Kagome had been gone for almost 8 months now. Inuyasha had looked everywhere for her, even her own time, but her mother said kagome only came home for a single night before going back through the well, giving her a final goodbye hug and kiss. She said kagome appeared to be distraught but she refused to talk about it. Inuyasha had been going village to village hoping to hear a rumor about a woman traveling alone, but had no luck. Until tonight.

He walked among the villagers and listened to their conversations, pausing as they occasionally told him and the others about a young girl they had taken in for the night before she set off again. From what they were saying though, this woman was heavy with child. Inuyasha sighed in disappointment as he continued walking. Sango however, stopped. "Inuyasha..." she said slowly, "how do you know this is not kagome we are hearing about? You two were mates is it possible-" she trailed off as he turned to face her. He looked hurt. "Sango, if it is her, why did she leave me? Especially with my pup?" "Maybe she is scared inuyasha. Maybe she is afraid of your reaction." He thought on this for a moment before turning to the villager that had mentioned the girl. "Hey, what did this girl look like?" He asked the woman who thought for a moment, "well she was heavy with child, but not eating like she should, you could tell from her face. She was beautiful though. She had brown eyes and hair like a raven. She really cares about her child though, that much was apparent by talking to her. Though she was always afraid of being followed. She only stayed for the night and took off early in the morning." Inuyasha drew in a shocked gasp as he realized there was no mistaking the girl was his kagome. He felt relieved that she was near but hurt that she was fleeing him with his pup. She was putting herself and their pup in danger, and he could not waste any more time trying to find her. The one thing worrying him was how the villager had said, 'heavy with child but not eating enough' . Didn't kagome know that she needed to eat to stay strong for the pup? Or was she that upset and scared of him that she couldn't eat? He felt sango and miroku place their hands on his shoulders as he realized he was crying. "Cmon inuyasha, lets go find her and you can make things right." Miroku smiled down at him as they continued on.