Hello! I am here with my second story although this is my first chaptered one that I'm putting up! I've never written an mpreg fic before so bear with me if I get a lot of things wrong or am a bit vague!

Title: The Years Later

Rating: M

Summary: A one time loss of control leaves Inuyasha pregnant without the father of his pup knowing. And he plans to keep it that way for as long as he can but like with all secrets, they can't stay buried forever and his one is no exception to this rule.

Warnings: There will be lots of Kagome-bashing! If you are a person that does not approve or like yaoi, meaning male x male, or inucest or mpreg then please hit the wonderful little 'back' button located on the top left of your window and don't bother me with angry, disgusted reviews which I will blatantly ignore by burning them to a crisp and using them as seasoning on foods :D

Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha, Kagome would have died a horribly slow, painfully torturous death by now XD

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The Years Later

First Year: Aftermaths

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"I'm…I'm what?" came the incredulous voice, as the owner of the voice began shivering unconsciously at her previous words. Sighing in her usual manner, Kaede poked at the fire in her home once more with a stick causing brightly burning flecks of ash to crackle into the air. "I said that ye are with a child," she repeated solemnly, poking the burning flames once more.

"A-A-Are you positive?"

Nodding her head slowly, Kaede peered at the figure with a concerned eye. "I am positive. There is life growing inside of you. Can you not feel it?" She silently watched as a shaky hand was hesitantly placed over the stomach in question. The old miko kept her eye on the slightly paling face.

"Are you okay Inuyasha?"

Retracting his hand from his stomach, he asked, "Do you know how long? How long have I been…with a pup?" Sighing once more, Kaede poked at the fire twice more before saying, "I believe it has been roughly two month."

The hanyou abruptly stood up from the wooden ground and asked in a serious tone, his disbelief seemingly ceasing, "Kaede-baabaa, you sure?"

"…Yes."

Grunting, Inuyasha walked out of the hut with a frown. Instantly, everyone looked up and stared at him curiously, wondering what he was so insistent on talking about with Kaede by himself. Kagome approached him and asked what was on their minds, "Inuyasha, what was so important that you had to talk with Kaede-obaachan immediately? You practically left us back there!! Now tell us what was so important that you had to rush back here without giving us a reason."

"Keh! I don't have to explain myself to you," he replied, glancing at both Shippou and Kirara. If anything, those two would be the only ones that could possibly be able to pick up on his being…pupped. Keeping a close eye on them out of the corner of a golden eye, Inuyasha completely ignored what Kagome was ranting on and on about.

"What was it Inuyasha? If it's something that you can't even tell us about…could it be…Did you have to ask her about Kikyo? Is that it? ……Inuyasha! You're not even listening to me!! Osuwari!!"

Eyes doubling their usual normal size, he quickly yelled, "Wait, no!!" But it was too late and his face was planted into the ground by the force of the rosary. Once the spell wore off and he was able to lift himself back up to his feet, Inuyasha yelled, "What the hell Kagome?! Don't fucking 'osuwari' me for no reason other than you feeling like it!! I don't have to tell you every single damn thing so stop bugging me about it!!" With that said, he pushed past her roughly bumping into her shoulder and angrily walked away from them.

'She could have fucking hurt my pup!!' he thought furiously, jumping up onto his usual perch in his usual tree. Leaning against the tree for support, Inuyasha turned his thoughts towards the dilemma at hand. How…how did this happen? It was just a one time thing. Just one night! And more importantly, he was a freaking guy!! A male!! Sure, in the demon society, males becoming pregnant was not impossible, but it only happened in extremely rare cases!

And to think that he of all people in this world was the father…

"Inuyasha…"

The said hanyou could feel a groan making its way up from his throat to his lips. Why couldn't any of his companions understand, and more importantly realize, that right now, he needed to be alone. He wanted to be left alone.

"Inuyasha, about before back there…I'm sorry. You're right, I shouldn't have just assumed stupid things and then 'osuwari' you for no—" She clamped both hands tightly over her mouth upon hearing her mistake.

Inuyasha plummeted from the tree branch onto the dirt ground. A deep panic immediately coursed through his veins. As soon as the subjection wore off, he hurriedly checked his stomach making sure that no damage was done to his unborn pup. Thankfully, he could still feel the life pulsing through his body, unharmed.

"Inu…yasha?" Kagome called out, perplexed at his reaction. Instead of yelling obscenities, he was sitting there…checking his…stomach… "I'm sorry! I'm really sorry it was an accident!"

