Howdy y'all! Well... I'm finally back! Here's my good excuse.. and it is good. I didn't have the internet. See.. my computer was being rebuilt to get the viruses out of it and stuff. But when we got it back we still didn't have the internet so we said screw it and threw it away and got a new one. Then it turns out the new one doesn't have a floppy disc inserter thing. So I was screwed again. I had to wait until I could go out and buy re-burnable CDs so I could transfer my stories and stuff. So yeah... It's been a real pain in the ass to say the least. But I'm back now so everything is better. Sorry everyone, but I won't be responding to reviewers this time, can't remember who said what and who is there and stuff. You understand right? Well I will next chapter alright? Anyways... enough about this crap. It's time I start this up. Y'all been very patient and I thank you for that. So without further ado, I give this next chapter to you... heh heh heh... I rhymed.. swee-eet.

Disclaimer- What's this? What's this? There's something very wrong. I thought by now this would be gone. What's this? There's people still doing these. Sigh.. fine... I don't own Inuyasha... Happy? Bah...

NOTICE- Do to obvious reasons in the story, I raised the rating of this fic. It is now rated R. Surprise, surprise.

Giving Up

Six days.... has it really only been six days since he was accused of Kagome's murder? Even with almost a week passing, Inuyasha just couldn't pull himself together. He doesn't know what to do, he's completely lost. Kagome is dead, and Shippo is yet to be found. Both were a big part of his life, heck, they were his only link in this world. Without them, he doesn't have anything; there's no one else in his life, no family, no friends. Granted, Kagome wanted little to do with him, but he still felt that she was dear to him, after all, she's the mother of his child. Inuyasha can remember the day he met Kagome like it was yesterday, after all, it was the same day Shippo was conceived.

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Inuyasha glances down at the small piece of paper in his hand, reading the address on it. He glances over to the number on the stone wall and back down to the paper, finding the addresses matching. Pocketing the piece of paper he glances down the driveway and stares at the large house, he'd go as far as calling it a mansion by the looks of it. Even at the end of the driveway, Inuyasha can hear the music planning, evidently blasted up as high as the stereos can go. 'This is her place?' He thinks a bit surprised. Honestly, he didn't picture a girl like her to have a place like this. From what he got, she's not rich. Guess the old saying is true, 'You can't judge a book by its cover.'

For a few more minutes, Inuyasha didn't move, he just stood there, debating with himself. If there's one thing he hates, it's parties. Heck, he hates being near a crowd of people, but being stuck in a house; crammed together. Normally he'd have nothing to do with it, but he got suckered in; just like always. He really doesn't know how the girl can get him to do anything for her; he's too nice for his own good, it's likely to get himself in trouble one of these days.

Finally after much hesitation, Inuyasha makes his way towards the house. He doesn't even bother knocking on the front door since the party is beginning to spread out of the house and into the yard, where, obviously drunken, teens begin to make a new party of their own. Shaking his head while muttering a few comments to the teens, Inuyasha makes his way into the house. Blinking a few times in surprise, Inuyasha scans the area. He didn't think there was this many people; there doesn't seem to be anywhere that's not inhabited by drunken teens who are literally bouncing off the walls; except for the upstairs. Upstairs seems to be totally empty, probably because it's where the bedrooms are so it's more than likely off limits.

Inuyasha makes his way into one of the rooms; offered a drink by more than a few others on his way. Tired of their insistence of having a drink, Inuyasha finally excepts one, than another, and one after that one too. He kept having them until he was just like everyone else at the party, drunk. Deciding he has had enough alcohol for the night, Inuyasha begins brushing the others off. He may be a bit drunk, but he's not stupid, he knows when he's had enough. After going through a few more rooms, and with his patience thinning as he searches in vain, he begins to growl in frustration. 'Where the hell is she, damnit?'

"KIKYO!" Inuyasha begins shouting over the music as he searches for his girlfriend. He only came to this damn party because she had insisted. He was originally going to blow her off but than thought better of it. "KIKYO! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU!?" Inuyasha soon realizes that shouting isn't helping him any considering his voice is just lost over the loud music playing and the cheers of drunken idiots. So Inuyasha continues with what he was doing before, walking around aimlessly in hopes that he'll find her.

Walking into another room, Inuyasha finally recognizes the only person he could at a party full of complete strangers. With a scowl present on his face, he pushes and shoves his way through the crowds. "There you are, wench!" He exclaims in annoyance as he grabs her arm to turn her towards him, "Do you know how long I've been looking for you?" The girls tilts her head to the side questioningly but doesn't reply. Inuyasha her a look over, "I see you changed clothes." He says referring to the tight blue jeans and white T-shirt. "It's better that your usual slutty looking attire."

The three people the girl was speaking to before Inuyasha pulled her away, begin laughing. "Wow.. he's cute!" One of them exclaims. Inuyasha blinks in confusion for a moment and before he realizes it, Kikyo is pried from his grasp as the trio begin bombarding her with questions.

