InuyashaForever1989 - And we're back with another exciting chapter of 'Love By Day or By Night' and as a reminder this chapter will take place a few years after the zoo incident.

Kouga - Yeah after dog breath breaks Kagome's heart.

Inu - WHAT'S THAT SUPOSSED TO MEAN?!

IF - Oh for the love of-- calm down, that is what you did after all.

Inu - Kagome help me out here.

Kag - Inuyasha, how could you? (starts to cry)

Kouga - NOW LOOK WHAT YOU'VE GONE AND DONE MUTT FACE!! (chases after Inu)

Inu - I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!! (runs from Kouga)

Kag - (looks back up grinning) That was to easy.

IF - Maybe for Inu but I think Kouga's just looking for an excuse to pound him. Well that's enough time wasted I think now let's get on with it. (calls Kouga off of Inu)

By the way sorry to all you Inu fans I just like to pick on him ; - )

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Chapter 1- Chance Encounter

Kagome was driving down the road in her red sports car as her mind wondered back to that day, she didn't really remember much. Nothing about the spell or the wolf that had cast it; she had wanted to forget all about that day and Inuyasha so she had; she even moved away from the town nearby the zoo. It's been about five years and she now fits into society quite nicely, except for the fact that she doesn't go out after sunset, or at least not that anyone knows of.

All her friends find it a bit strange but they don't question her on it anymore. She couldn't go out even if she wanted to anyway, not with anyone else around. She found that while at sunset she becomes a wolf she also becomes human again at sunrise. The first day she found that out she spent a most embarrassing time in the woods naked. Anyway since then she had gotten a job, a house, and human friends and none of it had been easy.

She was currently on her way to meet her friends. It was the middle of winter and it was snowing. Kagome smiled, she loved the snow; actually, she loved to run in the snow. She pulled up to a small café. She quickly got out of the car and ran inside.

Did she mention she only loved the snow when she was a wolf and she had nice warm fur? When Kagome looked around she came upon all her friends. Sango and Miroku looked like they were fighting again and Sesshomaru seemed distracted, then she noticed that he was watching his daughter Rin who was running around the café.

Kagome walked up to the tall black haired man and asked, "Where's Kagura?"

"Visiting her sister, Kana, some sort of family emergency," he answered and then moved to go get Rin as she had started to annoy some people at one of the tables. Kagome made a mental note to ask Kagura what had happened when she got back. She then turned to the bickering couple to her left.

"You guys almost done fighting?" she asked, drawing their attention. Sango looked like she was about to say something and out of the corner of her eye Kagome saw Miroku move slightly and Kagome knew exactly what was coming next.

"HENTAI!!" Sango screamed and the sound of a slap seemed to echo through the café. Yep, she'd seen that coming. "Now, we're done," Sango stated as calmly as she could.

Kagome shook her head and rolled her eyes. "When are you two just going to get it over with and get married already?" she asked her friend teasingly. The two just stared at her with a little surprise. Kagome got her own look of surprise. "No way," she stated. Sango blushed and showed Kagome her hand and the diamond ring on her finger. Both girls started to scream. "I can't believe it, when?"

"Last night, when we went out for dinner. He took me to that fancy restaurant that I had been dieing to go to and he got down on one knee and everyone stared at us. Oh my god, Kagome, it was amazing."

"Wait so what were you fighting about?"

"Oh, that? Just wedding details," Sango brushed it off.

At that moment Sesshomaru came back to the table, Rin following quietly behind him. "Sesshomaru did you hear?" Kagome asked him.

"Yes, I did. It was kind of hard not to," he said. "I have an announcement of my own."

"Like what? You're already married," Kagome pointed out.

Sesshomaru just rolled his eyes and continued. "My half-brother will be coming to visit."

"You have a brother?" everyone asked at once.

"Half-brother," he corrected.

"Well, we didn't know you had one of those either," Kagome pointed out.

"Younger?" Sango asked.

"Yes," Sesshomaru answered curtly.

"I can tell. If he were older you would show more respect for him," Sango pointed out.

"Why would you think that?"

"It's just the way you are. You're a sort of old fashioned, old world kind of guy."

"Oh, Sango, you realize what we have to do now that you're engaged," Kagome said as she looked at her best friend.

Sango smiled over at Kagome and they both said at the same time, "Shopping!"

Miroku looked over at Sesshomaru and said, "You'd think they were still in high school or something." Sesshomaru simply nodded in agreement.

