~*~My Heart Is Yours~*~

A/N: Yay! An update! But that means that the story is going to end even sooner...*sniffles* Could someone hand me a tissue please?

Note to Tabi: *sweat-drop* Um...well, lemon is even more serious than fluff...it's even fluffier too . Oh, boy, I don't want to explain this...but, okay, lemon is...lemon is...when it's about two people doing 'it'. That's all I'm saying! ^_^;;

Epilogue, Part 5: I'm Going To Be A Father!

One week before going back to college, Kagome woke up tiredly and looked around in her room.

'Inu Yasha must've gone downstairs already,' she thought and then groaned. "I feel like I'm gonna throw up."

She staggered to her bathroom and clutched her stomach as she relived yesterday's dinner. Kagome spat out the bile in her mouth, flushed the toilet and walked over to the sink, filling up a cup with water to rinse her mouth.

'Wonder what's wrong with me...' she rubbed her eyes. 'Maybe food poisoning.'

*****

"Good morning, dear," Mrs. Higurashi smiled at her daughter when Kagome walked into the kitchen.

"Good morning," Kagome smiled tightly.

"What's wrong? It looks like something's biting you..."

"Well, I threw up a little..."

Mrs. Higurashi frowned, "You threw up?"

"I felt a little nauseated when I woke up...that's all."

"I see. Do you want any breakfast?"

"Not now, maybe later. Is Inu Yasha in Souta's room?"

"Yes," her mother chuckled. "Yes he is. My, I don't know how you could've slept through all that yelling and cheering that those two have been doing."

Mrs. Higurashi paused, "Kagome...go up to my room, I'll meet you there."

*****

Kagome gave her mother a questioning look as Mrs. Higurashi pulled her into the room's bathroom.

"Kagome," her mother said softly after making sure that the door was shut securely. "I want you take this..."

Her daughter widened her eyes and stared at the object in her hand, "A-a pregnancy test?!"

"Sh! The boys might hear us!"

Kagome looked up at her mother, "Mom, why do you even HAVE this?"

"I figured you would need it soon and you know...I'm still waiting for grandchildren...so I was...prepared," Mrs. Higurashi answered innocently.

"MOM!"

*****Late Afternoon*****

After several hours, Kagome tiptoed to her mother's bathroom and slammed the shut behind her.

'What if I AM pregnant, then what?' she thought as she peered at the results.

Kagome breathed in sharply, "Oh, Kami...I AM!"

She didn't know whether to be happy or disappointed (I know a lot of you are happy ^_~ Children! Yay!). Kagome threw the test into the waste basket and walked out of her mother's room, keeping her eyes fixed on her feet and the floor.

"Now, how do I tell Inu Yasha this," she sighed.

"Tell me what?" a voice said in front of her.

'Speak of the devil,' she sweat-dropped.

"Um," Kagome looked up at her husband hesitantly. "Well..."

"Well?" Inu Yasha raised an eyebrow.

"Well, shouldn't you be playing video games with Souta?" she clapped her hands together. "Yeah, shouldn't you be in Souta's room?"

"We're taking a break right now," he watched her with an amused expression. "A looong break...so I have plenty of time to hear what you have to say."

"Oh, I'm feeling hungry," Kagome brushed past him and headed downstairs. "I haven't eaten breakfast or lunch yet..."

Inu Yasha stared after her and shook his head, "She's hiding something..."

*****

"So?! What are the results?!" Mrs. Higurashi bounced on her feet with excitement.

"I'm pregnant," Kagome said quietly as she sat stiffly on a chair at the table.

*chirp**chirp**chirp*

"THAT'S WONDERFUL!" her mother screamed. "Oh my goodness! My wish has finally been granted!"

"That's great, Mom-"

"Oh, I just HAVE to tell everyone!"

"Mom, don't!"

"I'm going to be a grandmother! I'm going to be a GRANDMOTHER!"

"MOM!" Kagome hissed. "Keep it down! Inu Yasha's going to hear!"

"Have you thought of a name yet?" Mrs. Higurashi shot her daughter a glance. "Oh, how about-"

"Mom!" her daughter shrieked. "STOP IT!"

A long awkward silence passed between them.

"Well, have you at least told Inu Yasha yet?" Mrs. Higurashi sighed.

"That's the problem," Kagome's hands clenched on the table. "I don't know how to tell him about this..."

Suddenly, Souta came walking into the kitchen.

