"I'm gonna come soon." He looked at the phone that was in his hand. If she had stayed on the phone she would've found out that he was going to conduct routine check-ups around the many offices in the States.
His father made it seem like he was a doctor, routine check-ups. Basically just go around and make sure everything is up to date and no foul play.
It's alright he'd just have to surprise her. She loved surprises sure she wouldn't mind.
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Hi you've reached Kagome Higurashi; sorry I'm not home right now, deliberately trying to avoid your call. Leave a message at the beep.
Damn her, that's all he's been hearing, he's tried her cell phone her house phone her moms phone, yet nothing seemed to get a hold of her. As if she was trying to literally avoid him.
Duh
He managed to push the wedding back until the following year. Kagura and he had a lot of things going on; her business his business, and then the family, pushing the wedding back was doing the both of them some good.
So he had about 7 months to find out what the hell happened to her.
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Weeks had managed to pass with still no vocal contact from her. Everything was done via e-mail. All the work Tashio sent her, was received, completed, and returned but internet or a fax machine.
In her part of the world she managed to juggle all three of the families with no worries.
To her father she was in Japan living in an apartment with Inuyasha at Tokyo U.
To her mother and the Takadoshea's she was at UCLA livin up the life.
In all she was doing alright, keeping all of them at bay. Now all she needed to do was build enough courage. When she would return the only fear she had was how she was going to explain that little tiny bulge that was starting to form in her belly.
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September rolled around and the leaves began to take color of the autumn wind. Browns, Reds, oranges and yellows, the cool crisp air was sucked in by Inuyasha as he stood out on his balcony door looking out onto the streets of Tokyo.
He was packing for his trip to the states. He looked over his tickets, first stop New York then onto the west coast. So he wouldn't be seeing Kagome for a couple of weeks, that didn't mean much. It only meant that she would have a couple of weeks of freedom before she would go back home with him for good. Even if he had to drag her while she was kicking and screaming.
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Drum... drum... drum...
She waited patiently in the office drumming her fingernails on the desk. The doctor said she would return soon.
Come on, how long does it take for the test results???
"Hello Kagome" a feminine voice called from behind
Kagome turned around and say the person standing at the threshold. Kagome's eyes bugged out.
"Ayame?" this wasn't the doctor that took her test earlier
"Hey, how are you doing?" the two met each other and enveloped themselves in a hug
"Pregnant" Ayame laughed
"I can see" placing a hand on Kagome's stomach
"Wow I haven't seen you since you—"
"Left the office?" Ayame finished the sentence for her
"Well you see your first year there was actually my last year, see I've been doing that job just to pay for tuition, I was going to graduate that year." Ayame helped Kagome up onto the bed.
"Now I'm going to put this gel on your stomach, we're going to perform an ultrasound right now."
"Can you tell the sex of the baby?"
"Not yet you're only in your second month but the blood test and the CAT scan came back and we might run into a little problem with your pregnancy."
"What do you mean?" she felt a pang in her heart the last time this was said her mother had a miscarriage right before Souta and even with Souta there were difficulties during his pregnancy.
"Well you see your uterus lining doesn't want to hold onto the sac that's going to carry your child." Ayame had turned away from her. How could she tell a friend of hers that she had a possibility of losing her child?
"So in other words I'm going to loose my baby." Tears started to form in her eyes
"No don't think that Kagome" Ayame stood in front of her wiping the tears away. "You are going to get through this, and I'm going to help you. There's this doctor not far he's vacationing in Big Bear right now. He agreed to see you during his vacation."
The two women looked at the screen that was mostly full of static until they came to a bulge that barely could be seen on the screen.
Ayame pointed to the screen where you could see an oblique circle "See right here normally that would be attached to the uterus lining. So hopefully we'll see what the doc can do."
"Thanks Ayame this means a lot, you doing this I mean."
"Anything. You were the one you introduced me to Kouga." She wiggled her eyebrows causing Kagome to giggle
"OMG you're still pining for him?"
"What do you mean pining? Honey he and I are engaged" showing the simple but elegant ring on her wedding finger
Kagome was speechless her mouth and eyes were wide open. "When and how?" she grabbed her hand "And how much?"
"Calm down, no excitement okay. Well about a month ago he returned from this trip in Okinawa, Japan, I'm guessing you were on that trip?" kagome nodded "well he called me up and he said that he wanted to talk, when we met up he just started to tell me how much he missed me and he was a fool to ever leave me."
"How sweet."
"Yeah so the three of us are going to rent a cabin in Big Bear until this crisis is over, I'm up for a vacation I was planning to take it during Christmas but when I saw your records I knew I had to take it right now."
"I'm sorry you have to do this."
"No, no I'm glad I really am happy that you are going to be a mother just make me a godmother. Now why don't you get dressed I have to call and see if I can book a cabin."
