When Kira finally awoke an entire two days had passed and Sesshoumaru was in the middle of redressing her wounds. "What happened?" she said, looking up at her brother.
"You were bringing back this boy when the strong smell of blood overpowered you. He carried you the rest of the way back and I brought you here." Kira looked around and saw everyone lying around nursing various wounds. "How long have I been out?"
"Two days."
"Two days? How?"
"Your senses are better than you know and you were around the strong smell of blood for way too long. You also had many deep wounds which you let no one tend to."
"Oh..." Kira looked around again. "Kyle! He's still here? And Laura?"
"If you mean those humans then yes."
"We have to take them home! They were taken by Naraku from there beds like a week ago!" She called them over and Sesshoumaru stepped back to allow them to get closer.
"Are you doing better?" asked Kyle.
"I think so... and you? What about your arm?"
"They say it's getting better but it still hurts. They also say they don't understand how I didn't pass out from the pain of it." He gave a weird smile.
"How did you get it?" asked Kira.
"It was late and I saw they were distracted, talking to each other so I got Laura to try to crawl away with me. The boy with them noticed and caught my arm with his weapon. The woman used that weird fan and made the cut deeper saying that I wouldn't be able to get far with an arm like that. That they could just follow the trail of blood." He rubbed it wincing, remembering how it happened.
"I'm really sorry this had to happen. It's all my fault." Tears started to form in her eyes.
"Don't worry about it! We're all okay now and that's what matters." Kyle reassured her.
"Alright." Kira said, smiling at him. "Hey, is Kouga okay now?"
"If you mean that wolf guy over there then yeah, he's doing better. He's still having trouble moving and stuff though."
"Okay." Kira slowly got to her feet and stood leaning against a tree for a bit before she could stand on her own. "I'm ready to take you guys back home." Hearing this Sesshoumaru stepped in. "No you're not. You can barely even walk."
"Then come with me!" suggested Kira.
"To the human world? Me?"
"Yes, wouldn't you feel safer if you were with me in this weak state? And I really need to get them back before their parents go crazy."
Sesshoumaru stopped, thinking about it for a bit but finally agreed to it in the end and Inuyasha didn't even bother arguing, knowing Kira would ignore him anyway.
Staggering around, Kira told the others what she was going to do and stopped to talk to Kouga. "You get better while I'm gone alright?"
"Of course." Answered Kouga, smiling at her.
With Sesshoumaru supporting her, he, Kira, Kyle and Laura set off to find the well. Every now and then Kira would awake from her daze and point them in the right direction if they wandered the wrong way. Laura still refused to speak and Kyle was trying hard not too. He had so many things to ask Kira but he knew she needed her rest and it was taking all she had just to stay awake. They continued on in this way for a long time before they finally made it to the well. "In there." Said Kira weakly, pointing to the well.
"That's how you travel between worlds?" Sesshoumaru asked.
"Yes, you get a partner and just jump in." Kira answered. "But," she added, "They probably shouldn't be partnered up. They've never done it before by themselves. If you bring my sister, I'll bring Kyle."
Sesshoumaru obviously hated this idea but caved when Kira looked up at him, her eyes swirling grey with pain. "Alright," he said and went to Laura who ran to hide behind Kira.
"It's alright!" Kira said soothingly. "He's my big brother and he's really nice. He's going to take you home now and I'll be right behind." Studying her sister Kira changed her mind. "On second thought, Sesshoumaru? Could you take Kyle and I'll take Laura instead? She's been through a lot and she's really scared."
There was a long silence until finally both Kyle and Sesshoumaru agreed and Kira took Laura's hand. With a wave to the guys she jumped nimbly into the well, pulling Laura behind her. There was a brilliant flash and they were gone. Sesshoumaru turned towards Kyle who stared back. "Are you ready, human?" Kyle nodded and Sesshoumaru took his uninjured arm in his hand. He pulled Kyle behind him slowly and pushed him up so he was standing on the edge of the well. Suddenly, he reached out and shoved Kyle in the back and jumped in after his falling form.
When he next looked around he was at the bottom of a well with Kyle sitting beside him rubbing his hurt arm. "Does it hurt that much, boy?" Sesshoumaru asked. In return all he got was a glare. "If you weren't my sister's friend you would already be dead. Don't push your luck." With that said, Sesshoumaru grabbed the back of Kyle's shirt and jumped out of the well, pulling the boy with him.
Kira greeted them with a weary smile when they hopped out. Laura, who had been sitting on a rock waiting, ducked behind Kira as soon as Sesshoumaru appeared. Kira laughed. "Why are you so scary Sesshoumaru? Probably because you never smile." Sesshoumaru replied with his normal cold stare. "Exactly. You're proving my point." Kira stood shakily again rubbing her bandaged arms and leg. "Well, let's go." This is when Kira realized how much she hated the position of the well. It was totally surrounded by tall, thick undergrowth and very close together trees, obviously forgotten about. It helped when they were trying to go through without people noticing, but was a real problem when you were very injured trying to make your way through. Sesshoumaru ended up supporting her again as she often stumbled. With Kyle and Laura following behind, Kira pointed out the way and they continued in the fashion they had done to get to the well in the first place.
It was very slow going. Kira, still weak from the blood and covered in cuts, could barely walk and Kyle's arm was causing him great pain. It took about an hour but they finally made it to Kira's old house. "That's it," said Kira, pointing. Sesshoumaru just stared as they continued closer. Kira collapsed on the front porch while Kyle went forward to ring the doorbell. It was quickly opened by Kira's mother who immediately pulled Laura into a hug. Kira's father followed quickly behind who checked to see if Laura was ok and then sat down beside Kira.