Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha or it's characters. They belong respectfully to Rumiko Takahashi.

My Heart Will Go On

Chapter 2

Just Hold On

InuYasha held Kagome in his arms for what seemed like hours, but it was only a few moments in reality. No words were said, he just held her while she cried, gently rocking her back and forth and placing gentle kisses on her forehead. It was something very unlike InuYasha, but at the moment, Kagome needed him, and he wasn't going to leave her.

"What happened in the house?" he asked her softly after a while.

He was sitting on the ground with her in his arms, and her head was resting on his chest. She looked up towards him, her arms wrapping around his waist, clinging to him.

"I don't know, they never told me," Kagome replied in a whisper.

He nodded. "It's not a demon's smell here, I can tell you that,"

InuYasha said. "Whoever destroyed this place was very human."

"Thank god he didn't go near the well," she said, her grip tightening on him. If he had done that much damage to her home, she didn't even want to think of what he'd do to the shrine.

When Kagome felt his face nuzzling her hair, she looked up to him. Her eyes shone with tears just wanting to fall, and to him right now, she looked like a broken angel.

"Everything will be alright, Kagome," InuYasha whispered softly.

"Whoever did this won't get near you, because I'm staying right here with you from now on."

Kagome smiled gratefully at this and leaned up, kissing him on the cheek lightly. "Thank you, InuYasha. You always know how to make me feel better."

InuYasha just nodded and held her close.

"...InuYasha?" Kagome whispered after a while, and he looked down at her. "Can we go see Souta now?"

He nodded and secured her to his back, making sure she wouldn't fall off before running off to that hospital place Kagome told him about.

They walked inside, Kagome tightly gripping InuYasha's hand as she did. Looking around, Kagome dragged InuYasha towards the front desk, and a woman with a kind smile looked up to them. "How may I help you today?"

"Um... Is Souta Higurashi here?" Kagome asked, tilting her head.

The nurse looked back down and checked her papers before nodding. "Yes, are you a relative? I heard his parents died." Kagome tensed, and InuYasha gave a squeeze of her hand. She instantly calmed down. "I'm his sister."

"Well, he's in room 320 on the 3rd floor," the nurse gave a kind smile and she nodded, taking InuYasha's hand and leading him to the elevator.

Kagome felt the hand around her tighten when the elevator started moving and Kagome had to smile at that. No matter how strong he was in his era, some things in this one still scared him.

She used her thumb to lightly caress his hand to soothe him, even if the elevator only stopped moving three seconds later. They walked out and towards room 320, where at this Kagome tensed up as they got closer to the room. At seeing this, he pulled her close to him.

"Are you sure you want to do this, Kagome?" he asked her, looking down at her. She paused for a moment, as if deciding against it. But she nodded.

"Yes. I have to do it, just to tell myself it's all real," Kagome said softly.

I also want to see him... just to let him know I'm here, and everything will be alright, Kagome thought, trying to convince herself more than him or Souta.

She slowly wrapped her fingers around the doorknob, and turned the knob, pulling the door open quietly. They walked in silently together, hand in hand still.

Poor young Souta was lying in a huge bed fit for at least three of him, with tubes, wires and bandages all around him. He was no longer covered in blood, thank god the doctors had taken care of that before they walked in.

When the scent of tears caught his nose, InuYasha frowned.

"Kagome..." he began.

"No, I need to do this, InuYasha," Kagome said softly, and he nodded, following her to Souta's beside where the child lay, looking to be in a peaceful sleep, not knowing of what tragedy was waiting for him when he woke.

Kagome sat down on a chair next to his beside, and InuYasha stood behind her, his arms around her shoulders, providing warmth and comfort. For that, she was very grateful.

"Hey there, Souta," Kagome whispered softly to her little brother, reaching out her hand to lightly brush a few strands of hair away from his closed eyes. "It's Kagome, and InuYasha's here too."

InuYasha nodded, and stared down at the small pale boy lying in bed. "Hey there kid," he said, not really understanding why they were talking to a sleeping person, but he was following along with what Kagome was doing. "You better wake up soon, or Kagome will be a miserable wreck without you here."

"InuYasha!" Kagome huffed, looking up at him.

"What? It's true."

"Maybe, but don't say such things to him! He's still very young!" Kagome said.

"But he can't even hear us, so it don't matter what I say."

Kagome sighed. Technically, he wasn't right, and he wasn't wrong either. People claim that when someone is in a coma, if their loved ones speak to them they can hear them, even in dire situations. She told InuYasha this, and he scoffed. "Keh, who came up with that load of-" "InuYasha, not in front of Souta!"

"What?"

Kagome rolled her eyes at him. "Again, Souta's YOUNG! You can't use words like that around him!"

"I didn't say anything, though!" he said, trying to defend himself.

