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The Lucky Ones
By : isilwath
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The Lucky Ones
By Terri Botta

Disclaimer: I don�t own
Inuyasha. Sole copyright belongs to Viz and Rumiko Takashi. I�m poor so don�t
sue.

Rating: R for later chapters.
Pairing: Inuyasha/Kagome,
Miroku/Sango
Summary: Sometimes Fate hands
you a gift you never thought you�d ever get, and it�s up to you to accept it
for what it is.
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Website: http://www.wordsmiths.net/Botta

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Chapter Thirteen

Kagome and
her mother went to a department store first. There Kagome bought three nursing
bras from the maternity section, ignoring the shocked and concerned looks on
the faces of the saleswomen when she opted to wear one out of the store thus
proving that she was the baby�s mother and not the older, more proper, woman
with her. The bras were a far sight different from her usual lacy underwires, but she needed the extra support. It didn�t
help that her mother told her that her breasts would probably not shrink much
even after she stopped making milk. Ordinarily a girl would be happy to
increase her bust size, but in this case Kagome hoped they would get at least a
little smaller because they were heavy and threw her balance off.

Yukio
stayed quiet and only seemed to get fussy when they got close to the perfume
and cosmetic department so she avoided it and went directly to infants-wear.
There she picked out two types of diapers: a pack of the disposable kind and a
pack of the new cloth diapers that were supposed to be as good as disposables.
She didn�t want to bring disposable diapers to the
Feudal Era because she knew how polluting they were. She also got a diaper bag
with lots storage pockets for everything a baby needed.

Her mother
pointed out a number of cradles and cribs but she refused them all. She did let
her mother buy a car seat that doubled as a bassinet, however, for times when
she would have to take Yukio in a car. The item was too big for them to carry
so they arranged to have it delivered. She also bought two new baby blankets, a
teething ring, and a couple of bibs.

Their next
stop was a store that specialized in baby and infant clothing and needs. There
she stocked up on new clothes for Yukio, picking out a couple of one-pieces and
some shirt and pant sets, and socks for his little feet. Then she came across a
red t-shirt with a black and white dog head on it that said �BIG DOG� in
English, and she just had to have it. She bought it and put it on him while
they were still in the store. It was way too big for him, but she knew he�d
grow into it soon enough.

Everywhere
they went people stared and ogled at her and Yukio. Women constantly wanted to
�see the baby,� cooing at him and marveling at his silver hair and golden eyes.
He didn�t seem to mind being stared at and talked to, although he was getting a
little cranky from being constantly jostled and woken up. There was one
particularly obnoxious woman with too much perfume and jewelry whom Yukio
growled at when she started saying what a cute baby he was and �coo-chee-coo-chee-coo.� His little growl was so cute that
Kagome wasn�t able to stop him before it was too late. The woman, heedless of
the hanyou pup�s warning, touched him and scratched him under his chin so he
bit her. The woman gasped as she snatched her hand back and stared at Kagome
who winced and let out a string of �gomen-nasai�s and
�bad baby! we don�t bite!�s even though she was secretly proud of him for
defending himself. The woman sniffed haughtily at her and stormed off. Kagome
wasn�t sorry to see her go.

By the time
they had finished at the baby store, it was approaching noon and both Yukio and her breasts were telling her it
was time to find a quiet place to nurse him. There was a park with a playground
and a picnic area with trees not far from where they were, so she headed for
that. They passed an obento shop on the way and her
mother bought two for their lunch.

Once in the
park, Kagome chose a spot a good distance away from the playground and tables,
sequestered in a tiny copse of four trees and sat down with her back against
the trunk of one as her mother sat next to her. She pulled Inuyasha�s haori
from the strap of the baby sling and draped it over her shoulders. Yukio,
showing his intelligence and development again, saw the red fabric, knew what
it meant and began to get excited. She laughed softly and tickled his belly as
she took off her jacket, opened her shirt and drew down the nursing flap on the
new bra. Then she took him out of his blanket and brought him to her breast. He
began to feed immediately, making little happy burbles as he sucked, and she
cradled him with one arm as she ate her own lunch.

�It�s a
beautiful day,� her mother sighed.

Kagome
looked at the blue sky and sunshine, and had to agree, although she also had to
agree with Inuyasha that modern day Tokyo
was horribly noisy and smelly compared to the sweet breezes and soft forest
sounds of the Sengoku Jidai.

�Inuyasha� he looked so forlorn and
sad when we left him behind this morning.�

�Kagome��
her mother began and she knew the time of �The Talk� had come. She turned her
head to look at her mom, waiting for her to continue.

