A/N: I'm back! Now that school has started again, I might not be able to post a chapter a day like I have been. Sorry!
Chapter 6:The Past Returns
InuYasha nearly screamed as Kagome cut herself for the last time. The momentary look of pain that flashed through her eyes was enough to kill him. He didn't die, of course. He still had to save Kagome! While he was lost in his thoughts, the girl in front of him began to wobble. Just as InuYasha was coming out of his thoughts, Kagome fell. He quickly rushed forward and caught her in his arms. Her eyes were closed peacefully and he was suddenly afraid that he was once again too late. He was always too late! InuYasha cursed himself as memories raced through his mind.
He smelled her blood. The hanyou ran off in the direction of the scent. When he arrived, Kagome was bleeding badly, and her breathing was labored. InuYasha ran to her as fast as he could and lifted her in his arms. "Kagome!" he said, gently shaking her. When her eyes didn't open, a wave of intense fear hit him. She was dead, and it was all his fault.
Of course, he mused to himself now, she hadn't died then. He had gotten her to Kaede in time. But just barely...
InuYasha made one final slash at the demon, killing it. "Kagome!" he called out. "Where are the shards?!" When he received no answer, he turned around. What he saw made him freeze. Kagome was resting up against a tree, her left arm bent behind her at at strange angle. At least it's not her bow arm... InuYasha immediately berated himself for thinking like that. That didn't matter right now. All that mattered was that Kagome was alive and breathing. But he didn't hear any breath coming from her...
She'd been fine that time, too. Just passed out. InuYasha clenched his fist. He could have prevented that, too.
The smell of her blood permeated the air. InuYasha raced towards the well. It was, after all, the origin of the scent. As he was about to jump into the time portal, he saw a pale hand grasp the edge of the well. Kagome was trying to pull her injured self up! InuYasha quickly reached out to help her.
Cutting short his lapse into memory, InuYasha scooped the bleeding and passed out Kagome in his arms and ran towards the well.