meowsa-of-DOOM:well, since the earlier chapy was updated after such a long wait, I decided to be nice and update twice in a row immediatly aftwer the other...well, not really...I had originally typed up the wrong chapter, so I had to go back and type up the real ch.9 so since this was already typed up, Im just updating it now.yup yup! so this is one of the circumstances that my mess up is a good thing!woO0t!well, onto the disclaimer!

Kagome:Im awake now, so Im happy to do so!meowsa-of-DOOM doesnt own InuYasha!whee!

meowsa-of-DOOM: suck up.-stares menocingly-

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Chapter 9

InuYasha ran through the forest outside Kaede's village, his nose sniffing intently for Kagome's sweet scent, but still not finding anything. It had been about an hour since he and his friends had went their separate ways to find Kagome. "She could be hurt, or worse, already be harmed by now!" he thought to himself, making him increase his speed and sharpen his senses even further now.

A small waft of something reached his nose, making him stop. "Finally, this is it; Kagome's scent! Hang on Kagome, I'm coming!" He said aloud, bounding off in the direction of her scent.

InuYasha could tell the scent was really strong now, so he must be getting close. Sure enough, he came out of the trees and noticed he was outside the cave where Midirko's(sp?) corpse lay, but more importantly, he saw Kagome lying on the ground unconscious.

He ran over and checked her over to find she wasn't injured and she was still breathing steadily. "Kagome! Kagome, come one, wake up!" InuYasha said pleadingly, shaking her slightly, but still not waking her. With a sigh, he gathered her in his lap. It was almost pitch black around him due to the small sliver of moon in the sky. Deciding to wait till morning to head back to the village, he kept watch for the night and in the morning, carrying Kagome on his back, he started back to the village.

When he got there, Sango, Miroku, and Shippo were all waiting for him and were relieved to see he had found Kagome.

Two days past and Kagome remained unconscious, no matter how much her friends called out to her. "She must have used quite a bit of energy. Whatever happened it must have been eventful." Kaede said, coming into the hut to check up on Kagome. "Has she stirred yet?" she asked InuYasha, who had been by Kagome's side the entire time.

"No." InuYasha answered glumly, the same answer he'd give every time Kaede had asked.

"Worry not; she will awake soon." She replied hopefully before leaving the hut once again.

InuYasha looked down at Kagome's peaceful sleeping face. Suddenly he heard a small mumbling and he saw Kagome's eyes flutter open. "Kagome! Are you okay? What happened?" he blurted out.

Kagome smiled sweetly, but didn't respond. "Kagome, what's wrong?" InuYasha asked, confused by her silence.

Kagome continued to smile sweetly, then finally said quietly, "Inu…Yasha…I love…you." She smiled again, then closed her eyes. He was worried for a moment, but seeing her chest rising calmly once again, he knew she was fine.

He got up and left the hut for the first time in two days. "Hey, hag! She woke up; she's sleeping now." He said to Kaede before leaping into a tree to get some sleep.

About an hour later, he woke to the sound of voices coming from the hut. He jumped down from the tree and walked over curiously. Just outside the doorway but out of vision, he listened, "Lady Kagome, it is very relieving to see you awake. You had us worried." said a voice, who InuYasha guessed to be Miroku.

"So Kagome's awake again. It looks like she's going to be fine." He said quietly and walked off back to his tree post while the voices in the hut continued on.

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well, thats it.see?Iwoke her up...happy!well, you better be...punks.lol...no really...I love you all...my wonderful loyal readers are my very soul makers.thank you so much for reviewing my story!huggles for all!-huggles-lol.well, see you all next chapy! ; )