Inuyasha stared at me with glazed eyes, "Keh…?" His jaw hung open slightly and his eyebrow was raised.
"I'm… pregnant…" I repeated.
He shook his head again, "Keh…?!" His voice was a little more panicked.
A fuse in me suddenly burst, "PREGNANT! I'M PREGNANT!" I began pacing back in forth flailing my arms, "PREGGO, BUN IN THE OVEN, YOUR SPERM FUSED WITH MY EGG AND NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE YOU!!! HOW MANY DIFFERENT WAYS DO I HAVE TO SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT I AM GOING TO HAVE A BABY!!!" I plopped down on the side of the well, my eyes welling up with tears. With everything that had happened, everything I had planned, this was not something I could handle. I didn't want this, not yet at least. I was twenty, so not ready for motherhood, "I'm so screwed…" I said softly to myself. I heard a soft creak as Inuyasha sat down on the well next to me. I glanced up, his eyes were still glazed. My lip began to quiver and water flowed from my eyes like two waterfalls as I began to sob. That apparently got his attention, because he knelt down in front of me and shook me slightly.
"Kagome!" He shook me again, "Kagome look at me!" I opened my eyes and sniffed between quieter sobs, "Look, I don't know why you're so freaked, this is a blessing, and we'll get through this."
"A blessing? A BLESSING?!" I jumped up, he quickly rose as well, "Inuyasha, you don't understand. This is the worst thing that can happen to a girl my age," I began pacing again, "First off I'm not married, I don't have a job. How the hell will I support this baby? Oh god, college. I can't enroll again next year. What am I going to do with my band? We were hopping to go on tour sometime. I can't go on tour! What will my friends say? And to top it all off with a fucking red cherry, I was a virgin up until two days ago and now there's some weirdo thing going on where out of the mysteries of time and space I am some how 1 month pregnant!" I panted as my screaming subsided.
Inuyasha blinked then inhaled as if to absorb all I had said in and then let it out with a quick sigh, "Wow…" He shook his head slightly, "I keep forgetting how different your world is compared to mine. Women in the village get married and pregnant by like… 15, I didn't think you… I didn't expect this react…" He sat down again, his eyes glazing over again. I sat down on the bottom step of the shed and pulled my knees to my chest, "I…" I looked up, my eyes red and my face splotchy, "I had always dreamed about pups, never thinking it would be a reality until I met you…" He shook his head slowly, "I didn't think it would happen so soon."
I sighed, "Neither did I…"
"Umm…" He said softly, "I'm not too sure about most of the things you said, but I can answer one thing. When a demon… mates… with a human, the pregnancy is increased. Because of my demon blood, the same thing could be happening right now." I nodded slowly. Knowing what was going on was all good and all, but it didn't make it any less weird. A shadow suddenly surrounded me as strong arms wrapped around my shoulders, "Kagome," He held me tightly to his chest, "We'll get through this together." He pulled back and lifted my chin up to meet my eyes, "We've been through tougher, right?" I nodded. He wrapped his arms around me again, "I love you… he whispered."
I smiled, "I love you too."
Inuyasha pulled back and sat next to me, placing his head on top of mine. I sighed again. We sat in silence, neither of us knowing what to say, if there was anything else to be said.
After what seemed like ages, we found ourselves going back through the well. I had no desire to see anyone, and the woods surrounding the well in feudal times seemed like the perfect place to avoid all society. We walked along a subtle path through the forest at a slow speed. We had no where to go, no where to be. Our fingers were laced together, both our heads facing the ground.
"What do we do now?" Inuyasha asked softly. I shrugged in response. I assumed the first thing would be to tell my mother about what was going on.
We suddenly jerked to a stop. I looked up at Inuyasha. His face was twisted into that of confusion, his eyes closed as his nose twitched. I watched silently as his face warped from confusion, to anger as he growled low in his chest.
I blinked, "Inu…" I began to worry, I hadn't seen this side of Inuyasha in a long time and I began to assume the worst. I followed is line of sight as a cloud of dust began to descend upon us. Inuyasha clutched the tesusaiga at his hip. The cloud grew larger and larger when suddenly it surround us. I coughed as the dust settled. Inuyasha's growls grew louder as a the wolf demon leader, Koga, stood before us. Although the jewel had been completely assembled thus removing the shards from his legs, he was still the fastest wolf demon and created a huge cloud whenever he went anywhere.
"Kagome…" Koga began to walk towards me, "I knew I smelled your scent. It's been about five years since I've seen you last hasn't it." Inuyasha's growls grew louder as Koga stopped a foot before us.
I tightened my hold on Inuyasha's hand, "It's good to see you again." I sensed a faint demonic aura, nothing threatening, but it was different.
"What are you growling at mutt?" He crossed his arms, "Wasn't it your fault she left in the first place? It always seems to be something you do." He smiled, "You're a complete fuck up." He laughed. Inuyasha flinched at his statement.
"Koga…" I began but he cut me off before I could speak again.
"Kagome would be much better off with me protecting her, she wouldn't have to run back through that well all the time. I could keep her safe." He taunted.
"That's it!" Inuyasha drew his steel fang and quickly swung at Koga.
Koga jumped into the air laughing, "Even without the jewel shards, you're still no match for me pup!" He landed on Inuyasha's shoulders and jumped again causing Inuyasha to land face first into the dirt. Koga landed in front of me quickly taking my hands into him, "Kagome, you left me for so long, I thought I'd never see you again." He inhaled deeply to sigh but stopped short and exhaled slowly. I watched his nose twitch a couple of times and his eyes fixed on mine. His hand loosened around one of mine. It fell to my side as he slowly moved my hair away from my neck revealing the still slightly swollen bite mark on my neck. His eyes widened as he stared on the mark. He then looked into my eyes, "Kagome…" He said meekly. In his eyes I could see his whole world falling apart; completely shattering like I had thrown a stone through a stain glass window.
"Get the hell away from my mate you motherfucker…" Inuyasha's voice was low but powerful. The demonic aura seemed to get stronger at a rapid rate. Koga quickly turned. I stood on my toes to see Inuyasha. The purple marks from his demon nature had appeared and he growled intensely at the wolf as he readied for attack. Koga sensing immediate danger leapt into the air, landing as far away as possible and took off running without another word. Inuyasha growled loudly, "Get back here you mangy wolf!!!" He shouted after him.
"Sit…" I said softly. Inuyasha fell to the ground for a second taste of the Earth. I knew he would be extremely pissed off by this, but I didn't want him chasing after Koga. He was already in enough pain… because of me. I looked down at my feet as I realized all the men I cared about I would eventually hurt; first Inuyasha, then Hojo, and now Koga. Who was next?
"What the hell, Kagome?!" The phrase was full of a familiar term back from my traveling days. I looked up at his dirt caked face twisted into that of anger and annoyance. I looked down again, turned, and began to walk towards the village.
"Let's go see Miroku and Sango." I said softly.