I don't own Inuyasha or anything having to do with this show. I make this only for entertainment purposes, (and an excuse to avoid my homework:). So don't sue and enjoy the fic!

The Feudal Fairy Tale Begins Again...

By: Msmelanie

Chapter 31: The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning?

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I felt like being nice (since I already had up to Chapter 33 on my site, and will soon have Chapter 34), so here ya go. ^^ And lucky you guys, you won't be left on the cruel cliffhangers the others were!

Kawayou looked down at the forest beneath him. "Uhhh...what are we riding?" He asked.

Rin just smiled at Sly. There was something unique about him she couldn't put her finger on. "Do you see your mom yet?"

Kawayou looked down at the ground below them...then he started to feel himself tip..."???!"

"Jacken!" Rin shouted angrily.

Jacken stopped pushing Kawayou towards the edge. "Why are we letting another weakling of a human ride with us Lord Sesshoumaru?!" he said as he looked back at his lord desperately.

Sesshoumaru ignored his comment. Instead, he started to look at the boy carefully. He seemed to have a gut feeling he had seen the boy before...

"Human." Sesshoumaru said calmly to Sly. "I get the feeling that we've crossed paths before..."

Sly shrugged his shoulders. "No..."

"You have a familiar look about you." Sesshoumaru replied. "I'm quite positive I've seen you once before."

Sly kept looking at the ground as he shrugged his shoulders carelessly to Sesshoumaru's reply. Then, his eyes opened wide as he saw...

'Shippou!' he thought happily. 'But who's the guy beside him?' He tried to see but they were up too high in the air. 'Is that pops? But, I don't see any white hair...'

Rin noticed Sly staring at the ground intently below them. "Do you see your mom Lupin?"

Sly looked back at Rin. "I think I see my pops."

"Then you should have said it earlier!" Jacken protested as he suddenly shoved Kawayou off.

To the now human Inuyasha and Shippou running on the ground...

"Do you smell anything yet?!" Inuyasha asked as he looked at Shippou.

Shippou smiled. "Yeah, I do!" He pointed to the left of himself. "That way!"

As soon, as they took off though, Shippou stopped. "No, I was wrong." He pointed to the right of himself. "It's that way!"

Inuyasha huffed at Shippou as they started going right again. Then, Shippou stopped.

"Uhh...no...maybe that way?" Shippou said pointing unsurely in front of himself.

"What?!" Inuyasha barked. "What do you mean maybe?! Use your ****in' nose kit! Where is he?!"

Just then, Inuyasha fell down to the ground as something landed on top of him.

Shippou looked at Inuyasha on the ground and pointed to the hanyou's back. "Right there."

Inuyasha looked at Shippou strangely for a second, but then felt Sly slip off of him.

Sly looked at the sky as Rin smiled back at him from the two headed youkai they had been riding. He smirked back for a second at her to show his gratitude, then he turned his attention toward the creauture who pushed him off. "Jacken you ****ing Jerk, how dare you push me off like that!"

Inuyasha just looked at his pup. No, not his pup, his son! His HUMAN son?! "Holy ****! Dammit, did you change too?!"

Sly looked back at his dad. 'Uhh...when did he become human? Ah, whatever! There's no time!' "We gotta get back to momma now!"

Inuyasha stared at him. "Kagome? Why, what's wrong?"

"Kouga!" Sly barked. "Kouga's back and he wants to take me and my mom away!"

"WHAT?!" Inuyasha shouted in disbelief. "Oh, that dirty ****ing *******!" Inuyasha immediately grabbed Sly and Shippou and started to run as fast as he could back to Kagome and the others...

Back to Kagome and the others...

Kagome was eerily silent. She made no noise, as if the sound of her own breath would make the decision. Her eyes became glazed over, and her head had suddenly felt fuzzy and dizzy. Everything was blurry, everything was out of her control...

She had had to make some difficult decisions in her lifetime, but none as great as this: None that would determine not only her future, but the future of her son as well.

She couldn't even bear to look up at Kouga. As if simply looking up would make the decision. She wasn't up for this. She couldn't handle this. She needed help...

she needed...

Kouga could feel his temperature rise as he saw Kagome want to call out the hanyou's name. 'She wants to call out his name? HIS NAME?!' "Kagome, I could very well grab you and our cub and be out of here in a matter of seconds!" he howled angrily. "Instead, I am giving you a choice! SO, CHOOSE!" he howled loudly.

