Disclaimer: Trust me, if I owned Inu-Yasha there would be more than 167 episodes. Nope, the only thing that's mine is the plot of this story. The rest belongs to Rumiko Takahashi.

(Italics are thoughts)

Chapter One

"Damn it! How could I let this happen? I'm such a fool! …Dammit!" Inu-Yasha could be heard cursing at himself from a small clearing in the middle of a dense forest.

A small voice from his shoulder said, "Master Inu-Yasha, there was nothing you could do! It's not your fault!"

Inu-Yasha replied sharply with, "Oh, shut up Myoga. It is my fault, I left…" Miroku was sitting on the ground a few feet away from Sango.

"Don't be like that. It couldn't be helped." He said in an attempt to calm the hanyou down.

"Yeah, don't be so hard on yourself." Sango simply didn't want him screaming any more, but after his next reply of "WILL EVERYONE STOP TELLING ME THAT?!!!? It WAS my fault!!! I'm to blame!" she knew it would be a while before he stopped.

She decided to try again at the risk that he would blow their eardrums out. "Inu-Ya-" she was cut off by a very upset "Just leave me alone…" from Inu-Yasha as he walked out of the clearing and into the forest.

Sango walked over to Kagome, sat beside her, sighed and thought 'Poor Kagome'.

"He's taking it so hard" she commented.

"Well of course he is. He's in love with her. I would be acting the same way if it happened to you."

There wasn't even enough time for her to blush before Shippo started to cry, "Ohhh, Kagome! Is she g-gonna be o-okay?" with a slight sniffle.

'Poor Shippo. Kagome is like a mother to him. This must be so terrible for him' Sango thought.

-Skips To Inu-Yasha-

Inu-Yasha could be found on a beautiful riverbank watching fish. 'Kagome… Why is this happening? I can't believe this. She can't really be dying… Can she?' He took another glance at the fish and walked away sighing.

-Back At Camp-

"Uunh…"

"Hmmm?" everybody said at once. Realizing that it was Kagome, Sango went to her.

"Uuuh… Inu… Yasha…"

"He's not here, he went off…" Sango told her.

"Not… here…?" Kagome asked.

"Shippo, Kirara, go find Inu-Yasha." Miroku ordered.

"Shippo's going to find him," Sango said to Kagome.

Kagome lay there looking at the trees above her and thought, 'Man do I feel bad. Am I dying? Uuh, that fight was more than I could handle I guess… And where did Inu-Yasha go? Probably beating himself up over me. The thing is, there's no need to. It's my own fault… What was I thinking?'

"As soon as it's possible, I think we should take her to her own world. She'll get better medical attention there," Sango said to Miroku. Miroku knew she was right. He'd been thinking the same thing for a while now. "I agree." He said.

-With Shippo and Kirara-

As they were flying over the forest looking for Inu-Yasha, Shippo heard a very loud thud. It sounded as if something very big hit the ground very hard.

"Hm? What was that noise?" As he looked around, "Hey wasn't there just a tree there? Kirara, take us down."

-With Inu-Yasha-

"Master Inu-Yasha, at this rate you'll cut down the whole forest in a week! That was the third one in an hour!" the little flea complained while jumping up and down on his shoulder.

"So? I'll chop down every damn tree on Earth if I want to!"

All of a sudden Shippo came running out of some underbrush yelling, "Inu-Yasha, Inu-Yasha!"

A little surprised by the kitsune's appearance (how could he not have smelled Shippo and Kirara coming?), Inu-Yasha asked a little stupidly "Huh? Yeah, what is it?"

"It's Kagome! She woke up and she wants you!" It was evident that Shippo couldn't hold in his inexplicable excitement.

"Ok. I'm comin'." And he started off in the direction of the clearing with Shippo flying behind him on Kirara's back.

-A Little Later-

"Oh, you're back. Good." Miroku stated.

"She's doing a little better. She came to at least" Sango informed Inu-Yasha.

All of a sudden Kagome heard voices 'Hm? What are they talking about? Is Inu-Yasha back?' "Inu…Yasha…?" she managed to say.

Inu-Yasha's sensitive ears heard her plainly and he ran over to her saying "Kagome! Kagome, are you okay?" He knelt and sat next to her. Kagome smiled and looked up at him.

"Inu-Yasha… I'm sorry…"

He was thoroughly confused. "Huh? For what? It was my fault. I left and let you fall into danger. This wouldn't have happened if I had been there! I'm so sorry Kagome!" for a second he almost looked like he was going to cry.

Kagome tried to sit up but Inu-Yasha stopped her. "Hey! What are you doing? You're gonna hurt yourself even more! You're very badly hurt, just rest."

Kagome gave in and said, "Okay…" 'I'm so tired I could sleep forever!' she thought.

"You know, we should probably get you to your own world. You could go to a hopsitel." Inu-Yasha said.

"I think you mean a hospital." Kagome corrected him.

"Whatever it is, you need one." He defended himself.

'No arguments there' she thought. "Yeah…Okay."

"We'll go as soon as you're up to it" Sango said.

Kagome almost forgot the others were there. "Okay… The sooner, the better…"

"Does that mean you want to go now?" Sango asked incredulously.

"Uh-huh." was Kagome's reply.

"Well alright then" Inu-Yasha said as he picked her up. Kagome was always surprised at how easily he did this. His strength always impressed her. How could someone be so strong and rough and at the same time so gentle and caring? For some reason she was always happy around him…well except for when he was a jerk and she had to sit him. That always made her mad, but it was so funny sometimes to see the way he crashed into the ground, making an Inu-Yasha sized hole in the earth. Then she would storm off and when she came back he would always apologize for whatever it was he did wrong. She was so lost in her thoughts that she missed it when everybody said their cheerful get-well good-byes. She only noticed they were leaving when Inu-Yasha jumped down the well and it became suddenly dark.

A/N: Okay, well this is my first fanfic so it probably isn't very good. However, if you like it, please review. I know you've probably heard this a thousand times, but a brutal critic is what every writer needs, so tell me what you do or don't like and I'll try to make the story as good as I can. I will try to update as often as I can, but since school is starting in a couple of weeks, I might not be able to update very much. Hope you liked it! () Also, I'm sorry the chapter is so short!!! I just revised it and it's about 415 words longer than before but it's still really short.