Kagome ran as fast as she could. The amount of blood that was coming from Inuyasha didn't look too promising. It also told her that she didn't have a lot of time. At that thought she tried to run faster, but she didn't feel or notice a difference. She ran past trees and villagers in hopes of getting to Kaede's in time. Seeing the familiar hill, which told her she was almost near her destination, Kagome began to run up the hill and she felt her muscles burn. She was breathing heavily and sweat was running down her back and temples. Once at the top, she stopped and rested her hands on her knees as she stopped to take a breath. She couldn't possible run back to Inuyasha; she didn't have the energy. Inhaling deeply Kagome ran down the hill and past the main gates. Looking behind her to see if she could see Sango or anybody else, she sighed and wondered why Kaede's hut was so far away. Heavily breathing she saw Kaede's hut and smiled. She made it. Running inside and halting, Kagome searched for her bag and found it in the corner.

"Kagome what-…" Sango stared to say but Kagome ignored her and went instantly to her bag. Fiddling with the clasp, she flipped it open and dug around through it.

"Kagome!"

Kagome whipped her head around. Sango was on her feet with a pleading look in her eyes.

"It's a long story Sango, but can I borrow Kirara for a couple of minuets? I won't keep her for long I promise," Kagome gathered up medical supplies, but a few rolls of gauze fell from her arms. She sighed and bent down. Picking up the fallen rolls, she stood up again and felt Sango's eyes burning into her.

"Kagome! Who's all that for?"

"It's for…someone, please can I borrow Kirara?"

"Sure, I guess," Sango turned around and walked out of the hut. Kirara's red eyes looked at Kagome and she mewed. Kagome walked out of the hut and Kirara trotted along side. Kagome saw Sango sitting in the shade of a large tree with Miroku. He was rubbing her stomach and she was giggling. He bent down and kissed her. Shippo appeared out of nowhere and surprised Sango; she jumped. Kagome looked down at Kirara and she stared at Kagome. She had been absent so much from their lives, battling her own problems. Inuyasha! Her mind clicked.

"Kirara can you transform for me?" at her request a ball of flame engulfed Kirara and she emerged at her maximum power. Hopping on Kagome balanced herself at Kirara and tried hard not to drop all of her supplies. "Okay Kirara, can you take me to the path along the Well?"

Inuyasha moved over to the shade of a tree. Wincing as pain shot through him, he sighed. What was taking her so long? He tired to stretch his sore muscles, but he clenched his teeth in pain. His vision began to blur and he tried, in a failed attempt, to clear it. The blood wasn't stopping…he felt it rise up into his throat again, and he spat it out. Licking his lips he began to grow tired and soon found it too hard to stay awake, so he let his eyes close.

Kirara ran hard and Kagome found it hard to keep balance. As Kirara ran down the hill Kagome called out as she tried to spit some of her hair out of her mouth.

"Kirara can you stop here? I'll be okay!" Kirara stopped and Kagome carefully jumped off. Kirara cocked her head as if to say, why don't you want me to take you farther? Kagome smiled. "It's okay Kirara, it kind of complicated, thanks for the ride!" Kirara gave a growl to acknowledge that she understood. She turned and ran off. Kagome closed her eyes and sighed deeply. She turned around and ran with her hands full, into the clearing off to the right.

Not seeing Inuyasha where she left him, she began to worry. She dropped all the supplies on the ground and looked around. She gasped when she saw Inuyasha under a tree. His eyes were closed and his head was to the left side. One knee was drawn to his chest and Kagome could see the blood that covered the tree and the ground. She gasped and ran towards him. She saw his ears twitch and he growled. Kagome stopped and widened her eyes. His growl was low and threatening. His mouth twitched and he bared his fangs at her. Did he not know it was she? She was a little frightened to approach him. Suddenly his eyes shot open and he jumped up, barring his fangs and growling loudly. Kagome fell backwards and shrunk away in fear. Coming a realization that it was only Kagome and not an enemy, he stopped and let his posture bend. He spit out more blood and Kagome got up and ran towards him.

