A/N: All Inuyasha characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi.
For Love and Power
by Ivaliny
Chapter 4
Miroku turned on his cell phone and dialed a number. The night was clear, and the moon was black. Stars were twinkling overhead as Miroku drove downtown. He stopped at a stop sign and looked through his window. A young couple were walking down the lit up sidewalk, his arm around her waist, and hers down his pants. Miroku smiled and laughed. Now that's the way to do it, he thought. Just then, someone picked up on the other end of the line.
"Hi, Mom, I'm gonna be a little late coming home. I have something to do first."
"I don't care, just don't do drugs," said the voice on the other line.
To any other person they would have thought that she was crazy. Miroku said good-bye and hung up. He started to dial another number, and talked for a while.
"Thank you for the information," Miroku said before hanging up. He turned off his phone and made a u-turn on the ghost like streets.
"This town is dead by 10 o'clock!," he commented out loud at empty streets. He drove as fast as he could and soon found himself on the busier part of town. The north side at night was like it never slept. Something was always happening. He turned left on a street that had a gas station at the corner. There were houses all along and soon the farther he went down the street, the houses got fewer and fewer and fewer. He noticed that he was driving into the forest outside of town.
"Eesh, it's creepy out here at night! Who knows what kind of demons are lurking behind the trees in the shadows," he told himself, shivering at the thought. His purple truck turned onto another roade and then into a driveway. The driveway was long and curvy and in the distance he could barely see a house. He got closer and closer as the large mansion came into view.
"Looks like a haunted castle," he stated quietly to himself, in awe of the granduer of the house. He drove up in front of the house and turned of his truck. He sighed and gout out, walking towards the front steps, stopping at the large door.
Examing the front of the house he frowned,"Not exactly what I'd call home." He rang the doorbell and waited.
A woman answered it sweetly,"Yes, how may I help you?"
"I'm looking for Inuyasha," he said.
The woman looked behind her towards a large staircase and quickly answered,"He's not here."
Miroku sighed and looked at the ground. Something above him caught the corner of his eyes as the door in front of him slammed shut. He looked up towards a row of windows on what looked to be the third floor, squinting, thinking he would see better in the moonless night. In the window above Miroku, he saw someone staring at him with golden eyes. The figure in the window quickly closed the curtains and Miroku jumped at the sight. Ha! He is here! I knew it!
Miroku rang the doorbell again and waited a second time. The same woman opened the doors and rolled her eyes. She sighed with frustration,"He isn't here. Now please go away!" The woman pointed down the driveway as if to show him the way out.
"Ma'am, please, I just want to talk to him and it wont even be for that long. Just please let me talk to Inuyasha."
Suddenly a figure wrapped up in a blanket stood behind the woman. Miroku looked at the figure and saw nothing, because the figure had a blanketed arm in front of his face as if to hide something.
"Let him in, he's that perverted guy from school." Miroku frowned at the figure, who just looked at him with golden eyes underneath the shadows of the blanket, and led Miroku up the stairway. Miroku started to smile as he followed the blanketed figure down a hallways and up more stairs. The more he walked the harder it was for him to not laugh. He suddenly started to snicker. They went into a dark room, and the figure closed the door behind him.
Miroku doubled over laughing,"Ha! Let me guess...pimple?"
The figure moved towards Miroku and growled,"If only-"
"Wait! Wait! Did you run into a wall?" Miroku grabbed his sides, laughing even harder.
The blanketed man became irritated, picked up a pillow and threw it at Miroku,"Shut up, stupid!"
Miroku's laughs because fewer and fewer as he sighed heavily and took a deep breath,"Okay, seriously, what's up with the blanket, Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha ignored Miroku and asked his own question,"What do you want, and why did you come here?"
Miroku raised an eyebrow and looked at Inuyasha curiously,"What's with the blanket?"
"Why are you here?"
"Blanket!"
Inuyasha raised his voice,"Why are you here, Miroku?"
Miroku raised his voice, mocking Inuyasha,"Why are you wearing a blanket, Inuyasha?"
