Dreams of a Wounded Hanyou

Inuyasha took in the sight of his long lost girl. He never thought he'd see her again, not in a million years. Maybe if he survived for the next five hundred, but in this raging battle with Naraku he never thought he'd get beyond this day because his will to fight was gone. His reason had been on the other end of the time stream, living life in a whole different era. But here she was, in all her splendid glory, saving him from his nothing life and returning his fighting spirit.

He dashed away from the striking cobra and stopped at her side, pulling her into a strong embrace. She hugged him back, tears flowing freely down her cheeks. Kagome took in the scent of his haori, never wanting to let go of her hanyou. But she knew there was a severe matter at hand, and the two broke apart and faced the enemy. There was a fire in their eyes, and Inuyasha stood proudly with his fingers entwined with hers. The remaining snake hissed viciously, set upon avenging his fallen comrade.

Inuyasha smirked and drew the Tetsaiga once more, calling on the backlash wave. The Tetsaiga flared red with power that flowed from its restored master. Inuyasha let loose on the beast before him, the power overwhelming. It was stronger than any attack he had ever launched, aside from the one when he was protecting Kagome from his brother and cut of his arm.

The demonic cobra was killed in a blinding fury, never to devour another human again. The rest of the gang finally made it up to where Kagome and Inuyasha were, exchanging tight hugs with the miko who had been missed dearly. Shippo perched on her shoulder, and they all faced Naraku in what they knew was the last stand. This battle was the finale, do or die. The fate of the world was in their hands, and they had no intention of failing.

Suddenly swarms of poisonous bugs surrounded Naraku, and more demons were on their way. Inuyasha smirked confidently and squeezed Kagome's hand. She smiled up at him, eyes glistening with tears of boundless joy. They were together again, and that's what would win this battle. Kagome pulled out the almost completed jewel and grasped it in her hand. Inuyasha then turned her towards him and covered her hand with his, utterly happy to be back at her side and protecting her once more.

The incomplete Shikon no Tama glowed fiercely and Kagome watched in shock as Inuyasha changed into a pure-blooded demon. The only difference was that he still had control, and his eyes weren't full of hate like before. With a full blown howl he changed into the grand dog demon form that only Sesshomaru was able to attain before. He was noticeably larger than his sibling, enhanced by the power of the jewel.

He looked down at Kagome, and his eyes seemed to say to not be afraid. She nodded, and he turned his massive head back to Naraku, who was quite shocked by the events that had just occurred before him. Inuyasha snarled viciously and leapt off the hill, energy surging through his claws. He slashed at Naraku, and in the process of landing he destroyed most of what was left of Kaede's village. The miasma that was slowly destroying the buildings had no affect on him, and Naraku barely avoided the deadly strike of Inuyasha's oversized paw.

Kagome looked back down at her hand, only to find the jewel was no longer there. She then took notice of Inuyasha's forehead, and realized the jewel was fused with him. The rest of her friends stood in shock, not quite knowing what to do. Inuyasha had just gone full demon and was attempting to rip Naraku to shreds, and there were a countless number of demons surging in on the village from the surrounding forest. Oh, well that could occupy their attention.

In an instant Miroku (who had Shippo on his shoulder) and Sango had jumped up on Kirara and were off to stop the siege of oncoming demons controlled by Naraku. Kagome watched them go and decided she should probably take the other half of the demons that were coming in from the opposite direction. She fired off an energy powered arrow and watched with a stunned expression as it ripped through a huge chunk of the demon horde. Looking down at the bow she took notice of the wooden handle. There, imbedded in the wood was a third of the Shikon jewel. Her arrows were stronger by ten fold, but she didn't even have half of the jewel.

And Inuyasha had become that huge dog demon by the blood of his father, and he probably only had a third of the jewel as well. 'No wonder so many demons are after this thing! Its power is amazing, even when it's broken apart!' She shook herself back to reality when she noticed the remainder of the horde advancing, and knocked another arrow. She took out another section of the diminishing army and glanced over at Sango and Miroku, who were dealing with their half of the beasts with next to no trouble at all.

