Disclaimer: I still don't own them. =/ *sigh* Perhaps it's best. XD

Warning: The occasional Violence and Language!

Pairings: Sess/OC, Inu/Kag

(A/N: Is anyone else notcing my poor writing skills yet? XD If ye gotsa comment or suggestion or wanna help me with the chapters e-mail me at Sarah_de_vernon@hotmail.com)

Escaped

By: Sabah

With an exhausted sigh, Amaya took seating upon a rock, beneath a budding sakura tree and leaned back against her palms. She let out a hard breath, fanning out the spikey aburn bangs of hers.

"I thought you wanted to look for the shards.." Inu-yasha stated as a matter of factly, leaning up against the tree, taking advantage of the delay for the good or bad.

"I do, I just can't walk as much as I used to." she commented with a sweet smile, a hand sliding over her belly softly, her eyes seemed to look as though they were lost in thought.

"You're about as weak as most humans I've seen.." Inu-yasha snorted, and pushed himself off the tree's trunk and jumped up into the canopy. "I guess we'll stay here, just don't get eaten by youkai's while you're down there." The male hanyou taunted causing Amaya to just sneer.

"He's really such a pain, most of the time.." Kagome remarked, taking a seat where Inu-yasha had stood, and crossed her ankles. "But most of the time he's..uhm..nice?" she blinked, not really sure if she's ever seen Inu- yasha as "nice".

"You must really like him." Amaya remarked quietly the comment only causing Kagome to blush tenderly.

"W-why do you say that?" she asked rather timidly

"Hm, maybe it's the way you defend him in every verbal way position?" Amaya smirked, and hugged her swollen belly, perfectly shaped claws tapping lightly against the silk of her kimono. Kagome blushed, looking rather uncomfortabley towards the ground, before looking back up at the female hanyou.

"Can I feel?" she asked timidly, her storm grey eyes resting to the swollen area under Amaya's kimono. Amaya merely smiled, reaching down with smooth grace and taking Kagome's hand gentley, lifting it up and placing it upon the buldge. Kagome's eyes widened as she felt tiny flutters beneath her hand.

"How far along are you?" her eyes twinkled, her mind racing at the thoughts of her ownself pregnant, but they were quickly dismissed by the thoughts of responsibily, amongst them all.

"6 months.." Amaya remarked, and wrapped her arms around Kagome's shoulders, almost as if she knew what she was thinking and was there to sooth her in an instant. "Now go to sleep, we have a long day ahead of us to finding those shards." Not to mention another day pass without my love.

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"You're late." a cool voice commented, almost as cool as the breeze which fluttered by, a change in the fall weather. Amaya shivered, and hugged herself, staring timidly at the curtain of white before her.

"I'm sorry...the girl just wouldn't go to sleep, she kept asking questions." she apologized and looked towards the ground.

"Questions? About what?" The form turned around, liquid-like orbs of amber shoned in the moonlight as he watched Amaya pat her middle lovingly, a sad look still haunting her features. In an instant, the white hair youkai was infront of Amaya, a clawed hand grasping hold of the collar of her kimono and lifting her up slightly as a single talon stationed beneath her chin. "You didn't tell her...did you?" his words were more like a threat rather than a question.

"N-no, of course not! They don't even know if the father is human or youkai, I promise!" Amaya's voice wavered in fear, but she soon breathed in relief as her feet were placed back to the ground.

"You lie." the voice replied rather monotonously, as he raised a hand quickly.

"No! Sess-" but Amaya was cut short by a sharp slap across her face which sent her tumbling to the ground hugging her middle and craddling her assaulted face as she laid upon the ground sobbing.

"It came from over here!" a distant voice could be heard through the trees. Sesshoumaru glared towards the area and then down at Amaya before disappearing off before he could be seen.

"Oh my god! Amaya are you alright.." Kagome called, climbing down from Inu- Yasha's back to kneel beside the fallen hanyou and helped her up into a half way sitting position. "Amaya, what happen?"

"I-I just fell, that's all." she replied rather cooly, looking nervously towards Inu-Yasha who seemed to be sniffing around the area where Sesshoumaru had been. "Nothing more." the female assured.

"What on earth would you be doing walking out here alone?" Kagome frowned and looked up at Inu-Yasha. "We have to go back to the village.."

"You're damn straight we do.." the dog-demon replied. "He's been here, and no telling if he'll come back or not.." he murmured incoherently.

"Whatever, Inu-Yasha can you carry Amaya back with us?" she tried to help Amaya stand to her feet and succeeded.

"I don't see why she can't just walk, that's all she seems to have been doing.." the white-haired male replied cockily.

"Osu-"

"OKAY! Up you go!" Inu-Yasha scooped Amaya up into his arms and turned towards Kagome, "Getting on now, or walking by yourself?" for a moment, Kagome wanted so badly to "sit" him, but she couldn't not when he was holding Amaya.

"Coming.." she sighed and climbed upon Inu-Yasha's back and held on tight as he took off into the forest, heading towards Kaede's village.

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A/N: Okay..This is the end of Chapter 3..o.o whatcha think so far? confusing? corny? ^^ utterly stupid? :B @_@ man I got heartburn...