Sorry I took forever guys, but I got kinda sidetracked with my new Inuyasha fanfic and school. I still plan on continuing this fanfic though, I have too much fun putting these two lovebirds through all this^^

Inuyasha didn't know how long it had been, all he knew was that the time passed felt like hours, and that the night wasn't even close to over.

"Why don't you just hand over the jewel shards? It would save you a world of hurt you know," suggested the demon griffin.

"Fat chance."

Inuyasha jumped high into the air and aimed his foot at the Griffin's face, only to have his large wing block it and whip him off. Inuyasha was thrown backwards and smashed to the ground.

"You humans, you are so weak. It's a wonder you're still fighting," scoffed the Griffin.

Tell me about it, thought Inuyasha. His body was beaten and bruised and it was getting harder to fight, almost as if he had no reason to fight. Like it was not worth it. This would be so easy if he could just use his Tetsusaiga.

Inuyasha grunted as a something suddenly thrust him down to the ground, shortening his breath. The Griffin's talons were pushing him against the rocky ground with a paramount force. He felt himself being crushed, his lungs squeezed. He gasped for air.

"So weak," noted the Griffin in disdain. He plucked up Inuyasha in his claws, and reach for the jewel shards.

The Griffin gave a sudden shriek of pain. Inuyasha was sent flying.

Too weak to yet get up, Inuyasha's body rolled over to the edge of the cliff. He saw it draw nearer, but he was still blurry from the crushing. It was all happening like a dream. And as the edge approached he barely realized that we was about to fall over to his death.

A voice suddenly cut through the air.

"Inuyasha!"

Kameko burst out of the woods and straight to Inuyasha, grabbing his arm just as his body rolled off the cliff. Inuyasha looked up at her in shock, his world suddenly sharp as his sword. How was she here?

Kameko gave a small smile, "Right on time," she sighed with relief.

Kameko's eyes widened as her body was slowly pulled forward. "Uh oh..."

She held on tightly to Inuyasha's arm, trying to pull him up, but only succeeded in sliding rapidly forward.

Right off the cliff.

In the next second Kameko was plummeting down with gravity, the air like needles as it whooshed in the opposite direction, practically protesting at her fall. The cliff rushed past her in a blur.

BAM!

A shock wave coursed through Kameko's body as she hit the hard rock. The world swam and spun before her, blurring her vision. She swam in and out of consciousness for a second, but snapped out of it and looked up. They hadn't fallen as far as she thought. Good thing too, or she would have turned into a pancake. A small part of cliff was apparently protruding outwards, by a few yards. Pure luck.

Kameko heard loud powerful footsteps from above. Scrambling to get out of sight she grabbed Inuyasha's seemingly unconscious body and pulled him with her against the cliff. There was a slight dent on cliff wall, not enough to be a cave or a hole even, just enough to hide them from anyone looking down if they flattened themselves against it really hard.

Pressed up against it Kameko waited in agony as she heard the footsteps stop. There was a slight pause that felt as though it lasted for hours, and finally it bellowed a long furious scream at having lost its precious jewels shards. There was a loud whoosh and Kameko watched as it soared off into the night sky, a mere shadow. She let out a breath she didn't realize she'd been holding.

Remembering Inuyasha she got up to check him, only to sit back down with a pained groan. Lifting her shirt to just above her bellybutton she checked her bandages. There was a little red but not much. She must have just irritated the wound a bit, not reopened it luckily. It still hurt though. Getting up slower this time she rolled Inuyasha onto his back and started checking his wounds.

"Why are you here?" asked the black-haired Inuyasha.

"So you're awake then," acknowledged Kameko calmly as she inspected the cut on his arm. She ripped of some cloth from the bottom of her pants, wishing she'd thought to bring some medical supplies.

"It seems all my good pants have been suffering the same fate lately," she sighed.

"You didn't answer my question."