A light bulb clicked on in Kagome's head "Hey actually don't call I have a cabin there already. Well not per say, Mr. T does, my names on the lease he said and I quote Kagome if ever you need to get away feel free to use my cabin. So I think this counts as a get away don't you think?"
"Kagome I think that's the best idea you've come up with."
"Well what about my idea to hook you and Kouga up?"
"Alright second best thing, come on lets pack."
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Inuyasha walked around the hotel room wondering what to do, normally he would call Kikyou but right now she was with his mother shopping for the wedding of Kagura and Sesshoumaru.
He knew that it was his brother's fault for making his best friend leave.
Arrogant asshole
How in the hell could Kagome like him wait love him he was a prick a blind idiot, he couldn't see what was right in front of him.
He wondered what Kagome was doing now. He pulled out a picture from his wallet; a picture of the troublesome kids, on the right hand side Sango was beating the shit out of Miroku because he tried to cop a feel. On the left hand side was Kikyou and himself bickering over something he had done. And in the middle was Kagome in yellow sundress smiling, hands draped around her shoulder, in the back of her was Sesshoumaru.
Inuyasha looked at the picture hard, looking closer he saw a smile, well sort of.
Well holy fuck
He set the picture down on the desk. He looked at the calendar in his briefcase marking the states and days he stayed in. Alright twenty states and about four more to go, with the last stop being California.
So he guessed about two or three more weeks before he gets there. So she had about that much time of freedom left.
"Alright Kagome I hope that you are having the time of your life right now cause when I get there you've got a lot of splanin' to do." He tried to muster up the best Ricky Ricardo accent he could.
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She studied herself in the mirror, how in the world could she let herself fall into the world of teen pregnancy?
She felt alone and confused, she needed him, but because of her selflessness she didn't want to burden him with this news. She was the other woman, the slut, the mistress, the concubine. Okay rewind she didn't want to go that far, but what she did was unforgivable.
Kouga, Ayame and herself talked about the options, adoption, or maybe abortion. No way in hell would she do that even though the baby was made from pure lust she still couldn't. She could do this on her own; she can be the mother and the father. But it hurt just too much, she broke down letting her guard fall.
Ayame walked inside the room to find Kagome on the floor crying.
"Kagome, please pull yourself together, you need to stop doing this to yourself. This isn't healthy for you or the baby." She tried to pull Kagome to her feet.
"I just can't do this, Ayame what did I do to deserve this? Am I wrong not to tell him? Ayame I don't know what to do." Kagome clung to Ayame as she was guided onto the bed.
"Kagome, I don't know who the guy is but let me ask you this do you love him?" Kagome opened her mouth but nothing came out.
"Kagome, if you feel that not telling this guy the truth is the best then fine, but don't beat yourself up over this you're the one that made the decision now you have to live with it."
It hit her hard. Ayame was right; she's the one that decided not to tell Sesshoumaru so she shouldn't act like this. "I know I know."
"Alright that's mah gurl. Now have you been bleeding?" Ayame went from friend to Professional tone.
"Not as much, only spotting, nothing more than maybe a couple of ounces of blood."
"That's great look I have to drive Back to L.A. One of my patients, is about to give birth. Kouga should be stopping by in a few hours, no rough housing." She wagged her finger around
"Yes mother."
"Alright I will see you tomorrow."
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The cab stopped in front of a two story white and beige house. He paid the driver and made his way to the front door. Looking around he saw a small garden to the right. He saw the pots they made as children, their names and handprints all around.
He bent down placing his hand right on top of his five year-old hand. Just then the door opened revealing a tall middle aged Japanese man.
"Can I help you?" Inuyasha looked up from his spot "Inuyasha is that you?"
"Hey Mr. H." Inuyasha and Mr. H embraced themselves in a hug.
"My Inuyasha, you have grown, what are you doing here in America?"
"Well just doing some checkups on the company, and the last stop was California, so I was like why the hell not visit right?"
"Well isn't that nice, I just wish you brought Kagome, it gets lonely in the house without her blasting her music all day long, but with classes and all, it must be stressful." Mr. H looked at his watch. "Look I've got to run to a meeting. Why don't you stop by tonight and we'll catch up." Inuyasha gave a short nod, watching Mr. H running into his vehicle backing out the driveway and drove off.
He whipped out his cell phone
Thank god for speed dial
Speed dial #2
He waited for about three rings until someone picked up. "Hey honey" came a voice
"She's not here"
"What do you mean?"
"Just exactly what I said, I just spoke to Mr. H. and she's not here I'm assuming that she's been lying to him saying that she's somewhere there in Japan.."
"Alright let me call the gang and see if she's tried to make contact with them."
"Alright I'm going to call my parents right now and let them know."
"Bye honey be careful."
Speed Dial #3
"Takadoshea speaking."
