Chapter 23:

Sam sat down in a chair next to Inuyasha.

"So....?" Inuyasha asked. "Who put up the barrier?" Inuyasha asked.

"OK. Let me start from the beginning." Sam told Inuyasha. "First, when I was little and just learning how to use my powers, my grandmother, who is who I inherited my powers from but my mother is mortal because she did not learn about her powers until after her 25th Halloween, which a witch will loose her powers if she does not start training before then. But my grandmother sent me to a witch's and worlock's (I hope I spelled that right) school. There is where I met Jacob. We became friends, studying together, helping each other learn spells, until there was an.... incident." Sam explained.

"An 'incident'?" Inuyasha asked.

"Yeah. What happened was that he broke some of the rules, and I knew about all of it since we trusted each other. He used his magic outside of the school, he experimented with mystical creatures, turning them into what they weren't supposed to be, all sorts of wrong stuff. But then someone told." Sam explained. "But I never told. No matter how wrong it was to me, I never told anyone. Someone must have followed him and told on him." Sam thought for a moment, then concentrated on explaining everything to Inuyasha. "But once he found out that the teachers knew, he immediately blaimed me and came after me to kill me, since he was expelled from the school, his parents wouldn't even take him in, his life was ruined, and he thinks that it was all my fault." Sam told Inuyasha.

"And that would have to do with me and Kagome because...?" Inuyasha asked.

"It has almost nothing to do with you!" Sam told him. "It all has to do with me, Kagome, and Jacob." Sam replied.

"But what does it have to do with Kagome?" Inuyasha asked.

Sam was surprised he hadn't bursted out of his seat and jumped out the window to try and track Jacob down to kill him for hurting Kagome. "It has to do with Kagome because Jacob wants more power. Kagome is the one with powers of purification. That alone is very strong." Sam explained. "That is probably why he hurt her so she would have to some to the hospital and then we wouldn't be able to get in here to stop him from taking her powers and possibly killing her in a process."

Inuyasha felt his blood start to boil now. The Jacob boy messed with the wrong girl, because Inuyasha was going to kill him if he came anywhere near Kagome again.

"Inuyasha? Don't blow up on me in here." Sam told him. "If you do, then we will have to leave Kagome alone in here, and Jacob knows exactly where she is." Sam told Inuyasha, trying to get him to chill out.

Inuyasha did his best to keep calm, for Kagome's sake.

"Good Inuyasha." Sam told him. "Don't worry, we'll get Jacob. Just leave him to me, and you watch over Kagome." Sam said. "You stay here and I'll be right back. I'm gonna get something to eat. I'll bring you something to." Sam said before walking out of the door, leaving Inuyasha and Kagome alone. But she really wanted to go see how her friends were doing with Koga, and hopefully he wasn't going out of control... yet.

Koga was still pissed, but his temper tantrums and stopped.

Sam came into the CVICU (place in a hospital), where her mom worked and asked the nurses how her friends were doing.

"They've been very quiet." The nurse replied.

OK. So Koga isn't out of control. That's good. Sam thought. Maybe I should just take a peek inside in case. Sam thought as she cracked open the door, but as soon as she did, Koga dashed to the door and opened the door wide open, staring Sam in the face.

"Hey?" Sam greeted him, now thinking that this was not a good idea immediately.

"Can we go see her now?" Koga asked, his face looking full of happiness, partially because Sam was there, and also partially because he really wanted to see Kagome.

"No Koga. It's not morning yet. I just wanted to check on you guys, but it seems you're doing fine. So I'm gonna g-"

"Stop Sam." Koga said sternly.

"What?" Sam asked.

"I can't stay in here anymore!!!" Koga yelled.

Then Sam pushed Koga back inside and locked to door behind her, knowing that Koga wouldn't be able to unlock it. Then she walked over to Eric and Sarah to talk to them about what was going on.

But before she said anything, she noticed Koga was about to break the door, so Sam waved her arm and he was immediately surrounded by a non-destructable, sound-proof box. Koga started slamming his fists on the walls and you could see him screaming, but it was dead silence.