She figured that Naraku only had brainless boneheaded demons at his command because they were too stupid to think for themselves. And besides, all the really powerful demons she had encountered were too proud to be controlled by anyone or they were smart enough to realize that siding with the grease ball would end very, very badly. A crude dagger embedded itself in the tree to her right, and she scowled at the ogre-like buffoon that had thrown it. Knocking another arrow she took a steady aim at his head and released, not at all disappointed when all that power only took out two demons. 'Serves that jerk right! Trying to kill me just when I get my boy back, I don't think so!! Eh….that reminds me….'

Kagome directed her attention toward Inuyasha, who had smashed away Naraku's barrier and was preparing to strike the foul demon down. Disaster struck. Naraku gathered his energy quickly and blasted a well-aimed tentacle through the massive dogs' chest. Inuyasha yelped and staggered, blood pouring from the wound.

"INUYASHA!!!" Kagome screamed, tears welling in her eyes.

She would not; she could not let it end this way. Knocking her last arrow she let her emotion pour into the tip, and with a twang of the bowstring she let it fly. The arrow flew with precision, glowing so brightly that one couldn't look at it straight without needing to close their eyes. It stuck fast in Naraku's chest, burning with all the energy of the Shikon jewel. He went down in purifying flames, screaming in agony. In a matter of seconds it was all over, and the remaining demons disappeared into the woods.

"Inuyasha! Oh god, Inuyasha!" Kagome ran full tilt down to her fallen love, tears rolling down her cheeks.

The colossal dog demon glowed vibrantly and changed back into the golden-eyed boy, blood still flowing freely from his chest. Kagome pressed her hands down on the wound, trying to staunch the bleeding. Her fingertips glowed pink with miko energy, and the heavy flow of blood slowed, and finally stopped. Inuyasha was barely breathing, and Kagome collapsed over his body.

"Please, please Inuyasha, don't die on me!" She sobbed, and a gentle hand rested on her shoulder.

"There there child, don't ye be worrying over the boy. He'll survive; he's too stubborn to give up now." Kaede smiled kindly down at her, but she could see the worry in her old eye.

Miroku, Sango, and Shippo joined the two, worried lines creasing their faces.

"Is he gonna be okay Kagome?" Shippo jumped off of Miroku's shoulder and landed beside the girl, prodding Inuyasha in the arm with a small hand.

Kagome wasn't listening. She was staring down at her hanyou, eyes blurry with tears. He was so close to death, and he wasn't even awake so she could tell him she did love him. She had to tell him why she had left without saying goodbye; she had to make him promise to live so she wouldn't have to be alone again. Hot tears dripped onto his blood soaked haori, and Kagome let out a sob of despair. He had to wake up again, he just had to. Kaede shooed Shippo and the others away, kneeling down beside the critically injured hanyou.

"Go see to the rest of the villagers. Some of them may need medical help, now go!" Kaede was stern, and she proceeded to look over the unconscious Inuyasha.

She pulled some herbs out of her sleeves and shredded them, preparing to dress the hanyou's wound.

"Kagome, go see if you can find any cloth or bandages in my hut." Her voice was gentle once more, trying to ease the miko who was falling to pieces.

Kagome nodded silently and ran to where Kaede's hut used to be. She rummaged around in the heap of broken wood, earning a few splinters before she found what she was looking for. She raced back to Inuyasha, torn blanket in hand. Kaede ripped it the rest of the way and handed half of it back to Kagome to hold while she ripped the cloth into strips. Silent tears were still streaming down the girls cheeks, and Kaede turned to hand her the upper half of the fire rat robe and the white shirt Inuyasha wore underneath it.

"Kagome, you have to calm yourself. If Inuyasha were to wake up now and he saw ye were crying, he wouldn't be very happy, and that wouldn't do any good for the condition he's in now." Kaede was stern but gentle, her eye shining sympathetically.

Kagome nodded and sniffled, wiping away her tears with the back of her hand. She had to be strong for Inuyasha, no matter what. Kaede was almost done dressing the wound when golden eyes opened upon the world once more, and Kagome was at his side in an instant.

