Kagome's life as Inu Hanyou Miko

Chapter 4

Hey guys I wanted to get this chapter going while I still had some momentum so without further adieu on with the next chapter! I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA! Sesshomaru is going to be making his grand entrance in this chapter! I want to switch around the POV for this chapter just to see if it makes it flow better as the pov I have been using can be hard to write in sometimes. Anyway sorry for the confusion ahead of time.

Touga was right in his assumption that Kagome would go with ignorance as she was now walking at the head of the group completely ignoring him and Inuyasha. She had not even spoken to them at all since the night he had kissed her and it had been three days. He chalked it up to the fact that even if her human half was more accepting on him, her youkai half was more fickle. In fact her behavior was normal for bitches. They would be interested, then distant, then interested again, until they grew more attached to their male. As he saw it she was simply playing hard to get. And boy did he want to get her. There was nothing more attractive to a male inu then a good chase and she was obviously willing to give it.

The harsh gaze on her back was beyond bothering her. No at this point she was ready to turn around and bitch the infuriating male out as none had ever been bitched out before. But somehow that didn't seem like it would work out well for her. In fact she had the distinct feeling that it would only turn the bastard on even more. Oh yes she could definitely smell his interest rolling off of him in waves. Interest being attraction, and arousal of course. In the first few days she had simply figured that he wanted to have a quick rut with her because she was a female inu and they were extremely rare. But as the days wore on it became apparent that it was not a fleeting interest. Maybe she should have just accepted his claim over her instead of over analyzing it? "Aww fuck it!" She muttered heatedly not caring if her companions heard her.

"What was that Kagome?" Touga chuckled when she sent him a heated glare. "I thought I had already told you that cursing is not very lady like." Not that you are very lady like... At least not yet. But when he was done with her...

Something about that scheming look in his eyes had her hackles rising in warning. Maybe she should rethink the whole thing and run while she had a chance? She scowled when he shot her a warning glare. How the hell did he always know what she was thinking?

"Because I am over twenty five hundred years old Kagome. And that is a long time to learn how to read people."

And now all the lessons were making themselves useful.

All Inuyasha could do was watch the two make eyes at each other back and forth with varying degrees of disgust. He knew that one could not pick their soul mate so he couldn't be too mad at his father. Still there was nothing truly remarkable about the wench in his opinion. Sure she was beautiful. He still admitted that grudgingly of course. But other than that she was hot tempered, combative, most likely uneducated, and just plain infuriating. Why had his father not chosen a proper lady like his mother? Why had he let her die of old age so that he could find the wench? He scowled angrily as said wench shot his father another glare when the old inu waltzed up alongside her to walk with her. There had to be something he could do now that he was past his initial shock. Maybe he could even get the bastard to help? He froze in shock. Had he really thought to ask for his older brother's help? Was he really that desperate? Could he risk his life to go to his brother for help? No that would not be worth it as he would be killed before he could even speak. Then he would just have to bide his time and think. It wasn't like he was short on time after all with the way the wench was resisting.

Kagome sat slumped her damp body against a large maple tree across the fire from her companions. The day had gone well enough she guessed for they had retrieved two shards from a snake demon that had decided to attack her. Needless to say she had taken full advantage of the opportunity to turn the pathetic creature into nothing more than an incomprehensible blob of goo on the side of the road thus quelling her anger slightly. And she meant slightly as in she did not want to kill Inuyasha, or maim his father quite as much. The hot soak in the hot springs nearby had definitely helped as well and she thanked the gods that Touga was a clean being. Because if he tried to keep her from hot water it would not be pretty at all. She was so deep in her own thoughts that she jumped when the bane of her existence sat down next to her with a small hairbrush in his hand. "What are you doing with that?"

He chuckled at his little female and gestured for her to turn around, which she did so after shooting him a warning look. "I am going to brush your hair of course. I did say that pack grooming was important did I not? So I am going to groom you." He brought the brush to the crown of her head and being mindful of her sensitive furry ears brought it down in a smooth stroke that had her practically purring. He repeated the motion over and over again until she practically melted into his ministrations. That left him to revel in the thick raven tresses of hair that fell down in thick waves around her. So different then the pin straight fashion that most human, and youkai females preferred in this era. He actually liked it more so this way.

