"AHHH!!!" Anya screamed as she was thrown hard against the ground within the well shed. "Oh, why I'm sorry, that was mean of me," "HuH?" "Heh, but you should know by now, that I live to be mean." "No, really?" Anya said sarcstically and was grasped by the hair again. "Argh! Keep yanking on my hair like that and I'll have none left!" "Oh, my, wouldn't want that, now would we?" Anya glared at the bastard. She was only steps away from her house, a place she'd lived in since she'd turned 13. A sudden thought came to her as she noticed several talismans on the ground around her. She had some of her mother's spiritual power in her and took a charm in her hand. "Oh, what? You think that little thing will...huh...ARGH! What the hell!" Anya had held the charm and had set a spell into it, making Narkau unable to move. This time she took the chance to run and she escaped from the shed. She ran out the door, and bumped into her father.

"Anya!" "Daddy!" Inuyasha embraced his daughter tightly as she cried into his clothes, which happened to be his red kimono. "Are you alright?" "Daddy!" She cried and cried. "Ssh, its alright now, you're safe..." "Daddy, Naraku, he's in the well shed under a frozen spell." "Ah, I know about those. Stay here." Anya nodded and watched her father go inside the shed, then heard cussing and smashing. She peeked inside and saw that once again Naraku was nothing but a bloody, frozen asshole.

"Anya!" "Haku!" Anya ran to Haku who just held her tightly in his arms. She was happier then ever, even though, her skin was still a bloody, torn mess, she was happy, just being in Haku's arms. "Anya, are you alright?" "I'm fine, now that you've come back." "Anya...mmm." She kissed him firmly his lips as he hled her tight, suddenly her eyes fluttered and for Anya everything went black.

"Anya..." There was no reply. "Anya? Anya! Anya, wake up!" She wouldn't wake up. Haku gently shook her, trying to wake her, but she just would not wake.

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"Ugh...ow, where?" Anya opened her eyes and found herself in a hospitable bed. "Huh?" She tried to sit up and found that her body was wrapped in gause and bandages, where her skin had been torn and bloody. "Ow..." "Anya!" She heard her parent's voices adn felt her mother's arms aorund her. "Thank god, you're awake!" "Mom...dad, what happened?" "Well, you passed out due to the amount of blood you lost, dear." "Oh..." "Are you alright?" "Other then being in pain, yeah I'm okay." "Good..." "Sorry folks, now that she's awake, you're going to have to let the nurses change the dressings." "Sure thing doctor. We'll be right outside." "K." Kagome walked with Inuyasha out into the waiting room, where several looked up at them.

Koji lept from his seat, "How is she? Is she awake yet?" "Yes, she just woke up." "Great!" Inuyasha nodded, "Yeah, looks like shes going to make a full recovery...hm?" "Inuyasha, I think there is something you need to do." She gestured towards a bench outside from the window, where Haku sat. "Ha, yeah I guess you're right." Inuyasha said with a sigh and left the hospital. "Kagome just smiled softly as she watched him go. "Where's he going?" "To do something, for Anya." "Oh."

"Yo, kid." "Ah...Inuyasha...I..." Haku stood quickly and was just about to jet, when Inuyasha caught his collar. "Whoa, boy, sit down." "Huh..." "Its time we had a little chat." "..." "About Anya." Haku sighed and sat back down, very aware of the situation at that moment.

"Well, to start, I suppose I should thank you." "!!" "Why did you defy Naraku in the first place?" Haku swallowed and smiled, "For Anya." "Hm?" "I had tried to keep who Anya was a secret from him, unfortunately Akago told him who she was." "I heard that you threatened him," "True, I did. I told him that if he even looked at Anya the wrong way, he'd regret it." "I see." "I'm sorry for all the trouble I caused," "Hm?" "If Anya and I didn't know each other, then Naraku wouldn't have tried to hurt her, I wouldn't have defied him and he wouldn't have gotten his hands on her." "True, but with or without you hanging around her, Naraku would have found someway to get his hands on her." "..." "Are you going to leave again?" "...I might..." "Well, you shouldn't." "HUH!" "Look, I'm not thrilled with the idea of you and my daughter being friends, and even more not thrilled at the two of you being together, but...Anya really seems to like you, and you've proved that you are different from Naraku. So..." "I...Are you saying that Anya and I can be together!" "Don't over react!" "Sorry." "That is what I'm saying. Now lets go back in. She woke up a few moments ago."

Kagome watched from the window and smiled as she watched her husband and Haku walk into the hospitable together. "Thank goodness."