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Blood transfusion

Kaede was very concerned when she saw the wound. "This is serious" she mumbled and bound her wounds as best she could but the bandages soon bled through. "If the bleeding isn't stopped soon then Kagome won't have a chance" she said to the jewel hunters.

"Kagome" Shippo said worriedly.

Sango ordered the boys out so they could stitch her stomach up. An hour and a half later Sango came out with good news. "The bleedings stopped and none of the demon's poison got inside her"

Miroku thanked heaven for the small miracle.

"But Kaede says that she'll need a blood transfusion or she could still die. I've tested my blood and I'm not a match to her blood type" she said pointing to a bandage on her arm. "I came to get the other villages to test their blood and you too Miroku"

"What about Inuyasha and me?" asked Shippo.

Sango ruffled his hair "You have demon blood, it wouldn't do her much good" Shippo nodded and Inuyasha growled at his uselessness.

When the sun was about to set Inuyasha smelt more tears coming from the healing hut. He jumped down and went in to see what the matter was.

Kagome was in a cot fast asleep with a very pale face and a completely bandaged torso. Sango had tears in her eyes as she looked at the leaves in front of her. They were all blood soaked and had different shades of red or blue on them, blood testing leaves form the scared gardens.

"Not one match" she whispered. Sango looked at Kaede "Not one close match in the entire village!"

Inuyasha froze, if no one matched Kagome's blood type then…

"No!" Shippo cried and sobbed onto Kagome's leg. Miroku held Sango and Inuyasha saw he was biting his lip hard in order not to cry.

Inuyasha felt the sudden loss in power and he looked down to see his claws vanish and his hair go black. He was human until dawn.

Wait human…

Human blood!

"Kaede" he said and drew the attention of everyone in the room. "Test my blood, I'm human until morning, there might be a chance that I'm a match" he said.

The others were so desperate that they agreed without thinking. Kaede made a shallow cut on Inuyasha's arm and let it soak another leaf. They all waited holding their breaths.

Kaede held another leaf that was obviously Kagome's blood type. After a few tense minuets Kaede gasped in shock. The leaf had turned red and it was the exact same shade as Kagome's. "Yer a match" she said in shock.

Everyone looked so relieved and Inuyasha soon had a tube stuck in his arm linking him to Kagome. He bit his lip when he felt weak from so much blood being used. He refused to be weak, not now, for Kagome's sake.

"Kaede, are you sure that we should continue?" asked Miroku, worried for Inuyasha's health. Inuyasha fell to his knees but grunted for them to shut up.

"I can heal in the morning" he growled at them. Kaede was worried for him too but she knew how quickly he would recover. This healing rate was about a hundred times quicker than any normal human's.

Kaede removed the tube at last and Inuyasha staggered then slid down the wall in exhaustion. "Damn that was worse than I expected" he gasped out holding his arm, the cut was healing as they spoke, even as a human his healing powers were faster than average.

Kaede hoped that the speed of recovery would pass to Kagome. She gave Inuyasha an energy reviving tea and he soon felt better. "Ah, that hit the spot" he sighed. "How's she doing?"

Kagome had some more colour in her cheeks and her breathing was more even. Kaede looked at the wound and said "It seems we did something right by using yer blood" the wound was still there and was as gruesome as ever but her all-knowing eyes knew that she was recovering.

Inuyasha tried to stay awake but he fell asleep before another hour had gone by. "How can he sleep at a time like this?" Shippo demanded.

Sango held him in her lap like he used to do with Kagome. "He gave a lot of blood at once, he has a good reason to be tired"

"And we could all use some sleep" Miroku said getting comfortable next to Sango, she didn't seem to mind his strong form beside her tonight, he tried to wriggle his hand behind her but Kilala nipped it and have him kitty evils. "Sorry" he muttered and fell asleep under the felines watchful gaze.