"Mom, Kagome's not here, she hasn't been here, I just spoke to Mr. H. and he said that I should've brought her with me."
"Oh dear, okay, here go back to the penthouse and wait for my call I think I have a way of finding her."
"Bye mom"
Mizuno ran into her husband's office, startling her husband who was in the middle of a video conference call.
"Mizuno what's the meaning of this? As you can tell I am in the middle of something"
"I'm sorry but something important came up and you and I have to deal with this, gentlemen my husband will call you all back in about an hour" she bowed to the monitor screen turning it off after they had bowed back.
"Now what is so important that you had to disturb me and my colleagues?"
"Tashio do we still have access to our employees profiles?"
"Of course we do. What are you looking for exactly?"
"I want you to see if Kagome has used any of her credit cards, well the ones that we issued to her."
"I don't think I can do that."
"Tashio" She gave a slight pause "Kagome's missing, apparently she's been lying to all of us she's told her dad that she's been here and she's told us that she's been in the States."
"Well if you say so then alright." Click click click...
"Her card has been inactive for about two months though. The last place she used her card was at a drug store in San Bernadino."
"San Bernadino?" she asked, he nodded "honey I want you to check out all the cabins and condo's we own in California."
He complied, click, click, click, tap.
"Okay San Jose: everything seems normal, Our Vineyard in Napa: normal, Our penthouse in LA normal but we've been charged for past few days, but that was Inuyasha. Arrowhead normal, Big Bear charged for the past 2 Months, San Diego Normal."
"Tashio!" She screamed
"Yes dear?"
"Read Big Bear again."
"Charged for the past two months." His eyes went wide BINGO she was in their cabin in Big Bear.
"Call Inuyasha and tell him to go there I'll call the main office ahead to give him an extra key." She ran off to her study
Tashio shrugged at the retreating form of his wife, picked up his phone and proceeded to call his youngest son.
"Dad?"
"Inuyasha she's staying at our Cabin in Big Bear"
"What do I do?"
"Go find her, your mother is calling the main office and letting them know that you are on your way. By the time you get there the key should be waiting for you."
"Okay bye dad"
"Good,now go"
Click
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She sat in the lounge chair wondering how the hell did she end up like this?
That's right she got piss ass drink over sees and became the other woman. What the hell was her problem? Damn hormones
Here she was almost 4 moths pregnant, showing; to her, she was just retaining water, a whole lot of it.
Kouga had gone out to the grocery store to grab some materials for dinner.
He insisted on making Veil, but that didn't suite that well to her taste buds so she just told him to grab some Ramen and Vegetables plus some meat. She would just cook all of them together.
They argued at first but in the end she won.
Never mess with a pregnant woman
So now she was laying back, wondering what to do. Maybe she should clean? Nah, too strenuous if Kouga came back and found her cleaning he would gut her. So Cleaning was out maybe she should sleep. But she already took her nap earlier. So she decided to just listen to the stereo.
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15460...15464... here it was 15468 he looked at the Cabin then back at the piece of paper that was in his hand, this was the right place he walked up closer slowly, afraid that one noise and she would run out and disappear on him again.
As he neared the front door he heard music from inside. Maybe Kagome was inside
He rang the doorbell........ nothing............ so he tried again............ nothing
He fished out the key from his pocket, he stuck the key in but it didn't work. He looked at the key, it had the right address on it, he flipped it over and in small print it said 'back door'. So the key was to the back door, he made his way around the cabin to the back door not noticing the pair of eyes that followed.
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Kouga sat in his car across the street watching this man walking down the path. A small piece of paper attached to his hand he saw him gazing up and down. Looking at the paper then a cabin, paper then a cabin.
Kouga was going to brush it off until he saw the man stop in front of his Cabin. Well the cabin that Ayame and Kagome were staying at. The man seemed familiar like he met him somewhere... but where?
The man then went to the door and rang the doorbell... no answer...Kagome must be asleep he thought, then he saw the man fish out a key and stick it in the key port
Okay that did it Kouga was going to call the police when he saw the profile and it hit him. A Takadoshea, the younger one of the bunch going out with the one that he thought was Kagome one time.
So he and Inuyasha had gotten into an argument, it wasn't his fault that they looked so much alike.
FLASHBACK
Kikyou was waiting patiently in the lobby, for the Takadoshea men were still in their offices. They were all planning to grab lunch at a near by café.
She had free time today her class was canceled.
She felt two hand cover her eyes "Guess who" The owner of the hands said. It wasn't Inuyashas voice but sometimes he did that
"Batman" she replied
"Nope guess again"
"Remus Lupin"
"Who?"
"The professor from Harry Potter that's part Werewolf" Kouga had to think first Kagome wouldn't normally do that, when they would play the 'guess who game' she would normally get it right but since she said Harry Potter, this was Kagome.
"Nope. But close I am a wolf."
