Chappie 2
Hey guys, just as an FYI, this was an idea, and I am planning on finishing it, but you never know. I get all geared up for a story and start writing it, but then my… attention…wanders. I'll try to get it all finished. Starts are easy…. Endings are harder. Any constructive criticism is appreciated—
On with my fic….
"Oh man." Kagome moaned when she woke up. Staring around her with bleary eyes, she checked the clock, noon. "I've been asleep for a wicked long time." Her eyes snapped open and she rushed to the bathroom, getting sick in the toilet (AN: EW!)
Kagome glanced down at her stomach and nearly died, her stomach was twice the size it was yesterday, it was rounded in a rather odd way.
"What the-?" She got really worried. "Maybe something made me sick?" Her face twisted with worry. "I need to talk to Kaede." She declared aloud, as her shirt stretched, "This must have something to do with the feudal era." Bending over again, she moaned, "What is happening to me?"
"Bye mom!" She called she was leaving early, it was only 3 o'clock but things had been getting out of hand, "I have to go back, I thought I could stay longer, but something came up!"
"Alright, here you go." She handed her the backpack, "I packed it up for you."
"Thanks mom." She smiled, somewhat nervously.
"Why are you wearing a sweatshirt?" She questioned, "It's awfully hot out."
"Oh, hah," Kagome giggled, "It's sort of cold at night in the feudal era."
"Well, why wear it now? You'll get too hot."
"It's okay mom!" Kagome tugged on the sweatshirt to make sure it didn't pull too tight on her, "I'll go now." She ran out the door before her mom could say anything.
"That was odd." Kagome's grandfather noticed, sipping his tea, "I bet she was possessed!"
Her mother just shook her head, "Teenagers."
Kagome huffed as she jumped into the well, praying not to get sick again.
"Ugh." As she pulled herself out of the well, she took several deep breathes, trying to calm herself down. "Inuyasha will figure it all out; it'll be ooo-" She heaved into a stand of bushes as Inuyasha came out of nowhere.
"Oi! Wench, why are you back so soon?" He grumbled, wrinkling his nose, "And why do you smell so bad?"
Kagome just wiped her mouth and turned around, "I think I'm sick Inuyasha, I need to talk to Kaede."
Inuyasha just huffed, and followed her to the village. "You smell."
Kagome glared at him, "Maybe you didn't hear me the first time, I'M SICK!"
He just stared at her, "Yeah, but you smell."
"Sit Boy!"
WUMPH, Inuyasha hit the ground hard, "What's gotten into her?" He wondered as she stalked off to the village, cursing under her breath.
"Kagome!" Shippo ran over to greet her, jumping into her arms, making her eyes widen.
"I'm sick, Shippo." The blood drained out of her face and she turned awfully pale.
"Gomen!" He cried, getting off of her, and sniffing delicately. "I guess you are, you smell different." Kagome looked down at him, surprised.
"How come you didn't yell at him?" Inuyasha stalked out of the forest, holding his nose. (AN: I wonder why he doesn't ever do that, I mean it's got to hurt, even for a half-demon)
"Because he wasn't a jerk about it!" Kagome turned around to go to Kaede's when Miroku and Sango greeted her, Inuyasha and Shippo maintained their distance, making Kagome nervous. 'They smelled that something was wrong with me.' She thought, smiling at Sango half-heartedly.
"Kagome, what brings you back so soon?"
"Yes," Miroku added, his hand inching towards Sango's bottom. "I thought you would be gone for a few days at least."
Sango's shout drowned out Kagome's answer.
"-going to Kaede's."
"Come on Kagome." She glared at everyone else, "Let's go." Inuyasha and Shippo stayed with the unconscious monk, both wary of the girl.
"She doesn't smell right." Shippo whispered to himself, anxiety coursing through his little body. "She's all I have." A tear ran down his cheek, and he struggled to hold back a sob.
A hand came down and pat his head, and he looked up at Inuyasha, who was watching the two girls make their way to the hut.
"She's not all you have." The hanyou admitted softly, so soft that no human could hear this confession, "She'll be alright." He tried to convince the both of them. "Kaede will figure it out."
Shippo nodded, wiping his face, and they both waited for an answer to their unspoken questions.
'What's wrong with her?'
"Well," Kaede smiled at the girl, "You're pregnant."
"I'M WHAT!" The girl screamed.
"Pregnant." The old lady reiterated, shifting slightly, "About 5 months."
Sango stood next to her, mouth wide in shock.
"There's no way." Kagome shook her head, "I've never had-" she blushed "You know."
Kaede looked vaguely disturbed at this, "Well," she pondered "Did ye meet a demon recently?"
"No."
"When did this start?" She asked, a finger tapping her chin thoughtfully.
