Disclaimer: I don't own Inu Yasha... feh... so what else is new. Oh yeah... I don't own PopTarts either. teehee...

Last time: "What the fuck?!" Kagome said and slapped his hand away. As soon as she did, the tail started up again. Inu Yasha grabbed her tail again and it stopped for a second time. '...okay this is too weird...' they thought at the same time.

Chapter 11

Inu Yasha and Kagome were on their way downstairs... hand in ...uh tail. Kagome was shooting death glances at Inu Yasha who was narrowly dodging every one. '...god damn it woman...giving me a question like that after being in a nice sleep....Kami give me strength...' he thought and stepped into the kitchen with Kagome at his side. Kagome's arms were crossed in displeasure but they both silently decided that to keep her tail from twitching of that Inu Yasha would have to hold it.

"Um... Kagome, listen... about what you said... I... well you know I'm not really a morning person. I don't like being asked questions at what is it now? Three in the morning? It was just so random. I'm sorry." Inu Yasha appologized.

"Yeah well you should at least answer my question." she said with an angry face, she still didn't look at Inu Yasha.

"Well... if you need to know...it would be... it would be you okay? Now lets just drop the subject and get some breakfast and leave. We need to ask Naoko or Ryoko what the hell is wrong with your tail." Inu Yasha spat out angrily. DEFINATLY not a morning person.

"Okay! Oh...wow...okay... " Kagome said just realising what he was saying. "...Thanks... I guess... yeah... thanks."

"Don't mention it. Now lets get some eats before I starve." He said hastily. Kagome went into the cabinet and got out a small box. Out of the box she pulled two slender objects that looked like bread.

"These are called PopTarts. They're very sweet and very delicious. You might like these more than ramen! I know I do..." she said as she popped them into the toaster. Inu Yasha looked at the machine and wondered what it did. It was under a cabinet so to get a better look, he had to duck and look. As soon as the PopTarts popped up, Inu Yasha banged his head on the cabinet and yiped like a puppy. He got out from under the cabinet and rubbed his head. Then, giggling, Kagome went over to the toaster and grabbed the pastries. She hissed and ran over to the counter and placed them on the table. '...hot hot hot HOT!...' she thought as she blew on her hands to cool them. Inu Yasha smirked and looked at the PopTart. It was rectangle and had some sort of blue and purple stuff on top. '...was this supposed to be edible?' he thought as Kagome picked the pastry up. She took a bite of it and grinned.

"MMMmmmm! This really hits the spot. Come on Inu Yasha! Aren't you gonna take a bite?" she said holding up his food in front of his face. Inu Yasha looked at it as though it was going to bite him. '...well... it can't be to bad... everything else from this place is pretty damn good!' he thought and took a bite of the PopTart. '...oh my gods it's delicious!' he thought and bit into it two more times. Kagome nearly dropped it so that she could stop him from biting off her finger... let alone choking on one to many bites of food. She smirked and gave him the food.

"Told ya it was good!"

"Yeah well...*munch* ...whatever...*crunch*...I think..*chomp*... your right about the ramen thing!" he said with a mouth full of food. Kagome finished off her PopTart and went back up to her room with Inu Yasha still latched to her tail. '...oh man... how are we gonna do this?' Kagome thought as she opened her closet. Inu Yasha was stunned that she didn't say anything but they were still a little weird after this mornings little fight. Kagome took out her outfit and then turned away to face the opposite direction of Inu Yasha. She unbuttoned her pajama top and threw it on the bed. Then she put her bra on and slipped into her top. Now here was the difficult part. She turned to face Inu Yasha and bite her lip.

"Well what are we gonna do?"

"I could close my eyes..."

"Yeah but how in the hell am I supposed to... well what about my pants and underwear?"

"Oh shit... well...uh... we could see if ur tail is calm now..."

"Okay leggo..." Kagome said holding absolutly still. Inu Yasha hesitated but let go slowly. The tail stayed still. Kagome and Inu Yasha let out a small sigh of relief and Kagome grabbed her pants. Inu Yasha faced the wall and Kagome pulled off her pants and put on her jeans. Then she put on the rest of her outfit and told Inu Yasha that it was safe for him to face her.

She wore a cute light blue t-shirt with the words 'SWEET' in dark blue across the chest. She had what looked like a fisherman's vest that was camoflage blue and had many pockets. She also wore dark blue bell bottoms and her hair was tied back in a tight bun. Her shoes weren't really shoes anymore, but what appeared to be motocross boots. She looked cute, but at the same time, a definate force to be recond with.

