Chapter 3

It's been about 3 days since inuyasha and the gang had brought Rei back to kaeda's. They were able to get all the poison out of her system and bring her fever down but she still hasn't waken up yet which was starting to worry inuyasha.

"Damn it when is she going to wake up?!" yelled a frustrated inuyasha as he and the gang all sat in a circle in kaeda's hut.

"Relax inuyasha she used up a lot of her strength, and her body will take time to heal" said miroku

"feh" said inuyasha than he got up and left the hut

"where do u suppose he is off to?" asked shippo from sango's shoulder

"probably to the god tree thats where he has been going to lately when he isn't watching over rei" said sango as she looked over at the rei who was currently laying peacefully in the corner on a mat

"I miss kagome I wish she was still here with us" shippo said sadly as he crawled down into sango's lap

"so do we shippo so do we" said sango as she hugged shippo closer to her

'Kagome why did you have to leave me' Inuyasha thought sadly has he sat up in the god try reading over the letter he got from rei

Dear Inuyasha,

Hello hun I know that you are probably confused right now and wondering where kagome is and why rei is there...well you see kagome was in a terrible car crash if you forgot what a car is ask rei and she will explain it to you but anyway she suffered some bad injury's that she latter died from please don't think that this was your fault because there would have been nothing you could have done to prevent this. I know how much you loved my daughter and she loved you back just as much but please don't let her death keep you from living your life remember that she would want you to be happy along with your friends ok. Oh please take good care of rei for me too she means the world to me she is like a daughter to me and I would be devastated if something happened to her. Take good care of your self and don't think that just because kagome isn't here anymore means that you can't come and see us we miss you and love you very much so come visit us when ever you feel up to it.

Love always,

Mika

After reading the letter inuyasha tucked it into his pocket and decided that he would head back to the hut to see how rei was.

' They don't blame me and they love and want to see me even thou I wasn't there to protect kagome..sigh...I promise this time I won't fail to protect rei I will not let another woman in my life die' Inuyasha thought to himself as he walked into the hut

"How is she?" ask inuyasha

"Well she is still asleep but she should probably ..." sango started to say before she was interrupted by a moan coming from rei. Inuyasha was by her said in a second

"Rei are you awake can you hear me?" asked inuyasha

"inu..yasha?" rei whispered as she opened her eyes to see concerned golden colored eyes staring into her own.

"Yea it's me are you ok?" he asked as he helped her sit up. Then shippo brought a cup of water over to her for her throat

"Here you go rei" said shippo sweetly handing her the cup

"Thank you shippo" rei said with a smile as she drank the water making her throat feel better

"How long have I been out and where are we?" rei asked

"Were at kaeda's hut in her village we brought you back here after you fainted see you were poisoned by the snake demon and need medical attention that was 3 days ago" said sango

'holy shit I was out 3 whole days I've never slept that long even after are big battles that I've been in with the scouts' thought rei

"I know that you all must have tones of questions that you want to ask me but if you wouldn't mind I would like to take a bath and get freshened up" said rei

"sure we don't mind here's a change of clothes,towel, and bathing supplies" sango said as she pasted them to rei who thanked her and stood up only to almost collapse but was caught by inuyasha.

"thank inuyasha" rei said with a smile that made inuyasha smile back them she gasped when inuyasha suddenly picked her up bridal style and started to carry her out of the hut.

"hey what the hell do you think you are doing?" said rei

"what does it look like I'm doing I'm carrying you to the springs so you can bath" said inuyasha as he headed to the springs

"I can walk you know so put me down" said rei as she tried to get down but inuyasha had a tight grip on her but not tight enough to hurt her

"Oh ya we saw how well you can stand i couldn't imagine if you tried to walk so soon right now" said inuyasha in a teasing type of way

"Hey i haven't been on my feet in 3 days what did you expect" rei said as she stopped struggling seeing how it was hopeless so instead she laid her head on his chest and enjoyed being carried by inuyasha

' hmmm he smells like fresh rain and pine cones i like it...wow wait what am i doing i can't start to like him he was like kagomes boyfriend that would be like i was betraying her if i started to fall for him' but even as rei thought that she couldn't help but like the feel of his body so close to hers

"here we are" inuyasha said as her set rei down a steaded her onto her feet

"Look I'll be near by encase you need help but i promise that i won't peek at you ok so call my name when your done and i will come get you"said inuyasha then when he saw her shake her head yes in jumped into the trees and went to settle into the was close enough to since if she was in danger but so that he couldn't see her .

Once rei was sure inuyasha was a safe distant away she started to get undress. Once she was fully undressed she slowly sat her sore body into the water

'Ahhh this feels so good' thought rei but then her mind began to start thinking about kagome and how she felt that it was her fault that she died and how she is a failure cause she didn't save or protect kagome like she promised when they were kids. Thinking that made rei start to cry.

Sniff sniff

'thats rei and she crying i wonder whats wrong i don't since any danger so that can't be it wait it must be kagome' inuyasha thought sadly wishing that he could go and comfort her but knew that he couldn't cause she was naked.

About 20 minuets later rei was dressed and ready to go back.

"Inuyasha you can come back now I'm done" said rei and then before she knew it inuyasha was standing in front of her in a crouched position with his back facing her. Seeing this she gave him a puzzled looked.

"well are you just gonna stand there and stare hurry up and get on my back" said inuyasha in an annoyed voice

"you know i can walk now right" said rei but she still did has he wished and got on his back then he took off back toward the village.

"inuyasha I'm sorry" rei whispered as she rested her head on his back

"For what you didn't do anything" said inuyasha

"Yes i did i let her die i wasn't there for her" said rei as tears started to build up into her eyes. Suddenly she felt inuyasha stop a put her on her feet she looked puzzled as he turned around to face her then she felt him pull her into his arms

"What happened was not your fault so i don't want you ever saying that it was again ok" said inuyasha softly as he hugged rei to him

"inuyasha" rei whispered as she cried softly into his chest

After rei regained her composure she climbed back onto inuyasha's back and they made there way back to the hut where the rest of the gang was. Once they were back and ever had dinner they sat there quietly not knowing how to begin there questioning. So rei decided to be the one to brake the silence .

"So where should I start?"

Well there you go chapter 3 is finally up I'm so glad. Sorry it has taking me so long a lot has happened to me this year and I just kinda decided to stop writing for the time being but now I'm back. Oh and if you are confused about my pen name i changed it see it use to be XxbitchyhanyouoxX so please don't be alarmed that it's different. I would like to thank all of you who reviewed my story and like it so far i hope that you liked this chapter and i am already starting to work on chapter so it should be out soon since school just got out but i still have to work see i just a job at Macdonald's so i am busy with that now but not to worry i won't let that stop me : ) ok well please R & R and tell me if you liked this chapter ok thanks love yaz