Sorry for the wait everyone! School's been killer. I generally have to wait for the weekend. Anyway, I want to thank all my oh so wonderful reviewers! I love you guys!
Disclaimer: Go look at all the other disclaimers on all the other Inuyasha fanfics. Then tell me, do you really want to hear it again?
Chapter 4 (it is four, right?)
Even in his human from, Inuyasha heard Kagome yell as he neared the well. He automatically sped up to a full out run.
'Figures. She has the worst sense of timing for getting into trouble. Couldn't she have picked some other night?' Part of him knew he was only being sarcastic because he was worried, but he never acknowledged it. Then something up ahead of him caught his eye. 'What the...?'
A blur raced past him, knocking him off balance. It took his eyes a second to adjust o the speed of at such a close range, but as soon as he saw what, or rather who, it was, he was after it like a shot.
"Kouga you wimpy wolf, get your butt back here! Put her down you little..." Here he went off into a string of words the author does not care to repeat. Kouga only grinned back at him over his shoulder and raced on.
Inuyasha heard a commotion up ahead at the campsite. When he arrived Kouga was there, grinning at Sango, Shippo, and Miroku, an unconscious Kagome slung over his back. As soon as Kouga saw Inuyasha enter the clearing, he raced off once more.
But they weren't left in the dust for long. "Kirara!" Sango yelled. She, Miroku, and Inuyasha jumped onto the now transformed Kirara, shippo barely managing to grab onto Inuyasha's arm before they were off. Sango peered through the dark branches around them, trying to keep Kouga in her sights.
"Inuyasha, I'm not entirely comfortable with this," she yelled back over her soulder. "Kouga seems to be purposely staying close enough so that we won't loose him."
"Probably a trap."Miroku said.
"Feh, there's nothing he can come up with to trap me," Inuyasha answered. (A/N: well, not too arrogant are we?) "Besides, he's got Kagome. What choice do we have?"
The others nodded mutely and they continued on. Suddenly Sango spoke up. "I can't see him anymore! He dove off to the side, and now he's gone."
Miroku looked like he was about to say something, but any words that might have been uttered were cut short by a bat demon swooping down through the trees and promptly scooping up Shippo, who had been perched on Inuyahsa's head.
"Yaaaaah!" yelled Shippo, clearly too surprised to do anything else.
"Shippo!" Miroku yelled. He turned to Inuyasha as he raised his staff. "This is a little too convenient. Someone clearly wants to slow us down. Go after Kagome. We'll grab Shippo and catch up."
"But-"
"Go already!" He paused a moment to watch as Sango and Miroku went after the demon before once again rushing headlong into the woods. It took him about three seconds to realize he knew where was.
'This is right by Kouga's home! Jeez everything looks a lot different with human eyes at night. I cannot wait until dawn!'
Meanwhile, Kouga was entering his cave with the still sleeping Kagome. Kikyo stood nearby.
"Are you sure this is going to work, Dead Woman?" (A/N Sorry people but this name for Kikyo makes me laugh.)
"If you do exactly as I tell you."
"Are you sure I can't kil him?" Kouga whined. Kikyo sent him a death glare. "Fine, no killing. Sigh."
"Good, now leave. I don't think it would be her wish for you to see her indecent."
"She's my mate!" he protested. "Besides, you might kill her."
"I already agreed not to kill her, but if you insist, one of your people may stay here, if they are a female."
Kouga pouted for a minute then gave up. "Fine." He snapped. Looking toward the back of the cave, he shouted. "Omega, come here!" A figure a bit smaller than him stood in the shadows. No doubt Kouga could see who it was, but not having demon's eyes, Kikyo couldn't really make out any features. "Show Kikyo to one of the rooms in the back, and stay with them. Watch over Kagome until I tell you other wise. If she is harmed, your life will be worth a bit of straw in a fire." The figure nodded mutely, gently lifted Kagome, then motioned for Kikyo to follow her.
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Inuyasha slowed as he approached the mouth of Kouga's cave. He didn't want to walk blindly into a trap, and with out his demon nose, he couldn't tell if anyone was nearby. 'What are human noses good for anyway?' he thought to himself. 'You can't smell anything until it's shoved so far up your nose it pokes your brain!'
Suddenly he came to a dead halt. He stared at the clearing in front of him, hardly believing what he saw. Kagome stood there in the darkness, her back to him. Her hair and school uniform fluttered in the light breeze. He stood transfixed as her saw her...and saw Kouga. 'She's.... She's kissing him...' He stumbled backward. How could she? His mind was racing, but no explanations popped up, except one. 'She loves him, not me. That's it. How the heck could I have thought otherwise? It's just that I thought.....I thought she might.....I...' He turned and ran.
Kouga looked over 'Kagome's' head. "It worked. I must admit, Dead Woman, that was a heck of an idea."
"Well, Kouga, it's been...interesting, but I must leave. There are still other matters I must attend to. I will change back into my clothes and be on my way." She looked down in disgust at the clothes she was wearing. "I don't understand why she would wear this." Stone faced once again, she turned and headed back to the cave.
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So, How'd you like it? Come on, review already, you know you want to. I'm pretty sure in the end this will be Kagome/Inuyasha, but I might change my mind if I get reviews asking me to switch stuff. Maybe. Anyway, there's no reason I can't mess with all my character's first!
