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Let's make it very clear here:  My name is NOT Rumiko Takahashi and I don't own Inuyasha.  I do however own this story, and any characters I invent.

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            Kagome adjusted the jacket to her skirt suite and then shot Inuyasha a look.

            "Quite fidgeting would you?"

            "What he hell is this stuff made of, Flea youkai?  And this cap is squishing my ears!"

            "No, wool, now knock it off.  Amaya will be with us any minute."  Growling under his breath, Inuyasha wondered for the millionth time why he had to be there.  Finally a sobbing woman came out of the office with another woman by her side, trying to comfort her.

            "I'm sorry Kiyoshi.  An ex-husband can be a pain in the ass, I know!  But we'll get Daichi, Haruko, and Goro back, I promise you."  Must be Amaya Inuyasha thought, taking in the dark complexion, the black hair pulled back into a tight braid, all accented by a three piece black skirt-suite.

            "I don't know what I'll do if I loose them!"  "Kiyoshi" whimpered.

            "Don't worry Kiyoshi, they'll be back before you know it.  Ah, Kagome!  You're early."

            "Yeah.  I brought. . . the person we were discussing."  Kagome finished quickly, shooting a look at Kiyoshi.

            "Okay, go ahead and step into my office.  I'll be right with you."  Following her instructions, Kagome dragged Inuyasha into the big room, swatting him frequently for itching his suite.

            Fortunately for Inuyasha, it wasn't too long before Amaya came back in, sighing.  "Sorry, little situation I had to handle.  Now what's this all about?"

            "Okay, so you wanted an explanation for my frequent illnesses?  Well this is Inuyasha.  He's part of the explanation."

            "Go on."

            "Well_" Kagome began, but at the last minute, changed her mind and merely lifted off the cap covering Inuyasha's ears.  Almost instantly, they shot up, and twitched, a look of undeniable relief washed over his face as he made them twitch even further.

            Kagome looked nervously at Amaya, who had dropped the pencil with a resounding thud on the desk as she stared at the pointed white objects twitching at the top of Inuyasha's head.  Then she reached over. . .

            "Are these real?"

            *tug-tug*

            "WHY THE HELL DOES EVERYBODY HAVE TO TUG MY EARS?!"  For the first time in the eight months since their meeting, Kagome watched Amaya burst into uncontrollable giggles, which continued for about ten minutes.

            "I'm sorry Mr_"

            "Inuyasha, just Inuyasha."

            "I'm sorry Inuyasha, it's just. . . they're so touchable!"  Kagome couldn't stop herself from giggling up a storm.  Amaya, ms. Hitler-in-heels herself, was squealing like a ten-year-old schoolgirl!  Inuyasha, meanwhile, grumbled repeatedly while Amaya got herself under control.

            "Why don't you start at the beginning?"

******

            "Well, that certainly explains a few things."  Amaya said as she sat back in her chair, and let out a long breath.  She hadn't prepared for this.  Anything else, maybe was manageable, but this. . .

"Kagome, this is a tough situation we've got here."

            "I know Amaya."

            "You'll sound a like a true and utter nutcase if we go into court with this story, and if we show Inuyasha, well let's just say I have no doubt that the government and science will be very interested in him."

            "Now you know why I wanted to keep it a secret.  No one outside my immediate family and friends in the Feudal Era know the truth.  Inuyasha has only been here about a week."  Suddenly, Amaya  went pale, looking as the she's just lost the case already.

            "I guess you didn't get my message then."  She whispered, slinking a bit down in her seat.

            "What do you mean?"

            "I mean, somehow Hojo found out about him.  His lawyer called me this morning, wanting to know about the "unidentified male who has been hanging around the Higurashi house," to quote him.  His lawyer wants to call him to the stand."  Kagome looked as though the wind was knocked out of her.  Inuyasha went quiet, not really understanding what calling him "to the stand" meant, but getting the idea that it wasn't good.

