InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Trucker ❯ Epilogue

Inuyasha steadily recovered from his injuries and was back to normal in about three months. His leg still had some nerve damage to it, but he could walk without a limp. The only thing he couldn't do was feel anything done to it in certain places. This definitely caused a few problems during the bachelor party, or so I've heard...

 

 

Speaking of, the wedding came up just six months after Inuyasha's accident. The wedding was carefully plotted by Sango and I, and the honeymoon was Inuyasha's complete and total secret; the only other person who knew about it was Souta, and the only thing he had said to me was that I was definitely going to enjoy it.

 

 

The wedding went by without a hitch, as did both the bachelor and bachelorette party. The honeymoon was almost like the song. We went to Kokomo, and as the song says `we'll get there fast and then we'll take it slow,' and that was exactly what they did. We were in Kokomo for almost three months.

 

 

When we returned, we found that our whole `no-contact-with-friends-this-is-our-time' thing had gone a little far. We found Sango with an engagement ring and with a grin on her face. The lecherous online-certified monk had won her over, somehow. Inuyasha was betting it had something to do with alcohol or a bet. She still hit him whenever he tried to grope her, so we knew it wasn't some sort of odd control thing.

 

 

As for Koga, he found love in someone on the street corner with a miniskirt and far too much make up. She became his favorite, though he would later find out that she was an ex-girlfriend of Inuyasha's and decide that it was her time to go. Literally. He got seventy years in jail for first-degree murder, which made Inuyasha and I very happy to find out about.

 

 

Sesshomaru continued leading his father's gang until he was brought down by the police with a little help from Inuyasha. Sesshomaru was then charged with sixteen accounts of first-degree murder, thirty-seven accounts of second-degree murder, four accounts of manslaughter, several hundred accounts of disturbing the peace, and had to pay a hefty fine for graffiti. In the end, Sesshomaru got out of it via very good connections, but was placed under very strict, subtle surveillance after three years' worth of house arrest.

 

 

As for Sesshomaru's adoptive daughter, Rin, she was taken in by Inuyasha and I and was definitely a help around the house. Yes, house. Inuyasha and I were finally able to afford a house after Inuyasha got a different job; away from the trucking business. Now, he was a partial owner of a restaurant, and worked as an executive producer at a movie company, and was paid rather well for his 9-4 job.

 

 

Inuyasha gave his full attention to finding out who had tried to assassinate him for about two weeks. After I figured it was going to become a full-blown obsession, I quickly told him to either drop the subject or he gets no sex for a year. Dog demons, being like any normal creatures, like sex. Inuyasha dropped the subject the very next day.

 

 

I still hadn't given up on my dream to become a singer, and eventually made it to Kyoto, where they let me sing at their baseball games. Inuyasha was so proud of me, and to tell the truth, I was so ecstatic that I almost passed out. As for a record deal, I hadn't gotten that far yet.

 

 

Inuyasha quit being a trucker and decided to actually go to college and learn to be a lawyer. Maybe he'd be `discovered' while he was in college and he might be able to get a record deal for him and me. The only thing that didn't really sit well with him about college was that he'd have to be away from his precious Kagome.

 

 

When he told me that, I just shook my head and laughed. I held up my own enrollment card. We were moving into the dormitories very soon. Our college life, filled with parties, homework, and large doses of studying, went by surprisingly fast. At graduation, I had cried and hugged all of our new friends, promising I'd visit and promising I'd call. Sango had somehow managed to get a picture of me on Inuyasha's shoulders, grinning my ass off that it was finally over.

 

 

Inuyasha found a well-paying job as a lawyer at a law firm in Tokyo. It was hard leaving Sango and Miroku (and their baby girl), but we made it in Tokyo all right. I jumped at every band opportunity, and somehow missed. Grumbling, I went to the last try out I could find in Tokyo.

 

 

Two weeks later, I got a letter from Tokyopop Records. I became a superstar almost overnight with mine and Inuyasha's songs, and I had refused to let anyone else but Inuyasha become my lead guitarist, and refused anyone but Shippo as a drummer, and refused anyone but Miroku as bassist. In the end, we were the band called Emotional Understatement. We were a big hit.

 

 

 

 

One night after a concert, Kagome wasn't feeling so good. She furrowed her brow at her stomach, of who was making rather odd noises. Feeling a familiarly icky sensation, she rushed out side and bent over the railing, making sure no one was under her but a dumpster and let loose. She emptied her stomach convulsively, trembling and holding her hair out of the way.

