So howdy.
Sorry that it took so long, but now it goes on.
I hope you enjoy the next chapter. ^^



It was night. Miroku, Sango, Kirara, Kaede and Shippo were sitting around the fire in Kaede's hut and everyone was indulging in their thoughts. From time to time Sango threw nervous glances at Kaede who kept looking over at InuYasha. He slept for 3 days now. The hole in his chest had almost healed, but the Hanjou hadn't even opened his eyes yet. The wind whistled around the corner of the house and brought the thin bamboo cover in the door to blow. The smell of autumn was in the air and it was getting cooler. Sango was very worried. Not only about the Hanjou that she had meanwhile also taken into her heart, no also about Kagome, who had simply disappeared, she was very worried. She sighed and got up. She wanted to go for a breath of air. Miroku watched her every move closely.Since this accident she sighed continuously and he knew what was bothering her. He had the feeling she wanted to talk about it, but the time was never right. The sleeping Kirara listened for a moment, but then curled up again and went back to sleep. Miroku gave Kaede a quick look and then followed behind Sango.
He found her by the river. She sat in the grass and played with a stalk of grass. "Sango ..." he said softly. This startled up looked around and then said: "Miroku. I want to be alone." He had known that she said that. He had already guessed it. Despite her contradiction, he sat down next to her in the grass. "Wouldn't you prefer to talk to someone about what's bothering you?" Sango was silent. She looked out over the lake. “How do you think how Kagomesama got this injury?” Sango put her head on her knees and looked at him. How he sat there in the moonlight. How he looked so serious made all his bad qualities forgotten.Sango's heart began to beat faster. She felt herself getting warm. “Maybe the demon threw the arrow back,” she said thoughtfully. "Do you think? Until now, only Kanna could throw Kagome's arrow back with her mirror." Sango lifted his head and tossed the blade of grass aside. "What do you think how she got to this bad ..." She got no further. The thought that Kagome might not be alive brought tears to Sango's eyes. She looked at the floor. Miroku shouldn't see her crying, but of course it was too late for that. He saw her sobbing and shedding bitter tears. He wanted to hug her, the girl who was with him all the time and who never showed any weakness. Sango shivered. Her best friend was badly injured and she couldn't help her. She knew that she had jumped into a well, she had been able to follow her blood trail to the well. Suddenly she felt something next to her.She looked around and saw that Miroku had hugged her. He whispered softly: "Don't hide your tears." (He would probably never say that ...) At first she wanted to defend herself, but when she felt his warmth she could no longer hold back. Tears broke out of her and all the tension of the last few days discharged in one fell swoop. It felt so good to be in the arms of the one she loved. Miroku was surprised that Sango reacted this way to his hug. Actually he had expected that she would give him a bump but of course he preferred this variant. Sango moved so close that he could feel her heartbeat and pushed her a little closer to him. Sango felt so protected, she could hear his heart beating as fast as hers. She put her head on his shoulder and Miroku stroked her hair. She enjoyed his every touch. “I'm scared,” she sighed suddenly.“I'm afraid that Kagome is dead.” Miroku stroked her hair a little more and then said: “She won't. Quite sure.” All of a sudden she had the feeling that he was right.

