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The Cat's Meow

Kouga turned in his sleep, and mumbled something under his breath.

Ginta picked up his head to glance at him.

"Kouga, are you awake?" he asked quickly.

Kouga's eyes shot open.

"What happened?!" he yelled out in confusion. "Where is that dog crap!?"

Hakkaku sighed. "He's gone."

"Na-Nani?"

"It's true." Ginta assured him.

"What about Kagome? Is she really…..dead?" Kouga asked with concern.

Ginta and Hakkaku lowered there heads to the ground. They both nodded.

Kouga's eyes flickered with anger, hate, and mostly pain. He then forced himself up off the ground.

"K-Kouga?!" Hakkaku called out.

"You shouldn't be moving just yet!" Ginta tried to push Kouga back down.

"Quiet!" Kouga yelled, as he continued to leave from the place they were resting.

Ginta and Hakkaku slowly ran behind their leader, a bit uncertain of where his destination was.

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Kagome slowly turned over in her sleeping bag.

Inuyasha, who sat asleep next to her, woke up immediately.

"Kagome?" he asked softly.

"Hai…?" she said, as she turned over to face him.

"Y-You alright?"

"Hai" she said softly with a smile.

Inuyasha smiled back at her, with shimmering eyes.

A couple of minutes later, Kagome was dressed in her normal green school uniform. She stepped outside, and the wind danced around her raven hair. She heard the birds chirp, and her ears twitched back and fourth listening to the sound.

Inuyasha stepped outside with her. He stuffed his hands into the sleeves of his haori, and stood next to Kagome with his eyes lightly closed.

"Inuyasha?"

"What is it?" he asked, not opening his eyes.

"When will the others be back?"

"Probably today."

"Oh…."

"Why, what's the matter?" he asked, with his eyes remaining closed.

"It's just that, I want to know what the cure is, you know, to turn me back into a human." Kagome said, as she tapped her foot anxiously on the ground.

Inuyasha opened his eyes, and let his hands fall to his sides.

"Is being a hanyou really that bad?" he asked, as he stared at her.

"No!" Kagome said all too quickly.

"Then what is it?" Inuyasha asked again.

"I just want to be back to my old self, that's all." she said, still not looking him in the eye.

"Baka…" Inuyasha mumbled under his breath.

Kagome jerked back, and Inuyasha turned quickly towards her.

"What is it, Kagome?!" Inuyasha asked, in a panic.

"I sense a Shikon Jewel Shard, and it's closing in fast." she replied.

"Where's it coming from?" Inuyasha asked, as he looked around.

"There!" Kagome yelled, as she pointed in the direction of the forest where the Sacred Tree is.

"Alright" Inuyasha prepared to run into the forest, but before he could a wind tornado blew towards him and Kagome.

Kouga then jumped out from the tornado.

"Inu-kurro!!" Kouga yelled, as he leaped into the air and threw a punch at Inuyasha.

Inuyasha quickly jumped out of the way.

"Temae….what the hell do you want?!" Inuyasha yelled, as he jumped in front of Kagome.

"I came back here to fight you! You thought that I killed….Ka…go…me?" Kouga then took a second to look at the hanyou who stood behind Inuyasha. His expression was wide-eyed, and confused.

"Hi Kouga-kun." Kagome said with a smile.

"Kagome!? Y-You're alive?!" he yelled confused once again.

"Yeah." she agreed.

Kouga rushed over to Kagome, and took her hands.

"I'm so sorry, Kagome. I actually believed what Inu-kurro said, about you being dead." he said with a grin.

"Keh!" Inuyasha yelled, as he took Kagome's hands out from Kouga's.

"Hey! What do you think you're doing?" Kouga asked annoyed.

"Saving your pathetic ass from disappointment." Inuyasha snarled.

"Yeah, right…" Kouga said sarcasticly.

"Kouga!" Ginta yelled.

"Wait for us!" Hakkaku called out.

"Ginta, Hakkaku, hi!" Kagome said with a smile.

"AAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!" Ginta and Hakkaku screamed, as they gripped on to each other.

"N-Nani?" Kagome asked surprised, as she blinked twice.

"You're ALIVE?!?!" Ginta shouted.

"Of course I am." Kagome said, as she looked at them while tilting her head.

"Kouga said that you died!!!" Hakkaku yelled.

"That was nothing more than Naraku's trickery." Kagome said with a sigh. 'Oh god, everyone thinks that I'm dead!' she thought to herself. 'How annoying…..'

"Well, it's great that you are okay, Kagome." the two wolf demons replied together.

Kagome smiled back.

"Well Kagome, we should be going now. But next time we meet, I will have Naraku's head as a gift for you. Ja!" Kouga said, as he waved to her.

"Arigatou Kouga-kun. Baibai!" Kagome waved back, as she watched Kouga leave in the blink of an eye.

Inuyasha stood where he was, annoyed.

"Why do you always have to flirt with that trash?!" Inuyasha asked with a tone.

"I do not, Inuyasha!" Kagome said, as she crossed her arms across her chest.

"You do too! It's so disgusting, I can hardly bare to here it." he looked down towards the ground.

"You're not jealous Inuyasha, are you?" Kagome asked with a smug grin.

"Keh!" Inuyasha scuffed at her, as he hid the blush that rose to his cheeks beneath his bangs.

