A/N: I just wanted to say a big thank you to Tannim Mayonaka, I love people who actually take the time to respond to me! It makes me feel wonderful. And for you out there who don't like to review, just do it anyway!

Disclaimer: Sadly, Inuyasha does not belong to me, but I can dream can't I?

Unearthing Love Again

CHAPTER 2: Going back

Inuyasha just dodged a swing from the cat youkai's sword when he thought he had heard a cry, then his name being called. Inuyasha was busy trying to escape the sword's swings when he heard a scream. His head snapped to the source and he saw who was screaming. To his horror he saw Kagome kicked over the edge of the cliff. How could he have been so disctracted!

"KAGOMEEEE-EEEEE!!!" Inuyasha screamed. Inuyasha swung his tessaiga at three youkai, smoothly decapitating them, and getting them out of his way. The spray of blood missing him as he leapt into the air, desperation overwhelming him. Inuyasha, forgetting his injured shoulder, thought of nothing else but Kagome as he fought fiercely to reach the edge of the cliff. Inuyasha was frantic as the last image of Kagome played over and over in his head. He was so CLOSE to the edge! But a handful of youkai left blocked his way, including the leader.

"Where do you think you are going, hanyou?!" sneered the cat youkai.

"Get the hell out of my way asshole!" Inuyasha bellowed at him, his thoughts only on reaching Kagome. The youkai snickered at his alarmed state, enjoying the pain he knew he was causing Inuyasha.

"I told you that you would lose, might as well give up now. You might have killed a lot of my men but your woman is surely dead by now." Inuyasha glared at him. He would not give up, never.

"KAZE NO KIZU!"

While the youkai were distracted, feeling smug at their coming "victory" and laughing at Inuyasha's supposed helplessness, Inuyasha unleashed a massive attack from his tessaiga. The surge of power quickly consumed their bodies, too late to escape, and their horrified faces as soon as the words left Inuyasha's mouth. Inuyasha could almost feel their horror over being beat by a hanyou, but he quickly pushed the feeling away. When the attack light faded, there was only a single shard of the Shikon no Tama and ash.

Inuyasha dove off the cliff and floated down to where Kagome was on the ground. She was a mess of blood. He thanked the gods that the cliff wasn't as high he had thought and that she hadn't completely fallen in the river she was half submerged in-she was still alive! A small portion of her upper arm was damaged and blood was running from her mouth and nose. Her left eye was starting to swell shut. She had blood coming from her head, probably from hitting her head on the river rocks. Inuyasha came closer and gently touched her. She was cold because half of her body was in the icy river water, washing away her blood.

Gently, he picked her up and carried her over to the grassier part of the river bank. Inuyasha ripped off a piece of his shirt, ran back over to the river and dipped it into the water to help clean off some of the blood. He could tell she had some broken bones and feverishly hoped she could heal completely and still be able to walk.

"This is all my fault, if only I had been paying attention!" Inuyasha angrily looked down away from Kagome with glazed eyes. Inuyasha knew that she had lost too much blood. If he didn't do something soon she would die.

"I can't lose you too, Kagome. Please, I…" Inuyasha hesitated, knowing what he wanted to say. His normal attitude would have been to keep his mouth shut, to keep those words locked away in his head. He didn't know how long Kagome had… so he said the three words that he had buried deep in his heart, for who knows how long, out loud.

"I love you..." Inuyasha whispered the words to an unconscious Kagome as he held her tenderly.

If Kagome had been awake she would have seen the pained look on the hanyou's face. He searched her face as if the answer to helping her would come out of her lips. He took notice of his wound on his shoulder again and he suddenly knew what to do, and how to do it. He took his sword in his hand and cut deep into his palm.

After passing his blood to Kagome he felt a little lightheaded but if Kagome survived it wouldn't matter. He didn't even care if he died, as long as Kagome was all right! He jumped back onto the cliff and searched through Kagome's strewn giant backpack. He found first aid materials, jumped back down to her and caringly bound her injuries as best he could. By the time he finished Sango, Miroku, Shippou and Kirara had returned with horrified looks on their faces.

It only took Inuyasha a few minutes to explain what happened and when he finished, Sango was in tears. She turned to tend to Kagome with pain filled eyes. Miroku was upset with himself for not being there to help them fight. Shippou was wailing but Inuyasha did nothing to stop him. He himself felt like crying but would never show such emotions in front of the others.

After talking about what to do next, they all decided to head to Kaede's hut, she could help Kagome more than they could. Inuyasha stubbornly would not let anyone else touch Kagome, so he carried her in his arms while he ran and the rest of them went flying on Kirara.

At Kaede's hut the old woman tended to Kagome and changed her bandages for fresh ones. Inuyasha refused to leave her side and got at the most an hour or two of sleep per night. His body was different from human bodies and did not need very much rest, especially with his level of worry keeping him fully alert.

Inuyasha's shoulder healed after the first day, leaving him physically healthy but not emotionally-he still blamed himself for Kagome's wounds. To his surprise, almost as a response to his worry, he almost felt his blood healing Kagome faster. What worried him more was her change in smell. Kagome's intoxicating human scent was changing. Inuyasha was worried about what that meant but his mind quickly pushed it out of his head, as long as Kagome was improving, that was all that mattered. As soon as she healed she would be fine… or so he thought.

