Disclaimer: Thanks for all the reviews! And don't worry I wasn't going to kill anyone. I just wanted to see how you guys reacted. Sorry if I worried. No matter how many reviews I would get I would never let any of the gang die. Ekiru is a different story though….. And sorry I haven't updated in three long days. I had a friend staying over and I wasn't going to force her to wait for me to update!

Stay With Me

Shippou twitched his foot and heard a small giggle. He sighed, flipping himself over on his stomach. He felt something warm touch his cheek. He slid his eye lids open half way. At the sight of Kagome's soft features his eyes went all the way wide. He smiled wide with happiness.

"Kagome!" he said jumping up, but only to fall back down on the sudden pain that went through his whole back.

"No keep down, your going to worsen your injuries." Kagome said, smiling.

"Your back. I thought you left us." Shippou said yawning.

"I would never leave you." Kagome said. She sat her self on the bed, the little kitsune crawling up her back to her shoulder. He nuzzled his cheek against hers. She giggled, taking the kit into her arms. "You feel better." Shippou looked up at her, and his smile faded. His eyes turned cold and he sat down on her lap.

"…" Kagome looked downcast. She said the wrong thing. "Where were you?" Shippou suddenly shouted out. Kagome hugged the small fox.

"This is all my fault. I'll never leave you guys alone again." Kagome said, a small tear growing in her eye.

"It's not your fault. We can just say it's all Inuyasha's!" Shippou said, his cute smile returning. They both giggled.

"You want to go visit the others with me?" Kagome said, not wanting to leave him alone again.

"Sure!" Shippou said happily. She wrapped her arms around him carefully and walked outside to visit Sango and Miroku.

"How are you guys doing?" Kagome said, stepping into her friends' hut. Sango and Miroku looked up from sitting on the edge of their bed. Sango smiled.

"Fine." Kagome looked all over Sango. Almost her whole body was wrapped up. She walked over, setting the kit on the bed and wrapped her arms around Sango's neck.

"I'm so sorry!" she said. She felt this was all her fault for having to go back to her time.

"Don't blame yourself Kagome. This is not your fault at all." Miroku replied for both him and Sango.

"Yeah! How could you say that?" Sango said, pulling back from Kagome's grip. Kagome didn't know how to reply. She sat down on the bed, feeling something underneath.

"KAGOME!" Shippou yelled, pulling his tail from underneath Kagome's butt.

"Sorry Shippou! See. Everything's my fault." She said looking down to the ground.

"Actually that was pretty funny." Miroku said, trying to make Kagome feel better. Shippou glared at him while he stroked his sore tail.

"Shut up!" Shippou said. Miroku ignored him, laying back down on the bed and yawned deeply. "Like I said before, we can just blame everything on Inuyasha. That always makes me feel better!" Shippou said, changing the subject from his tail to blaming Inuyasha. They all laughed until Inuyasha walked in.

"What did you say you runt!" Inuyasha said, his eye twitching in anger.

Curse Inuyasha's hanyou senses. Shippou jumped behind Kagome in defense.

"Relax Inuyasha. We were just kidding." Sango said. Inuyasha growled but forgot about it.

"How are you guys doing?" he said surprisingly nice.

"Fine. Thanks." Miroku replied, yawning again. He scratched his stomach before resting him arms on his chest. Inuyasha yawned deeply and it started to get late. "Me and Inuyasha are going to sleep in the hut right next to this one. If you need something just…….scream." Kagome joked.

"Oh you and Inuyasha?" Miroku smirked.

"Shut up monk! I'm just there as a doll as she kicks me around in her dream." Inuyasha stated.

"Good night guys." Kagome said, ignoring the monks perverted thoughts. She gave them one last hug and walked out of the hut with the hanyou behind her. They got inside their own hut. Kagome quickly jumped on her bed, wrapping up in the blankets to shield out the cold. She sighed of contempt and closed her eyes.

Wench. Inuyasha laughed to himself. He leaned him self against the wall. He crossed his arms and legs and watched the girl go to sleep. This was probably going to be a long night.

Kagome saw the village ahead. She held the fully finished shard in her hand. With no help from Inuyasha she completed it. They parted a long time ago. He set his mind on becoming full demon, no matter the consequences of being evil or losing Kagome. She decided she would get it herself and keep him from getting it.

She would become the protector of the shard. She would do anything to keep Inuyasha away from it. She frowned. It had been years since she saw Inuyasha's face. His cute ears, and his foolish remarks that ended up getting him sat. She had taken off the necklace a while back. Thinking he had finally changed.

But that didn't end as she thought. He betrayed her. He grabbed her by the neck, pulling off the bottle of shards wrapped around it. She grimaced at the memory of that day. She brushed the thought away and continued down her path to the village.

"I thought you would take it to a village. Luckily I smelled you and followed your scent." A voice came from behind her. She quickly turned, seeing Inuyasha right behind her. He had death in his eyes. They were no longer the sweet golden color. Now just a brown. He smirked as she stepped back once. He quickly was standing infront of her, gripped her by the arms. His claws dug into her skin, making her wince.

"You should have known I would be coming to look for you." Kagome got loose of his grip and turned to run. But only to be shot down by his claws grazing her back. She screamed as she hit the ground with a thud.

Inuyasha got on top of her. She was desperate to get him off. She threw her arms at him, scratching him once on the face. He grabbed her arms again and began to shake her furiously.

"Wake up! Wake up!" Kagome just stared at him questioningly. She blinked and realized this was just a dream.

Her eyes opened and saw Inuyasha on top of her. She still thought she was dreaming and pushed him off. She fell off the bed and screamed out in pain as she collided her cut back with the floor. Inuyasha was by her in a second.

"Kagome? Are you ok!" he sounded worried. Her eyes were blood shot and her back and arms ached. Blood was pouring from her wounds. He picked her up, careful not to hurt her back. She winced at having to arch her back. He ran out of the hut and headed for Kaede's.

He ran into the hut, not caring if the old miko was asleep. Kaede was just sitting at her small table, working on herbs. She looked up at the frantic hanyou holding Kagome in his arms. Her teeth were gritted and eyes shut tight. "Oh Kagome!" the old miko said. She stood up, signaling Inuyasha to set her down on the floor. He carefully sat her down. Kaede ran over to her with some wrap. Inuyasha walked outside while Kaede took off Kagome's shirt to wrap her back.

Kagome winced several times at the touch. Kaede cleaned the wound then wrapped it several times to keep the blood from seeping through. Then she wrapped her arms where Inuyasha's claws dug into her. Tears welded up in Kagome's eyes. The dream was horrible. The wounds meant nothing, but the words cut like blades. The betrayal felt like dying. It was almost unbearable.

Inuyasha picked up Kagome in his arms and walked out of the hut right after nodding to the old miko. He walked over to their hut, watching Kagome already asleep in his arms. He was hoping she wouldn't have another dream. He would find how to get rid of this curse. No matter what it took he would help Kagome.

He laid her on the bed on her side so it didn't hurt her back. She shivered some. She seemed uncomfortable. He crawled to the side next to the wall and laid next to her, wrapping his arm around her waist. The shivering stopped some. He smiled a little, then closed his eyes and prayed for her to sleep in peace.

THAT'S IT! I'm SO sorry I haven't updated in days but I wasn't going to force my friend brook to wait till im done updating my story! Well thanks for the reviews! No awards today cuz I have to go. I mean like I'm leaving for Alabama and wont be on for about two more days. I'm so sorry guys! –tear– I'm gonna miss you! But I will update everyday there! And they have three computers! See ya!