((I've been so busy I haven't found time to get online. I'm sorry, but I'll get this chapter up in no time!))

Kagome put her hand on her stomach, maybe she ate too much too quick? She shrugged it off. and stuffed another rice cake into her mouth.

"This food is great Keade! Thanks."

"Feh, it's okay," Inuyasha gruffed threw a mouthfull.

Miroku looked at Kagome quizickly, "So, I guess this is a sign that you're here to stay right?"

"Well, I'm not sure."

Sango pointed with her utensils, "The sacred jewel is gone. And you've turned into a half demon like Inuyasha. Keade said you had only one choice between one or the other so..."

"Jeez, would you stop nagging her? It gets a little old!" Inuyasha stood waving a fish in one hand.

"Sit down Inuyasha. Finish your breakfast then you can go yell at whomever you want," Keade pulled on the back of his kimono making him fall back to the ground.

He quickly sat up growling, "Don't tell me what to do you old hag!"

"SIT!"

BAM!

Everyone looked over to the little crater shaped like Inuyasha's body, and the poor hynou moaning in pain.

"Idiot," Shippo mumbled.

Sango, now at the door, turned towards the group, "I'm going to go get some supplies and herbs. Anyone want to come."

Inuyasha pouted in silence as she, Miroku, and Shippo walked threw the huts' door.

"Inuyasha, you want to come with me?"

"For what?" He asked trying to be uninterested.

"I don't know, help me pack what we need to get set off," Her smile was unbarable to ignore. "Lets just spend some time together."

Inuyasha turned his head to look her in the eye, his face went blank and he ended up staring at Kagome's smile as she held out her hand. Before she noticed, he caught himself, "Whatever."

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Both were the hut that Kagome had sleeped in. She was showing Inuyasha all the things that Keade had given to her and organizing them afterwards.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome sat on the floor next to him, her ears twitched. She still wasn't used to all the new sounds and smells.

"What?"

"Do you like spending time with me?"

"Why are you asking that?"

"You've just seemed to be a little off around me today."

Inuyasha smirked, "Feh, and why would you think I'd be doing that?"

Kagome put her hand to her mouth thoughtfully. Something wasn't right, were they missing something?

Sango came threw the opening now dressed in her battle garments, "We're ready to set off Kagome."

"Alright," She looked at Inuyasha, "Well?"

"Well what?"

"Lets go," She took him by a strand of his hair out of the hut.

Instead of taking off flying, they set out on foot through the forest paths. Shippo hung onto Kagomes' neck being as it were he was so small.

"What are we doing exactly?" Inuyasha said in protest.

"Don't you remember? We're going to look for Kohaku," Kagome gave him a look.

"What?! But I thought we had agreed to wait until he found us?"

"Well, Sango was getting worried," Shippo poked his head around Kagomes' shoulder.

"But that little brat could be anywhere!"

"I know...that's why we have to try to find him. Don't forget, Kagura and all the demons made from Naraku are still alive, Inuyasha," Miroku hit him on the head with his staff.

"Ow! Why's you...?"

"So he could still be with Kagura?" Sango asked.

"Well, yes and no. Remember she had sent him on various tasks in the past? She could've sent him on one before Naraku was killed," Miroku pointed out.

"But does he really have all his memory back?"

"Unfortunatlly, yes." Miroku said in a grim like tone.

"Mmm." Sango sighed to herself.

"Oh, shut up already! He's alive isn't he? We're going to find him and that's all that matters," Inuyasha said gruffly, his arms crossed.

Kagome twiched her ears, shecould hear something like a strong tornado blowing towards them. She sniffed, and smelled wolf. Inuyasha was already upset about the closing-in scent.

Kouga was soon in sight. And even though Naraku had stolen both the jewel shards in his legs, he could still run pretty fast. He walked toward her in that special walk of his, pushing past Inuyasha.

"Kagome...you're..." He grabbed her hand as he always had done. One because he loved to feel her soft skin, and two because he knew it made the mutt jealous.

"Become a half demon. Yeah about that..." She smiled goofily.

"And you're wearing a kimono. What happened to your old cloths?"

"I, uh."

Inuyasha got between them and pushed him away, "Hey Kouga! You keep your dirty wolf paws off of her!"

"You back off mutt! She's my woman, I've claimed her as my own!"

Inuyasha reached for his sword, but before he could weild it, Kagome had sat him and he lay in a crater shaped like his body.

Kouga chuckled to himself, "Serves you right, damn mutt!"

Kagome, still with her silly grin, tried to keep Kouga busy so he and Inuyasha wouldn't eat each other, "Kouga, what did you want?"

"Hm? Oh that...heh, just checking up on my woman. Naraku has been destroyed, so I no longer have to wait to take you as mine."

"Oh you heard about that already."

"Everybody knows about it by now."

"Oh," Kagome couldn't figure out why she felt surprised about it. Alot of demons and humans had been after Naraku to make sure he died, so it wasn't going to be long before news of his killing was spread.

Inuyasha, who had now recovered from his 'siting', now angerly pulled Kouga back by his hair, "Listen wolf boy I don't have the time to..."

But Kouga ripped out of his grip and kicked off Inuyasha stomache into the air, Inuyasha crippling to the ground. Sango, Miroku, and Shippo stood to the side, eyes wide and just looking from one k-nine to the other. "They're such idiots," Shippo stated.

"Indeed they are fools." Miroku agreed nodding his head.

"I don't think Kouga knows yet that they have already..." Sango trailed off, remember there was a child present.

"That wasn't...fair, Kouga!" Inuyasha yelled to him.

"Shut up!" Kouga looked from Inuyasha to Kagome and calmed his tone, "I'm here for Kagome, so if you'll excuse me." He jumped into the air, landing in front of Kagome and picked her up bridal style. She, not knowing what to do and looking distorted, tried as usual to tell Kouga politely yet anxiously, "Kouga...uh...don't...Kouga! KOUGA!" She screamed as he made his way to the top of trees, jumping from top to top.

Inuyasha, enraged that the wolf had the guts to waltz up and just take Kagome like that, started yelling curses after him. Sango was already on Kirara, "Inuyasha! C'mon, we'll follow them." Miroku sat behind Sango with Shippo hanging off his neck. Inuyasha ran though, behind the giant feline and the rest, thinking to himself.

((There! Sorry it's short, but I wanted to get it up a.s.a.p. Enjoy!))