6 Months Earlier
"Kagome move back," InuYasha snarled over his shoulder. "I don't want you getting hurt. This is between Sesshomaru and me."
"Don't worry InuYasha; your Bitch would be too easy a target for me." Sesshomaru said keeping his face stoic.
InuYasha flexed his claws getting ready to pounce. "Sesshomaru you may insult me but leave Kagome out of it." His eye narrowed, forgetting the girl at his side.
"Draw your sword InuYasha...The Tetsusiega would make a much more worthy opponent." Sesshomaru taunted the already irritated hanyou.
"Damn you. I don't need the sword to defeat you," InuYasha said as he charged at Sesshomaru.
When Kagome stumbled back to where the others were watching the fight between the two brothers at a safe distance.
"Kagome-sama, are you alright...that was really stupid of you," Miroku said bluntly and he caught the falling girl.
"Yes Kagome, who did you try to stop him?" Sango asked a bit disturbed by the girls pale state.
"Miroku, InuYasha will take your head off if you touch her," Shippo warned before turning back to the fight entertaining him.
Both Sango and Kagome turned to see the monk's hand reaching for Kagome's bottom. "Hentai," Sango screamed bringing her huge boomerang down over and onto the lecherous monk's head.
"I...I thought that I could stop him and prevent injuries that are sure to come from this fight." Kagome said turning away from the normal habits of the couple.
They all turned back to the fight when they heard a sickening thud. Sesshomaru had thrown InuYasha in the ground hard enough to make and imprint of the hanyou in the hard earth. InuYasha wasted no time in rising and charged again only to be met by Sesshomaru's sickly green glowing claws. Sesshomaru dug his claws into InuYasha's right shoulder holding out of striking distance.
"Why don't you use the sword?" Kagome shouted at the hanyou. "Idiot, draw the sword," she stomped her foot in frustration.
"Don't worry Kagome-sama, Sesshomaru is just toying with InuYasha-sama."
At the sound of that familiar yet uncommon voice, they all looked around to find the flea perched on Kagome's shoulder.
"Oh, so your back. We didn't expect to see you for a while. Especially now," Miroku said.
"At least we know InuYasha's not in any real danger," Kagome sighed wearily.
"How do you know?" Sango asked innocently.
Shippo answered before the young girl got a chance to even open her mouth. "Myoga wouldn't be here if there was any real danger."
"I'll have you know that I was researching something very important for InuYasha," retorted the flustered flea.
"May I inquire as to what that was? If it was important enough to keep you away so very long this time, it must be of important news therefore very worthy of being heard," Miroku asked the flea.
"Huh? Oh...yes. The information I have gathered is strictly for lord InuYasha's ears only. It's something he sent me on a mission to gather himself," The flea answered apprehensively.
Before Miroku got a chance to make any further inquiry, "Well go out there and try to stop the fight." Sango said using her thumb and middle finger to flick Myoga into the middle of the fight.
"AAAAAHHHH...Why, Hello Lord InuYasha," Myoga said as he landed on InuYasha's fight shoulder." Slowly as he lifted his eyes to meet InuYasha's he continued to make small talk, "that girl, the demon exterminator has good aim don't you thi-" his attempt at small talk was lost when hi realized InuYasha's eyes were red.
InuYasha snarled and reached up and flicked the annoying pest off his shoulder. He turned his glowing red eyes to Sesshomaru, who only smirked. The simple act caused his blood to boil. "Sesshomaru I'm gonna rip your head off," InuYasha snarled as he charged yet again at his half brother.
"My little hanyou brother you attacks are getting more and more careless," Sesshomaru responded. Without a another word he turned and walked down the hill, not bothering to look over his shoulder.
Miroku absently reached out a hand to catch the flying flea before he flew into the forest behind them.
"Thank you, Miroku. InuYasha is reverting to full youkai."
"Na...Nani?" Kagome asked turning to look at the flea then back to where InuYasha was swinging at Sesshomaru.
"Blades of blood," InuYasha shouted after digging his claws into the wound at his shoulder.
His attack was blocked by green whips that cut into his chest, sending him flying back. He vaguely noticed that his bother hadn't bothered to turn around.
"Inu...InuYasha are you alright," Shippo asked when the hanyou slid past them into the trees, bringing a few down with him. "Kagome you have to stop him, his demon form has to be torture on his human."
"Ho...How? I can't st...Sto...," Kagome stammered. 'What can I do?' Kagome thought to herself frantically. "Sit, Sit boy," she yelled sending the hanyou to the ground.
"InuYasha be thankful to your bitch for saving you life. You should really learn to control yourself when attacking," Sesshomaru taunted without turning to face the hanyou.
InuYasha snarled from his unmovable position. He lifted his head as Sesshomaru disappeared beyond the horizon. 'I'll get him one day, he'll be down begging for his life on his knees' he thought to himself. He's thoughts turned to Kagome when he heard his name gently slip from her lips.
'That bitch, what the fuck is wrong with her to sit me when I'm in the middle of a fight.' He began to gain movement, as soon as all his limbs seemed to be in working order he stood in front of Kagome.
