Chapter 23: Nani? You're What?

That night, everyone was back to normal. Bankotsu and Jakotsu had found some water and gave it to Renkotsu and Suikotsu. Now they were eating a not so good meal cooked by Jakotsu.

"Once again we're waiting for Sango" Jakotsu complained. He looked at Bankotsu and smirked. "You'd wonder what she does while we're not around…"

Bankotsu's eyes shot open and he spat out his drink. "What do you mean by that?" he asked.

"Oh, nothing!" Jakotsu replied casually. "It's just, don't you ever get suspicious of why she's always going off on her own? And not telling you where?"

Renkotsu and Suikotsu looked at each other knowingly. Jakotsu was always doing this to poor Bankotsu. And Bankotsu fell for it every time.

"Don't listen to him Bankotsu," Suikotsu said. "You know he's just toying with you. Besides, Sango wouldn't do that. I'm sure she has her reasons for doing whatever she's doing." And before Bankotsu could argue, he added, "And don't take that the wrong way!"

They finally heard shuffling coming from outside. There was a crash from the gates, along with Sango cursing.

Renkotsu and Suikotsu looked at Bankotsu. "Now what did you do?"

"Somebody's busted!" Jakotsu taunted. Suikotsu punched him in the head and accidentally knocked him out.

Bankotsu blinked. "Nothing, I think…" Kirara gave a tiny mew and hid behind Bankotsu. He stood up and began to walk over to the gates.

But Sango beat him to it. She stomped over to him. "Bankotsu you jerk!" she screamed as she slapped him, hard.

Bankotsu stared at her and rubbed his cheek. "What was that for?"

She glared at him. "You idiot!" she shouted. "I'm pregnant and it's all your fault!"

Bankotsu's heart stopped. He felt really dizzy. "Your… I… how…" he looked back at the others. They were staring at him with the most priceless expressions on their faces. "But… it's… it's not my fault! I…"

"Shut up!" Sango screamed. Then she ran to her room crying.

Bankotsu was too afraid to look back at the others. He didn't know what they would say.

"You didn't do anything, huh?" Suikotsu reminded him of how he said he didn't do anything.

Renkotsu looked at him strangely "Well, is it your child?"

"Well… I… umm…" Bankotsu said, looking away. Renkotsu raised an eyebrow. Bankotsu sighed. "Well… maybe…"

While Suikotsu and Renkotsu were talking and arguing, Bankotsu was able to slip away. He tiptoed down to Sango's room. They really needed to talk.

He slid the door open and found Sango sitting on the floor. She wasn't crying, but he could tell she was upset. As he got closer, he could see that she kept looking at her stomach, and touched it a few times.

He knew that it must be hard; to know that there is a baby in your stomach. "Hey Sango?" he spoke gently. She looked up at him. He expected her to be angry or sad, but she wasn't. She only smiled.

Bankotsu looked at her weirdly. Why is she smiling? He wondered, I thought she was upset. He soon realized that the smile was fake. It was merely to hide her sadness and confusion.

Sango's smile faded and she looked at the ground again.

"I'm sorry Sango," Bankotsu said, putting his arm around her. But she shook her head.

"No, I'm the one who's sorry. I should never have yelled at you, or put the blame on you either. I guess I was still in shock." She hugged her knees.

"It's OK," he said, trying to cheer her up. "Maybe this won't be so bad."

Sango forced a smile. "Yeah, maybe you're right."

"C'mon, lets go get something to eat." He said, getting up.

But Sango hesitated. "I don't know…"

Bankotsu smiled. "Don't worry, the others won't give you a hard time. If they do, then they'll be hearing from my fist!"

Sango laughed. "OK."

But supper was still awkward. Sango noticed everyone staring at her. Everyone except for Jakotsu, who didn't even know about it.

"Would somebody please tell me what's going on?" he shouted. "Everyone's acting really strange! Am I missing something?"

Suikotsu cleared his throat. "Oh, nothing much. Sango's just having a baby, that's all…"

Jakotsu squealed. "A baby? Really? Oh, that's great! We should be celebrating!"

He went over to Sango and knelt down to her stomach. "Hello? Is anyone in there? It's your uncle Jakotsu!"

Sango lifted her fist and punched him on the head. "Do you mind?" she snapped.

Jakotsu looked at the ground. "Sorry, I just thought it might be lonely. Besides, you're supposed to talk to it."

Sango grunted. "Don't be stupid Jakotsu! Besides, it can't even hear you!" she took a bite of her food. But she took what Jakotsu said to heart. Am I really supposed to talk to it? She wondered.

"So what are you going to call it?" Suikotsu asked.

Sango didn't say anything. She hadn't really thought about it. She wasn't sure if she was even ready to think about it.

"Well?" Suikotsu asked impatiently.

"I don't know," Sango replied silently.

This time it was Renkotsu who asked a question before. "Do you think it's a boy or a girl?"

"I don't know," Sango replied again.

"What do you want it to be?" Jakotsu asked excitedly.

Sango was growing rather tired of these stupid questions. "I don't know!" she answered, louder this time.

The questions continued for at least another 10 minutes, before Sango finally had enough. "Look, I told you a dozen times, I don't know! So just leave me alone!" She stomped off to her room.

"What's with her?" Jakotsu snorted.

Suikotsu answered. "She's pregnant. What do you expect? Of course she's going to be moody!" he noticed everyone looking at him. "It's the doctor talking!" he said quickly.

Dum Dum Dum! I can just see everyones face when Sango told them! LOL! R&R please