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The Lucky Ones
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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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Chapter Eighteen

Kagome pulled aside the reed mat
that served as the door of Miroku and Sango�s hut,
and quietly entered. Then she pulled the door closed behind her, taking extra
care to make sure that no one could peep into the dwelling. The hut itself was
cozy and had two rooms: the main room and a separate room for sleeping that
Miroku and Sango used while Kohaku had his futon in
the main room. Shippo slept in the main room too when
he wasn�t with Kaede or Inuyasha and her, but he
curled up on blankets piled in the corner.
All four of
the hut�s primary occupants were there, but it was the visitor to the hut who
brought her through the door. Inuyasha sat on the far side, furthest away from
the entrance, holding a human Yukio in his lap, his black hair and dark eyes
clearly visible even in the dim light. She came over to sit beside him after greeting
her friends and rubbed her son�s back comfortingly.
�He�s
confused,� Inuyasha told her as Yukio made little noises of distress.
She nodded.
�It�s only the second time he�s been with us on a Full Moon.�
�He�s
better this time than last. This the dhe didn�t start bawling at sunset,� he
replied, even as Yukio turned to look at his mother, reaching for her.
Kagome
lifted her son into her arms, cooing to him.
�It�s okay,
baby. I know you smell and feel different, but you�re still you. Someday you�ll
understand all about hanyous and how they have human
times.�
�Have some
dinner, Kagome-chan,� Sango offered, handing her a
bowl of fish and rice.
�Thank you,
Sango-chan,� she replied and accepted the food with a
grateful nod.
Her friend
gave her a questioning look, and she replied with a silent signal that meant
�later.� Since her and Inuyasha�s return to the Sengoku Jidai
late that morning, she hadn�t had any opportunity to talk to Sango and tell her
what had happened between her and Inuyasha. Sango had been out with Kohaku on one of the boy�s long walks while she had been
reacquainting herself with Kaede and spending time
with Shippo. Then Miroku had come to find her and
Inuyasha to remind them that Yukio�s human night was that evening, and to offer
his hut as sanctuary.
Since Kaede was the village miko and
the closest thing they had to a doctor, Inuyasha could not be assured that no
one would discover his secret if he stayed in her hut on the night he lost his
hanyou power. Miroku had been offering his and Sango�s
home as a safe place for Inuyasha to wait out the New Moon since the hut had
been completed. When he found out that Yukio�s night came when the moon was
full, he extended the offer to those nights as well.
So by the
time Sango had returned with Kohaku, Kagome had
already been back in the village for several hours and Inuyasha was sitting in
her hut talking with Miroku, hiding Yukio from the eyes of the villagers.
Kagome knew the pregnant woman must have dozens of questions, and she was happy
to answer them� just not in front of Inuyasha. In truth, she suspected that
their �girl talk� would have to wait until morning because she was fairly
certain Inuyasha would want to go to the den tonight.
The den. While she had been able to prevent him from
building a house for her, she had not been able to stop him from
making what amounted to a private love nest in the forest. Since she refused to
engage in any sexual activity in Kaede�s hut, and
making love out in the open forest left them vulnerable and exposed, not to
mention distracted from any approaching threats to them or Yukio in his sling,
they needed a safe place for their trysts. Inuyasha had provided that place in
the form of a den.
It was a
true den, dug out of the earth. He had carved it into a small hillside in the
forest, close to the stream where she liked to bathe. The entrance was almost
completely obscured by brush and foliage, and he lined the front with rocks to
keep out the rain. Inside it was spacious enough for the two of them to move
around comfortably but not quite high enough for them to stand. There was a
small fire pit by the door, and a built-in bassinet molded from the earth for
Yukio at the very back. The floor was pounded smooth and the �sleeping space�
was covered with a thick layer of buckwheat straw which he kcleaclean and fresh
so it always smelled of sweet hay. Blankets and a couple of old futons he�d
scrounged by calling in a couple of favors from villagers who owed him for
saving their lives, or in trade for firewood or game, lay on top of the straw-
creating a thick, comfortable, sweet-smelling bed.
