InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ After The Moment With You: ❯ Blood, The Sun and The Water ( Chapter 3 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Pushing off the ground, Inuyasha quickened his pace through the bushes and trees. They had been running through the forest most of the morning, Inuyasha had taken Kagome up on his back like usual to make the search go faster but the initial few minutes of being alone together was quite intimidating. Having just revealed their feelings to each other earlier that morning, they were still seemingly coming down from the high of their tender kiss, every time Inuyasha would look back at Kagome her face would explode in a fiery blush making him smirk. He didn't think he would get used to the idea of being able to kiss Kagome whenever he wished, in fact he wanted too right now. Kagome's little tester this morning was so shocking to his senses, but the jewel couldn't wait, he had to hold back the urge to grab her as she stepped out of the hut earlier, and kiss her senselessly. But his new feelings would still need some getting use to, he couldn't go around thinking about those things all the time, no matter how much Kagome's aura seemed to call out to him.


'I haven't actually even asked her to be my mate.' He thought in mild concern. 'Will she even understand what it means? Humans call it marriage but being mated is something completely different. I would have to mark her, that bond is unbreakable, and what if she doesn't want that?'


He didn't wan't to think of that right now, everything was still too fresh. His questions would be answered in time, plus he needed to focus on finding the jewel before someone else found did. Getting back to the river was easy enough for Inuyasha, he was good at tracking his own path. He ran along the edge of the cliff before the drop into the river, being mindful of the muddy, difficult footing he had not wanting to make the same mistake as last night and fall into the raging water.


"Feel anything yet Kagome?" He asked over his shoulder.


"Nuh uh," She said berrying her face into his back. "I'm sorry Inuyasha, this is all my fault, if I hadn't come out to look for you..."


"Thats enough of that!" He barked. "We'll find it all right so stop you're moping"


Kagome pressed her lips trying to contain her slight irritation at his tone, she knew he was just trying to comfort her in his own special way. 'He could be a little nicer, but I guess I can't have everything, and it's my fault for losing the jewel anyway.'


"Ok" she mumbled


Somehow understanding her emotions he could sense her feel worse, 'You could be a little nicer to her ya know' his conscience growled.


"Kagome-"


Suddenly tightening her arms around his neck Kagome gasped, "Inuyasha I sense!-"


The sudden out burst and the realization that Kagome's breasts were firmly pressed against his back made Inuyasha lose his footing... Smashing face first he somehow managed to slide across the forest floor for a few painful meters. Kagome just sat on top of him and stared down at the back of his head in utter confusion.


Blinking innocently she asked "Uhh, what happened Inuyasha?"


Spitting out a mouthful of dirt, Inuyasha grumbled out. "You're what happened."


She flushed. "M-me?"


"Yeah you!"


"Uh, sorry?" she responded timidly, but was not quite sure what she was apologizing for.


Confused at what had just happened Kagome jumped off his back quickly and stepped away while Inuyasha picked himself up. Kagome noticed the red spreading across his face, he obviously was thinking about something embarrassing from the way he shied away from her.


'Did I do something? Why won't he just tell me?'


'That woman is gunna kill me!' He blushed harder, with his distant thoughts thinking of her full curvaceous body. He never felt her like that against him before. 'It was that damn thing she wears that I broke... her b-rah? Yeah! That's why I never felt them before!' He thought miserably knowing it was his own fault for getting so distracted.


'You know you're only distracted so much by her because it's almost spring.' His conscience told him.


Looking back at her with curious eyes he met her equally bright orbs staring at him intently, they both turned away quickly.


'Oh gosh,' She thought holding onto her stomach lightly with one hand as the flutters returned very suddenly. 'He makes me feel like a love struck little girl.'


'Why are we like this!? This is stupid' Inuyasha thought feeling his uncontrollable emotions to be quite bothersome at the moment, 'You're acting like a woman!!'


Snapping back to reality Kagome shook her head, "Oh, Inuyasha! I felt the jewel shard, we have to hurry before we lose it again!"


He looked back at her in surprise. "What? You sensed it!"


Kagome started to run towards the shards energy and hollered over her shoulder, "Yeah, I tried telling you before but you tripped! Hurry Inuyasha it's fading!"


Pouting a little he growled out, "I didn't trip!" But she obviously didn't hear him.


"Oi wench! Don't just run off without me!" He yelled taking off in a sprint behind her.


A sudden rumble stopped the two, the ground shook so fiercely that Kagome fell backwards in to the dirt.


"Ouch" She cringed rubbing her side.


Inuyasha growled and held his stance, his focus shifting to the depth of the forest on the right. 'Something is coming this way.'


The ground suddenly burst into large mounds of dirt as if an explosion had jus occurred not too far from them. Coming forth from the debris was a large Mole demon sneering and clawing out from the ground, nearly taking out a small mountains worth of earth. Kagome gawked at its size, sitting in fear she didn't even register the debris of rocks, broken trees and dirt falling from above.


A silver/red flash swooped her up as a boulder smashed in her place.


"What the fuck are you doing just sitting there!" Inuyasha barked while dodging the raining debris.


She looked up at him in shock. "Wh-what was that?"


Inuyasha stopped and looked back at the demon, it was huge! He had never seen a lowly demon so large, how did he not sense something of this size? 'Its scent must have been masked by the dirt'.


This has to be a Mole king, it was too large to be a mere mole demon Inuyasha concluded. It's squinted eyes were tightly closed, it's snarled and sniffed the air furiously, the claws were the size of a whole tree and they tore into the earth as it tried to pull its self out of the ground.


"Jewel shard!" The demon's voice roared.


"It senses the jewel!" Kagome growled


"Keh, if that thing thinks it's getting our jewel shard, it's sorely wrong." Inuyasha smirked pulling out the Tetsuaiga which erupted in a glowing light to reveal the mighty fang.


The mole demon, though eyes still closed, focused its attention to the couple. "Weak halfbreed, you think you can stop me?" Its voice boomed.


'So it know's we're here.' Kagome thought.


"Heh, I don't think I know." Inuyasha laughed mockingly.


'Oh brother...' Kagome sighed inwardly at his overly cocky remark, though she didn't have a doubt in her mind that he would finnish the demon off quickly.


"Inuyasha the jewel, It's moving away!" Kagome whispered, just loud enough for him to hear.


Nodding, he understood her haste and turned his attention back to his new opponent. "I don't have time for this," Inuyasha scoffed. Lifting the sword high above his head, he brought it down swiftly calling out his attack, "WIND SCAR!"


The four slashed attack made it's fiery path towards the mole which had slowly lifted it's clawed paw. The mole demon didn't seem to show any concern, bringing down it's claws with a mighty force smothering the fire away under its paw and creating a gust of wind which knocked down the two.


Struggling to stand on her own, Kagome gaped up towards the demon. "It just smashed out the wind scar like it was nothing!"


"So it's gunna put up more of a fight then huh?" Inuyasha growled picking himself up. "I guess I'll just have to cut off its head."


Tightening the hold on the hilt of Tetsuaiga he moved the sword to his side ready to attack. "Kagome stay back!" He said dashing forward.


The demon took a long swing at him, but taking to the air Inuyasha dodged it easily and came down to cut off a chunk of its paw. The demon lashed out fearfully, screaming out in pain, swinging it's other paw it nearly tearing close to Kagome who called out in fear as she 'hit the deck' nearly getting decapitated.


