A/N: Hi guys, I'm sorry it's been so long. Writer's block is a bitch and I just haven't have enough inspiration until these last few days but I finally finished this chapter. I've already begun with the next one but I can't promise I'll finish it soon.

But anyways, I hope you like it. R&R please!

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha

Keep holding on

By: Shizuko-chan13

Chapter 10

"Yes, I'm pregnant," she said softly.

Inuyasha turned to her abrubtly, as much as he could anyway, and hugged her tightly.

"Oh my God, you're pregnant? How far along are you? When did you find out? Oh my God, we're having a pup!"

"I haven't gone to my OB/GYN yet so I don't know how far along I am. But I have an appointment tomorrow."

He felt like the luckiest guy on the planet, just today he was thinking that she might not want to have a family with him and now he will.

"Thank you, Kikyou. You have no idea how happy this makes me," he told her after a minute of just holding her.

Kikyou didn't say anything, she just offered a tiny smile. Inuyasha returned it and put his hand on her still flat stomach. He took a big whiff so he could smell his unborn pup but was confused when he couldn't smell anything but the perfume overpowering Kikyou's own scent.

"Why can't I smell it? This doesn't make any sense. You are pregnant aren't you?"

"Yes, I am. I went to a miko as soon as I found out to conceal the pregnancy. No one can either smell or sense the fetus growing inside of me."

"It's called a pup, Kikyou, not a fetus! And why would you want to conceal it? Don't you want people to know?"

"Of course I do, just not yet. We are celebrities and there are a lot of demons and some spiritualists in LA who can sense my pregnancy and I don't want the public to know yet."

"Oh…okay. I guess that makes sense but why are you wearing it now? We're at home so you can just take it off."

Kikyou took his hand and put it on her belly, "Can you feel that?"

"I can't feel anything, Kikyou. Your stomach is still flat so I can't really feel the pup."

"No, not that." She moved his finger tips on her skin until he felt some kind of light engraving.

"What's that? Is that what I'm supposed to be looking for?"

"Yes, the miko used some kind of invisible ink and tattooed the concealing spell onto my skin."

"What? Is that good for the pup? And how are you going to get rid of it if you can't even see it? It's even tattooed on your skin!"

"She said it was easily removable so whenever I decide to announce my pregnancy I can just ask her to remove it. And she assured me that it was perfectly fine to have the concealing spell tattooed on my skin. You have nothing to be worried about."

"Look, Kikyou, this is my pup too. I don't really know what to do but I just don't want anything to happen to him. So I will worry, I can guarantee you that. And I will do my best to keep you both safe."

"Thank you, Inuyasha." She smiled.

"So when is your appointment tomorrow? I wanna to go with you."

"It's in the afternoon, but don't you have your appointment then too?"

"Shit, I forgot. Can't you reschedule?"

"I can't, my doctor is very busy. I only got this appointment because someone cancelled theirs, otherwise I'd have to wait until next Friday."

"Oh…okay then. I guess I can skip this one," he said a little disappointed, "but I wanna go to all the others."

Inuyasha gave her a small smile and turned his attention back to her stomach where his hand still lay while Kikyou watched him attentively, both deep in their thoughts but thinking about totally different things.

"Inuyasha, this might be kind of sudden but I think we should get married," said Kikyou after a moment, bringing the hanyou out of his thoughts.

"What? Married?" To say he was surprised was an understatement.

"Yes. I think it would be in our best interest to get married, the sooner the better. I don't want to embarrass my family, especially my father, by having a child out of wedlock."

"But your father has never liked me. I think he's already embarrassed that you're with a hanyou, I don't think us marrying before the pup is born is going to change his opinion of me."

It was one thing to have a pup with Kikyou, but marriage? At least she hadn't asked him to be mated as well. He'd been having doubts about their relationship lately, getting married now was probably not a good idea, at least not until they dealt with their issues first.

"Inuyasha, if I'd ever cared about what my father thought about you we wouldn't be together now. Besides, I really do want to get married. I love you, Inuyasha."

She had to convince him somehow, she would not take no for an answer. She'd worked too hard to get so far, now that her plan was coming together she would not let anything get in the way. But he had to accept her proposal first.

