Inuyasha carried Kagome all the way back to Keade's village. When the old priestess' hut was in view, a familiar child's voice cam from behind him.
"Inuyasha! Did you go apologize to Kagome! Please go back and get her Inuyasha!"
The hanyou turned to face the young fox demon, when he heard his voice.
Instead of saying the usual rude comment, Inuyasha just gave the kid a death glare, which said; 'Wake Kagome, and I'll pound you into the ground.'
When Shippo saw the young girl in Inuyasha's arms, he ran up and jumped on Inuyasha's shoulder.
"What happened Inuyasha?" the sadness was evident in his voice.
"I don't know. I found her climbing out of the well like this," Inuyasha answered, sadness in his eyes and questions flying through his brain.
Shippo started to cry.
"Will she be alright?" the young demon asked, hoping not to lose another parent-like figure.
"Yeah, I don't think her wounds are too critical."
Inuyasha, silently, walked the rest of the way to Keade's hut. When he entered he found Sango talking to Keade beside the fire, Kirara curled in a ball, asleep, beside Sango, and Miroku in the far corner gawking at a magazine Kagome had given him from her time.
Inuyasha remembered she had called it something like Playboy. At first, he didn't understand why Miroku liked it so much, but when he asked her, she had told him that it was full of pictures of almost naked and naked women. Now he understood.
They all looked up when the hanyou walked in.
"What happened!" everyone asked, shocked.
"I don't know," he replied, basically no emotion showing, but they knew he was extremely worried.
"Ye lay her down here," Keade pointed to the mat beside her and the fire.
Inuyasha did as he was told, as Keade asked Sango and Shippo to fetch some herbs. (Yes, that's right I said fetch) Normally, the old woman would have asked Miroku too, but he was so absorbed in the magazine, he barely even realized Inuyasha had entered the hut with the injured Kagome.
This, of course, caused Inuyasha to flip, "WHAT THE HELL MONK! IS THAT MAGAZINE SO INTERESTING THAT YOU DON'T EVEN CARE THAT KAGOME'S BEEN HURT!"
Sango, who was just entering the hut, heard this, gave Keade the herbs she had collected, grabbed the magazine out of the monk's hands, and finished with a slap for being so insensitive and perverted.
'Flirting is one thing, but gawking at naked women is just plain perverted. That Hentai!' Sango thought. 'I can't believe they actually sell those things in Kagome's time, and women actually let them put their pictures in it! Kagome's time must have a lot of hentais.'
Keade shooed all but Sango from her hut so she would be able to dress the young priestess' wounds. While Keade and Sango were dressing Kagome's wounds, they noticed many bruises, stab wounds, and a large gash across her chest. After putting herbs on her wounds and dressing them, they dressed her in a traditional miko kimono and let the girl sleep. (Like Kikyo's)
The two women went outside to allow Inuyasha and Miroku back into the hut, but were surprised to hear that they had gone hunting.
"I'm surprised that Inuyasha left Kagome to go hunting," Sango said to Keade
"Hai."
When Inuyasha and Miroku entered the hut it was almost sundown, they came in with a pair of rabbits and a few fish. Keade had already made a fire, so they put the animals over it and waited for them to cook.
Inuyasha went over to where Kagome lay, he couldn't help but feel that this was his fault. If he had gone to get her this wouldn't have happened. If he hadn't caused the fight between them.
'I can't even remember what we were fighting about!' he thought sadly, looking down at the young girl's beaten body.
When dinner was ready, Kagome still had not awakened and Inuyasha didn't have an appetite. The half demon sat beside the injured girl, against the wall, and watched her sleep, while the rest of the group ate and eventually went to bed.
Once Inuyasha was sure everybody was asleep, he moved closer to Kagome, who was still sleeping. He lay down next to her and whispered, "I love you, Kagome. I'm sorry I let this happen," gently placing a kiss on her forehead.
He wrapped his arms, protectively around her, gently pulling her closer to his body, and went to sleep.
The next morning, Inuyasha and the rest of the group were awoken by a loud, shrill scream. A scream Inuyasha knew only too well; Kagome's. He was about to jump up; when he realized that the scream had originated from right beside him. He looked at the frantic girl in his arms, and saw fear in her eyes.
"What's wrong, Kagome?" the confused hanyou asked, trying to wake himself up.
"W-Who are you?" she stuttered, afraid he might do something.
"What?" Inuyasha asked, confused. "What are you talking about, Kagome?" he said, trying to comfort the girl.
When he moved closer to comfort her, she backed away.
"Do I know you" Kagome asked, frightened and confused. "You speak to me like you know me…and who is this Kagome you speak of? Is that my name?" she asked, tears welling up in her eyes, threatening to spill. "I don't remember anything."
"Okay Kagome, it's okay," Inuyasha whispered, soothingly, pulling her into a warm, protective hug.
"What is the last thing ye remember, my child?" Keade asked, worried about the young miko.
"Ummm… I don't know," she said, trying to remember anything, but nothing came up.
"Ye do not worry about it, if ye do remember anything tell me. For now ye need rest. I'll go gather more herbs for your wounds, Inuyasha, look after her," the old woman instructed, leaving the hut.
"Why can't I remember anything! I don't even remember my name!" tears, now, streaming down the frustrated girl's face.
"Kagome… Your name is Kagome. Now, try to get some sleep. We'll work this out, I promise," Inuyasha told her, hold her close. Before he could say anymore, she had fallen asleep, in his arms.
While Kagome slept, Inuyasha tried to think of a way to figure out who had attacked her. After a few hours, he realized that he should be able to smell the scent of her attacker, he just prayed that Keade's herbs hadn't masked the scent.
Inuyasha realized this when Kagome woke with a start, shaking, tears streaming down her cheeks, and breathing hard.
"Kagome, are you okay? What happened?" Inuyasha asked.
"I remember…"
"What! Who did this to you?"
"I was in this place, some kind of shrine I think. There was a man, h-he was chasing me, I ran into a well house. H-he followed me, then he hit me, and I fell into the well, then I ended up here…with you," Kagome sobbed, looking at Inuyasha. "Y-you helped me."
Suddenly, feeling safe with Inuyasha, she wrapped her arms, securely around his neck, and cried on his shoulder. Surprised at first, but quickly got over it, he held her close, comforting her.
After a moment, she pulled away, still crying.
"T-there…the was a woman, she was laying on the floor, t-there was a lot of b-blood. And a boy, I told him to run, he was crying."
She stood up, suddenly, ignoring the pain shooting through her body.
"I have to help them!" she walked briskly out of the hut, not knowing where she was going, but wanting to help the boy and woman.