'Oh god that was close!' She thought frantically, 'What can I do? If only I had my bow and arrows I could purify the demon right away!'


"Wench I told you to stay out of the way!" Inuyasha yelled from where he was, turning back to the demon, it snarled in pain.


"You damn halfbreed! You'll pay for that!"


Inuyasha didn't take the time to make a decent comeback, he needed to get rid of this demon fast, or jewel was going to be lost again, and he undoubtably knew that if it could attract this demon it would attract more soon.


The demon swatted and slammed it's arms around trying to catch the swift moving Inuyasha. He suddenly seemed to have disappeared, the demon looked around dumbly and in its frustration it brought it's paws down hard against the earth once again, breaking up the ground like an earthquake would.


"Above you idiot!" Inuyasha yelled bringing down the sword against the back of its neck not even giving it a chance to steer its head.


The demon screeched out as Inuyasha cleaved its head off easily, gargling on its own blood that flowed out like a red waterfall the head rolled off crushing a small area of trees.


Landing on its back, Inuyasha basked in triumph sheathing the Tetsuiga in one swift motion. "Heh, no sweat" He smirked.


"INUYASHA!"


Kagome's distressed call got his attention instantly. "Kagome?!" He looked around for her wildly.


He gasped realizing that the demons last blow had taken out the edge of the cliff crumbling yards into ruins, allowing it to fall off the side and down into the river. His heart stopped and his sweat ran cold as he watch Kagome helplessly fall with the rest of the earth over the edge.


"KAGOME!"


"INUYASHAAAAA!" She screamed but her voice died away as she fell further and finally hit the water far below.


Jumping off the carcass he flew off the edge down to the rushing water to save Kagome...


***





Kilala soared through the morning sky.


"Are you sure their sent ended in the River Shippo?" Sango asked the fox kit  in front of her who was holding onto the fir of Kilala's mane.


"I'm positive! They must have fallen into the river last night!" He yelled over the wind.


"What could have caused that?" Miroku mused.


"We'll I did smell Kikio's faint sent earlier" Shippo lowered 'Grrr! That Inuyasha, knowing him he got caught doing something stupid!'


Sango frowned growling to herself aswell, "That Inuyasha, Kagome must have seen them together last night and ran."


'Kagome.' She thought sadly. "I knew I should have gone with her... You should have just told the truth Miroku!"


Miroku flinched as Sango's inevitable wrath but Shippo suddenly chimed in to his rescue.


"But why would they end up in the river?"  Shippo wondered.


Something still didn't sit right with Miroku, "Inuyasha's stronger then that, he could have easily gotten them out of the water."


The group pondered for a moment.


"We've been going down the river for hours, you think that we would have picked up on something by now." Sango said worryingly.


Miroku nodded in agreement towards his fiance. "Sango's right Shippo, do you think we should keep going down the river? They could have moved on long ago."


"What do you think Kilala?" Shippo asked


Kilala growled out something softly that the humans obviously didn't understand.


"Me too..." Shippo nodded. "I don't know what it is but, I just have this feeling..."


Sango nodded too looking up towards the river valley. "All right, I don't doubt you Shippo. We'll find them soon."


Shippo looked down sadly into the rushing water. "I hope so"


Kilala suddenly demanded their attention with a soft growl, "What is it Kilala?" Sango asked


"Oh, look!" Shippo gaped in awe.


Kilala slowed but did not stop, and the group stared at the carnage before them.


"A mole demon?" Sango asked


"Yes, it look's to be what was once one." Miroku mused


"It's huge!" Shippo exclaimed


"Oh my, it is quite large..." Sango agreed staring intently at the carcass being picked by buzzards. "Something cut its head clean off."


Miroku nodded sternly. "That has to be the work of Inuyasha's Tetsuiga!"


Shippo sniffed the air lightly steering his head left and right trying to focus on something.


"Their scents are faint but they were definitely here not too long ago." Shippo said


A sense shot though Miroku making him tense, he knew what it was instantly. "Sango..."


Looking over to him she suddenly realized what had caught his attention, she could feel the presence of a jewel shard very faintly. "I feel it too Miroku."


"You guys sense a jewel shard?" Shippo asked hopefully. "Do you think it's Kagome's?"


"It has to be," Sango said patting Kilala on the side. "Please hurry Kilala, were close."


Shippo smiled optimistically, "Where ever the shard is, Inuyasha and Kagome are bound to be there!"


They rode through the air swiftly picking up as much ground as they possibly could, Shippo nearly held on for dear life. They all scanned the water frantically.


"Do you think they've been running into some trouble because of it?" Miroku asked


"Hmm, if the jewel can attract something as big as that mole demon back there I'm sure they've been running into all sorts of trouble." Sango said.


"Sango, Miroku! Look!" Shippo exclaimed pointing to the water.


They gasped at the sight of Inuyasha struggling to stay afloat in the raging waters.


"Inuyasha!" Sango called out.


Struggling to look up without being pulled under Inuyasha spotted them swooping in from above. "You guy's!"


"Kilala lets go to him!" Sango pleaded quickly.


Getting close to Inuyasha they plucked him out from the frigid water.


"Inuyasha, you all right?!" Shippo asked in concern.


"Hang in there" Miroku grunted struggling to pull the soaking wet half demon onto Kilala's back.


Barely able to hold onto Miroku's arm Inuyasha gasped for breath.


"We. *breathe* Have. *breathe* to keep going... K-Kagome..."


Sango gasped "Inuyasha where's Kagome?!"


"In... *cough* the... water."


"Kilala!" Sango commanded and the sabre toothed cat roared dashing faster through the air.


"Guy's I smell blood!" Shippo suddenly announced.


"Blood?" Miroku and Sango gasped in unison.


Inuyasha's Demon soul stirred wildly within him, "That's Kagome's blood!" Inuyasha exclaimed.


****




Kagome struggled to hold on to the piece of drift wood she had managed to grab onto after she emerged from her fall. Her head felt like it was split in two, she barely had the autonomic functions to breathe and maintain a proper heart beat. She was torn up pretty bad from the fall, the debris had managed to be swept away with her but not without dealing some blows on the way down, part of her asked how she survived the fall or how she was even still conscious.


"Inu-yasha!" She forcefully screamed needing to take a few moments to muster his name out of her mouth more coherently, "INUYASHA!"


Spitting up water she collapsed onto the driftwood in exhaustion. 'How do I get myself in these situations?' She asked herself.


Kagome was an excellent swimmer, if she put all her life energy into it she could possibly reach the shore herself, but she didn't have a doubt in her mind that her right leg was broken. It pulsed a numbing pain, she couldn't seem to move it at all, and any sharp movements always earned her a strange stabbing fire that literally made her want to pass out from it's white hot intensity. Her bag was also posing as a problem, it threatened to drag her down each time she was hit by a thrash of water, but she didn't dare let go of the pathetic piece of wood barely holding her frail body above the rapids.


She had tried to out run the crumbing earth beneath her, but the Demons blow shook the ground, making it hard to escape. If only she had been more useful to Inuyasha in dispatching the damned thing, she only proved to be a nuisance once again, always getting in the way and losing the jewel shard. It was all her fault, and now he was probably worried sick over her, she could only imagine what he must be going through.


