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A Matter of Trust
By:
TuxedoUranus89/InitialA
Disclaimer: I claim
no rights to InuYasha, conceding to the great Rumiko Takahashi.
Author�s Note: Again,
things turn interesting. Will they get back together? Or will there be some
hell to pay first? What kind of hell? Why am I asking you all these questions?
Why aren�t I writing it all down yet so you can read it, dammit?!

Beeping. Why was there beeping? She
felt a lot better though, cooler� Something pleasantly cool was on her
forehead, and all around her. Her breathing sounded funny, almost like that
robot-man in an American sci-fi movie she�d seen once. She tried opening her
eyes. Why were her eyelids so heavy? The room was fuzzy, but she blinked and it
slowly came to focus. It was too bright. Dammit, why was everything so weird?
She moved her head slightly, and saw a woman standing there. Her back was to
her, and she was talking to someone else, someone with long, dark hair. Was it
a man, or another woman? The woman�s voice sounded far away, so and echoed
slightly. It mixed in with the deeper voice of a man� that one sounded
familiar, but she couldn�t place where� Things started to go fuzzy again, and
she blacked out.
When she came to again, things were
clearer. She was in a different room, with dimmer lighting, thankfully. Her
breathing sounded normal, but there was still that infernal beeping noise. She
looked, and saw it was a heart monitor. Hers and the baby�s. She sighed in
relief; knowing that her child was fine made her feel better than knowing she
was fine. There was a small oxygen mask under her nose, she realized. The funny
breathing she�d heard earlier was probably a larger one, not like the small
tube. She looked up at the IV, which was dripping water into her arm. More than
anything else, she felt thoroughly confused as to how she�d arrived in a
hospital.
A nurse walked in. �Ms. Higurashi!
I�m pleased to see you�re awake!� She exclaimed with a smile, and checked the
monitor. �Both you and the baby appear to be fine; there was a little scare of
distress when you were first brought in, but everything�s back to normal now.
How are you feeling?� She asked kindly. Kagome blinked, trying to process the
information. �I feel confused. Why am I here?� The nurse was now checking the
IV. �According to the man who brought you in, you fainted from heat exhaustion.
And no wonder, twenty-eight weeks pregnant, wandering around in that heat?�
Kagome blushed. �I was going to stop in a caf� to rest once I�d crossed the
street� My OB/GYN said I needed more exercise.�
The nurse shook her head with a
smile. �Next time, I advise you to take shorter walks, and not in this kind of
heat. We�ve had seventeen people admitted already today from it!� She started
to walk out the door, then stopped. �Oh, the man who brought you here is
waiting outside; shall I let him see you?� She inquired. Kagome was confused
again, what man would have saved her, and then waited all that time just to
talk to her? Curious, she nodded, and the nurse left. Moments later, the man
with long, dark hair entered, and strode up to her bedside. �Stupid as ever,
Kagome.� He said roughly.
Kagome stared up at him in complete
shock. �Excuse me, but who do you think you are, talking to me like that?� She
snapped. �Thank you for saving me, but if you�ve just come to insult me, you
can turn yourself around and leave. I don�t need anyone barking at me for my
mistakes. And how do you know my name?� He smirked. She blinked. That smirk was
familiar. �What, don�t recognize me?� The voice was familiar too. He grinned,
vicious amusement showing in his eyes, a piercing, near-violet color. Those
eyes, she should know those eyes. �I�m
afraid I don�t.� She remarked finally, still searching for something, anything,
that might give her a clue. The grin faded. �Who should I call to pick you up?�
He said finally, in a defeated tone that Kagome almost could place. �Are you still living with your mother, or do
you have a husband or a boyfriend that could pick you up?�
She fell back on her pillows in
shock. How could he know all of this?! �My husband is dead.� She said flatly,
refusing to show the hurt that she�d accepted that afternoon in the well house.