Kikyou had never told him she loved him, but now that she did he didn't know how to reply. If she'd told him that she loved him a month ago he might have told her he loved her as well but now things were different. Ever since she'd started behaving strangely he'd been wondering what he really felt about her. Besides that, he caught her lying to him last night and let's not forget Kagome.

He couldn't deny the connection they had, he'd never had that with Kikyou or any other woman and he probably never will. But marrying Kikyou would be the honorable thing to do, he just didn't want to hurt her. Whatever he felt for the supermodel, he was now pretty sure it wasn't love. And the thought of a loveless marriage didn't sit well with him.

"I need to think about it, Kikyou," he said after a long moment.

"You don't love me?"

If he didn't accept the proposal when she said she loved him then she'd have to try a different tactic. Guilt had work.

"I didn't say that, Kikyou. I just think that we need to take things slow. We've been together for six months now and things are going a little fast don't you think? I just don't want us to regret anything later on," he told her.

"It's a little late for that, don't you think? And I know things are going fast, but I'm sure we can adjust and go to a more regular pace once we're married and have the baby. And besides, I really want to marry you, not just because of the baby, this just rushes things a little bit."

Inuyasha sighed, it seemed Kikyou really wanted this, but he'd probably marry her even knowing she wasn't his mate. He'd do anything for his pup, he never thought he would ever have a son or daughter to call his own and he didn't want him/her to have the life he had. And if he were married to Kikyou he could make sure nothing happened to his pup, he would do anything for him/her, even sacrificing his own happiness.

"All right, Kikyou. Let's get married," he said, trying not to sound dejectedly.

"Thank you, Inuyasha. Now, I think we should have an engagement party next week?"

"Next week? Isn't that too little time to put a party together?" he replied.

"Well, yes. But the sooner we have the engagement party the sooner we can get married. I don't know when I'll start to show but I want to marry while I can still fit in a size 0 wedding dress."

"How soon do you want to get married then?"

"I don't know yet, but I've been planning my wedding since I was a child and have almost everything planned out. I can get everything ready in record time so all you have to do is make sure to be there on our wedding day and say 'I do'."

Inuyasha was seriously wishing their pup was a boy, if they had a girl there was a big chance she would take after her mother and he didn't know what to do with two Kikyou's, he could barely handle one.

"Okay, I guess. I know you well enough to know there's nothing I could say to change your plans anyway."

"I'm glad you know. So I was thinking next Sunday would be perfect for the engagement party…"

Inuyasha tuned her out but nodded every once in a while pretending to listen to her. Kikyou seemed really excited since she talked more than she usually did but it was in the same monotone voice of hers that would always make him fall asleep. Tonight was no different, he was out like a light in less than ten minutes.

Kagome woke up the next day around nine in the morning. She had spent the night studying Inuyasha's medical records, committing it to memory so that when they got the results tomorrow she could help Dr. Suikotsu figure out what the other physical therapists had done to sabotage his recovery and most importantly figure out a way to heal him.

She had also done research on hanyou, inu-hanyou to be more specific, on the internet and in the couple ancient books that she had brought with her from Japan to learn anything she could about them. What she learned worried her so she decided to contact Kaede the next day to learn everything she could about Inuyasha's heritage.

By the time she was done it was really late so she decided to sleep in instead of waking up early. She had a feeling she was going to need all the sleep she could get.

After getting ready for the day she went downstairs to make her phone call and then some breakfast.

Shiori came down shortly after she began preparing breakfast, already dressed for the day. She decided to help the physical therapist while they talked.

"Good morning, Kagome. How was your night?" she asked.

"Good morning. It was alright, I did a lot of research last night about inu-hanyou. I discovered something that has me a little concerned though. It's about your and Inuyasha's heritage."

"What did you find?"

"A lot but I think there's more to it than I could find with my limited resources… What has me concerned is the fact that when a hanyou is in an extremely critical condition, almost to the point of dying, sometimes their survival instincts kick in and this causes the balance of the demon and human blood to tilt. Their demon blood takes over and they become bloodthirsty monsters. Everything and anyone that crosses their path is considered a threat so they use every ounce of strength they have left to eliminate them in order to survive. Most hanyou die soon after from their injuries or they are killed by whoever is trying to kill them if their enemy is stronger….

