Pre-Date Jitters and A Surprise

(With Kagome)

She ran around her room frantically after Sango had left. She was going on date TOMARROW! TOMAROW! For crying out loud. She had to figure out what she was going to wear, how she would do her hair, her makeup, her shoes and accessories.

She stopped in her tracks. "Why am I making such a big deal out of this anyways?" she sighed. "Its just one date, not a meeting with my arranged fiancé."

"Kagome? You home?" A woman said with a shaky voice and the sound of a door shutting.

"Yes, Kikyo!" She called. "I'm upstairs in my room!"

Soon the sounds of footsteps on the wooden stairs that led to the second floor reached her ears. Kagome was curious, usually her cousin was light on her feet so you couldn't hear her footsteps on the floor. But her cousin's steps almost sound heavy, tired, and overwhelmed. A soft knock at her bedroom door shook Kagome from he thoughts.

Kagome ran from her bathroom to her bedroom door and opened it to see a teary eyed, red faced disheveled Kikyo standing there.

"Oh my Gosh!" She squeaked covering her mouth with her left hand while her right grabbed her by her elbow and pulled her into the room, quickly shutting the door behind her.

"What happened? Are you okay? Did something happen between you and Inuyasha?" Kagome rambled while pulling her beloved cousin so she could sit on the bed and explain.

A sob tore through Kikyo's tiny frame as she buried her head into her hands. Whispering and mumbling about something not being possible, how Inuyasha would hate her and never want to talk to her again. Kagome grabbed Kikyo by the shoulders, effectively snapping her out of her dazed state.

"Now tell me what happened." Kagome whispered with care, her small hands going to the older woman's face and wiping away her tears in a soothing manor.

"I... I'm..." She sobbed harder as the words would not come to her lips. So she instead reached into her purse that sat at her feet and pulled out a folded piece of white paper. She unfolded the paper, the black words filling her with fear and sadness as they seemed t jump at her from the paper.

The younger woman carefully slipped the paper out of a shaking hand and read it. Then read it over and over again. Her eyes going wider every time she read it. Her cousin was,

"Pregnant? You're pregnant?" Kagome whispered. The paper fluttered to the floor, seemingly forgotten as Kagome hugged the blubbering woman in front of her.

"He's going to hate me." She muttered into Kagome's navy blue sweater as she cried.

Kagome pulled back, holding the woman at arms length. "Are you kidding me?! He will only love you more! You guys have been together for what seems like forever now! He will be excited, trust me."

Kikyo sniffled, wiping away a few tears with her own black sweatshirt sleeve, looking at her cousin with wide mahogany eyes. "Do you really think so?"

Kagome smiled. "I know so."

Kikyo smiled, an elated twinkle of realization glinting into her mahogany depths as Kagome hugged her reassuringly.

"We should go tell him." Kagome squealed like a child. "It would be such a nice surprise."

Kikyo blanched. Kagome, wanted her to go tell Inuyasha? RIGHT NOW?!

"I uh- ... umm. I ... Uhhhhhhhhh." Kikyo stuttered, a gleam of shock and horror coming to her eyes.

"What?"

"Inuyasha is at his brothers, right now." She quickly covered.

She couldn't give away the operation that Sango, Miroku, Inuyasha, and herself had been planning so Kagome would date Inuyasha's brother, Sesshomaru. They had never planned for something like this to happen. Oh Kami save her, she will definitely be chewed out for this later but, oh well. It's an emergency.

"So what!? We can surprise him there. I'll drive." Kagome cheered, grabbed her cousin by her arm and pulled her down her steps, out the door and to her car.

She pulled her keys out of her purse that she had somehow been able to grab off her kitchen counter in her rushed state. She quickly clicked the unlock button and the lights on her Black 2010 Chevy Malibu lit up with a small clicking noise. She ran over to the driver's side, like her like depended on it, and opened the door with ease. She hurriedly tossed her red, gold and black purse into her gray leather seat.

She flipped her head so that her hair was hanging in front of her face and towards the ground, combing her fingers through her black tresses, skillfully putting up into a high pony-tail. The sound of the passenger side door closing, alerted her that Kikyo was already in the car. Without hesitation she slid into the driver seat, effectively pushing her purse to the floor. Kagome quickly put her seat belt on and started the car. Within seconds Kikyo was giving an oblivious Kagome directions to her dates house.

A/N: Sorry for any mistakes I have no beta and am a horrible speller. But keep reading and please, please, please review! Thanks!

~Lady Ai