I'm back. I scared the living crap out of myself, but I'm back. And my music's not working. Darn. And I'm picking up RIGHT where I left off. Meep-ah.

Disclaimer: Don't own it. You can't sue me. HAH!

Inuyasha does a little bit of cussing… actually a LOT bit…


Sango darted over to Kagome, who was now in the arms of a scowling half demon. He took a long, deep sniff, and growled.

'Some bastard took advantage of her.' He growled in his head, but kept quiet about it as he brought Kagome over to the futon. Sango stood quietly, a worried look came to her eyes. She didn't have any idea what had happened to Kagome, because, according to Kagome and Inuyasha, there were no demons in the future.

"We have to get her help." She said, but Inuyasha let out a faint yet angry laugh.

"You think I don't know that?" Inuyasha growled, taking a deep breath. 'This is no time for Sango to be treating me like a child..' "I'd like to know what kind of monster would do this to her, God damnit." He growled, not noticing how protective he was being. He immediately began cleaning the claw marks, attempting to bandage them while Sango stared in awe.

"Inuyasha… those look like…" She whimpered, staring at him.

"Sango, we have other things we need to address. If you really need to, we'll talk about it later. She's in trouble and in pain. We need to help Kagome." Inuyasha said, finishing the girl's face, moving down to her arms. The shirt was torn terribly, and was practically useless, but Inuyasha didn't really care. He needed to get Kagome warm, cleaned up, and comfortable.

Inuyasha sat there, battling his demon blood to the best of his ability, even with Tetsuiaga right at his side. Why the hell is my demon blood acting up? I'm not hurt.. Inuyasha groaned, looking at his torn up mate. Mate? She's not my… oh. That's why I.. Inuyasha growled loudly at himself, taking off his outer kimono, throwing it at Sango, staring at Kagome.

"Inuyasha.. do you want me to take care of her?" Sango asked quietly, looking at the kimono, in her hands. Though it was very rough and tattered, it was very soft, and seemed as if it would be warm were she to put it on.

"What the fuck do you think? I'm going to find the old bat, wherever the fuck she went. Kagome needs help now. And if the lecher comes in, and lays a single finger on Kagome, I'll fucking kill him." Inuyasha spat out as a warming, before storming out into the village.


A few moments later, Inuyasha stormed up to Inuyasha and Kaede, who were treating a young woman and her husband's injuries that they had most likely received in the fields. Miroku absently looked back at a furious looking hanyou, whose eyes were every so often flashing red, but this was controlled.

"Inuyasha? What's going on?" Miroku asked, looking at the obviously pissed hanyou, who was looking flustered and out of breath.

"Damnit, monk, old woman, get back to the hut now. Kagome." He said angrily as the man and woman sat, blinking, and completely unaware of what the hanyou that they, as well as the rest of the village, had learned to trust and saw as their protector.

"Inuyasha, what on earth are ye talking of?" Kaede asked, sitting down a bowl of stew that the injured woman had fixed for her, Miroku and her husband.

"Damnit, Kaede, come on. There isn't any time to waist." He growled viciously, his eyes staying red for a few moments, but then they returned to their normal hanyou state. This was one time that Inuyasha was NOT to be messed with.

"Yes..of course.." Kaede said quietly, and bowed softly to the couple before following Inuyasha.

"Old woman, get on." Inuyasha ordered, crouching down so that Kaede would climb onto his back. The faster they got to Kagome, the better off she would be, he thought in his head. Miroku quickly thanked the couple, bowing softly, and apologizing for the scene that his hanyou friend had just caused, promising their return in the future before rushing off after Inuyasha.


Inuyasha dropped Kaede from his back softly after three touches to the ground of his feet, and rushed the woman into the hut, where Sango was finishing wrapping Kagome's chest, which was scratched and bruised, in bandages. Sango looked sorrowfully up at Kaede, whose eyes widened.

"Who did this to the child?" She asked, staring at Kagome, rushing over to start some herbs boiling.

"A bastard that's going to pay, that's who." Inuyasha growled, storming out of the room, passing Miroku on his clear path to the forest, and eventually his auto-pioleted path to the god tree.

"Inuyasha? What on earth was that interruption?" Miroku asked, almost stiffly, and Inuyasha only growled.

"You'll see when you get back to the hut. Monk, if I find out you layed even a single finger on Kagome while she's in this condition, I swear to the Gods, I will kill you. That is not a threat, monk." He said, collecting the scared look on Miroku's face as only a promice. "That is a promise. Lay off of Sango as well while she is taking care of kagome. Afterwards, I have no care what you do. Just let Kagome get whatever she needs." He growled loudly, storming off into the forest for rest, knowing that the others would take care of Kagome.


Inuyasha sat dormant in the tree late into the night, letting the anger rush out of his body. He knew he had feelings for Kagome, but had just now realized how strong they were. 'Damned bastard… hurt Kagome… I'll go to the future and kill the damned fucker, make him suffer…' Inuyasha thought angrily, moon which was low in the sky.

"FUCK!" He shouted, jumping down from the tree and racing off to the village. He was just now remembering what he had told Sango, and sighed to himself, jumping up into the night sky. Finally arriving at the hut with about an hour left until sunrise, Inuyasha moved the mat from the door to see Sango staring off into space.

"Sango." He whispered softly, smirking smugly at arriving in time. The girl snapped out of the blank stare, and looked up at Inuyasha, worry shone from her eyes.

"Come with me." She mouthed, standing up and leading the now dazed half demon out of the hut. Inuyasha stared at her helplessly before following, but had to jog slightly to catch the side of the demon slayer.

"You need to stay near her until she wakes up." She said, but stopped, then turned to Inuyasha. "She's been whispering your name and screaming all night. Why didn't you tell us where you were going!" She hissed out, glaring holes through the silver haired and dog eared man, whose eyes widened very noticably.

"I … I didn't know that she was going to need me..." Inuyasha growled. "I'm going in to see her. Even if she's not awake." Inuyasha growled, almost sprinting back to the hut. 'Damn that mother fucker to hell… when I get done with him he'll wish he never laid eyes on her face…' Inuyasha snarled silently, approaching the hut. Taking a quick seat by Kagome, he laid his hand down on her forehead, absentmindedly stroking her hair.

"Inuyasha." She whispered, her huge chocolate eyes stared up at him, and Inuyasha smiled.

"You ok?" He asked dumbly, and sighed at the answer of certain pain and worry in the look of Kagome's eyes.

"I…" Kagome sighed, wrapping her arms softly around his stomach. "No, I'm not." She whispered silently, as Inuyasha gave in and wrapped his arms around her as well, pulling the girl's small frame into his lap.

"It's ok Kagome..don't worry. I'm here." He whispered silently, stroking her hair softly, breathing down her neck which was causing Kagome shivers. She felt safe and warm in Inuyasha's arms, but most of all, she felt happy.


And that's all. Wow… that went by really fast Tell me what you think. I'm not in a very talkative mood, so I'll make this short and sweet. But, before I go, I must say, that the next chapter won't be so heavy… and… yeah. That's all.

Amanda

Kagome's Twin: I know, I know, I'm not a real big lemon lover. There's going to be another lemon in the story I promise . and I'll be more detailed about it. I'm being really secretive about the rapist… you'll figure it out soon enough. And… MUAHAHAHAHAHA! Trauma is fun. Thanks for reading! And other people aren't reading it because… I dunno.