"Forget about the blanket, stupid, and answer my question!"
"My, touchy touchy. No need for yelling Inuyasha. I only came to..." Miroku leaped forward, lounging at Inuyasha and pulled off the blanket,"...ask why you're not going to the..."
Miroku stood in shock at Inuyasha, mouth agape as Inuyasha glared at Miroku with teeth clinched, growling.
"What? Stop staring y-"
Miroku gasped,"What happened to your hair, and where are you ears?!" He walked towards Inuyasha curiously, and Inuyasha backed away.
"Did you dye it? It makes you look human," Miroku said, stiffling his giggles.
"Great! I've always wanted to look human!" Inuyasha yelled sarcastically. "You stupid, I am human!" he snapped. Miroku stopped laughing,"But I thought you were a half demon."
"I am," glared Inuyasha.
The room was silent until Miroku interrupted it,"Can we turn on a light?"
"No!"he snapped.
"Oh, c'mon! I've already seen you, what would light do? Melt you? C'mon What would it hurt?" Miroku asked persuasively.
Inuyasha growled and got up, turning on a lamp and sat down on his bed. "Better?" he asked sarcastically.
"Much, thank you!" he said, sitting quietly looking around Inuyasha's large room in awe while Inuyasha's now grayish blue eyes stared back at him. Minutes passed and Miroku could feel his icy glare.
"So..." Miroku said casually.
"What are you doing here, Miroku?" Inuyasha blurted out.
"Oh yes, I came by to see why you're not going to the party," he answered still looking around.
Inuyasha rolled his eyes and groaned,"You came here to ask me that?"
"Yup!"
"You're stupid," Inuyasha said folding his arms.
Miroku looked thoughtfully into space as Inuyasha waited for his reaction. Miroku looked up at Inuyasha,"Why are you human if you're supposed to be a half-demon?"
Inuyasha huffed out his irritation,"Why do you ask so many questions?" Miroku only shrugged. "Well, every half-demon has just one night a month where they turn human, and mine is on every new moon."
"Oh," Miroku looked at Inuyasha," You don't look that bad, but your ears stick out. Reminds me of a monkey!" Inuyasha growled and made a fist. "Why are you always so touchy?"
"I'm not touchy."
"Yes, you are. You need to laugh every once and a while like me."
Inuyasha grunted,"Laugh?"
Miroku ignored the question and fixated his eyes on a picture by the side of Inuyasha's bed. He got up and walked over, picking it up with wide-hungry eyes.
'WHOA! She's hot!"
Inuyasha grabbed the picture from the pervert's hands and yelled,"Don't touch that you stupid!" He grabbed onto the picture protectively.
"Who is she?"
Inuyasha sighed and looked at the picture in front of him, touching her face,"My girlfriend, Kikyou."
"I didn't know you had a girlfriend." Inuyasha glared at Miroku. "What?" asked the blue-eyed boy throwing his hands up in the air defensively.
"I don't want to talk about her," he stated.
"Oh, did she make you mad, or did you make her mad and you haven't apologized yet, and she's giving you the cold shoulder?" Miroku asked, trying to sound smart about the situation. Inuyasha closed his eyes and looked down. With teeth clinched and eyebrows twitching, Inuyasha went silent. Miroku just stared at the half-demon in front of him.
"Ah ha! I knew it! You did do something! Well, if I were you I'd go over-"
"Shut up! You don't know anything!" He said, standing up in a rage of fury. "She's dead!"
Inuyasha paced back and forth in anger. He swallowed, trying to choke back the tears. Miroku sat watching him with a blank expression, while Inuyasha kept pacing back and forth until he became calmer. He sighed and sat down at his desk, taking the picture in his hand, touching her face lovingly. Silence went over the room for a while and all that could be heard was an occasional sigh from Inuyasha. Miroku only stared at him with a thoughtful look, and broke the silence.
"So, why aren't you going to the party?"
No answer.
Miroku asked again. Inuyasha spun around in his chair slowly, "I can't."
"Why not? Does it have something to do with Kagome? Do you hate her that much?"
