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Chapter Three - Healing Time!

Kagome was once more lying on his lap, Inuyasha twirling her hair as they flew over the treetops. He sighed. It was a looooooong way to the village. They'd been going for about an hour now. He looked down at the miko in his lap. She was beautiful, her lashes dark and wet from crying, and her lips red and swollen from Inuyasha's ministrations. He grinned.

She moaned in her sleep, her entire body in a cold and clammy sweat. She'd passed out again only moments before. Apparently making out was a little too active for her current physical state. Darn. He ripped another piece of his shirt off to wipe her perspiring face. She smiled and whispered his name. Grinning further, he bent his head to plant a gentle kiss on her forehead.

Kirara raised her head and roared, quietly so as not to disturb Kagome. But it made Inuyasha look up nonetheless, in time to see the village slowly come into view. Smiling grimly, he readied them by picking Kagome up and cradling her in his arms. She responded by snuggling closer to his chest and wincing when her wounds were touched. His brow creased, but he was determined to see her well.

Kirara landed gently in front of Kaede's hut, and Inuyasha leapt down, crouching when he landed so as not to budge the miko in his arms. He walked as slow as he could, with all the calm he could muster, and walked into the hut.

Kaede turned from the fire to see Inuyasha standing in the doorway, his hair bloody and his clothing torn and bloodied as well. His face was one big pain, drawing all it's beautiful features together to hold in the emotion that was becoming too hard to control. He flashed her a small, hopeful smile as he walked in farther, making the package he carried all too clear.

"Kagome!" Kaede hobbled over as fast as she could and pressed a cool hand to Kagome's burning forehead. She silently looked over the rest of the girl, careful not to touch the horrible gashes that covered one side of her body, from her hip to just under her breast, crossing over to her back. When Kaede tried to take her from Inuyasha, he simply growled and lifted his lip in a snarl.

Kaede raised an eyebrow at these, and shrugged.

"Lay her down then, over there," she pointed to a futon on the other side of the small hut, "And then help me by leaving. I'll not have ye-"

"I'm staying." He cut in. She looked up, seeing a dangerous glint in his eye, and shrugged in defeat.

"As ye wish. But ye better help me, this shall be no easy task." She then proceeded to ask Inuyasha how this horrible event occurred. At the mention of Sango and Miroku, he wondered dimly where they were. While he didn't fear for Sango's safety, merely the monk's. Damn lecher. He smiled, slightly, as he silently watched Kagome.

Kaede had him sit down, seeing as how he wasn't relinquishing his grasp on Kagome. She then poked and prodded, then applied various ointments. One smelled so strongly that it made Inuyasha sneeze, and he woke Kagome up.

"Mmm..." she moaned. He opened his eyes wide, rubbing his nose and looking down. She caught Inuyasha's eye and smiled weakly. He smiled back.

"Hi."

"Hey."

"......Where am I?"

"At Kaede's, we're bandaging you up."

"Oh...Inuyasha?"

"Yeah?"

"Osuwari."

Inuyasha's face panicked right before he fell over backwards, the spell driving him a few feet into the ground. Kagome flew up with a yelp, landing back on top of him, their faces dangerously close. Inuyasha scowled, and Kagome grinned. Both blushed, however, when they realized their oh-so- accidental position. They stared at each other for a long moment, Inuyasha wondering if she really did remember what happened earlier. Judging from her extremely calm and teasing expression, she did.

Kaede coughed politely into her fist, causing Inuyasha to jump up and catch Kagome swiftly lest she fall once more. She snuggled up against his chest again and nodded right back to sleep.

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Okay, yeah, that was pathetic and short, and I'm sorry. School sucks, especially when your Japanese teacher doesn't speak English....ugh....hehe, anyway, I'll probably post the next chapter tomorrow, it's almost done ;) Trust me, it's waaaaay better than this one. This was like...bad....

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