"Ka…gome…" He wheezed out, his eyes dull and unfocused.

"I'm right here Inuyasha." She squeezed his hand and mustered a smile through the oncoming tears

"Don't…..cry. I hate it…..when you cry." He coughed up blood and Kagome wiped it away from his mouth, her brow creasing with worry.

"Shhh….save your strength, you need to rest." Inuyasha barely managed a nod.

"Ka…Kagome…" He coughed up blood again and slipped back into unconsciousness.

"Inuyasha!"

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Inuyasha walked through Kaede's village, devoid of all life. Well, almost devoid. He saw someone standing in front of Kaede's hut, and when he got close enough to see who, he realized it was Kagome.

"Kagome!" He dashed forwards, but she turned and ran into the woods, laughing all the way.

"Oh come on Kagome, wait up!" He growled and followed, expecting to catch up any second, but he never did. She always seemed to be just a turn ahead.

"Damn it wench, where are you?" He yelled, and in reply he heard a scream echo from the direction of the Bone Eaters Well.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha hurried to get there, and when he arrived his eyes widened in horror.

Kagome was wrapped up in one of Naraku's tentacles, the very life being crushed out of her.

"Bastard, put her down!" He growled viciously, drawing the Tetsaiga.

"Huh, why don't you make me, you pitiful mutt!" Naraku laughed and tightened his grip on Kagome, and she called out in despair to Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha, help me!" She struggled against the vice grip around her torso, but it was no use.

Inuyasha launched himself at Naraku, preparing to strike the slimy son of bitch. With one quick movement Naraku swatted him out of the way, throwing him against a tree.

"Yes Inuyasha, save your poor miko! Well, try as you will, you aren't nearly strong enough to kill me! You couldn't even beat your stuck up brother, what make you think you take me on?" Naraku taunted, his eyes glinting evilly.

"Shut up you bastard!" He attacked again, but Naraku sent him flying once more.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome gasped out with her last breath of air. "H-help me…" She fell limp in the clutches of Naraku, and Inuyasha ran to catch her when he let her slide from his tentacle.

"Kagome, no…no, no, no…." He picked up the pale girl and shook her gently. "Kagome, no…" A single tear rolled down his cheek as he clutched the dead girl against him, his heart ripped to pieces. "Kagome…."

Naraku laughed cynically and darkness surrounded them until everything disappeared, but the laughter was still there. Kagome faded from his arms and he tried frantically to grab her back, but she disappeared.

Inuyasha sat in the darkness, surrounded by the evil laughter.

"Everything you love is always taken from you! Why do you even keep trying, you pathetic excuse for a demon! No one loves you, no one cares if you live or die!"

"Shut up, Kagome still cares!" Inuyasha covered his ears, trying to block out the oily smooth voice.

"But she's dead now Inuyasha, and there's no one left to care. Why don't you just die?"

"SHUT UP!!" He roared into the darkness, and everything fell silent.

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Inuyasha woke up in a dazzling green pasture, and standing only feet away from his was a cow. A big, black cow with a white face and black rings around its eyes. 'Skull Face...wait, why does it have a name?' Inuyasha puzzled over the named cow until a spindly legged calf dashed to the cows side. His legs were white and his body brown except for the muzzle, which was brown. 'Patches? What the hell!? Why do these cows have names? And why the hell do I know them?!' Inuyasha stood up from the comfy grass and looked around, spotting more cows and naming them off one by one.

'Sunshine...Moon Spot (this cow was all black except for a white circle on her forehead)...Charlie...Brownie...Blue Eyes (cow had blue eyes...duh!)...WTF?! George?! That's one god damn huge cow!' Inuyasha stared at the massive black cow with a large bump on his forehead. George turned his heavy weight head in the direction of Inuyasha and mooed, quite loudly. It was then that he spotted a figure walking up over the hillside.

"Inuyasha! Come on in, it's time to eat!" Kagome's voice drifted on the wind to his ears, and at the sound they twitched pleasurably.

So...she wasn't dead! Naraku hadn't killed her after all! The hanyou dashed towards the small figure and jumped the fence with ease. Upon arriving at his destination he wrapped Kagome in a strong hug, earning a small laugh.