She tried to fight the contented grumbling in her chest with each stroke of the soft bristles through her hair, but she couldn't stop. It just reminded her so much of when her mother used to run her fingers through her hair when she was a small pup. It soothed her in ways that she had not felt in a very long time, and had feared that she never would again. She almost wanted to stop being so difficult and just take him as hers, just so that he would lavish her with these attentions whenever she wanted. Not that she was willing to just roll over and do that. Her combative nature rebelled against it, as well as her beast. No her beast was demanding that the Daiyoukai chase her down as a real inu should, and only then would he be allowed to claim his prize. Yes that was the only clear thing she could understand from her beast at this moment as she was always fickle, only showing herself when their life was threatened. Now she just wouldn't shut up much to her annoyance.

"You had better get used to it. With such a desireable male wandering around with you I am not going anywhere anytime soon..." Her beast's deep feminine voice purred in pleasure.

"Shut up and go the hell away you annoying pest!" Kagome practically hissed back.

"Okay I will go away... For now..."

"Bitch." She cursed internally as she tilted her head to get Touga to brush a sensitive part of her crown right behind where her ears were located. Gods was she enjoying this...

He followed her silent plea and stroked the brush right behind her ears mindful to be gentle of course, and practically shuddered at the pleased groan she gave. Never had he enjoyed grooming another pack mate's hair the same way he did her. But as all knew all good things must come to an end and he pulled away reluctantly. "I need to go and hunt for our dinner, and patrol my nearby territory. However I hope we can enjoy doing this again as a nightly routine from now on." He stood and turned over to Inuyasha. "Watch over the camp while I am gone. I need to patrol the lands nearby. I should not be gone too long, perhaps an hour."

"Keh! Just go already old man!"

With one last look around their small camp he turned and disappeared into the treeline to see to his tasks. Hopefully the two of them would be alright without him for a little while.

As soon as he was gone a full on glaring match started up between the two whelps. Inuyasha instigating it, and Kagome refusing to be intimidated by him.

She guessed that Touga was telling the truth about Inuyasha being threatened by her presence. Not that she had not already guessed that had something to do with it. But she was not one to back down from someone who thought themselves better than her. So she released a sharp warning snarl telling him to back off. She really didn't want to fight with him right now and piss off Touga, but if he pushed...

"I don't know what the old man sees in you wench. As far as I'm concerned you're nothin but a plain ol hanyou." Inuyasha growled out his tone filled with dislike.

"I don't know if you noticed or not Inuboy, but you're a plain hanyou too! So why don't you try and hurt someone else's feelings with your insults? Because I really could care less what you think about me!" She growled back drawing them into an angry silence. Whatever his deal was with her he better just get over it because his father was the one being insistent that she stay not her! Hell before she had accepted his invitation to join her pack, she had tried to leave! So she decided to remind him of that very thing. "You can blame your father for me being here Inuboy. I tried to leave as soon as I could but he wouldn't have it. And now I'm here for good and I'm not going anywhere so get over it!"

He didn't say anything to her for several long moments because he had to admit that she was right. It was all his father's fault, and the gods that he had to deal with her. If only his mother had been his father's soul mate then... "If it weren't for you my mother would still be here. If she had been his mate instead she wouldn't have died! But now he's just going to forget all about her for you?!" He said growing angrier and angrier by the second.

Before she could say anything a powerful youki crashed down on them nearly suffocating her. While it was not as powerful as Touga's by a good amount, it was still stronger than their youki. She jumped to her feet and chanced a glance over at Inuyasha who just looked pissed at whoever decided to stumble across them. Did he have a death wish?

"Keh! You can come on out already bastard, you already made your flashy entrance!" Inuyasha snarled at the dark tree line where he could feel his older brother waiting. And something else...?

Whatever she was expecting was most definitely not what she got when a tall Inu male walked into the clearing with the grace of a god. He was wearing a white kimono with red cherry blossoms decorating the bottom of the sleeves, a gold and purple sash tied around his waist, with spiked armor laying across his shoulders. A large katana sat tucked inside of his obi. A purple crescent moon sat above delicately sculpted eyebrows, with twin magenta stripes on each cheek. Cold golden eyes stared back at her, and Inuyasha with absolute distaste, and even revulsion.

