Thuder boomed. Lightning flashed. Kagome hid behind Inuyasha the whole night. The thunder storm, the worst storm they had had the whole year, was happening, and Kagome wasn't't too happy about it. She was extremely afraid of thunder and lightning.
"Kagome, calm down. It's only a thunder storm." Inuyasha said, seeing Kagome on the verge of screaming.
"O-ok....um......i'll tr-AH!" thunder boomed again.
"Kagome!"
"Sorry! Really, I'm sorry. I'll stop." she may have stopped screaming, but now she was whimpering, which made Inuyasha even more uptight. Inuyasha turned around to face Kagome. She looked up at him as he put his arms around her to comfort her. She did the same.
Inuyasha laughed, "It's only thunder. It's ok. Ok?"
"All right."
The hanyou leaned up against the wall and the miko laid her head against his chest. They slept like that until the thunder stopped, and the night came more un-peaceful. Someone was outside their cabin. Inuyasha could smell it, and Kagome could sense it. She heard a low growl emerge from his throat.
"Kagome," he whispered," stay here."
she did as she was told and watched the hanyou get up from his sitting position and go to the door, hands holding Tetsigua.
He slowly opened the door, but no one was there. Just as he was about to give up, he heard a scream from the back of the room. Inuyasha quickly turned around and saw a dark figure holding onto Kagome.
"Let her go!" he demanded.
"Not even a"whatever you want" or "please, you don't want her" but a demand? I don't think so, Inuyasha."
"Who are you?" Inuyasha stepped closer.
"I wouldn't so that if I was you." The dark figure said as he got out a knife and quickly put it to Kagome's throat. The dark figure watched in pure amusement as he watched the angry look on Inuyasha's face turn into one of horror.
"Let her go."
"Another demand? God, Inuaysha. Your not getting yourself very far!"
he watched blood trickle down Kagome's neck from a cut she gained on her jaw line.
"Who are you!?" Inuyasha demanded.
"I will tell you only one thing. My name. It is Gonkuro."
Then he jumped out the open window, after throwing kagome on the ground. Inuyasha ran over to Kagome.
"Are you all right? He cut you, didn't't he?" Inuyasha checked her jaw to make sure it wasn't't a deep cut. It wasn't't, it had even already stopped bleeding.
Kagome let out another scream, because of what she saw over Inuyasha's shoulder. Their hut was on fire.
"Damnit! Come on, what the hell did i do to you?!"
Inuyasha took off his fire rat kimono and put it over Kagome. Then he grabbed her and jumped out the burning window. Now, let me say, burns hurt. Even to hanyou.
"Ahh!! oww, crap! Goddamnit!"
"Inuyasha! Are you all right? Oh no!" all she could do for him was watch him in pain and try to comfort him, even though he didn't't need it.
"I'm ok, Kagome, lets go."
"Are you sure? You have some pretty bad burns." It was true, he had a burn on his face and arms. But nothing too serious, it still hurt like hell though. (hehe that's funny, since hell is really hot :-D) "I'm fine, let's get outa here." they headed off to the others' cabin.

"Sango, Mirouku, Shippo! Wake up!" The three woke up to Kagome's yelling.