SPOILERS FOR EPISODE 48!!

DISclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, but sometimes I cross dress to try and look like Rumiko Takahashi to make myself feel better o_O

Thanks to rebel-withoutaclue for pointing out I wasn't accepting anonymous reviews. Sorry all you anonymous reviewers.

Suzuku: She came back while Inuyasha was looking for Myouga. I guess I didn't make that clear. She came back on time for once J

Anonymous whoever the hell you are and Vesta, the great, you guess right. Read on. Nekomon, why wouldn't I admit I was a boy..? I mean, uh… it slipped. I'm really a girl. Right. O_O

I'm trying to keep every one in character, but still dynamic instead of static. Static characters are bad. And if you find any spelling/grammar/inconsistencies, tell me. I'll change it. And thank you. For some reason, I'm having hella fun writing Sesshoumaru. Heheheh.

And I got a question for you people. How many episodes are out? I've seen 90, and I can't find any more.

Also, why do I have Kagome talking to Ayumi? I can't remember the names of the rest of her friends. Embarrassing. Can anyone tell me what they are?

When I look you in your eyes I can see my own, straight love manifested in flesh and bone…

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
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As the tornado's winds scattered, Sesshoumaru simply stared. "You. I know your scent." For the life of him, he couldn't remember why or where from though. Something to do with wolves…

"Eeeek! Sesshoumaru-sama, save me!" screamed Rin, running behind the dog demon.

"Rin. Do you know this youkai?" he asked in his usual cool tone.

"H-hai! He told the wolves to eat the villagers! And then the wolves chased me and killed me. It was a little after I met Sesshoumaru-sama." she replied, calming down somewhat in the end, apparently finding comfort in the memory of Sesshoumaru reviving her.

Sesshoumaru was now pissed. Very pissed. Before he was only mildly annoyed, and he may have let the wolf youkai leave without a confrontation, but now, he was _mad_. You can tell by the red eyes, "Kisama, you are in my territory. Leave now, before I kill you."

"Heh, and who are you? You smell like that inu-kurro."

Sesshoumaru smiled. Sesshoumaru has a very scary smile. He was smiling because he'd killed for less before. Much less. "I have given you fair warning. You have just forfeited your life." He drew the Toukijin, preparing to release a blast of its kenatsu. Kouga growled and leaped forward.

"You think you can beat me, prince of the wolf youkai? Think again!"

"Ha! Prince of the wolf youkai? This Sesshoumaru is lord of all the western lands!" Sesshoumaru simply dodged right and unleashed a blast of kenatsu at Kouga's back, who was still recovering from his previous charge. "You are not worthy to be my opponent." he stated, seeing the pitiful state of the wolf youkai after just one hit.

"You bastard…" snarled Kouga. "I'm not out yet!" he said. Taking the element of surprise, he attacked what he judged to be Sesshoumaru's weakness. Also Known As Rin.

"Eeek! Sesshoumaru-sama!" Rin screamed, seeing the wolf youkai charge after her.

Sesshoumaru turned.

In his eyes everything was happening in slow motion. Rin was still standing there, hand over her head as if it would protect her from the youkai's blow. Jaken was of course not doing anything useful, just gaping. Kouga was sprinting as fast as he could, which even Sesshoumaru had to admit was pretty damn fast. Kouga jumped, ready to deliver what would be a fatal kick on the child. He could always revive her… but she would be hurt. Reviving her wouldn't change the fact she would still have been hurt. His eyes flared red.

In a blindingly quick flash of motion, he strafed to the side, making his image blur. As the wolf leapt up he prepared to perform a drop kick… he got as far as sticking his leg out.

Using his good arm, Sesshoumaru grabbed his foot and pulled down and left. That, coupled with Kouga's momentum from the sprint and jump caused him to crash down _painfully_ to the left of a screaming Rin, face down. Kouga struggled to pull himself up, only to have a foot hook around his left leg and move it in an arc that brought him twisting to the left. There was one problem though. Sesshoumaru continued to hold Kouga's foot. In an extremely painful manner, he was flipped over, snapping his ankle into several pieces, as well as his tibia and fibula. A white gleam of bone shone through his bare calf. The wolf was now gasping in pain, but unfortunately, a certain vengeful inu-youkai wasn't finished yet… Letting go of Kouga's foot, he brought out the Toukijin… and stabbed Kouga opposite his heart with it. And twisted the blade. Due to the shape of the Toukijin, namely the fact that it was larger at the tip, caused a fairly large hole to open up in his chest. Blood squirted, and Rin continued screaming.

"Never. Attack. Me. *another twist* Again." he said through clenched teeth. "Come Rin, Jaken."

Mindful of Rin's hunger, he set out to hunt after moving a mile or so from Kouga's should-be corpse. Fortunately for him, Kouga had followers.

"Wait.. For.. Us.. Kouga" yelled his panting subjects.

"Kouga… what happened?" asked Ginta. Kouga was mercifully unconscious.
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"Bye Sango, Miroku, Shippo, Inuyasha!" said Kagome cheerfully, happy to be going back to her time. It was a rare chance to sort out her feelings. Not to mention the fact that she had barely saw her family, and her grades were definitely slipping. She might even be transferred out of class C* if this kept going on. She'd already gone from B to C. She sighed and jumped into the well.

Inuyasha sighed too. After she left he would be lonely, bored, and slightly insane as a function of the loneliness and boredom. Okay, maybe more than slightly insane. Impossible to live with. "Seeya later guys." he said while waving good-bye to his remaining comrades. He would wait a day and stalk Kagome in her time. I still need to talk to her boyfriend. I'm not worried that much about that damn hobo, but the other one worries me. She shouldn't be seeing someone like that. She shouldn't be seeing any one at all. Except me of course. He thought with a smirk. Climbing up into the goshinboku, he closed his eyes and slept.
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"Mama, Sota, Grandpa, I'm home!" she yelled walking through the door.

