This break is almost over—I just can't anymore…why? *sobs* Anyways, as you can imagine once the semester starts, I won't be able to update at all, think of me dead.

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Sherryfanfic1999: Oh! The business trip is a really great idea! I like that! Sorry I'll be stealing that if you don't mind (thanks!), Sesshomaru wasn't angry so much at the fact that Inu is calling his dad, dad, but more so that his dad isn't focused solely on his work anymore but on them more. How do I say this, he likes a ruthless leader lol XD. And his father has always been strict with him for the most part. Yeah, Izayoi feels bad but Sesshomaru won't be accepting any apologies, she'll still try to get along but its really up to Inu to fix the family. I get the feeling he's the only one that really can—you know what I mean. Hahaha all the pain Inu has yet to face. *~* Oh nah its fine, you can ask and say whatever you like—I enjoy reading it all! Thanks for the review!

Jennifer. Haleokeawe: Glad you're loving it so far! Keep still 'cause things are about to get spicy lol. XD. Thanks for the review!

EvilAngelofHeavenandHell: Don't worry Sesshomaru deserved the slap, it's healthy for him (my apologies Sessho –I still love you more). Hahahaha that background made me laugh, I'm starting to picture it that way too all of a sudden. Ah, good times. Omg, you flatter me so much, I love it. Thanks as always for the review!

Disclaimer in first chapter.

Chapter 5:

It had been three weeks since Sesshomaru and Inuyasha's unspoken night at the hotel.

It had been four days since Inuyasha felt sore and nauseous every morning. He assumed it was something he ate, after all that always happened in the past. However, this was the first time he woke up feeling like crap for four days straight. There was that one time he even felt like vomiting but was able to suppress it somehow. However, this morning was particularly worse.

'Ugh…my head feels heavy and my body feels pretty tired.' The hanyo noted first thing in the morning.

"Inu dear! If you don't get up, you'll be late~" He could hear Izayoi call from the hall before she opened his door.

"Ugh, mom. I don't think I'll be going to school. I don't feel so well."

"Hm?" She eyed him curiously and felt his forehead. "My, you are burning up! I'll call the butlers, be sure to rest a lot today, okay. Mommy has to step out for work, but I'll try to come soon…"

"And dad?"

"Dad's already left and Sesshomaru is out too so please try to take care of yourself."

"Got it, don't worry 'bout me, I got this. It'll probably get better in the afternoon." The teen forced a smile.

"Alright, take care!"

Inuyasha went back to staring at the ceiling. 'Right, Sesshomaru went off on that three-day business trip. Heh, by the looks of it he was glad to get away.' Abruptly, he felt the urge to throw up and this time gave in, jumping up and running to the bathroom nearly knocking over a maid passing by.

"I-Inuyasha-kun?" The maid looked after him, startled.

After his painful episode in the bathroom, the butlers came into his room with breakfast and fever meds. The teen wasn't exactly up to it, but he was able to eat all his share and even took the medicine. Laying back down, he waited for an hour and realized that he wasn't feeling as better as he hoped he would.

He instantly reached for his phone with nothing better to do and shot a text.

You: Yo, how do u fix a cold?

Miroku: …

Miroku: Fix a cold?

You: I'm sick! And the medicine isn't working_ wat do I do?

Miroku: Ah, so that's y you're absent today. Everything ok? When do u ever get sick?

You: answer me

Miroku: drink tea, I don't know. The medicine should work, maybe you're not taking it right.

You: no, I took it rite

Miroku: uh, I really don't know then…I don't get sick that often either… btw, want me to keep your handouts for u?

You: URGH, u have the nerve to mention HW to me…

You: yeah watever, Ill get them from u tomorow

'Well that wasn't helpful. What was I thinking anyway, like he'd help…ugh!' The hanyo clutched his stomach automatically feeling pangs of pain. 'What the hell –is this? Stomach cramps? No…' The discomfort only increased in duration and magnitude, making it harder to breath by the minute. He couldn't dare move an inch and just lay there for what seemed like ages.

"Welcome back, young master." The butlers greeted as they opened the passenger door for Sesshomaru.

