Kagome was coming back with Yasha three days later. He still had the sling on his arm but his knee was doing a lot better. Yasha was just given a new hand held video game with plenty of batteries to play while in the feudal era from his grandmother. "Grandma is awesome!" He said as he played the game.
"Just remember what we said."
"Yeah, yeah, only play it in the hut and don't show anyone." He said as he was pushing the buttons, lost in his game.
Kagome ruffled his hair as they went into the clearing. "Looks like Shiho was bored while we were gone." Kagome said laughing as they saw Shiho lying out in the sun.
Yasha looked up from his game. "She looks pretty tired."
"Why don't you put the game away for now and go play with Shiho?" Kagome asked as she reached for the game.
Yasha looked down at the game he was playing then hand it to his mom, "Save it before turning it off. I will be back in a little to play some more."
Kagome laughed as she took the system, "Just go get Shiho." She whispered.
Yasha ran at Shiho as he yelled, "Shiho get up! We are back! Look at this awesome sling I have to wear!" He stopped right in front of her as he realized she didn't move when he called her. "Shiho?" he whispered as he pat her head.
Shiho opened her eyes to look up at Yasha then whimpered as she tried to stand. That's when Yasha realized her back leg looked very repulsive. The fur was mangled and dirty evidence that she was out in this grass for at least a day or two, it had red all mixed in showing that she was severely hurt.
"Mom." Yasha yelled as Shiho crashed back to the ground. "Mom, Shiho is hurt." Yasha yelled again as he watched Shiho struggle again.
Kagome came running to the dog's side, "Shiho?" she whispered as she looked the dog over. "Yasha, go get Sango- if she isn't there then get Miroku. Stay over at their hut and have whoever you see first come back alone." Kagome yelled as she struggled to pick Shiho up.
"But I want to be here for Shiho."
"Just do it." Kagome said. She didn't want Yasha to know that Shiho was his father, not yet. And not in this scenario.
Yasha obeyed as he ran off. Kagome walked into the hut they were given as she placed Shiho down.
"How long have you been like this?" she whispered as she looked at Shiho's right hip. It was obvious; the dog was fighting a demon when it happened. The gash was definitely when the demon bit her- that would explain her broken back right leg. "You better live." She whispered as she went to the other side of the hut to get the water they were saving to drink and some rags.
Miroku ran in within seconds later, "What's wrong? Yasha said you wanted me."
Kagome looked up at him teary eyed then went back to ringing the cloth of the water. "I need to save Shiho." She whispered, "I need someone's help."
"She must have been the one the village girl said saved her." Miroku whispered, "A village girl said that a white dog was able to fend off a demon before it attacked her."
Shiho let out a whimper as Kagome brushed the cloth over the big gash exposing a lot of the meat in the hip and making the wound bleed again. "Why didn't you come looking for her back then? How many white dogs are out there?" Kagome yelled.
"Sorry, white dogs aren't that uncommon. Definitely if it may be a demon. Think of Sesshomaru and even his father." Miroku told them.
"I need to save Shiho." She yelled before whispering, "I still have a chance."
Miroku looked down at the dog's cut. "There is a very slim chance she will make it." he whispered. He bent down to see the dog's hip before getting back up. "We can't do anything for her now. There is bone showing, she is going to be in too much pain."
"No, I didn't ask you to come here to tell me that, I had you come so that you can help me." Kagome whined out.
Miroku sighed, "Isn't your medicine in your time better? Why don't you take her over there?"
"No, the vet would want to put her down. I can't do it." Kagome said as she kept cleaning the cut- the blood wouldn't stop coming.
"Kagome, I really think you are prolonging the inevitable. I have never seen humans with this deep of a cut live." Miroku said sympathetically.
"No!" Kagome yelled. "Now please assist me, that's why I had you come over."
"You made Yasha stay at my hut. It is obvious; you know what the outcome will be." He whispered.
Kagome stopped cleaning the gash as she squeezed the cloth and started to cry. She then noticed Shiho's insistent whimpering.
"I can help put her out of her misery." Miroku said sympathetically.
"No she doesn't deserve that. She just wanted to protect the little girl." Kagome yelled throwing the rag down as she grabbed bandages.
"You are making her suffer." Miroku yelled back.
Kagome glared at him, "so I should just let her die? I should make him suffer for saving someone he didn't know? If I didn't go out there into those woods, he wouldn't have been captured- we would have never been captured. Then Shiho would have never died." Kagome yelled as she went to get something to help sew up the dog's leg.
Miroku went behind her and grabbed her arms making her turn to face him. Kagome went to rip her arms away as he held her tight and pushed her against the wall. "Are you doing this for the dog or Inuyasha?" he asked sternly in her face.
Kagome had tears pouring down her face as she turned her face to look away from Miroku.
Miroku shook her to get her attention before putting his hand around her cheeks so that she could look him in the eyes, "Answer me, are you prolonging this animal's suffering because of Inuyasha? Are you making this animal suffer because you feel bad for Inuyasha?"
Kagome broke down on the floor as Miroku let her go so that she would slide down. "It's not like that." She whispered.
"Then what is it like?" he asked sternly.
"Inuyasha…I mean Shiho- she is Inuyasha."
"What?" Miroku whispered kneeling down to her.
"Shiho is half of Inuyasha's reincarnation. She remembers me, he loves me. I can't let him die again. Not when he saved someone else. He is so selfless and all he ever gets is everything thrown against him. He risked his life for me; he risked his life for the little girl."
