Kohaku pulled his truck into the gravel driveway of Rin's house. "You sure have a nice house," he commented.
Rin hadn't been big on talking on their drive over and still didn't particularly care for his obnoxious chatter.
Kohaku pulled his truck out of the hospital and onto the main road going out of town. "So what's your name?" he asked.
"Rini," she answered simply.
"I hope you're feeling better, Rini. When I found you, you were in pretty bad shape." He looked at her for a brief moment before looking back at the road.
"Hn," she hummed.
"You look better." He commented with a smile.
Was he seriously flirting with her? She just got out of the hospital and still had two broken legs and a mostly broken arm! Well, okay, that wasn't entirely true, but still...it felt weird…
She decided to stare out the window for most of the drive and give an occasional 'hm' to acknowledge she was listening; she wasn't really, though.
She opened her door and slowly moved her right leg out of the truck while Kohaku hastily jumped out and hurried to the back and get the wheelchair the hospital had given her.
He unfolded it and wheeled it beside Rin's open door and helped her slide into the faux leather seat. He pushed it to the porch and lifted it up the few steps. Surprisingly, she wasn't very heavy making it relatively easy to pull her up the steps.
She reached in her purse and allowed her fingers to fumble around until they found the cold metal of her keys. She looked at the various keys attached to the ring and wondered which one went to the door.
Kohaku tried several different keys before the lock finally turned, allowing the door to open. By the time they managed to figure out which key fit, Rin was shivering and rubbing her hands together in an attempt to warm them.
Kohaku hastily pushed her inside and closed the door. He walked over to the fireplace and immediately turned the knob that ignited the fire. He placed a few logs in and stood back and looked at Rin. "Do you need me to get you anything? Are you hungry?" He asked.
Rin shook her head and looked out the window at the slowly falling snowflakes.
Kohaku followed her gaze out the window. "Crap! Its already snowing?!" He fretted. "The weatherman said it wasn't supposed to snow until midday!"
A small, almost unnoticeable, smile of amusement crept across Rin lips.
"If it's snowing, I can't go home." He stated, glaring out the window at the snow.
The smile that once graced her lips suddenly vanished at this piece of information. He was going to have to stay? Here? With her? Alone?
She shuttered. Something deep within her stomach turned and she immediately felt like she was going to be sick. She covered her hand with her mouth and her cheeks paled.
"Are you okay?" He took a quick step toward her and knelt down to look her in the eyes.
She quickly shook her head. "I think I'm going to be sick." She squeezed her eyes shut and tried with all her might to keep the bile in her throat from coming any further up.
He leapt to his feet and raced to the kitchen and returned a moment later with a large orange plastic bowl. He held it in front of her.
She latched onto the bowl the moment her will gave out. Her stomach heaved but produced nothing. She had not eaten any real food since before she had been in the crash. Maybe even before that, her mind raced and whipped around in circles.
Kohaku fell into a crouch and rubbed her back as she continued to heave into the unsettlingly empty bowl. Once she pulled back and took in a deep breath to steady herself, he looked up into her eyes, "You need to eat something."
She shook her head. "I don't think I could eat right now if I wanted to." She wiped at her mouth with the sleeve of her sweater she had put on their way there.
"Please try." He implored.
Rin looked into his large brown eyes and saw that he was literally begging. Did everyone here have brown eyes? She nodded.
Rin swallowed hard as Kohaku stood up from his squat and headed for the kitchen. She rubbed her stomach and groaned. What was causing her to be puking? Was it because she hadn't eaten? Maybe it was the after effects of the concussion she got in the accident...
No. It can't be that. That happened days ago, she thought to herself, still slightly dazed. And besides, wouldn't the doctors have told her of any lasting side effects?
Kohaku returned a moment later and wheeled her carefully into the kitchen beside the table. "I found some rice in your fridge that looked pretty good, so I warmed it up for you."
Rin nodded, unsure if she wanted to thank him for the food she didn't want. "Thanks." She mumbled agitatedly.
He nodded and then proceeded to pull a chair away from the table to make room for her. He pushed her up to the table as the microwave beeped, signaling her food was warm. He placed it in front of her and sat down on the other side, so he was facing her.
She poked at her food with her chopsticks. After looking up and receiving a pleading glare from Kohaku, she decided to take a small bite. The moment the food touched her tongue, she completely forgot that she had been heaving only a minute before and scarfed the food until none was left.
