Promise Me Sequel to Nightmares

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, Inuyasha, and Aniki owns Ryuu.

"Let's get this mission over with, ne?" The miko smiled at him causing him to grin back - her smile was too contagious. Just before he turned away, he noticed a trail of liquid dripping from her chin. Ice blue eyes widened as rips started to appear in her clothes and blood trailed from more places than just her mouth. Through all the injuries appearing on her body, she continued to smile at him.

"It isn't your fault."

Ryuu shop up, breathing harshly as the adrenaline from the nightmare wore off. He raised a shaking hand to wipe the sweat off his face before glancing up at the body lying on hospital bed where he had been hunched over, resting his head on the mattress to sleep. "Kagome."

He had been correct when he told her that Tsunade would give me a long mission, he just never expected them to be attacked by Sound. I was such an idiot. He had had his head in the miko's lap, relaxing for a while before returning to the village, when his senses picked up numerous chakre signatures – by then, it was too late.

Kagome had taken several hits, a few severe ones from Kabuto before Ryuu had finally gotten his head into the battle and began wiping them out.

The two of them had been able to drive them back, but Kagome had collapsed the moment they retreated.

"Kagome!" Ryuu ran to her side, ignoring the pain coursing through his arm as he held her up - he would take care of the probable poison slipping through his system later. She was hurt, badly and the only thought that ran through his mind was to take her to Tsunade and quickly. "Please… please don't die on me…"

The soft beeping of the heart monitor brought him from his thoughts and he returned his head to resting on the mattress. Tsunade had been able to heal her, but couldn't wake her up from the coma she had fallen into. Disregarding the Hokage's orders and his own comfort, the black-haired shinobi had stayed by his roommate's side the entire time.

He unconsciously brought his hand up to gently take hers, running his thumb over her knuckles. The special jounin didn't feel helpless often, and he now remembered why he worked so hard to make sure he felt that way as little as possible. It was not fun.

He hated feeling helpless and now that he was, it frustrated him to no end. "Dang it Kagome – why do you always sacrifice yourself like this?" Her last smile flashed through his mind and he grimaced. "Why do you always do this…"

A small cough escaped the body in front of him and his head shot up. "I… don't like to see my friends… hurt…" Electric blue eyes opened slowly and smile at him. "Hey…"

Ryuu stood up and pulled her up to hug her, mindful of her injuries. His unbound black hair mingled with hers as her buried his face into her neck. "Promise me…"

Her arms came up to wrap around him gently. "Promise me you won't scare me like that again…" She tightened her hold on him as much as she could, but didn't respond, telling him all that he needed to know. She couldn't promise him that.

He clutched her tightly. "Then promise me that you'll let me protect you, please, Kagome…" Kagome could only nod, a small smile gracing her lips and tears running down her face.

"Okay…"

AN: Meh, not sure if I liked this one, but it was kinda cute all the same. Thanks for reading! Please leave me with a review and maybe a request? Hopefully? Thanks again!