~Chapter Two~ ~Something so shocking, one may as well faint~

~One Month Later~

Inu-Yasha sat beside Kaede's hut, tapping his claws on the wood building impatiently.

"HEY!!! YAH OLD HAG!!!! GET YOUR ASS OUT HERE!!!!!!!" He screeched.

The priestess came out with an aggravated look on her face.

"Inu-Yasha!!! HUSH!!!! One can hear yee from the far end of town!!!!"

Inu-Yasha rolled his eyes.

"So? I wanted to ask you, have you seen Kagome around? She went somewhere yesterday, but she didn't tell me where!" He questioned.

Kaede stared. "Well, if yee really wish to know, young Kagome said to me that she wasn't feel too well, and has decided to go back to her time for a while. She hasn't been there in over 4 weeks, and her family must be worried about her."

Inu-Yasha nodded. *Damn. What about the secret. No one knows except for Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Kaede that Kagome and I are soul mates! Better put as man and wife!!! That night a month ago…….we gave each other our hearts. In Kagome's time we would have had to have a wedding, but not in my time. All we had to do was know that we love each other, and tell anyone close to us such as friends that we've made such a decision to be that devoted!* He thought to himself.

"What will her mother take of the news when she hears that you and Kagome are together in such a manner?" Kaede suddenly questioned.

Inu-Yasha shivered. "I know Kagome's mom. I have no clue how she'll think of that. I was viewing the exact same thing just now."

Kaede nodded. "Well, Kagome once told me that one has to be a certain age in her time to be wed! It's different from this time here. One can be wed here as long as they're able to bear children. It's rather strange if you ask me. I'm sure everything will turn out okay though. Don't worry about it too much Inu-Yasha."

Inu-Yasha nodded, but was still worrying inside his mind.

*What bothers me is the fact that Kagome wasn't feeling well when she left! I wonder what's up?* He thought as he looked up to the blue sunny sky.

~Kagome's era~

Kagome sat on her front porch looking off at her little brother Souta, whom was kicking a soccer ball around the shrine yard happily.

"Kagome? Why the long face? You look like you've been in a trance and you can't wake yourself up!" Kagome's mom suddenly stated.

Kagome looked up quickly and put on her best smile.

"Um…yeah! I guess I'm just tired!" She explained, trying to avoid any subject on Inu-Yasha or for the most, the warring states era all together.

But moms have a way of seeing things right off the bat, and Kagome found her mother's hand on her shoulder a moment later, giving her a most worried look.

"Kagome, dear? what's wrong? You can tell me anything, you know!" She stated.

Kagome turned away from her mom.

"Uh….no…..nothing-" "Is it about Inu-Yasha?" Her mom suddenly butted through her sentence and brought up the one thing she'd rather not speak of.

"I knew it! Has he done anything to you Kagome!!!!!?? ANSWER ME!!!!!!" Her mom exclaimed.

Kagome sighed. "Mom!! It's okay! Inu-Yasha hasn't done anything to me at all!!! It's just……….."

Her mom stared. "it's just what?" She kept on as if she was forcing Kagome to spill over.

Kagome knew what she had to do. She had to tell her mom that her and Inu-Yasha were……married!!!

"Mom….please! Whatever you do…..don't freak out!" She began.

Her mom nodded and listened rather closely.

"Mom…….I…….I'm sort of………married to Inu-Yasha."

The last words were like needles pinned her mom down and not letting go!!!

"KAGOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE MARRIED TO INU-YASHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????????????" She cried out with anger and fury.

Kagome felt the guilt running through her vanes at that very moment.

"Mom…….I……" But just as she was about to scream that she was sorry, a thought came to her.

Why should she be ashamed to be Inu-Yasha's??? She wanted to be his and his only!!! It wasn't a bad thing, and she didn't regret any of it at all!!!!!

It was all clear to her.

"Mom…………I don't care what you say. I know I'm too young, but not over in the other world!!"

"BUT KAGOME….-" "Let me finish."

Kagome continued.

"I love Inu-Yasha. I love him more then anything. I've always loved him, and he loves me. He'd never do anything to hurt or bother me. He just….loves me for me. Not anyone or anything else is more important to him! How can it be so wrong to love? I understand that I'm young….but…..should that matter when you know what you want? You told me once, mom, that you and daddy fell in love when you were only 9 years old!! Then you both got married when you were only 17!!! I'm 16 mom!!! And Inu-Yasha's 18!!! It's not like there's a big difference there!!!!!"

Kagome's mom was speechless.

"Mom……I know what I want. I followed my heart, mom. Inu-Yasha and I want to never leave each other's sides, ever. I love him. I love him…….." A tear ran down Kagome's cheek.

Kagome's mom looked to her and wiped away the tear with her hand gently, then took her face into her palms.

"Kagome? You realize what this means though?" She questioned.

