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A Matter of Trust
By:
TuxedoUranus89/InitialA
Disclaimer: Gaaaaaaah, get the lawyers away!!!! I don�t own InuYashaaaaaa!!!!!
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Threats in a review towards my general well being keeps me motivated. ;)
Author�s Note: Ok,
I�m going to apologize in advance: as much as I�ve researched and looked up and
studied and watched second-hand other experiences with pregnancies and all the
bundle of fun that comes with it� I�m nearly clueless when it comes to this thing
called Lamaze classes. So I might not get to torture poor Inu
as much as I�d like to. (though looking at some of the
points they focus on, I could have a very fun time with a few of them�) I am
looking up as much as I can to be as accurate as possible, however, I do
apologize if I miss something or if I mess up somewhere. This isn�t an area
that I�m as knowledgeable in. Ok, commencing writing! (reviewer
comments at the bottom, as before!)

Sitting in the limo again, she
watched him carefully. He hadn�t spoken a word since leaving the office, and
she wondered what he was thinking. He glanced at her, and she gave a small
smile. �Not too bad, wasn�t it?�He took her hand. �I� I can�t explain it.
Just�� She gave his hand a squeeze. �Overwhelming? Amazing? Exhilarating?� He
chuckled. �It�s getting close to lunchtime, are you hungry?� She gave him a
look. He chuckled again. �Ok, stupid question. Better
question: where do you want to eat?� She looked wistfully at the ceiling. �I
could really go for some Wacdonald�s� Milkshake, a
big juicy burger, fries�� She laughed as his stomach growled. �Ok, ok, we�re in
agreement. Burgers and shakes it is.� He told the driver where to go, and sat
back, rubbing his thumb across the back of her hand.
When they pulled up to the small
fast-food joint, he helped her out of the car. Despite his overwhelmed silence
earlier, he seemed to be taking Dr. Kiyomura�s advice
seriously. She was touched when he held the door open for her. However, she had
forgotten a small detail� �OH MY GOD!!� Three female
voices shrieked; chairs scraped violently against the tiles as Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi raced over
to them. Kagome panicked slightly, and backed into InuYasha�s chest. �Eh-heh� h-hi guys.� She said nervously as they crowded around.
�Higurashi Kagome, what gave you the idea to hide this from us?!� Eri demanded. �You�re so big, how far along are you?� Yuka
gasped. Ayumi just frowned. �You were pregnant at
graduation, weren�t you?!� Kagome looked panicked, and her mate rested a
comforting hand on her shoulder. �Well� er� I uh�� He
cleared his throat. �Why don�t you all go sit down, let her get off her feet,
and calmly ask her questions, letting
her reply? What do you want, Kagome?�
She smiled shakily. �Chocolate
milkshake, lots of fries, and a big burger, I don�t care what�s on it.� He left
to get the food, and she was immediately whisked away to the table they had
been sitting at. Kagome took a chair that moved out from the table. �One at a
time�� She sighed. �When are you due?� Eri asked. �September 14^th, if everything goes
as planned. Yes, I was pregnant at graduation, I�m surprised I didn�t hurl
everywhere that day, my morning sickness was awful�
And I hid it from a lot of people. I even changed gynecologists since you guys
went to the same one I went to. Only my family knew for the longest time.� Yuka
frowned. �What about that guy? He�s the one who did it, right?� Kagome nodded.