He mumbled a small 'sorry' and let her sit him down to the ground. Kagome shook her head and ran back to get some gauze. Inuyasha felt stupid. How could he mistake her scent for that of an enemy? He growled at her, AND bared his fangs at her. He was lucky she didn't run away. He put a hand to his neck to try and put a numb to the pain that was still there, and to stop the blood flow. He saw Kagome return and he averted his gaze so his didn't have to look at her. Stupid, stupid, stupid! Kagome took out a rag and opened a bottle. Inuyasha sniffed the air, it smelt like water but he didn't say anything. However Inuyasha kept his gaze at the sky. He looked out of the corner of his eye to see Kagome sit down in front of him and dump the liquid on the cloth. Kagome didn't understand; why wasn't he looking at her?

Kagome reached up and pressed the cloth to his neck. He yelped and growled deep and warningly. He batted away her hand. He stood up and took the cloth off his neck. Damn thing was too cold. It stings. He looked down at Kagome who had her eyes wide. Damn that was twice he did that to her. He sat back down, still refusing to look at her.

"Inuyasha?"

"Sorry," he muttered, "Too cold. Made the claw marks burn." Kagome looked at his neck. The wet cloth had made the blood appear lighter in colour and also made the blood runnier. She nodded.

"My fault, should have warned you. Please don't do that though,"

"Do what?" he responded naively, though he already knew the answer

"Growl so deeply, and please don't bare your fangs like that. It's kinda unnerving," Kagome picked the cloth up form the ground and rung it out. She looked at Inuyasha who had his head bent and his ears were drooped. She sighed. "I am not afraid of you Inuyasha."

"Well you should be!" he yelled. Kagome widened her eyes. He stood up but swayed a bit and Kagome jumped up. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders and led him to sit back down. He sighed and watched her get another cloth. She poured some more water onto it and gently placed it onto his neck. He watched her brush a strand of hair out of her eyes.

"Why aren't you afraid?" he whispered and watched her hand draw back from his neck. Her head went down.

"Because I know that you will never let harm befall me Inuyasha,"

"I can't guarantee that Kagome,"

"Why not?"

"Haven't you seen what I can do?! How I scare you? I growl and fight! And I know I scare you! I kill; death is always following me Kagome! Aren't you scared that there will be a time when I won't be able to stop? When I could kill you…" he whispered the last part

"Of course I worry Inuyasha! How could I not? But it's not me that I worry about; it's you! I worry that's you'll something bad will happen to you! Like the first time you fought Koga, I thought you had died! You scare me when you fight, you could die…and that frightens me…to death…" She had placed the cloth back on his neck and finished wiping up the blood. She set the cloth on her crossed knee and looked up. Inuyasha was looking at the sky. Kagome looked at his neck. The blood flow had stopped, for now.

"Inuyasha, where else are you bleeding?"

"That's it, nowhere else," he lied; Kagome knew that was a lie, why didn't he want her help?

"Are you sure?" Kagome whispered. She was going to mention the blood on the kimono, but decided against it.

"Of course I'm sure!" he gave a soft growl. He needed to push her away from him. He saw her nod and pick up the cloth and walk back over to the pile of stuff. She picked up everything in her arms and began to walk away. He almost called out for her not to leave him, but now was not the time. He didn't understand. He beat his rival and won back his mate, yet he has never marked her. Because, he knew, she deserves better. He saw her turn around and look at him, and because he senses had become sharper during the transformation, he could smell the tears even before they came.

"Well Inuyasha, you did it," she smiled, he tilted his head to the side and she merely shook her own head, "You succeeded in pushing me away, I'll never be good enough for you will I? I understand you never want to see me again, I'll go." Then she turned around and walked away from him. Her raven hair bounced behind her and he could smell her tears. He flinched as pain shot through him. Great, now he may have lost her forever. He could fell the demon blood become infuriated, and he growled loudly. He lost his mate; she was gone. He stood. Pain seared through him. He needed her back, but he knew he had hurt her deeply, all she ever did was worry over him and helped him feel better, and he couldn't even thank her for that. He jumped into a large tree, ignoring the pain that shot through him, how everything burned and of Kagome. His eyes closed and he drifted off into sleep.