Inuyasha looked at Miroku in shock,"No, I don't hate Kagome."
"Then what?"
"And...it does have something to do with Kagome, but then it doesn't."
"Okay,"Miroku said impatiently,"then what's that?"
"Well, I promised Kikyou I would love her forever."
Miroku laughed,"Who says you're gonna fall in love with anyone?" Inuyasha looked at the picture again.
"Gawd, you're quite depressing. You need to get out and live a little, and the perfect way to do that is by going to the party!"
"No."
"No?"
"I'm not going."
Miroku sighed, "Aww, c'mon Inuyasha,"he said in his best whiney voice.
Inuyasha looked at Miroku teasingly,"And why do you want me to go so bad?"
Miroku blushed,"Uh, because Kagome really like you, and wishes that you would go."
"I can't."
"Oh gosh, Inuyasha!" Miroku said getting up."No offense or anything, but that Kikyou chick is dead! It wouldn't matter if you went to the party or not because Kikyou would never know because she's D-E-A-D, dead!"
Inuyasha jumped out of his chair, ready to pound his guest, but sat back down as reality set in. "Do you really think so?"
Miroku walked over towards Inuyasha," Trust me, nothing will happen and you'll have lot of fun at the party. My brother's parties are the best! Look you can even spend the night at my house, and we could hang out tomorrow before the party. How about that?"
Inuyasha thought about it and replied with a sigh,"Oh all right, I'll go." Soon he was packing up his clothes in a backpack, making mental notes of each item.
"I forgot my pants! Help me look for my pants!"
Miroku raised an eyebrow and muttered to himself,"How can someone forget pants?"
They both looked around Inuyasha's very large and mess room, finding everything, but a pair of pants. Miroku picked up old books, dirtied shirts, and old soda cans, looking at each with disgust and horror. He rummaged about, cleaning as he went while Inuyasha frantically looked about, trying to find anything. Noticing that no one had touched the closet, Miroku walked over and opened it, coughing and gasping as a cloud of dust billowed into the room. Once it cleared dust, dead bugs, and old boxes were piled about as if the closet hadn't been opened in years.
"Eww! How can you stand this? Don't you ever clean?"
Inuyasha glared with his blue, gray eyes,"What do you mean? My room is clean! I cleaned it last,"he paused thinking very hard," Umm, I don't remember!"
Miroku laughed,"Ah ha! How can you have such a messy room when you said you moved here only a week ago." Disgusted by the closet, he closed it and walked around the room some more, snooping about halfway looking for the pants and halfway looking for anything interesting.
"That's none of your business," the half demon snapped.
Miroku shrugged, and looked through old letters and pictures on Inuyasha's desk. He was bored, but something on the edge, near an old desk lamp, caught his eye. An object in the shape of a tiny, glossy box sparkled at him. He picked it up in awe as he closely examined it twinkling in the light.
"Hey, what is this?"
Inuyasha half heartedly looked over and went back to trying to find his pants. "Oh, that's something my father game me."
"What's in it?" Miroku asked, curiously interested.
"Hmm, I don't know," Inuyasha mumbled," There's a lock on it, but I can't get it open."
Disappointed, Miroku sat the box down,"Oh."
Miroku watched Inuyasha look around some more, and finally the half demon decided to give up. He looked about his messy room, stretched, and sighed, dissapointed he couldn't find a single pair. He walked over to Miroku, picked up the box, put it in the jeans he was currently wearing, and smiled.
"I guess I'll just wear these for tomorrow."
The two quickly went downstairs as Miroku waited by the front door while Inuyasha informed his mother of his plans. Inuyasha walked by Miroku, opened the door, but quickly closed it with a horrid gasp, running down a hall and disappearing. He watched after Inuyasha with a confused expression and jaw agape at Inuyasha's random show. Soon he was back wearing a blanket that covered his face, and once again opened the door and walked outside with Miroku following.
"It isn't necessary that you wear a blanket over to my house. I mean I can understand you'd want to hide your ears, but isn't that a little extreme?"
"I have to wear this," Inuyasha answer defensively, getting into the truck.