His design
of the small space gave her a number of insights into what any house he built
would be like, and she knew that if she ever did let him build it, it would be
the equivalent of a modern marvel. He�d taken elements from her house in
Tokyo
and incorporated them into the den, creating what could only be described as
built-in larders and cubby hole dressers- all formed from packed earth and
rock. There were spaces for everything: wood, tinder, clothing, food, even her books and a flat space for studying. Natural
light was let in through the main entrance and five ledges were carved into the
walls for lamps if it was too dark. There was even a tiny spring that seeped
fresh water into a stone-lined basin that then shunted the excess out of the
den via a bamboo tube that served as a drain.
Because it
was underground, it maintained a steady temperature and was readily warmed by a
small fire and their own body heat. Air vents were
strategically placed to reduce drafts while providing ventilation, and a door
made of branches and leaves attached to a reed mat could be placed over the
entrance to keep in the warmth. In fact a space Kagome had been worried would
be quite cold and damp had proved to be anything but; creating a warm, cozy and
intimate place where she and Inuyasha could be alone without threat of being
disturbed.
The den was
an architectural wonder, and a testament to his skill and intelligent mind. It
was no mere hole in the ground, but a tiny efficiency apartment a little larger
than about half the size of her bedroom in the Modern Era with all the
amenities of home- well, most of them anyway. There was no indoor plumbing and
no hot running water, but she was sure if he�d been given enough time, he would
have figured something out.
Everything
was geared to provide for her comfort and safety, and that of their son�s.
Inuyasha had done his best to anticipate her needs and address them outright
while also satisfying his need to create a secure and easily defensible haven
for his �family.� Without smoke from the fire to give away its location, the
den was almost invisible simply by virtue of being right out in the open. Few
would give the hillside with its cover of brush and scrub trees a second
glance. In fact, although the villagers knew Inuyasha would take his lady into
the forest on a regular basis, only Kaede, Shippo, Miroku and Sango knew the den�s location.
She and
Inuyasha spent at least every third night in the den, and she was pretty sure
he�d snuck away sometime during the day to make sure no interlopers had tried
to lay claim to it, and also to freshen the buckwheat and air it out from being
empty while they were in her time. She fully expected him to take her and Yukio
there as soon as they were finished eating dinner.
�Ah,
Kagome-sama, now that we are all here, I have news of
a possible shikon fragment,� Miroku announced,
bringing her out of her thoughts.
�Eh? Why
didn�t you say something earlier, bouzu?� Inuyasha
grumbled.
�Because
Kagome-sama was not here, and because you could do
nothing until tomorrow unless you wanted to put your infant at risk,� the
ex-monk replied mildly.
�Feh!�
�Where did
you hear there was a fragment, Miroku?� Kagome asked.
�Two days
ago some travelers on their way to Edo passed this way.
As always, I am eager for news of other places outside of this village so I
went to see them. They spoke of a boar youkai
terrorizing the lands east of here that was proving exceptionally hard to
kill.�
�Hmmm.
Sounds like a shikon shard to me,� Kagome agreed.
Inuyasha
slapped his palm with his fist. �Right. We�ll go in
the morning.�
�I�ll be
staying here,� Sango said regretfully. �It�s time for me to stay close to home.
I don�t want to risk the baby if I get into a fight.�
�I think
that�s wise, Sango-chan,� Kagome answered
sympathetically.
The taijiya
nodded and let out a wistful sigh. �I know. But I will miss all of the
excitement. You must tell me everything when you get back. I�ll be so bored
here knowing you�re out there.�
Kagome
patted Yukio and smiled. �Just wait until you have one of these. You won�t have
time to be bored.�
Yukio gave
a burble and snuffled at her. She cuddled him and rubbed his head, missing his
puppy ears.
�Somehow I
don�t think it�s quite the same,� Sango commented.
�I�ll be
going with you,� Miroku said.
�Me too!� Shippo added.
�Miroku? Are
you sure?� Kagome answered.
He nodded.
