Well I'd intended to finish this story a while back. But between writers block and senior year, all hell is breaking lose. I hope I didn't lose too many loyal fans. Ill have the next chapter up a lot sooner. Enjoy.

WITH INUYASHA:

Inuyasha's eyes were shut, but slowly he became aware of the things going on around him. His eye lids felt like weights and he struggled to open them, and failed. His others senses chose now to kick in… he could hear the muffled conversation of the one…two…three…four people around him. But he could smell several others…and blood…lots of blood…his blood…and sweat…from the surgeons. His body, like his eye lids, felt weighted down…he struggled to lift his arms but felt only a searing pain in one and the other didn't seem to respond. He formed a growl in his throat, but it came out as a husky grunt.

"He's struggling against the straps, make sure they're not cutting off circulation, but they still hold him down!" yelled the person that stood directly to his right.

Inuyasha felt something on his wrists tighten and then something else jabbing at his wrist. He tried to raise his head and open his eyes but only succeeded in squinting out of the corner of his eye.

The bright white of the room blinded him, but before he clamped his eyes shut again, he saw a figure in green scrub standing over him…a white mask covering his mouth and nose, and specs of red splattered everywhere on hi s face.

Suddenly something sharp was pressed into his shoulder and he tired to jerk away.

"Hold him still!" commanded the main voice, as the cold steel in his shoulder twisted, "I've got to get the bullet out!"

Hands pressed against him and held him firmly against the operating table. He tried to howl in pain, but it came out as a soft whimper.

"Have you got that damn I.V. in yet?" asked one of the main voices.

"No sir, it's like trying to stab a hole in old leather," said another voice, this one sounded panicked.

A growl followed, "Well you better learn how to stab leather then!"

Inuyasha felt his chest lurch up on its own; the pain in his shoulder was making his body burn all down that arm and across his chest.

"We need the pain meds! It's ridiculous trying to operate on an un-sedated and un-numbed patient!" a female voice said.

"It's either that, or hold a bandage over the wound and hope it stops bleeding before he dies! Now shut the hell up and hold him down!" yelled the surgeon without looking up.

WITH KAGOME:

Kagome blinked slowly and then winced as something stabbed her shoulder. Her hand flew to the stinging area but found only her usual shoulder…After a moment of clouded confusion, she remembered all that had happened. This was Inuyasha's pain…there it was again…why was he feeling all this? He should be asleep, or at least drugged beyond reason.

Kagome felt tears stinging the corners of her eyes, how could he stand this? She gently pulled the tape from her wrist that had been holding her I.V. in. Then, just as gently, she slid the long needle from her skin and sat it on the table next to her bed.

With another wince, she slid her feet over the side of her hospital bed… slowly she pulled herself into a sitting position… A sting in her stomach made her slow even more, until she had finally made it up.

Taking a deep breath, she placed her weight on her feet and stood shakily next to the bed, clutching at it until she was sure she was steady.

Gingerly she took the pair of shorts her mom had brought her in a bag and tried to slide them on without moving…(she didn't want to moon anyone in the hallway). About ten minutes later, she was dressed and scooting over towards the door. She had to be sneaky and calm if she was going to get to Inuyasha…

She opened the door just a crack and peeked out, looking for a guard nurse…nope. No one was watching her? She frowned, but silently thanked the man (or woman) upstairs.

Never lifting her feet off the ground, she shuffled outside her room and pushed the door shut behind her. But the force that it took to shut the door was a little much, and she found herself falling with the door against the wall. With a yelp she hit it. Ouch…her stomach rolled and she thought she might be sick…nope… she tasted blood, but dragged herself to her feet again. She had to find him.

But which way? She closed her eyes…willing her soul to reach for Inuyasha's and give her a direction.

WITH INUYASHA:

Inuyasha felt the stinging blood everywhere in his body now, but now, he realized that it wasn't from his arm.

His demon blood was trying to take over…but his body was too weak to take it.

He winced as the tweezers were jabbed into his shoulder again in search of the bullet. Clenching his jaws, he was surprised to feel long fangs against his gums. How was that?

Another flinch, but this time it was from his stomach…why did his stomach hurt? He tasted blood but realized it wasn't his. Was Kagome in trouble? It was hard enough not being able to see her, but now she was in PAIN.

A howl wrenched itself from his chest, half in Kagome's pain and half in his own as his demon blood pressed harder and finally took over.

With a jerk of his arms he ripped the leather bands from his wrists and sent a few people falling back.

One of the nurses yelled and the surgeon in charge clamped something over his nose and mouth. Inuyasha struggled but was forced to breath in the sweet smell and taste of the foreign gas as more nurses banded together to tackle his flailing arm.

