Inuyasha and the others made it back to the village and went to see kaede. Inuyasha almost literally tore her door down to see if kagome was there. "Oi! Kaede! Where did kagome go! I know she was here!" Kaede looked up at inuyasha, seeing his fear and his hurt, wishing she had not made the promise to kagome not to tell. "I was sworn to secrecy inuyasha. I cannot break my word." He gazed into her eyes, showing her his fear and love for kagome. "At least tell me this kaede...is she okay?" Kaede realized she would not be breaking her promise if she was only telling him kagomes well being. "She is not very healthy inuyasha. She is much too thin for her current...condition..." she paused, not knowing if inuyasha was aware of kagomes pregnancy yet, "she is in bad shape, thankfully i had some herbs here to help her, but she is still not where she needs to be. I did all that she would let me do. Just know that she is safe now, and i am keeping an eye on her." Kaede was surprised as inuyasha suddenly swept her into a hug. She was even more surprised when he started sobbing on her shoulder. "Thank you kaede...for taking care of her. Please let me know if there is anything i can do to help you with her. She won't let me near her, but i can gather you herbs for her and the pup." Kaede patted him on the back as she replied "thank ye inuyasha, and i will try to convince her to see ye. I'm sure she is just scared of ye being angry at her. She does love the child though inuyasha, you should see her when she thinks she is alone, talking it, calling it her little inuyasha, telling it how much she loves its father. Give her time inuyasha, she will realize ye will not be angry." Inuyasha nodded and walked out of the hut, going to sit by his tree.
Inuyasha gathered food and herbs for kagome and the pup through kaede, following her to the cave kagome was in, hoping to get a glimpse of her. It seemed, however, she was well protected, for he could hear her once in a while and tried to talk to her, she seemed unable to hear him or was unwilling to let him know she could. He sat outside every day, talking to her through the cave, telling her how much he wished he could see her, not caring if she could hear or not.
Kagome indeed heard him talking to her, he would say how much he loved her and wanted to hold her, and he eventually talked about how he knew she was pregnant with his pup and how happy he was. This brought tears to her eyes as she heard the hurt in his voice that she was afraid of him. She sighed, making up her mind, and went to the cave entrance. She placed her hand on his shoulder and he gave a jump of surprise, his surprise quickly changing to happiness as he took her sight in. She was finally filling out correctly thanks to kaede and her herbs and food. He took her in his arms and held her, both crying into each other. "Im so sorry inuyasha-" Kagome started to say but Inuyasha stopped her. "It doesn't matter now kagome, you're here and that's all that matters." He pulled her into a kiss, slightly stroking her stomach. "I'm not going anywhere."