By the next morning the events of yesterday were still fresh in Kagome's mind but she found she still wanted nothing more than to see Inuyasha again. But, Inuyasha still didn't come back to camp that morning so she went to look for him around 4:30. Although she wanted to see him, she was still afraid that he would lose control again, so she was ready to say 'sit' at any minute. She felt as though she had been walking for hours when she finally heard Inuyasha's voice and running water. "Damn," he cursed "I still can't get this blood out!" he said while franticly scrubbing at his kimono bottoms in the river. She stopped behind a tree nearby to watch him knowing he could only smell her blood on his clothes. "Oh Kagome," he sighed falling back to sit; "can you ever forgive me for what I've done?" She sighed quietly behind the tree but quickly clapped her hands to her mouth as she saw his ears twitch. But, he didn't move, he must not have noticed. He did, however, get up and begin to dress in his now dried clothes. He began walking towards her but walked right past her without even a second glance. He appeared too depressed to even notice her. And could it be? Was he crying! Inuyasha, her hard shelled Inuyasha crying!
Just then he smelled a familiar scent "Kagura," he growled gripping his Tesusaiga just as Kagura dropped from the sky. "Well, well what have we here?" she said mockingly. "Shut it Kagura! I'm really not in the mood." "Awww what's wrong little doggy having a bad day?" "I said shut up!" He yelled, lunging at Kagura while drawing his sword. Kagura dodged his attack easily. "You'll have to do better than that!" she said before yelling "DANCE OF BLADES!" and catching Inuyasha way off guard and hitting him directly in the stomach. Inuyasha gasped for breath as he fell lifelessly to the ground while Kagura flew off into the sky. It would be nearly an hour before Kagome would find him lying in a pool of his own blood, barely alive.
"Inuyasha!" she screamed finally coming across his semi-lifeless form.
She ran to his side and collapsed to her knees next to him. "If only he'd had his fire rat coat it might not be this bad" she said ripping off his under kimono to inspect the wounds. It was at this point she thanked the gods that she had brought her first aid kit along. She got out her antiseptic spray and began to disinfect his many wounds. Inuyasha winced involuntarily many times during this slow process. After she had finished cleaning his wounds she began to wrap him in a bandage. She found herself resisting the urge to just ravage him and this instilled within her a sense of self hatred. How could she even think about such a thing? She didn't know, so she quickly pushed these thoughts out of her head and concentrated on getting him to safety. But how could she move him without hurting him more? "Oh Inuyasha" she said trying to hide the insane amount of worry boiling just below the surface, just in case he could still hear her. She desperately tried to scoop him up in her arms as gently as possible. He was surprisingly lighter than she thought he would be but still not a pleasure to carry, and she could only carry him a few yards. Fortunately, there was a huge tree nearby that she sat him under.
"Uhh" he moaned a blurry vision of kagome swimming into view. He tried to sit up but was gently laid back down by kagome with the words, "Don't even try Inuyasha, your still too badly wounded. "Feh" was all he managed to say. He then felt a slight draft and realized he was completely naked and in between two blankets. "Kagome what happened? And why am I naked?" "Well you…uh…were hurt pretty bad and I uh…." She trailed off. "Never mind." He sighed "Where are my clothes at least?" "Well they were all torn up and bloody so I took them off and washed and repaired tem for you." She said blushing. "Ah." Was all he managed to say before he smelled Miroku and Sango approaching. "Hey Kagome!" he heard Sango shout "Is Inuyasha up yet?" "Yeah he's up and he really wants to get going."