--Disgrace--
Inuyasha clutched Kagome and little Kaiya to his chest as he ran, panting in frustration. This wasn't supposed to happen...
Whispers and murmurs at first... a hanyou was bad enough, but one in love with a human, a miko, was a crime against nature- a sin.
Kagome was finally beginning to show- now they could no longer lodge at inns. No one would let them in.
Villagers swarming Kaede's small hut, where the new mother and her pup lay fast asleep. Inuyasha stood at the door, Miroku and Sango flanking him. They didn't want to hurt the villagers... but they would not let them get to Kagome. Not now, not ever.
Moving, from village to village, trying to keep the pup safe. They could never stay anywhere for long... insults were hurled after them as they left once more.
Breathing heavily, Inuyasha at last reached the well and jumped in.
Maybe the future would be more forgiving.