�I�m sorry
about yesterday.�

�You should
have trusted me. I wouldn�t lie to you about something like that,� she
answered.

�I know,
and you�re right, I should have. I have no excuse for why I behaved the way I
did.�

Kagome
looked at Yukio, thinking about how she would feel if she believed her baby was
in danger. �You were trying to protect me. I understand.�

'> �Do you?�

She nodded.
�Yes, I do, but� But this is my life, Mama, and I have to make these choices.�

�I know
that, but do you really understand the choices you are making, Kagome? You�re
not even seventeen.�
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�I know I�m
young, but back in the Feudal Era I�d have been married off the moment I had my
first period.�

�And had
your first child by the age of fifteen, no doubt,� her mother agreed. �But you
can�t compare this time and that one. Don�t you know what you are doing to your
future?�

�I have no
idea what my future is, Mama. I�m different. I live two lives. One here and one there. I can�t just walk away from that.�

�I�m not
asking you to. I just want you to think about the consequences,� her mother
argued.

�Like what?
Like the pitying looks I got when those saleswomen found out Yukio was mine and
not my baby brother? Or the trouble I�m going to have tomorrow and the next few
days when I have to go to school, but somehow have to find a way to feed him?
Not to mention how much trouble I�d b if if someone at school found out I was
nursing a baby. Do you think any of them would believe I�m still a virgin?
They�d all look at me like that doctor did yesterday. And that�s just here. How
about the prejudiced people in the Feudal Era who hate hanyous and want to kill
Yukio, and Inuyasha, and me? What about the youkai who hate hanyous? They�ll
try to kill us too,� she replied, switching Yukio to the next nipple.

She found
she liked the new bra. It hid her fairly well so she didn�t bother to cover
herself up with Inuyasha�s haori. Besides, where they were was quite secluded
by Tokyo standards and there was no
one nearby.

Her mother
shook her head. �So much danger and violence. Kagome,
how can you stand it?�

Kagome
shrugged. �I just do. And I�m not alone. I have my friends, and Inuyasha.
Inuyasha protects me.�

�Inuyasha
is in love with you.�

�I know,�
she answered simply. Even though he�d never said it, she still knew.

�You know
what he wants from you.�

She shook
her head. �No I don�t. I don�t know. I don�t even think he knows. Right now
he�s saying we�ll stay together and raise Yukio. But he made a promise to
Kikyou and she intends to make him keep it. I don�t know what he is going to do
when he remembers that.�

�This
Kikyou, she�s��

�The undead
miko Urasue resurrected. The one whose soul I have�
or had. I�m not sure anymore. She�s also Inuyasha�s first love. Fifty years ago
Naraku tricked them into betraying each other and he blames himself for it,�
she explained, but she knew she�d already told her mother all of this so there
was no need to go into any detail.

�She�s also
the one you saved?�

Kagome
nodded. �Yeah.� She looked down at Yukio who looked up
at her with shining golden eyes as he nursed contentedly, his hat had fallen
off revealing his puppy ears which she rubbed lovingly before putting the hat
back on. �I don�t know what she is going to do when she finds out about Yukio.�

�What do
you think she will do?�

�I�m not
sure. I mean� it would look like I took her life even more wouldn�t it? She was
supposed to be with Inuyasha and live her life with him, but then Naraku
tricked them and well� Now I think she sees me as the interloper who took her
man,� she sighed. �Actually, she�s all but said that to me on a number of
occasions.�

�But if I
remember what you told me of this story, Kikyou wanted Inuyasha to become
human.�

�Yes. She
wanted him to use the Shikon no Tama to become human so they could live their
lives together,� she confirmed with a sad nod.

�But
Inuyasha isn�t human. Inuyasha is a half-demon,� Mama pointed out.

�Yes, but
the Shikon no Tama would have made him human if he�d wished on it.�

Kagome saw
a pensive look come to her mother�s face.

�Why did
Kikyou want Inuyasha to become human?�

�So they
could be together.�

�Why
couldn�t they be together with him as he was?�

�Because she
was a miko and he�s a hanyou, and hanyous are impure because they have demon
blood.�

�I see� So�
you�re telling me that the boy who would die for you and frets over you and
takes care of you and loves you with everything he has is impure and unworthy of
a miko�s love? And you�re telling me that this
innocent, helpless baby suffers the same impurity?� Mama commented.

