Chapter 1

"Kagome, what's up? It looks like your day dreaming?" Her friend asked as she was walking with her near her house.
"Oh, Sorry Eri, my chest hurts, that's all." She smiled weakly and held a hand to her chest near her heart.
"OH NO KAGOME, ARE YOU HAVING HEART PROBLEMS AGAIN?" Eri asked as she started to panic.
"Its okay, it's healing slowly but that's what happens when you hit someone with an arrow." She muttered and Eri accidentally heard her.
"YOU GOT SHOT WITH AN ARROW? WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?" Eri started to panic even more.
"It's okay Eri. I'm fine. The medicine I make helps a little. The pain should go away eventually." She claimed as they arrived to the steps.
"Do you want me to walk you up there Kagome?" Eri asked.
"Nope, it's okay.'" She smiled.

They waved to each other bye and went their ways. Kagome walked halfway up the stairs and sat down to rest while she held her left side in pain.

Yes, it has been at least 4 months since the arrow Kikyou shot at her, then pierced through her heart and was left for dead. But thankfully Inuyasha destroyed Kikyou and Kagome and gained all her souls in time. Remembering that she's pure hearted the arrow that she was hit with did not kill her. But it did leave her with a painful chest and heart. Sometimes if she over pushes herself to make her heart go extremely high, it causes her heart to stop functioning properly. Inuyasha took her home that day she was shot and explained everything to her mother. They didn't want to take her to the hospital; mostly because Kagome didn't like the hospital in the first place. Though her mother said that if her heart wouldn't function one more time the she was going to the hospital.

Inuyasha told Kagome to stay in her time till she would be fully recovered. He would sometimes come and check up on her and/or bring her some herbs to use. Inuyasha usually came in through her window and checks on her when the others aren't in there.

(Feudal Time)

"Inuyasha, are you going to go see Kagome?" A little kit asked.
"Yeah, I'm going to give her some more herbs." Inuyasha stated.
"Can you tell her that I said hi and to get well?" Shippo asked again.
"Yeah, yeah. I know… you say that every time you see me going toward the well." He said in an annoyed tone.
"If I could go through the well then I would say it myself. You're lucky you get to even see her!" Shippo yelled at him. "We get scared and worry about her too you know." Shippo mumbled under his breath.
"Feh, I know you guys get scared and worry about her… it's like living in hell isn't it?" He asked Shippo.
"I've lost a mom once… and I don't want to lose another one." He said as they came across the well.
"Don't worry about it Shippo, she'll be fine." He said as he jumped in the well to her era trying to ignore what Shippo said. 'She took care of me too Shippo.' He thought to himself
"I hope your right Inuyasha." Shippo said as he walked back toward Kaede's hut. "I know you would hate losing her as much as us, possibly even more." He sighed and continued to walk.

(Present Time)

Inuyasha arrived on the other side of the well and jumped to her window to find her not there. He went through the window and placed the herbs on her desk. He walked downstairs and saw Mrs. Higurashi walking to the kitchen.

"Is Kagome around?" Inuyasha popped his head in the kitchen.
"Sorry Inuyasha, she's not home yet; though she should be home about now, Souta too. Would you like to stay here and wait for her?" She asked him.
"I guess." He replied as he went to look for Buyo to play with.

After five minute Inuyasha heard footsteps running to the door but it wasn't Kagome; it was her brother so he shrugged at it and continued playing with Buyo. Then the door suddenly slammed open.

"MOM! KAGOME IS ON THE STAIRS AND IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S NOT BREATHING!" Souta shouted before catching his breath.
"WHAT!" Inuyasha shouted and threw Buyo off him and ran out to the stairs to find Kagome lying there still. "Kagome, wake up! Kagome!" He shouted louder and louder.
"Oh dear… Souta, call for an ambulance!" Mrs. Higurashi shouted from the top of the stairs.
"Yeah, sure thing!" He ran back inside and dialed 911 for an ambulance.

"What's an ambulance?" Inuyasha asked Mrs. Higurashi in a slight protective tone when she was coming near Kagome and him.
"An ambulance is a moving transportation that will take Kagome to the hospital. The hospital is a place where she can be taken care of with best care." She replied instantly. "I think you should go to your own time for the rest of the day. You can come tomorrow though I'm worried that she won't come home by then." She had a little fear in her voice and Inuyasha looked like he was going to refuse. "We don't need the others to know about you other than this family Inuyasha. Please go and you may return tomorrow and see her. I can take care of things here." She spoke to convince him.

He took a glance at Kagome and then her mother. He didn't want to leave Kagome but she had her mother there to help.

"I'll come at sunrise then if it's okay?" He asked, she nodded, and Souta came running down the stairs.
"There here mom." He panted.

Inuyasha set Kagome down next to her mother and saw the ambulance and ran to the well and hopped in unwillingly.

When he returned to the other side he was afraid and angry. Afraid that Kagome would die, and angry at the fact that he's letting people he doesn't know take care of Kagome.

Shippo caught the scent of Inuyasha being angry and ran out without saying anything and so did Kirara. Miroku and Sango took it as a bad sign and went also. When Shippo and the others found him he was punching the ground aggressively with hatred. Shippo and Kirara knew not to come up to him but instead Miroku did. Miroku approached him with extreme caution though.

