Hi,
a very big SORRY
but it was not possible to upload the kapi beforehand.
my beta was very busy and wasn't finished before. don't be angry with you and me, it's christmas time and people usually have a lot to do there.
I thank you for the dear clerks of the last chapter and give you a little tip:
if you read carefully, you will find out who the black figure is!

but now it starts:

Chapter 6 The Recovery

In the meantime, the land was in deep night. A narrow crescent moon stood in the sky, surrounded by thousands of small stars that poured their cold, weak light onto the earth. In Kaede's little hut, however, a small fire still flickered and filled the room with its warm glow. Everyone else in the hut had already gone to sleep, all except Inuyasha, who continued to watch quietly by Kagome's side. * If I hadn't fallen asleep on her lap, none of this would have happened! * he accused himself."As soon as Kagome is feeling a little better, I'll be on my own!" he whispered.

At that moment, Kagome opened her eyes. The Hanyou didn't notice this, he had tears in his own and wanted to suppress them. Carefully she put one of her hands on his shoulder and said at the same time: "You never wanted to leave me alone. Please don't do that now either, let's go together and wait for me in the meantime!" had got but also incredibly happy to see her awake again, he nodded and hugged her tightly in his arms. “I thought I was going to lose you!” But before Kagome could answer him, she fell asleep again.

When morning dawned Inuyasha went out of the hut, confused. Should he grant Kagome's wish or should he leave? He took a walk and ended up staying on his sacred tree. All sorts of things went through his head, but when he was in his tree his head became empty and very heavy.Now he had not slept for a few days again and was fighting against it. But it was too hard, he had lost the battle against fatigue and fell asleep.

At the same time, life was stirring again in Kaede's hut. There was breakfast. No one had noticed in the previous night how Kagome had awakened from her sleep for the first time. The joy was all the greater when Kagome came to in the late morning. After Shippo got right back on her lap and she said she was feeling better, she asked what had happened. As far as Kaede's house, Sango and Miroku reported everything to her. Then Kaede continued with her report. She told what Inuyasha had done and that they could only wait here.
* No, Inuyasha hasn't slept in so long again. This can not go well! * thought Kagome before she asked Kaede, "What actually happened to me, Kaede - sama?"
She looked at her seriously: "The little being you met has been after you for a long time.It wants the shards of jewels that you have. It was hoping it could avoid a fight and still get the shards by simply casting a spell on you that drains your powers. With the herbs Inuyasha got, I was able to break this spell. "

Kaede was about to start and say something, when suddenly ... "AAHHHHH !!!" A bloodcurdling scream echoed through the village, and Miroku and Sango jumped up, immediately alarmed.
"Shippo, you stay here with Kaede and Kagome!" Miroku called to the little fox as he ran out of the hut with the demon hunter to find the source of the scream. The disturbed and perplexed villagers showed them where the scream had come from and the two quickly followed the indicated direction. A demon, maybe? But in the end they found Inuyasha and he seemed to be asleep.

"Could it have been Inuyasha?" asked Sango. Miroku's answer was unnecessary when they heard the hanyou scream again.He waved his arms around wildly. The two had horror in their eyes. It looked like Inuyasha was about to fall from its branch. You had to do something! Sango climbed the best, so she got up quickly. She was, understandably, not as skilled as Inuyasha, but she was still pretty quick with him. Gingerly, so as not to throw the half-demon or herself off the branch, she tried to wake him. Since he was apparently only sleeping lightly, he woke up immediately and looked at Sango with the same horror on his face as he had recently looked at Kagome.

"Are you okay?" she asked worriedly. Inuyasha blinked a few times, as if he had to first realize that she was sitting in front of him. But when he answered it wasn't a direct answer to her question, but his normal gruff grumbling again: "If you fall from the tree, it's your own fault!" That was enough for Sango. Grumbling, she climbed down from the tree again and angrily trudged past the astonished monk back into the village."Stupid Hanyou! Let him see where he was!"

To his chagrin, Inuyasha knew what had happened. He had really only slept lightly and somehow noticed what he had been doing on his branch. He wanted to let some time pass before he went to Kagome in Kaede's hut. Sango had to be there too and he didn't want to argue with her, any more than he wanted to tell the others what was going on.

