Chapter Three
'Kagome, I'm sorry. This is all my fault. How could I have let this happen to you? If only this never happened.' Inuyasha grabbed Kagome's hand and closed his eyes. Her hand was cold but she was still alive. He could feel it. Her heart was beating barely fast enough for her to keep on breathing. 'I sure hope she makes it,' Inuyasha thought to himself. 'I will never be able to forgive myself if she doesn't.' "Inuyasha," Miroku said. "How is she doing?" "I'm not sure, Miroku." Inuyasha hung his head down in shame. Sango looked at him. "Will you get a grip? This wasn't your fault!" Inuyasha looked up at her. "I wish I could believe you, but I can't. If I hadn't been fighting with her, this would've never happened." Kagome stirred on her pallet. "Inu..." "Kagome," Inuyasha whispered. He was so happy that she was coming to that he didn't realize he was still holding her hand. "Please don't die..." Kagome's eyes opened slowly. She looked around and saw Inuyasha looking at her with great concern. 'What is he doing?' she thought. 'He's just sitting there and is he holding my hand? I would shake it off, but I can't move.' "Thank God you're okay, Kagome," he told her. "I'm sorry. Please forgive me. I thought I'd lost you forever," Inuyasha whispered. Kagome looked at him. "What happened?" she whispered. "That's what we'd like to know," Inuyasha said. "You were gone for four days, Kagome. And when you didn't come back, I went to look for you. I found you in the forest and you weren't moving. You've lost a lot of blood. Do you remember anything?" he asked as he gripped her hand tighter. Kagome shook her head. "No." Miroku shook his head quietly. "Whatever attacked you, Kagome, really messed you up and almost killed you. Maybe you'll remember something in the next few days," he volunteered. Inuyasha let go of Kagome's hand and stood up. "I am going to get some more firewood. I'll be back." Miroku stood up, too. "Do you need any help, Inuyasha?" Inuyasha shrugged his shoulders. The two left the hut and all was silenced. The crackle of the fire was all that could be heard throughout the small hut. "Where are Shippo and Kaede?" Sango looked at her. "They are gathering medicinal herbs to speed your recovery. Everyone's been pretty worried about you, you know, especially Inuyasha." Kagome didn't say anything. "He cares a lot about you, Kagome." Kagome blinked in confusion. "Who?" Sango laughed. "Are you that dumb? Inuyasha, of course." Kagome held her breath. "No," she said, releasing her breath. "He cares about Kikyo. And I'm not her." "You're mistaken, Kagome," Sango said. "Just forget about it, Sango." Kagome was getting irritated. Sango smiled. "I thought there wasn't anything going on between the two of you, but when this happened to you, I realized that I had been mistaken." Kagome lie still and just listened to Sango. "You're pretty lucky to have someone care about you as much as he does. I don't have anyone like that." "That's not true," Kagome whispered. "Miroku cares about you." Sango shook her head. "No, he cares about my beauty. He just wishes to have a woman bear his child. Inuyasha really cares about you, as a person." Kagome's eyes began to well up with tears. 'Why does she have to argue? I know Miroku loves her. He told me that one night, didn't he?' Sango began to hum a foreign tune that Kagome didn't recognize. Whatever it was, made Kagome want to sleep forever.
"Lend me your dreams..." Sango sang.
'She has such a beautiful singing voice,' Kagome thought. 'I think I'll just rest my eyes...' The very second she closed her eyes, the darkness engulfed her with sleep and Sango's voice singing merrily to Kagome.
'Kagome, I'm sorry. This is all my fault. How could I have let this happen to you? If only this never happened.' Inuyasha grabbed Kagome's hand and closed his eyes. Her hand was cold but she was still alive. He could feel it. Her heart was beating barely fast enough for her to keep on breathing. 'I sure hope she makes it,' Inuyasha thought to himself. 'I will never be able to forgive myself if she doesn't.' "Inuyasha," Miroku said. "How is she doing?" "I'm not sure, Miroku." Inuyasha hung his head down in shame. Sango looked at him. "Will you get a grip? This wasn't your fault!" Inuyasha looked up at her. "I wish I could believe you, but I can't. If I hadn't been fighting with her, this would've never happened." Kagome stirred on her pallet. "Inu..." "Kagome," Inuyasha whispered. He was so happy that she was coming to that he didn't realize he was still holding her hand. "Please don't die..." Kagome's eyes opened slowly. She looked around and saw Inuyasha looking at her with great concern. 'What is he doing?' she thought. 'He's just sitting there and is he holding my hand? I would shake it off, but I can't move.' "Thank God you're okay, Kagome," he told her. "I'm sorry. Please forgive me. I thought I'd lost you forever," Inuyasha whispered. Kagome looked at him. "What happened?" she whispered. "That's what we'd like to know," Inuyasha said. "You were gone for four days, Kagome. And when you didn't come back, I went to look for you. I found you in the forest and you weren't moving. You've lost a lot of blood. Do you remember anything?" he asked as he gripped her hand tighter. Kagome shook her head. "No." Miroku shook his head quietly. "Whatever attacked you, Kagome, really messed you up and almost killed you. Maybe you'll remember something in the next few days," he volunteered. Inuyasha let go of Kagome's hand and stood up. "I am going to get some more firewood. I'll be back." Miroku stood up, too. "Do you need any help, Inuyasha?" Inuyasha shrugged his shoulders. The two left the hut and all was silenced. The crackle of the fire was all that could be heard throughout the small hut. "Where are Shippo and Kaede?" Sango looked at her. "They are gathering medicinal herbs to speed your recovery. Everyone's been pretty worried about you, you know, especially Inuyasha." Kagome didn't say anything. "He cares a lot about you, Kagome." Kagome blinked in confusion. "Who?" Sango laughed. "Are you that dumb? Inuyasha, of course." Kagome held her breath. "No," she said, releasing her breath. "He cares about Kikyo. And I'm not her." "You're mistaken, Kagome," Sango said. "Just forget about it, Sango." Kagome was getting irritated. Sango smiled. "I thought there wasn't anything going on between the two of you, but when this happened to you, I realized that I had been mistaken." Kagome lie still and just listened to Sango. "You're pretty lucky to have someone care about you as much as he does. I don't have anyone like that." "That's not true," Kagome whispered. "Miroku cares about you." Sango shook her head. "No, he cares about my beauty. He just wishes to have a woman bear his child. Inuyasha really cares about you, as a person." Kagome's eyes began to well up with tears. 'Why does she have to argue? I know Miroku loves her. He told me that one night, didn't he?' Sango began to hum a foreign tune that Kagome didn't recognize. Whatever it was, made Kagome want to sleep forever.
"Lend me your dreams..." Sango sang.
'She has such a beautiful singing voice,' Kagome thought. 'I think I'll just rest my eyes...' The very second she closed her eyes, the darkness engulfed her with sleep and Sango's voice singing merrily to Kagome.