If You Don't Know... by Tori

18 Years Prior...

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.

AN: This is my first fan fiction so I hope it doesn't suck too badly. My beta-reader, Shadowgirl, is amazing. Thank you sooo much. :) Edited version: Has been corrected enjoy :)

Pairings: Sess/Kag, Kou/Aya

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Eighteen Years Prior

A young human woman in her late twenties walked into the emergency hospital doors trying to remember how to breathe when a contraction was coming. The young woman swiftly glanced around to find the front desk. She walked her way over to the middle aged blonde nurse.

The nurse looked up from her paperwork and asked the young woman in a bored voice, "Can I help you?"

The younger woman in front of her rushed her answer incase another contraction hit before she could say it out completely, "My name is Kaori Higurashi. I'm 27 years old. I'm pregnant and in labor. I sure hope you can help me."

The nurse then jumped to attention to grab the nearest wheel chair and had Kaori take a seat as a different nurse wheeled her up to the Labor and Delivery floor. As she was wheeling Kaori into a room, she asked her a couple of questions.

"Ms. Higurashi, if you don't mind me asking... Do you have anyone here with you? Any husband or relative?"

"No, my mate is at a business dinner and isn't picking up his phone, the bastard. My mother and mother-in-law are both retired and in another country at the moment. However, I might be able to reach my brother," Kaori managed to tell her after her latest contraction hit.

When the two women reached the room, the nurse set her up and made her comfortable while doing the necessary things to monitor Kaori properly.

After completing her tasks, the nurse looked down at Kaori and told her though she wished she didn't have to, "Ms. Higurashi, I am sorry to say this... but you are going to have to perform the unfortunate task... of filling out the insurance paperwork until you can get someone to do it for you."

The younger woman laughed, letting some of her ebony locks frame her face. "Maybe it will distract me, or at the very least keep me busy," Kaori replied whole-heartedly, taking the paperwork from the nurse.

As the nurse turned to leave the pregnant woman, she informed her, "There's a phone beside your bed, so you can call someone to be with you. I think women find it easier to be surrounded by loved ones while giving birth. If you need anything, my name's Kaede and I'll be checking on you regularly," she said with a smile on her face and left.

Kaori smiled as Kaede left and turned towards the phone and glared. "He better pick up this time," she muttered to herself, dialing the number of her husband's cell phone, leaving the hospital's number with her extension.

Yukio just could not understand it, his cell phone just would not stop going off. It stopped for twenty minutes and started up again. The meeting he was currently in was going on without a hitch... well, if only his phone would stop. So he quietly excused himself to call the person that seemed so persistent on getting a hold of him.

When he looked at his cell phone, he found that all the missed calls' phone numbers in it were from his home, except for the last. So, he picked up his phone and dialed the last phone number, and it rang... and rang... and rang... and then the machine. He didn't understand it... 'Could something have happened? Kaori's not due for a few more days...'

With that thought, he called the other number, plus the extension number, it rang... once, twice... then... his mate picked up the phone. 'Where is she?'

"Hello?" Kaori answered.

No reply.

"Hello?" a little more forcefully, she asked again.

"Kaori, where are you?" Yukio finally spoke up.

"Oh, nice of you to finally call me back," She snapped.

"You know I was in a meeting, darling, now where are you? I don't recognize the phone number of the place," Yukio informed her sweetly.

"The hospital room I'm in," she stated as if it was as plain as day, like she was talking about the weather. Then another contraction hit and she started doing her breathing techniques again.

"YOU'RE WHERE!? Why? What happened?!" Yukio yelled in her ears, his reply startled and frightened. Breathing was his only response.

"Kaori! Kaori, answer me!" Yukio screamed, worried.

"Sorry... Contractions. My water broke so I drove myself to the hospital. I'm currently filling out paperwork. Now, I know why that nurse was so gloomy about it. Man, it's a pain in the ass," Kaori sighed.

"I'm on my way. Which hospital are you at?"

Kaori told him which hospital she was staying. He just had to go to the front desk and ask for her. They would help him, and then he could finish filling out the paperwork because it was giving her a writing cramp.

Yukio briskly ran back into the meeting room, all his colleges looking at him. "I'm sorry, I have to go. My mate's about to have my pup. Bye." He ran out to his car and drove to the hospital as fast as he could without getting caught by the police.

When Yukio reached the hospital, he passed through the emergency doors and ran to the front desk. "I'm looking for my mate," Yukio blurted out the nurse.