Relief turned into anger as his golden eyes shone furiously at her shocked expression. "What the hell are you trying to do Kagome?! Kill me and my pup while you're at it?!" he shouted, cautiously bunching up the fabric of his fire rat haori.

Startled at his furious response (despite that she had already apologized!), the girl from the future stamped her foot hard on the ground and with hands on her hip said crossly, "I'm not trying to kill you Inuyasha!! I didn't mean to say it! It was an accident and I apologized!!! I'm sor—wait a minute…Inuyasha…did you just say 'pup'? As in…child…baby?"

His amber eyes widened wildly as he grasped his slip up. Arms flailing and hands waving back and forth, he hastily spluttered out, "No!! I don't know what you're talking about!! I didn't say 'pup'! I said 'kill me and my-my-my butt!!' My ass hurts! God Kagome!! You're trying to kill me with osuwaris aren't you?!"

In reply to his outburst, Kagome narrowed her own brown eyes suspiciously. "You're lying. And don't try to deny it Inuyasha!" she added upon seeing him open his mouth and lift a hand in protest. "I know you're lying. Now tell me Inuyasha, what to you mean by 'kill me and my pup while you're at it'?"

There was a pause of silence in which the hanyou lowered his eyes to stare down at the dirt. His head soon followed. Taken back by his abrupt stillness, and silent, reaffirming confession, she held a hand up to her mouth and gasped. "Oh my god…Inuyasha…" Falling to her knees, she stared at him in disbelief.

"Inuyasha…oh my god are you…are you pregnant?" Kagome asked in a whisper.

Inuyasha refused to answer and instead began running a clawed finger back and forth in the dirt. However, that was answer enough. "Oh my god," she gasped again, unable to comprehend this information. "How? You're a…you're a male. Males can't get pregnant. How are you…?"

"Some male demons can get pregnant, but it's rare," he answered, continuously dragging his finger back and forth and making a tiny dent in the earth.

Choking on her words, Kagome asked, "Wh-Wh-…Who's the…fa…father?"

Upon seeing his shoulders tensing, the reincarnated miko knew that she had asked the wrong question. "Inuyasha…you weren't raped were you?"

"Hell no!!!" he yelled right after her question. "I'm not a weak little bitch!"

"Then how in the world did…this happen?" she asked, gesturing to his stomach with a hand. "I mean…for you to get pregnant would mean that you…that you would have to have…sex."

Rolling his eyes, Inuyasha replied, "Obviously Kagome. That kinda goes without freakin' saying." She frowned and lightly slapped his arm. "Shut up Inuyasha! It's surprising! What do you expect? I mean…who did you…sleep with? And when? And more importantly, why? I thought that…I thought that we were…"

"It's none of your business."

As the scent of water mixed with salt wafted into his nose, he lifted his head up and cringed at the sight of her tears. "Inuyasha you jerk!! Why is it none of my business!? Why are you always doing things on your own even though you have me right here?! Why won't you let me help you?!"

"Because I don't want you to get involved Kagome! Especially not in this!!"

Wiping away the tears with the backs of her hands, she asked, "Were you ever going to tell me?! Were you even planning to tell Miroku, Sango, and Shippou?!"

"No. Why bother telling everyone about this? They'll just treat me like I'm weak and always stop me from doing things! I don't want to be protected and I don't need to be protected! And I definitely don't want to be seen as weak!!" he yelled back in his defense, growing annoyed with her and this pointless conversation. "Don't tell anyone Kagome!"

"How can I not tell any of our friends?! They have a right to know Inuyasha!! And of course you need protection!! You're weakened when you're pregnant and you can't handle all those demons coming after us!! Is it so wrong to rely on the people that love you?!"

Fangs bared, he barked out, "It's not your place to say anything!! I'll fucking tell them when I feel like I'm ready! So don't say a damn word!!!" She threw him an infuriated glare and yelled, "Not my place to say anything?! Fine!!!!! If you want to handle this all on your own I won't bother you about this anymore!!! Since it's obvious that you don't even have any FEELINGS for me if you're going around whoring yourself off to any guy youkai willing to sleep with you, a hanyou!!"

Getting up to her feet, Kagome stormed away, but didn't get very far. The next thing she knew, she was pinned to the ground with a hand wrapped around her throat. "Whoring myself off?! Is that what you think?! Is it?!" he snarled, tightening the grip he had on her throat. "A hanyou?! Is that all you think of me?! A lowly hanyou that shouldn't even be alive?! Why the hell can't we fucking get past the whole 'I'm a hanyou' fact?!"

She breathed out, wincing at the lack of air entering her lungs, "In…u…yas…ha…"

"Kagome!"

