Disclaimer: yeah, yeah, yeah I don't own Inuyasha….yet….j/k I can't even make up a comic…it takes me a whole morning….lol

A/N: Muahahaha ducki left you ppl with THREE not TWO, not ONE, but THREE cliffies! Now to question how I will start this story…with Kagome's pregnancy or with Shesshomaru knowing Midori? …..hmm….I'll start with Miroku and Sango…. Muahahaha….

.should I? okay fine…..I'll start with Inuyasha and Kagome…but only 'cause I haven't updated!

Chapter 13: Blossoming Problems

The words echoed inside Inuyasha's head: "Welcome to Parenthood!" The thought of Kagome being pregnant with Hojo's baby was sickening. He didn't know what to do, all he could do was stare wide eyed at Kagome.

"Pre-pregnant?" Kagome stuttered the words and unconsciously put her hand on her stomach.

"Yes, that is what I said." Kaede stood there with a grin from ear to ear, not realizing that the scene was not a happy one.

"Shut up, stupid hag!" Inuyasha yelled at her. He grabbed the shocked Kagome and gruffly said "Let's go."

Kagome was still in shock and was staggering behind Inuyasha, and then she finally recovered and had to run to catch up to Inuyasha.

Kagome saw that Inuyasha was looking towards the ground with a look of sorrow on his face. "Inuyasha, what am I going to do?" Kagome said hoping he had an answer.

Inuyasha turn suddenly and looked at her, "Stupid wench! You're not going to do anything! I'm going to be here with you." Inuyasha looked to the floor again and saw little droplets of water fall to the ground. "Huh?" he looked up and saw Kagome was crying.

"What? No! Don't cry, wench!" Inuyasha said fearfully, thinking that he had done something wrong.

"Oh Inuyasha!" Kagome slowly walked forward. She put her arms around him, and tightened her grip.

Inuyasha didn't know what to feel. At first he wanted to push her away, as instinct, but instead put his chin on her neck and dug his nose deep into her hair, he had always liked her sweet scent.

"Are we gonna tell everybody?" Kagome whispered in his ear

"Do you want to?" Inuyasha said snuggling his nose deeper in her hair.

"No…"

"Feh" Inuyasha said and started to day dream about what else he could do to torture Hojo.

Inuyasha was taken out from his little daydream when he saw by the corner of his eye some girls starting to crowd around, whispering about them. "Feh," He put Kagome on his back and started to run to Kikyo's hut.


Midori stood there not believing her eyes. "Kikyo, I came as fast as I could…I thought you might get worried about me…" Midori walked closer to them with uncertainty. "Shesshomaru?" Midori said staring at Shesshomaru.

Shesshomaru gave a quick glance at Kikyo then turned to Midori, "Midori…." He took a step forward and Midori took a step back. "No…." she turned around and started to run out the door but was blocked by Kikyo.

"Midori, you know our guests?" Kikyo said not wanting to let Midori get through. It was already dark.

"Uh…." Midori wanted to push Kikyo out of the way, but she couldn't because Kikyo had taken her in and had been so nice to her when she had no place to go.

There was silence in the air until they all heard Inuyasha down the hall.

"Oi, Monk, Sango, where have you two been all day!" Inuyasha said angrily.

"Us? Where were you?" Sango said

"Probably being a pervert himself with Lady Kagome" Miroku said sinisterly.

"What! Feh, Stupid monk!" Inuyasha turned his head away angrily.

"We'll tell each other details later?" Miroku said begging.

"Feh!" Inuyasha said still looking away.

Miroku elbowed Sango and Kagome. "That means yes…" he said a little too happy.

Kikyo heard a thump to the ground and started to walk towards them. Midori followed her, not wanting to be alone with Shesshomaru.

Inuyasha got sight of Kikyo and was going to go over to her when he saw a girl behind her. She looked some what familiar, but he couldn't see her that well because she was hiding behind Kikyo.

"Please, say hello to the rest of our guests." Kikyo said looking behind her shoulder.

"Uh…of course…" She stepped out from behind Kikyo and bowed nervously saying "Hello."

Inuyasha immediately recognized her. "Midori!" Inuyasha remembered how scared she was when he first found her: after she was raped by Hojo.

"Huh?" Midori looked at him and at the rest of the people in the room and looked to the floor. "Don't think that I have forgotten your kindness to me."

"Midori, you know all these people also?" Shesshomaru said stepping out of the shadows he had been in.

"Ah!" Midori jumped back behind Kikyo and then came out. She stood up and turned away from him, noticeably controlling anger inside of her.