"Why?" Miroku asked, turning on the truck.
Inuyasha sighed with irritation," Because when I'm a human I lose my demon powers. I'm vulnerable to all demon attacks, so hiding myself saves me from the demons that want to attack me."
"Well if I was wearing a blanket about, I'd attract attention--not hide from it."
Inuyasha ignored him and sunk down low in the seat. Miroku thought about what Inuyasha has just told him. They drove out of Inuyasha's driveway and headed towards the middle of the northern part of town.
"Wait a minute! Demon attacks? Why would a demon attack you? You know we're going to be driving into demon central, don't you?"
"I know, so I hope that no demon notices my scent."
A cold shiver went over Miroku. "Wow, you certainly are a popular fellow," he said sarcastically, watching the road as street lamps began to appear.
"I have a lot of enemies."
Miroku gulped, fear setting in. Oh great! I might die tonight! Yaaaaay! I've always wanted to do that. Determined to get out of the northern part of town quickly, he sped as fast as he could until he reached the southern boundary. For many years, demons had taken over the northern part of town, ever since the powerful Dog Demon, Inutaisho, was killed. There was a great barrier that separated the northern and the southern parts from the demons, but only the strong demons that could disguise themselves as humans could pass through the barrier, which were very few.
They both finally entered Miroku's house, and they were quickly greeted by Miroku's mother.
"Hi, Mom!" Miroku said kissing her forehead,"Why are you up so late?"
"To see if you did any drugs."
Miroku smiled with a slight hurt expression, "No, Mom, I haven't done any drugs, nor will I ever." He kissed her reassuringly again. "I promise." She studied Miroku's face and then looked at Inuyasha who was still hiding under the blanket. She gave him a quizzical look. Miroku looked from his mom to Inuyasha.
"Oh that's right," Miroku said," Mom, this is Inuyasha, my friend, he'll be staying here tonight."
His mom stared at the blanketed person in front of her suspiciously. "Does he do any drugs?"
Miroku looked as if he was going to choke back tears, but blushed instead as he glanced at Inuyasha. "No, Mom, he doesn't do drugs." He shook his head at Inuyasha. "Take off the blanket. You're safe here." And with that he hugged and kissed his mother on the cheek. "We're off to my room now, goodnight!" Before she could say anything, the boys had disappeared into Miroku's room.
Inuyash took a step into Miroku's room and was taken back by the perfect clean room. Everything was spotless. His bed was mad, and not even a single piece of paper was out of place. It was perfectly organized. His room was uneasily clean.
"Oh that's right, You've never seen a clean room," Miroku said teasingly.
"You're a freak!" Inuyasha blurted.
He laughed," I know! I'm a clean freak."
Inuyasha threw his backpack on the ground and looked around Miroku's room, still in disbelief, and causally asked,"What's wrong with your mom? She seems overly cautious."
Miroku looked down, ashamed and embarrassed. "She's been like that ever since my father left us. She thinks it was because he did drugs. She was heartbroken, and hopes that the same fate doesn't bestow me. She's scared to lose me, that's all" He paused thoughtfully. "To be honest, she went kind of insane after he left. It's almost an obsession with her. When I was younger I got so frustrated with her nagging me about drugs that I'd lock myself in my room, and cleaned trying to push her nagging out of my head." He chuckled. "I guess that's why I have an obsession with cleanliness now."
Inuyasha blushed, "I'm sorry, I didn't-"
"No it's okay. I don't blame her for anything. Her soul was hurt pretty badly. It's hard to heal from a wounded soul. You probably know that more than anything, right?" Inuyasha nodded.
"It's sad though," Miroku laughed ironically. "Little does she know how much I really am like father. She wont even acknowledge my brother's existence. She doesn't know I go to his parties. She doesn't know I have an obsession with girls. She doesn't know."
"Doesn't that make you want to stop?" Inuyasha asked.
Miroku shrugged," I've tried. It's just so hard. Besides, if she doesn't know, she can't get hurt right?"
