Chapter 16

With Inuyasha and Shippou:

"Shippou I was worried you might have gotten lost. This city is big and you don't know the dangers here" Inuyasha sat next to Shippou.

"What's the matter with Kagome? She was fine before she went to sleep and when she woke up she was total different person" Shippou asked and then he sniffled.

"I don't know exactly. Let's go find out she looked sort of guilty when you left like that but there was still anger in her" Inuyasha implied.

"Okay let's go back inside" With that Shippou stood up and whipped the tears from his face.

Once they entered through the window, the bed was empty. Kagome was gone and Inuyasha was stunned. His heart began to beat faster knowing something happened to her. Shippou's eyes went wide and he jumped off of Inuyasha's shoulder. The first place Shippou checked, was under the bed but Kagome wasn't there. Inuyasha looked over the bed to the other side to see if she rolled off the bed but she wasn't there. It was pretty clear to him that she wasn't in the damn room but he let Shippou look for her in the room. Even though there wasn't that much to look in. Inuyasha grunted and walked out of the room without warning. The Kitsune stopped what he was doing and followed the hanyou down the hall. Inuyasha was heading for the same direction Kagome was traveling. He was following her scent but it was fading away. The cleaners and flowers was over powering the scent but he wasn't going to give up yet. And then the familiar scent entered his nostrils. The smell was blood, human blood, her blood, and it was near from where he was standing.

A blank expression was on the hanyou's face and Shippou was puzzled until he caught the scent as well. The kitsune may not have the keen sense of smell but he was still able to smell blood from some distances. Inuyasha was at the end of the hall and the only way to go was backwards, left, right, or go into the elevator. The scent of her blood was coming from the right and where that led was the stairway. He walked over to the door and opened it. He was becoming restless and so he jumped down the first set of stairs to meet the next facing the other way on the left. He turned and there was Kagome at the end of it, unconscious, bleeding, bruises that where caused by hitting the metal stairs. Shippou turned and saw Kagome just laying there helpless, weak, sick, and hurt. His expression was fear and he jumped to her, landing next to her and trying to wake her up. Inuyasha jumped down as well and landed next to the girl who he had fallen in love with. He shook her lightly but no sign of her waking up was there. She wouldn't wake up or could it be she couldn't wake up.

"KAGOME!" Tears from the hanyou fell from his eyes to her face.

He picked her up bridle style and held her tight. More like a squeeze. Tears quickly formed in the kitsune's eyes and they fell down to the ground. Inuyasha turned and headed back up the stairs so she can be helped. Shippou followed.

"Inuyasha why is this happening?" Shippou asked.

"I don't know!" Inuyasha murmured.

"Damn" a whisper came out from behind Shippou.

Shippou turned around but nothing was there. Inuyasha jumped up to the door because walking up the stairs was taking too long. Inuyasha stopped to notice Shippou looking down the stairs puzzled and confused.

"Come on Shippou we need to get Kagome some medical help. Stop standing around and day dreaming" Inuyasha ordered and he opened to door.

Kagome's doctor was just at the main desk and saw Kagome in Inuyasha's arms. He ran to them and he noticed the new cut and bruises on her body.

"How the hell did this happen?" Doctor Tojinmi asked.

"I don't know. She must have wondered off on her own and fell down the damn stairs. So can you please shut up and help her?" Inuyasha was becoming really nasty.

"Inuyasha calm down. Kagome needs you to be calm and stable" Shippou explained.

"Feh! This is taking too long. How come she is still feeling sick? I thought you were doctors" Inuyasha really grouchy.

"I know you are upset but you must be patient. Help me get her back to the room so I can tend to the cut" Doctor Tojinmi replied and then they began to walk back to her room.

"Damn it all" Inuyasha thought. "Something isn't right I just know it. Someone or something is after Kagome and it's driving me insane. Is it Naraku? No it can't be he can't pass through the well. Argh this is getting so frustrating. I can't take it anymore!" Inuyasha was in deep thought.

They got to the room and Inuyasha set down Kagome gently on her bed. The nurse came in and cleaned up the cut and bandaged it. The doctor injected drugs into her arm since she couldn't take them when she wasn't awake.

"Hey Inuyasha" Shippou said.

"Yeah what is it?" Inuyasha turned his attention to the kitsune.

"Back in at the stairs, I swore I heard someone say damn from behind me" Shippou was shaking.

"You were probably just imagining things" Inuyasha simply said.

"No" Shippou disagreed.

"Huh?" Inuyasha answered.

"I heard someone say damn. I felt another presence and then it disappeared when you began ordering me around" Shippou explained.

"Damn it Shippou. What are you trying to say?" Inuyasha becoming impatient like always.

"Maybe someone is toying with us. Trying to tare us apart. Maybe it's Naraku" Shippou insisted.

"I think Naraku is doing this too but he can't cross through the well that's the only problem" Inuyasha made a fist.

"Inu...yasha?" Kagome fluttered her eyes open.

"Kagome" a smile formed and his fist deformed.

"I'm sorry I yelled before. I had a dream that seemed so real and I was left to think this was a dream. I didn't mean what I said before and I went to go find you guys but I got dizzy and passed out" Kagome apologized.

"Hey Kagome!" Shippou jumped up onto the bed.

"I'm sorry Shippou" Kagome apologized again.

"It's okay Kagome. I understand" Shippou lied.

Kagome smiled and noticed she has a really big headache.

"Ow! How come I have a really big headache? Did I fall on my head or something?" Kagome asked while she put her hand on top of her head.

"You fell down the stairs when you collapsed" Inuyasha informed her.

"Ow and now I'm feeling all the pain. Great how come I'm getting all this pain? Am I jinxed or something?" Kagome sort of laughed at herself.

"Yeah you probably are" Inuyasha smiled.

"How lucky am I? Ha ha ha...hey Inuyasha you want to become human now?" Kagome asked.

"No...not yet" Inuyasha quickly said.

"Huh? Why not? I thought before you couldn't wait to become a mortal" Kagome puzzled.

"I'm getting Miroku, Sango, Kohaku, and Kilala in this world too. They don't deserve anymore pain either and now Naraku can bring more unhappiness to them as well. And Miroku can seal the well too because your grandfather sacred scrolls don't anything" Inuyasha explained.

"This is going to be great. The gang is going to be together till the end!" Shippou jumped up and down.

"Yep Shippou" Kagome laughed.

"I know for a fact Naraku is doing this and if we can seal the well, he can't get to you or any of us. I just hope he didn't get to the others yet" Inuyasha full of determination.

At Naraku's New Lair:

"I did what you told me lord Naraku" a mysterious demon replied.

"Good. Is that cursed wench dead?" Naraku asked.

"Well no not exactly but the next time she will be" the mysterious demon said.

"You are worthless. One more chance Kajinoubo" Naraku said.

"Yes my lord" Kajinoubo answered and disappeared.

"Guess that sickness didn't kill her and that fall didn't either. She is a very stubborn wench" Naraku turned back into the shadows to continue consuming demons to form his body again.

To be continued...