"I didn't realize how hungry I was." She mused, her sour mood had lightened with her consumption of food. She blushed when she saw him still staring at her.
"I'm like that sometimes, too." He admitted. Upon noticing her slight blush, he craned his head around to get a closer look at her house. The table had a white lace place mat in the center with a crystal vase filled with blue roses.
Blue roses, he thought, longing to attain the impossible.
He had always been fascinated with nature and flowers. He had gone so far as to find out the meaning of certain flowers and what their color signified. Although he was sure it was just a coincidence she would have a vase filled with blue roses, it still didn't stop the unsettling feeling in the pit of his stomach that something didn't feel right.
The table itself was a deep shade of mahogany, beautifully complementing the milky white, cream colored walls that surrounded the three huge windows in each of the three walls. The windows were huge and gave a clear view into the snow blanketed forest and the frost covered lake.
He figured the house was at least three stories tall, if not more, from the glance he had gotten when they arrived.
Kohaku found himself strangely interested on how she could have possibly paid for a house this size. She had to have someone else that was helping her. A husband? No, he didn't see a ring on her finger. Perhaps family? Though that was possible, he didn't see any photographs of...anyone. Her house was unnervingly vacant.
Kohaku was pulled out of his train of thought and no-so-concealed gawking at her beautiful and frightening house when he heard the clink of her chopsticks hitting the bowl. It took a moment to register they were staring at each other. Kohaku instantly looked away and scratched the back of his neck. "I don't think we've been formally introduced. My name is Kohaku. I'm sorry if this is strange to have someone you don't know inside your house."
Rin shook her head. "It's alright. I'm grateful you saved me. You're actually one of the only people I know..." She locked her gaze out the window, obviously lost in thought.
"You must have friends, right? Family?" He asked, suddenly concerned that she seemed not have anyone to be friendly towards. She seemed friendly enough, so she should have friends, right?
Right?
"I don't know." She confessed, never bringing her hollow gaze off the pale pink flowers that seemed to be budding on a tree outside her window. "I can't remember anything before waking up in the hospital."
"Nothing?" His eyes grew wide. She had amnesia? She must have been hurt worse than he thought when he found her half dead on the side of the road.
"Nothing." She confirmed, breaking her gaze from the flowers to look at him. Mostly to see his reaction, nothing more.
"Well, I guess that means you can't tell me anything about yourself." He chuckled nervously.
"Nah. I can't even tell myself." She beamed.
An awkward moment of silence passed before anything was said.
"So why do you think it was that you...you know...puked?" Kohaku asked with an expression of confusion and worry.
"Could be because of the concussion I had." She answered coolly.
"Maybe, but I thought the side effects for that only lasted a day or so…"
"Don't ask me." She put her hands in the air defensively and giggled.
Kohaku couldn't stifle the giggle rising in his throat. He giggled and shook his head, smiling.
"I think we're going to be great friends."
Kohaku looked up at her with a smile. "Really?"
"Definitely."
Great. Friendzoned, Kohaku sighed.
...
Kagome flew out of the passenger door of Inuyasha car faster than Inuyasha could even turn it off.
To say that she was mad would be a major understatement. She helped Rin get away from her cheating husband, fully knowing the implications, and now here she was; at the police station where her brother-in-law had been booked for murder.
Great, she fumed, just fucking wonderful. This exactly what I needed right now.
"Kagome, wait!" Inuyasha jumped out of the car and was forced to use his demonic speed to catch up with her.
"How in the hell could he let this happen?!" She shrieked as Inuyasha grabbed her shoulders to hold her steady.
"I don't know, but we shouldn't jump to conclusions. First we need to find out why he was arrested." Inuyasha tried to sooth her.
"They told you he was booked for MURDER! They don't do that for no reason, Inuyasha!" She half-growled, half-screamed.
Inuyasha looked up at the police station in front of them to see some of the cops eyeing them suspiciously. "Kagome, bring your voice down!" He hissed. "You are drawing unwanted attention to us."
"I don't care!" She shouted. "Rin is missing and Sesshomaru is in jail on his third offence! Rin is pregnant and...and-and Sesshomaru is in JAIL!" She screeched.
"You already said that. Kagome, calm down. Please." He leaned down to look her directly in the eye. "You're hyperventilating." He rubbed small circles on her shoulder with his thumb in an effort to calm her.
