It is one month after the war. Kagome and Inu-Yasha haven't seen each other since that night. Heavily armed soldiers guard the well on both sides, and they are told to shoot anyone who tries too enter the well. Kagome has been getting back to school and having a normal life. She wears the Shikon no Tama around her neck to ensure that no matter what she would never forget about her adventure in Feudal Japan and the man she loved, Inu-Yasha.
"Inu-Yasha," Shippou called, "I know you're here Inu-Yasha, I can smell you. Come out, you've been up in the trees for a month." "If only he understood," Inu-Yasha thought. "Go away," he said. Shippou climbed the tree and sat on a branch near Inu-Yasha. "I miss her too," he said, "Come on Inu-Yasha, come down, have you even eaten anything?" "You don't miss her the way I do," Inu-Yasha said, "You're too little to understand." "No I'm not," Shippou said, "You love her, I know, I love her too. She was like a mother to me, and I miss her just as much as you do." "Even if you could understand, what reason do I have to come back," Inu-Yasha said, resting his hand on a branch behind him. "Because I need you Inu-Yasha, I don't have anywhere else to go," Shippou said, then added, "Kagome would have wanted you to." Inu-Yasha perked up at the mention of Kagome. He climbed down from the tree. "You're going to take care of me?" Shippou asked as he climbed down the tree. "Feh, don't flatter yourself, I'm doing it for Kagome," Inu-Yasha said quickly. Shippou and Inu-Yasha walked back to the village together.
"Well Kagome, you seem to be in good health," the doctor said as she finished Kagome's checkup, "Oh, and here are the test results you wanted." She handed her a large envelope. Kagome opened it nervously and scanned over the results inside, when she had finished she felt as if a rock had just fallen to the bottom of her stomach. "Is there any chance of error?" she asked. "No," the doctor answered, "I'm sorry Kagome, but those results are accurate. There is a policy of total privacy between doctor and patient, so I won't tell your mother, but I strongly urge you to tell her yourself." "I understand," Kagome said. "Would you like to talk about it?" the doctor asked. "No," Kagome said, "I just want to go home. Goodbye, Doctor Kamoto." "Goodbye, Kagome," Doctor Kamoto said as Kagome left.
Kagome walked to the subway and got on the train. She sat down with her head in her hands trying to think about how she would tell her mother. "How could everything go so wrong?" she thought, "Caleb betrayed us, and once we stopped him I was shot by my own father, then those idiots in the government took Inu-Yasha away from me, and now this." It was all Kagome could do to keep from crying as she reached her stop and walked home with these sad thoughts in mind.
Kagome went into her house. Sota wasn't home, so at least she could tell her mother alone. "Why did they have to take Inu-Yasha from me," she thought, "He would know what to do." "Kagome, you're home," her mother said when she saw her, "How did your checkup go?" "Mom, I…I," tears streamed down her face. "What's wrong Kagome?" Her mother asked, "Are you sick?" "No…no I…I'm…Mom, I'm pregnant."