 

 

Kagome wiped her mouth on the hankie she usually kept in her pocket and leant against the wall. Inuyasha came out the door and sniffed before scrunching his nose and pinching it. He sat next to her and nudged her with his shoulder. “We've got autographs to sign.” he said with a smirk. Kagome gave him a dry look and tried to swallow. She grimaced. Her mouth tasted like something had shat in it.

 

 

“I feel like shit, Yash.” Kagome muttered.

 

 

“Go back to the bus. I'll cover for you.” Kagome nodded, biting back a bit of bile that rose in her throat and walking toward the bus slowly.

 

 

“What's wrong with me...?” she pondered aloud. At the bus, Kagome vomited another three times before Inuyasha showed up. He rubbed her back and hugged her gently with care that she hadnt seen since she had gotten pneumonia about a year ago.

 

 

Kagome didn't get much sleep that night, but she instead found herself being driven to the doctor the next day by an anxiously worried Inuyasha. Inuyasha was irritated at having to wait in the waiting room, but had agreed when she pouted at him. Kagome smirks even now, at the fact that he can't resist her pout.

 

 

The doctor came back in, a smile resting gracefully upon her lips. “Well, Kagome, it seems that no, you're not coming down with the flu; you're pregnant.” Kagome froze, her eyes slightly wider than they had been. Her head extended a little forward and she blinked several times.

 

 

“But... I've been using the pill.” her brow furrowed in thought.

 

 

Dr. Hinaka smiled some. “After a while, the pill's effects may begin to dwindle. Your immune system becomes accustomed to the drug, and the effects wear off. How long had you been using it?”

 

 

Kagome thought. “Umm... four years.” she replied.

 

 

The doctor looked somewhat surprised. “Ah, that would be your problem. I'm astonished that it didn't wear off sooner.”

 

 

Kagome knew that she should've been happy, but she was probably just in shock. Inuyasha and Kagome hadn't even been trying to have a child yet. He had been patient with her. Kagome blinked again, looking rather surprised. “Well... I guess I'll start thinking of names. Do you know how far along I am?”

 

 

Scanning the page on her clipboard, the woman nodded. “You're just about to hit your second trimester. You're just under four months.”

 

 

“No wonder I've been gaining a bit of weight...” Kagome whispered, looking down at the floor. She wasn't sure how she'd tell Inuyasha... “I'm surprised Inuyasha didn't know, though.”

 

 

“He may have passed it off as something else in the room.” the doctor shrugged.

 

 

Frowning, Kagome shook my head. “Iie, we're alone in the room often, and he's been around my friend with three children a lot. I think he'd know.” She looked up at the doctor innocently. “He'd probably know the scent.”

 

 

“The baby's scent doesn't change from yours until you hit the second trimester, Kagome. He wouldn't have noticed it, and if he did, a baby's scent smells a lot like water before they're born.”

 

 

“That would explain it.” Kagome said, nodding her head. “Thanks, Doc.” She stood off of the examination table and formed a plan on how to tell Inuyasha.

 

 

 

 

“What was it Kagome? I can tell when you're lying.” growled Inuyasha from the driver's seat.

 

 

“It's nothing life-threatening. She said it would pass in a few months.” replied Kagome.

 

 

“A few months?!” cried Inuyasha. “That's a friggen long time!”

 

 

“Eyes on the road! You almost hit her!” Kagome reprimanded. “And, I think it'll be worth it.”

 

 

Inuyasha's look spaced out and he thought. `She's been throwing up almost constantly, her scent is slightly different, and she's been gaining weight. `It would pass in a few months' she says. `I think it'll be worth it' she says. I don't like the idea...Maybe she's throwing up because of me, and the scent is so familiar... hatred?'

 

 

Grumbling, Inuyasha didn't reply. He was thinking. She wasn't thinking of a divorce, was she? His eyes turned worried and he glanced over at his wife as he pulled into their driveway. The doors were still locked as he turned off the ignition and he didn't give Kagome a chance to get out of the car before he slipped his arms around her and put his chin on her shoulder.

 

 

Kagome turned so she could see the worry in his eyes. “I told you, Inuyasha, it's nothing serious.”

