Inuyasha continued to mutter and grumble his hate as he stomped through the trees to a location he didn't know.

"Stupid ass son of a bitch. I'mma kill'em, I swear! I'll kill all of 'em!" He growled, taking some comfort in the deepness of it. Not that he needed comforting. He was 100 sure he was 100 guy. He had a real easy way to prove it... if you know what I mean. wink wink

"And after I kill 'em, screw save the world, I'll find the rest of-!" Inuyasha stopped dead in his tracks. Had his voice just gone up an octave?!

"I'll find the rest of the jewel and become-?" Inuyasha coughed, trying to clear his throat.

"I'll become a true demon and slaughter them all?" He blinked. This was just as bad as puberty! He decided he'd stop talking. He had recently screamed very, very loud. It still rang in his ears. Maybe his voice needed rest. He continued his raging trudge in silence, not exactly sure where he was marching to, but knew sure as hell that it would be far away from people who doubted his masculinity.

In his trek he passed over a bridge, and once he got to the top, on some whim he looked over the edge and into the waters. The river was still as glass, a rather odd thing for it to be... but if the reader will recall, the intense silence had had the power to stop a river's current. The power was still in effect. Anyway, as Inuyasha looked into the glassy waters, he noticed something a little odd. His face looked a little off. He frowned as he stared at it. It frowned back at him, but something was still wrong. It didn't quite look the way he remembered it.

"Well, I don't often stare at myself..." Inuyasha reasoned in his mind. "It's just the water playing tricks."

Inuyasha continued on his trek. He saw a village off in the distance and changed his course to head there, once again on a whim. He had quit. He got to go where he wished now and didn't have to worry about demons or jewel shards unless he wanted to...

"Or the demons want to die." His ego chuckled in his heart.

On Inuyasha's trip to the unnamed village, he felt the hem of his pants begin to slide south. He frowned and pulled it up higher and retied it. He must not have done the best job of securing them previously. He would have continued without a second thought, but now his shirt and jacket were too loose. He yanked them tighter and retied his pants yet again. Now he was mildly ticked.

"Stupid clothes." He muttered, his voice still refusing to return to it's normal sound.

As he entered the village there were a few cries of "It's the mountain witch come after us!" He growled softly and continued through it. Why had he wanted to come here anyway? He marched through the streets and soon was beyond the town where people just assumed someone was a mountain witch because they had long white hair. He shrugged it off. Humans had called him a mountain witch before. It pissed him off, but if he went and killed them all, then he'd get monks and priestesses on his back, and that would piss him off more.

Speaking of being pissed off, Inuyasha caught scent of the familiar stench of wolves. "If he comes by here looking for Kagome I'll slaughter 'im." He growled under his breath. The mere sound of his own skewed voice only heightened his anger.

Unfortunately for Kouga, he was headed Inuyasha's way, and as he came up behind Inuyasha and caught sight of the half-demon, he slowed down to a stop. Before he could speak, Inuyasha struck the first verbal blow.

"Kagome ain't here! Fuck off!" He snarled.

Kouga appeared confused. "You know Kagome?"

"Have you gone nuts? Of course I know Kagome!" Inuyasha spat.

"Do... I know you?" Kouga was even more confused.

Inuyasha paused to stare in wonder at the denser-than-usual wolf before him. "Yes you fucking know me! You make a move on Kagome, I beat your head in and you run away with your tail between your legs!"

Now it was Kouga's turn to stare in wonder. "Ma'am where's your family. I think you better get back to them."

"I AM NOT A MA'AM!!!" Inuyasha screamed. His voice went into an octave he hadn't been able to reach since he was a child.

"... Miss?"

"THAT DOES IT! PREPARE TO DIE!" Inuyasha' shrieked again. His anger was so great his eyes flashed red. Sensing the danger, Kouga made a speedy get away. Fortunately he also managed to intercept his slow minions and get them running the opposite direction before they could be slaughtered by the very angry and very confused half-demon chasing after him.

"Wait, you can't be his, er... I mean, her mate!" Kagome stated after a long silence. No one had said a word since Inuyasha's departure for a long awkward five minutes.

"It's my right a-"

"You're related!" Kagome interrupted. If she weren't so utterly shocked, she wouldn't have dared to interrupt Inuyasha's brother.

"He's sicker than Miroku." Sango mumbled to herself. Miroku held his hands up in a "What are you talking about?!" gesture.

"I am not sick! It's a tradition many noble families still practice." Sesshomaru hissed.

"It's sick, and it's wrong! Your kids will have eleven toes!" Kagome shot back.

"I don't have eleven toes." Sesshomaru replied harshly.

"Well I do-" Kagome suddenly absorbed the meaning of the last sentence. "Oh god! That is disgusting! What is wrong with you people?!"

While Kagome tried to get bad pictures out of her head, Totosai and Myoga finally spoke up. "Why Sesshomaru? Why now? You were happy enough when trying to kill him." The old flea sighed in exasperation.

"Because I don't want to do what my father has set before me. I am sick of following a dead man's plan." Sesshomaru growled.

Totosai answered him. "You're father was a wise and-"

"My father was a nut case!"

Myoga's turn; "He was a little eccentric, yes, but-"

"He left a perfectly fine demon wife for a weak little human, turned a little girl into a boy, and stuck his corpse in her eye. Are you telling me this is normal behavior?"

Now Totosai! "You shouldn't speak so harshly of the dead."

"What's he going to do? Ground me?" Sesshomaru crossed his arms. "I've had enough of this. I'm going after what's mine." He turned to leave in the direction his... sister... had gone.

"Wait, this is crazy! Inuyasha is a guy! I've bandaged his chest enough to know that!" Kagome jogged to catch up with the tall demon's strides. What possessed her to do this was beyond the rest of the gang. They also followed, though at a greater distance.

"Kagome! Come back here!" Sango hissed at the teenager from the future, but Kagome didn't come.

"And I've clawed him enough to know that he was a guy too, but without this," Sesshomaru tapped Tetsaiga with the stolen human hand, "He'll soon be a she. I'm just not sure how long the transformation will-"

He was interrupted by an echoing cry that was too warped to truly understand, but Kagome managed to catch the words "Am... szit...eh air tuh ai." It was mostly vowel sounds that were clear enough to be understood.

"What the heck was that?" Shippou asked. It sounded creepy... like the battle cry of an enraged spirit.

"Sounded like... prepare to die?" Sango guessed at the end.

Before anyone could become alarmed that Inuyasha may or may not be in trouble, a gush of wind suddenly blasted the trees.

"Hello Kagome." Kouga appeared next to her.

"Kouga!" She was startled. Too much was going on! Couldn't the world just stop for a moment until this whole Inuyasha thing was sorted out?

"There's no time to stop! She's on our heels!" One of Kouga's minions panted as he reached the group. The other, farther behind, sounded truly frightened.

"There's always time to talk to lady Kagome. Anyway, Do you know a very confused she-demon in red?" Kouga asked. Before Kagome could ask, "What?" the 'confused she-demon in red' appeared, and man was she pissed!

"READY TO DIE?!"