I was going to write! I promise! See? See? This proves it! I would have written this!

I'm BAAAAAAACK! ^-^ Yay! You didn't miss me did you? *secretly hopes you did* I have opening night tonight! For the play I'm in! It'll be SOOOOOOOOOO much fun! I can't wait! I'm kinda nervous though, but I shouldn't be. I know everything will be alright. =P Well, I don't want to take up all your time so let's get on with it! Sesshy should be coming soon, whether in this chapter or not, it will be soon. ^-^ And also some other… unexpected visiters. You may all hate me more sooner than later. Eh heh…heh. Let's just say the bitch from hell isn't dead, and won't be any time soon. -_-; If it makes you feel better, she won't end up with Inuyasha. ::evil laughter:: BWA HA HA HA HA!!! I'm sorry, I just don't like her. She's too mellow for our dear Inuyasha, and she shouldn't want to bring Inu-chan to hell. If she truly loved him, she'd let him live. Heck, if she truly loved him, she'd let him go to Kagome!

Chapter Four

A Demon Without Fangs

And now I wrote *this* Heh heh…heh…

Hello everybody. *looks sheepishly at all the readers that haven't given up on this story yet* Umm…..eh heh…heh…heh. Sorry I haven't up-dated forever! I had a 102 degree temp for a week if that's any excuse. Although… I could have been typing to this, and should have been. There was one little problem though… so don't get mad but… I…I forgot all about it!!!!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! My beautiful, wonderful, KAWAII story! And I completely spaced out! JadeWing had to tell me that some of you had e-mailed me to write to A Demon Without Fangs, so here I am! PLEASE FORGIVE ME!!!!!!

Whispers: *and if I ever do that again, keep e-mailing me. It works, I'll type, I swear!*

Anyway, no more wasting time. I get to write now! Goody goody gumdrops! Oh yeah, and about that part in the chapter where it said, Kagome will sixteen in the next chapter? Well, she has to be thirteen first…for…various almost obvious reasons. She should be sixteen in this chap too though, so never fret! Read and be merry and write me an EXTRA long review if you love me! Or if you loved the chapter in this case! Well, time to type! Ja!

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A Demon Without Fangs

Ch.4

*****Two years later***** Kagome is thirteen

"Again."

Kagome heaved an exasperated sigh. Rikun had been working her all morning long. Her lungs were heaving oxygen into them as she gasped for breath, a stitch in her side starting to sting when she hadn't felt that pain in a long time while exercising.

She crouched, low to the ground, as her arms threatened to fall off. Why was he teaching her all of this? Hadn't it been long enough for all that he taught her? She didn't think his word would go on for this long! Yet still, he was willing to teach her, although sometimes she was more willing to learn than others. This was not one of those times.

She leapt, racing through the air, spun to her left and planted a kick on the tree they were using as a dummy for target practice. She came down on all fours, not letting down her guard yet. She zipped around to the right, feinted as if it were a real enemy, and then punched with her left, then right, both arms equally as strong. She pivoted and did a back kick, then an under-hook punch followed by a drop-kick. All of this was tiring and completely straining for her, but she had grown used to it over the years. She panted, not daring to wipe the sweat out of her eyes and risk Rikun's wrath. One false move during practice and he was a tough doggie to beat, let alone make feel sorry for you. He completely changed while teaching 'self-defense' as he called it.

And she thought all he would do was teach her a few moves to stump Inuyasha and have him pinned to the ground for once, feeling utterly helpless. As if!

She jabbed the trunk of the tree with her elbow and then flipped out and kicked. Her foot skid off of the tree and when she would have fallen she had to tuck and roll.

"Concentrate." She heard Rikun roar, watching her with criticizing sharp eyes.

Biting back a groan, she went at it again, doing the same routine over without any faults. At the very last minute she back-flipped onto her hands and feet over and over until she was a good distance away, and then charged. She ran as if she was a part of the wind, barely giving her feet enough time to even hit the ground, jumped at the last moment, kicked the tree in the center of it's trunk, back flipped into the air, and landed perfectly on her two feet.

