Whoop! Thank you SOOOO SOOO much for all the reviews! I was so happy when I got them! I hope you guys like this chapter too! I don't think it's near as good as the first, but I tried. Hehe, I even studied up on all this medical stuff which was pretty hard, so sorry if it's a little too technical at parts. Lalalaaa!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or any of the characters and I never will. I don't claim the rights to the song "Maybe Memories" which is the title of the story, and the lyrics are, again, at the end of the chapter!

Maybe Memories

Beginning to fix a Tragedy

It looked like only her arms and her legs had been burnt. That was good. But none of the group was sure if she still lived. 'Was that her life force being let out and sucked into the jewel back there?' he asked himself as he leaned his head towards her chest to listen for a heart beat, and put a hand up to her nose and mouth to see if she was still breathing.

"She… She's dying." A disgusted, angered look full of hatred flashed across his face as he punched the tree next to him as hard as he could. He was snarling by now and yelled at the limp Kagome "You have to fucking wake up NOW wench! Wake up!" he grabbed her shoulders and shook her, his face twisting from pain to anguish as he sat back on his feet.

Sango was twisting Miroku's robes in a death grip as she looked at her fallen friend, and then at the broken hanyou. 'Kagome can't die! She just can't! She's KAGOME, she's incapable of dying!' was all she could think while continuing to watch the two on the ground.

"Well, dying means that she's not dead yet. We have to get her to help." Miroku put out flatly, his face devoid of any emotion, but his eyes telling all. Inside, his heart was wrenching in pain at the thought of Kagome dying. He had believed that if any of them were to die, that Kagome wouldn't be it. She was too full of life to die.

"Kagome! Kagome don't die! Please don't die!" sobbed Shippou as he gripped Kagome's shirt. An annoyed hanyou ripped him away from Kagome and tossed him over his shoulder as he scooped the girls limp body up into his arms.

"You three take Kilala (sp?), I'll take Kagome. We're going to get help." Inuyasha growled out as he raced off, going too fast for any of the group to keep up with him. He had an intense gaze on his face, as he was determined to get to help in time. 'Don't die. DON'T die. DON'T DIE. Don't die!' was all he could think. Nothing was going to keep him from getting Kagome help.

"Hold on Kagome… If you live, you can sit me to the middle of the earth if you feel like it." He pulled her in tighter to himself and squinted his eyes as he leaped up into the air, to see if he could spot a village anywhere… They weren't close enough to Kaede's to take her there right now. She needed help as soon as possible, which meant he'd have to take her to Kaede after she stabilized a bit.

He didn't trust many other humans to heal Kagome. Kaede he could trust, and knew her abilities were immense and powerful. None of the group was sure if anybody other than Kaede would be able to save Kagome's life.

After reaching a village he ran in and started yelling to people "Where's your healer! WHERE'S YOUR FUCKIN HEALER! I NEED THEM NOW! GO GET THEM!" He stood and watched all of the village people start to hustle around.

They were all yelling for some woman named Emiko. Soon he spotted a young teenage girl running out from the woods behind him towards all the villagers. She had dark brown hair pinned up in a messy bun, emerald green eyes and was carrying a basket full of plants.

She turned towards him and saw Kagome in his arms, visibly flinched and walked towards them. She bowed to him quickly "I would be honored if you would allow me to heal this girl." She said quickly, staring him straight in the eyes. She didn't seem afraid at all that Inuyasha was a hanyou.

"What! THIS is your idea of a healer? A girl! Can't you get somebody experienced!"

Emiko glared, stepped forward and stomped on his foot hard… Hard enough for him to grimace in pain "Either you let me heal the girl of your own accord, or I'll have to take you out and heal her anyways. If I'm not correct, this girl is about to die from severe burns. If you have ANY compassion at all, you would hurry up and listen to what I have to say."

"Keh. What do we have to fuckin do?" He growled out, feeling ashamed for a moment that he wasn't grateful for any source of help for Kagome. Every second he waited Kagome was slipping further.

Emiko nodded promptly "We have to cool her off, so we'll be taking her down to the mountain stream that runs past my hut. Follow me." Without even giving him a chance to reply, she started out at a dead run. Headed straight for her hut, the basket still clutched in her arms, she began to put together the herbs in her head that she would need to give to the girl.

Inuyasha was surprised at how fast this human could run, but he could keep up with her. He looked down at Kagome, and hoped this girl could help her. This "healer" looked as if she was around Kagome's age, and this worried him. If she was anything like Kagome, she would probably end up killing Kagome instead of helping her.

They reached a fairly large mountain stream, and Emiko pushed up her sleeves, and then ripped off her pants until they were shorts. She re-pulled her hair back, whistled and waited. A panther was soon seen loping towards them. Inuyasha flexed his claws and set Kagome down gently beside the stream, ready to kill the beast.

Emiko put a hand up to pause him "This is Mai. She assists me in collecting things." She said simply and then spoke to the panther "Mai, go get a clean sheet, and make sure not to get it dirty." And with that the panther was off.

She nodded towards Inuyasha "Ok, strip her down. But if her clothes stick to the burns, don't try and pull the cloth off, just cut around it and leave it on the burn. Then you need to take her into the stream and let her wash off. This will cool down her body temperature and return it to normal, and cool the burns, letting some of the pain leave. You do that, and I'll go fetch some herbs we'll need. Mai will be back with the sheet soon, but don't take the girl out yet."