"I wish I could say it's good to be back." The silverette murmured under his breath as he stepped inside the house and removed his coat and shoes. "Well, at least I have the house all to myself for now." He waltzed over to the kitchen for a quick drink before going straight upstairs. The elder teen barely made it across the hall past the hanyo's room when he curtly froze in his steps. He was being choked by an immense surge of stressed energy—coming directly from the teen's room.

'No, he should be in school…shouldn't he?' The silverette stared at the other's door with bewilderment. Sesshomaru couldn't decide if he should knock, but he was certain something was wrong in there. To his better judgement he swung the door open and was speechless to find his 'brother' on the floor helpless and panting heavily. "Inuyasha?"

The hanyo continued to huff irregularly, most likely not even aware that his elder brother was there. 'Is he sick? How long has he been here?' "Hey, can you hear me?" The elder tried again. 'Do I take him to the hospital or call the doctor here? What am I to do in these situations…?' The elder wasn't panicking but came to grasps that he had never taken care of an actual person before. For starters, he hoisted the younger up and lay his burning body on the bed. 'His temperature is sky rocketing. Why didn't he call someone?' Right after that, Sesshomaru rung his personal/family's doctor who specialized in demon care. It was much faster to call the doctor to their place after all.

Inuyasha finally cracked an eye open and thought he was dreaming. How the hell could the elder be here right at this moment and in his room no less? So, it wouldn't hurt to call out, right? "Sesshomaru…it hurts…"

The silverette looked away from his phone, and blankly at him. "What does?"

"Everything…"

"Not helping." Soon after the doctor came in and examined him, while Sesshomaru stood in the background. For instant relief, the doctor gave Inuyasha a pill to swallow.

"Hm… he said he was vomiting and has been worse since this morning. Has this ever happened before?" Dr. F asked.

"Mh…maybe once or twice yesterday and the day before, but I got over it…"

Dr. F turned his attention to Sesshomaru. "Will you take him to my clinic? I want to run a few tests, because it doesn't seem as though the fever medicine even helped in the slightest." The silverette nodded.

However, Inu fretted. "W-what tests…?"

"Your symptoms might be due to a variety of things, so I want to make a differential diagnosis by carrying out a few more tests." The hanyo visibly gulped.

"Don't be a brat now, if anything you'll probably live." The silverette coldly blurted. If anything, that only scared Inu further, who glared at the other.

"Then, I'll see you there, Sesshomaru." The doctor went ahead first. The elder turned back to the teen.

"Can you stand?"

The white-haired teen hung his legs from the edge of the bed and pushed himself up but wobbled uncontrollably at the first step he took. Sesshomaru caught him immediately and snaked an arm around his waist, before letting out a troubled sigh.

"What the...I've never been this bad…it's like my body's dying…" The teen tried to explain.

"…hold on." The elder 'somewhat' gently said and scooped him up from his knees.

Inu yelped. "W-what?" He asked embarrassed.

"This is less troublesome." The hanyo quietly accepted that and loosely hooked a hand on the other's shoulder until they reached the car.

It took about an hour or so, before all the results were analyzed, including the blood tests, urine test, and ultrasound. Dr. F entered the room after a while. The demon stood against the wall while Inuyasha sat on the patient table.

"Blood test looks fine, aside from some elevated hormone levels, the same was found in the urine test. Ultrasound is unremarkable…for now."

"What hormones?" The teen blurted. The doctor nodded, as if he was getting there.

"Before that, I must ask, have you had sex recently?"

Inuyasha looked down puzzled. 'Why did it matter again?'

"Yes." A voice, clearly Sesshomaru, answered for him from behind. The hanyo flinched and swerved his head towards him, feeling equally angry and embarrassed.

"With a human or demon?"

"…demon…" The younger responded himself this time before his elder brother did. Why was he in the room again?

"That explains it. I just needed to confirm."

"What?" Inuyasha was growing impatient by now. "Explains what?!"

"Let him talk, half-breed." The elder sighed.

"Inuyasha-kun, you are aware that you are a hanyo, correct? Half demon, but half human also. If you were to sleep with a human, your genes would likely override theirs. However, if you were to ever end up having sex with a demon, especially that of pure blood, the demon's genes will dominant over yours and therefore can lead to other outcomes." Dr. F elaborated. While Inuyasha wasn't following at all, the silverette stood there listening to every word.