She closed her eyes and breathed deeply a couple times before her heart rate returned to normal.
"Are you okay to go in there?"
"I'll manage." She brushed him off and started walking toward the entrance of the police station. She pushed open the left door and waited for Inuyasha to walk through.
He glanced over his shoulder at Kagome as he passed by and stopped as soon as he was inside to wait for her.
A shapely woman with long dark brown hair, threatening to be black, tied up into a ponytail sat behind the front desk. She looked up from the book she was engrossed in and studied Inuyasha and Kagome closely.
"How can I help you?" She asked with a wide smile.
Kagome frowned and Inuyasha sighed.
"We need to speak to our brother. Sesshomaru?" Kagome asked.
The woman paused for a moment. "Is he on duty today? If he is, he won't be here."
Kagome shook her head and almost burst out laughing despite her foul mood. The mere thought of Sesshomaru being a policeman was just...outlandish and frankly, hilarious.
"No. He was...arrested."
The woman furrowed her brows and fell silent. "What was his offence?" She questioned seriously.
How could she know they were here to see a murderer? The poor girl was in for a shock, Kagome thought. "Murder." Kagome mumbled. "But we really need to see him as soon as possible." She added quickly.
The woman behind the desk looked as shocked as Kagome was stressed. It took her a minute to process what she heard before realizing they were still standing in front of her waiting for her response. "H-human or-or demon?" She stuttered.
"Demon." Inuyasha replied smoothly.
The woman turned to her computer and clicked a couple times before asking another question. "Name?"
"Sesshomaru Takahashi." Kagome said absently.
"The Sesshomaru Takahashi?" She looked back at Kagome with wide eyes.
"Yeah." Kagome scoffed.
The woman looked back at her computer and scrolled down until she found his name. She squinted and pointed at the screen as she spoke. "Sesshomaru Takahashi is in the first room on the left down the hall. Here," She stood up and walked out from behind her desk. "I'll take you there."
"Thank you...ummm…" Kagome prompted.
"Sango. You can call me Sango." She smiled.
"Thanks, Sango." Kagome returned a polite smile even though she was about to implode upon herself.
Sango lead them down a dimly lit hallway to the right of her desk. Halfway down, Kagome could see a warm orange and yellow glow of an office, but further down was another story; it was bathed in a cold, blueish-grey color. Sango lead them into the office-like area filled with paperwork covered desks and bustling officers and detectives of all shapes and sizes.
"Koga!" Sango yelled, startling Inuyasha and Kagome.
A tall demon with tan skin and long black hair tied up in a ponytail, turned a full 180 at the sound of his name being called. He maneuvered smoothly through the overcrowded maze of desks to find himself face to face with the young beautiful woman that is Kagome.
"And who might this lovely woman be?" He asked Sango, his eyes never leaving Kagome's.
Inuyasha snarled. "Watch it, bud…"
Sango rolled her eyes. "This is Kagome and Inuyasha. They are here to see their brother. In room two?" She half glared at him.
He's going to get himself maimed, Sango mused to herself.
Koga snapped his vision to the viciously snarling hanyou. He looked back at Kagome who was blushing profusely.
"Brother, huh? Well, they definitely seem to have the same temper." Koga huffed.
Kagome raised a questioning eyebrow. "The same? Psht, not even close."
"Maybe...Takahashi seemed worse so, I guess you're right..." He shrugged.
"Worse?! No! He's always calm and collected about everything!" Kagome shrieked. She hit Inuyasha with her elbow to silence the growls that were continuously emanating from somewhere deep in the back of his throat.
Inuyasha shot her a sidelong look from his position beside her and took a deep breath, trying to repress his outburst of possessiveness for his mate. He pondered what the wolf demon Inuyasha, concluded from the way he looked and smelled, had said about his half-brother that was currently being held in a 'room two.' "Kagome, you must keep it in mind that he has not seen his mate in two weeks." Inuyasha placed a single clawed hand on her shoulder.
"Well, yeah, but he can't be that bad, right?" Kagome asked skeptically.
Sango and Koga exchanged worried glances, catching the attention of Inuyasha but not Kagome, who was still staring at the hanyou in confusion and disbelief.
"Two weeks?" Sango asked. "That would explain it." She muttered more to herself than anyone else.
"Explain what? What did that baka do now?" Inuyasha crossed his arms.