WITH KAGOME:

Kagome didn't need to send her soul in search of him. She heard his howl.

Like a lone wolf, he was howling in pain, she felt that much, and then she felt his demon blood. Had she been wrong in thinking that he was passed out and in his normal state? If so, how were the doctors operating? Had they given up? Was he being held down as he bled to death?

All reasonable thought was thrown out the window as she started off at a fast scoot down the hall. Around this corner….around another…ah, a nurse…she didn't notice me… a man with a radio running past as the metallic voice on the other end yelled for help in the emergency room.

They were running down the hall but Kagome scooted fast enough to keep them in sight before they turned the corner.

WITH KAGOME'S MOM:

Unknowing that her daughter was running around the hospital half-naked in a panic, Kagome's mother blinked at the T.V screen in front of her as she ate her hospital cooked dinner. Suddenly the story changed and caught her attention.

"Young Kai Kudo was arrested today for admitting to the stabbing of the two Higurashi girls' Kagome and Kikyou. The local delinquent Inuyasha Takashi was the hero. Apparently, he had been dating Kagome Higurashi and when Kai had come to the convenience store where he worked and provoked him, Takashi had chased the kid down.

Kudo in a car and Takashi on foot, the chase was surprisingly well matched…Takashi followed Mr. Kudo's car all the way down main street and was hit by a car on the corner of 9th and main.

But, ignoring the pain of his injuries, Takashi continued the chase until Kai Kudo ran into a police barricade and admitted to his crime for his own safety. Mr. Takashi, still being aggressively demonic, was shot, and taken to a hospital as soon as Mr. Kudo was apprehended…

And in other news…Ai , one of our own staff, became a mother of twins today…"

Her eyes grew wide as the information sunk in. Had that report been correct? Of course, it was on the news…but…that meant that she had been wrong…

She blinked. Surely the boy wasn't as great as the reporter had made him out to be…had he really tried to get vengeance for Kagome? Maybe the boy really loved her…no…why would he sleep with Kikyou if he loved Kagome…unless…. But why would her daughter lie?

Abandoning her dinner, she walked up to one of the nurse's station and found the one that had previously helped her for a price.

"I need a favor," she said.

The girl smiled, "It'll cost ya."

Kagome's mother slid a rather large amount of money across the counter, "You have the blood of both Inuyasha Takashi and Kikyou's unborn baby on file, correct?"

The girl nodded and Kagome's mother described to her, in detail, what she wanted done.

WITH KAGOME:

Kagome held her stomach tightly, trying to ignore the pain, as she shuffled faster and faster down the halls. Would her body be able to hold up if she started to run? Another corner. Another hallway. Another corner. Another howl from the man she loved.

Just as Kagome was gathering her energy for a run, she saw him.

Inuyasha's back was facing her, but he looked fine and healthy. His fluffy white hair trickled down his waist and brought a smile to her face. She must have been dreaming… maybe a side effect of the drugs?

Kagome wrapped her arms around Inuyasha's waist as she hugged him form behind, "I'm so glad you're okay…I love you so much…" Her voice cracked with tears and she clutched him and he started to turn to face her. "Oh…Inuyasha."

Kagome's heart stopped as she looked up into a face that wasn't Inuyasha's. She opened her mouth to let out an anguished cry, but the imposters lips chose this moment to come down onto her own.

Gathering all her shattered strength, Kagome tried to push away from the liar.

The demon smiled, "Call me Sesshomaru."

Another fierce howl from her REAL demon, and a tear was falling down her cheek. She had wasted so much time.

Kagome turned to start towards the sounds again when she was lifted into the strange demons arms.

"Uh… sir…that patient needs to go back to her room now…" a nurse said as she came up behind him.

Sesshomaru smiled condescendingly at the nurse, "No she doesn't."

With that, he turned on his heel and ran in the direction of the howls from his brother.

Kagome held her stomach as each of the demons steps jostled her, but she would be okay…as long as he took her to Inuyasha.

Sesshomaru slowed as he turned a corner and almost ran into a door. The 'emergency room' sigh glowed a luminous red as Sesshomaru looked at it.

"Your mate is my brother…" Sesshomaru said.

Kagome nodded but ignored him. reaching for the door in front of her, for Inuyasha.

"But I wont help him for no reason" he paused, watching the girl in his arms turn to him with a pained expression. "He took away all that was my family, my life, and he owes me."

Kagome frowned and started to try to squirm out of the dark demons arms.

"Listen to me," he jerked her face in his direction, "I will help him on one condition."

Kagome was shaking but she kept her voice almost normal, "Please, just help him, now!"

