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Chapter 9 Awake

Kagome wiped the blood and sweat from her forehead. "Just a minute more...." She mumbled as she wrapped Inuyasha's side wound. 'I don't know what happened to him, but once a I looked at his wound.....'

FLASHBACK

Kagome gasped as she looked at his wound. "It's so deep, what happened?" She asked, but frowned. He wouldn't answer her. No, of course not. She even wondered if he was still alive. 'No! He's alive! I know it!' She thought, shacking her head. "Ok..... now I have to look at you wound...." Again, she knew he wouldn't answer but it was nice for her not to have just silence.

She didn't know why, but a slight blush crossed over her cheeks as she started to peal off the first layer of his top. 'I've done this before, so why am I blushing?!' She thought angrily as she started on his inner shirt. Slowly, she got his white shirt off.

Kagome gasped as she saw a small hole right threw his left side. "What happened?!" Kirara gave a small whining sound from her throat as she watched Kagome. Kagome smiled lightly up at her, "Don't worry Kirara." She turned to her backpack and pulled out her first aid kit. She turned back to Inuyasha and started to clean his wound. 'Inuyasha.... I wish you were awake.. your starting to scare me....'

END OF FLASHBACK

Kagome sighed deeply and started to put his inner white shirt back on. "Now..... the left arm in the left sleeve...." She mumbled as she did what she said. "There!" She smiled weakly at him. He just laid there, laid there as he always did.

Kagome started to tremble, trying to hold back tears. "Inuyasha......" She whispered, putting her head in her hands. "Please...... wake up..." She whispered as tears started to fall. Kirara made a small whimpering sound as she nuzzled Kagome's arm. Kagome looked up and gave her a weak smile as she wiped the tears away with the back of her hand. "D-don't worry.... I'm just a little..... tired, that's all."

"I.. should ..... of told...... her......"

Kagome eyes widen and she looked down at Inuyasha. His head tilted to the side as he looked like he was being taunted by a bad dream. "Inu.... yasha?" She said slowly, not sure if she actually heard him.

"I.... should.... have told her...." Inuyasha repeated, looking more pained by whatever dream he was having.

Kagome caught her breath. 'H-he's alive!' She thought. She placed her hand cautiously on his shoulder and shook him. "Inuyasha? Wake up." She said softly.

Inuyasha face softened, but he didn't wake up. Kagome frowned, sighing lightly. 'He's still out of it....' She thought, pulling her hand back.

"I...... had the... chance...." Inuyasha mumbled.

Kagome eyes widen. 'He's talking to himself...... so that means he doesn't know I'm here......' She thought. Something poked at her to try to get something out of his, while he's like this. She shook her head, 'No, I can't do that! That would be mean!' But yet again, it poked at her to do it. She bit her lip in thought. 'Maybe..... just one thing....'

"Inuyasha?" She whispered, leaning in closer to him.

Inuyasha moved his head a bit and his ears twitched as if they were saying they were ready to listen.

Kagome gulped, but nodded to herself. "Who should you have told... whatever..." She whispered. 'One step at a time....'

"I should...... have told...... Ka...gome...." He mumbled as he started to shiver.

Kagome stared at him blankly. 'D-did he say my name?!' She thought, but notice the shiver. She pulled out a blanket she had ready for him and placed it over his body. "There." She said softly.

"Thank..... you...." Inuyasha whispered, tilting his head to the other side.

Kagome blushed slightly. 'If...... if he's responding to me while I'm talking to him...... then is he awake or not?' She sat back, still starring at him. 'I'll just let him rest of a little while longer....' She thought threw a yawn. Her eyes started to droop, but she quickly opened then again. "Must stay awake...." She mumbled, but found herself closing her eyes. She laid down next to Inuyasha and soon, she fell asleep.

Kagome eyes slowly fluttered opened to the sun shinning right into her eyes. She rolled over, mumbling something under her breath. Then, the sound of Kirara whining caught her attention. She sighed and sat up, rubbing her eyes. "Kirara, what's wrong?" She mumbled, looking at Kirara. Her eyes widen when she looked next to her. "Inuyasha?!" Her heart started to race. 'Wh-where did he go?!'

"What?"

Kagome looked to the side and sighed in relief. Inuyasha sat, leaning against the wall with his hand over his wound. A frown crossed her lips. "Inuyasha, what are you doing up?!" She asked, crossing her arms. "Your badly hurt."

"Feh...." He replied weakly, looking to the side. "I'm.... fine."

Kagome shook her head and crawled over to his side. "Your not! You are hurt! So go back there a lay back down!" She said firmly.

Inuyasha remained silent, not even looking at her.

"Inuyasha! You jerk! Look at me!" Kagome demanded, tugging on his hair.

Inuyasha slowly turned to her, eyes sadden.

Kagome caught her breath and slowly pulled her hand away. "Inu... yasha?"

Inuyasha looked away. "Thanks.... for finding me." He said quietly.

Kagome nodded, "Inuyasha, what happened?" She asked softly.

"Those..... guns you told me about." Inuyasha sighed. "We found the people with 'em and they... they weren't so please to see us. That guy..... he got shot and then they turned to me."

Kagome's eyes widen. "You were shot?!" She gasped. 'I thought that looked like something.....' She thought.

Inuyasha sighed again. "Yeah, don't rub it in."

Kagome frowned. "I wasn't rubbing it in! Inuyasha, you could have been hurt more then this! I....." Kagome frowned, turning away from him. "I shouldn't have let you go on your own."

Inuyasha turned to her, eyes widen. "Kagome, this wasn't your fault!" He sighed, putting his hand on her shoulder. "It was no ones fault....."

Kagome turned to him, smiling weakly. "Yeah, your right.... I'm just glad.... your all right."

Inuyasha nodded, giving her his usual smirk. "Of course I'm all right!" He replied gruffly.

Kagome nodded. "Of course."

waterdoragon: Yay! Inuyasha is awake!! Well, I hope you guys liked that chapter as much as I did! I actually found it fun writing this chapter! Well, please R&R!