Inuyasha paced back and forth in the small waiting room. Kagome had come out of surgery about 5 hours ago, however the doctors had said that he couldn't go in to see her, since she needed a lot of rest. Inuyasha didn't agree with this until Mrs. Higurashi told him to wait. Man that woman could be scary when mad. Inuyasha stopped his pacing when a man came up to them in a white lab coat. Mrs. Higurashi shook Souta easily to wake the sleeping boy.

"Mrs. Higurashi?" The man asked into the crowd of waiting people.

"Yes?" She said quietly as she walked up to him, however Inuyasha beat her to him.

"How is Kagome!? If you did anything to her I swear I will tear you to fuc- "

"Inuyasha!" Mrs. Higurashi yelled as she pushed him away. "Terrible sorry, he's a tad protective."

"That's alright." The doctor said calmly. "As for Kagome, I fear her condition is not too good, she is getting worst than getting better. We fear because of the gash on her head she was hit on the head, which means she may have amnesia. We also fear that she won't live out the rest of the night, so you may go see her now."

Utter horror took over Inuyasha as he followed the doctor to Kagome's room. The closer they got to her room, the more he could smell her blood making it harder to ignore. The Doctor stopped and opened a green door leading into a white room with many machines and a single bed on the far wall.

Inuyasha rushed to the side of the bed to find Kagome wrapped up in bandages and tubes attached to her arms. She looked so frail and weak, never had Inuyasha seen her like that before. If he could he would have picked her off the bed and whisked her away from this place, however in her current condition that would be impossible. He picked up Kagome's hand gingerly and cradled it in his own.

"Kagome?" He whispered to her. Her eyes opened slowly and blinked a couple times before a blood-curdling scream escaped her lips.

"GET AWAY FROM ME!" She cried. Inuyasha backed up quickly his ears lying on the back of his head.

"Kagome? It's me, Inuyasha."

"NO, NO, NO! Get away you won't hurt me again!" She screamed she tried to get up but passed out from exhaustion.

"Kagome? I never did anything," Inuyasha whispered quietly.

"I was afraid of this," said the doctor that had led them to the room. "She couldn't remember anything, so since you were the first person she saw, she immediately linked you to the attack."

Faith looked up at her Sensei slowly, he held out clothing and a cloak along with a silver amulet.

"Be careful, okay." He said quietly, Faith nodded and took the stuff from his extended arms. "Stay hidden do not allow anyone to see your face. I will miss you."

"Thank-you Sensei."

"One more thing!" He exclaimed as he held out a silver mirror. "This will keep us in contact okay?"

"Yes and Thank-you again. Farewell." She said quietly as she walked out the large white and silver gates leaving the place she called home.

Inuyasha was once again situated in the waiting room, however this time around he had just awakened from a quick nap. He went to scratch his ears however a hard material met his figures. He toyed around with the material until he finally shoved it back on his head. Stupid hat! Mrs. Higurashi must have put on him later at night when he had fallen asleep. He got up out of his seat slowly and walked down the hallway towards Kagome's room. He was just about to walk in when he heard voices coming from the inside. Both seemed to be female. He stood stalk still and listened to the conversation inside the room, which became quite enticing.

"Nurse, do you think she'll be okay?" A worried Mrs. Higurashi paced the room, interrogating a nurse who was so unfortunate to walk in at the moment that the worried mother awoke.

"I do not know ma'am," she said quietly.

"But she seemed fine when she woke up earlier, sure she screamed bloody murder but she seemed okay."

"I'm afraid in doing that she used a lot of energy and reopened many of her wounds, she has lost even more blood, if she leaves this hospital alive." The nurse bowed her head and headed out the door. She turned in the opposite direction than Inuyasha as he walked into the room.

"She's not going to live?" He whispered quietly.

"They may not think so, however we know her better don't we?" Mrs. Higurashi said.

"I can smell death on her already."

"No! You will not give up on her yet and if you do I will never forgive you Inuyasha!"

Inuyasha cowered away from the angered woman and looked out the window. He instinctively growled when he saw a figure in a long white cloak; against the fresh snow it looked silver. A silver chained amulet hung around their neck. Just when he was about to go after the figure it disappeared.

Faith stood outside the door to Kagome's room. She had dashed away from the window she had been standing at earlier when Inuyasha had spotted her. Kagome, poor, poor Kagome. It was unfair something so bad could happen to such a wonderful girl. What was she to so now? She was told to heal the girl but how? Her Sensei had said that she would know when the time came but when was the right time?

Faith stood stalk still as the doorknob turned. Slowly the door opened to reveal a white haired man with a brilliant red cap on his head.

"Who are you?" Inuyasha growled when he saw the cloaked figure at Kagome's door. He had decided to go to the washroom shortly after Mrs. Higurashi had left for something to eat and to take Souta and the old man back, the figure never answered him, it merely pushed past him into Kagome's room. "I SAID 'WHO ARE YOU'?" He bellowed loudly.

