Lies, Letters, and Calloused Fingertips.

Lies, Letters, and Calloused Fingertips.



Chapter Seventeen: …And Pours.



Inuyasha and Suzume’s arrival was, as Kagome and Minoru had both anticipated, dramatic. But as the two musicians entered the foyer, their soul mates waiting for them in the living room, emotions immediately began to run even higher than they’d expected. It started, obviously, with Inuyasha.



As soon as he stepped in the front door, the inuhanyou took a big whiff of the air inside his home. “Who the fuck is here, Kagome?” he demanded, storming across the tile floor with Suzume in tow.



Kagome had been about to let him know about her pregnancy – as soon as his aggressive words reached her ears, however, she changed her mind. “What are you talking about, Inuyasha?” she hollered back, climbing to her feet as Minoru began to protest. He, too, rose from his seat as Inuyasha entered the room, his eyes instantly falling on the hanyou’s companion. His breath caught as he stared at her, his mind bouncing back and forth between memory and reality against his will.



Could it really be her? Minoru asked himself as the young woman stepped around Inuyasha to get a better look at him.



“Sango?” he breathed, his eyes wide as he took in her altered appearance.



She blinked, looking him over as well. “It’s Suzume now,” she answered, stepping toward him. “And you are…?”



The doctor swallowed, his nerves finally catching up with him. “Minoru,” he replied in a small voice, breaking out into a large, relieved smile. Hesitating, he held out his hand to shake hers. Suzume teased her tongue ring with her teeth for a moment as she stared down at his outstretched hand, contemplating her next move.



Suddenly, she looked up, right into his violet eyes. Eyes that were astoundingly and frighteningly identical to those that haunted her most loved dreams… Ignoring his hand, Suzume threw her arms around her soul mate’s neck, hugging him tight. Minoru blinked, his mouth hung open in surprise, before he wrapped his arms around her tiny waist, squeezing her gently.



Inuyasha and Kagome watched the strange exchange, both of them startled and shocked. “What the hell just happened?” Inuyasha wanted to know.



“I think we just reunited Sango and Miroku without even knowing it,” Kagome answered, blinking again.



Finally Inuyasha turned to her, looking her up and down. “And what the fuck is this?” he cried out, gesturing to her protruding belly.



She turned to face him, leaving Suzume and Minoru to their reunion bliss. Kagome glared up into her husband’s golden eyes, which were glimmering intensely with anger and confusion. “I’m pregnant,” she shot back, her tone saying plainly that the fact was obvious.



He snorted. “No shit, wench. I mean, when the fuck did it happen?”



“Would you stop cursing at me!”



“No! Now fucking tell me what the fuck is fucking going on here!” He growled. “Fuck!”



Kagome was quickly turning red. “I’m being serious,” she said in a low tone. “You better wise up, Inuyasha, and shut your sailor’s trap before I shut it for you!”



He sneered, the expression most unbecoming on his normally handsome features. “And why should I?” he asked in an equally low voice, leaning down until his face was a breath’s width away from hers.



The former priestess groaned, rolling her eyes. “Because the twins will hear you, baka!” she mouthed off.



Inuyasha blinked, his lips parting and his eyes widening. “Wh-what?” he stuttered.



Kagome’s expression softened as her anger dissipated. “Inuyasha… Rin and I tried contacting you while you were on tour, but we couldn’t ever reach you! I found out about five weeks after you left…” She smiled up at him, reaching forward and taking his wrist in her hands. Inuyasha stood stock-still and limp, allowing her to press the right palm of his hand against the swell of her belly. His chest tightened as he held his breath, staring at the rather large baby bump that his long-estranged wife now sported.



“We’re having a boy and a girl,” Kagome continued. His eyes shot up, meeting hers in stunned silence. “Our son will be human, with spiritual powers like mine. Our daughter will be hanyou, like you, the doctor said.”



Inuyasha stepped back unconsciously, obviously startled by this new information. “B-but how? How can we have a… A human son…?” Kagome watched as realization dawned, and she couldn’t stop the gentle smile that spread across her lips. “My human night,” he murmured, staring down at Kagome’s enlarged tummy. “My human night helped you create a human child?” He was stunned to his very core. To think that he had given his son a life that he couldn’t have had… His heart and soul both swelled up so much with pride that he felt as if his chest would explode.



They both looked to Suzume and Minoru, who were now watching the exchange with nearly identical smirks. Inuyasha and Kagome both shared the same sheepish expression.



Then Kagome’s face fell, and her eyes widened. Stepping back from her husband, she shook her right leg, blinking at the liquid mess at her feet.



“Uh…”



Next Time:



Chapter Eighteen: Idle Threats.