As the group walked through the forest, Kagome suddenly stopped. "I sense a sacred jewel shard." She told everyone.
"How close is it?" Inuyasha asked.
"I can't tell exactly, but it seems like it's coming toward us slowly." Kagome explained.
"We should hurry and check this out." Sango said. "I'm worried that someone may be hurt." Like my brother. She thought.
"Wait, it could be a trap." Miroku pointed out. "What if Naraku is setting us up?"
Kagome heard a groan. "I think that Sango's right, someone's hurt!"
"Are we just going to stand here debating this all day or are we going to go help whoever it is?" Shippo asked.
"Hate to admit it, but the kid's got a point." Inuyasha said.
"Come on!" Kagome yelled. "We can't just sit around doing nothing. Let's go find this injured person!"
The group took off through the forest. "There! Up ahead! I see something!"
"I recognize this scent." Inuyasha realized. "Whoever it is, he's been badly hurt."
There was someone lying face-down on the ground. As they got closer, Kagome recognized him. "It's Koga!" She realized.
"Are you sure?" Miroku asked.
She ran over to him. "Koga! What happened?"
He slowly turned to face her. "Kagome…" He winced in pain.
"What happened here?" Inuyasha asked. "It looks like you were in quite a struggle."
Koga tried to get to his feet, but fell onto the ground again. "Koga, stay down." Kagome told him. "You shouldn't try to move."
"I wonder what could've happened to him." Sango said.
"Sango, look." Miroku pointed to Koga's legs. His legs and arm were bleeding. The blood had rushed down the side of his arm and legs.
"Whoa, that must've been some fight you were in." Inuyasha said. "I thought I'd picked up the scent of your blood."
"Koga, what happened?" Kagome asked. Then she saw a few insects flying away.
"Those are Naraku's poisonous insects." Sango realized.
"A whole swarm of them…came after me." Koga said between breaths. "They were after…the sacred jewel shards…that I carried…" He winced again.
"So that's why they came after you." Inuyasha said. "To take away the jewel shards in your legs and arm."
"Hey, you mutt…" Koga said.
"What'd you just say?" Inuyasha nearly attacked him.
"Inuyasha, sit!" Kagome yelled. The magic beads caused him to fall to the ground. "Sorry, you were saying, Koga?"
"You have to carry on the fight from here." Koga told them. "It'll take months for my wounds to heal. I won't be of any use in a fight now."
"Koga…" Kagome started.
"Hey, wolf." Inuyasha said, getting up. "You should get your friends to take you back home. We will destroy Naraku for good this time. But, thanks for your help in the past. There are times where we wouldn't have made it without you."
"I guess this is good-bye." Kagome told Koga. "I'm sorry I don't have anything in my first aid kit for something this serious."
"Don't worry about me." Koga said. "I'll be fine just looking after my brothers. The fight has to go on. It's up to you now."
"We should go, too." Inuyasha realized. "We don't want anymore people to become victims of Naraku's antics." The others nodded in agreement and took off.
"Good luck…" Koga said. "Inuyasha."
"We better hurry before more innocent victims are hurt!" Sango told them.
"Yeah, there's no telling what else he's done." Kagome agreed.