Authoress' note: Sorry these chapters are so short. Inuyasha is not mine. Anyway, some comments from me to you—1. Kagome killing Sesshomaru was slightly out of character, I'm not going to say it's not, but I think she'd do it if she had the chance. 2. For those of you who are thirsting for more action, hang in there! The story will probably get more action-y around the end. While you're waiting, enjoy the primitive surgery!

CHAPTER 2

Ayame slowed to a walk.

Although she was a demon, Sesshomaru's body was heavy against her lean frame and she needed to rest.

She stopped as a raindrop hit her nose.

Ayame surveyed the area for any caves they could rest in to wait out the rain.

She spotted some bushes that would commonly cover a cave opening, laid Sesshomaru down underneath a tree to avoid him getting wetter, and walked over to investigate.

Well, what have we here, she thought as she parted the bushes, an old demon's cave.

The cave had a high ceiling, and was pretty deep.

There were a few sacks of what, as far as Ayame could tell, was food along with lines of old herbs and roots on shelves that had been carved out of the cave walls.

Ayame sniffed at the roots, of which she could only recognize a few, and wrinkled her nose. A necromancer was the last one here, judging from the smell.

Ayame felt a little prickle of electricity as she walked out of the cave's mouth, so she looked back, but brushed it off as her imagination.

She jogged back over to Sesshomaru and rushed to bring him back into the cave, as the rain was falling harder.

She felt the same prick as she walked inside the cave, stronger this time.

Laying a still gasping for breath Sesshomaru down carefully, she glanced back through the cave's mouth.

Ayame's eyes widened as she saw a pale lavender light surge into the ground in a wide circle from the tree where Sesshomaru's blood had soaked into the dirt.

"Damn! A barrier!" Ayame thought out loud, and rushed outside to it.

She was to late to escape, as the barrier had already encircled the cave and the area around it.

She tentatively touched the pulsating light, and yelped as the jolt threw her backwards. Ripples of white light came out from where she had touched.

Ayame ran to another spot and did the same.

The jolt wasn't as powerful, but it still was strong.

She sighed.

She didn't have the energy to try to break it now, and she had Sesshomaru to care for.

Ayame took one last look at the barrier, then realizing that the rain was still coming through it, went back inside.

When she walked inside she heard Sesshomaru's weak cough, and rushed to his side.

She knelt down next to him and looked over his wound.

His wound was deep, and Kagome's arrow had burned around where it had pierced his side.

There's a lot of blood loss, she contemplated, but if I make a poultice and wrap it up it will help.

On this note, Ayame stripped him down to his waist and checked out his wound further.

His side was still bleeding, and half of Kagome's arrow was still embedded in his flesh.

When Ayame touched it, Sesshomaru made a soft whimper and recoiled in pain.

"Poor thing," Ayame whispered as all the memory of him trying to kill her faded.

"This is going to hurt…I'm sorry," She softly said.

Ayame carefully grasped the arrow, trying to cause as little pain as possible.

She swallowed, and then ripped the arrow out in one motion.

Sesshomaru's eyes jerked open and his nails tore deep into his palms as he cried out in pain.

Ayame set the arrow down, and wiped her blood-covered hands off on her grey skirt.

She examined the wound and picked out a few slivers of wood from the splintered arrow.

Ayame tried to comfort him as best she could while she tried to stop the bleeding with a ripped piece of his kimono.

"It's alright…You'll be okay," she murmured as she tightened the makeshift bandage around his sides.

Sesshomaru's breathing was far from steady, and Ayame was worried he'd stop if she left his side.

He weakly turned his head to look at her before he closed his eyes.

Ayame panicked for a second, but then she listened closely and could still hear him breathing.

"You had me worried there, Sesshomaru," she sighed.

Ayame stood up and walked over to the shelves in the walls.

Choosing some herbs she knew were good for healing, she put them on the ground.

She went back to the shelves to find an empty jar for rainwater, and put it outside after she found one.

As she waited for the jar to collect water, she sat by Sesshomaru and stroked his silver hair.

He looked a lot different than the demon she had seen in the forest.

End Note: Yet again, sorry for the shortness.