InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Silver Tears and Puppy Ears ❯ Kagome's Surprise ( Chapter 8 )

Kagome's Surprise

Kagome felt someone shaking her awake, she tried to swat it away but the disturbance caught her hand before she could.

"Kagome, Kagome?"

"...Uhn…"

"Kagome wake up, we're going to be at Kaede's very soon" Inu Yasha said. Kagome woke up immediately, she as still resting her head in Inu Yasha's lap curled up in his haiori. She sat up and handed it back to him, a little fury ball tumbling out in the process, Shippo must have crawled under it with her while she was sleeping. Kagome looked over at Miroku and Sango, she wondered if Sango slept the entire way back. As if reading her thoughts, he looked over at her and said

"I'm glad she managed to fall asleep, she woke up a couple times from nightmares, Kirara didn't sleep, she stayed on my shoulder the entire time."

"She must smell Sango's blood and she's worried" Shippo said groggily, he hadn't enjoyed being woken up. Kagome walked over to Sango to see how she was doing. Miroku didn't look away from Sango once while Kagome moved the robe away to check on her. Kagome's stomach turned when she pulled the robe away and she quickly covered Sango and rushed back to sit with Inu Yasha. He looked at her as she sat, she didn't look good. Kagome pulled her knees to her chest and held a hand over her mouth. She felt like she might throw up. Inu Yasha leaned over and rubbed her back to try and soothe her. There was something serious happening to his Kagome.

"Kagome we're here" shouted Shippo. Kagome made a feeble attempt to stand but nausea caused her to lose her balance, luckily Inu Yasha was the only one to notice and caught her. Kagome looked up at him appreciatively and attempted to stand, but Inu Yasha wouldn't let her. Instead he picked her up, and followed Miroku. The feeling in her stomach began to ease slightly; by the time they made it to Kaede's hut, she instated Inu Yasha put her down because she felt better, he reluctantly let her down. Kagome walked into the hut, almost positive the old miko was still sleeping, however she found her sitting next to her fire drinking tea.

"Hello child, welcome back, did ye find Sango?" Kaede said calmly.

"Yes, we found her, Naraku had her, she's badly injured, please help her"

"Of course, and I'll need your assistance"

Kagome nodded in agreement, handed her medical supplies to Kaede and went back outside where Miroku, Shippo, and Inu Yasha were waiting patiently. She instructed Miroku to bring in Sango and for the others to wait outside. As soon as the three women were alone, the feeling retuned to Kagome's stomach, she really hoped that she was ok to help Kaede. She was never this uneasy about tending to wounds, and she had seen really severe and disgusting injuries. If she focused she could push it from her mind, she was capable of treating these wounds and Kaede needed her help. Kagome tried to swallow the lump in her throat as Kaede removed the robe from Sango and handed it to Kagome, she laid the robe down behind her flat, the blood stains on it would be very hard to remove… there was so much blood… her stomach lurched again, she could not do this. Kaede had already begun to clean and treat Sango's wounds, the smaller minor gashes already cleaned and covered, only the ones on her side and leg were left.

"Kagome could you clean her leg while I finish her side"

Kagome agreed and dipped a cloth into the bowl of water and herbs beside Kaede. She carefully wiped the blood off of Sango's leg, revealing Sango had been stabbed, the image of Naraku stabbing Sango crept into Kagome's mind and she couldn't fight it anymore, she mumbled an apology to Kaede and ran from the hut towards the god tree. All the others out side was a dark blur rushing past them, Miroku ran into the hut to see what had happened. Inu Yasha however knew, he told Shippo to stay put and ran after Kagome. He finally found her sitting against the god tree tears in her eyes. She looked up at him briefly, gave him a half smile and looked back at the ground. He sat down across from her and gently brushed her hair out of her face. She looked up at him again, this time not forcing a smile for him. It killed him to see her so sad and confused. He took a deep breath carefully examining her scent, it had something different to it earlier, and it was stronger now. It was almost as if there was something added to it, realization hit him and he leaned in close so his nose was as close to her abdomen as possible, and took another deep breath, she was so early along that he wasn't able to tell easily. Kagome sat there watching him, she was sure he was sniffing her. When he finally looked up at her, he had the biggest smile plastered across his face.

"Inu Yasha?"

"I know what's wrong with you Kagome"

"How… what?" Kagome asked, clearly worried.

"Your scent, there's something new to it" Inu Yasha said warmly as he shifted his position and placed a hand over Kagome's abdomen. Kagome's eyes widened and she brought her hands over Inu Yasha's.

"I'm…I'm pregnant?"

Inu Yasha nodded unable to stop smiling. Inu Yasha gently lifted Kagome into his lap, hugging her tightly to himself. He wasn't sure if she really had absorbed what he said. Her hands were still covering her stomach, the same look of shock in her eyes.

"How long does a hanyo pregnancy take?" She asked happiness seeping into her voice.

"According to the way you track time, 4 months" Inu Yasha said, the happiness he felt began to dissipate because of Kagome's reaction, or lack of one. However when he looked at her he noticed that she was counting on her fingers mumbling something.

"Kagome, you've only been pregnant for 7 days, so about 3 months and 3 weeks, ok"

Immediately she smiled and wrapped her arms around him. He moved her a little so that he could kiss her. It was slow and sweet and was slowly leading to more. In broad daylight under the god tree Inu Yasha made love to his Kagome. Joy filled her heart lying there in his arms, of course they would have to go back to her time and have a real wedding, she didn't think that the mark on her shoulder saying she was in youkai terms mated to Inu Yasha for life would be good enough for her mother and Ji-Chan. She snuggled closer to Inu Yasha, listening to his soft breathing and steady heart beat.