�That�s my� boyfriend.� They all raised their eyebrows. �The same one you�ve
dated for years? I thought you said you broke it off back in� January�� They
put the pieces together of her fabricated story. �So, you�re back together
now?� Ayumi asked in a hushed voice. Kagome nodded. �Just a few weeks ago. He� ah... came around, in a matter of
speaking. We�re living together now, he�s got a pretty
nice apartment.�
He walked over, smirking at her. �Pretty nice?� He asked, and she stuck her tongue out at
him. �You know what I mean, you big jerk.� The other three women peered at him
as he sat down and let his mate begin devouring her lunch. �You were the guy at
the shrine that one time a few years ago, right? Weird red clothes, bandana?�
Yuka asked. He nodded, more interested in his food than the overly-curious
females. �I thought your hair was white. And your eyes were like� gold.� Eri said. He swallowed. �Keh. It�s
called hair dye and colored-contacts.� They looked at each other and shrugged,
accepting it. Kagome had to marvel at the lengths of oblivion her friends
seemed to thrive in. Ayumi looked thoughtful. �I
thought your Grandpa said you had lupus. Isn�t that like, really dangerous if
you�re� y�know�� Kagome raised her eyebrow at her
friend. �I know I�m pregnant, you can say it, y�know.�
It came out a little shorter than she�d intended it. �Sorry� He probably meant
they thought I had it. I never had
any tests for it or anything.�
Again, she wondered at their
ignorance as they once again nodded and accepted the story. Then again, she had
been wondering at it for years, so why stop now? �Kagome,� Yuka interrupted her
thoughts, �are you having a baby shower?� The other two girls perked up. �Ooooooooh, yeah, if you haven�t planned one yet, can we?? Please?!� Ayumi squealed. Kagome
blinked, taken aback. �Uhh�� Eri
was already ticking off things to do. �Oh, there�s so little time, it�s almost
August as it is!! End of August I think, we�ll send out invitations next week�
You�ll have to give us a list of where some of your female cousins live, so we
can invite them�� Kagome snapped out of it. �Whoa, guys! Please, only my
mother, grandfather, Souta, and InuYasha know about
this� I don�t want to bring in the rest of my family.� Briefly she thought of
her mother�s mother, and a few choice words she�d have
for her giving birth without being married�in the human sense, anyway. �It�s
really sweet you guys want to have a shower for me, but maybe we can just do a
little girl�s-day-out instead; and I promise I won�t protest if you guys want
to buy baby things.� Eri looked a little
disappointed, but the other two were more agreeable. �True� Plus it�s not so
much work this way.� Ayumi stated with a giggle.
�When do you want to go?� Yuka asked. �Later on in August sounds perfect to me.
Still early enough that it won�t be too bad to move around, but not too early
that having more of what I need would be in the way.� Kagome said, glancing at
her mate. He seemed uninterested in their �girl talk�, and was much more engrossed
with his second burger.
She was silent while the others
talked about what to buy, and where to go; she simply enjoyed the pleasure of
fries dipped in chocolate ice cream. He glanced at her and rolled his eyes,
nudging his head towards her friends. She smiled in understanding but her eyes
told him to �Behave!� He smirked at her, cocking his eyebrow in a way that said
�You know me better than that.� She felt a shiver go down her spine at the look
he gave her, and looked down at her meal. He scented her arousal, and felt a
small bit of pride swell under his chest that he could still make her spike
with one look. One of the girls, he always forgot which one was which,
distracted her with more questions, and he glanced at his Rolex. It was nearing
noon, and he had no idea when Kagome�s class was. He also pondered what it was
about, having never needed to be �in the know� about such things; he vaguely
recalled the name and when it had swept the expectant mothers of the United
States up into a frenzy. It had something to do with breathing, which he found
ridiculous because anyone could do that without being taught. Mentally
shrugging it off, he resigned himself to the fact that he�d find out
eventually, ridiculous concepts or not.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
They were sitting, on the floor, in
a room. It was just as sparsely-decorated and painted with bad colors, in his
opinion anyway, as the rest of the building had been. Kagome said it promoted
calm feelings. Whatever that meant; if calm was being color-blind and owning
few possessions, he had apparently missed that memo a few centuries ago. He had
said as much to his mate, startling a laugh out of her and commenting that she
wasn�t aware that he�d been color-blind. He�d replied that he wasn�t, but according
to his sister-in-law, he should have one of her home decorators over to piss
and moan about his rather bland tastes in color variety. She was done giggling now,
and leaned over to kiss his cheek. �I like your place the way it is.� She told
him, and he, blushing faintly, simply muttered �Keh.� There were about nine
other couples there: five looked to be young married couples, two were girls
around Kagome�s age with their mothers, and the other two he was sure were
lesbian couples. His mate leaned over and whispered, �I liked this class
because my mother felt more comfortable with the other two women who also had
single, pregnant daughters.� He nodded, eyeing the older women with the same
curiosity as they regarded him. �They�re wondering why I�m with you and not
your mother.� He muttered back, scenting their confusion. She took his hand.
