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Chapter 9-Inuyasha's Turn Of Choice

The snow fell from the sky harder now. Kagome's leg were freezing from the snow that now covered them. But even now she didn't move. She didn't care. The fact of Inuyasha now being with Naraku didn't want to settle in her mind. She didn't want to believe it. But she knew he was. He had told her he was.

She wiped away more tears that had fallen and looked up at the night sky. She knew she should have gotten up by now. But she just couldn't. She still loved him. After everything she had just heard she still loved him. Once again she wiped away some tears. She tried to stand up but he body refused to. She groaned as she could now feel how ice cold her legs were. If she were to stay in the snow any longer she would be sick for who knows how long. She was already getting a pretty bad cold, which would soon turn into a fever.

"Inuyasha," she said once more before she had finally forced her legs to stand up. "I want you to come back. I need you Inuyasha. Why did you have to leave?" she asked not expecting to get an answer at all. But she did, and she didn't think it would have been from Inuyasha himself.

"Because I thought you were dead," he said as he jumped down from a tee surprising Kagome.

At first when she had seen Inuyasha she got happy. But then that soon turned into anger.

"You thought I was dead?" she questioned looking at him closely.

"The night you supposedly saw me go down to hell with Kikyo I saw you die! That's why I wasn't there that night. That's how Naraku deceived us both."

"But I still don't understand what that has to do with you joining Naraku!" Kagome cried out causing more tears to flow in her eyes.

"At first I thought Naraku was the one who had killed you. But when I met up with him that night he told me it was another demon. A demon more powerful then Naraku himself. At first I didn't believe him. But Naraku always has another trick up his sleeve. He led me to this cavern and I had actually seen a demon more powerful then Naraku. Of course if it was more powerful then Naraku I would have been able to defeat it on my own. That's when he told me that if I join with him I can get my revenge. At first I was hesitant. But after a while I finally joined him. And when I didn't this, I became more strong. More vulnerable."

At that moment when Inuyasha was talking Kagome finally knew what he meant when he said he was stronger. But why she hadn't sensed it before was beyond her. There in Inuyasha's neck lied two fragments of the shard. Then one in each of his arms. Kagome couldn't believe it. He had let Naraku place shards in his body. This was what must have been keeping Inuyasha staying with Naraku. Maybe he was under some kind of control because of the shards. Either way Kagome wanted to find out, but at the same time she was freezing and she felt her body growing more week every second.

"Inuyasha…why? Why did you let Naraku do this to you?" Kagome asked with the little but of energy she had left.

Inuyasha, being able to sense the sudden change in her body, ran over to her and looked carefully at her. He gently touched her cheek only to have her flinch in fear.

"Your freezing!" he said as he pulled off his haori.

At first Kagome wanted to hesitate in taking it. But she really was ice cold and she could feel herself only getting much colder. She took it and quickly put it on.

"Is this going to be an excuse for coming back and seeing me?" she asked.

Inuyasha shrugged and smiled slightly.

"Maybe. But right now I just don't want to see you get sick. Now go back to Kaede's hut were you wont get hurt." he said softly.

Kagome only shook her head.

"Why did you let Naraku give you those shards? Why did you let him put them into your body?" she asked as she once again started to cry.

"That doesn't matter!" Inuyasha said.

"Yes it does! You would have never of let him do that before. You wouldn't have let anyone do that ever to you before! So why now? Why him?"

"Because I tried to fight that damned demon!" Inuyasha shot back right after Kagome had finished her sentence. "I almost died, Naraku gave me the shards in order to live. That's the other reason why I joined him. I cant leave him. My life is bound to his. If I try to live, I'll die. How…I don't know yet."

Kagome knew that Inuyasha's life was bound to Naraku some how. Inuyasha wasn't that dumb to just join Naraku if he had a choice.

"I understand if you hate me Kagome. But I honestly didn't think you were alive!" Inuyasha said.

