Jerking awake, Kagome found herself beneath the sacred tree in Inuyasha's arms; worry and concern filled his amber eyes. Kagome, remembering her flashback, jumped, suddenly, out of the hanyou's arms and backed away slowly.
"K-Kagome! What's wrong? What are you doing?" the confused half demon asked, jumping up from his sitting position.
"Y-You tried to k-kill me…" the young girl stuttered, barely able to say the words. She had put all her trust in this young half demon, and now she remembered he had tried to kill her, and for some stupid jewel! 'How could I have been so stupid? But he seemed so nice, he took care of me!' she thought, arguing with herself.
"WHAT!" his voice full of shock. "Naraku-" hate filled his voice as he realized that Naraku had probably disguised himself as Inuyasha and tried to kill Kagome, the way he killed Kikyo fifty years ago. "But, how did he get through the well? How did he know about the well?" questions raced through his brain, anger filled his eyes as he asked himself these questions aloud.
Seeing the half demon angry scared the young girl; backing away, quietly, she prepared herself to run to the village for protection if Inuyasha decided to try anything.
Inuyasha, realizing that Kagome was afraid of him, looked up and spoke softly, "Kagome, I didn't try to kill you, I'd never hurt you. It was Naraku, he disguised himself as me to trick you; he did that fifty years ago with Kikyo. He'll pay, I promise Kagome," he took a step closer.
"Sit," Kagome said, remembering that it had worked in the flashback; he still had the prayer beads on, she decided it was worth a shot.
"Kago-" the hanyou started to say, but was cut off by the necklace making him plummet to the ground. After a few seconds the curse wore off and he began to pull himself out of the crater, "Kagome, I'm not going to hurt you. Naraku attacked you, not me!" he tried to stay calm, but was having trouble, as he was getting impatient. "But you're going to have to be extra careful now that he can get through the well and go to the future."
"B-But it wasn't in the future, it started right here. You were pinned to this tree and a huge centipede was chasing me. It tried to take the jewel, but you killed it, and then you tried to kill me to take the jewel. Kaede told me to say a command so I said s-," Kagome was cut off by a clawed hand covering her mouth, this surprised her because he moved so fast, she didn't even realize he had moved until she felt his hand.
"Don't say it, don't say sit," he told her as his hand left her mouth cautiously.
"Sorry. But can Naraku do that too? If I said the 's' word?" she asked curiously.
"No."
"So, it was you. W-Why?" she asked, slowly stepping away from the young half demon, her eyes welling up with tears.
"That…that was along time ago, things have changed. I wouldn't do that to you Kagome, not now; you have to believe me," he tried to explain, knowing that she shouldn't trust him; if he were in her position he wouldn't trust himself.
Inuyasha was about to accept the fact that she wasn't going to trust him when she spoke up, saying, "I do. I don't know why I do, but I just do." With that she burst into tears, wrapping her arms around his muscular body, burying her face in his chest, and soaking his haori with tears.
Surprised, he gently circled his arms around her petit body, but he didn't say anything, he realized that she was frustrated and talking wasn't going to help, she just needed to cry.
With Sango and Miroku'Please, Sango, please be alright,' the young monk thought desperately, he had been searching for almost three hours. Miroku was walking along a decaying, old road, which had been built beside a river. He listened for any sound that might indicate where Sango was hiding, but he could hear only the river and the birds' songs, which would normally have calmed him, but he was too worried; it did nothing but irritate him further. Not concentrating on where he was placing his feet, but only on the thoughts in his head and finding Sango, he walked onto unstable ground, which gave way suddenly. As the ground gave out, the young monk tried, desperately, to grab hold of anything, but was unable. Following the loose rocks and clumps of dirt tumbling down the cliff, he hit his head on a rock, and landed beside the raging river, unconscious.
Opening her eyes to the bright afternoon sun, Sango sat up squinting at the blinding light reflecting off the smooth river.
"Well, that was refreshing," she muttered to herself, standing up. "Maybe I should head back," she said, then added, 'Miroku might be worried,' in her head.
Sango made her way to the trail happily; all worries left behind, and headed toward the old village. Humming an old song that her father used to sing every night before she went to sleep, she skipped along the worn road.
After only five minutes, Sango heard a muffled moan coming from beside the river to her left. Deciding to check it out, figuring someone may be hurt, she stepped closer to the road's edge, noticing part of the road had given way she carefully peeked over. What she saw surprised her; at the bottom, near the river was Miroku, struggling to stand.
"Miroku!" she shouted in surprise, leaping down the cliff carefully, as not to fall.
At the bottom, Sango tried to help the monk stand, but knew it was going to be almost impossible to carry him up the cliff.
"Hang on Miroku, I'll be right back," and with that she climbed up the cliff and ran off in search of Kirara.
Once the young demon slayer found her companion, she jumped on to the demon cat and told her where Miroku had fallen. Upon arriving at the scene, Sango jumped off Kirara, beside Miroku. The young monk was now sitting on a rather large rock, nursing an injured arm.
"Miroku, are you okay?" the worried demon exterminator asked.
"I'll be fine. I just hurt my arm," he said, attempting to stand, but fell as soon as his weight was off the rock.
"I think you hit your head too," Sango said, acting fast, catching him before he hit the ground. "Let's get you back to the village, so I can tend to your wounds."
Practically lifting the monk on Kirara's back, she made sure he was secure before climbing on herself.
Once she was sure both her riders wouldn't fall, Kirara leaped into the air and headed toward the old demon exterminator's village. When the demon cat reached the old village, she landed gracefully in front of the hut her riders were staying in and let them off.
Climbing off, then helping Miroku off, Sango made her way, almost carrying the monk, into the hut and carefully lay him on a futon in the middle of the hut. Once the monk was settled, she began searching through her bag for medical supplies and some herbs Kaede had given her incase anything happened.