�He died years ago� And I could never have a boyfriend, not after him�� The man
looked at her with confusion, and a little bit of hurt. �You�re pregnant though��
She waved a hand. �It�s complicated. Don�t worry yourself about me, whoever you
are. Just go back to your life, and I can get myself out of here just fine.� He
bristled at her dismissal of him. �Listen, bitch, if you think you can boss me
around after what��
Kagome�s eyes widened with shock. �I-Inu�Yasha?�
He started when she said his name, his rant cut off. He looked at her grimly. �So,
you remember.� He jumped a little when she started to sob. �W-what the?! Why
the fuck are you crying?!� She threw the pillow at him. �You BASTARD! Why didn�t
you try to FIND me?! All these months I thought you were DEAD, and I would have
to raise your child ALONE, and here you are in MODERN-DAY TOKYO, PLAYING HERO
TO EVERY PREGNANT WOMAN WHO COLLAPSES ON THE STREET!!� She yelled. A nurse
popped her head in the room concerned by all the noise, but InuYasha held up a
hand, signaling her to close the door and leave them alone. �You want months,
you stupid girl?? I�ll give you months, try FIVE HUNDRED FUCKING YEARS of
months, months wondering why the fuck my MATE left me when she was pregnant
with MY PUP!! Wondering what the fuck I DID, that made her leave when I thought
she�d been UTTERLY FUCKING HAPPY WITH ME.� Kagome looked for something else to
throw, but it was either too heavy or rooted into the wall. Finally she just
settled for a metal bedpan, and whipped it at his head. �You IDIOT, why the
hell would I want to leave you!? I WAS happy with you. I was DEVASTATED when I
went to come home to YOU, and may I remind you that the only reason I was going
back was for your INSAITABLE OBSESSION WITH RAMEN, and all I could do was fall
twelve feet and twist my ankle when I discovered the WELL HAD CLOSED! I cried
for WEEKS, knowing you were going to die HATING ME and there wasn�t one blasted
thing I could DO about it!!�
She was screaming herself hoarse,
but oddly it was making her feel better. Her heart rate was up, she knew from
the stupid machine sitting next to her beeping, and she would have heartily
continued their argument if the warning beeps of distress didn�t start from the
baby�s heart monitor. Panicked, Kagome tried the breathing she and her mother
were going to classes for, lying back and rubbing the swell of her stomach
soothingly. InuYasha had been about to say his piece, but has stopped when her
scent had changed to fear, and the baby�s was confused and stressed. His jaw
was clenching, and his brain tried to figure out what was going on here. She
had said months, not years, of thinking he had died long ago. That tied in with
the comment about her husband being dead and having no boyfriends, though she
was obviously pregnant. And then her rant about being a single parent� Which
meant� Realization hit him like ice, cooling his heated temper faster than any �sit�
ever had. �Fuck�� He muttered, burying his face in his hands, and then running
his fingers through his hair. Kagome was still doing that weird breathing
thing, but the baby�s heart monitor was slowing back to normal. His baby�s heartbeat.
He fought the urge to beat his head
against the wall. She was panting, but slower, trying to relax herself, now
that she�d relaxed their baby. Kagome closed her eyes, tears still leaking down
her face. She had to be careful. She knew that, she knew her temper caused
distress, and it was only worse with this uncontrollable flood of hormones
flowing through her veins. That was something else the doctor had warned her
about, not to get so angry, that it caused problems. Sniffing, she reached up
to wipe her tears away, but his hand got there first. He was gentle, and she
opened her eyes to see him staring at her with a sad, puzzled look on his face.
�I�m sorry�� She said, sniffing again. �I forget about my temper� I�m not
supposed to get so angry, it�s bad for the baby.� He smiled, just a little. �I
noticed. Is the baby��
She shrugged. �I didn�t want to
know. I still don�t. There�s only so many surprises left in the world, it feels
like cheating to find out early. It�s healthy though, giving me an appetite
that rivals yours� Keeps me awake at night too, it hasn�t figured out that
nighttime is for sleeping, and Mama needs her rest. The baby likes to use my
spine as a kickboard too.� She could have gone on if she hadn�t noticed the
look on his face. Inside, his heart was tight with emotion. Hearing her call
herself �Mama�, listing off facts about his own child he hadn�t cared to find
out about� He was surprised at himself though, finding the walls he�d
reconstructed around his heart staring to crumble in her presence again. �InuYasha�?�
He shook his head, and walked away, sitting in a chair on the other side of the
room, staring at the floor.
An hour or so passed, and Kagome
was checked out by a doctor, declaring her fit to leave, but with a warning to
stay in the house for the next few days. She nodded, thanking him, and wobbled
herself to her feet. InuYasha was there in a flash to help her stand. He hadn�t
said anything since asking about the baby, and she wasn�t quite sure why. She
also noticed he was carrying her bags, things from the baby store. She marveled
at his ability to remain silent yet help her into a limousine waiting outside.
