Angel: That went well... I no longer have a job. My son got sick and the babysitter won't take him if he's sick because it can make the other kids sick. Because I couldn't be there I got fired... I'm just going to get a part-time job for now.

Sesshoumaru: Perhaps then you will stop complaining about not seeing the child and your spouse?

Angel: Yes I'll quit complaining. And besides that job sucked...

Inuyasha: You're just saying that because you got canned!

Angel: You're an ass, shut up.

Kouga: I GOT LAID!

Inuyasha: And you made her cry! Ha, ha, HA!!

Kouga: I GOT LAID!

Inu: -sighs-

Sesshoumaru: Something wrong?

Inu: I'm wondering how I became so dedicated in this story...

Sesshoumaru: But you're assisting writers on three other stories.

Inu: But I don't know how much longer I can keep my sanity with Inu-baka and Kouga over there.

Inuyasha: You idiot! YOU MADE KAGOME CRY!!

Kouga: They're tears of joy!!

Sesshoumaru: ...

Inu: See what I mean?

Sesshoumaru: -nods- Now I'm wondering how I kept myself away from the thought of slitting my wrists...

Angel: I wonder the same thing sometimes...

Angel's Disclaimer: Sadly I do not own any characters in this story except Chad, and maybe a few others later. They belong to Ms. Rumiko Takahashi and if I owned them Sesshoumaru would be locked in the hall of Bishis for eternity so no fan girl could get drool on his perfectness, except me and now Inu!

Inu's Disclaimer: As she said, I don't own. If I did the pairings in the series Inuyasha and Kikyou would be together, who should be burning in the deepest pit of hell. And that Sesshoumaru would be mine.

Things Change
by Angelmom07 & InuTaiyoukaiGalOfDarkAndLight
Chapter Eight: Losing Yourself

"Kagome? Are you ok?" Kouga asked smelling the salt of her tears. She rolled away from him and curled herself into a ball. "Is it something I did? Something I said?"

Kagome wiped her tears and looked at him. "You didn't do anything," she said softly. "I-I just thought this would... I don't know what I thought. I really like you Kouga, alot, I just don't think I was as ready for this as I thought."

Kouga looked away. "I'm sorry..." he said getting up and putting his clothes back on. "I, uh, I'm gonna call the maid and place our dinner orders. You said a salad right? Anything else?"

Kagome shook her head, looking away to hide the shame in her eyes. He walked out and closed the door behind him to let her be alone. She sat for a few minutes, wondering why she had done it, why she had taken that step. Her subconscious mocked her, I told you not to do it, it said. She laid on his bed with her knees pulled up to her chest. What had she become?

Her eyes drifted shut and when she opened them it was dark outside. She got up and put her clothes on, then started toward the door between the two rooms. Suddenly her whole body ached and screamed at her, her heart clinched like a fist in her chest and she struggled to breath. She felt like her whole world was crashing around her, everything was changing so fast, everything was falling to pieces in front of her and she felt like she had no control. The room spun and suddenly all went dark.

"Kagome, Kagome honey please wake up!" she heard her mother crying out to her.

"Mom? Is that you?"

"Please baby, wake up."

Kagome's eyes fluttered open and she squeezed them shut in defense against the bright light. Her mother grabbed her and pulled her close. "What's going on?" Kagome strained to ask.

"I heard a noise and found you unconscious on the floor," Kouga said softly from the corner of the room.

"Thank you so much again," Kagome's mother said, still holding her daughter close.

Kagome looked around the room. Kouga was in the corner looking at anything but her, Souta was standing beside their mother, relief flooding his young face, and much to her disgust Chad sat in a chair at the foot of her bed. "What happened?"

"We don't know, the doctor wanted to wait until you woke up and talk to you."

Kagome didn't like the sound of that. It was never good when the doctor wanted to talk to you alone... or was it that it was never good when the doctor wanted to talk to the whole family... She couldn't remember, but either way she had a feeling it wasn't good news.

