A/N: I know it's been a while but... here's the next chapter! R&R.
Disclaimer: It's late, I'm tired, They're not mine. If they were they'd probably fight like this the whole time.
"AAARRRRGGGHHH!!!"
Startled, Kagome looked around for the source of the strangled war cry, or was that more of a scream of terror? She glanced briefly past Sesshomaru, who was still staring, and noticed something distinctly red running at top speed towards her, dodging trees and screaming in fury. "Oh- there he is, late as always," she sighed nonchalantly as she watched Inuyasha's progress.
Sesshomaru looked over his shoulder, a small frown beginning to register on his face. "What's the mutt yelling about now?"
"RRRNNOSSEESHMMRRKAAGMOOURRALLRRRGH!!!" yelled the red and silver figure incoherently as it streaked towards them. "YYUTCHRRILLKIILLLYRSESSHHMMMMRR!!"
Kagome measured the distance quickly between herself and Inuyasha and took a large step to the left. 'This is not going to be pretty' she thought with a grimace and glanced towards the well with a sort of hopefull look playing across her face.
Sesshomaru went down with a scream of surprise as Inuyasha bolted straight into him, fangs bared, eyes flashing and still screaming, "DON'T YOU TOUCH HER YOU USELESS BAG OF FLUFF!! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!!"
"No…you're….not!" Sesshomaru growled as he forced Inuyasha off him and held him at an arms distance, "I didn't come here to fight you, you bastard." 'Ah, but you would fight him if Kagome wasn't here,' his conscience drawled.
Inuyasha's eyes lit in disbelief as he stepped away from his half-brother and closer towards Kagome, growling, "You'll pay for touching my Kagome icebutt."
Sesshomaru rolled his eyes and laughed, surprising both Kagome and Inuyasha, "That's a new one flea-brain, how many moons did you waste thinking it up? Did your claypot doll help you?"
Inuyasha leaped towards Sesshomaru and started to scream in rage, "WIND SC-"
"INUYASHA OSWARI!!!" interrupted Kagome with a yell of impatience as she stalked towards him.
Inuyasha crashed to the ground in confusion while Sesshomaru jumped out of his path and walked a safe distance away, both men wearing expressions of utmost surprise.
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU? FIRST YOU'RE LATE AND NOW YOU'RE ATTACKING EVERYTHING IN SIGHT?!"
Inuyasha turned his head away from Kagome's yelling with a flinch, ears flattened against his head. He looked back at the Miko, a dull light burning in his eyes as he replied in a strained voice, "What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you wench! Here I am fighting for you against this idiot who could have killed you and you have the nerve to yell at me and sit-me?"
"If he wanted to kill me, why did he save me from falling down that stupid well?"
"WELL MAYBE HE JUST WANTED TO KILL YOU HIMSELF!! Ever think of that?"
"Then he could have stabbed me with his poison claws when he grabbed me! Or maybe shoved a rock down after me! I'm sure there are millions of ways he could have done that in the time it took you to get here!" She retorted with fists curled at her side.
Inuyasha smiled sadly, "Just how long where you here with him, alone Miko?"
Kagome's face burnt a deep red as she struggled to meet Inuyasha's glare. "What's it to you? I'm just your Miko, your wench," she whispered, a large tear rolling down her cheek.
"That's not what I meant Kagome. Now tell me what happened," snarled Inuyasha climbing to his feet and starting towards her.
"OSWARI!!" yelled Kagome as the tears spilled from her eyes down her face, "OSWARI-OSWARI-OSWARI!!"
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Sitting some distance away in a tree at the edge of a clearing Sesshomaru smirked as he watched Inuyasha crash to the ground. He had made a smart move to ditch when the argument started; he knew it was stupid to get a Miko mad. 'A Miko would be an interesting thing for a mate,' he thought with an expressionless face.
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Inuyasha struggled to his feet once more and grabbed the hysterical Miko, shouting over her screams for him to let her go, "Kagome! Stop it and tell me what happened to you? Why are you acting like this? Answer me wench."
She gasped at the pain of his claws digging into her arms and looked up at him with wide sea-green eyes, tear streaks staining her face. "You want to know what happened to me… Inu-chan?"
He flinched at the coldness of her voice as she whispered the last word. 'This is not going as it should,' Inuyasha thought to himself, 'she has no reason to be overreacting like this, damn that Sesshomaru!'
"I don't have to tell you anything if this is how you treat me," sniffed Kagome bitterly.
"Is that what this is all about?" asked Inuyasha as he released her, "If you would just calm down I wouldn't have to hold you against your will. What happened?"
"Nothing would have happened if you knew how to be on time!" Kagome yelled.
Inuyasha grimaced, "I asked you to stop yelling wench! I'm sorry I'm late, I'm sorry that I hurt you. Sorry, sorry, sorry! Happy now?"
Kagome looked at the half-demon in disbelief, "My name is Kagome. DO I HAVE TO SPELL IT OUT? K-A-G-"
"OKAY, OKAY I GET IT KAGOME! I'M SORRY!"
"-O-M-E." She finished glaring and turned around back towards the well.
"WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING?!" Inuyasha yelled in frustration, starting after her.
"Oswari." Kagome almost whispered, sending him to the ground in an inelegant heap, "And don't try follow me."
Inuyasha growled through a mouthful of dirt as he heard Sesshomaru laughing from the edge of the clearing.
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Laughing, Sesshomaru called after Kagome as he climbed down the tree, meaning to take her off somewhere where they would talk without Inuyasha to worry about. She turned, surprised that he was still around and then let out a deafening scream of terror as, out of nowhere, another Inuyasha strolled into the clearing. Astonished Sesshomaru ran, sword drawn, to stand between her and the two Inuyasha's who stood staring at each other across the clearing, two identical growls rising audibly from their throats.
"I-Inu?" Stammered Kagome in confusion, "Wh-which one i..is the rea..real you?"
"Stay back," growled Sesshomaru as the two Inuyasha's turned towards Kagome and him, fangs bared.