"Inuyasha! Can't breathe!" She giggled again, and in an instant he was away from her, checking for any damage. "Jeez, you act like you haven't seen me in years!" She smiled brightly, and he took it all in with sharp golden eyes. "C'mon, the kids are getting hungry and they need to eat! They are growing boys you know!" She turned on her heel and began to walk away, humming to herself. Inuyasha quirked a brow so high it almost got lost in his hairline.

Kids? Boy kids?!

Inuyasha quickly caught up with her and sighed, hands folded behind his head. He analyzed and noticed that Kagome was wearing a long dress and a flour covered apron, her hair done up in a messy bun and a spot of white on her cheek. Messy girl. Inuyasha promptly leaned down and licked it away, receiving a laugh.

"Hey, what was that?" Kagome turned to look at him, her brown eyes dancing.

"You had flour on your cheek, and I got rid of it." Inuyasha said smugly, a small smirk of victory pasted on his face. All hail Inuyasha, mighty conqueror of the flour!

Kagome snorted softly in amusement and her smile widened when the house came into view. The first thought that crossed Inuyasha's mind was that their boys were standing by the door waving madly and laughing. 'Hold everything...our boys? These are our kids!? We had together?!' Inuyasha looked from the boys to Kagome, and then back to the boys.

The taller of the two looked to be about nine or ten, with black hair and doggy ears, and a pair of rich golden brown eyes. The shorter boy, who was probably five or six, had a mess of snow white hair and doggy ears, his eyes a deep shade of brown, almost black. The names popped into his head next, and from oldest to youngest he remembered them. 'Souta...and Sesshomaru...shit, we named one of our kids after that bastard? What the hell was I thinking?!' The younger boy, Sesshomaru, raced out to greet them, tumbling over himself at his fathers' feet. This did not hinder him however, for in the next second he had leapt to his feet and was glued to Inuyasha's waist.

"Daddy! Show us the Wind Scar again, pwease?!" His big brown eyes stared lovingly up at his father, and Inuyasha could not refuse them. They were after all, the eyes of his son.

Inuyasha's ears twitched in the direction of the house when he heard a faint cry. The cry of a baby. Sesshomaru noticed it too, and his head snapped back to the house. Kagome looked from one to the other, slightly confused.

"What is it?" Souta came bounding up to them, his eyes bright with the sun.

"Koari is crying again mama." He informed, his eyes wide and his face dead serious, which made Kagome laugh.

"Alright you three, let's go eat. Daddy can show you the Wind Scar after lunch, right Inuyasha?" She turned her head towards him, but he wasn't paying any attention.

'Koari...?' The image of a young baby, no more than a year old popped into his head. She had a mess of black hair and piercing gold eyes, a big Higurashi smile plastered on her face. She was definitely going to be like her mother, that he could tell.

"Inuyasha? Inuyasha, is anyone home?" Kagome waved her hand in front of his face and he blinked, nodding.

"Yeah...after we eat..." Kagome shook her head and laughed, walking down to the house.

The baby wasn't crying normally, and he could see the worry in the boys' faces as well. They knew something was wrong, but they didn't know what. Inuyasha had heard this kind of crying before. He remembered the time when his fathers' evil sword had possessed him and he had almost killed a mother and her baby. The baby had been half crying half screaming in panic. That's the sound he heard coming from the house. Dashing past a startled Kagome he threw the door open and ran inside, his ears flicking this way and that.

"Ah, we meet again, Inuyasha." Upon entering the baby's room he came face to face with none other than Naraku.

"No...no, you're dead!" He growled, hand on the hilt of the Tetsaiga.

Naraku was holding Koari by the back of her footsie pajamas, and she was still crying desperately. Naraku laughed and pulled out his own sword and held the point up to Koari's neck.

"That's where you're wrong, Inuyasha. I'll be around as long as there's something that you hold precious to you still drawing breath!" In one swift movement he had silenced the baby and thrown her back in the cradle scornfully.