"I came here because I wanted to," Kameko finally answered. Her face struggled to stay emotionless. She wrapped the strip of cloth around his bicep and tied it tight. Inuyasha grit his teeth.

"You shouldn't have come, I don't want you here," Inuyasha stated simply, looking off in the opposite direction.

Kameko froze, her eyes widened in shock as if she'd just been slapped. She stood up slowly. Inuyasha looked up at her, wondering what she would do next.

"YOU JERK!" Kameko screamed into the night sky. She grabbed Inuyasha by his shirt and pushed him up against the cliff wall like a bully would do to a helpless kid. She wouldn't normally be able to do this to Inuyasha, but at the moment he was human and fatigued from a long, grueling fight.

Kameko stared him straight in the eye, her eyes burning with fury. Inuyasha tried to show none of the hundreds of emotions that were passing through him.

Kameko was shaking with emotion, not as good at hiding it as Inuyasha. She stood there for a second, looking readier than anyone to sock him then and there. But after a few moments she let go of him and sighed. She took a few deep breaths in an attempt to calm down and backed up a step.

Kameko looked him in the eye, "Did you mean that?" she asked with a deadly seriousness.

Inuyasha looked away, there she went again with those eyes, staring him straight on.

"No," Inuyasha said with a pained sigh. He'd meant to deny it and say that he had meant it, but Inuyasha was different in his human form. He looked at things differently. He just couldn't bring himself to lie to her.

Kameko was quiet again.

"Why?" she asked vaguely.

"Why what?"

"Why did you push me back into the well?! You even took my jewels to make sure I wouldn't come back!" she shouted angrily.

Inuyasha looked at the ground. "It's complicated."

"What's complicated?! I saved your life, and to thank me you try to get rid of me forever!"

Inuyasha clenched his fists.

"Did I do something wrong?! Was it bad that I cared about you guys?!"

"I couldn't take the chance of losing you again!" Inuyasha burst out. "I almost lost you. All your injuries. I caused them. Next time...next time you might not be so lucky."

Kameko paused at this discovery, only to turn furious again, if not more.

"That's your reason? I chose to save you! If I'd cared about getting hurt I wouldn't have saved you now would I?!" Kameko's shouting got louder. "I'm not some kid. I can decide my own fate! You had no right to suddenly decide I couldn't be with you! It's my choice to make!"

Inuyasha remained silent.

Kameko couldn't believe she'd just said that, but she realized it was true. She wanted to be seen as Inuyasha's equal, not something that needed constant rescuing. Tears sprung in Kameko's eyes. They trickled down her face, hot and heavy. All her efforts of holding them back all this time fell away.

"Kame-"

Kameko fell to her knees and hugged the sitting Inuyasha as hard as she could. A few sobs escaped her mouth.

"I-I thought you didn't want me anymore," she cried. "I was scared I'd never see you again."

Inuyasha hesitated, then his human part took over and he sighed. "I'm sorry. You came so close to dying. For days you didn't even move. I smelled your blood on my hands. I did all that to you."

Kameko released him and backed up, looking him in the eyes.

"Stop blaming yourself. That's all over now. It's not like you chose to do it. It's pretty hard to unhypnotize yourself you know."

Inuyasha was torn in two. One part wanted him to be with her. The other part was afraid he would hurt her again.

"Hey, Inuyasha! Are you down there?"

Inuyasha looked up and saw Sango and Kirara's head pop over the edge.

"Is that Kameko?! Are you two okay?" she shouted worriedly.

Kameko smiled and wiped the last of the tears from her eyes. "We're fine!" she answered. "Just get us out of here!"

AAAAWWWW!!!!! Ain't he schweet? Remember, Inuyasha is different when human, this scene would have beenpretty different if he had been his half-demon self. Also, I plan on making my next chapter a fun little fluff chappie to deepen the bond between them. It'll be fun, they get to go to a festival!! Inuyasha gets to see her in a kimono! Oops, too much info, the rest you'll have to find out for yourself!