InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Realization ❯ A Talk with a Mother ( Chapter 24 )

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~CHAPTER 24~

A Talk with a Mother

Kagome rolled over of Inuyasha, her breathing extremely ragged and abnormal. Her hair look devilish, her body was glistening with sweat. Inuyasha laid beside her, his chest rising and falling quickly as he tried to slow his breathing down. His hair, too, was a mess. It was a half an hour till one o'clock.

Kagome snuggled up against Inuyasha and he wrapped his arm around her. “What happen to 'I could go till the sun sets'?” Kagome asked mockingly.

Inuyasha growled. “I didn't want to wear you out, you're just a weak human.” Kagome rolled her eyes; Inuyasha didn't need to see her face to that she did.

“Yeah, whatever. I'm tired, too.” Kagome yawned loudly. She buried closer into Inuyasha side and found herself on the way to sleeping.

Inuyasha shook her. “You can't sleep. The others are probably getting suspicious and they might come looking. That's all I need is for that monk to find us, he's already perverted enough without knowing everything that's going on.”

Kagome smiled. She regretfully got up and began gathering her clothes to put on. Inuyasha sighed and did the same.

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Inuyasha fell through the air with Kagome on his back. She was asleep with her head on the back of his shoulder. Inuyasha smirked. 'Wore the wench out.' Inuyasha stifled a yawn. 'She wore me out too.'

With his next leap into the air, Inuyasha saw the campsite in the distance. He ran his claws along the bottom of Kagome's thigh, earning him a moan. He smiled. He seemed to be doing that a lot. “Wake up wench, we're there.” There was a lot of grumbling coming from the person on his back.

Inuyasha landed at the campsite, letting Kagome down. Shippo immediately bounded over to Kagome and jumped into her arms. “Where have you been, Kagome?” The young kitsune asked innocently.

“Yes, where have you two been?” Miroku asked. If it wasn't for the fact that they all knew Miroku was a lecherous monk, it would have been easy to think that he was genuinely concerned about their safety.

Kagome blushed a deep red and made the effort to avoid Sango's eyesight. Inuyasha was more confrontational.

“None of you damn business, pervert!” Inuyasha growled.

“Ah! So that was what kept you two so occupied.” Miroku said smiling.

Light red appeared on Inuyasha's cheeks; Kagome blushed deepened, only a few shades light than Inuyasha haori. “You're just jealous.”

That quickly shut Miroku up. He stared down at the ground. Sango was next to him blushing.

“You couldn't have insulted him while sparing Sango?” Kagome muttered.

Inuyasha shrugged. “It couldn't be helped.”

“Since you missed breakfast, we saved some lunch for you.” Sango said. There was some water still boiling and some ramen cups still left.

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Kagome handed Inuyasha his cup of ramen. He started eating it right away, the problem was that it was scalding hot. Inuyasha eyes widened as the hot noddles burned his tongue. He opened his mouth and sucked in air, trying to cool his mouth.

Kagome shook her head. She took her time eating, blowing on the food before putting in her mouth. Her thoughts wandered to Inuyasha and their time spent together earlier. Over two hours of Inuyasha, she could barely believe it.

Suddenly Kagome spit her ramen out. She was coughing, her eyes wide. She was utterly shocked.

“Kagome, are you alright?” Sango asked worried. Inuyasha, Shippo, Miroku and Kilala shared in her concern.

“I'm fine,” Kagome finally said. “Inuyasha, I need to go home.” He looked like he was going to argue. “Now!” Inuyasha nodded.

“We'll take care of everything here. We'll meet back at Kaede's village.” Miroku said.

Inuyasha nodded. He left his ramen as he swept Kagome into his arms. He ran off, leaving the others.

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They were about five minutes away from the well. Inuyasha held her in his arms. He ignored the strands of her hair that blew into his face. He could the fear rolling off Kagome.

Kagome was scared. How could she let this happen again? How could she forget to use any protection?

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Inuyasha walked into the house, however, Kagome had already ran in. Inuyasha heard Kagome quickly great her mother and run upstairs. Mrs. Higurashi smiled at Inuyasha as he came into the kitchen.

