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A Matter of Trust
By:
TuxedoUranus89/InitialA
Disclaimer: I don�t
own InuYasha� Several other things, but not him or the original characters,
sadly.
Author�s Note: Nope,
I�m not telling if the disclaimer has any hints or not. WARNING FOR LATER MANGA
SPOILERS. And I�m also giddily defending Ayumi, Yuka, and Eri as the Epic
Destroyers of Hopes and Dreams. Because they�re so much more fun to use that
way. And since I�m pretty sure if I make this AN obscenely long and make you
guys wait any longer, I�ll get sent an ungodly amount of pr0n or viruses as a
result�

�The baby�s coming.� Her words
echoed in his head, and he promptly forgot everything. He even forgot to
breathe for a minute or so before his lungs gently reminded him of the need to
inhale. He frantically tried to think of something to say, and spouted the
first thing that came to mind. �But I was going to make you dinner.� Kagome
looked at him with bewilderment. �What?� InuYasha
gulped, and mentally kicked himself. �I mean, uh� er� coming? As in like� now?
Right here?� She winced as she rocked up on her knees, and shook her head.
�Yes, it�s coming, but no, not right here. There�s still� aaaaah� still a few
hours�� She tried to stand, but was slipping on the fluids. He was there in a
flash, lifting her bridal-style. �What the fuck is on the floor?� She didn�t
look at him, and he remembered they were technically supposed to be fighting
right now; that is, she was fighting and he was just her whipping boy. �My
water broke, that�s how you know it�s time.�
He set her on the bed, and she
tried to figure out what they should do first, wondering if she should call her
mother yet or not, when he gripped her shoulders and made her look at him.
�Before either of us gets a day older, and more definitely before that pup
comes into this world, I�m going to tell you right now that I have never, not
will I ever, desert you for another woman. Nezumi, that wench you fired, was on
her last job with me. She said if she got fired again, she wouldn�t be able to
work again with her company, nor with several other ones; youkai are peculiar
about their maids, and ones with reputations of bad service aren�t desirable.
That�s why I kept her around for so long, whether she moved shit around or
not.� Kagome opened her mouth to reply, but her voice was stuck. She looked down,
shoulders slumping in defeat. �You�re so impossible to be mad at when you�re
being noble, you know that, right?� He raised an eyebrow at her. �What the fuck
gave you the idea I would do something like that in the first place? If
anything, I should be pissed because I�m being falsely accused of something!�
She looked guilty. �It� Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi�� She whispered shamefully.
He bit back a groan. Those wenches again. �Why would they
think that?� She still didn�t look at him, tracing the pattern on her dress
with a finger. �They asked how we were� and I said you were working a lot� All
they knew about you was that you were a �two-timing jerk� and you were a
�yuppie� now. They were babbling on about starter marriages, and I remembered
the maid and how you kept her on even thought you hated how she moved things�
It was a mob mentality� and it was set on �he�s done it before, he�ll do it
again�.� InuYasha let out a low growl of frustration. He rested his forehead on
hers, making her look at him again. �Kikyou died ages ago. You still think
after all this time, just because of her, I�d hurt you like that again?� He
asked softly. Her eyes were glassy. �They didn�t know. And� InuYasha, she only
died a year ago for me. It�s been five hundred years for you, but for me� Until
I found you, I had nightmares of her smirking, holding onto you in some fiery
pit in hell, and you wouldn�t come back with me. You wanted to be with her, not
me or�� Her hand drifted up to her panging stomach, and met his. Their fingers
intertwined and rested on the mound.
His thumb grazed over hers. �I love you, Kagome. You, and this pup, and
all the pups we�ll have later. Our grand-pups, and even our great-grand-pups.
Freaked out about it, yeah, but I�m not willing to give you up again. Not that
I was the first time.� He added hurriedly, and she laughed. �Now, can we put
this foolishness behind us? And can you stop listening to the stupid ideas your
friends babble on about?� She kissed him. �I�m sorry.� He sighed in relief.