"I am of no threat." Her tiny voice answered him.

Inuyasha felt like pulling his hair out in frustration, not only was he not giving him the answers he wanted to hear but she was toying with him. He could tell that this woman had a lot of power just by the way she stood, even her tiny voice held much power in it.

"That is not what I meant," his growling becoming lower and more deadly. He grabbed the shoulder of the girl and spun her around. He could feel the anger underneath the hood of her cloak although he couldn't see it.

"Unhand me," she spat at him. "I will not hurt you or anyone else. However if you force me I will have no second thoughts."

Inuyasha wanted to hide when he heard the venom in her voice. She shoved his hand of her shoulder and proceeded to Kagome's beside.

"If you even touch her," he warned.

"You'll do what?" She was becoming frustrated with him now, he could hear it in her voice and the way her bare feet hit the cold flooring. Slowly she sat down in the chair by Kagome's bedside. Gingerly she picked up Kagome's frail hand and cradled it in her own. "Do not worry Kagome, I am here to protect you now, I understand what I must do."

Inuyasha hadn't realized he had stopped growling when she touched Kagome, somehow he felt he could trust her, even if he couldn't catch her scent or feel her aura, she felt somewhat familiar.

The woman pulled the sleeve up on her cloak to reveal a small tanned arm; she reached into the depths of her cloak and pulled out a silver knife. Holding a glass that had been on the nearby nightstand she held her arm over top of it and cut her arm. Crimson liquid flowed down her arm landing into the glass underneath. She pushed a wet cloth that had also been on the nightstand onto her fresh wound.

Inuyasha stood there amazed what she was doing. What was she doing? He was mesmerized by it however he was very confused over it. She picked up Kagome's hand again and before Inuyasha realized what she was doing she slit Kagome's hand. Holding it over the glass she watched as blood flowed into the half full glass. Inuyasha's eyes widened as the crimson liquid in the glass began to change to silver.

The woman put the glass down ginger ally and tended to Kagome's wound on her hand. Holding the glass up to eyelevel the woman inspected it and got out of her chair. Once in front of Inuyasha she held it out towards him.

"Once the doctors tell you that she has gotten the worst that she possible could and that she is going to die, make her drink all of this. However if you make her drink it any sooner than it will not work and she will most likely die," she said quietly pushing the silver blood into his hands.

"Thank-you," Inuyasha answered that more quietly.

"No problem," she bowed slightly bringing hands together in front of her chest. "Good luck."

She walked out the door with the most grace that Inuyasha hadn't seen in a long time. Than it hit him, the voice, the smell of the blood and the way she walked. It was like a replica of April.

"Wait! Who are you!" He exclaimed however he was too late, she never heard him or chose to ignore him.

Faith chose to ignore him for she couldn't answer him. Inuyasha probable knew more about her than she knew about herself. How did she know that ritual? How come the two of them felt so familiar? She was so confused.

Her bare feet walked on top of the fresh layer of snow as she walked through the few trees that surrounded the hospital. Mere humans would feel cold at the contact with the substance but Faith felt a slight comfort from it. She didn't know where she was going; she just allowed her feet to take her where they wanted. She didn't realize that she had wondered into a forest until the sweet smell of pine and cedar reached her sensitive nose.

Walking onto a frozen lake slowly as not to slip she glided to the middle of the ice. Taking in her surroundings she hoped no one had seen her or was near enough to see her. She relaxed slightly when she didn't sense anyone. Dropping to her knees she pulled out the silver mirror that her Sensei had given her.

"Sensei?" She asked quietly. The mirror began to swirl with gold and silver as a face began to form.

"Faith?" Her Sensei asked. Smiling she took off her hood and looked into the depths of the mirror. "There you are," he teased her causing her smile to widen.

"I helped her like you asked."

"Good, than you remembered the ritual?"

"Yes and about that how did I know that ritual?"

"In time, in time. Now there is someone else who needs help," he directed holding his head up high. "Kagome's mother has been had a rough time, especially involving the issue with her daughter."

"So what do I have to do? Jump off a bridge," Faith asked sarcastically.

"No just talk to her," he laughed at how stubborn she could be.

"I very much doubt that a human would want to pour her life out to a stranger in a white cloak."

"That's why you are not going to be wearing your cloak," he laughed again.

"Oh so you give me a long speech on not letting anyone see my face and now you are telling me that I have to, make up your freaking mind," she rolled her eyes and sifted a little bit.

"Call her and tell her that you are a doctor from the hospital and your asking her about her daughter and her life before the crisis." He said knowingly.

"Fine have your way but if I get in any shit," she was cut off when his eyes flicked with anger.

"The biggest 'SHIT' you will get in is saying that word!" He bellowed. Faith merely rolled her eyes and tossed the mirror into a pile of snow.

Sorry it took so long peoples but I had A LOT to do this week. I would tell you however I would most likely bore you to death with my ranting. Hopefully it won't take me this long next week and I'll get more done.