DISCLAIMER: Inuyasha and Co don't belong to me..::sigh::..bla bla.im sure you already knew that though.^-^'

Then, Kagome felt another sharp pain in her wounded shoulder. Crying out in agony, she fell forward and stumbled into Inuyasha's arms, dropping the shikon fragments on the floor. "Kagome!", he cried and carried her back to her futon. Laying down, she closed her eyes and fell asleep. Miroku and Sango ran up next to Inuyasha and looked on worriedly. "What happened?", Sango asked as Miroku kneeled down to pick the shards up from the floor. "It didn't work.Kagome-sama didn't purify the shards. They have become even more tainted then before!", Miroku explained and places the shards on the table.

"What's wrong Kagome?", Inuyasha examined her, not knowing what to do. Kagome opened her eyes slightly and motioned towards her wounded shoulder. Inuyasha carefully began removing the bandages, and Kagome closed her eyes again. Sango got a wet cloth and placed it on Kagome's forehead. Inuyasha removed the last of the bandages and glared at the wound in shock, "Kuso..", he whispered, seeing that the wound had not healed at all, but had only gotten worse. The blood was still fresh and the wound was still open. "It didn't heal!", Sango looked alarmed. "That's not all..", Inuyasha explained, "I smell poison..I don't know how I missed it before but it's spreading", Inuyasha put a blanket over Kagome and stood up. "I sense a strong evil aura coming from Kagome-sama", Miroku picked up his staff, "It's the poison, with the poison in her body, she won't be able to purify or sense the Shikon no Tama's presence any more".

"Nani?!", Shippou shouted and jumped next to Kagome. "Is Kagome going to be okay?", Shippou cried with tears forming in his eyes. "She'll be fine", Inuyasha declared with a determined look on his face. "Kagome-chan will be fine, don't worry Shippou", Sango said and slung Hiraikotsu over her shoulder. "To save Kagome-sama, we will need to find the source of the poison", Miroku continued, "the youkai we defeated yesterday was a trap, it was too easily defeated. The purpose was to kill Kagome-sama, but the youkai only managed to poison her. Also, the youkai from yesterday was too weak, it must have been sent by another", Miroku finished off.

"You mean that the youkai I defeated was sent by someone else to kill Kagome", Inuyasha looked at Kagome. "Yes, I understand now", Sango looked at Miroku, "Houshi-sama, we have to go and find this youkai. We have to destroy him to save Kagome-chan". Miroku nodded, "Inuyasha, you stay here with Kagome-sama and take care of her, Sango and I will find the youkai that did this to her and kill him!". "It's not Naraku, I'd know his smell anywhere.", Inuyasha sat down next to Kagome and felt her forehead. "She has a high fever.!", Inuyasha started to stand up when he felt a tug on his kimono.

"Inu..yasha..", Kagome whispered weakly and pulled him back down. "What's wrong Kagome", he looked at her with a worried expression. "Don't leave.", Kagome held on to his hand with a pleading look. "I'm not going anywhere", he replied and turned back around to face Miroku and Sango. "We'll find the bastard, and kill him", Sango declared and Miroku gave a quick nod in agreement. "Let's go Kirara", Sango motioned to the two tailed neko as she jumped onto her shoulder. Miroku and Sango walked out the door, leaving Kagome, Shippou and Inuyasha in the tiny hut. Suddenly, a loud slap was heard from outside. "Houshi-sama, this is NOT the time for this!", and then it was quiet. Kagome silently fell asleep while still holding on to Inuyasha's hand with Shippou snuggling next to next. Though the pain in her shoulder remained, she felt so safe around Inuyasha. She couldn't help but feel better.

AUTHORS NOTE: ok that took a long time.im being lazi again.::sigh:: ill try update more lol, but I got a lot of hw and stuff ^-^