�Thank God�� Kagome raised an eyebrow at him. �On second thought, maybe you
should grovel more.� InuYasha gave her a look of his own. �Fuck that, you
already submitted.� Kagome rolled her eyes and shoved at him. �And while we�re
discussing serious things, you need to stop swearing.� He spluttered for a
minute, trying to wrap his mind around the idea. �Wa� but� Why the hell should
I?!�
�Because, I don�t want the pup�s
first words to be any of your favorite seven words: shit, fuck, damn, pissed,
hell, asshole, or bitch! Or any variation of those words!� She fired back at
him. He smirked. �So what about c�� She pinched his lips together. �Not either
one of those words either. Yes, I know which two you were going to say. I�m
going to tell you right now, if this pup says one profane thing before it�s at
least in middle school, your ears are�aaah�� She cried out, doubling over,
trying to breathe normally. She gave a half-sigh, half-whimper when it was
over. InuYasha was nervous. �What was that?� She shook her head. �Another
contraction� We have time, though, it�s still a few hours before anything
serious happens�� He nodded, having a feeling of standing on the edge of a
cliff, not sure whether he should jump off or not. �Now what do we do?� She
took a deep breath. �We need to get my bag together, and call my mother, and
Shippou. When I called Rin about the baby names, she told me to let her know as
well, so those three. And� ah� well, I guess after that we just have to wait.� He sniffed at her and wrinkled his nose. She blushed. �And clean up a bit too, I think��
He volunteered to handle the phone calls, as she went to the bathroom and spread a towel over the mess she�d made. She smiled to herself as he listened to him talking in the other room, his voice growing more and more excited as he spoke. He didn�t notice as she moved carefully into the spare bedroom; all her things were still there, having no room in their bedroom for her clothes, and she heaved her suitcase from the closet, and began filling it with all the necessities. Still listening to her mate, she laughed outright when she heard Rin�s excited scream even in the other room, and InuYasha�s curses for her blowing out his eardrum. She winced only once, having to grip the dresser to steady herself. She was
zipping her suitcase closed when her mate entered the room, and wrapped his
arms around her from behind. He was nervous, but her scent soothed him; she had changed clothes, her dress was different, and she didn�t smell much like those fluids anymore. She also
smelled strongly of the pup, which, while soothing in the way that only pups
can be, didn�t help too much to ease his mind of the time to come. He
remembered Sango�s violent labors, when they�d had to keep anything and
everything movable out of her reach so she couldn�t beat someone with it; her
preferred target had been her husband, who had defied the usual traditions of
old and stayed near his wife for most of the labor, all eight times. The first
time, he�d stayed the whole time, but after nearly having his fingers broken,
in addition to a few other vital body parts, he�d opted to wait outside with
InuYasha and Shippou at the end during the other seven. �You�re not going to
hurt me, are you?� He asked her suddenly.
Kagome made a questioning noise, leaning
back into his comforting arms. He briefly explained his thoughts of Sango and
Miroku�s childbearing incidences, and she laughed until she cried. She was
still giggling and catching her breath, letting him hold her mostly upright,
when she answered. �No, I promise I won�t. Besides, I don�t think I could
really hurt you.� Her hold on his arms tightened as she rode out another
contraction, and he nuzzled the top of her head soothingly, holding her close.
