She hadn't realized it was that bad. Where his ribs were on the left side there was a big deep purple bruise, there was a deep gash across his stomach, which had to be the source of all the blood, and various other cuts and bruises were spread all over.

Kagome took a towel, soaked it in the water, and began whiping all the blood from him.

Inuyasha winced.

"Mph-"

"Oh! Sorry..!" Inuyasha sat still. "Your still bleeding.. I guess all we can do is wrap you up for now."

Kagome took the wraps and began wrapping it around the gash in his stomach.

Then she put band-aids on his other ones.

"Is um...anything else hurting?"

"Hrm." He looked away. He wasn't about to admit he was in any pain! Then he saw the sweet and dedicated look on her face... and his heart went soft.

"My arm hurts...er...just alittle."

He saw she was looking at him so deeply, and he blushed.

"I uh, think my wrist is sprung, or somethin', nothin' big Kagome."

He told her wide-eyed.

She wrapped up his wrist too.

"There!" She said happily.

"Uh...Thanks.. That feels alot better." He replied to her.

She washed her hands out in the springs as Inuyasha put his undershirt back on.

"Oh! Your noodles are ready." She called to him.

She brought him his bowl of noodles, and ogether they ate.

Soon they were finished.

"Ready ta go Kagome?" Inuyasha asked, standing up

"What?" she stared blankly at him.

"Huh?"

"You just asked for my opinion!"

"Yah?"

"ou never do that!" Inuyasha growled.

"Well, I did this time all right!" He snapped.

Seeing the hurt look on her face he turned away.

They began walking back home. Inuyasha leading the way.

THey walked on for just a few more minutes and then the sun began to set.

Inuyasha broke the silence.

"It looks like we're not gonna get back tonight."

'Like I had wanted.' he thought irritably.

'Yes! One more day I get to be alone with you, Inuyasha!'

Kagome thought happily.

"Let's set up camp then." Inuyasha watched her unpack her things from her giant yellow bag.

"Why do you carry so much stuff around with you?" He asked.

Kagome stopped for a a moment.

"After all, it'll only way you down in the long-run."

"It's hard to explain it, it's just so hard to leave it all."

Inuyasha raised an eyebrow.

"Some of it reminds me of my home, and it keeps me from getting home-sick at times." She pulled out a little box. "See, like this-"

Inuyasha looked at the pictures inside it.

There were some of Kagome and her firends...family.

He sat down with it and Kagome began telling him stories about them, until it was to dark to see anymore.

"So...Do you have any stories, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked, trying to break the quiet of the night. It was too quiet, and almost scary. It would have been had Inuyasha not been there.

"Eh- Me?" He stuttered. She just stared at him with her big brown eyes smilling.

He thought for a moment.

"When I was little...my mother told me a story about my demon family...she told me that my father lived in a big castle, and theat thee were many other demons there, just like me, and I had an uncle and cousins..

And at that time, before I was born, mother was a princess. She says that one day she went walking into the woods but accidentally went so far that she could not find her way back-"

:FLASHBACK:

(Inuyasha's mothers voice is now talking)

my way back home.

And then some evil men came, and I ran from them.

I ran as fast as I could to get away when I saw this man standing before me-

and I thought to myself- this can be no man! Foe he was to beautiful to be any man, he had golden eyes, and two white tails, I tripped and fell to the ground at his feet, and then the evil men caught up with me."

I thought it was surely the end! And do you know what happened then, Inuyasha?"

His mother asked.

"No." He answered shaking his head, looking at her wide-eyed.

"He saved me! He taught those men a real good lesson."

"Yaaay!" He said laughing.

"That's how I met your daddy."

"Is he strong?"

"Oh yes, Inuyasha! Very strong!" Inuyasha grinned, showing his pointed fangs.

"When I grow up- i'm gonna be strong like him. Could he do this?" and Inuyasha pulled a piece of firewoods out of the burn-pile that was his entire body's lengthand held it up, struggling.

"Oh! Be carful little one!" She called. She picked the piece of wood up and out of his hands.

"Yes, Inuyasha, I believe he could." She laughed. Now you need to be good and go to bed."

"Kay!" He replied happily.

END OF FLASHBACK