Inuyasha shakes his head, trying to clear the fog settled in it. He really shouldn't have drank so much. He'd do anything for an Advil at the moment. Without him realizing it, he's was dragged to the dance floor by Kikyo, while he was seemingly daydreaming. Inuyasha just stands there a moment as she laughs and dances in front of him, practically stumbling over her own feet. 'Great...' Inuyasha thinks sarcastically to himself, 'She's drunk too.' Not that he's surprised though, Kikyo always was a bit of a drinker, and a partier.

Inuyasha doesn't even know how long he stood there watching her as she continued with her drunken dance. And even with how pathetic it looked; he couldn't help get affected by it. With her trying to pull off moves, which she obviously can't, and with the extra alcohol in his system, he can't help let his mind wander for awhile, making him toy with the idea for a moment. Finally, not able to take it anymore, Inuyasha gives a frustrated growl before grabbing one of flailing arms and begin pulling her put of the crowds. Without any resistance from her, he quickly got them upstairs where he could have a small bit of privacy.

Stopping in the middle of the hallway, Inuyasha turns around to see the girl looking around a bit dazed. Not caring enough to wait for her to come to, Inuyasha pulls her to him and plants his lips on hers. Feeling her arms wrap around his neck as she returns the gesture, Inuyasha places his hands on her waist and moves her back against the wall; pressing his body against her.

While working his way to the nearest bedroom, in the back of his mind, Inuyasha can't help but feel as if something is a bit off. Usually Kikyo is a bit wild and bold but it seems as if she's uncertain at the moment, unsure as to what she's doing. Inuyasha figures it's just the alcohol making him think such things so he just goes with it.

"Oh my god, oh my god."

Inuyasha groans a bit, stirring from his slumber. He winces a bit as he feels the after affects of the alcohol hit him full force. Inuyasha closes his eyes again, not wanting to get up just yet. "Erm.. Kikyo?"

"Kikyo? Who's Kikyo?"

Inuyasha's eyes snap open, and for a moment he tricks himself into believing that maybe, just maybe, he's dreaming. 'That's not Kikyo's voice.' Slowly, ever so slowly, Inuyasha glances over his shoulder to the girl in bed next to him. She sits there, half confused, and half angry, obviously not sure as to what's going on. Inuyasha, for his part, is as confused as the girl in bed with him. She looks like Kikyo, but at the same time, she doesn't. She looks younger than the Kikyo he knows, and definitely younger than himself. Which leads Inuyasha to believe that this girl is possibly a younger sister of Kikyo or some sort of relative. "Who the hell are you wench?"

Okay, perhaps that's not the best thing to say in a situation like this. But really, can you blame him? Here he is with a killer hangover and a chick laying in bed next to him that he has know idea who it is, and just from the looks of things, it's obvious as to what happened last night. And frankly, Inuyasha doesn't really see a reason why he should be smacked across the face just for asking a question. "I have a name you idiot! It's Kagome! Ka-go-me! And what the hell happened last night!?"

Inuyasha rolls his eyes at the stupid question. He opens his mouth to reply when the door suddenly opens up, and a scream fills the room; causing Inuyasha to wince at the shrill shriek. Of course his face pales considerably once he realizes who's standing at the door. "K-Kikyo?" Inuyasha and surprisingly, Kagome both say at the same time.

Kikyo stands at the door, shocked at the sight in front of her, "In-Inuyasha?" She calls out questioningly. Her confusion and shock soon wear off as it's replaced with anger. She fixes her fiery gaze to the man in the bed, "How could you cheat on me? And with my little cousin no less!"

"I can explain!" Inuyasha begins.

"I don't want to hear it damnit!" Kikyo shouts.

"Please Kikyo.. you don't understand." Kagome tries her luck against her enraged cousin.

"You know what?" Kikyo begins, "If you want this filth than you can have him dear cousin." She says before turning her fury back to Inuyasha, "I hate you Inuyasha, you don't know how hurt I feel. But you will, I promise, you will." And with that said she turns around and slams the door shut.

Inuyasha never saw or heard from Kikyo again. He heard that she moved out of the city with her folks. He managed to find out where Kagome lives, it took him three weeks to find out. He felt the need to apologize to the her, for everything that happened at the party. And he hoped she heard anything from Kikyo. So he walked up to her apartment one day, after gathering up enough courage to do so, than he knocked three times.

Inuyasha stood, frozen stiff in his spot as the door opens, to reveal a shocked Kagome behind it, "You! What are you doing here? How do you know where I live? Oh my god! Are you stalking me pr something!?"

Inuyasha blinked a bit dumbfounded at the question, "What? No, stupid!" Inuyasha shakes his head in disbelief . "I managed to ask around to figure out where the hell you live."

"Well why don't you just get lost, I don't want you around me. I think we've spent enough time together." Kagome replies, placing her hands on her hips as she glares at him.

