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: hey sorry I left you guys hanging there waiting for this chapter. I was gonna put this one up yesterday with the previous chapter but I wasn't feeling well… I think I'm getting a cold… Anyway, thanx for the reviews again and enjoy chapter nine.

-Japanime625

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CHAPTER NINE- Leaving Home

"I'm… I'm WHAT?"

"You're pregnant."

Kagome was shocked. How did this happen? Umm… well I know HOW it happened but I never thought…

The doctor interrupted her thoughts. "Kagome…? Do you know who the father is?"

Kagome blushed. "Uhh… Ya I have a pretty good idea…" she glanced at InuYasha who was also blushing.

The doctor smiled. "I see… Well… I'll let you two talk about this. I'll be in the next room…" with that said he walked out of the room leaving Kagome and InuYasha alone.

The two of them remained silent. InuYasha was worried about Kagome. But… I thought that she wanted to have my kids…was… was she lying?

Kagome just stared at the floor. I'm not even out of high school yet! How can I be pregnant! Mom's gonna kill me…

"Kagome…?"

She looked up from the floor and saw InuYasha staring at her. He looked worried and concerned.

"Are… are you happy? …About the baby I mean…"

"InuYasha…" Kagome said. "Of course I'm happy about the baby. It's just… I'm not sure if my mom will be happy… I'm still too young to have a kid by this era's standards…" She sighed. "What about you? You aren't upset about this, right?"

InuYasha looked confused. "Why would I be upset? I put it there." He stated bluntly. ((A/N:sigh: thank you, InuYasha… we all needed to hear that…))

"Ugh… InuYasha, we need to work on how you phrase things…" Kagome said as she sweatdropped.

InuYasha shrugged. "Listen, Kagome," he said. "I'm happy about this. Especially since you're happy."

"I know… But what are we gonna do about my Mom?" She asked. "I don't think she's going to like this very much…"

InuYasha thought about this. "Well…" I don't want to get Kagome in trouble… "Well how about you stay with me in the feudal era… you know… jus' 'til you have the baby… Our house is ready… We jus' need to put a few finishing touches and we'll be all set. What'dya say?"

"InuYasha, I can't just go to the feudal era for nine months…" Kagome explained. "Mom will know something's wrong."

"We'll make up an excuse! She doesn't know we defeated Naraku yet, right? Tell her that we found something that will lead us to him and you'll be gone for a year."

"InuYasha—"

"No. Kagome please, just do this for me. It'll give you time to decide if you'd really want to live in the feudal era… please?"

Kagome couldn't say no to him. She knew that he meant well, and she didn't really want to tell her mom about this… not yet anyway… This was her only other choice.

":sigh: alright… Just let me pack enough for a year…"

"Umm… Kagome?" InuYasha said. "Wouldn't that be a lot to pack?"

Kagome sighed. "I guess so… But I'll need clothes, food, bath supplies…"

"You don't really need all of that crap, do you? You can use whatever bath supplies we have in my time, we have food there, and you can buy clothes there… Umm… but I wouldn't mind you bringing a year's supply of ramen!"

Kagome laughed. "Alright, tell you what. I'll bring a lot of ramen but you can't eat it everyday. That's not very healthy."

"Feh… fine."

"Alright, good." Kagome smiled and called the doctor back into the room. They talked for a couple more minutes about preparing for the baby and stuff like that. As they stood up to leave, the doctor told Kagome to make an appointment for a check up in a couple of weeks.

"Uhmm.. Actually… I was going to set all that up with a different doctor… at another hospital…" Kagome said nervously.

"Oh… Alright then. Thank you for coming here Kagome. Tell your mother I said hello."

"Ok. Bye!"

With that said Kagome and InuYasha walked out of the room and continued out of the hospital.

"So… are you gonna hafta come back to go to that appointment thing?" InuYasha asked.

"Umm… I'm not going to any appointment…" Kagome replied.

