It was mid-July and true to her words from last year, Kagome was making Sango suffer from the freezing air conditioner just like she had the year before. The two women were at Sango's house after Miroku had taken eight-month old Akemi to play at the Taisho manor.

"Do you know if your pregnancy will be as long as mine?" Sango asked her friend. Kagome nodded rubbing her still flat stomach.

"It'll be a full forty-five weeks, just about two months longer than what we're used to." Kagome answered. "The baby's going to be born sometime next August according to the doctor." Sango smiled glad for her friend.

"Well then you have a while to get ready don't you?"