"Inuyasha. Hanyou." He greeted the two whelps coldly. There was not time for pleasantries as he had come here for a reason. "I have come to take the Tetsusaiga from you hanyou. Hand it over and I promise that your death will be quick." He stated leveling his younger brother with a cold glare. Why his father had gifted Tetsusaiga to a worthless hanyou he would never know. But it would be rectified this day.

"Tetsusaiga? The hell is Tetsusaiga? I never heard of anything like that before asshole so obviously I don't have what you're lookin for!" Inuyasha growled back threateningly.

"Of course you haven't hanyou. Father may have left it to you but that does not mean that he trusts you to wield it. So he hid it away from you, and I have discovered where it now rests." He disappeared and in the blink of an eye he reappeared in front of his younger brother where he hefted him from the ground by his neck. Ignoring the thrashes of his pathetic kin he brought his fingers up to Inuyasha's right eye where the black pearl rested. He pulsed youki into his claws and shot it into Inuyasha's wide golden eye and began drawing the pearl from the depths of his pupil.

"HEY FLUFFY BACK OFF OF INUBOY!" Kagome roared as she attacked the Daiyoukai with her shadows. They circled and wrapped around him restricting his movements for nought. Because as soon as she had reacted the black pearl had popped out of Inuyasha's eye socket. She still had to protect Inuyasha so she pushed his older brother back a good distance before she jumped in between them defensively. "You alright Inuboy?!"

"K-keh! Shaddup wench..." Inuyasha mumbled weakly as he clutched to his throbbing eye.

"You dare to attack me hanyou? Perhaps I will show you your place after I retrieve the Tetsusaiga." Sesshomaru stated coolly as he opened the portal to the netherworld and jumped inside of it.

"HEY THAT BASTARD'S GETTING AWAY INUBOY! AND IF HE'S GOING IN THERE THEN I'M GOING IN THERE TO STOMP HIS ASS! COME ON!" She shouted as she grabbed Inuyasha and dove into the black hole. Only to realize that it was a bad mistake when they suddenly found themselves falling from the sky towards the top of a jagged mountain range. "SHIT! WHY DID I THINK THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA?!" She screamed as she closed her eyes and braced herself to hit the ground, only to jolt when she hit something boney. She peaked her eyes open and came face to wing with a skeleton bird. "I definitely knew this was a good idea!" She stated cheerfully despite Inuyasha's rapid cursing.

"Oh yeah?! And now tell me something wench! Where the hell are we, and where the hell is Sesshomaru?! And better yet how do we get back?!"

"Oh shut up Inuboy! We'll cross all those bridges when we get to it! And as for Icicle ass he's up ahead on that raised platform!" She gestured to a plateau settled on the highest mountain where Sesshomaru was. In the center of the plateau was a raised platform surrounded by bones with what looked to be a sword jutting out from it. Which Sesshomaru approached and attempted to yank from said platform only to be shocked by a powerful youki. "HAHAHAHAHAHA! Fluffy got his ass shocked! Now he really looks fluffy!" Kagome snorted even after the bird had deposited them onto the same platform as Sesshomaru, who was now glaring at her.

This worthless hanyou dares to laugh at this Sesshomaru? Forget Tetsusaiga! My claws are too good to bother wasting on such a pathetic creature let alone father's fang! "You dare to mock this Sesshomaru?" He snarled his eyes bleeding red.

"Kagome-!" Inuyasha tried to warn her to cut it out before his brother killed her.

"N-No! I just tell it like it is Sesshy! And you just got owned by that rusty old sword!" She snickered as she waltzed right on by the seething Daiyoukai to where the cursed sword sat. "How hard can it be to pull this thing out?" She muttered and took the hilt in her hand before drawing the sword from the rock in a flourish, much to the shock of the brothers. "Oh! Look the worthless hanyou could do something that the great Sesshomaru couldn't! Who knows maybe I-!"

Sesshomaru growled in a menacing tone. "You die this day hanyou." He brought his glowing green claws up and blasted her back with his douku. She flew into a pile of bones that was quickly reduced to mush under his douku's potency. "Now that that is taken care of, all that is left is my worthless half-brother." With that he turned back to his gaping brother and raised a brow at his expression of dread. "Half breed you look utterly ridiculous wearing that expression on your face. Cease immediately so that you may die with all the dignity that you are able."

