Chapter four
Kouga was hunting around where Kagome was living, but he barely found her scent. But when he got close to a river, he smelled blood. A lot of blood. He began running toward where the scent was coming from, and he saw a naked Kagome in a hot spring, her wrist bleeding. "Kagome?" the wolf demon called out to her tentatively. He repeated himself a little louder. Then he started screaming her name and ran to her side. He pulled her out of the water, and he caught his breath, looking at kagome's slender body. He put his ear to her chest, and listened to the faint heart beat. "Kagome, don't leave me." Kouga pleaded, and Inuyasha came out of the bushes. He looked at Kagome's naked body. "What the hell have you done to Kagome, flea-bag?" he demanded. Kouga retaliated. "Why the hell are you looking at my woman?" Inuyasha's face got red with anger. "She ain't your flipping woman! You hear that? She's mine." Kouga laughed. "Yeah, right! Then why is she almost dead? And that blade in her hand? It's got to be self-inflicted. So, let me ask you, what the hell did you do to Kagome to make her do this?" Kouga was angry. He picked up kagome's limp body, and without waiting for an answer, ran off toward Kaede's home. Inuyasha swore and ran after Kouga.
Sango ran out of the Kaede's hut after hearing Kouga's screams of help. She gasped as she saw Kagome's limp naked body in his arms. She headed toward Kouga, and screamed. She took Kagome out of kouga's arms and brought her in to Kaede. "Kouga, I need to know what the hell happened. Tell me everything you know." Sango demanded. Kouga sighed, and began to tell Sango how he found Kagome passed out in the water of the hot spring. When the wolf demon was finished, Sango ran and cried. Miroku followed her, and she pushed him away. "It's all my fault! Kagome's going to die! And it's all my fault. I should have realized that she was so sad, I should have… should have…" and she trailed off, sobbing. Miroku wrapped his arms around her and she sobbed on his shoulder. "Sango, it is not your fault. You could not have known that she was going to attempt suicide, and you though she was just going to finish her bath. How could you have known?" he reminded her, but Sango still didn't believe him. It was all her fault, and that's all she thought about.
Kagome woke up around 2 AM, and her head and wrist were throbbing. "What the hell happened to me?" she asked herself, and then everything came back to her. She silently cried, and Inuyasha came in, having sensed that she had awoken. "Ka-Kagome? Are you alright?" he asked carefully. She just stared up at the ceiling, without saying a word. That was scarier than having her scream and yell at him. But he still saw her tears, and walked closer to her. "Go away, Inuyasha." Kagome muttered emotionlessly. But Inuyasha ignored her command. "Kagome, I know that right now, you probably hate me, and I know that I probably deserve it, but if you don't love me anymore, please stay, stay for my sake. I would die without you, Kagome." And Inuyasha kissed his true love, and walked out.