"I have a feeling that we must prepare for such a situation just in case. We don't know what Kikyou is planning to do now that I won't help her with her evil plans and we can't rule out that she won't try to kill him. So the sooner I figure out what to do, the better. I called Kaede a few minutes ago to ask for her help so I'm gonna go to her just as soon as I'm finished with breakfast. Do you mind staying alone or do you need me to stay just in case the bitch does something? Coffee?"

"Yes, please." Kagome took out two coffee cups and poured them both some before handing one to Shiori. "And I don't mind staying alone, the gang will be here soon enough so don't worry. Besides, I'm not a weakling."

Kagome gave her a sympathetic smile. "I'm sorry if I gave you the impression I thought you were weak."

"Eh, whatever," she shrugged. "I get that a lot but I don't mind. My family has always been overprotective of me and they've tried to shield me as much as they could but that didn't mean I didn't have any means to find out anyway. They still think I'm oblivious to things that went around when I was growing up and I'd like to keep it that way so please keep this between us." Kagome nodded understandingly. "People usually think I'm weak and defenseless until they mess with me. Then they all wish they didn't," she chuckled.

"Yeah, I know what you mean. I can sense you're very powerful and you're also very much in control of your powers, just like Inuyasha. And you're both very smart, I just think he likes to pretend he isn't," she laughed.

"Yeah, well, no one's ever really been able to understand half the things he says or does. By the way I called Sesshomaru last night and he says he has everything under control. He knows a really good private investigator so he'll find everything we need to know."

"If he's that good then I'm almost positive he's the one checking me out as well. I won't say it doesn't bother me at all but I understand your family's need for taking such measures. I've got very little to hide, I just hope that your family respects my privacy enough to keep it to themselves."

"Don't worry, I only want to know what you want me to know and I'd rather hear it from you than read in some file. Although I'm sure my mother and Sesshomaru already know. They wouldn't hire anyone they couldn't trust."

"They know? Then why would Inuyasha ask to have me investigated if I already have been?"

"I don't think he knows you were, but Sesshomaru will just show him your file. But if you don't want him to find out about your life like that then he will surely understand if you ask him not to read it. I can see already that he doesn't hate you, that's saying a lot coming from him, he hates almost everybody."

"All right, I'll ask him then. I'd rather tell him myself if he wants to know more about me. I just need to earn his trust but I can see it doesn't come easily with him. Having me investigated was just a faster way to get to know me. And the sooner he trusts me, the better results we can get 'cause I'll need him to trust me for what I intend to do with his rehab."

"For what it's worth, even though we only just met I can tell you're trustworthy. He's just been through a lot of crap, for me and himself, that's why he won't trust people easily."

"I can't imagine. I just wonder how Kikyou managed to make him trust her since we all know she's a backstabbing bitch. She doesn't deserve his trust, she doesn't deserve him…. And I'm starting to get anxious to get the results."

"Do you think they'll be good?"

The raven haired woman sighed. "I don't know but probably not, since we now know his recovery was sabotaged. But whatever it is I'm sure I can fix it and he's a hanyou so his own healing abilities should kick in once I start healing him as well."

"I like your confidence, but I'm still really worried about him. Is there a chance that things can get worse?"

"There's always a chance, Shiori, I'm not gonna lie." Kagome got up and got a chair out of the way and went to get a new plate, mug and cutlery. "But we know what we're doing, Inuyasha was just stupid to listen to his girlfriend instead of his doctor. Had he had one of our caregivers he would be walking already."

"Am I always the subject of conversation when you two talk?" asked Inuyasha who was just entering the kitchen. Both women had sensed him coming down so they weren't startled.

"Not always," Kagome replied, "and FYI when we talk about you we mostly talk about your welfare, not your everyday life. We just want you to recover soon, that's all."

"And what does that have to do with me being stupid?"

"You heard what I said, you would be walking already if you had me or another caregiver from our clinic. You were stupid to follow Kikyou's advice which made you actually worse instead of better."

"It's not her fault, wench. She was obviously misled by her own family doctor so don't blame her."

