Inuyasha waited until Kaede had fallen asleep before he took his leave from Kaede's room. With the need to escape so great, he only gave in when he knew that Kaede would not wake for a while. He was not sure what he was going to do but he knew that he had to get out of the hospital because he felt so suffocated and guilty. Even though Kaede had told him that he had nothing to feel guilty for, he could not help but to feel like it was all his fault.

"That's because it is," a voice whispered.

'I know,' he thought sadly.

'So you know what you got to do?' another voice whispered.

'But I can't leave Kaede. She needs me, even more than before. And all because of me.' He thought misery as he left the hospital.

'Then you should leave Kagome out of it' he heard an anger voice whispered.

It was that thought that had frozen him in his spot. He stopped half away across a field. Looking up at the sky, he wasn't sure how he felt of just leaving her. Of course he did not want something like what happen to Kaede…or worst his mother, happen to Kagome. But could he just leave her. Was he willing to give up on her? Leave the safety and love that he felt to protect her?

'I want to be with her,' he decided staring up at the crest moon.

'She deserves better than a filthy half-breed,' a voice sneered.

'She'll end up like your mother,' another warned.

'No, we'll move away. Some place safe," he argued back.

'No place is safe for a waste of space. And soon she will see that to.'

'You will be the end of her. Because a weak hanyou cannot protect anyone.'

'If you love her, then let her go.'

'I can't…I don't want to,' he thought as he continued to walk aimlessly.

'So you will sacrifice her safety for your own selfishness?'

'But what if she wants to be with me? Don't we deserve a chance?' he asked back.

'If you weren't a disgusting hanyou…then yes. But as it is. The answer is no.'

With that last thought, he got so mad that he punched the first thing that he saw. Which, happen to be a wall. He had punched the wall so hard that he had put a hole almost all the way through. And this did not make him feel better. For when he actually took the time to look where he was at and what he had punch. He found out that he had put a hole in Kaede's house. Now, he not only had the guilt of putting Kaede in the hospital, but now she had to get the hole repaired on top of that.

With a heavy sigh, he slowing made it to the front door. But a noise from within had him frozen with his hand on top of the door knob. He had heard someone moving around inside of Kaede's house. But who would be in an old woman's house. Then his thoughts landed on who ever put Kaede in the hospital. He was sure that it was them, that he quickly and silently entered the house. Ready for a fight that he knew was going to happen. However he was surprise to see that the person that was in the house wasn't some hanyou hater, but Kagome.

What he had heard was Kagome pacing around the living room. And when she looked up to see him, relief washed over her. She quickly made her way over to him. Worried filled her dark eyes as she looked him over for any signs of physical damage. When she didn't find any, her eyes bored into his as if asking where he had been and demanding the answer right away. But he couldn't hold her eyes for long.

"Have you been here this whole time?" he questioned looking at the floor, hoping that she couldn't see through him.

"Yes, I was worry," he looked up at her in confusion and she continued, "When I came over I saw the door open. I had the feeling something wasn't right, she I let my self in. And when I found no one. I got worried that something had happen to you and Kaede." she said looking at him almost hopeful that she was wrong and that the two of them had just decided to visit a friend and lost track of time.

"So where is Kaede?" she asked after a few moments tensely.

"In the hospital," he said very softly that she had almost missed it.

"Why? What happen?" she question as the concern clearly shown on her face.

It took him a while to answer. It was hard for him to actually say it out loud, what he has been hearing for years. And in away, finally admitting that the voices were right.

"It's my fault," he said with defeat.

She looked at him in confusion, "How can it be your fault? What happen?" she tried again.

"Someone must have found out that she was helping a filthy half-breed and attacked her." he said taking a seat on the couch and put his head in his hands.

"I don't understand," she sat down across from him.

"People around me always get hurt or worst, killed. I thought that I was being careful. But it seems like I wasn't. She is hurt and it's all my fault. All because of what I am," he said deject.

"It is not your fault that she got hurt. Those people that had hurt Kaede were cowards because they attacked an old woman instead of someone of their own strength. And it could of happen even if you never known Kaede. I think that she was lucky, because you were here to help her when she needed it." Kagome said as she put her hand on his.

But as her hand rested on his, she could feel him trembling and almost fighting to not move his hand. He wanted so bad to believe that she was right. But the voice inside his head told him that he should just end it now and save her from getting hurt like Kaede or worst, like his mother.

'Yes let her go. You will be doing her a favor by it. She doesn't need filth around her.'

Even the voice could not get him to move his hand away from hers. He wanted so bad to have her in his life. But was he really going to risk her life for his own selfishness?

Sorry it took so long for the update. I've been having a lot of ideas and I finally organize them so that I could type them up, just to lose the papers. But as always, hope that you enjoy the chapter and be kind and drop a review. Hopefully it won't take so long to get another chapter up. But we'll see. Until next time.

Isabella the White Tiger