"Very good. We're done for today."

Kagome sighed in relief, the muscles in her body shaking from overuse. "Thank goodness." Her stomach hurt like no other, sharp pains that vibrated through her entire body. She had a slight headache, but figured it was either from exhaustion or dehydration. Both were curable, so she didn't fret about it.

"We aren't doing this again tomorrow, are we? I think I'd just about die. I just know I'm going to be sore tomorrow, and that's saying something!"

He eyed her with narrowed eyes. "No, you wouldn't die, and as for tomorrow…" He stopped, paused, and sniffed the air. Eyes growing wide, his head snapped in Kagome's direction.

"What?" She asked, curious and also somewhat frightened. Was there a demon near by? Was something the matter? Why did his eyes take that glowing red tint to them?

He shook his head, as if to clear it, and started to stride away. "No, we won't be working on your practicing tomorrow, you are of course welcome to work by yourself. I think it's time for Inuyasha and I to take another…trip."

Kagome followed at a much slower pace, legs turned to jelly. "You two are leaving us? Again? Didn't you guys leave just last week? You did! I remember. You left during the New Moon, as you always do."

He whipped around, eyes wide once again, this time intimidating. "You realized this?"

She blinked. "Of course I did, you have some sort of a father son thing you two go on every New Moon. It took me a while, but I realized it was some sort of a reoccurrence. Why? Is something the matter?"

"No. No, nothing is the matter." He shrugged it off and headed inside again, Kagome following at a leisurely pace.

"Why are you leaving this time?"

"Hunting."

"Hunting? It's always hunting! What is with demons and hunting?"

"There are some things you will never know. You are a human, it's only fair."

Kagome stopped in her tracks. "Hey! I may be human but—"

"Aya!" He called as he entered the hut, cutting her off mid-sentence.

"Well! Excuse me!" She fumed, pushing the flap aside and entering behind him.

"Yes dear?" Aya asked, coming towards him with clothing folded over her arms as she came out from their bedroom.

"Inuyasha and I must leave again."

Usually whenever he said that she always nodded as if it were an every day thing, this time her eyes widened and she actually gasped. "Leave? Why?" She asked, almost as if she had done something wrong. It was then that Kagome knew something was up.

Rikun walked towards his mate, placed his hands on her hips, and pulled her close as he whispered something into her ear. Aya gasped again, understanding alighting in her eyes as her gaze flicked over to where Kagome stood alone by the door.

"You're sure?" She asked, a tiny doubt evident in her voice.

"It's not strong now, but it will be. It's only a matter of time."

"Well…" Aya seemed at a loss for words.

"You know about these kinds of things, it will be safer the farther off we face it."

What was going on? What's with the secrecy? Wha there a big hairy demon that was headed toward them? Was that what all this was about? Were Inuyasha and his dad going to face off with it, meeting it farther away so it wouldn't have a chance of hurting the 'humans?' That's what Kagome thought it was… until…

"Kagome…"

She turned her attention to Aya, who was now right in front of her. Rikun had disappeared, again.

"Yes?" She asked, almost uneasily.

"Rikun and I have decided that e don't want you and Inuyasha sleeping…together…anymore."

Kagome's eyes widened in shock. She had been used to sleeping with the warm half-breed ever since she first came here. Why stop now? Then she remembered some of the 'talks' Aya and Rikun had started having with Inuyasha and her a while ago and reddened.

"Ma, we would never do something like that if that is what you're thinking. I mean…"

To her greater embarrassment, Aya started laughing. "I know, dear…but what if it was…well…unpreventable?"

Kagome blanched. "WHAT?!?"

Aya shook her head. "Never mind. But just to be on the safe side, we want you to sleep with me tonight, and Rikun will join Inuyasha. In the morning both of them will be leaving for about a week."

"A week?" Kagome complained. "That's a long time! Why? Was it something I did?"