Kagome nodded. "I'm ready for no matter what. I can achieve anything…with Inu-Yasha by my side. Same goes for him. I know."

Kagome's mom nodded. She was upset, but when she saw her daughter's eyes looking back at her, she could see that Kagome truly knew what needed to be done. What was to be done.

"I trust you…..Kagome. But please……let me at least speak with Inu-Yasha when he comes, if he does."

Kagome nodded and hugged her mom tightly.

"I understand now, Kagome. I remember how much I loved your father. I wanted to be with him so badly. We got married so young, but it was a good age. I miss him………….." Her mom stated.

Kagome smiled. "Me too, mom. Me too."

The mother and daughter sat there and hugged for a good 5 minutes before going off to arrange what was to be done and said when the time came.

~A day later, still in Kagome's era~

Kagome walked through the grocery store slowly.

For some reason she was rather slow these days.

She sighed and looked over the list of things to get for her mom.

"Well, let's see here now………..#1 Flour…..Check……….#2 milk……check……..#4 The largest bag of cookies you can find……..che-WHAT???????" She stopped herself as she saw the oddly scribbled in writing on the demand of cookies.

She stared at the list. "That's not mom's handwriting!!!! What gives here!!!???" She exclaimed.

The sudden image of young Souta rushing into the kitchen to fill in his desire for sweets onto the shopping list popped into her head.

"Souta…….that little brat!!!! Well, I guess I'll get those cookies. It won't hurt me…but I'm not doing it next time!!" She explained to herself as she headed down to the sweets aisle

As she rushed down, she suddenly saw the noodles and right away thought of Inu-Yasha.

She smiled. *I miss him. I think I'll get a few packs for him. He'd like that a lot. I know that guy! He can't get over noodles!!!* She stated.

She soon collected the cookies, and was even kind enough to get two boxes of them instead of just one.

*Souta will like this! It's nice to be a good older sister sometimes!* She told herself in thought.

As she was headed towards the checkout lines, she passed the area where everything was for women, and her eyes caught something immediately.

The testers for pregnancy.

She stared at them for a good long while.

*Well, it's not like I'll need them or anything….but….heck! Just for the fun of it, I'll get a pack!* She stated in mind as she grabbed up one package and set it into her cart.

She was soon paying for everything and headed back home.

~2 hours later, STILL in Kagome's era~

"OHHHHH!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH SIS!!!! I'LL PAY YAH BACK, I SWEAR!!!! YOU'RE THE COOLEST!!!!!" Were the words that Souta screeched out once he found the two boxes of cookies on the counter as Kagome set everything out.

Kagome smiled at her little brother.

"Well, I was thinking of you, but you need to ask next time you want something from the store instead of sneaking it onto the list. Alright?"

Souta nodded and was soon out of the room with a mouth full of cookies.

Kagome's mom sat at the dinner table and stared at her daughter.

"Kagome……I see you with Souta at times. You would make a very good mother, you know that!" She explained.

Kagome blushed. "Really? I always thought I was terrible with kids!!"

Her mom laughed a bit. "Well, most do say that, but when they have a child of your own, everything changes. You attitude towards kids at least!"

Kagome nodded and was suddenly reminded of the testers she had gotten that day at the store.

"Well, I'd better get going up to my room to…..um….do stuff!" She stated, and with that ran out of the room and up the stairs.

Kagome's mom stared, then went about to start up dinner.

~In Kagome's room a half an hour later~

Kagome laid on her bed and thought.

*Why did I get those testers today? It's not like I'm worried or anything about being pregnant! I have total confidence that I'm not!! That night a month ago….when Inu-Yasha and I sat under the moon's rainbow. We made love that night. But we were careful!!! I swear we were!*

She quickly sat up onto her bed and slapped her hands together.

"That's it!!! No more worries! I'm not pregnant and that's all there is to it!!!"

But as she sat there on her bed, looking over at her handbag which she put the testers in, she suddenly had the feeling that she should just check, to be sure, and to get the bad inspiration off her back.

She went to the bathroom to do what she had to do.

It wasn't more then 10 minutes and she walked over to the tester while reading a book slowly.

She wasn't expecting anything to happen, and she was simply taking her time.

She didn't even think about it as she set the book down to her side and glanced at the tester.

Her eyes widened.

For a moment, all was silent, and the stillness was more disturbing then anything else!!

She dropped the book to the floor without a care and felt tears prick her eyes.

Not tears of joy.

Tears of fear.

"………..Positive…………" She whispered in shock.

Her hands trembled as she set the tester down and rushed to find her mom, who was the only one at the time who could clear this up for her.

*SURLY THERE'S A MISTAKE!!!!!! I CAN'T BE………..PREGNANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

~Yep! There's the second chaptie! I like it so far! Hope you do too! Keep on reading my friends! ^.^~

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