KONNICHIWA! Here's the chapter that everyone's been asking for! No! Not the one where Inuyasha tells Kagome how he feels! Just another chapter. I don't know when they're gonna admit their feelings to each other. I know it'll be soon, but I want it to be PERFECT so I'm gonna wait for a few more chapters.

Okay, go and read! Be sure to review and tell me how you like it!

Ja ne,

~Kagome

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Chapter 8 Continuing the Journey

Kagome woke up the following morning to hear the people around her talking. She sat up to see what was going on and saw the rest of the group eating.

"Kagome!" cried a very happy Shippo. "You're awake!"

"Hello to you too, Shippo." Kagome said as she hugged the little kitsune. "I feel a lot better today. How about we continue on today?"

"Are you sure Kagome? You didn't seem fine yesterday." Ayumi said.

"No. Really. I'm fine."

"Okay. Then let's go as soon has you have something to eat." Sango said.

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As soon as Kagome had eaten, they left the cave and continued on. Kagome felt so much better and had only a little pain. She was still going to take it easy just in case she got too tired and passed out. It would be a few more weeks before she was back to normal.

"Guys, can we stop? I'm starting to feel dizy." Kagome said as she tried to keep up.

"Kagome, I don't think Inuyasha's gonna let us stop." Yuka whispered to her friend.

Inuyasha heard this of course, but didn't do anything about it. Instead, he walked over to Kagome and put her on his back.

"I-Inuyasha! What are you doing?" she asked.

"You're dizzy right? I don't think it's a good idea to stop here so you can rest on my back." Inuyasha stated as he continued walking. "Tell me when you want to get off."

"Okay."

Kagome was actually glad that they didn't stop. She didn't tell them exactly how dizzy she was, but she was so dizzy that if Inuyasha hadn't picked her up, she would've passed out. She was now comfortable and didn't feel sick anymore, but she didn't want to get off, so she fell asleep.

Inuyasha, feeling her relax, took a glance at her and saw her sleeping. He smiled to himself and turned to face the others.

"This looks like a good place to stop. We'll rest here for a while, okay?"

"Sure." they said in unison.

They had been walking for about four or five hours and were now tired and hungry.

As they stopped for the night, Inuyasha set Kagome down against a nearby tree and put an extra blanket on her. As he started to walk away, Kagome woke up.

"Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha walked back up to her and knelt beside her. "Do you need anything?"

She shook her head. "I just wanted to say thank you." she said.

Inuyasha smiled slightly. "You're welcome."

Inuyasha stayed by her until she went back to sleep. He knew she was tired and that she wouldn't be able to go any further for today.

"It's gonna be a while before she's able to travel long distances again." he thought as he walked away to join the others. "I just hope she's not putting too much stress on herself now." "Hey Inuyasha," Miroku called, "how's Lady Kagome?"

"She's fine. She's just sleeping right now." Inuyasha replied.

Miroku nodded and turned to Sango. "My lovely Sango, are you hungry?" he asked as he moved his hand..........

SLAP!

"You stupid hentai. You'll never learn will you?" Sango said as she stomped off towards Kagome.

Shippo started to laugh as Miroku stood up. "You never learn do you Miroku."

"I don't know what you mean." he said with a grin.

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"I swear, he'll never learn." Sango muttered as she sat down next to the sleeping Kagome.

She set up her bed for the night and went to sleep.

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Kagome woke with a start in a cold sweat and tears rolling down her cheeks. She had awoken from a nightmare and had to look around her to make sure it was just a dream.

She shivered lightly. It was very cold and the blanket she had wasn't helping much. Getting up, she went to go find her sleeping bag, still carrying her extra blanket.

Not noticing a tree root out of the ground, she tripped, twisting her ankle. Not wanting to wake anyone up, she didn't shout out but whimpered slightly. She saw her sleeping bag a few feet away and crawled the rest of the way. She decided to treat her ankle later as it wasn't twisted that bad.

