I'm gonna take a minute here and let everybody know my standing on the morning sickness-pregnancy thing.

Demons age differently from humans. I would imagine that because the father of the coming pup is a hanyou, the pup has demon in him/her. I think that demon pregnancies become apparent immediately, so morning sickness would happen very, very soon. Also, Inuyasha has a very good nose so naturally he'd be able to scent it already.

Can't exactly explain my logic, but in any case, it has to do with the factor of the demon blood.

Thanks, everyone! Now, on to review answers...

Oh, and I KNOW I got a flame today.

Knid:

First off, it's nice that you have a thesaurus, but just one word is a synonym for another doesn't mean it can used the same. Try looking up the meaning of the word 'syntax'. If you were bound and determined to work lexis in there somehow, it should have been 'Kagome searched her lexicon...'. Secondly, why do so may fic authors persist in not even bothering to research any information about pregnancy? You have access to the entire internet. It takes 5 seconds to type pregnancy into Google. Morning sickness generally occurs around 6-10 week after conception. NOT less than 24 hours later. If you don't know something, Look! It! Up!

Haunt: You know what? Kindly REFRAIN from reading the next chapter. Or ever reviewing my stories again. This just pisses me off. If you don't agree with my earliness with the morning sickness, then ask me why I did it so soon, but DON'T make me feel stupid, okay?! This review is NOT appreciated, so please shut up and go away. Normally I wouldn't say anything to a flamer or at least I wouldn't lose my temper, but this just ticks me off.

Inuyasha: Well, now that you've got her pissed....::unsheaths Tetsusaiga::

Kagome: Inuyasha, put that away!

King of the Kitana:

First off I'm not going 2 b offensive with this review. But there are some of the obvious things; like for example. If Kagome knew she had sex with Inuyasha she should have expected to get pregnant. That is all I have 2 say. Plz take no offense. I hope.

-King of the Kitana-

Haunt: No offense taken at all. This is constructive criticism, and I wholly appreciate that you didn't bite my head off about what you thought was wrong or obvious. :) Thank you so much for being mature.

Kagome: I suppose I SHOULD have expected it...::groans::

FluffyDogEars:

hehehe pregnant kagome!! inuyasha why didnt you tell her before?? i wonder what their children will look like?

Inuyasha: I didn't want her to worry about it right then...even though it didn't make a fucking difference...

Micayasha:

hehe you are soo evil congrats to Kagome-chan and Inuyasha-chan, though! :-D Kagome: do not listen to what Inugirl4-- (some numbers) said, you are so not a slut. Inuyasha: your baka rating has skyrocketed you got her PREGNANT! yes you guys SHOULD have a baby but ever heard of a condom? (oh wait i guess not-the Feudal Era! hehe)

Inuyasha: I didn't mean to make her pregnant!! And what the hell's a condom?

Kagome: Thanks for the support. Inuyasha, I'll explain 'condom' to you someday...

Zarbok:

Abit early with tha morning sickness dont ya think.

Besides that this is a good chapter and will Kagome's mother welcome the fact that she will be a grandma so soon.

So the queen bitch is dead in this fic huh,(sorry I dont know why but I hate that bitch Kikyo).

To Miroku: You tease Inuyasha and Kagome to mutch lecher and I'll shove your staff so far up your ass you'll choke on it.

To Inuyasha:Your welcome, and you are actually acting like a gentlemen to Kagome somwhat and I'll pray for you when you go to tell Kagome's mom about your and Kagome's coming bundle of joy.
Your baka rateing is at zero for now.

To Kagome: Good as long as you kno what I mean.
What are ya gonna name your child I wonder.

To Inugirl450:O go fuck yourself!

To surmize good update!

Signed
Zarbok

Haunt: I explained my logic at the beginning of this A/N ;) I'm glad you were civil, though. Thanks! And I don't like Kikyo either. She's gonna be dead in most of my fics.

Miroku: Erk.

Inuyasha: Keh! Kagome's mom can't be that bad.

Kagome: Oh yes, she can, Inuyasha. What'm I gonna do?

Foxylilraven:

Raven: hello, Foxylilraven here, or raven, thats all my friends callme anyway. me and my Musues, Koto and Furyou, have some slight problem with the information within this chappie.

