Okay here's the next chapter! I am so friggin sorry for keeping you waiting there were some difficulties and I couldn't update until recently. I probably lost some of my reviewers interests but hopefully this next chapter will bring them back. It is the start of my longer chapters and I hope you enjoy it! Bye bye for now!

"Ah Ms. Higurashi, you're awake," the doctor said.

Kagome looked at the doctor. She realized that she was wrapped around Inuyasha's arms. They departed quickly. Each other's face was turning bright pink and red with embarrassment. Kagome smiled nervously and waited intently for the doctor's results about her leg.

The doctor walked over to Kagome's mom then announced the miko's condition.

"Well the infection was bad. The other doctors figure that if that young fellow at her bedside hadn't brought her here, she might have lost her leg." He let the news soak in and spoke again. "Kagome will need to stay off it for a couple of weeks. She lost so blood that we had to give her a blood transplant." The doctor shoved his hand in his pocket and produced a white bottle.

"She will need to take these. Two to three every day until she can walk again."

"Thank you doctor," Mrs. Higurashi said.

The doctor bowed and left the room. Everyone was silent. Inuyasha was so glad that Kagome survived. He looked at Kagome and quickly turned away once he saw that she had been looking at him.

"Thanks Inuyasha," she said.

"Feh. It was nothing."

Mrs. Higurashi figured that the two needed some time alone. She picked up her purse and left. She had to go pay the medical bills and get some painkillers for her daughter.

Once she left and closed the door, Kagome attempted to get up and move around. She wiggled out of the tight bed sheets and swung her legs over the side. The leg that was connected to her injured hi, hit the metal railing that was protecting her from falling off. Kagome cried out in pain.

"You should be more careful wench."

"Hey don't call me that! Baka!"

"Well I'm not the one hurting myself," Inuyasha growled.

"Bastard."

"Bitch."

Kagome's hand balled up into fists at her side.

"Sit boy! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit!"

After Inuyasha recovered from the attack he wanted sweet, sweet revenge. But the hanyou didn't have a cold enough heart to hurt Kagome.

"What did you do that for?"

"You're such a loser," she sighed.

Inuyasha was about to make another remark when he saw a scarlet color emerge from the side of Kagome's hospital gown. He watched as it grew bigger. Kagome finally noticed it when her hip began to feel wet.

Her pupils widened with horror. Kagome began to scream frantically.

"It's not supposed to do that!"

"Calm down Kagome."

Inuyasha placed his claws on the gown and carefully cut a square hole in it so he could get to the bandage.

He removed it and studied the wound. A grunt escaped the hanyou's mouth. The doctors didn't do such a good job at sealing it up. The blood stopped for a minute. Inuyasha got a good look at it.

"Hmmm. I know what to do."

The hanyou took one of his razor sharp claws and made a small cut on his hand. He took some of the blood and placed it on Kagome's wound.

"Inuyasha what are you doing?"

"Shut up wench."

The blood, once it fell inside the gapping gash, began to heal Kagome's wound instantly. The skin started to reform and was filling up the hole. The bleeding had stopped and began to dry on the gown and on Kagome's skin. The hip was almost healed when the doctor came through the door.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

The man ran towards Kagome and swatted Inuyasha away from her.

"Look what you did........oh"

He set his eyes upon the healing process and looked quite amazed. His eyes were almost bulging out of the doctor's head.

"Well I guess you can go now Ms. Higurashi."

Kagome swung her legs over the bed and began to walk. Her steps were wobbly at first, then they elevated back to normal. She placed one foot in front of the other and slowly, carefully made her way to the bathroom. She grabbed her school uniform off of a coat hanger and went inside. She closed the door behind her.

Kagome came back out when she finished.

The scar tissue was itching like crazy. It was becoming red and swollen more and more as Kagome's nails dug into the soft skin. Inuyasha saw this and began to scold Kagome.

"Stop that! It's going to open again."

The miko grabbed her hand and placed it away from her hip.

"Can we get out of here now? This place is full of funny smells," Inuyasha complained.

"Yes let's go."

They walked out the and into the bright hallway. The lights bothered the hanyou's eyes once again. They saw clusters of people packed into the hallway. They came upon a sign that said "office."

Kagome dragged Inuyasha down the winding hallway until they came into a room with the sliding doors. Inuyasha remembered it and knew that they were in the right place.

Kagome spotted her mom and ran over to her. Mrs. Higurashi looked very surprised to see her daughter already running. She must be a quick healer, she thought.

"Hi mom! Can you take Inuyasha and I back to the house?"

"Okay Kagome."

Mrs. Higurashi sat up and walked over to the desk. She signed Kagome out and told the nurse that her daughter was fine and ready to go home. The nurse logged onto the computer and signed Kagome out. She plastered a cheesy smile on her face and told Mrs. Higurashi she could go.

They bowed and Kagome's mom walked back to her daughter and Inuyasha.

The hanyou helped Kagome up and walked away. Inuyasha's brushed someone else's as they passed by. The person turned around and immediately recognized Kagome.

Inuyasha knew the pathetic boy. It was no other than the annoying Hojo.

He looked at Inuyasha and paid no attention to the hanyou at Kagome's side. He began to flirt with her as soon as his mouth opened.