When her hold loosened, she sounded wry. �Don�t tell me this turns you on�� She
looked back at him, and he looked questioningly at her. Her hand reached back
and patted the small box he�d forgotten he�d put in his pocket. She knew
immediately when she hit it that it wasn�t what she�d originally thought it
was. Her heart pounded when he let go of her, and stepped back. Turning to look
at him, her heart pounded harder, somewhere in her throat now, when she saw he
was on one knee in front of her. �I was going to do this with some sort of
ceremony to it tonight� I was going to make you all your favorite foods, and
then this�� He pulled the box out of his pocket, and opened it. Her breath
caught in her throat; apparently he thought gold and diamonds suited her, as
the ring matched the jewelry she already had. The band was simple gold, with
several smaller diamonds inset on the sides, and what looked to be at least a
carat-sized round-cut diamond perched on the top. �Kagome� will you� will you
marry me?�
It was so adorably clich�, but she
couldn�t help but start to cry. He panicked. �Dammit, I�m trying to be romantic
here, and you have to go and cry! Stop it!� She gently knelt before him,
tugging on a lock of his hair. �I�m crying because
you�re being romantic, stupid. Why go through this for me? We�re already married
by your terms.� He blushed. �Well� I thought� maybe you�d want to do it your
way too.� Kagome�s lip quivered, and she threw herself at him. �You�re the most
infuriating, wonderfully caring man I�ve ever met.� Blinking as he caught her,
he tilted her chin up to look at him. �So is that a yes?� She hit his knee
playfully. �It�s always been yes.� He kissed her softly. �I�ll put this on you
later, when you won�t have the urge to punch me with that hand.� Kagome raised
an eyebrow. �I told you, I wouldn�t!� He smirked. �After being nearby enough to
hear most of what went on in the birthing tent, I�m willing to bet you will.�
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Mama was wetting her brow with a
cool cloth. �It�s almost over, sweetheart. You�re doing great, it�s almost
over.� Kagome whimpered, wishing she hadn�t had a sudden surge of bravado and
refused the drugs. She felt like hell, and wanted to take it out on someone,
but Mama had sent him from the room for a while. Rin was outside with him,
soothing his frazzled nerves. Kagome had yelled at him something fierce when
he�d made some comment, and the poor thing was jittery and wary of his mate
now. �I�m so tired, Mama�� Her mother clucked her tongue, and offered her the
bowl of ice chips. �You can get all the sleep you want when you�re done, I
promise, it should be too much longer now.� The younger woman nodded, resting
her head back for a few moments.
Dr. Kiyomura breezed into the room.
�How are you doing, Kagome?� She asked calmly, finding a fresh pair of gloves.
�Well enough that I haven�t passed out yet. Is it time-aaaahh!� She cried out
as another powerful contraction hit her. The doctor waited patiently for it to
be over, keeping track of the length on her watch. �Hmm� we�re not quite ready
to start the real thing just yet. Let me just take a quick peek� Still looks
normal, no problems. I�ll be back in a while, it shouldn�t be much longer.� She
said in her soothing way, and left. InuYasha cautiously poked his head in the
room, and was alarmed to see his mate looking pale and sweating. �Is she
alright?� He asked. Mama smiled at him. �She�s fine, she�s just starting to get
into the hard parts.� Kagome groaned. �It�s been hard enough, I don�t need
anymoooore�� She hissed through her teeth as another contraction hit, trying to
remember how she was supposed to breathe; Mama looked at the clock. It had
barely been two minutes since the last one.
He cautiously walked over to her.
He smoothed her hair away from her sweating face, and took up the cool cloth
Mama had left in the pan of water. �You wanna try to walk again?� He asked
quietly. She shook her head, breathing heavily. She was starting to shake, and
that worried him. She cried out again, leaning forward. Mama looked at the
clock again. �I�m getting the doctor, she�s close�� InuYasha watched her go,
feeling tense again, not having any idea of what was going on, or what to do.
She was starting to cry again. �I can�t� It hurts too much, I can�t�� Growling,
he leapt up behind her, moving so that she rested against him instead of the
bed. �Here, I�m right here, it�s alright.� He tried to make his voice stay as
calm as possible, though it wasn�t sure where her shaking ended and his began.
�You�re� you�re doing good, Kagome, it�s only a big longer.� She hissed in pain
again, and he reached up to rub her shoulders, trying anything to calm her
down. She relaxed into his hold, her breathing shaky.
