Chapter 9: Karma

I stood at the door a moment longer and just stared at her. I knew it.

"Kikyo. What the hell are you doing here?" I glared at her, but she didn't so much as flinch.

Beaming, she threw her arms around me and squeezed me. I felt waves of confusion cover me. She must have eaten paint chips before she came here.

"I was going to come earlier but I lost my nerve. I'm so happy to see you."

My brain had kicked back into high gear now. Happy to see me, huh? I ripped myself from her embrace and stood back. I clenched my jaw.

"Get out." I went to open the door, but she stuck her foot in front of it, and gave me a hard look.

"Can't you just hear me out?" She begged.

I moved her foot and moved her towards the door, she wriggled out of my grasp and spun behind me. She smiled, proud of herself. I stepped back and closed my eyes. I was running low on patience.

"If you won't go, I will." I turned to walk out of the door, She reached out and grabbed the collar of my shirt

Her smile had melted, her brow furrowed.

"Why are you always running away? I'm trying to make amends here and all you can do is run and hide like you always do."

I felt my anger flare up. "Look, why don't you just go. I said all I needed to say to you back in The States."

"Why are you getting so upset with me?"

"Why? Maybe it's because you're a lying conniving cheating little-" I held my tongue.

"Why do you always have to bring that up?" She sucked her teeth.

"Oh, gee, well I don't know, maybe because you fucking cheated on me?" How did I not realize how delusional she was before?

"A small indiscretion and you can't overlook it?"

"Overlook it? What the fuck? We were engaged Kikyo! I put a fucking ring on your finger and you cheated. I'm thankful I found out before I married your ass!" I spat at her, clenching my fist.

"You're overreacting." She mumbled, crossing her arms walking further into the apartment. "What's the real problem?"

"The real problem is you, Kikyo. You lied to me about who you were, about everything you felt."

"I never lied to you about anything like that." She tried to defend herself.

"You never lied? Oh, now that's a good one." I scoffed, for some reason I felt a pang of guilt. She may not have been the only liar in this relationship, but I never betrayed her like this.

"I didn't, you're the one who broke my heart."

"What the hell do you use your head for? Storage space? You keep cupcakes in there or something?" I asked amazed at how she was making herself the victim.

"Why are you being so mean?" she pouted.

"You made me believe you were someone you weren't."

"I never-" She began but I cut her off.

" Don't start with that bullshit, you slept with a woman for God's sake and now you're trying to defend what you did!" I yelled a little too loudly. I could hear the neighbors make "oohing" noises against the wall. We had gotten loud and the neighbors had front row seats to the train wreck of the year.

"Mind your own business!" She yelled to them.

"We would if you'd shut up!" A disembodied voice yelled back.

I wanted to laugh and then to tear everything apart. Somebody needed to be punched but I couldn't figure out who. I came back to forget about Kikyo and her relentless cloud of bullshit. And she followed me back to Japan. I don't know why I thought I'd be safe here. She had changed, she wasn't the girl I adored senior year, now she was a crazy ass woman. I must have really overlooked the expiration date on this, because when it went sour, it went fast.

"It was a one time thing." She whispered.

"Kikyo this is really pointless so if you could please just leave." I went for the door one more time.

"But I love you."

"If you did, you wouldn't have done what you did so please, just leave."

"Don't act like you're the only one hurt here. I know you compare me to her!" She walked up to me, her face inches from mine. " Don't deny it."

"What are you talking about?" I asked. I shifted uncomfortably and moved back.

"I know you compare me to that bitch." She whispered, her words dripping with jealousy.

I shook my head, and waved her away, stepping away from her. I was getting a headache. I suddenly wanted to go to bed. I wanted to throw her out and sleep until the problems faded.

"Kikyo, please leave." I wanted her out of my face, my home, this country. The more distance the better. Maybe I could tie her up and stow her in the cargo bay of the next plane to Arizona.

"I can't do that." She replied, her voice shaky.

I groaned. "Why the hell not?"

She looked at me her eyes now watery. She went from ready to kill, to looking like a broken little girl. I wasn't in the mood for it.

"Don't give me any of that, just answer the question or go." I growled getting more annoyed.