Kagome sighed at the fact that her mate had lost his logical attitude and reverted back to his passive-aggressive intuitive side. She shook her head disapprovingly even though she, too, wanted to know the answer. Just what had she meant by that?
Sango opened her mouth to answer but was cut off by Koga. "He came in pretty smoothly, but then he started resisting and even attacked one on my officers. We were forced to take...precautions." Koga rubbed at his chin as he spoke as if trying not to say the wrong thing.
"Precautions?" Kagome tilted her head slightly to the side, half in confusion, half worry.
"You'll see." He turned, expecting the group to follow. Koga led them further down the hallway towards the blueish-grey light.
As they got closer, Kagome could see that the light was emanating from white lightbulbs in the celling and were reflecting off the grey material that surrounded them. Was she imagining the blue tint? There was no blue anywhere in sight that the light could be shining off of.
They walked further down the hall until they were faced with two doors on either side of them. The one on the right was a normal-looking, firm plastic with a rectangular window with the number '1' painted in bold black above the door.
Inuyasha looked to the door on his left while Kagome continued to survey their surroundings. The door was made out of solid steel with no windows, unlike its counterpart across the hall. A bold '2' had been painted over the door.
This was the room they're keeping Sesshomaru in? Just what in the hell had he done to land himself in a place like this? Kagome had been correct when she said that he had always been calm about everything. Not even at his and Rin's wedding had he showed his emotions. Inuyasha pondered the reasoning.
The door looked secure enough to withstand an explosion from close range; strong enough to cage even the most fearsome demons. Take Sesshomaru for example. Powerful daiyoukai that he was, he would still be unable to break through the door.
Sango unclasped a keychain off her belt and shifted through the various keys that dangled from the loop. Her fingers landed on a thick metal key with small engravings on the side that read, 'HR2'.
H...R...2..., Inuyasha thought. Holding room…?
She pushed the key inside and turned with both hands. The noise that emanated from the unlocking bolts in the door echoed down the hallway and silenced the already muffled chatter coming from the office.
Kagome held her breath and Inuyasha tensed, although why was a mystery. They were just going to see Sesshomaru in there. Probably sitting with his back to the door and snarling continuously. No one else. So why were they so anxiously cautious? Kagome half expected the hinges on the door to creak as the door slowly opened. Though, because it didn't only made the situation more unnervingly quiet.
That was true...until Sesshomaru moved. The metallic sound of the metal chains that bound him to the wall being dragged against the metal of the room was stomach turning.
Kagome stepped in first and cast a deadly glare at her brother-in-law. He bared his fangs to her as his lips curled into a snarl and let a low growl.
Inuyasha came in second to find that Kagome and his brother had already engaged in a heated glare. His arms swayed at his side as he came to his spot beside Kagome and crossed them over his chest when he stopped. How amusing it was for him to see his brother, Sesshomaru, chained to a wall. Inuyasha found it unbearably hilarious but managed to stifle the laugh that was clawing its way up his throat. Instead, he settled for a smirk that covered his entire lips. Not even he was stupid enough to do what his brother had done.
Sesshomaru lifted his head from its half-limp position that he was using to his advantage of glaring at Inuyasha's mate, to see who else had entered his personal prison. He was ready to kill the next being the dared ask him any more question as to why he did what he did. He needed no reason. The bitch deserved to die. Sesshomaru snarled when he saw that his hanyou brother had entered with his mate by his side.
"Sesshomaru, what the hell?!" Kagome exploded.
Sesshomaru fixed his gaze onto the woman and glared at her with everything he had; a slight red aura was beginning to emanate around him in the dark of the room and his eyes slowly turning a glowing crimson red.
"Yeah, Sesshomaru. Seriously, what the hell?" Inuyasha put a protective arm around Kagome's waist.
Sesshomaru's beast envied that his brother had his mate by his side while she was pregnant. His beast couldn't fathom why Sesshomaru was resisting his desires for his own mate, especially while she was carrying his pup. Had he known, he wouldn't have done the things that he did. He shouldn't have done them in the first place. What a fool he had become.
"I am not obligated to explain my actions to you or anyone else." Sesshomaru growled.
Kagome flinched and Inuyasha's grip on her tightened. Inuyasha leaned over and whispered in Kagome's ear to leave and allow him to handle things with Sesshomaru alone. She immediately protested but Inuyasha was able to convince her to leave.