"Inuyasha…I don't hate you!" Kagome shouted. Right about now her body just wanted to give out on her. She was human, and her sitting in the snow this whole time didn't do any good to her body. It only made it much worse then it probably has ever been. She coughed twice and looked up at Inuyasha.

"I really don't hate you at all Inuyasha. I'm only confused! I don't understand anymore!" Kagome cried out.

Inuyasha went to go say something but Kagome had broken out into rasp coughing and wouldn't stop. Even her breathing became very bad. Then before Inuyasha even knew it Kagome had passed out and landed in the snow.

"Kagome!" he shouted. He quickly bent down and picked her up. If he brought her back to Kaede's everyone would think he had done this to her. And he couldn't take her back with him to Naraku. This would only make Naraku furious. He hadn't known that Kagome was back and Inuyasha was leaving to go and see her. And he didn't need to know this either.

The only other place he could take her was back at Kaede's. But he didn't feel like explaining why he had been with her, and hadn't made her go back at first. He sighed as he jumped into the tree he had been standing in before. He kicked the snow off the tree branch and laid down. He wrapped his arms around Kagome and leaned back against the tree branch. Kagome had still been wearing his haori, and now his body heat was being added to this. So she should have at least been some what warm.

Inuyasha looked down at her and breather in her scent. He missed her so much. He had honestly thought she was dead. He could have sworn that was Kagome he had seen die. But only today not to long ago he had found out he was wrong. And once again was tricked by Naraku. He let out a small growl when thinking of Naraku. He would kill that bastard no matter what it meant. Even if it meant taking his own life in the process so be it. He didn't care. Naraku had already once deceived him with Kikyo, and then he had done it with Kagome. He wasn't going to get away with it once more now that Kagome was back.

"I promise Kagome, I will be back with you one day." Inuyasha said as he closed his eyes to rest.

His only reply to this was Kagome's rasp and horrible coughing. It was amazing how fast she had come over a cold. And Inuyasha could sense it only getting worse. He wanted to bring her back to Kaede's so bad. But he also wanted to be able to just sit there in tree with her in his arms for the rest of the night. He didn't want to let her go. Who knows when the last time he would be able to hold her like this would be. Specially being that Naraku would be coming and looking for him pretty soon if he were to stay out all night.

He was only moments from falling asleep when Kagome started coughing once more. Only this time her coughing didn't come to a stop. It just kept coming and Inuyasha was growing more worried at the moment. He jumped down from the tree and held Kagome close to his body. She couldn't stay out in this cold. Something weird was happening to her body. He didn't know what, he could only sense her cold now turning into a deep fever. And it was happening so fast. It wasn't normal at all, and Inuyasha-being a half demon and all- knew this pretty well.

And it wasn't only her cold turning into a fever, but something else. Something inside her body was changing. It was taking a different direction to something. Inuyasha could quit catch onto what it was. Only something was going to be different about her.

Frantically he started to run towards Kaede's village. It hadn't taken him to long to get there being that he was so worried about Kagome. He barged right into Kaede's village only to see everyone standing up and now staring at him with a worried look. Sango was the first one to speak.

"What did you do to her?" she questioned harshly as she ran up to the hanyou not really thinking if he would have attacked her or not.

"I didn't do anything to her dammit!" Inuyasha barked. "she stayed out in the cold to long and now she's come over a fever!"

"Lay ye on the floor," The old priestess said.

Inuyasha obeyed and when he had laid her on the floor he left right away. He didn't bother to see if she was going to be okay. He didn't even bother to take back his haori. He knew that if he didn't return to Naraku soon that he would come looking for him. And the last thing he needed now was for Naraku to find out about Kagome being back.

Kagome being back was a threat to Naraku. As long as Kagome was alive, Inuyasha had a reason to leave Naraku's side. As long as Kagome was alive, Naraku was just a powerless as the next demon who stepped in front of Inuyasha and Kagome. Sure Naraku had most of the fragments. The only pieces he didn't have were those that Kagome had. Sure it was only five or so pieces. But that was enough for the young miko defeat Naraku if Inuyasha were to help. And this Inuyasha planned on doing.