"Y-You idiot! Do you know who that was?! That was father's intended mate! And you just killed her! That means he's gonna kill us both now!" Inuyasha shuddered in terror of their father's ire. What was he gonna tell him?!

Sesshomaru glanced back at the remains of the small female with a cold calculating look. "That is even better that I killed her then. That way father will not disgrace the house even further by bringing another hanyou into it, especially as a mate. Now to deal with you." He moved forward to annihilate the last speck on his family line when a pulse of youki shot out from behind him. He turned stoic expression still in place as the female he's attempted to kill shot out from the bone pile with a murderous expression on her face.

"YOU BASTARD! YOU TRIED TO KILL ME!" Kagome shrieked furiously and pointed the rusty sword at the dumbfounded youkai.

"What are you?" He asked incredulously though it did not show on his face. This little female had faced death at his hands, yet she still had the courage to point a sword at him. He who could easily kill her?

"My name is Kagome! KA-GO-ME! And I'm a worthless hanyou with a temper from hell, and no survival instincts!" She smirked viciously before hopping off of her supposed to be pyre and waltzing over to Inuyasha. "Here go for it!" She thrust the sword into his limp hand before moving off to the side to watch.

It took a moment for him to regain himself after that display and when he did he looked down at the rusty sword in his hands. "The hell am I supposed to do with this piece of shit?! It's dull as hell!" He grumbled while he gave the sword a few experimental swings.

Absolute rage coursed through him stirring up his youki and causing his body to begin morphing before he even fully realized what was happening. All he knew was that these hanyou had mocked his power! And no one mocked his greatness and got away with it. His body glowed a blood red wisps shooting out and twining around him as his limbs grew, and elongated. Fur grew over every square inch of his body as the bones broke and reshaped themselves to the way they were truly meant to be. In a storm of bright red youki he stood tall in his true form before them releasing an ear splitting howl of rage.

"Oh... Well isn't that a bitch? And handy..." Kagome groaned as the fully transformed inu bared down on Inuyasha.

"WENCH! WHY DO I HAVE TO DEAL WITH A PISSED OFF SESSHOMARU?" Inuyasha screamed as he dodged a set of jaws looking to chomp him in half. If she answered him or not he did not know as he was quickly forced to turn all of his attention to Sesshomaru, lest he be torn to pieces by the furious Daiyoukai. He wildly swung his newly acquired sword out at Sesshomaru's arm only to groan when the damn thing didn't even break skin. There was no time to lament on that fact as he had to quickly dodge another swipe from a set of massive claws. "WENCH! THIS SWORD IS USELESS! YOU COME OVER HERE AND FIGHT THE BASTARD SINCE YOU PISSED HIM OFF!"

"No thanks!" Kagome called back cheerfully. No way was she getting involved in that when she could sit over here and watch Inuyasha dance around like a chicken with its' head cut off. Who knows? Maybe he would learn the value of evasion?

"DAMN! The old man is gonna kill me if I let Sesshomaru kill his bitch! And Sesshomaru is gonna kill me either way! So the question is who am I more afraid of?" It didn't take him long to come to the conclusion that his brother had nothing on their sire. That meant that even if he didn't necessarily like the wench, he had to protect her or else.

As soon as he set himself on protecting Kagome Tetsusaiga pulsed and morphed into a broadsword in a shower of bright gold light. "Huh? The hell?! How did that happen?" Inuyasha asked looking at the now impressive sword with wide eyes. He couldn't ponder the how for very long as this display had served to piss of Sesshomaru even more. Now he was jumping, ducking, and weaving faster than ever before to avoid being cleaved in half by his bastard brother.

"GO FOR THE LEGS!"

"WOULD YOU SHADDUP ALREADY WENCH!?" He snarled as Sesshomaru landed on his feet in front of him. Still the wench had a good plan so he shot forward and jammed the massive sword into his brother's front paw drawing a sharp pained snarl from the giant white dog. Using his momentum he jumped up bringing his sword, still lodged in his brother's flesh with him up the length of his arm before he finally swiped the massive sword to the side taking Sesshomaru's arm off. He landed on light feet as his brother's massive form flashed and shot off in orb form. "Keh! Bastard ran off with his tail tucked between his legs!"

"WOO GO INUBOY!" Kagome cheered as she suddenly appeared beside him startling him. Honestly the idiot's style could use some work but he was fun to watch fight. If only for the fact that he had absolutely no finesse at all.

