"Kagome," he blushed and let go of her hand and looked to the side. “How are you?” “Thanks to your help, the wound has almost healed again.” “Kagome. I'm sorry.” Now he looked into her eyes. "I couldn't protect you. If you need me, I'm not there." Kagome stared at him perplexed. He had never apologized to her so honestly. Apparently he was really worried.
“What are you staring at me like that?” THAT was more like old Inu Yasha, but she knew that he didn't mean it that way, he just didn't want to show any weakness."It wasn't your fault. How could you have known that I was in danger? Don't worry too much about it." She smiled at him. ° Why does my heart pound when she smiles at me? ° but before Inuyasha could find an answer to that (he doesn't check anything ^ - ^), the others came in and asked how Kagome was doing. First of all Shippo, who squeezed her so tightly that she almost lost breath. "But Shippo," she said with a laugh, "I'm feeling better again!"

But the companions should not be allowed to rest. As soon as Kagome was healthy and they went looking for splinters, Sesshomaru showed up. "What do you want, Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha growled and pulled Tessaiga once. ° Damn it, if he fights me and I lose, he might kill Kagome! i have to protect her !! ° "Well, what I always want! Chase off the splinters that you have!" he said, looking at her with his usual cool look.Instinctively, Kagome grabbed the large splinter that hung around her neck. Unfortunately there were Narakus poison insects with him again, so Miroku couldn't use his Horiki if he didn't want to run to his death himself. He must have left Rin, Jaken and Ah-Uhn (spelled correctly?) In a place where they were safe. The fight started. Inuyasha had grown stronger in the past few weeks, but he was not up to Sesshomaru's strength. Again and again he tried to hit Sesshomaru with Tessaiga, but the youkai was too fast and didn't even consider it necessary to draw tokajin. Even Sangos Hiraikotsu and Kirara would have been too slow. Inuyasha attacked, but the youkai dodged again with ease. "Time to Die Inuyasha !!" Sesshomaru called, getting his claws ready. "Dokkaso (spelled correctly? I'm too lazy to look it up ^ - ^)! His brother's first attack hit Inuyasha and hurled him against a tree. Groaning, he straightened up again, but knew that he could never defeat Sesshomaru.° I promised Kagome to protect her! But I'm just too weak! ° "Are you already exhausted?" Sesshomaru's voice broke through his thoughts. Although he could barely stand, he wanted to keep fighting. He had to. For Kagome. For all. "You'd like that!" with a scream he lunged at Sesshomaru, but he used his poisonous flower claw once and Inuyasha lay motionless on the ground. “Inu Yasha !!!!!” Kagome had to watch Inuyasha get finished and couldn't do anything about it. This realization filled her eyes with tears that slowly ran down her cheeks. Sesshomaru stepped calmly towards Inuyasha. "Now I give you the coup de grace !!". He wanted to drill his Dokkaso right into Inu Yasha's heart. It was as if time stood still. As if in slow motion, Kagome saw Sesshomaru's claws approach Inu Yasha's heart inch by inch. ° No, that must not happen! He's my friend! I don't want to lose him !!!!° Again, without her noticing, a pale pink aura had formed around her, the hue of which became more intense with every thought. “NO INU YASHA !!!” A crack, as if a bomb had fallen, rang out as the aura took on a spherical shape and shot towards Sesshomaru. This was thrown a few meters away from Inuyasha, but immediately straightened up again. For the first time in his life someone had thrown him, Sesshomaru, to the ground. Confused and without a word, he walked away. ° Does this girl have magical powers? I can't make sense of her. ° But none of his emotions were reflected on his face. "Inuyasha!" Kagome ran to him breathlessly. Individual tears still dripped from her face and fell on his red Suikan. Inuyasha was passed out, but he was still alive, that was the main thing. Only now did the others wake up from their stupor. She couldn't believe what they had just seen. Kagome, Kagome had scared off Sesshomaru ?!But now there was more important work to be done. First of all, they had to take care of Inu Yasha's injuries.
When they had tended Inu Yasha's wounds and he was sleeping peacefully, Kaede was the first to come back to Kagome's strength. “Kagome, do you know what kind of ball of energy you shot down?” Kagome, who was sitting next to Inuyasha, shook her head at a loss. In any case, she hadn't realized it was her until the ball hit Sesshomaru. "These are the Kitans micro-powers," Kaede continued. They are tremendously strong when you master them properly. Not even Kikyo had the gift of using it. "The others looked at the old woman in astonishment, but she was not in the least surprised. She had always known that Kagome was not just a rebirth, but much more." From now on you have to practice mastering it, because then you will be the strongest miko I have ever known ".

