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Okay, here goes… now you know it's been a long time when I have to re-read my chapter to see what the hell I've written. Oh my, a cliffie! Now to fix that…

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The next morning, Inuyasha stood over Kagomes sleeping form to try to catch her scent, but all he could smell was Sangos, who was closest, choosing to sleep near Kagome than Miroku and his perverted ways.

The group met again for breakfast, but something made Inuyasha panic.

"Kenara's gone!" He said, shocked.

"I saw her when she was asleep, but she wasn't there when I woke up. I thought she went for a walk." Kage said, worry visible on his face.

"No, she would have told someone… hey, where's Tsuki?"

"Weren't Kenara and her having a talk last night?" Kyoujin said, tapping his fork in the air.

"There's something fishy going on here." Miroku said, nodding. "Some of us should go look for the missing people, and the others should stay behind and watch Kagome."

"No, I want to go with Inuyasha." Kagome spoke up, and Inuyasha nodded.

"I can carry Kagome, and it'll be a lot faster that way. If I learn anything, I'll let you guys know, alright?"

Kagome rode on Inuyasha's back to double their speed, and the others waved them off. They would send off a flare or something like that if anything happened.

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Inuyasha was running blindly. There was no scent of anyone that was missing, all he could smell was the trees and grass around him, until he caught a familiar scent up on the mountainside.

'That's weird… if Kagome is right behind me, than how come her scent is telling me she's right ahead?' He didn't say anything, just oriented himself silently for the mountain. He was going to find whatever was up there.

"What are you doing?" Kagome asked, leaning over his shoulder.

"I'm turning."

"I'm sorry."

"What?"

She frowned. "I can't let you up that mountain."

As Inuyasha turned around to giver her a questioning glance, the pain of a thousand swords ripped through his back as her trimmed nails transformed into demonic claws and pierced him through. She leapt off his back as he fell over, holding his back with one clawed hand while sending her confused glares.

"What's happening Kagome, what's wrong with you?" He asked worried, and she laughed, not at all like herself.

"If you haven't realized, I'm not your Kagome." She smirked.

"What have you done with Kagome?" He asked, his emotions torn between fury and worry.

"I don't know, that's not up to me."

"Where is everyone else?"

"Oh, the others?" She waved a clawed hand. "They're all… sleeping. Yes." She turned her glance to him once more. "Now, I'm not allowed to save you, so I'm going to kill you slowly and painfully." She said as she walked up to him and knelt in front of his form. "And you won't do a single thing about it because I still look like Kagome." She smiled cunningly as she dug her claws into his chest and he screamed in pain.

She was right. It would tear his heart apart if he killed her, even if he knew it wasn't Kagome.

"You know, your sister was more fun to toy with. She didn't yell for the longest time, and when she finally did, she passed out. Poor girl, she had lost so much blood." With her other hand she raked a claw against the side of his face. "When I go back, I'll tell them a real tearjerker how we were attacked by demons and you sacrificed yourself for me."

"And you know who my next victim will be?" She asked, tilting her head as she licked a claw. "I'm going after that little fox brat, Shippo."

That was it.

Inuyasha brought up a hand a whacked her against the face, sending her across the clearing.

"I can't kill Kagome, and I know that." He stood up, blood pouring from his many wounds. "But thanks for giving me time to think. If I hit you around enough, you should show your true form." He said as she stood up. The spot where he hit her was already turning black.

"But can you stand it?" She smirked. "I injected a lot of poison into your wounds, and soon you'll start melting from the inside." Her whole face was black now, and was moving. She definitely didn't look like Kagome anymore.

Inuyasha knew he couldn't last long. It felt like a fire had been started in his gut, and it wasn't going out anytime soon.

As she came at him again, he raked her with his claws, killing her. Shape shifters were weak.

That's when he smelled her scent again. Clutching his side again, he ran toward it, hoping it wasn't another one.

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The scent was coming from a cavern, the cave right in front of him in fact. He walked in, staggering, his heart almost in his hands. If he couldn't find Kagome, he didn't know what to do.

"Inuyasha?" She asked, brown eyes wide, afraid. He caught her scent, that beautiful scent, and now she would be alright.

"Inuyasha, are you alright?" She stood up to meet him, and he smiled weakly before wavering.

She caught him, softening his fall, and there she sat, kneeling, half hugging the hanyou.

"Inuyasha, what happened?" She asked, worried as his amber eyes began to close.

"Kagome?"

"Yeah?"

"Are you alright?"

"I'm okay, I could be worse." She looked at him, worry etched onto her face, as he sunk down, his head almost in her lap. "Are you going to be okay?"

"I don't know." He said truthfully. There was no hiding his wounds. The only thing holding back his demon side was Tetsuseiga, strapped to his waist.

Kagome pulled back his haori to reveal his bloodied chest, and he hissed under his breath.

"Inuyasha, this really needs to be treated."

"I sort of can't move." He said, almost cracking a smile, and Kagome nodded. "I'll take care of it."

She ripped up the blanket Kouga had given her into strips for bandages, and cleaned the wound with some water from her water flask. It wasn't the best, but it was great considering these conditions. Once he got a little bit of rest, she would go and look for some herbs. When she looked down at the hanyou in her lap, sleeping so peacefully yet sweating like crazy, worry and love filled her face.

"So you're still alive?"

Kagome whirled her head to the doorway to see someone she hadn't expected at all.

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A/N; Ooh, cliffie. Whoever guesses the right person get's a cookie! Yes, guess the random person, tearing apart my fluffly-moment-to-be, and you get a cookie!