Another thought also worried her, 'He would drown himself in the process to find me if he had to.'


Flowing backwards blind of where she was going she suddenly hit a rock from behind full force, screaming out in pain her body went limp, as the driftwood broke against her. She was lucky that her back pack had at least softened the full brunt of the blow, but it didn't do much to ease the pain.


She was pulled under as she slipped away from the rock, 'Is this how it ends? No, this can't be...' She protested but her body wouldn't move as it knocked against other large rocks beneath the water.


Cringing in pain her eyes slowly started to close but something had caught her eye, the intense pain all over her body blocked out any other thing that Kagome would normally sense, but this familiar glow pulled her away from her agony for a moment. She stared at whatever was flowing along not to far ahead of her. 'The Jewel...'


The last of her air escaped her lungs as she could no longer hold it in, feeling a harsh shadow of darkness creep up she couldn't help but let a small sad smile play on her lips.


'So this is it?' She thought tiredly as her body sunk lower into the river, nearly dragging along the bottom, '...At least I told Inuyasha... That I love him..."


And with that, the river took her.


****




"KAGOME!" Inuyasha yelled above the rushing water, as well as the rest of the group who called out for their lost friend, her name echoing off the walls of the trench.


"What if she was dragged under..." Shippo sniffed, struggling to hold back tear's.


"Kagome is strong and an excellent swimmer too, I'm sure she's fine Shippo." Sango tried to reassure but she was stricken with her own fear.


'There has been no sign of Kagome so far, what if the worst has happened, what if...' Sango bit her lip, she suddenly felt a soft hand against her shoulder.


"Have hope Sango." Miroku said softly.


Sango swallowed hard and nodded with a faint smile.'Yes we must have hope, hope for Inuyasha aswell' She thought looking back at the distraught looking half demon.


'Kagome, where are you?' A nervous sweat dripped down his face. He could smell it, the scent of her blood was lightly mixed in the water. Clenching his fist until it shook he almost couldn't take the wait anymore. "KAGOME!! WHERE ARE YOU DAMN IIIIIIT!" His voiced raged startling the group.


They all looked back at him in worry.


"Inuyasha" Shippo whispered.


"This is my fault, I let her get in harms way!" He bit out roughly.


"Blaming yourself won't do you any good Inuyasha," Miroku glowered over to his comrade. "Kagome wouldn't approve, might I add. Right now we just have to focus on finding her, all right?"


Inuyasha didn't pay much attention to what Miroku had to say, Miroku knew he wasn't listening, he knew him too well. In fact Miroku knew that no one knew Inuyasha like he did. He was like a brother to him, and he knew Inuyasha felt the same way, and right now he could see a pain and worry in Inuyasha's eyes that he had only ever once seen before. His features looked much like the time they had all been poisoned by Rankotsu from the band of 7, when he had thought they all died, but this time he looked worse, had something changed between him and Kagome?


'He'll keep blaming himself until he know she's ok,' He thought. 'I would ask how they came into this situation but now wouldn't be the best time for Inuyasha to talk, though I know Sango must be curious too.' He glanced over to his fiance, her face showed that she was lost in her thoughts aswell.


'Those rapids don't look good' Shippo thought 'Kagome's strong but she's only human...'


"THERE!" Sango suddenly exclaimed pointing to the river.


A small piece of yellow emerged to the surface, and Kagome slowly turned in the water, her lifeless body now floating.


"Oh no, guys look up ahead!" Shippo suddenly yelled


Looking up they all gasped at the sight. The river seemed to end into nothing but blue sky.


"A waterfall!" Miroku gasped.


'Kagome! Were not going to make it in time!' Inuyasha thought in panic.


"Quick Kilala she's going to be pulled over!" Sango yelled


Much to the cat demons efforts she was just not quick enough to match the flow of the water. Inuyasha could see that the water was threatening to pull her down, and they couldn't afford to lose sight of her again.


"Theres not enough time," Inuyasha growled out. "Sorry Kilala!" Inuyasha suddenly flung himself into the water using Kilala for momentum and nearly causing the cat demon to tumble off her course. He was closer to Kagome now, he swam hard, determined to get to her, and she was nearly within reach.


"Inuyasha!" Miroku and Shippo yelled.


"Don't be foolish Inuyasha!" Sango hollered.
"Hurry Inuyasha the river end is right there!" Shippo yelled


'Shit, were getting close to the edge!' Inuyasha thought hearing the rumble of falling water grow louder and louder. He was closer to her now but just out of reach, she was being thrashed against the rapids violently making sure he wasn't able to get a decent hold on her. He could see from the corner of his eye that they were approaching a rock jutting out from the water.


'Here's my chance!' He thought allowing his body to hit it hard and he held on tightly with one arm, his claws scraping against the stone. She was passing by so quickly he had to act fast, this was his only chance because the waterfall was just around that rock. Extending his arm as far as he could he snagged the tip of her back pack with a clawed finger, but everything went wrong. Kagome's force against the water caused Inuyasha's hold on the rock to slip and for that split second he made the crucial mistake of regaining his grasp on the stone, and lost his focus on his delicate hold on Kagome. He watched in horror as she slipped from him and was pushed off the edge. 'NO!'


"KAGOMEEEEEEEEE!" He cried out fiercely but it was drowned out by the rage of the falls.


"Oh no Kagome!" Sango yelled


Kilala dove over the edge of the falls, Sango reached out to Kagome nearly grabbing her, but she lost sight of her within the fall's mist. Kilala attempted to enter the water but the others cried out as the water rushed against them nearly knocking them off her back. Sango quickly threw her chain into the rushing water.


'Come on, please get her.' She mentally pleaded but the chain went slack.


"Damn!" She cursed loudly.


"We lost sight of her Sango!" Shippo said frantically.


Sango paused for a moment looking down into the white misty water, contemplating to follow in suit to get Kagome, but. 'Inuyasha...'


"Shippo, transform and take Miroku down to the bottom, and go try to find Kagome. Kilala and I will get Inuyasha, now hurry!" She ordered.


"Right" Shippo nodded doing what he was told, as did Miroku.


Without another word Kilala reared upwards swiftly back to the top of the falls.


Inuyasha held his breath waiting in hopes that Sango and the rest would come back up with Kagome in arms but when he saw an empty handed Sango his fears were realized


'She fell.'


"Inuyasha take my hand!" Sango yelled over the water.


Inuyasha lunged upwards with all his might and grabbed onto her extended hand.


"Sango..." He asked but the look on her face said it all.


She pulled him onto Kilala's back and they all went down to the bottom of the falls.


They could instantly feel the coolness and the power of the water as it rushed over the rocks and into the pool far below. The roar was enough to clear all thoughts and silence all words but it didn't deter the half demon from howling out in frustration. "KAGOME!"


Landing on the slated rocks below Kilala stepped to where Shippo was, his hands were held out towards the water, he was using his fox fire to light up the area since the sun was blocked out from the tall cliff before them casting a cold shadow on the plunge pool.


Inuyasha hopped off Kilala "Anything!?"


"No, Miroku's already in the water and my fox fire isn't really helping, the mist keeps making it go out!"


