Woo! Another chapter. So there will be at least one more after this. Maybe two. But I doubt that.

Brokenchaos: thanks for your advice. Guys are dumb. I really do like him though. But I don't think I can trust him enough anymore. Especially since he only talks to me about having sex now-a-days. Oh well, there's other fish in the sea. How do you like the story so far?

KagsYash12: haha, yeah, I thought I'd make at least something funny in there. Hojo's not the brightest bulb in the box. Yeah, Kagome's very kind-hearted. Poor girl, she would rather be hurt herself than see anyone else in pain. Haha, man, you know, I've read your review like 12 times and I'm still laughing. Haha. So I guess I'll finish this chapter now, cause I'm almost done with it and I want to get it up so I can finish this story for yall.

Last chapter:

"Ku ku ku, Inuyasha. It seems as though one of your comrades has fallen. And you only have one reviving potion don't you? Seems as though you will have to choose who to save. Your love, whom will only live to be beaten more and more, and will hate you for choosing her life over another, or the young man who is also in love with the girl who just killed himself to save her. Who will it be?" Naraku laughed viciously. Then in another puff of smoke disappeared, leaving the group alone with their decision, he could not risk being there any longer. If another fight ensued, he would surely lose.

Currently:

"Shit," Inuyasha said as he rushed towards the dying pair. "Sesshomaru? What do I do? I can't choose. I mean, I want Kagome to live more, but I don't want her to suffer anymore, and she'll hate me if I choose her. And Hojo, he's got his whole life ahead of him. Isn't there something I can do?"

"Give it to the boy."

"What? Are you sure? What will happen to Kagome? I can't live without her Sessh!"

"She will be fine." Sesshomaru nodded his certainty when the hanyou shot him a questioning gaze before pouring the liquid down the boy's throat. All his cut glowed pink for a moment, and then the light slammed back into his body, jolting him back to life, all wounds healed completely.

"What, what happened?" Hojo asked drowsily, looking from person to person, "Is Kagome okay?" the solemn look on everyone's faces answered for him as he searched frantically for the girl. And found her to be just to the left of him, her breath coming in shallow drawls. Kanna tried to lift herself from the position she was in. She got halfway up and collapsed, being successfully caught by Sango.

"You shouldn't waste your energy, the paramedics are on their way," she assured, earning a slight nod from the pale girl.

"What will happen to Kagome?" se asked weakly, Kaugra stopped stroking the girl's hair and looked to Sango for an answer as well.

"I'm…I'm not sure…" she stated, trying to hold back her sobs. Miroku walked up behind his girlfriend and hugged her gently, rocking her back and forth.

"She will be just fine, she's a tough girl." He assured the three women. Sirens sounded in the background and Bankotsu ran down the stairs to greet the paramedics at the door.

"They're up here sir," he said, leading them to the room he had just left.

"Holy shit! What happened to these three?"

"They were beaten, we saved them, can we get a move on here? My girlfriend is dying!" Inuyasha yelled impatiently. Causing the man to jump and hasten over to the three girls. He lifted Kagome gently onto a stretcher and carried her out the door, two other men came up and did the same to Kaugra and Kanna. Inuyasha rode to the hospital with Kagome, after a long argument with the head paramedic. Bankotsu rode with Kaugra, and Kanna asked to ride alone. When they reached the hospital Kagome was rushed to the operating room, she needed blood, and fast. Kaugra was sent to the E.R. along with Kanna. Both got a CT scan. Kaugra's came up fine, but Kanna had severe internal bleeding. Kaugra was given pain medication and given a single blood transfusion then sent to rest in her own room. The entire group, minus Inuyasha and Sesshomaru came to visit her. The Takahashi brothers sat outside the OR waiting for Kagome to come out. She had to live, she just had to. As they sat watching the door they saw people rushing a young girl into the OR, she had pure white hair. Both jumped to their feet. Kanna was in trouble as well! They paced the floor for hours until finally someone came out of the OR, he had a stern look upon his face.

"Are you here for Higurashi Kagome?"

"Yes! What happened? Is she okay? I swear, if she's not…" Inuyasha left the threat hanging, since Sesshomaru quieted him.

"Yes sir, we are. How is she doing?"

"She will be fine in a few weeks, she's sleeping now, we almost lost her you know? You're lucky she got here in time. Do you know where the people for Yamaguchi Kanna are?"

"We are them as well."

"Oh, I'm so sorry," he began.

"What the fuck happened to her? You better not have let her die you bastard!" the surgeon seemed taken aback by this, but his eyes still held the deep sympathy and regret in them they had when he found out they were also here for Kanna.

"We did everything we could, sir. She had severe internal bleeding, she didn't make it. I'm so sorry." He said with extreme sincerity.