Sango instantly got the message when Kagome went for the door. Koga, on the other hand, hadn't even bothered to go in once the door was open and walked back to the office muttering something about Sesshomaru roughing up a few of his officers.
Kagome hesitantly walked out the door and shot Inuyasha one last worried glance before she disappeared from sight.
Inuyasha turned back to his brother once the door was shut and they were once again enshrouded in a deadly silence. "Alright. Just who in the hell did you kill this time?" Inuyasha asked sarcastically and was answered with a throaty growl from the chained figure.
"The bitch deserved what she got." Sesshomaru growled.
"Who and why?" Inuyasha crossed his arms again, feeling particularly smart for making his remark sound the way it did.
Sesshomaru growled louder at his brother's stupidity.
"Alright, how about I try to guess, eh?" Inuyasha smirked.
"She killed her." Sesshomaru was determined to keep his voice stiff, but how could he when he was being forced to remember his mate being killed?
"Okay so at least I know that it's a sh- WAIT, what?! Who killed who?!" Inuyasha demanded.
"Kagura." Sesshomaru hissed and mentally kicked himself for saying her name.
"Wait so... Kagura's dead?"
Sesshomaru only growled in acknowledgment.
"So you killed her, then? That still doesn't explain..." Inuyasha went silent at the realization. Kagome had told him earlier that Rin still hadn't called and now Sesshomaru saying a 'her' was dead. This is bad, Inuyasha thought. This is really, really bad.
Inuyasha ran his hand through his hair and frustration. How could he let this happen?! How could he let Kagome take her to Jakotsu's knowing she was going to leave the city?! How?! How could he let this happen?! "Kagura killed Rin." Inuyasha whispered in realization.
Sesshomaru stayed quiet despite the internal beating he was administering himself. How could he let this happen? How could he have even touched any other woman besides Rin? His mate. How?! How could he let this happen?! If he had just been better to her, none of this would be happening. He and Rin would most likely be sitting at home watching the snow fall with her resting peacefully in his arms. Kagura would still be alive.
"This is my fault." Sesshomaru said grimly.
"No. This is my fault." Inuyasha corrected him. "If I hadn't let Kagome take her to Jakotsu's, or if I hadn't let her take Rin to your office that night..." Inuyasha turned away from Sesshomaru and hunched over with his left hand on his hip and his right rubbing his face. "Oh God, this is all so messed up." He mumbled.
"It is not your fault. It is mine. I was a terrible husband and I am the one who drove her away. It is no one's fault but my own." Sesshomaru stated almost emotionally.
Inuyasha changed moods rather quickly at his brother's confession. "Yeah, actually, you were a terrible husband, not to mention a horrible mate. Why in seven hells were you acting like that?!" Inuyasha growled.
Sesshomaru snarled at his brother's outburst. "Because, staying away from her was the only thing I could do to keep my hands off her. After I marked her as my mate, she avoided me at all costs. So, I refrained from touching her."
"Staying away, huh? More like screwing any woman that would have you." Inuyasha huffed.
"No!" Sesshomaru hissed. "The only women I bedded were Rin and Kagura."
Kagome pushed the door open and saw both Inuyasha and his brother stare in her direction. "I was listening to you two talk and... Sesshomaru…," She nearly whimpered but managed to keep her voice from cracking. "After you marked Rin, we went out for lunch that next day and all she would talk about was you and," Kagome's eyes watered and Inuyasha made his way over to her. "And how happy she was that you had finally marked her. She told me that you guys...you know...and she said that she was extremely self-conscious that she wasn't very good. Sesshomaru, she was waiting for you. She wanted you to seek her out because she was too embarrassed to do it herself." A tear slid down her cheek at the thought of how terrible things had turned out. Rin was dead and Sesshomaru in jail.
Sesshomaru's eyes were downcast in shame. He had misunderstood her reaction? She wanted him...to go after her? She was self-conscious about whether she was good in bed or not? Sesshomaru wondered how she could have ever thought of such a ludicrous idea. She was amazing. And it had taken everything he had not to take her when he pleased.
Inuyasha hugged Kagome and allowed her to cry into his red hoodie until there was nothing left for her to cry out.
Kagome swiped at her eyes and pulled out a pocket mirror to correct her smeared makeup. Once she regained her sense of rightness, she turned to Inuyasha. "Rin can't be dead. I would know if my best friend was dead." She narrowed her eyes.
