The Secrets that We Hold by TheFallenAngel

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I do not own Inuyasha!

“Thoughts”

“Beast”

“Flashback”

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Lady Talia had been in labor since earlier last eve but she was almost there it would not be much longer until she was holding a pup in her arms once more. With one more scream and push the baby was born cleaned and handed to the mother.

“It is a female this time my lady,” The healer told Talia with a smile as she left to retrieve her lord and the young prince.

Talia smiled at her mate as he entered the room, “We have a daughter my lord.”

Hoku was standing on one side of his mother and his father was on the other. “May I hold her mother and father?”

Talia and Taki looked at each other in shock then turned back to their eldest son who appeared to be fifteen in human years. “Yes you may hold her my son,” his father answered taking the pup from her mother and placing her in her brothers’ arms.

Hoku’s eyes widened when he looked into eyes that where sapphire blue. He heard his mother and father speaking but when her heard his mother ask what they would name her he whispered, “Kagome.”

Taki and Talia just stared at him and Talia asked, “What did you say sweetheart?”

Hoku looked his mother in the eye and Talia finally saw emotions on her sons face for the first time in years as he spoke again, “Kagome we should name her Kagome.”

Talia smiled and looked to Taki, “What do you think my love? I love the name myself.”

Taki smiled down at her, “If you like it mate then that is what her name shall be.”

Taking Talia and Hoku’s hand into his Taki smiled down at the bundle that rested in his son’s arms, “Our little Kagome our little princess.”

Hoku looked at his mother a smile on his face, “May I care for her so that you may rest mother? I could take her and let Amaya see her.”

Never seeing her son show so much emotion before Talia could do nothing but agree and Hoku was out the door little Kagome cuddled close to his chest. He found Amaya in the gardens and called out to her. Amaya spun around and almost fainted when she saw Hoku with a huge grin on his face. Then she noticed that he had something in his arms.

Hoku stopped in front of Amaya and uncovered Kagome’s face, “Amaya I would like you to meet Kagome.”

Amaya gasped at the little angel that she saw, “Oh Hoku she is beautiful the perfect little princess.”

Hoku nodded his head in agreement and from that day forth if he was not training or studying you could find Hoku playing with his little sister and finally spending time with his intended. If you could not find Kagome then all you needed to do was find Hoku. It did not matter to her if he was training or studying. If he was training Kagome would watch his every move and commit it to memory and if he was studying she would watch what he was doing and learn all that she could even though she would have lessons and training when she got older.

“That is the basics of our story Sango the short version you could say.” Amaya smiled at Sango.

Sango smiled brightly, “That is an amazing story I have one more question if you do not mind.”

Amaya smiled at her and told her to ask. With a deep breath Sango asked, “You and Hoku were betrothed to each other but you never said when you two fell in love.”

Amaya blushed prettily at that, “Well Sango that had a lot to do with little Kagome as well. She was no more than four in human years but you know a child’s innocence and the things they come up with. Well it so happens that I had written a few letters telling Hoku exactly how I felt and little Kagome found them. She saw Hoku’s name on them and thought that I meant to give all of them to him so she did.”

Sango’s eyes widened at that but she did not say anything she just continued to listen to Amaya. “Since I did not know Kagome had given them to Hoku and that he had read them I was quite shocked when Hoku called on me for breakfast in the gardens. I dressed quickly and made my way to where the servant told me Hoku was waiting for me. When I arrived I was shocked at what I saw. Hoku smiled at me and let me under a cherry blossom tree where he told me he loved me and asked me to be his mate. I could do nothing but nod my head since I had tears streaming down my face from happiness.”

Sango smiled at her, “That was so beautiful and sweet Amaya.”

Amaya shook her head, “Yes it was Sango but it was not long before Kagome turned five and a week after her fifth birthday was when we had to send Kagome to the future for her protection.”

Hearing a screech come from a little way to their left they turned to see Hoku standing behind Kagome with a bucket in his hands and Kagome standing there with sand piled on top of her head and on her shoulders. They both fell backwards laughing their asses off.

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