Foxgem: Well I must say that the reviews were…laugh I love them! Thanks! Yes Hojo gets his butt kicked. No Inuyasha will not show up till…later. I am so evil! Well here is Chapter 2

Abandoned

Chapter 2

"Oh my you are a beautiful baby! You are going to the prettiest girl that ever lived. Look at those bright eyes! And look! She has Kagome's hair. She is going to be lovely." Kikyo said smiling.

"She is beautiful." Naruku said a little jealous.

"Why would she not be? She came from me!" Came a voice behind Kikyo.

Naruku and Kikyo spun around to see Hojo standing there with flowers in his arms and balloons. "What are you doing here?" Naruku demanded as he put himself between Kikyo, Kara, and Kagome.

"I came here to see my child. Why wouldn't I?" Hojo asked with a raised eyebrow.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN? YOU LEFT HER!" Kikyo yelled at him. The only thing that was holding her back from kicking his butt was Kara, who stayed silent knowing that something was wrong.

"Oh yeah. I did, didn't I?" Hojo asked with a smile.

Kagome whimpered. Kikyo turned to her. Her eyes were large and her skin was a deadly sheet of white. Kikyo felt the fire taking over her. She handed Kara to Kagome and turned to Hojo.

In her eyes was a raging fire ready to consume Hojo. Hojo flinched when he saw her eyes. Kikyo began to walk to Hojo when Naruku stopped her.

"Let. Me. Go. He. Is. Going. To. Pay." Kikyo said struggling against Naruku.

"Yes he is, but I will do it." Naruku said not looking at Kikyo but looking at Hojo. Kikyo looked up at her mate. "Why?" Kikyo asked.

"If I let you punish him…I know that you will destroy him. If I do I will only leave him in pain. Would you rather that he take the easy way out or do you want him to suffer?" Naruku saw a stunned Hojo.

Kikyo lowered her head. "Naruku? Kagome was the one hurt. Ask her."

Naruku looked at Kagome. Kagome had huge tears going down her face. She clutched Kara to her and she was shaking. But there was something else. A inner strength.

"Kagome? What would you have me do to him?"

Naruku slowly let go of his mate and moved forward with easy grace. Hojo dropped the flowers

There was something in her eyes that…showed that even though she was at the point of breaking physically, she wouldn't give up emotionally.

"Hojo…you were a good husband…if this hadn't…if you hadn't…cheated I would stop this but…you killed me. This may be wicked. This may be wrong but…I am too tired to care. You are all Naruku's. Naruku? He is all yours. Go for it."

Naruku let go of his mate and walked slowly to Hojo. Hojo dropped the flowers of the desk and ran for it. Naruku fallowed after like a huge wolf going in for the kill.

"Kikyo?" Kagome asked weakly. "What?" Kikyo asked taking Hojo's balloons and began to pop them one by one.

"What did I just do?" Kagome asked in a frighten whisper.

Kikyo looked up at Kagome. Kikyo knew, by Kagome's face, that the question meant more than what she just asked. Her answer would be most important to Kagome.

"You answered the call to justice. That all you did."

Outside Hojo was running frantically. His breath was labored and sweat rolled freely off his body. His left pant leg was ripped and bloody from His encounter with Naruku on the stairs. Hojo looked behind him if he could see Naruku. Nothing was there. Hojo stopped to take a deep breath. Hojo rested his hand of the fence that was border between the forest and the hospital. Hojo took out his cell phone and dialed his lover.

"Hello? This is Erin how may I help you?" Erin's voice was tired.

"Hey babe. Look I just Kagome and the baby." Hojo was in a really good mood.

"HOJO! Remember what Naruku said? Have you no sense?" Erin was in panic. How could he take Naruku's threat lightly?

"Naruku was here and he chased after me but I got away with only a busted knee. Ta DA! I live!" Hojo said triumphantly.

"Oh well…how is the baby?" Erin asked twirling her hair with her finger.

"Well, Kagome named her Kara and she…I must say…has my good looks."

Erin laughed.

"So, did you talk to the lawyers?" Hojo asked biting his lip.

"Yeah…they told me that it took a year to get a divorce." Erin's voice went sad. She had hoped for it to be a lot sooner. She wanted to marry Hojo as fast as possible.

"A YEAR?" Hojo was shocked. He thought it took only a matter of days.

"Yes, is something wrong with that?" Erin asked confused.

"I only want to be with you, baby." Hojo said smiling. He had no real intention to marry her. She was a decoy to get out of the whole Daddy and family thing. As soon as he was free. He would STAY free.