"It's ok Shippo you stay here with Kilala, we'll go." Sango said coming down and putting a hand on the boy's shoulder.


'I can't smell her, but she has to be here, I know it.' Inuyasha thought. His demon knew it too, the whole time it was threatening to emerge from its dormancy and take over, what it would do? Inuyasha didn't know but it seemed to react fiercely to Kagome's blood scent.


'My bitch is injured!' It raged. 'Must find her!'


"I know that!" Inuyasha bellowed out loud finally having enough of what his demon had to say about the situation. His odd behaviour earned some confused looks from Sango and Shippo but they couldn't even comprehend what must be running through his distraught mind at this moment.


Hearing a splash they looked over to the water were Miroku had emerged.


"Miroku! Did you find her!?" Inuyasha called out.


"No, but I found this!" Miroku lifted his hand out of the water and threw something to Inuyasha.


Inuyasha swiped what ever it was out of the air, he looked down at his palm and his eyes wen't wide. "This is Kagome's shard" He gasped staring down at the small glass bottle containing the jewel shard.


Without a second thought he dove into the falls reservoir. The water was clear enough but his eyes struggled to focus in the shadowy depths, streams of light guided his way deeper until they could no longer penetrate the dark depths, he could feel her presence, though faint he knew he was close. Swimming deeper he could vaguely see something hovering just over the bottom of the falls.


His heart constricted 'Kagome...'


Kagome's small tattered body hovered loosely against the rocky floor like a ghostly apparition, her hair ribboned around her elegant body and his kimono, which she still wore was tattered and shredded. Blood seemed to surround her like a cocoon, the red flowing out of large gaping wounds scattered across her flesh, the biggest one against her chest. The most haunting sight was her face, she looked so peaceful as if she were merely sleeping but her torn up body obviously told a different story.


Inuyasha cautiously swam down, cradled her in his arms and pushed off the bottom with all his might, swimming to the top.


Bursting out with a slosh of water, he gasped for breath and struggled to side swim both himself and Kagome to the shore while keeping her head above water.


Inuyasha could hear Shippo from the shore jumping with joy. "He found her, he found her!"


He quickly brought her to a large flat rock, dragging her to lay on her back but not before he stripped the backpack away from her and tossed it.


"Kagome's bleeding so much!" Shippo said distraught, tears already spilling from his eyes as he looked at the gruesome sight of Kagome's torn bloody body.


Sango gasped at the sight of her friend as her, Shippo, Miroku and Kilala ran over to their side.


"Her wounds seem deep, is she breathing Inuyasha?" Miroku asked stepping closer in his concern nearly coming down to assist Inuyasha when...


"Back off! Give me room!" Inuyasha snapped viciously.


They all gasped at the flash of red in his eyes but did what they were told, all of them in utter shock at the scene before them.


The sun had shifted and now shone into the small clearing of the pond, Kagome's blood began to dry on the stone staining it a dark red.


Inuyasha examined her, coming down to hold his head over her mouth and then over her heart.


His blood ran cold.


"Inuyasha?" Sango asked with a shaking voice.


"Is she?..." Shippo quivered, unable to finnish his question as more tears spilling down his plump cheeks.


Inuyasha never looked back to them, he proceeded to place one palm over the other over her heart, and pushed down in an even rhythm of 4 times, counting it out loud "One, Two, Three, Four" He then pinched her nose, pressed his open mouth against hers and gave her a long breath. He repeated this just like Kagome had taught, he never thought that he would be using any of these 'powers' within 2 days of each other.


***


**Flash back**
(Weeks earlier)



"Inuyasha!" Kagome said loudly.


He was laying on his side in the hut, head resting on his hand as he lightly dozed off in the afternoon heat.


Kagome huffed out a breath of frustration as she held herself in a strange position over a sack of rice. "INUYASHA!"


"What!" He snapped opening one eye to her.


Sitting up on her knees she rested her hands on her hips. "This is important! You might need to use this one day, you know!"


"I don't see how pushing on a sack of rice and kissing it will help anyone."


She blushed, "I'm using it as a dummy and I'm not kissing it, I'm breathing into it! That's entirely different! Like I said if a person has stopped breathing or drowned you have to lay them flat on the ground and breathe air into their lungs for them. Oh and remember! First you have to pinch the nose so air doesn't escape while you breathe in and... Inuyasha you're not paying attention!"


"Wench I don't see why I need to know this, if anyone drowns then they're as good as dead." He closed his eye again.


Kagome chewed on her lip in anger. 'Jerk never listens!' but she knew he didn't know any better, in this time people didn't know a lot of simple things that could save a person's life. Kagome thought it would be important to teach people of this time these skills in order to save some lives from an accidental or needles deaths.


Putting on a smile she tried to act optimistic against Inuyasha's lack of cooperation. "But that's what I've been trying to tell you Inuyasha there's a way to revive them! It doesn't always work, sometimes it's too late but this is like, a last chance kind of thing..."


"Revive them? Like the Tensaiga can?" His words became curious now.


"Kind of like the Tensaiga... Just no swords and you can only use it for certain circumstances."



"Like with some kind of power?" He yawned


"Yeah! Like a kind of power!" She decided to use that as bait. "The power called (Breath of life) and (CPR)!"


One of Inuyasha's ears flicked and he opened both eyes to watch her. "I'm listening wench."


Kagome smiled brightly then proceeded to explain, with the bag of rice as her dummy, on how to revive people and check for vital signs.


***




His take on the memory faded away and he realized his hands were now covered in her blood seeping out of her chest wound, there was now so much blood everywhere the scent of it was thick in the air and was enough to make the bile rise up in Inuyasha's throat. He worked on her vigorously.


"One, Two, Three, Four" and he breathed into her again, "One, Two, Three, Four"


Inuyasha wouldn't believe it, he couldn't believe it, he refused to even think about it! She couldn't be... she can't be... Dead?


His demon blood stirred in a strange way within him, he never felt this kind of emotion from the usually blood thirsty and hormonal demon within, his demon was... Mourning.


"Inuyasha..." Sango shivered.


They watched as Inuyasha worked on her for minutes, minutes that felt like hours.


"She-She can't be dead!" Shippo suddenly wailed loudly.


Miroku wiped away his tears and pulled Sango away from him, she stepped back and hugged herself for comfort wiping away her tears aswell watching Inuyasha in pity as he silently worked on his fallen love.


"Inuyasha" Miroku lowered next to him. "Inuyasha..."


Inuyasha either didn't care to listen to him of did't hear Miroku because he didn't give any sign of attention.


Miroku placed a hand on Inuyasha's shoulder "Inuyasha, you need to stop. You need to let her go, we must pray for her safe passage to kami." Miroku struggled to say those words to his friend.


Inuyasha suddenly lashed at him making Miroku fall back.


Inuyasha turned and gave Miroku a serious look, "If it were Sango would you stop!" His voice echoed over the water making everything seem silent.


Miroku gaped at Inuyasha's red eyes "Inuyasha..."


"Answer me! WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF IT WERE SANGO!" He yelled


Shippo, Sango and Kilala gasped as they felt the rise in his demonic aura, it swirled and crackled around him menacingly.


"No, No Inuyasha I wouldn't" Miroku lowered his gaze away shamefully. Looking over to Sango she smiled to him sadly.


