Kagome tried to put herself into a defensive position, but when she looked up, she saw red. Blood red. "Am I blind? Or am I okay..?" Kagome panted. She couldn't see anything but red in front of her. Sesshomaru protected her. Inuyasha returned to his normal state. He pulled his arm out, and fell backwards. "What the? What? I was taken over by rage, instead of attacking Kagome, I attacked my own half-brother. Nanda?" Inuyasha looked at his claws. He didn't move or make a sound while he was looking at his bloody hands. "S-Sesshomaru! Why?" Kagome asked, having tears in her eyes. "I don't know…My body just moved when I saw you in danger. Keh. Being in love is blind. I don't know what I'm doing. Just forget it. Just forget it even happened. I can't love someone if I can't protect them very well. Hmph." Sesshomaru coughed up blood. "Sesshomaru! Just sit already!" Kagome got up and caught him before he collapsed and Inuyasha was dragged down to the ground. "Kagome, you bitch. You are a sitting duck after all. I thought you could protect yourself." Sesshomaru turned away. "Don't say anything. I'll try to heal you." Kagome looked towards Sakura. "Get help now!" Sakura immediately moved and disappeared. Kagome concentrated on her powers from the inside. 'I have to heal him! I've got to!' Kagome cried silently. Her tears dropped onto Sesshomaru's face. (A/N: Hey! What if I made Sesshomaru die? Ha! I am sooo evil! Okay back!) Kagome didn't notice while she was healing him that he was unconscious the whole time. 'Stop bleeding! Stop bleeding!' "STOP!" Kagome cried out. Sakura came back with the medical group.
Sango burst into the room with Miroku, Shippo, Rin, Jaken, and Kirara. "Sesshomaru-sama!" Jaken ran to his master. "Otou-san!" Rin cried and ran out, Shippo running after her. "Kagome-chan! What happened? Nanio?" Sango ran and knelt beside her friend. She only kept on crying. Miroku looked to Inuyasha, who was dripping with blood. "I-Inuyasha? Why did you do this? How can you kill your own brother at a time like this?" Miroku asked with wide eyes. "I transformed. I couldn't control my rage. I tried to stop myself from attacking Kagome, it didn't work. Instead, that bastard got in the way and protected her. So there! I can't do anything about it! I don't know what I've done!" Inuyasha hid his eyes behind his bangs and ran out. "Was he mad at Kagome-sama?" Miroku asked everyone. Sakura spoke up. "Before Sesshomaru-sama was knocked out, he said something about love is blind and that he couldn't protect someone who is a sitting duck." Sakura looked to her brother, then at the pool of red. "Kagome-chan, was Sesshomaru in love with you?" Sango asked. All Kagome did was throw Sango a piece of paper and wiped her nose. Sango read the paper aloud for everyone. "Okay so it says this:
Hinako is a serpent demon that does dirty witchcraft. You have to escape to your time. I know this, Inuyasha told me. But you must go back. I know what is good for humans in this world, and believe me, I can't really explain why I'm acting strange these days. I don't know what is wrong with me. Sorry, Kagome. But you have to go. I don't want you to, but you must, for yours and everybody's safety. You will depart for the ancient well tomorrow after dinner. Don't show this letter to anyone else. And Kagome, I didn't tell you this before, but I think I like you. Or even more. Love maybe? Perhaps. I will find out after you leave. I have to think about this. Gomen. I will see you in about, say, a month or two after we get rid of Hinako. I will send Inuyasha for you after we kill Hinako. I will take care of everything. Don't worry about your friends. They will be safe. It appears Hinako is after us. Just the two of us. Sorry. But you must.
Sesshomaru" Sango paused for a moment. "Wow. That is deep." A medical herb demon stated. "It is. He wanted to keep it a secret from you guys. He wanted to only tell me. I don't know why he is so ashamed of his feelings though." Kagome looked out to the balcony. "You were supposed to leave tonight. I don't think you can though. Without Sesshomaru, you don't have any choice but to stay. You have no protection." Miroku said. "I know. But what will happen to Sesshomaru? What will happen to Sasuke-kun?" Kagome looked up at her friends, then at the others around her. "We will do the best we can to help Sesshomaru-sama's blood division speed up so that his demon powers are able to heal his body." Wakana said. "Arigato. Demo…I need a new room…It reeks in here with blood, and I can't sleep with a broken door so, can you get me another one?" Kagome asked. "Sure, Kagome-sama." Satoru offered. Kagome smiled, but glanced one more glance at her love before leaving the area.
Rin kept on crying non-stop. "Rin-chan! Sesshomaru-sama is going to be alright! You even told me that Sesshomaru-sama was powerful!" Shippo encouraged. "Rin knows, but Rin see blood everywhere! Rin don't like blood. It reminds Rin of real otou-san, okaa-san, and nii-chan." Rin sniffed. "Hai, Rin. Lets just go and sit outside for a while until Sesshomaru-sama heals, ne?" Shippo asked. "Okay. Rin will go with Shippo-chan!" Rin smiled and wiped away her tears. "Let's go!" Shippo grabbed Rin's arm and ran out to the garden. When they got there, Inuyasha was at the koi pond. "I-Inuyasha! What are you doing here?" Shippo asked. "I can't help it. It reeks with my brother's blood in there. I can't stand it." Inuyasha lied. "You're lying, and I know that. C'mon! What's the matter?" Shippo got a little closer. "Shippo-chan!" Rin tried to hold him back. "Daijoubou, Rin!" Shippo gave Rin an assuring look. She let go of his arm. "I wanted to tell her that I killed Hinako. On the way there, I met up with Kikyo. Then, she told me that Kagome was in love with my brother, and he was also in love with her. I also wanted to tell her that I wanted to make it up, and start a new life. But it was crashed down already. So soon." Inuyasha hid his eyes once more. "Inuyasha! Baka! You said that men don't cry! And now you're crying!" Shippo grumbled. "Hey listen you! This is different! I could've killed Kagome again. I didn't mean to kill my brother, or anyone else. I just don't have control over myself. I don't know what to do…" Inuyasha looked into Shippo's eyes. Rin understood now. "But why did you have to hurt Otou-san? Why?" Rin asked. "Huh? Otou-," His eyes widened. "He adopted a human child? And developed feelings for a mortal miko?" Inuyasha turned away from Shippo and looked into Rin's eyes instead. 'She looks so much like Kagome. She has the same confidence, love, and care for everyone. She has the same kind of character as Kagome. No wonder this got into my brother's head. He never met anyone like this. Did he want to love a person with this type of character?' Inuyasha could now understand why his brother loved Kagome. Before, he could only ask himself, 'A human? Sesshomaru's a demon! He doesn't want to love a human!' or, 'Why does Sesshomaru have that human child around for? I thought he hated all humans!' Apparently, Inuyasha knew he was wrong. "I know what can save him." Inuyasha searched around in his haori. Shippo and Rin curiously looked at him. He brought out 5 Shikon Jewel Shards. "Inuyasha! The shikon shards!" Shippo glared at him with an expression that had surprise in it. "It might drive him insane for a while because of this, but, at least it can help." Inuyasha tossed the Shikon shards up in the air then snatched them. He then sped up towards Kagome's damaged room. But Rin didn't like it at all. She knew her master didn't want those nasty Shikon shards. She knew he only needed Kagome's help. "He can't!" Rin ran after Inuyasha, with Shippo behind.
A/N: Okay! Well, it took me lyke an hour and a half to get this all settled out. It used to be 38 chappys, now 21 and going! YAY! So next chappy will be yah. GET USED TO IT! i will update asap.