Koto:rave, you do realize you're sounding like a robot, or somthing like that right.

Raven:ignoring fellow Volcano Kitsune one of the frequent misconseptions(did i spell that right?) is that kirara is NOT fire-cat, or "pyro-neko" as you say, she is a nekomata- mountian cat demon with two tails.

Furyou:how many authers have we said that to?

Raven: and when you said Kirara" bi-tails i thought you had said her "fire-tails" cause Bi means fire in japanese, thus shippou's attack Kitsune-bi, fox-fire.

Koto: over all it was a good story...

Furyou:... though the ending to chapter 8 was kinda corny

Raven: why dont you 2 go bother DV for the chappie on Time and Again, or "Fight for thy Heart"?

Koto: c'mon Rogue

Furyou:dont call me that; you know i have the english translation of my name

Haunt, Inuyasha, and all of the other characters:.....Um, thanks?

brigurl:

Yay, babies! Lol, and yay that Kagome and Inuyasha FINALLY got together. And the part where Kagome threw up on Miroku was hysterical!!Heh heh,awesome chappie, plz update soon!

Haunt: XD Also, you reviewed my first Chap. 9 asking me what the title of the next fic will be....haven't, um, decided yet o.o

NordicaVB:

Ha, that's what Miroku gets for teasing people about things that are non of his business. Loved that part. Surprised Kagome is already pregnant...but should make things interesting. I wonder how Kagome's mom will take it. Hmm...well, good chapter. Will be waiting for more!

Haunt: My logic is twisted, ne? ;)

Rinicat:

Sounded like a flame of sorts to me...scratches her head in confusion. That one threw me for a loop to...Inuyasha, said flamer is not worth your sword. I'ds just do the blades thingy...and I agree with you, Kagome is not a slut! Defends the miko...

Um...but Inuyasha...now is the time to be afraid...for now you have to have that talk with her mother...in our time...they tend to frown on early pregancies

Haunt: And I got another flame today, too, from that Knid person...sheesh, people really don't seem to like this story, eh? By the way, I really appreciated your review...thank you.

And...::Laughs:: ere's the update, my dear, I had to redo the chapter a bit. Just replace the /1/ in the URL with /9/.

Inuyasha: What can she do to me?

::Sigh:: Flames are definitely discouraging...Just so you all know, my fiction status is in my bio. At the end of the chapter there is a preview to my next fiction.

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The two sat near the well, stalling in the darkness of the night before they had to hop through the time slip and face Akina Higurashi.

Glancing over at her mate, Kagome sighed at the closed look on his face. For some reason, ever since she'd suggested that they visit her mother and inform her that she would be a grandmother, Inuyasha had just closed up.

He's so frustrating...

"Inuyasha?" the girl asked tentatively.

The hanyou blinked, seeming to come out of a daze, then looked at her. "What?"

"Why are you so quiet?"

Amber optics flared with an indignant light and he uttered a low 'keh,' looking away. "No reason..."

"Look at me, baka!"

"I'm not a baka!"

"You are! Look at me already!"

He did, and Kagome uttered a low gasp and the haunted look in the tawny, cat-slitted orbs that gleamed at her through the darkness. "Inuyasha..? What's the matter?"

The hanyou shifted, averting his gaze again. She had never seen him like this. "Well, I've been thinking..."

"Are you scared of my mother?" she asked suddenly.

The inu-hanyou sputtered. "No! Hell, no! I was just thinking of what'll happen...when you get older."

"Older?"

"Yeah...you humans don't live as long as demons. I'll live...to be at least 500 years old, but you..."

Azure optics flickered and widened in realization. "Oh...oh, Inuyasha...I'll die..."

"Before I do. And before our pup does."

Tense silence, stretched thin by the terrible weight of this new knowledge, settled in a great chasm between them. Kagome stared at the ground, swallowing the cry that rose inside her.

Then there was a peace.

"Inuyasha," the miko began, looking back at her mate, "As long as I have the rest of my life with you...that's enough for me. And you'll be able to take care of our ba...pup just fine."

The silence settled in think for a moment, before Inuyasha looked back at the girl. "You'll wait for me, won't you?"

There was no hesitation. "Yes. I'll wait for you."

