Hey everyone! I'm glad you liked the last chapter! This one I hope will be a lot longer than the other ones because...uhhh...food? XI Don't mind me...I'm stupid like that... Anyway, off we go with the story!

-----Time for a weird moment!-----

Hanyou- Gah! School's starting soon! That means school shopping...I HATE school shopping!

Kagome- I kind of like school. I get to see my friends.

Inuyasha- ...I see...

Kagome- What?

Hanyou- Smooth, Kagome...

Inuyasha- -ears droop-

Kagome- I'm sorry, Inuyasha. I meant my other friends, you guys are my friends to.

Inuyasha- Feh. Whatever...

Hanyou- Maybe I should just start the chapter....

Kagome- Yeah, maybe you should... -goes to comfort Inuyasha-

Hanyou- Pfft... She's a ditz some times...

Disclaimer: If I could, then I would, but I can't.

"speech"

'thoughts'

======change of scene/view=======

[flashback]

Chapter 23

"IRON REAVER SOUL STEALER!!!"

"Heh heh heh...You suck at fighting without me in control." Demon Inuyasha sneered as he perched on a branch of the Goshinboku.

"Grrrr...SHUT UP!" Inuyasha leaped up into the tree and took another swipe at Demon Inuyasha, failing miserably.

'Damn it! He's to fast!' Inuyasha jumped down in pursuit of Demon Inuyasha when a familiar scent entered his nose. 'Kagome?'

Up ahead of them, an image of Kagome ran through the trees. It looked exactly like her, except that she was almost transparent.

Inuyasha's ears picked up the snickering of Demon Inuyasha before realizing what he was going to do.

"NO!"

To late.

The translucent Kagome screamed, but it seemed faint to Inuyasha, and fell to the ground. Blood was pouring out of the wound on her shoulder as she slowly placed her hand over it.

Inuyasha summoned all is speed and punched Demon Inuyasha right in the jaw and then in the stomach.

He glanced over at the translucent Kagome and then at his hand. Slowly, as if by magic, blood appeared on his fingers. 'Kagome's blood.'

"Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha looked up and realized that things were becoming brighter around him and the unconscious Demon Inuyasha beside him slowly began to fade. Kagome's voice was clearer now when it was muffled before. 'I must be gaining control again.'

Inuyasha noticed Kagome's smile and was about to smile as well when a sudden pain erupted on the back of his head.

"Not so fast."

=======With Kagome========

Kagome shrieked as Inuyasha pounced on her, smiling malevolently the whole time.

"Inuyasha...please, don't do this..."

Inuyasha chuckled slightly and moved so his mouth was right by her ear. "Get ready for pain." He whispered and moved back. His hair acted as a curtain, making it hard for Kagome to see anything else but Inuyasha's blood-red eyes.

He placed his deadly long claws lightly on Kagome's neck, then slightly added pressure.

Kagome felt tears flow from her eyes. "Please..."

Inuyasha smirked and added more pressure with his claws.

"...remember me..."

Inuyasha's claws punctured her skin and chuckled softly when she winced.

"INUYASHA!" Kagome screamed at the top of her lungs.

========With Inuyasha========

Inuyasha slowly got up, rubbing the back off his head before turning to find Demon Inuyasha.

Facing him, Demon Inuyasha was straddling translucent Kagome and was slowly digging his claws into her throat. She was saying...something. Inuyasha couldn't understand her words.

Rage consumed him entirely. Human Inuyasha knew that this was it, and grabbed the chain he used to bind Demon Inuyasha to the Goshinboku.

Inuyasha ran up to Demon Inuyasha and punched him right in between the eyes.

Almost instantly, Kagome's screamed reached his ears and everything came rushing back, much faster than before.

Kagome sighed as Inuyasha's eyes became the soft gold color and fainted.

"Inuyasha?!" Someone grabbed Inuyasha around the arms and pulled him off of Kagome. Inuyasha put up no fight, just stared with complete shock at his precious mate. Her white school uniform top was a dark red down her right arm and around her shoulder where the gash was.

It reminded him painfully of when Kikyo had been resurrected at Urasuea's lair.

[flashback]

Kikyo began to walk towards Inuyasha when a red flash appeared around her right shoulder. She groaned in pain as she lifted her hand up to her shoulder to touch the gash.

"Something the matter, Kikyo?" Inuyasha called tauntingly over to her.

She lifted her hand up to her face and looked at it before glaring over to Inuyasha.

"Why did you betray me, Inuyasha?!"

[end flashback]

Elle appeared beside Kagome's body and inspected the wounds on her neck. "She needs these wound cared for. I'm taking her to Kaede's."

