Hey this is my first ever fanfic story thing, and I usually keep every thing to myself so any reviews would be extremely helpful. I'm going to try as hard as I can to write this story properly but I lost my notebook recently (long story). It was a really good one so that totally sucks. Scratch that I just totally found my notebook. It was in my closet, heh heh how did it end up there.

I just combined chapters 1 and 2 because it seemed pointless to have them seperate since they were so short. Well i hope you enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha or any of the others, im just using them.

The Next Step

Chapter One:End to an Old War

Kagome could do nothing but stand and watch as InuYasha and Naraku attacked each other relentlessly. She could barely breath, she stood frozen in terror. What if something happened to InuYasha? How could she go on, if he didn't make it. She carefully watched every blow, praying that he would make it. Something moved and caught Naraku's attention, giving InuYasha an fleeting chance. InuYasha took it. Kagome skipped a breath as she watched InuYasha run toward Naraku. He raised back the tetsaugia, in a final attempt Naraku lashed out at InuYasha but it was to late. InuYasha brought the sword down and removed Naraku's head. Naraku lashed out with his final attack and his lifeless corpse fell to the ground. His body turned
to dust and blew away into the sky.

InuYasha turned to Kagome and took a few staggering steps toward her then collapsed to the ground. Kagome's heart stopped and her eyes began to well up in her eyes. She ran to him as fast as she could. She fell to her knees at his side. She propped his head up on her knees and the tears began to fall from her eyes onto his face. She stroked his cheek and brushed the hair from his face. She laid her head on his, whispering "Please don't leave me, I need you."

"Sango! Miroku! SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME! HURRY! " She cried out. She continued to scream until she herd rustling in the woods behind her. She immediately stopped fearing that a demon had come to take advantage of the situation. InuYasha was out cold and she was in no condition to fight. She stared into the woods unable to move. Her fears were put to rest when Sango and Miroku emerged from the woods.

Sango fell to her knees at Kagome's side and looked at the unconscious InuYasha, who was lying in a pool of blood. She turned to Kagome, "What happened? Are you alright?" She looked at Kagome, who was just staring down at InuYasha as if she wasn't even there. "Don't worry Kagome, we won't let anything happed to him. I promise."

Miroku knelt down on the other side of InuYasha and checked his pulse the way Kagome had shown him. "He's alive but barely. He's lost a lot of blood. We need to get him to Kaede's as soon as possible. "

Kagome gently lifted InuYasha's head off her lap and placed it on the ground. She stood and gazed at his limp body. She felt alone and vulnerable. Her eyes had an emptiness to them as she stared. She watched as Miroku and Sango hoisted InuYasha up on Kirrara's back. Kagome could no longer stand it, so she took off running into the woods. All she could do was run and she kept running. She felt completely helpless. He told her to stay there, to stay hidden, so she wouldn't get hurt. She couldn't stop running if she had wanted to, its all she could do to keep from breaking down. She could see the scene over and over in her head. How could she just stand there and watch? Why did she have to listen to him? She could've helped him. Since when did she listen to him anyway.

Flash back
"Kagome, please stay here."

Kagome looked at InuYasha. 'Did he just say that?' she thought, 'Did he just say please? Did he really just speak kindly to me, and not try to order me around? Even when I was sick he wasn't this nice.' She looked into his eyes, and saw something in them that she hadn't seen before. She saw fear and it looked as if he were trying to hold back tears. He looked so kind.

"Okay, InuYasha, I'll stay. I only wish I hadn't lost my bow and arrows. I wish that I could help you." Kagome said feeling terrible and was about to cry. Silently cursing her self for dropping them after that battle with Kagura.

"Don't worry Kagome, I can take care of myself. I just don't want you to get hurt. If something happened to you I would hate myself for all eternity. I just care about you to much."

"Inu..Yasha..." She said missing a breath.

He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close. He held her so tightly it was as if he would fall away if he let go. She hugged him back, tears forming on her eyes. He pulled back and lifted her face to his. "Kagome, I love you." He kissed her on the cheek. "Kagome, whatever happens," he put his mouth to her ear and whispered, "Please don't cry." He pulled away and ran into the clearing. Kagome watched as he approached Naraku.

"I'll try," Kagome whispered a solemn promise to her love.
End Flash Back

She continued to run. It was pitch black and she could barely see the light from the fires in the village. She couldn't see anything, and the next thing she knew she was on the ground. She gasped to catch her breath. She threw herself face first on the ground and began to sob. Tears were steaming down her face. Things had never gotten this bad before and she was terrified. After about 10 or 20 minutes she began to calm down. She was still crying but she could at least breath.

"Kagome..."

She immediately stopped and looked around. Her eyes had adjusted but she couldn't see anyone.

"Please Kagome.." the voice whispered again.

The voice, it sounded so familiar. 'InuYasha' she thought. It had to be, but he was unconscious and at Keaede's. There was no one else it could be, she knew his voice anywhere.

"Please Kagome, don't cry"

"InuYasha, InuYasha," She called out but no one answered. She stood and wiped the drying tears from her cheek. She walked out of the woods and stared into the sky. She looked into the full moon and felt relaxed. He's alright, he must be alright. She headed to the village.

When she got there the place looked completely deserted. There were almost no fires and everyone was in their homes asleep. She guessed that it was about one or two in the mourning. She calmly walked toward Kaede's home. She hoped that InuYasha was okay.
She pulled back the door and saw InuYasha lying near the fire. Kaede was beside him tending to his wounds. Miroku was leaning against a wall, holding a sleeping Sango in his arms. Shippou and Kirrara were curled up in a corner asleep. As she looked at them she saw cuts and bandages. They had been fighting Naraku's minions and had gotten hurt, amazed that she had escaped with so few injuries.

Kagome took a step forward and Kaede looked up at her. Then she looked back down at InuYasha and finished his dressings. When she finished, she started putting her things away. She stood and walked over to Kagome.

"Kagome," she said softly. "He'll be alright, but he'll be weak for quite sometime. You may want to go back home for a week or two."

Kagome paused before speaking. "I'm want to stay here. I'm just going to go home and and get some things and then I'll be back."

She walked out of the hut and to the Bone Eater's Well. She climbed up on the side and let herself fall in. When she hit the bottom, she crawled out and to no surprise was back home. She quietly walked up to her room. She put her dirty clothes in the hamper and put clean ones in her bag. She grabbed some soap, antibiotics, and bandages from the hall closet. She went to the kitchen and got some food out of the cabinet. She put a note on the table and left.

When she got back to Kaede's she found that everyone went to the other room and they left the fire on for her. She laid out her sleeping bag down by InuYasha. She pulled the cover over the two of them and carefully snuggled up to him. She fell into a deep comfortable sleep.

So that's it for chapter 1 it would be longer but its like 1:30 a.m. and I'm really tired. PLZ R&R thanks a lot.