Inuyasha nodded and did as he was instructed without complaint for once. He'd do anything to help save Kagome, so he would have to trust this woman. He stripped Kagome of anything but her underclothing, leaving the pieces of cloth over the spots it wouldn't come off.

Removing his red and white harato, he slowly walked into the water with Kagome in his arms. She hadn't stirred a bit since he had taken her from the fire, which troubled him. He began to bathe her off in to cold stream, watching the pieces of cloth slowly peel off and float down away in the cold water.

Looking up, he noticed that the girl had returned with a basket full of something and a bucket. He watched her as she pulled out a bunch of leaves and pounded them up some before filling up the bucket and putting them in it. She waited a couple minutes and then walked into the water herself.

She went over to where Inuyasha was standing, the water coming up to her breasts. She saw his questioning look and decided to explain herself as she poured the bucket of tinted water over Kagome's burns "It's a Labrador wash. It's used to soothe burns and other sorts of things."

She saw him nod and bit her lip a moment "Ok, now take her out of the water; we'll dry her with this." She picked up a cloth, and when she saw him reach for it she shook her head "No, let me do it. You probably don't have a soft enough touch; you'll end up hurting her."

Taking the cloth up she resumed to drying off the girl. After she was dry, she laid out a the sheet Mai had retrieved and motioned the hanyou to set the girl down onto it while she began splitting open aloe Vera plants. When she finished she smoothed it over the burnt skin, and sat back on her heals a moment before pressing two delicate fingers beneath the girls jaw to try and get a pulse.

"Weak pulse, but it seems to be getting better. I just need to do something…" pausing she took her thumb and pressed it against the chest of the victim where her heart would be and a small amount of green light emitted from her thumb.

"What was that for!" Asked a distressed Inuyasha after watching her demonstrate some sort of power.

"Don't worry. It was just a boost for her heart, to keep it pumping strongly. Once the aloe Vera dries we can take her to my hut and resume taking care of her." Inuyasha nodded and soon enough they were headed towards and decent sized hut by the stream. Emiko went through the door of her hut and Inuyasha followed.

It was full of strange smelling herbs and such, but as they walked into a separate room all it smelled of was forest rain. The smell was almost intoxicating. The girl fixed two beds, and then set out all of her supplies.

"Lay her down on either of the beds. I'm going to add a couple of Resurrection plants to the poultices for the burns today. If she wakes up at any time we'll give her some Lady's slipper to help her sleep." She watched as Inuyasha laid Kagome carefully down onto one of the beds, and then she returned to caring for her patient. She applied the poultices to Kagome's burns then wrapped them up with bandages.

Grabbing some lose fitting clothes, she pulled them over the girl, and then laid her down onto the bed. After she was finished she grabbed a stool and sat down, letting out a big breath of air. Now that the immediate care for Kagome was over, she could take a breather and look over the two.

Inuyasha's eyes snapped from Kagome's body for a moment to look at the girl. He felt he had to say something to her, since she did, in fact, just save Kagome's life "Umm…. Errr…. Thanks… Umm… What's your name again?"

"My name is Emiko. I don't think I got either of your names." She sighed. Finally he had spoken. She didn't think she could bear not being able to talk to one of these two while they were staying in her hut.

"I'm Inuyasha. She's Kagome…. Mind me asking why you're so young?"

Emiko flinched and her eye twitched a moment as she gave a painful smile "O, the old healer died off just this year. I've had to fill in for her."

Inuyasha nodded and sat down beside Kagome's bed to resume watching her. Emiko sighed and stood up, stretching momentarily before she began to walk out of the room "Alright, if you need anything, or if she wakes up, I'll be in the other room. It's past midnight, you should get some sleep."

"Feh. Whatever, I don't need sleep." And with that he watched the young healer leave the room, and leave himself and Kagome alone at last. He leaned over her to look at her face, which was finally beginning to regain its color.

"Kagome… Please wake up." He was holding her un-burnt hand and felt a small squeeze on it and then heard her softly sigh in her sleep "Inuyasha…" That was all he needed to hear, and he smiled slightly before he rested his head on the side of her bed and slowly fell asleep still holding her hand.

Yay! And I'm done! Sorry if I got a little to into the healer. I know a lot of people just have a 'healer' who heals the characters and then they just sort of disappear. Healers have feelings too ya know! Lol –wink-! I just have to get personal with almost all of the characters that come into my stories. Emiko and Mai! Yay! Well, just tell me if you want to hear more about Emiko and Mai and their past in the next chapter. I'm thinking about that, but only if that's what you want.

And I will ask for….. Drum roll please…. –drum roll- 5 reviews for this chapter! Thankyu!

Maybe Memories song:

And we trudge along through the mud, and we tried to call it home, but we weren't alright, not at all, not for one second.

Never have been one to write it down, Now I think I can, I know I'm stronger now, who is looking south? Not me I'm not looking back, I'm done denying the truth to anyone, cause I'm alive.

You showed me how, you seemed to find a hole, but I just laughed and smiled, begged and rolled my eyes, even cried and denied the truth to you, just like the truth to me, mostly lied.

I'm not going to look back

Write it out like glittering butterflies.