"Shut up wench! I didn't see you doin anything when you were the one who pissed him off!" Inuyasha glared at her dangerously. Stupid wench had almost gotten him killed! And what's worse is she had enjoyed watching him almost get killed.

"Pssh! You had it down Inuboy! But that's beside the point!" Kagome waved him off easily. I mean it's not like that was the most important matter for them right now. "So... How are we gonna get outta here?"

He looked at her like she had grown a second head before he threw his hands up into the air and screamed. "ARGHH!" The sound echoing over the vast mountain range.

Before she could comment on it one of the skeleton birds landed before them. "Look! The little guy came to give us a ride back! See? I told you it would work out!" She said smiling brightly at their savior despite Inuyasha.

"NO YOU DIDN'T!"

As soon as they jumped back through the rapidly shrinking portal they were met with the sight of Touga racing back into the clearing with a deer over his shoulder. "Hey Touboy!" She greeted as she flopped to the ground beside the fire.

"What the hell happened? I swear that I felt Sesshomaru's youki a few moments ago!"

Inuyasha piped up. "Yeah he showed up! Took something called the black pearl outta my eye, jumped into a portal created by said black pearl! Then the wench gets all pissy and chases him into the freaking thing saying and I quote, "IF HE'S GOING IN THERE I'M GOING IN THERE TO STOMP HIS ASS!" He held up Tetsusaiga's rusty form. "He was lookin for this! But the wench was the one who pulled it outta its' resting place not the bastard so he got pissed. Then she gives me the sword and makes me fight him after she says and I quote, "Go for it." Crazy bitch..."

"Shut up Inuboy! You're just jealous of my ability to pull swords out of rock!" Kagome declared trying to keep a straight face only to fail miserably as she erupted into loud guffaws. "OH MY GOD! DID YOU SEE HIS FUCKING FACE? HE LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE HAD JAMMED ANOTHER ICICLE UP HIS PRUDE ASS! HOW HARD IS IT TO PULL A SWORD OUT OF A FREAKING ROCK?!" She dissolved into a full on laughing spree that had her rolling around the dirt unable to stop herself.

Inuyasha looked up at his father with a sympathetic look on his face. "You sure you want this crazy bitch old man? Cuz I'm bein honest right now, she's fuckin nuts. Maybe you should look for someone that isn't a sadist."

Touga looked away from his female's form to glare at his son. "Quiet boy. And hand me the Tetsusaiga." He waited until his son handed him his trusted sword. It hummed pleased to be in his hands again after being separated for over two centuries. If only he had not had to hide it from Sesshomaru the way he had. But his son's ideal of supreme conquest was disturbing enough as it was. He most certainly could not have taken the chance of Sesshomaru swiping it while he was busy with his wife, raising his youngest pup. So he had sealed it when Inuyasha had been born. It served to take care of two problems, the other being Inuyasha's youkai blood. For when his son was not with him there would be the threat of his youkai blood taking him over. So he had sealed Tetsusaiga in Inuyasha to prevent that from ever happening should they be seperated. And now it was back with him where he could use it again to protect the female he loved. He glanced over at Kagome as she finally came down from her hysterics, then over at Inuyasha who was watching her with an irritated expression. Maybe not as he had always intended to pass it along to Inuyasha after he matured. And he could always have Totosai make him a new sword. Nonetheless he tucked it into his obi before he set to cutting up the meat for their dinner. "What of Sesshomaru?"

Inuyasha froze and scooted as far from his father as he could a nervous expression on his face. "Uh well about that..." He stared slowly unsure of what to say. Thankfully the wench beat him to it.

"Inuboy cut his arm off and the bastard ran away."

He froze in preparing their meal and gazed at his son as though just seeing him for the first time. "You took Sesshomaru's arm off?"

"Y-Yeah..."

Touga stood and clasped his startled son on the shoulder. "Good job my son. Your brother definitely needed a lesson in how to open his eyes. Perhaps now he will see that even humans can produce strong pups."

"You aren't pissed off?" Inuyasha asked quizzically. Sure his old man didn't get along with Fluffy all the time but Sesshomaru was still his son. And despite the gruff way the two treated each other they still respected each other as father, and son should. So to say that he was shocked would be an understatement. He was absolutely dumbfounded.