�It is still four months before the baby comes. It is safe for me to leave. Besides,
Kohaku is more than capable of protecting Sango.�
Kagome
looked at the troubled teen and wondered if Miroku�s
decision had less to do with searching for a shard and more to do with him
trying to coax the boy back to the land of the living. Kohaku
hardly spoke and his haunted brown eyes were windows to his tortured soul.
Maybe having his sister and unborn niece or nephew to look after would give the
young m pur purpose, and help him start to overcome the horror he had lived
through.
�Kirara will be here as well,� Sango said. �And it isn�t
like I can�t protect myself if I have to. I just don�t want to go looking for
trouble.�
She nodded
that she understood. Part of her didn�t ltakitaking Yukio on the shard hunts
with them, but Inuyasha refused to leave him behind and with good reason. Hanyous were targets, especially infants, and Inuyasha
didn�t trust anyone but himself and Kagome to protect their son. Besides, being
a hanyou actually made him a much better traveler than a normal human baby. He
was stronger, less vulnerable and he knew when to be quiet and still.
�It�s
decided then,� Inuyasha announced. �We�ll leave as soon as Kagome and I get
back from the den.�
�You�re
going there tonight?� Sango asked, casting a glance at her.
Inuyasha
snorted. �Of course.�
She nodded
to Sango, telling her that she was fine with going to the den for the night.
The taijiya gave her an incredulous look as if to say that she was far more
tolerant and forgiving than Sango herself would be.
�I know. You�d have dropped him off a cliff
by now. But I�m not you, and I love this man. And I know how badly he feels. If
you�d seen him cry in my arms two nights ago, you�d feel differently too,�
she thought, giving Sango a soft look.
Sango�s silent response to that amounted to a: �I�d have
refused him until his balls fell off before I�d let him touch me again.�
She gave
her dear friend a knowing smile.
�Oi! What are you two up to?�
Inuyasha complained, looking at the two of them.
�Nothing,�
Kagome replied innocently.
He frowned.
�You were looking at each other strangely. Is it some weird woman thing?�
�Yes,�
Sango answered. �I was asking her how she could accept you back into her bed so
quickly when I would have made you wait until your parts turned blue before I
let you back in.�
Inuyasha
blushed furiously and stammered an unintelligible response. Kagome giggled.
�Woman,
what�s made you so bold!� the adult hanyou demanded.
Sango
shrugged. �Those hor-oh-moan things Kagome-chan keeps telling me about. I feel oddly� free now.�
�Keh! Free? Bouzu,
is your woman getting away from you? You�re letting her run her mouth
everywhere. What kind of a man of the house are you? You ought to rein her in
before she thinks she�s the leader here,� Inuyasha scoffed.
Miroku gave
him a patient look while Shippo just gaped and shook
his little head in disbelief.
�You really
are simple minded,� the kitd.not. It� it just happened
that way. I didn�t plan it. I didn�t ask that poor woman to carry her baby here
and give him to us. I didn�t plan to seduce you into my bed. Making love to you
was the most natural thing I�ve ever done, anwoulwouldn�t change a single thing
about that night. It was beautiful and perfect. And I didn�t do it because I
was thinking that I�d be one up on Kikyou if I did. I did it because I love you
and I wanted to share myself with you in a way no one else ever had.�
�I didn�t
feel seduced. In fact I thought I was the one pushing you that night. After
you� let me nurse from you, I just� I needed you,� he admitted.
She covered
his hands with her own as he pressed them to her abdomen. �I know. I needed you
too.�
She rolled
to her back and he propped himself up on one elbow to look down at her. His
eyes held all the love he had never voiced aloud, and
she felt tears welling up in her own.
�But I
think� I think we may have made a mistake when we did this,� she whispered
softly. �I think it has made things so much more complicated and difficult for
the both of us.�
Hlattlattened his ears and gave her a distressed, horrified stare.
�Kagome� do
you� are you saying� are you telling me you want to stop?�
He looked absolutely
bereft and her heart cried out to him. �No. No I don�t want to stop, and that�s
the worst of it. I don�t think I could even if I wanted to. But� that will make
things so much harder in the end.�
�Why are
you assuming that I�m going to leave you?� he asked suddenly.