"You were about to!"

InuYasha paused. He had no answer to that.

Kagome smiled innocently up at him, knowing she had one this one, as well as many others. InuYasha growled lightly as he looked back down at her, but his eyes held a bit of amusement in them, showing he wasn't mad at all. "Thank you, InuYasha."

InuYasha blinked, not having expected that. He tilted his head to the side, twitching his ears, wondering if he heard her right. She had just been pissed at him for -almost- cursing out loud in front of her brother (who he didn't doubt had heard the words before somewhere), and now she was thanking him?

I'll never understand girls, he thought to himself.

"Keh! For what?"

"You always know how to make me feel better," Kagome smiled, a real smile, up at him. InuYasha couldn't help but blush as she said this and looked away. She managed a small giggle, and took this as her chance to reach up her hand and give a gentle rub to his ears. She blinked in surprise as she saw his foot tapping, much like a dog's would when you'd scratch it'd stomach. She smiled. I wonder if he realizes how adorable he is right now... she thought to herself. He's even more cute in his sleep...

Hearing a strange noise coming from the half-demon as she rubbed his ear, scratching lightly behind it, she blinked, leaning her ear closer to hear what it was. Her eyes widened slightly. He was purring.

"Ah, so you do like it when I rub them," she smiled and took both of them in between her fingers, giving them gentle rubs. InuYasha's foot tapped more at this, and the purring became louder. Kagome was sure if he had a tail that would be wagging too. He leaned up into her touch, and she couldn't help but smile.

A knock on the door was heard moments later, and she reluctantly let go of his ears after giving them one more rub. She looked towards the door as she felt InuYasha's arms go around her shoulders once more.

"Yes?"

"Miss Higurashi, can I talk to you?" a female voice asked from the other side of the door. Kagome nodded and went to stand up.

"I'll be back soon," she said softly, turning to look at InuYasha. He nodded and watched her leave, before his eyes turned back to Souta, curious as to what these machines and wires and tubes were doing to him, as the only thing he saw familiar was the bandages, which were wrapped around the poor young child's forehead and left arm.

The scent of tears filled the air, and InuYasha stiffened. Those were Kagome's tears, he knew them anywhere. Immediately he rushed out of the doors, not even bothering to close them behind him, and ran off to find Kagome, following the scent of her tears, as she wasn't in front of the door.

He found her a few moments later somewhere near the end of the hallway. Tears were silently flowing down her cheeks as the police officer from before, Kelly Martin, was talking to her now, the nurse had left it seemed.

He walked over to her silently, and she didn't notice until he placed his hand on her shoulder. She sighed in relief and leaned into him for comfort.

"It seems someone had taken advantage of your family's tragedy,"

Kelly explained to them. "We have no name or face yet, but we have a piece of their DNA and we're getting it scanned as we speak. They went into the shrine while no one was around, and stole all of your valuables, not to mention breaking everything else in the house while they were at it."

InuYasha immediately looked down at Kagome, as if silently asking if the jewels were home when it happened. She shook her head at him, because she had been in the feudal era, and -always- took them there with her. So he hadn't gotten the shards... that was a very good thing. Humans in her time might be more dangerous with the jewel if they found out what it was capable of.

"So what will you do when you find him? And where will Souta and I live?" Kagome asked, her voice sounding frantic. InuYasha held her tightly against his chest to get her to calm down. She smiled gratefully, and leaned into his warm embrace. Kelly was curious as to what their relationship was- he looked slightly odd, with the silver hair, red gaudy out fit, golden eyes... seriously, how often do you see that combination in this century? How was Kagome even attracted to someone like this? To her, with the sword on his hip, he seemed nothing but bad news. But that was just her opinion. She couldn't do anything about it.

"Well, he'll be given a trial, of course, but I guarantee you he will be putting in a jail sentence for at least a year if not more. As for where you'll live, you don't have any more living relatives, and you're both not old enough legally to live on your own-"

"You're not suggesting taking us to an orphanage?" Kagome gasped,

as tears welled in her eyes again. InuYasha growled. He heard on Kagome's TV contraption what an Orphanage was, and Kagome and Souta didn't deserve to go to a place like that.

He leaned down and whispered in her ear so low so that only she could hear. "You ain't goin' there, you're -both- coming to live with us. No ifs, ands, or buts about it."

Kagome looked up at him with wide unbelieving eyes. He wanted them to live in her era, for good?

"Thank you," she whispered back, and he nodded.

I'm not letting anyone take you away from me, Kagome, he thought to himself. Especially not someone from your own time.

To be continued...

A/N: I have something very cruel and evil planned for later chapters. Mwahaha. But let it be known, Souta will live! I didn't want to wake him up in this chapter because that would be going waaaaay too fast. So review and give me more suggestions for ideas if you have them!