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Inuyasha couldn't believe it, and yet here it was in his face. This child was undeniably his older brother's. Now it made sense to him. The timing with Kagome losing her scholarship. The boy must have been young when Kagome left her mother's house. Kagome being a single mother because her child's father was not there. This was the reason they hadn't gone into depth about Kagome's last few years.

Inuyasha felt a hand on his shoulder; he knew it was Kagome's. He just couldn't take his eyes off the little boy who looked just like Sesshomaru. This kid was a few years old, why had Kagome never said anything? If he hadn't have reached out would he have ever known?

Kagome cleared her throat, just loud enough to bring Inuyasha out of his musings. He took a deep breath and picked himself up off the floor. He kept his head low; he couldn't look her in the eye right now, and marched into her living room.

Sango was standing there with her arms crossed and an apologetic look on her face. 'No wonder she was so surprised to see me.' He thought glumly.

"Yash," she put her hand on his bicep as he sat down on the couch, "did you want some tea? I just finished heating up the water."

He nodded, unable to form a coherent sentence. For the first time in his whole life Inuyasha was speechless. The only thing running through his head was that Kagome had a baby with his brother.

Kagome entered the room as Sango left to the kitchen.

"So," she sat down on the loveseat and brought her legs to her chest, resting her chin on her knees, "I'm sure you have questions."

He sure did. He had about a million questions.

"…Do- does he know?" It was possible that Sesshomaru knew about it and left to pursue his dreams, never telling the family. It seemed uncharacteristic for him to be that heartless but Inuyasha was beginning to realize that anything was possible and to expect the unexpected.

"No," she answered in a soft voice, "you guys moved before I found out. I went with my mother to your house to tell him but it was too late."

Inuyasha nodded. It brought him some comfort that Sesshomaru didn't just abandon them, but he felt bad that she tried to and they were already gone. "Ugh, fuck," he groaned, "I think I'm gonna throw up." He grabbed his abdomen and squeezed his shirt.

Kagome fought back the temptation to roll her eyes. "You'll be fine."

"Right," Inuyasha shook his head. "You started dancing to support him?" For the first time, he referred to it as dancing instead of stripping; for that Kagome was grateful. It was amazing how the motives behind her work determine how people look at her for doing it.

"Yes," she sighed, "at first I lived with my mom, but the bills were piling up. Kenichi was born premature and had some health things early in life. It was very expensive and the money I was making at the flower shop and diner wasn't enough. One of my regular customers was the manager at the club. He told me about the opportunity to make a lot of money, so I took it."

"Okay, so why did you leave your moms if money was so bad you had to do that."

Sango had entered the room to give Inuyasha his tea. He thanked her and she told the two that she was going to bed.

Kagome continued their conversation.

"I didn't really have a choice." She looked away, sadly. "When mama found out what I had been doing, she gave me an ultimatum. To continue dancing and leave or to quit and stay. But I was finally making enough money to pay his bills on time and provide for him. I couldn't afford to quit just yet, Kenichi still had a lot of upcoming doctor visits. So I left. Mama and I haven't spoken since that day."

"Where did you go?"

"I stayed at Sango's," she explained. "She still lived at her parent's house. Sango would babysit for me while I went to work. It was easy because he slept through the night. I worked almost every night for a couple of weeks until I had enough money to get my own place."

Inuyasha nodded, interested in her story.

"When I let Sango know my intentions she told me that she had some money saved up from her new job at the gym. Then she brought up the idea of us being roommates. She would still be able to babysit at night, and she was my best friend anyways so why wouldn't I say yes?

We moved into a two bedroom apartment in a ghetto neighborhood." Kagome shook her head and smiled at the memory. "Once our lease was up a year later we got out as fast as we could and moved here. Been here ever since."

"Wow." Inuyasha said.

"Yeah, I haven't spoken with my mother since she kicked me out. She doesn't have my number and she hasn't seen Kenichi since we left."

