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Inu-Yasha's eyes widened. She had chosen to spend the night with the other guy.
She promised. A tear welled up in his eye.
Inu-Yasha glared at her. "Fine. Don't return. Ever."
"Inu-Yasha…"
Inu-Yasha leapt away.
Inu-Yasha made it back to Kagome's house in no time at all.
The place looked eerie and abandon. It reminded him of the village he was raised in. The people would disappear in his presence. He was always alone.
It took great strength for him to enter the well house knowing that he would be alone when he emerged on the other side. He really didn't want to face the others knowing that he had failed to retrieve their shining light. He stared down the well.
In an instant, Inu-Yasha leapt over the edge. Emerging on the other side, Inu-Yasha looked up into the face of the others.
Inu-Yasha wiped his nose with his sleeve clearing off the blood. The incident had just occurred so fresh blood slowly crept out of Inu-Yasha's bruised nose.
"Inu-Yasha… What happened?" Sango asked
Inu-Yasha snorted roughly through his broken nose then turned his head to the side. He didn't want to answer their questions.
"Inu-Yasha. Where's Kagome?" Miroku reinforced their concern.
Inu-Yasha glared at Miroku.
Miroku could tell Kagome had somehow been on the other end of his broken nose.
Inu-Yasha began to walk away. No one followed.
"Did you see Inu-Yasha's nose?" Sango asked quietly.
"I get the impression that Kagome had something to do with it." Miroku answered.
"Kagome is tough and with the way he acts sometimes…" Sango reiterated.
"Kagome wouldn't hurt Inu-Yasha." Shippo defended Kagome.
Once out of sight, Inu-Yasha took off running through the woods.
He wasn't quite sure what he was running from, but slowing down brought on fear.
Inu-Yasha flew through the trees gathering his own share of scrapes along the way.
Limbs of trees smacked him in the face as he darted through the canopy.
Inu-Yasha decided he wouldn't turn back until it felt right to.
Sprinting faster, Inu-Yasha reached the end of his territory before the sky changed in the evening light.
His heart pounded in his chest so hard that he could feel his blood pulse in his head.
He was light-headed from masses of oxygen his body had used for his flight.
He was amazed that he had outrun his body's abilities, but he kept running.
Inu-Yasha's hands began to shake from poor circulation.
He ran until he collapsed.
Inu-Yasha lay on the ground panting…helpless and alone. No one would come for him; no one ever did. He gasped for air as the world faded in and out of his sight.
"Inu-Yasha!"
Inu-Yasha recognized the voice. It was Miroku's. That meant that the others were searching for him and wouldn't rest until they found him.
"I don't think he could have gotten this far out. Let's go back and look again."
Inu-Yasha forced himself onto all fours before heaving himself into a standing position.
His head hurt. The ground spun as his vision blurred.
Inu-Yasha closed his eyes then leapt off the ground.
Breaking through the canopy, Inu-Yasha continued his sprint.
Sango and Miroku heard something break through the canopy so they turned around. They were amazed that Inu-Yasha had made it that far out. With the speed at which he was running, they could tell his feelings had been hurt.
A demon burst through the canopy behind Inu-Yasha roaring in the debris.
Inu-Yasha spun around slicing his claws into the thing. It disappeared in a cloud of dust.
That was when they saw Inu-Yasha fall from the sky. He hit the canopy hard and did not resurface.
"Kirara!" Sango yelled. Kirara was already on it. She soared as fast as she could after Inu-Yasha.
Miroku and Sango found Inu-Yasha lying on the ground on his side. He wasn't moving. They approached him very carefully.
"Inu-Yasha" Sango neared.
Miroku could see that Inu-Yasha was just lying on the ground. His eyes were open and he was panting heavily. His body was covered in sweat and his face had turned red from the blood pressure in his head.
Inu-Yasha couldn't catch his breath. He had pushed himself too hard; Kagome had always stopped him before this could happen. His muscles burned from overuse. His vision was blurred at best and his ears rang. The throbbing headache dulled as long as he lay still.
Without a word Miroku and Sango lifted Inu-Yasha's unresponsive body and placed him on Kirara's back and they all walked back toward Kaede's hut in silence. Once Inu-Yasha had slowed his breathing, he slipped into unconsciousness.
"What happened?" Kaede asked. Inu-Yasha's ears twitched at the sound of her voice. Have I really been out that long?
"…Something happened on Kagome's side of the well. When Inu-Yasha returned, he took off running. We found him like this."
Inu-Yasha opened his weary eyes. The three humans stood there conversing. They probably thought he was still unconscious.
"What do you think Inu-Yasha was running from?" Kaede asked them.
"My guess would be something that Kagome said." Miroku answered.
"…Or did." Sango interjected. "…When Inu-Yasha came through the well, his nose was broken. We tried to ask him about it but he wouldn't talk."
"I see." Kaede gathered.
Then Inu-Yasha felt them lift his exhausted body from Kirara. They gently placed him on the floor.
Inu-Yasha did not fight them for he did not have the strength left. Instead when they placed him on the floor he diverted his gaze into the wall. His nose was still bleeding but moreover because it hadn't had time to heal before the pressure in his head from the sprinting needed an escape.