Something was wrong. He could feel it in every particle of his body. She had been late before, but never this late. Adding to his fears was the fact that she had been elusive lately. She was hiding something. Where was she?

Inuyasha had been waiting at the well for nearly 24 hours. She was supposed to have met him there.

"Where is she?" He spoke worriedly.

He knew that he was unwelcome in her time, and that her family had forbidden them from being together, but he loved her too much to let anything keep her from him. He had lost those he cared for before, he wasn't about to let it happen again.

Continuing to wait, the terribly strong feeling something was wrong only grew stronger. Finally, he gave in to his feelings, and jumped into the well.

She should have been here already. If anything happened to her, it's all my fault.

Eventually landing at the bottom of the well in her era, he climbed to the top. Once outside the well house, he instantly picked up the scent. He smelled blood. HER blood.

"Kagome!" He yelled into the darkness.

How could he have let this happen?

"Kagome!"

He instantly ran to the first place she might be. Her home. As he barged through the door, her family looked up at him with disapproving eyes. Everyone except of course, Sota.

"Where's Kagome?" Inuyasha asked desperately.

"She's not in the feudal era with you?" asked Sota.

"She's not been home for a day, we figured she was with you." Said her mother sternly.

Inuyasha didn't give them time to ask questions, instantly he was out the door. He picked up the scent of blood again, and began to follow it.

"Kagome.... please be alright."

As the scent became stronger, he knew he must be getting close. There were no lights here, and it was getting very cold. He desperately strained his eyes trying to find any sign of her.

Finally, a dark silhouette was visible in the distance. Lying on the ground, he saw his Kagome. She was scrunched in pain, and shivering from the cold. She was mostly unconscious, and he thought, maybe even delirious. He couldn't see much, but the smell of blood was extremely strong now. He immediately ran to her side. Crouching next to her, he checked to see if she was breathing. Slowly, and painfully, but at least she was.

"Kagome..... who did this to you?" he whispered.

Slowly she opened her eyes. His voice had struck a chord inside of her. She saw the concern in his eyes.

"Inu.....yasha.................. I.......k..knew....... you'd come......" She said quietly, so that even he could barely hear her.

He reached down to lift her up.

"Come on, let's get you to a doctor."

As he gently picked her up, she let out a gasp and tears fell down her cheeks.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you."

She nodded.

Inuyasha remembered Kagome once telling him about a 'Hospital', where her grandfather kept telling everyone she was. He recalled her saying there were doctors there. So, that's where he went. He jumped and ran to the nearest hospital as fast as he possibly could. But he also had to be very cautious so that he did not hurt her.

She went in and out of consciousness all along the way, which only made Inuyasha more frightened.

"Funny," he thought, "I've never been scared of anything in my life, until Kagome came along, now I'm scared for her all the time."

Once he reached this 'Hospital', he ran into the nearest door which luckily was the ER. The staff immediately took her from him, and started examining her. After a moment, the doctor came in and started asking Inuyasha questions.

"What happened? How long has she gone untreated? What is her blood type? Can you tell me what kind of medical coverage she has?"

Inuyasha had no idea what the doctor was blabbering on about. He had no idea what had happened, and if he did, the people responsible would be in serious pain if not dead.

"What is your relationship with the patient?" The doctor asked him.

"Well I er.... um..." Inuyasha didn't know if he should tell the doctor. They hadn't told anyone yet.

"Then I am going to have to ask you to leave for the rest of the examination."

Inuyasha looked up. Leave? Oh no. He wasn't leaving.

"I'm not going anywhere."

"I'm afraid it's necessary."

"I'm her HUSBAND!" Inuyasha shouted, "And I'm not leaving her. Anything you have to do, you can do in front of me."

The doctor looked at Inuyasha for a moment, and then continued to examine Kagome. When he was finished, he looked at Inuyasha.

"Well, it looks like a few broken ribs, better get those cuts cleaned. She's lost a lot of blood, and she is very weak, may even have a concussion. I'll keep her here for a few days, for observation and we'll put her on an I V. But over all, I expect they'll be fine."

Inuyasha looked up. Did he just say they? THEY? What did he mean they?

"They?"

"Yes. Your wife, and the baby."

B-Baby...... Kagome was..... That's what she was being elusive about..... she was....

There was a loud thump as Inuyasha fainted.

"Baka." said the doctor.

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A/N: The chapters will get longer I promise, but I ran out of time this morning. Please R&R. I really hope you are enjoying the story. And I want to thank everyone who has reviewed so far. I absolutely LOVE getting reviews. Readers input means everything. I'll update soon!!!!!