Chapter 8

News of a Terrible Storm at the Wring Time

Inuyasha stood there dumbfounded.

"He must have left to see to his wounds." Sango said.

"But why? Sesshomaru would never leave a battle, he would fight it out to the death!" Inuyasha exclaimed.

"Look Inuyasha," Kagome said, "we don't know why, but we do know that he is gone. So lets take this opportunity to see to those wound of yours, especially the one in your back!"

Inuyasha felt his back with his hand, and then looked at the blood-covered hand. He cringed in pain, and then slowly limped to the hut.

Kagome laid him down on a tatami, and began to look at the wound in his back.

"Oh my Inuyasha, Its very deep." Kagome said.

"Uhhh..." was Inuyasha's moaning reply.

Kagome dabbed the blood off with a cloth, and then put pressure on the wound. Inuyasha made another cringe in pain.

"Sorry if this hurts you put I have to stop the bleeding." Kagome said.

Once Kagome was done she wrapped Inuyasha's back with medical bandage wrap. She then laid him on his back and put a cold towel on his head. Inuyasha looked at her and then said,

"Kagome, thanks for taking such good care of me."

"Wait a minute," Kagome said dumbfounded, "was I hearing things or did you just thank me for something?"

"C'mon Kagome I'm trying to be serious."

"Okay, sorry, go on."

"I under stand now that if it hadn't been for you, I would be dead by now. I never noticed how much help you have been before."

"Well hey Inuyasha, its not like you haven't saved my but every time I was in trouble."

Inuyasha made a faint grin, and then fell asleep. Kagome decided he really needed rest so she left him alone to sleep. Kagome stepped outside and looked at the gray skies. She saw Miroku looking at the sky with a troubled expression on his face.

"Great weather, hey Miroku?" Kagome joked.

Miroku smiled and then said. "It might be worse than we think."

"What do you mean?" asked Kagome.

"I think we are going to get a repeat of the storm that happened while you and Inuyasha were gone."

"Uh oh, that can't be good." Kagome said.

"No, it won't. Especially with Inuyasha's wounds, the last thing he needs is more injuries. Speaking of which, how is he doing?"

"Good, I bandaged him up and now he's sleeping." Kagome replied.

"Hm." Miroku said.

"Well Miroku if we get a big storm like you say, shouldn't we be covering the camp tents and putting our supplies inside the hut with Inuyasha?"

"Yes, I was thinking of doing something like that. So you grab the cooking supplies and I'll take care of the tents."

"Okay then, hey wait a minute what about Sango? Where is she anyway?" Kagome asked.

"She went out to the forest with Kilala to collect some herbs for dinner. I sure hope they get back before the storm."

"Me too," Kagome said. "But don't worry, I'm sure Kilala will be bale to tell if the weather starts to get bad."

"Yes I suppose so." Miroku said as he headed for the tents.

Kagome could feel the wind picking up. I feel scared about this storm, but I still have to help out. She thought as she picked up the cooking supplies and headed for the hut. Once there she saw that Inuyasha had been awoken by the sound of the wind.

"Kagome," he began to say

"Yes Inuyasha?" Kagome said as she laid the supplies down inside."

"There is a storm coming, isn't there?" He said.

"Yes, there is that why were putting this stuff inside."

"Don't worry," Inuyasha said, "I'll protect you." San with that he feel back to sleep.

Kagome looked at him and smiled.