"No, no!" Aya assured the girl before her, the growing girl, she might add. "Don't trouble yourself over it okay? Everything will be fine."

Kagome sighed, giving up on arguing. "Oh, alright. Fine!"

That night, with a very confused hanyou and Kagome, the household of four went to sleep, each one with worried thoughts on their minds. Now what would this bring? Kagome was growing older… Inuyasha wouldn't be able to only think of her as a little girl any longer.

*****Week later*****

It had been dreadfully dull and boring all week long. Why couldn't Inuyasha be here? He'd cheer her up. She would finally have something to do! This was horrible! Not as horrible as those fierce stomach aches she had been getting though! Those were the pits! It made her want to double over and hurl practically. She must have been coming down with something.

"Kagome," Aya called as she came outside, a white cloth in her hands.

"Yeah?" she asked in a bored tone, content with lying on her stomach at the moment. It didn't hurt so bad that way.

"This is for you." She handed her the little cloth, a knowing smile on her lips.

Kagome took it questioningly, confusion written all over her face.

"I think you're going to need it."

That was an understatement! Later that day Kagome realized why all the secretiveness had been going on, and to her great embarrassment, was secretly glad that Inuyasha hadn't been here for her 'trip' into adulthood. She walked down to the river the next morning, a look of disgust on her face as she attempted to clean one of the cloths that happened to have her blood on them. Sheesh, it just didn't stop did it? It was here where the most embarrassing thing in all her life took place…

*****Inuyasha & father*****

Okay, he was officially confused. He knew about the 'father and son hunting trips' he supposedly went on when he turned human during the part of the month of the New Moon, but why leave for a whole week? It was nice to go on a true hunting trip with his father, he had to agree. He learned more than a few tricks! But why so long? He could tell his father was worried that something bad might happen to Aya or Kagome, heck, he was worried too, so why not go back? When he mentioned this to his father, Rikun just shook his head, muttering, "You wouldn't want to be caught dead there, because if you were, you'd kill yourself with your own claws.

Now he understood that, although it was a little too late. He couldn't reverse time, and it was probably true, he wouldn't be able to protect Kagome from himself. That utterly, completely, and totally worried him. If only he could take back all that had happened…

He turned crimson, looking silly with embarrassment as the events of that morning finally caught up to him… again.

"I can't believe we can finally head home! It seems like it's been so long," Inuyasha muttered, not knowing that he sounded a little too excited.

His father grinned knowingly as they neared the hut. Soon the river would come into view. Father and son's strides matching each other as they ran side by side.

"It will be good to see Aya and Kagome again. It will be good to know that all is well."

The minute those words were said he could smell it. At first he pushed it aside, but when he got a good whiff of the scent, he growled. Blood. He could definitely smell blood. He tried to pin-point it out when he realized who's blood it was. He went in a wild frenzy.

"Kagome!" He bolted off toward her scent, livid with rage. Whoever hurt his Kagome was going to pay!

"No! Inuyasha wait!" Rikun tried to warn, but his son wouldn't listen. "It's not what you…" He trailed off, words falling on deaf ears. For a dog demon, that's saying something!

"Kagome's hurt!" He yelled over his shoulder. His eyes had gone red. "She's in danger!"

He ran, and ran. Over the bridge and down the bank of the river, her scent getting stronger, intoxicating him.

"Kagome!" He shouted, hoping beyond hope that she wasn't lying in a pool of her own blood.

If only he had heeded his father. If only he had realized that her loss of blood wasn't great in size. He might have been able to save both of them some embarrassment.

"Kagome!" He saw her now. She was alive! And standing. Was the wound old?

She looked up at the hanyou that was galloping toward her at top speed. Her eyes widened as she stood up from being stooped over, cleaning the cloth in her hand. A look of fear flashed across her features. Was he going to crash into her? Was something wrong? Did he know???

He barreled into her, slamming her hard to the ground. She winced, but luckily his hand caught her head before it hit. He began sniffing her, obviously looking for her injury.