"Huh? I'm kind of lost…" A very confused Kagome said.

"Oh! I'm sorry, I am Midori." Midori said stepping towards Kagome and bowing slightly. Kagome smiled and said cheerfully "I'm Kagome."

"How do you know all of these people Midori?" Shesshomaru asked once again.

Midori turned angrily at Shesshomaru and pointed a finger at Inuyasha. "HE was the one who saved me! He saved me after YOU sent Hojo to RAPE me!" Midori's knees gave way and she fell to the floor crying.

Shesshomaru stared down at her. If he consoled her, he would show weakness, he shifted his feet and said "This Shesshomaru never did such a thing. Hojo went and raped you on his own accord. Only after Hojo came back, had this Shesshomaru known that you were raped by him." Shesshomaru shifted his feet again.

Midori looked up to see if Shesshomaru was lying. She knew what he wanted "So, now you're looking for the dagger, huh?"

"Yes, that and the item." Shesshomaru said not moving from his current position.

"I don't have it…" Midori said with her voice filled with guilt.

"Where is it then?" Shesshomaru said too calmly.

"I don't know…" Midori said not wanting to look at Shesshomaru.

"You do know that that dagger contains this Shesshomaru's soul, do you not?" Shesshomaru said clenching his teeth.

"Yes…" Midori said on the verge of crying again.

"This Shesshomaru will go outside so you may remember where you left the dagger." Shesshomaru turned and walked slowly outside.

"Let us all leave to help Midori think" Kikyo said going the opposite direction Shesshomaru went, but still going outside.

Inuyasha grabbed Kagome's hand without a word and took her down the hallway.

Miroku eyes followed them until he couldn't see them and turned to Sango, "See? I'm not the only pervert..."

Sango smiled weakly at his comment and took his hand slowly and walked outside.

Miroku looked down and saw his hand around Sango's. Her hand was warm and soft. He could get use to it. He tightened his grip and they walked outside the room.

When Midori was sure that everybody had left, she went to one corner of the room and pushed away a plant and under it was the dagger. The dagger was a crimson blue and the handle was a grayish color with gold line designs. Midori tired to get it carefully not wanting to get cut, for fear of getting poisoned.

When she had finally gotten a secure hold of it she walked outside and threw it. ((Good-bye Shesshomaru…))

She slumped against the wall. ((Now what am I going to tell them?)) She looked at her wrinkled hands. They were worn from the hard work she had to do. She sighed and looked towards where she had thrown the dagger and saw Kikyo. ((uhoh))

Kikyo walked along the imaginary line in her mind and was thinking about what had happen between her and Shesshomaru. She scoffed and turned her attention to her soul suckers and saw a few more coming. ((With Kagome around it is hard to keep the piece of soul I have left))

All of a sudden she felt a quick jolt of pain in her stomach and grasped her chest. ((What is this?)) She looked around for someone. How did she not sense anything? When she was looking around she noticed that her soul suckers had left. ((That's odd))

Kikyo walked into the room to check on Midori. "Midori have you remembered a place where the dagger may be?"

"No..." Midori looked at the floor not wanting to look Kikyo in the eyes.

"I think you are not telling me the truth Midori…" Kikyo said trying to catch Midori's eye.

Midori couldn't lie to Kikyo, she owed so much to her. "No I'm not… Kikyo….I…uh…I threw it outside…around where you were."

"I see." Kikyo said trying to follow her point.

"Well, what I mean is…um…the dagger has a soul in it, looking for a host…and you are a host…looking for a soul….and I think it's inside you now…." Midori said pacing back and forth.

"I see. And are you certain of this?" Kikyo said finding the story a little unbelievable.

"Well…" Midori looked around and couldn't find Kikyo's soul sucker. "Have you noticed that your soul suckers are not here?"

"Yes I have…." Kikyo said.

"See? I think that the dagger that held Shesshomaru's soul is inside you now." Midori said.

"I can't tell him…" Kikyo whispered to herself.

"What?" Midori leaned in trying to hear what Kikyo just said.

"Nothing…I'm going to be in my room if anybody is in need of me." Kikyo said retiring to her room.

((I can't tell Shesshomaru of this…)) Kikyo thought

Kikyo started thinking of how Shesshomaru thought her dead when he took her soul. ((What if he takes out his soul and I am left dead?)) Kikyo pondered as she sat down in the middle of her room.

Kikyo thought of the possibilities that would turn out from this. Would Shesshomaru kill her after he had shown affection to her?