"What about at family events?" That's why Inuyasha was even in town; his aunt's birthday celebration.

"No," Kagome shrugged her shoulders and looked away. "Nobody has reached out to me. Just because she doesn't have my number doesn't mean I'm hard to find."

"Fuck." Inuyasha shook his head. "Now I understand why she said what she did today."

Kagome looked up, forgetting what it was.

"She said that my family and I have done enough to yours. I wondered what my family did. Now I see; my brother knocked you up and then we left town."

Inuyasha put his hand on his forehead, rubbing his temples. His head hurt; information overload.

He asked his next question.

"So… his health issues?"

Kagome actually smiled. "They're gone now."

Inuyasha felt a bit relieved at this, he would never forgive Sesshomaru if the boy still had health problems and Kagome was doing it all by herself.

"When I saw your brother at work the other night," she started, "he didn't recognize me."

Inuyasha looked up at Kagome; her eyes were glistening with tears.

"Don't you think that's funny?" she asked him as one dropped.

Inuyasha raised an eyebrow.

"He forgot about me. You saw who's in my room. Do you think I'd ever forget about Sesshomaru? I can't even imagine such a luxury. His mini-me wakes me up every morning."

"I'm sorry Kagome." His previous feelings of hurt were fading when he realized how hard things must have been for her. They were being replaced by guilt. "Now I feel even worse for acting the way I did years ago. Maybe if I would have been more understanding this could have been avoided."

"Its fine, Yash. This is mine and Sesshomaru's fault."

The man's name put a bad taste in his mouth. He frowned. "I have to know," he started, "how did it even happen?"

"What do you mean?"

"I never talked to Sesshomaru about it. We got in a couple fist fights over it, usually I started them." he shook his head for the millionth time. "I'm just trying to figure out how you even slept with him. Did he… take advantage of you?"

"No." Kagome shook her head vigorously. "He didn't. I saw you with Kikyo and I was so jealous. We talked for a minute and I don't know; he kissed me. I was so angry at you… it was nice that someone actually wanted to kiss me. So I didn't stop him. One thing led to another and eight months later I had Kenichi."

"You had a baby with my brother." He set his cup of tea down on the coffee table, running his hands through his hair. Maybe if he said it enough, it wouldn't seem so unreal.

"You're taking this a lot better than I expected."

"Yeah," Inuyasha sighed for the umpteenth time. "I've grown up a lot in the last few years. I've learned to control my temper and emotions."

"I can see that." She smiled.

"When I'm fighting somebody, I need to stay focused." He explained, "even if they hurt me I can't let my emotions control me. Or else I'll get sloppy and lose."

"I see. You really are a lot more mature."

"Well it has been three years." He smirked. Of course he'd be more mature after such a long time.

"I wish you were like this before," she smiled softly; "you probably would have realized how bad Kikyo was for you way back."

"Very funny." He rolled his eyes.

The two sat in a comfortable silence. Both just thinking.

Inuyasha frowned. "You know I cared about you, right?"

Kagome smiled and got up from the loveseat to sit on the sofa beside Inuyasha. She wrapped an arm around his neck and leaned in. "I know."

Inuyasha turned more towards her and wrapped her in a hug.

"That's why it hurt so much when you suddenly stopped caring," she sniffled, "after you found out what happened."

Her unshed tears finally fell and soon enough she started sobbing.

"It's okay Kagome." He rubbed circles on her back. "Please don't cry. I'm so sorry."

She continued, unable to stop. Inuyasha didn't know what to do. He usually avoided crying women; comfort wasn't really his forte. He decided that the safest path would be to just hold onto her while she let it out.

Once she finally calmed down, Inuyasha continued to hold onto her, giving her the support she deserved from him, and had been missing out on.

Kagome pulled back from him and wiped her face off with the back of her hands. "I'm sorry. This is embarrassing. I'm such a crybaby."