Waking up to the smell of rain, Inuyasha blinked his eyes for a more clear sight. It was raining pretty hard and was very dark outside. His thoughts traveled to Kagome and of the moon. He glanced up, through huge dark clouds that covered the sky; he knew that the moon was almost nothing. The New Moon would be tomorrow, and it would be the first time when he wouldn't transform into a human. Felt weird when he thought of that. But then again, every New Moon would like this now. His humanity was gone, traded for nothing more then power. He hung his head; he had disgraced his mother. He looked up at the sky and felt the rain fall onto his face. Inuyasha jumped down from the tree and decided that he needed to find Kagome. He started to run, but pain was consuming him again. He growled lightly as the blood within him told him to run, to ignore everything around him until he found his mate. Silently he bowed his head and ran.

Coming into the village gates he saw no one. Everything was quiet. The only sound coming was that of the rainfall. He sniffed out Kagome's scent, expecting it to be far away, but instead it was fairly close. Running lightly he followed the nose and stopped abruptly. He saw her. She was sitting with her knees drawn to her chest and her head was atop of them. Her raven hair stuck to her and he could still smell the salt of her tears. He was sure she was asleep. He crept up to her and looked her over. She was soaked to the bone. Her black t-shirt clung to her body and her pants were drenched. He noticed that she was battling the chills. She would shake for a moment or two then she would stop. He bent down to her level and wrapped an arm around her back. He lifted her a bit so he could slip his other arm underneath her. She mumbled something that Inuyasha couldn't make out. Her cold skin alarmed him and he looked for Kaede's hut. He could smell the monk and the other girl sleeping somewhere else. He grinned; good they would be alone. He walked over to the opening of the hut and walked inside. He cut short his breath as he saw the old woman asleep on the floor near the back. His face turned into that of a scowl. But they couldn't go anywhere else, he was cold and Kagome was freezing. The fire in the middle was still burning strong, so Inuyasha walked over and set Kagome near it. He looked her over as he took off his haori and placed it near the fire. He sat down near Kagome and yawned slightly. Closing his eyes a bit he waited for her to wake up.

Kagome's eyes fluttered open and she looked around. How had she gotten into the hut? Her gaze landed on Inuyasha who seemed out cold. She smiled. He looked, so, innocent. The purple streaks across his cheeks looked darker in the dimming fire. His ears would twitch every now and then. Kagome sat up and rubbed her arms. She was freezing. Suddenly she felt a sneeze in her nose. She tried to hold it in, in fear of waking up Inuyasha. But her nose itched and burned she tried to sneeze as quietly as she could, but to her it came out rather loudly. She covered her mouth and squeezed her eyes shut. Opening them with seconds to see if she had awakened Inuyasha. She had. He was staring at her with those unsettling red eyes. She gave a shy smile and mumbled sorry. She gave an intake of air and turned her attention to the dead fire. Suddenly Kagome found arms around her waist and she felt herself being lifted into Inuyasha's lap. She blushed and she saw him roll his eyes. After all, she looked out the window. The rain and dark clouds were ominous. Inuyasha was smart to come to the village, considering he hand been here in who knows how long.

"Sorry," Inuyasha rest his cheek on top of Kagome's head

"Why?"

"For driving you away, and for lying to you," Inuyasha whispered

"You're still bleeding?!" Kagome cried and she tried to get out of his grasp. "Let me help y-…"

"No need, I'm almost completely healed. That's why I'm apologizing to you,"

"It's okay Inuyasha," she felt his grasp on her loosen, she looked up at him confused

"I'd better go…" He began to stand.

"No, stay with me, just for tonight, please?" Kagome smiled when he nodded. He pulled her back into his lap and he rested his chin on her head. He felt her snuggled deeper into his arms. And soon her breathing was even. Glancing around quickly, to make sure nothing was coming, he closed his eyes, oblivious to the shadow that crept up to him.