“Hello, Inuyasha.”

The hanyou nervously returned her greeting as Kagome came rushing down the stairs again. “I'll be back!” she yelled as the front door closed behind her.

Inuyasha was left in kitchen alone with Kagome's mother and he was very nervous. Luckily Sota came in.

“Hi, Mom. Hey, Inuyasha.” The young boy said happily.

“You're home early, Sota.” Mrs. Higurashi said acknowledging her son.

Sota smiled. “I know. A water pipe broke and a lot of the school was flooded so here I am. Hey Inuyasha wanna play a game?”

Inuyasha shrugged his shoulders and nodded. It wasn't like he had anything else better to do. He followed the boy into the living room and sat down in front of the TV.

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About thirty minutes later, Inuyasha had given up on trying to beat Sota and decided to watch. It was the safest thing do. He was getting frustrated fast.

Inuyasha glanced over as Kagome rushed past and upstairs. He sighed and shook his head. He soon heard another pair of footsteps, Kagome's mother's, heading up the stairs.

A few minutes later, Mrs. Higurashi came walking back downstairs. “Inuyasha, could I speak to you in private?”

Inuyasha reluctantly followed her to the kitchen. She motioned for him to sit down while she took a seat. Her face was pale. “Inuyasha what are your plans for my daughter?” Inuyasha looked at her, confused. “Do you plan on marrying my daughter?”

Inuyasha crossed his arms. He started to a somewhat rude response but he remember that Kagome's mother was only human. He was mated to Kagome but that was a youkai term; marry was a human term. “According to youkai traditions I am married to Kagome but if she wants to get married by human laws, I'm fine with that.”

Kagome mother nodded. “What about children?”

“Children!?” Inuyasha nearly jumped from his seat. She nodded. “I haven't thought about children and neither has Kagome.”

The woman across the table from him sighed. “You two may have to start thinking. Kagome may be pregnant.”

This time Inuyasha did jump from the table, knocking his chair in the process. “That's impossible!”

“I think it is possible. Biologically, Kagome is able to have children and so are you.” Kagome mother said sternly.

Inuyasha waved his hands in the air. “I can't have children.” The look on her face told him she didn't understand. “I, hanyous, can only have pups on four nights out of the month.”

“What do you mean?”

Inuyasha nodded, reluctantly, but it had to be done. “Because of me, Kagome can only have pups on the night of the new moon and the three nights of the full moon.” He was blushing furiously; he was extremely uncomfortable and had a feeling so was Kagome's mother, even if she didn't show much.

Kagome's mother let a huge breath, one of relief. She smiled but frowned suddenly. “Kagome has no idea about this, does she?” Inuyasha shook his head. “Come with me,” she said as she got up.

Inuyasha quickly sat the chair upright and followed Kagome's mother upstairs. They stopped outside the bathroom. She knocked. “Kagome, dear, open up.”

The sound of running water could be heard for a moment then sound of the door unlocking. Kagome opened the door. Her eyes were puffy and red as if she had been crying a lot. Her face was moist from the water she splashed on it. She saw Inuyasha behind her mother and went to close the door but her mother stopped her.

“Kagome, I think Inuyasha has some important information to tell you.”

Inuyasha looked at Kagome. She looked pitiful. Her bottom lip was quivering; she was trying to force back tears. Feeling her sadness made Inuyasha sad and his ears drooped.

“Kagome―”

“Inuyasha, I might be pregnant.” Kagome quickly blurted out. She couldn't believe she said that. She didn't mean to. It was something that pounding against the inside of her closed mouth, trying to get out. And with that revealed came a fresh batch of tears. Her head dropped but she soon found herself in Inuyasha's arms. He began to rub her back to calm her, within a matter of seconds, her sobs were reduced to sniffles.

“Kagome, your not pregnant.” Inuyasha said sternly.

Kagome pushed back from him some to look at his face. He was staring at her, silent. She looked at her mother, who was silent too.

Inuyasha took a deep breath. “You can't get pregnant.”