�Because Mama knows what she�s doing during the labor more than you and I will,
so we�ll all know what to do when the day comes.�
A woman came into the room with a
small stereo, and cut off whatever he was going to say next. �Alright everyone,
welcome back, it�s been a while since we last met!� He immediately decided she
was a little too cheery, and raised an eyebrow. �If you�ll remember from our
last meeting, we were starting to talk about the importance of keeping your
body active when your labor begins. Who remembers why?� She waited until one of
the young couples raised their hands together. She smiled at them as the
husband stated, �It�ll help ease the pain and move the baby into position.�
Nodding, she clapped her hands. �Very good. While
movement during labor might seem hard, it�s not unlike keeping yourself active
during your menstrual cycle. It won�t eliminate the pain, but it will help,
which is something you�ll all be glad to know when the time does come.� She
paced a little, and InuYasha briefly wondered how many cups of coffee or Red
Bulls she had drank before coming to class. �Now, there are cases where
movement will be restricted. If you�ve gone into premature labor, it would be
more wise to do things as your doctor suggests, such as in emergency cases for
a Caesarean. You�ll need help to move if you�ve taken
any medications or an epidural, or if there�s an illness that can damage the
birthing process.�
She continued to go on about the
advantages and disadvantages of this process, and he started to let his
attention wander. Most of the other couples were listening with rapt attention;
moreso the mothers-to-be than the fathers or
partners. He caught one of the non-pregnant lesbian women nodding off and he
reached over and poked her. She glared at him, and he just raised an eyebrow,
looking towards her partner. Half-smiling, she stuck her tongue out, but she
did try to stay awake after that. He realized he hadn�t been listening to a
word the woman had said when people started getting up, the mothers-to-be being
helped by their partners. Turning red, he jumped to his feet and helped his
mate up. There was some sort of loud music coming out of the stereo now, and
his ears flattened against his skull in dislike. Kagome patted his hand in
sympathy, and the instructor was calling out over the music, �Just something
you can have a little bit of fun and move around to! Have fun with it, it�s
your day and your baby�s day! It�s your own little celebration!�
InuYasha gave his mate a look that
clearly stated his opinion of her playing very loud music in his presence, and
she laughed, and started to dance, trying not to move awkwardly or bump into
people. He glanced around and saw most of the men making assholes out of
themselves, as their wives laughed and encouraged them to keep moving with
them; the daughters with their mothers were clearly mortified at the
old-fashioned dance moves, and the two women couples clearly didn�t care what
they looked like and were dancing about wildly; as wildly as one can several
months into a pregnancy. He realized he was the only one standing still, and
awkwardly tried to move to the painfully loud music. Kagome seemed to realize
his embarrassment, and took his hand, moving like he had planned to twirl her.
She smiled encouragingly, and took his other hand as well, taking the lead in
this crazy, nonsensical dance. He could sort of catch on after another minute
or so, trying desperately not to make an ass out of himself by swaying his hips
around like she was, but she flashed him her brilliant smile and he soon forgot
there were other people to witness them, a man who couldn�t dance his way down
the sidewalk and a pregnant woman who could probably do without a few of those
dance steps she was trying. She flowed, and he followed, lost in themselves, eyes locked together: excited mahogany and
coolly amused violet.
Distant laughter brought them back,
and he turned red again when he realized they were the only two still moving;
the music had been turned off. The instructor merely smiled at them, as Kagome
took his hand and rubbed her thumb across the back of his hand soothingly.
�Alright, now that we�ve gotten all of that out of our systems, let�s try a few
ways to keep yourselves active if you�re restricted on movement.� She told
them, and guided them through an assisted squat, and kneeling while resting
only your head and shoulders against a wall. InuYasha wasn�t sure how he felt
about the partners performing the same exercises as the mothers-to-be, but
Kagome whispered to him that it was supposed to make him more appreciative of
what she was doing. He mumbled something incoherent in reply. He was already
appreciative of what she was doing. She didn�t know how appreciative he was, and it struck him as odd how she couldn�t
know after all this time.
Finally, after a round of
practicing their breathing methods, which he was pleased to discover were as
stupid as he�d suspected, class was dismissed. He helped her to her feet, as
some of the other young mothers came over to inquire who her new partner was.