"Hi Kagome! Fancy seeing you here, are you ill or something?"

Kagome looked like she wasn't going to answer any time soon so Inuyasha thought he would for her.

"Beat it!"

A confused look crossed Hojo's face. He looked at Inuyasha and saw a deadly glint in his eyes. He turned away and looked at Kagome, but she had this "I agree with him,' look in her eyes.

"But I-."

Kagome and Inuyasha ignored the annoying Hojo and walked right past him. They went out the front sliding doors with a big EXIT sign plastered on it. Inuyasha still wasn't used to them and jumped again.

Kagome began to giggle. Inuyasha sure hadn't heard that for a while. Kagome stopped and her and the hanyou headed towards the car with Mrs. Higurashi waiting patiently inside.

Kagome opened the door and signaled for Inuyasha to get in. He put half of his body inside and scrunched his nose up because of the rubber smell.

Kagome got in and sat in the middle seat beside Inuyasha, who was positioned beside the window. He wasn't planning on replaying what had happened the last time he was in this car thing.

"It stinks in here."

"Oh you'll get used to it," Kagome assured.

Inuyasha just crossed his arms.

"Feh."

Kagome had put up with the hanyou for some time now. She couldn't stant it when Inuyasha said 'feh.' Kagome took her hand and hit the hanyou on the back of the head.

Since Inuyasha was looking out the window and the back of his head was facing Kagome when she slapped him, his face was forced to smash into the glass again.

"God damn it!"

Mrs. Higurashi turned around in the front seat.

"Watch your language young man," she scolded.

The car stopped moving. Kagome shoved Inuyasha playfully out of the window view so she could see her house. It stood there like it was waiting for her arrival.

Kagome slid across the seat to the door and opened it. She grabbed Inuyasha's hand and helped him out since he still wasn't used to it.

Kagome walked up to the door and opened it. Souta was there and greeted her with open arms. She hugged her little brother and walked in with Inuyasha behind her. The hanyou walked past Souta and hit him on the head.

The little boy hit Inuyasha back and they broke out play fighting. Kagome rolled her eyes, but couldn't help laughing.

"I'm going to pack up, I'll be right back. Then we'll go back and visit Sango and the others."

"Whatever," Inuyasha replied. He was too busy fighting with Souta to answer Kagome properly.

The miko packed some bandages, pain killers, ramen noodles, and of course some chocolate for her friends. Once she was finished she went back to Inuyasha to tell him that she was ready to go.

The hanyou was waiting for her at the door. He sat up and went outside knowing that Kagome would be out soon.

She stepped out of the house and they walked towards the shrine.

The doors creaked as Kagome opened them. She closed them behind Inuyasha and got ready to jump into the bone eater's well. She wrapped her hands securely around the straps on her big yellow backpack.

Kagome was startled when Inuyasha grabbed her arm. He nodded his head to show that they were going down together. They jumped into the well.

White and blue lights filled the well as they went back to the Sengoku Jidai.

The light began to fade as they neared the end of their journey. Inuyasha and Kagome came out of the well.

The weather was warm and the sun wasn't too bright either. That brought back a memory of the hospital lights to Inuyasha. He shuddered and helped Kagome up.

"So where are the others?" she asked. Kagome didn't remember because she had been passed out at the time.

"They're at Kaede's."

"Okay."

Kagome started to walk off in the opposite direction.

"Hey wench. You're going the wrong way!"

Kagome's fists were clenched at her sides. She turned around with fire in her eyes and began to argue with Inuyasha yet again.

"My name is Kagome! And you know that!"

"Feh."

More anger swelled up in the pit of her stomach. She had kept it in her for so long. Now her legs were beginning to shake. The injury on her hip started to hurt. Kagome's legs buckled and she fell.

She sat on the ground as Inuyasha came up to her and asked if she was alright. He held out a clawed hand and helped Kagome up.

In silence they walked into the forest towards Kaede's village.

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It was now late in the afternoon. The sun was beginning to set and the air was colder. A chilly breeze swept through the land. The leaves on the trees were turning color. It was mid-September by now.

Kagome inhaled the nice fall air and let it out with a long sigh. She was feeling much better now. If Inuyasha hadn't done what he did, she would still be cooped up in the hospital room like a chicken.

Inuyasha suddenly stopped. Kagome not realizing that he did so walked right into him. He turned around and Kagome could tell that something was up.

They reached the edge of the forest and set eyes upon the village that Kaede lived in.

No one was walking around. There were no cooking fires and it was dead silent. Kagome gasped and looked towards Inuyasha.

"I smell blood."

They ran towards Kaede's place. Kagome noticed that the curtain that was used as a door was ripped completely off. The walls looked like they were pushed in a little bit. She looked around and saw that the same had been done to the rest of the shelters.

Inuyasha grabbed her hand and they ran inside of it. Kagome knew that they were preparing for the worst.

The hut was empty. The only thing inside of it was a tipped over bowl and an almost invisible drop of blood on the floor.

"W-w-what happened?"

Inuyasha didn't answer. He walked around and sniffed the air.

Like the silence in her dream, it fell upon them.

Inuyasha finally talked. He only muttered one chilling word:

"Naraku."