A/N: I know everyone has been waiting for inu/kag fluffyness. Dev is not in this ch. but he isn't forgotten. Major angst warning!!

(InuYasha may be a little ooc but my story!)

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InuYasha sat with his back against the wall. He had changed back into his firerat kimono when they had returned home the day before.

FLASHBACK

InuYasha opened his eyes slowly. Kagome was still sleeping beside him, well behind him. She was snuggled into his back. He realized he didn't have the blanket on him, but he didn't care.

Carefully he peered over his shoulder to see if Kagome had the blanket. She was fully covered, only her head showed.

Then he noticed why he had woken up. Even with the blanket and his body warmth, she was shivering. He rolled onto his other side so that he was facing her. She snuggled more into him trying to get warm. He hugged her and placed his forehead against her's. He backed away. 'She has a fever.'

END FLASHBACK

Now Kagome was laying in her bed with her mom placing a new cold-cloth over her forehead. She shivered. "Kagome, dear, drink this," Mrs. Higurashi held a spoon of pink medicine to Kagome.

She moved her head away and wispered, "No."

"Kagome, you have to take this. You have to get better," Mrs. Higurashi tried again.

Kagome slowly shook her head, "I don't want any."

InuYasha had enough of this. He walked over and sat next to Mrs. Higurashi. "I got it go and check on Sota."

She smiled and nodded. The woman placed the spoon of medicine on the table and left the room, closing the door behind her.

InuYasha picked up the spoon and put it infront of Kagome's face. "Drink," he said forcefully.

She shook her head again. Her eyes were closed tight and she had her lips pursed.

"Kagome I don't want to force you to drink this," InuYasha said with a warning, but kind, voice.

Kagome still didn't drink it. She stayed faced away from the hanyou.

He growled low in his throat and forced her to face him with a clawed hand. Then, with the same hand, he picked her head up, and using his claws, he gently scratched the back of her neck. She opened her mouth in a gasp. He waited for her to stop breathing in, and he shoved the spoon into her mouth. Her body automatically swallowed the liquid.

He watched her as she gagged and tried her best to get the medicine out of her system. Then the stuff started to work and her eyes started to droop. She was sleeping in a peaceful sleep soon enough. But right before she went into a sleep she glared at him and said in a small voice, "Sit." He crashed into her floor. 'I deserved that,' he thought.

When the spell released him he sat up and looked at her. InuYasha sighed, "Why are you making yourself sick?" he asked the sleeping girl.

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InuYasha stayed in the room with Kagome for a long while, but when Mrs. Higurashi said that he should come and eat, he didn't disagree. He was hungry after all.

InuYasha, Mrs. Higurashi, Sota, and Grandpa all ate miso soup. Mrs. Higurashi said that she would save some for Kagome. And InuYasha and Sota went into the livingroom to play some more video games.

Sota was in the proccess of teaching InuYasha how to play Dragon Ball Z Budokai, when InuYasha smelt a familiar smell. 'Kagome,' he jumped up and turned around quickly.

There she was, standing in the doorway of the livingroom. She had bathed, brushed her hair and teeth, and had packed her yellow backpack. "Come on, we're leaving." She said and didn't wait for InuYasha to answer as she left through the front door.

"What?!" InuYasha yelled. He jumped over the couch and ran out the door to follow her. He wasn't fast enough though, because of the shock of even seeing the sick girl up. She had already jumped through the well by the time he got there. He jumped in after her.

He jumped up and through the mouth of the well in the fuedal period. He then leaped to land right infront of Kagome, "Where do you think your going?"

"To find your shards," Kagome said. Then she walked past him and kept on her path towards the village.

InuYasha stood there surprised. Then it hit him, "Wait a minute! Kagome come back here, your going home!"

"No!" Kagome said as she kept walking.

"Yes, you will, even if I have to carry you back!" InuYasha ran towards her.

"No! InuYasha, Sit!" She wasn't going to listen to him anymore.

He crashed into the ground and cursed. Second time that day he was eating the ground. But this time he didn't deserve to get this treatment.

Kagome walked into the village and was greeted happily by Miroku, Sango, and Shippo. She smiled and told them that she was great. When they asked about Dev she kept a happy face and said he was still in her world. She didn't mention anything about Ashi, or the trial.

InuYasha came into the village to pull the girl back kicking and screaming, but stopped when he saw her happy. He didn't want to ruin her joyfulness. 'Maybe her being here is what she needs,' he thought.

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That night they were camping out in the woods on their way to another jewel shard. Everything felt normal, well, as normal as life had been three years before everything happened to their miko.

Kagome had fallen asleep in her sleeping bag. Shippo with her. Sango was sleeping peacefully too. Only the older males were awake.

Miroku pushed a stick into the fire, "What happened in her world?"

"What?" InuYasha asked.

"She isn't really happy. She's faking her smile for us. What happened?" Miroku looked up at the hanyou.

InuYasha looked into the fire. "Her son has been taken away." He didn't say it above a wisper.

Miroku thought about this for a moment, "She should be home then. Why is she here?"