An obviously demon doctor walked in and looked at Kagome. "Miss Higurashi, I'm Dr. Saito, but you can call me Dr. Angel if you like," the woman said extending her hand to the girl. Kagome shook her hand and smiled at the woman, she seemed nice enough.

"Where did Dr. Nasagi go?" Kagome's mother asked, trusting the human doctor much more than the demon doctor.

"Dr. Nasagi called me in because I'm a sort of specialist in this field."

"And what field would that be?" Kagome asked shakily.

"We will discuss that as soon as everyone else leaves. I have a doctor/patient confidentiality clause to follow so none of you can be here. Shoo, go get refreshments or something."

After everyone left the room Dr. Saito turned to Kagome and sniffed the air. Kagome looked at the woman like she was crazy. "Um, what are you doing?" she asked.

The doctor didn't seem to hear her and jotted down notes on her clip board then pulled a cell phone out of her pocket. "Dr. Nasagi? Yes... Yes, I'd say 4 hours or less. Ok, I'm getting ready to talk to her right now. No offense Nasagi but I've been a doctor alot longer then you've been alive, I think I know protocol." She hung up and looked at Kagome. "Sorry about that, well let's get formally introduced first. I'm Dr. Angel Saito, you can call me Dr. Saito, Dr. Angel, or just plain Angel if you'd like, I don't really care for formalities. I'm an inu demon, from the Saito clan, we are in alliance with the Taisho clan, but I'm sure as a human this means nothing to you so sorry for rambling."

"Not at all, I'm really interested in demon clans. My boyfriend is a wolf demon, we talked a little about inu demons as well, he said his father works with Lord Sesshoumaru."

"Ah, I thought the pup looked familiar. Sesshoumaru and myself used to give his father such hell growing up..." Angel said looking nostalgic. "But that's not why we are here. Inuyoukai, such as myself, are usually specialists in disease fields since we can sniff out disease and illness with our heightened sense of smell, but before you panic I am an exception to the rule. I'm an Obstetrician. If trained well enough an inu can catch a pregnancy almost right at conception."

Kagome was lost, utterly confused. "So if your job is to sense pregnancy then why are you here?"

Angel looked dumbfounded at the girl. "Kagome, have you been sexually active recently?"

Kagome's face went from confused to horrified. "You mean..."

"Yes, from what I can tell the fetus is within 4 hours of conception." Kagome tried to wrap her head around the information she just got. "Also sperm can live in a womans body for up to 5, sometimes even 7 days, and you can becopme impregnanted within an hour, or it can be days after you have sex. So if you haven't had sex in the last few days that explains why the fetus was only now concieved. The only reason Dr. Nasagi called me was because all your tests came back good, nothing was wrong and often in powerful mikos such as yourself their aura changes too suddenly for the body to keep up with and causes them to lose consciousness."

Kagome just stared at her hands in her lap. Without even thinking about it a hand went to her stomach. "I'm pregnant..." she said with disbelief. "I'm only 15, I can't be pregnant, I can't take care of a baby..."

Angel placed a hand on Kagome's shoulder. "What ever choice you make I will be here with you every step of the way. It's my job. I only work on miko and demon pregnancies because of the risks that come along with them. Right now I only have 5 other patients so if you need anything don't hesitate to ask."

Kagome looked out the window of her room as she accepted what the doctor was telling her. "I'm pregnant," she said softly to her reflection.

Angel: HAHA! Didn't expect me to be in there did you, or well my OC, but HA!

Kouga: You're all hyped up about that all the while poor Kagome is PREGNANT! Nobody cares about you being in the story, the big thing is Kagome's pregnancy!!!

Sesshoumaru: How did you know Inuyoukai can sense pregnancy so soon?

Angel: -shrugs- My in-laws dog was acting strange around me before I found out I was pregnant so I just figured if dogs can sense it early then dog demons should too.

Inu: Oh, sure, compare us to the animals...

Inuyasha: Shut up, you whiney bitch.

All!!

Inuyasha: Oops...

Inu: -growls-

Sesshoumaru: Should I stop her?

Angel: No I'm bored, this will be entertaining for at least a few minutes.

Inuyasha: -runs away like hell-

Inu: Come back here!