Chris pulled his car in front of Naraku's apartment. He got in the elevator and waited patiently for the seventh floor. When he arrived, Naraku was unusually waiting for him in front of the door. Chris made his way towards him.

"What's wrong?" he asked, afraid of the answer. Naraku surely had a good reason for calling him this late in the night.

Naraku looked at him in silence than turned and went inside the apartment, followed closely by Chris. He then reached for his bedroom door and opened it. Chris followed him inside the dark room. Once inside, he eyed his surroundings and when his gaze fell on the bed, he simply stared in shock.

"Oh my God, Naraku, I…what happened?" Chris almost whispered in a very disturbed voice.

"It was an accident." Naraku finally spoke then he looked at Chris who was staring back.

"But she's…"

"I know, Chris, I know."

"What do you want me to do?"

"Chris, I want you to call this doctor we know, and then I want you to meet me back in my office."

Chris nodded but not before giving the girl a last look.

Sesshumaru drove Rin back to her house then went to his. He was making his way towards his bedroom when he saw Inuyasha, sitting alone in the dark living room.

"What are you doing?" he asked from behind. Inuyasha stood alarmed but relaxed when he saw his brother.

"Kagome."

"What about her little brother?"

Inuyasha looked away before meeting his brother's gaze again.

"She's not answering her phone."

"Did you two have an argument?"

Inuyasha bit his lower lip.

"I have showed her my worst. I…I don't know how to say this."

Sesshumaru was beginning to feel worry. His younger brother never acted this way.

"Spell it out." He ordered dryly. "What happened, Inuyasha?"

"Kelly, she's expecting a child, my child."

For Sesshumaru, the world just stopped for a few seconds. He simply stood in front of his brother, never breaking his gaze away from his.

"Your child?" he finally asked. Inuyasha nodded and looked at his hands.

"Where is Kagome?" Sesshumaru asked with a low voice.

"She heard us talking, Kelly and I, then she left and I cannot find her."

"You allowed her to leave?"

Silence fell in the room where the two brothers were.

"I am sorry." Inuyasha muttered. "I love her, I…"

He was not able to continue as Sesshumaru punched him hard on the face making him fall. When he met his brother's eyes, he saw disgust.

"She loved you, she chose you, she gave you everything and what did you do? What did you do Inuyasha?"

The younger brother put his head between his hands, trying to block his brother out but failed miserably when Sesshumaru grabbed him by his collar, forcing him to listen.

"Answer me! If you are not man enough to answer my question then I will do it for you. You deceived her, you played her. She loved you."

"I know!" Inuyasha shouted, throwing his brother away from him. "And I love her too."

"You say that but you don't do anything to show it. At the first obstacle you encountered you let her down. Where is she? Do you know where she is?"

"No, but I tried to find her…"

"You tried Inuyasha?" Sesshumaru mocked. "You tried? If I were you, I would have searched the entire planet to find her."

"I don't want to hear her saying that she hates me."

"So you let her be? You don't even go and search for her?"

Silence fell again, thick and dark.

"Kelly needs me more than Kagome does." Inuyasha murmured in the darkness.

"You know what Inuyasha?" Sesshumaru asked. His younger brother winced at his words.

"You do not love Kagome. You never did. What was she for you? A distraction?"

"No!" Inuyasha shouted, standing up. "I love her, I love her and it pains me so much but she will get over me, she doesn't need me. I have to take into consideration what I did to Kelly."

"And are you sure that the child is yours?"

The question froze Inuyasha.

"What are you implying?"

"You are so naïve Inuyasha. What makes you so sure that this girl didn't get this child from another?"

"She has a report from a doctor that…"

"That what? That this baby is yours? When you were together, did you feel the same love that was radiating from Kagome towards you?"

Inuyasha gulped. His heart was aching and his mind was screaming.

"I…I don't know."

Sesshumaru smirked and approached him by a few steps.

"Was she a virgin when you slept with her?"

Inuyasha shook his head negatively.

"Do you really, really believe that this child is yours?"

Inuyasha was about to answer when both brothers heard steps coming from the other direction. They recognized Kelly.

"This child is Inuyasha's. He is the father. Inuyasha is the father of my child Sesshumaru, and I will not allow you or any other to prevent my child from growing with his father."

Silence dominated again as the three people present in the dark living room were exchanging glances, each one of them taken deep inside his thoughts.

Sesshumaru was the first one to speak.

"Do as you wish Inuyasha, but I am warning you, don't come back to me regretting what you have done because time will come where regret will serve you for nothing."

"He won't regret it." Kelly answered heatedly.

Sesshumaru looked at them before making his way towards his bedroom. Once inside, he opened his cell phone and dialed his father's number.

"Hello?"

"Father, we have a problem, a big problem."