"Mom," he tugged at his mother's sleeve. "Is there any soda left in the fridge?"

"Yes, dear," Mrs. Higurashi nodded, barely paying attention to him. "Kagome, you'll have to tell him sooner or later."

"Who, me?" Souta pointed to himself.

"No, Inu Yasha," Kagome rolled her eyes. "Get your soda and get out of here."

He gave her an odd look and walked over to the refrigerator.

"I wonder how he'll react," Kagome sighed.

"When I was pregnant with you, I didn't know how to tell your father either," her mother smiled with a distant look in her eyes. "But you'll have to say something sooner or later."

"Hey," Souta popped up in between them and peered curiously at both of them. "Is someone pregnant here?"

"You'll be having mood-swings too," Mrs. Higurashi said with a far-off look still in her eyes.

Souta gasped, "Kagome, are you pregnant?!!"

His older sister turned her head and looked at him gravely.

"Yes, I am," she replied icily. "And if you say anything about this to Inu Yasha...I swear I'll wreck your video games."

His mouth fell open, "That's cold! No, that's blackmail!!!!!"

She clamped both hands onto his shoulders and tugged him forward sharply, her eyes stone cold, "I mean it."

Souta let out a whimper.

"Now go and enjoy your soda," Kagome let go of him and gave him a pat on the head with a huge smile on her face. She blinked as he dashed off to his room.

Mrs. Higurashi shook her head and thought to herself, 'And that's the beginning of the mood swings...'

*****

Inu Yasha leaned against Souta's bed and scratched Inu behind his ears (I admit, I forgot about the dog! ^_^ But he's back now!").

"Kagome looked so..." he sighed. "I don't know. What's the word?"

His hands slipped off Inu. The dog let out a small whine.

"I wonder what's going on..." Inu Yasha said thoughtfully.

*stomp* *stomp* *stomp* *stomp*

Inu Yasha winced as Souta slammed the door shut behind him with a soda in his hand.

The younger boy's eyes flickered over to his video games. He made a run for them and hugged one of the controllers to his chest, "Don't worry, I'm not gonna let my mean sis wreck you guys."

"What's going on?" Inu Yasha asked.

Souta stiffened and he slowly turned around, "I-I can't tell you."

"Why not?!" Inu Yasha demanded. Inu jumped off his lap with a bark.

"It's nothing." Souta turned away and turned the television screen on. He changed the subject. "So what do you want to play now?"

His brother-in-law sighed, "Hold on, squirt. I'm gonna get a soda from the kitchen."

"Okay...but be careful!"

'Careful? From what?' Inu Yasha shook his head tiredly and walked out the room with Inu trotting beside him.

'What is going on?!' he thought. When he stepped into the kitchen, Mrs. Higurashi and Kagome clamped their mouths shut and stared at him.

"Okay, Kagome. I want to know what's going on," he said firmly. "I'm getting tired of this. Stop leaving me out of whatever is happening."

"So you think I'm trying to leave you out of this on purpose?" Kagome narrowed her eyes at him.

"Yes, I apparently do," he retorted. "And I don't even know what 'this' is!"

Inu let out a bark as if he agreed with him.

"What if I had know idea how to tell you 'this'?" Kagome scowled.

"Too bad, 'cause I want to know NOW," her husband replied.

Kagome looked up at her mother.

She asked, "Mom...should I?"

Mrs. Higurashi nodded.

Kagome looked at her husband again and took a deep breath, "Inu Yasha...I'm-"

"Yes?" he pressed.

"Would you let me finish without interrupting?"

"Geez, what's you're problem?"

"What's my problem, you ask?!" Kagome stood up from her chair so quickly that it tipped over and clattered to the floor. Inu jumped out of the way and let out an angry bark. "What's my problem?! My problem is that I'M PREGNANT, YOU JERK!!!!!!"

A long silence filled the room afterward.

"You're pregnant..." Inu Yasha repeated slowly. His eyes widened, "Oh my god, you're pregnant?!"

His wife nodded.

"And that means...Oh, Kami, I'm going to be a father..." he whispered.

She nodded again.

*slump*

Kagome blinked in confusion as she stared at Inu Yasha's motionless figure on the floor, "Mom, did he just faint?"

A/N: I'm afraid he did, Kagome. ^_^ Well, what's going to happen next?

Next Chapter: Those Nightmarish Mood Swings

A note about the next chapter...I'm going to forward through a little...like by a few weeks or months.