Unofficial

Kagome awoke to the sounds of something beeping and bright lights. She groaned lifting a hand in front of her eyes. Confusion shined bright in her blue eyes as she noticed the I.V in her arm. 'Where the hell am I?'

"Kagome?" She looked over to her right where the voice was coming from. Inuyasha sat in a chair next to her bed with a blanket and pillow. He stood and walked over to her, something she couldn't decipher shining in his eyes.

"How are you feeling?" He asked as his eyes roamed over her.

"Fine, I have a small headache though. Where am I?" She looked up at him expectantly. Inuyasha sighed and ran his hand over his face.

"You were attacked in the hallway of your building. You're at the hospital."

Kagome sat in silence trying to remember this attack. The only thing she recalled was going to her apartment, grabbing some bags and her dog and then leaving. She also remembered a man, but that was it.

"Do you remember Kagome?" Inuyasha asked seeing how quiet she had become.

"No. No, I just remember grabbing some bags and the puppy. I remember seeing a man, but that's all. I don't remember being attacked." Kagome told him with worry in her expression. Inuyasha just nodded before walking out of her room.

He re-entered a couple minutes later with a doctor in tow.

"Ah, Ms. Higurashi I'm glad you're finally awake. You had us worried there." The doctor said as he came over and began checking her vitals.

"How long was I out?" Kagome asked once the doctor finished with her blood pressure.

"Two days. You took quite the blow to the head so it wasn't that surprising." He responded as he took her I.V out of her arm. "Since you're up this can come out. It was feeding you, but now you can eat on your own." He smiled at her before heading towards the door.

"I'll have a nurse bring you breakfast. You shouldn't wait too long to eat in your condition." He said while walking out the door. Kagome looked at Inuyasha even more confused.

"Is everyone around me smoking the pipe? What condition is he talking about?" She asked him. She was feeling less groggy and more like herself by the minute. Except for the headache that was. "Can you please get me an aspirin or something, my head is killing me."

Inuyasha ran his fingers through her hair and looked at her in a gentle way that disturbed her. "You can't have aspirin in your condition Kagome."

"What the fuck condition are you two talking about?" Kagome felt like her brain was about to explode. Between the unanswered questions and the pounding in her brain she felt like tearing something-or someone-apart.

Before Inuyasha could answer a nurse came in with Kagome's breakfast tray. She sat it down in front of Kagome and told her congratulations before leaving.

If Kagome wasn't confused before, she definitely was now.

"You will tell me right now what the fuck is going on or I will rip those goddamn ears off your head and shove them into your large intestine through your ass!" Kagome threatened Inuyasha. He only raised his eyebrow in amusement.

"Well, Kagome, to put it simply. You're pregnant." He told her gauging her reaction. She only stared at him for a moment before chuckling to herself.

"That was cute, very funny. What's really going on?" She asked still laughing lightly. There was no way she could be pregnant.

"I'm not laughing Kagome, nor am I joking. You're pregnant, two months to be exact." Inuyasha told her, holding onto one of her hands to try and give her a small comfort.

He had two days to get used to the idea of Kagome being pregnant, but she was just finding out. And to make matters worse she was in a hospital because of an attack she didn't even remember.

"That's impossible." Kagome stated. "I started taking the pill once we started fooling around."

"Were you on it the first night we ever had sex?" He asked her. Kagome thought back to that fateful night at the club.

"No, I wasn't." She mumbled out. For some odd reason she felt like the weight of the world was settling on her shoulders.

"There you go then. That was two months ago." Inuyasha said leaning down and placing a kiss on her forehead. "It will be alright Kagome. I'll be here for you and the baby, don't worry."

"I can't have a baby." Kagome said with finality in her voice. She couldn't handle normal relationships with men and now she was expected to have a kid with one? She hated kids!

"Of course you can, baby. You won't be alone, I'll be there every step of the way." Inuyasha tried to reassure her.

"I hate kids Inuyasha. I can't be someone's mother. I haven't even named my damn dog and I've had him for three months!" Kagome felt her heartbeat speed up. How could this happen to her? She was a good girl, she ate her vegetables, brushed her teeth at night, said her prayers before bed, got better than above average grades. Where did she go wrong?

"How can you hate kids, you don't have any." Inuyasha stated simply. "I know this has to do with your father, Kagome. I won't be him, I won't do what he did."

Kagome looked at him, saw the sincerity in his eyes. She knew her mother had to have told him about her father, she sure as hell didn't. She wanted to believe him. Wanted to believe that he would be there, always, for her and the small being inside her.

Too bad she couldn't….

"You're a man, Inuyasha, you'll leave eventually." She stated looking down at her lap. She refused to make eye contact with him. If she did he would see through her flimsy defenses.