When Inuyasha recovered, they started exercising. A couple of hours every day. "Just try to hit that tree up there," said Kaede. "But how am I supposed to do that?", answered Kagome helplessly." If you have done it before, you will be able to do it again. Just concentrate and forget everything else. "Miroku, Sango, Shippo and Inu Yasha watched the two with interest. Inu Yasha had not yet thanked Kagome, but he wanted to tell her privately and so far he had not had the opportunity Kagome turned every fiber of her body to her inside and tried to awaken the Kitane power in her. It worked. She formed a pink energy ball and aimed at the tree. He just missed his target. But they did not give up and tried it continued and with every attempt the strength got better and stronger. By now it was evening and Kagome felt as exhausted as if she had been exercising all day, but she didn't want to sleep yet. She wanted to talk to Inuyasha, could but not find him. "Shippochan, have you seen Inuyasha? ", she asked the little kitsune.“He went to the holy tree!” “Thank you, my little one.” She set off.
Meanwhile, Inuyasha pondered the events of the past few days. ° Kagome. suddenly she became so strong and saved my life. I still haven't said thank you, but I don't want to say that in front of the others. ° At that moment he smelled Kagome's sweet scent. He inhaled with relish. ° What is she doing here? ° Kagome was now standing in front of Inuyasha. His heart started beating like crazy. ° Damn it, not now! He thought angrily. But he had to say it now. Perhaps such a good opportunity never came up again. "Kagome ..... I have to tell you something," he began. Kagome looked a little surprised. She didn't really know why she wanted to see him, she probably just wanted to be near him. That's why she didn't say anything else. Her heart also started beating loudly. "Thanks for your help". He had turned his head away.Kagome thought she wasn't hearing properly. ° Wait, Inuyasha just thanked me ?! ° "But Inuyasha, you don't have to say thank you. You have often saved my life". “Our opponents are getting stronger and stronger.” He still didn't look at her. “I won't be able to protect you even if I protect you with my life.” Kagome sat down next to him so that he had to look at her. It made her happy that he said he was protecting her. "Inuyasha," she whispered, "don't you understand? I like you not only because you protect me, but also because you are my friend." At her last words she had blushed, but she gave him a smile . Inuyasha looked at her nervously. What should he answer to that? In general, Kagome had changed. ° She hasn't said "sit" lately, and when she smiles, which she has often done, my heart becomes very warm. Because then I can no longer take my eyes off her, I insult her.I'm an idiot!! Do I feel more than friendship for Kagome? ° Kagome knew what she wanted to do now: lean on him. But would he let that happen? Would he push her away? He had insulted her many times before. But if she didn't do anything, she wouldn't find out either. So she just leaned against him. Inuyasha was surprised when she leaned against him, but secretly he was happy about it. At first he hesitated, but then he put his arm around her. They sat like that for a while and enjoyed the quiet until it was time to go to sleep.

A few days later, Kagome was back in her day because she was writing an important test. "Please, Inuyasha, only 2 days!" she asked him, as they mostly argued when it came to this subject. But to her great surprise, he immediately agreed. "But please come back soon," he said, barely audible. "As fast as I can," she said, jumping into the well with a smile. Inuyasha had realized that he couldn't stop her anyway and would otherwise only be punished with sitting fireworks.But when she was gone he was so bored and he didn't know what to do with himself. Most of the time he just sat by the edge of the well and waited for her to return. He missed her constant arguments, her smile, her almost always happy face. When she was back he was so happy, but he couldn't show that, so he threw nasties at her head. ° It is really not easy for her with me. Anyway, I wonder why she likes me at all °. The others then mostly left him alone because they couldn't do anything for him anyway. It was like that this time too. When he sighed again, he suddenly smelled kikyo. Surprised, he asked himself: ° What does she want? °. A moment later she pretended to be. "Kikyo! What are you doing here ?!" "Inu Yasha", she whispered, "I missed you." "What?" He stared at her perplexed. "Kikyo missed me ?? !!" She stepped up to him and hugged him. His emotional world was completely mixed up."Kikyo ....." but something had changed. The feeling when he hugged Kikyo ... It was like hugging Miroku or Sango, but Kagome couldn't get out of his head.