Inuyasha shook his head," I can't believe you would do that even though your mother hates it. I would never do anything to hurt mine."
He laughed, changing the subject,"We better get some sleep, we might be up all night tomorrow."
He took off his clothes, and set out the next day's outfit, shaking his booty to imaginary music. "Ah! Freedom!" he said to himself, dancing around in his boxers. Inuyasha only watched in disgusted disbelief, unable to make out his new friend's bizarre ways. He began to get ready to go bed as Miroku watched him.
"Stop looking at me!"
"Oh please! I wouldn't hit on a guy even if my life depended one it! I like girls. I love girls. I love Sango." Miroku coughed, realizing what he had just said, and quickly rephrased it. "Yes, I love girls. Not Sango." Inuyasha nodded with a mischievous smirk. Miroku laughed at himself, rubbing his head.
"So what side of the bed do you want?" Miroku asked in a fruity voice, winking at Inuyasha. Inuyasha glared at Miroku, ready to throw his shoes at the teenage womanizer. Miroku laughed his hardest, grabbing a pillow , and pulling out the sleeping bag from underneath his bed, setting up a makeshift bed for Inuyasha. "I'm joking!" He chuckled again as he and Inuyasha climbed into their separate beds. "Man, you should have seen your face."
Inuyasha rolled his eyes and laughed sarcastically. "Ha, ha, very funny."'
Obviously proud of himself, Miroku smiled," I know." And with that he turned off the lamp beside his bed, and closed his eyes for sleep. Inuyasha layed awake for a while, watching Miroku's ceiling fan spin around and around, as the sun slowly came up. Soon, Miroku's snoring filled the room, and Inuyasha rolled over on his side and fell asleep.
Finally, Miroku woke at one in the afternoon, stretching, yawning, and stumbling out of his bed, sleepily, making his way towards the bathroom down the hall. He came back, mumbled something to himself, probably still half asleep, and yawned, body slamming himself back onto his bed and closed his eyes. Inuyasha was sitting down on the floor looking out Miroku's window watching the outside world, lost in his own thoughts.
What am I doing? I can't go to this party tonight, he thought logically to himself. Out of the blue, Miroku sat up quickly and pointed at Inuyasha, jaw dropped. Inuyasha stared back quizzically.
"Inuyasha, you have silver hair again!"
"Uh huh," he uncaringly replied.
Miroku nodded, obviously thinking about something, then jumped off his bed. "Awesome! Let's go to the mall!" He put on his clothes in a hurry, and gelled his messy, bed head hair.
"The mall?" Inuyasha groaned.
"Uh huh," he replied, staring at himself in the mirror. "Girls!"
Inuyasha let out a exasperated sigh. "Where's the mall?"
Miroku laughed,"Don't tell me you've never been to the mall?" Inuyasha shook his head. "Okay it's settled then. We're going to the mall, so that you, my friend, can enjoy the millions of girls and lots of tasty food!"
On Saturday morning, Kagome called Sango and asked her is she'd like to go to the mall. She was going to use this as an opportunity to try and persuade her friend into going to Miroku's brother's party. She knew Sango really didn't want to go, but she desperately needed a friend to go with her.
They both walked into the mall, and at once both of their stomachs started to growl as they sniffed the food court's variety of food.
"Maybe we should eat something before we spend all of our money," Kagome suggested.
After they both got their lunch, they found a clean table and sat down. Sango smelled her food and sighed with contentment,"Food is great!" She said before diving into her sesame chicken, fried rice, and crab rangoon. Kagome agreed and started digging in.
"You know, I can't wait until this party tonight! It's going to be a blast!"
Sango rolled her eyes,"Uh, I doubt it. Miroku's brother is a bigger pervert than Miroku is, and that's saying a lot!"
"Eh, who cares," Kagome shrugged. "Please go with me, Sango! I don't want to be the only one there that knows Miroku. I need you! Please!" she begged with her famous puppy dog pout.
"What about Inuyasha? Isn't he going?" Sango asked taking a bit of the fried rice.
Kagome's pout changed to a glare,"No."