"I'll come by about ten, ok?" Sango asked Kagome.

"Yeah, sounds good."

"Wait, don't you have to work tomorrow?"

"I'll just stop by work and bring some stuff home is all," Kagome said as she dug through her purse for her cell phone. She dialed a number and someone at the office where Sango and Kagome worked picked up.

'Hello?' the woman on the phone asked.

"Oh, Sara, hi. Could you look on my desk and find a couple folders that I left there and get them together for me. I'm going to take them home 'cause I can't come in tomorrow."

'Sure no problem, Kagome,' Sara said. 'And I'll tell Masato that you can't come in too.'

"Thanks, you're the best. I'll be by in little while to pick up the papers, bye," Kagome said as she hung up the phone. "All set," she said turning back to Sango. "And while we're out shopping we can talk about wedding details.

Then the conversation turned to other things. Rin gave a long and detailed story about how she was doing in school and such. Everyone ordered something and eventually it started to get late. Kagome looked out the store's large front window and saw that the sun was starting to set.

"I've got to go," she said as she put on her blue jacket that she had set down on the chair and set the money for her part of the tab on the table.

Everyone else looked out the window and realized what her rush was. "Kagome one of these days we're going to have to get you help for this phobia thing of yours," Sango said also standing up.

"It's not a phobia; I'm not scared of being out at night. I just don't like it," Kagome explained, even though the last bit was a lie. She loved being out at night. The cool air rushing by her, the dirt under her paws, and the starry sky above; it was one of her favorite things in the world, even if it could get lonely sometimes.

"Riiiight," Sango said shaking her head. "Well, I'll see you tomorrow."

"Yeah," Kagome called back just as she was walking out the door. She walked to her car and got in but she had no plans on going home. She drove her car off in the opposite direction and she drove to the edge of town were she pulled off the main road and onto a dirt one that led to the edge of the woods.

She got out of her car a little ways from the woods and took a bag with her. Just as the sun was setting she got undressed and put all her cloths in the bag and hid it behind a rock and as the sun finally went down she let the change take over her body. Thick black fur began to cover her skin, her bones twisted and contorted, and she was soon a wolf once more. At the very least the change hadn't hurt again since the first day. Actually, it was kind of a rush as she felt the magic course through her body.

She broke out into a sprint and ran off farther into the woods. Most of the snow had been blocked by the trees so there were patches of dirt mixed in with the snow. Kagome stopped suddenly; there was a scent on the air. It was foreign to the forest, but not something she hadn't smelled before.

It was another wolf. Kagome hadn't seen any wolves in this area so it was strange. Although perhaps not seeing as she also had never been very far into the woods. Kagome laid down and crawled on her belly toward the strange scent. She poked her head through a large bush and she saw a large, brown, male wolf sitting in the middle of a clearing looking up at the full moon in the sky.

A flash of a similar scene went through Kagome's mind but she shook it off, literally. The bush shook and the wolf turned his attention to it. He had the most amazing blue eyes and they seemed familiar somehow, but once again Kagome paid no attention to it.

He walked over to the bush and sniffed it apparently he caught her scent and he growled at the bush. 'Who's there?' he demanded.

Kagome got up which made the bush shake more and then she pushed her way through it. The next thing she knew something ran into her, she assumed it was the other wolf, and then she was being pinned against the ground on her back by the much larger wolf.

'Hey! What's the big idea?' Kagome asked, and she sounded pissed. There was no reason for him to treat her like this. The brown wolf seemed to widen his eyes and he backed up off of her.

'Sorry, uh. . .'

'Kagome,' she supplied

'Kagome,' the wolf echoed.

They stood for a moment in silence until Kagome felt too awkward and decided to ask, 'So, what's you name?'

'Kouga,' he answered.

'Kouga?' Kagome repeated to herself. The name sounded vaguely familiar, like she'd heard it somewhere before. Kagome put her ears back in thought but all that came up was that flash of a moon lit clearing so she decided to drop it.

'Are you from around here? I've never seen any other wolves in this area before.' Kagome asked.

'I came here about a year ago. I usually don't go this close to the edge of the forest,' he explained.

'Oh, I don't go very deep into the forest. So I guess that's why we've never seen each other,' Kagome voiced her thoughts.

