Inuyasha returned twice more with food. He brought about two dozen quail the first time and a very large bundle of fish the second. The villagers were so thankful, they tried to get him to stay longer but he said they had stuff they had to get done. When they set out again, Hojo was thankfully on Shippo rather than Kirara. There were still no seatbelts, but there were no flames and it was a much more relaxed ride.
About two hours after they set out, Kagome sensed a jewel shard. They immediately set out after it. As it got closer, it turned into two jewel shards. For some reason, this seemed to have Inuyasha very upset. The rest of the party landed to see what they were going to do. Kagome was asking Inuyasha what they had to lose by "asking him". Hojo wasn't sure who they were going to ask what, but he thought he was sure to find out soon. Shippo came to stand at his side. "Now we're in for some enternainment, these two are always fightin' over Kagome. Expect a 'sit' soon, it's usually the only way she can break them up."
Hojo could only describe it as a dust tornado, and it was approaching at an alarming speed. It was heading right fir Kagome. He wanted to jump in front of Kagome to protect her, but a strong hand on his shoulder stopped him. It was Miroku, who just looked at him with an annoyed expression and said "Just let it go so we can get it over with." When the tornado stopped and the dust cleared, there was a tall man standing in front of Kagome with her hands in his. "So how is my woman? Your ankle, Kagome, are you alright? You are supposed to keep her safe, Mutt!"
With that the man turned and got right in Inuyasha's face. They started shouting back and forth.
"She is not your woman!"
"What, you think she is going to be yours, Half Breed?"
"Don't call me that, Flea Bag!"
"You're the one who has fleas for friends, don't call me a Flea Bag!"
"Okay, Stupid!"
"Don't call me Stupid, either!"
"GUYS! Please stop arguing! Koga, I need to ask you something..." Kagome waited for Inuyasha to speak up and tell her no, but he couldn't while he was holding his breath and his face was all red like it was. She knew the explosion was coming soon, especially with the satisfied smirk on Koga's face from being addressed by Kagome.
"Have you heard of any jewel shards nearby? We really need one, today." She hoped that she wouldn't have to ask him about his jewel shards, but she also didn't want to upset Inuyasha too bad.
Some normal color started returning to Inuyasha's face, but she could tell the yell was just waiting to come out of his mouth. Koga, of course, didn't help with the delicate mood situation. "Babe, you know I am going to be the one to kill that bastard, might as well let me do it. If I can get more jewel shards, it would be like a walk in the meadow."
Well, she would have to explain it to him. Koga seemed to just be noticing Hojo, and when he found out that he was from Kagome's home he made sure to vocalize his claim on her to him. In the middle of the explanation, Ginta and Hakkaku finally caught up and stood panting behind Koga after saying some quick hello's to their "sister" Kagome. Kagome had explained to the trio about her and Hojo falling through the well, and now they were unable to get Hojo back to his own time because the well wouldn't work without a shard. Koga never once offered any of his own shards, but Ginta mentioned that they had heard of a boar demon that was doing all sorts of damage. They had been on their way to check it out when they came across Kagome's scent, and Koga changed course to "check on his woman".
Inuyasha, in all his grumpy and impatient glory, decided the sooner the better to go find the shard. "Let's get moving then, we don't have all day. The sooner we get the shard the sooner Jojo can get home."
"I'm not sharing my jewel shard with you, Dog Breath! I am going to get it and I am going to keep it. I didn't come all this way for nothin'!" And with that, the twister appeared and Koga was gone. After a quick goodbye, Hakkaku and Ginta took off after the wolf demon.
Inuyasha looked at Kagome with a smirk, "Yeah, offered up one of his jewel shards to help his woman right away. How noble of him, eh?"
They all took off in the direction Koga went trying to get to the jewel shard first.
Sorry I haven't updated in a while, I have been very busy and not feeling very creative. I will try to finish this story up quickly.