"FUCK!" Inuyasha's yell rang through the hospital. And Sesshomaru did his best to calm his brother.

"Thank you sir, we know you did your best. When can we see young Miss Kagome?"

"She may only have one, maybe two, visitors at a time. But I do not advise going in there at the moment, she needs her rest. Try back in an hour or so. She will be in room 345."

"Thank you sir." He said as he pulled his younger brother away from the spot they were standing at. "You can go visit Kagome in an hour okay? Let's go check on Kaugra."

"Kanna's fucking dead Sesshomaru. Who the fuck is going to tell Kaugra?" Inuyasha asked sadly, he really liked that pair, they were good people/yokai.

"I will tell her, you just get everyone out of the room. Get some coffee or something, and bring me back one." He said, trying to stay calm in the situation, someone had to be level-headed. He had done this many times for his brother's sake, hiding his own emotion for the well-being of Inuyasha, like when their father was killed. Sesshomaru had taken on the full responsibility of his younger brother then and kept his own emotions bottled up, he had to be strong.

"Thanks Sessh." Inuyasha sighed, he didn't know how Kaugra would take it. As they walked into Kaugra's room Inuyasha called the gang out, "Hey everyone, lets get some coffee. Sessh has something to tell Kaugra."

"Sure Inu," Sango said, and they all followed her out, leaving the hanyou to close the door behind them, "So what's wrong?" she asked as they headed towards the kitchen.

"…Kanna's dead…." he choked out.

"Shit!" Miroku stated, "Is Kaugra going to be okay? Those two were so close."

"I don't know Miroku," Inuyasha replied sadly, "She died for saving Kagome and me. This is all my fucking fault!" he yelled, punching a hole in a random wall.

"Inu man, you can't go around blaming yourself fir this kind of stuff. It's not your fault, it's that bastard Naraku's. He's the one who did this to her, not you," Bankotsu chided, patting his friend on the shoulder.

"Well it's my fucking fault any of this happened."

"No it's not!"

"Is too!"

"Is not!"

"It's all my fucking fault okay? My dad married my mom, whom Naraku supposedly loved, they had me, my mom DIED giving birth to me. Naraku wanted revenge for that so he's been hurting everything I love ever since he found out. He knew I would fall in love with Kagome, he knew I was with Kikyo, he knew I was friends with Kaugra and Kanna, and he fucking killed my dad. So tell me how the fuck this isn't my fault? If I hadn't fallen for Kagome she wouldn't be lying in a hospital bed right now, if I hadn't befriended Kaugra and Kanna Kaugra wouldn't be in so much pain and Kanna would still be alive, if I had never been born both my parents would still be alive! How the fuck is that not my fault? All of it is!" he yelled again, walking faster now.

"Inu-" Sango tried.

"Just leave me the fuck alone, bring Sesshomaru back some coffee," he said as he stormed upstairs. He didn't know where he was going, he just knew he had to go, like it was calling to him. When he finally stopped he was outside a room, room 345 to be exact. "Kagome?" Inuyasha called into the room, he heard a faint beeping and her gentle breathing as he stood at the doorway. He stepped inside the room and closed the door gently behind him. As he walked around the curtain he saw her, she had tubes and wires coming out from everywhere, she had on an oxygen mask and she looked so fragile, so weak. He couldn't stand seeing her like this. He pulled a chair up to the side of her bed and gently held her right hand, the one without too many wires and stuff on it. As he watched the gentle rise and fall of her chest he broke down, as he sobbed into her hand he kept saying how sorry he was for putting her through all of this. "This is all my fault, I shouldn't have let him get to you, I shouldn't have let you go back, what the fuck was I thinking? I'm so sorry Kagome. I love you so much, please forgive me. Please Kagome. I swear, he won't ever hurt you again, I won't allow it. Kagome, please, just say you're okay, forgive me. I love you. I'm so sorry Kagome. This is all my fault. I'm such an idiot." He sobbed.

"I…I l…love you…too…Inu…" Kagome struggled to talk.

"Shh, Kagome, don't strain yourself. I don't want you to hurt yourself anymore."

"I…I'm…I'm okay…really…" she took deep breaths between each word, and coughed loudly when she finished the sentence. Pain shot through her body and she winced slightly, trying not to show how much pain she was in to Inuyasha, she didn't want him to think she was weak. But the slight wince did not go un-noticed and Inuyasha shot up instantly, asking her if she was okay. "I'm…fine…really…" she attempted to smile, and it half-way worked, "How…are…Kaugra…and…Kanna?" she asked, and instantly knew something was wrong by the look on his face, "What…happened?" she asked urgently. "Are they…okay?"

"Kaugra's fine, she didn't get hurt too badly…"

"And…Kanna?"