�Because�
because you said� you said you�d go with� her.�
�Maybe I�ll
go with her. Maybe. That is not for
certain.�
Hope
blossomed in her chest, small and fragile, but there. �Is he saying�what I think he�s saying?�

�Inuyasha,
are you saying that� you�ll choose me?�
He looked
seriously at her as if trying to decide on the right words. �I am saying that,
when I am free, I will choose you.�
�But
Kikyou��
�Kikyou is
dead.�
His words
shocked her, and to be honest, he looked a little shocked himself, as if he was
surprised by his own admission.
�Oh, oh my God.
He finally said it. He acknowledged that Kikyou is dead.�
�But you
love her��
�I do,� he
confirmed, and his answer confused her.
�But��
�What? I
can�t have room in my heart for you and her? She was my first love. I will
always have feelings for her and want to protect her. She was and is very
special to me. Does that mean I care for her more than you? No.�
�What? Is he� is he going to say it?
Is he finally going to say it?�
�Inuyasha��
He stroked
her hair tenderly. �I don�t want to go with Kikyou. Kikyou can�t be mother to
the pup, and she can�t have pups of her own. Now that I know what it is like to
have a mate and a family, I won�t give that up without a fight. I�ve made
promises to you too Kagome, and to Yukio, and I intend to keep them.�
�But you can�t do both,� she wanted to
say.
�My biggest
fear is that I won�t be able to choose one without sacrificing the other. I
couldn�t live knowing one of you had died because of me,� he admitted softly,
holding her hand. �But� but Naraku
is dead and Kikyou has gone off on her own. I don�t think she needs me
to protect her anymore. Her greatest enemy is gone and she is free to live. I
think that is what she�s doing, and she�s doing it without me.�
�And are
you okay with that, Inuyasha?�
A small
smile graced his lips. �Yes. Because it will mean that you will let me build
you a house, and I will live in it with you and the pup, and pups of our own.�
She smiled
back and grabbed the opportunity to change the subject. �I�m tired of talking about this. Inuyasha has said he will choose me
if he can. I have to be happy with that because it�s all he can give me right
now. Everything is in Kikyou�s hands. But will she
set him free? I don�t want to think about it anymore. I just want to love him
while I have him and not worry about the rest. It�s how I�ve lived the past two
years, there�s no sense in trying to change it now.�
�Our pups? And how many were you planning on having, hm?�
He gave her
a heated look and a sexy smile. �Oh� two or three.�
�Not ten or
twenty like Miroku and Sango?�
�Keh! He only said that so he
wouldn�t have to worry about� what is it?... Birth control.�
�I�m sure
there�s birth control here. Women have always found ways to prevent pregnancy.
I wouldn�t be surprised if Sango or Kaede knew about a herb or tea that could keep a woman from getting
pregnant,� she told him.
�Heh, human women and their wily secrets.
You wouldn�t need it if your weak noses could tell you when not to mate.�
�Like with
us?�
His sexy
smile turned into a sly grin, and he made a show of sniffing her. �Yeah,� he
replied, a low rumble of pleasure escaping his throat. �And right now, you�re
not in heat and won�t be going into heat for at least another eight days.�
His nose at
the juncture of her neck and shoulder sent little shivers of anticipation
through her and she shuddered.
�Inuyasha��
�Yes. This. I�ll
keep this as long as I can, and the rest doesn�t matter.�
His hand
rubbed her abdomen just under her breasts. �So� am I forgiven?�
�Hmmm?� she
answered, sinking into his seduction willingly.
�My runaway
mouth, rem reminded.
�Oh, that.
Yes, you�re forgiven. Provided you don�t stop what you�re doing.�
He shifted
even closer and she could feel his fingers deftly undoing the buttons on her
night shirt.