            "What do we do Amaya?"

            "Well there's not a lot I can do Kagome.  If Inuyash wasn't around or maybe if you were just genuinely sick, but it'd be impossible with all these illnesses recorded, unless half of them were misdiagnosis."  Then suddenly, Amaya straightened, a look of striking inspiration crossing her face as she went to her computer began typing it in rather excitedly, then declared, "A hah!  It pays to have a mother in the medical industry!"

            "What are you talking about Amaya?"  Kagome said.

            "I'm talking about an extremely rare auto-immune disorder, one that can lay dormant for years, but when it presents itself it cause you to present all these symptoms, and even show positive on the tests for some of these, but not really have them.  They JUST recently isolated the pathogen, doesn't even have a name yet.*" Amaya replied, positively glowing.  "We COULD say that you have this.  I have favors I can call in, it won't be that hard."

            "But isn't that perjury*?"

            "Yes, but I'm afraid we've got no alternate routes.  Unless you can think of something."

            "But I could get in big trouble for this!  I could serve JAIL TIME for this!"  Amaya got up, walked in front of desk, and leaned against it for a moment, carefully choosing her next words.

            "I know Kagome.  That's why you need to think long and hard about this.  How badly do you want to keep this baby away from Hojo?"  Kagome just buried her face in her hands, unsure what she wanted to do.

            "I wish I could give you more time, but the hearing in three days, and I'm gonna need time if we do this.  I'll need your answer by tomorrow."  Kagome nodded and stood up, Inuyasha following her.  Amaya walked them to the door, but paused.  She then made a strange request.

"Kagome I want to talk to you for a moment, alone."  Kagome gave slight no to Inuyasha, who growled but left the office, careful to put his cap on.

            But that didn't stop him from hearing them.

            "What would really help us now Kagome would be another father figure for your son.  A husband or even just a fiancée who wants to adopt your son.  That would seriously push the judge over to our side."

            "I know, but the only person I've been out with is Hojo, and I can't ask that of Inuyasha."

            "Well isn't there SOMEBODY?"

            "I'm afraid not.  Miroku is the only other male friend I have, and Sango would kill me if I did that to her."  Amaya let out a defeated sigh.

            "Oh well, little late now to find someone I guess."

            "Sorry Amaya."

            "It's not your fault Kagome.  Husbands don't grow on trees.  Otherwise we wouldn't torture ourselves with things like waxing and eyebrow plucking."  There was a dry laugh between the two as Kagome stepped out of the office and the hanyou fell into step beside her.

            "Kagome, what's a fiancée?"

            "Someone who's engaged to married to someone else.  In your time, they'd call it 'betrothed, at least if I remember my history correctly."

            "Well then why not call them betrothed?"

            "It's just the expression we use now Inuyasha."

            "A stupid one."

            "SIT!"  Kagome snapped.

            "WHAT WAS THAT FOR?"

            "I'm tired, bloated, nauseas, and could just really use a break, BUT NO!  And now I have to lie in court just to keep the one thing that's keeping me going, AND NOW YOU'RE INSULTING A FRIGGIN EXPRESSION!  Thank you for being total and complete JERK-OFF!"  She then stormed away, leaving Inuyasha to pick himself up and find his own way home.

            So Kagome needs this fiancée person, he sigh as he easily raced along rooftops to her, uncertain what to do.  I don't why she needs this baby so bad he grumbled to himself as he watched her slam the door to her house, and immediately begin yelling at Souta for being in her room.

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            Later that evening, Kagome sat in her room, still torn on what to do.  Finally, she decided to make the decision in the morning.  She turned out her light, and pulled the covers over her head, trying to find a comfortable position with her load.  She sigh as for the millionth time, she felt him kick her.  She gently rubbed her belly, feeling the moving, jerk movement of her son.  "Don't you worry baby.  I won't let your biological father get anywhere near you.  He doesn't deserve it."  Kagome sighed, and closed her eyes, picturing what her son might look like.

