Kikyou was now entering the fourth month of her pregnancy. She was spending more time with her friend Sango who was also expecting her first child. "Kikyou this will be so great. We can raise our kids together."

"Yes I'm very excited about this baby."

She had not told Sango about her high risk pregnancy either. She knew that they would all worry about her and that was the last thing that she wanted. It was all okay though because she wasn't under any stress. "Did Inuyasha remember anything yet?"

"No there's been no change."

"Oh I'm sorry."

"Its okay we have the future to look forward to." She was tired of dwelling on the past. She could do nothing to change the past anyway.

"Kikyou have you thought about what will happen if he doesn't remember."

Of course she had thought about that. It was something that stayed in the back of her mind from time to time. "Yes but I have to stay positive." They stayed at a restaurant to have lunch. Everything was fine until the waiter came over to them with an envelope.

"Mrs. Tanaka this came for you."

"Thank you." Kikyou began to worry it was a blank envelope with no name or address. Sango noticed this and offered to open it for her.

"I'll open it." Kikyou watched as Sango opened it only to take out a silver locket. Kikyou's eyes opened in recognition. That was her mother's locket.

"No." she whispered.

"It's a beautiful locket Kik who's is it?"

"My mothers." Sango hadn't heard much about Kikyou's mother. Only that she had died when she was about 14 years old. Sango then passed her the locket. "This cant be happening." Kikyou said.

"What's wrong?"

Kikyou opened the locket and showed it to Sango. Inside was a picture of Keade and herself. But their faces had been scratched out on the other side was a picture of Kagome. Kikyou's worst fear was coming true. Kagome must have sent this as some sort of sign.

"Kikyou what does all this mean?"

"It means that she's back."

"No Kikyou she left remember after high school she just disappeared." Kikyou started to leave with Sango following after her. "Kik come on anybody could have sent this."

"No I haven't seen this necklace since…." But she stopped herself.

"Since when."

"Never mind I'm going to go home."

"I could call Inuyasha he could come get you."

"No I'll be fine what about you?"

"I'll be alright. Just because I'm fat it doesn't mean that I can't take care of myself." Kikyou smiled at her friend but behind that smile she was filled with worry.

"I'll call you Sango."

"Okay be careful Kikyou."

"You too."

Of all things to do why did Kagome have to send her mother's locket? If she was trying to make her relieve the past then it was working. They never did get along but Kikyou could never bring herself to hate her. Whether she liked it or not they were related. When she got home she found the kitchen filled with smoke.

"Inuyasha what's going on?"

"Sorry Kikyou I was trying to make you some Yakitori chicken and Tonkotsu soup." She stared at him in surprise. How did he know that those were some of her favorite things to eat? "What's wrong?" he asked puzzled. She reached up placing a kiss on his cheek.

"Inuyasha how did you know?"

"Well I… never mind."

"No tell me I want to know how you remembered my favorite food."

"It sort of came to me. I went outside for a walk and this thought about us going to a restaurant came to mind."

"We did go out."

"It was just you and me I think it was at night." She smiled at him because he was remembering something that they had done together.

"And you were upset because they didn't have anymore…."

"Ramen." The couple said at the same time.

"Oh Inuyasha." She hugged him. "When did you remember this?"

"It was about a month ago."

"A month why didn't you tell me this sooner?"

He turned away from her. "Inuyasha what's wrong?"

"I didn't want to tell you because I didn't want to see that hopeful look in your eyes."

"What?" Kikyou whispered as she stared into his eyes. "You're looking at me right now with this look in your eyes. You're hoping that everything will be okay now that I've remembered something."

"No I'm not." Kikyou shook her head. "I didn't want to tell you everything until I remembered more." She couldn't argue with him. She had started to become hopeful but it was only because he had started to remember something. "Okay then I'll leave you alone." She walked upstairs locking the bedroom door behind her.

"Kikyou will you open this door?" But she was starting to drift off to sleep so she hadn't heard him knocking. Inuyasha decided to leave her alone. He used this time to go out for a drive. He drove for hours with no particular destination in mind. He hadn't realized how late it was until he saw that the sun had gone down. "Damn I'm thirsty." He thought. He stopped at a bar and ordered a beer. His thoughts were on Kikyou he couldn't help but wonder if she was alright. Someone had sat next to him they had ordered a beer as well. The girl turned to look at him her mouth wide open in shock.

"Inuyasha?" she asked in disbelief.

"Yeah?" he turned to look at her. The girl had shoulder length raven hair and brown eyes. She looked familiar. "Hey Inuyasha what are you doing here?" He stared at her intently. "You sort of look like my wife only she's prettier than you."

"Inuyasha don't you remember me?"

"No."

"What's wrong with you?"

"I was fine until you came over."

"You're still rude I see."

"What the hell do you know about me?"

"A lot we went to school together remember. I'm Kagome." As she spoke her name Inuyasha realized who she was. It was the girl that Kikyou did not like. "Kagome?" he repeated.

"Yeah I knew that you would remember."

"No it's not that it's just my wife she doesn't like you."

"You're wife and who might that be?" She asked.

"Kikyou." He answered. "Kikyou!" she then slapped him across the face.