Kagome was mad, not at him but at Kikyou. She had him so blinded, the only way to open his eyes was to show him proof of what the supermodel really was like. She was so close to telling him everything Kikyou had told her last night but judging by his own mood she was sure he wouldn't believe her, not without proof anyway.

"Is that what she told you or are you just assuming?" Kagome hadn't meant to say it out loud but it just slipped.

Inuyasha glared at her but didn't say anything. He didn't know why he was defending Kikyou, maybe because she was the mother of his unborn pup. But could Kagome be right? He still hadn't asked Kikyou about it so he didn't know if she had anything to do with it. But she couldn't, right? She said she loved him so even the thought that she might want to hurt him was ridiculous. Right? His confusion was making him more angry, now mostly at himself.

Kagome knew she shouldn't have said anything about Kikyou but what's done is done. She looked him straight in the eyes, trying to show him that she meant what she said, she didn't trust Kikyou. But she could also see the wheels in his head starting to turn, maybe things would turn out good if he was already starting to see things the way everybody did.

"Let's just drop the subject, it's too early for arguing," said Kagome after a moment of silence.

"When is your doctor's appointment, Yash?" asked Shiori.

"I don't know, the wench made the appointment. She only told me it was in the afternoon."

"It's at 3.30, Dogboy. And stop calling me wench."

"Stop calling me Dogboy."

"Whatever guys. The gang should be here sometime before noon, so what do we do until then?" said Shiori trying to change the subject.

"Kaede is expecting me," she turned to Inuyasha, "I have a feeling whatever is wrong with you might not be cured by using only modern medicine. Besides, I've never had a hanyou as a patient before and I'm sure Kaede can help me with my research so Dr. Suikotsu and I can make a quick recovery plan. What are you gonna do?" replied Kagome.

"I'll be in the studio."

Kagome rolled her eyes at him. Why did she even ask?

"Great, we could work on your new song, Yash" said Shiori. "I'll just clean up the kitchen first and I'll meet you in the studio."

"I can do it if you want, I don't mind," said Kagome, she really didn't want to let Shiori do the dishes by herself.

Shiori shot her a look that Inuyasha recognized instantly.

"Let's go, wench. When she gives you that look you just do whatever she says." He didn't even give her time to reply before he started dragging her out the kitchen.

Kagome arrived 30 minutes later at the Takahashi mansion. There she spent every minute she could on research. She was glad she had asked Kaede for help, not only did she have more ancient spell books but also healing herbs.

Before they started though Kagome expressed her concerns about his demonic blood and Kaede gave her an object and an incantation that would be able to restrain him from hurting anyone if something went wrong. She also said to always carry it with her, one never knows what could happen.

While researching she remembered Inuyasha mentioning that a few times he had felt a sting in his back near his injury and that after every sting he could feel less and less. After telling Kaede about it she thought it might have been a needle or syringe and that he might be poisoned. It made sense so they immediately searched through all her books of poisons. But by the time she had to leave to pick up Inuyasha they weren't done yet.

Kaede told her to go while she kept searching for poisons that matched Inuyasha's symptoms.

The inu-hanyou and the physical therapist arrived at the clinic with time to spare and were soon in Dr. Suikotsu's office and he didn't look very happy.

She noticed Inuyasha's put on a blank mask, he was bracing himself for the bad news because Dr. Suikotsu did not appear very positive right now.

"Let's cut to the chase, Doc. What's wrong with me?"

Dr. Suikotsu sighed before taking the MRI results out and showed it to them. It did not look good at all.

"You have been injected with some kind of substance and it's now in your bone marrow. We have to get rid of it but we don't know what it is yet. We have to run more tests to find out. And after we remove it we can take a better look at the damage but from what I can gather, it doesn't look very good. Worst case scenario is that you will be completely paralyzed."

Inuyasha was silent, he didn't know how to process it all. All he could think about now was the doctor's last words, he would be completely paralyzed. That meant he would have to give up a lot of things he loved to do. He couldn't be a professional musician anymore, he wouldn't be able to teach his pup everything he wanted to teach him and worst of all he would surely be ridiculed and looked down upon once again by those who despised him. He didn't want his pup to be subjected to that kind of treatment either and being in a wheelchair for the rest of his life kind of makes it a lot harder to protect him.