Sango stomped pissed off towards Kaede's hut. * That's an idiot! * Once there, Kagome immediately asked what had happened when she saw her friend's angry face. In order not to have to talk too much about it, Sango just hissed: “The idiot is having a bad day!” Then she grabbed her boomerang and set off again in front of the village to train. Shippo followed her secretly, because despite his size and age he wanted to finally become a meaningful member of the group.

Shortly after Sango had left the hut, Miroku entered it.“Don't worry about Sango, she has recovered by tonight!” (It was actually like that) “Can I still do something for you? Otherwise, I will go and finally devote myself to my prayers again, which would be quite useful! "Although Kagome and Kaede knew that he wasn't serious and would instead try to chase the women from the village again, they still let him believe that they would buy it from him and, after they had found out, wished that Inuyasha had caused the scream, have a nice day.

Kaede became thoughtful. "Why did Inuyasha only scream? He would never admit it, but it was strange. Kagome, you probably won't know what he's got !?" Kagome became unsure. She knew what was wrong with him, but stabbing Inuyasha in the back, she couldn't either. He had confided in her! "No," she replied curtly. Shortly afterwards she fell asleep again, she was still weak. The hanyou they had just mentioned also appeared shortly afterwards in the hut.Without saying a word, he sat down next to Kagome on the bed again. A barely noticeable, relieved smile crossed his lips when he saw that Kagome's skin was covered again with a light, healthy pink veil. * She looks so peaceful when she sleeps ... * he thought absently. Then Kaede's voice tore him from his thoughts.

"Tell me, Inuyasha, don't you want to talk about it?" asked old Miko. "Keh!" the half-demon snorted. At the moment he had little time to think about himself, he wanted Kagome to get well again quickly. But old Kaede did not remain silent. "First Kagome and the magic, we were lucky that you made it in time. Only a few hours longer and it would have been too late. Then your scream. I don't know what happened to you. I don't know what about you and Kagome is supposed to be and especially I don't know where this little creature is. But I know that something is wrong with you! "The Hanyou looked at her.* Should the old hag know what is between me and Kagome? Should she even know about my dreams? * She spoke to him again. "Whatever you're up to, let Kagome get well first!"

*This is too much! Who does she think I am? Am I really that numb and does she think I would take Kagome in this condition to look for splinters or even hunt this goblin with her? * Angry and with a loud growl, Inuyasha left the hut.

When the evening dawned, Sango, Miroku and Shippo came back again. There should be warm food. Inuyasha was still pissed off and preferred to spend the time on his tree. Sango carefully woke Kagome. “You have to strengthen yourself and eat!” The girl from the future sat up and ate with the others. The evening passed quite happily and it was unanimously decided by the group that they wanted to stay with Kaede for another week so that Kagome would get really well again. They also went to sleep very early, tomorrow they wanted to help the people in the village and not just lie on the lazy side.Here in the village they always got what they needed without having to pay for it and you wanted to at least show yourself thankful.

Kagome, on the other hand, could not sleep. She really had done that enough that day. Slowly and carefully she stood up, took something to eat in a bowl and left the hut. She was driven by concern for her boyfriend. * Inuyasha, I hope everything is okay with you! * Still a little wobbly on her feet, she went to him. She stopped under his branch. She looked at him briefly, he had closed his eyes. Was he asleep?

After the Hanyou jumped on a branch again, he tried to get all his worries and thoughts out of his head. He wanted to find out where his dreams and the voice he had heard repeatedly came from. But as hard as he tried, he found neither an answer nor a solution. In order to avoid any risk, he decided to leave the village and set out alone before Kagome recovered.Then his well-known, lovely scent rose into his nostrils, and shortly afterwards he could hear it. He was immediately alarmed because her steps were unusually loud, slow and irregular. * She can't do that !? She is still far too weak! *

Inuyasha opened his eyes. She stood at the bottom of the tree, his Kagome. He brought her up to him. "What are you doing here? You still have to take it easy!" he admonished her, more severely than he had intended. Kagome was a little dismayed. The girl had actually thought he would be happy to see her, but this reaction? "I want you to eat something ...", she said cautiously and shyly handed him the bowl that she had taken