A/N: I am so sorry to be late with this chapter! I'm never usually so late for an update on this story, so please forgive me. *bows* I hope you do like the chapter though.

Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha, my last name would be Takahashi and my first, Rumiko.

Chapter 9: A bundle of joy

"Really? It was over like that?" Sango asked, sipping a milkshake at the local coffee shop with me. I had recounted the events of the week to Sango, since I hadn't spoken of it at all to anyone. I also told her what had happened the week before

"Yeah, it was kind of surreal." I sipped at my own chocolate milkshake. "I wasn't expecting him to apologize. He's kept true to his promise for the past week too. It's been really nice." I smiled.

"At least you let him." She snorted. "If Miroku had been ignoring me because of any other girl, there would be no mercy."

I chuckled. "Only you, Sango."

"You know it."

I stood up and grabbed my bag. "I think it's time I should go. Inuyasha will be waiting for me at home. Since it's Saturday, he suggested we go on a picnic."

Sango's wiggled her eyebrows. "Making any babies soon?"

"Sango!" I blushed. "I'd expect that from Ayame or Miroku, but not you. And for the record, we're both too busy to have babies yet."

"I was just saying." Sango shrugged, standing up. "I'll follow you in my car, ok?"

I sighed, but nodded my agreement. It had been a while since what happened the last time with Takeshi, but nothing had changed. I felt cornered and helpless, fearing that at any time, Takeshi might show up and ruin my life again. But I guess my life was already partly ruined.

As we walked out, I quickly walked to my car and got in, Sango trailing behind me. The path to my little cottage came up quickly and I couldn't wait to finally be at home. I smiled as I thought of the fun Inuyasha and I would have. Maybe we could even picnic by the river.

To my surprise, there was another car in my driveway, a car that I didn't recognize. I stopped and as Sango watched, walked up to my house door. I unlocked it, hoping to have my anxiety calmed, and walked in.

And could you guess who was sitting on my couch, eating my food, and flirting with my husband yet again?

Leila was going to die now.

Inuyasha glanced up, somehow not noting my deadly glare and my tensed body. He was all smiles. "Hey, Kagome! Leila just came by to tell me how her restaurant was going." He got up and gave me a kiss on the cheek. "She asked me if I could help her with some of the legal stuff in it, and . . ."

"We're not going to do the picnic, are we?"

"I know, and I also know that I made a promise with you yesterday so we'll do something tonight, just the both of us. Ok?"

My heart was shattering yet again. He had apologized to me about not being there for me, but he hadn't said that he believed what I had told him about Leila. I should have known. For a second, I didn't know what to say. Then the anger just built up and I couldn't hold it in anymore.

"Fine!" I yelled, pushing him away. "Go! I don't want you here anyway!"

Inuyasha looked at me, confused. "Kagome, calm down. What's wrong?"

I laughed bitterly. "What's wrong? She's what's wrong!" I pointed to Leila, who glared at me.

"Who are you talking about, Kagome? I haven't done a thing to you! I even apologized!" She yelled, getting up and walking toward Inuyasha's side. She held onto his arm just slightly, but she sent me a look of triumph. I wanted to wipe that smirk off her face.

Inuyasha spoke again. "Kagome . . . we talked about this."

"Talked? No, Inuyasha, we didn't. You never listen to me when I tell you what things really are. Why the hell would I lie to you?"

"Kagome, it seems you still hate me." Leila sniffed, obviously faking it for Inuyasha's sake. "I'm just trying to be a good friend and that's what Inuyasha is doing for me."

I couldn't take anymore of her stupid lies, her fake kindness and I lunged at her. We fell on the floor, with me hitting her in the face. True to the coward/skank she is, she immediately grabbed my hair and pulled. The force of it pulled me back, which made my grip loosen on her. I was about to kick her, but I felt arms pull me back.

It was Sango. "Kagome, calm down!" She yelled, but I still struggled. Pulling me back even more, she whispered in my ear, "Don't let her have the satisfaction."

I wanted to calm down, to show that I was the better person but I didn't want to be at that moment.

Inuyasha pulled Leila up, apologizing for my behavior. Sango held me back and glared at Leila as Inuyasha spoke to her. She grabbed her things, sent a glare my way and walked out my house. Inuyasha turned to me, disappointment in his eyes.

"Kagome," he said. "I expected better from you."

My soul was crushed by the way he looked at me. It's the same kind of feeling that comes when you lose something that you worked so hard for. Even though I was hurting, my anger and my pride didn't let me show it. Sango let me go and I turned away and walked into my room without responding to Inuyasha's comment.

"Kagome," Sango said, closing the door. "Are you okay?"

I shook my head, trying to make my tears disappear but they fell down anyway. "No, I'm not okay, Sango. There's a murderer after me, my husband hates me and my life is in ruins!" I yelled, the anger mixed with the bitterness I felt.