She looked down, her bangs covering her eyes. She looked back at me, tears now rolling down her face.

"I-I'm pregnant."

I stopped in my tracks and spun around to look at her. I knew she felt and looked a little heavier but I thought she had just gotten fatter or something. The words finally sunk in. I stepped back and just stared at her.

"Fuckin' A..." I fell onto the sofa, and everything seemed to go black.

Kagome's POV

The next morning I woke up and got out of bed feeling liberated, the heart to heart with Sango last night made my shoulders feel a million times lighter. I jumped into the shower, my radio blasting music as I sang along to the lyrics. I had no idea, what was going to happen today, but I was sure I was ready for anything. I dried my hair just enough so it would dry in loose waves. I put on a few touches of make up and finally stepped into an cream colored sundress with ruffles. Oh, Inuyasha, I may look innocent today, but you don't even know. I smirked to myself, finally satisfied with my appearance, I bounced around my room, singing along to the music still. Sango came into my room with two glasses of orange juice.

"Wow someone seems happy." She mused, as she handed me a glass.

"Don't you knock anymore?" I joked, while picking up rejected outfits from off of the floor.

"No, not really." She sat in my chair, sticking her tongue out.

I rolled my eyes and Sango reached into my drawer for a piece of gum and began chewing it anxiously. I looked at her knowingly. She had a weird habit of chewing gum and drinking orange juice when there was something on her mind.

"Okay, you're doing one of your weird things, what's going on?" I dumped my clothes in the hamper and sat on my bed, facing her.

"Nothing." She said, her voice a little too high.

"Liar."

"I am not!." She looked offended.

I put my hand on my hip.

"Ok, you win," She relented. "I guess I'm just a little nervous about Kikyo being here. I mean, what could possibly make her want to come into town out of the blue like this."

"How do you know it's out of the blue, it could have been a planned visit."

Sango shook her head, then went into another one of her trances. Her eyes grew wide, and she stopped mid chew.

"K.K.?"

"Hmm?" I took a sip of my orange juice. If she was going to drop another bomb on me I needed something to get me ready.

"Inuyasha and Kikyo left for California together, did they not?"

I hadn't thought about that. I nodded.

"But not only did he come back, but he came back missing something very vital." She continued.

I tried to follow her train of thought, but Inuyasha left right after graduation. I remember that because we both had had taken two years worth of college credits, a school in California offered us a full ride as well as a job. We'd be making money and our Bachelor's at the same time. I backed out at the last minute opting to go to to school here in Japan instead for obvious reasons. Kikyo tagged along with him, she had no interest in going to college, it's not like she really had the grades to get it anyway. But that can't be what she means. I dug deeper and nearly spilled my juice when it hit me.

"They left engaged." I gasped.

"But last night there was no ring and he's out on a date." She gave an inquisitive look.

"So what happened in California?" I had totally blocked out his engagement to Kikyo. I remember nearly being ready to leave my room, when Sango gave me the news. It condemned me to my bed for an extra week.

"I'm thinking we should ask Miroku." She suggested, getting up to go into the other room.

"Why don't you just put the dude on speed dial already?" I joked. I had a feeling she just really wanted an excuse to call him. I had overheard some of their phone conversation and it was pretty obvious that the two had developed crushes on each other.

"Shaddup!" She yelled from the other room.

I laughed at her and just sat on my bed and drank my juice. I'd bet my right sock that he probably just got bored with her and tossed her to the side like he did with me. I doubt he ever really loved her in the first place, I mean look at what the guy did to me. I finished my juice and was about to take the cup to the kitchen, when Sango came back in scratching her head.

"What's up Song?"

"Miroku said he had big news and they were coming over and just hung up."

"They?"

Sango nodded.

"You think the two of them"

Sango shrugged. "He said Kikyo and Inuyasha had a big fight and that he would tell me more when he saw me. He said the plan was in some serious jeopardy."

I rubbed the back of my neck. I could feel the lifted weight coming back. I turned and looked out of the window, Doubt was running up, threatening to take me down again.

"Today's gonna be one heck of a day isn't it?" I asked.

"Sure looks like it." Sango threw her arms over my shoulders guiding me into the living room to await their arrival.

End of Chapter 9