InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Voices at Midnight ❯ Moving On ( Chapter 15 )

~*Voices at Midnight*~

Meamiko

You wanna see a disclaimer? Go to the first chapter and leave me the hell alone!

Thanks to everyone who's been reviewing! We hit 300! Thank you sooo much! I love you all!

Special Thanks to Crash for beta-ing for me! Go check out her stories (That's Just Wrong & The Job) they're awesome!

* * *

Last Chapter: "You'd accept hanyou children?" She asked seriously.

"I accept anything that comes from you." She sighed happily and kissed him.

"Thank you." She said quietly as she flung her arms around his neck, hugging him. Nobody noticed that Kikyou had turned away and was gone. She'd face them later. First, there were some things she needed to take care of.

~*~

Chapter Fifteen: Moving On…

Kagome sighed and rolled over again. She was hungry, Sesshoumaru was nowhere to be found and she was under strict orders: she was not allowed to leave the room, or so Sesshoumaru commanded. She wondered idly if she could sneak down to the kitchen without him knowing and the more she thought about it the better it sounded.

Finally she decided to risk it and pulled the covers off of her, swinging her legs over the side of the bed and wincing slightly at the feel of the cold floor under her feet. If she's gonna live here from now on, she thought offhandedly, she'd have to do something about that. Put a rug there or something.

She made it safely down to the kitchen and started rummaging through the foods on the counters. While she looked she grabbed a flask of strawberry juice and sipped it. When she located something edible, she sat down at the counter and began nibbling, oblivious to the nearing footsteps.

"Kagome, what in the seven hells are you doing?" Kagome gave a bit of an eep and slowly turned around, her eyes wide with the attempt to look innocent. Sesshoumaru didn't buy it. He frowned as he stalked toward her. "I told you to stay in our room. What part of that didn't you understand?"

Kagome frowned. "I was hungry. I'm eating for three now, ya know." Sesshoumaru blinked and opened his mouth to say something, but closed it and frowned yet again. She was being ornery again.

"I could have brought you something." He said finally.

"You weren't in the room." She countered with a ghost of a smirk.

"You could have waited."

"I'm hungry now. I didn't want to wait." Sesshoumaru paused at the amusement in her eyes, but he wouldn't back down.

"I told you to stay in bed." He said sternly. Kagome gave a nonchalant shrug.

"You tell me to do a lot of things, do I ever listen?" This time she couldn't suppress the smirk as Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed. She started walking past him, toward their room. "Honestly, I don't know why you bother anymore." Pausing in the doorway, she smiled slyly at him. "Perhaps from now on, you should ask if you want me to do something. And say please." She giggled when he suddenly rushed toward her, picking her up and smiling down at her.

"There are some things, my mate, that I shouldn't have to ask for." He said with his own sly smile as he carried her toward their room. Kagome couldn't contain her mirthful laugh as it trickled from her lips before Sesshoumaru caught them with a searing kiss.

~*~

Kikyou winced slightly as she washed the blood from her hands. She regretted that she killed the youkai that had kept her living during her…half-life. The Shinigami gave her souls to live off of, keeping her from returning to the underworld, from finishing her destiny. She really had no idea that Midoriko-sama would grant her life back to her. A part of her had hoped she wouldn't. That she would just finally rest.

As she turned toward the castle, she looked in the general direction with a wary eye. What would she do now? She returned the stolen souls and killed the keepers to free them. She couldn't go back to Inuyasha…could she? Would he take her back? Or did he love Kagome still?

Again she winced. No, she wouldn't go back to him. He was better off without her. Their love was lost. With that decided and her hands cleansed, she set off without looking back.

~*~

Later…

"Gods I'm freaking huge!" Kagome winced as she looked at herself in the mirror, showing her six-month bump. She turned to Sesshoumaru and smacked his arm with a half-hearted glare. "This is all your doing!"

"Kagome-sama!" Sora gave a sudden tinkling sound, a sound that was suspiciously like a laugh. Kagome turned to give a playful glare to Sora and Sango, who were now obviously laughing at the poor pregnant woman. Sesshoumaru suddenly whirled Kagome into his arms and leaned down whispering into her ear.

"It takes two to dance, my mate." He said in a low seductive voice, to which she responded with a pretty blush.

"Now, now," Kaede said as she walked into the room. "None of that you two. Besides you're supposed to…what is it you always say Kagome? `Get a room?'" Kagome blushed more as everyone smirked at her.

"Hey give me a break! I'm the poor pregnant woman here! You're supposed to feel bad for me and coo over me with `oo's and `ah's." She put her hands on her hips and gave her best pout.

Sango, Sora, and Kaede exchanged looks, which had the hairs on Kagome's neck stand up. Sesshoumaru took a step away from Kagome, then completely fled when the three women rushed toward the pregnant girl, cooing and exaggerating oos and ahs.

Kagome did her best to swat them away, but to no avail. She finally sighed and rolled her eyes at them. Soon after they settled down, a small voice came from the doorway.

"Kagome…" Shippou said hesitantly.

"Hai, Shippou-chan?" He walked into the room slowly, his eyes downcast.

"I was just wondering…I mean if you say no I understand, but…cuz I mean really I would understand it's just that-"

"Shippou, spit it out already!" She said with a slight smile.

"Will you be my mom?" Kagome blinked at the rushed words and took a minute to digest them. A moment later, Shippou raised his eyes to look up at Kagome and started when he saw tears in her eyes. She rushed forward suddenly, and scooped the kitsune in her arms.

"Shippou you never had to ask! You'll always be my pup." Shippou opened his mouth to say something, but Kagome's arms tightened around him painfully.

"Itai…Kagome?" Before he could say more, she cried out in pain, slumped forward, dropping him from her arms, and crumbled to the floor.

~*~

TBC…

Itai means ow O.o; for those of you who didn't know. Sorry it took so long to get this out…really…honestly I am sorry…Anyway thanks for sticking with me but there's still a few things I wanna cover before I end the story. *looks off into the distance* Look we're almost there! I can see the end from here! I dunno if that's a good thing or a bad thing O.o; anyway hope you like it!

Ja!

Meamiko *Napea*