InuYasha growled as the girl run up to his victim, annoyed to have his plans interrupted. The two girls stared at each other. He sniffed loudly, as though wanting to make himself heard, and then trotted off without a backwards glance. They were too busy to notice.

"You look familiar..who are you?" wondered Kagome as she gave a blank stare to the new girl. "It's not nice to take the words out of other people's mouths, you know!" said Kikyo playfully, with a smile. "Ewwww, why would I do that???" asked Kagome, pretending to gag. Both of them cracked up.

InuYasha frowned disdainfully. What were they, schoolgirls? Then again, he didn't know what that meant. He found the word in one of Kagome's books that was chewed to pieces. Inu glanced back at the two girls, now rolling on the ground. For a second, he was puzzled as to which one was which. Creepy. The girl he had captured sat up, and wiped a tear from her eye. She'd been crying? There was nothing to cry about in his opinion..did she get hurt?

"So.." giggled Kikyo. "Who are you? You are just so familiar! Are you from around here?" Before Kagome had time to answer, she noticed a kid standing against a tree trunk, glaring dangerously at them both. "Quit giving us that look, Doggy!" scolded Kagome, looking towards where Kikyo was. Kikyo was confused. "Why'd you call him doggy?" she called over to her new friend, who had gotten up and was returning the same look to the boy, who snorted and glanced away.

Now she got that girl's attention on him too! The nerve of that little monster! Noticing the menacing glare she was giving him, deciding it was for the best, he looked away from the scene.

Kikyo was now VERY confused. Doggy? Sure didn't look like a mutt. She snickered slightly at the boy's stubbornness, pretending he hadn't seen the girl. He was good at disguising it though, Kikyo would give him that.

Kagome stomped up, now VERY mad. She tugged one of his ears extremely hard, smiling at the loud yelp. He kicked her in the leg and ran off, cursing quietly. How much like a gentleman, leaving before she could hear those loud swears! Kagome giggled loudly, imagining his expression if she said something like that to her kidnapper! She turned to Kikyo. "Oh nothing. Dog boy has quite a temper, I've been realizing. Over this past half hour.."

Kikyo blinked dully at her. "Errr...why DO you call him dog boy?" Her friend looked surprised. "You didn't notice? C'mon, I'll show you!" Just as Kikyo was puzzling over the meaning of "c'mon", Kagome grabbed her by the arm and ran off into the forest.

Inu climbed his way into a tree with ease. "Urf.." he mumbled as he hoisted himself onto a branch. "There is something seriously wrong with that kid! That glare of hers...extremely creepy. What caused that? I was only showing her how much I detest village girls! Even though I've never met one." InuYasha flopped down on his back, the branch creaking.

Kagome sped through the forest, holding the sputtering and confused Kikyo by the arm. She was careful not to trip over any roots this time through the forest. A glimmer of silver in a treetop above caught her attention. She held one finger up to her face, and started climbing up the tree. The girl came upon the now sleeping half demon, one arm flopped over on his forehead. Awwww, Kagome thought. Is sleepy little puppy dog asleep already? He seriously did look sweet that way. Puppies were cuter though, she thought to herself, noting the weird expression on the boy's face. Did he always look like that when he slept?

"Come here, Inu!" Sesshomaru said, smiling. His usually stern face was all smiles, which gave InuYasha the chills. Inu ran for his life, screaming, but of course his brother was too fast for him. He scooped his little brother off (who was busy punching him in the face) and gave him a great, big, puppy dog hug...

InuYasha's moaned loudly and rolled over with a shiver. Kagome looked concerned. Wow, she thought, it looks like he just had a nightmare!

Isn't that a scary dream we've ALL had once?