So what's up? What do you think so far? I understand that plot makes the fiction both interesting and confusion. Please just bare with me for now. It will all make sense later on.

Chapter 5: Pain and Confusion

Kagome awoke from a good, comfortable nights sleep. She sat up and yawned, as she stretched her arms out. She felt particularly content on this morning. She had nothing to worry about. School was out for the summer and she could take a break off jewel shard hunting and demon battles for a day or two.

When Kagome finally decided to take a chance to look around the room, because she felt another presence in the room she noticed Inuyasha leaning against her bed. She could not help the smile that tugged on her lips. He always preferred to be near her, no matter what time she was in.

Kagome sat up and rubbed her belly. She was feeling sick again, just as she had the morning before. Kagome lied her head back down on the bed with a moan. It was a good thing she did come back. She needed medicine. Coke syrup was good for now, but she needed to know what was up. Was it some flu or stomach virus, or perhaps was she poisoned from something in the feudal era?

"You okay?" Kagome turned her head at the sound of another voice in the room.

"Yeah, just feeling a little sick again."

"You humans and sickness. Feh. I'm glad I don't gotta worry about that kind of stuff."

"I bet you are." Kagome mumbled. She had the raw part of both deals. She had the sicknesses and the demon battles. Inuyasha only had to worry about one of the two.

Inuyasha turned to look at her, raising an eyebrow.

"What's that supposed to mean wench?" He crossed his arms. Kagome just rolled away from him.

"Nothing, forget I said a word."

"I won't."

"Good night, Inuyasha."

"Good morning." Mrs. Higurashi said joyfully as she opened the door. Kagome moaned in irritation.

"Morning mom." She said. From Kagome's tone her mother could tell something was up.

"Are you alright dear?" Mrs. Higurashi walked forward towards the bed. Inuyasha moved out of the way so the mother of the modern girl could get past. She leaned over the bed towards Kagome.

"I just don't feel well." Kagome told her worried mother. Mrs. Higurashi frowned.

"I'll go downstairs and make an appointment with the doctor. You two should get ready." Mrs. Higurashi pulled away and left. Inuyasha looked on at the door. 'You twoHe thought curiously. After a single moment he came to the notion that she meant she wanted both Kagome and him to come along for the ride.

He thought this over. He was a little interested in finding out about the healers in Kagome's time, than again he'd rather not waste more time in Kagome's era.

Inuyasha's ears twitched as he heard the moving of the covers and the woman behind him. He looked at her as she moved her legs off the bed and stood, walking towards her closet.

"Are you going to come?" Kagome asked, stiffening a moan. Inuyasha looked at her. He too couldn't help, but worry about the girl he secretly cared about so much. He nodded to her. "K, then here." Kagome tossed him a hat from her closet. He easily caught it and regretfully placed it over his ears.

His ears twitched under the hat. It was extremely annoying how his hearing was muffled and his ears had to stay bent down with the hat on. Though, he had to be grateful that, that was all he had to where coming from the modern era. Their atire seemed so uncomfortable compared to the feudal era's.

Kagome left the room and headed towards the bathroom to get dressed. Inuyasha just sat there and waited. He wondered when they would continue their journey and what was wrong with Kagome. He wondered what was up with her smell. It was slightly altered, more miserable - of course. Seeing as how she was sick and all. Thought after thought went through Inuyasha's mind, until his brain was caught in a rapidly spinning typhoon of thoughts.

Inuyasha had recalled Kagome calling out to him in her sleep. He wanted to know what that was about. He wanted to know when they would find more shards and when they would defeat Naraku. He wanted to know where Kikyo was and what his other friends were doing.

Inuyasha wanted to know what would happen after the jewel was complete and Naraku actually was defeated. Would Kagome stay with him in his time and occasionally visit the modern era? Would it be the other way around? Or will she just forget everything about the feudal era?

"Inuyasha?" Inuyasha looked up at the now dressed Kagome. She looked a little concerned. He laughed inwardly. She was worrying about him, when he was the one who was supposed to be worrying about her. How ironic.

"Yeah?"

"Are you ready? My mom is waiting in the car." Inuyasha only nodded and stood, following Kagome.

Later

Inuyasha, Kagome, and her mother sat in the waiting room. They had already been waiting for twenty minutes and to Inuyasha and his short patience if felt like forever. His fingers were tapping irritable as he felt he could restrain himself any longer. He needed to get up and walk around at least. He was hungry. They had missed breakfast. He was tired. He had stayed up staring at Kagome most of the night before.

In any moment Inuyasha would just scream out for mercy to the heavens above. His fingers tapped at a faster pace now. Kagome growled and looked at him in annoyance.

"Will you quit that?" She whispered. Inuyasha glowered at her and hesitated before lifting his hand a little so he wasn't able to touch the chair any farther.

"What the fuck is taking so long?"

"We have to wait for some people to get through with their turns." Inuyasha growled for the eighth time within the last twenty minutes. He had already asked that question three times.

The next thing Inuyasha had known he had stood up, prepared to scream out.

"Kagome Higurashi." A nurses name called. Inuyasha stopped himself hearing Kagome's name. Kagome and her mother stood up, walking towards the nurse. Inuyasha looked after them and than followed. He ignored the curious eyes of the on-lookers.

The nurse led Kagome, her mother, and Inuyasha into the small, pale yellow room, which smelt fully of the sick and medicines. Inuyasha wanted to puke, which by the way Kagome had already done before they had walked into the doctors building.