Sesshomaru smiled, "I want my payment."

Kagome fought another onslaught of tears. "What do you want?"

"You," Sesshomaru smiled.

Kagome let out another anguished cry, "Please just take me to him, PLEASE."

Sesshomaru gave a slow shake of his head, "He is just beyond that door, all you have to do is agree and I'll help you heal him, you NEED my help."

Kagome sobbed as she nodded, "Fine, just take me to him."

Sesshomaru grinned kicked the door to the emergency room open.

Kagome eyes took everything in at once, the red blood all over the floor, the nurse-covered in it- slipping and trying to get an instrument to the doctor, another nurse, using a scalpel to slash another hole in Inuyasha's perfect skin and then shove an I.V. into the dripping hole, and the main surgeon, jabbing a set of maniacal looking tweezers in and out of the wound. Then her teary eyes landed on him, his eyes were the color of his blood and they were looking straight at her, his chest was bare and heaving, glistening with a mixture of sweat and blood, and his arms and legs were bucking and struggling against the remaining leather ties holding him to the bed.

"Oh…fuck" Sesshomaru mumbled.

WITH INUYASHA:

He gave his legs a final jerk and they jerked free of the wide straps that chaffed him and held him down. All he could see was Kagome, and all he could hear was her heart beating frantically. His demon blood roared in his ears as he realized that she was in another demons arms, he registered the demon as an enemy and roared.

The white haired demon carried Kagome towards him, moving slowly and unhampered by the humans around him.

"INUYASHA!" his mate's voice came out in a hoarse croak, and her arms reached for him.

Inuyasha ripped his injured arm from the doctors grasp and the leather strap with one jerk. Then, even though his mind knew he should lie back and let the doctors fix him, he jumped from the table and onto the slippery floor in front of his mate.

Another sob from her and he reached her, he jerked her from the arms of the other, and pulled her against him.

WITH KAGOME:

Kagome cried as she clung to Inuyasha's slick chest, "HELP HIM!" she cried to anyone who would listen.

Sesshomaru grabbed Inuyasha then, while his arms were busy holding his mate, and shoved him back down onto the table. He held his brother there, with the crying human on top of him, and turned to the nurse, "You need to transfer my blood to him, now."

The nurse stared dumbly at him for a moment and then with a nod from the doctor rushed from the room to get the supplies.

"You need to get the bullet out while I hold him," the surgeon didn't bother to argue, but jumped back on the wound and started digging at it again, "and" Sesshomaru said, "everyone else get the fuck out."

Kagome clung to Inuyasha's chest as he struggled to shred his brothers arms without hurting her. Tears fell down her face as she did her best to help Sesshomaru keep him still for the doctor.

Then nurse was back, and she knelt down next to the bed and hooked an I.V. first into Sesshomaru's arm and then trying Inuyasha's, after a few moments of no success, Sesshomaru took the needle from her and jabbed it in his brother's arm. Kagome's beautiful mate didn't seem to feel the needle as he snarled above her head at the demon behind her. God…please help me, she thought; don't let the only person that as every really cared for me die…

The nurse looked up at Sesshomaru as she pressed the button that started pumping Sesshomaru's dark blood into Inuyasha's still bleeding arm. Sesshomaru must have given a sign or said something because the nurse gave a nod back and left the room.

Inuyasha roared in her ear as the doctor finally pulled out the flatted bullet coated in Inuyasha's blood and tissue. "Got it!" he said with a smile of triumph even though all hell was breaking loose around him.

"You get out too, and have someone hold the door shut out there," Sesshomaru panted; apparently his half-demon brother was giving him a run for his money.

Kagome leaned up and kissed Inuyasha's slick cheek, "It's all going to be over soon…"

Sesshomaru held them, even after the doctor had left and locked the swinging doors. He seemed to be waiting on something.

Suddenly Inuyasha was arching against her, half roaring and half screaming in pain. As more and more of Sesshomaru's blood poured into his body he got louder and louder. Kagome whimpered and clung against his body as she felt the mirroring burn of the demon blood in Inuyasha's system coursing through her own body like molten metal.

Sesshomaru must have deemed that Inuyasha had had enough and was suddenly off of them , tearing his IV out, and backing into the opposite corner of the room.

Inuyasha's body was suddenly airborne, with hers pressed against it. Kagome clung to him as he landed in the corner of the room, scattering medical equipment all over and snarling. He let go of her and clawed at his chest as if he could scratch the foreign blood out of him…

Kagome watched as he collapsed to the floor, still thrashing screaming.

