sigh I'm so sorry I took so long to write another, it's just that my life has become seriosly depressing. I hate school. My only good friend that seems to understand me is a punk that smokes matches at recess. (Today he peirced his ear with a safety pin) Anyway, on with the fic.

Inu-yasha managed a weak grin as he slid to the ground, his face pale and sweaty.

Kagome cried, stumbling to his side and put her hands supportively on his shoulders. I'm so s-sorry... she cried into him. He winced.

He groaned. That hurts.

She gave him a watery smile and helped him to his feet. In silence, they both headed back to Keade's hut. A trail of blood visible on the rich earth.

Alone, with shaking hands, Kagome prepared a bed for Inu-yasha. She glanced continually at him through the corner of her eye while hastily laying out spare tatami mats. She drew back and tested to see if it were comfortable. How much longer would she have to go through this? How much longer did she have to watch over him, and him over her.

I want to go back.' she thought, a fresh wave of tears collectiong in her eyes. She hastily wiped them away. I want to get away from here.' She looked back over to Inu-yasha. His eyes were hidden, and his face was sweating.

She crept closer to him. His were eyes closed, but a pained expression tainted the innocent look when one sleeps. His face was shiny with sweat, and his forehead felt as if it would burn her if she kept it there too long.

She murmured to herself. After planting a sloppy kiss on his forehead, she got to work, tearing apart her bag. She found asperin, band-aids, some gauze and medical tape. Perfect.' She thought sarcastically. Broken arm, arrow wound, abdominal... hole... And all I have are some band-aids.' She threw the useless bits of adhesive across the room. Might as well do it the old fasion way.'

She looked back to Inu-yasha. He showed no signs of waking up. Something dark was trickling from the corner of his mouth. She hurried, and slid Inu-yasha's outer and inner coat off his shoulders. She paused, and suck in a breath. His chest and abs were shaped perfectly, defined, but not bulky. She gazed at him for a moment more before checking his wounds. The arrow wound would prove to be easiest to heal, but the abdomen... she couldn't get herself to look. Instead, she averted her gaze to the wood planks of Keade's hut. They were dyed black from his blood.

Help.' She thought desperately as she took clean rags and began to bandage his arrow wound. Keade had only taught her the basics of healing, and Kagome began the tedious process of grinding the proper herbs, adding certain oils and extracts. She remember the pugent smell of menthol that Keade's potion seemed to emit, and kagome was relieved to discover that her mixture smelled decently minty.She rubbed the thick, glutinous liquid over each side of both of the wounds and finished binding them. She checked his pulse and temperature, one weak and the other high. Her brow furrowed. It was getting cold.

She sighed and began constructing a fire. By the time she had built it up to a good size, darknes had already swallowed the hut whole. She shuddered, not out of the cold, but out of fear. How good was she--Kagome Higurashi-- against attacking demons? She glanced at Inu-yasha, his breathing was weak and shallow. She crawled to his side, and laid her head on his chest, gently. His heartbeat was slow, but steady, and non-erratic, and she took the chance to get some shut-eye.

This is going to be a very long night.'

No Shit.

Hell, I would have made it longer, it's just that I need to regroup. I lost all my notes last week and my story's plot is as unorganized as my room. (wouldn't exactly call it a room. More like pig sty.) Special thanks to a friend with whom I was chatting with as I wrote this. Erm.... Lost the name, Sorry. I'll post it later. Any who...
IMPORTANT. If you are my friend look for your name here
Thanks to...
-Izauna(you know who you are) Thanks for being such a great friend, and my turtles are doing great!
-Anime Fan Girl Thanks for the support, and laughs!
(by the way, I wont do a whole squishy line for every fucking reviewer.)
Erm- Which I suppose means Asian Angel, but thanks for the one-worded, highly efficient command- Hey, works for me.
ALSO IMPORTANT
There are many others whom I wish to thank, but, hey. LEAVE YOUR AOL SN, SO THAT I CAN CONTACT YOU! dammit. I really don't have time for email, sorry. I have Msn messenger too. I also have yahoo messenger on my upstair computer, but recently I am extremely lazy and refuse to do any work. This of course includes walking up stairs, so I sleep in the basement. Over the month of June, I will be absent due to Navy Rowing. Good camp, bad food. I'll ne taking notes though, if any ideas come up.
I HAVE A VERY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THE LAST FIVE OR SIX CHAPTERS ARE GOING TO CONTAIN! I HAVE A PLOT AT LAST!!! YAY. P.s, it is still a week from the Halloween dance!