Disclaimer: Ok ya I don't own Inuyasha and I never will so let's get on with the story.

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To the readers: wow you people just keep reviewing, don't you? Everyday there's like a million emails for me. Only like ten are reviews… the rest is all junk mail… anyways, thanx a bunch for all the reviews! We're at 48, woohoo! Anyway like I said before, THE STORY ISN'T FINISHED SO RELAX! lol! We still have more chapters to get through so don't leave your computer! Duct tape yourself to the chair so you don't miss a review! Anyway, thanx again and keep R&R… ing…

-Japanime625

CHAPTER EIGHT- A New Home & a Doctor

Kagome stayed in the feudal era during most of her time for the next month. And when she went back to her era InuYasha would go with her to make sure other guys didn't get anywhere near her. Kagome got annoyed with this after a while and told him that nobody was going to take her away from him, so he didn't have to worry. InuYasha continued to worry about her though and would follow after her whenever she went outside. He would follow behind her in the trees or on top of buildings while she walked on the sidewalk with her friends. Besides the two of them always being together no matter what era they were in, the two of them had been having rather, ahem, eventful nights. ((A/N: if ya know what I mean…wow chicka wow wow.))

Meanwhile, Sango had started becoming a little bit plumper since she was now about two months pregnant. Kagome and herself had started talking about baby things. Like clothes, food, names, toys… all those fun things. ((A/N: don't ya just love babies? They're so cuuuuute!))

While the girls were talking about babies, InuYasha, Miroku, and Shippo were busily building two houses. One for InuYasha, Kagome, and Shippo and one for Miroku, Sango, and their soon to be born baby. Both houses were close to a stream and each had enough room around them. InuYasha's home was in a clearing and Miroku's home was in a clearing not too far from InuYasha's. The houses were about a mile from Kaede's village. Towards the end of the month they finished both homes with help from the villagers. Each house had four rooms: two small bedrooms, one slightly larger bedroom, and the main room for eating, cooking, and all those other fun things. Each house also had a long hallway to get from one room to the other.

InuYasha looked at his handiwork with a smile on his face. "Well, Kagome?" he asked. "What'dya think? Not bad for my first time building a house, huh?"

"It looks great, InuYasha!" Kagome exclaimed happily. "Doesn't it, Shippo?"

"Yup! I even got to help!" Shippo said proudly.

"Heh… ya if you count watching me an' Miroku do all the work helpin' then I guess you did."

Shippo laughed and jumped onto InuYasha's shoulder. "Come on, Kagome. We'll give you a tour of our new home!"

Kagome smiled and followed the boys up the steps onto the porch. InuYasha slid the door open and walked inside. There was a hallway going in three directions. InuYasha turned right.

"Ok so obviously, this is a hallway." InuYasha explained. "Now if you go the way we're goin' now you can get into the main room where we'll eat an' cook an' stuff."

They walked though a door that led into the main room. It was very large and had a large table with pillows to sit on around it. It also had two shelves and a fire pit to cook with. There were a couple windows along the walls. There was another door on the left side of the room as they walked in. InuYasha took Kagome's hand in his and walked around the room pointing out some things. Then they walked to the other door.

"This door will take you back to the hallway. I made that table by the way." InuYasha smirked and led Kagome though the door back into the hallway.

"Ok umm… let's go this way…" InuYasha took a right and went down the hallway. He came to a door and opened it. This room was smaller than the main room and had a large bed that was low to the ground, some shelves, a large wooden chest, and three windows.

"What's this room, InuYasha?" Kagome asked.

InuYasha smiled. "This? … This is our room." He put his arm around Kagome's waist and smiled warmly at her. He gave her a quick kiss on the cheek before leading her out the door and back into the hallway.

"Come on, Kagome!" Shippo said excitedly. "The next room's my favorite!"

They walked down the hall and took a right when they came to the sliding door that led to the porch. They came to a door. InuYasha opened it and Shippo ran in. There was a single bed, a shelf, and a wooden chest. Some paper and crayons littered the floor. There was a single window that had a nice view of the clearing in front of the house.

"This is my room, Kagome!" Shippo said happily. "InuYasha made it especially for me!"

Kagome smiled up at the half demon that stood beside her. "Is that true, InuYasha?"

"Feh…" InuYasha replied. "ya, well I figured the runt could have his own room…" he tried to sound tough and make it sound like he didn't care, but Kagome knew that he did. She gave him a quick hug before stepping back out into the hall and pulling InuYasha out with her.

"Come on! I wanna see what the last room is!" She said excitedly.

InuYasha grabbed her hand gently. "Close your eyes. I want it to be a surprise."

Kagome did as he said and let him lead her to the room. She heard InuYasha slowly slide the door open and take a couple steps inside pulling her in with him.

"Ok, Kagome. You can open your eyes again."

Kagome opened her eyes and saw a room similar to Shippo's room. It had a shelf, a wooden chest, and a handmade crib. It had two windows where sunlight shined in. Kagome looked quizzically at InuYasha who smiled at her.

"Kagome, this… this will be our child's room… You know… when we decide to have one…"

Kagome blinked in surprise. Our child's room? Kagome suddenly felt a wave of happiness wash over her. She blinked and a few stray tears rolled down her cheeks. InuYasha winced and looked worried. Shippo jumped onto InuYasha's shoulder.