"Kagome!!"

"Ahhh Kagomeeeee!!"

A familiar staff was thrown in his direction and the hanyou instantly jumped out of its path, forced to release his hold on the girl's throat. "What in Buddha's name are you doing Inuyasha?!" asked Miroku, rushing over to Kagome's side.

"Have you gone crazy?! What the hell were you trying to do to Kagome?!" yelled Sango angrily, trying to aid her friend. Shippou was the next in line to scream at him, his tiny voice filled with both surprise and anger, "Inuyasha you jerk!! You trying to kill Kagome or something?! Are you crazy?!"

Coughing and gasping for air, Kagome stared at him with wide, scared eyes. However, a hint of anger could still be seen within them. "It's-It's o-okay Sango, Miroku, Shippou. Don't worry…let's just go back."

Sango and Shippou shot him dirty glares as Miroku gave him a confused, yet thoughtful glance before following after the others upon retrieving his staff.

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Relations between Kagome and Inuyasha worsened after her uncalled for provoking, degrading words and his attempt to strangle her to death. A total of three weeks had passed by and the two were doing all they could in their power to avoid each other.

"I thought they would have made up by now…" Shippou piped, sitting next to Miroku and Sango who had Kirara cradled in her lap. "It's been three weeks already."

"Indeed…I have never seen the two of them have a fight this terrible—or long," replied Miroku, turning his gaze from a talking Kagome to a sullen Inuyasha sitting in his usual tree and looking out into the forest. Sango continued petting a sleeping Kirara and remarked, "What could we expect? Inuyasha tried to strangle Kagome. I'm sure that he must have a reason behind doing it, but regardless, it was cruel of him."

Shippou frowned and immediately set out to defend his adoptive father. "But Inuyasha isn't the type of guy to go around strangling people without a very good reason. Kagome must have said or done something really bad to him to make him that mad."

There was a period of silence before Miroku finally spoke. "Have either of you noticed…any difference with Inuyasha? And Kagome's attitude and actions towards him?"

"Now that you mention it houshi-sama…those two have been acting rather strangely. And I don't think it's just because of what happened three weeks ago," said Sango, thinking back to what happened.

"Yeah! Kagome has been a lot meaner to Inuyasha and he's been a lot moodier!! And ever since that day, more youkai have been attacking us too!" Shippou cried, jumping up to his feet. "He kinda smells different too!"

Both humans stared down at the kitsune questioningly. Miroku was the one to ask what was in their thoughts. "What do you mean Shippou…?"

"Inuyasha's scent," he replied simply, cross his arms and furrowing his brows together. "It's changed."

"What do you mean 'his scent's changed'?" asked Miroku, puzzled at the young kit. Grinning, Shippou explained his 'vast knowledge' to them, chest puffed out proudly. "You guys know how everyone has a unique scent to them. Well, Inuyasha's scent has been weird lately! But it smells nice…like how my mom used to smell…or my dad even."

The two humans stared down at Shippou, surprised clearly adorning their facial expressions and hanging in their eyes. When had the little kitsune become so sharp to notice small changes like that?

"What're you guys talking about so seriously?" asked Kagome suddenly appearing in front of them with a smile. They all could see the strain in her lips. "Makes me feel like I'm missing something."

The lecherous monk answered with a fake laugh, "Ah, we're not discussing much Kagome. Did it appear that way?" With a quick nod of her head, he continued, "We were just talking about how we have all noticed an increase in youkai attacking us late—"

Terrified screams reached their ears and all four heads turned towards the direction of the sounds. Running towards the noise, weapons drawn, they could see Inuyasha already fending off the scorpion demon and a snake demon.

"Inuyasha!!" yelled Kagome, effectively distracting him and allowing the scorpion youkai to make a large gash in his arm. "Fuck," he muttered under his breath, hacking off a claw. "Inuyasha, you take care of the snake demon, we'll take the scorpion!" yelled out Miroku, beating away the other claw. Sango yelled the same, throwing Hirakotsu at its head and missing, only grazing its back.

With a nod, the hanyou jumped out of the way just as a tail collided with the rocks. While preoccupied with dodging the first attack, the snake youkai lunged at him, biting his shoulder. "You bastard!!" Inuyasha yelled, slashing off the snake's tongue and front half of the mouth. It recoiled in pain, hissing.

Momentarily holding his shoulder, Inuyasha glared at the snake which was thrashing in pain by now. He let out a predatory growl before jumping up and bringing Tessaiga straight down the middle of its head, splitting the thing in half.