"Its fine," he assured her, "I'm embarrassed too, if it helps."

Kagome cracked a smile. "What are you embarrassed about?"

"You know I hate when girls cry." He eyed her.

She broke into a grin. "How could I forget?"

"So," he asked the million dollar question, "how do you plan on telling Sesshomaru?"

Kagome sighed. All the mirth from moments ago was gone.

"I don't know." She looked up at him with wide eyes. "Inuyasha, I don't even know the guy."

He snorted. "You don't want to."

"Thanks," Kagome glared. "That helps."

"Sorry."

"You do know him better than I do..." she trailed off.

An eyebrow rose. "Yeah, so?"

"What do you think I should do?" she asked him desperately.

"How the hell should I know?"

"Well," Kagome fell back onto the couch, frustrated, "should I just show up at your guys' house tomorrow with a baby and reintroduce myself to him?
Hi I'm Kagome, we got drunk and hooked up one time, and this is your son.
Does that sound about right?" She crossed her arms looking at him.

"Alright," he put his hands up, "I get it."

"Not as easy as it sounds."

"Look," He glanced at his calendar in his phone, "we are leaving in a week. So you have until then to tell him."

"I'll figure something out."

"Well," Inuyasha stood up, "you have my number. Call me anytime. I really hope to see you and the kid tomorrow though."

Kagome nodded and also moved to stand.

They walked over to the door and hugged goodbye as Inuyasha left.

"Mommy."

Kagome sighed as she started to wake up. "Hm?"

"Mommy, wake up."

"Mm," she sat up and stretched, "I'm up."

"Good. I hungy."

"Okay," Kagome turned to get out of the bed and stood up, yarning, "what did you want for breakfast?"

"Pancakes!" The little boy flew out of the room with his mother following behind, not as fast though.

"Alright, sweetie," she said as he turned the TV on, "did you want blueberries or chocolate chips?"

"Chocolate!" he answered excitedly.

She smiled at her son. 'Why did I even ask? He's never once chosen the berries.'

Kagome made the boy his pancakes and after they ate she gave him a bath. When he was dressed and ready for the day Kagome got herself ready.

Today was the day. She didn't know exactly how to introduce Sesshomaru to Kenichi, but Inuyasha took it better than expected. So maybe Sesshomaru wouldn't be too dreadful to deal with either. She thought about it for most of the night and figured that showing up on his doorstep might be the best thing to do. It's not like she could meet him for a random lunch date and drop the news on him. Why would he care about anything she would have to say? No, she'd have to just do it the stressful and uncertain way. There was a chance he could slam the door in her face. But now that she had Inuyasha on her side, she wouldn't have to worry too much about that.

Kagome wanted to look her best. She had some damage control to do since his most recent memory of her was that nightmare at the strip club. He probably had already formed the worst opinions of her from that night.

'What's worse than having a crazy stripper show up on your doorstep with a child that's apparently yours?'

She laughed at her own thoughts.

Kagome looked at her reflection in her full length mirror, making sure that she looked good enough. She was wearing a pair of tight jeans and a sheer white blouse with a teal tank top underneath. Her hair was loose and wavy. She put on a pretty teal bracelet and then grabbed a pair of white sandals.

Her makeup was done lightly, she wore mascara and lip gloss.

Then she grabbed Kenichi's shoes and walked out into the living room to put them on his feet.

"Okay love; let's put your shoes on." The boy ran over to the couch and sat down with his feet sticking up for her.

"Mommy, what's my pwize?" he asked as she finished tying his shoes.

"Surprise." She corrected. "I'm taking you to meet someone very important." She held the door open and he walked out in front of her.

"Who?"

"You'll see when we get there." She didn't want to say his dad just in case things didn't go well. He could always meet his uncle though as a backup. That was as far as her plan was. She was pretty much going to wing it.

They got into the car and she buckled the boy into his car seat. Once secured, Kagome got in herself. She started to drive somewhere she didn't expect herself to go for many years; the Takahashi residence.