Kagome sensed his mood change, he was getting anxious but his face was still blank. She put a hand on his shoulder and he was startled. She looked him straight in the eye with a determined look before speaking.

"Don't give up, Inuyasha. I'm not. We don't know what we're dealing with yet but whatever it is we'll get through it. Together. You are not alone in this, your family and friends will support you every step of the way and you also have me. So get your head back in the game because we've only just begun."

Inuyasha looked at her, trying to sense if she was lying. Of course she wasn't, she hasn't lied to him yet. Her words helped a lot, she told him exactly what he needed to hear. She didn't promise him a miraculous recovery but she seemed confident she could do something to help. Hell, anything was better than being completely paralyzed and she exuded confidence in her ability to heal him.

That gave him comfort, comfort he hadn't felt in a long while. He could honestly say to himself that he was glad she was there with him now, but he would never tell her that. He was sure she could sense it anyway so there was no need to tell her.

Even though he kept his mask in place, Kagome could sense and see through his eyes how he let her comfort him. She was suddenly overwhelmed with happiness and relief. Even if he wouldn't admit it out loud (yet), she was certain she was gaining his trust.

"Dr. Suikotsu, can I see the blood test results? I've been thinking that whatever was injected in his spine must be some kind of poison, something strong enough to disable him but not to kill him. It's been in his system for five to six weeks already and he doesn't show any other symptoms than the unremitting progression of his paralysis. Maybe I can figure out what the poison is by looking at the results."

Dr. Suikotsu knew that this was somewhat in her line of expertise so he showed her the results. Both doctor and patient watched her study the results, one patiently, the other impatiently. After a few minutes she told them she might know what it was but had to make a phone call to confirm it and left the office.

It wasn't long before she was back with a paper in her hand and a worried face.

She showed them a copy of an ancient text, it was in ancient Japanese so even with the limited knowledge of Japanese Inuyasha still didn't understand it. He looked up to the doctor to see an expression that probably mirrored his, he was almost certain the doctor didn't even know Japanese, let alone ancient Japanese.

Kagome noticed their expressions and closed her eyes for a moment while taking a deep breath. She was not too happy about the finding but at least they knew what they were dealing with. Unfortunately only she could read the ancient text so she had to explain it before she was to start the healing process and his rehab.

She sighed. "Inuyasha, can I do a spiritual check up on you? I need to know something before I start explaining."

Inuyasha agreed. She turned him around and put her chair in front of him before sitting down. She took a deep breath to relax and saw that the hanyou was tense. She then proceeded to help him relax by doing some breathing exercises and then took both his hands in hers.

Telling him to close his eyes, she did the same. She did a quick check up but was more thorough with his spine. Now that she paid attention to his injury she could feel, or in this case not feel, how he felt. It wasn't pleasant to feel almost completely paralyzed and she vowed to herself that she would do her best to her abilities to heal him.

After that she focused more on the poison and the damage it had caused. It took a total of fifteen minutes to do the spiritual check-up. When she was done she let go of his hands and told him he could open his eyes. She heaved a sigh before addressing the two men.

"Okay, I have good news, bad news and even more bad news. Which would you like first?"

"Why don't you tell us the order you think is best, Kagome," replied Dr. Suikotsu.

"All right, I'll start with the bad news first. This poison is called Miasma. It's very rare in Japan, and even more so here in the US. This poison has a unique ability. Since it's demonic, it means it's magical and whoever it came from is very powerful and can manipulate it. Whoever wants to hurt you, Inuyasha, is only seeking to paralyze you right now but he can still kill you with the amount of poison you have in your system.

"The good news is that I am powerful enough to purify all of it. But the other bad news is that it has been in your system for so long that it's gonna take a lot longer and might be a lot harder to recover. It has affected you healing abilities greatly and I'm going to have to work on that as well.

"I'm really glad we finally found out what the problem has been all along but I suggest I purify the poison soon. Today if possible."

Inuyasha was still processing everything while Dr. Suikotsu asked his assistant Sharon about his schedule. When Inuyasha finally caught up with what was happening Dr. Suikotsu had just finished talking with Sharon.

