A/N: Wow... I got just what I said I wanted... I got hits and at least one review... and 2 alerts so far O.O :stares at stats: I really do apprieciate all that. It makes me know that people CAN like my stuff :smiles widly: thank you all! And I just wanna add: I was really unsure of this fic when I wrote it but my really good friend Kagome really helped me. So this stories for you my fave r/p buddy! 3

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Inu-Yasha in anyway shape or form... awww i can't even keep him in his demon form! government type ppl: NO! me:cries:

Inu-Yasha, Stay With Me!

Chapter 2

It seemed to be hours that passed with every minute Inu-Yasha did not respond to Kagome's nudges and questions. His breath, seemingly getting shallower and shallower. Kagome didn't dare to think of what would happened if he... No. He wouldn't. He wouldn't dare leave her. Would he?

"Inu-Yasha... you're, so pale..." Kagome observed scared. Inu-Yasha said nothing, didnt even move. He stayed under the covers of the fouton Kaede had set up when the gang brought him to her the day before. He just collasped right after Naraku did, like his and Naraku's life lines were connected in some tangled mixed up way. But then Inu-Yasha showed a sign that was very wrong. He started coughing up blood, making the tormented 15 year old almost lose it. "Inu-Yasha! Inu-Yasha! What's wrong?" She screamed. The reason why they hadnt seen the problem was it was on the inside not the outside.

Kaede almost immedietly came back into the room of the hut where Kagome franticly shook Inu-Yasha. Hearing her screams she had a worried expression on, as anyone would.

"Kaede somethings really wrong!" She said refurring to the coughing hanyou. He winced slightly with every cough almost as if trying to wake up to tell them what was wrong, but still, his eyes remained shut and he was completely oblivious to what he was going through.

"Oh, dear." Kaede said rushing to him. "This seems to be the result of a miasma, a deadly miasma even to the strongest of demons with the Sacred Jewel... For a mere half demon, it's a miracle he's alive as it is. But Kagome, ye and the others are unaffected; How is that?"

"B-but, there wasn't any miasma..." She had looking at her hands. "Nothing that we saw anyway."

"Right now, there is only one way to save his life..."

"Well then do it!" Kagome screamed.

"It does come at a price though," She began. "For Inu-Yasha's life to be spaired, we must purify this miasma, however it will purify him too, reducing him to nothing but a mortal." She said in a plain and serious tone. Kagome looked at the priestess with hallow eyes.

"You mean I have to pick wether to make him live, miserable as a human or let him die as a half demon?" She looked at Inu-Yasha and could almost feel his pain. "How could I make that desision?"

"Ye are trusted by him most, therefore I'm sure he would trust ye with his life." Kaede said and it gave Kagome the chills to realize that she would desisde if Inu-Yasha lived or died... Of course she wanted nothing more then for him to live of course, but not if he was to be a human. Inu-Yasha could never survive that way... And Kagome wasnt sure if he'd want to live that way...

"Kaede?"

"Yes, Kagome?"

"When can you do it?" She looked solemly at the floor.

"Tomorrow, when Miroku returns, I need both yours and his spirtual powers as well. Until then, try to get some rest, Kagome. We don't need ye to be sick too." Kaede refurred to the second futon in the other half of the room. Kagome nodded and watched as the elder walked out of the room quietly.

'Even if Inu-Yasha is alive he wont be able to enjoy life as a human..Sure he defeated Naraku already but still.. Well, at least he'll be alive, even if he hates me for making him human...'

She then gently layed herself of the hard wooden floor of the hut, feeling the chill of the rain. It hit the one side of her body that she layed on and rang through her body, making its tired muscles stiff. However at least she was by Inu-Yasha, she wasn't going to leave him as long as he was like this.

No more than 15 minutes from when she layed down, she felt a weak nudge at her back. She flipped around being met by Inu-Yasha's amber eyes staring back at her.

"I-inu-Yasha! You're ok! Awake!" She stopped. "Sorry.." She sais quietly as she realized she was too loud.

"K-... Kagome? What... h-happened?" Inu-Yasha managed out between gasping breaths. He seemed like he was slipping in and out of contiousness.

"Naraku's gone," She smiled. She really didn't want to tell him about having to become human to save his life.

"Finally.." Inu-Yasha managed a small airy chuckle. He closed his eyes again and winced coughing a few more times.

"Inu-Yasha stay awake please... Don't," She sighed. "Don't leave me please!"

"Kagome, I'm not." He seemed like he was struggling to talk to her. Like with every word his body began to hurt more. "You think a little t-thing like...like this could kill me? Feh..stupid."

"Yeah, I guess I was stupid to think you'd leave..." She smiled. However he mouth tightened back into a frown as the hanyou looked at her one last time before slipping back into the darkness... This time, Kagome could only hope that he would wake to see her again.

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"Miroku?" Sango asked, slightly shivering in the rain.

"You're worried about Inu-Yasha too I suppose."

"Well, yeah... Him and Kagome both. I think I'm more worried about Kagome and what it'll do to her if we really DO lose Inu-Yasha."

"Sango... I don't want Inu-Yasha to..to die!" Shippo said on the break of tears.

"None of us do, Shippo. But like Kaede said, we don't know if anything's wrong yet." Sango said dimly.

"Well when we get back tomorrow, maybe they'll have found something." Miroku reasoned looking at his now healed hand.

"I just hope that-" She didn't finish her sentance but simply looked to the wet ground, rain pouring off her hair making it seem as if she were crying. Well maybe she was but in the rain you couldn't tell. Miroku could only hug Sango to him, he didn't know what to say. He knew though that the last thing he would say was "everything would be alright," but the thing was he didn't know it for real... And they really didn't need any false hope right now.

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Kagome ran completly out of energy from pacing around the room and sat down tirerdly next to Inu-Yasha where Tetsusaiga rest next to him. She took the great sword in her hands and un-sheathed it.

'Naraku's blood... It's still on it.' She touched his blood in attempt to wipe it from the sword. When she touched it, it seemed to burn, like acid. She dropped the sword and cradled her burning hand. 'Inu-Yasha... this is what you're going through?'

The hanyou shifted in his sleep. He was now facing Kagome and she saw something etched roughly on his face that she really hadn't seen before.

Terror.

A/N: Wellp that's my attempt at making this longer! Thanks again for everything! I hope that this chapter was a tleast a little more satisfying!

Till Next Time!

-KB