She tensed again, and his ears
pinned themselves to his skull as she screamed. Dr. Kiyomura and what looked
like a small army of nurses came hurrying in, followed by Mama. �Well, looks
like I left the party too soon.� The doctor attempted a joke, only to be
glowered at by her patient. InuYasha took both of her hands in his, to keep her
from possibly lashing out. She redoubled her grip over his hands, and he
clenched his teeth together as she gave them a death-grip. Her knuckles were
white, and despite his discomfort, he was impressed at her strength. She was
screaming again, and he wondered if his hearing would ever be the same. He
winced as her grip, somehow, tightened, and caught Mama�s amused, yet pitying
look at him. Dr. Kiyomura was looking under the sheet again, and he growled
possessively; Kagome�s grip relaxed briefly, and she was crying out how she
couldn�t do it anymore. �You�re almost ready to push, Kagome.� The doctor told
her.
�Hear that, wench? It�s almost
done, you can do it, just a bit more and we�ll have our pup.� He remembered Rin
telling him to cut the bullshit and just encourage her. �Just squeeze my hands
when it hurts, you�re almost there.� She screamed again, and he sucked in a
breath of his own as he lost all feeling in his fingers. It was just as well,
at least they didn�t hurt now. �You�re crowning!� Dr. Kiyomura exclaimed, and
Kagome fell back against her mate�s chest with a whimper. She was breathing
heavily, and he kissed her head in reassurance. �Almost there, koi.� He told
her. She nodded. The doctor looked up at her. �You ready to push?� Kagome took
a deep breath, and let it out slowly. She nodded again. �Alright. Ready? And� push!�
The next half hour was the most
agonizing of his life. His mate was alternately screaming like a banshee, or
gasping for air like she�d just swum across the Pacific. InuYasha was pretty
sure he wouldn�t be able to feel his hands for at least a week, and he�d have a
permanent ringing noise in his ears. She�d said something at one point during a
break, in short gasps, and he�d had to ask her to repeat it. He immediately
regretted it: �We are NEVER� EVER� having sex AGAIN.� He must have paled,
because all of the other women in the room laughed. Mama smiled reassuringly,
mouthing �She lies� at him, which made him feel better. He braced himself when
she inhaled deeply, and leaned forward with her. She cried out, and they dipped
slightly, as a higher-pitched wail filled the room. His nose was assaulted with
the scent of blood, and he hid it in her sweaty hair; Kagome and sweat was
better than Kagome and blood. Mama was handed a pair of scissors, and curious
as he was about what she was going to do with them, he leaned back when Kagome
fell against him. The high-pitched wail ceased slightly, and he saw a bundle
being taken to a table across the room. He focused on his mate, who was ashen,
and kissed her forehead, and then her cheek, stroking her sweaty hair from her
face.
One of the nurses was smiling as
she brought the bundle back. �Congratulations, it�s a girl.� Kagome broke into
a huge smile, and the nurse gently placed the bundle into her arms. InuYasha
cautiously moved his own arms under hers, and looked down at his daughter. She
was fussing slightly, but he knew she�d calm down soon, once she knew her
parents� scents; Rin and Sesshou-maru�s girls had been the same way. �Izayoi��
Kagome said softly, stroking the small girl�s cheek. He couldn�t speak, only moved
the blanket down from her head. His mate sighed happily at the two small,
floppy puppy ears on top of her head; instead of being pure white, however, the
tips were black, and the right ear had a black patch near the bottom. What
fuzzy hair she had was grayish, though Kagome expected it would go one way or
the other in the next few months. Izayoi fussed again, opening her eyes for a
minute; both her parents gasped at the dark violet eyes that stared back.
Kagome looked at her husband, and he shrugged. �Apparently my human genes
passed on too.�
Mama came over, as most of the
staff began to leave. �She�ll be a beauty when she grows up�� She commented,
smiling happily at her puppy-eared grandchild. �Keh. �Course she will, she�s
Kagome�s daughter, ain�t she?� InuYasha said proudly. Kagome giggled as she
moved her hospital gown to feed the fussy pup. �You say that now, but I really
can�t wait until she starts dating�� Her mate had nothing to say to that, but
from the look on her mother�s face, he was apparently taking in that �someday�
possibility. The pup quieted as she began to nurse, and Kagome had to adjust to
the feeling; she leaned into her mate�s embrace, as Mama stood. �I�m sure Rin�s
dying to know what�s going on. I�ll send her in a few minutes, let you three
get to know one another.� She told them, and left.