"Oi. Get your hands off her."
They both turned towards the voice and saw Inuyasha running towards them. If that was Inuyasha that was running towards her then who was this guy behind her. She yelled causing him to jump a little, while at the same time she tried to rip herself from his clutches only to fail and to have him topple on top of her.
"Get off me you freak" she said
"Kagome I thought you liked it freaky." Wait a minute did he just call her Kagome. That's why he was so comfortable with her he thought that she was Kagome.
"Didn't I say to get off of her?"
"Nah, I kind of like it here" he retorted never tearing his eyes away from the woman beneath him. Only problem she looked afraid and when he looked into her eyes he noticed brown, but Kagome's eyes weren't brown they were normally cerulean.
Oh shit
"Fuck that" Inuyasha tore Kouga off of Kikyou and the two started to fight Throwing punches and kicks. It took five security guards to pull them apart.
"Guards arrest this man for harassment against a female." Inuyasha told the guards
"Inuyasha it's alright" Kikyou tried to tell him
"What do you mean it's alright? He tried to feel you up"
"He thought I was someone else."
"Horseshit, someone else my ass. Guys only do that to touch you." He crossed his arms over his chest glaring at the man that dared to touch what was his.
"Listen dog turd I thought she was Kagome, this girl from America.
Inuyashas face dropped, so he knew Kagome. Damn if she found out, he'd be up to his neck with her bitchin'.
"Mr. Takadoshea, what shall we do?" One of the guards asked
"Release him." They nodded standing him up and releasing him
"Thank you." Kikyou told Inuyasha, all she received was a feh.
She turned to Kouga who was currently brushing his suit of dirt, lint, and guard grease.
"I'm really sorry ma'am, it's just that you look so much like here I just didn't think." Kouga said bowing trying to get her to accept his apology
"It's alright, she and I can pass for twins, isn't that right Inuyasha." She turned to him but he wasn't listening all he was doing was giving this guy the stink eye.
"Wait you know Kagome" Kouga asked
Kikyou smiled and extended her hand he shook it "Kikyou. And that over there is Inuyasha, Inuyasha Takadoshea.
"You mean Tashios son?" if this guy said yes, damnit all to hell, his dad just lost a good deal.
"Yes you mangy wolf."
"Listen dog crap I said I was sorry"
"Apology aint accepted, and don't go anywhere near Kagome."
"Or what?"
"there will be hell to pay."
"Is that a threat?"
"No shit Sherlock"
"Dig deeper Watson" Inuyasha made a lunge but Kikyou stood in the way.
"Just stay away"
END FLASHBACK
Kouga smirked to himself time to test out the Dogs threat.
He ran out of the car as quietly as he can hoping that the grocery bags wouldn't give away his presence. Entering through the front door he saw Kagome kicking back in the lounge chair, eyes closed, singing with the song currently playing.
He made his way to the entertainment system and turning off the stereo.
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What the hell happened to the music?
She opened her eyes and saw Kouga standing in front of her with the largest Cheshire cat grin in the world.
"Yes Kouga?"
"I got the stuff you needed" holding up the grocery bag, while extending the other arm to help her off the chair.
"Need help?" he asked
"That would be lovely, Man this pregnancy sucks. Can't do anything but sit around and be a lazy bum." totally unaware of the figure that lurked in the backyard
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Inuyasha heard the music shut off. He paused in his tracks waiting for the bellowing of his name.... when none came he advanced.
Suddenly he heard voices he strained to hear them one he knew belonged to Kagome, the other one he was unfamiliar with, he just knew it was a male.
So she had a visitor, maybe that's why she ran off cause she finally found a guy. Good for her then she said "Kouga"
It was that wolf guy, the one that tried to make a move on Kikyou, that was it he flew off the handle. Until he heard the words 'pregnancy' come from her lips did he stop dead in his tracks......SHE WAS PREGNANT?
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"Alright Kouga, you can start by cutting the vegetables." She handed him a knife "go ahead and cut it however you want I'm going to start the water"
"Are you sure you should be playing with fire? You could suddenly combust and I'm not ready to be a father this second."
Inuyasha flipped, the wolf impregnated her, he barged through the door looking like a maniac causing Kouga to jump and making Kagome's heard stop and choke on her own spit.
"What the fuck?" he yelled
Kagome was speechless in front of her was a flaming Inuyasha, a laughing Kouga, and blood dripping down her leg. She felt lightheaded. "Guys" she barely managed to croak out
Kouga looked at her standing still hand over her heart, she looked normal, that is until he looked down to see blood pooling around her feet. "Shit"
The last thing she saw was Inuyasha rushing to catch her before she hit the wood floor.
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damn I hate to type. Hopefully this will thirst your quench for now...
I think this might take more than three more chapters unless if I fit two in one then we should be looking at one more then an epilogue, or something or other... yeah... well
Sige na