"Oh Hojo. I am so happy. Oops! I got to go! I have to go do my pictures for the magazine now. Love you!" Erin said ready to hang up.

"Love you to." Hojo laughed as he hung up. Life was going his way. He was going to have a lifetime of fun!

"I am the luckiest man in the world!" Hojo said to himself.

"No your not…."

Hojo flung around.

Naruku stood 5 feet away. Naruku's eyes were ablaze and his smile was pure evil. Hojo backed up as far as he could. He dropped his cell phone. Naruku advanced.

"We all have different degrees of being lucky. Everyone that is worth anything that is. I am lucky because I have a wonderful, hot, sexy wife that I will never leave and someday have a family with. Kagome is also lucky. Now that she has the baby…her heart will mend. Kagome is lucky that she has that child. That she can hold to and love But I guess you can consider her the luckiest as soon as she gets rid of you. Sango is lucky because of her friends and family. Same with Rin. You know…a lot people are lucky in this world. But you…are not even listed. You…you have nothing. How can you be lucky when you have nothing?" Naruku asked.

"I have family!" Hojo protested.

"What family? Oh you mean the one that won't talk to you after what they heard happened? The family that disowned you? Or the family that you almost, ALMOST had?" Naruku asked. Naruku's eyes bore into Hojo's. Hojo began to shrink.

"I have…I have Erin!" Hojo said in a matter-of-fact-tone.

"HA! I think that we both know how long that will last. Two months? Two weeks? Two days? We both know that you don't want Erin. All you wanted was to be free. You hate being tied down. You hate it! What makes Erin so special?" Naruku asked knowing that he had Hojo.

Hojo began to shake. "What…what do you want with me?"

"I wanted you to leave and never bother Kagome, Kikyo, Kara, and myself alone but…you denied us that pleasure. So now…your you have to pay." Naruku said coming forward. "After this I want you to stay away…AWAY. After tonight, consider yourself and Kagome are no longer attached. After tonight…Kagome…is free. If you say anything about what is going to happen to you tonight I will just say that it was in self-defense. You threatened my wife, Kagome, and the baby and I'll become the hero that took you out. Kikyo will defend me and so will Kagome. No one is on your side. Not even Erin. What is really nice about all of this is…you told Erin that all you got was a bloody knee from me which means…that the damage that I do to you…won't be connected to me."

Hojo cringed. Naruku had him.

Meanwhile…

Kagome was nursing the baby while Kikyo looked outside the window. She scanned the parking lot and the entrances to the hospital. That was when she saw three familiar faces. "Kagome! Sango, Rin, and Miroku are here!" Kikyo said smiling watching them carry balloons and boxes.

"Good. I was wondering when they were gonna be here." Kagome said with a tired smile. Kagome put the baby down and covered herself. Then she wrapped the baby up nice and tight. But Kagome's hands trembled and could barley do it.

Kikyo looked at her sister. Her sister was drained. "Kagome…maybe they should come back later, so you can get some sleep." Kikyo said walking over and taking Kara from Kagome.

Kikyo laid Kara in her plastic "crib" and put a hat Kara's head.

"No…I'm alright." Kagome said lightly. Then she added, "She is the most beautiful baby, isn't she?" Kagome asked softly.

"Well, she is but…that is only until Naruku and I start producing." Kikyo said with a grin. The two sisters looked at each other and began to laugh.

"I wish mom could have seen her." Kagome wished as they controlled their laughter.

"Yeah…but I have a feeling that Mom got to see her in heaven. Maybe even played with her. You never know." Kikyo said sitting down on Kagome's bed. Kikyo wrapped one arm around her sister and hugged her.

1

He couldn't take much more. His body was aching. His blood was pounding. What was going on? The world seemed to swirl around him.

Naruku stood above him and watched Hojo on his hands and knees. Naruku was disgusted. This was a pathetic excuse for a human.

Naruku yanked Hojo's head up by his hair. Naruku kneed him in face. Hojo was bleeding out of his nose now. Naruku yanked Hojo up and kicked him in the chest. Hojo went down on his knees.

"Oh my! Look how tiny her hands are!" Rin exclaimed as Sango and her stared at the baby. The baby was now dead asleep and didn't…couldn't hear a word that they said.

"I know! Oh…look at her perfect head. Oh my…Kagome your baby is wonderfully beautiful." Sango said touching the baby's face.

"Do you know what? I think Sango and I could beat that." Miroku casually said on the other side of the "cradle".