"This morning." Both Sango and Kaede looked alarmed, "Well, right before I went into the well last night." She amended.
"Well…" They all sat down and had some tea, thinking the problem over.
"So tell me again what happened after you left." Kaede asked politely.
"I left you guys with Inuyasha, then we had a fight and I went on to the well… I think I must have fallen because then I woke up, and was on the ground, then I went into the well, but I felt sick." She twirled a strand of hair nervously, "I went home and went right to sleep, woke up and was sick, then I saw how big I was, and then I came here. Inuyasha and Shippo said I smelled funny though."
"Yes, yes," The woman replied absent-mindedly, "With their power they would have smelled some difference."
"SO what's wrong?" Shippo bounded into the hut, not being able to spend another minute away.
"It could have been a demon." Sango said suddenly, "This smells fishy."
"No." Shippo shook his head, "It smells like wolf."
All three heads turned toward him as Inuyasha and Miroku followed into the hut, smelling dinner.
"It smells wolfy." He repeated slowly, just in case they didn't hear him at first.
"He's right." Inuyasha grumbled, "It smells like wolf."
"I guess it must have been a wolf demon then." Kaede mumbled to herself.
"What?" Inuyasha asked.
"Kagome's pregnant."
"WHAT!" Inuyasha asked, rather loudly.
Sango sighed and zipped down Kagome's sweatshirt, exposing her too-tight shirt and her bulging belly.
Inuyasha was incredulous, his mouth gaping like a fish, his mind trying to keep up.
"I suspect," Kaede started, stirring something in a big pot, "that when Inuyasha left Kagome after their fight a youkai came and impregnated Kagome, they must have sped it up, as she is…developing…rather quickly."
Kagome was looking at the ground and blushed, when she did look up, all she could see was Inuyasha, his jaw slack and staring at her like she was some sort of animal in a zoo.
"I'm sorry! Okay?" She shouted suddenly, startling everyone, "You can stop looking at me like that!" She jumped up and walked out of the hut, salty tears streaming down her face. Everyone around the room was too surprised to go after her.
"What's gonna happen to her?" Shippo asked softly, petting Kilala, and no one had an answer for the young kitsune, Sango rubbed his back silently as he cried.
The hut was eerily quiet until Kaede spoke, "Go after her, Inuyasha." He looked up at her and set his jaw before walking out.
"This is going to hit him hard." Miroku remarked, "It being a wolf, and Kouga…"
The possibilities endless, the group silently speculated on the future, each thought worse than the last.
"Kagome."
The girl didn't turn around, just continued staring at the well, not bringing herself to move any closer or farther away from escaping the era.
"Kagome!" The voice was more insistent, but she still didn't move, tears streaming down her face.
Inuyasha walked up to her, and shook her gently, trying to get a reaction.
"I'm sorry." She whispered, her hands on her stomach, her eyes distant, looking at something too far away for Inuyasha to see.
He looked down at the girl, feeling the pain and hurt radiate off of her, and sighed, a rare feeling coursing through him, making him say things he would never say.
"It's not your fault."
"Yes," she contradicted, "It is."
"No."
"Yes."
"NO." He said forcefully, though his actions were gentle, sitting down beside her. "I should never have let you alone, it was too dangerous."
"I should have been able to protect myself." Kagome sniffed
"That's my job." Inuyasha protested, "I failed."
"You've protected me so much already!" She finally brought her gaze to rest on the hanyou, his ears tight against his head.
"You never would have gotten…hurt… if I didn't make you look for the shards." He whispered to the dusk. Looking anywhere but her face, Inuyasha spoke his feelings,
"M-maybe you shouldn't be here." His voice was soft, as he tried to keep his feelings from interfering, "This time only hurts you, it isn't fair to keep you from your life."
Kagome shook her head, retracting her statement before she left, "This time is my life too." Her hormones were a rollercoaster, her normally unstable teen hormones escalating due to her pregnancy. "It's not all bad," she smiled, "I have my friends, who love me, and I love being with you guys."
Inuyasha blushed, but insisted, "Feh. You don't know what you're talking about, you can't see that you're hurt right now?"
Kagome looked down at herself. "It's okay." She admitted.
Inuyasha stood up, "It's OKAY? Kagome, you just got IMPREGNATED by a DEMON!"
"I know."
"She knows!" He yelled, "She knows and it's OKAY!" Shaking his head he walked back to the hut to eat some dinner.
"I think it is." She whispered to the night, and a listening wolf-youkai, who smiled softly.
'Wait until he figures out it's a wolf.' She muttered to herself, watching the girl walk back into the hut, 'I wish we'd met under other circumstances.'
Okay, so I really want to end it here, so I will. It's pretty short again, sorry. I just finished midterms but I have to work late tomorrow. Please review, I think the plot is getting weak… tell me what you think.
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