Sango laughed,"Maybe you should take Kouga!"
Her glare changed to a look of disgust. "Eww, Kouga! Gross. No way! We've already been through this whole Kouga thing, Sango."
Sango though for a moment,"Hmm, let's play around for a moment, shall we?" Kagome raised an eyebrow suspiciously, as Sango gave a big smile over Kagome's shoulder. "Let's say that Kouga was behind you and he asked you out, what would you say?"
Kagome put down her fork and said,"I'd say...Heck, no! I hate you, so stop coming near me, because you disgust me with all of your macho, control-freakness."
Sango laughed,"What if he was standing behind you right now at this very moment?"
Kagome thought for a second,"I'd frea-"
"Hi, Kagome!" Kouga said behind her with his loud booming voice.
Kagome's mouth froze in shock as she slowly crouched her head down towards the table, and quickly spun around with an annoyed smile. "Kouga. What are you doing here?"
Kouga quickly pulled out a chair and sat in it backwards staring at Kagome with the biggest, dopiest, smile she had ever seen. "I thought you'd be here, so..." Kagome narrowed her eyes, sending daggers to his over confident self, and stopped listening to whatever he was saying, which she knew was completely pointless and brain numbing. Nooo! How is this happening? This isn't fair! Now he's talking to me, and I have no idea how to get rid of the dumb jock. She slumped down her chair, glaring at Sango who pretended to listen to Kouga as he rambled about football practice.
"And when we graduate, you'll be my woman..." Kouga went on.
Kagome looked at her friend pleadingly, but Sango just smiled bigger. Oh, that's just evil! She isn't even going to help me get rid of him. She's going to pay big time. Now she's really going to have to go to this party! She got up quickly, ignoring Kouga's irritated expression, and looked at Sango,"Well, I'm ready to go shopping–how about you, Sango?"
"Nope, I haven't finished my food," Sango said still smiling mockingly at Kagome. Kagome glared.
"What food? It's already gone. It's been gone for a long time already," she said frowning at her friend.
Sango looked at her plate in fake surprise,"What I mean to say is that I still have to finish my drink."
"You didn't order a drink." Kagome said in a monotone, matter-of-fact, voice.
Kouga got up from his chair and put an arm around Kagome,"I'm ready to go shopping!"
Sango giggled,"Alright, let's go shopping!" Kagome sent more daggers at her friend. With his arms still around Kagome, he dragged her along to different stores as Sango followed. Kagome desperately wanted to kill Sango for her treachery towards their friendship. An hour later, the three walked into Hot Topic looking at the clothes. Kouga was starting to get handsy, and Kagome kept shoving his hands away. Quickly, Kouga dragged her out of the store without Sango noticing and pulled her over to a long corridor used in emergency situations. His grip around her grew tighter as she let out a cry of pain.
"Kouga, let go of me! You're hurting me!"
Kouga put a finger on her lips to shush her, but she tried to bite them. "Be quiet,"he growled and gave a slight lecherous smirk. "Everything will be okay."
"I want to go back to Sango!" She tried to walk away, but he grabbed her arm and pulled her into his arms.
"I want you," he said gruffly, breathing heavily on her neck. He pulled his head down and started to kiss the back of her neck roughly as she let out a stifled scream. "I already told you," he growled,"be quiet!"
Miroku and Inuyasha walked through the food court in the mall and started sniffing the air.
"Ah, smell that?"
"Smell, what?" Inuyasha asked with annoyance.
"That!" Miroku said, spreading out his arms at the food court. "It all smells so good, and I'm starving. Do I want pizza? Chinese? Sandwiches? Mexican?"
"Let's just get the Chinese food," Inuyasha said walking towards the corner restaurant, and at that moment, Sango walked up to them with a slightly relieved face.
"Nah, I think I want pizza,"Miroku said decidingly.
Inuyasha rolled his eyes,"Ugh, no way! Chinese."
"Piiizzaaaa."
"Oh, please! You two are just like little kids,"Sango said as she rolled her eyes at the guys.
"Hello, my dearest, Sango! How are you today?" he asked putting an arm around her.