WITH KAGOME'S MOTHER:

Tapping her foot Kagome's mother watched as the goddamned nurse, with the DNA test results stopped in the hallway to talk to another nurse. IT DIDN'T MATTER WHERE SHE WENT SATURDAY ! She needed those results; the apprehension was driving her crazy.

What if Kikyou had lied? Surely she wouldn't do that. But what if she did, what else had she lied about. Oh, poor Kagome. I have been so hard on her and the demon…Kagome's mother chewed one of her finger nails as she watched the snotty nurse get done talking and walk up.

"WELL?" she asked, pouncing on the nurse and the file she was holding.

"Your daughter's baby didn't have a single drop of demon blood in it," the nurse said as she handed the graying woman the file, "oh- and it would have been a boy."

"That doesn't matter now, what matters is that Kikyou LIED!" running a frustrated hand through her unbrushed hair the mother walked off in the direction of Kikyou's room, thinking as she went.

She knocked gently as she opened the door and walked in.

Kikyou was on the phone but smiled softy as she came in, "Hey momma-hey I got to go okay? I'll call you back later."

Kikyou gave her mother a warm smile, "Can you bring me a pillow from home the next time you come? These hospital pillows are all so hard…"

Her mother didn't say anything.

"Mom?" Kikyou frowned, "are you okay?"

Taking a deep breath her mother looked her in the eyes, "Did you lie to me about Inuyasha being the father of your baby?"

Kikyou looked surprised for a moment and then frowned again, "No! Why would I do that? Mom! I would never do that to Kagome! Who told you that?"

Her mother sighed again, "I don't know, why would you do it?"

"I WOULDN'T!" Kikyou pleaded, "listen to me! Who told you that? Would you trust them more than me? YOUR OWN DAUGHTER!"

"Kikyou, stop" her mother sighed, "the nurse did a D.N.A test on your baby and there was no demon blood in it."

Kikyou was speechless only for a moment, "It's a fake! It has to be! He's the only person I 've ever had sex with!"

The mother found herself sighing yet again. Where had she gone wrong with her daughters? "Why did you do it Kikyou?"

"I DIDN'T!" Kikyou screamed, tears streaming down her face, "why don't you believe me mom?"

She almost did… seeing her daughter crying and looking so indignant made her want to believe her…but the nurse wouldn't have falsified the information. "Kikyou, until you can give me a good reason for what you did, or at least one I can understand, you aren't welcome in my home. You owe your ONLY sister and her fiancé an apology also."

Kikyou's mouth hung open for a moment and then her rage erupted. "GET OUT! Just get out!" She jerked the hospital phone from the wall and threw it at her mother. "YOU'RE ON HER SIDE!"

Holding her breath and thereby her tears, Kagome's mother slipped from the room with her chin held high. She owed Kagome and Inuyasha an apology also.

WITH INUYASHA:

Pain. So much pain. His entire body was on fire. How much longer would he have to suffer before he died? "Please, make it STOP!" he tried to shout, but it came out in an inaudible croak.

His demon blood had taken over before…but it had never hurt this…much.

He tottered on the edge of sanity as the pain intensified and he roared out his aguish. "Ahhhhhh" a man was screaming somewhere nearby…it hurt his ears…

Suddenly he was on his back. In the corner of some unidentifiable room. With little waves of pain washing over him, causing his body to spasm. The smell of blood filled his nostrils, and something else. He fought to remember why he shouldn't be happy, but the raw power coursing through his veins made him laugh.

There was a girl in front of him. He couldn't remember her name or who she was, but he recognized her as his. He could smell her fear, and he liked it.

Inuyasha took a step toward the quivering human in front of him, reveling in the new feeling of his power. He knew, without a doubt, he could kill anything in this room without breaking a sweat, and it felt good.

Thump-thump-thump- her heart reminded him of her presence and pulled him out of his reverie of carnage. He didn't realize he was smiling until he heard her gasp and felt one of his fangs poking his bottom lip.

"Hey there…little red riding hood" he ground out, taking pleasure in the horrified expression she wore.

"Inuyasha?" she whispered so softly a human probably wouldn't have heard.

Inuyasha. The name was familiar to him, but only vaguely. Fuck this Inuyasha. He wanted blood. Blood and death and sex.

"You'll have to make do with me" he didn't like that HIS woman was talking about another male, it made his already hot blood hotter. Suddenly he heard a noise behind her.

A demon was there. Crouching in the corner like a pathetic deer with nowhere to run. Was this, THE Inuyasha the girl spoke of? He would kill the demon, fuck the girl, kill her too, then proceed to kill enough to satiate him, for a while.

A deep snarl rolled out of his chest as he side stepped the girl and locked eyes with the bastard. The demon would regret ever crossing his path, but not for long, his death would be swift, the girl was waiting.