Shippo meanwhile slept on Kaede's knee. It was morning and the sun was falling on the little hut. Shippo hadn't slept for the past three days. He had worried all the time and had not left InuYasha's side. Kaede believed for a long time that he saw him as a kind of big brother or role model.
Every day he ran to the well and waited for hours.
That's how he slept when InuYasha opened her eyes. "InuYasha!" said Kaede, relieved. InuYasha couldn't remember what had happened at first. He felt a slight pain, but still got up. Suddenly he knew again what had happened. "Kagome! Where's Kagome ?!" he asked angrily. “She has disappeared into her time.” Kaede said sadly. InuYasha jumped up and ran out of the hut.He remembered Kagome was injured, she was badly injured when he was attacked. Kikyo, Kikyo had one of her arrows drilled into his chest. But what about Kagome, who had hurt her so badly?
“Miroku, what do you think who hurt Kagome so badly?” InuYasha saw Sango and Miroku coming up the path. But InuYasha didn't have time to take care of her now. He had to go to Kagome. So one simply stormed off in the direction of the well without the others taking notice of him. His only thought was about Kagome. How so? Why did something like this have to happen? His heart was almost torn from pain and grief. Again and again he saw her face that smiled at him. Would he ever see that smile again? The world around him seemed to be disappearing, no longer existing. He wanted to see her again, wanted to touch her skin again, enjoy her presence and he wanted to tell her how he felt about her. He....
"Kikyo!"Kikyo sat down on the edge of the well and glared at him. “So you survived,” she said. She got up and approached him. “Keh! Of course!” Somehow he didn't want to see her now. He was seized by a tremendous anger and he had to control himself not to yell at her. So he just walked past her without giving her another look.
When he got to Kagome's side, Kagome's scent was still in the air, but it was more the scent of her blood that made Inuyasha even more nervous. He threw open the door and ran to her room window. His heart beat so hard that it almost stopped. InuYasha felt such a fear, fear that he had never experienced before. Afraid of losing someone. To lose someone who meant everything to him.
With a jerk he opened the window of Kagome's room. He hoped to find Kagome in it, but his hope was disappointed. She was not there. The room was empty and there was only a very slight smell of her.InuYasha jumped into the room and looked around. Her uniform was on the door. Where was she? He had hoped so much to finally find an answer here. His heart ached. He wanted to see her, so badly.
Without thinking, he ran into the hall. The house seemed empty. But suddenly Sota came up the stairs. "InuYasha!" he said in surprise. "Sota!" said the Hanjou and rushed towards him. “Where's Kagome ?!” Sota's expression suddenly changed. He seemed pissed off. "She is in the hospital!" he roared. InuYasha couldn't understand what he meant,> What is a hospital?
"Kaede. We're back."Said Miroku squeaking happily." How is our patient? "Miroku could tell that easily because he knew the Hanjou would survive his injury." He's gone. "Gave this dry answer. Sango had also entered the hut." How away? "" When he found out that Kagome had gone into her time, he jumped up and ran off towards the forest. "Miroku and Sango looked at each other. That was already good news. InuYasha was the same again.

Inuyasha blew a fresh breeze on her face. "Sota." He said quietly, "is Kagome really that bad?" "Yes." Said the latter sadly. He was very worried that the Hanjou saw that immediately. “It's not so good if you go to the main entrance.” Sota said afterwards. "The way you look they won't even let you in." "What does that mean?" he asked insecure and at the same time pained something. But he knew what he meant. "Your clothes and your ears are just too conspicuous.Better go over the balcony to her room. "
When they finally reached the balcony after hours, as it seemed to InuYasha, Sota said he would first see if the air was clean. For InuYasha it was intolerable. He knew that Kagome was in the room behind him, he smelled that, but couldn't get to her. Shouldn't everyone see him. No matter! If they objected, he would just kill them.
Sota knocked softly on the window until his mother recognized him and looked at him confused. "How do you get there?" she asked as she opened the door. She looked to the side and saw InuYasha who was looking directly at her. "You ..." she mumbled, closed the door and then said loudly and in such an evil tone as even Sota had never seen him before: "What are you thinking of ?!" InuYasha looked at her confused. What? "How dare you come here? First you let Kagome arrive at home covered in blood and now you come here !!!" "I ... I ..." stuttered the Hanjou in surprise. He never expected that Kagome's mother could be so angry."I never said anything against the fact that she traveled back to your time and had dangerous adventures with you, because I always thought she was in good hands with you! And now that! Then she will be hurt and you won't lose yourself until days later to inquire about her! Get out of here! " she screamed and with every word she screamed more tears ran down her face. She fell to her knees and wiped the tears from her eyes. “Sota go and send everyone away,” she finally said.
Kagome's friends and Hojo had gathered around Kagome's bed and saw her lying injured in bed and sleeping. Hojo had brought an ointment with him that was supposed to help accelerate wound healing. (Um ... does she need that now?)
Sota came from the balcony and said that his mother wished that everyone should go now because Kagome needed some rest. When everyone had left, he said to his mother who then said to InuYasha: "Go to