I don’t own Inuyasha...

Inuyasha'’s Accidental Wish
Chapter Four
The Dog and The Wolf

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Inuyasha sat atop the the roof of Kaede’s hut looking out at the rising sun as his friends continued to sleep below him. He took a deep breath and tried to think about something other then the jewel. But his thoughts continued to go to it.

'‘The jewel can’t continue to exist.'’ he thought to himself, leaning back on his elbows, but along with that fact came another issue. The issue of Kagome.

What would happen to her once the jewel was gone? Would she be bound to only one era? And if so,... which era would she chose?

Questions like that had been bothering Inuyasha for a long time.

Ever since the jewel had been completed he had been a little more nervous about letting Kagome stay in her era. Originally, the others thought he would let her spend more time there - but he had obviously proved them wrong. He would never admit it to them, but the truth was... he was a little scared. Scared that Kagome would chose to stay in her era permanently.

In all honesty, he had to agree that, if she really chose her era as the one to spend the rest of her life in, well, then there was nothing he could do to stop her. So, in a short of mismanaged plan of action, Inuyasha had been doing all he could to keep Kagome in his era until the jewel was completed.

He had to admit though, he and his friends had fallen into a bit of a rut when it came to getting rid of the jewel. For the first few months after it’s completion they spent every waking hour trying to figure it out.

Kagome, Sango, and even Miroku had approached him privately to see if he would use it to become a full demon - which he long ago decided against - and the others discussed wishes that they couldn'’t see blowing up in their faces. Kagome, for example, thought about using it to keep the well open so that she could travel through the eras regardless of which one she belonged to, but Miroku had advised against it.

He had said that Kagome was probably destined to spend her time in only one era. He commented on how she would have to choose eventually so she might as well not make the portal open permanently (Inuyasha had wanted to strangle Miroku for convincing Kagome of that).

However, after the first few months they would only spend every other day talking about the jewel. Then it turned to twice a week, then to once a week, then to a few times a month. And now... now they only mentioned it when Inuyasha was trying to stop Kagome from visiting her era.

"“Inuyasha."” Kagome'’s voice drifted up to him. He quickly sat up and saw her looking up at him from just outside Kaede’'s hut.

“"What are you doing up wench?”"

Kagome folded her arms in front of her chest. “"Do you remember when we first met and you never called me by my name? I think you’re falling into that habit again.”"

"“Am not...”" Inuyasha rolled his eyes. “"What are you doing up, Higurashi."”

Inuyasha tried not to laugh at the face she made when he referred to her by her family name. He loved the faces she made when she was frustrated with him. Sometimes he even found himself going out of his way to coax those faces out of her.

"“I was the first one awake, so I figured that I could gather a few buckets of water for everyone’s breakfast.”"

"“So...”"

"“Do you want to come with me?”"

Inuyasha let out a dramatic sigh and jumped to the ground beside her. “"I guess.”"

Kagome laughed a little and walked to the side of the hut and picked up two buckets. "“Poor Inuyasha. I do make you suffer don’t I.”"

"“Of course, but I put up with it."” Inuyasha said as she came back around to where he was standing. Kagome shook her head and started to walk towards the river. Inuyasha fell in stride beside her. "“Kagome?”"

"“Inuyasha?"” she glanced up at him.

"“Did you, ummm... turn down Kaede’s offer just because you knew I wouldn’t like it."

“"That didn'’t even cross my mind.”" Kagome lied. Inuyasha tried to take that as reassurance and didn’t comment about it for the rest of their walk.

They walked on quietly for a minute or so before Kagome broke the silence. “"You know what I’'ve noticed.”"

Inuyasha looked at Kagome, but didn’t respond.

"“We haven’t been trying really hard to get rid of the jewel.”"

“"I'’ve noticed that too.”"

Kagome smiled. “"But you know what else...”"

"“What?”"

"“I’'m not that upset about it and... I’'m not really in a rush to get rid of it. Is that bad?”"

"“I don'’t know."” Inuyasha frowned and looked at the ground.

They walked together for a little while in silence before Kagome, once again, started talking. Though this time she was mainly going on about trivial things - as if their conversation earlier had never happened. He had to admit that he didn’t really like her speeches that went nowhere, but there wasn’t a whole lot he could do to stop her once she got started.

Until... ‘'That smell.'’ Inuyasha stopped walking and sniffed the air. “"Quiet wench. I think I smell someone coming.”"

Kagome’s eyes darted around. "“Who.”" But she was answered almost instantly by Kouga running like the wind and screeching to a halt right in front of her.

“"Hey Kagome. How are you this fine morning.”"

"“Oh. Kouga.”" Kagome smiled in a polite way.

“"What the hell are you doing in my woods Kouga."” Inuyasha drew Tetsaiga.

"“Inuyasha don'’t.”" Kagome placed her hand on his shoulder.

Inuyasha spoke to her, but didn’t take his eyes off Kouga. “"Fuck no! He’s in my territory now, not the other way around, I can do whatever I want to him.”"

