Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha but...::tweak tweak:: I OWN HIS EARS MUHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHA ::cough cough::

::Kagome comes into the mad and insane author:: "hey those are mine!!! ::takes the claim of the ears::

::InuYasha comes in:: hey do I get a say on who owns my ears????

::Miroku comes in followed by Shippo, Kirara, and Sango:: at least you have two women fighting over you.

InuPhoenix: "Why would I fight over him? Im writing a IY/KAG fan fic for crying out loud.though I have to admit his ears are cute ^-^

InuYasha: ::steps back looking scared::

::The door slams shut and no even tetsuiga or wind tunnel can open the door::

Sango: don't tell me that she locked us in here!!!

Miroku: hey it could be worse.we could be locked in here with Naraku!

Author: I killed him ::smiles widely::

The Gang: YOU DID?! HOW?!?!

Author: ^_^* the miracles of fan fiction

InuYasha: ya know.I think I wouldn't mind being stuck in here.::sits cross- legged next to the computer and starting at the screen with everyone peering over InuPhoenix's shoulders::

InuPhoenix: ^_^* 'oh boy.'

A/n: yea I couldn't resist.though just imagine InuYasha and Kagome when I do the fluffy scenes! Oki here are your replies!!

Subbed and Dubbed: thanks! And don't worry I am ::smiles::

SesshoumaruBabe: thanks for calling it cool ::huggles SesshoumaruBabe back:: and you better know me! We are friends remember lmao. Im glad you liked it and thought it was cool!!

keeper_of_the_triforce: oh wow I almost made you cry!!! I think that's good right?? And don't worry im continuing it I don't want to abandon it either!! ::smiles::

Katergator: thanks that means a lot!! and I hope its interesting.I had a lot of trouble writing it believe it or not! And who says that Kohaku can survive with out it?? But I don't know I'm still unsure with what im going to d with him..i don't want to make anyone mad so please tell me what should I do!!!!! Thanks again and don't worry I am ::smiles::

Cho Potter1: well.InuYasha just saw his PAST lover die.so im just taking the same approach but a little more extreme, and hey if he weren't stubborn then he wouldn't be our lovable half-demon lmao. Yep Kikyo is dead and gone forever.I hope.and yea he dose.^_~ and im updating lmao.

Forever Kagome: Thanks for thinking my fan fic is cool and don't worry I promise that you'll like it.hopefully.ugh I hate it when the weapons are either name-less or such lmao. And your welcome reading you fan fic is a pleasure of mine and im looking forward to the future chapters. And our welcome again!!!!!

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Sango woke up a numb pain in her back; she sat up and felt a headache reaching into her brain torturing it to agony. She looked around and saw her little brother laying a little ways from her; she crawled over to him and cried silently.tears of joy.

"Kohaku." Sango murmured as she reached out to touch him.to make sure that he was there.

Kohaku opened his eyes blearily at his sister who was crying over him.

"Sister?" he asked her questionably

"Kohaku!" Sango whispered as she swooped down and hugged her little brother to her.the last of her family members.

Kohaku stiffened in Sango's arms and felt even more guilty, he knew the pain his sister went through.he knew what he forgotten.Sango leaned back and looked at him in the face with a watery smile.

"You're finally safe.and free."

"Sister.." Kohaku murmured as he looked at her face. He turned his gaze to the earthen floor.

"Kohaku?" Sango questioned him, she let him go and stared at him, worry flooded her eyes.

Kohaku laid down his back to her, trying to ask her to leave him be. She still kneeled their watching him before she got up and walked backwards to her bed and laid down watching her brothers back. 'Kohaku.what's wrong?!'

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Dawn peered over the peeping mounts and onto the group that sheltered in the wooded area. Kagome opened her eyes and blinked a couple of times, she looked around and saw Sango sleeping peacefully on the pelt turned towards her brother who was sleeping ten feet away from her, his back to her. Miroku was sleeping but arousing near his fiancée. Kirara slept with Shippo under her curled tail in her big form near Kagome and she opened a red eye to her. Kagome smiled at her and turned her gaze to the heavens where a clad of red and silver caught her attention. He was sleeping in the same spot as he did last night, where he was still as bad as after the battle, her heart ached. She wanted him to feel better but she knew that he had all the rights in the world to mourn.and Kagome herself didn't understand herself.she wasn't happy that Kikyo died nor was she sad about it.she felt like she didn't really care.that she cared for InuYasha who had to live with the guilt. She could see that he blamed himself for not getting in the way, to save Kikyo or go down with her.it seemed that he was brooding on that.he didn't even ask her for the nearly-completed jewel which he yearned for all those months ago. She sighed sadly a look of dark sadness over- taking her usually cheery eyes and went over to start a fire. As she got up and stretched she heard a little clink of glass on a chain. She looked down at the jewel around her neck and touched it tentatively with her finger tips, as if s cared that if she handled it, it would disappear like smoke.

'This is the culprit for everyone's pain' Kagome thought staring at the jewel with an impassive feature over her face. Her face contorted with anger and sadness, 'why me?' she asked herself again.the same question she asked herself since she fell though the well for the first time.

Kagome kneeled down and placed some twigs together and lighted them with a match and started cooking instant ramen over the warm flame. The smell woke those (especially InuYasha) out of their dream worlds. Everyone but InuYasha joined her around the flame and she poured them all bowls of their favorite instant meal. She saw that one of the bowls sat next to her innocently un-touched by hands. She sighed and picked the bowl up abandoning her own meal and walked to the tree and knocked on it attracting InuYasha's attention.

He stared down at the girl looking at him worriedly.

"Here's some food, InuYasha, when you're hungry" she said as she laid it near the base of the tree. She straightened and stared back at his eyes that tore her heart up into pieces, making tears spring to her eyes to know how much pain that he was experiencing.

