InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ I'm Looking In ❯ A Brand New Day ( Chapter 16 )

Kagome came out of her slumber slowly. A quick glance at the clock told her that it was mid morning and that she still had a few hours before the gift opening for Sango and Miroku. She turned in Inuyasha's arms and stared at his sleeping face for a few moments. She began to long for the time spent in those arms, the days in America where she would skip class and they would spend all day in each others arms.

 

She nuzzled his chin before placing a quick kiss on his nose. It took her several minutes to work herself out of his arms so that she could take a shower. Inuyasha opened one eye and watched her stroll across the room naked. His ear twitched as the shower started running and the curtain was pulled one way, and then back.

 

He sighed and rolled onto his back, crossing his arms under his head. She obviously hadn't noticed the mark, which meant that he might be able to get away with it after all.

 

“Inuyasha!”

 

He shot up straight, as the bathroom door flew open and Kagome stormed out, wrapped in a towel. “Yes?”

 

“What the hell is this?” Kagome demanded, pulling the corner of her towel away and pointing to the dark mark on her hip.

 

“That would be my mate mark.” He said, his face breaking out into a huge smile. “I'm sure you've seen it before, my mother has one and you used to have it on the back of your neck.”

 

“I know what it is,” She said, picking up a pillow that had been thrown on the floor and hitting him over the head with it. “What the hell is it doing on my hip?”

 

“I put it there.”

 

“Why?”

 

“Well, I didn't think it would actually take, it was more of an experiment.”

 

Kagome hit him with the pillow again. “An experiment?”

 

“Yeah, Myouga said that I should try it. If you didn't want to be my mate, your body wouldn't have accepted the mark, it would have just look like a scratch.” Inuyasha told her. “The fact that it darkened and healed almost immediately shows that you had every intention of becoming my mate again.”

 

Kagome stood staring at him like another head popped from his shoulder. “I-I, okay so I wanted to become your…wait, Myouga told you to do this?” Inuyasha's grin got bigger and he nodded vigorously. “What the fuck is wrong with you? You of all people should know not to do something that Myouga tells you to do. I'm going to find him and squish him!”

 

She spun on her heel and stalked back to the bathroom. “Where are you going?” He asked, following her.

 

“To finish my shower, what's it look like?”

 

“Want me to come wash your back?” Kagome's towel was thrown at his head in response. “Okay, how about your front.”

 

His only answer was the bar of soap that came flying at him.

 

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Several weeks passed and while Inuyasha and Kagome were mated, Kagome had refused to move in with him. Needless to say, Sesshomaru and Jaken were rather dismayed to see Inuyasha hanging around the mansion practically every waking moment. Luckily Kagome got a break when ever she had to work with Rin, who was now being home schooled by Kagome, or when Inuyasha was at work.

 

Kagome awoke to a queasy feeling in her stomach and launched out of bed, praying that she'd make it to the bathroom in time. When her stomach was emptied and more settled she reached a shaky hand up to flush the toilet. She laid her face against the cool seat and cursed her body for catching the flu.

 

“Wait a minute.” Kagome said softly. She did a quick calculation before her stomach heaved again and she wretched. “Oh fuck me.”

 

“I believe that's what got you into this situation in the first place.” Kohana's voice floated over to her.

 

Kagome leaned her head down, once more flushing the toilet. She heard Kohana run the water and a cool cloth was pressed against the back of her neck. “What do you mean?”

 

“Sesshomaru phoned me this morning.” Kohana told her. “He said that he noticed a change in your scent, similar to the one I gave off when I was pregnant with Inuyasha.”

 

Kagome moaned and buried her face in the crook of her arm. “I'm going to kill Sesshomaru.”

 

“Sesshomaru?” Kohana asked. “All do respect kid; I'd be threatening to rip Inuyasha's balls off.”

 

“You don't understand; it was Sesshomaru's idea to ask him for one more night.” Kagome told her. “I wasn't keeping track.”

 

Kohana rubbed the back of her neck. “Inuyasha would have known. He would have been able to smell it on you.”

 

Kagome sat back and looked at Kohana. “That jackass, that's twice he's done something stupid.”

 

“What do you mean?”

 

“He marked me again, after I fell asleep.”

 

Kohana's eyes widened. “Is such a thing possible? I thought that without permission it would just scratch the skin.”

 

Kagome frowned. “Well apparently because my heart and soul still wanted to be with him, my body accepted the mark.”

 

“Huh, I wonder how he found that out.”

 

“Myouga.” Kagome said, trying to swallow down the bile that threatened to rise.

 

“I'm going to squish him.” Kohana told her.

 

“Right behind you.” Kagome said.

 

Kohana helped the girl to her feet and down to the kitchen where she began to make her some tea to settle her stomach. “What are you going to tell my son?”

 

Kagome's head dropped to her arms that were resting on the counter in front of her. “I dunno, do you think I can avoid telling him for the next nine months?”

 

“Five.”

 

Kagome's head lifted slowly. “Pardon me?”

 

“Five months.” Kohana said, not looking at Kagome. “Hanyou's, like Youkai, develop extremely fast. Even though Inuyasha is only half, because he is past maturity his Youkai blood ensures that you are going to give birth to a Hanyou.”

 

Kagome groaned and dropped her head into her hands. “Wonderful. What the hell am I going to say to him? `Hey Inuyasha, get ready cause in five months your going to be a daddy'?”

 

The sound of a glass breaking made Kagome look up. She saw the wide eyed look on Kohana's face and slowly turned around. Behind her, Inuyasha was frozen in the spot he stood, hand open, shattered glass at his feet.

 

“What did you just say?”

 

Kagome chewed her lip nervously. “Um, in five months you're going to be a daddy.”

 

Kagome let out a squeal of surprise when Inuyasha shot across the room and pulled her out of her chair. He spun her around, making her stomach heave once more. “You're pregnant?”

 

“Take a whiff dog-boy, you obviously didn't earlier.” Kagome teased, unable to help the smile that was breaking out on her face.

 

Inuyasha put her back on her feet, pressing his lips hard against hers. When he pulled away, the two of them were breathless and his mother was blushing and concentrating on the tea she was making.

 

“You do of course realize that this means you have to move in with me right?”

 

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AN: No this isn't the end, but it's coming pretty soon. I know, it's so sad!!!! Since this story is coming to an end, I'm going to focus on the ones that I had to take down. The person who was putting them up under their name at FF.net was banned so I'll be posting them again soon. In the mean time, I'm going to finish this one off, and possibly take requests, I'm still undecided. I'll let you know soon.

 

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or the characters of Rumiko Takahashi. I do own the plot of this story along with any original characters that may make an appearance.