Inuyasha stared in disbelief at the blood dripping from the tip of Naraku's sword and the bloody cradle. It was then that he heard the terrified and utterly pained wail call out from behind him in the doorway. Kagome stood there, her eyes wide and crying, her hands clasped tightly over her mouth. She had seen the murder of her own baby girl. Dropping to the floor she let out another pained shriek and shook her head violently, trying to dispel whatever nightmare was plaguing her.

Inuyasha turned back to Naraku with hate filled eyes.

"You'll pay for that you bastard!! How dare you hurt my family!" He drew the Tetsaiga and launched himself at Naraku, snarling.

Souta and Sesshomaru had come then, and upon taking in the scene Sesshomaru broke down and cried beside his mother and Souta just stared blankly at the bloody cradle. His sister was dead. His only baby sister was dead. Dead. He growled in a rage and his eyes went red, glaring hotly at Naraku. That ass had killed his sister. Kagome's head snapped to attention when she heard the feral growl from her son and she stared in shock at the snarling demon before her.

"Souta no!" She tried to grasp his clothing, anything to stop him, but it was too late.

He attacked Naraku with hate in his eyes, and with a well aimed tentacle Naraku ran him through. Souta coughed up massive amounts of blood, and his eyes went wide with shock, fading back to their normal golden brown. Another fit of coughing wracked his small body as Naraku released him, blood gushing from the hole in his stomach. Kagome rushed to his side, tears pouring down her cheeks.

"I'm...sorry...mother." He gasped out, and then fell limp in Kagome's arms.

"No...SOUTA!!!" She screamed and hugged his bloody form, and Inuyasha turned back in horror to see his oldest son dead in the arms of his wife.

"Souta!!" Sesshomaru bawled and ran forward, shaking his brothers' arm. "Souta, Souta! Wake up! Please, Souta!" He called out, fat tears cascading down his already damp cheeks.

"You see Inuyasha, it's hopeless. Letting anyone get close to you is the biggest mistake of your life, and you keep making it over and over again!" Naraku laughed and parried the blows of the Tetsaiga with ease.

"Damn you Naraku!" Inuyasha struck harder, fueled by his overflowing emotions.

Dozens of poisonous bugs flew into the room, zooming around the heads of Kagome and her son. Sesshomaru screamed in horror and buried his face in his mothers apron, still covered in flour. Inuyasha glanced back at them, his face alarmed. He couldn't fend off Naraku and take care of those bugs too while trying to protect his family!

"Kill them." Naraku darted around Inuyasha, blocking him from the only route to his family.

"No! Kagome, Sesshomaru!! RUN!" He furiously hacked at Naraku, trying to get through to the duo in peril, but in vain.

Kagome shielded Sesshomaru from the bugs as they stung her with poisonous barbs, and her skin paled with the amount of poison injected into her body. Silent tears fought to get out as Inuyasha kept struggling to get past the villain in his way. Kagome's body went limp and she fell to the side, exposing their only surviving child. His demise was even quicker than Kagome's because his body was smaller and not nearly as immune to poison as his mother. All hope was lost for Inuyasha, and he gave up trying to fight past his enemy.

He fell to his knees and dropped the Tetsaiga, staring wretchedly at his hands. He had become so strong, but he couldn't even save his family. They were all dead, because he was still too weak to help anyone. Naraku threw back his head and laughed at the hanyou's plight.

"You still can't do a damn thing, can you? You can't even save your own family!" He laughed louder, and Inuyasha buried his face in his hands, trying to block out the world.

Naraku was right. That son of a bitch was right, and he hated it. Naraku turned and left, not bothering to finish off the broken man. After all, suffering for the rest of his life was a much better torture than being killed in the cruel opinion of Naraku. And once again, Inuyasha knew he was right. Sometimes truth was the worst things in the world to bear, and that's always how people like him dealt the heaviest blows to a hero. It wasn't the physical wounds, or the wicked lies that they spread; it was the bare, raw truth that always seemed to cut the deepest.