"She wanted to look for the shards...She was sick for a while," InuYasha added.

"Sick? After Dev was taken?" Miroku asked.

"Yes," InuYasha looked up at the monk.

"And then she wanted to come here?" Miroku met InuYasha's gaze.

"Yes...what are you get at houshi?" InuYasha asked.

"InuYasha, she wants to die," Miroku said.

InuYasha felt his heart stop. 'She what?' He looked down again at the fire. Then after a long silence he looked over at her.

She looked peaceful, but still her face was disturbed. He watched her breathing. It was steady, but then it faultered. It looked like she was starting to have trouble breathing.

"Kagome," InuYasha wispered.

Miroku looked up from the fire and watched the hanyou. "Go to her. She must be having a nightmare."

InuYasha looked at him. "She's fine."

Miroku nodded and went to his sleeping stuff and went to bed. He purposly turned his back to the hanyou. Then evened his breathing.

InuYasha waited a little longer to make sure that Miroku was really sleeping. Then he went over to Kagome. He gently shook her. "Kagome."

She opened her eyes and turned to him, "Hhmm? InuYasha? What is it?"

"You were dreaming. I...I woke you because it sounded like a nightmare," InuYasha answered.

"It was a nightmare," She admitted as she sat up. She then looked down at Shippo. "He looks so cute when he's sleeping." Then her eyes became far away as she remembered something.

"Kagome, you can sleep now. Just wanted your bad dream to end," InuYasha jumped into the tree above her.

She nodded to no one and layed back down. But now she couldn't sleep. She waited for about a half hour then sat up again. "InuYasha, you still awake?"

"Yes," he answered. He jumped back down and landed next to her.

"I can't get back to sleep," she said.

He nodded and picked her up. She looked at him like he was crazy. Then he jumped high into the tree and sat down. "Stay still for a moment," he commanded. She did as she was told in fear of falling. He leaned against the trunk and then pulled her to him. She layed herself against his chest. He wrapped his arms around her to keep her from falling. "Sleep now," he told her.

She yawned and started to fall asleep to the beating of his heart. Just before she was fully sleeping she heard him wisper, "Why do you want to die?" Then blackness to her and she went into a deep sleep.

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TO ALL REVIEWERS: Do you really want InuYasha to kill him? I need some creative ways for the hanyou to do it and no one to find out that he did it. THANKS!

Thanks To:silverstarlight, Snooptopian, DarKnight, Aileen, Cutiepie99, Christykay, The Deity Of Fun Dinner, Foxterr, and storm05092002

aya and LC WOLF: I am sorry that you feel I did any unjustice...Hhee hhee, oh k, it was wrong of me to give him custody, but it will come into play later. ^_^

WildfireDreams: You would pronounce it any way you want, but I pronouce it Ahv-Dev-Jip.

Nega Knight: No donkeys, got it! They smell? Eww...And I'm really good at rock climbing, I won't fall! Me promise on all my anime things!

Sailor Black 666: You ever use my nickname again and I will kill you. And my other stories? Well, I lost interest in them when no one was reviewing.

simply-keri: I am glad you love my story. I have a book coming out soon too, but I will look for your book in stores. If they have it here then I will buy it, but if not, I'll have my family in parts of America buy it for me! ^_^

Fey Wind: No they haven't beaten Naraku yet. He is actually coming in a few chapters, but I haven't gotten his character down on paper too well yet. I'm working on his way of speaking at the moment. The shards haven't been all found, and I am going to write the final battle and shard purification too. It will be a major chapter.

Trinity_33: I know you ment to offense but as a compliment, but what does having American blood have anything to do with writing? I will e-mail you though with the site of mine, and I thank you very much for your review. Tell me when you have your fic up too, I will read it.

KagomeWannabe: You broke the computer?! O_O;; Hee hee, at least I know I write good! I read that review to my dad by the way and he laughed. He said that some people are nuts, and I said "Only Americans!" ^_^ LOL

VraiValea21: WOW!! You cried? I did too, when I wrote it! I just imagined my little nephew as Dev...so sad...

Zeroenna88: I understand, remember I didn't have computer for long time too. I'm just glad that you only had computer problems, and no health problems.

Well, cleaning is officially my most hated thing to do. I hate it! We have to clean before we leave!! WHY?! Anyway, I promise to write as much as I can on my vacation. I should be writing the next chapter now, since I don't leave for a while, but I am so busy I was surprised I even got this out. I'm sorry that everyone will have to wait so long for the next chapter. Unless of course when I reach my destination I can have a bit on a computer.

My mom has even promised to proof my work while I'm on vacation. I am so happy! My dad said I should spend a lot of time with her and not writing, but how can I not write!? ^_^ be happy I'm so deticated.

My other story is all ready out, and will have the third chapter added to it soon. It's called Hanyou Meets Demi. Read it, I need the reviews.

I might surprised everyone with another chapter if I get time to write. Keep praying though that I do, because I don't know.

Disclaimer: Lalalalala, I own no InuYasha products, though I wish he would come and live with me!! ^_^ No, not own. My story though, and no one better copy my idea! I put long hard thought into this piece...