Inuyasha and Sesshomaru were sparring in their home gym when the younger brother's phone started ringing. Inuyasha was too busy to answer though. The guys continued practicing as their father, Toga, supervised to give criticism. The phone rang again. They ignored it again. This happened two more times before Toga was fed up.

"Let's take a few minutes." The man's voice exuded annoyance. "Inuyasha put your phone on silent."

"Sorry dad." He ran over to the chair it was sitting on when he saw that it was Kagome calling. He also had a few texts as well. Before he was able to open the window and read the messages, she called again. He answered it.

"Hello?"

"Inuyasha!"

That was not Kagome's voice he heard. "Who is this?"

"It's Sango." She didn't sound so good. Why was she blowing his phone up?

"What's going on?" he asked with worry in his voice.

He could hear her crying. "There was an accident!"

"What!?" Inuyasha yelled into the phone, causing his brother and father to look at him strangely.

"Kagome and Kenichi. They got hit…" she broke off into more sobs.

"What?" he breathed out. Inuyasha felt like he got punched in the gut. "What the hell is going on, Sango? I need you to tell me."

"I'm at Mercy hospital right now. You have to come up here; and bring Sesshomaru! They're both unconscious still. Kagome doesn't have her moms number saved. I didn't know who to call. The hospital called me at work because my cousin works here and recognized her file."

"Fuck…" he glared at the phone. "I'll be there as soon as I can. Text me any updates."

He hung up the phone on her and paced rapidly while his father looked at him with a worried expression.

"Dad," he clutched his phone to his chest, "we need to go to the hospital."

That statement even got Sesshomaru's attention.

"What are you talking about?"

Inuyasha didn't want to spill the beans about Kenichi but he needed Sesshomaru to go with him.

"My friend was in an accident."

"So?" his brother asked. He didn't care about Inuyasha's friend. He was training right now.

"I'll explain when we get there." He walked up to the two men before him. "We just need to leave now."

Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes. "I'm not going anywhere."

"Fuck Sesshomaru!" Inuyasha said, now pissed off, and frustrated. "Would you just listen to me? I'm asking you a fucking favor?"

The elder brother snorted. "What do you need me for, moral support?" he teased.

Inuyasha's face reddened with anger.

"Enough." Toga interrupted. "Inuyasha," he turned to his youngest son, "I understand why you might want me to go with you, but why Sesshomaru?"

Inuyasha covered his face with his hands and groaned. "I can't explain it right now."

The two men looked at Inuyasha with a blank stare. Why couldn't he say why?

"Did I not already help you yesterday?"

"Sesshomaru…" Inuyasha started, he didn't know what to say. What could he say to make the man go with him? "Just give me a half hour of your time. Then you guys can go and you can even leave me there if you want."

Inuyasha was making no sense to his family. What was the point of them coming with him?

"Whatever," Sesshomaru rolled his eyes, "I'll go, but after a half hour we are leaving."

Inuyasha nodded.

"When we get back," Sesshomaru said smugly, "get yourself together. You've been sloppy and pathetic all day. I don't like practicing against such mediocrity. It is beneath me."

Inuyasha growled at him as Sesshomaru started to walk out of the room.

The elder brother mumbled under his breath, "waste of my time." He was slightly interested in finding out what Inuyasha was up to.

Toga sighed and shook his head, following his eldest son. "Let's go, Inuyasha." The boy was acting so strange and he wanted to figure out why.

The Takahashi trio walked into the hospital where Sango was waiting by the door. Inuyasha had sent her a text while they were parking.

"Inuyasha!" Sango ran up to the man and threw her arms around him.

"How's she doing?" he asked.

"She's better." Sango answered, "She woke up a bit ago and started to freak out about Kenichi, so they had to sedate her because she wouldn't stay still and was about to hurt herself even more."