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Inuyasha woke up in a cold sweat, his heart beating a mile a minute. He tried to sit up, but a sharp pain in his chest forced him to stay down. He glanced around the unfamiliar room, and noticed Kagome was sleeping in a chair beside the bed in which he was laying. He let a sigh of relief wash over him, and wondered about the wound to his chest. How did he get it? Was this another dream?

Wait, it was coming back...Kagome left, he was so alone...that mother and her child came to the village...they lied about everything and turned into demon snakes and attacked him...Kagome came back...they defeated the snake demons...Naraku attacked and he became a huge dog demon in an attempt to kill the bastard...Naraku took a cheap shot and stabbed him in the chest with one of those damned tentacles...wait, was Naraku dead? Did they finally win!?

Inuyasha gripped the bandages around his chest and winced when the slight pressure caused his wound to ache horribly. He snapped to attention when Kagome stirred in her sleep, and her eyelids lifted drowsily. She blinked away the sleep and yawned, stretching her hands up to the ceiling and arching her back. Opening her eyes she looked over at Inuyasha and smiled hugely.

"Inuyasha! You're finally awake, thank god!" She reached over and gave him a gentle hug, knowing if she tightened her grip he might be in pain from his tender wound.

"Kagome…." Inuyasha whispered into her hair, taking in the scent of her very essence.

He had waited for so long to just be near her again, and he wasn't about to let some idiot like Naraku take the chance to hug her again away from him. He laid his hand gently on the back of her head and smiled softly, wishing silently that this moment would never end, but he knew it had to. After their sweet moment came to an end Kagome sat back up, but she took hold of his hand with a gentle smile curving her lips.

"Inuyasha….I missed you. And I was so afraid….afraid that I'd never get to talk to you again after that fight with Naraku." She choked back tears as she spoke, her eyes misty.

"Hey Kagome, you wanna know something?" He turned his head and looked out the small window by his bed.

"What?"

"I missed you a lot too." His gaze turned back to the miko, and her eyes widened.

"Inu…Inuyasha…" She smiled with complete innocence and joy that it made the wounded hanyou's heart swell with happiness, even though he would never admit to it.

"Kagome, what happened to Naraku?" He frowned slightly, hoping that the dork hadn't escaped at the last minute like he always seemed to do when they fought.

"He's dead, Inuyasha. You wounded him pretty badly in your fight, and I shot him with an arrow when he….when hurt you. God, I was so afraid you were going to die!" She bit her lip and bowed her head so her bangs covered her eyes. She didn't want to let him see her cry all over again.

"Kagome…" He reached up and wiped a tear away with the pad of his thumb, a small smile gracing his lips. "I'm okay, I promise you I won't die, not as long as I have such important people around me to protect." Kagome looked up at him again and nodded, sniffling slightly.

"Kaede said the reason why your wound is taking so long to heal is because some of Naraku's poison got in you, and it's slowing down your youkai healing process. You've been out cold for three days, Inuyasha." His eyebrows raised considerably, and he gave her a disbelieving look.

"What? Three days?!" He sighed and combed his finger through his hair. "Kagome….maybe…maybe when I'm feeling better, and I'm not so….bothered as I am now, maybe I'll tell you about the dreams I had." He locked gazes with her, and she could see in his eyes how really shaken up he was about them, and it made her worry.

Inuyasha knew he'd tell her soon, because dealing with them alone and not telling her, he couldn't stand it. She was after all, the reason why he was so disturbed y his dreams. She had died….in both of them, and she was the one he held most dear. There was no way he'd be able to keep such troublesome things bottled up for so long around her anyways. He knew it, but he denied it with every fiber of his being that she could read him like an open book. And when she really pressed him for information….well, there was not a snowballs chance in hell he could refuse.

"Hey, Inuyasha?" Kagome brought him back from his daydreams.

"Yeah?"

"Don't you want to know why I left? I mean, I didn't even get to say goodbye…..I thought that when I came back you'd refuse to speak to me ever again for leaving like that." She fiddled with her hands, a nervous expression playing across her face.

It had never really occurred to Inuyasha to ask before now, and ever since he had that dream before he never really thought about it. He found out that she had left against her will, and that alone satisfied him enough until he could see her again.