"I'm sorry Kagome…she didn't make it…" he said, causing the girl to go into shock as tears began streaming down her face, "Why wasn't it me Inu? Why did she have to die? Is Kaugra okay? What's going to…" she passed out from exhaustion and Inuyasha gently tucked her in and fluffed her pillow, she needed the rest. However, he refused to leave her side for the rest of the night, even when the others begged to let them have some time with her, he would not let her out of his sight ever again.

As he awoke the next day Inuyasha found himself laying at the foot of Kagome's bed, curled up like a dog, He yawned and stretched while looking around the room, "Oh, hey guys," he said sleepily, "Wait, what are you doing in here? Only one person's allowed in at a time remember?"

"The doctors said she has been recovering nicely and that we could all come visit her. Oh, and I like the whole sleeping like a dog thing, that was cute," Miroku joked, earning a smack on the head. "Ow," he whined, "I was just kidding!"

"Keh, shut up monk. You deserved that," he glared as he sat Indian style at the foot of Kagome's bed, he was luck she was so small.

"I…Inu?" Kagome spoke drowsily, it was getting much easier to talk now.

"Yeah?" he asked gently, signaling for the others to stay quiet.

"What's all that noise?" she asked as her eyes began to flutter open, she saw him sitting on the edge of her bed and she smiled sweetly at him.

"You have more visitors," he signaled towards the others and Sango rose to her feet, walked over to Kagome's bed, and held her right hand in both of her own.

"Hey Kags, how are you feeling? You gave us all quite a scare back there."

"I'm okay," Kagome smiled again, "Hi everyone, you really didn't have to come see me, I'll be back to normal in a week or so, the doctors told me last night."

"We know, we just couldn't stand not seeing your pretty face that long," Bankotsu stated jokingly, but still earned a glare from Inuyasha that said 'Back off of I'll kill you'.

"Oh Inu, stop. You know he's just kidding," Kagome laughed at his childish behavior. He just 'keh'-ed and turned his head from the nervous human boy.

"Hey Inuyasha?"

"Yeah Sango?"

"What' s with the silver hair and doggie ears? Oh and those pretty gold contacts?"

"Huh?" Inuyasha felt his head, 'Shit, I forgot I took of my concealment charm last night.' "Uhm…well…ya see…"

"Inu's a half-demon," Kagome finished for him, "He and Sesshomaru are half brothers but Inuyasha hides his demon side when he goes out in public because half-demons are less accepted than demons in our society and demons aren't really accepted at all, except for Sesshy."

"Thanks Kags…" Inuyasha grumbled sarcastically.

"No problem," she smiled.

"So, this is your true form? Aw! How kawaii!" Sango yelled excitedly, "How come you never showed us before?"

"He was afraid you would be scared and run away," Kagome chimed in again.

"I can handle this Kags," Inuyasha muttered, "Last time someone saw me like this, other than Kagome over here, they ran away. End of story," he stated angrily towards Sango, she dropped the subject instantly, she knew he didn't want to talk about it.

"Well, we should get back to Kaugra…she's not doing so well, Sesshomaru's with her now, she took Kanna's death pretty hard…we'll send him over here when we get there…" Sango said as she shooed everyone out the door. Kagome began to cry again as they left, she had almost forgotten about the death of her dear friend, even though they didn't know each other very well, Kanna gave her life to save her, and she would always remember that.

A FEW MONTHS LATER:

The Inu gang, meaning Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Kouga, Bankotsu, Kaugra, and of course, Inuyasha, were all hanging out under their favorite tree, Goshinboku. Kagome and Inuyasha had shown their friends this place when they got back to school after the…incident. Kouga and Inuyasha still fought occasionally, but they were really close friends now. Everyone seemed to keep a very close eye on our raven haired beauty, yup, you guessed it, Kagome ever since they got out of the hospital, the police had yet to find Naraku but they found Kikyo near the house and she was taken to jail for conspiracy to commit murder, she'd be locked up for a long time. Kaugra and her family held a funeral ceremony for Kanna as soon as Kagome was able to get out of the hospital, because she begged them to let her come. They didn't blame Kagome for any of it, but they knew she did, which was why they didn't want her coming, she might not have been able to take it. Kagome spoke at the funeral and told everyone of how Kanna had saved her life, Kaugra hugged Kagome after her speech and thanked her for forgiving them for working with Naraku. Kagome said she knew they didn't want to, so she didn't blame them at all, he had forced her to do a lot of things she wasn't proud of. The Yamaguchi's invited Kagome to come over any time she needed to and even offered to adopt her if Sesshomaru wasn't able. He was. Kagome now lived with the love of her life and her 'big brother', she loved every minute of it. It took her a while to get used to not being beaten or raped and she and Inuyasha abstained from sex until he was sure she was doing it cause she wanted to, not because she thought she had to. Inuyasha had yet to claim her as his mate, however, he wasn't sure she was ready for that kind of commitment. She still got sad when she saw the scar on her left arm 'NARAKU'S', sometimes, she still believed it. Inuyasha did his best to show her that she didn't have to be his, that she was her own person, she was no one's property. It seemed to be working. She smiled for real a lot now, it was like nothing could get her down when she was with her friends. She started dressing like a normal 17-year old, yes, she is 17 now. Her birthday was just last month, they had a huge party and almost the whole school showed up. It took days to clean up the Takahashi mansion afterwards, but it was worth it. Sesshomaru took time off work a lot more to hang out with Kagome and he and Rin were getting married soon, Kagome was, of course, the maid of honor. Yes, all seemed perfect in Kagome's life, that is, until today. As they sat under the tree's shade, talking as they normally did, Kagome began to feel very anxious, like something bad was about to happen. Inuyasha noticed the change in her attitude and pulled her aside to ask what was wrong.