Kagome's wounds fully healed in three days, but what worried everyone was that she did not wake up when she was fully healed. Kaede was not the only one amazed at the speed of her recovery, and she inquired Inuyasha about her wounds, and about the quickness of her physical improvement. She knew that normally, it would take weeks if not months to heal wounds and bones like hers.

Inuyasha mumbled something about her miko powers, but Kaede did not believe him. She accepted his theory, and didn't press the subject again, but still speculated.

Inuyasha felt incredibly guilty, it was the fourth day and he was afraid she would never wake up. It had been only a few days but it felt like a few years to him. 'This is my entire fault. I can't lose the only girl who has accepted me for a hanyou and really cared about me. She trusts me and I trust her, I can't lose that! If only I had been paying attention. I have to let her know these things and how I…how I love her.' Inuyasha drifted uneasily to sleep with images of his love playing through his head and promised from now on that he would always be near her to protect her.

On the fifth day Inuyasha was sitting in his usual spot, right next to Kagome, and was watching the others fall asleep after dinner. It was dark in Kagome's room and he felt drowsy. Starting to fall asleep he closed his eyes. With his eyes closed his other senses kicked in stronger and helped him realize he felt a presence… he felt someone was watching him. He snapped his eyes open to find Kagome awake and looking at him. Inuyasha was startled to find dark golden eyes staring back at him, not the usual bluish gray ones. They were not as light as his honey gold eyes, but they were still shockingly beautifully gold.

"Ka- ka-g o m e?" Inuyasha asked slowly.

Kagome just looked at him. "Who?" she asked confused.

The girl awoke with sweat on her face, she had been having a nightmare, but she didn't quite remember what it was about now. She took in her surroundings, it was very dark… and she didn't know where she was... In fact, she didn't know who SHE was. She was wearing a miko's garments (how did she know what a miko was?), and was sleeping in a small room. Sleeping in a sitting position on the wall very close to her was a stunningly handsome guy with white hair and white ears. She should have been scared, but for some reason, she wasn't. He looked a little worried, but peaceful. His ears looked so soft that she wanted to touch them. He was wearing red haori and matching pants and had a sword at his side. She couldn't help but stare at his serene state. The guy's eyes opened suddenly and looked at her with a mixture of surprise and worry.

"Ka- ka-g o m e?" he asked slowly.

"Who?" the girl asked confused. Was the talking to her? 'Is that my name?'

"Kagome, are you ok?" Inuyasha was afraid of what she was going to say next.

"Who?" She said again, "Am I Kagome?" Her brows bunched together while she tried to process what he was saying to her. She felt a little light headed. "Who are you? What am I doing here?"

'Oh no.' thought Inuyasha. 'She doesn't remember! What happened?' The girl noticed Inuyasha's concerned face and started to feel very uneasy. Inuyasha sighed and began to explain her situation. He didn't want to explain too much, he didn't want to overwhelm her. He just told her the basics, where she was, where she was from, and that she had gotten hurt and fallen over a cliff. Inuyasha felt very guilty explaining this because he still felt it was his fault. He explained that her friends were waiting anxiously for her to recover outside the room. He said he had been waiting at her side for her to wake up, and he was afraid that she had lost her memory somehow. After Inuyasha had finished explaining, Kagome just stared at the ground and after a few minutes looked up.

"You know this is really hard to believe, even if you are living proof that we are in Feudal Japan." Just then Kaede walked in the room. Inuyasha noticed it was morning and was surprised that they had been talking all night.

"How is Kagome, Inuyasha?"

"She doesn't remember who she is… or who I am." Inuyasha replied with a trace of sadness in his voice. Kagome looked up at him, noticing the sadness he had tried to hide. Kaede closed her eyes and replied.

"I was afraid this might happen." Kaede nodded her head.

"What!" Inuyasha exclaimed half getting up. "If you knew this would happen then why didn't you tell me you old hag!" Inuyasha angrily yelled at her. He didn't mean to take his anger out on her, he was angrier at himself, but it was his first reaction.

"Inuyasha calm down. I was just thinking it might have been a possibility. I have seen others with bad head injuries in the past and had similar results. I didn't know why she remained sleeping. I'm afraid I can't help her, she will have to go back to her time because I have no idea what to do when someone has forgotten themselves."

"Feh. I'll take her today." Inuyasha said angrily as he settled down again.

"Good," Kaede replied. Inuyasha got up and picked Kagome up bride-style.

"Wha-" a blush came over Kagome's face. She tried to say something but the words would not come.

"We'll be going now, tell the others we'll be back." With that Inuyasha walked out of the room and out the front doorway with a very red-faced and confused Kagome in his arms.

"May the good spirits protect them." Kaede turned to prepare breakfast and some tea for the others when she smiled. Kaede had not missed Kagome's golden eyes and again she smiled to herself.

A/N: So how was it? Hope it's better than it was before!