Naraku was sitting in his office when Chris came. He took place on a chair and waited for the older man to speak. He didn't have to wait for more than a few seconds.

"So Chris, did you find out who this girl is?"

"Yes, I did. She had her cell phone with her. She is…"

Chris' cell phone suddenly rang. He checked the caller's ID.

"It's the doctor."

"Answer him." Naraku ordered. Chris flipped his phone.

"Yes? I see, yes, okay."

He hung up and looked at Naraku.

"She's awake."

Naraku's face remained cold but his hands were sweating.

" I will go with you. I must talk to this girl."

Inutaisho was beyond angry. Anne tried to calm him but didn't succeed.

"This little jerk, he knocked the girl pregnant and Sess is not even sure that Inuyasha is indeed the father."

"Calm down sir, all things will be cleared in time."

"How can you ask me to calm down, when I am about to become a grandfather, without my knowledge?"

Anne took a deep breath. In times like these she was thankful that Kagome didn't go out often.

"I am sorry sir but I will have to call my daughter to tell her that I will not come home this weekend."

"Do as you please." He answered, dismissing her quickly. She left for what seemed like ten minutes before she returned. Her face was livid.

"Sir, my daughter, she did not answer her cell phone neither the phone in the house."

Inutaisho looked at her.

"Doesn't your daughter go to the same college as my son?"

"Yes sir."

"Then I will call Sesshumaru. Maybe Inuyasha knows something. Like there may be a party or…"

"Please call him Mr. Taisho." She replied worriedly. Inutaisho dialed his older son's number.

"Yes father?" came the voice from the cell phone.

"Sesshumaru, do you know anything about the girl Higurashi? Her mother is calling her but without an answer."

Sesshumaru took a deep breath.

"I will tell you the truth father."

Anne was watching as Inutaisho's face moved from cold to agitate then to angry and finally cold again.

"I see." He simply said before hanging up.

"So?" Anne asked. Inutaisho gulped. This was going to be a very difficult way to tell her.

Kagome opened her eyes slowly. Her body was aching to no end and her head was spinning uncontrollably. She tried to get up but her body didn't respond to this order so she stayed still.

"Finally awake?" a question came from next to her. Her blue eyes shot open as she eyes the man who was sitting next to her. He seemed in his late thirties or early forties. She gulped, a little bit intimidated by his gaze that was scanning her.

"Who are you?" she asked in a little voice. He laughed a little and was about to answer when her other question froze his blood in his veins.

"And who am I?"

Naraku stood up and left the room. He saw the doctor talking to Chris so he went over to them.

"What's wrong with her? She asked me who she was."

The doctor looked at him.

"She has a strong case of amnesia."

"Amnesia?" Naraku repeated.

"Yes, she has a full memory loss for all her personal memories. She still preserves all her physical and intellectual activities intact but she has no recall to any event."

Chris who was silently listening to the conversation intervened.

"And this amnesia thing, it is temporary right?"

The doctor shook his head negatively.

"In most of these cases, the patient does not recall his memories unless he undergoes the same intensity of the shock that erased his past. Amnesia occurs when the patient is not able to accept facts that displease him so he uses this way as a runaway…"

He continued to explain the meaning of the situation for both of them. When he finally left, Chris eyed Naraku suspiciously.

"What should we do now? Take her to the hospital?"

Naraku took a few minutes to think before replying.

"I decided that I want her to stay."

"What?" Chris exclaimed. "Let me tell you who she is then…"

"I don't care. Her life has been erased. From now on, she will be mine."

"Naraku, the police will search for her, her face will be on all magazines, everywhere you go. They will find her…"

"Then we will change her." Naraku answered, his eyes glowing. "First of all, she will have a new identity. Call our men; I want her to be named Mercedes, then I will use my influence. I know people who can change the way you look completely. I will change her hair, the way she walks, the way she speaks, the way she thinks."

"You're crazy." Chris said but he had to admit that for Naraku, everything was easy.

"I will not let her see herself until her looks are completely metamorphosed. She will not be able to recognize herself. And finally…"

Naraku looked at Chris, a large smile on his face.

"I want you to fake her death."

"How?" Chris asked.

"You know who she was right? Let her leave a suicidal note from her cell phone to one of her family members then you will throw all her stuff in the river. Even if they don't find the body, they will think that the water just took her away."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, she will be Mercedes."

Kagome was sitting in her bed. She tried to remember anything, but she failed miserably. The door opened suddenly and she came face to face with the only person she knows.

"Are you okay?" Naraku asked as he took place next to her.

"Who am I?"

"You don't remember?" he asked, pretending to be surprised. She shook her head negatively.

"You are Mercedes, my Mercedes."

Kagome repeated the name he gave her then smiled.

"I like it. Mercedes."