Kill me now.

Ok, so hello to all new and previous readers to this story, currently being re-edited and re-posted. As I said earlier, in an attempt to repost this, I deleted it. But I also failed to mention that I didn't remember to actually save the damn thing. So a small warning to all:

THIS IS, IF NOT COMPLETELY, DIFFERENT FROM THE ORIGINAL.

I feel so smart. Anyways, I hope no one minds this (mostly previous readers), and hopefully this mistake turns out to a benefit. It's still improvised (hooray for ideas spurred from boredom! :D), and I hope you all enjoy this version of my story :3 So on with the show - err - story!

Chapter 1

Time for Mating Season to begin: 2 days. Present time, 8:30 p.m.

With the sun now sinking into the horizon, causing the sky to become a most beautiful mosaic of blending color, the gang decided to call it a day. And what a disappointing and frustrating day it had been. There had been absolutely no leads on Naraku's whereabouts- not even one! -and there had been no leads on a Jewel shard either.

But the most troubling of all had been Inuyasha. For the last few weeks he had been isolating himself, brooding on private thoughts and his temper had broken its normal time limit several times already. It worried his friends, but none more so than Kagome.

Kagome just could not understand what was wrong. Had she and her friends done something that he had somehow misunderstood or was he just PMS-ing again? What hurt her most was the way he had been pushing her so carelessly away. A throb of pain shot through her heart at the memory of the blunt way he had begun to push her farther, and farther away, a pain strong enough to cause her breath to hitch and for her to nearly wince.

Yet suffering most of all was the very hanyou the others worried for. He knew his brooding was not unnoticed; he was not dumb enough to believe that. And worst of all, he knew how this was hurting Kagome. The thought alone made him cringe mentally. God, why couldn't he be like normal fucking people and just say what was wrong? His issues with trusting people should not extend to his friends: they were his friends for a reason, damn it. With a sigh of frustration, he sat far from his friends once more, quietly brooding as he had for the entire week.

Unlike the confused Kagome, Sango and Miroku had a pretty good idea as to why their friend had been behaving as such. It was close to spring, and Inuyasha was coming to suffer the effects of his demon heritage. It was understandable that he would be so caught off guard by it, seeing as he had been "dead" for 50 years. And he was Inuyasha after all; he was always distant, no matter the reason. It stung, sure, but this was how their friend was, and this is how he would always by.

While his friends surveyed him from afar, Inuyasha seethed with masked frustration and anger. Never had he thought he would hate his demon heritage as he did at the moment, the very demon heritage he once sought to convert himself fully into. The fabled "mating season" was nearly upon him, and by God, it was annoying him. He was new to this, and the strength of its effect was stronger than it should have been due to the human blood that also coursed through his veins. His main concerns were not only this, but Kagome as well. It was not fair of him to be so distant, but what could he do? He loved her dearly, but he was fairly sure the girl still thought that he loved Kikyo.

And she may never know that that is not the case if you would just take her.

Crap. He had almost forgotten about his now very annoying inner demon. It had just begun to pester him increasingly more as mating season came closer. The only idea that consoled him was the knowledge that even the strongest of demons were helpless against this time of year as well. It helped ease his bruised ego (A/N: hah, men).

Shut up already, don't you get tired of talking so goddamn much?

Yes, but I wouldn't have to if you would do as I asked.

You must be one retarded bastard if you think I'll actually force this on Kagome.

And you must be a fool for not at least attempting to claim her. You'd rather that stupid wolf get her?

Don't go there asshole she wouldn't go with him.

Oh? Well, maybe she might if she sees you don't want her.

You're a bastard for even saying that.

Hah. Then take her. You want her. She's perfect and she's strong. So many strong children she could bear for us-

SHUT THE FUCK UP.

Well, now, said his demon, his words full of malice. You can protect her all you want, but you've always been her worst enemy. And if you will not take her, then I will. Think you can wait it out? Hah. There has yet to be a demon that could keep himself from his intended mate.

Intended? The fuck are you talking about.

But his demon had gone. The bastard was right though: even he doubted that the stubbornness his humanity granted him could keep his demon at bay for long.

"Inuyasha, are you alright?" asked the familiar warm voice that he so adored.

He groaned mentally, hating how that voice set his desires aflame. He was stronger than this for fuck's sake! He could smell her scent, and it threatened to overpower him as she approached him. Abruptly he stood and, giving her a warning look, he walked away, hating the hurt look on her face.

It was going to be a long night.

A/N: Wow, Inuyasha's an ass 0_0

Yay, I'm not dead! Sorry for the excruciatingly late update, there was a lot of stuff happening during summer vacation…even though its vacation (the hell?). Yeah, that was whole a lot different from the original one 0_0. But I think this chapter was better than it was before. This story might actually be longer now that it's being edited, I hope no one minds _

PLEASE REVIEW!

Yeah, I'm going to say this now. Updates might not at all be frequent. Like, at all, so please don't kill me! This would be due to the fact my internet use is frustratingly limited, I'm not at ALL use to the damn formatting yet, school sucks, and I'm a rather lazy author who suffers quite a bit of writers block :/

Oh, this story has no beta, so please don't bash me for spelling and grammar mistakes. I'm not too bad at this, but I AM human, so there will probably be mistakes :P