His eyes snapped open, sweat dripped from his forehead and his breathing rattled through his chest. Inuyasha sat up quickly to check his surroundings but was stopped by a sharp pain ripping through him. Every muscle in his body hurt and his ribcage felt like it was threating to crush his he wa lying on his back he stared up at the cieling made of thin creaking wood, to his right was a shallow fire pit. Near the light wooden door cover that taped against the door frame in the wind was a wide pot filled with water and at the edge hung a damp cloth. He new that he was in Keadas hut as soon as he woke. Many times has he been brought back their to have his wounds dressed by Keada or Kagome.

"Kagome..." He whisperd to himslef as images of her dying in his arms flashed into his mind from his nightmare. He grabbed his sheathed Tetsuiga that was leaning against the wall and used it to steady himslef as he slowly trecked towards the door.

"Inuyasha sit down ye are still in pain,child."

He looked up to see Keada with a damp cloth in her hand for wiping away his rising fever.

"Feh. These are just scratches old hag. Now move, I have to see Kagome" He demanded

She looked annoyed that he had called her an old hag yet agian but replied through clenched teeth, "Hm, sit back down and rest I'll go fetch her for you. She's been buzy collecting medicinal herbs for ye injuries." And with that she left the wounded hanyou all alone in her hut once more. Minuets later he heard someone running quickly across the tiny bridge near Keades hut. Just as Inuyasha was lifting his head up to move his silver bangs out of his eyes to see who it was, Kagome had allready burst into the hut and dived into Inuyashas arms.

"Oh kami, I was so scared! I hope your pleased with yourself, baka. Even shippou was worried. We didnt know if you were ever gonna wake up this time..." Ranted Kagome with tears stinging at her eyes threating to fall. She relised him to look at his face and into his eyes, only to return to their warm embrace. Inuyasha closed his arms around her back once more before saying...

"What were you so worried about me for wench?Not like I havn't been kncoked out before." He said softly trying to sound stern but failing miserably.

"Not for four days you haven't!" She yelled this time letting the tears roll freely down her beautiful face. "And anyway how could I not worry? I was terrified! You are my friend you know. Sometimes I wonder if you do it on purpose to scare us." She mumbled the last bit but he still heard her. Kagome let go and smiled up at him warmly causing a smile of his own to grace his lips. Kagome picked up some spare fire wood to start a new fie to warm up the freezing hut. Inuyasha was glad to see Kagome back to her normal,happy self. His dream had shook him up some and was worried for her life and was afriad incase what he saw was true and it had really happend.

"Four day? Hold on, how did we get back here? Before I got knocked out we were fighting that Orge demon." He ponderd alloud.

"Well...I shot him in the neck with my sacred arrow just as you fell to the floor, and Sango,Miroku and Kirara fought him off and kept attacking. He didn't stand a chance really. I guess he realised he was fighting a losing battle so he escaped. We didnt go after him seens as we were worried for your life,before you complain! We didn't know if you were going to be able to fight of broken bones...being in your human form and all. So we got Kirara to carry you and Miroku back here while me, Shippou and Sango walked through Hichagou wood." Kagome explained.

"Oh right... I guess I owe you guys." He said with a smooth, quiet voice. Kagome smiled and got back to starting the fire again with her matches. She was glad Inuyasha was awake again, she was getting more and more anxious each day that he didn't open his eyes. After a while of comfterble scilence, Shippou and a rather pissed off looking Sango followed by a grinning monk with a fresh red handprint across one side of his face with a cute little two-tail at his feet.

"Pervert." Sango complained under her breath.

This made Inuyasha chuckle causing Sango, Shippou and Miroku to look up at him.

"Inuyasha!" They all said simultainusly, Followed by a 'meow' from Kirara.

"So Glad to see your finally awake." Smiled Miroku. The hand print still looking large and painfull.

"Humph, about time too don't you think?" Mutterd Shippou earning him a punch on the head and a giant pink lump to go with it.

"Yeah, Nice to see you too runt." Inuyasha said through clenched teeth.

Meanwhile, a cold hearted, dead miko stood up high on a near by hill over-looking the villiage.