A/N: I got lots of reviews for chapter eight, so I am motivated to write chapter nine. It should be very interesting, very, very, interesting.

'This is so weird,' Kagome thought, grimacing. Her stomach had been in pain since yesterday and it wasn't letting up. If anything, it was getting worse. This thought scared her. 'The doctor said everything was fine. There shouldn't be anything wrong now.' The pain came again, this time causing her to yelp a little.

"What's wrong with you?" InuYasha asked her, worry engulfing him. She had been wincing all day, and it was beginning to scare him.

"Nothing," she lied.

"No, it's something! Are you hurting?"

Kagome didn't want to tell him that something was wrong, that there could be something wrong with their unborn children. "It's nothing, I'm fine!" she screamed more out of fear than anger.

He glared at her, knowing that she was lying to him.

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Kikyo laughed lightly as she watched the near-completed jewel continue to get darker. "This seems to be working out quite nicely," she said to herself. "Though, Kagome has yet to endure the immense pain of the spell. It won't kill her, but she'll suffer, and in her suffering, InuYasha will suffer."

"You're plan is very callous indeed, Kikyo," Naraku said, rising from the shadows of the room. "Tell me, do you intend to kill their child after I am finished with my malicious use of it? Or, perhaps you intend to kill Kagome."

"When that time comes I will no longer be in need of your assistance," Kikyo responded. "My plans after this charade are none of your business."

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"Ouch!" Kagome gasped out, her hand rushing to her stomach. The pain had gotten a lot worse throughout the course of the day.

Her mother stared at her suspiciously. "Kagome, are you ok?" she asked, looking concerned. "You've been like this all day. Why don't we take you to the doctor?"

"No, I'm fine, Mom. I don't need a doctor."

"Alright, if you're sure." Mrs. Higurashi turned around and went back to doing dishes, hearing a sharp thud on the floor. Kagome had collapsed. Her mother rushed to her side, grabbing the phone and dialing nine-one-one.

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"What the hell's going on?" InuYasha asked as Kagome's mother dragged him into the waiting room.

"InuYasha, I know this is going to be hard to hear," she told him quietly. "Kagome had to be brought here after she collapsed."

"She what?"

"Don't interrupt me, InuYasha. I talked to the doctors here, and they said that there's a good chance your children won't be able to make it." Her eyes began to fill with tears.

"Will Kagome be ok?" InuYasha brought himself to ask, his voice soft with grief.

Mrs. Higurashi nodded slowly.

The two sat in the waiting room for the hardest hours of their lives. Fear had enveloped them as well as anguish. The heartache never seemed to cease.

"Mrs. Higurashi," the doctor called. "You may see your daughter if you wish, but I'm afraid only family is allowed," he said, nodding toward InuYasha.

"He's her husband," she insisted, pulling him toward the room.

InuYasha looked confused. He and Kagome weren't married. His mind drifted back to the conversation he had with her the night they found out that Miroku and Sango were getting married, now realizing was Kagome had been implying.

The doctor led them to room 497 where Kagome lay sleeping. They sat in chairs beside the hospital bed, staring at her anxiously.

Kagome's eyes slowly fluttered open. She looked around the room fiercely. "What am I doing here?" she questioned.

"Kagome, calm down," her mother said. "You collapsed in the kitchen, so I brought you here."

"What did the doctors say? Are the babies alright?"

Mrs. Higurashi nodded toward InuYasha as she stood up to leave the room, giving them some time alone.

"What's going on?" Kagome asked him.

He knew that he had to tell her the truth, but he couldn't stand the thought of breaking her heart. "Well," InuYasha said finally. "You're going to be ok."

"That's not what I asked, InuYasha! I don't care about me right now, I care about our children! Now, tell me if they're going to be ok!" She was hysterical, tears pouring down her face.

He sighed sadly. "I hate to have to be the one to tell you this," he managed to say. "But, your mother said that there's a good chance that they won't make it."

Kagome felt herself cry harder than she ever had in her entire life. She hadn't planned on having children at such a young age, but the idea had grown on her during her pregnancy. She began to shake uncontrollably as she cried. "It isn't fair!" she screamed. "None of this is fair! It can't happen, and I won't let it!"

InuYasha made a futile attempt to sooth her. "Please don't do this, Kagome," he said. "The stress will only make it worse."

She stared him incredulously. "How can you say that? How can you expect me not to cry and scream? Maybe you don't realize how upset I am!"

He glared at her, grabbing her shoulders. "Of course I know how upset you are! I feel the exact same way!"

"Then, why aren't you crying?' she asked. "Why do you look so calm?"

"I'm tryin' to be strong for you!" he stated. "I'm a man, it's in my nature, so forgive me if I don't want to cry!"

"Will you just let go of me and leave me alone?"

"No, not until you listen to me, and take back what you said!"

"Am I interrupting something?" a nurse asked, entering the room.

"No, not at all," InuYasha said letting go of Kagome's shoulders.

"Dr. Haul has the results from the test you took earlier," the nurse said. "I'm afraid they're not good."

"What test?" Kagome asked frantically, fearing what the answer would be.

"The test on your babies, to see if they made it."

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Kikyo watched the jewel closely, as it began to turn to black.

Kagome was enduring the worst kind of pain.

A/N: This was the hardest chapter I ever had to write. I swear, I actually cried. My sister walked up to me and rolled her eyes, and said, "It's just a story, get over it!" Well, screw her, I'll cry if I want to!

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