Kagome
frowned. �Sick, isn�t it.�

�It�s more
than sick, Kagome. It�s pathetically sad.�

�I know.�

�Kikyou
didn�t love Inuyasha. She couldn�t have if she wanted him to change like that
for her; if she thought he was impure.�

�I know,�
she whispered back, lifting Yukio to her shoulder to burp him because he was
finished, and putting her clothing back in order.

She checked
his diaper and changed him, using one of the new disposables, while Mama
watched quietly. Then she let him stay on the blanket, looking up at her from
his position on his back. He reached for her so she gave him a finger to hold
and he grasped it with both hands.

�What are
you going to do, Kagome?� her mother finally asked.

�I don�t
know. Live, I guess. I�ll just take it one day at a time, Mama, and do the best
I can. It�s really all I can do. I don�t think further ahead than the next
shard or the next test. Speaking of tests� we should get back. I have to study
and it�s getting late. If we�re not back by one Inuyasha will come tracking us.�

Mama
giggled. �I know he will.�

Kagome took
off Inuyasha�s haori and folded it back up as she put her jacket back on. Then
she picked Yukio up, gave him a kiss and a snuggle
before wrapping him in his blanket and putting him in his sling. Standing, she
slipped the strap over her head and under her arm so he was against her body,
safe and secure, and looked at her mother.

Mama stood
as well, gathered the empty bento boxes and their shopping bags, and together
they walked towards home.

�Do you
forgive me?� Mama asked suddenly, as she put the empty lunch boxes into the
public trash can.

�Yes,�
Kagome answered.

�Thank you.�

�You�re my
mother. You didn�t mean to hurt me. You were scared and thought you were doing
the right thing. Just� just don�t do it again, okay?�

Her mother
smiled at her. �I won�t. I�ll make new mistakes instead of repeating old ones.
And so will you.�

�I know,
and I�ll come running to you when I mess up with him and don�t know what to
do.�

Mama
laughed softly. �I�ll buy you your own sake when you�re twenty.�

�Why
twenty?�

�Because
then you�ll be of age.�

�Heh, there�s no drinking age in the Sengoku Jidai,� she
pointed out teasingly.

�Then you
can get your own sake there.�

Kagome
giggled and felt her heart get lighter. Things between her and her mother would
be okay. They walked together, teasing and laughing, all the way back to the shrine.

Inuyasha
was waiting for them at the top of the shrine steps when they returned, his
arms crossed and his face irritated.

�You�re
late.�

She looked
at her watch and saw that it read 1:03.
�By 3 minutes.�

�Feh! It was a good thing I could smell you, otherwise I
would have come hunting.�

She gave
him a fond look and a pat. �Did you eat lunch?�

�I made
ramen.�

�Is
Jii-chan back yet?� Mama asked as they crossed the shrine grounds.

�No, not yet.�

�So you
were alone all morning?� the older woman questioned, her voice slightly
apologetic.

�Keh! Like I care,� he snapped back a little too quickly.

Kagome,
reading his mood and knowing that he did care about being left all by
himself, rubbed his back as they walked. He didn�t acknowledge her gesture, but
he did lean back a little, into her touch, and she smiled to herself.

�You were lonely, weren�t you,
Inuyasha?�

Together they entered the house and went into the kitchen.

�You ate
SIX cups of ramen?!� Kagome squeaked, seeing the empty containers in trash.

�What? I
was hungry!�

Mama just
laughed and shook her head, putting the shopping bags down on the table.

�Has a
delivery boy arrived yet?� she asked.

�Huh?�
Inuyasha answered.

�We had
some things sent here while we were shopping. Have they arrived?�

Inuyasha
shrugged. �No one�s come yet. There were some people
who came to visit the shrine, but I left them alone and they went away.�

Mama nodded
that she understood.

�I�m sure
he�ll arrive later this afternoon then.�

�How was
the pup?� Inuyasha asked, focusing on the sleeping bundle in the sling, nose
sniffing to reassure himself that the pup�s scent was
normal.

Kagome
giggled. �He was fine, but you�re not going to believe what he.�growl at her. I heard this little �gggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr�
coming from him and at first I didn�t realize that he was warning her off.�

�Heh, good for him. She probably stank.�

Kagome
crinkled her nose in recollection. �She did smell strongly, and I know he
didn�t like it when we got close to the perfumes in the store. But that�s not
all. She wouldn�t leave him alone, so when she touched him he bit
her!�

Inuyasha
chuckled and rubbed Yukio�s head, knocking off the hat again and waking him.

