Poison

"InuYasha!" Kagome ran towards him, throwing her arms around his neck as he hugged her with one arm, the other holding his Tetsusiaga steady. "Oh, InuYasha… Kagura and Kanna… They helped me!" InuYasha made some-what of a skeptical sound and didn't lower his Tetsusiaga. Then, out of nowhere, Kagome began coughing. And not just a small, clearing your throat type of cough, but a full-blown choking type of cough. InuYasha looked down at her, as she continued to cough, harder and harder, until she was gasping for breath. "I… I can't… breath…" She managed to gasp between coughs. Her face was turning a light shade of pink as she continued to cough, still unable to get hardly any breath.

"Kagome… Are you alright? Kagome?" InuYasha didn't really know what to do, and for the moment he had forgotten about Kagura and Kanna.

"Naraku… He did it then? He put the poison in this corridor and tricked us into thinking... Damn you Naraku!" Kagura looked to Kanna who nodded reluctantly. "Great! Then she's going to die!" Kagura threw her fan up angrily as Kagome continued to cough.

"No… She will not die. I will…" Kanna's mirror glowed at her words, drawing part of Kagome into her mirror. "-take part of her soul. The soul must be whole to die…though it can die… in pieces… so I will keep this piece safe as long as I can. But… If Naraku…" Kagura looked at Kanna and nodded. She knew what would happen.

"What… Kagome'll be all right, won't she?" InuYasha was frantic, if Kagome died, so would he! What was he to do?! But Kanna shook her head as InuYasha caught the scent of someone else who was coming. He held the now unconscious Kagome tight in his arms as he looked behind him, only to see his half brother, Sesshomaru, standing there. "Sesshomaru! What do you want? …I don't have time for this now! I've got to defeat Naraku!"

"It seems to me, that you have to deal with your mate, InuYasha." Sesshomaru's face remained blank as ever, "Which puts you out of the fight I guess." Kagura and InuYasha stared at Sesshomaru.