A/N: Hey everyone! I'm not going to say much this time; I'll just get on to the chapter. Hope you like.

Warning: lots of angst on Inuyasha's part and some bad language but that's about it.

Disclaimer: Even though I wish I did, I don't own Inuyasha; just watch him.

'Thoughts'

" Speaking"

Chapter 8: Realizing the Truth (Revised)

"Inuyasha, where the hell have you been!" Sango snapped, glaring at Inuyasha murderously as Kirara landed.

"Sango, please tell me Kagome is all right…"Inuyasha pleaded, desperately looking for any sign of his answer in Sango's furious eyes.

Effortlessly jumping off of Kirara's back, Sango stalked up to Inuyasha.

"YOU should know the answer to that, considering YOU were supposed to be protecting her…where the hell did you go to last night, instead of following Kagome!"

Tilting his head back, Inuyasha stared up at the cloudless sky.

"I…don't…remember," He whispered.

"What was that? You don't remember! Please don't play games with me! Just admit it…you were with Kikyou weren't you?" Sango accused vehemently.

"Well I awoke with Kikyou this morning… but I don't know how I got there…I don't remember anything I did last night." Inuyasha said lost in thought. Trying to remember something, anything, but came up blank. Inuyasha was brought out of his thoughts as Sango punched him in the face, hard.

Not expecting it, Inuyasha fell back to the ground. Rubbing his sore nose, he looked up at the furious Sango.

"What the hell was that for!" Inuyasha yelled, his anger starting to rise.

"That was for being so damn selfish, what in Kami's name were you thinking? Leaving Kagome out in those woods alone, knowing that there where demons out there…" Sango yelled, angrily.

Realizing what Sango was saying, Inuyasha hopped back up to his feet and grabbed Sango, lifting her up off the ground.

"What the hell happened to Kagome!" he demanded.

"If you put me down then maybe I'll tell you."

"I'm not in the mood to play games Sango," Inuyasha warned.

"I'm not playing, now put me down!" Sango said in a deathly calm voice. Inuyasha studied Sango's eyes, realizing she was serious.

"Fine…" Inuyasha said, unceremoniously dropping Sango on the ground. Getting up to her feet Sango brushed herself off then turned her piercing gaze to Inuyasha.

"This morning when we got up and found both of you still missing, we just assumed you two made up and were together." She began. "But after a couple of hours we started to get worried, because we knew that you wanted to get to the next village fast. So we decided to look for you. After a couple of hours of looking we still hadn't found any trace of either you or Kagome. That is until I found a piece of green fabric off Kagome's clothing, on a branch. That's when we started to get really worried…"

"Can you just tell me if Kagome is okay or not!" Inuyasha interrupted, impatiently.

Sango's eyes slide close and her eyebrow started twitching in irritation.

"If you let me finish I will tell you." She ground out between clenched teeth.

"Feh!" was Inuyasha's only answer as he sat down looking at Sango expectantly.

"Like I was saying, before I was rudely interrupted, once we found that, we started to get really worried. So we split up to look for Kagome. After a while of searching I finally found her in the middle of a small clearing." Taking a deep breath, Sango steeled her self for what she was about to say next.

"I found her with her skirt torn off of her and bruises and deep scratches, that looked like claw marks, all over her…she was…" She stopped for a minute to take a deep calming breath, as emotions raged in her. Sango continued on in a now wavering voice.

"She was laying on the floor wrapped into a ball and when I touched her she…she started to whimper. Inuyasha I've never seen Kagome like that. And she was cold to the touch…I think a demon raped her..." Sango trailed off not being able to say anymore.

Inuyasha was stunned at what he had just heard. An immense wave of both pain and guilt bombarded his senses.

'I wasn't there to protect her…she was raped, and I wasn't there to protect her…she trusted me'

"Oh Kami what have I done!" Inuyasha cried out in agony as the memory of what Kikyou had said came back to him.

'Was I the demon who did this to her…was I the one who raped her and left her to die in the forest?'

"What do you mean if she lives long enough? What's the matter with her?" Miroku cried out in alarm as the healer's words sank in.

"You said yourself that she was out in the forest all night, and not being properly covered she probably caught a cold from the wet of the ground…"

"So, a cold isn't bad, she wouldn't die from a simple cold."

"No, in normal circumstances she wouldn't but, it seems she has caught a cold in her lungs as well…I can't do anything about that…my medicines are not strong enough to help her with this illness, I am sorry. I will do everything I can think of to help her, but…" The healer trailed off.

'Kagome cant die, she said her medicines weren't strong enough…maybe…just maybe Keade has something stronger! But how do I get Kagome to Keade…she obviously can't be moved.'

Miroku's brows furrowed in deep thought.

'Maybe I can bring Keade to Kagome instead…I'll have to wait until Sango gets back and then I'll go to Keade's village on Kirara…'

Miroku's thoughts were interrupted as a sudden scream of pure terror and pain, was ripped from Kagome's throat.

Thanks to my reviewers

Kandy: I'm really glad you like it and thanks so much for putting me on your fav's! I feel so special now lol! Anyway, thanks again and I hope you like this chapter.

Hoshidzukiyo: Thanks so much. I can't believe everybody likes my first fic so much. Well there will be a lot more suspense coming up so I promise you won't get bored.

Mel: hey I agree with you, Inuyasha is a really hard character to write about because you never know if you're making him to mean or too mushy. Thanks for the review and I hope you keep reading.

Mija: I was thinking about having the story go that way but it's too predictable so I made it go another way. Thanks for the review I really appreciate it. Hope you keep reading.

Tom: thanks for all your reviews… and for the advice, I did take it so thanks again and I hope you keep reading and If you find anything else wrong with my fic just let me know. Thanks again.

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A/N: So what did you think? I had a harder time writing this chapter…I didn't know how to start it. But I pulled through.

Sapphire

Next chapter:

Why is Kagome screaming? And will her screams attract any demons to the village? Find out. Next chapter Inuyasha finally gets to get a good look at Kagome. What will he do when he realizes that he was the demon that did this to her? Will he tell the others?