"Inuyasha, what's wrong?" He asked quietly.
"Kagome…" He started and pounded the ground again.
"Did something happen to her?" Sango asked softly.
"Her heart… I think it wasn't functioning again." He closed his fist tightly and stood up.
"What? Is she okay?" Miroku asked and Inuyasha instantly grabbed him by his neck with anger.
"I DON'T KNOW!" He shouted.
"Stop Inuyasha, put him down, you can't blame him for what happened!" Sango shouted at him. Inuyasha released him unwillingly and growled.

Shippo started to get tears in his eyes knowing that Kagome was hurt. Inuyasha came from angry as hell to calm state. He growled again and left in the forest. "Come Shippo." He ordered. Shippo seemed shocked but he obeyed him. Inuyasha wanted to tell him that if something goes wrong with Kagome that he would have to be strong.

(At the hospital)

"Ma'am, your daughter seems to be in a coma now but she's okay, did she have heart failure before ma'am?" An assistant asked Mrs. Higurashi.
"Um, twice but this time her heart stopped beating completely." She tried to hold in her tears.

"I see. The doctor estimated that she'll be in a coma from a week to a month. During that time do you want us to help her to make her heart function without any problems?" The assistant asked.
"Oh yes please! But how long would it take?" Knowing that Inuyasha will be pissed off tomorrow if he came to see her with her chest opened and able to see her heart.
"If we start in 5 minutes we should be done by around midnight or so." The assistant estimated the time.
"It would take 8 hours?" Souta asked and the assistant kneeled to his height.
"Normally it will take 12 hours if no one takes a shift so then the take breaks. But for you two we have enough to make from 7- 11 hours." She replied.
"Thank you" Mrs. Higurashi bowed with gratitude and so did Souta.
"It's our pleasure, would you like to watch from a window?" The assistant asked.
"If it's no trouble." She replied.
"Not at all, lots of people watch us do surgery." She smiled and showed them where to go and she brought Kagome in the room opposite of them.

Then they soon started. After 30 minutes, Souta couldn't stand all that blood that he saw and turned around and saw a phone.

"Mom, can I call grandpa? He might be worried." Souta said.
"Go ahead, here's the money to call." She gave him the money and went to the phone.

When Souta hung up he told his mom that grandpa will pray for Kagome and said the he would watch over the house. Souta and his mother sat in the chairs and fell asleep around 8:00p.m.

(Feudal Time)

Inuyasha stayed awake thinking of Kagome. Shippo, Miroku, and the others went to sleep after they told Kaede what happened. She said she would pray for Kagome and so did Miroku.

(Present Time; 11:27p.m.)

"Mrs. Higurashi?" A different assistant came to tell her some news and she started to wake up. "Mrs. Higurashi, we're done with the operation. You may go see her now if you want or you can come back in the morning." He stated.
"I guess we'll come tomorrow, when does it open?" She asked as she started to wake Souta up.
"You can see her from 6a.m. to 11:30p.m." He replied.
"How long will she be in here?" She asked again.
"Until she's out of a coma that's for sure. But I think the doctor wants her here for 3 months." He replied to her.
"I see… thank you very much." She bowed to him.
"No problem." He gave a bow back in return.

Souta walked sleepily next to his mother who now seemed wide awake now. They walked out of the hospital and went home. Souta went to bed and his mother tucked him in. When she past Kagome's room she went inside it to see it being a big mess. The bed wasn't made, books everywhere probably driving her crazy, paper balls filling the ground. She smiled at how messy her room was and she went to the bed and fixed it and started to clean the rest of the room. She then stopped and took at the pictures she took that were on her desk.

A person in a robe she called Miroku, one in armor and had a boomerang with a cat was called Sango with her demon cat Kirara. A little fluff ball that looked cute was Kagome's adoptive son Shippo. Last but not least she saw the picture that she knew the person of; Inuyasha. He was sitting in the tree and looked asleep in the tree. She remembered Kagome telling her that the only time she could take a picture of him asleep.

Mrs. Higurashi turned off the lights and walked out of the room and into her own. She went to her dresser and opened the top drawer and took something out. When she turned it around it was a picture, a picture of Inuyasha and Kagome together in her room and of course arguing. Then she looked at the other picture she had when Kagome was sick and Inuyasha tried to take care of her that one night. She put them both in her drawer and went to sleep for the rest of the night.

(Feudal Era)

Inuyasha was still thinking of Kagome. Her body being so still as it was when she was struck down by Kikyou's arrow. He started to growl just thinking of that wench. She shouldn't have returned to the living world, if she didn't, Kagome would never have been hurt in all those ways… emotionally… mentally… and even physically.

Was it truly because of Kikyou? Or was it perhaps himself to blame? He didn't know, he was so confused… every time he thought about something else he would just go back to thinking about Kagome.

What if he couldn't be able to see her again? He couldn't see… couldn't hear… not even feel her? How would it affect his life after he lost another loved one. He shook his head to get rid of the dreaded thoughts that were poisoning his mind then suddenly…

"Inuyasha?" Shippo said in a low voice.
"What runt?" He asked rudely.
"I know you're thinking about Kagome and how afraid you are of losing her like I am." Shippo started. "Thanks to her, we're all friends ands she found the best out of us all and especially you Inuyasha." He pointed out and got hit on the head.
"Stop sounding grown-up, you're just a kid." Inuyasha growled.
"I know that." He started to walk away. "What I'm trying to say is… stop doubting in Kagome. She's pulled through a lot of things if you think about it." He returned to the hut and went back to sleep.

Inuyasha did what Shippo said for once and thought about it and he was right. Kagome did pull herself out of things. But some of the times were because he wasn't there for her to protect her. He stopped and decided to rest till sunrise came and so he did.