You got up and ran in the door but you couldn't see anything except for red flames daring to lick at the end of your dress. You ran as far as you could into it, around the flames, it was so hot, bodies were scattered all over the floor. Not one person was living, and as you looked over to your table you noticed 3 figures, dead, bleeding, one missing a limb and the others burnt almost to a crisp. You tried to back away but were frozen to that spot out of fear and shock and sadness. The ceiling above you began to crack and pieces fell on the people at your table as it started to crumble down heading in your direction. You shut your eyes waiting for the feeling of death but the only thing you felt was a hand on yours yanking you away from the flames. You opened your eyes and saw Inuyasha running for the balcony. You ran with him now, getting the feeling back in your legs. Once outside you new you'd have to jump. Right now would've been an awesome time for Inuyasha to be half demon, and you could tell he knew that too because he was cursing under his breath. Your best bet was the tree across from the balcony, maybe two meters away. Inuyasha jumped off the balcony and grabbed hold of the closest branch, then taking off his shoes. Once he had balance he took off his coat as well. You took off your shoes, and lifted your dress up running for the edge of the balcony and jumping off the little ledge. For a few second you were sure you weren't going to make it, but then the building gave a last explosion behind you and its force pushed you right into Inuyasha. He caught you just as your world went black and you felt his warmth slipping from you fast.

Inuyasha P.o.V

The building gave its last explosion just as she jumped and its force sent her flying at me. I caught her and steadied myself as she passed out in my arms. Her body was heavier than last time I had had carried her, but I had been demon then. I couldn't move with out falling myself or having her fall so I tried to wake her.

"Kagome…Kagome wake up!" I screamed. I lightly slapped her face, and blew her hair from her face. She had a small piece of glass above her eyebrow and it was bleeding all down her face. If I waited until she woke up, well, she wouldn't be in the best shape. My shirt was getting bloody as well from her back which had glass and scratches all over it. I had to climb down. While putting her limp figure over my shoulders I readied myself for the climb down. One foot after the other was what I kept telling myself as we made our way down the tree. It was a very good climbing tree thank goodness, but the dress pants made it hard nonetheless. I hit the ground after jumping from the last branch to get down and carried her in my arms to the car. She was almost covered in blood now. Driving wasn't all that hard, I had watched Kagome's mom do it before.

Your P.O.V

You woke up in your bed not knowing how you got there. Your body would not move to your will and you felt like a rag doll. You head was hurting and so was every other part of your body, especially your back. You put your hand to your head and felt bandages wrapped around your head. Your eyes flew open as you looked down at the rest of your body covered up by your blankets. Your chest was wrapped in bandages and you had a tank top and pj pants on. Sudden all that had happened rushed back to you, THE GALA!. Your Mom, Sota, grandpa, they had been killed. "Inuyasha!" You screamed. Did he die too? You couldn't remember all you could remember was him in a tree.

He came running in the door of your bedroom, "Kagome are you okay!" His face was the most worried you had ever seen it. He relaxed a bit as he saw you were fine and walked over to your bed and sat down on the floor beside you. You shut your eyes, relaxing knowing he was okay. You sat up slowly because moving brought tones of pain to your back.

"Kagome, you shouldn't be moving yet, you were pretty injured last night... And you said your time was less deadly than mine. Let me tell you, no buildings would have exploded in my time, not like that anyway. You almost died! You know that! You haven't even thanked me for taking the glass out of you and wrapping your WOUNDS!" He got angry as his sentence went on. You tried to smiled, knowing he was back to his moody self and gave him a hug. His silver hair in great contrast to your black, but it hid your face from him. You had tears freely falling down your face. "Kagome?" He put his hands on your shoulders and lightly pushed you away to look into your wet face. You quickly wiped your eyes and tried to steady your breath but they just kept falling. Seeing your tears his face changed from; angry that you hadn't thanked him yet, to sympathetic; that you had lost everything in the blink of an eye. You got up from the bed and walked over to your closet.

"I won't stay here any longer; I can't stay here any longer. I'll never come back." You said wiping your eyes again and looking for your backpack. Grabbing some clothes and throwing them on your bed you said to him, "You had better change back into your kimono. We won't be coming back. Go get anything you'd like to keep." You added walking out of the room, heading for your mom's. She kept a picture of you, Sota, her, grandpa, grandma, and dad in her room. You took that, and her favorite locket with a picture of her and Sota in it. He had given it to her this Mother's day. Walking back to your room you put the picture in the bag and the locket around your neck. You went to put your hair up in a ponytail but couldn't. It was all hard and sticky. And when you took your hands from it they were covered in red.

"Inuyasha, I'm taking a shower. I won't be long. Put anything you want to bring in the bag."

Walking into the washroom you opened the cupboard and pulled out a towel and your shampoo. You turned on the water and waited until mirror was steamy. You stripped down and walked into the water. It was very hot but you no longer cared. There was no point in caring. You rinsed your hair then poured the shampoo in your hand. It was soapy soon enough and you leaned into the water, rinsing it out. The soap was red, and the ground of the shower was red, your skin was red, everything flashed red as you fell to the bottom of the shower crying. The floor was cold against your skin, but who cared. Caring only brought feelings of loss and sorrow. What did you have left to live for? Why were you still alive! After about 5 minutes of lying on the floor and crying you herd a knock on the door. You continued to cry, even when he walked in the room and asked, "Kagome….are you okay?"

You shook your head and that was all you managed to do as he shut off the water, opened the towel and laid it over you. He averted his eyes whenever possible, not looking at anything but your head when you silently let the tears fall. The feeling of sorrow made you feel empty and completely lost in your own mind with no hope of returning. He wrapped you and carried you into your room, laying you on the bed then grabbing your uniform from your dresser as well as your socks and undies. He put them on the bed and said "If you aren't dressed by the time I come back I'll leave without you." He tried his best to sound frustrated and angry but worry came out too. He walked out of the room, and you herd footsteps going down the stairs. Reluctantly you got up, dreading every move, wishing he had left you to die under that tree. Soon you were dressed, hair still wet but brushed, and bag packed with all the necessities of home. A quiet knock was herd at the door, then it opened and his silver haired head popped through the opening. You just finished buckling your backpack when he walked in.