Miroku sighed and turned to see the dog in pain.
"Please help me make him feel better." Kagome whispered. "I don't care if he dies tonight but at least I can say I tried to help. I want to say I tried my best and didn't just leave him like last time."
Miroku nodded, "What can I do to help?"
Kagome smiled whipping a tear away, "Thank you."
"If it is true, she won't die from this. Inuyasha doesn't give up easily." He smiled as they went to work to save Shiho's life.
Seven hours later- it was dark and Miroku had left to go home not long ago. Kagome sat there petting the dog's head. "You have to make it." she whispered.
Yasha came running in. "How is she doing?" he yelled.
"Ssssh." Kagome whispered. "She is resting. You should do the same for the night." Kagome said as Yasha handed her a bowl.
"Sango said to bring this over to you. She said she knew you won't eat any other way."
Kagome smiled taking the bowl. "Thanks." She whispered as she put it next to her. "I will eat it later." She lied to her son so that he would feel better. She couldn't eat when she was this upset.
Yasha went to bed as Kagome stayed up until her body forced her to finally fall asleep.
Shiho awoke the next morning after a night of excruciating pain. She found her back right leg was completely bandaged and wrapped in a way so that she couldn't us it. She tried to get up but found it too difficult as she lay on the floor whimpering.
Kagome looked up from her sleepy form in the corner to see the dog awake. "I can't believe it!" she yelled as she came over to the struggling dog.
Shiho whimpered as she tried to stand again only to fall back down.
"I bet you want to go to the bathroom." Kagome whispered petting the dog. "I will help you get up." She whispered as she picked up the dog's back haunches. Shiho was able to put her front legs on the ground. She was now on the three decent legs.
Kagome let go of Shiho's back haunches allowing the dog to stand on her own. Shiho started to walk but as soon as she put one foot forward, she fell down in a slam onto the floor making the dog whimper.
Kagome thought about what she could do, "Hold on a second." She told the dog going to get her sheet. She came back and wrapped it around the dog's back side as she helped the dog stand again, this time she held onto the sheet that was tied around the dog's haunches. "Now try and walk."
Shiho moved her legs forward but when she felt like she was going to fall, Kagome held her using the sheet.
"It's working." She told the dog as they made there way outside like this.
It took Shiho at least ten minutes just to make it to the wood line. She stopped to do her business as Kagome maneuvered the sheet so that Shiho could go without the sheet being in the way.
Once she was done, Kagome smiled, "Let's go back." She whispered as she started to help the dog walk.
They were barely a few steps in when Sesshomaru came walking out of the woods. "What is going on?" he asked.
Kagome and Shiho both stopped to look at the demon.
"Shiho was attacked and badly injured; I am helping her use the restroom."
"The dog can walk on its own."
"No she tried, she isn't strong enough yet." Kagome whispered to him still helping the dog stand.
"He is capable if he tried hard enough."
"No, I would feel better if Shiho heals for a few more days before I make him I mean her walk on her own."
In one movement, Sesshoamru was at their side as he took the sheet from Kagome's hands and removed it from the dog. Shiho barely stood on her own.
"No, she needs my help." Kagome argued.
"If the mutt needs your help then she wouldn't be able to stand." Sesshomaru said with the sheet draped around his shoulder. "Now walk."
Shiho growled as she barked at him.
"I do not care what you went through or how you look, if you can't take care of yourself then you shouldn't be living."
Shiho snarled as she took one step forward only to fall down on her side in a yelp.
Kagome ran to her side. "If you help him now then you will only make matters worse." Sesshomaru said to Kagome.
Kagome glared at him, "She doesn't have the strength right now." She yelled at the demon.
Shiho let out a bark as she slowly started to try and get up. She looked so determined. She slowly put her front legs together in front of her as she tried her best to force her self up only to fall back down. Shiho tried again with the same result.
"Shiho." Kagome whispered.
Shiho slowly but surely put her two front legs together as she raised her front body up then set her hind leg up. She was finally standing. She was able to get one front paw out as she started to move her back paw, until her whole body flopped to the ground in a painful noise. Shiho whimpered as she lay there with her eyes closed tight.
Sesshomaru threw the sheet over the dog, "you better be able to walk soon if you plan on protecting your family. Where is your son?"
"Inside." Kagome told him as she grabbed the sheet from over the dog and wrapped it around the dog as she helped the dog stand up again.
Sesshomaru left the two and went into the hut only to come out within the minute with the half asleep child in his hand. "We are going to train." He said to Kagome as if to justify why he was taking her son so unexpectedly.
Kagome nodded, knowing she wouldn't be able to deal with Sesshomaru right now, not when Inuyasha was in such bad condition.
Sesshomaru turned around with the half asleep child still in hand, "By the way, make sure that mutt gets plenty of food and water. It is so malnourished that it sickens me just to be around it." he said before waking away.
"Wait." Kagome yelled.
"What?"
"Just don't overwork Yasha he is still healing."
"I will see what I can do." He said turning around to leave Kagome and Shiho alone.
Shiho put her head up for the first time just then, showing no sign of pain for the first time that day. Kagome smiled.
"Let's go back into the hut and eat." She whispered as she helped the dog back into the hut.
There! I hope it is getting better. I was debating on whether to have it so that Miroku knew about Shiho due to Sango mentioning it to him or have Kagome tell him. Well I decided to let Kagome tell him!
Hope you guys like how it came out and I hope to hear plenty of reviews from all of you guys!!! Love to hear from ya!