"Just calm down…" He continued to wipe the sweat away from my face. I cringed with the dull pain that remained. "What about you? I mean, aren't you the least bit dizzy after everything I did?"

"Nah," he took off his coat and his white undershirt had a few rips, but not completely drenched with blood. "These are just scratches… luckily you made these just a little bit before I became half-demon again. I'm a faster healer anyways. It takes more than a furious demon to knock me off."

I suddenly got cold and started shivering in a cold sweat. He put his coat over me and kept stroking my forehead. I groaned, "Can't you do something to knock me out!"

"Humph, would you rather me sit on you or just go for the throat?" He joked.

"Um… the throat." His grip came really quick and felt everything going dark. My vision grew black and I shut my eyes just as he let go.

Inuyasha kept stroking my forehead as he saw me drift to sleep. His ears twitched as he saw Kagome in. "Inuyasha… how is she?"

"Well, she's stubborn, I'll give her that much."

"But isn't it strange? She said that she couldn't attack me… and I'm just as human as you were last night."

"Maybe she developed a soft spot for you… though I can't blame her for hating me…"

"She doesn't hate you, Inuyasha… Naraku corrupted her, knowing that she had what it took to kill you. Who knows what he might have said?"

"Only gives me more of a reason to take down that bastard…" He growled, digging a hand into the wood floor. "I bet he knows all of the right buttons to push too."

"Do you think she'll be all right?" Kagome asked, stroking my cheek. "It's like she's dripping in a cold sweat… like when you were poisoned by that spider head as a mortal."

"Yeah, but it shouldn't have this much effect on her because she's almost all demon."

"I don't think so…" Sango came in, "her demonic aura is dissipating. I think whatever happened regarding the jewel shards made her half-demon."

"Half-demon?" Inuyasha took another look, "I think you're right, Sango. The power of the jewel shards gave her the power of a full demon, but without them, I think she became half-demon."

"I wonder if that has to do with the effectiveness of Naraku's trick with those tainted jewel shards." Kagome wondered. She looked at Inuyasha, "Don't you think you should get those scratches looked at?"

"Humph, don't worry about me."

"You know that I have to, Inuyasha. What were you thinking last night getting yourself into that? How'd you… what possessed you to think you could take on her on your own? She was a fully transformed demon and you were mortal; she could have killed you."

He shrugged, "I admit, I was worried for a second when she had her hand around my throat. Still, I think something in my eyes possessed her to stop…"

"So, you knew you'd come out of it alive?"

"I didn't have a clue!" He shouted, "You know if I weren't mortal, I don't think I could have gotten through to her! Being mortal saved my life!"

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about those stupid human emotions… they're not so useless after all. Something happened and my human soul reached her like my voice couldn't. The reason for that still unsettles me…"

"Inuyasha… you care more about her than let yourself believe…" She teased and started laughed.

"What? What's so damn funny, Kagome!"

"Nothing… I just never thought I'd see the day… you actually care about her and you've been lying to yourself about it." Miroku, Sango and Shippo joined in at laughing at Inuyasha's expense.

"Will you all quit it! Get off my back…" Inuyasha looked away. "So I care, big deal! It's not like there's anything going on between us…"

"Yeah… I think that's the reason she didn't come after me. She likes the idea of me and you being together…" She jabbed him on the shoulder. He turned away, blushing, "Umm… don't be ridiculous Kagome…" She laughed, "Fine Inuyasha, be that way… Act like there's nothing going on between us." She said jokingly.

"You got that right…" Miroku whispered in Sango's ear, "Those two are hopeless." She nodded in agreement.

Shippo then pointed, "Hey Inuyasha, the princess is waking up…"

"Oh great… I wanted her to get some sleep, no thanks to you bone-heads!" Inuyasha barked.

"But she's acting weird…" Shippo continuing watching. Inuyasha turned around and saw me leaning up. "Hey, lay back down!" I looked at him, dizzily, my face red with fever. I crawled towards him, placed a hand on one of his legs, repositioned myself and for no reason, starting purring.

"Miroku, what is she doing?" Inuyasha asked, seeming a little uneasy.

"This may sound a little weird, but I think she's… purring, Inuyasha." Kagome pointed out, kneeling down for a closer look. "Buyo does that all the time when he's trying to be affectionate."

"Yeah, but it looks like she's only half-awake, Inuyasha. She could be just doing this in her sleep on account of the fever," Miroku clarified. I put a hand on Inuyasha's chest and I whispered, "Lay down." I put pressure on his chest and he fell over on his back. Then I put my head on his chest, putting my left hand next to my head and fell asleep again while still purring.

Inuyasha swallowed, "Okay… she's on top of me… now what?"

Kagome whispered in his ear, "Just let her sleep, Inuyasha…"

"You don't expect me to just lay around here all day…" He felt my forehead, "I think her fever took a turn for the worst… she's not doing this on her own. It's her fever…" He felt a shiver and looked down. Before his eyes, he saw my head transform from my human-like demon head to a white tiger head.

"Her demon form is fluctuating… she must be really ill."

"You think Miroku! You think!" He sighed, his bangs blowing off his face. He put his hand on mine, "Well, she's not sweating anymore, but she's resorted to shivering. That might be the reason for her transformation."

"You know, sometimes cats purr because they're scared. It's her own way to trying to comfort herself," Kagome added.

"What's she got to be scared of?"

"Oh, I don't know… dying, her demonic powers… I don't know, Inuyasha! You take your pick; you're so dense." Kagome looked away.

"Maybe it's… she really didn't want to kill me and the fact she almost did... that'd be enough to scare her. She promised me that she wouldn't come after me, but I had a feeling that something would possess her to. Naraku just knows how to bring out the worst in people, especially when it comes to rage…" He growled in anger.

I stopped purring. I opened my eyes and found myself laying on top of Inuyasha's chest. I let a tear fall from my left eye; my memory of what happened over the past few hours was gone. Still, I had a feeling that I almost committed a horrible crime. Shippo said, "Inuyasha, she's awake." I smiled, "Hi Shippo."

I inched up. "You shouldn't move just yet," he said. I automatically put a hand to my head. I gasped, "My head hurts…" I looked at my lap and saw Inuyasha's red coat. I picked it up and looked at his white shirt. It had dry blood stains on it. I put a hand on his chest and he inched back slightly. My eyes grew teary when I knew. "Did… did I do this?"

"You want the truth?" he said smugly. He undid his shirt and showed me the disappearing scratches on his bare chest. I sighed, "That's lucky."

"Yeah, you're right! You were so lucky!" He barked at me. I looked in his eyes; they betrayed him. I knew this was just a cover. I laughed, "You're such a liar…" For some reason, I started laughing uncontrollably. "I could tell, you were so stinkin' worried about me and you're just gonna put on a brave face like you didn't care…" Kagome and I joined in laughing, leaving Miroku, Sango and Inuyasha to scratch their heads in confusion.

Inuyasha brushed it off, "Humph, that fever must have gone to your head." Kagome stopped for a second, "Sit boy…" Inuyasha fell over and we kept laughing at his expense. Sango and Shippo joined in soon after.

"You guys have lost your minds!" Inuyasha shouted and raced out of the cabin in a huff.