Carefully slipping into her sleeping bag, she was about to close her eyes when Inuyasha walked up to her.

"You alright?" he asked.

"I'm okay, just cold."

"Let me see your ankle."

"How'd you know I twisted my ankle?" "I heard you get up and watched you fall." he said. "Let me see it."

"Inuyasha, I'm okay. It's not that bad."

"Kagome, you don't know that. Just let me see it. If it's not that bad I'll leave you alone."

Kagome gave a defeated sigh and crawled out of her sleeping bag, handing him her ankle.

"Does this hurt?" he asked as he bent it back slightly.

"OW! Yes it does!" Kagome said, a few tears rolling down her face.

"Kagome, I think you may have sprained your ankle. You didn't break it, but you did sprain it pretty badly." Inuyasha said as he rubbed the side of her foot. "Does it still hurt?"

Kagome nodded, biting her lip to try and dull the pain.

Inuyasha picked her up and jumped into a nearby tree.

"Inuyasha! What're you doing?!" Kagome said.

Inuyasha said nothing, but sat down against a strong branch and let Kagome rest against him. "Don't worry, I won't let you fall."

Kagome smiled and fell asleep, resting her head against his chest.

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A/N: So? How'd you like it? I'm sorry if it's too short but I've been VERY busy. Homework is starting to get to me and I think I just lowered my english grade on accident. Oops. I'll try and make it up though.

Anyways, I would like to now take the time to thank all of the nice reviewers.

Josie- I'm really glad you like it. Keep reading!

Janessa- Just so ya know, this is moocow's sister. You can bug her about updating her fanfics but I'm gonna take my time. Keep reading!

Inudog- I'm really glad you like my story. That really means a lot to me. I will DEFINETELY think about that suggestion. Thanks. I look forward to hearing more ideas from you. If you ever get any more ideas, feel welcome to email me any time!

Kagome-chan-miko- Glad you like it. I'm working hard to make this a good story. I'm getting quite a few responses so I guess they do like it. Keep reading. OH! And I will try and update sooner.

Yuna- Thanks for the compliment. I know some of my sentences are choppy and I need to work on that, but hey, at least they aren't incomplete thoughts. Keep reading!

trueyamigirlfriend- Yeah....all honors classes. I feel so sorry for myself...It's okay though...some of them are alright. I have most of my classes with my friend so I'm happy. The only class I don't like is french. I LOATH it! I would rather take japanese! But my school doesn't offer it!!! cries very loudly Anyway, glad you like my story! Keep reading!

Zonza- Glad you like it. Yeah he can. That's why I put that there. HE'S JUST SO CUTE! Okay, I'm just gonna shut up... yeah, yeah, I have a crush on Inuyasha. So what. Keep reading!

TheFrozenCow- I'm glad you like this story, but I wasn't sure if people would like it. I thought nobody was gonna read it. That just shows how stupid I am. Ja!

EvIL- I don't think they'll ever know who did it. I'm still deciding on that. Thanks for reading! I hope you keep reading!

VioletRose- No I don't think they're very happy. But oh well. Oh! Kirara is there, I just haven't mentioned her yet. Keep reading!

DeathAngelthestreetfighte- Glad you like it. I will defenitely try to make her more light headed.

Fallon- I will try and update as soon as I can. My school work comes first though.

Silver-Eternal-flame- Yup. They know everything. Now only Hojo is left in the dust. HEEHEE. I like the thought of that....Hojo is such a dumbass. I hate him!

hitomi- I've seen this done before so I thought I'd try it. Hope you keep reading!

Tsume Yamagata- Well, about that, her friends jumped in right after her so Kagome wasn't out of the well yet. And I didn't make up their names. My friend has the art book and when I looked through it, it had Kagome's friends' names. Glad you like it. Keep reading!

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I think that's all! Okay! I'm gonna go now. Ja ne!

~Kagome