He nodded and rose slowly, lifting the girl into his arms and leaping through the time slip with her. "Good, wench."

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Here's your preview.

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"Damn you...make your choice, half-breed!" Airo snarled as she swung her hand. Blue light emitted from her outstretched claws, smashing into the cliffside. A crack spread through the earth, blocking off the mikos from the rest of the humans, demons and the hanyou.

Kagome emitted a soft gasp and staggered. Kikyo's eyes widened slightly but she kept her balance.

The hanyou gasped and leapt forward, grabbing a miko's wrist and pulling her away from the cliffside as it crumbled. The rocks fell away, and the remaining woman stumbled.

"No!" Inuyasha shouted.

Had he made the right decision? Have I saved the right person?

The girl in his arms was unconscious.

Gray orbs turned to him, a sorrowful smile playing about the lips of the other miko as she slipped over the cliff's edge into the glowing, gaping chasm of Hell. The happiness in the ashen depths, the silent 'thank you' that died upon her lips as she fell, soothed the inu-hanyou's anxiety and made him nod once.

"Goodbye, Inuyasha..." the woman said, as she slipped out of sight.

There was a long silence, a shock among the group that lapsed through several minutes.

"Goodbye, Kikyo," Inuyasha whispered.

The young woman in his arms stirred. Amber orbs turned to Kagome as her eyelids parted. She blinked once, then looked up at him.

"Inuyasha..?"

The hanyou opened his mouth to reply, when mocking laughter reached his ears. A low growl rumbled in his chest as he turned to glare at the youkai woman.

"You are a fool. Kikyo will remain alone in the pit of Hell."

The girl's eyes widened and she sat up a bit more. "Kikyo?"

The inu-hanyou ground his fangs together, his words directed at the laughing inu-youkai. "Shaddup, bitch!"

He met Kagome's questioning gaze as she whispered, "You chose me? You saved me instead of Kikyo?"

His reply was a frustrated growl as he laid the girl back down and stood. "Hell yes! Why shouldn't I?"

But she didn't answer before a new shape stepped from the cover of the forest. Standing tall, noble, stoic, Mokomoko-sama swaying gently in the feeble breeze, the tai-youkai's pensive amber optics turned first from his brother, over the others in the group, and then settled upon Airo.

"Haha-ue." He greeted, voice deadpan.

The tai-youkai female smirked, looking at her son. Her emerald eyes were blazing, and Inuyasha could tell that she was seeing the Inu no Taisho within the other inu-youkai. "Hello, son. What do you want here?"

Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes, the faintest flicker of hatred lingering within the glowing amber. "I merely wanted to see if the rumors were true--that someone was trying to kill Inuyasha because he was the son of my father and a human. And I can see now...that they are."

A smirk crossed the lady inu's face. "Yes. I am going to destroy him. He is the useless spawn of a foul creature, a human that tainted my mate and stole him from me. That weakened him and caused his death!"

What shocked the hanyou was how the female's voice escalated into an enraged cry. Had she loved his father?

"Hmph." Sesshomaru turned to leave. "I will not stop you."

The kitsune, houshi, and taijiya simply stared as the inu-tai-youkai began to walk away.

"Wait, Sesshomaru!" The miko stood and ran forward, skidding to a stop before the demon.

"You baka, get away from him!" Inuyasha shouted, starting forward.

Sesshomaru halted, gaze narrowing at the girl before him. "Out of my way, human."

"Maybe you can help us!" Kagome said as Inuyasha stopped beside her.

"How can he help you?" Airo asked, laughing harshly. "He has become as weak as his father."

The tai-youkai ignored his mother's comment. "Why would I help you?"

"Because it may bring your father back."

There was a pause.

"Tell me what I can do, miko," Sesshomaru finally said.

The hanyou stared, shocked, at the girl as she said, "Use Tenseiga to revive the Inu no Taisho."

"You are far too brave, Kagome," Miroku murmured. Taijiya and kitsune bobbed their heads in agreement.

Sesshomaru's gaze narrowed further. Both Inuyasha and Airo watched in stupefied amazement as the sword at the tai-youkai's hip pulsated once, as if stating its approval of the idea.

"And just how can I do that?" the demon asked finally.

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That fic'll be up soon, as will the next chapter to this!