�Is your mom sick?� One of them asked. Kagome shook her head with a smile. �No,
she�s fine. This is my boyfriend.� Some of the women looked over him with
appreciative looks on their faces, while their husbands sulked or glared in his
general direction. He smirked, and then felt her tug on his arm. �Come on,
sweetheart, I�m getting an ice cream craving.� Raising an eyebrow at her, he
smirked when she stuck out her tongue. �We might need to stop at the store though, I�m feeling pickles and caramel to top it off��
Feeling green around the gills, InuYasha meekly followed her outside, praying
to whatever god was listening that she wasn�t expecting him eat with her.
�That wasn�t so bad, was it?� She
asked him when they were leaving the grocery a little later. He shrugged. �Wasn�t
as weird as I thought it would be. That breathing thing is dumb as fuck though.�
She laughed. �It is kind of dumb, but it�s the hope that we can just have
something to focus on instead of the contractions.� She rested her head against
his shoulder. They were silent for a while. He rested his head against hers. �I
do appreciate it.� He said quietly. �Hmm?� Her reply
was drowsy. �What you�re doing, what you�re going through, what you went
through� I do appreciate it�� He heard her giggle, and heard the smile in her
voice. �I knew that� And I�m glad for it, too.� He kissed the top of her head,
and they were silent the rest of the way home.

((Mmmmm� again,
not sure how this chapter turned out. Kind of a blank spot I had to fill in with some mild humor and a
little more bonding, I�ve been writing out ideas for chapters coming up soon. I
got an email from a MediaMiner reader asking about
Kagome�s age, so I�m going to clear the ages up a little. In this story, Kagome
had just turned 19 before the main story started; I�m guessing by the way the manga plays out in the beginning that she was born in the
spring. She graduated after the well sealed; InuYasha�s about seven hundred or
so, but I�m not sure where that puts him in human years. He�s about sixteen in
the anime, at age two hundred-ish, so I�m guessing
late twenties. Sesshoumaru, mentioned earlier, is
about to turn one thousand. So, since he appeared to be in his twenties in the
anime, his appearance is late thirties, early forties. Hope
that clears a few things up. =3
Mia ~ Yes, that�s one
thing I really wanted to focus on, making sure it was known that the two were
more mature, older and wiser, (to some extent anyway XD) which is partially why
I didn�t write a fic that took place in the Feudal
Era. Inu�s still very immature at that time, he needed to grow up a bit. =3 And the whole jumper
thing� I was thinking �woman/mom going to the doctor� and my mom seriously
wears a denim jumper almost every time she goes to the doctor. XD And knowing
Kagome�s� sometimes questionable fashion sense, I figured a jumper would be
perfect.
I_heart_inuyasha ~ Yay, I�m glad someone loved the reactions. My feelings
exactly, the poor guy thought he lost everything, and then it gets shoved back
in his face so suddenly� I imagine his circuits are working overtime trying to
make all systems normal.
AmberEyez ~ Haha,
thanks! I blame my roommate and her boyfriend for most of that insertion, they
watch Stephen religiously, and have me doing it too. XD
Raida ~ Ack, please don�t mention getting writer�s block!!! I�m
getting over a two-year case of it, I think I�d die if I got it again after
having so much fun right now�
Verakum ~
Yeah, I get confused too, and I try my best to make it as little confusing as
possible; I�ll try to get better about smushing so
many voices together, but sometimes the sentence, enter, sentence, enter thing
gets annoying, so I�m trying to cut down. Now I think I need a happy medium. XD
Psycho_chick32 ~ Ah-ha,
glad someone caught that. Yes, that will be coming around again later, but not
for a few chapters. Keep that in mind though!
Kokoronagomu ~ Oh
dear, perhaps I need to go a little farther with Kagome�s cravings. I�m working
on their communication, but still trying to work in some
getting-to-know-you-again. I�ll try a little more dialogue than description,
but we�ll see how things work out.
Unistar ~ Mmmm, not sure if I want things to warm up just yet. You�ll
just have to see next chapter. ;) Maybe they will, maybe they won�t� I wonder
how far Inu can crap his foot into his mouth� Tee hee!
Thanks so much for reading everyone, please remember to leave a review,
it keeps me motivated!!))
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