Well now, -glares- I only got 1 review for the last chapter!!! Could you guys and gals please review more for this chapter. I also decided that since no one reviewed for the last chapter, (except for that one review, god bless you) that their won't be any Kag/Inu action on the side of this story. So, whatever!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, I am not as talented as Rumiko Takahashi...- sighs-

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

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Chapter 9- Back Home



Koga hit the side of the cave with a loud smash. Erura flattened her ears at the noise and stood over Koga's body. When he made no move to attack her, Erura decided that he was unconscious and it was pointless to attack him further.

"Erura...?" The said hanyou's ears swiveled back to hear who's voice it was.

With a sudden realization, Erura turned around and walked over to Kagome. "Kagome, are you alright?" 'Crap, she fainted.'

She, somehow, managed Kagome onto her back and made sure that she couldn't fall off. She walked over to the mouth of the cave and stared at the pouring rain. 'It's raining to hard for us to go anywhere. The rain is making it difficult to see and smell so I could pass the village entirely. But we can't just stay here with that horny wolf here... What should I-'

"Kagome!"

Erura's ears perked when she heard the faint but clear shout. She sniffed the air. "Huh?" Squinted her purple eyes, she strained to see what was coming.

Out of nowhere, Inuyasha's form appeared just meters away from the cave opening, closely followed by Areka's.

"Inuyasha!" Erura quickly forgot her fears of him and set Kagome down on the ground.

Inuyasha picked Kagome up bridle-style as soon as Erura set her down. "Kagome?! Is she alright?!"

Areka looked her over. "She seems fine. Just fainted is all."

Inuyasha growled and looked over to where Koga lay unconscious on the cave floor. "I'LL KILL THE FUCKING BASTARD!"

Erura jumped in front of Inuyasha before he had the chance of attacking. "Wait!"

"Get out of my way, wench!"

"Inuyasha, two things. One: We should get Kagome out of here before this Koga guy wakes up. Two: If you were to attack Koga, how would you do that while you have your hands full?"

At first Inuyasha didn't understand what she meant by 'hands full' when he realized that he was still holding Kagome. "Oh."

"I agree with Erura. We should get Kagome out of here. We'll deal with Koga later."

"Feh."

Inuyasha was the first to take of towards the village, followed by Erura, then Areka, with the cave rapidly disappearing in the rain.

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Kagome woke up with a start. She hyperventilated when she couldn't see where she was. The place she was in was pitch-black, making it very hard to see anything.

'Where am I? Am I still in the cave? What happened to Erura? Did Koga...?'

Kagome began to cry softly into her sheet, guessing that Koga gave it to her so she wouldn't be cold.

She gasped when she heard a soft grunt and some footsteps coming closer to her until the unknown person sat down beside her.

"Kagome? Are you alright?" A voice whispered.

Her heart filled with happiness at the voice.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome whispered-screamed as she guessed where he was sitting beside her and lunged at him.

Instead of wrapping her arms around his neck, she ended up wrapping them around his waist. She didn't care, though, she was just glad that Inuyasha had saved her from Koga.

Inuyasha blushed and looked down at Kagome, who was crying softly into is haori. With his great eyesight, he could see perfectly well in the dark.

"K-Kagome?"

"Inuyasha. I was so scared. Koga was...Koga was-"

"Shhh...I know..." Inuyasha stroked her head in hopes of comforting her before anyone could wake-up and see them like this!

"Is...-hiccup- Is Erura here?"

"Uh...No. Her and Areka went home after it stopped raining. They said they'd be back tomorrow to see you."

"Oh..."

They stayed like that for a while before Inuyasha noticed that Kagome had stopped crying and fell back asleep.

He placed her back down on her futon and pulled the sheet up over her shoulders. He gently stroked her tear-stained face with the back of one of his fingers. (a/n: I hope you understand want I meant by that...It confused me a little...)

'She looks so peaceful when she sleeps.'

Inuyasha sat back and folded his arms, getting comfortable to watch over Kagome for the night.

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Well, that's it for now. It's to damn muggy to sit in front of a computer for to long...

I hope you liked it, so please review more than you did last time!

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