Turning back to Kagome Inuyasha's demon was slowly suppressed by his human emotions that tore him apart, this extreme sadness, this feeling of being sick, being strangled to death and feeling like he wanted to die as he watched the one he loved die before his eyes. He wanted to die with her.


He could suddenly hear Shippo's sobs through his mad haze.


"Oh, Kagome" Sango choked out.


Miroku at this point had returned to comfort Sango and grieve over Inuyasha's denial.


Kilala made a mournful sound, curling up to console the young fox kit.


"ALL OF YOU SHUT THE HELL UP! STOP CRYING! SHE'S NOT!..." He yelled but looked down at her pale face, he couldn't hear her heart beat, most of her wounds had stopped bleeding, he couldn't feel her aura, he could feel nothing coming off her, she just laid their like an empty shell. The only thing that radiated off her was the sickening musk of death.


"She can't be..." He whispered his voice slightly shaking from his efforts against her chest.


"You said I could revive people with this skill Kagome, why isn't it working!?" He asked her desperately but no answer came.


Slowly stopping his movements against her, he shook from exhaustion and shock.


He hid his face from the others, holding back the rising sting of tears. "This is my fault, if I hadn't let her fall into the river. If I had just gotten her from her time yesterday like I had promised! NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED!" He picked her up and hugged her closer to his chest.


Miroku looked down at his two friends in an unbelievable situation, 'Why kami... Why Kagome? She doesn't deserve an end like this.'


Kagome was just a normal girl back in her time before she came into all of this, it was her destiny to come back to this time with the jewel in her body, it was her destiny to meet Inuyasha, her destiny to shatter the Shikon jewel and it was destiny that brought them all together. But it shouldn't be her fate to die needlessly for the sake of a jewel and the war over it, that was never any of her concern before she got here. But she was burdened with the unfortunate task of bearing it the day she was born, she by the will of kami was chosen to be the reincarnation of the priestess Kikio. Kikio who also gave her life for the jewel.


Inuyasha bared his fang cringing at the realization, "She died for it, just like Kikio..."


'But why? Why did it have to be this way... it's just like Kikio' His heart broke all over again as flashes of the past came back to him 'I couldn't save Kikio then and now Kagome...'


"Don't go Kagome," His voice quivered "People here need you, I... I need you." He stared down at her pale face, his emotions welling up within him, "C'mon Kagome you're stronger then that! WAKE UP DAMN IT!" He snapped shaking her in his arms but she just shook lifelessly.


Sango couldn't hold back her sobs anymore, now crying like an inconsolable child in Miroku's arms, she collapsed in grief over her lost friend, over her sister. She hadn't felt like this since the tragedy that had befallen her family, when Kohaku had become possessed and killed everyone. It felt just as bad.


Miroku held on to her tightly, looking down with tears in his eyes, at Inuyasha cradling Kagome's tattered lifeless body.


Shippo wailed louder.


"I love you Inuyasha" Her words haunted him.


Unable to hold himself back anymore he howled out in pain, he let his tears flow into her pale cheeks and struggled to squeeze them away. Once they were out they couldn't stop, He held her, stroked her face, rested his forehead agains her cheek and struggled to hold himself quiet as his body shook with an unbelievable pain.


'Call to my mate' His demon spoke calmly.


'What?'


'Call to her...'


'I don't understand.'


'Call to her!'


Still not understanding what it wanted him to do he lifted his head to look down at her, he whispered her name softly "Kagome..."


His aura flared.


"Kagome," He said as if he were gently waking her up from an afternoon nap, closing his eyes and resting his forehead upon hers, he secretly prayed.


Shippo had stopped his wails of sorrow and was now watching Inuyasha and the astonishing thing that was happening before his eyes.


"Sang, Miroku... look." Shippo said breathlessly.


They had both turned to look away from the tragic scene before them and embraced each other, now looking over to Shippo their gaze quickly turned to Inuyasha and what they saw made them stop.


Waves of his aura radiated off of him, the air pulsing in a visible ripple on the ground, his demonic aura once again came off him but it was different, it was stronger and was concentrated over Kagome's body. The Tetsuaiga pulsed in response to it's masters silent call.


"What's happening?" Sango said in awe.


"Kagome..." They heard Inuyasha whisper.


'Mate'


"Kagome" He felt as if he were now chanting. His demon calling out 'Mate' within his head.


He paused opening his eyes to look down at her again, "Kagome... I-I love you." He whispered leaning down to press his lips softly over hers.


'Come back to me mate…'


He suddenly sensed a pulsing aura from her, it was faint but it glowed in intensity, he could feel the Tetsuaiga pulse restlessly on his hip. Opening his eyes and pulling his lips away from hers he stared down in shock at Kagome's glowing body.


"Wh-what's happening" He gasped suddenly realizing something upon himself, he could faintly see purple streaks etch across his cheeks, his demon blood burned but he felt clear minded and his demons thoughts seemed to have silenced.


'Kagome is purifying me? But how can she when she's...' His noes twitched, he could smell fresh blood, staring down at her he noticed her body pulsed back with life slowly.


"What's happening" Shippo gasped


Then Inuyasha heard it, one strong pulse, then another, and another! Looking down to his side, the Tetsuaiga pulsed in sync with her. 'Her heart it's... and Tetsuaiga...'


"Inuyasha, Kagome's scent is changing!" Shippo gasped.


It was true, the pungent smell of death was fading and her cent was returning to normal but there was something strange, her scent smelled like Inuyasha's youki.


"Her scent... is changing?" Sango gasped


Kagome's body suddenly lurched and she chocked out bloody water gasping for breath Inuyasha didn't have time to react when he was suddenly hit with a wave of excruciating pain. Both Inuyasha and Kagome cried out in anguish and just as quick as she awoke from death, Kagome very suddenly passed out in his arms.


Inuyasha straightened himself panting for air. 'What was that? Was that her pain I felt?... KAGOME'S ALIVE!?'


Once again looking down to her he shook from the shock of it all, her face was red hot, and bruised. Her body twitched in unconscious pain, her breathing was shallow but rapid and her heart beat was going faint.


Sango flew to his side, "Inuyasha she needs a doctor immediately!"


"She's alive..." He his voice trembled.


"Inuyasha snap out of it, we need to find the nearest village and get Kagome help." Miroku said


"Whats going on?" Shippo sniffled with a confused, lost look on his tear stained face.


Standing up with Kagome in arms he took the forest ,which direction he was headed, he didn't really know but his senses were alert for any trace of a village. He never even thought of the group he left behind, all that he was concerned with was Kagome's fading energy.


'She came back to me,' He thought with amazement dashing through the trees and kicking up leaves behind him. 'But how?'


His nose twitched and he stopped abruptly the dirt breaking up in his skidding path. Sniffing the air he changed his direction more northward and continued his hasty sprint through the wood 'Smoke, and the smell of humans!'


***



"DEMON!"


"RUN! A DEMON APPROACHES!"


"SAVE THE CHILDREN!"


As soon as Inuyasha approached the village pure panic spread, and the sight of the bloodied woman in his blood covered arms only fuelled the terror.


"He has a taste for blood! Everyone run for your lives!!"


