Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha and co….

A/N: I think this story is going so well!! Okay! Time to reveal my identity! If you've read Youkai Taijiya Kihok's fanfics then please know that…nevermind!! I'm keep suspense!! I'll probably get sued for it too. Anyway, I'm so happy for this story!! Genki authoress=fast updates=genki reviewers=genki authoress=faster updates etc.

So here we go! From my happiness ramblings to this slightly depressing story!!

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Chapter 3: Her Wounds

"Souta…" Kagome smiled and the pain from over exerting her wounds overpowered her adrenaline rush.

She collapsed on the ground.

"Kagome-chan!" Sango rushed over as she turned the girl over.

Kagome's breathing was uneven and her cheeks were flush, probably from running through the snow with nothing but thin pajama pants on.

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Inuyasha rubbed his forehead as he opened his eyes slowly. It was painful, his chest, because of the arm that had plunged through his body. He blinked his eyes tightly and sighed.

"Kagome-chan!" he heard Sango cry.

He jumped up and dashed out of the room in the back of Kaede's hut.

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"Kagome?" he looked around the hut to see Sango and Miroku huddled around her form against the side of the wall.

He walked over and looked down. They had taken off her jacket showing the bandage now seeping through with blood.

"What happened to her?" he asked urgently. Who did this to her, he asked himself, as he looked frantically over her body.

"Inuyasha! Are you about to get up?" Miroku asked, obviously surprised.

"Shut up! What happened to her?" he asked angrily as he lightly pushed Sango out of the way to look at Kagome.

Kagome winced and bolted upright. "Souta!" she crawled over to the small boy that slept behind her. A small trail of her own blood dripped after her but she seemed to ignore it.

She grabbed the little boy's hand and shook him lightly awake." Souta…Souta!" she called to him.

He slowly opened his eyes and looked at his sister. "Ane-ue? What are you doing out of bed?" he asked softly.

Kagome choked slightly. A quiet sob erupted from her mouth as she buried her face in his chest. "Souta…ahou!"

"That's not nice!" he yelled when he pushed himself up. The young, brown-haired boy looked down at his smiling sister who had fallen asleep yet again. This time with a smile on her lips and a peaceful look upon her tan face.

"Ane-ue…"

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Inuyasha pondered on what had happened to the girl from the future and her young brother. Her wounds were unexplainable and her brother's silence only added to the torment of unknowing worry. He absently scratched his chest where a large hole still lay gapping. He winced as he touched the bandage that heavily covered the wound. Kagome couldn't speak to him. Her brother said that her jaw had been snapped when she fell. That was all the young boy would say.

"Inuyasha." Sango's voice came softly from the doorway of the medical hut. "Can I talk to you?"

Inuyasha glared at her and cast a glance at the still sleeping Kagome.

He then stood and followed the youkai taijiya out of the hut.

Sango stopped in front of Kaedes' hut where they met up with Miroku. The monk was that first to speak.

"Inuyasha…Shippo is missing." He stated.

Inuyasha raised an eyebrow. "So?"

"I think he would be then only one able to help Kagome-sama." The monk continued calmly.

"Cure?! And how the hell would a runt like-?!" he stopped and clenched his fist against his wound. It dripped with blood, angry at his own outburst. The light scar tissue that had been covering the wound quickly had ripped apart with boiling blood. "How would he be able to cure her?" he asked quietly, trying not to aggravate his wound further.

"He would shower her with his joy and happiness, giggling and skipping, playing and frolicking, jumping and-."

"Shut up, Houshi-sama." Sango elbowed the dramatic houshi in the nose before turning seriously to the hanyou stressing about his friends condition. He looked about at wits ends.

"Inuyasha," she placed a hand on his shoulder. "Just kiss her and maybe she'll wake up."

"What was that, Sango?" he glared at her.

"N-nothing!" she and Miroku seemed to get rather far away at that moment.

He huffed and headed back toward the medical hut, stumbling slightly as blood dripped over his hand.

"You think Inuyasha's in pain?" Miroku asked the taijiya.

"Poor Inuyasha." She sighed and clasped her hands together in prayer. "Let's go find Shippo."

"Right." Miroku followed the woman after casting a worried glance in the direction his friends, the stubborn hanyou and the powerful young miko, rested.

"Houshi-sama," Sango called to him.

"Yes, Sango?"

"Souta, Kagome's brother…" she looked downward, her eyes seeming to glisten. "He reminds me of Kohaku…so innocent and defenseless."

"Defenseless, I wouldn't say. Did you see that knife up his shirt?" Miroku said as he put his arm around the taijiya's shoulder. He closed his eyes tightly, getting ready for the punch he knew would be landed to his face or stomach, but it didn't come. What did come was a soft head on his shoulder as the two walked toward the forest and to Kirara, ready to set out on their journey.

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A/N: Sango and Miroku will get romance. They'll have their own little journey's as well as with Kagome and Inuyasha. Their first journey…Shippo-chan's Rescue!!

By the way, since Nuriko's death on Fushigi Yuugi (I saw it a long time ago and it still brings tears to my eyes!) I have ideas for some stories. Slightly depressing and I'm sorry if someone gets depressed over what I have in mind. It's along way off so I might forget it. Uh-oh hope not!

Back to the show, folks!

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Inuyasha stared down at the miko. Her eyebrows twitched and her expressions changed from scared to confused to happy to sad and so forth.

He grabbed her hand lightly and stared at it. It felt soft, like newly fallen snow. His hand trailed downward to her wrist. His fingers fit around it fully.

She always did…have thin wrists, he thought, they could break easily.

He looked down at her body. Her wounds. They had been afflicted upon her innocent defenseless body. He clenched her wrist tightly until he heard her whimper lightly.

"Sorry…" he muttered as he watched her settle down again. "Kagome, I hope you can…tell me…who did…this to you." His eyes stared to get heavy as the pain from his wound overwhelmed his conscious mind. He slumped forward in an uncontrollable sleep as his head fell against Kagome's chest.

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Oops! That was a short chapter. Well…by my standards. Oh well, at least I got it in…right?

Anyway, I can't wait till…oh well…I don't quite remember. Anyway, can't wait for your feedback peeps!

Next chapter:

Chapter 4: The Awakening to Semi-Confession