InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Changes 'Till The End ❯ Chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )

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Chapter 4: Relationships

The group had split the day after Inuyasha and Kagome were mated. Inuyasha, behaving as his usual self woke up grumpy, wanting to find the rest of the jewel shards. But he was very happy that his nose confirmed the connection that he and Kagome now shared.

"Humans are just too weak!" he had said early in the afternoon while everyone was busy packing things, knowing that each rumor might need up to two weeks to be completed.

Kagome turned around and put her hands on her hips. "Who are you calling weak Inuyasha?" she almost frowned when he gave her the usual "Keh." But that was always to be expected of Inuyasha.

Miroku had also been in the process of asking Inuyasha questions of what had happened the night before. The monk received three punches to the head at almost the same time, none too light. After that he kept quiet, sitting in a corner. Then the group split, Inuyasha with Kagome and Miroku with Sango, Shippou, and Kiara. Sango had no problem having the two demons with her, but she worried about Miroku.

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"Inuyasha, we've been walking all day! Can't we take a break, it's almost sunset too." she whined quietly from behind Inuyasha, who had walked in front of her most of the day. He had been busy thinking how he could tell Kagome about what their union last week had done.

"Did you hear me?" she cried, tired from the constant walking and silence from the hanyou. She was tired and sweaty. Summer time in ancient Japan wasn't being easy on her, and her stomach kind of hurt. Something that usually didn't happen to her.

"Fine Kagome, we didn't get shit done today, but we'll stop for the night." With his enhanced vision he scanned the area surrounding the almost ancient path to find a good place to spend the night, with a tree close by so he could watch out for demons. With out any warning, Inuyasha picked up Kagome around the arms and skimmed the ground in a few bounds to a cleared area that was surrounded by trees.

"Here." he said almost proudly, as if he defeated a huge army by himself. Kagome smiled and set to the task of preparing the camp. She took her bag from Inuyasha's shoulder and dug around through it, searching for a tent she had gotten from the future two weeks ago. She wanted to test it out, since all other days Inuyasha had refused to sleep in it.

Inuyasha didn't know what to do with himself, so he collected some fallen tree limbs and made a small fire in the center of what he planned to be the camp. When the fire was large enough he decided to look through Kagome's bag to see what kind of food she had brought from her time. He frowned when he noticed there was no ramen.

"All done!" Kagome sighed happily. The tent, being a dark green color blended in with the surroundings almost perfectly. She was sure Inuyasha wouldn't refuse to sleep inside it this time, as he had before. "You're hungry aren't you?" she asked, already knowing he was from his expression. "Well, I've got some Western food that I've been dying to try for some time. You want some?"

"What's it called." he asked, not really caring, all he needed was something to fill his stomach.

"It's called a hot dog, we can put them on a stick and hold them over the fire. They'll cook that way." She took the pack of hot dogs from Inuyasha and ripped them open. Grabbing two larger sticks she placed the meat on them. "Now hold it over the fire." she told him, sitting down and doing the same.

"Is it really made outa dogs?" he asked almost skeptically.

"Baka! This kind is made out of beef, not dog, that's just its name." she laughed.

Inuyasha looked at the meat slowly getting darker on his stick. It smelled good to him, and he couldn't wait until he tried it. He didn't want to wait until it was done, so he took it off the stick and almost swallowed the whole thing at once. Inuyasha noticed Kagome's shocked expression and smiled. "Can I have another?"

How could she say no? She knew she had to watch what she ate, so she gave Inuyasha the rest of the bag, watching as he got three more sticks so he could cook four hot dogs at once. He certainly was much smarter than what he showed.

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"Miroku, is there really an evil spirit here?" she asked as she looked at all the food that was not sparingly placed in front of them.

Heading for this inn had been Miroku's best idea, knowing that the mild inn keeper would not give up the chance of getting his inn de-demoned by a monk. He kept his face even as he looked across the low table to Sango.

"Of course Sango, do you doubt my abilities?" he asked.

"And it just so happens that it started raining as well." she turned her attention to her food, eating at a slow pace, while watching Shippou and Miroku inhale most of the food that was on the table. 'Men.' She sat their picking at her food, she had the stomach cramps that usually joined her menstruation.

"I'm going to bed." she said as she moved away from the table to the bedroom the inn keeper had given her. Unfortunately there had been only one room left at the inn, so everyone had to share. Thankfully there were two futons or she would have thrown the monk out.

As she reached the room a large bolt of lightning crashed against the sky, illuminating it. She hoped that Kagome didn't meet this bad weather. But deep inside, she had always been afraid of lightning, she supposed it must have come from a bad experience in her childhood. She changed into a set of pink kawii bunny pajamas that Kagome had given her and set herself under the covers, still wide awake. She winced when another bolt of lighting crashed in the night, but she didn't want to share her weakness.

