Continuance.

Enjoy.

Kagome woke up to Sango and Miroku staring at her. She glanced around to see Sesshomaru standing a good distance away from her a scowl plastered on his face. Had she passed out? Then she remembered the last thing she heard before she hit the ground. She turned again to Sesshomaru and asked one more time. "Sesshomaru," she choked out desperation behind her words, "am I pregnant?"

He looked at her for a few seconds before responding. "No." He turned and started to walk towards the trees, "I will come again for you at midnight, be ready."

Kagomes breath came out again in steady movements, she rejoiced at the fact that she wasn't with this monsters pups. She didn't want to a bring a child a hanyou child no less into a world full of hate towards it. She looked at her friends who also wore smiles of happiness and leapt towards them, throwing them off balance onto the ground along with her.

They giggled and stroked her back, "thank goodness," she said tearfully.

Kagome turned her head to look at the spot in the forest that Sesshomaru had disappeared through. He would be back and the sinking feeling came back in the pit of her stomach.

Sango watched her look towards the forest and watched her face fall again, she stroked her arm, "It will be ok Kagome, at least you're not pregnant, and now that the mating ceremony is over he won't touch you now."

She smiled at her friend for helping her feel a little better about her situation.

"I have to get the rest of my stuff from Kaede's hut." Kagome exclaimed, "And I have to say goodbye to Shippo, I'd like to fix everybody supper before I leave too."

They nodded sadly towards her and starting walking towards their home.

Shippo saw her come through the flap of door and jumped on her. "Kagome!" he yelled and clutched onto her, "You won't leave us again right?"

Kagome looked down at the kitsune pup in her arms and tears clouded her eyes, "Shippo, things are very complicated right now."

He looked up at her tears making their way fast down his face, "that's not an answer!" he yelled up at her. "You promised you'd never leave us."

The sob escaped her in a blatant rush, "S,shippo," she tried to say her lower lip trembling. "I,I," she couldn't get it out though, Sango appeared and took Shippo off of her shirt, "Shippo please run a long for right now and get some fire wood ok?"

He wiped his tears away and nodded slowly leaving the hut.

Kagome fell on her knees and shut her eyes trying once again to not have a panic attack in front of everybody.

"He'll be alright Kagome..." Miroku told her dropping beside her. "We'll explain it to him. Nothing is your fault alright, you must not think like that."

She steadied her thinking on his words; none of this was her fault, she had to keep thinking that or she would surely fall apart.

"Yes Kagome, you are not to blame." Sango also told her rubbing her back, Kagome nodded, wiped her face and stood back up.

"I want to make dinner for everybody," she said and wearily smiled, but the happiness could not and would not reach her. It was not there anymore. Nothing was there anymore, nothing but raw anger and loneliness consumed her now.

When dinner was over she looked around at her circle of friends and sighed, this would be the last time that she saw them for awhile. "Sango?" she asked, "Yes Kagome," she responded, "What time do you think it is now?"

Sango blanched and answered," Close to 11," she said softly. Kagome nodded her head and stood up grabbing her bowl and Shippo's in the process.

He was staring into the flames, he hadn't looked at her all night long, it tugged at her heart strings, she had lost Inuyasha and Shippo all in the matter of a few hours.

A rustling caught her attention and she looked at the flap door, speak of the devil….

His eyes were a dull gold and he looked very old and tired, Inuyasha looked broken… "Inuyasha?" she whispered coming towards him, her arms spread out, "Please you don't understand what happened."

He looked at her like he had never seen her before and side stepped her embrace, "Sango, is there any food left? I don't want ramen."

Kagome gasped and felt a tearing in her chest, "You don't want Ramen Inuyasha? When did that happen?" Sango half heartedly joked seeing her friend in distress.

"It happened a few hours ago," he smiled, "well if there ain't any food I better go grab some," he turned leaned down and ruffled Shippos fur before leaving again.

Kagome stared at the retreating form of her now former love. It was like he didn't even see her, like she wasn't even there.

She felt strangely invisible like no one else was in the room with her. Her mind was everywhere and she breathed in and out trying to push the hurt back down.

Sango didn't know what to do, there was nothing to say to Kagome to make her feel better about what had just happened between her and Inuyasha. The hurt was probably unimaginable and consuming her. She wanted to do something..anything..but she didn't know what TO do. Her eyes brimmed with tears, she felt useless towards Kagome. Miroku sensed Sango's distress and rubbed her back.

"There is nothing else we can do now Sango." He said to her loud enough for only her to hear.

Kagome shook her feelings down and went back to what she was previously doing.

Sesshomaru would be here soon, she shuddered she's rather die than see him again. Then suddenly she got another thought in her mind. What if she went back home?

That would be escaping all of this mess; she could leave the jewel shards here and never return….

Well ya'll I'm leaving it here, tell me what you think Kagome should do. I kinda went out on a whim with this chapter, wasn't really thought through.

What do you think she should do? I'd like to hear your requests. Love love love!