Worried Hearts

"Kagome! Kagome!" InuYasha yelled as he darted between the cliffs, following the scent of his mate. Other scents were mingling with hers, but he was too focused on her scent to even notice the others, until he heard a loud scream from just above him. As he looked up, he saw something dart across his line of vision and out of view. A moment later, a twister came slicing out of the side of the cliff with such force that it almost pulled InuYasha off the ground. But just as quickly as it had appeared, the twister of wind dissipated and two forms fell and came to a stop with a sickening thud not far from him. InuYasha hadn't even had time to move. Fear was gripping his heart as he raced to the two motionless forms. Much to his relief, neither was Kagome's form; but both were dead. One of them, which appeared to be a fox demon, was sliced and scared all across his body, with the white kimono bloodied and torn from its body in places. Bones were shattered and blood pooled under his form. The other form, a female feline, was intact, with no scratches or scars on her form. After a moment, InuYasha turned his attention to the top of the cliff. After all, it wasn't any of his business. Just two demons feuding. Probably over territories, anyways.

InuYasha propelled himself up to the top of the cliff for a better view of the surrounding area. He could smell Kagome's scent, but he couldn't see her anywhere nearby. With a soft, aggravated growl, InuYasha punched the side of the cliff face, dislodging rocks and dirt alike in his anger. "Where are you, Kagome?" He mumbled to himself as he leaned his forehead against the side of the cliff and closed his eyes. A picture of her smiling face filled his minds eye, and he smiled ever so slightly as he though he heard her call out his name.

"InuYasha."

But that wasn't Kagome's voice…
"InuYasha!"
There it was… Kagome's soft, gentle tone…

"InuYasha! Oh my god, InuYasha is it really you?!" InuYasha's eyes shot open as he turned around, Kagome's scent flooding his senses as she threw her arms around him. Two other scents lingered in the area. One was the salty tang of Kagome's tears, and the other was the scent of his half brother, Sesshomaru. Putting one arm around Kagome as if to protect her, InuYasha looked around quickly for his brother, expecting to see him with sword drawn and prepared to fight, but instead he found nothing but the two of them. There was nothing else there, but the sound of Kagome weeping onto his shoulder and the slowly disappearing scent of his older half brother.

"Kagome…Are you alright? What did Sesshomaru do to you? I swear, if he hurt you-" But Kagome only shook her head and hiccupped slightly in response. After a few moments of trying to control her breathing, she was finally able to choke out a few words.

"Sesshomaru-he saved me… this cat demon kidnapped me, and this fox demon was pretending to be her master and something… and then she attacked him, and Sesshomaru protected me from the blast… and now, here you are! Oh, InuYasha, I was so worried! I thought… I thought something was going to happen to me!! I was afraid that I would die! And the pup…Oh, InuYasha, I was so worried about us both!!" More tears came, and all InuYasha could do was hold onto her as she cried and think about how grateful he was that they were both alright.

'Sesshomaru… you saved Kagome… Why? Why did you feel it necessary to save my mate, when all you've done in the past is try to kill us both?' The thought hung in his mind for a moment, until he noticed that Kagome had stopped crying, and she was looking up at him with shining eyes.

"Oh, InuYasha… I missed you so much!" Kagome hugged InuYasha so tightly, for a moment he couldn't believe her strength. Then, a small sound caught InuYasha's attention. There was a slight pinch on the side of his face, and InuYasha smacked his cheek. A slightly squashed Myoga drifted onto his outstretched hand as Kagome gasped, "Myoga the Flea!"