They walked back to the village, hand in hand, and met up with the rest of the group. They decided to go west, to look for more shikon shards. They traveled through the woods, as Kagome stopped them all. "There's a jewel fragment! It's right over there!" She whispered to Inuyasha.

"You guys, Kagome senses a shard! It's over there! Get ready!" All too suddenly, there was a crashing sound coming from the right, and a huge demon snake stood right in front of them. It glared venomously at the group, as they all got into their battle positions. It swung its massive tail and hit Inuyasha in the chest. "ARGH! Kagome, run!" he yelled.

"Okay!" and she ran over into a thicket of bushes. She ducked behind them as the snake looked around. Inuyasha drew tetsusaiga as he leapt forward and slashed at the snake. It hissed violently as it drew back. Inuyasha stabbed furiously at the animal, drawing tetsusaiga back only a little before thrusting it back into the depths of the beast. It slammed its back into a tree, and Inuyasha was squished behind it. Sango stepped in and hurled her massive boomerang at the foul demon. The boomerang hit its mark as the demon's tail was cut off. It hissed in pain and recoiled to spring for an attack.

"WIND TUNNEL!" Miroku yelled, unleashing the violent winds at the snake, as it sucked the snake into his hand. It was over, for now.

Kagome got up, walked over and picked up the shard. Placing it in the jar she held the jewels in, she ran quickly over to Inuyasha to see if he was okay after the snake had smashed him into the tree. He was doubled over on his back, breathing lightly. "Inuyasha, are you okay?" she asked.

"I'm fine, don't worry about me," He groaned. "I'll be okay in a little while, I just need to rest." She gazed intently as he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

When he awoke the group was sitting around in a circle around a warm fire. Miroku was the first to notice that he had awoken. "Inuyasha, c'mon and get warm by the fire," He said, "you look like you could use a little warmth."

"Yeah, okay, I'm comin'" he mumbled as he slowly got up. HE walked over to the fire, and Kagome handed him some ramen, his favorite snack from the future. He took it gratefully as Kagome laid her head on his shoulder. He munched on it contently, looking down at Kagome's peaceful body. He relaxed, and fell asleep in the same position as he was while he was eating the ramen.

"GET UP INUYASHA!" Shippo yelled, jumping on his shoulders to try and get a reaction from him.

"STOP THAT! I'M UP, OKAY?!" He hollered back, grabbing the little kitsune by the tail, and bopping him on the head.

"OWOWOWOW!!!" Shippo whined, "THAT HURT!" the kitsune said, rubbing his head furiously.

"Inuyasha, stop that, I told him to." Kagome shouted.

"Oh, okay, sorry." He mumbled.

"Okay, let's get started!" Miroku screamed over all the confusion. Everyone stopped. They got in line, and Inuyasha was ahead, with Kagome. Miroku was behind with Sango, and Shippo was in the middle. After an hour or so of walking, Kagome fell onto her knees.

"Kagome! What's the matter?" Inuyasha was immediately by her side. "Are you okay?"

"Inuyasha. my stomach. it hurts soo bad." She whispered.

"You'll be okay, I'll get you to Kaede's hut, she'll know what to do!" He scooped her up in his arms and bounded off for Kaede's village.

Oh my gosh! What's gonna happen? ºoº Don't worry, you'll find out. in the next chapter, of course!!!

P.S. I'm so evil, aren't I? Utnil then, toodles!