Inu Yasha sat there staring at Kagome with a big smile on his face. "I haven't been this happy since I was a pup, Kagome, thank you." Kagome smiled up at him and curled up close to him. "I'm happy too, Inu Yasha..." she whispered quietly as she wrapped her arms around his torso tightly. "I love you." The young hanyou sighed and lowered his nose to her hair breathing in her scent. "I love you, Kagome, I promise to get back to you some how. I swear it." The girl closed her eyes, nuzzling his chest. "Inu Yasha..." Inu Yasha closed his eyes tight, feeling a shooting pain behind his eyes. "What is it, Kagome?" "Promise me everything will be ok?" she whispered quietly tears stinging her eyes. He nodded. "It will be fine, Kagome." Inu Yasha opened his eyes to reveal them to be a cold blue. "But for right now, I have to go, he wants to come back," he said with a sigh, "but I don't want to leave yet." Kagome nodded as she drifted off into a much needed sleep. "Ok, Inu Yasha..." she whispered curling up into his arms. Inu Yasha growled to himself. 'I want my body back now!' A voice rang through his mind. He bared his fangs and spoke in a hushed tone. "Come back later, I want to be with my mate." The voice got louder causing pain to rack through his body. 'I said now, Inu Yasha!' Kagome whimpered at the fussing about the boy was doing and slid down, burying her head against his stomach. Inu Yasha looked down to Kagome with sadness in his eyes. "Alright, I will go, but you must promise me to take care of her, Inuki," he said quietly. 'I will, Inu Yasha, I promise,' Inuki responded as Inu Yasha faded away, letting him take over. Inuki sighed as he looked down at the girl. "He loves you, body and soul, Kagome, I hope you know that," the young boy said as he gazed down at her face. The sleeping girl gave nothing in response save for a tightening of her arms and a slight moan in her sleep. Inuki reached down and stroked her cheek. "Who honestly couldn't love you, Kagome?" he asked with a small frown. "Inu Yasha is one lucky bastard, I can tell you that much." Kagome opened her eyes a bit and looked up at him. "Inuki..." she mumbled smiling slightly, her eyes half open. The young man nodded. "Yeah, it's me, I'm sorry." She smiled and shook her head, pulling herself up. "Don't be sorry, I understand." She rubbed her eyes and yawned slightly. Inuki smiled slightly. "You will have him once again soon. I promise" Kagome grunted and stood up, stretching. She lost her footing as she leaned too far backwards and fell back, cracking her head on a root. "Ow!" she yelped. Inuki reached went over and pulled her up to her feet. "Are you ok, Kagome?" he asked looking her over. "Are you hurt?" he stood there with her hands in his own, looking concerned. She winced a bit and stumbled forward. "I...don't... I think so..." she muttered trying to narrow her visual perception down to one of everything and to make the world stop spinning. He pulled her against his chest to steady her. "Kagome, you're scaring me here," he said excitedly. "I-Inu--" The girl's vision went black and her knees gave out from under her as she slid down, slumping against him. Her face was pallid and blood was soaking the back of her hair and dripping onto the ground. Inuki gasped. "Kagome!" He picked her up into his arms feeling the blood soak into his clothing. "Oh God!" He began running for the village looking for Sango and Miroku. "Don't die on me, I could never forgive myself if you do," Inuki cried as he ran as fast as his legs could carry him. Sango came out of the house to see Inuki bolting towards them. "Inuki, what's wrong?" she asked as she eyed Kagome's limp body. "She fell, oh God, help her!" he yelled as he rushed her into the hut. Miroku shoved past him, took her from him, laid her on the bed she had rolled out for him and eyed her head, gingerly touching it. "Get me some cold water, Sango, and that herbal mixture Kaede gave us for the kids." Sango nodded and bustled about doing Miroku's bidding. Kagome lay on the futon, a permanent grimace etched into her features as Miroku shifted her around trying to take care of her wound. "She has a concussion," Miroku sighed. Inuki sat down next to her al the color drained from his face. "That's dangerous, we need to wake her up." Sango sighed. "And how do we do that?" Inuki reached over and shook the girl. "Kagome, open your eyes and look at me!" he shouted. Kagome cried out in pain and opened her eyes only to squeeze them shut tightly again. "Stay awake damn it!" Inuki commanded. The girl opened her eyes to glare at him. "Stop shaking me, and quit screaming!" she snapped. Inuki glared at her with dark eyes. "I will if I have to, to keep you awake." She winced in pain again, shrinking back at him. "Please stop yelling," she whimpered. He sat back and folded his arms across his chest and lowered his voice. "I'm not yelling." Miroku carefully applied a salve to her head and propped her up a bit. Sango laid a cool washcloth against her head. "Stay with her, Inuki," Sango mumbled quietly as things quieted down and Sango and Miroku headed back to bed. Inuki sat there with his back propped in a corner with his arms folded, his eyes locked onto her. Kagome closed her eyes and winced again, wanting desperately to loose herself in her subconscious. "Stay awake, damn it." Inuki's voice boomed out from across the room. The girl grimaced and shrunk back from him, whimpering in pain as his voice echoed through her aching head. He huffed. "I don't mean to hurt your ears, but I have to keep you awake." She grunted and glared up at the ceiling. "Couldn't you be gentler about it?" Inuki shot her a look. "No you have a concussion, and I have to keep you awake." Kagome whimpered. "But it hurts..." "I can't help that. It's going to hurt for a long while," Inuki stated as he stretched. She picked up a rock off of the shelf and threw it at him. "Why'd you let me fall, then?" she grouched. He scowled. "Oh no, you don't. You are not blaming this on me!" She smirked. "I just did, didn't I?" Inuki got up and crossed the room to get Kagome a drink of water. He walked over to her with a small bucket and a ladle. "Drink some water, it will wake you up," he said as he set it down next to her. Kagome struggled to sit up and shakily took the ladle from him. Drinking some of the liquid down she sighed and leaned back down, closing her eyes. Inuki walked back over to the corner and took his position again, with his arms folded across his chest, looking like a similar boy she knew long ago with that scowl on his face. She smiled softly. "Inuki..." her eyes drifted closed and she breathed deeply taking in the scents all around her. "Keep your eyes open, Kagome," he boomed out again. She yawned trying to ignore him. "Goodnight, Inuki." "Kagome, wake the fuck up!!" Inuki yelled. She growled and flipped him off, rolling over to face the wall. He got up and stomped over to her and leaned down over her ear. "I said wake the hell up!" Inuki yelled straight into her ear. Kagome reached up and yanked on his hair a good couple of times. "You are going to do more damage screaming than I would sleeping!" He growled. "Let go of my hair," Inuki seethed while his eyes flashed with concern and well being for her. She glared up at him with tired eyes. "Then let me go to sleep." He sighed. "Kagome, you can't go to bed. Why can't you get that into that hard head of yours?" She pouted. "Because it's still ringing from you yelling." Inuki sat back onto the floor and lowered his eyes. "Just stay awake as a favor to me, alright?" She nodded and sighed. "Alright, Inuki..."