Then Sam turned back to Sarah and Eric. "How is he doing?" Sam asked.

"Isn't it obvious?" Sarah asked.

"He needs to get out of here." Eric said.

"But why should he get to go see Kagome and we won't?" Sango asked.

"He won't get to see Kagome. I have Inuyasha in there. Do you think I'm stupid enough to put him and Inuyasha in the same room with an unconscious Kagome?" Sam asked.

"Sorry. We're all just worried." Miroku told Sam.

"I know you are." Sam said as she walked over to Miroku and Sango. Miroku had his arms wrapped around Sango, knowing that this was not the time to be groping anyone. "But don't worry. She is doing great, and when she wakes up tommorrow, I'll take all of you in there to see her." The Sam leaned forward so Koga wouldn't even have a chance to know what she was saying even if he could lip read. "I also took Inuyasha in there and left him there alone with Kagome because I thought leaving them alone will be good for their relationship." Sam whispered.

"Smart move." Sango replied.

"But you will get to see her as soon as she wakes up. I assure you that she will be safe." Sam told them. "I'm just going to get Koga out of here so you guys won't have to go crazy with him stuck in here. I mean, what would Inuyasha do if he was stuck in here while Kagome was up in that hospital room with Koga." Sam almost laughed.

"That's not funny." Eric said flatly.

"Well, in a way it is. Because Inuyasha and Koga, no matter what they think, are almost exactly alike. So I can see Sam's point." Sarah said, letting out a bit of a giggle.

"So I'll bring Koga back in like, an hour. I left Inuyasha with my cell number, and taught him howto use a phone, so he can call me of something happens." Sam said as she waved her arm and Koga was released, but looked like he was going to kill Sam as he stomped towards her. Sam noticed this and turned to him.

"Do you want to go back in the box?" Sam asked.

Koga immediately stopped and shook his head.

"Good boy!" Sam babied him, but then Koga started to growl. "Come on Koga." Sam grabbed Koga by the wrist and drug him out of the room, saying good-bye to everyone on her way out, taking Koga down to the cafeteria with her.

Inuyasha was up in the hospital room with Kagome still asleep. She looked so beautiful to him while she was sleeping. He soon found his hand drifting to her head and brushing through her soft hair.

"Inuyasha..." Kagome said softly in her sleep.

"Kagome?" Inuyasha asked. Is she talking about me in her sleep? Inuyasha thought, then he remembered something similar to this happening in Kagome's room, and ended up with her saying SIT in her sleep. Oh shit... Inuyasha thought with wide eyes. Please don't say it! Inuyasha's mind begged.

"I love you Inuyasha." Kagome said quietly in her sleep, but Inuyasha heard it loud and clear. He was shocked, Sam was actually right! She DID love him. "Please don't leave me Inuyasha." Kagome said in her sleep.

Then Kagome slowly opened her eyes to see Inuyasha staring at her with wide eyes.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked, a bit scared, then she moved to sit up and her head burned. She let out a small yelp of pain.

Inuyasha shook out of his trance. "Just rest Kagome." Inuyasha told her softly, now that he had just taken in what Kagome said in her sleep. Then Inuyasha stood and gentley pushed Kagome back down so she was laying on her back.

"Are you OK Inuyasha?" Kagome asked, wincing from the pain from her head.

"I'm fine Kagome. You're the one that needs rest." Inuyasha said as he pulled the cheap hospital blanket overtop of Kagome. Then he did what he never thought he would do before. Inuyasha bent down towards Kagome's head and kissed her on the forehead. "Good night." Inuyasha said softly.

There was NO way Kagome would be able to sleep now. Inuyasha had just kissed her and tucked her into bed. THAT was NOT normal! Kagome was kinda scared now, but at the same time, she was feelingpretty giddy. But she was a bit too tired to celebrate, so she just did a quick happy dance in her head before drifting back to sleep.

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