Claimer: -is in an igloo in Antarctica- -looks around the opening and then closes it- I do own Inu-Yasha!

Rumiko: -melts the opening with her lighter and pokes her head it- (ahem)

Disclaimer: Aw crud. I don't own Inu-Yasha.

-Rumiko's lighter is still on and the whole igloo falls on us-

Rumiko and me: ...ow...

Stay tuned for more of me trying to claim Inu-Yasha and co!

It was like time had stood still for what felt like forever, even though it was mere seconds. It felt like the universe had ripped apart again, even after being reborn after hearing the news about Kikyo. Kagome had that same feeling...

Kagome's heart stopped beating, her blood froze in her veins, her lungs had popped like balloons, and her stomach churned and lurched like a roller coaster when she had heard the name of her very own sister...

Except, this time, it wasn't about her sister. It was about Koga.

After a while Kagome was awakened by Inu-Yasha, who led her back upstairs. The police officers had confirmed who the body was. And it was so un expecting, nobody expected that familiar name to escape those lips. Everyone was quite surprised.

"Koga Okami..."

Kagome's heat skipped about three or four beats. Her mind raced in confusion. When she had talked to Monster, the cat hanyou was sure that Koga might have been the goblin's master. But she was completely wrong. Who was it then? Who was the master of Monster if Koga wasn't? Kagome sighed mentally as she knew that all she was doing was putting answer-less questions into her head once again. The girl had fled back downstairs once she had gone back to her senses. She couldn't help it but cry for some reason. Even though Koga did keep her as his sex slave, he never was mean to her, except for that one day. Over those two years he became nicer and not as rough, plus he'd go pretty easy on her. So Kagome wept and wept until Inu-Yasha came down.

"Kagome?" the dog hanyou walked down the spiral stairs, trying to look for her. He could hear her sobbing and smell her tears but he could not see her. Inu-Yasha followed her scent and cries to see her sitting behind the couch. Kagome was curled up into a ball, her tail wrapping itself around her life one long chain. Inu-Yasha formed his mouth into a tight frown, hating to see her like this. The dog hanyou leaned down to he was the same height as her. "Kagome? Why are you crying? He raped you everyday, how could you be crying over him?"

The cat hanyou smiled a sad smile at Inu-Yasha, tears washing over it. "I know...it's pretty silly to cry over someone like that, huh? I can't help it. Even though he did keep me as his slave, he was actually nice to me. I imagined all the horrible things he'd do to me but he never did them. Koga actually took care of me over those two years. If he did what any guy like him would've actually done, I wouldn't have made it. I would've been dead."

"Well, didn't you want to be dead?" those words slipped out of Inu-Yasha's mouth before he could protest them. His eyes widened. "No, that came out wrong! What I meant was-"

"No. I think it came out perfectly fine," Kagome mumbled. Inu-Yasha was surprised that she didn't yell at him or run away. The cat hanyou merely still sat there, still carrying that strange smile upon her face. "I wanted to be dead because I thought my life was nothing but a miserable hell. But of course life has it ups and downs. It's just that mine has a lot of downs. Although, I know that there were some great ups."

"Yeah, like what?"

The girl's smile became wider and she gazed over at Inu-Yasha, her tears starting to fade away. Her intense stare made Inu-Yasha blush a bit. "Meeting you." This made Inu-Yasha blush some more. "And, I guess, also, meeting Koga. It's such a shock though. I thought that he would be Monster's mashrea-" Suddenly her speech was slurred into a jumble of nonsense. Kagome sighed in exasperation. That stupid spell wouldn't let her mention about nothing! The girl cursed something under her breath as Inu-Yasha stared at her in confusion.

"What?" the dog hanyou asked, a bit confuzzled. "Monster's what?"

"I can't say," Kagome snapped. She was starting to get frustrated about all this. When she saw the strange look on her friend's face, she sighed again. "I'm sorry for acting so weird today. I just don't know what's wrong with me. My life for the past two years has been a complete blur. I'm sorry."

"Seriously wench, you've got to stop apologizing," Inu-Yasha scowled, arching his eyebrows at her. "You've got no reason to apologize. Get it through your thick head already." He then winced, expecting her to finally crack, but she did not. Kagome still held that smile, but this time she leaned towards him and let her head fall on his shoulder gently. Inu-Yasha blushed a bit, yet he softly smiled at her. She was completely different from the others. She was different from all those other girls that had fallen in love with him. She was different from Kikyo.

"Kagome, you do know you're really special to me. Even more than Kikyo was," Inu-Yasha said softly. He turned his head to look at her when she didn't respond. Kagome was sleeping.

'She's sleeping?!' the dog hanyou shouted in his mind angrily. 'She's going to pay for this...'

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"Monster."

"Yes masters?"

"Why did you kill Koga? I specifically told you the list of those who you shall not kill!"

"Please master, Monster is sorry! Monster was so hungry; could not contain hunger! If Monster's had not eaten Koga, Monster's might have eaten Pretty!"

WHAP!

"Don't say that, don't even think about it, don't ever mention it again! If you lay even one of your dirty, grubby little fingers on her, off will come your head!"

"Monster is so sorry master! Please don't hit Monster again! Please don't cut off Monster's head!"

"Stop you're blubbering right now, you worthless piece of shit! Now go back to the Tashiou mansion!"

"But Monster's hungry again master! Can Monster eat something?"

"Fine Monster. If you intend to eat something, eat Inu-Yasha. I won't mind if he's erased from the Earth. Oh, and make sure Kagome's watching."