Jumping into the heart of the village he stopped and looked around wildly for a doctors hut. "Wheres the doctor!" Inuyasha hollered but everyone just fled away from him.


He could see a small group of men forming not too far from him and Kagome, all wielding their sharpest tattered farming tools, and rusted swords.


A younger man who was hiding behind a hut found the opportunity to try and slink away from the demon distracted by the mob, but clumsily tripped over a basket full of vegetables that must have been dropped in the mass panic.


"Hey you!" Inuyasha barked at the boy who was now frantically trying to scramble to his feet, but Inuyasha came over and stepped on his back not allowing him to move.


"Please don't kill me! I'm begging you please!" The young man wailed in fear.


Growling at him Inuyasha held in his annoyance the best he could. "Tell me where the village doctor is!" he demanded


The boy continued to cry pathetically begging for his life to be spared. Stepping on his back harder Inuyasha roared, "TELL ME!"


Crying out in fear the boy pointed a shaky finger towards a large hut not to far from where they stood.


"That better fucking be it, or you'll be sorry!" Inuyasha said menacingly.


Leaving the pathetic excuse for a man on the ground, Inuyasha went over to the hut he was directed to stopping just outside only to be confronted by the mob of fearing humans with weapons.


"Be gone demon!" One of the men yelled.


"You will burn in hell for harming that pure woman!" Another yelled, the woman meaning Kagome.


"I didn't do this to her!" He growled


"You will die for you're sins Demon!" One man yelled daring to charge forward with a sword. Inuyasha stepped out of his path quicker then the human eye could see and side kicked him a few feet away knocking him out. The others quivered in fear.


"Where's the doctor! Come out here!" Inuyasha bellowed his voice echoing off the buildings in the area.


The straw door was slowly pulled back and from the darkness of the hut came out a tall, older woman with short cole black hair, fine ivory white skin and piercing green eyes. She wore a simple pale blue robe with a tattered dirty apron, her face was calm given the situation before her. Hey cool eyes scanned the demon before her, looking at the body in his arms.


Two younger women came out and stood beside her starring at the crown before them in fear, they looked like her apprentices.


"You the doctor?" Inuyasha asked rudely.


"I am" The older one stated.


"How dare you speak to Lady Shikaru like that!" Someone in the crowd yelled


Ignoring the human he kept his focus on the Doctor "She need's your help." He said holding out Kagome.


Her eyes narrowed slightly and she stared him down. "Tell me Demon, did you do this?"


Stepping forward making the villagers point there weapons dangerously close to his neck thinking he may attack, he snapped at her comment "I would never hurt her! She's my... friend. I would never!"


"Doctor Shikaru does not need to help the likes of a demon!" A man yelled, the others nodded in agreement.


The crowd started to whisper things that were threatening to set Inuyasha off.


"A woman like her? Friends with a demon?"


"Perhaps that woman is his whore."


"A Woman to bed with a Demon? Deplorable! Perhaps kami punished her for it?"


"We shouldn't allow this demon to use our medical resources for his play thing."

Gritting his teeth Inuyasha readied to yell at them again when Doctor Shikaru suddenly spoke. "Quiet"


The crowd silenced their whispers immediately, her authority was quite evident, this woman obviously held a high title in this village.


"Inuyasha!" Shippo's voice rang out.


"Oh no, another demon!"


Sango and the others rode up on Kilala, and landed near Inuyasha.


"Please you need not fear him!" Miroku called out in panic jumping off Kilala's back and coming to stand in between Inuyasha and the sharp ends of the weapons.


"Hear us out, he's harmless. Please just help out friend, she fell from a waterfall not to far from here." Sango pleaded.


"Were begging you, save Kagome!" Shippo said


The crowd started to whisper again.


"She fell from Nachi falls?"


"No one can survive a fall like that"


The doctor looked at them all curiously "A cat and fox demon, a monk, demon slayer, Half demon and a Priestess. What a strange group to come upon my front door."


'She knows Kagome's has powers?' Inuyasha thought but shook it away.


"We don't have time for this! You have to help her!" Inuyasha snapped walking past Miroku and approached the front steps of the hut.


"Back demon!" A man cried out holding a sword point to his neck.


Inuyasha ignored it and walked trough. The side of his neck pressing into the sword drawing blood, but he kept a determined face staring intensely at the Doctor who's eyes slightly widened as the sword pressed further into his neck. "Help her." He said, desperation lining his words.


Shikaru turned back to her hut stopping just before the door "Allow them to pass men and do not disturb me unless it's an emergency. Inform the rest of the village and carry on with your day." She commanded


"But lady Shikaru-" The man with the sword against Inuyasha protested, hesitantly pulling the sword away.


"Do as I say," She said a little harsher and turning slightly to look back at Sango. "Demon slayer, you say that woman is your friend?"


Surprised that the doctor was suddenly talking to her she nodded stuttering out "Y-yes"


"Then you will assist me" She said


"Of course!" Sango exclaimed jumping off Kilala.


The doctor pulled back the straw door. "Sia, Momo prepare a room for this child and bring me my medial tools," She told the two girls following behind her. "Half demon, come bring her inside."


Inuyasha perked up and hesitantly stepped froward, eyeing the cautious men around him.


He and Sango rushed in and left the others to wait out side in worry while the villagers slowly returned back to what they were doing, before the distraught Inuyasha scared them away, all casting skeptical eyes towards the Doctors hut where they knew a demon was.


***


He growled for the hundredth time towards the Monk resting against the wall beside him.


"Inuyasha, I will take the sutra off your mouth if you promise not to cause such a ruckus. The Doctor and Sango are working on helping Kagome and your just being a distraction." Miroku said tiredly looking up at the moon. Shippo and a small form Kilala slept cuddled together on miroku's lap, it had taken a while for Shippo to fall asleep, he had vowed that he wouldn't sleep until he knew kagome was all right but he eventually fell into a restless sleep.


Inuyasha growled louder. 'Fucking monk is gunna pay'


He had been kicked out as soon as he laid Kagome on the mattress, he had protested rather dramatically causing quite the stir and making the other patients in the other rooms become quite agitated that there was a raging demon in the vicinity. Doctor Shikaru had said that no men could be allowed in the room as she worked on women, and that only earned her an earful from a frustrated Inuyasha who said it was his responsibility to protect her and watch over her. Not even realizing that his demands were not appropriate, because they had to strip Kagome of his Kimono to examine the wounds, he refused to leave. It took three sutras, provided by Miroku, to subdue the half demon and drag him out of the hut, he didn't even have the mobility to clean the blood off his own hands, Shippo did that for him, Miroku took off his inner robe and cleaned it of by the well for him aswell.


Miroku stooped as low as putting one seal over Inuyasha's mouth earlier to silence his hollering protests and anger.


'Yup I'm gunna kill him slowly... and painfully.' Inuyasha thought menacingly.


He was going crazy, he could smell Kagome's blood thick in the air all evening and into the night, Sango had only come out twice to wash the bloodied rags by a well near by and tell them that they were still working on her. He had so many questions to ask but the damed monk wouldn't take the sutra off! Hitting his head rather hard against the wall he looked but at the waining moon.


'Kagome'


The waiting was killing him!


"Master Inuyasha!"