"I believe you Kagome." Sango said, walking to me and hugging me. "I could tell that Leila girl was just faking it. I'm sorry."

I hugged her back, happy to have someone believe me. But I wanted Inuyasha to believe me and he didn't. He had even blown our date off again, just so he could 'help' that murder loving, husband-stealing slut. What was the point of his apologizing last week?

"Sango, can I stay over your house tonight?"

She pulled back and laughed. "Of course! We can have a triple sleepover if Ayame agrees."

I nodded. A sleepover was something that I needed. "I desperately need some girl time. I need to get away from my crazy life a little." Also, I didn't want to sleep next to Inuyasha tonight, not now and not for a while. I felt betrayed, which was why I wanted to leave, maybe even make the trip longer.

I walked over to my dresser and began to pull the necessary things for a sleepover, grabbing some of my work clothes too, since I started work tomorrow. I went into my bathroom and grabbed my shampoo, my toothbrush and my hair brush. I was ready to go in ten minutes.

When we walked out the room and into the hallway, I was intensely aware that there was no sound at all. Not even the radio, since Inuyasha listened to sports around this time. The living room was empty when we got there, and a little bit of me died when I realized Inuyasha had still left.

My grip on my bag tightened, fueled with the anger, sadness and bitterness. Fine. If Inuyasha was still hell-bent on helping Leila, then he would have to prepare himself because I wasn't going to take it. If he insisted, he just say goodbye because I wasn't going to come back. I was done being the third wheel and if he didn't realize how stupid he was being, then I wouldn't tell him anymore.

"Kagome?" Sango touched my shoulder lightly. "Is there anything else you want to do before we leave?"

I nodded. "Just give me a second."

I went into the kitchen, grabbed a piece of paper and pen and wrote a small note to Inuyasha.

Inuyasha,

I'm leaving. I'm fed up with you and Leila. Don't give me that look, since I know you will. Don't call me, don't even look for me. If you miss me, then ha-ha you got screwed—and royally, I might add. Don't call Sango, Ayame, Miroku, Kouga or even your father. They won't tell you a thing.

Goodbye.

A tear fell one the letter but I couldn't help it. I was pissed, and even though the note was sarcastic, I was still sad that I would have to do this. Kami knows whether or not I would ever come back. I guess Leila was getting was she wanted.

I walked out of my cottage, said goodbye to my little flower bed and goodbye to the whole place in general. I took my car though, so Inuyasha would know that I was being serious.

The scenery was blurry as I followed Sango's car, and it wasn't because of how fast I was going.

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"Kagome!" Ayame yelled as I opened the door for her. "This is going to be so much fun!"

"Whoa," I laughed. "I thought you weren't going to make it. Kouga didn't mind that we were taking you for a night?"

Ayame winked. "Well, I had to convince him. He's set to deal without me one night."

I laughed and closed the door. She looked around the living room and smiled. "This place hasn't changed, huh?"

I nodded. Sango's house was just was it was since I met her. Kohaku was staying with Souta tonight at my mom's house per my request. My mother happily obliged.

"Why don't we go upstairs and get this party started?" I asked.

Ayame smiled and pulled me up the stairs. "Now we're talking!"

We played games, ate junk food to our heart's content and avoided the subject of Inuyasha and Leila entirely. Sango had filled Ayame in and she promised not to tell Inuyasha where I would be going, but I hoped it wouldn't be too obvious that I would be staying with my mother. I had called and told her that I needed a few days away from home and she understood completely. She didn't even ask me what was wrong, almost knowing that I didn't want to talk about it. Seriously, she was the best mom a girl could ever ask for.

"And Kouga can't mention it either," I pointed to Ayame as we discussed my living arrangements.

Ayame nodded. "He won't because he'll have me to deal with if he does." She smiled mischievously.

I grabbed another bag of chips and patted my belly. "I'm going to gain so much weight, but I don't even care! I feel liberated!" I giggled, falling onto a couple of pillows.

Sango laughed, throwing a pillow at me. "You're such a fatty!"

I laughed and grabbed a pillow from behind me. "You're going to pay for saying that!" I threw the pillow and it hit smack in the face, making her fall backwards. Ayame and I had tears running down our cheeks from laughing at Sango so hard.

Sango got up and grabbed the offending pillow and threw it at Ayame, who hadn't expected it and yelped. "Ha! That's you get for laughing!"

The pillow fight lasted for twenty minutes, and after, we were so exhausted that we just collapsed onto the floor.

I giggled, despite being out of breath. "That was fun."

"Yep. This is so much better than beating up Miroku." Sango said. Ayame and I glanced at her and all she did was shrug. "What?"

I chuckled softly and stood up. "Hey, I'm going to the bathroom, ok? I'll be right back."