"Is inu-nichan with you?" he asked excitedly. Kagome sweat-dropped. It wasn't 'how was your day' or, 'I'm glad to see you sis' it was, 'where is Inuyasha?'

"No." she said grumpily. Sota had obviously lost interest and left.

"Oh, Kagome, your home! How long are you staying this time?" her mother asked.

"I don't know. Probably a while. Inuyasha didn't want me around." She didn't add why of course. She wanted to make Inuyasha look bad in front of her mother.

"Oh? Were you in danger if you stayed or something?" her mother asked. Kagome sweat-dropped for the second time in ten minutes.

Geez, what is up with these people? If they love Inuyasha so much, why don't they replace me with him. "Yes." she added in an even worse mood. "I'm going to call my friends." she said, and walked upstairs to her room.

Picking up the phone she dialed Ayumi's number. After a few rings, Ayumi picked up. "Hi, Ayumi, what have I missed while I was sick?" she asked.

"Well math had been getting much more fun lately!" she said. Read: difficult. (AN Ayumi is the weird chick who thinks studying is fun.)

*Sigh* "Can I borrow your notes Ayumi-chan?"

"Of course! Come down and pick them up. I have it all memorized, but I'll need it back in a few days."

"K, I'll come down to get them." She was happy. Ayumi made text-book quality notes. Kagome left her house and walked down the her friends house.
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A Day Later

Inuyasha gave a feral smirk to no one in particular. He was going to stalk Kagome again today. He would find out who her boyfriends were and hunt them down. Kagome probably wouldn't be happy if he killed them, so he would just talk to them. (ie, threaten their lives.) He made the necessary jump through the well to get to Kagome's time, and waited until she left.

Kagome had just left her house as she felt an odd sensation of a youki. She shrugged it off and kept going.

Inuyasha waited for another 10 minutes before he began trailing her by her scent. After following it to the 'school' place, he found those giggling idiots Kagome liked to hang out with. "Oi, wench." he said to the nearest girl. "I'm looking for Kagome Higurashi's boyfriend." he said.

"Which one?" was the idiot's response. He looks kinda weird. she thought. He's wearing a haori and hakata*. Looks kinda cool though. New fashion fad? she filed that thought away for later.

"Which one do you think?" he asked.

"Hey are you that violent jerk she's been dating?" she asked.

"No, I'm her… cousin. I live in America." he said, referring to the place he'd heard Kagome talk about.

"Oh! Where in America?" she asked. "I have a cousin who lives in Long Beach!"

"Er… Long Beach." he replied lamely. "Oi! That's not the point. I'm trying to protect my ma -- cousin." He'd nearly said mate. "I want to talk to her boyfriends to make sure they're right for my little Kagome-chan." he said, imitating the picture of a perfect older brother unknowingly.

"Ooh, that's so sweet!" she exclaimed. "You wanna go on a date some time?" she asked.

"No! I'm uhhh…. Engaged." he said.

"Oh… she's really lucky."

"Damn straight." he snorted.

he's full of himself… she thought. "Umm, well the first one is named Hojo, he's really nice. The second one though… he's violent, selfish, uncaring…. An all around jerk. I don't think Kagome should be seeing him." she stated.

Hojo, not hobo. he noted. "Er, what's his name?"

"She said it was something like… inu masha or something like that."

Inuyasha experienced the odd feeling of dread and hope rising and falling in his heart at the same time. "Do you mean Inuyasha?" he asked tentatively.

"Yeah! That's it! Do you know him?"

"I guess you could say that." he said as he walked away. She tells her friends I'm a two-timing selfish uncaring violent jerk!? How dare she? We aren't even dating. How am I selfish? She's just lucky I even let her come here! What could be so fucking important that she puts off killing Naraku before he enslaves every goddamn human in Japan? he asked himself. (AN Back then there was a different name for Japan like Nihonga or something like that, but I'm using japan.) Ok, maybe I'm a bit violent, but only to protect her! And that damn Kouga, I'm going to kill him! he told himself jealously. Shit. Shit shit shit shit shit shit. She's right. I'm jealous. I don't have a right to be. There's nothing between us. (Well make something between you.) the little voice inside him said. NO YOU FUCKING BASTARD! he screamed at himself, but deep down in his subconscious, he made a mental note…. I'll talk to that Hojo bastard later. he added in a steely voice inside his head. He made the trip back to the shrine in less than a minute, and was in a tree in less than two. He had some serious thinking to do.

At the tree he closed his eyes once again, returning to the semblance of sleep that most humans misunderstood. Kagome… do you really think of me that way? he asked himself. A few moments later, he resisted the urge to slap himself. Shit… of course. How… how could I be so blind?

~Flashback~

"Yes… I can't compete with Kikyo. I thought a lot about Kikyo too. Kikyo and I are totally different. Even though it's said I am the reincarnation of Kikyo… But I am not Kikyo. My heart is my own. But you know… I understand one of Kikyo's feelings; it is the same as mine. *she turns towards him* I want to see you again."

~End Flashback~

Shit. His once carefree thoughts darkened as he thought of Kikyo. He had an obligation. He had to die for Kikyo. He owed her. She could not continue without him. He wished there was some other way… Damn Kikyo, can't you just die without me?
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End of Chapter… *looks up* 4. Right.

Review and Respond and that kind of shit. Sorry I forgot to put an ending note originally. I just kind spaced out. Next chapter is the new moon~!!~