"I am not best pleased that you two fought. But I am pleased that you held your own against him without my aid. For if I had had to interfere he would not have learned to respect you as a worthy adversary." And I most likely would have driven him into the ground for attacking my youngest pup. Something occurred to him then and he turned weary eyes onto a giggling Kagome. "How did he react to you pulling Tetsusaiga from its resting place?"

Kagome stopped laughing and shrugged her shoulder in a noncommittal manner. "Ehh he just blasted me with poison no big deal. The sword there protected me anyways." She said easily.

"And did either of you inform him of who you are?"

Inuyasha shuddered and scooted away towards the very edge of the clearing. "Uhh yeah... But he just said that it was a good thing that he killed her now then. NOT THAT HE ACTUALLY KILLED HER!" He hastily added when his father's eyes bled red.

Kagome not really understanding what the big deal was cocked her head to the side. "Yeah Inuboy's right he didn't kill me. If anything he only amused me even more when he got pissed that I didn't die. Jeez if that was his best attempt then I would hate to see hi-!" A hand clamped over her mouth and she glanced over her shoulder to where Inuyasha was wildly gesturing for her to stop talking.

"He... attacked our mate...?" His beast grumbled low. "He attacked out mate when he knew she was our mate? He attacked out mate and didn't care that she was out mate?!"

His beast's snarl was echoed by his own and if Sesshomaru had been close by he would have met a swift, harsh punishment from his father. And while his son was most likely thankful for the fact that he was far away at the moment, he was most angry. So angry that he started forming his youki cloud under his feet without realizing it, he would have shot off to find his son as well had Kagome not stopped him.

For some reason that she could not explain she was compelled to get up and saunter over to the still irate male. Once beside him her body acted seemingly on autopilot and she wrapped her arms around him a low rumbling starting up in her chest. Now this was completely new to her, and she had never even felt the need to do something like this before so she was completely stumped as to why she did it. That being said it did seem to instantly calm him down because in a second his face was buried in her hair, a contented rumbling echoing hers from his chest. At least he seemed to understand it, and her confusion.

"You were worried about me so you offered comfort as Inus do. And for that I am grateful for you stopped me from hunting my injured son down in my rage." He pulled back and took her face between his hands marveling at just how small she was she barely stood to his neck. It seemed he just couldn't wrap his head around just how small and unassuming she was, and yet she had such a massive pull over him.

"Huh... I was confused as to why I did that but I didn't want to fight it. It's nice to finally have someone to explain these strange urges to me." She offered him one of her rare bright smiles. It was nice to not be so confused and lost in herself. One day she would have to thank him.

"Ugh can you two be anymore sickening with each other?!" Inuyasha groused completely grossed out. Man how could his father be so gentle, and loving with any female besides his mother? It was just plain gross! Especially seeing as how the wench was younger then him!

"If you do not like it then go and fetch some water at the river boy. Otherwise sit there and be quiet!" Touga growled never taking his eyes off of the deep silver pools in front of him. The bright moonlight reflected off of them making them look almost white. Never before had he seen such closely guarded, yet beautifully vibrant eyes. He couldn't even be bothered to look away when Inuyasha stalked out of the camp to do as he had ordered, he was so thoroughly captivated by her. He only broke eye contact when she looked away in embarrassment.

"Uhh can we eat before I starve to death?" Stepping back away she forced him to drop his hands from her face so that she could settle down near the fire. Man he was driving her crazy! How was she supposed to concentrate on the journey they were on when he was invading her every sense? And from the smug look on his face as he sat down right next to her, he knew what he was doing too! Well she would just have to get back at him at some point for being a cocky, arrogant, egotistical, sexy, charismatic... Oh fuck it! She growled angry at herself before she dug into her meal to distract herself from the infuriating handsome male next to her.

Haha he has got Kagome wrapped around his finger! Poor thing! Now all I have to do is decide how I want her to get back at him! And for anyone who does not like how fast they are progressing, I never said it was a slow romance! Youkai tend to do things fast in every story I have ever read so they are gonna move fast in this one too! Even if Kagome wants to be a butt by pushing him away! ANYWAYS R&R! Oh and did you guys like this pov better or do you all prefer the other one? Let me know and I will either switch it back, or keep using this one!