Inuyasha was standing alone on a cliff. Rain continued to fall from the heavens above. He looked up, rain poured onto his face, what a relief. He knew there was no moon tonight and it was past nightfall. He would not be turning human tonight, or ever. As the rain fell harder he began to feel a pounding in his body. It was so powerful that it seized the breath out of him and he clenched his teeth in pain. As it seemed to magnify he fell to ground on all fours. Rain fell from his bangs and he could feel the sweat beads roll down his temples. What was going on? He felt his fangs become larger and his claws, sharper. He growled loudly and then felt his bones start to rearrange themselves. Breathing heavily he gasped. Letting out a scream he felt onto his stomach. He didn't understand what was going on. His growling became deeper and pure sliver fur covered him. His eyes widened. He was taking on his true form. He howled loudly as he rose to his full height. His eyes widened as the transformation unexpectedly halted. He looked around. He was now truly a demon. He heard footsteps coming form behind him and he whipped around. His muzzle became wrinkled as he growled loudly. He saw the raven-haired girl in front of him, her eyes wide with fear. Did she think he was Sesshoumaru? No, he had hacked off his arm; surely she knew that it wasn't Sesshoumaru. Suddenly he felt something in his mind click and he began to chase after her. She screamed and began to run. When he tried to tell his new form to stop and not hurt her, it refused. He couldn't stop himself; he was scared that he would kill her. He couldn't stop. Suddenly she tripped and fell. She turned onto her back and he saw her quiver with fear. He couldn't prevent himself as he raised his paw and brought it down.

When he woke again, it was morning and the rain had stopped. He looked around to see that he was in his borrowed form. He sighed. It must have been a dream. Though the pain he experienced felt so real, and that's when he smelt the blood. He looked beside him to see Kagome lying beside him, eyes wide with fear and huge slashes in her stomach. Her head was lulled to the side and her knees were drawn together. Blood was everywhere, on her face, around her, on her hands and in her hair. It left a small trail as it seeped off. The smell of her blood make his feel sick so he stood up. Please, his mind cried, please tell me I didn't do this to her! But it was no use, his scent was all over her and he lifted his claws, dry blood was all over them. He had attacked her and bled her dry. As the scent of her blood became stronger he fell to his knees and passed out.

Inuyasha's head shot up. Breathing heavily he closed his eyes. All he saw was Kagome's staring eyes and blood around her. He gasped and his eyes shot open. This had to be an omen, after all tonight was the New Moon. He swallowed a lump in his throat. He needed to get and keep Kagome safe; after all he wouldn't be turning human tonight, though according to the dream, he would take on his true form. He sighed, what he wouldn't give to become a half demon again. He hated this…demon form. He'd trade it all - power, sharper senses, that true demon form - just to have the dulled senses back, to be able to turn human again, and to not frighten away Kagome. Speaking of his woman…he looked down to find her gone. What the fuck is this?! His hands were bound as well. When he reached his claws to scratch away at the rope it burned him. He gave a growl and tried again. It burned more severely this time. He noticed the small sutra around the ropes. Inuyasha tried to make out what it said but the writing was sort of blurry. Looks like one of the monk's sutras. He growled loudly, why did the monk bind him, and where was Kagome? Inuyasha looked around the hut to verify she was gone. His eyes widened. Did she leave him? He couldn't smell her anywhere. His stomach tightened and he began to feel nervous. What if Koga came back? No, his mind said, we left him badly hurt; there was no way he could come to get her that fast…right?

"Kagome!" Inuyasha howled

"Inuyasha stop with all the noise, ye will wake up the rest of the village," Inuyasha's head whipped around to see the dead priestess's sister standing before him

"Where's Kagome at? Let me talk to her!" Inuyasha began to advanced towards her

"Inuyasha, calm thyself," Kaede warned

"I ain't calm, till I see Kagome," Inuyasha stopped in his tracks. His fangs were bared and he felt the demon blood get infuriated and he felt himself growl once again.

"Fine then, Inuyasha, I will get her," Kaede moved towards the door and Inuyasha followed. As she walked out Inuyasha was knocked backwards. He was swearing loudly and Kaede shook her head.

" I guess I forgot to warn ye, Inuyasha, we have barricaded the hut, so ye will not be able to escape, unless the sutras are removed,"

"What? Why are you bastards doing this? Hey…while you're at it, bring the monk with you too," Inuyasha smirked

"Why is that Inuyasha?"

"So I can tear him limb from bloody limb for putting these damn, fucking sutras on!" Inuyasha yelled; Kaede only shook her head. She wasn't going to get the monk; even he knew that, guess revenge was a dish best served cold. Inuyasha stared to pace back and forth the hut as he waited. Anxiety was evident in his features, what if she wouldn't come? Abruptly stopping, he could smell her. Her luscious scent. She smelled like jasmine? Was that it? Turning towards the door, he saw her come in. Her pale green shirt creased as she crossed her arms cross her chest. He didn't care how amazing she looked; Inuyasha was going to get these damned ropes off him. He stomped right over to her and stared her down. He showed her his bound wrists and growled.