"But you said—"

"I'm not going to make an appointment, InuYasha… I'm just going to stay with you in the feudal era until I have the baby and then I'll come back and tell my mom about all of this… I'm not ready to tell her…She might be angry but at least I know that I'll be able to have the baby and it can stay in the feudal era…"

InuYasha nodded in understanding as they continued to walk back to the Higarashi Shrine.

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Upon arriving back at the Shrine, Kagome's mom made them some ramen.

"So what did the doctor have to say, Kagome?" she asked.

"Umm... He said that everything was fine. They made a mistake and mixed up some of the files." Kagome lied.

"Oh well that's good to hear. I was worried that it was something bad…"

"Heh… ya…"

InuYasha remained silent as he ate his ramen. He glanced worriedly at Kagome when she began lying, but returned to his eating when her mom bought her story.

Kagome turned to her mom. It made her upset that she would have to leave home for so long but it was the only way. Suddenly she didn't feel like eating and gave InuYasha the other half of her ramen that was left in her bowl. Then she walked upstairs and began to pack.

InuYasha came upstairs soon after. He always was fast when it came to eating… He walked over to her bed and sat there as she packed everything that she would need. She didn't pack any clothes. Like InuYasha had said, she could get those in his time, as well as some other things. And so she just grabbed a bunch of manga, her toothbrush, a whole lot of toothpaste, and a couple other things that she would need. Then after she filled up an entire backpack she grabbed another one and filled it with ramen and a couple other snack foods.

Then the time came for her to say that she was leaving. She walked down the stairs and went into the kitchen where her mom was. She looked so happy as she prepared dinner. She was humming softly as she cut carrots and cooked. She turned and saw Kagome and InuYasha in the doorway. She smiled warmly at them. Sota was watching from his seat at the table and knew that something was going to happen. He was playing a DragonBall Z game on his GameBoy Advance.

"Oh hello you two." She greeted. "Did you come down here for some more ramen, InuYasha?"

"Umm… not exactly…" Man… a bowl of ramen DOES sound kindda good though… he added mentally.

"Mom… I needed to tell you something important…" Kagome said hesitantly.

"What did you need to tell me, dear?"

"Umm… well you see… We found something that'll lead us to Naraku and it'll take a while for us to get to where we need to go. So I'll have to stay in the feudal era for a longer time then usual…"

Sota looked up from his game. "How long, Sis?"

Kagome looked worriedly at InuYasha for help.

"She'll be staying there for about a year." Inuyasha said.

"A… a year?" Kagome's mom stuttered. "Why that long?"

"Well… There's a bunch of quests that we need to complete on the way and we'll be going farther and farther away from the well so we can't turn back…" InuYasha said quickly.

Mrs. H. sighed. "Well, you'll just have to go on your quest without Kagome. She can't just disappear for an entire year." With that said she went back to preparing dinner.

"Mom…!" Kagome yelled. "That's not fair!"

"Kagome you aren't going."

"We can't do this without Kagome!" InuYasha proclaimed. "We need her there too! I'll protect her with my life. You don't have to worry about her."

"It's not that I'm worried about her being safe. I know that you'll take care of her. It's just that she can't just leave for a year."

"But—"

"Kagome, I said 'no'." She then turned to InuYasha. "You can stay the night but then I think it would be best if you left in the morning and went on your quest without Kagome."

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Late that night Kagome and InuYasha were sitting in her room. InuYasha had snuck up there again and they were trying to figure out what to do.

"I guess there's only one thing that we can do…" Kagome said. "Come on InuYasha. We're leaving…" She stood up and grabbed her backpacks.

InuYasha looked at Kagome with concern in his eyes. "Are ya sure about this Kagome? You wanna just leave after your mom said not to?"

"It's better than staying here and having her find out about me being pregnant…"

Kagome packed a few more things and then got out a piece of paper and began to write.

Mom-

I'm sorry but I had to leave. I'll be back in a year so I'll see you then. Don't worry about me because InuYasha will keep me safe. I have something important to tell you but it'll have to wait until I come back in a year. I hope that you can find it in your heart to forgive me.

Love, Kagome

She placed the note on her desk before she and InuYasha went out the window, snuck into the well house, and went down the well.