"I just…don't feel right today…I don't know, I'm probably just over-reacting…"

"Are you sure Kags?"

"Yeah, the feeling's gone now," she smiled up at her boyfriend. She wasn't entirely telling the truth, but why get him worked up if turns out to be nothing? He seemed to accept that answer and gave her a kiss on the forehead before walking back to the group with her hand in his. He sat Kagome down on his lap and hugged her gently as they all talked. He always did this when she got scared, it seemed to calm her, knowing that he was there to protect her. Kagome's serenity left her completely by the end of the day, however. She was very jumpy, and was constantly on the lookout. Inuyasha wondered what she was so worked up about and asked the others if she had told them anything. They all had noticed her change in attitude, but none knew why it was, they all figured he would know and were planning on asking him themselves. They all pondered what could be wrong and as they walked out into the schoolyard Inuyasha and Kouga heard a muffled cry for help coming from behind the school and sprinted full speed to where the call had come from, Kaugra hopped on a feather she pulled from her hair and headed in that direction at well, the rest of the group following far behind because they don't have super speed like the three demons. They were sure they wouldn't be much help anyways, plus they were still searching for Kagome, whom they hadn't seen since she stayed after in her last class to take a test she missed while at Kanna's funeral. She was such a procrastinator. Inuyasha barely let her stay alone, but the teacher insisted, and Kagome made him leave. And as soon as he, Kouga, and Kaugra reached the spot they were headed towards, he deeply regretted it. Kagome had her hands tied behind her back and Naraku had a knife held to her throat.

"You bastard, let her go!" Inuyasha yelled.

"I don't think that will happen any time soon," Naraku chuckled, "She is mine," he stated, shoving her left arm out for all to see, she winced in pain as she felt him create a bruise on her arm.

"Take your fucking hands off of her!"

"Not going to happen, she's my daughter, and I can do whatever I want to her," he said, and with a snap and a puff of smoke, they were gone, Inuyasha rushed towards the spot they once stood at, calling Kagome's name while Kaugra and Kouga told the others, who just got there, what had happened.

"Kagome…" Sango breathed, it wasn't fair, why did Kagome have to go through all this? Why couldn't that bastard just leave her alone? Sango had never been so mad as she was now, she was going to kill that bastard, and she would make sure it was slow, and very, very painful.

"What do we do now?" Miroku asked.

"We go find her," Bankotsu answered, as if it was the most simple thing on the face of the earth.

"How you idiot?" Inuyasha snapped at him.

"Inuyasha, control your temper." Sango glared, "If we're going to find Kagome we're going to have to work together. We don't have time for you to be all grumpy."

"Keh, fine, but how are we going to find her?"

"We're going to the underworld," Bankotsu stated.

"Huh?" they all asked at once. Bankotsu sighed and began his explanation.

"Naraku sold his soul to the devil years ago right?" they all nodded "And who would know better as to where he is than the devil himself?"

"But how are we getting there?" Sango asked.

"That," Sesshomaru stated, coming up from behind, "Is what I'm for." The shocked look on most of their faces told him they didn't know he was coming, "Bankotsu called when you all ran off."

"And how are you going to get us there?"

"Easy, Meidou Zangetsuha!" he pulled out a thin sword from its sheath and cut a big, round, black hole in the sky. Inuyasha, Kouga, and Kaugra rushed in, but the rest were stopped by both Bankotsu and Sesshomaru, "You will all die if you go in there. It is not a place meant for humans."

"I don't care! I have to help Kagome!" Sango yelled.

"And what help will you be when you're dead?" Sesshomaru snapped at her, losing his cool for a moment. This just caused Sango to huff and walk away. Sesshomaru jumped into the black hole as well just as it was about to close, without him, the others had no way out.

only one or two chapters left! what's going to happen?!