Kagome laughed, although, it was somewhere between a snort and sob. “I think you would know at least enough about the female body―”

Inuyasha cut her off. “You can't get pregnant because of me.”

Kagome looked up at him confused. Kagome and her mother were a lot alike; her look of confusion had been the same one her mother had worn downstairs. “Because of me being a hanyou, you can only get their mate pregnant on the nights of the new moon and three days of the full moon.”

Kagome pushed back, breaking Inuyasha's embrace. “What!? And you just decided to tell me this now!?” She asked loudly.

“Actually your mother made me tell you.” Inuyasha knew he said the wrong thing. Gone was Kagome's sadness, setting up shop was her anger.

“You mean to tell me that the only reason I found this out is because my mother said something?” Kagome's voice had raised considerably. Inuyasha plastered his ears against his head. “I worried myself sick because you failed tell me a very, very valuable bit of information.”

Inuyasha's anger was starting to get the better of him. “I'm not stupid. I was completely aware of the moon whenever we mat―” Inuyasha stopped, remembering that Kagome's mother was still there. “I know that you wouldn't want to have my pup.”

“Sit!”

The beads forcefully pulled the dog eared boy to the hard marble floor of the bathroom. Kagome walked over him as he mumbled some mild obscenities. Kagome stormed down the hall and into her room.

Inuyasha pulled himself up and sat there cross legged, pouting. “I'll go talk to her,” Kagome's mother said as she walked into Kagome's room. Inuyasha crawled over beside Kagome's door and set up watch.

Inuyasha had no idea how long he was there. It could have been five minutes, fifteen, or a half an hour, but his eyes snapped open when he heard Kagome's door open. Kagome's mother walked up with a small smile; she left the door open behind her. Inuyasha took this as a sign. He quickly scrambled to his feet and into the room, closing the door behind him.

Kagome was lying on her bed with her back facing him. His ears drooped. Inuyasha walked knelt down. When she didn't respond, he tapped her. She still didn't acknowledge him, so he tapped her again, this time harder. Still no response. Inuyasha whimpered.

If Inuyasha could have seen Kagome's face, he would have seen her surprised and slightly amused look. He whimpered. Kagome felt a pang of guilt. She couldn't stay mad at him, not when he was sorry enough to whimper. Besides, it was so cute. Kagome let her hand slip off her hip and patted the spot behind her.

Inuyasha practically scampered next to her. He draped his over her. “Are you still mad at me?”

“Humph!” Kagome replied. Inuyasha ran his finger down her arm; she shivered.

Inuyasha began scheming. He whimpered softly. Kagome moved slightly. Inuyasha nuzzled into her hair and whimpered again.

“Alright already. I'm not mad at you just stop it!”

Inuyasha smiled. He had won. “I'm sorry.”

“You should be. I was scared half to death.”

Inuyasha took a long whiff of Kagome's hair, taking in her scent. It had a calming affect on him. “Would it really be so bad to have some pups?” Inuyasha mumbled.

Kagome could barely hear him. His tone was low and somber. “Not right now; things are different in this era. I'm too young and still in school. Maybe later on.”

“Do you want to have a wedding?”

Kagome gasped. “A wedding?” She echoed. “No.” Inuyasha snorted; the hot air tickled the hairs on the back of her neck. “Do you want to have one?”

“Yes.” Kagome gasped again. “I know you're lying. You want a wedding and I want a wedding because you want one.” Kagome flipped over to face him. He could see that she trying to hold back tears.

“So let me get this straight.” Kagome said, changing the subject. Inuyasha didn't attempt to stop her. “You can only get me pregnant on the day of the new moon and days of the full moon.”

“Only on the nights,” Inuyasha corrected. Inuyasha then gave a huge grin.

Kagome rolled her eyes and pushed him off her bed, which was accompanied by a loud thump. “Your getting to be a real pervert.” Inuyasha's head popped on with a confused and irritated look. “Your aura gave it all away.” She got up and left the room but not before hearing mumbling about stupids wenches and their miko powers.

 

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