"Okay then... should we go?" Kagome said to the gawking hanyou. "...Oh come on... if you're turned on by this then you have to be quite the desperate one. We could go fishing sometime. Or even better... dirtbiking! You'd have a blast!" she said and quietly opened the door. Then, tiptoeing, she and Inu Yasha left the house and ran to the well.

***Feudal Era***

Inu Yasha and Kagome had been walking for about an hour and the sun was beginning to rise when her tail started acting up again. Inu Yasha held her tail and it stopped again. They were discussing the tail issue when a small ball of orange fur pounced on Kagome.

"Kagome! Kagome! You're back! And you look healed and everything! Didja bring me a snack? Huh? Wait a minute... now HE smells like YOU! What's going on here?" The little Shippou spoke nearly out of breath. "Okay... and why is he holding your tail? Ahh! You people are confusing me!" the kitsune said and jumped from his spot in Kagome's arms to ontop of Inu Yasha's head. "Well? How've ya guys been what happened in the future between you two? What's going on huh?" Shippou continued talking. By this time Inu Yasha felt like strangling the kit but held his ground and gritted his teeth. Kagome grinned and took Shippou off of the hanyou's head.

"Hey Shippou take a breath now. Everything is fine with us. We smell like eachother because he bathed with my soap and shampoo. He's holding my tail because it goes spazz if he doesn't and I did bring you a snack." she said and took her backpack off and unzipped the top. She took out a cookie and gave it to the little kit. Inu Yasha grumbled something about hurrying up under his breath.

"What did you say?"

"Uhh...nothing!" He replied quickly so he wouldn't get in trouble. Shippou's mouth was in a big grin as he munched the cookie until it was gone. He licked the crumbs off of his fingers and lips and his smile widened.

"Thanks Kagome!" he said satisfied and rubbed his stomach. Kagome patted the kit on the head and put her finger on his nose.

"Okay now I have some questions for you. Are Sango and Miroku alright? And how about Kaede? How is she doin'? And of course how are you?" she said in a cheerful voice. Shippou looked at his feet and fiddled with his fingers, avoiding her stare.

"Well... we... uh... Kaede's village was... it was attacked again. But not by the same guys as last time. It.. *sniff* IT WAS KOUGA'S TRIBE!" Shippou shouted and began to cry hard. Kagome's eyes were wide and she was taken back. She couldn't believe it! Inu Yasha stood still and his heart skipped a beat. Kagome looked back at Shippou and held him by the shoulders so that they had eye contact.

"WHERE ARE THE OTHERS?" She commanded with a stern voice.

"I only know where Kaede is. Miroku and Sango are gone!" he said and started crying harder. "I've been alone for 'bout three hours now looking for them. I'm so happy I found you! And I heard a battle somewhere there's been screams and yelling somewhere. It's way far away but can still hear it."

"Whaddya mean there's a battle!? Where's it coming from?" Inu Yasha shouted while looking into the little demon's eyes.

"I don't know for sure but I hear it going on a lot-" Shippou began but was cut off by a loud cry in pain and a few smaller war cries. Inu Yasha and Kagome's ears twitched up instantly and they sprinted off to the sound of the screaming. They darted in and out of the woods and up over trees with Inu Yasha still holding onto Kagome. They ran severily fast to the sound and they ended up nearly topling over a huge cliff at the edge of the woods. Inu Yasha absentmindedly let go of Kagome's tail. It began to twitch and then it stopped.

"Okay... I am way fed up with this!" she said and tugged her tail and wrapped it around her waist like a furry belt. It squirmed a bit, but it stayed in place after it appeared to admit defeat. Satisfied she looked across at the battle field. It seemed it was two different wolf packs. She squinted to see if she could recognise anyone and imediatly saw Naoko and one of Kouga's henchmen.

"This is odd..." Inu Yasha thought outloud.

"What is it?" Kagome said putting Shippou down.

"It appears to be Kouga's pack agains the Onigindensetsu pack doesn't it?"

"Well yeah but what's so weird about that? They said that they have battles all the time with Kouga's tribe-"

"It's not that... you don't smell it?" Inu Yasha said and sniffed the air. Kagome did the same and so did Shippou. Instantly she knew what was wrong.

"Where's Kouga? There isn't a trace of his scent on anyone of the members of his pack!" Kagome said thinking outloud.

"That's what weird dumbass..."

Teaser: The man thrusted the spear through Naoko's chest and it came out the his back spurting thick red blood everywhere....

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