He saw the tears spring up and he felt his own heart twist in pain 'am I the one causing her pain?' he jumped down and picked up the bowl and nodded his thanks, standing their only looking at her eyes rivaling his. He sat down and scooted over a bit asking silently to join him.

Kagome sank to her knees and watched him eat slowly, not his usual quick as lightening. thinking about something else as his hands fed him.

"InuYasha?" Kagome asked as he set down his ramen and looked at her.

"Kagome.why do you care so much?" InuYasha asked her, turning his depressed eyes to her own.

Kagome just stared back at him pondering her answer. 'Why I care so much?', Kagome bit her bottom lip and stared at her folded hands that were resting in her lap. She knew why, because they were all like her family and that she.loved InuYasha, but she wasn't about to say that out loud now.

"Because I do.there is no real answer.it's just that it tears me up when any of you guys are in pain.physically and emotionally.especially if I feel I can't help"

"Why do you say that? You help us whether we want it or not, you just do it without even trying" InuYasha said in a monotone voice.

It was now Kagome's turn to stare at him. She didn't know if it was a compliment or an insult but whatever it was.it made Kagome's heart warm to hear his voice to gain some of it approach, correcting her even though it was true. She gave him a fleeting smile and immediately felt shy.

"Kagome.is it wrong to-"InuYasha was cut off by a howling wind that made InuYasha stand and place a hand on Tetsuiga.

Kouga appeared in a whirlwind and was kneeling to Kagome and took one of her hands and grasped it with his own. Kagome looked at him and sighing bored 'here we go again'.

InuYasha knocked his hand away and stood in front of Kagome making Kouga stand and start to growl but it decreased as he saw the look on his face.

"What's wrong with you dog-turd?" Kouga asked rudely.

"Get away wolf-shit"

"Im here for MY woman"

"She's not YOUR woman!" InuYasha replied monotone.

"Oh what's wrong dog-turd? You act like someone died!"

InuYasha's bangs covered his eyes as he kept his strong stance in front of Kagome.

"Someone did die! I bet it was that dead priestess"

InuYasha suddenly whipped out Tetsuiga his eyes suddenly flaring with anger which surprised both Kouga and Kagome.

"SHUT YOUR FUCKIN' MOUTH BASTARD!!'

Kouga smirked and eyes the blade "like you can do anything to me!" "Kouga why are you here?" Kagome said while getting to her feet.

"To get my woman and to kill Naraku.his stench is around here" Kouga said placing his fists against one another.

InuYasha smirked and laughed "you're behind wolf-shit!"

"Huh?" Kouga said looking at InuYasha with an arched eyebrow.

InuYasha did a feeble smirk "I killed him wolf-shit"

Kouga snorted "like I would believe you!"

"he did Kouga" Kagome said placing a tentative hand on InuYasha's shoulder making his pupils glance towards her.

Kouga looked at her and glanced at her hand and snorted "still doesn't mean I can't collect my woman now dose it?"

"Im not your woman Kouga" kagome said in a bored voice, she's done this so many times she might as well record it and re-lay it.

"Yes you are now come to me!" Kouga said narrowing his eyes to her and to her hand.

"Leave her alone wolf-shit, she's not your woman!" InuYasha said a snarl threatening to erupt from his throat.

"She's not yours!" Kouga replied getting into his face and smirking.

"She's more my woman than she is yours!" InuYasha said while smirking at the look on Kouga's face.

Kagome stared at him and put a little more pressure on her hand.not able to say a word. InuYasha's eyes glanced towards her again trying to say something.but kagome couldn't understand.

"By the way wolf-shit you have something of ours!" InuYasha said turning his eyes on his rival.

Kouga smirked and narrowed his eyes "like I'd give it to you dog-turd"

"Hand them over and I may not have to kill you" InuYasha said doing his constantly feeble smirk. He jumped and knocked Kouga to the ground placing his blade to the throat drawing but little blood.

"I said hand them over" InuYasha repeated his anger and sadness starting to reflect at the pressure on the hilt that was slowly digging into the annoying wolf's neck.

Kouga didn't reply and tried to push the blade from his throat but found that he couldn't and he noticed that Kagome wasn't coming to his rescue.

"Kouga do as he says.we need to complete the jewel!" Kagome said staring down into his face.

"FINE!" Kouga spat at InuYasha covering him with spit "but only for you Kagome" Kouga said string at the threatening blade.

Kagome swooped down and gathered the shards that resided in the wolf's leg. She pulled the chipped Jewel from around her neck and inserted the Jewel shards, the Jewel glowed purple and there was only one chip left.Kohaku's shard.

InuYasha removed Tetsuiga from Kouga's neck.

"I'll be back Kagome wait for me" he said before running back.as fast as his normal legs could allow him.which was much slower.

InuYasha wrinkled his nose in disgust and turned to Kagome, after all that.the fire didn't return to his eyes and all of his insults before were feeble or monotone...no emotion what so ever.

Kagome walked slowly up to him and threw her arms around him hugging him tentatively; she was surprised when he hugged her back weakly.

'Give me time Kagome.give me time.'

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InuYasha: ::blink blink:: huh what did I miss???

Author: read the first 2 chapters ::hits the button for the other documents:: while that dope and the rest of them are reading that please review?!?!?!?! And im sorry but Kohaku will have to make his decision next chapter since I obviously didn't put it in here also im sorry if Kouga was OOC. Ill update every Friday and will goal to!!!! And ill give an authors note if I can't ((holidays, birthdays, etc.)) ok ill shut my yap..PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE WHO REVIEW GIVE ME COURAGE TO KEEP THIS GOING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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