Hey I'm baaaack!  Sorry I haven't updated in a while.  We were getting the house fumigated and I had not access 2 the computer.  L Gomen! L

Anyways thanx 4 all the reviews peoples!  And yes KIKYO SHOULD DIEEE!!!! (and now she's dead!!! ^_^ That's why I love fanfics!  I can kill off all the characters I hate! ^_^)

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Chapter 5: Survival

Kagome's eyes were closed and her breathing was shallow.  Her face was screwed up with pain and she was pale from the loss of blood.

Inuyasha was surprised to find that Kagome had led them back to his own world.

"Kagome?!" Inuyasha shook her a little, "can you hear me?"

kagome groaned and opened her eyes again.

"Why the hell did you do that Kagome?!" he yelled.

"D-do what?" she said quietly.

"Why are we not in your world?" Inuyasha was getting inpatient.

"Because," she said quietly, as if whispering, "I didn't want to risk the chance of being stuck in my own world again without you."

She smiled weakly but then screwed up her face again.

"Kagome?  Hold on!"

Inuyasha then ran as fast as he could to find someone that could help.  He found Sango.

All of a sudden Kagome stopped breathing altogether.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled, "don't you dare leave me!  Got it?!"

His face looked scared and he didn't look himself.

"Sango!  Kagome's injured!  Help!"  he then realized that he sounded like a retard for the last two things he said and shut his mouth quickly.  He really wasn't himself.

He stopped and laid her on the ground.

Sango came running over and looked at Kagome with surprise and worry.

"Kagome's back!  But… how did this happen?"  she asked gesturing to the wound.

"Later!  Do something she's not breathing!"

"Ok… we have to pull the arrow out in case she looses too much blood… and maybe if we're lucky, the pain will bring her back to her senses."

Sango began to rip away the sleeve of Kagome's uniform so she could better get to the wound.  She placed her hand firmly on Kagome's shoulder and pressed it to the ground.  Her other hand gripped the arrow shaft.

"Ok… 1, 2, 3!"

On 3 she pulled it out and suddenly Kagome gave a huge gasp of breath and coughed up a bunch of blood.  She let out a small whimper and the corners of her winced eyes watered.  Only when Sango stuffed the wound with herbs did she actually begin to let the tears fall.

Kagome's face was ghostly white and there were traces of blood at her lips.  The wound itself was gory as it ever could've been and it didn't stop spurting out blood. 

Sango used the scraps of the tattered sleeve as bandages and wound them gently over Kagome's shoulder.  Kagome hiccupped with pain at each time the impromptu-bandage passed over the wound.

"Will she… will she be all right?" asked Inuyasha grimly.

"I…" said Sango, "…I …"

"She will be, won't she?!" asked Inuyasha desperately.

"But Inuyasha… she…" there were now tears welling up in her own eyes, "Kagome… she… she's dying."

Inuyasha stood still and finally the words sunk in.

"What?!" Inuyasha roared, "You're lying!  Kagome is gonna live!  Just watch!"

"Look Inuyasha," the tears were coming down hard now, (come on! She and Kagome are good friends! Of course she's gonna cry!) "First of al, as I said, she's dying.  That doesn't necessarily mean she will die.  But I'll warn you: her chances are slim.   Very slim.  She has lost a lot of blood and there's poison in the wound that I haven't found an antidote for yet.  Secondly I think that Kagome's best chances are for her to get to Kaede's place.  Can you take her there as fast as you can?"

"Ok," said Inuyasha.  And without a fuss, he picked up Kagome and ran.

Inuyasha ran as if his life depended on it.  Kagome was crying and hiccupping even more frequently now, and Inuyasha knew that the poison must be kicking in.

He skidded to a halt before Kaede's hut and rushed in.

"Kaede!" Inuyasha called.

"Inuyasha?" Kaede answered, "why are you—Kagome!  Lay her down over there.

Inuyasha did as he was told with the greatest care.  Kaede meanwhile rummaged for herbs and other remedies.

"What kind of wound is it?" Kaede called.

"Poison-tipped arrow, but Sango pulled it out.  I don't know what to do about the poison though."

Kaede leaned over Kagome and called, "Kagome?"

Kagome didn't respond.

"Inuyasha go outside and wait."

"WAIT ?!" roared Inuyasha.

"Yes.  Wait.  I'll need privacy  And when the others come, you can clue them in too.  I'll warn you though, the chances are grim that she'll pull through this."

"I know that!" howled Inuyasha.  And he went up to his tree to wait.

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Well there it is.  I kno I said that I'd update soon 4 that one, but I lied. (gomen!) but the next one will be coming up soon!