An Unbreakable Promise

Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha and Co. That title belongs to Rumiko Takahashi.

Summary: InuYasha's betrayed Kagome more than once, and yet she stood by his side. What' ll InuYasha do when she decides to leave, especially before their final battle against Naraku? Can he bring her back and save everyone before it's too late?

A/N: Have fun reading my first fanfic.

Chapter One - Nightmare Before Tomorrow

"InuYasha! Look out!" Kagome cried."Behind you!" Kagome's breath formed a lump in her throat as one of Naraku's tentacles missed him by a mere inch. She heaved a sigh as she saw InuYasha strike once more. Then all of a sudden, Naraku's tentacles shot out of no where and plunged themselves through InuYasha's body. Kagome's heart stilled.

"No...," Kagome breathed. It was all like a movie in slow motion. She saw him collapse to the ground and his blood gush out of his wounds. As he hit the earth, damp with his blood, Kagome saw InuYasha's eyes glaze over. "No," Kagome forced out. Her voice cracked and her throat felt dry.

"NO! INUYASHA!" Kagome ran towards InuYasha's lifeless body as he drifted away. No matter how much she ran she couldn't reach him. "No...InuYasha. What about our promise?" The sky darkened as Kagome made her way to InuYasha, whose body started to disappear. "InuYasha? Where are you? InuYasha?! INUYASHA!!!"

"No! NO! INUYASHA!" Kagome opened her eyes and abruptly sat up. She looked around in terror. Her breath came out in short gasps as Kagome tried to regain her senses. Just then Sango, Shippou, Miroku, Kaede, and InuYasha himself, ran into the hut.

"Kagome! What's wrong?" InuYasha asked while lightly gripping her shoulders. Wide-eyed, Kagome gazed into InuYasha's eyes and choked back a sob as InuYasha started to shake her violently. "Kagome! Tell me! What's wrong with you, wench?!" Kagome stared at him, unable to believe he was alive.

"Stop it InuYasha! You're going to hurt her that way!"Sango cried. "Kagome-chan? Are you okay? Kagome-chan?! InuYasha! What's wrong with her?" Kagome blinked.

"I don't know! That's why I was asking her!"

"You weren't asking her! You were trying to snap her head off!"

"Shut up! It's not my fault she's like this!"

"Yes, it is and you know it!!! If you had stayed with her instead of running off to Kikyo maybe--"

"InuYasha?" InuYasha whirled around.

"Kagome. Are you okay? Does your head hurt? How many fingers am I holding?"

"She's in shock InuYasha. She's not stupid... unlike you," Miroku said as he pushed InuYasha aside."Kagome-sama, can you hear me?" Kagome stared at him for a moment. She then turned her head to InuYasha, who had started another argument with Sango.

"InuYasha," Kagome whispered. He turned around.

"Kagome... You okay?" She stared at him and nodded.

"How about you? Are you hurt?" He stared at her for a moment before answering.

"No... Why do you ask?"

"Are you sure?" She frantically searched his body for wounds of any kind.

"Kagome, I'm fine. What's wrong with you all of a sudden?" Kagome looked at him, tears blurring her vision.

"InuYasha... InuYasha!" Kagome cried as tears began to spill down her face. "Oh God, oh God, oh God! You're alive! I can't believe your alive! It was so real! Oh God..." She covered her face with her hands as her sobs racked her body. InuYasha wrapped his arms around her as he tried to comfort her.

"It's all right, Kagome. It was just a dream. I'm fine. We're all okay. Not a single cut or bruise, with the exception of Miroku of course."

"Hey!"

"Shut up, monk!" Kagome set her hands down on her lap.

"Really? No one's hurt?" Kagome asked her lower lip trembling. InuYasha fought the urge to turn away. He's never seen her this way before. She was acting so... strange; so scared.

"Yup! Now let's get going before those shards grow legs and walk away," InuYasha said. (a/n: omg!!!sorry...that was so freakin' corny...!) Kagome, using InuYasha' s arm for support, tried to stand. Strangely her legs wouldn' t obey. "Come on Kagome. We have to go." InuYasha said. She looked up at him helplessly.

"I-I can't feel my legs. They feel numb. It must have been from the shock." She grinned at him sheepishly, the corners of her lips slightly trembling. InuYasha, once again, had to fight the urge to turn away. "I'm sorry...," Kagome whispered. InuYasha sighed.

"There's nothing to be sorry about. We can head off when you're ready, okay?"

" 'Kay," Kagome said. She smiled. This time her smile stayed steady. InuYasha returned the smile. She put her head back on the pillow and closed her eyes. InuYasha leaned against the wall of the hut and also closed his eyes. Unaware of his presence, Kagome drifted off to sleep.

A/N: I'm reposting my chapters.