Inuyasha began to struggle against the grasp of whoever was holding him back. "No! Let me!"

"Don't be stupid, Mutt-Face." Koga growled from behind Inuyasha. "I need to talk to you about what just happened here."

Inuyasha continued to struggle, feeling the need to be with his mate when she was in trouble. "Koga, you bastard, let me go!"

After Elle was out of sight with Kagome on her back, Koga released Inuyasha and pushed him against a tree.

"What the hell is wrong with you, Mutt-Face?! Why were you trying to kill Kagome?!"

Inuyasha growled. "Let go off me Koga and I'll TRY to explain."

Koga hesitated then let go off Inuyasha's arms.

Inuyasha was about to knock the shit out of the wolf-youkai when he noticed something sticky on his hand. 'Kagome's blood...' He stared in shock once again at the blood on his fingers.

"Hey! Where do you think you're going?"

"To wash this...stuff...off of my hands..."

Koga followed silently behind Inuyasha while he walked to the river.

=======At Kaede's Hut========

"Kagome!" Shippo screamed when Elle walked in to the hut with the unconscious hanyou on her back.

Sango stood up and help lay out a mat on the floor for Kagome while Kaede searched for some herbs.

"What's happened to her?" Sango asked while brushing some hair off of Kagome's pale face.

Miroku looked over the wounds and sighed. "Poor Inuyasha..."

"What does this have to do with Inuyasha?" Sango asked quietly.

"Sango, you being a taijiya, I would have thought that her wounds where caused by a demon."

Sango looked at the wounds on her neck and gasped. "You don't think he...?"

Miroku nodded and opened his mouth before Kaede pushed them all outside. "I need fix the wounds on her shoulder and I don't need any of ye in here to watch. Especially ye, Miroku."

Miroku blushed slightly before deciding now was the best time for-

"HENTAI!"

--SLAP—

========With Inuyasha and Koga=========

"You think your demon blood is out of control? But I thought I heard somewhere that your sword kept it in control."

Inuyasha sighed and shook his head as he fervently washed his hands. "Apparently it's become to strong to be controlled by just a sword."

There was silence for a few more minutes before Inuyasha gave up on washing his hands. 'The smell won't come off, damn it!'

"I'm heading back to check on Kagome. Are you coming, Mutt-Face?"

Inuyasha looked ahead of him and spoke with no hint of emotion. "No, not yet..."

"But she's your mate, damn it!"

In the middle of his phrase, Inuyasha leapt off deep into the woods somewhere, leaving Koga to swear silently under his breath before heading back.

======Kaede's Hut======

Kaede stepped out of the hut. "Alright, ye may all see her now. She is sleeping so be quiet." Everyone knew this was directed to Shippo, who had been fidgeting the whole time.

Kagome was sleeping on a futon by the fire to keep her warm. She was in a white kimono and Kaede had put her hair up on a bun to keep it out of the wounds. She had a small patch around her neck where the puncture marks were.

Elle sighed and sat down beside Kagome. "Well, she looks better, she was as pale as a ghost before."

Sango sat on the other side of Kagome and patted her hand. "I hope she while recover soon."

"She will." I voice said behind everyone, making them jump. "I don't know if Inuyasha will."

"Jeez, Koga. You scared me."

Koga sat down beside Elle and gave her a small smile in response. Elle kissed him on the cheek and rested her head on his comfy shoulder pad...thingy. "Where's Inuyasha?"

"I dunno. Ran off somewhere, saying he won't see Kagome just yet..."

Everyone sat in silence after Koga finished speaking and just watched the fire dance around in the fire place.

========With Inuyasha========

Inuyasha sat up in the Goshinboku and stared at the clouds passing by. He felt like crying right now, but knew he had to be strong for Kagome right now. And for himself.

'What if she leaves me? What if she's scared of me? What if she...hates me?' Inuyasha bowed his head, making his hair form a curtain around his eyes. His memory replayed what Demon Inuyasha had said while they fought, before he attacked Kagome.

[flashback]

"Your stupid sword will not contain me anymore. I have over powered it and will soon take over your soul when you least expect it. And when I do, I shall kill everyone one you love, slowly and painfully..." Demon Inuyasha began laughing as he continued dodging Inuyasha's swipes with no effort at all.

[end flashback]

"Kagome...I'm...sorry..."

Poor Inuyasha, right? Whoa, I can tell this is going to become more and more hard to type to keep it sounding good to you guys and gals.

Well, I hope you liked it! Please review and tell me what you think!

¥¤¥Hot Hanyou¥¤¥