"Are you saying he's pregnant?" The demon clarified. There was no way he was believing any of it.

"That's right." The teen's face lost all color when the doctor answered and sat there speechlessly.

"Excuse me?" Sesshomaru had a difficult time swallowing that bit of information too.

"But I'm a guy!" Inu exclaimed.

"And partially demon. Your species are unlike humans. Human males cannot produce extra chambers in their body to accommodate such imbalances. Hence, if a human male was to sleep with a demon, this wouldn't have been the case. But in your case, it is."

The younger slumped backward. This was all too shocking, too unreal—even that was an understatement. His body was already acheing and now his brain was going to have a breakdown too. On the other hand, Sesshomaru was rather dumbstruck as well. He wasn't anticipating this in the least. He was quite certain that forgetting that night ever happened was the best thing he could do but now this? This would be impossible to hide. Maybe probable now, but if the teen really was pregnant and after a while began showing…No.

"I know it's a shock, please feel free to ask any questions that come to mind. In the meantime, I'll bring some brochures and the list of medications." Dr. F broke the silence and left them alone for a minute. The elder teen glimpsed at Inuyasha who had an unreadable expression on his face, with his eyes being concealed by his hair.

The silverette drove them home, in silence. The hanyo who usually never shut up, hadn't said a single word the entire time. He exhaled, finding this current situation a bit troublesome to deal with too when normally he would have appreciated the silence. "Look Inuyasha… This might not be the best time to tell our parents…"

'Great, another secret they had to keep.' "Mhm." The teen agreed. Silence filled the air again.

"…Do you despise me now?" Sesshomaru emotionless asked. Why did he care if the younger did? Truthfully, the question slipped out of his mouth before he had a chance to even think about it. The teen slowly shook his head without looking, a long moment after. Did he feel relief just now?

Sesshomaru parked into the pharmacy's parking lot and stepped out of the car. "I'll pick up your meds, wait here for me."

When they finally made it home, the silverette handed the medications to the teen, informing him to take the fever one right after dinner. The hanyo took the bags with a groan and resorted to going back to his room.

"Are you alright?" That was the first time Inuyasha ever heard Sesshomaru voice a concern regarding him. The younger stared at him for a moment in awe before weakly nodding. That was a lie. He soon ditched the elder and began climbing upstairs.

'How should I feel? I'm having a kid? If that ain't enough to believe—then what about the fact that I'm having the kid of the guy who hates me. Che.' Somehow, that just depressed him more.

The next morning the hanyo emptied himself in the bathroom again, feeling miserable afterwards. This was gonna be a huge pain! "Urrgghhh!" He groaned loudly from inside the bathroom. 'You little beast in there, you're going to pay, unless I find a way to get rid of you first!' He cursed his belly but then sighed at how immoral that sounded. As he exited the bathroom, he was startled to find Sesshomaru soundly standing against the bathroom wall with his arms crossed. Inuyasha didn't know what to say or do, so merely gave him a look of acknowledgement before dashing away. The silverette only stared after him.

"Are you feeling a little better, dear?" Izayoi asked at the table.

"You have no idea." Inuyasha vaguely answered. Well, at least the fever was gone now.

"Oh! Sesshomaru-kun, would you like some breakfast?" His mom called out when she noticed the demon buttoning his cuffs in the living room.

"No need."

"Then how about something to-go?"

The silverette sighed. "I already stated 'no need.' I'll buy something once I'm there." He declared and left.

'Hmph. Same as always.' The hanyo pouted with a bit of irritation, stabbing his food at the same time.

"Really, why spend money when it's all here?" Izayoi felt hurt.

"Forget him mom. Don't bother with him." Inu comforted.

To Be Continued…

Well that's all I have for today. Congrats to Inu, right—he'll probably smack me, won't he? Lol. I don't know why but I found this chapter to be so weirdly intimate/bringing them close…0.0… whatever, just me.

Next update will def take a while. In the meantime, enjoy the New Year's I guess. Which reminds me Happy New Year. (how is it a new year already? 3:/)