"Then let me prove my word to you with my actions. Let me show you." Inuyasha pleaded with her.

Kagome looked into his eyes and saw nothing but honesty in them. She was already pregnant, what was the point in arguing with him? She didn't believe in abortion and Inuyasha would never agree to adoption. She was stuck, fucked, damned.

"Fine. Prove it."

-x-

"Alright, Mr. and Mrs. Taisho-"

"We're not married." Kagome cut the doctor off before he could even finish his statement. She gave Inuyasha an annoyed look before leaning back against the exam table.

She had been released from the hospital three days ago and was now seeing another doctor to check on the condition of her pregnancy. Since she had taken birth control pills without knowing she was already pregnant, her doctor insisted on an ultrasound to make sure everything was alright. She still couldn't believe she was pregnant.

"I'm sorry. Ms. Higurashi then, I'm going to apply this gel to your lower abdomen. It'll be a bit cold." He said before squeezing a small amount on her still flat stomach. Kagome shivered slightly from the chill of the gel, but was otherwise fine.

"Alright now let's have a looksy shall we?" The doctor said as he turned on the machine and grabbed the wand.

He placed the wand gently on her stomach and began to move it around, spreading the gel in the process.

"I'm just going to take a few pictures and then I'll show you the baby." He said as he pressed a few buttons.

"What are the pictures for?" Inuyasha asked. He had been uncharacteristically quiet during the doctor's visit.

"Well a few copies are for you and Ms. Higurashi and a few go to me so that I can track the babies growth and make sure everything is going as it should." He clicked the buttons a few more times. "Okay, I'm done. Mr. Taisho if you would stand by Ms. Higurashi so you could see the screen…"

The doctor moved the screen to face Kagome and Inuyasha so that they could see. "That small patch of white moving around right there is your baby."

Kagome looked at the screen in awe. It wasn't much, since the baby wasn't that old yet, but it was enough for her to know that this was real. She was a mother. Inuyasha smiled and ran his fingers through Kagome's hair causing her to look at him and smile.

"Would you like to hear the heartbeat?" The doctor asked, taking note of the special moment they were having. At their nods he pressed a few buttons before a loud noise could be heard in the room.

"It sounds so weird." Kagome said with a broad smile on her face. Inuyasha chuckled and grabbed her hand. The doctor turned the volume down some and told them he had to step out for a moment. He could see they needed a little time alone.

Inuyasha looked down at Kagome as they listened to their child's heartbeat and looked at the image on the screen. Who would have thought that a one night stand would lead them to this moment?

"Hey Kagome.." Inuyasha waited until she looked at him to continue. "I know its sudden, but I think you should stay with me for awhile. Just until we can find you a safer apartment. I don't want you going back there in your condition."

Kagome looked away from him and back at the screen. She didn't want to live with Inuyasha, it would be too couple-like. Too close to a relationship and even with her being pregnant by him, she still didn't want that.

Inuyasha could sense where Kagome's train of thought was and honestly, it hurt. Over time he had begun to develop feelings for the woman and now that she was carrying his child those feelings multiplied by one thousand. He wouldn't go as far as to say he was in love-he was sure as hell close though.

"We don't have to be together Kagome. I just want what's best for you and the baby." He told her putting a firm hand on her shoulder. Kagome nodded her head slowly, she could do that. After all, she was a mother now and she had to do what was best for her baby.

The doctor re-entered the room and handed them two small pictures of Kagome's first ultrasound. "The baby seems fine, but the fetus is smaller than it should be so I'll be monitoring you closely. We'll schedule your appointments more often than normal and I'll give you your prenatal vitamins and some iron supplements." The doctor told her as he headed out to get her things.

Inuyasha handed Kagome a few napkins and she wiped the gel off of her stomach before sitting up on the table.

"I understand what you're saying Inuyasha, I really do, but I'm not comfortable with the thought of living with you." Kagome told him as she stood up, fixing her blue t-shirt. She had chose loose fitting clothes to wear so she wouldn't irritate her bruises and fractured ribs.

"Kagome I understand, but it doesn't matter. Not only is your safety on the line, but my child's is too and you are not going back to that apartment." Inuyasha replied sternly. For a grown woman Kagome could be such a child sometimes….

"I could stay with my mother." Kagome told him.

"No you can't because your mother is going on vacation with Han and will be gone for at least a month." Inuyasha noted the shocked look on Kagome's face and added, "She mentioned it when you were still unconscious."

Great. Just great. Not only was she pregnant with a child she didn't necessarily want, but she was also being forced into staying with her fuck buddy. Somebody upstairs really hated her.

"Fine. Whatever." Kagome grumbled just as the doctor returned with her prescriptions. He scheduled her an appointment for two weeks and told them they could go.