The nurse was a young girl with a glint in her eye as she stared at Yukio longer than was necessary. "Well, hello there." She said in a sugary tone, trying to seduce the male in front of her.

"Tell me where my mate is now," Yukio ordered her, leaving no room for arguments. Normally, he would have politely brushed past the flirting and used it to his advantage, but his mate was in LABOR, so he had no time to waste.

"Okay, okay. Calm down. No need to get nasty, big boy. My name's Chika, what's yours?" she flirted shamelessly, not giving up. Yukio was getting frustrated, 'Can't this bitch take a hint?' he thought.

Then a middle aged nurse made herself known, "Chika, go do some paperwork while I help this man." Chika glanced up at the older woman and pouted, "Aw, man, Kaede, you always get all the fun."

Kaede's reply was a shooing motion of her hands. She chided the young nurse, "Yeah, yeah, now move your butt."

Kaede then turned to look at the young man trying to get information out of Chika. This was most likely difficult, considering how good looking he was, especially for a demon. As she scanned the man, she noticed two green stripes on each cheek bones, one on each wrist, and a well chiseled body to boot. "Now, how can I help you?" she asked.

"Finally," he breathed, "I'm looking for my mate."

"Okay, sir, and what is the name of your mate?" she asked.

"Higurashi, Kaori"

Kaede told him, "Right this way" and proceeded to make her way to the room she had placed Kaori in.

Yukio looked puzzled while following the older woman, "Don't you need to check any paper or anything?" he asked.

"No," Kaede responded as she stopped in front of Kaori's room and faced him, “you remember the pregnant ones. She's right in there, Mr. Higurashi," Kaede informed him then bowed and left the young man alone.

Yukio pulled back the curtain, only to find his beautiful mate eating some ice chips and filling out what he assumed was the "paperwork" she had mentioned. Yukio then decided to make his presence known. "Hi there."

Kaori glanced up from some stupid question on an even more stupid sheet of paper. Upon seeing her mate standing there, her heart fluttered. "Hi. I'm glad you're here," she replied sweetly.

He smiled at her. "Oh and why's that?" he asked.

Kaori smiled back at him as he came closer and sat next to her on the bed. "Because I don't want to do this without you..." she whispered, leaning on his shoulder, "not to mention, you can now fill out all this crap. I'm sick of it," she grinned as she slid the rolling tray so he could see all the papers.

Yukio looked down at the paperwork and had to chuckle, "All right sweetheart."

At that exact moment Kaori placed down her ice, a contraction hit.

It took few hours until the contractions started to worsen and she was going into full labor. Yukio was extremely glad he was there, but was even happier when he finally finished all that paperwork. In the delivery room, Yukio was staying next to her and being called various unflattering names for doing this to her, and that it was going to be a while until she let him touch her again.

The doctor delivering the baby laughed at that comment, especially when Yukio tried to get her to reconsider her decision. Needless to say, that didn't help any.

After finally giving birth to a beautiful baby girl, she was cleaned and given to her parents.

"She's beautiful..." said Yukio in awe.

"I know the perfect name for her, Yukio," came Kaori's voice.

Yukio looked down at his beautiful mate and implored her to go on.

"Well... I was thinking about..."

Right then the doctor chose to walk in. "Mr. and Mrs. Higurashi..." the doctor began.

"Yes... doctor?" Yukio inquired, urging the doctor to continue.

"I'd thought that I should inform you as I am about to inform all the people that need to be informed. Your daughter was not born a hanyou as was expected," the doctor stated.

"What do you mean?" Kaori asked.

"It would seem that your daughter was born a demoness with holy powers, though if you want to get technical an Inu-Miko Demoness," the doctor replied.

Yukio looked at the doctor like he'd grown a second head, "I don't understand, I thought those were very rare and were only born every 500 years or so."

"They are," the doctor said," which is why I have spoken with Aneko, one of the other Miko Demonesses. I will let you talk to her and maybe she can tell you what's better to expect from your daughter."

Yukio nodded his understanding, and thanked the doctor.

"So our little girl is a strong, healthy, powerful Inu-Miko Demoness, how about that..." Yukio said while staring down at his daughter while playing with her finger.

He then looked over at his beautiful mate. "Now mate, what was the name you have chosen for our pup?"

Kaori looked up at her mate, and then glanced down at her daughter with a smile etched on her face, "Kagome..."

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AN: So I hope it wasn't too bad. Please review. ^.^