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Disclaimer- I don't own Inuyasha or any of the characters and I never will. And I also don't claim the song "I caught Fire" by The Used.

He didn't seem phased at all. He looked straight at her and said nonchalantly "I told you I wasn't going to let you out of my sight. And if I was going to watch you, I would have been a little less obvious." He immediately regretted saying the last part and flinched as he watched her lips slowly begin to form the word he most dreaded.

Kagome glared and balled her hands into fists and screeched "SIT BOY!"

Smiling the two girls turned and resumed walking towards the creek as if nothing had occurred. They were used to this sort of thing by now. Inuyasha made Kagome mad, Kagome would punctually tell him to "Sit" and the hanyou would collapse onto the ground. It was as simple as that.
A very pissed hanyou could be heard as the girls walked calmly away "Get back here you bitch! I mean it! Why the HELL did you do that! FINE! That's right! Just keep walking Kagome, you're gonna get it once this wares off!"

Inuyasha was growling and swearing to himself, waiting for the incantation to wear off. When it did he let out a long breath and looked in the direction Kagome and Sango had taken off 'This is just great. I try to follow her to protect her, and this is the thanks I get. Stupid wench.' He thought as he began to walk towards the creek again.

-It took a while for the girls to reach the creek, because they were taking their time. When they finally reached the creek, they both stripped down and walked into the deep part of the water.

Sango's eyes were caught looking over her friend's body (A/n: NO not like that lol) after she caught a glimpse at what she thought was a scratch. And with further investigation there were more scratches to be found on Kagome's body, many of them shallow. And so many bruises! Who had done this to Kagome?

Sango dragged her eyes away from her friend's beaten body to her face "Ok Kagome. Out with it, what's up?"

Kagome's eyes looked everywhere but to Sango as she drew shapes in the water. 'Why can't I get some peace? I just wanna take a nice relaxing bath… But I guess that's too much to ask for. I'll have to tell her.'

Her eyes finally looked back up to Sango's eyes "Ok," she paused and let out a long breath "I came back after Inuyasha banished me, for I guess my own safety." She let out an annoyed laugh at this, "And when I came back to return the jewel shards to him, I found him and Kikyo together." She glared and was lost in thought for a moment or two.

Sango was impatient to hear more "Kaaagoooomeeee." She waved her hands in front of Kagome's face and when she finally had her friends attention again she spoke up "Ok Kagome, go on. What happened after that?"

Sighing again, with a small frown on her face she continued "So I felt like he had chosen Kikyo. Which he did. So I went back to my time, and decided I wasn't going to come back. As you see, I only made it a couple weeks without returning. But I had to, because my time is a mess. A total, utter, complete mess. War, destruction, and most loathsome of all, a modern day Naraku."

Sango's eyebrows creased, causing a small line to appear between her eyebrows "Did you come back for help? Or for refuge?" She watched Kagome twirl the water with her fingers and thought 'I know I'm probably treading on thin ice, but… I have to know what Kagome's gotten herself into!"

"I came back to recuperate, and to ask you guys for help. I know, I know, you guys think you can't go through the well. But I've been studying up and I found out a loophole to it. So you and Miroku and Shippou and anyone else who is willing to help can come through. I just didn't think… I didn't think I'd run into Inuyasha when I came back. I thought he'd already be down in hell with Kikyo by now."

The young woman looked down at her hands, wishing with all her being that things were back to normal. That she could just be Kagome Higurashi, worthless jewel shard detector again, and not Kagome the wonder-woman that was forced to save the world because the world couldn't save itself.

"You know Kagome, Inuyasha missed you more than you think. Kikyo came for him once or twice, but he turned her down both times. If I didn't know better, I'd think he cares more about you than you care about him." She laughed when she saw Kagome smile goofily and do a little victory dance.

During that little victory dance, a certain hanyou kept his eyes straight forward, trying with all his might not to turn around and look at Kagome. Just the thought of seeing her uncovered drove him crazy. And before he could stop himself, he had turned around and was gaping at Kagome.

She was so beautiful… And to his dismay, just looking at her being under water turned him on. 'O geez… She's just so… Hot… So irresistible… Damnit, I'm getting myself worked up! What am I doing looking at her anyways? O no… She'll sit me into tomorrow if she finds out I've been watching her.' He quickly turned around, and looked down at his pants.

That was it. Inuyasha blushed furiously and got up, running with a slight gimp towards one of the coldest sources of water he knew of.

As soon as he got there, he didn't bother taking off his clothes but just dove straight into the icy cold mountain water. Five minutes later he stumbled out of the water, sopping wet and VERY grumpy. 'If I had known looking at her bare SHOULDERS would get me that fuckin horny, I wouldn't have looked!'

