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Recap:

"About-half-an-hour-ago-a-girl-like-that-passed-by," one of the gangsters stated quickly with some stutter. He shakily pointed down a mischievous looking road that seemed to lead to a dead end. With that, they all went to look and see if their leader was still alive and ran off in the opposite direction of the demon.

InuYasha took the route pointed out to him. Very quickly, Kagome's scent became clear enough for him to follow once the stench of this forsaken place had died down.

Chapter 13:

Rescued

Kagome struggled with cutting the rope with the broken glass she collected from the floor. It was difficult, especially since her arms were tied behind her. She blindly tried several attempts to free her arms that were bound behind her; struggling to steady that jagged fragment of window glass.

Her hands were bleeding slightly from holding onto the pointed shard; she had also managed to slice a few cuts in her arms attempting to sever the rope. Eventually, after determination and some blood loss, she ripped through the tight rope. With a quick action, she seized the bandage around her mouth.

Kagome shuttered at the eeriness of the room. She hadn't felt this way since she had left her so called 'family' behind. She also felt uneasy about her blood on the floor; she was very afraid that her father would smell it dripping and burst in to slay her. She wasn't convinced that he could not kill her; even with the protection of the jewel.

After all the troublesome thoughts passed through her busy head, she was overwhelmed with hopelessness and depression. She didn't have the faintest idea of how to escape unnoticed. She missed InuYasha.

"InuYasha…I love you so much," she sounded to herself, knowing she would never get out of her alive. "I hope that you can move on without me…" The tears escaped against her will.

A struggling sound came by the window. Kagome gasped in dread; she had been found and would surely be killed!

To her immense relief, she saw the familiar face of her beloved hanyou.

"Don't be so stupid. I could never move on without you; my life revolves around you," he assured. He grunted as he pulled himself up to see Kagome. Her eyes went wide as she saw him; her bottom lip shuttering.

She quickly bit her twittering lip; looking away as tears dripped from the edge of her angelic face. InuYasha looked at her with wide eyes, looking her body over. He blushed a little when he saw that her dress had been cut up, exposing the more forbidden parts of her wonderful body.

He shook his head to quickly come to his senses. He saw the blood around her and on the floor. He quickly ran over to her aid.

"Kagome, you're bleeding! Let me get you out of here," he said valiantly. He tried to sound assuring and confident but the worry was still vibrant in his voice. He held onto the bleeding woman, comforting her through both the physical and mental dilemma she had just been through.

He noticed that she had a fragment of broken glass stuck in her arm from a first attempt to slice apart the ropes. Knowing that it had to go, he reached his hand lightly over her arm with the glass piece in it.

"This is going to hurt, so just hang on," he whispered, knowing that there were other people in this dusty place. He pulled the jagged piece out as Kagome bit her lip to ease her through the quick pain. To cauterize the bleeding, he ripped off the sleeves of his own shirt to tie them around her bleeding wrist and arms.

"Kagome… I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have let this happen to you," InuYasha said with much guilt. He pulled her into a tight, comforting embrace.

"No. This isn't your fault. And don't you think other wise," she sniffled out, not wanting to cry anymore. "Just take me home…that's all I want…to go home with you."

InuYasha looked down at her, seeing how sad and uncomfortable she was. She looked at his face; the worry was all too evident in his eyes. Suddenly, the wooden door exploded as if a cannon ball had been fired through it.

InuYasha shifted in front of Kagome protectively so that she wouldn't be hit by the debris of the shattering door. A tentacle had shot out of the wreckage and almost skewered the pair.

Being part demon, he luckily was able to speedily dodge the deadly blow. Kagome didn't need an explanation at who was attacking them; that disgusting limb was obvious enough.

Kagome swallowed hard; the memories of her mother dieing in front of her eyes haunted her as a horrible déjà vu feeling swept over her. The dust around this battle scene settled to reveal a man with night black hair; wearing clothes that matched that shady visage.

His eyes were a piercing color of blood-red; his pale flesh was only serving to magnify those haunting eyes. He pulled back his quivering attacking limb as it rested lazily on the ground below him.

"Wench!" he yelled to her; his voice sounded as if he had perfect authority over her every movement and that it was a complete disgrace that she had dared to defy him. "How dare you work against me! Me!…the only person who ever gave you love and the warmth of a home!" he yelled, fury etched into his entire being. "I'm beginning to lose my patients with you…take off that jewel and I may just spare you and your half-breed of a boyfriend!"

"You damn bastard! Kagome won't be doing any of that!" InuYasha rallied at him. "I love her and I'll give her a home that'll always be there for her!" he barked out. He wasn't sure at this point if he was yelling at his opponent or consoling his only love.

Kagome stared at InuYasha from behind him; she glanced lovingly at her hero. She was also surprised that InuYasha had seemed to just melt away all her fears and doubts so quickly; even in the face of a heated battle.