"I…I have no Idea what you are talking about…. we…we only went on 2 dates!" Sango said flushed.

Kagome, Kikyo, and Rin laughed. "I don't know…Naruku's and my babies will be pretty hard to beat." Kikyo said. Rin smiled "That is if you two ever get started!"

Kikyo flushed. "Well what about you? Any guys in your life?" Sango asked turning the focus onto Rin.

To everyone's surprise…she blushed bright red. "Oh my gosh! Does this mean that the dateless Rin has a Boyfriend?" Kikyo asked paying her back.

"Well…we…we aren't…he is just a friend." Rin stammered.

"Right." Kagome said rolling her eyes.

"I get it! He is just a friend who you can get friendly with!" Miroku said smiling.

Rin was redder then red. "Look…I don't know what exactly is going so…" Rin said.

"Yeah except that she is falling in love!" Kagome laughed. It was so nice to just sit there and laugh with her friends. This was she can forget…forget everything.

"Tell us his name!" Kikyo pleaded.

Naruku turned Hojo onto his back. Hojo's eyes were barely closed. "Please…stop…please!" Hojo pleaded.

"When Kagome said that to you, you didn't! You had to throw it back in her face after she went through 4 hours of labor! 4 hours of intense pain! Yes she has had 6 hours to get her strength back but that doesn't mean she is still fee from the pain. Everything that you are feeling isn't compared to what Kagome is feeling. You remember that. Next time you tell a woman that you love her…it better be true. You better remember all of this pain so I don't have to do this again. Better me than my wife." Naruku kicked him in the chest then walked the 10 minutes back to Kagome's room.

Hojo just laid where he was. After 20 minutes he opened his eyes to see Naruku gone. Hojo breathed a sigh of relief.

"Come on Rin tell us his name!" Sango pleaded.

"Nope. Can't. He made me promise." Rin shook her head in defiance.

"When will he let you tell?" Kikyo asked laying her head in Kagome's lap.

"I hope soon. I want you all to meet him…. but he doesn't like people that much." Rin said smiling.

"I hate to interrupt everything that is going on but Kagome needs her sleep. She is a mother now and not some irresponsible adult." Naruku said walking in. Kikyo smiled and she ran to him. Naruku picked her up as if she was a feather.

"You are right. Come on Sango. Rin. It is about time getting back to the schools campus." Miroku said standing up and putting the chair back to where it belongs. Sango and Rin grumbled as they kissed Kagome good-bye.

Kagome was sad to see them go but…Naruku was right. She WAS tired. Kagome laid down and pulled the covers up to her chin.

"Kagome? Do you want me to stay here tonight?" Kikyo asked who was getting down from Naruku's arms.

Even though Kikyo was right there…her voice seemed distant. "No…go home. It is time for everyone to go to sleep." Kagome said yawning.

"I'll see you tomorrow, Kagome." Kikyo said leaning down and kissing her head goodnight.

"Tomorrow…" Kagome murmured falling asleep. Kikyo smiled.

"Come on Naruku…lets go home." Kikyo whispered.

Outside was fresh and cool. The night air whipped around them. Naruku smiled as he wrapped his arm around his wife. "Do you think she'll be all right?" Kikyo asked Naruku. "Yeah…she'll be fine."

Just before they got to their car they came to a shattered pot that had a crushed flower.

"So…that's where Hojo's flower went." Naruku said midily. Kikyo smiled broadly. "I had so much doing it too. Wouldn't be nice if you could wish him away?" Kikyo asked.

"Honey? It would be nice if you could wish everything away." Naruku said with a smile.

In the car Kikyo finally got to ask Naruku about Hojo.

"Hojo…is taken care of my dear. He will never harm Kagome again." Was all Naruku would say.

But Kikyo got to see for herself. As they drove out of the parking lot their headlights rested on someone who was trying to walk to the hospital. Blood ran down his lips and his nose.

As they passed him Kikyo leaned over and gave Naruku a kiss on the lips. "I love you." She whispered into his ear. Naruku shivered. "Just wait till we get home. Then we can finish what we started before Kagome interrupted." Naruku said his voice husky. Kikyo smiled. "I cannot wait my love…I cannot wait."

Foxgem: I know what you all are thinking. 'This is a INU/KAG fanfic! Where is Inuyasha!' Hold on. He IS coming. Think and I think you'll know when you'll meet him. Sess is Inuyasha's brother…Rin doesn't name her guy…hmmm. It really isn't that hard. This is the last chapter in this time frame. We will be skipping some years in the next Chapter!