She could not believe what she was seeing. After one skipped period and very stressed-out looking Inuyasha, in a little over one month Kagome broke down a bought a home pregnancy kit.

She remembered leaving the Warring States Era.

"I'm going home for a few days and getting more supplies."

Inuyasha didn't even try to huff. "Do you have that school thing?"

Kagome shook her head, hoping to not look hurried to get home. "It's summer break."

Inuyasha nodded and looked away. She supposed that if she was going to be having a baby she wanted him to be the first to know, considering that he was probably the father. But she honestly didn't remember doing anything that night.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome put her bag on the ground and walked over to where he sat on the edge of the well. She put her arms around his shoulders and he didn't attempt to shrug them off. He seamed in a different world.

"Did you want to go with me this time?"

He turned to her and gazed in her eyes. He lowered his head and nodded to her.

She nodded and stood up. She had no doubt he was acting this way for the same reason she wanted to get home.

They had jumped into the well together and returned to her time as easily as usual. Before they climbed out, Kagome stopped Inuyasha's arm from reaching to hoist himself up the well wall. He turned and looked into her eyes.

"Yeah, Kagome?"

She looked at her shoes then looked back to him. "I need to go to the drug store for something. It will only take me a minute, but if you could I would like you to go with me. Okay?"

He nodded and said, "Sure. What about my ears?"

She smiled. "I think Sota would lend you a baseball cap."

He did go with her and held her hand protectively all the way there, while they were in the store, and walking the way home. He didn't ask what it was she was buying and she didn't say, and when the cashier took the box and looked at Kagome, she blushed and Inuyasha didn't ask.

So now here she was with the "easy read accurate" one or two strip indicator. One for negative, two for positive.

Inuyasha sat outside of the bathroom door. He didn't know what Kagome was doing in there, but he was pretty sure he knew what she bought. With all the gizmos and gadgets in her time, why wouldn't they have something to tell you if you're going to have a baby?

Oh, hell what was he going to go? He knew it would be his if she was with child, but he didn't even remember how it happened. He just trusted Kagome entirely not to have mated with anyone else. He knew of Kagome's feelings for him and he was sure she knew of his for her, but he didn't know if he could dedicate his heart fully to her with Kikyo alive and suffering out there. He loved Kagome, although he had never admitted it even to himself out loud, but he also felt a duty and love for Kikyo. He could move on better if it weren't for the duty he put upon himself to protect her, but as long as she would live he would never be able to break that completely, and he didn't know if that was fair to Kagome.

He heard a muffled sound from the other side of the door. It was Kagome. She sounded small and hollow. Oh, kill me now if I am the one who made her sound like that!

He stood and grabbed the doorknob and shook it. It was locked.

"Kagome! Open the door, please?" He shook it again and she again made that small, faint noise.

The door opened when Inuyasha pulled harder. That second sound was too much. Kagome sat on the closed-lid toilet and held onto the shower curtain for support. Inuyasha rushed over to her and kneeled down to the floor in front of her. In the trashcan was a small box and it's contents. She was breathing harshly and a tear began to fall from her eye.

"What is it, Kagome?" Inuyasha stared wide-eye at her lax and over-whelmed figure.

She gasped and threw herself into his arms. "I'm sorry!" She nuzzled into his shoulder. "I'm so, so sorry, Inuyasha. I didn't mean to…"

Inuyasha closed his eyes and wrapped his arms tighter around her. He knew. She didn't have to say it. He understood these tears.

"I know…I know…" was all he could think to say. He kissed her cheek twice and held onto her tight. "I know…What were you saying when I was outside?"

He heard her sniff and wipe her eyes on his fabric. She cleared her throat and sat back on her heels to look at him. "I said 'two lines…'"

He didn't understand exactly what that meant, but he understood what she meant. He looked at her as she settled herself down and began to sand up. "Careful," he said as he grabbed her arm and helped her up. She glanced up to him and smiled. Then, her face changed and the color drew out of it.

"Are you okay, Kagome?"

She closed her mouth and shook her head as she lifted the toilet cover to relieve her stomach of the noodles she had eaten earlier. Inuyasha stood behind her, holding her sides to steady her. In a free breath she asked him to please hold her hair back. He did, and never stopped holding her until she was done.