"Well, Inuyasha, I hope you have tonight free because I'm free after six. Kagome will do the purifying here and I will supervise her as usual."

"Whoa, wait, what? You're going to purify me?" He looked bewildered at Kagome who smiled reassuringly.

"Not you, the poison. Don't worry, I've done it many times. The only difference is that this is a powerful poison and there is a large quantity and that you're a hanyou. But I know I can do it and I want to do it all in one session. I'm gonna take every precaution necessary to make sure I purify every last drop of poison without purifying you. Just in case I want to bring Kaede as well. She has more experience than me, especially when it comes to you and I want to consult her before I purify the poison. Is that okay, Dr. Suikotsu?"

"Who is Kaede?"

"Oh, right. You don't know her. She's the Takahashi family's healer. She's also a miko and she's the one who had the text about the poison. She's very experienced and I'd like to learn everything I can from her. I know I'm powerful but I'm still young and have a lot to learn."

"Well, I see no problem with that. So when do you want to do the procedure?"

She looked at her watch and saw it was four in the afternoon.

"Do you want to have an early dinner?" She asked the hanyou. "The sooner we get rid of the poison the better and I really don't want to wait until tomorrow."

The hanyou sighed. "You're not really asking me are you? I can see you've already made up your mind. But I wanna get rid of this poison too, so yeah, let's do this thing. The sooner the better."

"Great! How about we check you in tonight at eight? That way we can eat, relax and prepare for it."

Both men agreed and they were soon on their way home.

When they got home everyone was there and after giving them the news they were all concerned but still happy that things would soon be better.

The gang thought it was a good reason to celebrate and they all went out to a restaurant. Kagome had called Kaede before leaving the house and Inuyasha called his parents and Sesshomaru on their way to the restaurant to tell them the news. He then called Kikyou and told her where they were going. She sounded worried but the hanyou only thought she was concerned about the procedure.

Ten minutes after the gang was seated at the restaurant Kikyou arrived with Kagura and she did not look happy.

"Inuyasha, I won't allow you to do something so dangerous. If she makes one little mistake she will purify you and I won't have that!" she said when she reached the table.

Everyone glared at her and they all wanted to give her a piece of their mind but they kept their mouths shut knowing it wasn't really their business. They were all concerned about the procedure but they had faith in Kagome that she could purify the miasma without hurting the hanyou.

"Kikyou, I have poison in my bone marrow! If I wasn't a hanyou I would be dead already. I know it's risky but I'm willing to do anything to recover."

"Even if it means it could kill you? She's going to use purification, Inuyasha! What if she kills you instead of healing you? What's going to happen to me then?" the supermodel yelled.

"Is that all you care about? What will happen to you?" said Kagome angrily, standing up. "Stop being such a selfish bitch and think about Inuyasha for once in your life. If I don't purify the poison it will completely paralyze him and probably kill him in the future. So tell me, what's really more important? That he would take a chance now and heal completely or just let the poison take its course and kill him someday? And what will happen to you then?" she mocked.

"This is none of your business, Higurashi." She replied nastily. "This is between me and my fiancé. And I can't marry him if you 'accidentally' kill him."

Everyone was was taken aback before they all shouted as if in a unified choir, "fiancé?", followed by everyone asking different questions at the same time.

"You're engaged?"

"Since when?"

"What the fuck were you thinking, mutt face?"

"Guys! You're getting off track." Kagome snapped and then turned to Kikyou once again. "So that's what this is all about! You're purposely keeping him paralyzed and what, after you get married you can finally get rid of him and have all his money?"

"Kagome, what are you talking about?" asked a confused Inuyasha.

"Don't listen to her, Inuyasha. She's just a gold digger and she's making stuff up to break us up so she could take advantage of you," said Kikyou angrily.

Inuyasha looked at Kagome questioningly. She was looking angrily at Kikyou but when she turned to the hanyou her anger deflated slightly and her narrowed eyes softened a little.

"You know more about me than any of the others, Inuyasha. You know I don't need the money and you know I hate being in the spotlight. What she's claiming makes no sense at all. All I want is to help you recover, like I promised."