He didn't want to be with Naraku anymore. It was horrible. He had to kill for no reason or he would die. And before Kagome had come Inuyasha had honestly thought about dying. But then for some odd reason the thought of Kagome would always come back to his mind. Her smell, her face. Everything. Even though he had thought she was dead, she had still kept him from dying. As she had always done.

"Kagome, I wont leave you alone again." Inuyasha said as he ran through the trees.

"is she going to be okay?" Sango asked as Kaede placed yet another blanket over Kagome.

"Ye has come over a very bad cold. It is turning into a really bad fever. What will happen after that is up to Kagome's body." Kaede told Sango.

As the next day grew near so did Inuyasha. He was sitting in a tree making sure Kagome was okay. As he jumped down from the tree he heard someone step up behind him. Sango. It was her. He knew her scent anywhere from all the attacks he had encountered with her ever since he went with Naraku.

"I'm not here to fight." he said firmly.

"Good. Cause neither am I." Sango admitted as she walked around Inuyasha and stood in front of him.

Inuyasha glared down at her. All he wanted to do was see Kagome. Not have to deal with the annoyance of the demon slayer.

"Then why are you not letting me past?" he asked angrily.

"Because she isn't ready to see you. She isn't even awake Inuyasha. Just let her be for a few. Seeing you after all this time has made her become even more ill then she already was." Sango said coldly.

Inuyasha only narrowed his eyes at her. He wanted to see Kagome. No scratch that, he needed to see Kagome. He couldn't just stop seeing her now. She was here. She was in his time. She was near him. She wasn't dead like he had thought she was. She was alive. But not in the best of positions. And he wasn't going to let her actually die on him this time. She wasn't going to leave his life. He wouldn't let her.

But he also wouldn't be able to get by if the annoying slayer didn't get out if his way. He looked down at her and let his facial expression soften.

"Damn Sango! Just let me through!" he demanded and pushed by her.

Sango had so badly wanted to try and stop him. But at the same time, she didn't. She knew that deep down he still loved Kagome. He still loved her more then anything. She sighed as she walked behind the hanyou. Despite the fact of his sheer cold act towards Sango she knew that he wouldn't hurt her. Nor anyone else as long as Kagome was here. For if he did he knew Kagome wouldn't talk to him anymore. And Inuyasha did not want that to happen.

He entered that hut only to see eyes staring at him. He glared at everyone before dropping down by Kagome's side. He placed a hand on her head and couldn't help but frown. She had a fever. And a really bad one. About every few seconds she coughed, and then would just cough once more.

"Why didn't any of you come to actually get her last night?" Inuyasha snapped angrily as he stood to his feet and looked at each person. "You knew it was snowing, and how cold it was! So why didn't you go and look for her?" he asked once more.

Everyone looked down at Kagome. No one knowing exactly what to say. Inuyasha was right. Completely right. It was cold, snowing, and they had left Kagome outside with nothing but a very light jacket. That had, obviously, not done much for her. And now they had all felt bad. Terribly bad. But still neither person knew what to say.

She was still wearing his haori, and if Inuyasha couldn't be mistaken he was sure she was…smiling. But why would she be smiling? Either way Inuyasha didn't care, he only wished for Kagome to get better. And tonight, tonight was the very night he had to make a choice. A choice weather he would stay with Naraku and still fight against his friends, or if he would leave Naraku and once again join with the old group. But doing this meant that he would only be putting Kagome into more danger then she would have already been once Naraku had found out about her being back in the feudal era.

"Kagome," he whispered softly as he ran a finger over her cheek.

Her only reply to this was a small cough and then she turned over onto her side. Inuyasha went to go and just sit next to her when he sensed Naraku.

Sorry if this chapter sucked, im not feeling to good though and it only took me 15 minutes or so to type,and im tired and still have homework. So please people r/r it is very much appreciated! thanks to all my readers and REVIEWERS!