Kagome woke with a start. She sat up, and noticed she was sweating. She got on all fours, and crawled out of the hut. She crawled over to the soil, and threw up repeatedly. Inuyasha, who was awake, watched silently from a nearby tree. She turned over on her back, staring at the stars. Finally, she closed her eyes. She put a hand on her stomach, it ached so!
She was not expecting her hand to move. Something in her stomach moved! That can't be normal…
Inuyasha noticed everything with his keen senses. He heard the muffled sound of Kagome's hand sliding, smelt her fear. He heard her heart pounding, saw her disgruntled state. He jumped down from his tree-position.
"Kagome. What have you done?"
Startled, Kagome shakes. She turns over to face him. "Inu…ya…sha!" she sobs. "My dream! My dream! My-"
She rolled over and threw up again.
"Who is it?"
"Wha…what?" Kagome sat up, and began rocking quickly, clutching her knees.
"Who is it? Who is the father? When, Kagome? Why?"
"I don't know what you're talking about, Inuyasha. What father?"
"YOUR BABY! You're pregnant, KAGOME! Don't lie to me, there has to have been a father…oh please, tell me it's not Miroku!"
"My dream…in my dream…no…no. No! NO! NO! NO!!!" She began to sob.
In a soothing, quieter tone, Inuyasha asked, "What happened in your dream, Kagome?"
After a few minutes, Kagome looked into Inuyasha's eyes. She gulped, and began to explain.
"…I was running, like always. I don't what from. This time, I found Naraku. I…I flew into his arms! I ate a meal, drank from a steaming goblet, and then…" Kagome could not finish, but Inuyasha knew what happened.
Inuyasha turned away from her sobbing eyes, trying to keep himself from crying, also. "It must not have been a dream, then. You were under a magical influence."
"Inuyasha."
"What is it, wench?"
Kagome's face scrunched up at his comment, on the brink of tears. Wench! Wench can mean girl, maid, or prostitute! Is that all I am to you? All you see me as? A stupid wench?" Kagome's voice quavered. "I'm just an ordinary whore, aren't I? I'm not good enough for you, is that it?" She was almost shouting now. "No, I'm a stupid human! One with even a small amount of youkai blood is better! IS THAT IT? I'm not powerful, why would you want me? I've been tainted! Unlike Kikyou! Oh, no, precious Kikyou! The one who is always there to aid another, who taught you to love! Well, I taught you to live, Inuyasha! Does that count for nothing? Does my love for you matter not?"
Upon realization of her last statement, Kagome's eyes widened. She recoiled in horror. Then, without warning, she fled toward the boat. With amazing speed, she untied it and set it on the river. Inuyasha, standing stunned, realized what happened too late. He raced to the river, but there was no trace of the boat. He did see a piece of green cloth on a jagged rock near the waterfall, but nothing else.
She could not have gone upstream in these rapids. The waterfall is less than 20 meters away from where our boat was, she had to have gone over…Kagome!
Inuyasha jumped over the edge of the cliff, searching for any trace of Kagome. He saw splintered pieces of wood here and there, but nothing else. "Kagome!" he called, desperate. "Kagome!"
She was not expecting her hand to move. Something in her stomach moved! That can't be normal…
Inuyasha noticed everything with his keen senses. He heard the muffled sound of Kagome's hand sliding, smelt her fear. He heard her heart pounding, saw her disgruntled state. He jumped down from his tree-position.
"Kagome. What have you done?"
Startled, Kagome shakes. She turns over to face him. "Inu…ya…sha!" she sobs. "My dream! My dream! My-"
She rolled over and threw up again.
"Who is it?"
"Wha…what?" Kagome sat up, and began rocking quickly, clutching her knees.
"Who is it? Who is the father? When, Kagome? Why?"
"I don't know what you're talking about, Inuyasha. What father?"
"YOUR BABY! You're pregnant, KAGOME! Don't lie to me, there has to have been a father…oh please, tell me it's not Miroku!"
"My dream…in my dream…no…no. No! NO! NO! NO!!!" She began to sob.
In a soothing, quieter tone, Inuyasha asked, "What happened in your dream, Kagome?"
After a few minutes, Kagome looked into Inuyasha's eyes. She gulped, and began to explain.
"…I was running, like always. I don't what from. This time, I found Naraku. I…I flew into his arms! I ate a meal, drank from a steaming goblet, and then…" Kagome could not finish, but Inuyasha knew what happened.
Inuyasha turned away from her sobbing eyes, trying to keep himself from crying, also. "It must not have been a dream, then. You were under a magical influence."
"Inuyasha."
"What is it, wench?"
Kagome's face scrunched up at his comment, on the brink of tears. Wench! Wench can mean girl, maid, or prostitute! Is that all I am to you? All you see me as? A stupid wench?" Kagome's voice quavered. "I'm just an ordinary whore, aren't I? I'm not good enough for you, is that it?" She was almost shouting now. "No, I'm a stupid human! One with even a small amount of youkai blood is better! IS THAT IT? I'm not powerful, why would you want me? I've been tainted! Unlike Kikyou! Oh, no, precious Kikyou! The one who is always there to aid another, who taught you to love! Well, I taught you to live, Inuyasha! Does that count for nothing? Does my love for you matter not?"
Upon realization of her last statement, Kagome's eyes widened. She recoiled in horror. Then, without warning, she fled toward the boat. With amazing speed, she untied it and set it on the river. Inuyasha, standing stunned, realized what happened too late. He raced to the river, but there was no trace of the boat. He did see a piece of green cloth on a jagged rock near the waterfall, but nothing else.
She could not have gone upstream in these rapids. The waterfall is less than 20 meters away from where our boat was, she had to have gone over…Kagome!
Inuyasha jumped over the edge of the cliff, searching for any trace of Kagome. He saw splintered pieces of wood here and there, but nothing else. "Kagome!" he called, desperate. "Kagome!"