"Hold him Kagome, make him forget me and killing" the cowering demon.

Inuyasha let out another maniacal laugh, "I will never forget killing." He heard her move just before he felt her. The girl was behind him, wrapping her trembling arms around his waist, and crying on his back.

He jerked, trying to break free of her, but she held on. "I'll take pleasure in drawing as much pain out of you as possible."

The girl sobbed into his back as he snarled out the words and shifted in her arms, so that she was now clutching his chest. "You wish to distract me human? Fine, I'll kill him after I fuck you."

WITH KAGOME:

This wasn't her Inuyasha. IT WASN'T HIM! The things he said, the way he moved, even the way he looked at her was different. It was like he didn't see her anymore, and in her place sat a piece of meat. It made her want to run away as fast as she could, but she couldn't leave him.

"Please, snap out of it Inuyasha" she whispered as the demon caught her arms in a bruising grip and pried them off of him, "please…"

Her unrecognizable Inuyasha lifted her roughly and sat her down on the medical table. A tent had already formed in his pants and he was looking as if he wanted to eat her as much as fuck her.

Her entire being was urging her to run, she was in danger, but her will stayed firm. He wouldn't dessert her when she needed him…and she would never dessert him.

Her eyelids squeezed shut to stop the flow of tears. She felt her clothes being ripped from her body, and she was shoved down on the operating table. She waited with a held breath for him to tear at her body like he was tearing at her soul, but a pregnant silence was all she could feel.

She slowly opened her eyes to find the demon in front of her, blinking like he was confused and staring at her belly. She followed his gaze to her fresh stitches and felt her stomach roll, was this vicious demon disgusted by it too?

A fresh wave of tears washed over her as a trembling claw reached forward to trace the seem in her body.

WITH INUYASHA:

Power was still pounding in his ears, but it seemed far away now, this human in front of him was his. He had the right to fuck her, kill her, or do whatever appealed to him. But that scar.

Her skin was red and puckered around the area and the black stitches reaching over the wound only seemed to make it more dramatic. Someone had hurt her. His mind rebelled against the idea and he saw her for what she was.

A beautiful girl, sitting in front of him, her body bared and open to him, crying but not moving to flee. She was whispering the words "I love him…" over and over so low even he could barely hear them, and her face was turned towards the floor in pain. She was an angel. She could try to leave, but she wasn't. Something told him she wasn't just trying to save the other demon.

He followed his instincts and gently licked the wound on her stomach. A gasp and a jerk were her response, but he didn't pay attention. He tenderly licked the flesh again…this was his fault…he hadn't done the deed…but he should have protected her.

He didn't understand these thoughts, but they kept coming. Now he was leaning over her to kiss her ear. He nuzzled his nose into the base of her neck and seemed to smell her intoxicating scent for the first time. He groaned and grinded his hips between hers… it wasn't enough. But something wasn't right…they shouldn't be HERE.

He jerked back, appalled at the idea of the other demon seeing his perfect mate naked, as only he should see her. He caught her eyes and caught the faint scent of her arousal. Her fear had been replaced by need and her heart beat fast for another reason entirely.

He looked over his shoulder and saw the male demon staring back, the intruder even had a hard on of his own.

The urge to kill the bastard rushed back, and his claws practically itched with the need to sink into the demons flesh, but that wasn't right either. A frown creased his brow, her. She shouldn't see. And he couldn't leave her to kill right now.

He turned back to the girl, who had shrugged her garment of her shoulders when he wasn't looking.

"It's okay now, I can see you again." She whispered as she took his malicious claws into her own shaking hands. She brought the hands up to her stomach, so he was again looking at the scar.

"I was wrong, we can have a baby whenever you want, wherever you want, as long as we're safe" her words made his heart clench. She wanted his pups. She wanted him.

He grabbed her now bloody garment from the floor and threw it around her shoulders. Before she knew what he was doing he had lifted her into his arms and was walking toward the window.

Kagome. Her name was Kagome. He kissed her forehead as he jumped out the window.

WITH KAGOME:

She clutched tightly to Inuyasha as glass shattered around them. Neither of them were in any condition to be jumping through windows or leaving the hospital, but she didn't care. He was back. He was still in demon form, but it was her Inuyasha still.

He shielded her from the falling shards and sparkles and then took off at a run. The cold night air tickled her face and legs, but she remained warm in his arms. Running away together to some sheltered place to make babies was beginning to sound like a wonderful idea...

Ill write another chapter soon. I figure the next chapter will bet he last. And again, im sorry for such a long wait!! Kelsi