Dreamt Romance - Chapter 4 By: Sakura Katsana

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Now, onto the next chapter!

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Inuyasha sniffed the air.

He was getting close to the Wolf Prince's den.

Stopping abruptly, he spotted it a few yards away. The waterfall he had been informed from the some-what helpful Myouga of after Kagome's kidnapping.

As he took the final steps towards the refuge he was surprised when a wolf demon flew outside, screaming profanities, and hit a rock a few feet away.

Raising an eyebrow, Inuyasha calmly walked towards the waterfall the unfortunate wolf demon had been thrown through minutes before.

"What the hell do you want dog-turd?" Kouga growled, dashing through the waterfall so fast he was still completely dry.

"I want Kagome, that's what the hell I want!" Inuyasha grabbed the hilt of his sword, glaring at the wolf demon. "Where is she?"

"Kagome left around half an hour ago, she was heading back for wherever you make her sleep when you drag her around."

"I don't drag her around! If *anyone* drags her around it's you!"

"I barely ever see Kagome, I don't have the opportunity to," Kouga sighed, "This is not worth my time."

"What the hell do you mean not worth your time?!" Inuyasha growled, unsheathing his sword.

"You don't get it because you're only a pup," Kouga stated simply.

"Pup? I'm sure as hell older than you!"

Kouga leaned up against a boulder, "Yeah, I guess you would be with that white hair of yours."

"Why you-"

"Listen for once Inuyasha, I am no longer after Kagome. She has someone . . . Else," Kouga let out a long breath before standing up to head back to his cave.

"Someone else?!" Inuyasha practically yelped. "What do you mean someone else?"

"I'm not going to continue fighting for a woman, even one as beautiful and powerful as Kagome, if I know she will never truly be happy with me. I love her, but if she'll be happy with another man then I'm happy for her." Kouga batted Inuyasha's arm away and headed into the waterfall.

"You mean you're giving up on Kagome because she loves someone else? What kind of idiot are you?"

Kouga turned, a sad smile on his face, "Love's funny, ain't it?" With that the wolf prince disappeared back into his den and his yelling at drunk wolves could be heard.

"What did Kagome say to him?"

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Kagome sighed, it had been a tiring hike back to camp. She hadn't realized Kouga's den was so far away.

Walking into the clearing where Sango, Miroku, Shippou, and Kirara were finishing whatever Inuyasha hadn't before he had stormed off.

"Hi guys! I'm back!"

"Kagome!" Shippou lunged at the futuristic girl, grabbing her leg and not letting go until she was safely in the middle of the encampment.

"Hi Shippou," Kagome smiled, ruffling the kit's hair before facing the others.

"Kagome-chan, where have you been? Inuyasha's been out looking for your for- - Houshi-sama . . ."

"Yes, Lady Sango?"

"You have ten seconds to run before I kill you!"

Although no one had seen-felt-it other than Sango, all three onlookers knew exactly why Miroku was running for his life.

"One . . . Two . . . Ten!" Sango growled, grabbing her boomerang bone from it's lean-to on a tree trunk.

"Well then," Kagome coughed, scooping the kitsune and cat youkai into her arms, "Where did Inuyasha say he was going to go look for me?"

Shippou yawned, he had been up since dawn, "He didn't say. One minute he was attacking me, the next setting up a place for us to wait, and then he was gone."

"Which way?"

The kitsune paused in thought, "That way."

Kagome looked out in the direction Shippou had pointed just in time to see a blur of red.

Inuyasha entered the clearing angrily, stomping towards the group without a word.

"Inuyasha-"

"What?"

Kagome flinched at the hanyou's bitter tone, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, alright?" Inuyasha snapped, distancing himself from the girl, ignoring the smell of ramen coming from her bag.

"Ok, gods," Kagome sighed, digging out hamburgers for everyone along with ramen for Inuyasha.

Miroku shook his head in disappointment, what had Inuyasha so riled?

Sango, trying to break the tension, decided to distract Kagome from the honey-eyed hanyou's new attitude. "What are these things, Kagome-chan?" The exterminator picked up one of the circular, red pieces of meat and stared at it critically.

"Oh, these are hamburgers." The girl let out a small gasp rushing back over to her backpack to pull out the buns, lettuce, ketchup, pickles, and tomatoes her mother had been kind enough to pack for her.

"We can all make our own based on what we like on them," Kagome said cheerfully, forcing the negative thoughts about Inuyasha's attitude to the back of her mind.

"Um, Kagome-sama, we don't know exactly what to even do with all of this . . ."

"It's simple," the miko glanced over at the seemingly uninterested half demon, "You know what all this stuff is, tomatoes, ketchup-I told you about ketchup, pickles, lettuce. These are buns, you put one of those patties on it and then add this on top. Then, you use the top part of the bun to cover it."

Sango nodded with understanding, "We're not eating them *raw* are we, Kagome-chan?"

"No! That'd be gross. We're going to cook them in the fire first."

Inuyasha grumbled to himself.

Who was this guy Kagome loved?

Who?!

At least it wasn't Kouga, but still.

He was going to lose her . . .

No, he wouldn't lose Kagome!

"Inuyasha, do you want a hamburger?" Kagome held up a spare bun.

How dare she?

How dare she fall in love with someone else?

Acting like nothing was wrong.

"Feh. Like I would want that crap."

"All you had to say was no," Kagome growled. "What's up with you anyway?"

"None of your damn business!"

"Sit."

The ground rumbled from the force and dark mumblings could be heard from the dirt.

*

Everyone, save for Inuyasha who had been in a tree for most of the night, had successfully made their hamburgers and pleaded for her to bring more next time she restocked in her time.

Now the young miko's raven hair swirled around her in the twilight's breeze as she made her way through the forest.

What had happened to her plan?

To come back to camp and tell him what she had been reciting the whole way back from Kouga's den. When he had spoken to her it seemed much more clear than now.

Her doubts were back with a vengeance.

Without warning tears streaked her cheeks darkening the ground. Her pace increased until she broke into a run. She didn't know where she was going, all she knew was what she had wanted to tell the man she loved was now one of the biggest uncertainties she had ever faced.

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Short, angsty, and no fluff whatsoever, but it's still a chapter and it had to be written this short and all for effect. Just rest assured that next chapter will be long, fluffy, and romantic. ^_~

But . . .

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There's always a catch isn't there?

Ja ne.

~Sakura