Kouga leaned on his heals. "“Well, getting to the point, I'’ve come to get my woman. You rushed off so quickly after you got the jewels from me that -”"

"“We didn’t rush off!”" Inuyasha spat.

“"That I didn’t get a chance to win you Kagome.”" Kouga grabbed her free hand and pulled her away from the angry hanyou. "“I'’m gonna take you back with me Kagome.”"

''The hell you will!'' Inuyasha darted forward. But Kouga simply lifted Kagome into his arms and jumped out of the way before Inuyasha could grab her. Even without the jewel shards Kouga was still pretty fast.

''To slow.'' Kouga laughed - as if it was all a game - and ran off towards the woods behind his cave.

“"Put me down.'' Kagome punched Kouga's shoulders as he jumped through the trees, Inuyasha following as fast as he could on the ground.

''Nah.''

''Give her back, wolf, or I'll hack you to bits.'' Inuyasha yelled up.

''How would that work?'' Kouga yelled back down ''I'm holding your wanna-be-mate.''

A small gasp escaped Kagome as a blush took over her face. ''W-We're not... mates.''

''That's why I said 'wanna-be-mate'.'' Kouga said, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Kagome looked towards the ground, but Inuyasha wasn't there anymore. She frowned. 'Kouga's fast, but I know Inuyasha can run faster. How could he have fallin' behind.'. “"You know, you haven’t taken my opinion into consideration.”" She looked up at the wolf demon. "“I don’t want to be your woman.”"

''Details. Details.'' Kouga brushed off what she was saying and jumped a few branches higher. ''I'’ll win your heart after I'’ve lost this mutt.''

''You aren'’t winning anything later. I'm going back with Inuyasha.''

Kouga was about to respond when Inuyasha's fist came out of nowhere and punched him in the jaw, missing Kagome's face by a hair's breath. Apparently he ran ahead of Kouga and had been waiting for them. Kagome's talking had simply distracted Kouga.

The punch was hard enough to send Kouga flying back - causing both himself and Kagome to fall to the ground. However, before Kagome even had time to scream Inuyasha had already caught her and landed on the ground a few feet away from where Kouga landed.

''You ain't taking Kagome.'' He stated, though he didn't set Kagome on the ground. He obviously didn't trust her on the ground with Kouga anymore.

Kouga jumped to his feet the second he realized what had happened. ''You can't have the best of both worlds, dog breath. It's the jewel or Kagome.''

Inuyasha raised Tetsusaiga with one arm while holding Kagome to his chest with the other.''Well, seeing as how I've got both, I don't see how the hell someone like you is gonna take either one from me.'' And with that Inuyasha jumped into the air again to go back to the village.

Though before he disappeared due to distance, Kagome stole a look at Kouga. Oddly enough though, he was smiling. She let out a groan because she knew this probably wouldn'’t be the last of their encounters.

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Miroku waited outside Kaede’s hut for Inuyasha and Kagome to return. He and Sango had woken up to see that Kagome was gone and found it as no great surprise that Inuyasha was gone as well.

Sango walked out of the hut and stretched her arms.

“"Good morning Sango."”

Sango turned to face him. "“Morning Miroku. Where’s Kagome and Inuyasha?”"

"“They were both gone when I woke up. They probably wanted to get water or something, both the buckets are gone.”" Though just as he finished speaking, Inuyasha and Kagome both came walking towards them.

Miroku took a few steps towards them "“Inuyasha, could I talk with you two for a moment?”"

“"You'’ve got a mouth, don'’t you.”"

Miroku let out a half smile, “"In a bad mood already? Wow, it’'s not even mid morning yet.”"

Kagome smiled but said nothing.

"“Listen,"” Miroku continued “"While you and Kagome were in her time I spoke to some of the people in the village about the jewel.”"

"“What."” Inuyasha let out a little growl. "“Why don’t you just post a fucking flyer on every door that says we have it.”"

Sango shook her head "“It'’s not like it’s some kind of secret in this village Inuyasha. Mothers have started telling their children about our travels.”"

"“Really?"” Kagome chirped.

“"Whatever."” Inuyasha tried to ignore Sango and Kagome. “"So... you talked to the people in the village?”"

Miroku nodded. "“I was told that there is a very old man a couple a villages south of here. Lots of people travel from far and wide to seek his advice.”"

"“So?"”

“"I think that he could direct us in the right path when it comes to getting rid of the jewel.”"

Kagome glanced up at Inuyasha. "“It couldn'’t hurt to ask.”"

Inuyasha sighed. It was obvious that he didn’t really want to go, but still nodded. “"Fine. We’ll leave this afternoon.”"

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Final Thought From Kouga
“"Stupid fucking mutt breath...”"

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Hmmm... it took a little longer to get that chapter out then I thought I would. I had a little trouble uploading it. I’ll try to be a little quicker with the next one.

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