, leaning back further into the couch.

"Keh. Easy for you to say, you didn't have to do much. I was the one who had to haul all the crap from your time. Remember?" he asked, poking her side teasingly.

She let out a giggle and tried to push his hand away from her ticklish spot, but Inuyasha had other plans. He jumped on top of her, running his hands and poking her all up and down her sides, liking the squeals that managed to escape from her.

"Ssstop Inu…yasha!" she screamed, finally managing to push the stronger hanyou off of her small frame. She was panting on the couch, Inuyasha on the floor. He leaned in close to her head and nuzzled her cheek, and she let out another giggle. "I'm happy." She said quietly.

"Me too."

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The young Miko's stomach was starting to take a more rounded shape when she hit the three-month mark of her pregnancy. And Naraku still had to show his face. Tension was built up high in their group, and all they could do was train and wait for the final battle.

As time progressed, Inuyasha became even more possessive than he had been originally. The two were seated in Sango's small home for dinner, which consisted of soup and fish. She wasn't thrilled that a certain hanyou was breathing down her neck, making sure she had an extra helping of fish so their `pup can grow up big and strong' as Inuyasha had said too many times.

`I should just shove this smelly fish down his pants! Then we'll see who needs more.' Kagome grinned at the thought, and Inuyasha was thinking it was for him because he was being extra careful about her welfare. Was he that lost?

"Mou Inuyasha, I'm not going to disappear if you stop staring at me. And I need to bathe, it's been three days and I feel icky!" she complained, knowing she got away with the whiney tone due to her `condition'.

"Fine Kagome, lets…"

"Not with you Inuyasha, with Sango. You haven't left me alone one minute since we came back and I need to talk with a woman, not just you and Shippou." She cut him off. He grumbled something that closely resembled `Bitch' but she didn't mind, as long as he didn't follow her.

"Fine. But if you aren't back in a half hour you can bet your ass I'll drag you out of those dammed springs." He said gruffly, not liking the fact that he would be separated from her, but some time alone to think would do him good.

"Fair enough, come on Sango! We have a lot of catching up to do!" Kagome said cheerily as the two women left the hut. All who were left were Inuyasha and Miroku, Shippou being at Kaede's for the night.

"You do seem overly tense, my friend." Said the monk, looking up from his plate.

"No shit. She's pregnant and defenseless and who the fuck knows when that bastard is coming to fight with us. I've been alert for the past three freaking months now!" he whined.

"But you don't have to hound her Inuyasha. She's never alone, either with Sango or Kaede. You don't need to worry about her every minute. Take deep breaths." He said calmly. The monk's brain was finally working to make a useful piece of advice for the hanyou. `Must mean he's having busy nights. He never thought straight before.'

"Well, I've still gotta kill time until her half hour is up, so I'll just crash here then." He said using a term Kagome told him was popular in A-meer-I-ka, wherever that was. The monk nodded, not exactly thrilled about his new company.

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"He hasn't let me out of his site for one minute these past months. The only time he'll let me be alone is when I use the bathroom!" continued Kagome.

Sango smiled at her friend's predicament. "He just cares Kagome. Being with you has changed him, for the better of course. He doesn't chase Shippou or call you names anymore." She wanted to make her friend feel a little better. Inuyasha wasn't being too bad for the moment, almost sweet. Almost.

"He's too busy making sure I don't fall over with `all the extra weight I'm carrying', really! Three months and I'm barely showing." Kagome ranted on.

The girls decided that they were finally clean enough, and it was time to get out of the water before they turned all wrinkly like prunes. Plus, they didn't want Inuyasha rushing in on them because they were late by five seconds, Kami forbid.

She turned her back to Sango as she reached over to gather all of her bathing supplies and wet towels once she was dressed. "Sango, what do you think about…" The girl turned around, not seeing her friend anywhere near her. Her mind began to panic, where was Sango!?

"Sango…where are you? Can you hear me? SANGO!" she cried. Having lost track of time with her search, Inuyasha nearly gave her a heart attack when he touched her shoulder.

"What's gotten into you?" he asked, concerned at the sent coming off of her, it was laced with fear. `What happened?'

"I was putting my stuff in my bag…and oh my god! Inuyasha. Sango's gone! I can't find her, and she doesn't answer my calls. Can you smell her?" she asked in once breath, pounding her hands on his chest out of despair.

Inuyasha took a deep breath and began to sort out all of the smells he picked up in the immediate are. `Lets see, Kagome…tree…water…Sango…squirrel…moss…N araku

…rabbit…fish…rocks'

"Oh shit…I smell Naraku."

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Ha! What do you think about that? It's 2:35 a.m. and I just finished 2 pages on word of this story `cause I'm nuts! I just couldn't figure out what to do after the whole Kagome's mother thing, but as you see I got it worked out. Ehh…not too bad in length, 4 pages in word at a font 12. Pretty good for me. Thanks for all of the 4 reviews I got [lol]. Come on folks, I need to know what I can improve on or any spare ideas you might have. A nice comment's always nice too .

- Starr-chan