InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Hanyou on a Hot Plate: Guess Who's Coming To Dinner ❯ Counting Down ( Chapter 4 )

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Inuyasha was watching Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. �You know if I were that Rudolph, I would�ve...�

Kagome finished the sentence for him, ��kicked the other reindeer�s asses?�

Inuyasha grinned, �You know it.�

She sighed, �You�re going to be a terrible influence on this child.�

Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Comedy | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 12.17.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 3.0K | Visits: 782 | Status: Completed

Chapter Four: Counting Down

Two hours and counting:

Kagome stood in the dining room surveying the seating arrangements. She decided the best option was to set Inuyasha at the head of end, herself beside him and have Sesshomaru setting on the other end. That way he'd be three seats away from Inuyasha's immediate reach and visa versa.

Gods why did I think this was a good idea again? The baby's foot kicked her hard in the bladder and Kagome was reminded why she wanted to do this in the first place. Then she made a break for the nearest bathroom.

On her way back Kagome heard the unmistakable squeaking of her oven's door hinges. The hallway was filled with the aroma of roasting turkey. That man…I can't leave him alone for a second.

Inuyasha's rear was in the air as he leaned into the oven trying to pull off a wing from the half cooked turkey. Kiki danced behind him, wagging her tail demanding he share with her, his new best friend.

“Inuyasha!”

He jumped up and tried his best to look innocent, which had never been one of his strengths. But it was too late he was busted, red handed holding a turkey wing. “I was just checking the turkey… Alton Brown says you can't trust that little pop up plastic do-hickey.” The ex-hanyou who'd never laid eyes on a turkey until three years ago was now an expert and a pre-dinner snack maniac.

Kagome sighed and shook her head. “First of all that turkey didn't come with a plastic thermometer-timer and secondly you aren't allowed anywhere near that turkey, you're gonna get e-coli or something and die. Then where will you be? The great Inuyasha who defeated Naraku, dead from bad turkey what will the history books say? ”

Inuyasha brazenly bit into the forbidden wing and answered with his mouth full. “It won't kill me… `Sides this is my house too and my turkey.” He tried to chew with an air of authority as though he'd hunted down the bird and killed it himself.

Kagome put on hand under her belly for support and pointed out the door. “Out! Now.”

Inuyasha cursed and dragged his feet as he left the kitchen. Kiki whined and looked up at Kagome, her liquid brown eyes begging to stay. “You too girl, go join your partner in crime.”

She hung her head and padded out of the kitchen. Kagome checked the turkey and was grateful for Inuyasha's mortal blunt fingernails. His former hanyou self would've had the turkey in pieces in mere seconds. Then he would have shared the leftovers with the dog. Thank the Gods for small favors.

She stirred the potatoes she was boiling for mashing. Kagome checked the pumpkin pie she'd hidden on top of the fridge and was happy to find it unharmed. She knew had her husband still possessed his superior sense of smell there would have been finger holes all over the pie's surface. She'd still purchased a huge container of Cool Whip in case the pie was ever in need of some cosmetic repair.

Kagome hobbled into the living room and found Inuyasha sitting crossed legged on his favorite leather recliner watching the Christmas special Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer with Kiki's head in his lap. Kagome sat on the couch after rearranging the pillows so she would be able to get back up later.

Normally Inuyasha would have helped her sit down and fussed over her to the point she'd have to push him away, but he was still steaming over the upcoming dinner.

He watched her struggle with a frown. “The doc's sure you have three more weeks to go?”

Kagome nodded. Because she was in her last month she had a doctor's appointment every week to check if she was dilated. In the beginning, Inuyasha hated the idea of letting a doctor touch her but consented after meeting the older woman who lectured him on the importance of prenatal health care. Now he woke Kagome every morning just to make sure she didn't forget to take the monster sized vitamin pills, she'd been prescribed.

Kagome huffed as she leaned back on the couch cushions. “Yeah she's dropped some but I've got a bit to go.”

Inuyasha scoffed. “My son will come when he wants, not when a doctor tells him to. And by the looks of you he could be here any minute now.”

Kagome fought exasperation. “It was just an educated guess, no one can predict the exact moment but still, I should be fine.” She placed hand on her belly.

He changed the topic and pointed at the TV screen where puppet reindeer frolicked with the remote. “You know if I were that Rudolph, I would've...”

Kagome finished the sentence for him, “…kicked the other reindeer's asses?”

Inuyasha grinned, “You know it.”

She sighed, “You're going to be a terrible influence on this child.”

He stood and hovered over her with questioning eyes. Kagome nodded and Inuyasha slid her shirt up her belly and placed his warms hands over her. The movement stirred the sleeping baby who issued a solid kick against her stomach. Inuyasha felt it and laughed. He leaned over and kissed Kagome on the lips before announcing. “That's my boy!”