Inuyasha's ears twitched and he strained his eyes to see something small falling from the sky towards him. 'That voice, it's-'


Miyoga landed on his nose and sucked eagerly.


"Miyoga?" Miroku said, "What brings you here?"


Shippo stirred in his sleep and perked up looking over lazily to Inuyasha "Miyoga the flea?!"


Inuyasha growled as the flea continued to suck until his gullet grew to full and the flea fell off, content with his fill.


"Salutations Monk Miroku and Shippo, it has been quite some time," Miyoga greeted, "I have come from the western land with information for Master Inuyasha from Lord Constant-"


Inuyasha's vicious growl silenced the flea.


"Information, what kind of information?" The now awake Shippo asked sitting upright on Miroku's lap.


"Master Inuyasha did not tell you? He's been having trouble controlling-"


"GRRRR!" Inuyasha snarled starting to struggle to break free of his binds.


"Oh! Master why are you in such a state? I was on my way to the village near your forest when I smelled Kagome's blood scent in the air." Miyoga said, "I followed it here."


Inuyasha growled again


Miroku suddenly remembered the sutra on Inuyasha's mouth "Oh, sorry Inuyasha."


Miroku ripped it off "FUCKING HELL MONK!" Inuyasha howled "You wait till I get out of these seals, you're as good as dead!"


"Now now Inuyasha, I did it for your own good"


"Please Master tell me what happened to Miss Kagome, her blood smells mixed with you're Youki but yet there is no scent that you two have mated" Miyoga said


"Mated?" Shippo said confused looking over to Inuyasha.


"Interesting" Miroku smirked


Inuyasha's face flooded red, "I didn't! We didn't!… Fucking flea!"


Miroku gave Inuyasha a sly look.


"Shut up monk this isn't the time, get your head out of the fucking gutter" Inuyasha growled "And get me out of these fucking binds!"


"All right, calm down I didn't even say anything." Miroku said placing Shippo on the ground and going over to Inuyasha.


"Kagome fell from a waterfall earlier, she is beat up really bad, we thought she died but Inuyasha revived her somehow. The doctor of the village and Sango have been helping her for hours now." Shippo Informed Miyoga who was now perched on his hand.


"How awful! I knew something was wrong from the heavy scent of Kagome's blood" Miyoga jumped.


Miroku finished taking off the last binding.


*THWACK!*


"OUCH!" Miroku cried out holding his head, "This is the thanks I get for being a good friend."


"Feh! Some friend you are!" Inuyasha hissed rolling his shoulder.


"Tell me Master Inuyasha how could you let something like this happen to your future mate!" Miyoga exclaimed


"Stop saying that!" Inuyasha blushed grabbing the flea from Shippo's hand and crushing him. "Idiot, it's not like I wanted this to happen to her!" He barked remembering Kagome's sorry state.


"Oh how mistreated I am!" Miyoga groaned as he laid twitching in Inuyasha's palm.


"I must say I'm curious as well Inuyasha on how you and Kagome ended up in the river..." Miroku commented still rubbing the bump on his head. He thought it was the perfect opportunity to finally ask what had been on his mind all day.


"We ran into a bit of trouble with a mole demon, damn thing was easy enough to kill but I was careless and let Kagome get in harms way-"


"I didn't mean what happened this morning, I meant what happened last night for you to end up where we are now." Miroku cut in.


Inuyasha paused looking up at the monk with wide eyes and he quickly looked away 'Oh, that.'


"I mean what happened between you, Kagome and Kikio" Miroku boldly asked


"I know what you meant!" Inuyasha bit out staring absently towards the ground.


"So I was right! You two timer!" Shippo exclaimed pointing at him accusingly


Miyoga gasped "Say it's not true Master!"


Inuyasha growled in annoyance, "I did go see Kikio last night but it wasn't like that you little brat!" raising a fist to Shippo who scurried out of his reach behind Miroku.


Miroku eyed him suspiciously "What happened then Inuyasha?"


"Its none of your damn business!"


"Then you're obviously hiding something!" Shippo yelled


"AM NOT!"


"Then why can't you just tell us Master?" Miyoga said


"Butt out flea!"


They all just stared at him waiting for an answer.


'Might as well tell them since it's going to be brought up sometime soon' He thought to himself.


Grumbling out a few curses before he spoke he knew it had to be done. "I-I told Kikio I had chosen Kagome..."


The others except for Miyoga looked surprised.


"I decided a long time ago whom I would choose but I never had an opportunity to talk to her until last night, when I was supposed to go get Kagome." Inuyasha stirred uncomfortably.


"And what of lady Kikio?" Miroku asked sternly


Inuyasha's face went soft at the memory "She accepted it and told me to be happy."


"So just like that, after all these years. she's just over it?" Shippo looked skeptical


Lost in his thoughts Inuyasha frowned "I can't explain it Shippo, you wouldn't understand. No one would, what happened between me and Kikio to come to terms with the past took a long time but we've gotten through it."


"Since when did you mature so much Inuyasha?" Miroku mused earning a glower from his friend


Shippo frowned aswell "So then what happened between you and Kagome?"   


 "Kagome found us together in the forest and overreacted. She thought my choice was Kikio and so she ran from us and thats how we ended up in the river. After I pulled us out of the water we realized that the jewel had fallen out of her bag and was swept away. We tried to search for it but Kagome was nearly freezing to death so I found an abandoned hut to heat her up."


"Heat her up you say?" Miroku smirked devilishly.


*THUMP*


"Miroku, I swear one more word!" Inuyasha warned


Miroku held the other lump on his head in pain.


"They did not mate Master Miroku, if that's what you're trying to imply" Miyoga said eyes closed, arms crossed and sitting cross legged in front of the group. "Her blood scent doesn't indicate that."


"It took him that long to figure out who he should choose, it's gunna take him forever to figure out what to do with Kagome let alone mate with her." Shippo said lazily.


Inuyasha cracked his knuckles as his blush grew darker. "Hey Shippo, my claws are getting a little dull, Come'er a sec."


"Have you even asked her to be your mate?" Miyoga asked


"I SAID IT'S NOT ANY OF YOUR DAMN BUSINESS!"


"Inuyasha..." A woman's voice cut in.


"WHAT!" he whirled around to look over to Sango who was standing at the doorway "...Sango"


She looked exhausted, her eye's seemed weary and she looked like she could barely stand.


Inuyasha shot up and went to her "How is Kagome? Is she all right? Tell me..."


She sighed with a tired smile "We've stopped the bleeding but she still lost a lot of blood, the doctor stitched all the big wounds closed and her fever has gone down a little," She informed wiping the sweat off her brow "The doctor would like to see you now."


He nodded and walked into the dark building.


Stepping slowly on the cold wooden floor his heart pounded as he approached the room that held Kagome's scent, he could see a shadow of a resting body moving within and settle from the Flicker of a lantern.


He stepped in hesitantly and stared at the small body under a thick blanket, as he stepped further into the room he could make out her face, her breathing was ragged and her face was flushed with a damp cloth across her forehead. The sent of blood, herbs and cotton hung heavily in the air, his hands began to shake as he lowered down to sit by her. He had to see, he had to know her condition... swallowing hard, he slowly took the folds of the blanket and pulled back.


"What are you doing?"


