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Disclaimer: Anything Inuyasha related belongs solely to Rumiko Takahashi.
Special Note: This is the new chapter 2 of When the Past Meets the Present.
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Chapter 2- The First Mistake
It has been exactly three years, four months and twelve hours since he and Kagome had officially gone through holy matrimony together, and he had blown it up. Literally.
He had come home from L.A after half a year of working in a different country with high hopes of seeing his beloved Kagome first thing when he received that god-awful phone call.
Gripping his long black hair in his hands, he squeezed his eyes closed; hoping that when he opened them again, he would not see the whimpering woman in front of him and finds out that this was all but a bad bad dream.
Opening his eyes, he looked up.
Oh, there she was.
Twirling a straw in her raspberry iced-tea, while her eyes darted back and forth at the people entering and leaving the crowded cafe, she took a fast sip and looked up at him and back to her cold drink again.
"I'm really sorry okay? I really am. I knew I should've taken the pill right afterwards, but my supervisor called and I had to rush to the office!"
Inuyasha glared at her, flexing his hands in his hair before slowly speaking, "Work is more important than birth control after a one-night stand...What kind of a fucked up moron are you?!"
Her pretty brown eyes widened as he yelled at her, then filled up with tears, "I-I'm sorry, o-okay? There was a d-deadline and I couldn't miss it!"
"Gods, Kikyo! Deadlines schmedlines, you're pregnant here okay? This isn't one of those 'Mommy and Daddy' games that you played when you were little with teddy bears as babies, do you get me? This is a real, currently-living thing in your body!" Inuyasha hissed at the usually composed business woman whose chin was wobbling with an effort of not to cry.
"Okay, listen here Yash; I'm not too happy with this either alright? If choices were given here, I wouldn't even be having this stupid conversation with a screwed up, sonovabitch." Kikyo retorted as the tears immediately dried up.
"Fine, lets start all over again, its not like we're placed under stress, pressure and the fact that I have a freaking wife at home!" His voice increased in volume as he glared at her.
"Screw it! I'm pregnant! What am I suppose to do? And no, I am not going through abortion at all, this is something that's living Yash, you can't just kill it!" Kikyo gripped her red straw tighter between her index and middle fingers.
Inuyasha's eyes widened, "Damn woman! I'm not going to force you into abortion! I'm not a psycho baby killer! And stop calling me Yash okay? Call me by my full name, only one person can call me Yash!"
Kikyo narrowed her eyes, "Would that person be the woman that you cheated on, Yash?"
Slamming his cup of coffee down onto the matching saucer, the successful businessman clenched the table top, "Okay, this is a mistake, you know what? Go take care of the whiny thing okay? I have nothing to do with this baby of yours."
Kikyo's eyes widened as she stood up, "Yeah? Well, screw you! I can take care of a baby on my own! You can go and fuck a cow for all I care! I hope your wife finds out and leaves you, you dirty, rotten, good-for-nothing bastard!"
Inuyasha tried to ignore the other occupants of the cafe's stares. He straightened his tie and threw down a twenty onto the table, "Yeah, well good for you, you stupid whore!"
Screeching in pure outrage, Kikyo turned on her red heels and marched out of the door.
Inuyasha swung his jacket over his shoulder, raised his head high and stormed out the door, ignoring the fish-like motion of the maître d's lips.
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"Come on Kikyo, whoever this 'bastard' was, he couldn't have meant what he said, who was he by the way?" Kagome asked as she rubbed slow circles on her crying cousin's shoulders.
"I-I don't wanna say his stupid name! H-he can go and rot in hell for all I care! I hate him!" Kikyo sobbed into another tissue before blowing her nose and throwing it onto the floor.
Kagome sighed and opened another box of tissues as Kikyo grasped for more, plucking one out, she held it in front of her cousin and continued with her circles.
"Kikyo, I'm sure that guy's a major jerk. He has no right to call you a whore, but maybe you shouldn't have called him a dirty, rotten good-for- nothing bastard. I'm sure that's not true right?"
Nodding her head miserably, Kikyo looked up at her younger cousin with puffy red-rimmed eyes, "Yeah, he wasn't good for nothing, the sex was great."
Blinking, Kagome nodded slowly and managed a weak smile, "Uh, I'm sure Kikyo. But I meant that you'll be having a baby soon and...I mean, you've always wanted a family right?"
Wiping her nose with another Scottie's tissue, Kikyo nodded, "Mmhmm, I've always loved babies, and I really enjoyed that shopping trip with Asuki when we looked for baby clothes for her sister's newborn."
"Yeah, and this time, you'll be shopping for you own! You can choose the ducky pajamas instead of the doggy ones that you hated so much," consoled Kagome as she thought of the horrid looking purple pajamas with the clashing yellow ducks.
"Yeah, I guess, I mean, I really liked the pajamas with the ducks, the dog ones were just too...plain," Kikyo finalized as she wiped the remaining tears away, standing up, she placed her hands on her hips, "Okay, that's over and done with, let's go and get to the shopping part, I want to buy a new pair of shoes too."
