Liger003 ~ Okay, I was in a bad mood when I wrote the last chapter, you might have noticed that. I never intended them to curse or the dragon to eat human souls, but hey! That's okay! I kinda like it, now they have to be more careful then before! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! This chapter might be a little violent, too . . . don't say I didn't warn you.

And sorry if this and the next chapter take longer, I these fight scenes take a while and I have been really busy and am about to go out of town for Christmas. Plus I am working on my other stories, too. 'Zero' and 'Huntress' so I am juggling all that for a while, so it might take a bit longer to update than normal. BUT! Reviews will help me write faster! I will still have my laptop (a VERY old, slow, and internet less laptop that mainly only plays solitaire and write stories on, but hey, it works!) and be able to type my stories while I have extra time, just not be able to upload them. So REVIEW PLEASE!

Oh, yeah, that review that I put up on the last chapter was from dragon demon of the seven hells. So, that is who wrote that! *looks up at all she has written O.o* Uh, sorry, got a little carried away! I better let you read the story now!

Disclaimer ~ I do not own Inu-Yasha and co! So don't sue me! I only wish that I owned Inu-Yasha. . .

Angel?

Chapter nine ~ Venom

Inu-Yasha looked up to see a dragon's head coming down upon him. He tried to jump back, but he knew it would be too late, so he covered Kagome and did his best to get far enough away from the sharp teeth as fast as he could. Inu-Yasha yelped in pain as he felt a tooth sink into his back, he hadn't been fast enough.

"Inu-Yasha!" Kagome cried, not knowing what else to do.

Inu-Yasha fell to his knees, making Kagome, who was in his arms cry harder. The dragon thought that Inu-Yasha had given up and went for another strike. Inu-Yasha's eyes were closed and sweat dripped from his face onto Kagome, was too worried to notice. His hand moved from out from under him to the hilt of his sword.

Kagome didn't notice this action and thought that Inu-Yasha passed out. She tried to move him, but suddenly realized she was being held back by Inu- Yasha who gripped her shirt. From the looks of it, he was just going to let the dragon take another bite out of him. She watched in horror as all three dragon heads came down at him.

Just then Inu-Yasha's eye opened and he twirled around to face the dragon, still keeping Kagome behind him. He whipped out his sword faster than Kagome had ever seen him, even in his half demon form. He thrust the sword into the first dragon's head, right above the eyes, in the sensitive spot. The dragon head flew back in pain and roared, before it fell to the ground. Inu-Yasha watched as the last two dragon heads came over too him. He held the untransformed Fang tight and bit his lip. There was no way he was going to get out of this. He would have to fight for as long as possible, keeping Kagome as safe as he could.

Suddenly a pain shot through his body at the spot where the dragon's fang went into him. He wasn't able to hold up the Tetsusiaga, it dropped to the floor and he soon followed. He grabbed his stomach in pain. He looked at his stomach to find that the fang must have gone straight through. His red shirt was blood stained and his vision blurred. He felt Kagome at his side in an instant. She was shocked, though as she immediately was thrown backwards.

Inu-Yasha had thrown her as hard as he could to the side of him. She at first was shocked, but then realized what he had done when the last two dragon heads came down upon him. They threw him around like a rag doll and she watched in horror as they went after him with their fangs. She watched as Inu-Yasha was bit three times and then thrown over to her. She ran to him and knelt beside him.

She looked him over and didn't even notice as tears flooded from her eyes. Inu-Yasha was a live, but he was breathing in hard uneven breaths. She looked at his wounds that were all over his body. Would he even live? She felt his forehead. He was burning up with fever. Those fangs must have some kind of venom in them that was slowly taking over Inu-Yasha. The dragon stepped out of the steam and roared, showing that even though one head might be out of commission, the others were still dead set on getting them.

Kagome cried. She didn't know what else to do. Tears stained her cheeks and she whispered something that only Inu-Yasha could hear. "Inu-Yasha, you idiot! You should have just listened to my idea . . . then maybe you would . . ."

"Stupid." Inu-Yasha didn't open his eyes.

"Inu-Yasha?"

"I knew you . . . would want . . . to diss. . . tract it . . .while I climbed . . . up. I won't . . . let you . . . do that. . . Stupid." Inu- Yasha said in between gasps for air.

"Me? You're the one who just got himself tangled with a dragon! And now you might . . ." She didn't want to say that word.

"Feh." Inu-Yasha then passed out completely.

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"Something is seriously wrong!" Grim cried out. "I am his Grim Reaper and I can't communicate with him! We have to get them out of there fast! He might already be . . ." She sniffed and tears threatened to come pouring out any moment.

"Grim, don't think it. We will get them out of there." Silence didn't look her in the eye. Truth to be told she had no idea what to think. Optimism was always best, but what was there to be optimistic about? That their souls won't be destroyed, that they might just come back in tiny little pieces?

"This is my entire fault." Death said quietly as she typed in her computer, doing her best to over ride the system with no luck.

"Death don't blame yourself and don't you dare slack off! We need to get them out of there and you're the best with computers." Grim told her. She didn't want to blame anybody, but that kept getting harder and harder and she kept thinking more and more about how she might never see him again. The tears threatened again, but this time she didn't put up a fight. They rolled down her cheeks; the other two noticed but didn't say a word about it.

"Grim, keep trying to contact him. You need to get a hold of him." Silence told her sternly. Grim nodded and shut her eyes and started to concentrate on trying to get to him.

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Inu-Yasha's world was completely black and on the strange side a bit comforting. He wasn't in a dragon's den, playing the part of the food. He only worried about one thing. Kagome. Would she be okay? His eyelids were as heavy as lead and he couldn't open them. He just lay in the world of blackness, nothing more he could do.

Just then a light came into the darkness and seemed to expand. He wondered what it was and watched as it grew bigger. It slowly took on the form of a kid. He recognized it as Grim and wondered when she would stop glowing. She did and she stood in front of him.

"Inu-Yasha. Can you hear me?" She asked.

His mouth wouldn't move. Instead he seemed to speak with his mind. 'Feh. Yeah, Grim I can hear you.'

Her eyes grew wide and she started to cry. "You're not dead!"

'Yes, I am.'

"Oh, yeah, but I mean, the dragon hasn't killed your soul!"

'Not yet anyway. And it isn't for lack of trying. Right now, though, I think that I am out cold.' Inu-Yasha told her.

"I came to tell you that we didn't mean for this to happen and that we are coming to get you as soon as possible. Just hold it off a little longer." Grim told him.

'Feh. Great idea. But how when I am out cold?'

"Uh, I don't know. Try waking up!"

'Feh. How do you expect me to do that?'

"I don't know! Just wake up! You need to protect Kagome!"

'Kagome! Is she alright?' Worry was written all over his face.

"I don't know!" Grim cried.

'Kagome! I have to get back to you!' Inu-Yasha cried and the next thing he knew, light flooded into his world and Grim was gone. He opened his eyes and he saw Kagome knelt over them. He then noticed that she was crying. Not only that, but she was glowing.

One of the dragon heads rushed over to them. A tear fell from her eye onto him and she started to glow brighter. A dome shaped white light came over them as the dragon neared.

End of Chapter Nine

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