A/N: gasps… I got eight reviews in one day! That's awesome! Thank you everyone! Keep it up! This chapter will be longer than my other ones because it's the weekend and I can stay on the computer as long as I want. So, here's chapter five.

"Are you serious?" Sango asked in utter shock.

"Why would I joke about somethin' like that?" InuYasha looked over to Miroku who was laughing hysterically. "What the hell is so funny?"

Miroku suppressed his giggle. "I'm sorry," he said. "I just can't believe this. We leave you two alone for a few months and look what happens!"

"You are the father, right?" Sango asked giving Miroku a well-deserved slap across the cheek.

InuYasha smirked. "Of course, who else would it be?"

"Maybe Koga!" Shippo chimed in. "I'm not exactly sure what you're talking about, but I didn't want to be left out of the conversation."

"Can it, Shippo!" InuYasha said, bonking him over the head.

The group headed over to Kaede's hut with a strange atmosphere hanging over them. The idea that Kagome would no longer be able to assist in their quest for the jewel shards had just started to kick in. Fighting demons was not in the agenda of a pregnant woman. Even after the baby was born it would require twenty-four hour attention, so there would still be no time.

They arrived at the hut and were hesitant to make their way inside, not sure of what to expect. At long last, they entered.

"You're back!" Kagome exclaimed. She had finally gotten up and was eating breakfast.

Shippo leaped at her. "Kagome, I missed you!"

"I missed you too, Shippo."

"It's very good to see you," Miroku told her.

She smiled up at her friends. She now realized how much she had missed them.

"Wow! Look at you," Sango said excitedly.

Kagome blushed. "Yeah, I know, I'm huge."

"Would you just let that go?" InuYasha complained. "You're gonna be stuck that way for awhile, so stop griping."

"SIT! So, did you guys find out anything about Naraku?" She turned to face the group, ignoring the hanyou who was now flat against the ground.

"Actually, we did," Miroku stated. " We know that his castle lies due east. We've also collected these." He held up five jewel shards.

"You had much better luck than us," Kagome said. "We didn't find any."

"I'm sure you two were much too busy having-" Miroku's sentence was stopped as InuYasha, who had recovered from the subduing spell, hit him across the head.

"Kagome, why don't we head over to the hot spring I saw on the way here, so we can catch up?" Sango suggested.

"I would love t-"

"She's not goin'," InuYasha said, cutting her off.

Kagome glared at him. He had been nagging her for the past five months, and she couldn't take it anymore. "I'll go if I want to! Sango will be there! I'll be safe!"

"I said, you're not goin'!"

"SIT! SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT! Come on, Sango, let's go!"

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"So, I take it things have been going pretty well with you and InuYasha since you're pregnant," Sango said as the girls relaxed in the hot spring.

Kagome laughed nervously. "Well, not as well as you would expect," she responded sadly. "But, enough about that. How have things been with you and Miroku?"

"Well, I don't know if I should tell you yet. I promised him that we'd tell everyone together."

Kagome stared at her, wide-eyed. "What's going on? What happened?" she questioned excitedly. "I won't tell him that you told me."

"Sorry, you'll have to wait," Sango giggled.

The two sat in silence for a long while, unaware that they were being watched. The figure behind the trees smirked. "How interesting. Naraku will want to hear about this." Kagura flew toward Naraku's castle with her latest discovery.

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"So, InuYasha is about to become a father," Naraku mused. "What a fool. I can use this to my advantage because I'm quite sure he would not want anything to happen to his child."

"You are truly evil, Naraku," Kagura sneered from the corner of the room.

Naraku said nothing, but stood up.

"Where are you headed off to?" she asked.

Naraku turned to her. "I am merely going to tell this news to someone who I'm sure will be very interested." Naraku left.

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"That was such a great bath," Kagome said happily. She hadn't felt so relaxed in a long time. "You're still not going to tell me, are you Sango?"

"Nope. You'll have to wait until we get back."

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A baboon-like figure pattered through the forest toward his destination. "Hello Kikyo," Naraku snickered. "I have some very appealing information for you."

A/N: That's all for that chapter. I decided to leave it at a cliffhanger because I'm mean that way. I wonder what Sango is hiding…and what will Kikyo say when Naraku tells her about the baby. Find out in the next chapter! Thanks for reading. PLEASE REVIEW (You better get used to the bold caps, 'cause I'm going to put that at the end of every chapter. LOL)