A/N: I LOVE YOU GUYS! I want to recommend a story. Its not at this site. Its at a site called www.sandrockproductions.com and the fic is called 'A Tale Of Two Hanyous.' It was the very first fanfic that I read and it is also the one that inspired me to begin writing them. It is exalent! Please read it!

Saturnlover: Glad you liked the plushi! You you guessed it! But its not Koga though.

Hunter Ther Dusk: Hey, your pretty brave to do that, lol. Thanks for reviewing!

sweet-captor: Yep, thanks for reviewing!

inukagonly: Glad you liked my last chappie! And if you read my A/N at the ending of this chappie I'll tell you what to do about your story.

Tomo*223: I hope that guy didn't creep you out TOO much, lol. Glad you loved my chappie!

Demongirl6381: 'Oh shit' is right, lol.

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Rome34: Thanks for saying my story is awsome!

animemistress419: That evil guy sure is after Kagome. but your right, our fav hanyou will always save her in the end.

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Chapter 18

Kagome was silent on the car ride home, lost in her thoguhts.

Inuyasha glanced over at her. "Kagome, are you okay?" He asked.

Kagome shook herself out of her thoughts and looked at Inuyasha. "Yes, I'm fine, just a little shook up, that's all." She replied and gave him a small smile.

Inuyasha nodded his head and looked back at the road.

The rest of the ride was quiet.

Inuyasha pulled into his driveway and got out of his car.

Kagome also got out and began to walk towards his barn.

"Where are you going?" He asked and stepped in front of her, blocking her path.

"I'm going to the barn to take one of your horses for a ride. What happened today really shook me up and I need to do something to clear my head and help me to relax." Kagome replied, trying to side step Inuyasha.

Inuyasha once again blocked her path. "Feh, you can't lift a saddle with an injured arm. You don't even know how to ride." He said and crossed his arms over his chest.

Kagome brought her hand up and gently gripped her injured arm when Inuyasha mentioned it. "Inuyasha, please? I really don't wanna think about what happened today." She said with pleading eyes.

Inuyasha felt himself begin to give in. 'Damn it, she has made me soft.' He thought. "Feh, what ever, but I'm going with you." He said and uncrossed his arms.

Kagome's face broke into a smile that reached to her eyes. "Thanks, Inuyasha!" She said and walked around Inuyasha and towards the barn.

Inuyasha just shook his head and followed the dark haired girl to the barn.

Once inside the barn Kagome inhaled the scent around her. She walked over to a stall and looked in at a horse. "Hey, Hime." She said in a soft voice.

Kagome had made friends with the big chocolate colored mare the first day she had arrived at Inuyasha's home.

Hime had a soft chocolate colored coat with matching mane and tail and she had soft brown eyes that showed how she was feeling.

The horse made a noise in the back of its throat and walked to the front of the stall and gently nudged Kagome on her shoulder with her head.

Kagome smiled and rubbed Hime's head affectionatly.

"I'm guessing that this is the horse you wanna ride?" Inuyasha asked as he walked up behind her.

Kagome smiled again and nodded her head yes.

Inuyasha walked to another part of the barn and came back a few minutes later with a saddle and bridle in hand.

He walked into Hime's stall and quickly tacked her up. He led Hime out of her stall and handed the reins to Kagome. "Wait right outside the barn while I get my horse." He instrucked and walked in the other direction.

Kagome smiled at Hime and led her out into the bright sunshine.

They didn't wait long for Inuyasha. A few minutes later he came out of the barn leading a solid black horse with a white strip on his nose.

Kagome was mismarized at the beauty of the horse. "He's beautiful, Inuyasha. Whats his name?" She asked as she watched him adjust something on his saddle.

Inuyasha straightened into a standing position and dusted his hands off on his pants. "His name is Black Magic." He replied.

Kagome nodded her head and turned to get on her horse.

She couldn't really grip the saddle with her injured arm, so she had a lot of trouble getting into the saddle.

Inuyasha shook his head and walked over to Kagome. "At the rate your going you won't be on that horse till next week." He commented.

Kagome turned her head and glared at him but said nothing. She continued to try and get into the saddle, but with no success.

Inuyasha shook his head again and walked closer to Kagome. "Let me help you up before the horses decide that they don't wanna go." He said and put his hands on Kagome's hips to assist her.

Kagome glared at him again. "I can do it myself, thank y-" She didn't get to finish her sentence 'cause the next thing she knew Inuyasha had lifted her off of the ground effortlessly and had her sitting in the saddle.

'Wow, I didn't know he was so strong.' Kagome thought as she got comfortable in the saddle. "Um, thank you, Inuyasha." She said as Inuyasha handed her the reins.

Inuyasha just shrugged off her thanks and got on his own horse.

"So, where are we going to go riding at?" Kagome asked as she turned her horse in a circle.

Inuyasha pointed towards the forest that was behind his house. "We're riding there. You said you wanted to do something that'll help you relax, a ride through the woods will do just the thing." He said and began riding in that direction.

