~*~Chapter 15~*~

I felt my eyes flutter open and the tears were still there. Inuyasha had noticed nothing amiss until I spoke. "Inuyasha. I don't want to ever leave you."

"Then don't." He replied simply, turning to look at me. "Why are you crying? What did I do?"

"Nothing. It wasn't you. I… I fell asleep and… My mom said… They said this isn't real and they are doing surgery to make it where I can never come back." The last bit came out all in a rush. He looked shocked and then outraged. "How can we stop it?" He cried.

"We can't. They are trying to remove it now, they put me back to sleep to do it." The sadness was apparent in my voice. "Inuyasha, I love you. I'm sorry."

"What are you apologizing for? It's not your fault… Is it?"

"No, I have no say in the matter. I just hope they are wrong."

"Is that possible?"

"It's possible but unlikely." I hung my head. "I don't know how much time we have left," I admitted.

He embraced me and I sobbed into his chest uncontrollably. "Let's go find Kaede, maybe she will know what to do." He suggested, picking me up and turning back into the woods. "What about sango and Miroku?" I asked. "They will find us." He sounded so sure that I didn't argue. I was so exhausted, and it was so nice being held by Inuyasha for the last time. I didn't mean to, but I drifted off to sleep.