^_^ another chapter !

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"What are you looking at?"

Inuyasha was watching Kagome, slightly unnerved. Kagome was holding something , he wouldn't even notice it if her skin wasn't being scratched by it, if she was human still it would have began to cut her. As it was he was getting rather pissed. However as he focused, his vision blurred slightly and the hair came into focus.

"What the hell!" the hair twitched, and several more came, constricting Inuyahsa to a tree, and getting him very pissed.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome frantic went over to him and slashed at the hairs freeing him.

Inuyasha now very pissed looked after the threads, and began rushing to their source. Kagome suprised could only follow. They trailed the hairs through the forest, coming to a grotto. In the brightening light the full impact of the headless men there was revealed. Inuyasha had seen things like this before, and though it had been a long time wasn't really fazed. Kagome though wasn't used to it and had to fight down the incoming nausea. Inuyasha glanced at her then stooped down to pick up something, handing it to her she saw it was a bow.

"You might need this, I don't want you to get close to whatever this is."

Kagome nodded, she wanted to keep away from it as well. The two sped off, breaking a few of the hairs on their way. As they ran, Kagome began having trouble keeping up, so Inuyasha grbed her and set off again.

Suddenly huge masses of hair began streaming after them, Inuyasha doged, and Kagome choked down a scream. Inuyasha sensing her fear began cursing himself for bringing her along, but he wasn't able to contemplate that as he was slammed by one of the masses, Kagome flying off him. Inuyasha managed to free himself in a few seconds and ran over to Kagome, telling her to stay down. Looking around wildly he spotted something.

"There you are!" Inuyasha jumped after the figure. "You're the controler aren't you!?"

"I'm Yura of the hair, little halfbreed, and taking your precious head of hair will be a much better reward than what that little shadow promised." Yura said, dodging his attacks and constricting him with her hair. "Now hold still" drawing her sword she lunged, and was forced to stop when an arrow went flying in front of her.

"Leave him alone you monster!" Kagome yelled, drawing back her bow again.

"Hmm? Another half-breed? Oh well no matter, you will die just as easy, but, why not your man first?"

Inuyasha had other plans, beaking free and trying to claw Yura. She dropped back and attempted to constrict him once again. He just slashed throuugh the hair and kept coming. Kagome looked around trying to figure out how to help. She spotted a large ball of hair, it seemed important so she aimed at it, releasing a shot. Yura having got Inuyasha under control, at least temporarily, spotted Kagome and the arrow. The arrow struck the ball disintegrating it, releasing a rain of skulls and hair.

"Naughty girl. Im going to have to deal with you now, to bad im going to have to ruin such precious hair."

Yura sent one of her favorite tricks at Kagome, flame. Igniting the hair it tumbled towrd Kagome, engulfing the girl who was instinctivly huddling in her new robe. Inuyasha got unbelievably angy and began ripping apart everything, he knew Kagome was all right, thanking her for wearing that robe. He made a promise to himself that from now on he was going to get her a present for every birthday. But for now he was going to shred that Yura, for daring to even try hurting Kagome.

Yura herself was trying to get inuyasha under wraps, but decided to stop that when he sliced off a hand. She lost tempary control of her hair, but got it back under control. Now she was getting mad, and managed to impale him.

"I guess I'm going to have to get blood on that precious hair."

Inuyasha dealing with the pain replied by punching his hand through her chest, right between her breasts.

"Damned youkai, die!"

Yura ripped her sword right out of Inuyasha, causing him even more pain. Inuyasha was rather increadulous, she was still alive. However, Yura then flinched, and Inuyasha was rather confused. He then spotted Kagome who had found a red skull and was trying to break it with an arrow. Inuyasha got worried, Yura was going after Kagome, Inuyasha trying to protect her grabbed her, rolling with her and depositing her behind him.

Inuyasha was worried, he couldn't hold Yura off long. Ignoring the pain he dipped his hand into his wound, swiping his hand he sent several blades of blood toward Yura. Her hand sliced off, and she was stunned, he turned to Kagome, intending to tell her to run.

Yura's sword went through him again. Kagome seeing a sword emerging from his chest screamed, and running to where the skull was she sliced it with her claws, the ones behind it fell apart as well. Yura screamed and disappeared.

Kagome didn't bother with her, running to Inuyasha who had slumped to the ground, holding his wounds.

"Are you ok?"

"Feh, I'm fine" he said, breating heavily "I just haven't had to deal with stuff like this for awhile." Inuyahsa looked at Kagome. "I see you figured out how to use your claws without me teaching you."

Kagome blushed, looking at those claws in question. Her tail twitched, catching Inuyasha's attention again for a second.

"I just sort of did it, I don't know how."

Inuyasha smiled. "You will learn. You don't have to learn by yourself, like me."

Kagome smiled and he got up, she offered him support but he waved it away, limping on his own to the town, his ears low. Kagome followed watching him warily, her tail and ears twitching, watching him in case he fell.

Kade was rather surprised to see the two, even more surprised to see Kagome's youkai form. She hadn't told Kade about that.

"Don't worry, I'll explain, but could you get some bandages for Inuyasha?"

The two treated the sullen Hanyou while Kagome explained what had happened to them, and her.

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YAY another chapter ^^