Inuyasha 10 Chapter: Answers and True Love?

After cleaning up dinner Kagome pulled out the number that Kouga left her took a deep breath and dialed the number. She was so nervous. The phone rang once... twice... then picked up. "Hello?" said a very nervous Kouga.

"Hi Kouga, it's Kagome."

"Kagome? It's so great to hear from you? How have you been doing?"

"I'm fine thank you Kouga. Do you want to meet in person over at "Sakura Blossom"?" Kouga could not believe his luck.

"I'd love to Kagome! When?"

Kagome looked at the clock it was only 6:30. "How about in fifteen minutes? Can you make that?"

"Kagome do you doubt my speed? I was after all the track star!"

Kagome laughed, "You're right Kouga, I'll see you soon."

She left to change into something clean after making dinner. Unaware that her conversation had fallen upon the ears of her roomate...

'She's going to see him already? Does she really want to be rid of me that badly... Kagome how could you do this to me?'

At "Sakura Blossom" Kouga was waiting anxiously. He had cleaned up tremendously. He was clean shaven again, had his hair pulled back and looked like he didn't have a care in the world. His eyes that had been previously clouded over with guilt and anxiety were cleared up. He was bouncing on the balls of his feet waiting for her.

As Kagome turned the corner Kouga held his breath. She looked even more beautiful than he remembered. Then his anger flashed. 'Why is she living with that hanyou. She should be living with me! I mean it is my child she's carrying! Calm down Kouga... if you upset her you'll never see her again.'

"Kagome it's so nice to see you again" he said while grasping her hand and kissing her knuckles.

Kagome laughed "Haven't changed a bit have you Kouga? Let's go in shall we?" As they walked into the coffee shop, the little display of affection was not missed by another wolf demon. Her face was flushed and was almost as red as her hair.

After they sat down in a booth, Ayame the waitress walked over and very politely asked Kagome what she wanted. Kagome smiled and said she would like a hot chocolate. When Ayame asked Kouga it was clear she was flirting with him. Kouga said he'd like a hot chocolate too with extra marshmallows. After Ayame left Kagome turned to Kouga and asked.

"Okay Kouga, now what is it that you want from me?" She was never one for beating around the bush.

Kouga laughed "Always to the point aren't you Kags?" Kagome blushed she had forgotten that nickname.

"Well Kagome, I want your forgiveness. I know I messed up... real bad... And not only do I want your forgiveness. I want to help you and our child. And I would like to be with you romantically. Even if I can't be with you like that. I'd like to be friends with you. I want what would be best for our child. If they saw us fighting it would be traumatizing. I want our child to have the best future possible. And they can only get that if you forgive me." He said while holding her hands.

Kagome looked at him with a sad look in her eyes. "Kouga I can forgive you. I want you to forgive yourself. I don't know if I can be with you romantically. I'm being pulled in too many directions... But I do want to be your friend... And you're right our child does deserve at least that."

Kouga's eyes flashed ' "Being tugged in too many directions"? Who's the other person/s? Kagome is MY woman. I will always love her. And hopefully one day she'll see that she loves me too.'

"Kagome, that's all I ask of you. And since we're going to be friends again, we should hang out more..." He was interupted by Ayame slamming their orders down on the table.

"Oops." was all she said before turning on her heel and leaving.

Kouga took one look at Kagome and seeing the startled look on her face decided to say something. "Kagome that woman is Ayame. She and I were best friends before she moved to Northern Canada. I think she's jealous of all the attention I've been giving you. Can you hold on a sec I think I should go talk to her..." he excused himself and followed the direction that the female wolf had gone. He found her crying in the back of the coffee house.

"Ayame..." he said carefully. He head snapped up, she took one look at him and turned away.

"I don't want to see you Kouga..."

"Ayame... we're just friends. And she's carrying my child. I'm a wolf demon Ayame. I take care of my mate."

"She's your mate! I thought you said you'd only take a wolf!"

"Well no... she's not my mate. I just had... relations with her... She hasn't been claimed. But she is the mother of my child. I will take care of her Ayame. You need to realize this. And now she's only a friend. Please believe me..." he begged, while wipping away Ayame's tears.

"Oh... okay Kouga. I believe you. As long as you guys are only friends. And I thought I was your best friend? How come I don't get that sort of attention?" Ayame demanded.