"And what about..?" he trailed off, not wanting to reveal too much to his family. Hopefully they ignored Sango's previous name drop.

"He's in the children's unit right now under observation."

Inuyasha nodded, taking the information in.

Sango turned to the two men standing behind him. Toga looked concerned and confused, Sesshomaru looked bored and annoyed.

"Hello Mr. Takahashi, Sesshomaru." She nodded her head to each of them. "If you all would follow me, I'll take you to see Kagome."

She turned around and the group followed behind her. They went into an elevator and it was extremely awkward for the whole ride up.

The elevator made a dinging noise before opening. Once the doors separated, Sango let go of the breath she was holding in. She didn't bother to look back as she walked down the hall and up to a door.

She turned around and bit her lip before speaking. "Um, if you could wait out here for just a few minutes?" she looked back and forth to Sesshomaru and Toga.

"Is this a joke?" Sesshomaru glared at Inuyasha. "Why did you insist on my presence in the first place?"

"Please," Sango asked Sesshomaru, "I won't keep you waiting long."

Sesshomaru felt his temper rising as Inuyasha and his friend entered the room. He saw no point in his being there. He could have been doing something much more productive.

In the room:

"Kagome," Sango said sweetly, walking up to the hospital bed, "Inuyasha's here."

Kagome opened up her eyes and peered up at her friend.

"Yash," she mumbled with a slur, the sedation was definitely working.

"Hey," he smiled at her, trying not to let her beat up appearance get to him, "How are you?"

"I'm fine," she waved her hand, and groaned from irritating her bruised wrist, "I just want my baby." A few tears escaped and slid down her puffy cheeks.

"Inuyasha brought Sesshomaru and their dad here." Sango said.

Kagome turned her head to look at her friend. Sango never said that anyone was even coming to up to see her.

"I'm going to take the guys to see Kenichi, okay? Then we'll be right back up, and I'll tell you how he is doing since the last time I saw him. Is that alright?"

Kagome nodded solemnly. She was jealous that she couldn't see her own child when he needed her.

They left Kagome's room where Sesshomaru and his father were found conversing.

"Hey," Inuyasha called over to them, "let's go."

Sesshomaru's eyes widened. "Go?"

Even Toga was shocked at this. Did Inuyasha really make them come with him for no reason? To walk him to his friends room and escort him out?

"Follow me," Sango said turning back towards the elevator.

The small group entered the box and Sesshomaru let out a sharp exhale, signaling his annoyance with the whole situation. He was ready to shove Inuyasha's head against the elevator doors for wasting his time.

"Not now, Sesshomaru," Toga warned. He was equally upset, but they would not make a scene in public, especially at a hospital.

When the elevator door opened, they were on the second floor and Sango stepped out. Inuyasha followed right behind her, Sesshomaru and Toga slowly trailed behind, trying to understand why they were on the wrong floor.

The nurses working were already familiar with Sango, as she had been back and for between floors for a while now. They also didn't have to question who the men with her were, the resemblance between them and the Higurashi boy was uncanny.

Sango walked into Kenichi's room and stood at the door. She gestured for the men to walk in first.

Sesshomaru and Toga were now very confused as to what was going on. Inuyasha entered first and walked straight up to the bed where the child was laying.

Toga followed behind and looked over Inuyasha's shoulder, he gasped at the boy in front of him.

"Inuyasha?" he asked, thinking that his son had a secret love child with his friend.

Sesshomaru walked in and had to go around to the other side of the bed to see who it was that his brother and father were looking at.

He saw a young boy laying there, his eyes were closed, but his silver hair and the shape of his face and its features told him all he needed to know; he was a Takahashi.

'So,' Sesshomaru thought, 'Inuyasha has a child with whoever was in that room?'

AN: Kind of a cliffy, but seeing as this chapter is about 4,000 words it's kind of not. Review please so I can post up the next chapter. It's pretty much done, but I will be looking at the reviews to make sure that I have everything that I need in the next chapter.