(What happened last time)

"Sorry it took so long we ran into a few....problems during the walk." Kagome said.

"Like what kind of problems?" Sango asked interested as Kaede handed Kagome. She then went to give Inuyasha his.

Kagome told them about Kikyou, then Naraku and Kagura. Just as she was finishing, a very wounded Kouga burst into the hut.

(Now on with story!)

He had scratches all over. Bleeding. But what really looked harmful was a huge gash on his chest. It looked quite deep. He stumbled in panting. He looked like he was in a lot of pain.

"Kouga!" Kagome screeched rushing to his side to prop him up. "What happened to you? Who did this?"

"Naraku" he said just above a whisper. He then passed out.

"Inuyasha, come lay him over here." ordered kaede gesturing to a straw bed. Inuyasha, to his dislike, did as he was told. Kaede started to bandage his wounds.

"Naraku and Kagura must have been returning from their den when we saw them. Do you think we should go and see if there are anymore of his pack, still alive?" Kagome asked.

"Yes we probably should."Inuyasha agreed.

"Miroku and I will go, You guys stay here for when he wakes, he knows you guys the best." Sango said grabbing her boomerang.

"Alright, be careful though, and hurry back." Kagome said

Sango nodded as her and Miroku walked out the door. "Kirara, come with us." Sango said, the little cat demon, who was now awake along with Shippo, followed.

"Kagome?" Shippo asked tugging on her pantleg.

"Yeah shippo?"

"Is kouga going to be okay?" Shippo asked in a small voice.

Kagome smiled. "I think so." She looked over to him. By now Kaede had finished working on him. He had many banages on him. 'I hope he is going to be okay. I wonder why Naraku went after him' The question answered itself as she noticed a cut on each of his legs. 'So he was after the shards...But why now? He could have gotten them so many times before...Something just doesn't seem right. With everything that has been going on...'

She was so deep in thought she didn't notice the hanyou across the room staring at her. He couldn't help but wonder what she was thinking. He too was slightly suspicous of what Naraku might be planning but he chose not to dwell on it too much. Naraku always got some pleasure out of messing with people. No use ask questions that will probably only be answered when its too late. Yes, they would find out eventually what there enemie intentions were.

Kaede walked back into the room and turned to Kagome. "I have to go now, I am sorry, but I have some things to tend to. I trust that you will be able to handle things around here?" She paused. Kagome nodded. " Kouga probably won't be waking anytime soon. I won't be gone too long." With that she grabbed a bag and left.

Kagome sighed. She couldn't help but worry about what was to come. The silence in the hut wasn't helping. She decided to ask, though she figured that she wouldn't get much of an answer."Inuyasha? Do you think Naraku is planning something?" She asked breaking the silence. She looked over to him. His face unreadable.

He hestitated, unsure what to say himself. " Probably, he is always plotting something...In fact we should be on guard at all times for a while. We need to be ready just in case."

She nodded. "I agree." Though, like she figured, his response didn't help much, if at all. She decided to not to worry herself. There really wasn't anything they could really do about it anyways.

"Hey Kagome do you have any of that chocolate stuff?" Shippo asked, now excited.

Kagome smiled 'So great to be a kid. Nothing to worry about. And they are so great at cheering someone up, and they don't even know it.'

"I don't know Shippo...." she said teasingly.

"PLLEEEAAASSSEEE?!" Shippo begged with the biggest puppy-dog eyes Kagome had every seen.

She giggled reaching into her bag and pulled out a Hershy's bar. Once she had handed it to him he ran around in circles like he just won the lottery.

"YAY!" he yelled then ran outside to eat his treat.

She looked over at Inuyasha. Now he was the one in deep thought. She couldn't help but ask. "Inuyasha what are you thinking about?" she questioned.

"Im not telling you." He said crossing his arms.

"And why not?" She asked. He didn't answer her though. She sighed. But then yawned, just realising that she was tired. It had been a very long day. With all that had happened.

She pulled out her sleeping bag, and climbed in.

Giving one last glance at Inuyasha, she closed her eyes and was soon asleep.

Yet she didn't notice how the blue jewel around her neck was blinking.

Hey there's seventh chapter. I hope you like it. It was a little short but I don't have a lot of time. Well review if you can, that is if you want to. :)