Inuyasha: Mister Niceguy!

A/N: Whoa, sweet...3 reviews on the first chapter already. Merry Christmas, indeed.

I think I'm gonna respond to them individually, cause I feel like it. This doesn't mean I'll always do it, just when I feel like it.

bluecleo – you asked me to review a story of yours...but, I need to know where the story is to review it, ;; Thanks for the kind words!

Priestess kurumi inu's sister - ! I'm hurrying, I'm hurrying! Unfortunately, I can't guarantee that I'll always update so soon between chapters.

sprinkles73 – also thanks for the kind words!

And now...let's see if I can remember to put the disclaimer in this time...

Disclaimer: I still don't own Inuyasha or anything. I don't own these pants I'm wearing right now either...which is most disturbing.

Chapter 2:

With Kagome losing her grip on the situation, Miroku and Sango knew that they had to get Inuyasha away from the poison mist and to Kaede's hut where he could get some medical aid.

"I'll try to suck out the mist with my Wind Tunnel!" Miroku stated as began loosening the rosary beads around his cursed hand.

"Wait! We don't know what kind of effect it'll have on you if you suck up the mist, Houshi-sama! Try to just move it away from Inuyasha without getting any into your Wind Tunnel!" Sango quickly shouted after hearing Miroku's plan.

Ignoring his opportunity to make light of the youkai exterminator's concern for him, Miroku merely nodded in compliance and began dashing off to a suitable distance from which to pull the poison mist.

"WIND TUNNEL!" he shouted as he unveiled the black hole. Following Sango's instructions, he used the pull of the Wind Tunnel to draw the mist away, then quickly replaced the rosary beads around his wrist to disengage it before the mist was drawn in, leaving it to disperse meters away from Inuyasha.

Meanwhile, Sango was taking care of things back where the rest of the group was. "Kirara! Transform! We need to get Inuyasha back to Kaede's place quickly!"

The two-tailed youkai quickly complied, changing back into her large and menacing form that she had held only moments ago during the battle.

Sango had watched Kirara, then satisfied with her familiar's transformation, she turned her gaze back towards Inuyasha and Kagome.

"Kagome-chan, help me get Inuyasha onto Kirara's back!" she told the crying miko.

Kagome had wanted to comply, but found that she was too upset to do so. 'Dammit, I need to stop crying! I need to pull myself together! I'm not doing Inuyasha any good by just sitting here helplessly and crying my guts out! But..he's so badly injured...I can't stand seeing him this way...' These thoughts flooded Kagome's mind as she struggled to regain her composure so she could help Inuyasha.

Whereas Kagome was having trouble getting her act together, Sango was already in control of her emotions, and knew that they didn't have time to wait for Kagome. Taking control of the situation even more, she gently pried Kagome from her position kneeling over Inuyasha. As she was setting Kagome back down, she noticed that Shippo had been standing next to Kagome the whole time, worried both over Inuyasha's condition and the anguished Kagome's. The demon exterminator shot a glance at the fox youkai wordlessly informing him that he needed to try to comfort Kagome while she took care of getting Inuyasha ready for travel. Upon noticing the look, Shippo jumped into Kagome's arms and did his best to calm her down.

With Kagome set aside, Sango turned back to Inuyasha. With even more care than she had exhibited in moving Kagome, she effortlessly scooped up the half demon and placed him on Kirara's back. By this time, Kagome had calmed down enough to get to her feet, and was walking towards Sango and Kirara. Tears were gushing from her eyes, but she was determined that she had to stay with Inuyasha.

Sango was just about to tell Kirara to go when she heard Kagome approaching. "Kagome-chan..."

Kagome held back her tears long enough to firmly state, "I'm going with him."

Sango's focused look softened a bit, and she nodded, a look of concern for Kagome on her face. She briefly hugged the girl, then picked her up and placed her on Kirara's back, behind Inuyasha.

Once situated, Kagome's lost her composure again, and resumed crying over Inuyasha's crumpled form.

Sango once again silently addressed Shippo, who was perched on Kagome's shoulder, letting him know that if Kagome was still this distraught when they arrived, he'd have to be the one to fill Kaede in on what had happened. Once again displaying a rare amount of maturity, the fox demon nodded with a determined look in his eyes, and Sango turned back to face Kirara.

"Hurry, Kirara! Get them to Kaede's fast, but be careful with Inuyasha's wounds!" Kirara growled in acknowledgment, and wasted no time taking to the air. The flying form of Kirara carrying her friends quickly faded from Sango's view.

Sango turned around to get Miroku, and jumped in surprise to find him right in front of her, handing her discarded Hiraikotsu to her.

"We should hurry," was all the monk said, and began walking. Recovering from both the shock of Miroku's unexpected presence, and his lack of perverted comments or actions given their situation (being alone and all), Sango tightened her grip on her giant boomerang and nodded, then quickly moved to catch up to the monk.

A/N: Okay, I think I'll stop there for now. Didn't move the plot along as much as I was planning, but I'm satisfied with what I have. Thanks to everyone who's being nice and reading this!