"Look..." Inuyasha pauses, trying to calm himself down, "Have you heard from Kikyo?"

Kagome crosses her arms over her chest, her brows furrowed in an annoyed scowl. "No I haven't. Now leave."

Inuyasha grits his teeth in frustration, "Stop acting like a damn bitch! I came here to apol-" Inuyasha is interrupted by a loud 'Ding!' noise. He stands there blinking a bit confused as he watches Kagome nervously turn around and walk towards the bathroom. Seeing that she left the door opened, Inuyasha lets himself in to see what's gotten her all nervous. He covers his ears as an earsplitting scream fills the apartment.

"OH MY GOD! WHAT'S MY MOTHER GOING TO SAY!?" Kagome yells from the bathroom.

"What the hell is your problem!?" Inuyasha shouts, becoming annoyed with her screeching.

"I'm pregnant dumbass! Congratulations, you're going to be a father!"

"Pr-pre-pregnant..." Inuyasha's eyes roll into the back of his head before he collapses onto the floor.

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The memory used to always make the pickpocket laugh, but now all it does is add to his despair. What's worse is that he's not really sure if he's the one who killed her or not, all he can remember the night before her murder is wandering around drunk. The past six days are beginning to wear down on him, everywhere he turns there seems to be a cop. He hasn't eaten in three days, afraid to walk into any store to buy something, and he's gotten very little sleep this past week as well.

Even now, he's having trouble keeping his eyes open as he supports himself on the side of the building, as he drags himself along the alley. He's not sure how much longer he can take this, if he doesn't get some food in his system soon, he'll just collapse from fatigue. Inuyasha stops a moment to look around his surroundings. He's been around the area before, but when and why he was there, he just can't seem to remember; it's sitting in the back of his mind. Inuyasha continues on his way, his feet seemingly guiding him somewhere, as if he's retracing his steps from once before.

Inuyasha begins to let his mind wander again to the only two people who were anything to him in this world. He already misses being hollered at by Kagome for being around, and he misses watching his son playing his childish games. Sometimes he'd spy on the two as they played out in the street, simply enjoying the scene taking place, he'd always have a small smile on his face as he wished to himself that he could join them in their games. He used to always tell himself that he'd one day be apart of their family, no matter how hard he'd have to work to seek their approval.

But now, even that hopeful wish was taken away from him. Both of them are gone. No longer part of his life. He's left alone once more, and this time it's worse than before. They were both taken from him, and he could of very well been the one to kill them. That thought alone is enough to cause the thief to do something he hasn't done since his mother died. He cried. He let out a mournful cry, letting the entire city know the pain he was going through.

The tears ran freely from his eyes as he collapsed on the stairs of some random apartment. His vision blurred with the tears filling his eyes. How could this happen? He was given a very small piece of happiness, and despite how he may have acted towards them, he cherished it as the most important thing his in life. They were his security blanket, they were there to remind him that he has at least one person in the world and that he's not totally alone.

'I deserve to be locked up like a damn dog.' Inuyasha thinks to himself as his tears begin to stop while his face hardens into a scowl. 'Why the hell should I continue on? There's nothing out here for me anymore. My existence is useless to everyone, including myself. What reason is there for me to live now? I sick of hiding, and I'm tired of running. I can't do this anymore.' The more he thought about it, the more logical it seemed to him.

Inuyasha pushes himself to his feet and glances around for a moment. He turns around to see who's doorstep he's landed on and is shocked as he realizes that he knows exactly where he is. 'This is that wenches house.' He pauses in thought for a moment before he begins pounding on the door, 'Good, I'll have the cop bring me in and if I'm lucky they'll put me straight to the damn chair.'

When there's no response, Inuyasha pounds on the door again. From his spot at the doorstep, he can see the lights flick on through the windows. And a moment later, Sango appears at the door standing in a bathrobe, her eyes wide in surprise at the visitor standing outside her door. "You! What are you doing here!?" She demands.

Inuyasha can't help himself, he collapses to his knees, "I'm tired of running! I'm sick of living! Take me in, and let them kill me. I don't care anymore."

Sango stands in her spot, blinking in confusion, "What?" She says not understanding what's going on.

Tears begin to well up in Inuyasha's eyes again as he glares up at the police officer, "Don't you get it stupid! I'm turning myself in, drag my ass to jail! Fire your gun at me. Do something, instead of just standing there! I don't want to hide anymore! I have no reason to live anymore now that they're both gone!"

Sango just stood there, not know what to do.

Well everyone, this is it. Sorry f it's a bit shorter than usual. But If I don't stop it here than... well... I don't know what 0) So I'm just going to stop it here so I plan out what's going to happen next. Hope you like this chapter, it was basically just to explain how Kagome and Inuyasha found each other and how their little bundle of joy was conceived lol. So anyways, review and let me know what ya think! TTNC!