            My eyes, with Hojo's hair.  It was always so soft, plus the color is great too.  My hands, and my mother's smile and giving personality.  Then as her eyes slowly drfted closed, another image completely unbidden came into her mind

            ***Dream Sequence***

            A boy no more then five years old with brown hair and big brown eyes was climbing out the window into the god-tree.  Suddenly Kagome was at the window, sounding in a dead panic.

            "Micah Higurashi!  YOU GET YOUR KIESTER IN HERE RIGHT NOW!"

            "Dad does this all the time Mama, why can't I?"

            "Because you don't have the . . . grip your father does.  Now get inside, NOW!"  Reluctantly, the boy began inching his way back to the window, Kagome sighed in frustration as she watched him.

            "Don't you ever pull a stunt like this again young man."  Kagome snapped as her son made his slow way back.  All of a sudden, Micah hit the slippery part of the branch, and began to take a header towards the cold hard ground!

            "Micah!"  Kagome screamed, when suddenly a white blur flashed by and Micah was suddenly plucked out of the air and into a nearby branched.

            "Thanks Dad."  Whispered the shaking boy, as Inuyasha settled the boy on his lap.

            "What were you doing climbing in the tree?  You should know better."

            "But you do it!"

            "Well I'm different."

            "I can't use your sword, I can't do blades of blood, I can't jump from roof to roof, I can't even climb in the stupid tree!"  The boy whispered, tears filling the young eyes, "I can't do anything you can!  How am I supposed to be your son if I don't have your blood or can't do ANYTHING you can do?"  Inuyasha sighed, understanding, but unsure how to respond.  Dejectedly, Micah sat crying until with one clawed hand Inuyasha gently wiped them away, the reached down and wiped a way a little blood from a scrape Micah had.

            "Look Micah, I never knew my father either but growing up with out EITHER parent and being your father has taught me a few things a few things.  Firstly, it's not important if I'm your father here," Inuyasha said, indicating the blood on his handkerchief, "What matters is that I'm your father HERE."  Inuyasha finished, gently pointing to the little boys heart.  A grin broke out across the little boys face, forcing a grin out of the hanyou too.

            "That you need to learn to use THIS a little bit more."  He said as he lightly bopped the boy on the head.

            "Keh!"  Micah responded, thrusting his arms together much like Inuyasha would. . .

***End Dream Sequence***

Kagome shot up in, bed, breathing heavily.

            What was that?  She wondered as she pulled herself up, throwing on a robe, and walking over to a mirror.

            Gah!  I'm into such a total blimpoziod!  She muttered silently, looking in full view mirror at herself.  Then put her arms around her huge stomach, feeling her lively son kick.  All right you, can't you settle down for three seconds so I sleep?  She wondered aimlessly stroking her huge belly, until a faint tapping at her window caught her attention.

            She slowly turned around, to see familiar pointed ears.  Smiling faintly, she opened it, revealing her hanyou.

            "Kagome, do you think finding someone besides Hojo to father your baby will help you?"

            "According to Amaya."

            "And do you love your son?" he asked shyly, causing Kagome to smile her first true smile since her rape.

            "Yes Inuyasha.  More the anything."

            "Then marry me."  He whispered, gently pulling her hand out, and sliding on a simple diamond ring.

            "Inuyasha!"  Kagome gasped.

TBC!

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A note from FB:  Heh heh, a cliffy!  Yes, I am mean.  But there also probably a few things I should straighten out:

            *The disease mentioned DOES NOT EXIST, I made up for the purposes of this story.*

            **PERJURY IS A SERIOUS CRIME PUNISHABLE BY LAW, SO DON'T EVER DO IT!**

            I'm sorry there's so much skipping around, but I'm trying to cut out all the boring stuff and get right to the good stuff.  And please review!  It's what keeps me updating!

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