Kagome sat on the bed, while Inuyasha and Mrs. Higurashi sat on seperate chairs.

"The doctor will be with you in a moment." The nurse informed as she left, shutting the door behind her. Inuyasha's eyes bulged, nearly popping out of his head.

"More waiting!" He yelled incredulously. Kagome gave him a dark scowl.

"Yes, Inuyasha. More waiting." Kagome began. "Sometimes you have to wait! If not they would have never created such a fearful word! Now quiet." Inuyasha crossed his arms, returning Kagome scowl.

After a short period of time the doctor entered the room. Kagome sighed, feeling the tension in the room and calmed a little, since the waiting had ending.

"Hello there." The doctor shook Kagome's hand. "I'm Mr. Kochi. I presume you're my patient... Kagome Higurashi?"

"Yes." Kagome smiled at the mid age man of medicine. "Nice to meet you."

"And you as well." The doctor laughed a little pulling out his clip board and form. "Now, what seems to be the problem?"

"Well.." Kagome didn't know where to begin. "I think I have a stomach flu. I've been getting sick for the past mornings."

"Mornings only?" Kagome nodded and this made the doctor a little suspicious.

"Also I been a little more moody and just yesterday I was seeing hundreds of Inuyasha's at once!" The doctors gave her a confused glance.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome blushed.

"Oh...um.. that's Inuyasha. He's a good friend." Kagome pointed to Inuyasha. He, personally wondered what she meant by saying she had seen a hundred of him at once.

"I see.. and are you and Inuyasha... sexually active?" Kagome and Inuyasha's faces turned an unbelievable red.

"NO!" Kagome yelled as her heart pounded. "I... we... no... we're friends!" She said. Still the blush on her face didn't disappear.

"Are you sexually active with another than?"

"NO!" Kagome screamed this time even louder. The doctor flinched a little.

"When was the last time you had your period?" Mr. Kochi asked. 'Oh gods. Is this doctor trying to kill me from embarrassment?' Kagome asked herself. Then she took a moment to think over what he had asked and realized she was actually late.

"Over a month ago." She answered truthfully and thankful that Inuyasha didn't know what it meant. At least she hoped no one had explained it to him. The doctor gave her a worried look.

"I see." He answered taking a few more notes. "Are you sure you're not se..."

"YES!" Kagome answered quickly before he finished. He nodded.

"Alright, then we're going to have to run some test." The doctor placed his clip board under his arm, to his side. "Would you please follow me Miss?"

Later

Kagome and the others waited. It usually never took so long for the doctor to come up with the results of a flu test and this worried Kagome. Had he found something else wrong with her? Perhaps deadly?

Of course Inuyasha had began with the tapping again. Kagome didn't know who would kill someone or something first, her or Inuyasha. She was wagering her killing Inuyasha. She quickly removed the thought from her head in horror of the thought of anything happening to her beloved hanyou.

"Kagome Higurashi." The doctor called this time.

In The Room

Kagome was sitting on the bed again, while Inuyasha and Mrs. Higurashi sat on the chairs. The Doctor sighed. So once again a patient had lied to him.

"Ms. Higurashi I believe that you're going to want to here this in person. If you would ask the others to exit.."

"No, it's alright for them to stay. I'd rather it that way anyway."

"But, miss..."

"Please, just get on with it."

"Well.. this is not simple to tell any young girl..."

"Am I dying!"

"No, no... of course not." The doctor took a moment. "Well you see... you're pregnant."

Kagome took in a sharp breath. Not completely understanding if she had heard right. Her mother and Inuyasha stood the same.

"W... what do you mean?"

"Well I ran some test and it seems..."

"But I told you! I'm not intimate with anyone!"

"I know that and I would like to believe it, but their is no other explanation."

"There... has to be." Kagome looked down. How could this happen? She was a virgin. What the doctor was saying was absolutely impossible.

Moments later

Kagome, Inuyasha, and Mrs. Higurashi stood outside. It was true. Kagome was pregnant and she had no idea how.

Inuyasha was looking at the ground.

"We should head back home."

The drive home was quit. Not a word could be herd from anyone. Only the intense and confused breathing was heard.

The Sacred Tree

Mrs. Higurashi had walked into the house and left Inuyasha and Kagome to talk.

The two just stood there looking at the ground. Neither knowing what to say.

"H..." Inuyasha began. His fist were closed so tight that blood dripped from them and onto the cement ground. Kagome looked up at him as he began to speak in the most hurt tone. "How could you?"

"But..."

"Was it Koga... or Hojo.. or.."

"Inuyasha!" Kagome said quickly. She could feel tears burning her optics. "It was none of them! I would never."

"Oh and why not!" Inuyasha glared at her and Kagome see that his eyes were on the verge of tears. Her heart cried out to him.

"Because..." Kagome looked down again.

"You could have at least told me."

"Shut up!" Kagome yelled at him as she cried. "I don't know what's going on. I told you that I would never be with them."

"You haven't told me why!"

"Because I love you!" Kagome cried falling to her knees. "I would never want to hurt you. There has to be something wrong with what the doctor is saying..."

"Kagome, just this once... spare me." Inuyasha turned his back to her and began walking towards the well. Kagome tried to call out to him, but her whole body and lips felt completely numb. She believed the doctor. She did, but she only continued to lie to herself.

She was so confused and felt so alone. She had never physically been with a man. So why.. how?

Kagome turned and stared at the sacred tree. The place where she had first met Inuyasha.

Until the next chapter, we'll leave it in this tense drama mode.