"What the hell is your problem?"

"Why did you marry her Inuyasha? I thought that you wanted me."

"What I don't even know who you are." Kagome paused for a moment. What did he mean he didn't remember who she was? "Inuyasha what happened after I left high school?"

"How the hell should I know." He took another sip of his beer then he payed for his drink. "Well it was nice meeting you Kagome."

"Where are you going?"

"Home." He answered. She then pulled him towards her capturing his lips into a kiss. Meanwhile Kikyou had woken up to find that the house was empty. "Inuyasha where are you?" There was no answer he was gone and so was the car. She began to worry about him but she didn't let it show. She decided that she would just sit and watch some T.V. "I'm sure he's fine."

Back at the bar Inuyasha was pushing Kagome off of him. "What the hell are you doing?" He wiped his face. "What I wanted that kiss for a long time. I know that you wanted it too." She told him.

"You're really a whack job aren't you?"

"You're telling me that the kiss meant nothing to you."

"Listen carefully I'm married." He walked out of the bar with Kagome following after him. "Oh Inuyasha tell my sister that I will be in touch." He didn't like the way those words had come out of her mouth. He grabbed her. "You stay away from Kikyou."

"Inuyasha you don't have to be so forceful about it."

"I don't know who the hell you are. But from what I heard you and Kikyou have some sort of past. She's pregnant and she doesn't need any stress added because of you." He let her go and made his way to the car. Kikyou was just about to go back upstairs when there was a knock at the door. She hoped that maybe it was Inuyasha but she looked to see that it was Sesshomaru.

"Sesshomaru what are you doing here?"

"I wanted to see if you were alright. Also I wanted to speak to Inuyasha."

"Inuyasha isn't here but you can come in and wait for him." She closed the door behind him while he had a seat on the couch. Kikyou sat on the other side turning the T.V. back on. "What's going on Kikyou why did Inuyasha leave?"

"He was gone when I woke up."

"He should have at least let you know where he was going."

"He'll be back." The conversation went silent from there. Until Kikyou began to wonder if he was ever going to come back. "Sesshomaru what if he isn't coming back." Sesshomaru placed his arms around her. "It will be alright." Just then Inuyasha walked through the door. "Sesshomaru get your hands off Kikyou."

"Inuyasha you're back."

Sesshomaru stared at his brother. "Sesshomaru what are you doing here?"

"I came to see Kikyou. Why did you leave her alone?"

"I went out for awhile but I'm back so you can get the hell away from her."

"What are you going to do about it little brother?" Inuyasha punched him in the face. And Kikyou watched as the fight started. "Inuyasha, Sesshomaru you two need to stop this right now." But she was ignored. She wanted to stop this fight only she was not about to get in between them. She felt a sharp pain in her stomach which caused her to scream out in pain. They both heard and ceased their fighting. They both ran over to her to see what was going on. "Kikyou what's wrong?" Inuyasha asked.

"I have something to tell you." It was now or never. He needed to know about the seriousness of her situation. "What's going on?"

"When the doctor told me that I was pregnant he said that there could be complications with the baby; if I was put under too much stress."

"Complications." He repeated. What kind of complications."

"She could probably have a miscarriage or something to that effect." Sesshomaru answered.

"This is serious Kikyou why didn't you tell me this before."

"I didn't want you to worry. Now that you know you're probably going to keep me under house arrest."

"You're damn right. You won't do anything to get stressed. In fact you're going upstairs to rest now. He picked her up and took her upstairs. "Inuyasha thank you." She told him. "Yeah don't worry about a thing. I'll be back in a minute."

"Inuyasha please don't fight Sesshomaru."

"I wont." He went back downstairs to see that Sesshomaru was standing outside. "Why did you really come here Sesshomaru?"

"I saw you talking to Kagome earlier."

"What?" Inuyasha looked surprised. "You were there."

"Yes how could you let her kiss you?"

"I didn't know that she was going to."

"Listen to me Inuyasha. You need to stay away from her she will only make things worse for you and Kikyou. And now that we know about her high risk pregnancy Kagome's presence will only complicate things."

"What happened between them anyway?" Inuyasha asked. "I don't know all of the details. I just know that Kagome fell in love with you and tried to steal you away from Kikyou."

"Sesshomaru I'm telling you I don't want anything to do with Kagome."

"Good. If something happens to Kikyou because of you and Kagome. I will make the both of you pay." Inuyasha began to realize what he should have already realized. "Sesshomaru you're in love with Kikyou." Sesshomaru did not say anything to him. Instead he just got in his car and drove off. This only made Inuyasha angrier. How dare he be in love with his wife? "He probably wanted me to die in that accident." He thought to himself. He went upstairs only to find that Kikyou was still awake.

"Inuyasha what happened?"

"He left and no I didn't punch him although I should have."

"I couldn't sleep." Kikyou admitted.

"You need your rest." He lay down besides her placing his arms around her. Before he knew it she was falling asleep in his arms. He watched her sleep his thoughts were on everything had happened earlier. He realized that he couldn't tell her about running into Kagome today. "I can't tell her it would upset her to know." He kissed her on the forehead pulling her closer. "Goodnight Kikyou." He whispered.