Chapter 4



"RUN Kagome!!!" Inu Yasha yelled, as he ducked out of harms way, just in the nick of time. "Sessomaru….," he growled. "what are you doing here?"

"I came for you little brother….now, draw the sword I know you have. The one that rightfully belongs to me," replied the strange man.

Brother? thought Kagome. Inu Yasha has a brother? I guess I can see it in the eyes. But I only got a glance of his eyes, and they were so cold and emotionless, unlike Inu Yasha's.

"Father left the sword to me, and you know it! Besides, I need it for my quest," Inu Yasha exclaimed.

"Ah, you wish to use it on one of your silly quests. You could never use it to its full potential, only I could. Now, draw your sword!" replied Sessomaru, calmly but forcefully.

"Inu Yasha? What is going on?" Kagome asked.

"I told you Kagome, get out of here. Wake your family and leave-Now!" Inu Yasha yelled, while pulling a sword out of his pants. {Yes…he's not dressed in his normal outfit, he's in pants and a shirt ~.^}

"Ahh….now the 'real' fight is to start," remarked Sessomaru. Inu Yasha, quickly looked behind him, (to see if Kagome was there). When he saw she wasn't there, he attacked.

For the next hour, there was only the sound of grunting, Sessomaru's laughing, sword clanging, and of course, cussing. {^_~} Inu Yasha had won, but barely. In fact, he won only because of Grandpa Higurashi {That's what I'm gonna call him now?}. He had come outside and thrown a scroll at Sessomaru's head. Inu Yasha had noticed Sessomaru's distraction and had proceeded to cut his arm off. Sessomaru had grunted in pain, and disappeared, but not before saying, "I'll be back." {Ok...a little humor in that 'sad' part-but I couldn't help myself^.^}

Inu Yasha walked over to a bench and sat down, breathing heavily. He'd gotten wounded, seriously wounded. His demon blood would normally be healing about now, but it was the day of the new moon (human time). He could feel the blood start to soak his shirt, and his vision was going blurry. He heard someone say, "Inu Yasha? Are you ok?" He looked up, saw black hair and concerned brown eyes, and then the darkness claimed him.

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Kagome had been scared before, but it was nothing compared to now. She didn't really like Inu Yasha, (or at least she didn't think she did) but she didn't want him to exactly die. She just wanted him to not live with her. She heard a moan and remembered what she was supposing to be doing. She took the towel she had around her shoulder off and pressed it to the wound in Inu Yasha's chest. She looked around and saw her grandpa, running out of the house with an armful of bandages {big ones}, tape, towels, etc**.

"Where's mom?" she asked.

"She's calling the hospital," replied her grandpa, as he started to bind the wounded man's chest. They got him all bounded up when the ambulances arrived.

"What are we going to tell them? How are we going to explain his injury?!" exclaimed Kagome.

"Hm…," replied her grandpa, stroking his beard. "I guess we can say that he tripped and fell on his sword."

"Grandpa! They're not going to believe that!" she yelled.

"Kagome! Dad! Come and get in the car! We're going to go see Inu Yasha!" yelled Mrs. Higurashi.

Kagome looked at her grandpa and he said, "Well, I guess we'll just have to see." And they were off!

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Later, in the hospital waiting area, the Higurashi's were discussing Inu Yasha's injury "cause."

"Let's say he was sharpening the blade when he was distracted and accidentally stabbed himself," said Grandpa Higurashi.

"No…let's just say he was 'practicing' fighting with me, when he tripped and, trying to avoid stabbing me, pulled his sword underneath him and accidentally stabbed himself," said Kagome. "Anyone will believe the hero story….him sacrificing himself to protect the one he loves," Kagome added with fake dramatics, to the amusement of her family.

"OK, Kagome's story it is," Mrs. Higurashi said, just as a doctor came out asking for her.

Authors/Note- I know Inu Yasha is only human at night, but to make the story work, he's human for a whole day. The only things that changes though, are his fingernails and his ears. He can still jump and all that stuff, he is just really, slow. (You know...kind of like a human!!:-))