Chapter 9!

Poisoned! Get to Jinenji!

'Ukkkk! This poison!'

Sango was slightly conscious now, she didn't know what was happening, all she knew was pain. "The poison has spread far too much, we have to get to Jinenji, he's the only one with the right herbs!" Kagome exclaimed, as she re bandaged Sango's arm.

"How far is the village from this point?" Miroku asked, as he was very concerned for his future wife. "Not too far, 30 miles or less. There is no way we could get there with out some extra power." Kagome said, looking at Inuyasha. "Yeah, someone who is faster than all of us combined." Shippo said, also looking at the hanyou.

Inuyasha blinked and replied. "What is everyone looking at?" "Inuyasha, you have to get Sango to Jinenji! Kilala is injured and you are the only one who can get her there in time." Kagome said, putting her hand on Inuyasha's shoulder.

"Whaaat?! You can't be serious! That's a lot to ask for-" Miroku grabbed Inuyasha by the scruff of his Kimono and spoke. "You will do this Inuyasha, cause if she dies, I won't hesitate to kill you!"

"M-Miroku calm down, you're being creepy!" Miroku kept staring into the hanyou's golden eyes, he wasn't joking around. 'Oh f*ck the guy is dead serious! Oh well, I wanted to leave this dump anyway' Miroku let Inuyasha go, letting the hanyou fix his kimono where Miroku grabbed him. The hanyou grumbled then spoke.

"Sheesh, fine I'll do it, don't' expect anymore of me. Besides, I

wanted to leave this place anyway."

Inuyasha put the now unconscious Sango over his shoulder. "I'll meet you guys there, Shippo, come with me. Sango is gonna need someone by her side."

"Uhh, Inuyasha…" "Come on, before I change my mind." "Uhhh, ok."

As Inuyasha started to run, with Shippo and Sango on his back, he headed for Jinenji's hut!

Later…

With Inuyasha's amazing speed, the threesome were already 5 miles away from Jinenji's village. Shippo was still shocked about Inuyasha asking him to come with him. 'What good am I?' Shippo thought, clutching Sango's arm.

'Does he finally see me as being useful?' Shippo thought again.

'Uhhh, where am I?' Sango opened her eyes, the medicine Kagome gave her made her very tired and dizzy. So dizzy that she couldn't make out what was going on. She knew she was moving, as she could feel a strong breeze rushing through her body. The breeze was super strong, as she felt like she was going at lightning speed. She opened her eyes more, to find a red Kimono under her and white hair. "Inu-Yasha?" Sango said, as she was so weak she could barely utter a word.

"Yeah, I see Kagome's medicine is wearing off."

The hanyou replied, jumping through trees and bushes.

"Where are you taking me….?" "The poison has spread too far through you're body, I'm taking you to Jinenji's hut to get rid of it." "I see, Jinenji must be pretty good with herbs and such. He was able to heal Kilala well back then." "Yeah, he's a good guy."

Soon, Inuyasha got to the village. He ran to Jinenji's hut, to seek his help.

Jinenji's hut….

"Look mother, the poison herbs have sprouted nicely…" "Good, let's harvest them." "Yes mother." "JINEJI! JINENJI!" "Inuyasha, is that you?"

"Yeah, can you help Sango? She was poisoned." "I see, bring her inside."

After taking a sample of her blood, Jinenji nodded and got up. "Well?" "It's a fatal poison, it's a good thing you got here when ya did." Jinenji's mother said, watching her son go outside to the field.

"So, can he get the poison out?"

Inuyasha asked, sitting next to the unconscious demon slayer. Jinenji's mother chuckled and lit a cigar. "Of course he can, the herbs we grow can heal any poison. However, it will be excruciatingly painful. The poison herb we have for this kind will have to travel right through her blood stream to kill the poison. In order to do so, we have to open the wound on her arm. " "I will endure."

Inuyasha, Shippo, and the old miko turned around to find the weak demon slayer sitting up. "Ah, demon slayer, I see you're awake. You are a strong one."

"I don't care what it takes, I want to live long enough to destroy Naraku and get Kohaku back." "Uhh, I see." "I have returned. Miss Sango, can you let me aid you?" "Of course Jinenji, that's what you're here for."

The half horse demon smiled and un bandaged the demon slayers arm. "I can see Kagome used my ointment. How is Kagome? Is she well?" "Y-yes, very well."

Sango replied, looking at the bowl of crushed herbs. She watched Jinenji mix some sort of liquid while he crushed the herbs some more. She saw smoke and steam coming from it when it became finished. She had a sure feeling this was going to hurt.

She looked away and prepared for the worst. Just then, Shippo held Sango's hand with his hand. She smiled and returned the comfort from the little fox demon. Jinenji took his mother hand dagger and slightly opened the wound, causing immediate pain. Sango endured and waited for the medicine to go in her wound, knowing that would be far more painful. Once the medicine was applied, it burned through her skin entering her blood stream.

"Ahhh- AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

All the group could here were Sango's screams.

'Hurry up Miroku and get you're a*ss over here!' Inuyasha thought, holding Sango.

Meanwhile…

"Thanks Kilala, you didn't have to bring us there, we could of got there by foot." Kagome said, rubbing Kilala's fur. "Yes, you shouldn't be doing anything with that injured paw." "Roar." Kilala sped up, she wanted to get to Sango as quickly as possible.

Meanwhile…. Back at Jinenji's hut.

Sango was now asleep with a new bandage and no more poison in her system.

It took over an hour to remove the toxic substance. The demon slayer endured an hour of pain. In a way, Inuyasha was thankful Miroku wasn't here, the monk probably wouldn't of been able to handle Sango's screams of agony.

Speaking of Miroku and Kagome, they arrived, as they landed in front of the hut. "Inuyasha, where is Sango?" Miroku asked, looking at Inuyasha, who was leaning against the hut sitting cross legged like he always does.

"She's inside resting, the poison has been removed, but she is going to have to recuperate from it." "I want to see her." Miroku said, entering the hut.

Kagome smiled and sat next to Inuyasha. "You did a good thing." Kagome said, leaning on Inuyasha.

The hanyou rolled his eyes and replied. "Yeah well, I didn't want to stay in that grave yard of a village. I'm tired of burying bodies. I swear I don't know what I am, a demon or a grave digger." Kagome laughed and rested her head on Inuyasha's shoulder then replied.

"At least were all together. We will kill Naraku and get our freedom."

Inuyasha sighed. "Yeah, we can only hope."

So, the group stayed at Jinenji's hut for two days to let Sango rest. Once she felt better, the group set off again, in search of Naraku and Jewel Shards.