Kagome gasped, startled, "Inu...InuYasha you startled me!" she said noticing his eyes were back to their normal amber color. Everything seemed to be normal except for that vein popping out on the side of his neck. She had never seen the hanyou move so fast.
"Bitch why'd you sit me? I told you it was between me and my brother. I was in the middle of a fight bitch. That's dangerous, you could have gotten me and all of you killed," InuYasha growled.
"We...well actually Sesshomaru was walking away. I believe he was finished," Kagome answered timidly.
InuYasha growled, but turned taking his snobbishly defiant pose. "Feh!" was all he said his head turning when he heard the concern in Shippo's voice.
"Kagome, are you alright? You're bleeding," Shippo asked the girl who was like a mother to him.
InuYasha wonder why he hadn't smelled it as he turned to see her. He made his way to stand in front of her. InuYasha watched the blood slowly trickle down Kagome's face from her temple. Then he watched her lift her hand and shyly touch her temple, then rub it between her fingers as see looked at it. It seemed unusually bright against her now pale skin. He immediately caught her when she begun to faint.
'It must have happened when I was thrown in to her. It's my fault' her thought to himself. Gently he lowered her to the ground and cradled her head in his lap.
"InuYasha maybe we should try to get her back to Keade's hut," Sango said softly as the blood began to gush. InuYasha just ignored her and began to tear a strip of soft white fabric of his shirt under his fire-rat Kimono.
As InuYasha began to tie the strip around Kagome's temple to stop the bleeding, Miroku put his hand on the hanyou's shoulder, "Yes, Sango is right. We should take her back to identify the seriousness of the wound. She'll know what t-"he was cut off rather abruptly when the hanyou knocked him off his shoulder and into a nearby tree.
"Ay...Miroku are you alright?" Shippo asked the obvious injured monk. Shippo walked over to him and patted his head when he opened his eyes.
"Yes, I w...was kinda expecting that reaction," the monk stammered.
"Don't fucking touch me. I don't want anyone touching me or Kagome. If anyone comes near us I'll take their fucking head off!" he turned wham he smelled the scent of the kitsune coming closer...realizing for the first time that the wind had shifted and he and Kagome now stood down wind. "I meant it Shippo, you too," this sent the kitsune crying into Sango's arms.
InuYasha rose to his feet holding Kagome against his chest gently but securely. He turned his back on the trio and began to walk away. InuYasha stopped when he entered a small clearing near a river. He took of his haori and balled it up still holding her to his chest as he knelt. He put it beneath her head to make a makeshift pillow for her. He removed the makeshift bandage and threw it aside. He then begin ripping a small square like piece off his white shirt, dipping it in the river and began cleaning the dried blood and dirt away from the Kagome's face. InuYasha sighed when he realized it was just a small cut and nothing serious. "Thank God," he whispered against her temple. He held her close until she came to. "Are you alright, Bitch. How do you feel?" he questioned her rather gently.
"Hmm..."Was all she said before snuggling closer to the foreign heat. "I am fine InuYasha. Stop worrying," her groggy state causing her words to come out slurred. 'Mmmm,' she thought, 'I love this dream. But it's different.' Subconsceincely she scratched the top of her head, before letting her hand slip to her thoart. Opening her eyes a mere slit she realized that she was wearing her uniform shirt and not the black and white miko clothing that Naraku had put her in when he had her under his control. 'He's very protective,' she thought to herself. She began to sit up slowly, trying to figure if the feelings she had was part of a dream or reality. When she sat up completely, much to her surprise the arms slid away, making her realize that she was no longer dreaming. Kagome pulled even further away and looked around and then up at the hanyou when she realized they were alone.
"Where are the others?" Kagome said out loud.
InuYasha smelled the excitement slip away and anxiety set in. "You were hurt, so I took you away to tend to your wounds. The others will be at Keade's hut," he said in answer to her question before asking her one of his own. "Kagome, why were you excited a few seconds ago?" he asked hoping she was dreaming about him.
"Huh? Nothing...I was just dreaming," she said blushing slightly dashing his hopes. "Why, InuYasha?"
"Penh!, I ju...your scent changed and I just wanted to know. We should be getting back, the others will start to worry. Especially that brat Shippo."
Ok...and InuYasha...thank you," Kagome said blushing slightly as she remember being held by him.
Unknown to them the whole episode was being watched by the undead miko. She followed them after the hanyou's brother walk away. She had seen the blood seeping from the wound on the young girl's head. She needed it to complete her plan. Kikyo had wanted to take the blood fresh from the wound but the hanyou had wrapped her head to stop the bleeding. As soon as the pair disappeared the undead miko steeped out of her carefully selected hiding place that prevented the hanyou from smelling her. She walked over to where the hanyou had carelessly thrown the improvised bandage.
"I guess this will have to do. It's her blood and an item that the hanyou gave her as a sign of affection even if he wasn't aware of it. So I have two of the three items I need to cast the spell. Now to see Naraku," Kikyo murmured as she picked yup the scrap and put it n her pouch.