The sun shone brightly in the light blue of the skies. The oranges and yellows brought to life another day and destroyed any trace of the darkness that just hours before had devoured the earth.

Kikyo dressed herself slowly, trying to not think about the pain that surged throughout her body. Not just from her evident bruises, but also from the constant ache that throbbed between her legs. She was hardly able to stand. It took nearly all her strength to do so.

The next time I run in to that demon, I will kill him. Even if it does coast me my life.

Her mind echoed with words laced with venom. For the first time in her life Kikyo was utterly confused on what to do next. Usually she had some kind of plan or at least a backup one. But this time she had nothing.

This thought of having nothing caused her to fall back down apun her knees and she stayed that way staring out into the distance that was empty. Which resembled the future she would soon embrace. The nothing that would soon become her life.

"Inuyasha….Inuyasha….INUYASHA!"

Inuyasha looked back over his shoulder to find Kagome chasing after him. He paused for a moment and turned to face her his arms crossed against his chest nonchalantly.

'I hear ya, what do you want now?"

"What do you mean what do I want now? Where are you going?" She stood staring at him, her eyes fueled with anger at his former composer. She didn't understand how he could just leave and not even tell her after what they had shared between them last night.

"I'm going for a walk…geeze get off my case." He huffed and grunted turning away from her and continuing on his path.

Kagome didn't exactly know what to say. Had he just blown her off? And why was he trying to sneak away so fast without her knowing? And why didn't he invite her along?

I don't know what you're up to Inuyasha but, I hope it's not what I think it is.

Her heart sank at the thought. If he was going out to look for Kikyo, after all that had happened. She would have no choice but to leave and return to her own era. She wouldn't tolerate him using her and then running back to Kikyo. She didn't want that to happen but the way she looked at it, she had no other option.

"Please don't disappoint me Inuyasha," she whispered to herself as he disappeared out of sight.

Inuyasha ran fast. Blazing through the trees with lightning speed and determination. He could smell it everywhere. Blood.

Not just any blood, Kikyo's blood. He almost swore last night while he and Kagome were… he could have sworn he heard someone call out his name off in the distance.

"Did you hear that?"

Inuyasha stopped kissing Kagome, and grabbed hold of her hips to stop her from riding him.

"Hear what?" She asked, panting heavily as she leaned back down to continue her ravishment of kisses.

Inuyasha spoke between in between them. "I thought I heard someone call out my name."

She giggled playfully, "Inuyasha if anyone would be calling out your name right now, it would be me. And we have not even gotten to that point yet. "She smiled seductively, and she felt his hand release some of the pressure they had on her, giving her the release she needed to move freely on top of him.

He growled as she slid up and down his manhood. Allowing his mind to become at ease and to continue on with their previous activities. But still, he couldn't shake the fact that someone could have been calling him just then. That someone might be needing him.

No, he had told himself, it's probably just the wind.

Inuyasha couldn't believe he had let himself actually believe that the wind would play tricks on him. What if he was hearing someone last night and that someone was Kikyo.

I'm a damn fool, he mentally scolded himself. How could he have let pleasure corrupt him so far to the point that he was unable to resist the temptation?

Kikyo could be dead for all I know, and all because of me.

He sprang from each branch faster than he did before. He had to reach her; he had to see if she was all right.

Kikyo…I'm coming, he thought silently, all the while hoping and praying to find her perfectly safe and sound.

Kikyo cried until she had no tears left to shed. She was still staring out into the distance. Her eyes, glassy and glazed over. Almost as though she was lost in a trance. That's how she had stayed, and that's exactly how Inuyasha found her.

"Kikyo!" He shouted and ran nearer. A smile forming across his lips.

Good, she's alive.

He moved in fast, his heart beating rapidly. But all of his excitement vanished when he seen the shape she was in.

He looked at her, her tear stained face smeared with the same dried dirt her clothes where covered in. Her eyes dark and lost in a far off gaze, Inuyasha didn't even know if she was seeing him standing before her. But the most shocking thing of all was the bruises he seen branded on her wrist and cheek; he could only wonder where else she had them.

"Kik…Kikyo..." He slowly felt down to one knee beside her, and placed a soft hand on her cold cheek. "Kikyo, can you hear me?" He caressed her skin softly.

What happened to you? He wondered as he removed his hand from her deathly pale emotionless face and shook her by the shoulders, trying to get her to just look at him, and recognize that he was there.

"Kikyo answer me," His voice raised. "Who did this to you?"

He shook her once more, and this time, she averted her eyes away from where she was looking and placed her soft brown orbs on to him.

"Inu…Yasha." She spoke his name softly her lips moved slowly and her eyes teared up once more.

He came for me.

Kikyo was so overjoyed to see her beloved standing before her. She didn't care at that moment what she had seen him do with Kagome. All she cared about was that he had heard her, and came for her. That was all she could ever ask for.

She threw herself into his arms, her tears flying forth from her eyes once more. She caught him a little off guard but he didn't pay much attention to being nearly knocked over. Instead he placed his clawed hand over her head and held her close to his chest never wanting to let her go again.

From what he gathered she must have been in a terrible firght that drained her physically and mentally. He had no idea nor would he ever suspect what really happened. All he wanted to do now was hold her and protect her.

She cried into his chest and Inuyasha let her. He didn't really know what to say to her.

I never have seen Kikyo like this before…

He grabbed her shoulders once more and leaned her back away from him and peered into her face. He let the tip of his finger touch her busted lip and he traced where the blood had fallen from it lightly.

"Kikyo…Kikyo I don't know what happened but, I'm here now. And nothing is ever going to hurt you again." He pulled her into his embrace once more and held her there for a minute longer before he swooped her into his arms as though she weighed nothing at all and carried her away with him back to the village to seek the help of Kagome and the others.

Notes: Hope people who read this like it. I will update soon got a lot of stuff planned ahead. Please review and lets me knows what ya thinks. Thanks!

Oh, and we will be hearing from Sesshomaru in the next chapter. You think he feels bad yet?