A/n : I think that I should thank my friend Miss_taken_love (I think that's her screenname ^-^;) for helping me with ideas to continue this fic. All you poor people would have had to wait at least another week if she hadn't. So let's give her a big round of applause! *the crowd roars with appreciation* OK! *hits stop button on tape player & the crowd noise stops* Thanks. If any of you guys have suggestions, feel free to to give them in a review. However, this will not be a lemon/ lime. If I get any suggestions asking for it, those people will be hunted down by Miss_taken_love. (and she'll enjoy it too.... we're crazy, you see.) There will be some fluff though. ^-^ We will start with Inu Yasha's POV.

Disclaimer : I don't own Inu Yasha. However... I do enjoy glomping him! *Inu Yasha looks nervous*

Regrets

Chapter 2

I'm such an idiot! I fumed. How could I have gotten so complacent! I never thought that she'd be in danger, and she can't even get me for help! I growled deep in my throat, ears flattened. She should know better than to try and fight a youkai with shards! I snarled, angry, and heard a whimper. I could've hit myself. * Don't scare the kid to death! * Pasting on a fake grin, I looked at Sota.

"So, tell me what happened. It's okay Sota, we'll save your sister!" I said, trying to cheer him up. Sota looked up at me, teary eyed, lip quivering.

"She was hurt so bad, and there was blood everywhere and it's all my faulllllt!" He began to wail. Cursing the delay, I halted and set him down. I had seen Kagome comforting him once, when he had skinned his knee, and mimicked her actions. Wiping his tears away, I tried to soothe him with words.

"Hey, Sota, it's not your fault. She was just doing what any big sister would do." Heck, I thought, she did what I do all the time for her. I felt a pang of guilt, and her image seemed to have imprinted itself into my vision. Her eyes, wide with fear and anger, her mouth turned down in a stubborn frown. I felt my eyes brimming with unshed tears. Shaking my head to clear it, I put my hands on his shoulders. "Sota, Tell me what happened."

"You'll help her?" Smiling, I nodded. "I thought you were mad with her."I started a bit, and before I could ask why, he continued. "She was in the wellhouse, crying-" I tensed.

"Sota, why was she crying?"

"Well, she doesn't know I know but.. She wanted to see you." I was dumbfounded. *Me? She wanted to see me?* "She was scared cause you hadn't come to get her. She thought you were dead. She was really sad." I felt guilty again, but a small part of me was happy that she was worried about me. Wanted to see me. The only ones who had ever wanted me around were my parents and Kikyo. Sota began speaking again, and I was shaken out of my thoughts. "She was crying and then we started talking. Then she got this really scared look on her face. She told me to get behind her and turned around. When I looked, There was this monster that was big and black, like a raincloud, and it had red eyes, and teeth- "
he demonstrated how big the monster's teeth were by giving himself fangs with his hands. I might have laughed if I hadn't known Kagome was in danger from those same fangs. "And a tentacle that had claws. I went and hid and they talked for a while. Kagome made fun of him. I went and hid so I could see how Kagome would kick his butt. She was doing really well too! The monster swung at her and she dodged! Then she ran at him and he got scared and tried to swing at her, and that one got her a little bit on the arm."
He pointed to his arm just below the shoulder. I ground my teeth in anger.

"Then she looked really mad, and ran towards him some more, and she held out her hands and when she touched him, there was this big flash of light, and a boom! When I opened my eyes, Kagome was on the floor, catching her breath, and the monster was bleeding where she had touched him. He didn't look worried though, he was mad! He said things about miko blood and powers and said some mean things. Then Kagome got up and made fun of him some more. Then he got another tentacle and grabbed her with it when she wasn't looking. He squeezed her and she was screaming and kicking and couldn't breathe. He told her to beg for mercy and she said no. Then he got her on the face and tummy with his claws. Then he told her to beg again. I couldn't hear what she said, but it made him really mad and he threw he on the floor. He bit her shoulder and shook her until she stopped moving. I could tell she was still breathing though. then he dropped her and looked around for some shards he said he could sense. Kagome said they were on the other side of the well though, before the fight. When he didn't find 'em, he got mad and dragged Kagome away by the leg."

While Sota had told the story. I had bitten through my lip and my claws were digging into my palms, drawing blood. That freak had hurt Kagome enough to make her go unconcious. He was planning on hurting her more. What's more, to get on a shrine's grounds a youkai that had not been invited needed at least two shards. My Kagome had been fighting with a youkai with at least two shards. That idiot! She should have come here! *She couldn't, I blocked the well* I promised to apologize later to her. This was my fault.

"Let's go Sota," I said, trying not to growl. He had had tears running down his face as he told me what had happened. His sobs had returned, accompananied by hiccups. Grabbing him, I ran the last few yards to the well. There I was confronted with five spirit-wolves.

"Feh!" I snarled. "You really don't want to mess with me right now." Baring my claws, I growled menacingly. The wolves ignored my warning and started to charge me. Just before they got in arm's length, a giant boomerang went through them, tearing them to shreds. Starled, I leaped back a few feet. As the giant weapon completed it's arc, it was caught by a girl not much bigger than Kagome. They were probably the same age. Trying to get her scent, I noticed that though she reeked of demon's blood, she was completely human.

"Inu Yasha?" she called.

"Yeah, that's me. But you'll have to take a number, I'm busy now." Putting Sota down momentarily, I pulled the tree from the well. Suddenly, that gigantic boomerang was headed right at me. I threw the tree at it. That deflected it back at her. She caught it neatly. The tree fell to the ground in two peices. Glaring at her, I yelled, "What the heck do you think you are doing, woman!"

"Sorry," she commented coldly, "but I'm here to kill you."

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(A/n : This is Miroku's POV!)

"Good gods," Kaede commented, as she picked the shard from Royakan's corpse. "He sliced Royakan in twain with a single stroke of his blade!"

Finishing the prayer over Royakan's body, I frowned. If that had truly been Lady Kagome's jacket, she would likely be dead or dying by the time Inu Yasha got to her. I cursed, though I shouldn't have, and Kaede gave me a sharp look. I told her my reason for cursing and she cursed as well. Walking away from the corpse, I felt as useless as I had in years. I wished that I had the power to go down that well. I knew it was useless though, as I had tried before.

A fond smile came to my face as I remebered why I tried. Lady Kagome had described a certain article of clothing from her time: a bikini. When Inu Yasha had finished his sputtering, I had inquired as to whether or not she had one. This resulted in a large amount of pain, as Inu Yasha hit me on the head and Kagome had thrown a shoe at my face. After asking where I could find a young lady wearing such apparel, and earning another shoe in the face, she commented that they were worn while swimming. Later that evening I had tried to go down the well, resulting in failure.

Returning to the sad thought of Lady Kagome's injuries, I wished that the foul thing that had done this to her would be punished by Buddha.

Kaede had noticed the painful expression on my face. Placing a hand on my shoulder, She said:
"Inu Yasha will not let her die. Come, let us get our minds off this sad subject. We have work to be done."

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End
Chapter 2
A/n : I'm soo evil, I know. But it's 1:30 in the morning. And I can't think of anything else to write. I know some people think that Miroku is only a lech, but I know that a lot of the time he does these things not only so he can grope women, but to get their minds off of the sad things they're thinking. I'm not saying he isn't a lech, but I think that he's basically good at heart. Also, I had to bring Sango in, though her story will be slightly different. And nooooo you will not know what is happening to poor Kagome...... EVER! Muahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Well,