Chapter Two
Inuyasha could see the well and it didn't look like anyone had been by recently. Strange enough, he couldn't even smell Kagome's scent. 'It's like she's completely disappeared,' he thought.
"Looking for something?"
Inuyasha spun around. "Sesshomaru! What have you done with her?"
"Why brother, whoever do you mean?" he feigned innocence.
"You bastard," he growled. "Where is she?"
"Your little human companion? I don't think I've seen her recently." Sesshomaru smiled. "But rest assured little brother, I haven't done anything to her. I have my own human companion. Why would I want yours?"
Inuyasha frowned in disappointment. "I see." He began to walk off when Sesshomaru said, "If I see her, I'll give you a holler, dear brother of mine."
'Damn liar,' Inuyasha screamed mentally. 'I will find you, Kagome. I don't care what anyone says or does.'
Suddenly, he picked up a familiar scent. 'Kagome!' He raced toward the scent and stopped when he saw the bleeding body. Instinctively, he rushed forward and inspected the body. 'Oh my God,' he thought. 'She's still alive...who the hell could have done this to her? I've got to get her back to Kaede's hut.' Inuyasha picked up Kagome's body and put her on his back. Even though his kimono was red to begin with, he could see how the blood seeped into the fibers of his clothing. 'I hope she doesn't wake up before I get there,' he thought before taking off. With the hut just in view, Inuyasha went even faster. 'Kagome, please hang in there. Please don't die...' "Inuyasha!" Sango stepped out of the hut. She was about to wave when she saw the corpse on his back. 'He's totally soaked in blood. Is that Kagome?' Inuyasha carefully set down Kagome and took her in his arms. "Sango, don't just stand there. Get some towels and fresh water. She needs help! Sango, are you listening?" 'Oh my God, he really does care for her. And all this time, I thought he despised her...that was really wrong of me. I am such a horrible person. Forgive me...' "Sango," Inuyasha called and she was alerted to the present. "I need your help. Kagome will die if we don't help her!" Sango nodded and ran to get the necessary items needed to save Kagome. When she ran in the hut, she hurriedly handed the rags to Inuyasha. "Is she alive?" "Barely," said Miroku. "It seems something attacked her. Although we don't know what, she was severely wounded." Inuyasha sighed. 'I knew I would find you Kagome. I just didn't know that I would find you like this. If these were different circumstances, then maybe I would be happier.' "There isn't any color in her eyes," Inuyasha said. "And her skin is purely white, like a pearl." Sango looked around in horror. "I don't believe you two! You talk as if she is already dead! I am sure she will pull out of this. Just give her some time." Inuyasha looked as if he was the one who had been attacked. "You're right, Sango. She just needs some time." The door to the hut had opened and in walked Kaede and Shippo. "Kagome?" Shippo stared at her body in horror and dropped the firewood he had been carrying. Tears instantly began to fall from his eyes. "She's not dead, is she Inuyasha?" "No." Kaede set down her firewood and walked toward Kagome. "Aye, she's in bad condition. Where did ye find her?" "In the forest where she had pulled the arrow from my heart that Kikyo had..." Inuyasha trailed off. Kaede understood and asked no more. "Can you help her?" Shippo asked timidly. "Please Kaede, don't let Kagome die!" he wailed as he began to cry again. Sango knelt down next to the fox demon and gathered him in her arms. "Please don't cry. Kagome might never get better if we're completely sad. Think happy thoughts so she can heal faster, okay?" Shippo nodded and closed his eyes. "I know. Thank you, Sango," he whispered and fell asleep. "I think we should all get some sleep," Miroku said. "We can't take care of Kagome if we're exhausted, too." Inuyasha sighed. "As right as that may be, I won't sleep. It's my fault that she ended up like this. I won't rest until she's better." Sango, Kaede, and Miroku lay down to sleep, but the silver-haired youkai stayed watch for the entire night.
Inuyasha could see the well and it didn't look like anyone had been by recently. Strange enough, he couldn't even smell Kagome's scent. 'It's like she's completely disappeared,' he thought.
"Looking for something?"
Inuyasha spun around. "Sesshomaru! What have you done with her?"
"Why brother, whoever do you mean?" he feigned innocence.
"You bastard," he growled. "Where is she?"
"Your little human companion? I don't think I've seen her recently." Sesshomaru smiled. "But rest assured little brother, I haven't done anything to her. I have my own human companion. Why would I want yours?"
Inuyasha frowned in disappointment. "I see." He began to walk off when Sesshomaru said, "If I see her, I'll give you a holler, dear brother of mine."
'Damn liar,' Inuyasha screamed mentally. 'I will find you, Kagome. I don't care what anyone says or does.'
Suddenly, he picked up a familiar scent. 'Kagome!' He raced toward the scent and stopped when he saw the bleeding body. Instinctively, he rushed forward and inspected the body. 'Oh my God,' he thought. 'She's still alive...who the hell could have done this to her? I've got to get her back to Kaede's hut.' Inuyasha picked up Kagome's body and put her on his back. Even though his kimono was red to begin with, he could see how the blood seeped into the fibers of his clothing. 'I hope she doesn't wake up before I get there,' he thought before taking off. With the hut just in view, Inuyasha went even faster. 'Kagome, please hang in there. Please don't die...' "Inuyasha!" Sango stepped out of the hut. She was about to wave when she saw the corpse on his back. 'He's totally soaked in blood. Is that Kagome?' Inuyasha carefully set down Kagome and took her in his arms. "Sango, don't just stand there. Get some towels and fresh water. She needs help! Sango, are you listening?" 'Oh my God, he really does care for her. And all this time, I thought he despised her...that was really wrong of me. I am such a horrible person. Forgive me...' "Sango," Inuyasha called and she was alerted to the present. "I need your help. Kagome will die if we don't help her!" Sango nodded and ran to get the necessary items needed to save Kagome. When she ran in the hut, she hurriedly handed the rags to Inuyasha. "Is she alive?" "Barely," said Miroku. "It seems something attacked her. Although we don't know what, she was severely wounded." Inuyasha sighed. 'I knew I would find you Kagome. I just didn't know that I would find you like this. If these were different circumstances, then maybe I would be happier.' "There isn't any color in her eyes," Inuyasha said. "And her skin is purely white, like a pearl." Sango looked around in horror. "I don't believe you two! You talk as if she is already dead! I am sure she will pull out of this. Just give her some time." Inuyasha looked as if he was the one who had been attacked. "You're right, Sango. She just needs some time." The door to the hut had opened and in walked Kaede and Shippo. "Kagome?" Shippo stared at her body in horror and dropped the firewood he had been carrying. Tears instantly began to fall from his eyes. "She's not dead, is she Inuyasha?" "No." Kaede set down her firewood and walked toward Kagome. "Aye, she's in bad condition. Where did ye find her?" "In the forest where she had pulled the arrow from my heart that Kikyo had..." Inuyasha trailed off. Kaede understood and asked no more. "Can you help her?" Shippo asked timidly. "Please Kaede, don't let Kagome die!" he wailed as he began to cry again. Sango knelt down next to the fox demon and gathered him in her arms. "Please don't cry. Kagome might never get better if we're completely sad. Think happy thoughts so she can heal faster, okay?" Shippo nodded and closed his eyes. "I know. Thank you, Sango," he whispered and fell asleep. "I think we should all get some sleep," Miroku said. "We can't take care of Kagome if we're exhausted, too." Inuyasha sighed. "As right as that may be, I won't sleep. It's my fault that she ended up like this. I won't rest until she's better." Sango, Kaede, and Miroku lay down to sleep, but the silver-haired youkai stayed watch for the entire night.