It was much harder than she thought it would have been to keep her secret to herself. Kagome wanted to tell Sango. In traveling together the two had become extremely close to one another.

A very much welcomed reprieve from Inuyashas hot headedness and Mirokus wandering hands. Even at times Shippo sort of drove her nuts with his constant questions, running off and getting into trouble, or in the rare event he would talk back to her.

Sango provided support, backup, a sister that she never realized she had always wanted. Now as she had had her first sexual encounter, she wanted to tell her all of the dirty details but kept mute.

Besides, she didn't think Sango would one hundred percent approve of her decision regardless of how it came about. After spending so much time in her room with her own thoughts it didn't sound good.

No wonder her mother had thought the worst. She relented that none of them were there and no one could possibly understand what had occurred.

As some time went on Kagome shut it out of her mind and before long it was just an afterthought at times. There were more important things to worry about, they were so close to completing the jewel.

Everyone could sense Narakus desperation as it seemed more of his incarnations were turning against him.

Kagome took her new daily pill citing that it was for female problems when asked. That seemed to assuage Sangos curiosity for the most part without going into the details.

It wasn't until on a warm sunny day where Kagome assumed nothing could go wrong that she found out that things were in fact very wrong.

As Kagome rode her bike slightly ahead of the group she suddenly felt an intense dizziness take over. She skidded to a halt nearly toppling over.

She blinked her vision a few times as the edges became fuzzy and began to fade away.

"Inuyasha!" She called out unsteadily holding herself upright.

"Hey, you okay?" His voice sounded from next to her.

"Grab me! I think I'm gonna pass out!" The fuzziness was obscuring her vision as it became a black veil over her gaze, small lights almost as if stars were twinkling came into view.

She closed her eyes tightly and began taking deep breaths. Inuyasha had picked her up, unceremoniously dumping the bicycle on the ground, and held her as she struggled to see.

"What happened?" Sango asked from her side placing a hand against her head.

"Don't know, she said she's gonna pass out." Inuyasha replied. Just as quickly as it had come on her stomach nearly heaved as her surroundings came into crystal clarity.

Scrambling to her feet, "I'm gonna puke!", she made it to the base of a tree and slammed down onto her knees as she emptied the contents of her stomach.

Sango kneeled next to her rubbing her back and pulling her hair away from her face as she vomited. Kagome choked and sputtered as her stomach continued to ache and convulse.

Finally she sat back breathing heavily and coughing to clear her throat of the emesis. Miroku had gone into her backpack and taken out a bottle of water along with a handkerchief for her to wipe her face on.

"Thanks, thanks guys." She managed out once she had regained her breath.

"What was that all about?" Shippo asked. He and Inuyasha staying a comfortable distance away due to the acrid odor that lay in front of her.

"Don't know." Kagome said taking a breath in and out.

"Kagome, are you okay?" Sango asked as Kirara tensed nervously from Sangos side.

"I think so. Maybe it was something I ate."

"Just in case, perhaps we should return to Lady Kaedes village sooner than later." Miroku said concerned. "Have her take a look at you to rule out sickness."

"Oh, no that's okay. I'll be fine." Kagome said smiling at him.

"I agree with Miroku." Sango chimed. "You can't take these things lightly."

"Kagome, are you well enough to walk?"

Inuyasha stared at Kagome as Sango and Miroku helped her stand. He scented the air around her and furrowed his brows together.

"You guys stay here." Inuyasha said picking her up bridal style. "Kagome and I need to talk."

Their companions complied even though there was still a deep concern for whatever had transpired.

Once they were a fair enough distance away out of earshot and visual line of sight Inuyasha set to sniffing Kagome.

He sat her down on the ground and began sniffing at her. Kagome watched him carefully and felt uneasy the way he did it.

It almost reminded her of the night she had been with Sesshomaru, the way his nose lingered against her skin.

Um, Inuyasha?"

"You've been rutting with someone Kagome. You're pregnant."