A/N: I do not own Inuyasha, I wish... oh hell yea I wish but sadly no. I don't... But Enjoy my first Inuyasha fanfic =D But I do however own Konja and Kanja, the Kappas (Thank you Chris my 'brother' from FL for helping me with this chapter) =) BaKa-Naraku-BaKa

Chapter 5: The Unsuspected Visitor

As Inuyasha and the gang started to pass a deep cool clear stream, Kanja suddenly dove into the water, crying.

"Oi, bitch! WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU GOING?"

"Inuyasha!" Kagome glared at him as she quickly jumped into the water; not caring about getting her shoes or socks wet. She followed the young, crying Kappa down the stream, near the lake where Kanja had stopped and buried herself half under the sand.

"Kanja? Are you OK?" Kagome's soft voice rang in Kanja's little ears. Kanja looked up at her with tears running down her face.

"It's Konja, I felt him die, I think Naraku killed him for failing!" Kanja suddenly burst into tears again.

"Oi, Kanja! Naraku's just a heartless, spineless, poor excuse for a fucking demon! If you want him dead, so do Miroku, Sango, and I! We'll all be beside each other when we kill him, we'll ALL get a piece of him!" Inuyasha had appeared on the shore, him being a little smarter than Kagome in that situation, he didn't want to get wet. Kagome just stared up at him; surprised he'd even care enough about the new ally's feelings. Kanja looked up at Inuyasha and thanked him and went to explain what happened to the rest of the gang, leaving Kagome and Inuyasha alone.

"You were very nice to Kanja, what's with the change of heart?" Kagome asked standing up from swatting in the water.

"KEH! My heart hasn't changed, and what was with you not saying the word? Normally in situations like that you say the word!"

"What word? Sit?"

*WHAM! *

"Kagomeeeeeeeee, you did that on purpose!" Inuyasha glared at her as he pealed himself from the ground. He noticed she was standing just before where the stream opened up to the mouth of the lake, he flashed an evil grin. He walked over to Kagome and came really close to her face, making her scared he was going to kiss her, but would he? He still loved Kikyo; she was his pride and joy. Inuyasha placed his clawed hands on her shoulders and pushed her into the lake.

Unfortunately for Inuyasha, Kagome had grabbed his red fire rat jacket and held on tight enough from him to get pulled into the lake with her as she fell. There was a loud splash as both bodies hit the water. Kagome, who was still holding onto Inuyasha's fire rat jacket, but it, felt a little limp, like he wasn't wearing it. She broke through the surface of the water, (A/N I pictured her breaking through the surface just like Ariel in The Little Mermaid does just after Ursula takes her voice and turns her human hair being flung back and everything.) to find Inuyasha already sitting on the shore. His white shirt under his fire rat jacket, soaked and sticking to his skin. It was sticking to each of his abs and muscles. Kagome looked at Inuyasha's muscles as her heart skipped a beat.

"Sorry Inuyasha, I didn't mean to." Kagome looked sheepishly up at him then remembered he was the one that pushed her into the lake in the first place. She glared at him.

"Nani? I just wanted a laugh, sheesh. I'm wet too thanks to you!" Inuyasha knew he was pushing it but he didn't care, he didn't planned on getting wet himself. Kagome just smiled and cupped her hand, pulled it behind her and brushing it quickly over the surface of the water, making more water slash onto Inuyasha, who just coughed and sputtered.

"Nice ears dog boy!" Kagome couldn't hold back a laugh as Inuyasha made his ears shake, and little droplets of water fell on her. Inuyasha glared down at her but suddenly got an idea.

"DEMON BALL!" Inuyasha screamed as he ran off the shore and took a leap into the air, tucking his legs up to his chest making a tight ball, he landed right beside her in the water, making a mini tidal wave go over her.

"*Cough* Damn you Inuyasha! *Sputter* Now I'm all cold and wet again! *Cough* " cried Kagome, holding her arms up horizontally to look at the water falling off her arms. Inuyasha gave her a sad look.

"Well I can't do anything about you being wet, because it's your fault if you splash a demon. But I can do something about you being cold." With that he walked over to Kagome and embraced her with a huge hug.

"Inu... Yasha? What has gotten into you?"

"I don't want you to catch cold, then we'd have to stop looking for Shikon Shards," Inuyasha exclaimed but quickly added before she had time to even start glaring, "But it would be a nice rest, but also I wouldn't like it if you were sick." Kagome just blinked in response. "Since when did he care about my health?" She shoved that thought out of her mind as she just held onto him, feeling this close to him made her feel warm, good and safe inside.