"Why the fuck are these things on me?!" he shoved he wrists in her face. Kagome stepped back and blinked.

"Kaede did that to you," Kagome whispered

"Bring that old f-…"

"Inuyasha! Honestly!"

"And where did you get to Kagome? Huh?" Inuyasha turned his back to her

"She woke me up and told me go outside…a few minuets later she came outside and advised me not to go into the hut till later," Kagome put a hand to Inuyasha's shoulder. Inuyasha found that he put a hand over top her own.

"What are you going to do?" he sighed and turned towards her

"I may have a plan that can make you a half demon again," Kagome whispered, only to have herself be spun around. Inuyasha's red eyes were huge, a small grin plastered on his features

"How, I mean well, ya how?"

"Myoga visited a while back, he said that he would draw out the demon blood and render you a human, however he would have to wait to the New Moon, just like normal but-…"

"Hang on, he'd have to draw out all the…demon blood? Would that work?"

"Myoga said it would,"

"I-I don't know,"

"C'mon Inuyasha! Please tell me you don't-…"

"Of course I don't want to be like this anymore, and after tha-…" Inuyasha stopped himself. He, under no circumstances, was going to tell her his dream. Maybe this was the only way to become a half demon again. His dream was surely predicting trouble, a possible end to Kagome if he refused this chance.

"Inuyasha, you okay?"

"I'm fine," he snapped. He didn't want to take the chance. "Well then, could at least take off the damn ropes? And let me leave this forsaken hut?"

"Yes to the first one Inuyasha, no to the second," Kagome carefully peeled off the sutras. Inuyasha shifted out of her grasp and used his claws to slit the ropes away. They fell to the ground and Inuyasha rubbed his wrists to get the feeling back into them. "Now why can't you let me out?"

"Because, I, I don't want you to back out of this! Not now!" Kagome looked at the ground. She didn't want to let Inuyasha go, what if he back out at the last second? No, no she would not let him do that. She looked up at his face. His gaze was soft and he grabbed her into a hug. Resting his head on hers and putting an arm around her waist, Kagome felt herself snuggle into his embrace.

"Fine, fine you win, just don't cry! I'll stay here!" Inuyasha rubbed her back. He felt her smile. "Besides, how long till sundown anyway?"

"Well it's about mid- afternoon,"

"How could I sleep that long?!" Inuyasha said aloud

"I don't know,"

"Great, now I'm gunna be stuck in here till the sun goes down," Inuyasha let Kagome go and sat back on the ground.

"It'll be okay, I'll stay with you, if you want me to,"

"Fine,"

"Okay, but let me study first, I gotta test soon," Kagome went over to her bag, she heard Inuyasha growling and she rolled her eyes.

"Ahhh Kagome, there you are!"

"Hn? Myoga! You're here!"

"Ahhh, yes my Lady!" Myoga hopped onto her shoulder

"Myoga, you flea bag!" Inuyasha lazily turned his gaze to the flea

"My L-lord," Myoga stared at the ground. He couldn't bring himself to look at Inuyasha. But he would soon have no choice; the sun was setting. Inuyasha turned his gaze to the door as he heard the flap be pushed aside. Inuyasha growled lightly as Miroku stepped in along with Sango. She went right over to Kagome, who seemed uneasy; Inuyasha could smell it on her. Sango helped her up and led her to the door.

"Hey! Where are you taking Kagome?" Inuyasha inquired

"No where, Inuyasha, relax," Miroku nodded to Sango

"I'm staying right here Inuyasha, don't worry," Kagome stared to run to his side, but Sango grabbed her arm. When Kagome looked at her, Sango only shook her head. Kagome stopped and her eyes clouded over. Her gaze then traveled to the window, the sun was almost gone.

"You ready Inuyasha?" Miroku said, Inuyasha stood up

"As ready as I'm ever going to be," he said icily. The day had been no better; he was stuck inside the hut and couldn't do anything. He watched Kagome study, and he ended up falling asleep again. Anxiety was over coming him, but he knew in his mind that he no longer wished to be a pure demon. That dream or premonition or whatever it was, had confirmed it. If that were what was going to happen on the night of the New Moon, he would take his human transformation any day.