She clung hopelessly to InuYasha's cloths. He took a moment to look down at her with a caring and protective stare.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of this," he whispered to Kagome, gently pushing her away farther behind him.

"Don't make me laugh! A pathetic half-breed is not going to be able to save that worthless child; especially from a powerful demon like me!" he practically sang out, ending his gloat with triumphant laughter.

"She isn't worthless! And me being a half-breeds' got nothing to do with the fact that you're going to die right here and now!" InuYasha growled out, cracking his claws and preparing to strike.

He jolted at the shady man and attempted to rip that smirking head of his shoulders. The man had snapped a tentacle out which slapped the attacking InuYasha in the torso, forcefully pining him against the wall.

InuYasha moved away from the hold and charged furiously at him. When Kagome's father went to ram the half-breed against the wall again, InuYasha leaped over the shooting limb and made a shot for his head.

The claws made contact with the man's jaw. InuYasha thrusted his claws at the demon's head and neck. But his neck didn't snap or break off as the hanyou had expected. He was definitely a strong demon.

Needing another tactic, he aimed his deadly claws at the wicked man's heart.

A sharp appendage plunged itself into the half-breed's side. The tentacle went deep into his flesh and it spurted blood. InuYasha was shocked that he had been hit so hard.

Ignoring the pain to regain his composure, he attempted to rip the tentacle clean off. Using his demonic nails as a knife, he stabbed violently at the limb embedded in his side.

After just three quick strokes with his claws, the tentacle tore off. The blood shot out like a geyser…apparently that limb had a lot of connecting veins in it that had been cruelly severed. InuYasha jerked the attaching quivering piece out of his side and cast it to the floor.

That demon shrieked loudly in pain as blood escaped him in torrents. InuYasha took this opportunity to finish him off. As soon as he charged at the demonic daddy, the hanyou got slammed as the bleeding creature rushed past him. It leapt out of the building. InuYasha was plunged hard against the wall headfirst.

Kagome rushed over to InuYasha's side; the blow to his head knocked him out cold. She pulled his motionless body up close to hers. She let all the tears she was holding back escape her eyes as she cradled InuYasha's head up against her weeping face.

His side was bleeding, his cheek swollen and he probably had some broken ribs. She had to get him to a hospital right away. But what was she going to say once she had entered the building? 'Oh…ya this is my boyfriend; his all battered up 'cause my insane father is trying to get this jewel from me, he happened to be a strong demon that got his ass kicked, a battle for my life ensued, so my demon daddy left and my hanyou got knocked out.'

Yes, that would work perfectly…they would send her to an insane asylum.

Everyone knew that demons and humans rarely mixed together; not to mention she was a pure human and not a trace of demon dwelled in her. Nobody would help them. But he had to see a doctor; she bit her lip in frustration. She couldn't decide what to do.

InuYasha stirred in Kagome's tight embrace. He looked up groggily to see her panicked strewed face. His head swam in buzzing pain.

"K-Kagome…don't cry… I'll be fine," he mumbled out into her chest. She looked down at him, tears landing on his face.

"But you're bleeding everywhere! How can you say 'you'll be fine'! I have to get you too a doctor," Kagome said, her voice rising in panic.

"Kagome, would you calm down. They're just a few scratches. I don't have any broken bones or anything…just simple flesh wounds," InuYasha explained as he lifted up his shirt to expose a bleeping opening. "This will all heal soon."

She ran her hands up and down his chest to make sure nothing was broken. The touch sent shivers and chills up his spine; her gentle hands on his body were so good. She jumped up and left the room quickly. InuYasha looked confused as she had left him sitting on the floor.

Kagome returned a few moments later with a first aid kit. She opened it trying to look for anything that could help; unfortunately, all the medical items were either used or broken.

"How'd you know where to find a first aid kit in a run down place like this?" InuYasha asked her with complete disbelief.

"This is my old house; I just didn't recognize it because I would never ever leave my room. The only time I saw another part of this horrid place was when I left for school; even then I only saw the stairs and the hallways," Kagome told him.

There was a small bottle of rubbing alcohol that she had to shake to get the drops out of on a rugged cotton ball. She lifted up his shirt again and tapped lightly on the wound of his torso. InuYasha ignored the stinging sensation as he let her take care of him.

"How did you get here InuYasha?" Kagome asked, trying to lighten the mood. She began bandaging him up.

"Um… I ran," InuYasha said lightly, looking away from her.

"Ran? How did you run here? It must be over a hundred miles from where we stopped!" She was very confused.

"Well you see, I was kinda panicking and I didn't know what to do…I sniffed out your scent and bolted down to find you…" he finished.

"Really? You of all people were panicking? I never would have expected you to run all that way just to find me," she beamed as she finished bandaging up him up. He looked down at the white bandages; he saw that she did a rather good job.

'Must be from personal experience,' he thought sadly.

"Thank you," he said looking up at his adorable and brave Kagome.

-----------------------------------------To Be Continued---------------------------------------------

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