4: Kagome-Suki-Kagome?

"Not again," Sesshomaru glared as Inuyasha stopped in the middle of his tracks to look at the loud explosion. "What are you stopping for?"

Inuyasha didn't even bother to answer Sesshomaru; he just disappeared.

Kagome!

Inuyasha gave a frustrated growl as he landed on top of a tree branch and search the fallen building in front of him. There was fire everywhere and the smoke was making it harder for him to see, but he could hear. The only problem with that was that he was hearing too many voices to recognize which one was Kagome.

Kagome!

Shut up already, the small, but weak voice came through. And I thought all that was just a dream.

Inuyasha felt like laughing, but he didn't. He continued to search the grounds, sweeping back and forth between the people to look for her.

Where are you?

The farther building, the one that is almost in shambles, but not yet, Suki answered him. Hurry Inuyasha, I can't stay awake longer.

I am coming, Inuyasha promised her. I see it, go ahead fall asleep. I have you.

Suki close her tired eyes and let the sleep consume her. Her whole body aches all over, and her arms were bruised pretty badly. She knew her head was bleeding, but she didn't feel any pain. She didn't care as long as no fire got to her. She was more afraid of fire than she was afraid of pain.

Suki groaned silently as the pain went through her head and through her toes. There was a big throbbing in her temples, and she could barely open her eyes.

"Inuyasha?"

"I am here, girl." Inuyasha's gentle voice soothed her far more than anything could.

"Don't call me girl," Suki told him angrily. "I can't fight now, but wait until I get better."

"Suki?" Inuyasha questioned.

"It's Kagome to you," she coughed. "Why does this always happen to me?"

Inuyasha chuckled as he silently patted something cold near her temple. "I do not know."

"I would have been safer if you have left me by your side."

"Yeah, I know, I am sorry," Inuyasha told her softly.

"You actually apologized," Kagome smiled weakly. "Ouch, it hurts all over, what just happened, Inuyasha?"

"Seems like my enemies have finally come out of their hiding as well," Inuyasha told her.

"There are still vampires in this day and age?" Kagome sounded surprised.

"There is still me," Inuyasha told her.

Kagome laughed, but covered her stomach. "I think something's wrong with me."

Inuyasha didn't answer her. He knew already what was wrong with her. She was badly injured, and there was nothing the doctors of this day and age could do to help her now. In truth, no one should have survived that explosion, but Kagome had always done the impossible, he smiled. She had never gone down without a fight before, even in her last life, she had been fighting to hear the words from him before she left his world and left him in darkness again.

"Inuyasha?"

"Your internal organs are badly damaged, Kagome," Inuyasha told her quietly. "I'm afraid you'll not survive the night."

Kagome chuckled. "I was wondering when you're going to let go of that old language of yours and start speaking my language."

"I can speak your language," Inuyasha told her. "I just do not want to sometimes."

Kagome closed her eyes. "I shouldn't have mentioned it, besides, I think I like the way you're speaking now better."

"My old way, or my new way?" Inuyasha smiled at her.

"Both," Kagome groaned. "Inuyasha, why don't you just bite me to make all this pain go away?"

Inuyasha stopped breathing. "You don't know what you're saying."

"Yes I do know what I'm saying," Kagome muttered. "I've been waiting my whole lifetime, why don't you just bite me and get it over with?"

"You are not yourself, Suki."

"It's Kagome," Kagome muttered and opened her eyes to glare at him. "Kagome."

Inuyasha managed not to mutter a curse. "What is it between you and Suki?"

Kagome grinned. "Sorry, Suki's just as stubborn as me."

"So I've noticed, she refused to believe me."

"I would too," Kagome smiled. "If I were in her position."

Inuyasha looked at her. "You are in her position."

Kagome shook her head. "It's up to you now Inuyasha. Either let me die again, or save me."

He didn't say anything.

"One bite won't change me," Kagome told him. "Remember? I need three bites."

When Inuyasha finally turned to look at her expression, she had already fallen into a deep slumber.

Inuyasha looked at her, angry with her for bringing up the fact that he could easily save her from dying again. Sure, he had thought about that, but he couldn't bite her. He never did before when she was Kagome, and he wasn't going to do it now when she is Suki, still. 'She will not survive the night.'

When Kagome started coughing later that day, Inuyasha knew she was coming down with the fever. He did his best to make the fever go down, but his best didn't help her, and by the time evening came, he knew she was falling away.

The small twig attracted his attention and he quickly turned to see who the intruder was.

"Aunt." He said, nodding his head.

His Aunt stood there, watching them. "You are not to save the girl?"

Inuyasha turned away.

"Very well," the Aunt told him. "She will die."

"Is there no other way?" Inuyasha asked.

His Aunt looked at him. "No."

"I supposed her being reborn again is out of the question huh?"

His Aunt nodded. "You cannot possibly wait another thousand year, son. You will go mad."

Inuyasha stood up and let her go. "Then I will go mad."

"To find her so quickly, and then to lose her again," His Aunt said softly.

Inuyasha walked out before he could hear the rest of what his Aunt was going to say. He didn't want to hear. Maybe it was better this way, he wasn't going to bite her. The person speaking was Kagome, not Suki. The person who loved him was Kagome, not Suki, and the person he had was Suki, not Kagome.

God, this was so confusing.

He remained outside until his Aunt came out. "I have tended to her wounds outside, and she is doing well, but it is her wounds on the inside that are going to kill her."

His Aunt walked away. "She has only two hours left."

Inuyasha didn't bother to watch as his Aunt disappeared into the woods.

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Author's Note: This was a weak chapter and I know it is but I am too lazy to fix sorry. I'll eventually come to terms with my laziness and reread this story to fix any errors.