Inuyasha's expression fell. He shook his head slightly with his mouth pulled into a tight line. "Kagome, you yourself said she would call and...she hasn't..." Inuyasha whispered grimly.
"No!" She shrieked. "I would know if she's dead! And she's not dead." Kagome insisted.
"Alright, calm down. Maybe there is somebody we can call. Who lives up there that might know if something like that happened?" Inuyasha said anything to calm her.
"I know somebody who live up there." Sango pitched in.
"Who?" Kagome asked frantically.
"You said your friend was pregnant, right? Well, if she's not dead, she would have gone to see a doctor about it right? I know a gynecologist that works at the hospital up there." She explained.
"Oh! Inuyasha, doesn't one of Jakotsu's brother's also work at a hospital up there?" Kagome asked hopefully.
"Yeah. Doesn't Totosai also live up there? We could call him. Last I heard he was driving an airport taxi. He might have seen her." Inuyasha sighed.
Sesshomaru wasn't listening but when he caught Kagome's scent, he snarled.
Inuyasha whipped around to look at him. "What?! She may still be alive, I thought you might be happy about something like that."
"I'm thrilled." He said in a deadly sarcastic manner. "Now leave." He demanded.
Inuyasha turned to Kagome and shooed her out of the room to have a word with his brother privately.
As soon as Kagome was out of the room, Sesshomaru breathed in deeply, relieved that her scent was no longer tainting the air.
"What the hell?" Inuyasha growled.
"Your mate is emitting a foul odor. I believe you know what that means, correct?" Sesshomaru stared at his brother blindly.
"Foul odor? I didn't smell anything different about her. No, Sesshomaru, what does it mean?"
"She is carrying your pup, moron. You mean to tell me you didn't know?" Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow.
"Look who's talking" Inuyasha barked before he really heard what Sesshomaru had said. "Sorry, I...didn't mean that." He rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly while Sesshomaru snarled.
"I suggest you keep her on a short leash, Inuyasha. You see what happens when you don't."
Inuyasha was taken aback at Sesshomaru's remark. He hadn't expected Sesshomaru to compare his situation with Rin to his with Kagome. Inuyasha chuckled inwardly. He was going to be a father! He was going to be a father... Oh god, he knew nothing about being a parent! "Me and Kagome will probably not be back for a while." Inuyasha pursed his lips into a thin line.
"Don't bother. And don't bring her back. I prefer to be able to breathe." Sesshomaru lowered his head back down to its limp position.
Inuyasha nodded and left the room. He found Kagome chatting with Sango by the front entrance of the police station. "Come on Kagome, we're leaving. Now." He ordered.
Kagome nodded and handed a slip of paper with her phone number on it to Sango who smiled and slipped the paper in her pants pocket. "Call me." Kagome beamed.
Inuyasha wasn't sure how much longer he could take Kagome's recent mood swings. First she was so pissed off that she was hyperventilating and then she was crying and then happy as can be all in the course of thirty minutes. Inuyasha sighed and pushed the door open for her to walk through. As soon as he stepped onto the pavement, he reached in his hoodie pocket and pressed the 'unlock' button on his car keys.
Kagome slid into the passenger seat and waited for Inuyasha to turn the car on. "So what happened in there after me and Sango left?" She asked.
"Kagome. I need to tell you something and I really don't want you to freak out." He said seriously.
Her eyes narrowed. "Inuyasha, tell me what?"
Inuyasha roasted his elbow on the console and rubbed his eyes with his thumb and index fingers. "Sesshomaru, he…uhh... He smelled something just before he told you to leave the room."
"Smelled something? On me? Like what?" She asked accusingly.
"You're…ummm... You're sort of... God, how do I say this...?" Inuyasha mumbled.
"Spit it out!" She demanded.
"Kagome, you're sort of...pregnant." Inuyasha smiled crookedly.
Kagome's face went completely pale. "P-pregnant?" She asked in shock. "I-I'm p-p-pregnant." She stated in astonishment. She and Inuyasha hadn't been trying but...the thought of her actually being pregnant scared her. "I…I'm…" Her voice trailed off as she fainted.
Inuyasha looked at her for a moment, then let out an exasperated sigh. "Just great…" He shifted harshly into drive and peeled away.