�That�s my
pup. You tell those stinking humans to leave you e, re, right?�

�Hey, I�m
a stinking human, y�know.�

He blinked
at her. �No you�re not. You don�t pour false scent on you.�

�I wear
perfume sometimes,� she reminded.

�Not a
lot.�

She could
see he was itching to hold Yukio so she took him out of his sling and handed
him over. It was time for her to study anyway. Inuyasha saw the hint of red
under the blanket and unwrapped him to see what it
was.

�Eh? What
is this?� he asked, seeing the red shirt with the dog on it.

Kagome
blushed. �Ummm, it�s a new shirt I bought him. Isn�t
it cute?�

Inuyasha
screwed up his nose and blinked. �It�s a got a dog on it.�

�I know. It�s
perfect.�

�What�s
this funny writing?�

�Ummm� that�s English.�

�English. You take tests in English,� he commented.

She nodded.
�Yes.�

�What�s it
say?�

She gulped.
�Umm� it says big dog.�

He raised
an eyebrow. �Big dog?�

�You don�t
think so?�

Yukio
burbled and yipped. Inuyasha gave a little growl back, bringing the baby up to
his face.

�I don�t
care what your funny kimono says, I�m the big dog around here, pup.
You�re just a little whelp. Got it?�

Yukio
grabbed his nose and squeezed, making Inuyasha yowl and pull his head away. He
growled at the baby, but the infant just laughed.

�Keh. Spoiled whelp,� he snorted, but tucked him close to
his shoulder.

Kagome just
giggled. �I think he gets more like you every day. You�re a bad influence.�

�What�s
that supposed to mean?� he complained.

�He�s
becoming rude, bad tempered and selfish,� she teased, making sure Inuyasha knew
she wasn�t serious by rubbing his ears.

�Feh. That�s why I�m Oyaji,� he
said, closing his eyes as she rubbed.

�Well, Oyaji, I have to study. Yukio�s all yours now,� she told
him stepping back and ignoring his sigh when she
stopped rubbing.

�Has he
been changed?�

She rolled
her eyes. �Yes. I changed him when I fed him at lunch.�

�Okay
then.�

�If you need
me, I�ll be upstairs in my room.�

He nodded.
�Okay.�

She gave
Yukio a little kiss and nuzzled Inuyasha�s chin, then left them in the kitchen
with her mother.

All was
quiet for hours. She sat at her desk, going over the material for the test the
next day and no one disturbed her. She took a break around 4 to change and feed
Yukio, then returned to her studies until her mother
called her down to dinner. She was memorizing some things for the test when
there was a knock on the door.

Thinking it
was her mom coming to tell her dinner was ready, she called back, �I�ll be
right down!�

There was
no answer, but her door opened and she turned to see Inuyasha standing in the
doorway holding Yukio. His face was worried.

�What is
it?� she asked, responding to his concern with her own.

�His
scent�s changed.�

She
blinked, trying to figure out the meaning of Inuyasha�s words. Then her eyes
opened wide.

�Oh no! Tonight�s��

�His human night. Yeah, I think so,� he replied.

She looked
at her calendar, the one she�d bought precisely because it had the moon phases
on it. �Tonight�s the full moon.�

Inuyasha
nodded. �At least we don�t share the same night.�

�That�s
good.�

�Yeah, but
he�s getting really fussy. I think he can feel the change coming and he doesn�t
understand.�

She got up
and came over to them, rubbing Yukio�s back and cooing to him. Inuyasha had him
against his shoulder and he was whimpering softly.

�Shhhhh, baby. Otou and Kaa-san are here. You�ll be alright.�

�He�ll
probably transform at sunset and be human until sunrise. His youkai scent
started to fade at dusk.�

�At least
we know when it happens now, and we�re here in my time so he�s safe,� she
noted, offering some comfort to the obviously worried adult hanyou.

�Yeah.�

�Inuyasha,
what�s wrong?� she asked. �Why are you so
concerned about this? What aren�t you telling me?�

He shook
his head. �Nothing. It�s just� He�s getting really
upset and I don�t think he�s going to settle down. It�s like he�s trying to
fight the change.�

�But he
can�t stop it.�

�I know. I
just don�t know how quiet he�ll be. He�ll interrupt your studying.�

�We�ll just
have to see, won�t we?�

�Yeah,� he
admitted with a sigh.

Just then,
Mama called them down to dinner and they went to eat. During dinner, full
sunset fell and Inuyasha was right. Yukio�s silver hair darkened to black, and
his eyes turned dark brown. His ears moved down to the sides of his head, and
his claws faded to human nails. And he began to cry. And cry. And cry. And cry.

