InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Time Goes By; Life Goes On ❯ Can't Wait To Hold You In My Arms ( Chapter 3 )

Chapter Three: Can't Wait To Hold You In My Arms

Kagome watched as her family helped her prepare her spare room for the new arrival. It was the first time in weeks that she was smiling.

Souta and her grandfather put together the crib and changing table as well as the rocking chair her mother insisted she have. While her mom talked to the complex owner about painting the nursery. There were a few moments she wanted to cry because it was real. She was pregnant and the baby would be here in a matter of weeks.

This realization scared her. Now she would have to worry about someone other than herself and her self-pity. Though she would never admit it, she did pity herself. She always thought she and Inuyasha would be together forever, and now here she was alone.

However, those sad thoughts dissipated when her mom’s smiling face and soft voice invaded her mind.

“Kagome honey are you okay?” Her mom asked with worry in her voice.

“Um hm… Yeah mom I’m fine. I was just thinking about what colors I wanted in the nursery,” Kagome smiled weakly. She hated lying to her mom but she did not want her to worry about her, and yet she was worried about herself.

“I know you are scared, Kagome. But I know you can do this. You are a strong woman. Inuyasha would want you to be happy and raise his son to the best of your abilities. He would not want you moping around here scared and alone. Whether you want to believe it or not he is with you, in your heart and now your womb. Just give it time and things will be just fine,” Her mom smiled. She knew how her daughter felt. Being pregnant and alone was not a comforting thought.

Kagome's mind started to wander away again, but this time it was with the words her mom spoke.

‘I know she is right. I know I have to move on eventually and take care of my baby and myself. But how can I? How can I go on living with myself never knowing if Inuyasha was okay? Oh, Inuyasha if you can hear me I want you to know I love you, and I always will. Your son will be brought into this world knowing who you are and what you were about. I will never deny him his heritage NEVER, and he will be loved not by me alone but you too. He will know how bad you wanted a pup of your own and that you loved him whole heartedly.’

Kagome was brought out of her thoughts by the shrill ringing of the telephone, and before she could roll out of the chair, her mom answered.

*~

Inuyasha stayed ahead of his friends, though not out of sight. He took this time to be by himself. He just could not bring himself to look at his remaining friends. They were a constant reminder of his lost love.

Kagome was the reason they were together. She was the reason things were the way they were. She woke Inuyasha and befriended the kitsune, monk, and demon slayer. It was because of her they traveled together to defeat their foe Naraku. However, without her things were not the same, and he couldn’t help but pull away from their friendship.

He had a job to do and that was to get Kagome back into his arms. If that meant leaving the comfort of friends, he would. Though he knew, Kagome would sit him from here to eternity if he did. She had always told him that being alone was not healthy, and no matter what happened, they would always be there for him.

Miroku and Sango stayed back out of respect. They knew Inuyasha was hurting and they did not want to push him away to satisfy their own curiosity. They had been watching him with keen eyes the past few days and they could see his shoulders sagging a little more each day. The weight of losing Kagome was apparent and he was totally lost without her.

They had to find some information soon or they were scared Inuyasha would pull away all together.

“Inuyasha!” Miroku called loud enough for the hanyou to hear, “There is a village nearby I think we should stop and see if they have any useful information.”

Inuyasha huffed and jumped out of the tree and in a flash; he was directly in front of the monk, “Feh… I hope they have something worth hearing.” Inuyasha stormed off leaving Sango and Miroku scrambling to catch up.

Miroku watched as the villagers ran to the safety confines of their huts. They were intimidated by the hanyou and wanted nothing to do with him. ‘Damn this is not going to be easy.’

Before Miroku could think of anything to reassure the villagers, Sango already took action. That’s why he was falling for her every day, her soft voice and friendly personality could charm a snake demon in labor.

“Please, we mean you no harm. We are only here to see if you have seen anything strange these past few weeks,” Sango persuaded.

“No, not with that half demon with you,” A villager responded through their window.

“You mean Inuyasha? He want hurt you, he is our comrade, and he is assisting,” Miroku replied.

Slowly the villager opened the door eyeing the trio warily before stepping out into the warm sun.

They could see his uneasiness and decided it would be best to talk to him in the open. In front of God and everyone else.

“Thank you kind sir, like my friend here said we mean you know harm,” Miroku stated with a bow.

“Just because I came out doesn’t mean I trust you. We just want you out of our village, and it seems the only way to do that is to tell you what you want. What exactly is it you want?” The villager growled.

“Listen old man. We want to know if anything has come through here,” Inuyasha growled back. He was never one to take attitude lightly, and the sooner they got away from here the less chance of him slapping the old man.

“What do you mean anything? Many things come through here. You will have to be more specific.”

“Sir what my friend means is has anyone come through here that seemed strange. Evil perhaps,” Miroku interjected shooting a glare at Inuyasha.

“Well, nothing has happened here but I heard a village about two days away has had demons attacking them.” The villager whispered.

“Really? Did you hear what kind of demons?” Sango asked. Maybe this was the break they were looking for. She knew it had to be Naraku looking for the shards.

“No just that they were coming in droves,”

“Thank you my good sir,” Miroku bowed.

“Inuyasha it has to be Naraku. Let’s go check it out.” Sango ordered. They had to get Kagome back.

Inuyasha growled low in his throat before taking off again.

“Miroku, we have to hurry. I fear Inuyasha's time with us is coming to an end. If we don’t get her back here soon he will leave us.”

“I know, Sango. I know. Kirara let’s go.” Miroku said jumping on to the neko’s back.

*~

“Kagome,” Her mom called, “that was the complex they said you can paint the room. Have you figured out what colors you want in there yet?”

“Yeah I was thinking blue and yellow. What do you think?” Kagome asked, she didn’t want to do the room too girlish but she did want soft peaceful colors.

“I think that will be perfect. Why don’t we go to the paint store and see what they have, and when we get back we will put the boys to work painting.”

Kagome laughed when she heard the boys grumble about more work.

“Oh c’mon it shouldn’t take that long, besides Kagome can’t paint because it could be harmful to the baby. We will be back shortly so take a break now and get lunch.” Kagome's mother stated pulling her not so eager daughter out of the apartment.

Kagome's back started hurting after walking the store umpteen thousand times looking for the perfect color scheme. All she wanted to do was go home and take a nice hot relaxing bath. The strain of her emotions and physical limitations were starting to take a toll on her.

After a few more laps, they finally found the perfect scheme of frost wind and sea rover. After all this time Kagome decided to do two different shades of blue that reminded her of the sky back in the feudal era. It was a sky she could never quit looking at, so clear, and blue. With many happy memories to boot.

‘Just something to never let me forget.’

The only other thing could keep her tied to the other side of the well besides her baby was the sky. No matter what happened she knew Inuyasha was looking at the same sky.