She looked at his arm with uneasiness and replied,"Uh, not too well actually."
Miroku looked at her with deep concern,"What is the matter?"
"I was just wondering if you two have seen Kagome. One minute her, Kouga, and I were in Hot Topic. I turn around for one second, and they were gone! I don't know where they went."
"Kouga?" Inuyasha asked. "She's with him?!" He growled at the thought. How could she be with him? She hates him! Inuyasha tightened his fists in anger. He's probably doing something to her right now, the bastard.
"Can you two help me find her?"
"If I find him I'm gonna-"
Miroku smiled,"Yes! We'll help you find Kagome." That quieted Inuyasha down a little.
"Thanks..." Sango said with a blush.
Miroku gave Sango a big goofy, love-sick, grin and squeezed her lightly,"Anything for you." Inuyasha rolled his eyes and hit Miroku upside the head. "Ow! What was that for?"
Inuyasha ignored him,"C'mon, let's go find Kagome."
The both followed Sango to Hot Topic where she had last seen Kagome and Kouga. Inuyasha frantically sniffed everything in the store causing people to stare and give strange looks at the half-demon. He looked over at Miroku and Sango and quickly calmed himself down. He walked calmly past them, and muttered to himself,"I smell it again. It's that strange scent I had smelled in the gym and the classroom before." Miroku and Sango looked at eachother confused, but followed Inuyasha out of the store. They watched from behind has he sniffed through the air following a scent. Every once and a while he'd stop dead in his tracks and listen with his ears twitching every which way, until he kept on moving. He did this for several minutes until he stopped again and listened. Miroku and Sango walked up next to Inuyasha.
"What is it, Inuyasha?" Sango asked.
Suddenly out of nowhere, Inuyasha started to run down the busy mall halls heading towards a less busier part of the mall. "What is it?" yelled Miroku. "Hey, Inuyasha, wait up!"
Kouga kissed Kagome lightly on her neck and begane to stroke his fingers through her hair.
"Kouga, stop it!" She pleaded.
"C'mon, Kagome, you know you want me," he said again with his nose pressed against hers looking int her eyes.
"Never!" she hissed.
Forcefully, he pressed his lips up against hers, which almost knocked her off her feet. She shoved him away and glared as she raised her hand to slap him, but he blocked with his hand.
"Kagome, you're pretty foolish. You're all mine. MINE! You're my wo-man, and there's nothing you can do about it!" Kouga yelled angrily, punching his fist into the wall beside her head. Just then, something behind punched him in the, knocking him forward, and crushing Kagome beneath him.
"Get off her, you jerk!" Inuyasha yelled, picking Kouga up and throwing him against a wall. He ran towards Kagome, who was crimpled on the floor unconscious. Sango and Miroku ran into the corridor and Sango gasped.
"Is Kouga dead? Did you kill him, Inuyasha?"
"I don't care if he he is or not,"Inuyasha said as he gentle wrapped his arms around Kagome's limp body.
"Is Kagome okay?" Sango asked with tears in her eyes.
"I-Inu-Inuyasha?" came a faint voice.
"Kagome...uh...are you hurt?" he asked as Miroku helped her up out of his arms.
She stood up, leaning against Miroku who was rubbing her butt in the process. "Miroku!"
"Sorry, habit. What did Kouga do to you?"
Kagome threw her arms in the air with frustrations and replied sarcastically,"Oh the usual, you know forcing himself upon me,and calling me his 'wo-man'. Need I say more?"
Inuyasha turned his back towards the groupw and thought about what had just happened. That jerk! He was practically all over her with 'you're my wo-man' and blah, blah, blah! Who cares! Inuyasha grew angrier and angrier the more he thought about Kagome's situation.
Kouga started to wake up and groaned outloud. He touched his head and winced in pain. Inuyasha walked over to him and grabbed him by the shirt. "Don't you ever go near Kagome again, or next time I wont be as nice,"Inuyasha growled.
Kouga laughed,"You're such a loser, you know that? You don't scare me, half-breed."