 

 

“It's not that.” he said, looking down. “I just don't wanna lose you.”

 

 

“I told you it's not life-threatening.” she said, sending a pondering look into his eyes.

 

 

“Not like that.” he looked back up into her eyes. “You know I love you, right? Even if I don't act like it sometimes?”

 

 

The girl turned in her seat so fast that it shocked Inuyasha. “Inuyasha, I know you love me. I love you too.” she planted a kiss on his cheek. “What do you think is going on with my body?”

 

 

Sitting back, he rubbed the back of his neck. “It was more in your mind.”

 

 

Kagome blinked and it dawned on her, using Inuyasha's train of thought. She had been a little flaky toward Inuyasha lately, and now she had said something would `pass in a few months' and that she thought it would be `worth it.'

 

 

“Inuyasha, I'm not thinking of divorcing you if that's what you're thinking.” she said, putting her hand over his.

 

 

“Then what the fuck is going on?” he growled, crossing his arms.

 

 

Giggling some, Kagome put her face close to his cute ears atop his head. “I'm pregnant.” she held up the card in front of his face. His eyes widened as he scanned the pregnancy test paper. He blinked before getting out of the car silently, going over to her side, pulling her out gently and swinging her around. He then hugged her tightly to him, afraid to let go.

 

 

Kagome laughed lightly and hugged him around the middle. “So, you stopped taking the pill?” he asked. Kagome blanched. She hadnt thought of this aspect; this had been an unintended pregnancy.

 

 

Shaking her head lightly, she looked up at his smiling face. “The effects wear off after a while.” she said, looking to the ground.

 

 

Inuyasha was silent for a moment before trying to turn her face to his with a clawed finger. She refused to look at him. “Kagome, look at me.” he directed, pulling her face gently to look into his confused on with his entire hand. “Do you want this baby or not?” he asked seriously, his face having lost the earlier smile.

 

 

The girl's eyes lowered some as she thought. `Do I? I have such a feeling of love toward Inuyasha, and we're both pretty well off... He's been waiting for so long; I think he deserves this baby. But do I want it?' Kagome blinked before looking up into Inuyasha's hard face but confused eyes. No matter how hard he tried, she could always read his eyes. “Hai, Inuyasha, I do want this baby.”

 

 

“Are you sure?” he rushed, “Because I can still wait; you can let it go if you want to or I could...” she cut him off by placing a silencing kiss on his lips.

 

 

“I'm sure.” she replied, pulling away slightly and smiling. She positioned her hands in her lap, fumbling with her fingers. Her gaze dropped to her hands before looking back up to her husband's face. “I love you so much Inuyasha and you've been so patient. I guess it was time Kami told me I was ready.”

 

 

Smiling fondly, Inuyasha hugged her tightly. “Aishiteru, koibito.”

 

 

“Aishiteru, Inuyasha.”

 

 

 

 

END

 

 

Yeah, yeah, I know, there just HAS to be a sequel, right? Naturally. It'll be called Traveling Soldier, and should be out sooner or later...I'm gonna let Trucker sit for a while and gather reviews... Just remember to review, review, review on this one. Thanks for reading, and now here are all the reviewers!

 

 

Ks-Starshine*, XxDemonic-PrincessxX, Derryl, Drake Clawfang, inulova4lyfe*, whitetiger-isabella*, DrknsIzEvrythng, sadako sasaki, nyehaan, #1 LoLa RaY FaN, MM, MM_Mingler, InuKaigo, yashagurl, mikkey hodge*, Hermione10148*, ChibiKenshin6490*, Silver-moon-shadow-dragon, greEnagEls, Dancersdream, krazifull2748, cyberdemon, CuteMikoGirl, Ashley, maryallymoo, kewl_gurl_175, allin656, Kagome M.K, Geminia*, Youkai Koinu, P1nk R0se, gopher-guts7, rb8, Kasha-TheInuFreak*

 

 

Everyone with a star reviewed more than once, and special thanks to Ks-Starshine, and Geminia. Instead of giving mindless “Update soon, I really like your story” reviews, I actually got fair criticism and good encouragement from these two. Thanks a bunch!

 

 

btw: Ks-Starshine: Your last review totally made my day. I had had a very bad day, and came home to find that on my compie. ^^ Thanks so much.

 

 

<< Thanks to every single reviewer too, good or bad reviews.