"Inu Yasha can you train me to use my new abilities"

"Well your hearing and sense of smell yes, the rest should begin to come naturally, when the pup is born your instincts will automatically kick in" he said lazily.

"Ok, we should head back, see how Sango is, and lets not tell anyone about this yet, right now all focus needs to be on Sango."

Inu Yasha agreed and then scooped Kagome into his arms and ran back to the village. Miroku and Sango looked up at the two as they skidded to a stop. Kagome jumped down and rushed back into the hut. Kaede glanced at her briefly, then returned to Sango, she had just finished stitching her leg and began to wrap gauze around he wound. Kagome sat down next to Kaede, waiting for her to finish.

"What's bothering you Kagome"

"My stomach, that's all" Kagome half lied. She would save her big news until it was appropriate. Celebrating now was like dancing over Sango's tragedy. Kagome looked down at her friend, she was still unconscious, which was a good thing for now. Hopefully when she woke up she would be able to get past this in time.

`Poor Sango, all this happening, its so hard to deal with, part of me is happy, but then I feel guilty for being happy with everything that happened to Sango.'

Kagome looked at Sango's hair, she could easily fix it, but it would be such a small improvement. She knew Miroku would want to see Sango, so she quickly covered her with a blanket and walked back out of the hut. Miroku stood immediately, staring at Kagome, she nodded at him and he rushed into the hut. Shippo and Kirara attempted to follow but Kagome stopped them, knowing Miroku would want to be alone with her first.

Miroku walked over to Kaede and a sleeping Sango. Kaede watched Miroku sit down next to Sango, his eyes watery, and his face, seemed older. He clearly had not slept for so the past few days.

"How is she?" Miroku asked Kaede.

"She should recover physically in time"

"and emotionally?" Miroku asked

"That is not to be determined by you or myself, only Sango" Kaede said wisely as she left the hut, leaving Miroku some privacy.

`Oh Sango, how could this have happened, if I hadn't been trapped by Kikyo, I could have saved you, I'm so sorry'

"Sango" Miroku whispered, knowing that she couldn't hear him made everything feel more hopeless. He gently held her hand, watching and waiting for any sign she felt it. He used his free hand to stroke her hair out of her face, revealing more bandages along her cheeks.

"if only I had been there sooner…" Miroku said painfully, his heart breaking for Sango.

`how different will she be because of this, what's going to happen to her mind and spirit.

"Sango, please wake up, please" Miroku begged despite the fact she couldn't hear him. Kaede said he would wake up, he should be patient. He slowly stood up and left the hut, he told everyone they could come in now if the wanted to, he then turned around and walked back to Sango's side. Shippo and Kirara went into the hut after Miroku. Kagome had already been in there and Kaede had left to tend the fields. Inu Yasha was worried, but she was asleep, he wasn't going to leave Kagome's side to look at or talk to an unconscious woman. He would only act that foolish over Kagome.

"Inu Yasha can we train now?" Kagome asked quietly, she wasn't sure if he would let her because of her condition.

"As long as your careful" Inu Yasha replied. He knew that Kagome would never risk the life of her pup, but he felt has obligated to say it anyway.

"First thing, hearing and smelling normally develops as a hanyo ages, but because your circumstances are… different, the process may have to be altered just slightly. One thing you have to know, is once you smell something or someone you cannot forget it, the scent will always be familiar to you. A scent becomes more familiar and easier to understand the more time your around it. Over time you'll be able to recognize details in scents you're around a lot, and later just certain things you'll notice the same in all scents but at the same time are unique to the person. Like happiness, sadness, anger, fear, and other things like that. It's hard to explain. I don't think you really need my help, I'm confidant that you will be able to learn all of it on your own" Inu Yasha finished explaining and began to walk away from Kagome.

"wait, where are you going?" Kagome shouted.

"You first test" Inu Yasha said slyly.

"Wait!" Kagome yelled again but he disappeared from sight into the trees. Without thinking she focused on the area around her, listening to his movements, he was being extremely quiet and she couldn't track him by sound alone. Kagome ran in the direction he had gone, there were so many scents in the air, focusing she picked out his scent, concentrating on it she ran in the direction it went. The closer she got the stronger it was. Finally she found him sitting in a tree. She jumped up onto the branch and sat across from him.

"What test" Kagome asked annoyed. Inu Yasha couldn't help but laugh.

"The one you just passed" he forced out between laughing. Kagome just looked at Inu Yasha, half way between comprehension and confusion.

"You either used scent, hearing, or both to figure out where I was, you used your sped to catch up with me, and your strength to jump into the tree" Inu Yasha managed to say without laughing.

"Oh" Kagome said surprised, then she smacked him out of the tree.

"And that's me using my strength for you teasing me" Kagome shouted down at Inu Yasha. Inu Yasha just blinked up at Kagome in shock, then muttered damn woman, forgetting that Kagome could hear him perfectly. In a flash Kagome vanished from the tree, before Inu Yasha could react Kagome had jumped onto his stomach.

"I don't think you need training" Inu Yasha grunted out. Kagome laughed and smiled leaning over and kissed him. When the kiss was finished Inu Yasha said,

"You straddling me and kissing me at the same time is very evil."

Kagome laughed again and jumped off Inu Yasha.

"Wait where are you going" Inu Yasha asked startled.

"Catch me if you can" Kagome shouted as she ran towards the village. Inu Yasha smiled and ran after Kagome.