�Is that my
punishment?� he asked huskily. �To not stop?�
�Mmmm hmmm.�
�Then I
won�t stop. I�ll keep going until you tell me you can�t take any more.�
�Don�t
forget we have a shard hunt tomorrow and we�ll need to rest sometime.�
�Rest? Silly human. I�m a hanyou. I
don�t need rest,� he cooed in her ear, his hands slipping into her opened shirt
to caress her naked skin.
�Yeah, but
I do,� she replied, arching into his touch.
�Don�t
worry. I�ll carry you and you can rest on my back,� he told her, moving to
cover her with his body. �I�ll have to because you won�t be able to walk.�
�Is that a
promise?�
�Yeah.�
�Good.�

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Morning
came and Kagome woke to the sound of the forest birds singing in the trees
outside the den. The fire had gone out making the two lamps Inuyasha had lit
the only light or heat in the den, but she was cocooned in warmth because
Inuyasha was spooned behind her, holding her possessively against him. Sometime
during the night Yukio had crawled out of his earthen bassinet to cuddle with
them under the blankets, and his little body was now tucked against her
stomach, his head resting just under her breasts. He was a hanyou again, his
hair silver and his puppy ears back on his head. Dimly she wondered if he�d
nursed during the night. If he had, she hadn�t been aware of it.
�Not that I would be after� that,� she thought, remembering
Inuyasha�s enthusiastic lovemaking. Her body was still tingling from the
pleasure he had given her, the thrill of their joining and the ecstasy of being
one with him in every way possible. At one point he had lifted her legs and
curled her body up, driving so deeply into her she swore she could feel him
hitting the back of her throat. She mentally
felt down to her nether regions and winced at the soreness there. �He wasn�t kidding. I probably won�t be able to walk. Horny bastard. He�ll probably just smirk and tell me he
keeps his promises. I know he does. That�s what I�m afraid of.�
Not willing
to allow herself to slide down into thprespression she often felt whenever she
thought about Inuyasha, Kikyou and her, she pushed the thoughts from her mind
and concentrated on enjoying the feel of the two most important beings in her
life snuggled next to her.
�This is heaven.� Her smell wafted to
her nose: the scent of sweat and sex. �Now
if onl was was heaven with a hot bath. Now that
would be paradise.�
She sighed and shifted a little.
The movement woke both her hanyous. One responded by
nuzzling her neck and nibbling at her earlobe. The other just grabbed
breakfast.
Inuyasha
let out a low growl. �Meddling whelp,� he grumbled, but there was no real anger
in his voice.
She patted
her son�s back. �Good baby. You saved me from the evil sex fiend.�
�Evil sex
fiend am I?� he repeated, giving her another light nip
on her throat.
�Yes, you
are and I�m mad at you.�
He pulled
back and peered over her shoulder to look at her, his eyes showing true
concern. �Mad at me? Why? What�d I do?�
�You said I
wasn�t going to be able to walk. I didn�t think you meant I wasn�t going to be
able to walk for a week.�
He gave her
a lascivious grin, his eyes twinkling. �Hey, you can still feel your legs can�t
you?�
She stuck
out her tongue at him.
�Tease,� he
huffed.
�Insatiable letch.�
The grin
got wider. �I am what you made me, woman.�
�Oh, so
your overactive sex drive is my fault now?� she asked, incredulous.
�Of course. I never even acknowledged that I had
a sex drive until you came into my life. Now I have all those years of denial
to make up for.�
�And you�ve
decided to do all your catching up in two months?�
�Six at least!�
She rolled
her eyes. �I�m doomed.�
He chuckled
and kissed her, sighing happily. �Kagome. I�m glad.
For a moment, I thought you really were mad at me.�
�Hmmph,� she snorted.
He snuffled
into her hair and licked her neck. �Isn�t that whelp done eating?�
�No. He
just started. He hasn�t even asked for the second breast yet.�
Her lover
responded with a frustrated growl.
�Besides,
we have to get up anyway. We have a shard hunt, remember?�
He gave a
suffering sigh. �I remember. I�ll just have to wait until tonight.�
�Tonight? We�re going to be camping out tonight.�
�So?�
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