She pulled her shirt down as he slid onto the couch beside her and draped his arm around her shoulders. They sat in silence.

Then Inuyasha sighed and asked.
“This stupid visit means a lot to you doesn't it?”

Kagome gave him a soulful look worthy of any lost puppy and nodded. “Yes it does, I know it's crazy but I just have this feeling…”

He bit his bottom lip and closed his eyes. His hand slid back over her belly. Kagome watched him open his eyes and fell into their dark brown depths. Lately she'd noticed they were rimmed with golden flecks, and she wondered if it was left over from his hanyou days.

Inuyasha replied. “Okay, I'll make an effort to put up with him. It's just one dinner after all. Next time you get a crazy idea like this we're meeting the creep at MacDonald's and I get to lob flaming spit balls at him.”

Kagome smiled and pressed her lips to his. The timer went off signaling the potatoes were ready for mashing. Inuyasha was on his feet in seconds and heading to the kitchen. “It's cool, I got this. You just relax.”

Kagome fought to push herself off the couch. “No! Don't you dare!”

He waved at her over his shoulder. “It's really no big deal.”

Kagome remembered the poor mutilated bird still had one wing left intact. “Okay but leave that turkey alone!”

He was already in the kitchen, she heard the groan of the oven door hinges then he answered, his mouth sounding suspiciously full. “Woman, I'm not any where near your precious, damned turkey.” Inuyasha smiled as he gnawed on the turkey wing. `Anymore that is'.

_-_-_-_-_

Inuyasha was upstairs shaving. Kagome had never gotten used to the sight of him covered in the menthol shaving cream. For one thing he tended it get it every where, on the bathroom counter and even behind his ears. For another as a half yokai he never had to shave. Teaching him had been interesting because apparently humans had thinner skin than yokai and he'd suffered a few nasty cuts.

She gave the table another look and was pleased by her center piece, a simple Poinsettia. She was still baffled as to why Americans associated a tropical plant with Christmas, but still it was pretty. Also if Inuyasha threw it at Sesshomaru it would just make a mess. Her pewter candlestick holders that usually sat in the middle of the table had the potential to become lethal weapons.

She heard the front porch squeak and knew their guest had arrived. Kagome opened the door before the Taiyokai pressed the bell. He was dressed, as usual, in a white suit. He passed her a fancy bottle of golden champagne.

Kagome held the bottle and realize it was in fact sparkling cider, so she could drink it too. How thoughtful of him. “You really came?” She didn't realize until the words left her lips she never really expected to see him.

Sesshomaru tilted his head then turned down his chin and studied her bursting figure. “And you really are breeding.”

Breeding? I'm not a cow you jerk. She pasted a fake smile on her face. “That is what I said on the phone.”

Without asking her permission or a preamble of any kind he laid his one hand over her belly. The baby responded immediately by kicking. Kagome was uncomfortable having Sesshomaru's poison claws on her vulnerable belly but decided to reach out to him. She whispered, “You're going to be an uncle.”

Sesshomaru frowned, “Congratulations to me.” He was only here because he had to be. He owed to her, the one woman he'd ever sworn allegiance to, even if she was human. And if that promise and his family duty meant suffering through a trite dinner than so be it.

Kagome carefully removed his hand and stepped back into the house. “Dinner is almost ready, why don't you sit in the living room? It'll just be a few minutes.”

He allowed her to lead him inside to Inuyasha's favorite room. He sat in the middle of the sofa looking constipated, as if just being inside the house was physically painful. Once seated Sesshomaru sniffed and commented, “Turkey, how American and quaint.” The whole room stank of his now human, half wit relation.

“Ahh thanks,” I think? Answered Kagome as she passed him the TV remote. Sesshomaru dropped it on to the floor and the battery cover slipped open spilling out the AA batteries. They rolled out and under the couch.

Kiki slipped into the room to investigate the stranger. She sat her fluffy rear on the floor an assumable safe five feet from Sesshomaru and stared in awe. His scent reminded her of Inuyasha's when he'd first arrived so she stood and slowly approached him.

Sesshomaru frowned at the golden retriever and she fell to the floor on her belly whimpering. Kagome hissed at her, “Kiki, out!” Kiki was more than happy to oblige and made a break for it.

Sesshomaru leaned back into the couch and crossed his legs.

Inuyasha, who hadn't heard Sesshomaru arrive, came down the stairs singing Grandma Got Ran Over by a Reindeer in Japanese, except he replaced Grandma with Sesshomaru and added a few colorful expletives all questioning Sesshomaru's heterosexuality.

Sesshomaru ground his teeth and dug his claws into one of Kagome's pillows. She winced at the sound of shredding silk and said loudly, “Otou! Guess who's here?” She hoped calling him Daddy would remind her stubborn husband why they were doing this in the first place.

Inuyasha's foot paused on the second to last step. Kagome heard him mutter. “Fucking hell.”

Some things never change.