"Oh, we'll just see about that. Like I said, next time I wont be as nice. You're a waste of my time right now. Get out of here, or I might have to see if I should sharpen my claws on you!"
Kouga stood up and poked Inuyasha threateningly in the chest,"This isn't over, pup!" He growled and walked away. Everyone was silent as they stared at the fuming Inuyaha who was breathing hard with anger. He looked over at Kagome who looked away from him and stared at the ground. He looked over at Miroku who was hiding behind a trash can. Miroku got up quickly, embaressed, and started blushing as he scratched his head with a smile.
"Heh, heh, I was getting the uh, ummm...trash can! Yes, I was getting the trash can ready for you in case you wanted to trash can Kouga, I but I guess you didn't want to do that." He gave a nervous laugh.
Inuyasha looked back at Kagome. She met his eyes, but quickly looked down at her feet. His eyes, she thought. His golden eyes. What look are they giving me that is different from his overall expression? Is it concern? Concern for me? But every time I look into them, I can't help but blush.
Inuyasha grunted and pushed Kagome out of his way as he stormed down the hallway. Kagome stood there in surprise as she watched his walk away. What? Why is he so mad?
"Inuyasha, wait up! What's wrong?" Kagome yelled as she ran after him. Miroku and Sango watched the two run down the hallway as they stood in silence.
"Well, that was strange," Miroku said, interrupting the silence. Sango only nodded. "Of course, Inuyasha is always strange. It's hard to tell what the hell he's thinking."
Sango nodded again giving a faint smile. Oh, great. I'm alone with him. I know he's going to grab for my butt soon. What should I do this time, slap or kick him? Which would hurt the most? She looked at his beautiful blue eyes that were smiling at her. This is horrible! I need to get away, before he does something tricky.
"Sango, you are coming to the party tonight, right?" Miroku asked softly.
What's this? He actually seems like a human being, instead of a pervert! One look at his sincere face made Sango melt. He gave her a warm smile, which put her into a daydreaming daze. Miroku really was an attractive young man she decided.
"Well, are you?"
"Oh, yeah, sure," Sango said still looking at him day dreamingly.
"Alright! We're going to have so much fun!"
"Uh-huh,"Sanga said quietly, still staring at his eyes.
"Do you think we should find Kagome and Inuyasha?"
Sanga snapped into reality at the mention of her friend's name and replied,"Oh, yeah, I guess we should. Kagome has probably killed Inuyasha by now."
Miroku and Sanog ran down the hallway into the direction that Inuyasha and Kagome went. They walked through the Saturday afternoon mall crowd, and up ahead, Miroku spotted Inuyasha's silver hair and Kagome's hands waving in the air stubbornly.
"Inuyasha, wait up, I just want to know what's wrong? Is it Kouga? Because if it's Kouga, he's easily taken care of," Kagome said. He stopped walking and spun around causing Kagome to fall forwards into his shoulder.
"Sorry," Kagome said backing away from him. "I just want to know what's wrong. Why did you storm off like that?"
"You wouldn't understand, so just stop asking."
"How do you know? You've never given me a chance to understand!" Kagome said with hurt.
Inuyasha spotted Miroku and shoved him in the shoulder,"C'mon, let's go Miroku."
"Huh? Why?" Miroku asked slightly confused.
"Let's go to a different mall," he replied as he walked towards the exit doors.
"But there isn't another mall," Miroku protested, looking at Sango who looked back at him then Kagome equally confused. Kagome looked away saddened or mad, no one could tell.
Inuyasha turned around and looked straight at Miroku,"I just want to leave, and get away from these people. Their scent sickens me." As he said that, he glared at Kagome, who choked back a tear.
Miroku frowned and looked at Sango, touched her hand, and said,"Bye, Sanga. I'll see you tonight." Inuyasha walked towards the doors again, and Sango put her arm around her distressed friend. Kagome tightened her lips and glared at the back of his bobbing silver hair.
"Stupid, Inuyasha," she muttered under her breath.
A/N: Thanks for being patient with me. I hope you enjoyed the 4th chapter.