Jessi-Sama: Yeah... Um... Katie can't open the story at this current point in time due to... Uh... a sickness! Yeah... So, here I am...
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Jessi-Sama: Um... Ignore that... ' Anyway, here this is. Chapter three!

Kagome lay staring at her wall, the covers curled tightly about her. The tears had ceased, but thoughts continued to race through her tired mind.

Her eyes widened as one thought entered her head. What will InuYasha do once she tells him? Kagome squirmed uncomfortably as she saw the scene unfurl in her head.

"InuYasha… I, I'm pregnant with your child."

His face would probably twist into a grimace of horror and hatred. Then he'd yell out, "Stupid wench! This is all your fault!"

Then InuYasha would bound off into his forest, leaving Kagome to care for their child… Alone.

"No!" Kagome shrieked as fresh tears seeped onto her pillow. "InuYasha wouldn't ever do that to me!" Kagome dug her face into her tear soaked pillow, tugging the sheets closer to her. "He loves me!"

"Go to sleep sis," Souta called with a yawn, unaware of the turmoil that lay in his home.

"Thank you Mrs. Watoku." Ms. Higurashi placed the phone back on its hook. With an upset sigh, she took a sip of tea. She placed the cup upon the kitchen table and waddled into the living room. Ms. Higurashi slumped onto the sofa, rubbing her temples softly. She gazed up the stairs at her daughter's bedroom door. "I'm sorry Kagome," she sighed again. "But I must do for you what I think is best. I hope you will understand."

Another morning came, but today the sun did not shine. Rain poured from the deep gray skies. "InuYasha! Please come with us back to Kaede's!"

InuYasha looked behind himself. He could just make out the forms of Sango and Miroku through the steady down pour. "No, I want to be by myself for a while," he huffed, and then averted his gaze back onto the well.

"Then at least take this umbrella that Kagome left." When InuYasha took no action to follow Sango's command, Miroku added, "Do you think Kagome would want you sick when she comes back?"

Sighing, InuYasha stretched out his arm, and Sango tossed an umbrella to him. Fidgeting with it a moment, then jumping when it finally opened, InuYasha propped it over himself and continued watching the portal between the two worlds.

Kagome half-watched as lightened played outside her window. She sat with her elbows propped on the sill, her chin resting on her hands. Her face, so close to the cool glass that each time she breathed out, a mist over took the glass, turning it opaque for a moment.

"Kagome! Please come here for a moment!"

Startled, Kagome looked quickly back at her door. She sighed, nervous with what her mother might say. "Come on, Kagome. Everything will be fine." Kagome nodded and staggered out of her room and down the stairs. She found her mom sitting at her usual place at the kitchen table. The look her mother shot her sent a chill down Kagome's spine. She sat across from her, her leg twitching up and down.

"Kagome, I've thought about this for quite some time now. And I think I know exactly what to do about your situation." Ms. Higurashi spoke calmly, intently, staring her daughter straight into the eyes. "You are no longer aloud to go back to the Feudal Era."

"What!" Kagome jumped up, slapping her fists on the tabletop. "Mom! You can't do that!"

"Yes, Kagome. I can. But I'm only doing this because it's for your own good. I am sure you'll come to understand my decision in time."

"Ms. Higurashi reached across the table and tenderly touched her daughter's hand. Kagome shivered under her mother's gaze and drew her hand back. "I know what's good for me," Kagome spat in a hoarse whisper. Her eyes once more clouded over with tears. "I need…"

"Kagome, you're barely eighteen. You don't know what you need. Now, go think about what I said. I'll bring you some lunch. Kagome gave her mother a shallow bow, then left the room.

A glimmer caught Kagome's eye as she entered her bedroom. "Maybe I can't go back to the Feudal Era…" She rushed over to her desk and grabbed the small jar containing the precious Shikon Jewels. "But nothing will stop InuYasha from coming here."

Me: heavy breathing I'm finally free! But the chapter is over...
Jessi-Sama: So... How are you feeling? .
Me: glares Wonderfully awful. Thank you Jessica.
Jessi-Sama: Please read and review!
Me: That's mine line! Damn you Jessi-Sama!