"Well... uh... you left before I became like that!" Kouga quickly stated.

"Okay..." she said while giving him a quizical look. "I'll go out and apologize to her, we need some girl talk time so head to bathroom okay?"

"Sure..." Kouga said as he headed to the bathrooms. 'I sure hope they get along...'

Kagome was sitting there twiddling her thumbs as a red head with green eyes approached her.

"I'm sorry about how I acted earlier..." she said with a bow. "My name is Ayame. I was Kouga's best friend until I moved away... and uh... I don't know quite how to say this... but I've been in love with Kouga for years... and just he seems so smitten with you... and he promised he'd marry me... After he saved me from some bullies in elementary school. He said he'd always be there for me. He said that he'd even end up marrying me. But then I moved away. I guess he sorta forgot about his promise... You don't have feelings for him do you?" She said with worry evident in her eyes.

"No Ayame, I used to think I did. but I know I don't anymore. Now we only share a friendship... and a child. Though I suppose it is our fault. But I no longer want to pursue him romantically. If you want I'll put in a good word for you!" she said with a smile. Ayame's face lit up. She pulled Kagome into a hug and said "Tonight your drinks are on me!"

As they made small talk Kouga walked back to the table and saw how well they were getting along. "Whew... I'm glad that the two most important women in my life are getting along." he said with a smile.

Inuyasha pulled himself off of the floor and grabbed some of the casserole Kagome made and heated it up. The whole time his face was plastered againist the microwave glass, he wondered 'Will Kagome leave me? What if she decides to never come back? What am I going to do without Kagome...' He slumped down againist the counter, and curled into a ball. He looked at the clock 9:30... she'd been gone for three hours. It felt like an eternity. After he finished with his dishes he put them away and sat on the couch staring at the clock. 9:45...10 o'clock... finally at 10:17 Kagome knocked on the door. They still needed to make that copy... Inuyasha jumped up and ran to the door. He opened it and saw Kagome looking up at him with a smile on her face.

"What are you looking at?" he asked with an emotionless voice.

"You silly!" she said while she gave him a hug. All of Inuyasha's worries melted away. Kagome wouldn't leave him. But he had to know what happened.

"So Kagome, what happened?"

She looked up at him. 'Was that worry in his voice?' "Oh well we had some catching up to do. I'm sorry it took so long. I lost track of time. Well I've decided to stay friends with him, so that our child won't have to worry about having their parents fight over them. And also this takes some stress off of me. And you should know that stress is very bad for a pregnant woman." she said while pointing a finger at him. She left out the Ayame part. They needed some more girl talk to figure out what they were going to do.

Inuyasha grabbed her finger. It smelled like wolf... But not Kouga... another wolf. "Kagome... Who's the other wolf?"

"Huh? How did you know...? Right, right... smelly thing. Well her name is Ayame, and she's in love with Kouga. So I'm going to try and set them up. So you don't have to worry. I swear some times you worry more than my mother!" Kagome smiled.

"Oh okay... Wait a sec.. HEY! That's not very nice Kagome!" He said as he chased her around the condo. He finally caught her. The were both panting hard and he spun her around. 'Gods she looks beautiful. Her face is flushed... her eyes are bright and shinning... I wonder if she looks that way when... Bad Inuyasha! Bad! No thinking those thoughts about her... at least not yet... No! Not again!'

Kagome looked at him with a smirk on her face. "Whatcha thinking about?"

"Umm... nothing..."he said while turning bright red.

"Yeah right well... I'm going to bed!" she yelled while running to her room and slamming the door.

'She's going to be the end of me... I swear she will...' he said while looking at the calender. 'Wow... it's the end of July already... I hope Kagome knows what she's going to do for September...'

'Hmmm... what pajamas tonight? Oh! The little duckies! These are so cute. I can't believe Inuyasha picked these out!' Kagome looked at her clock is said 31/07 'Wow... what am I going to do? Maybe I can call the university and see if they can postpone my scholarship? I hope so. I'll do that tomorrow hopefully. I mean I need to save up some money. And my child... Maybe I'd better ask them to postpone it two years... Oh well I'll figure it out in the morning I need sleep if Inuyasha wants breakfast.' She thought with a laugh.

A/N this chapter turned out so different then what I thought would happen... so comment and tell me if you think it happened right? please?