1(A/N) Okaii, so their first battle's commin' up soon. Can y'all guess who their gonna battle? Hnn... I need to get Kagome and Inuyasha alone for it though... How do y'all s'pose I should cut the kitsune? (Don't worry, Shippou's gonna come back soon.) REVIEW!

As A Demon

(Inuyasha.)

I growled. "How long are they gonna take?"

Kagome had insisted upon a bath, so the minute Shippou returned, I had led them to a hot spring and found a little clearing well enough to camp in. That was hours ago.

"'Relax, Inuyasha,' she said, 'We won't be gone long,' she said." I grumbled and threw a rock at a tree, effectively cutting the thing in half. "Well I think it's been to damn long to be defined as long!"

Growling, I shoved my hands in my pockets and scowled when I felt my newly grown ears twitch on the top of my head, listening for her petite footfalls.

"Damn it, wench! I told you this was a bad Idea!"

What if something's happened? What if their in danger? The logical part of my brain tried to convince me that if their had been any sort of conflict, I'd have heard it, but my heart just wouldn't hear it.

Twirling on my heal, I punched the tree behind me, sending it toppling over, and the one behind it was subjected to the same fate, much like the domino effect.

Just fuggin' great.

"Inuyasha?"

Turning, my eye's widened at the sight of Kagome, barefoot on the grass, wearing a black tank top, a dark blue skirt, and those ridiculous brown vans she insisted were to comfortable to give up. She was looking at me incredulously, the runt resting on her shoulder shaking his head.

"Have a lotta fun while we were gone?" The runt asked.

I didn't even bother to reply, so Kagome asked a question herself. "Inuyasha, what on earth happened here?"

Turning in a full circle, I smothered another growl as I took in my surroundings.

Well, if there was any doubt this was a clearing before, there's none now. There was nothing left of the tree's save for their stumps.

I growled, and sat down cross-legged, stuffing my hands into my sleeves and muttering an indignant, "Keh."