Yup, i'm updating again. I've becomed obsessed. This is a shout out to all of my reviewers:

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When he smelled camp below him, he was startled to find a stranger standing amidst the camp.

He landed between the man and Kagome. Growling in warning.

"What do you want, demon?" Inuyasha snarled.

"To pay homage." he man said, bowing deeply, his chin length hair sheilding his face.

"What do you mean, And who are you?" He demanded.

"My name...You can call me Hiroshi for now. I have brought these. I belive you are searching for them." He said, tossing a vial at him.

Inuyasha glanced down at the vial and was startled to see roughly half of the jewel shards Naraku had stolen.

"Where did you get these?" Inuyasha demanded, Clenching the vial in his clawed hand.

"From various demons. I have no use for them myself. I would have gone to your brother, but it seems a new jewel protector is here. So i brought it here." he said, noncommittedly. "What happened to the miko?"

"She...We were attacked. She is okay." Inuyasha heard Sango behind him say.

Kirara was at his side, meowling her approval of the stranger.

"Then why does she sleep?" Hiroshi asked, confused, worried. He fingered the rosary around his throat.

"She was in shock. I had to get her to calm down so I put her to sleep." Inuyasha said, walking over to kneel beside Kagome. A pair of clawed fingers were at the base of her throat. Her face and hands had been washed. Her clothes changed.

"She's got a fever." Hiroshi's voice came from in front of him.

"How in the hell can you tell! What are you doing here!" Inuyasha demanded, his temper raging violently in his worry.

"I'm from an ageless clan. And i'm the last of my people. When i was born, they prophesized that i was to protect the jewel protector. Her." He said, touching her brow with thin fingers.

"Don't touch her. I don't trust you." Inuyasha brushed his hand off of Kagome's forehead.

The man backed away, content to sit against the nearest tree and watch over the miko.

Inuyasha felt of Kagome's brow himself, then tocuhed his own. Motioning for Sango to come over, he felt of her forehead. Startled when hers was cooler than his and Kagome's, he sat back.

The world spun slowly, and a lightheadedness enveloped him.

He stared at the slight blood that seeped through the thin white undershirt. Kagome was wounded.

Pulling up the shirt, he revealed three long scratches.

Turning away, he searched for bandages. When he found them, he bound her taut stomach. Stopping the flow of blood.

He sat, staring down at her sleeping form until his vision faded to black.

He felt arms catch him. Unfamiliar hands turned him so that he lay next to Kagome. He could feel her warmth on his own skin as a blanket was drawn up to his shoulders.

Then there was nothing.

Hiroshi watched with a practiced eye as the hanyou wavered as he sat.

He could tell the hanyou had a fever. The reddish glow about his face was a clear inclination even if he hadn't sensed it.

He watched as the White haired hanyou bandaged Kagome. then as Inuyasha stared down at the miko's prone form, he started to fall.

Hiroshi caught the demon before he hit the ground. Surprising the monk and slayer by his speed.

He lay the hanyou beside Kagome, covering him with her blanket as well.

"Is he?" Miroku asked.

"He's been poisoned. It's not very serious, though. It seems he has been through this before. He got most of the poison out before it could kill him. He'll be out for a few hours at least, though." He said, standing.

"Long time no see Hiroshi. You look the same as ever." Miroku said, hugging the taller man.

"I told you, i'm ageless." Hiroshi said, grinning.

"Still got that old thing? I'm surprised you've kept it." Miroku said, pointing to the old, battered rosary.

"Let's just say i'm a sucker for old times." He said, grinning.

"Sango, this is my old friend, Hiroshi. I've known him since my father was alive. Every few years he pops back up again. It's already been three years? Time sure flies." Miroku said, grinning as Sango glanced at the demon.

"Hiroshi..." Her brow furrowed. Then she hugged him tightly. "Hey! Long time no see! I know him. He was one of my clan's allies. Even though he was a demon." She punched him in the arm playfully.

"I see you two have been travelling together for quite some time." Hiroshi said, grinning. it was about time.

I'm cutting it off here. I've got to get some sleep before i fall over.

I am me. -bagby.