He stormed off down the path and sat down a little ways away from the creek the girls were bathing in. A little more waiting and the two girls were walking down the path towards him, Kagome in a pink and yellow spaghetti-strapped sundress that went a little above her knees. He stood up and growled, glaring at the pair.

Kagome and Sango both smothered giggles as Kagome asked "Inuyasha… WH—what happened to you? You look like a wet… Well like a wet dog!" Both girls burst into fits of uncontrollable laughter as Inuyasha walked over to Kagome a grabbed her wrist, pulling her along back to Kaede's hut.

"STOP FUCKIN LAUGHING AT ME YOU BITCH!" he couldn't stand it any longer and it was hurting his ears so he dropped her small wrist and turned to her yelling. It was the only way he was able to cope with the embarrassment of why he was wet.

"Ooooo, I think we hit a sore spot Kagome! Why ARE you all wet Inuyasha?" Sango asked, elbowing him lightly in the stomach "Did it suddenly start raining on you while you waited for us? What a loyal dog-boy, waiting out in the rain for his mistress!" Sango teased.

Inuyasha growled and crossed his arms 'I have to think up a good excuse or they'll never stop making fun of me! Hmm…'

And there they went, the wheels in his head started turning and before long he came up with the perfect excuse, at least in his mind "I was taking a walk by the mountain stream and a demon was headed your way. I was fighting it and I got thrown into the water."

Kagome's delicate nose scrunched up a bit as she listened to Inuyasha lie. She could read him like a book whenever he tried to lie, but she would let it slide this time. 'I wonder what really happened though…'

Everyone knew Kagome wasn't very good at thinking and walking through a dense forest at the same time. Well, of course, except Kagome. So Kagome went plummeting down, face first towards the ground.

Inuyasha caught her around the waist before she fell and stood her back up "Stupid girl… Pay more attention to where you're going. You're going to get yourself killed someday."

Blushing lightly she brushed herself off "Thanks Inuyasha… Sorry to be such a nuisance." The apology didn't sound too sympathetic and before long she was belting out a song she loved by The Used:

-I caught Fire-

Seemed to stop my breath my head on your chest waiting to cave in from the bottom of my...

Hear your voice again could we dim the sun and wonder where we've been?

Maybe you and me, so kiss me like you did, my heart stopped beating such a softer sin.

I'm melting, never caught my breath, every second I'm without you I'm a mess….

She drifted off, her perfect voice faltering as she yawned, covering her mouth as she did. She stretched and started dragging her feet. Before she knew it a certain hanyou had picked her up and placed her onto his back, letting her fall asleep against him.

'I wonder what she's been through… To sing such a sad song. But her voice is so calming to me.' He walked beside Sango, ignoring her odd looks. His mind was lost in dream land even if he wasn't asleep.

Sango finally poked Inuyasha in the forehead "Ok Inuyasha, stop spacing off and realize what you're doing. You're getting Kagome soaking wet!" she almost laughed when she saw the stunned expression that he wore now.

"Shit… She'll just have to change when we get back." He watched Sango shrug. When they got back to the hut, Inuyasha went into the separate room Kaede had for her guests.

He kicked Shippou and Miroku out before he began to shake Kagome "Kagome, wake up. You're soaking wet." Shaking her gently. It took him a couple of minutes to realize she was out cold.

'Shit… Why the hell is she so fuckin tired she can't wake up for two minutes!' he paused his thoughts to look at the now shivering girl. 'I can't just leave her soaking wet. Knowing her, she'll get sick… But how am I supposed to get her in dry clothes?' He puzzled over this for a while and finally made a decision… He was going to have tochange her himself.

Just thinking about it brought a heated blush to his face. It wasn't like he was going to COMPLETELY undress her! He took off the sundress, coughed and spluttered when he realized she wasn't wearing one of her "bra" things!

He quickly turned around and fished through her pack, grabbing one of her shirts, and some soft short pants (A/N: Boxers… ) I luv wearing boxers to sleep! Good choice Inuyasha!) That looked comfortable to him. He turned around, closing his eyes and picking up her limp form… He cautiously opened one eye and took a glimpse at her before staring at her sleeping face to put the shirt on her.

He thought back, and then suddenly lifted her shirt up to her breasts and looked at all the injuries… 'Kagome… Who did this to you?' he frowned and the put the short pants onto her. He set her down momentarily and ran over to a wash bin with cold water in it and dumped some on his already soaking pants… He breathed deeply in and out until he calmed down, and then resumed to stripping himself.

He grabbed a pair of his extra pants and pulled them on before picking Kagome and his clothes up and taking them outside. He lightly set Kagome down and hung out his clothes to dry before picking her back up and carrying her into a tree. He hugged her close to him and soon found himself falling into a light sleep. He couldn't have been much happier.

Dum dum duuuum! That's the end of chapter 3! Thanks for reading, please review!

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Inuyasha: Whatever.

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