Inuyasha's POV
I woke the next morning and saw I was inside a hut. It hurt to move, so I looked to find Shippo in the hut with me with no sign of the others. "So you're finally awake. Hi Inuyasha." He said. "Hi runt, where's Kagome and the others?" I asked feeling like I got struck by one of those metal monsters in Kagome's world, I think she called it a train. "Kagome, Miroku, Sango went to Jiniji's to get some herbs. What were you thinking! Why did you go after that demon by yourself?" Shippo said. "I did it because I didn't want the village to be destroyed on the night I'm most vulnerable. You all wouldn't have had the strength to withstand those scales and I would have to watch as you all perish. I don't think I could bare the guilt I would feel for not being able to protect everyone." I said weakly. 'Man, I hate feeling like this.' I thought. "Baka, you could have told Miroku exactly where you were going. We were so worried when you weren't with Kagome." Shippo said as he whacked my arm. "You better be glad I can't hit you right now." I said through my teeth and eyes shut tight./p
Shippo's POV
"You better be glad I can't hit you right now." Inuyasha said with his eyes squeezed shut, teeth clenched, and breathing heavily. "Inuyasha, are you OK? I'm sorry for hitting you." I asked. "I'll be fine Shippo. Remember, men don't show their tears . Inuyasha said . He looked like he was in a lot of pain. "You should save your strength, Inuyasha." I said then I realized that I made his condition worse. 'He's barely breathing now. I'm in trouble now.' I thought as the others came into the hut./p
Kagome's POV
"Hi Shippo, how's Inuyasha." I asked. "He woke up earlier, but now he's barely breathing." He replied as he tried to leave the hut. " Shippo, what did you do?" Sango asked as Miroku grabbed him by his tail. "I...um...er... I hit him,but I didn't think I could hurt him." Shippo confessed. "Shippo, we'll discuss this later, but right now I need you to crush these herbs for me." I said stepping out of the hut to get some water. When I came back in with the a bowl of water, Shippo had crushed the herbs, Miroku had the tweezers and an empty bowl, Sango had a couple of rags. Shippo handed me the herbs and I poured it in the water. Then Sango handed me one of the rags, I dipped it into the herb water, and finally Miroku handed me the tweezers. "I hope this works, Sango." I said. "Don't worry, it will." She reassured me. I rubbed the rag around one of the scales, grabbed the scale with the tweezers and it came right out. After doing this for nine minutes, I got all the scales out; according to Sango, the scales had Than out the poison and can be used as a weapon; and placed a cool towel on Inuyasha's head. " When do you think he'll wake up?" I asked Sango. "Normal humans take a week or two,but I don't know about hanyous." She confessed. "But at least we know he's going to be fine." "Thanks Sango. Shippo, I need you to come outside with me." I said walking out the hut calmly. "Coming Kagome." He said running after me. " Shippo, why'd you hit Inuyasha? You knew he was in pain. So why'd you do it?" I asked. " I don't know I would hurt him more. I'm sorry." He said. 'I see why Inuyasha gets mad at him, sometimes he doesn't think about what he says or does.' I thought. "It's OK, but when Inuyasha wakes up and he hits you, I'm not going to get mad at him." I told the fox yokai. "OK, Kagome." He said walking back inside the hut and sitting next to Kirara.'Inuyasha, please wake up soon.'