Well! Here it is! The next chapter! Chapter 28 is here! I've only got about one or two more chapters left, but don't worry, I'm already working on many other different stories.

Al: She is. I can testify to that…she forced me to sit still while she read them all to me one night…

Jenny: Just be glad that you don't like in her head!

Al: Yeah, but I visited the other day…it's a lot smaller then the head I live in.

Pwale: Shut up you two! Heh, heh…just ignore them.

Sesshomarufangurl: Sorry about the cliffie. You won't like this one either…but I was being THREATENED! I had to update!

The Rest Of You, You Know Who You Are: Grr. You have only yourselves to blame. You try and control my muse and LOOK WHAT HAPPENS! Grr.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha and co. But! My little sister has an Inu plushy that I like to steal!

Naraku II

By Pwalefriend

Kagome and the new girl looked up to find Jenny standing in front of them. She couldn't see the other girls face but Kagome could see the way Jenny's hair was swirling slowly around her face as if under water, even though it seemed to crackle with lightning and thunder at the same time. Jenny was wearing a tight black and red tube-top over a black long-sleeved shirt, and baggy black cargo pants. She also had a narrow silver sword that gleamed like the surface of a lake in the dark light that infested the clearing where Naraku was attacking Kagome's little pack. As Kagome took all of this in Mario and Blake stepped up to stand beside Jenny, one on each side. They brandished their hands, and though normally that would actually seem cliché and more then a little bit stupid, especially with the glowing colored light's that Kagome could see around their hands, Kagome found it to actually be a comforting sight, one that gave her as much a feeling of protection as she could have concerning the situation.

"…Right, we're safe for the moment. Kagome?" The new girl beside her muttered, interrupting Kagome's musings.

"Y-Yes?" Kagome asked, tearing her gaze somewhat hesitantly from the silent staring contest between Naraku and the warriors that now stood between her, her son and the fiendish monster after their heads.

"What do you know about healing?" Al asked, popping out of nowhere as was her wont.

"Only what I've learned from taking care of Inuyasha…" Kagome said, though her throat constricted when she said the name of her hanyou.

"Oh…then this should be right up your alley!" Said Al.

Suddenly there was some scuttling heard from within the bushes directly behind the small group conversing in whispers. They all hushed and turned around. Shippo whimpered slightly and Kagome clutched him to her chest a little bit tighter.

"Dude!" KK exclaimed, breaking the silence as he burst through the bushes, carrying a large red something on his back. "This mongrel is HEAVY! If I-"

But he was interrupted by the sudden clash of steel on…something. Everyone whirled around again to see that Naraku had finally attacked Jenny, who had blocked him with her blade. Blake and Mario both through themselves to the sides but stayed facing Naraku so now they were opposite each other, with Naraku in between. Behind him Kagome saw a rather bored looking Sesshomaru rise above Naraku's head atop his dear two-headed dragon. Though, for some reason that Kagome couldn't understand, he had Tensaiga out instead of Tokijin.

"I still don't get that, Lea." KK said as he roughly dropped Inuyasha in front of Kagome. Kagome gasped and immediately started to assess his wound. The new girl, the girl with the glasses and the tattoo around her eyes, who we all now know to be Lea, looked up at her younger companion.

"What don't you get?" She asked.

"Why did you and Al tell Sesshomaru to use Tensaiga, the sword that does not kill, that does not maim, that does no good in a fair fight…rather then Tokijin, the sword that kills, the sword that maims, and yet also another sword that does no good in a fair fight." KK turned and glared a little bit at Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru didn't notice, he was too busy watching Naraku exchange meaningless insults as they whirled around in a dance of deadly blows. Every now and then, when the pair halted their overly aggressive waltz Mario or Blake would attempt to fire their sorcery at the devilish tyrant, but never with much success, seeing as how the boys weren't the best aims on the planet.

"You have an over developed sense of fairness, you know that right?" Lea said. KK just shrugged.

"Whatever, just go get Miroku." Al ordered KK. The younger Guardian stood upright and saluted her before going back into the bush in search of a way to rescue Miroku without drawing any attention to himself. Both Lea and Al watched him go with worried eyes.

Kagome and Shippo didn't notice any of this. Kagome's tears were what washed Inuyasha's wounds, the salt from the droplets gave him no pain though, since he was unconscious. Shippo was cradling his head in his own tiny little lap, the little kit's own weeping resounded in the hanyou's ears, but Inuyasha heard none of it. Inuyasha was asleep…asleep forever it seemed. He saw nothing, he heard nothing, he smelt nothing, he felt nothing, and he sensed nothing. Nothing…just like Kanna.

"Don't you dare give up Inuyasha." Kagome said in a steady voice, despite her upset. "Don't you dare leave me now my love."

"C'mon Papa-Inu…" Shippo muttered softly. "You've gotten worse then this! Come on! Remember that time when Sesshomaru ripped a hole in your stomach? That was a whole lot worse then this! Come on…"

"Just open your eyes Inuyasha." Kagome whimpered now. "Just open your eyes…"

But Inuyasha didn't open his eyes.

In The Place Where You Go When You Sleep A Dreamless Sleep...

Inuyasha looked around himself; it was dark and empty, yet warm and full at the same time. Suddenly he heard a rustling, like the rustling of silk.

"Hello!" He shouted. "Who's there?"

"Inuyasha…" Came a familier voice.

"Who are you!"

"Inuyasha…"

"Show yourself!" Inuyasha was beginning to get a little bit nervous. Where was Kagome? Where was Shippo? Where was Naraku?

"Inuyasha…"

"Where. Are. You?" Inuyasha hissed. He reached for Tetsusaiga, but he found that it wasn't there. "What the-" Looking down at himself Inuyasha noticed that he was wearing a robe that was trimmed with blue silk and was darker then the dark side of the moon, yet softer then the hide of a seal.

"Inuyasha…be not afraid. No one will harm you here." Said a voice from behind him. Inuyasha turned around and saw a little women behind him. She looked to be in her middle ages, and she was wearing one of those white uniforms that Inuyasha had seen Kagome's mother don once and a while Remember, in this story Mrs. Higurashi is a nurse. The woman was dark, her skin the same color as bark of a tree, or the chocolate that Kagome brought back from her time for Shippo on occasion. Anybody recognize her? I'll give you a hint, she's not from any Anime, and your parents probably saw this show at least once.

"Who are you?" Inuyasha asked her, growling.

"I'm here to help you." She said. Inuyasha's eyes narrowed a little bit.

"Help me with what?" He asked.

"Help you choose." She said. Inuyasha opened his mouth to say something, but then he shut it again. He looked around himself once more.

"I'm dead, aren't I?" He asked.

"Not quite."

"What am I supposed to choose?" He asked. The woman smiled at him.

"I can't answer that question." She told him.

"Feh. Then what good are you?" He asked her. She just smiled.

"There are people who love you, Inuyasha. Don't go over just yet. It's not your time." She said.

Inuyasha stopped. His normal cocky and arrogant attitude dropped and he was struck with a flash of memory…a voice from long ago in his past resounded in his head.

"There was a woman there, and she told me it wasn't my time yet…and I knew that I was dying." Said the voice from the past.

"I'm dying…" Said Inuyasha.

See what happens when you rush me! You get an even WORSE cliff hanger! I'm sorry for the short chapter…but I was sort of getting DEATH THREATS today, so I had to update. I'll try and update soon.