Later,
Dreamer Wolf
Disclaimer: Go look at all the other disclaimers on all the other Inuyasha fanfics. Then tell me, do you really want to hear it again?
Chapter 4 (it is four, right?)
Even in his human from, Inuyasha heard Kagome yell as he neared the well. He automatically sped up to a full out run.
'Figures. She has the worst sense of timing for getting into trouble. Couldn't she have picked some other night?' Part of him knew he was only being sarcastic because he was worried, but he never acknowledged it. Then something up ahead of him caught his eye. 'What the...?'
A blur raced past him, knocking him off balance. It took his eyes a second to adjust o the speed of at such a close range, but as soon as he saw what, or rather who, it was, he was after it like a shot.
"Kouga you wimpy wolf, get your butt back here! Put her down you little..." Here he went off into a string of words the author does not care to repeat. Kouga only grinned back at him over his shoulder and raced on.
Inuyasha heard a commotion up ahead at the campsite. When he arrived Kouga was there, grinning at Sango, Shippo, and Miroku, an unconscious Kagome slung over his back. As soon as Kouga saw Inuyasha enter the clearing, he raced off once more.
But they weren't left in the dust for long. "Kirara!" Sango yelled. She, Miroku, and Inuyasha jumped onto the now transformed Kirara, shippo barely managing to grab onto Inuyasha's arm before they were off. Sango peered through the dark branches around them, trying to keep Kouga in her sights.
"Inuyasha, I'm not entirely comfortable with this," she yelled back over her soulder. "Kouga seems to be purposely staying close enough so that we won't loose him."
"Probably a trap."Miroku said.
"Feh, there's nothing he can come up with to trap me," Inuyasha answered. (A/N: well, not too arrogant are we?) "Besides, he's got Kagome. What choice do we have?"
The others nodded mutely and they continued on. Suddenly Sango spoke up. "I can't see him anymore! He dove off to the side, and now he's gone."
Miroku looked like he was about to say something, but any words that might have been uttered were cut short by a bat demon swooping down through the trees and promptly scooping up Shippo, who had been perched on Inuyahsa's head.
"Yaaaaah!" yelled Shippo, clearly too surprised to do anything else.
"Shippo!" Miroku yelled. He turned to Inuyasha as he raised his staff. "This is a little too convenient. Someone clearly wants to slow us down. Go after Kagome. We'll grab Shippo and catch up."
"But-"
"Go already!" He paused a moment to watch as Sango and Miroku went after the demon before once again rushing headlong into the woods. It took him about three seconds to realize he knew where was.
'This is right by Kouga's home! Jeez everything looks a lot different with human eyes at night. I cannot wait until dawn!'
Meanwhile, Kouga was entering his cave with the still sleeping Kagome. Kikyo stood nearby.
"Are you sure this is going to work, Dead Woman?" (A/N Sorry people but this name for Kikyo makes me laugh.)
"If you do exactly as I tell you."
"Are you sure I can't kil him?" Kouga whined. Kikyo sent him a death glare. "Fine, no killing. Sigh."
"Good, now leave. I don't think it would be her wish for you to see her indecent."
"She's my mate!" he protested. "Besides, you might kill her."
"I already agreed not to kill her, but if you insist, one of your people may stay here, if they are a female."
Kouga pouted for a minute then gave up. "Fine." He snapped. Looking toward the back of the cave, he shouted. "Omega, come here!" A figure a bit smaller than him stood in the shadows. No doubt Kouga could see who it was, but not having demon's eyes, Kikyo couldn't really make out any features. "Show Kikyo to one of the rooms in the back, and stay with them. Watch over Kagome until I tell you other wise. If she is harmed, your life will be worth a bit of straw in a fire." The figure nodded mutely, gently lifted Kagome, then motioned for Kikyo to follow her.
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Inuyasha slowed as he approached the mouth of Kouga's cave. He didn't want to walk blindly into a trap, and with out his demon nose, he couldn't tell if anyone was nearby. 'What are human noses good for anyway?' he thought to himself. 'You can't smell anything until it's shoved so far up your nose it pokes your brain!'
Suddenly he came to a dead halt. He stared at the clearing in front of him, hardly believing what he saw. Kagome stood there in the darkness, her back to him. Her hair and school uniform fluttered in the light breeze. He stood transfixed as her saw her...and saw Kouga. 'She's.... She's kissing him...' He stumbled backward. How could she? His mind was racing, but no explanations popped up, except one. 'She loves him, not me. That's it. How the heck could I have thought otherwise? It's just that I thought.....I thought she might.....I...' He turned and ran.
Kouga looked over 'Kagome's' head. "It worked. I must admit, Dead Woman, that was a heck of an idea."
"Well, Kouga, it's been...interesting, but I must leave. There are still other matters I must attend to. I will change back into my clothes and be on my way." She looked down in disgust at the clothes she was wearing. "I don't understand why she would wear this." Stone faced once again, she turned and headed back to the cave.
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So, How'd you like it? Come on, review already, you know you want to. I'm pretty sure in the end this will be Kagome/Inuyasha, but I might change my mind if I get reviews asking me to switch stuff. Maybe. Anyway, there's no reason I can't mess with all my character's first!
Later,
Dreamer Wolf