Kikyo stood up and walked to a corner of the room. She looked at the floor and lost herself in her thoughts.


Miroku was deciding whether or not to put his arm around Sango as she was looking out at the edge of the cliff they had found.

Miroku was thinking of a clever way to put his arms around her. Suddenly he yawned, lifting his arms up and resting one on Sango.

((What? Am I boring him?)) Sango started to think of a way to entertain him when she felt the warmth of his hand around her. ((Oh… I see now…))

"How long did it take you to think that up?" She said a little annoyed

"Huh? Oh! That…" Miroku said looking at his hand, "not long actually….I'm surprised myself…"

"Yeah right…I bet what really happen was that you were thinking of it ever since we got here huh?" Sango said with some sarcasm.

"How is it that you can see right though me Dear Sango?" Miroku said smiling.

"Hmm…probably because your completely obvious." Sango said rolling her eyes.

"Then I shall keep being obvious, for I like this feeling of simply being next to you." Miroku said looking out to the view they had.

Sango stared at him ((What? He's not trying to grope me?)) Then she blushed as she thought of what he had just said.

"Yes I like it too…" Sango said as she laid her head on Miroku's shoulder


Shesshomaru was sitting and was thinking about Midori and their past. ((How has Midori come to find these people?))

Was she so scarred that she did not trust him anymore? Love him? It wasn't his fault, so why did she hate him so?

He remembered her smile and the way she laughed, and his lips curved only the slightest.

But Shesshomaru admitted the cold truth.

She hated him.

Shesshomaru stood up and walked to the door. He pushed it open and saw Kikyo. He quickly closed the door.

((Why is this Shesshomaru breathing so hard? This Shesshomaru has done nothing...)) He cracked open the door so only his eye was visible.

There was Kikyo. Shesshomaru could feel his heart beating faster. The sound drummed in his ears until it was the only thing he could hear.

His heart was pounding against his ribs. He clutched his chest. His heart felt as if it was about to tear out of him.

He closed the door once more.

((What is this feeling? This Shesshomaru has never felt it before. Why does this Shesshomaru enjoy it?)) Shesshomaru pondered the questions in his mind as he turned towards the door.

He put his hand to the door. He was taken aback by the feeling in his stomach and faced his back to the door. ((What is this?))

The feeling was something he had never felt before. What could be the cause of it? He whirled towards the door. "Kikyo…" he said barely above a whisper.

Is she using some kind of spell? He opened the door a little. He saw her lost in her world. ((What could she be thinking?))

He put his foot out the door. ((This Shesshomaru will go talk to her))

Kikyo lifted her head and saw Shesshomaru coming out of his room.

Shesshomaru tried to swallow the bump that had formed in his throat. Her hair sparkled in the sun. He was about to try to talk over the bump in his throat "He-"

Kikyo turned away and quickly walked away from him. ((I can't tell him))

Shesshomaru stood there watching her disappear. He felt as if he had lost her forever.


Kagome was thinking about the baby that was in her. ((If this baby is going to be born….I should love it. It's not it 's fault that Hojo raped me…))

Inuyasha watched Kagome's face as it turned from sad to happy, then determined, to anger, and sad again.

He remembered the first time he met her when she was doing the exact same thing.

"I wonder if it's a boy or girl…" Kagome said lifting her head to Inuyasha.

"Feh." Inuyasha looked back in front of him.

"I guess we'll find out when we can huh?" Kagome said smiling at her stomach, while at the same time putting her hand over it.

"Feh." Inuyasha turn his head to Kagome. "You want it? How can you?"

"I dunno…I just do…" Kagome shrugged.

She laid her head on Inuyasha's shoulder and sighed.

"Feh." Inuyasha thought he would never understand Kagome.

He dug his nose in her hair and smelled the sweet sent that he had always loved.


A/N: okay, okay, I know what you're thinking… CoRnEy! But I like it! I know I took soooo frickin long to update this….and I feel guilty but I made this one long and full of happy moments to make it up….so we good?

Okay a couple of questions….Will Kikyo ever tell Shesshomaru that she has his soul? What will happen to Kagome's pregnancy? And will love blossom between Sango and Miroku?

If you have any questions…because the story is getting a little confusing (even for me!) you can send them in your review (please review…that's what makes me feel guilty when I don't update!) or you can send them to my e-mail. that settled! Please read &review! I know people read but don't review…and if that's the case just a "good job!" will do….boost my self-esteem people!

Ahem okay ….long A/N, so I'm going to stop chattering here

See ya!