"Where did he go?"

Kagura looked around uncertainly, looking for Naraku. Kanna sat there quietly, which annoyed Kagura.

Kirara sniffed the air and growled back.

"He's here." InuYasha confirmed.

But where?" Kagome looked carefully at the spot where he disappeared. Nothing but the crater marks form the Kaze no Kizu. He has to be somewhere. If he did disappear then he—.

An arm around her waist and a sudden jump interrupted her thoughts. InuYasha landed carefully with Kagome and shippo. She gasped suddenly; a huge spider arm was sticking out of the ground where they were standing. "Oh, wow."

The spider arm pulled itself out of the ground and attached to the arm was Naraku.

"Nice disappearing act but you were way to slow." InuYasha mocked.

Naraku growled at him and a sudden miasma root shot out form under him. InuYasha grabbed Kagome and shippo again and leapt out of the way.

"Damn you, InuYasha."

InuYasha put down Kagome and shippo. "Stay here and don't move." InuYasha turned back around and rushed forward with his sword. He stopped short when he noticed another spider arm coming out form under Naraku. He's gonna change into his true form.

"Believe you me, you fools. My miasma roots are more powerful than my sword." With that, dozens of roots shot out of him. Sango grabbed her weapon and threw it as hard as she could, chopping down the roots. InuYasha used his Kaze no Kizu and Miroku, his staff. One root shot past InuYasha but he was too slow to get it. He shook his head and didn't worry about it. "Alright Naraku, now I'm done with you."

Naraku laughed. "Are you sure you don't need to take care of something else?"

"What?"

A muffled yell came form behind him. InuYasha whipped around and Sango and Miroku gasped horrified.

Shippo shrieked and almost fainted. Kagome crumbled to her knees, gaping at the pain from the root that went through her shoulder and where her neck began and fell to her side.

"Kagome!" InuYasha threw the Tetsusaiga to the side and rushed towards her, only to trip on the broken bow. "Damn it!" InuYasha got up quickly and rushed over to Kagome.

"InuYasha, don't move her!" Sango followed by Miroku ran over to them. "You could hurt her even more if you move her."

"Then what the hell do you want me to do!" InuYasha yelled.

Shippo sniffed back a tear. "Kagome."

Sorrow, turned into rage quickly. InuYasha picked up the Tetsusaiga and turned angrily to Naraku. "You bastard! You're dead!"

"Go ahead, kill me, or at least try to. No matter what, she'll die before you do."

InuYasha stopped. Naraku was right, he couldn't kill him now. Kagome comes first, and then I'll take care of that bastard.

Naraku's spider arms snapped off and he returned to his normal self. "Kagura, let's go."

Kagura gave Naraku a look of hate but obeyed him and left. InuYasha sheathed the Tetsusaiga.

Miroku stood up. "You're not going after him?"

"What do you think Miroku?"

Sango stood up with Kagome's arm around her. She was awake, but her eyes showed that she was out of it. "I think we need to help Kagome before she dies on us."

"I'm fine." Kagome replied flatly.

"You're anything but fine, Kagome. We need to stop the bleeding first."

Sango pulled out her ponytail and used the tie to wrap it around Kagome's wound on her shoulder. Kagome made a small whimpering sound from the pain.

"Too tight?"

"N-No." It didn't even sound like Kagome's voice. It sounded like she was going to crack.

"Kirara!" Sango was able to hold her friend up long enough for Kirara to come over. "Can you take Kagome?"

"You guys take Kirara. Sango, let me have Kagome." InuYasha crouched down for Sango to put Kagome on his back. "We need to hurry."

So our open wounds will bleed

Until our veins run dry

Now we have to take this thorn

And tear it form our side

Agitaded at the fault line

Still agreed to disagree

You're connected to the heart

But tonight we'll set you free

So swallow the knife

Carve the way for your pride

Now our hands out tied

The problems lie within

So we pray for night to start all over again.

Even now as I Wright this down

All pretensions disappear

Now our impulses will bite

A the ankles of our fear

Words are spoken

Words are broken down

So let's make this night

Be out last mistake

(Story of The Year; Swallow the Knife)

Yami Kagome: I highly recommend that CD. Story of the Year is tight. It's hard rock, if you don't like hard rock, well then…I dunno. - O well! Chapter 4 is done so no complaining form ya'll! RR! Arigato! JA NE!