This is the shortest chapter I have ever written!!!!! EEK!! Well, I guess it won't take you to long to

read.

Chapter 7: Hold on to This

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He had gotten to Kaede's hut and placed Iliana carefully on the futon. Shippou was curled up

at the end. Walking away slowly as to not wake her up, he found Kaede near the fire pit, watching the

last dying embers flicker out. "Good thing you're up, hag. Ili needs help," he whispered.

"And so do ye," she said looking up at him.

"Ili first."

"Ili is it now?" she questioned looking at him.

"I'll explain later, just help her."

Kaede and Inuyasha went to Iliana's sleeping form. Inuyasha sat down on the futon and slid

himself underneath her, laying her head across his lap. With shifting her body, she began to mumble

incoherent sounds for a while. She turned her head into him and snuggled up to him as Keade began to

clean her deepened cut or her side. Before completely going back into a deep slumber, she muttered

on thing that was understandable. Muffled into his stomach, she whispered, "Yashie....my brother...."

"Brother are ye?" Kaede said, not stopping her actions, glancing at Inuyasha to see his facial

expression.

"Like I said, I'll explain everything later."

After she was finished with Iliana, she tended Inuyasha's wounded neck, which was quite

difficult because he refused to move and disturb Iliana. Kaede had to stand to the side of the futon

while Inuyasha bent his head down to his chest to give her better access to his neck. The bandages

served their purposes but they could've been better if his neck wasn't stretched out. They bunched up

when he leaned his head back, but he didn't care.

"Well, now, ye will explain everything, 'Brother'," said the tired priestess, sitting in the corner.

"Alright, alright. The truth is, Ili is my little sister from the future..."started into Inuyasha. Within

the hour, he had told Kaede the story of Iliana's life and family, of how she came to this era, and the

confrontation they had with Sesshomaru, or Fluffy, as he thought very laughable.

At the end of their laughter, the sat in silence until Kaede fell asleep. Knowing he was the only

one awake, he turned his gazed to Iliana, making out her figure in the dark night. He placed his arm

over her shoulder and sighed. "I think I know what to do with you now, Ili, my sister," he whispered

sweetly. Leaving his arm draped over her shoulder, he leaned his head back against he wall. He closed

his eyes and easily drifted off to sleep.

Iliana woke up feeling very rested. The sun hadn't risen, but the sky was turning a light blue,

pink, and orange in the east, while the west was still a dark blue. She stretched and groaned quietly as

she stood. Stepping outside, she saw her brother sitting on the ground starring off into the east, playing

with something between his fingers. He noticed she was there and beckoned her to sit next to him.

She was happy to comply. "Waiting for the sun to rise?" she asked and she leaned up against him.

"Not really, that's just an extra bonus," he said while he placed his arm over her and continued

to play with the object in his hand. "I'm waiting for Miroku and Sango, they are suppose to be coming

back today. Then I'll have to actually go get Kagome, she's been gone over five days."

"Now, Miroku's the lecherous monk, Sango is the Youkai exterminator, and Kagome is the girl

from the future who can sense jewel shards, right?"

"You got it."

The sun was starting to be seen over the trees. Inuyasha had stopped playing with the object in

his fingers. Iliana looked over and him and saw his hand clenched.

"So, what's that?" she asked pointing to his hand.

He opened his hand to show the jewel shard that they had retrieved the day before. He turned

to her and smiled. Withdrawing his arm, he took Iliana's hand in his and looked in her eyes. "Ili," he

said, "why don't you hold on to this," placing the shard in her hand.

Iliana looked up at him with a shocked on her face. "Are...are you sure?"

"Yes, now you know I'm not gonna let you go, or let anything happen to you," he said replacing

his arm over her. She laughed and leaned into him, as the watched the sun rise together.

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So short!!!! Well, the next one is more funny than actiony....Iliana gets to meet Miroku!! Some fun stuff

there.

And since this is a short ass chap...the next is coming with it!

Well, until next time I will just end with saying If I had a Monkey I'd name him Bob....yeah, I'm hyper!

Take it Easy everyone!

LFA