The injury she didn't have…

"Kagome!" He exclaimed again. She gulped.

Please don't let him notice, she pleaded desperately.

He began nuzzling her, causing her to tense. She found it difficult to swallow when he did that. "Inuyasha…"she said barely above a whisper. He nuzzled her harder, causing her to gasp. It seemed as if he was telling her to be quiet. Slowly she relaxed, melting in his arms.

"What's wrong?" He asked at last, causing her to stiffen once again. She paled when he pulled back to look in her eyes. "Are you hurt? Were you hurt?"

"N-no!" She said a little too loudly. He half winced. "I-I'm not h-hurt." She tried to sound convincing.

It didn't work.

"I can smell your blood Kagome. I can smell it right…" He began sniffing her face, her chest to her great embarrassment, and then her stomach.

Her eyes nearly bugged out of their sockets as her heart threatened to cease its never-ending thrumming in her ribcage. His sniffing stopped where she knew it would. He froze. She froze. She squeezed her eyes shut tight in horror. He gulped, understanding dawning on him. It was the first day of her cycle. That's why he had to leave. The week before the blood comes is the strongest for a demon. He jumped away from her, ears flattened to his head, a look of embarrassment on his face. Kagome sat up, shaking from nervousness.

"Sorry…" he mumbled, and for once, she knew he actually meant it. She collapsed back on the bank, wanting very badly to hide for the rest of her life.

"I can't believe that just happened…" She muttered to herself, face burning. "Oh my gosh…" She knew she wouldn't forget this horrible morning for the rest of her life. "Why me?"

Inuyasha's thoughts were practically exactly the same.

*****Three years later***** Kagome is, yes that's right! Sixteen!

It should have been another peaceful morning, with the birds singing and the sky cloudless. Everyone was asleep, or…supposed to be asleep. It was still dark out, the sun not quite gracing the Earth with its presence. Kagome was sleeping peacsfully in her own room, which had been added on when she turned thirteen, for obvious reasons she'd rather not think about. Her room was right next to Inuyasha's, Aya and Rikun's room just down the hall. All of a sudden she felt it. Her eyes snapped open as she lay there, breathing carefully.

She quickly jumped to her feet, and ran to the other room. She collapsed to where Inuyasha lay sleeping, buried under the covers of his messy bed. The bed they used to share.

She nudged him awake, whispering, "Inuyasha…Inuyasha!"

He rolled over, eyes opening and adjusting to the dark. "Kagome…what are you doing up so early?" He automatically sat up straight in bed. "Something's wrong, isn't it? Kagome what's wrong?"

"I-I sense it again. I know it's been a long time… but it's there! I can sense a shard to the jewel!"

He narrowed his eyes. "You're sure?"

She nodded firmly. "More than anything."

"Okay, let's get a move on. Where?"

"That's the thing…it's coming so fast! It's headed straight for us!"

He must have noticed the look of panic on her face. "Don't worry, nothing will harm us. Trust me, everything will be fine. Let's go outside, I'll be able to pick up a scent."

She nodded again and together they headed out of doors, Kagome staying close to his side. When he caught a whiff of something he tensed, then took a couple steps to the right, where the smell came from. Kagome quickly trailed him, only stopping when he stopped. He noticed this and chuckled. "Don't worry 'Gome, I won't let anything happen to you." He turned away from her again, and towards the scent, not seeing her blush the slightest bit. She stuck close to him anyway.

"What is it? What do you smell?" She asked, worry evident in her voice.

His eyes glowed red when he realized what it was he was smelling. He growled deep inside of his throat. "Wolves."

Dun dun dun!!!!!! And…..guess what wolf Kagome and Inuyasha will be meeting???? ^_^ Hee hee hee! PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW!!!!! I hope you liked the chapter! Sorry if it went into a little too much detail with the her time of the month, but it was for a reason that comes up later, and I can't tell you what. REVIEW PLEASE! The longer you review, the faster I'll up-date…maybe! -_-;; Hopefully! ^___________________^