She also marveled at the touch of the limo. �InuYasha, why�?� He �keh�d, and
refused to look at her. She smiled at his unchanging vocabulary. �It�s mine. I
hate it, but my dear brother insists upon it. Another flashy show of money, in
my opinion�� Kagome stared. InuYasha�
owns a limousine?! And what�s this talk of flashing money? Don�t tell me he�s
rich� She didn�t want to bring it up, feeling it would make him uncomfortable.
The limo drove up to the shrine,
and InuYasha helped her out. She wondered how long it took for him to retrain
the driver not to open doors for him. She grimaced at the steps up to the
house, but started the long process before he was even done getting the bags.
He easily caught up to her though. �You�re straining yourself too much.� He
told her. �I�m fine.� She retorted, huffing and panting. �I do this almost
every day. So Sesshou-maru is still around?� She asked, trying to distract him
from her. InuYasha snorted. �That bastard will never die. And he�s still loaded
too, flaunts it everywhere, and he�s still a jackass. The only decent thing he
ever did was mate with that girl he had following him around. She�s still here
too, they did the blood-bonding.� Kagome smiled. �That�s wonderful to hear�� He
snorted again. �It�ll be wonderful when he kicks the bucket and stops getting
up my ass all the time about business��
She sighed in relief when they
reached the top of the stairs. Slowly making her way to the house, she decided
their current conversation was safe. �You�re in business together?� She asked.
He nodded. �I suppose you�ve heard of Mitsubishi? We own a large chunk of that,
my brother invested a lot of Father�s money in it when it started up back in
1917. There�s a few others too, like Yamaha. Mostly car companies; the
foreigners eat �em up.� He looked back, worried a bit, when Kagome stopped. She
was starting at him in amazement. �You� you actually own� Mitsubishi?� She
asked. He rolled his eyes. �Not fully, but practically� it hasn�t always been a
picnic, they nearly shut us down after the war, but you know how Sesshou-maru
is. Come on, wench, you need to get inside.�
Meekly, she obeyed. She also
listened when he told her to lie on the couch, he�d get water for her. She groaned
when she lay down, however, when her child decided to do its other favorite
activity: Irish step-dancing on her bladder. She struggled to get up, and
staggered her way to the bathroom. She heard InuYasha cursing her to hell and
back, but knew he would wisely not follow. Carefully walking back downstairs,
(she�d missed a step and fallen two months ago, resulting in a trip to the
hospital with false labor pains), Kagome �eep�ed in surprise as she was scooped
up and carefully deposited on the couch again. �Oi,
don�t go running around, you need rest.� He scolded, handing her the glass. She
glared at him. �Right, because I�m going to fill up with more water while this
kid does the cancan on my bladder.� He flinched, and she was sure if he had his
ears, they�d be pinned back. Speaking of which� �InuYasha, when did you become
human?�
He sat down across from her. �It�s
a concealment spell. Hides my youki and my true
appearance.� He held up his right hand, and an elaborate ring rested on his
third finger. �That�s why you could never sense any demons in this era. We�ve
all gone into hiding, pretending to be normal humans.� His eyebrow twitched. �We
just happen to be the more wealthy ones.� Kagome longed to remove the ring. She
loved him no matter what he looked like, but she had to admit, she missed his
ears. He noted the look in her eyes. �Kagome� I can�t. Not right now. Not with
things so� confusing.�
She met his eyes. �You don�t love
me anymore.� She stated, her voice quavering. It had only been seven months for
her, she couldn�t imagine lasting five hundred years. He stood, and nuzzled the
top of her head. �I never stopped loving you.� He said quietly. �But I don�t
know if I can trust you right now��
Kagome watched him leave. She heard
the door close, and set down the glass of water. Her hands trembled, and she
lay down, staring at the ceiling until long after the sun went down.

((Eh, tried not to let everything away in this chapter. Still setting
things up, but I�m happy with how the fight scene turned out. =) Pregnant women
and their hormones make for great raging arguments, eh? Oh, and all facts about
Mitsubishi are true, but I may have flubbed the part about the war a bit, I can�t
remember the details. (No, there isn�t a handsome white-haired demon and his
equally handsome half-brother helping run things, not as far as I can find
anyway) Anyway, please leave a review, they add to the thrill of wanting to
write!! =D See you next chapter!))
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