Red spurted endlessly from the wound as it dropped to the ground. "Bastard bit me…" he grumbled, looking over towards the others. They too were finishing off the scorpion. Putting Tessaiga away, he turned away from the soon-to-be rotting corpse when a low hiss alerted his senses. Inuyasha hurriedly unsheathed the fang and was about to slice the snake youkai in half when a pain in his lower abdomen abruptly stopped him.

He doubled over, holding his stomach, and threw up.

"Inuyasha!! Watch out!!!" screamed Kagome, watching in horror as the tail flicked in his direction, knocking into his back and sending him flying. The baby!! She thought horrified. The snake's body twitched once more before finally going completely still and Kagome took that as a sign that it was dead. She wasted no time in running over to the injured hanyou, praying that the baby wasn't harmed.

"Inuyasha!! Inuyasha!! Are you alright?!" she asked frantically, kneeling beside him. In answer to her question, Inuyasha threw up once more at the base of the tree he was thrown into. "I'm…fine…and so is…my pup……" he panted out, before heaving whatever was left in his stomach onto the ground.

Nose wrinkled at the smell, Kagome said pointedly, "Morning sickness I'm guessing…even though it isn't morning anymore. Are you really alright Inuyasha?" Waiting for him to nod, she began her concerned scolding upon receiving it. "What the hell were you thinking?! Fighting those two demons!! You could have been killed!! Or lost your baby!! Why couldn't you just leave them to us?! You're pregnant Inuyasha!! You can't be your reckless self anymore while carrying a baby!!!"

"Preg…nant?"

"Baby?"

Kagome turned around coming face to face with a perplexed monk, taijiya, and kitsune. (Kirara had found out earlier and was busy licking a scratch.)

"Inuyasha's pregnant?!" Shippou asked, jaw dropping and eyes as wide as saucers.

The other two's eyes widened as they stood there, gaping at the still retching hanyou. Sango took a step forward and asked, "Kagome…did you just say that Inuyasha……is pregnant? As in…with a child?"

The miko panicked, flailing her arms around wildly to buy some time and think up of an excuse, but to no avail. "Why the hell are you asking her about me?" asked Inuyasha rudely, finally finished throwing up.

The monk turned to him and asked, "Well then Inuyasha, tell us. Are you pregnant?"

Getting up to his feet, he answered, "Yeah." before heading off to the river to wash out the acidic taste in his mouth. Kagome offered a small smile and a one-shouldered shrug before throwing out, "And there you have it; Inuyasha's pregnant."

"How…how long has it been?" asked Sango as they moved to a more shaded area. "I would like to know who the father is…" piped Miroku, brooding over all the male youkai they had met that could have possibly found their dog-eared friend attractive… Letting out a loud sigh, the futuristic girl replied, "I don't how long he's been pregnant or who the father is. He's not saying anything and just gets really quiet when I ask who the father is. He won't tell me a single thing! That's so typical of Inuyasha though! He always tries to do everything on his own and never lets me help him…Wait a minute. Why aren't you guys freaking out about the fact that he's pregnant?"

The two humans and kitsune stared at her, confused.

"You know…Inuyasha's a guy. A male. A he. Males aren't supposed to get pregnant…" she said slowly as though they were slow in the head. "It's not impossible for males to become pregnant Kagome. It's just that it's so rare in the youkai society that it's surprising to me. That's all. I never expected to meet a pregnant male demon let alone have it be someone I know."

"Indeed," agreed Miroku, holding his chin in a thoughtful manner. "And I never would have expected our rude, loud-mouthed, and cocky Inuyasha to be the one becoming pregnant. I wonder who the father could be…obviously a youkai that is stronger than him."

Shaking her head, Kagome repeated, "Wait, wait, wait! What is wrong with you guys? Aren't you creeped out by the fact that Inuyasha, Inuyasha!, is pregnant?! Or the fact that he…" Blushing a light shade of red, she finished, "Or the fact that he slept with another guy? Another male? Doesn't it bother you guys?"

Three heads shook in answer to her question as three quizzical stares were directed to her direction. "Why would it bother us?" asked Sango, truly confused.

"Well you know! Because…they're both…guys. It's…wrong." Shippou was the first one to ask, unable to contain his bewilderment, "What's so wrong about it Kagome?"

Turning a deeper shade of red, Kagome answered carefully, "Well because Shippou…they're both males. That's just wrong and immoral. Guys are meant to be with girls…" With the three blank stares she received with her answer, the miko turned a bright tomato red and abruptly stood up, "I have to go talk with Inuyasha! I'll…be right back!!"

"I don't get it…"

"Nor do I…"

"Me either!"

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