Chapter 11

"Inuyasha..." Kagome said. Inuyasha looked at Kagome. She slowly opened her eyes and looked up at him. "You're- you're alive?" She asked. She jumped out of his arms and started checking his wounds. "How?! How can this be?! I saw you lying on the ground dead!" She said. She was crying tears of joy, but Inuyasha didn't know that. He wiped away a tear with one of his fingers. He looked at his finger then at her.

"Why are you crying?" He asked. The answer he got, he definitely wasn't expecting.

"Because you're alive! These are tears of joy! I'm happy, because you are alive." She said jumping up and wrapping her arms around his neck. For a second he didn't know what to do, but then he wrapped his arms around her.

"Kagome... Why? Why would you care so much about me?" He asked. Kagome reluctantly let go of Inuyasha's neck. She slowly looked up into his eyes.

"I-I..." She was at a loss of words. She knew what she wanted to say, but she couldn't bring herself to say the words. Inuyasha looked at her strangely.

"You?" He asked. She gulped. His eyes seemed to shimmer or shine. She didn't know how to explain it.

"I-. Inuyasha I think I-" Kagome started building tension. She pushed herself away from Inuyasha. She knew with his hearing, that he would be able to here her from a distance. She turned around not wanting to see his face when she told him. "I, love you." She said. She gripped her hands so hard her knuckles started turning white. Inuyasha was stunned.

'The thing I wanted to tell her most since I've gotten to know her, she has said to me.' He was surprised. He was about to touch her shoulder when he heard a noise behind them. They both jumped. Inuyasha unsheathed his sword and protectively stood in front of Kagome. Kagome was frightened. She didn't move an inch. Standing in front of them was a demon. (A/N a certain villain we all know and hate.) Naraku appeared from behind a tree. He was wearing his baboon pelt so they couldn't see his face.

"Naraku...." Inuyasha trailed off.

Naraku snickered. "Inuyasha I presume?" The person said.

"Don't mock me!" He said. He jumped away from Kagome and attacked Naraku. Naraku jumped out of the way just in time.

"Now was that aimed at me?" He asked. Kagome took out her arrows and bow and aimed at Naraku.

"Don't move Naraku!" She yelled. She had an arrow aimed right at his head. He stopped all motion.

"You... yes, you must be Kagome." He said smiling under his mask.

"Of course I am!! You should know me by now you jerk!!!" She shot the arrow. A barrier of light formed around the arrow as it flew towards Naraku. Naraku jumped out of the way, but the arrow still hit his baboon pelt. Part of it ripped off and revealed his head. They didn't see his face at first. All they saw was that he didn't have long hair like Naraku did. The person that they had thought was Naraku looked up at them. It was a little boy that couldn't have been more than 6 years old. He had dark black hair that looked like Miroku's hairstyle, subtract the rat-tail. He was about 4'11" and had on a light blue kimono with dark blue swirls.

"As you can see. I'm not who you think I am. I am actually his son. My name is Haku."

Kagome and Inuyasha gasped. Inuyasha was in front of Kagome again.

"S-ss-s-son?!" Inuyasha said pointing to him. He seemed confused.

"How can you be Naraku's s-ss-son!" Inuyasha looked like he was about to go into shock.

"Well let's see here. My mom and dad had me and then made me grow up fast-" the little boy was interrupted.

"You have a mother?" Kagome asked.

He nodded his little head. "Yeah, doesn't everyone?!" Haku said smartly.

"What does she look like?! Who is she?!" The little boy thought for a second. He looked at Kagome and pointed to her.

"She looks like her." He said. Inuyasha looked at Kagome and then at him. He was making comparisons.

"I am not his mother!" She yelled at Inuyasha. He stopped making comparisons between the two.

"I thought you were my mother at first but father told me of a girl that looked like mommy in strange clothes." He said.

"Look kid," Inuyasha was loosing patience. "You don't mean to tell me that... You're mother is..."

He nodded. "Her name is Kikyo." He said bluntly. Inuyasha's eyes widened. He then fell to the ground in shock. He passed out.

"Inuyasha! Inuyasha!" Kagome said shaking him. Haku slowly approached her. He started to laugh an evil laugh.

"Leave him here. I have instructions from father to bring you back to him." Haku was at the right side of Kagome. She looked up at him.

"No, I will not leave Inuyasha here!" Kagome yelled at the boy. The boy was startled and started crying on the ground a little away from her. Kagome felt bad so she got up and went to see if he was alright.

"Haku I-" She said and then keeled over him.

"Yes, you will come with me." Haku had punched her in the stomach, which made her faint. He snickered and picked her up on his back. He took one more look at Inuyasha, planted something in the ground next to him and took of with Kagome on his back, into the forest. He also left a note that read, 'I am the one who attacked you earlier. Thanks for the girl.'

TO BE CONTINUED