Kagome looked around the roach infested motel, the sobs being forced to sit in her throat strangling her. The sheets covering the bed were putrid, moldy. The carpet reeked of mothballs and mildew. Her heart stopped as she heard a soft rustling in the corner. She shrieked when a large rat jumped from a garbage can and climbed onto the bed. Turning quickly, she ran to her car, slamming the door behind her.

Fat, warm tears rolled down her pale cheeks as she leaned out of her window to vomit. Wiping her mouth on a napkin, she tossed it aside, her eyes landing on the envelope near the napkin's resting place. 'Sessho gave me that last Valentine's day. It had the sweetest message. Well, as sweet as he can get.' More tears came, and she felt the hot bile rise in her throat again. 'Sesshomaru, why?! Why did you do this?!

*Flashback*

Sesshomaru sighed softly as he entered his home. It didn't feel like a home anymore. It felt like a morgue. What with the two pups Kagome had lost. Setting his briefcase aside, he headed up the stairs to his bedroom, finding Kagome asleep beside an empty box of tissues. "Kagome, wake up. We have to get to our doctor's appointment. Kagome." He shook her.

Slowly, her lids raised, and she looked at him with wide, sleepy icy blue eyes. "Sessho, you're home from work."

"Yes. Now, get up. we have an appointment. You're going to make us late. I told you, miko, to be ready when I returned home."

"I know. I fell asleep. Sorry." She whispered, sliding into her shoes. "Let's go." As usual, they rode in silence, Kagome running her fingers through her hair every now and again to get Sesshomaru to notice that she'd gotten it cut a little and a few blue streaks were strewn around. But he never said anything, leaving her upset and disappointed. Silently, she followed him into the hospital.

It only took a few moments for the nurse to call them, and only a few more for Kagome to get over the fact that Sesshomaru hadn't taken his eyes off the nurses body the entire time she spoke to them. Her heart had clenched when she'd seen the nurse take Sesshomaru away to another room for testing. When he returned, she tried her hardest to ignore the looks he and the nurse kept sending each other.

A doctor eased into the room, a smile on his face as he held their results. "Ah, Mrs. Tashiro, might I say that you look beautiful today, radiant. And did you cut your hair?"

Kagome's eyes brightened as she grinned. "Yes. I did. And thank you." She frowned when Sesshomaru pulled her against him possessively.

Sesshomaru bared his fangs at the doctor. "Our results." He looked at Kagome's hair. 'When did she have that done?'

He cleared his throat, looking at the charts. "Well, Mr. Tashiro, your sperm count seems perfect, and you're healthy. But you, Mrs. Tashiro, hm, have you ever heard of a tipped uterus?"

Kagome shook her head. "No. What is it? Is it dangerous?"

"No. Not really. Well, not unless you are to get pregnant again, which is not very likely. The pups you managed to conceive earlier wer miracles, but they were years ago, and you've been trying. You see, a tipped uterus is leaned back toward the pelvis, making conceiving highly difficult."

"But not impossible, right?"

"Nearly in some cases. Not so much in others."

Sesshomaru released Kagome. "So she can not have a surviving pup?"

The doctor sighed softly. "No. I doubt that. But, you could always have a surrogate mother."

Kagome opened her mouth, but her husband beat her to it. "No. Kagome, we are leaving." He stood and walkd to the door. "Kagome."

Tears in her eyes, she walked after him, pausing when the doctor touched her shoulder. "Hm?"

"Are you alright?"

"She will be fine." Sesshomaru glared, taking Kagome's hand and pulling her with him out of the room.

Kagome bit her lip as they road home. "Sessho, you don't blame me do you?" No answer. "It was natural. The way I was born." No answer. "I'm sorry. But we- I mean, I-" Exhaling when Sesshomaru turned on the radio, she sat back in her seat, staring out the window at the blurry sight.

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Kagome grinned as she scurried around the house in her lingerie. She snatched a lighter from a kitchen drawer, lighting all of the candles in the living room. Spraying her perfume into the air, she giggled. "I can't wait to surprise Sessho when he gets home." Sliding a CD into her stereo, she swayed slowly to the soft music, practically jumping up and down when she heard a key in the lock. She ran toward the door. "Sesshoma...ru." She stiffened as she saw the nurse step out from behind him. "S-Sesshomaru, who- who is she?"

He nudged the woman forward. "You remember the nurse. Niyoshi Sara."

"Y-yeah, but what is she doing here?" Kagome looked behind them when she saw a truck pull up. "And what's with the truck?"

Sara smirked. "Oh, that's nothing. Fluffy's just moving me in, and kicking you out."

Kagome's mouth fell open. "Sesshomaru, you can't be serious."

Sesshomaru looked down at her coldly. "I am. Sara is pregnant." He watched nonchalantly as Kagome fell to the floor. "She and I are engaged."

"B-but we-"

"I wish for a divorce."

She clenched her fists. "Because you knocked up a whore?" She shook her head. "Is she why you never touch me anymore?! Why you have only touched me once since we got the news about my uterus?!"

Sara snorted. "Of course I am. Why would he need you when he has me. Anyway, Fluffy, I'll be in the bedroom." She left the pair.

Kagome forced her tears back. "She knows where the bedroom is?"

"Yes."

Rage consumed Kagome. Furious, she lunged at him, punching as hard as she could. "How could you?! How could you, in our home?!"

He sighed. "My home. I pay the bills, Kagome."

"Because you asked me to quit my job when we got married! Marriage is forever!"

"Marriage lasts until divorce. Mating would have been forever. Now, get dressed and calm down. You are making a fool of yourself. And you must leave now."

Kagome paled. "B-but, where will I go?"

"I don't care. You simply have to leave my property. Here is your wallet. There is about 5, 600 yen inside. Enough for one night at a hotel. After then, I suppose you should call your mother."

Biting her lip, she turned away from him and grabbed her coat from the hook. She wrapped it tightly around her, then walked toward him, seeing that he was holding out a piece of paper to her. 'Divorce papers.' Without a word, she took his pen and signed and initialed where she needed to. "Goodbye then, Sesshomaru."

He watched her walk away. "Kagome. Do not be upset. Our love has simply run it's course."

"Perhaps yours has, Mr. Tashiro. However, mine has not. Sayonara."

*End*

"Fine, Sesshomaru. If you want me gone, I'll go." Kagome smirked as she whipped out of the motel's parking lot. Rushing to an ATM, she flipped through her wallet. "Yes!" Sliding the bank card in, Kagome withdrew all of the money from the card. "I am entitled to this, Sesshomaru." She laughed to herself, but it sounded more like a broken sob. Strolling into an airport, she purchased a ticket to Yokohama and boarded the plane. "Goodbye forever, Sesshomaru Tashiro."