'Hmmm,' Kouga agreed, nodding his head. Kouga tilted his head, put his ears back, and stared at Kagome. Kagome put her ears back and shrunk away from him.

'What?' Kagome asked.

Kouga shook his head and snapped himself out of his thoughts. 'Nothing,' was all he said and he started to walk off into the woods.

Kagome perked her ears up and ran after him. 'Hey, wait!' she called. Kouga looked back and saw Kagome chasing after him so he slowed down and eventually stopped.

'What?' Kouga asked.

'Well,' Kagome started but then stopped. She didn't know what she had gone after him for, but he seemed nice and she hadn't seen another wolf in a long time. 'Where are you going?'

Kouga turned around fully to get a better look at Kagome. 'Nowhere really,' he answered and Kagome just imagined him shrugging his shoulders if he could.

'Nowhere, huh?"

'Yeah, you feel like coming along?' he asked.

Kagome looked surprised and then looked back toward where the edge of the forest was and back to Kouga. 'Sure,' she said, if not a bit uncertainly. Kouga took off again and Kagome followed him again.

Kouga was faster than Kagome and at one point Kagome lost sight of him. Kagome stopped short and looked around and suddenly Kouga came up from behind her still running and Kagome ran after him with a new determination.

Kagome wasn't sure how far they had run but she hadn't had this much fun in a long time. They weaved in between the trees and dodged around bushes. Kagome had to really to keep up but working that hard was just an amazing rush.

After a while Kagome had lost sight of Kouga again. She kept running for the spot where she had last seen him and as she came through the tree line she tried to stop but didn't make it in time and wound up in a small river.

Kouga sat on the bank and watched as Kagome climbed up out of the water. 'Very funny,' Kagome said as she glared at him and shook off the water a bit.

'I know,' he replied smugly. Kagome circled around him and put Kouga between her and the river. Kouga watched her carefully. Suddenly Kagome jumped at him and pushed him into the water.

'Now that's funny,' she said showing all her teeth in a wry smile. Kouga pulled himself from the water.

'Funny, huh?' Kouga asked and then he shook himself off and water flew all over the place including at Kagome.

'Hey!'

'Yes?' Kouga asked now smiling himself. If she could have Kagome would have rolled her eyes. Kouga started to walk along the river and Kagome walked beside him. A couple minutes of walking later Kagome started to hear a dull roar in the distance.

'A waterfall?' Kagome asked and looked over to Kouga.

'Yeah,' was all he said back. It was a decent sized water fall at a point in the river; Kagome had never seen it before. Come to think of it she had never seen this river either. She must have been pretty deep into the forest. Nothing looked familiar anymore. It was also getting pretty late; she would have to get back to the edge of the forest soon, before the sun rose. She did not want to wander around the forest human and naked.

'Um, Kouga, I should probably get going,' Kagome said catching his attention.

Kouga looked up and noticed a subtle lightening of the sky. He knew why she wanted to leave. He remembered her, even though she didn't seem to remember him. Kouga mentally sighed. 'Follow me,' he said, but he sounded strangely sad.

The clearing flashed in her mind again and she saw a pair of blue piercing eyes. Kagome shook the image from her head and followed after Kouga until they came to a small path, probably just used by deer and such.

'This path runs all the way to the edge of the forest, it should get you where ever it is you need to get,' Kouga explained.

'Thank you,' Kagome said. She quickly leaned in and rubbed the side of her face against his then ran off down the trail and into the night.

'You're welcome, Kagome,' Kouga said into the cold air.

InuyashaForever1989: And that's it for this Chapter. Yep, Kagome's forgotten all about Kouga.

Kouga: Yeah but she'll remember me, right?

IF: Who knows?

Kouga: What!?

Kag: What's going on over here? (to Kouga) Who are you?

Kouga: Kagome!

Inu: Hahahaha!

Kouga: Stop laughing mutt-face.

Inu: Make me ya mangy wolf.

Kouga: Why you-- (chases after Inu)

Inu: (runs and locks himself in another room)

Kouga: (pounding on the door) get out here dog breath!

IF: See what you start Kagome? And Kouga don't you dare break that door.

Kag: Yeah, I know. (smiles)

IF: Alright then just so long as you know. Don't forget to review!! No flames please. And I'd just like to say before anyone points it out. I know Kagome doesn't have a birth certificate or SS# or anything like that but it's a fan fiction people, of an anime I might add, not everything has to make sense 100% of the time. Thank you for reading.