Kagome gently nudged Hime into a walk and was soon riding next to Inuyasha.

Kagome was not used to the horses walk and was a bit uncomfortable as she bounced all over the saddle.

Inuyasha glanced over at her. "Oi, wence, don't bounce all over the saddle like that. Just relax your body." He instructed.

Kagome looked over at him with a glare. "Well, its kinda HARD to relax when I can't even sit still in the saddle." Kagome said, irratation dripping from her voice.

"Feh, your not supposed to sit still. Let your lower body relax into the saddle and just follow the movements of it." He explained with a roll of his eyes.

Kagome was still a little uncertain that she could do that, but she decided to try. She relaxed back into the saddle and just followed the swaying movements of the saddle.

"I did it!" She exclaimed as she stopped being jouslted around the saddle and into a smooth swaying motion.

Inuyasha got an arrogant look on his face. "See, if you had just listened to me in the first place you wouldn't have had to bounce around for so long." He said in a smug voice.

Kagome rolled her eyes skyward. "What ever." She said and began to enjoy the ride.

They had been riding for a good thirty minutes before either one of them spoke.

"Lets let the horses get a drink from that creek." Inuyasha said and pointed to a small shallow creek off to his right.

Kagome nodded her head and turned Hime in that direction.

Once the horses were standing in the creek, they drank deeply from the fresh, clear, cool water.

They started out on their ride again.

Kagome noticed that Inuyasha's horse was getting a little antsy. "Inuyasha, is your horse okay? He's acting a little jumpy." She said as she watched the horse begin to prance in place.

Inuyasha tugged on his reins a little, trying to get the horse to calm down. "Feh, of course he's okay, he's just got a lot of energy." He said as he turned the horse in a tight circle.

Kagome looked at him uncertainly, but didn't say anything else.

They continued to ride, Inuyasha fighting to get his horse under control and Kagome trying not to worry about him.

A bird in a near by tree made a loud squaking noise and that seemed to set Inuyasha's horse off.

The horse jolted from a jumpy walk into a full fledged gallop in two seconds flat.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome called in alarm as he galloped by on his horse and straight towards the woods.

Kagome hesitated for only a minute before she nudged Hime into a gallop as well and followed.

Kagome gripped on to Hime's mane so that she wouldn't go flying out of the saddle at the break neck speed that they were running at.

She was right behind Inuyasha and could see that he was struggling to get his frightened horse back under conrtrol.

"Slow down! Whoa!" Inuyasha called to his horse, but that only seemed to make him go faster. He pulled on the reins with all his migh, but the horse still didn't respond.

Inuyasha glanced between the horses ears and saw a low hanging tree brance. He didn't have time to duck before he hit it. "Oh, shit!" He said right before he hit it and fell off of his horse.

Kagome had lost sight of Inuyasha. She was beginning to panic. She rounded a turn and suddenly pulled Hime to a grinding halt.

There, laying in a pile of leaves and moss laid an uncouncious Inuyasha.

Kagome jumped off of Hime and ran over to him. "Inuyasha?" She asked as she knelt by his side. She got no response.

She checked his pulse to find that it was beating strongly and she checked his breathnig to find the he was breathing evenly.

She checked him over but she didn't find any injuries on him and she sighed in relief. "I guess you just got knocked out." She said as she brushed his bangs back with her hand.

Kagome was amazed at how soft his hair was. 'I wonder what he uses on it.' She thoguht as she continued to run her hands through his hair.

She stopped when her hand came in to contact with some triangular shapped and was velvety to the touch. "What in the world." She muttered as she leaned forward to get a look at whatever it was that she was touching.

Kagome's eyes widened in shock at what she saw. What she was touching was a white dog like ear on the top of Inuyasha's head.

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WAS IT GOOD?! WAS IT, WAS IT, WAS IT?! ~cough~ Sorry about that, I'm in a hyper mood. Any way, please R/R this chappie.

Ja ne, Pam

P.S. This is for inukagonly. This is what I do. First, I type it out on Microsoft Word then save it to My Documents. Then I go to the site log in and click on Document Manger. Then it'll take you to another page. Go to the very bottom and there is this space that says 'Label' and next to it type in Microsoft Word or which ever word processor you use. Then there is this little 'Browse button. Click on it and this little screen will pop up. And at the very top of the screen you click and this little list will appear. Click on the one that says 'My Documents.' Then alls you gotta do is click on the title of your story, click open and the little screen will go away.

After you do that, click on Upload Document. After you do that it'll go to another page. Click on the button that says Click here. After that go over to the left hand side and click Creat Story. After that it'll take you to another page, go all the way to the bottom and click on what ever your main Catogory is. Say you click on anime, this little side thingy will pop up with all these different anime titles. Click on the one that you wrote the story about.

Then it will go to another page Pick what you want your story to be about (Romance, Horror, ext) pick what language its in pick a rating for it, type in a title, and a summery, then go to Document and click on the one that you uploaded from earlier, then click on Creat Story, and that's it.

I hope I helped!

Ja ne, Pam