"Wha...what's all the shouting about?" Miroku said as he groggily started to get up. He looked around and saw the female dog demon sitting away from everyone at the far right. On the far left of him, Kagome was on the ground looking as if she was about to faint. He saw Sango next to her holding onto her shoulders. Then, he saw the one who had done the shouting. "Kouga? What are you doing here?"

Kouga ignored the monk.

"He's trying to take Kagome away from us forever!" Sango cried out. "And away from Inuyasha!"

That woke Miroku right up as he held his dangerous arm up, ready to unleash it's power on the wolf. "What's going on Kouga? Why haven't you given up on Kagome?!"

Kouga continued to look at Kagome on the ground. "Careful. Suck me up, and you are sucking up Kagome's last chance to get home."

Miroku looked at Sango. "What does he mean?"

Kagome couldn't hear Sango explain everything to Miroku. She didn't even hear Kouga's howl. The only thing she could hear was her own heartbeat...

'Kawayou could have everything I've ever wanted for him.' she thought to herself. 'He could have an education, friends, a career...he could even safely walk out into public, just as he is.' She smiled as she thought of the wonderful life her son could have. 'Who knows? Maybe in the future....he could meet a special someone and have a family of his own.' She couldn't help it as she felt a single tear roll down her cheek. 'But he wouldn't have Inuyasha. He could never again see Inuyasha...' She let the tear fall down to her lips and could taste the bitter sadness it held. '...and I would never again see Inuyasha...'

'...Inuyasha...'

"...Inuyasha." she said softly as another tear made it's way to the ground.

"KAGOOOOMMEEE!!" everyone suddenly heard from the woods.

"Dammit! That hanyou is back!" Kouga growled.

Inuyasha quickly jumped out in front of Kagome and brought Tetsusaiga out threateningly.

Kagome looked up at the back of Inuyasha's fire-rat fur and saw Sly let go of the hanyou's neck and latch onto hers.

"You okay momma?!" Sly cried out to his mom.

Kagome swallowed the lump that had formed in her throat. "Uh-huh."

Kagome grabbed her son in a tight embrace and stood up.

Kouga growled at Inuyasha. "How the hell'd you find him so quick?"

Inuyasha just growled in reply. "That's none of your ****ing business." His eyes became a deep, cold and dangerous shade of blue. "Get away from here. Now."

"No." Kouga growled back. "Kagome hasn't made her decision, and I won't leave until I hear it."

Inuyasha started letting out the deepest growl from the back of his throat that he could in his human form. "What decision?"

"That's none of YOUR ****ing business." Kouga smirked.

"HEY!" a little voice piped up from behind Kouga. "You're the jerk who grabbed me and dropped me in the middle of nowhere!"

Inuyasha's eyes widened as he looked at the little female dog demon who finally decided to speak up. "So...you did that so I'd leave my pup, huh? Stupid *******, I should've ****in' known it was you! Just what the **** are you up to?!"

Sly looked back at Inuyasha. "He wants her to marry him and bear his pups in exchange for taking us home!"

Inuyasha's eyes grew wide as he looked dangerously at Kouga. "What? What the hell?! You are trying to take MY family away from me?!!"

"And what the hell are you going to do about it dog turd?!" Kouga barked. "You and my soon-to-be son are just weak and vulnerable humans right now!"

Inuyasha ignored his statement.

"I bet you can't even use that sword in your human state, can you?" Kouga smirked.

Kagome watched as Kouga and Inuyasha looked at each other. They seemed to be looking straight into each other. She had never seen either of them show such fierceness.

She had to make a decision now...

or she knew in her heart of hearts...

they would fight, and the outcome might NOT be good.

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Okay everyone, as I think I stated before, I won't update as often on fanfiction.net, but I will update much more often on my own site. (Address is now on my profile page for you. I think it's ) How much more often? As soon as I get a chapter done, it will be there. We're talking probably one, maybe even two chapters a week. (Three if it's a REALLY good week!^^)Sound good? Then drop on by, because it's officially open! For those of you who can stand waiting for a month or two, I hope you enjoy the three to four chapters I put up on fanfiction.net from now on. And as an extra bonus, they should be a lot more error-free.:)