They both nodded and I opened the door to go downstairs, since their only bathroom was right next to the kitchen. It was so inconvenient at times, especially if you had to pee real badly, like I did now. Maybe I shouldn't have drunk those eight soda cans.

As I neared the stairs, I didn't feel so well. I was a bit dizzy, but that could have been from all the hits I got with the pillow. I grabbed the railing of the stairs and walked down slowly so as not to fall, but the dizziness only got worse. I felt like I needed to throw up too. I made it to the bathroom and used it quickly but then the dizziness over came me.

All I could remember was the sound of cracking.

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The next thing I remembered was opening my eyes and a blinding light hitting them. I cringed a bit, alerting those around me that I was still alive. Ayame and Sango rushed forward.

"Kagome, are you okay?" Ayame grabbed my arm.

"Does it hurt? Tell me and I'll call the nurse!" Sango grabbed my other arm.

I was still disoriented and asked groggily, "Where am I?"

Sango answered. "The hospital,"

I blinked as my vision cleared. "What happened?"

"You fainted and fell down, Kagome." Ayame said. "You didn't come back up for ten minutes so we went to look for you. You were sprawled on the floor and the mirror was cracked."

"We were both scared." Sango admitted, glancing at Ayame and then back at me. "We thought it was Takeshi's work but it didn't seem that way. We took you to the hospital as fast as we could. You were barely breathing."

I sat up and touched my head. Yep, it was bandaged. "My head does hurt, now that you mention it. What did the doctor say?"

"He took some tests and x-rays, but hasn't come back."

I lied back down. I wondered what was wrong. Was I sick? Was it from the stress? The door opened and I couldn't keep on thinking because the doctor had just come in.

He was a kind-looking man, with dark hair and dark eyes. He smiled warmly at me as he held some important looking papers in his hand.

"Hello, Ms. Kagome. I see that you're doing well. Any complaints?"

"Just that my head hurts."

The doctor nodded. "That is to be expected. You have a slight concussion."

I nodded. "Anything else, doctor? Am I good to go?"

The doctor then looked at some of his papers and glanced at me hesitantly. "Yes, you can but there's one more thing you should know, Kagome."

I raised an eyebrow. "What?"

He then smiled. "Congratulations. You're pregnant."

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Pregnant? Pregnant? I couldn't believe it. Of all the things that could happen to me, I got pregnant. The doctor left right after that, leaving me with my thoughts confused. What was I going to do now?

"Kagome, you look worried." Ayame noted.

"Well, I am. I got pregnant!" I threw my hands up in exasperation.

Sango grabbed my hand. "Kagome, you're not thinking of. . ."

I shook my head when I realized what Sango was trying to say. "No, Sango. I want to keep this baby because it's as mine as it's Inuyasha's. I just don't know what to do now."

Sango smiled softly. "Don't worry about that, Kagome. This whole thing will blow over in a week at most. Inuyasha will come to his senses."

Kagome shook her head. "After leaving him that note? No, he'll probably hate me. Besides, it'll take a while to forgive him. I still love him with all my heart, but if there's no trust then what's the point?"

"Do you regret marrying him?" Ayame asked, twisting her own marriage ring.

I shook my head. "No, I would never regret marrying him. It's the best thing that's happened to me." Except having his baby, but I didn't voice this just yet.

Sango squeezed my hand. "Then what do you want to do? Do you want to tell him yet?"

"I'll wait for bit to get myself together. Just a couple of days and then I'll call him. If he isn't with that tramp." I huffed, crossing my arms.

Sango laughed. "Yep, you're still the same Kagome."

Ayame then jumped in, bouncing excitedly. "What are you going to name the baby if it's a boy?"

I shrugged. "I always figured naming him after Inuyasha." I laughed. "I'm not very creative am I?"

Sango shook her head. "I think it's cute. What if it's a girl?"

I smiled, since I knew exactly what name I wanted. "After Inuyasha's mother, Izayoi."

Ayame and Sango glanced at each other, smiling. "That's a wonderful name, Kagome." Ayame chimed.

"I liked it the first time I heard it. I visited her grave the day Inuyasha asked me to be his girlfriend. He did that in front of my father's grave." I laughed, smiling; reliving the memory was blissful. It was one of the happiest moments of my life.

"Well, then. Ayame and I will get the papers for you to get out of this place and back home. Do you want us to drop you off at your mom's place?"

I nodded and leaned back onto the pillows as my friends left me by myself. Closing my eyes, I wondered what Inuyasha was doing right now. Was he still with Leila? Did he even miss her? I was worried; maybe I was being stupid for leaving, but I couldn't have thought of anything else. Not while Inuyasha was so disappointed with me and especially when he didn't believe me.

No, I'd have to wait to go back. I was still pissed at him, but I knew that I would miss him. My pride just wouldn't let me. School would be hell tomorrow and it would be even worse with having to work my first shift.

It was going to be one hard week.

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~Daichi