The only sounds were from Izayoi�s
nursing. InuYasha simply kissed his mate�s forehead again. When she switched
breasts, he reached down and ran a finger lightly down his daughter�s face; he
briefly wondered if he was getting a just reward from the gods for tormenting
his brother about a male-less empire, but quickly decided he didn�t care. He
was just happy the pup was here, she was whole and healthy, and her mother was
happy with her ears. �You did good, Kagome.� He told her finally. �It wasn�t
just me� you helped out there too.� She teased him slightly. He gave a bark of
a laugh. �I wasn�t the one screaming my head off back there. Or carrying our
pup� or helping you through a lot of this�� She twisted her head around to look
him square in the eyes. �Don�t go moping on yourself again. We�re together now,
and that�s all that matters. You, me, and Izayoi.� He nuzzled her. �And our
future pups.� Her voice was wry. �Not for a few years. I don�t think I can do
that for a while� or start this little girl off right otherwise.� She laughed
as she felt him sigh in relief, and felt Izayoi finish.
She sat up, and asked for the cloth
from earlier, and had him spread it on her shoulder while she burped the baby.
InuYasha slid out of the bed, needing to stretch and not be in the way of baby
spit. When she was done, Kagome smiled up at him. �You want to hold her?� He
paled. �What? I can�t hold her, no!� Though she�d been expecting it, Kagome
rolled her eyes exasperatedly. �I need to rest, and you need to get to know
her. I�ve had her to myself for nine months, it�s your turn for a while.�
Cautiously, InuYasha remembered the right way to hold his pup; it was much more
daunting to hold his own child than it had ever been to hold one of Miroku�s,
or one of Sesshou-maru�s. His mate smiled tiredly at him. �Look at you� big
daddy.� He flushed as she fell asleep, worn out. His daughter was the same,
already asleep from her big entrance and her feast.
Rin crept into the room, seeing
that the new mother and the baby were already asleep. �Let me seeee!!� He had no idea how she was able to squeal and
whisper at the same time, but they both sat down in the plastic chairs in the
room, and he was able to give his sister-in-law a better look at her niece.
�She�s perfect.� Rin said softly, running a gentle, perfectly manicured finger
along the newborn�s ear. �And she�s got spots, that�s different.� He chuckled.
�It�s cute.� He heard her grin. �Look at you, going all soft and using words
like �cute�! She�s only been here twenty minutes too! I�ll have to remember to
get all the girly games for her when she�s old enough to play with them, I�d
die to see you playing Pretty, Pretty
Princess.� InuYasha bit back a groan, and thought darkly of how lucky a
bastard his brother was to have grown women for daughters by the time such
atrocities had been invented. �And I know you�ll take pictures too�� He
grumbled, and she laughed softly. �Sesshy�s here too,
I told him to wait outside, in case she was still feeding.� InuYasha barely had
time to wonder at his brother actually being there before he did one of his
usual gracefully-annoying entrances.