'Of course you're not jealous….after all, you have Kikyo….' Kagome thought to herself, as she looked in the other direction with her eyes filled with sadness.

Inuyasha caught her eyes drifting off.

"Kagome, daijoubu? What's wrong?" Inuyasha questioned.

"….no, nothings the matter Inuyasha. I'm fine." Kagome said, as she turned away to wipe the tear drop that fell from her eyes.

Inuyasha's eyes flickered with sadness. He knew what she was thinking about. 'She's thinking about Kikyo again, isn't she…? Her eyes are always filled with so much sadness, when Kikyo is the topic. Is this my fault? Is it because she chooses to be with me, in spite of how I feel towards Kikyo? Is the pain that she suffers every day because of my decisions? Can I change them? Will she stop being sad if I do?'

Inuyasha's mind became filled up with so many questions, so many different decisions that he was unsure of. The only thing he could think of was Kagome.

"You known, you can talk to me. About anything, anything at all…..if you want to that is…." Inuyasha said to her, as he looked up at the morning sky.

Kagome turned towards him quickly. "You mean that? Even if it's about something that you don't want to talk about?"

"If it would make you happy, I'd talk about anything." Inuyasha turned his head in the opposite direction.

Kagome blushed. "Arigatou, Inuyasha." she said softly.

Inuyasha smiled. "Kagome?"

"Hai?"

"Is there anything that you wanted to talk to me about? Because you can tell me." Inuyasha said as he turned towards her.

"Just promise me something, Inuyasha." Kagome said as she looked him in the eyes, while blushing. "Just promise that you won't leave me, alright?"

Inuyasha blushed. "Of course I won't." he answered with a smile. 'Not even in death Kagome.'

Just then, a light breeze swept across Kagome, and swayed her hair to the side of her face. She closed her eyes, and took in the scent that trickled across her nose.

'What is that?' she asked herself, as she opened her eyes, and glanced at Inuyasha.

"Do you smell that?" Kagome asked Inuyasha intensively.

Inuyasha sniffed the air, while he closed his eyes. 'I recognize this scent…'

Inuyasha's eyes then shot open. "It's Kikyo." he said stiffly to Kagome.

Kagome drew in air quickly, as she felt a knot build in the pit of her stomach. She closed her eyes tightly.

Inuyasha tensed up, and then looked at Kagome, who didn't make a sound.

"….Kagome….?" he asked lightly.

"Just go…" Kagome replied, not bothering to hide the pain in her voice.

Inuyasha hesitated. The woman he loved just woke up from a brutal attack from Naraku, and she expects him to leave her?

"….but…." Inuyasha began.

"Just leave already……she probably needs your help." Kagome said, as she opened her eyes, and glanced down at the ground.

"Gomen" Inuyasha said slowly, as he turned his back and ran into the forest to find his former lover.

Kagome picked up her gaze from the ground, and closed her eyes lightly. 'He's always running off to Kikyo. What am I doing here anyway? I have to collect the shards of the jewel, but it doesn't have to be me…..Kikyo could find them….the real reason I come here is….." Kagome thoughts began to drift away, as she sighed.

"What should I do?" Kagome said outloud to herself.

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Inuyasha ran through the woods at a fast pace. 'I'm sorry, Kagome….but this is something I have to do. I can't break my promise to Kikyo, nor would I break a promise to you.

A flashback slid across Inuyasha's mind, as he continued to run.

"Is there anything that you wanted to talk to me about? Because you can tell me." Inuyasha said as he turned towards her.

"Just promise me something, Inuyasha." Kagome said as she looked him in the eyes, while blushing. "Just promise that you won't leave me, alright?"

Inuyasha blushed. "Of course I won't." he answered with a smile. 'Not even in death Kagome.'

Inuyasha sighed, as the memory faded away. 'Technically, I already broke my promise to you…..I said I wouldn't leave you, but already I am running off to meet Kikyo.'

Inuyasha stopped running, as he saw one of Kikyo's soul collectors glide through the air on a breeze.

'A soul collector….' Inuyasha thought to himself. 'Kikyo must be close by.'

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Kagome stood outside of Kaede's hut.

'I wonder when Inuyasha will get back….' she thought to herself with a sigh.

"Kagome-chan!!!"

"Kagome-sama!"

"Kagome!!!!!"

Kagome looked up into the sky, towards the people that were calling her.

She smiled. "Mina! You're back!!"

Kagome watched, as Kirara landed on the ground with Sango, Miroku, and Shippo on her. Following a short while behind was Kaede.

"How was your journey?" Kagome asked anxiously.

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Inuyasha slowly stopped in front of The Sacred tree, and walked towards it.

Kikyo sat lying against the tree.

"K-Kikyo" Inuyasha said softly.

"Hello, Inuyasha."

"Why are you here?" Inuyasha asked, as he sat down across from her.

"I came here only to warn you about something." Kikyo said, as she became tense.

"What is it?"

"Inuyasha, Kagome is in danger. Great danger."

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Yay! I finally updated this story!!! And on New Years Eve, no less!!!! Lol.

So, what did you think of this chapter?

Will Kagome's pain ever go away?

Who will Inuyasha choose, Kagome or Kikyo?

What kind of danger is Kagome in?

All of these questions and more will be answered in the following chapters.

Now please review or I won't update soon!!!!!

Arigatou mina!!!!!!!!!

InuFreak247 (AKA Paige-chan)