"K…Kagome? What's wrong? Don't you like it?" InuYasha brought Kagome into a hug and started to rub her back to calm her down. "Shhh… Kagome, what's wrong?"

Kagome hugged him back. ":sniffle: T.. that's not it… I love the house. I'm just so happy…"

They continued standing in the doorway of the room until Kagome fell asleep in InuYasha's arms. ((A/N: while sleeping standing up, too! I wish I could do that...))

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The next month Kagome went back to her era. She hadn't been feeling well and decided to stay at home for a while. InuYasha was going to follow, but Kagome told him to stay in the feudal era and take care of Shippo. 'He needs you more than I do right now. Take the time to bond with him.' That was what she had said before she left. She said she would come back in about a week or two. To InuYasha it felt like a year or two.

Halfway through the second week, Kagome came back asking InuYasha to come to her time with her. She was going to see the doctor and he said it was important and didn't know if she would be happy or not. He wanted Kagome to come to the hospital. Kagome wanted InuYasha there with her. So they went back to Kagome's era and got InuYasha a baseball cap to wear. Then they were off to the hospital.

When they arrived InuYasha was overcome by the strong scent of medicines, blood, and, he winced at the scent of this one, death. He asked Kagome about it.

"Kagome? Why does it smell so much like death here?"

"This is a hospital. It's where people come when they're very sick or injured. There are a lot of elderly people here. Some of them come here because they're going to die soon. And sometimes it's even little children that die, or middle aged people. So that's probably why you smell that." She explained. "This is where women come to give birth to babies, too. So this is a place where a lot of people die, but there's always a new baby that comes to take their place."

InuYasha smiled inwardly. Kagome's always so good at explaining things…

Upon arriving at the doctor's office, Kagome and InuYasha were told to wait in a small waiting room with some other people in it. They sat down quietly and waited. After a few minutes InuYasha began to grow impatient.

"Kagome, when's this doctor guy gonna come?"

"Not too much longer, InuYasha."

"Well why isn't he here yet? If what he wants to say is so important then why isn't he already here?"

Kagome sighed and looked at InuYasha with an annoyed look on her face. "Don't worry, he's here. He's just probably with another person who had an appointment before I did."

"Hmph… well he should hurry up… You're a lot more important then whoever he's with right now…"

Kagome smiled and leaned against InuYasha's shoulder. "You can be really sweet sometimes…"

"Ya, ya, I know that already…"

"No, I really mean it. You're a really sweet, caring guy. That's one of the reasons I love you so much."

InuYasha blushed as he smiled at Kagome's compliment and looked towards the door. A woman wearing a light bluish green uniform opened the door and stepped into the room. She had a clipboard in her hand and read it briefly before looked up around the room.

"Kagome Higarashi?" she said.

Kagome grabbed InuYasha's hand as she stood up. He also stood up and then the two of them followed the woman through the door. They were now in a hall and walked over to a door. The woman opened it and they walked in.

"The doctor will be with you shortly." was all she said before leaving again and closing the door behind her. InuYasha fumed.

MORE waiting? Why can't they just come in and tell us what's going on? he turned and looked at Kagome. She had let go of his hand and went to go sit on what looked like a weird chair… maybe it was a table… InuYasha wasn't sure. Whatever it was, it had a long piece of paper on it that Kagome was sitting on.

InuYasha took a deep breath. This room smelled of people that were sick or had diseases. He didn't like this smell. His mother died of some disease. ((A/N: I dunno if that's how she died, I'm just makin' that up.))

A few minutes later a man came into the room. He looked like he was in his early forties and had black hair. He had a clipboard in his hand when he walked into the small room and greeted Kagome and InuYasha.

"Ah, hello Kagome. It's been awhile since we've seen each other. How's your mother doing?" The doctor said politely.

Kagome smiled. "It's nice to see you again, doctor. My mother's doing great."

"Well, that's nice. And what about your brother and grandfather?"

"They're all doing fine… Especially Grandpa. He's just bursting with energy these days."

The doctor laughed. "Yes... he always has been a fun person…" Then he looked over at Inuyasha, who had sat down in a chair. "Ah, I see you've brought a friend with you. Is this a boyfriend of yours, Kagome?"

Kagome blushed. "Well, I guess you could say that… It's ok that he's here, right?"

"Oh yes, that's fine with me. He can stay."

"Quit wastin' time!" InuYasha growled impatiently. "You told Kagome that you had somethin' important to say so say it already!"

"InuYasha!" Kagome scolded.

The doctor frowned briefly. "Now, now, Kagome. I suppose he's right. I asked you to come here because I had to tell you something important. So let's get down to business…"

"Alright… so what did you want to tell me?"

The doctor sat down on a swivel chair and looked at the clipboard. "Kagome, when you went to Dr. Tanaka when you weren't feeling well… you took some standard tests, correct?"

"Yes…"

"After that, Dr. Yamada told you to come here to have some more testing done… Well, we found something."

"Oh my god… What is it? D… do I have some sort of disease or something?"

InuYasha had been listening intently to their conversation. Inside of the baseball cap he was wearing, his ears had perked up. Disease? No… I lost Mother because of some disease. I'm not losing Kagome the same way!

The doctor shook his head. "No, no, no… It's nothing like that. You're perfectly healthy. What we found out was… Kagome," he paused, "you're pregnant."