Chapter 7 - Every Dog Has His/Her Day

Kagome couldn't believe that she was standing there while Inuyasha made googly eyes at Kikyo.

'It's bad enough that he dragged me here but to subject me to this display. Do I really have to see this?'

She couldn't stand when he played to Kikyo's ego.

'He never does that to me. He makes me think that I'm not appreciated sometimes.'

Kagome took a quick breath.

'But I know that deep down he needs me. I guess when he's with me, he knows that he can be himself. With Kikyo it's like he has to show her what she wants to see. I mean everybody knows that he's still loyal to her so why does she have to torture him by making him play these stupid games.'

'Our poor mate is hurting.'

'I know but what can I do about it. He wont let me in.'

'We'll just have to show him that he is ours.'

'My demon is right, I'm tired of always pretending that it's alright for him to keep going to see her when she's just a walking dead pot of clay. I wont begrudge him her friendship but I will make sure that he knows that I am the one for him.'

With her mind made up, Kagome started to walk towards them. Then she noticed another smell in the air, different from the scorpions demons. She looked around but didn't see anything out of the ordinary. Inuyasha must have smelt it to cause his nose went up. In the next instance he crouched into a fighting stance. Suddenly two tentacles flew out of the woods straight towards Kikyo. Inuyasha leaped in front of her to protect her with tetsuaga raised. It only took a second for Kagome to realize what was happening. Naruko was up to his dirty tricks again. As his tentacles went back into the woods, she saw Kikyo in Inuyasha's arms. It felt like a hand was in her chest squeezing her heart. Kikyo looked right at her and smiled. For the first time Kagome growled softly.

'No that bitch does not have her hands all over our mate.'

'Calm down. It will only be a matter of time before he belongs to us. Inuyasha will come to realize that he loves me, not her.'

'Yeah, but when will that be. I want our mate now!'

Naruko walked calmly out of the woods. With every step he took it brought him closer to Kagome. He was so close that she could see the malevolent aura coming from off of him. She released a slight shiver. Kagome was telling herself that she was not a human anymore, she was a hanyou and she needed to start acting like one.

"My, my, my. What do we have here? Two lowly half demons for the price of one. Tell me Inuyasha, however did you create such a creature as this? I must know."

As his eyes roamed over Kagome, she couldn't suppress the dread that was growing. She looked over at Inuyasha and saw that Naruko had planted himself between them.

"Ah, Kagome. Do not be so afraid. Come here let me see how beautiful you have become."

The way he said her name made her feel dirty.

"Don't you dare touch her bastard."

" I do not think I was talking to you Inuyasha."

Hearing Naruko saying his name brought Kagome back to the present and gave her courage.

"Yeah what of it. I see that you haven't changed a bit. Still up to those dirty tricks of yours. When are you going to do something new?"

"Inuyasha, I suggest you keep a leash on this one before she dies too."

Then Naruko turned his eyes toward Kikyo. Kagome saw Inuyasha turn his body slightly towards her to protect her on the ground. It happened so fast that Kagome didn't know what she was doing until it was done. One minute Naruko was standing between her and Inuyasha, the next she was standing with her back towards him and a tentacle sticking threw her stomach. Kagome looked Inuyasha in his eyes and smile.

"For once, I'm finally doing something to protect you."

Naruko yanked the tentacle out of her body and she looked down. Kagome knew that this was another one of her stupid thoughts but she didn't care.

'I didn't know that I had to so much blood in me.'

Everything started to go black. The last thing she remembered, before her body hit the ground, were arms catching her. A warm hand holding her cheek telling her that she was gonna be fine.