"Alright then My Lord, just sit down and I'll start," Myoga said and Inuyasha swallowed. Why was he so nervous?

"Gimme a sec," He walked over to Kagome, Sango let her go and she ran into his arms. "Leave…"

"What?"

"Leave…" Inuyasha whispered

"Why?"

"Because,"

"O-okay," Inuyasha let Kagome go and she went to Sango. Inuyasha turned around and sat down. Swallowing again, he growled

"Alright, let's get this fucking thing over with," Inuyasha felt Myoga hop onto his shoulder. Silently he watched through the window as the sun slipped far beyond the mountains, it was then, he felt Myoga begin to suck out the pure demon blood. Inuyasha gasped, it felt like Myoga was drawing all the blood out. He smelt Kagome tears and Sango's reassuring voice. Damn it Kagome leave! He could feel the pure essence leave him. Somehow, it was like the human had been there all along, unsure of what to do and masked too heavily to be realized. Inuyasha could feel himself become weak, and not just because of the transformation, the rate his blood was disappearing, it was a miracle he didn't pass out. Finally he heard Kagome leave.

The last thing was Kagome saw was Inuyasha's hair had begun to streak with black. It was working. She gave a half smile, but she lost it at the sound of a thud in the hut. It had to be Inuyasha, Sango held firmly onto Kagome and told her that everything was fine. Kagome couldn't stand the waiting, so, she asked Sango to let her go, she needed a walk.

"Please Sango, I promise that I won't go inside, you can even stand guard if you want to,"

"Oh alright Kagome, just don't be long," Sango released Kagome's arm

"I'll go to the Well and back okay?"

"Take Kirara with you," at her name Kirara mewed

"Nah I'll be fine!"

"Kagome turned around and walked off. She didn't like to leave Inuyasha alone, but without being there beside him, Kagome couldn't hold herself together. Could he be in pain? Kagome asked as she walked out of the main gates. I'm not there with him; does he think I abandoned him? Kagome walked up the hill that led to the Well. Will he hate me for doing that? Kagome sat on the Well's edge, unaware that she was being watched. A sly smile formed on the watcher's lips. Now was the perfect time. The watcher watched as Kagome stood up and began to leave.

"Another step and I shall release it,"

Kagome's head snapped around and she gasped at what she saw: "K-Kikyou…"

"That is right, I have come here for my revenge!" Kagome saw Kikyou draw an arrow from her quiver and she pulled far back on the string. Her ink hair whipped around her face and Kagome saw no emotion in her eyes. Suppressing a scream, Kagome turned on her heel and run down the hill. She heard Kikyou release the arrow and Kagome heard it cross her cheek. Kikyou drew another and spoke haunting words

"THIS TIME I WILL NOT MISS!" Kikyou let the arrow fly just as Kagome tripped on an uprooted tree root. Kagome gasped as she had thought she missed the Priestess's pure arrow. But when she felt hot pain in her back, Kagome pressed a hand behind her. There she felt blood and the top of an arrowhead. Bringing her hand to her face, Kagome swallowed. Feeling the blood rise Kagome began to cough. She felt Kikyou's presence above her and Kagome tried to turn around. Kagome screamed as she felt Kikyou's foot push on the arrow in her lower back, driving the arrowhead in farther.

"You were not meant for this world, now I will take pleasure in watching you die. And when Inuyasha detects your blood, I will take him to Hell with me. You were naive to think that you would not go unpunished for giving Inuyasha a reason to stay here. Now you have paid with your life, stupid, foolish girl." Kagome struggled to listen to Kikyou, but unconsciousness claimed her and Kagome accepted the oblivion of nothingness. She heard Kikyou laughter, but couldn't make out what she said next.

Deep violet eyes snapped open and Inuyasha raised a hand to his head to try and numb the pain. He felt Kagome was hurt and badly. She was dying. Dying! Kagome! Inuyasha stood up and had to fight the queasiness that followed.

"Inuyasha? You should not being moving a-…"

"Shut up monk! You think just because I'm human that I constantly need to be watched?" Inuyasha swayed a bit but stormed out of the hut. Somehow he knew that Kagome was hurt, and something told him it was severe. His first thought was to go to the Well; something was drawing him there. Not wanting to waist any time, Inuyasha began to run.

Wow, I have really cut down the chapters on this story! Yay!