Kagome frowned as she looked up at the calendar on her wall, "Sorry Kik, I'm sure Asuki would love to come along with you, after all, you did help her with her shopping, my husband is suppose to be coming home from L.A today."
Kikyo shrugged, "'Kay, I'll go and see if Asuki wants to come, I'm sure she'll be happy to come along with me."
Kagome nodded, "Okay, phone me alright? We'll have to do something together, just the two of us alright?"
Kikyo nodded, she knelt by the floor and scooped up the pile of discarded tissues and Scotties tissue boxes, "I'm going now, and I want Ben and Jerry's too."
Kagome waved her arm nonchalantly as she heard the sound of a key entering the lock, shrieking with giddiness, she leapt to the door and swung it open to see her husband's smiling face.
"Yasshhhhhh!" Kagome threw her arms around him and squeezed tightly. She could feel the strong arms closing around her petite frame as he hugged back.
"How are you, sweetheart?" Inuyasha pulled back to plant a kiss on her lips. Kagome grinned against his lips and stroked his hair lovingly, "Everything's wonderful Yasha."
"Kagome? I'm going home alright? I'll phone you tonight."
Kagome and Inuyasha turned at the sound of Kikyo's voice, Kagome smiling as Inuyasha's face dropped in color.
"Okay Kikyo, phone me later alright? Don't worry, Yash and I will be there to help you whenever you need it okay? And—Oh! I forgot, Kikyo, this is Inuyasha, my husband and Yash? This is Kikyo, she's my cousin. Apparently some jerk decided to sleep with her while she was drunk and she got pregnant—" Kagome chattered on, oblivious to her husband's face paling and how her cousin's was getting redder, "—so, we'll help right Yash?"
Inuyasha nodded slowly, "Y-yeah, I-we'd love to help!"
Kagome smiled at him, "Okay, thanks Yasha, so Kikyo, are you sure you'll be fine?"
Smiling sweetly, Kikyo nodded, "Of course, Asuki would love to come shopping with me, drop by with your...husband for dinner sometime alright?"
Nodding enthusiastically, Kagome flashed her thumbs up, "Sure thing."
"So, see you around!" Kikyo threw over her shoulder as she walked pass them to the door.
When he heard the door slam, Inuyasha turned to his wife, "Kag, who was she?"
Frowning, Kagome answered, "Didn't you hear my introduction? My cousin! She was the one that couldn't show up at the wedding because she had to finish a project and—"
"Whoa, whoa, back up here, your cousin? The one that you complained about not showing up for the wedding because you wanted her to be your bridesmaid?" Inuyasha tried digesting the information.
Kagome smiled while her head bounced up and down, "Yup, and she finally came back from Hawaii two weeks ago, but so much happened," her smile dropped, "She's having a baby, and I feel so sorry for whoever married the stupid bastard, I mean, can't he be glad with the wife he has at home?"
She turned and tapped a finger against her chin as Inuyasha looked at her with a stricken expression, "So, how was L.A? You've been gone for half a year, a lot must've happened, you've gotta tell me all about it!"
Inuyasha managed a smile to crack on his lip, "Yeah, a lot happened, and trust me when I say a lot."
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A/N: Yup, so, everything is starting to come up...and yeah, I was on sugar high when I wrote this, I finished on Monday, 3:01 pm, cuz I was feeling like shit and came home from school, and then managed to fall asleep for three hours straight before waking up and wandering around the house doing nothing. So I decided to finish this chapter!
Anyway, this is another flash-back scene from the Inu/Kag/Kik love triangle and yikes! How will Kag react when she realizes that it's Inuyasha who is the father?
Still working on that part...haha.
Anyway, here are some answers for my reviewers:
Sora-Kohaku: Thanks for reading and yeah! You get a gold star! You guessed right, it was Sesshoumaru and Kagome, haha...and thank goodness you understood what I was trying to do at the beginning =).
Drea-chan: Thanks! I'll try to keep updating as quickly as I can, but I just took my first final and I totally bombed(not in the good way) on it, and I still have plenty more to take, so updates might not be as regular...
Serenity971: Oh gosh [blushes] thanks for the compliment. =)
Crazyblade: Hi too! Don't worry, I finally got off my lazy butt and decided to...delete the whole story and start over! I'm sorry for worrying you, anyway about your questions, Miroku should be coming along with her...hopefully, but hey! I'm one of those writers who tends to change my plans every few seconds, so you never know, and Shippou was going to be in the last version too, but yeah, for sure he's in this version! An Inuyasha fanfic would never be complete without our favorite fox-demon tagging along.
And yep, it's a sure Sess/Kag here! No worries about that, and yeah, I'm updating, but as I said above, I have finals soon and then leaving for Vancouver and straight to Hong Kong right after the finals and I'm wishing that there is a computer somewhere there...
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