Without a word, the youkai stared
down at his brother, and the small pup in his arms. The brothers regarded each
other carefully, until InuYasha stood. He offered Izayoi to him, and
Sesshou-maru reached out, and gently took his niece in both
hands, shifting her and cradling the pup with a gentleness InuYasha wouldn�t
have guessed he possessed, had he not seen him with his own pups. �Nishi Izayoi�
a fitting honor to your mother, InuYasha�� The youkai said coolly. InuYasha wasn�t
sure whether to take that as a compliment or not, but merely nodded in reply. A
nurse came in with a plastic bassinet, and was slightly taken aback by the two
silver-haired brothers. �M-My apologies, but we need to take the baby to the
nursery now.� She stammered. InuYasha took his girl from her uncle, and placed
her in the bassinet. He touched her cheek again, and she turned her head to his
touch; he smiled. �We�ll see you soon, pup.� Rin pouted as the nurse took Izayoi
away. �No fair, Sesshy got to hold her before me!� InuYasha fought the urge to
roll his eyes, and Sesshou-maru rested a hand on his mate�s shoulder. �You�ll
have plenty of turns, Rin.� He told her, and they made to leave. He looked back
at InuYasha before he exited, and said, �I�ve moved the Americans, the French,
and the Spanish accounts to one of my assistants.�
The hanyou let his head fall back
in relief after they left. That would be the best gift his brother would ever
give him, but for now all that mattered was his workload was less, he had a
beautiful girl-pup, and all he wanted to do was fall asleep next to his
exhausted Kagome.

((Wheee, long chapter of happiness for you
guys!! =) I know for certain I�m writing another chapter after this, but as for
more� I�m almost certain that I�m going to go into spin-offs. Let Izayoi grow
up a bit, and see what younger siblings she gets. So weigh heavily that chapter
15 will be the last, but fear not, I�ll be revisiting this timeline again!! =)
And for those who wonder, yes, eventually Sesshy gets his other arm back.
Apologies about that spoiler, but� yeah. He needs two arms. XD Also, �Nishi�
means two things that I thought were fitting for the Inu
brothers� family name: �two out� and �west�.
So in my mind it�s �two out of the west�, but I know that�s something
completely different that I have no way of translating to. XD Reviewer replies!
Ygfi ~ =P
It�s only ever one, so hush!
Xagzan ~
Ah, but I never said that Eri bought the dress, did I? XD Yeah, could
have been clearer, I know. I wouldn�t turn little-boy-Inu
into that prince who murdered Rasputin (my memory fails me at the moment, but
the guy who killed Rasputin was made to wear a dress for years� no wonder he
was messed up XD)
I_heart_inuyasha ~ I
really couldn�t imagine him cheating on her, but it�s all explained here with
her friends being all he-said-she-said. And Kagome�s old fears were just so susceptible.
It served as a plot twist, and worked out fairly well to bring in the question
of Nezumi-the-maid (who is also a mouse youkai, but I didn�t know how to work
that in� �nezumi� means mouse though XD)
Tricia1224 ~ I�m glad you
like it! I knew this wouldn�t be all that original (I mean, what plotline is
these days?), but I�m pleased with the overall well reception it�s gotten. I
hope you continue to read!! <3
Kokoronagomu ~
The crazy, gossipy kind of friends? I dunno, I always
seem to see them as putting down her relationship with InuYasha, so suggesting
he�s cheating on her seems to be natural for them. I hope I did the nitty-gritty
of the birthing justice; having never experienced it, I�m pretty sure I failed
on some things, which is why I tried to put it in InuYasha�s freaked-out POV.
He wouldn�t know what�s going on either. XD
Psycho_chick32 ~ Oh noes, mini-Sesshy keychain, defend me!! Was it answered
satisfactorily? I�m a picky reviewer too, it�s ok. XD Unless I�m floored by it,
or I feel the urge to leave an encouraging note of something, I usually don�t
review too often.
Jflorea ~ I
know, they�re so wonderful to use for plot development. XD Inu�s
pride wouldn�t let him tell Sesshy to go �off himself�, I believe is how I
worded it earlier, that he was overworked. You know, the whole mine�s-bigger
thing they�ve got going on. XD
LadyCash ~ Oh
God, the tidal wave of hormones!! O__O Get to the lifeboats!! I think he took
it rather well, if painfully, poor dear.
Ikichira ~
Oh, I do know. This will be the last chapter until this weekend, I think, I
have a ton of crap I�m putting off for this. (but� it�s more important!!!! D=)
Hormonal, has had time to stew it over, and then the dam breaks. Poor man, I dunno when I�m giving him a reprieve. ^^;;
I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, see you next time!! <3))
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