They looked at each other for a long moment with Kagome trying to convey what she said through her eyes and her senses and Inuyasha trying to read her. He could always count on his senses if he paid attention, but looking into her eyes was enough to know what his senses confirmed.

"I believe you, Kagome."

"WHAT!" shrieked the supermodel. "How dare you believe she won't hurt you? You've barely known her for three days! I am your fiancé and the mother your unborn child! How dare you treat me like this?"

"Unborn child?"

"You got her pregnant?"

"What the fuck were you thinking, mutt face?"

Inuyasha was never known for his patience, but for some inexplicable reason he was patient enough to listen to what Kikyou had to say. That is until now.

"Kikyou, I don't really want to get married but I only agreed because of the pup. I didn't think you were capable of being this deceitful," said Inuyasha calmly.

He faintly heard Shiori gasp, she, including their family, was the only one out of the group who has ever seen him in this state before. Yes he was calm, but he was seething on the inside.

He was being played the entire time and he never even noticed. He even brushed aside the signs she displayed the last couple of weeks and that made him even angrier.

"Inuyasha, I'm not deceiving you, she is," Kikyou said angrily pointing at Kagome. Everyone besides Kagome and Inuyasha snorted and/or gave her a disbelieving look. "Look, I love you. You know that right? So why would I want to do what she's claiming?"

'She's still denying playing me? I can't believe her! And to think I actually liked her!' he thought to himself.

"Well, you didn't deny it," Kagome pointed out.

"Kagome's right. But I'll give you one last chance to tell me the truth. I want you to look me straight in the eyes and tell me if you had anything to do with this or not."

Kikyou was scared, everything she'd worked for was falling apart. And she had no back-up plan, no way to shift the blame on someone else because the one she planned to blame had Inuyasha's complete utter trust.

She didn't want to look him in the eyes in fear of letting her mask slip and revealing everything to him. But he was calm, he didn't seem angry so maybe she had a chance to save herself yet. If not, she had one more trick up her sleeve but only as a last resort.

She looked at him and he seemed calm, but when she looked into his eyes she could see the anger lying just beneath the surface. This was a whole new level of anger, she had never seen him like this before. He would usually just vent his anger when he was angry but this silent anger seemed dangerous and for the first time in her life she was terrified of him.

Despite all this she tried her best to hide her feelings, she knew the demons and spiritualists in the room would know if she didn't hide them. But however brief she let her emotions show, it was enough for Inuyasha and Kagome to sense, with their senses being on high alert.

"What she's claiming is preposterous! I love you, Inuyasha and I have never thought about hurting you. You and our baby mean everything to me, so why would I want to throw everything away by doing something so ridiculous?"

Whether she knew it or not, Inuyasha could hear her slightly irregular heartbeat. And with Kagome being a powerful miko there was no way she could hide from them that she was lying.

"Miroku, call Sesshomaru. He's gonna have to deal with her because I am so close to killing her lying ass," he said coldly still looking at the supermodel.

"Right, I'm on it," Miroku said before getting up and walking a little further away from the group. Everyon stayed silent but alert, they were prepared to take action if Kikyou or Kagura, who had been silent the entire time, decided to do something.

"Wait, if you're pregnant, why can't we sense it?" asked Ayame suddenly.

"She has a concealment spell on. I can sense it and it's very powerful," answered the physical therapist.

"She told me last night she had it tattooed on her skin. Do you think you can get rid of it to see if she's indeed pregnant? "asked Inyasha.

Kagome smiled at him. "Of course, it's powerful, but nothing I can't handle. Besides, I know this spell very well so I shouldn't be long."

With that she immediately put Kikyou in a barrier before starting to chant in ancient Japanese, tearing the concealment spell apart. It came apart in less than a minute while Kikyou tried to get out. Kagura finally did try to help her friend out but anything she did was pointless.

Kagome lowered her barrier so that everyone could sense if she was pregnant. The demons all sniffed while Kagome and Miroku used their spiritual powers to sense it.

Well, there was one thing Kikyou hadn't lied about. She was indeed pregnant.

A/N: There's a lot more to come so let me know what you think of the story so far.

Until next time ;)

Grtz, JJ