Inuyasha narrowly dodge Kitro's tail just missing all of the spikes at the end. He lay on the ground trying to catch his breath and figure out a way to kill the demon. The back lash wave would have no affect on Kitro because he was using physical strength. The wind scar barley affected him at all. It simply knocked him down. Inuyasha struggled to his feet. He was breathing hard and holding his side because Kitro had ripped a chunk out of it. Kitro started at him again this time prepared to bite Inuyasha's head off.
Kagome leaned heavily on the tree. She watched Inuyasha dodge Kitro's tail. Even from where she was she could see that Inuyasha was hurt. She saw Kitro make his move again. She stood there slumped against the tree realizing that she would be of no help to Inuyasha. What could she do? Then she saw it, the pink flesh inside Kitro's mouth. Kigome pulled an arrow out and took aim. Pain ripped through her side where her broken ribs were. She could not get the shot from where she was. So she took a couple of steps forward. Just as Kitro went for the kill Kagome let the arrow fly with tears in her eyes from the pain.
Kitro reared up in pain as the arrow pierced the tender skin in his mouth. He saw Kagome and swung his tail at her. It hit her squarely in the shoulder, and this time one of the spikes on his tail stuck in her shoulder and broke off. Kagome was flung into the middle of the clearing.
Inuyasha yelled "Kagome, no! You idiot what are you doing?"
Kitro saw his chance to get Inuyasha once and for all. He stepped over Kagome and started towards Inuyasha. Kagome was about to pass out when she felt the jewel shards near her. She opened her eyes to see Kitro's stomach. There in one spot were all of the shards. She reached up and pulled the spike out of her shoulder, and with as much force as she could muster she stabbed Kitro's belly. All of the jewel shards fell into Kagome's out stretched hand. Kitro kicked Kagome into the nearest tree. Inuyasha could hear something break.
Inuyasha watched as Kitro began to shrink back down to his original size. He did not wait for Kitro to finish. He raised Tetsusaiga above his head and yelled "wind scar." This time Kitro was ripped to shreds. Inuyasha put Tetsusaiga away, and ran to Kagome praying she was still alive and cursing her for coming. He knelt down beside her and gently pulled her into his arms all the while muttering to himself.
Kagome opened her eyes and looked up at Inuyasha. She reached up and gently brushed his face with her fingers. "You are all right? I was so worried about you."
Inuyasha looked at her in disbelief. She was hurt and all she was worried about was him. "Why did you come here Kagome? I was fine you should not have come. I would have defeated him by myself."
Kagome shook her head and said "I knew you were in trouble I could not let him kill you." She took his hand and placed the jewel shards in it. "I guess now you get to keep them. Take care of them for me."
This infuriated Inuyasha. "I don't want these. You are the one that has to keep them safe not me."
Kagome simply shook her head and closed her eyes.
Inuyasha started to yell at her. "Don't you dare give up on me now! I won't let you do that."
Kagome opened her eyes back up and said "Not giving up just resting, so quit yelling I am right here."
Inuyasha took a deep breath from relief, and picked her up and started for the well. He knew that she was too injured to let Kaede take care of her. She needed to see one of the doctors in her own time. They were better at healing than Kaede.
As Inuyasha walked Kagome opened her eyes again and said "I'm cold Inuyasha." He did not like the sounds of that at all it was a beautiful summer day out she should not be cold. He stopped and wrapped his shirt around her. They were to the well soon after and through it in a second.
Kagome's mother was out in the garden doing work when they came out of the shed. She heard them and without looking up said "Oh I was wondering what had happened when you did not come back last night. Here I will go help you pack." She finally stood up and looked at them. They were a sight to see both beaten up and bleeding.
Inuyasha tried to say something but the words stuck in his mouth and he just shook his head.
Kagome's mother ran to them. "What happened? Is she all right?"
Inuyasha finally managed to get out a choked "No."
"She needs a doctor now. We have to get her to the hospital. I will go call an ambulance. Hopefully they can get through rush hour traffic quickly."
Inuyasha took a step forward and said "I will take her. She showed me where it was once before when I came to visit. I can get there quicker than a car."
"Ok, go I will follow you in my car, but wait your ears. Let me go grab you a hat." She ran into the house and grabbed a hat. She came and put it on his head and said "Now go." That was all the encouragement Inuyasha needed he was off in an instant. She stood watching for a second saying a prayer that her daughter would be ok. Then she too took off for the hospital.
As Inuyasha ran from roof top to roof top Kagome started to have trouble breathing. He ran even faster. "Damn it you are not going to die."
He arrived at the hospital out of breath and realized he did not know where to take her. The hospital was huge with many different entrances. He looked around and saw a sign for an emergency room. That had to be the place. He ran into the door to find lots of people sitting down. Maybe he went to the wrong place this did not look like a place for emergencies. He was about to leave when a nurse saw them.
The nurse ran over to them. She saw the blood and an unconscious girl something was definitely wrong. "What happened to her?"
Inuyasha was not prepared to answer questions; he just wanted them to help Kagome. "She uhh was attacked."
"Attacked? Here follow me." The nurse led them back to a room where there were 100's of things Inuyasha had never seen before. It looked like a place you tortured someone not a place to heal them. Lots of people came in and started to yell orders at each other. Inuyasha listened trying to understand what they were saying but it sounded like a different language to him. He tried to stay close to Kagome because he was still not sure these people were not going to hurt her. One of the doctors told a nurse he had to go. She came over to him and tried to lead him out of the room, but he would not go. The nurse finally said "Fine stay but don't get in the way." She turned back to her work.
Kagome's mother was lead to the room by another nurse. The people in the room started to ask her questions about Kagome. She answered each one in a calm voice, but she continually rubbed her hand up and down her arm this gave a way her nervousness. The people started to take Kagome out of the room and Inuyasha jumped ready to attack them if they were going to hurt Kagome. Her mother laid a hand on his arm. "It's all right. They are taking her to surgery. She has a cracked rib that punctured the lining of her lungs. It is causing her lung to collapse. They are going to fix it. They said it is not a long procedure. We can wait upstairs for her."
