First off, I want to apologize to everyone for taking so long to write this next chapter but I've been really busy working on my other stories, and I just started working the night shift at work so I've been sleeping through most the day! Thanks to this story, I have been given an award of sorts. The HAWLUMS award. (The Hated Author Who Loves Mary Sues Award). I don't know what a Mary Sue is (I'd appreciate it if someone could tell me) but I was pretty sure that Saiyaka wasn't one. So here's the next chapter and the next one will be up soon, I promise.

Faust sat quietly next to Saiyaka's body, as Yoh and Horo Horo worked on digging a place to bury her. They had originally wanted to take them home with her, but Inuyasha had explained how difficult it would be to carry her all the way back. Inuyasha and Miroku were watching over Yoh and Horo Horo as Kagome sat with Sango and Shippou reminiscing about all the fun times she had had with her friend. Ryu and Manta were sitting silently watching the stars sparkle in the sky. Ren, however, still had not returned from his walk in forest.

Faust leaned in and whispered something into Saiyaka's ear. Suddenly he bolted upright and gasped causing everyone to turn and look in his direction. They began to gather around the young girl and watched as she struggled to open her eyes. She slowly turned her head to find all her friends gathered around her staring at her in shock.

" Hi…" she said straining her voice. Smiles of relief danced across everyone's faces as Yoh bent down next to her.

" We thought you were dead," he said as he picked up her hand and held it in his.

" It's going…to take a lot…more than some stupid…demon to kill…me," she said.

Faust helped Saiyaka sit up and began to bandage her wound. Miroku had brought over some food and tried to get Saiyaka to eat some of it. Kagome had gone into the forest to search for some herbs to ease her pain and to help her wound heal faster. Within an hour, Saiyaka was up and walking around, still feeling a little dizzy, but mostly upset that she had worried everyone so much.

" I can't believe she survived that," said Inuyasha as he sat around the fire with Yoh.

" Saiyaka's a tough one. She's struggled her whole life to survive," explained Yoh.

" Guys, have you seen Ren?" asked Saiyaka as she knelt down next to the two.

" He went for a walk in the forest about two hours ago, haven't seen him since," said Yoh.

"I'm going to go look for him, I'll be back," she said, turning to leave.

" Stay here, he'll come back. Don't go wandering off in your condition, we don't need you dying out there," said Inuyasha with a hint of concern in his voice.

Saiyaka waved her hand at Inuyasha," I'll be fine, don't worry about me."

Saiyaka walked into the forest and found that she didn't have to walk very far to find Ren. He was sitting at a small grassy ledge looking out over the valley below. He had been sitting there since he left to group. He sat thinking about all the good times back at Yoh's with Saiyaka. When he had first met her she had been so nice to him, and it had annoyed him. He remembered the night before they had left for the shaman tournament, when he had been watching Yoh and Saiyaka practice. He remembered looking at her, and for the first time, thinking that she was different from other girls. The night that she had slept next to him, he hadn't really minded it all that much. Something inside him though kept him from getting close to her. He didn't like girls, in fact he hated every girl he had ever met, however, something was different about Saiyaka, something that made him want her around.

" Ren?"

Ren jumped, he recognized that voice. He turned to see Saiyaka sitting down next to him on his right. She smiled at him and Ren thought that maybe he was seeing things. She was dead, she couldn't be here with him now, it didn't make any sense.

" What are you…but you're…" he couldn't think of what he wanted to say.

" It's really me," she said, as if she was reading Ren's thoughts. " I'm alright now, Faust and Kagome fixed me up pretty good."

" Should you be wandering around?" Ren asked.

" It's good to see you too…"

" What I meant was, I'm…I'm," Ren turned his head and looked out upon the valley. " I'm glad your okay."

Saiyaka blushed and looked up at the stars, " The whole time I was lying there I was so angry with myself. I really thought I was going to die. And you know something? The worst part about dying was knowing that I never told you…well that I never told you how I feel abo-"

Ren grabbed Saiyaka's milky white face in his hands and kissed her gently. Her eyes widened in shock but soon she closed her eyes and gave in, kissing him back. He drew away from her and stared her in the eyes for a brief moment. Her soft purple eyes glowed with a happiness that Ren had never seen before. He dropped his hands and looked back out onto the valley.

" If you tell anyone about this…" said Ren.

" Don't worry I won't tell anyone," Saiyaka said with a smile.

" Yeah, and we won't tell anyone either!" said a voice from the bushes.

" Shut up Horo Horo!" said another voice.

" Why do all the jerks get the beautiful girls?" came another voice that sounded a little depressed.

" What's that supposed to mean?" yelled another male voice.

Saiyaka and Ren stood up and walked over to the bushes and looked down to find everyone crouched behind them.

" Hey Ren! What are you doing here?" asked Ryu trying to sound casual. Ren jumped over the bushes and started chasing them screaming that he was going to kill them when he caught them.

" So you finally wore him down, and all it took was for you to almost die," said Kagome with a laugh.

" I wouldn't say I wore him down, I mean it'll never happen again," said Saiyaka as she watched Ren continue to chase everyone. " But I wouldn't trade that moment for anything."

Kagome turned around and looked further into the forest, "Inuyasha! A jewel shard!"

Everyone stopped running and stared at Kagome who was now pointing in a direction far away from their camp. They ran back and got their things. Faust felt that it would be better if Saiyaka didn't over exert herself, so he helped her up onto Kirara's back. The cat demon followed the others in search of yet another jewel shard to add the their collection.