A/N: Another (short, really sorry) chapter up! Hope it's good!

TurboTwistedFire: Thanks for the helpful review, I really appreciate it. But about the quote… I watch Inuyasha on Animax (from Sony or something, I think), you see, and they have a different version of it. I have taped that particular episode, and the quote is accurate.

And about that full moon thing, enjoy the mental image of me kicking my own butt… how the hell could I make a mistake like that! Anyway, THANKS FOR THE REVIEW!

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. If I did, I'd be bloody rich.

Ah, I'm particularly pleased with this chapter title.

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Confession

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"I SAID, WHERE IS KAGOME?"

Kouga's voice bounced down the hallway, and Kagome jerked awake. She stood up, relief spreading through her body like warm water. A nurse burst through the doors. "Are you Kagome?" she asked Kagome frantically.

As soon as Kagome nodded, the nurse grabbed her hand and dragged her into the operation theatre. Kagome looked back at her mother, who was smiling at her, and Inuyasha, who looked nonchalant.

Her head snapped back to the front when they were inside. Kouga was struggling against the doctor and nurses as they tried to hold him down. "I want to see Kagome! Where is she?" he yelled at them.

"Here she is!" the nurse pulling her announced. The doctor nodded at her gratefully. "Thank you, Akemi. Now hurry up and bring her here." The nurse named Akemi dragged Kagome till where Kouga was lying, and left her hand.

Kouga immediately shook off all the hands which were on him, and held Kagome's hands in his palms. "Kagome, are you alright? Are you hurt?" he began, but Kagome put her fingers on his lips and he stopped.

"I'm so glad you're alive, Kouga!" she whispered, tears rolling down her cheeks as she hugged him. Kouga wrapped his own arms around her and whispered back. "You know nothing can happen to me, Kagome… I'm a demon, remember?"

"Stop saying that! Just by being a demon doesn't mean you can't die!" she raised her voice, and immediately stiffened. Everyone except Kouga stared at her. "I… I mean… heh… er… he's not literally a demon… you see, um… he… you get the idea," she stuttered, her stomach clenching up.

The nurses and doctors glanced among themselves and let it slide. Kids these days. Playing crazy games all the time.

The nurse named Akemi stepped forward. "Miss Kagome, would you mind telling your friend to calm down? We still have to dress the rest of his wounds," she said. Kagome nodded and turned to Kouga.

"Now Kouga, behave, okay? These are all er… professional healers. They'll take care of you. I'll be right outside." she said firmly, and Kouga nodded. She waved at him as she strode out, even though she wanted to stand there and just be beside him badly. She smiled slightly as she saw his face fall when she exited.

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To say that Kouga was relieved would be a gross understatement. In fact, it calmed him down so much that he allowed them to observe his tail while he thought about his woman. Somehow he got the feeling that she was a bit closer to him than before.

Just how much was what he didn't know.

His good mood disappeared suddenly when he felt a sharp pain in his tail. He flinched and cursed. "What the hell are you doing?" he yelled at the "professional healers".

They shrunk back, and when he didn't make any threatening movements, they got their courage back. "We were just taking a hair sample," a man with salt-and-pepper hair spoke up.

"Yeah? Well, you could've just asked," Kouga muttered, rubbing the spot on his tail where a clump of hair was pulled out. "Would you have agreed?" the man said. Kouga glared at him. "Hell no."

"It is pretty interesting, you know –" the man began, but was shushed by a woman. "Taro. We have work to do. Now stop your silly lab games and help me," she ordered. He nodded and went to get some more bandages, rolling his eyes behind the woman's back.

The woman strode over to Kouga's side, and glared at him above the top of her small spectacles. To Kouga, they looked so much like controlled water in front of her eyes. He extended a claw and touched it. The woman shoved his hands away.

"Turn over." She said in a firm voice. Kouga decided to comply now and kill later, and turned over on his stomach. He heard the woman muttering as she took a needle-like thing and stuck it into a bottle. "It's a wonder he survived… lost so much blood he should've been a shrivelled up prune by now… but…"

She drove the needle inside Kouga's arm, but he didn't react. Kouga was already bearing so much pain, what was a sting on the arm?

Mmm… I'm feeling kinda sleepy… hey Kagome…

Everything went black.

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Mrs Higurashi jumped up when she saw Kagome. "Is he alright?" she asked, and Kagome could only nod. A look of relief passed through her mother's pretty features, and she squeezed Kagome's palms. "You must be pretty tired now, want some tea?" she asked Kagome.

Kagome smiled at her gratefully, and her mother walked off to find some. Kagome took a seat beside Inuyasha. "He's okay," she said pointedly. Inuyasha turned the other way slightly. "I didn't ask."

Kagome sighed, and thought about what she was going to say. It wouldn't please Inuyasha in the least bit. "Inuyasha… I think you should apologise to Kouga."

"WHAT? You… WHAT?" he yelled, and Kagome was faintly reminded of the time he was arguing with Kouga on the mountain. He had said the exact same words when Kouga proclaimed his love for her.

"Shhh… Inuyasha! This is the hospital! Will you shut up?" Kagome's voice dropped to a whisper, as if to emphasize that point. Inuyasha's face puffed up, but he didn't shout. "Why the hell should I apologize to that buttsniffer? He's the one who was pawing you!" he said hoarsely.

"He wasn't pawing me! We were just…" she broke off, and cast her eyes down. "Yeah?" Inuyasha prodded, and she blushed. "Why do you need to know anyway, huh? Why do you care what I do?" she shot back at him. He looked at her incredulously. "Because!" he flailed his arms around, searching for a word strong enough to fit what he wanted to say.

"You have no reason, do you? So you just attack whoever gets close to me… whoever threatens to take away your jewel detector! Is that it?" she tried to keep her voice down. It was getting really hard to do.

"NO! No… it's because…" Inuyasha slumped, as though giving up to some internal argument. "It's because I love you, Kagome."

"Tea's here, Kagome! Could you believe they had it right outside… oh."

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A/N: HAH! The title meant something else entirely, didn't it? HAH!

Bishounen of the day: James from Pokemon. Hey why are ya'll lookin at me like that? He looks good when he's serious, you know!

THANKS TO ALLL THE PEOPLE WHO TOOK THE TIME TO REVIEW!

Ta ta.