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Chapter 2: Promises

When Kagome awoke she found herself incredibly warm, despite the chill of the early morning air. She opened her eyes and realized exactly where she was. She was sitting in Inuyasha's lap leaning against his chest. The warmth was due to Inuyasha's haori which was carefully wrapped around her. She blushed at the closeness of the two, but she really did love having Inuyasha's arms around her. She would have stayed like that longer but she knew that Sango and Miroku would have to be cared for.

"Inuyasha" Kagome whispered "Inuyasha, I have to get up"

"So get up" Inuyasha mumbled without opening his eyes.

"You have to let go of me first" Kagome said blushing.

Inuyasha opened his eyes and, seeing where Kagome was, roughly shoved her off his lap and stood up. He spun away from her quickly to hide his blushing face.

"I'm going to make sure there's no demons around" he said quickly as he leapt off into the forest.

Kagome sighed and went to check on Sango and Miroku. Sango didn't have many wounds, but several of her bones were broken and she was incredibly weak. Miroku was horribly injured and despite Kagome's efforts, she could only slow the bleeding. The poison was obviously taking a toll on Miroku, and he hadn't regained consciousness yet. Kagome was incredibly worried and knew Miroku needed medical treatment.

"How are they?" Inuyasha asked from behind her.

"Well I think Sango will be ok but I'm worried about Miroku, his wound won't close. Inuyasha, where is the nearest village? We have to get them medical care"

"We should take them to the well so you can get some of your modern medicines"

Kagome nodded and asked Kirara to transform. She and Inuyasha carefully placed Sango and Miroku on Kirara's back, mindful not to reopen any of their wounds.

"Kirara, fly back to the village as fast as you can, get Sango and Miroku medical treatment" Kagome told her "me and Inuyasha will be there as soon as we can"

With that, Kirara leaped gracefully into the air and headed in the direction of the village as fast as she could fly.

"Inuyasha, are you sure you can run?" Kagome asked

"Feh! I'll be fine. You should worry more about yourself than about me" Inuyasha roughly replied.

"Don't push yourself Inuyasha" Kagome replied worriedly

"I'm not." Inuyasha replied as he placed her on his back "I'm half demon remember?" he said glancing over his shoulder at her. Kagome relaxed on Inuyasha's back, relishing the warmth, as they sped towards the village.

When the finally stopped for the night the sun had just set and the sky was painted a mixture of deep reds, blues and purples. They were a little more than half way to the village. Inuyasha set about finding something to eat while Kagome collected firewood. Within 15 minutes they had a roaring fire with their dinner crackling as it cooked. Kagome was deep in thought as they ate and didn't notice Inuyasha's glances towards her.

"Inuyasha?" she said suddenly turning towards him

"yeah?"

"What do you think I should do now that the jewel's complete? I don't have a reason to return here anymore do I?"

"Stay in your own time" Inuyasha said grimly "It's too dangerous for you here"

"What? You don't want me to stay here with you?" Kagome said surprised

"Didn't you just hear me? I said go home this is no place for you to stay if you don't have to" Inuyasha said not looking at Kagome at all. He was remembering all the times she had gotten hurt or almost killed since she had been here.

"Fine! Maybe I will!" Kagome yelled. She could feel the tears threatening to spill, she stood up and spun away from Inuyasha to hide them. She went over to a tree on the opposite end of the clearing they were camped at and collapsed, sobbing into her arms. Inuyasha, with his acute sense of hearing, could hear her sobs even from the other end of the clearing. He wanted to comfort her but he didn't want Kagome to stay in this time where she could be in danger. All he could do was sit helplessly as he watched the one he cared for cry.

Inuyasha couldn't bear to see her cry and after a few moments he got up to attempt to comfort her. Kagome had her face buried in her arms, so she didn't see Inuyasha approach her.

"Kagome, why the tears?" Inuyasha asked her

"I really am just a "jewel detector" to you aren't I" she said as she lifted her head up and wiped her tears away.

"No you're not. I never said I didn't want you here I told you not to come back. It's too dangerous for you here Kagome, and I won't always be there to protect you"

"so you do want me to stay?" Kagome asked him as she stared into his eyes. Inuyasha gave her no reply though.

"Come on. It's cold over here. Let's go back to the fire" he said as he reached his hand down for her. Kagome grabbed his hand and Inuyasha helped her up. As they walked towards the fire Kagome thought 'I don't want to leave you, Inuyasha. I'll never be able to forget you'

Kagome was exhausted and lay near the fire to go to sleep. Although Inuyasha was tired, he didn't go to sleep. He was thinking about what he said to Kagome earlier. 'I won't always be there to protect you' He glanced over at Kagome who appeared to be asleep. He moved closer to Kagome and looked down at her beautiful sleeping form.

"Kagome, I lied. I will always be there to protect you. If it means you can stay with me, I will protect you" he said softly, thinking Kagome couldn't hear him. Kagome wasn't asleep yet though. She heard every word and smiled inwardly.

'I'll stay with you Inuyasha' she thought as she drifted off to sleep, under the guard of Inuyasha.

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