"Yeah, why did you go? I wondered if you weren't ever coming back, you know. I thought you just gave up on us here, and gave up on me, like Kikyo did." He frowned slightly, but their eyes remained glued together.

"How could you say that!? I would never give up on you guys! You're all like….like a second family to me." Her tone softened, and Inuyasha knew she spoke the truth.

"Well, get on with it!" He grunted, and she rolled her eyes in exasperation. Men, jeez.

"You see, we were moving so suddenly because my mum got laid off from her job, so we had to move so she could get to her new job more conveniently. And when I tried to come back and say goodbye to you guys the well wouldn't let me through, and I figure it's because I was so upset about leaving and not being able to see you again. I just didn't want to have to say goodbye, that's all, and the well wouldn't let come through for that reason. So we moved to this old farmhouse…." (A/N: you guys know the story, so I'm not going to use up ten more pages repeating myself!)

Kagome kept going on about such things, but Inuyasha really only paid half attention to the useless stuff and probably only two thirds of his attention was focused on the important parts. You see, he was just so zoned in on listening to the sound of her voice and her movements that he wasn't really listening to what she was saying, ya know? It took her almost twenty minutes until she got to the part where she met Senshozsu, and in an instant Inuyasha was tuned in and listening very intently. She even let it slip that she thought he was pretty decent looking, and this made Inuyasha scowl tremendously.

"He was pretty decent!? This guy was decent?!!? Kagome!!" Inuyasha interrupted furiously, the rage utterly apparent in his voice.

"What?? I just said he was decent, I never said anything about him being totally gorgeous or anything!!" Oops. That was the completely wrong thing to say in front of Inuyasha, and she knew it. She knew it all too well.

"KAGOME!!!" If it weren't for the fact that he was laid up in bed due to injuries he would be pacing and huffing and throwing a complete temper tantrum.

Kagome winced at his shout and smiled guiltily. "Ya know, I think it'd be better if I came back at a more…..suitable time. You do need your rest, Inuyasha!" with that Kagome waved quickly and dashed out of the hut, followed by angry bellows from one pissed off hanyou.

"KAGOME, GET BACK HERE!! I WANT TO KNOW WHERE THIS GUY LIVES!!! I HAVE TO GO RIP HIS INTERNAL ORANS OUT!! KAGOME!!!"

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And the finale will be coming next chapter!! WOOHOO!!!! I hope you enjoyed this chappie!! I had lots of fun writing it, but holy crap was it hard to write Inuyasha's dreams!! Goshers, I do hate sad crap like that….oh, and just to let you know, George the cow and Skull Face were both based off of real life cows. George was this amazingly huge black cow with a big bump on his head that was really soft hearted and loved to eat green apples. These cows belong(ed) to our neighbor, and poor George was raised as a beef cow. He was a really sweet cow….

And Skull Face, well she's still living, and she's my favorite cow of theirs. I like to feed them grass out of my hand. Hee hee, Skull Face is a real sweetie, and she's always the first looking for grass handouts. Oivay. I'm rambling about cows. Scary. Anywho!! If you have any comments, questions, or advice please just type 'em up in a review and send 'em on in! I think this was one of my favorite chapters, besides the one with the attic thingy. And if you were wondering about that, well let's just say I'll get to it next chappie or in the epilogue. Yes, I will be writing an epilogue if I'm not utterly satisfied with the ending. I don't know, next chapter might even be the epilogue….So please review and tell me what you think!! And thanks to all you readers out there who've stuck with me from the very beginning!! I'm so sorry I made you wait so long!!!

Ah, and one more thing. If anyone has any story ideas that they would like me to work on, just say so! I promise I won't delay it like this fic, because this was my own idea and I felt like being a procrastinator. But of course, if it's someone else's idea, then I'll be forced to update regularly to please the idea supplier. Anywho, if you actually took the time to read this massively hugely big author note, then put 'Jack Sparrow' in your review please! Thanks a bunches, and I promise to update ASAP!!! Yay Pirates of the Caribbean!! I'm listening to the theme right now….Oooooh, it's so inspiring!!! Well, valete!

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