Inuyasha jumped and dropped the blanket tucking his hands close to himself and looked over to the doctor standing by the door way with two cups of tea in her hands.


"I-I just... wanted to know how bad it was." He winced looking back down at Kagome placing a hand lightly on her.


"I don't think it's appropriate for you to be snooping around her person while she is sedated." The doctor frowned walking in and sitting close to Inuyasha and handing him the other cup of tea.


"No thanks," he passed growling at her comment "and I'm not snooping."


Shrugging, the doctor just placed the cup on the ground. They stayed silent for a few minutes staring down at the sleeping Kagome.


"Tell me, how bad are her injuries?"


"Four broken ribs, one broken leg, shattered elbow, multiple lacerations across her body and one rather large wound on her chest, she's lost a significant amount of blood and is hanging by a thread" The doctor said taking a long sip of her tea.


A lump formed in his throat, he chocked on her words, he thought he was going to be sick after hearing her condition. He didn't imagine it would be so brutal, he had never let Kagome be so hurt, he had done well to protect her but now she was broken and torn. Something he swore he would never let happen to her. "Shit"


"Indeed, I haven't had to deal with such extensive injuries in a very long time."


Digging his claws into his palms his body shook in rage 'How could I let this happen! how could I let her be injured. It should have been me to fall, not her.'


Snapping back to reality away from his self loathing he remembered why he was there, "You wanted to talk to me?" Inuyasha said


Shikaru nodded solemnly "Yes, aside from the threat of infection and fever there is something that is worrying me"


"What is it?"


"She is a priestess, I could sense her spiritual energy the moment you arrived in the village"


"Then that means your-"


"Yes, Aside from my role as a doctor, I am also the priestess of this village." Shikaru said, "Her spiritual energy is extraordinary, I've never felt a power so pure and strong but there seems to be a considerable amount of youki in her system."


Inuyasha looked at her confused for a moment but could sense his own youki still radiating off Kagome's body


"Miss Sango informed me that you're youki entered her body earlier and seemed to revive her from death."


"I don't know how it happened..."


"It does not matter how it happened, what matters is what it's doing to this young lady."


"W-what do you mean?"


"The fact that her spiritual energy accepted your youki is not only amazing, it's impossible. The only way this could happen was if she were demon and mated to you and she most certainly is not a demon. Nor do I see a demon mating mark on her."


Blushing a little Inuyasha tensed 'Why does the word mated have to come up again!?'


"What is your relation to her?" Shikaru bluntly questioned.


"She'd my friend" Inuyasha gritted


Smirking slightly Shikaru laughed "Very well then, hold in your pride, but may I say that this situation is quite interesting, very interesting indeed."


Glad she was dropping the other subject he remembered what she had said before "But what does it all mean?"


"I'm not sure" Shikaru said with an uncertain frown "This very-well may threaten her life and she is already precariously balanced between life and death."


Inuyasha perked up again "Wait, what?"


"It's not natural for yin and yang to mix, it is possible to balance the two within ones soul but her spiritual energy will try to purify the youki you provided her to keep her alive, and that may ultimately kill her."


Kagome suddenly moaned, tensing slightly and Inuyasha gasped in shock as a jolt of pink light crackled over her and fizzed away.


"That was."


"She's trying to purify herself."


"So my youki is killing her?" He said in an unbelieving tone.


"You two have a strong bond, I can tell. But I'm afraid she doesn't have the strength to battle whats going on within her." Shikaru lowered "Though you are half demon it is obvious your demon half wishes to claim her seeing as how it willingly gave up your youki to save her life."


"You don't think me wanting to claim her is wrong?" Inuyasha eyed her curiously.


Taking another sip of her tea she sighed "Though my practice has taught me to prevent demons from corrupting the pure hearted, I myself do not hold any prejudice unlike the people of this village."


"So Kagome is still…"


"Unfortunately yes, She may not make it through the night I'm afraid."


A jolt of shock shot through him and he closed his eyes trying to keep his composure "Is there another way to save her... there has to be another way!"


"I'm sorry, she's lost so much blood and I'm afraid that the only thing sustaining her is the demonic energy which will ultimately be purified by her spiritual powers."


"She can't just beat the odds then lose!" His voice rose.


She gazed at him with pitying eyes.


He clenched his fist glaring down at Kagome, the woman he loved with a pained face, and she reflected it back in her unconscious state. Her breathing was harsh and quick, the sweat ran down her face, and she looked like she was in a lot of pain.


"Is she... in pain?" He choked out.


"Yes, very much so, I gave her a mix of herbs and medicines which has eased a lot of the suffering but as you witnessed the shocks she is experiencing from the purification seems to cause her a considerable amount of pain."


'My youki is keeping her alive but it's killing her too,' He thought in confusion 'What can I do, how can I help her?'


"Master there may be a way to save her."


Looking around for the familiar voice, the suddenly flea emerged from his silver hair on top his head, and jumped onto Kagome's stomach.


"Miyoga?... You were there the whole time!" Inuyasha snarled.


"Please Master I was only concerned of Miss Kagome's condition"


"Flea demon, you said there was a way to save the girl?" Shikaru suddenly spoke


"Ah, yes. Pleased to meet you Doctor Shikaru, my name is Miyoga I am Master Inuyasha's ward." Miyoga bowed formally.


Shikaru smirked again "This is quite an interesting day. Pleased to meet you aswell Flea Miyoga."


Blinking at the realization that the flea had in fact said there was a way to save her snapped him out of his anger. "Spit it out Miyoga we don't have time to waste"


"Uh, well yes... Their might be a way, but I'm not exactly sure if it will work, and I know not of what kind of effects this may have on Miss Kagome" Miyoga said anxiously.


"WHY WOULD YOU BRING IT UP THEN YOU USELESS FLEA!" Inuyasha threatened


"Please master I only want to help Miss Kagome, but what I'm about to suggest it a serious matter, like I said before I don't know what kind of effects this may have on her."


"What kind of effects? What the heck are you babbling on about?!" Inuyasha frowned.


Miyoga gulped nervously tugging on his collar.



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A/N:

MAN THAT WAS LONG! haha XP

I don't really like how I ended it but it is quite a long chapter and I was having issue deciding where to end it for a while since I could easily chop this in half make 2 chapters out of all this writing but, oh well!


So as I'm writing this chapter I've been watching random old episodes of Inuyasha and just watched the very last episode and cried my eyes out! haha
It kinda felt like the last Harry Potter Book/Movie, it feels weird when something you've grown up with finally ends. Makes me sad actually.

I'm not one for change but growing up is a good thing, a heathy thing, right? And with that thought I started to second guess writing my story... I mean Inuyasha is a chapter in my life that ended the day it did. But Much like Sailor Moor, Rourounin Kenshin, Harry Potter and others they are all a part of my life I will never forget. So even though I'm older now and I find it strange to go back to childhood memories I'm actually really glad I'm doing this. Even if not a lot of people read my version of an amazing story, or even like it, I don't mind I guess... as sensitive as I can be. I think I really needed this, I needed to get all this out.

I don't know my point for writing any of that, but I guess I'm guess surprised that people are actually even reading this at all.

I've never been a good writer, never been good in English class, but yet I love to write. (as hard as it is for me)

Anyway. Sorry for anyone who actually read all this dabble, I thank you for your time!



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