ch2bl Chapter 2~Problems of the Times

Kagome smiled as she pushed things into her pack, preparing for another trip to Sengoku Jidai. She knew her mother realized how long her trips there were getting and how short the time she spent at home now was.
She smiled happily, shoving several containers of instant noodles in the pack. She quickly stood and walked from the room and down the stairs. "Mom! I'm heading back!"
"Honey...shouldn't you stay with your family a little longer..."
Kagome froze, and sighed. "Mom, after the mission-" She felt her heart break. "I have to do this, you know that...please, bye!" She ran from the house and collided head long into Inuyasha as he left the well. She knocked him back in and they fell.
Inuyasha stared up at her tear filled eyes in surprise. "Kagome?" He asked, worriedly. "Kagome, what's wrong?!"
She clung to him, buring her face in his kimono. "What are we going to do about my family?" She asked in a husky whisper. He shrugged with a sigh, helping her stand. "I love my family...but...I need to be with you...because I love you..."
He put his arms around her and jumped from the well, guiding her towards Kaede's, his hand at her waist. "We can figure that out later, ne, Kagome?"
She nodded, leaning heavily against him. She turned a sweet smile up at him and hugged him around his waist.

The happy couple was oblivious to three sets of eyes watching them like animals. One accidentally snapped her bow in half because of her anger, another let out a low growl of anger.
The third one just smiled coldly. *This could prove interesting...* He thought, straightening his baboon pelt and walking deeper into the forest. *I may not have to take care of the halfling now...his love may do it for him...*

Kikyou followed Inuyasha at a safe pace, but knew he knew she was there when he stopped, pulling the young girl at his side to a halt. "Kikyou..." He said simply, his eyes moving in her direction. "Why are you following us?"
She growled. "You are mine, Inuyasha, I followed you in death, yet you let this little chit of a girl have your heart! That heart is mine by right!"
He shook his head. "My heart is mine to give...I gave it to you...and that was a mistake..." He tightened his grasp on Kagome. "Kagome has helped me get through impossible times...she loves me as who I am, not who I'll be if I become human..."
Kagome looked up at him, sad. "Inuyasha..."
Kikyou snarled, but didn't have a chance to comment because another form crashed through the bushes, dressed in feudal style armor. "KAGOME!" Kouga shouted angrily.
Inuyasha stepped between them and Kagome. "LEAVE HER ALONE!" He shouted in anger. "Kagome, get to the village, fast!" He whispered into her ear. With that, he threw her away from him and charged Kikyou and Kouga.
"But!"
"DAMMIT, KAGOME, JUST GO!" He sliced at Kouga, keeping him and Kikyou occupied as Kikyou attempted to fire arrows at him.
She looked at him in despair, then ran for the village.
Inuyasha felt an arrow pierce the hand that held Tetsusaiga and it went flying from his hand. Then, claws tore into him. He closed his eyes. *Kagome...I can't let her get hurt...* He felt his human blood ebbing away and shook his head fiercely. *NO! IF I TRANSFORM, I'LL KILL KAGOME! NO!* But it was too late, the last of his human blood ebbed away and he transformed, sending Kouga and Kikyou spilling across the ground.
Kikyou looked up in shock, her face in disbelief as Inuyasha turned to her, his eyes red, except for blue pupils, his fangs longer, and two purple gashes running along his cheekbones. "Inuyasha..." She whispered nervously.
"Feh..." He snarled, tearing into her. "Don't say my name, bitch..." He slit her open from head to toe and she fell in six even parts. He cracked his nails, turning to face Kouga. The demon, however was already gone, a slight indentation where the grass had been flattened by his fall all that was left.
"INUYASHA!" A voice cried as Kagome returned.
He turned slowly, his claws thirsty for more blood. He saw a frightened girl at the edge of the forest, breathing heavily and leaning against a tree. A cruel smile lit up his face and he approached her.
She swallowed hard and closed her eyes. "Inuyasha!"
Miroku, Sango, and little Shippou were instantely surrounding her along with about half the village.
Inuyasha heartlessly lunged at the villagers, several of their heads coming off, while other collapsed, cut into several sections.
Kagome watched this horrified. *Inuyasha!*
Suddenly, Miroku and Sango moved in, attacking. Miroku spun his staff, and Sango flung Hiraikotsu at him, their attack missing the half-demon by mere inches.
Kagome fell to her knees. "Inuyasha..." She whispered. Her eyes narrowed in determination when she saw a large rock on the ground near where she knelt. Lifting it, she stepped onto the battlefield, waiting Inuyasha's back was to her.
Inuyasha felt a sharp pain in his head and turned in sheer madness towards the offender. He saw the once frightened girl with a determined look on her face. "YOU!"
Kagome smiled sadly and opened her mouth. "SIT!" She cried, watching him fall to the ground.
Before he could get up, he was struck unconsious by a concerned houshi. "What do we do now?" He asked, picking up the feral half-demon.
Kagome looked around frantically for Tetsusaiga, but to no avail. It was nowhere to be found.
"We have to get him to Kaede's and make a warding till we can find the Tetsusaiga." She said, lifting Shippou nd heading back to the village, followed by some wary villagers.