Sango was debating whether or not to just give up on sleeping and do something else. Her thoughts stilled when Miroku, Shippou, and Kiara entered the room. Shippou moved to a pillow in the corner of the room to sleep next to Kiara. She heard Miroku shift his robes around as he prepared to go to sleep. The exterminator kept her eyes closed, hopefully passing off as she was sleeping.

"Not asleep yet?" the words almost startled her as she sat up to look at the monk. The blanket she was under pooled at her lap exposing her upper body just clothed by the pink kawii bunny tank top. Miroku's eyes went wide at the thin layer of cloth clothing her body, that was most very feminine.

"No." she nearly jumped this time when she heard the thunder boom along with another clash of lightning. Miroku smiled at finding out that Sango was afraid of something so simple.

"I didn't know you could be afraid of anything." he said calmly, sitting on the end of her futon, keeping his hands in his lap. "Especially of thunder and lightning." he added.

"I'm not." she said. She nearly yelped when she felt the hand that was on her calf. She looked at him sheepishly, knowing that he now knew. But he didn't move his arm off. During this time Shippou got the hint and picked up his pillow and Kiara, moving out into the hallway, allowing the two more privacy.

"Now will you tell me how you really feel about me?" he asked quietly, starting to rub her calf through the material of the blanket. He looked intently at her face. He might have been pushing her, but he had his own feelings too.

"Well Miroku, do you still promise not to go after other women?" He nodded as he did before, so she gathered all of her courage and planned quickly how she could tell him everything in one sentence. "I like you Miroku, more than anyone else, but everyone I've cared for has died." she said, averting her eyes from his face.

He decided to move closer to her, now sitting between her and the wall, putting his arm around her shoulders, bringing her closer to him. Miroku smiled as he felt her relax under his touch. Something she had never done before.

"I'm not going anywhere Sango." he whispered, kissing her temple.

How could she know that? 'Getting attached means getting hurt', she had said that nearly two weeks ago and she was ready to say it again. She tried to shift away from him, but his arm tightened around her, keeping her in place.

A few tears built up in her eyes and the thunder continued to roll. She cringed. "Stay with me tonight." she said quietly, looking up at him.

"Of course." he said as he got up to slide beneath the blanket. She turned on her side to face him.

"What's going to happen from here?" she asked. Sango didn't plan on finding anyone that would actually care for her before she killed Naraku, one way or another.

He didn't know either. Of course they would become more intimate as the days moved on, but what would happen a year from now? He didn't want to think that their relationship would end anytime soon. "We'll just get closer Sango." he said, slipping his arm under her waist to pull her closer to him.

She quickly found out that the only comfortable position would be if she kept her head on his chest. It didn't seem that the monk minded as he tried to pull her closer. "I'd like that." she mumbled before she fell asleep. Unconsciously she knew that changes would show up if she let her feelings guide her with Miroku, but unlike before, she was certain that he would steady her if she had any doubts.

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Inuyasha was spooned against Kagome's back as he began to think about how he was going to tell her what had happened. He started to spool her hair around his fingers, liking the texture of it.

"Something's been bothering you all day. You didn't argue with me once." she stated.

The hanyou sighed, knowing he should tell her now. "Kagome…you're pregnant."

The girl sat up immediately, as if a bee had stung her. Inuyasha thought that he saw her with a pained expression on her face and he smelled the salt from her flowing tears. 'She doesn't want our pup.' he thought sadly. He knew their relationship was too good to be true.

"Don't you want it…you're crying." he said, also sitting up and putting his arms around her.

"How could you think I wouldn't want our child you baka! I'm crying because I'm happy." she said, leaning her head against his shoulder smiling. She was pregnant, at nearly 18, but that didn't bother her. She knew that the child would come from a loving family.

"So you do want it?" he asked tenderly.

"Of course! This child came from our bond…how could you doubt our love?" she asked, feeling a little hurt. She placed her hand over her stomach, and it was quickly covered by Inuyasha's larger hand. They looked into each other's eyes for a few minutes in silence.

"I'm happy." he finally said, knowing this would become a big change in their relationship. He slowly pulled Kagome back into their sleeping bag, not wanting to stay up much longer if he had to be sleeping inside for once. He held Kagome in his arms as he heard her breathing deepen, signaling that she was asleep. He allowed himself to doze, still keeping an ear open to any possible danger. He knew that demons would come after his pregnant mate, thinking that they could get to him through her. Hopefully he didn't drag her into any unknown danger.

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This chapter was nearly four pages long, and my hand managed to cramp three times. In the beginning I had no plot in mind, but I guess I found some inspiration along the way. As you read, I added some Sango/Miroku-ness along with Inu/Kag. Hopefully you enjoyed this chapter, 'cause it took me a darned long time to write. I'd also like to thank all the reviews I've gotten so far, they are all so great! I think I'll also manage to add another lemon in one of the next 3 chapters. [hopefully!]

- starr-chan