�He�s scared
out of his wits,� Inuyasha explained when Yukio had been at it for almost two
hours. The adult hanyou was walking him, rocking him, and trying to let Kagome
study but her baby�s cries were too distracting. �He feels cut off. He can�t
smell. He can�t hear. He can�t see. His body feels completely different. He
doesn�t understand what�s happening to him and we can�t make it go away.�

He got
worse when Inuyasha took him out of Kagome�s sight, or rather when he took
Kagome out of Yukio�s sight.

�Kagome,
I�m sorry. I know you need to study but he won�t stop crying if he can�t see
you,� he said, coming back into her bedroom after trying to take him out.

�It�s okay,
really.�

�It�s not.
You have to study and he�s distracting you.�

�I�ll
survive.�

After a
while, he seemed to settle, or at least run out of steam, and Kagome found that
if he could tell she was close by, he was a little calmer.

�I wonder
if that�s because he lost his mother. He thinks I�ve gone away and won�t come
back,� she commented.

Inuyasha
nodded, sitting with Yukio on her bed, rocking him slightly. �When he has his
hanyou powers, he can smell you nearby and knows you�re around even if he can�t
see you. Without the nose, he thinks you�ve abandoned him.�

�Poor
little baby. Otou and Kaa-san won�t ever leave you,�
she assured him, nuzzling his little cheek and kissing him.

He sniffled
and reached for her so she took him into her arms. He worried at her neck and
gripped her shirt tightly in both fists, but appeared to be calming down. That
is, until Inuyasha went out of his sensing range to
use the bathroom. Then he started fussing again.

�See,
there�s Outo,� Kagome reassured him, turning Yukio so
he could see his father when he returned.

Upon seeing
Inuyasha, Yukio stopped whimpering, and just looked about with watery eyes.

�Heh, looks like he wants both of us,� Inuyasha said, coming
over and rubbing the baby�s head.

�So it
seems,� she agreed.

Finally,
they devised a plan using extra pillows for Kagome to study on the bed with
Yukio between her and Inuyasha. Assured that both his parents were there with
him, and worn out from all the crying, he eventually slipped into a restless
sleep and both Inuyasha and Kagome breathed sighs of relief.

�Is it that
bad for you?� she asked Inuyasha suddenly. �Being human?�

He looked
away, thinking, as if trying to find the words to describe what it was like.

�The worst
is the loss of scent,� he replied. �You humans can�t understand how important
it is to us. Smell tells us so much and when we don�t have it� it�s like being
blind. I remember when I was a little whelp. My mother was so protective of me
on the moonless nights, and I would cling to her because without my nose she
was harder to find. After she died, I remember being terrified without her;
vulnerable and helpless. I�d hide so no one would discover my secret. Mother
always told me to never let anyone know when my nose stopped working and my
hair and eyes turned black. Even after Sesshoumaru
came for me, I still hid on those nights.�

�Wait,
wait. Sesshoumaru came for you?�

Inuyasha
frowned at the bad memories but nodded. �Yeah. After
Mother died and Oyaji was killed. Myouga-jiji told
him I was orphaned and he came to do his duty as my older brother.�

A sneer
came to his face and she saw him clench a fist.

�How long
were you with him?� she asked, honored that he was sharing with her.

�Until I
could take care of and protect myself, which was as soon as I could get strong
enough. He hated me as much as I would come to hate him.�

�But you
didn�t hate him right away.�

He shook
his head. �No. The hate would come later. At first, I was just grateful for
someone to look after me. I was all alone and both my parents were dead. I
thought that he would teach me...� He paused for several moments before
continuing in a resigned voice, �My brother taught me many things. The first
was that I was a hanyou and less than the dirt he walked on. The second was how
to hate.�

Kagome took
his hand and held it tightly, trying to offer whatever comfort he would allow.
He squeezed her hand briefly then let it go.

�You should
study. Your test is tomorrow.�

�I know,
and I am. It�s just��

�It was a
long time ago. And I survived.� He looked down at Yukio sleeping between them.
�And this one won�t suffer like I did. He has us to take care of him.�

�Yes.�

�He�ll have
what I didn�t, and it�ll be okay. That�s good enough, isn�t it?�

She nodded,
tears forming in her eyes, but she blinked them away. �Yeah, it is.�

Giving his
hand another squeeze she returned to her books. She studied until she was too
tired to stay awake, then lay down with Yukio against
her chest. Inuyasha stayed on the bed, but remained sitting up and awake. He
kept vigil over them all night long.
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