"Yes master! Monster will not let you down this time!"

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The late morning had finally arrived and Inu-Yasha and Kagome were still fast asleep. But the sunlight peeking in through the open window awakened Kagome. The cat hanyou stretched her arms- or, at least, tried to. Kagome blushed when she saw two arms wrapped around her tightly. Inu-Yasha was right beside her, his body pressed up against hers. His face was very close to hers, their noses were almost touching. But, Inu-Yasha looked kind of cute. Kagome had never seen him so peaceful in all the time she was at the Tashiou mansion. He looked so sweet, so innocent.

Too bad we can't say the same about others.

"Ahem."

Kagome whipped her head around as far as she could to see Sesshomaru standing in the doorway of the living room. He did not look pleased. The cat hanyou gulped when she saw his expression was close to angry.

"Inu-Yasha, that's rather disturbing. Please get a room," Sesshomaru said in his usual monotone voice. The Tai youkai walked away from the scene.

"Maybe I will!"

Kagome snapped her head back towards Inu-Yasha's, who was now awake. Unfortunately. Kagome blushed as a very playful smirk went across Inu-Yasha's face. The cat hanyou tried to get out of his grasp but Inu-Yasha just held her closer and tighter with each squirm. Eventually Kagome had to stop or else she'd be...

"Did you have a good night sleep?" Inu-Yasha asked casually, as if nothing had ever happened. Kagome didn't respond, which just made the devious look on Inu-Yasha's face become even more devious.

'Oh my god,' Kagome thought in a panicked manner in her mind. 'You only got kissed by him a few nights ago and now you're SLEEPING with him?! What's wrong with me?! Well, at least we didn't do anything too bad...' The look on Inu-Yasha's face suddenly made her think otherwise. 'Oh my god! What if we did do something, but I don't remember? Oh no...'

Inu-Yasha chuckled, for he could easily see that Kagome was going through a mental mini meltdown (a/n: Say that ten times fast XD). He let go of her so she could get up. Which she did. Kagome sped up from her seat, almost falling back down on her butt. The girl blushed furiously, looking away though, trying to hide it from Inu-Yasha. The dog demon still was holding his infamous smirk. He crawled towards her and took hold of her chin. Kagome swallowed hard, afraid that he'd kiss her again. But he just merely stared and smirked at her, which made her even more nervous.

"Um, Inu-Yasha," Kagome started, her voice sounding like she was out of breath.

"Yes?" Inu-Yasha asked hopefully.

"I'm pretty hungry, can we get breakfast? Or, maybe I should be saying, lunch?"

The dog hanyou almost fell over in exasperation. They were just about to have a lust ful moment and all she could think about was food. What was wrong with her? Inu-Yasha sighed in disappointment but let in. He started his way off towards the kitchen when he felt two clawed hands gently grasp his shoulders. Inu-Yasha turned around and was taken in by shock when his lips met Kagome's. The cat hanyou kept them like that for a few moments, before finally letting go, getting a silent whimper of protest from Inu-Yasha. A few seconds later Inu-Yasha broke out of his shock.

"That was payback," Kagome whispered into his dog ears.

Inu-Yasha shook his head and smirked once again at the girl. "You're good."

Kagome smirked back and took a small bow. "Thank you, I know."

"But not as good as I can be," the dog hanyou commented, taking a step towards her.

"Oh, is that a bet?" the cat hanyou grinned, the sunlight shining off of her cat fangs.

"Oh, I think is it," Inu-Yasha replied, turning around and walking into the kitchen. He turned his head and flashed her a wink before disappearing through the doorway. Kagome rolled her eyes blandly.

'I think I'm actually going to enjoy my stay here.'

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Souta stared blankly at the T.V. screen as he watched the ambulance on it zoom off. There was no siren, which was not a good sign. Well, in Souta's case, it was.

"What are you watching Souta?" Sango asked, walking over to him. They had recently got off the train and had gotten a room in a hotel nearby. The taijiya looked at the television screen. "What's going on?"

"Koga was killed."

Sango gasped. "How?"

"Nobody knows," Souta replied. "But he was killed in the Tashiou house. Right in the room where Kagome was sleeping."

The taijiya eyes widened and she placed her hand over her mouth. "Oh my. Is Kagome OK?"

"Yeah. They said that she was just pretty shaken up."

"At least she's not hurt," Miroku commented. He walked up to the two and also let his eyes gaze upon the T.V. Sango and Souta nodded in agreement.

As Souta walked out of the room he though, 'don't worry Kagome. The scary times will be over soon. I'll come get you and we can get back home peacefully. I promise.'

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The two, large, greed-filled green eyes hovered over the mansion. Monster smiled and licked his lips in anticipation. The goblin zigzagged through between the police officers and up towards the doors of the mansion. Monster gurgled in delight as he sniffed the air with his gigantic nose. The scent of Kagome and Inu-Yasha drifted through his nose. He could easily find the two. Monster ran through the living room and to the kitchen. There he saw Kagome and Inu-Yasha cooking some awful smelling goop. Kagome looked all bubbly and cheerful until her eyes darted over to Monster. The girl's smile faded and she stared in horror at the goblin.

"What? What is it?" Inu-Yasha asked, looking in the direction of Kagome's eyes.

"Monster," she murmured under her breath, wide eyed.

The goblin smiled his weird toothed smile. "Hello my pretty."

SHNOG! IT WAS WAY TOOO SHORT! Kami...and, yes, I know that goblins don't eat humans. They mostly like to eat animals, not humans (or…I should say youkais). So…anyways...

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