"Kagome, I know I don't act like it, but your safety means a lot to me. Heh Tetsusaiga wouldn't have transformed the first time when my bastard of a half brother plucked my pupil out and tried to kill me for it. So it's true that I care about you. I care for you a lot..." He started to trail off, letting go of her, hoping he wasn't pushing her into saying she loved him when he longed so much for those three words to come rolling off her tongue and out of her mouth. Kagome just looked up at him. Stunned.

"Inu... Yasha... You know I care about you as well, remember the first time you became human around us? You got caught by a spider demon and got spider poison in you and you nearly died remember I cried for you? I'm always out there praying that you won't die, and helping you or at least trying to help you every step of the way." She too was trailing off, letting her arms drop from his neck to rest around his lower back.

In the distance Inuyasha could smell a certain pesky wolf-demon. At about the same time Kagome suddenly sensed two Shikon Shards coming fast towards them. They both looked in the same direction and groaned. They looked back at each other and smiled, and were about to hug again when, Kagome was snatched out of Inuyasha's grasp. Inuyasha fell face first into the lake.

"Hey! I thought cats hated the water!" yelled the new visitor at the shore, who had Kagome in his arms.

"I am a dog demon Kouga! THERE IS NO CAT IN ME NOW LET GO OF KAGOME!" Inuyasha could feel the heat in him start to rise, but it made him feel slightly good that Kagome was struggling to get away from Kouga.

"Oi, dog turd, that's right your ears made me think you were a cat. So, dog turd what where you doing touching my woman's body without my permission?" Kouga asked, smirking, not knowing that Kagome had realised her feet were dangling just below Kouga's waist.

"Like I said Kouga, you bastard LET KAGOME GO, she is not your woman, how many times does she have to tell you that?"

"Hmm, dog shit, would you like to fight me for her? (Kagome rolled her eyes at this) Or are you just going to sulk in the water all day while I take her and truly claim her as my woman?" Kagome could sense Inuyasha getting really mad at that statement, as usual whenever Kouga went off talking about how he was going to claim her as his woman. Kagome made sure her feet were still just below his waist and she brought her foot back.

*WHAM! *

"GaH!" Kouga's eyes bulged out of their sockets as Kagome kicked him in the crotch. He let go of her under her knees, so she just jumped out of his reach and walked away coolly. Kouga was on his knees, tears coming down his cheeks, he was in too much pain to try and hide them. She had kicked him in the most sensitive part of his body, and HARD! Kouga just knelt there, tears streaming down his face, holding his crotch, eyes bulging out of his head. Kagome had put a hand on Inuyasha's back and asked him if he would like to go now.

"R-remind me, n-never to do anything b-bad again, OK?" Inuyasha stuttered, watching Kouga who had half recovered from his unsuspected blow. Inuyasha then got up out of the water and started to follow Kagome.

Kouga, who had recovered, still felt a bit of pain. Slowly he walked behind Inuyasha suddenly with help from the Shikon Shards in both legs, ran and kicked him head first into a tree. He then jumped on him, slashing his back and quickly turning him over and raising his hand to make a huge gash through Inuyasha's heart. Kagome went white as she realised his fire rat jacket was still in the water, somewhere, from when Kouga had first ripped her from Inuyasha's grasp.

"INUYASHA!"

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A/N Heh, so how did you like that chapter? I actually have NO CLUE how many more chapters I'm going to have, maybe up to about 8, or 9 I'm really not sure, but of course I know the plot... damn me and my cliff-hangers eh? -Ducks from tomatoes- HEY! -Gets one in the face- Thanks. -Wipes face clean- what I was going to say before you started to throw tomatoes at me was that don't worry I'll have the next chapter up soon, not as long as a period from when I posted Ch.3, there I was still worried no body would like my story much. I was off explaining it to non Inuyasha fans lol people who didn't even know of the series, explaining what it was and getting them to read my story. I have a few Inuyasha fans now that hadn't even heard of the series so it all paid off...

Let's hope Inu. Gets saved, Kagome doesn't have her arrows and Inuyasha is pinned -gasp- scary! -Closes eyes and puts hands over them- I can't watch, wait.... That's right I'm writing it lol. OK OK but I'm telling what happens.

"Stay tuned until next week... Will Inuyasha survive Kouga's claws? Will Inuyasha and Kagome FINALLY reveal that they love each other? What will happen with their two new allies, Kanja and Kagura? Next week the answers (hopefully) and more!"