Alright I think I can squeeze two more chapters out of this idea at the most without getting too repetitive. Coming up next we'll see the solution to put everyone back in their right bodies and the lemon!

Chapter 7: Kouga VS. Kagome

"Damn, damn, damn!" Inuyasha swore as he paced atop the cliff. "This isn't going as I planned it. Stupid Kouga wouldn't take a hint even if it hit him in his ugly face!" He stopped pacing and looked in the direction that Kouga had taken off. "He is going to attack Kagome and I seriously doubt that she can defend herself against him even if he is a wimp."

Inuyasha moved to the edge of the cliff and leaned over. He knocked a rock loose and watched as it lazily fell to the ground below. "This isn't going to work." He said with a sigh. "There is no way in hell I can climb down with this piece of crap." He said looking at his body in disgust. "In fact I'm stuck up here until someone just happens to find me or that idiot wolf comes back." Inuyasha sat down heavily and began to think of just how he could overcome this problem.

Kouga raced through the trees towards Inuyasha's location. "I'm going to kill that bastard this time." He said to himself. "I should have done it a long time ago. I knew that I shouldn't have let my gentleman's etiquette get in the way of my good sense." He bared his fangs in an evil smile. "Now the game's up. I'm going to kill the half breed for daring to try and take MY Kagome!" Smelling his prey up ahead he mentally prepared himself for the upcoming battle.

Kagome was on her knees frantically sniffing the ground of the small clearing in hopes of finding the scent that she had lost countless times before. "This is hopeless." She thought frustrated. "There is no way that I can catch up to Kouga, much less locate him. And there's no telling what Inuyasha will do in the hands of his rival." Kagome looked up suddenly. There was a crashing coming from her right flank. She stood up quickly.

"Guys! There is something coming this way!" she yelled, preparing herself for a huge demon judging by the sound it was making.

Miroku grasped his staff tighter as he faced the direction that Kagome indicated. "Great. All we need now is to be attacked by some hungry youkai." He remarked. "We aren't even at full strength with Sango and Kirara still searching for Inuyasha."

Shippo found a safe spot and intently watched the tree line, waiting for a demon with hundreds of razor sharp teeth and huge claws to appear.

Kagome tensed as a figure suddenly appeared a few hundred feet away charging with superhuman speed. "It's Kouga!" Kagome shouted relieved. She relaxed slightly, but realized that Kouga was charging her and he didn't look like he was going to stop! At the last possible second Kagome dove to the side as Kouga punched the ground where she had been standing, turning it into a crater at six feet deep.

Kagome lay on the ground stunned by Kouga's attempt at killing her. "Kouga what the hell was that for?!" she yelled at the figure that was slowing returning to its feet.

His back to Kagome Kouga replied "You know damn well "what that was for" you mangy mutt!" He continued, "What you did was unforgivable. You knew perfectly well that Kagome was mine and you still did it!"

"What?" Kagome said perplexed. "I don't know what you're talking about!"

"Don't play stupid with me!" Kouga roared as he turned to face his downed opponent. Calming down slightly, he let a smile come to his face. "Of course, knowing you, you probably aren't playing."

"What? No witty come back Inuyasha?" he taunted the hanyou who stared open mouthed at him. "Very well," he said as he tensed his body for an assault and his smile disappeared. "I'll just have to kill you with that stupid look on your face."

He charged Kagome drawing back his fist and delivering the punch as he approached and stopped. his hand inches from Miroku's face who had positioned himself between the pair.

"Out of the way monk!" Kouga snarled. "This is between me and the bastard cowering behind you! If you don't get out of my way I will go through you!"

Miroku calmly looked the enraged demon in the eye and simply replied, "No."

"Very well, you two will share the grave I've made for you!" he said gesturing to the crater. "I've even made it deep enough."

Kouga brought his left fist around in an uppercut to disconnect Miroku's head from his body.

Luckily Miroku dodged, but not quickly enough.

The assault grazed Miroku's cheek as he danced backwards, opening a shallow wound that began to bleed.

Touching his injury and glancing at the blood Miroku called to Kouga, "Listen to reason! Everything is not as it seems!"

"Talk! Talk! Talk!" Kouga retorted. "No more! I came here to kill someone and I am planning on following through!" He ran at the monk at full speed.

Miroku dove to the side and into a shoulder roll. Coming up in a crouch Miroku quickly removed the prayer beads from his right hand. "Wind Tunnel!" he shouted, aiming the destructive vortex in Kouga's direction.

But Kouga quickly changed direction and ran along the border of the clearing.

Miroku moved his hand to compensate and try and suck the angry Youkai into the nothingness. Following the speedy wolf as best he could he had to rewrap his hand as he heard a familiar voice cry "Miroku!"

Shippo was thrown headlong into the startled monk as the wind tunnel had been sucking him in. Kouga had run, positioning himself so that Shippo would be in the line of fire.

"Well that puts him out of commission for a bit." Kouga remarked glancing at the unconscious pair on the floor.

At this Kagome got to her feet. "Kouga Stop it!" she cried. "Why are you doing this?"

A fresh wave of anger swept across the wolf demon's features as he turned to face the hanyou. "What did you expect me to do!" he raged. "I am not going to let you marry my woman!"

"WHAT! Kagome shouted angrily. "Where did you get such a stupid notion! I mean only a complete idiot would." she would have continued to say the rest of her thoughts about Kouga's intellect, but then she came to an epiphany. "Inuyasha!" she mentally scolded. "He must have told Kouga we were getting married."

Kouga was shaking with his pent up rage. "Kagome told me herself that you had the gall to propose to her! I can not let this stand! You will die and then Kagome will be mine!"

"No wait! You don't understand Kouga! I am Kagome and Inuyasha and I are not getting married!" Kagome shouted.

Upon hearing this Kouga burst into laughter. "It seems that you have gone insane Inuyasha," Then he got serious. "All the more reason why I should be Kagome's protector." He lunged at his enemy.

Back on top of the cliff Inuyasha was in deep thought. He was still trying to figure out how to get down the mountain and get to Kagome. He looked up.

He saw a dot in the distance which looked like. "Sango!" he cried jumping to his feet. "Over here!" He jumped up and down shouting trying to get the speck's attention but was unsuccessful.

Frustrated Inuyasha frantically looked around for anything that could get his friend to come his way and spotted a large group of birds sitting in a tree. Waving his arms about and screaming, Inuyasha charged the flock which immediately rose into the air in complaint.

Sango, riding Kirara, squinted at the ground below trying to make out any form that looked like her lost friend. "Caw!" she looked towards the source of the disturbance and saw a large flock of birds taking to the air.

"There must be trouble." Sango said alarmed. "I had better go check it out. Inuyasha will have to wait if someone's in trouble."

With that Kirara raced towards the cliff.

Kagome leaped into the air as Kouga attacked. Landing a good distance away from where Kouga recovered from his last attack Kagome drew Tetsusaiga from its sheath. The weapon transformed in her hands and Kagome awkwardly positioned it infront of her body readying herself for Kouga's next attack.

"Ah, it's about time you decided to fight back." Kouga sneered. "It would be no fun if you didn't put up a scrap."

"Kouga please! Don't do this!" Kagome begged.

"It's too late for you to grovel now mutt face!" Kouga said reading himself. "Now all I want to do is break your face with my fist!" He launched himself at Kagome.

Kagome gasped and shielded herself with the sword.

Kouga's fist connected with the blade and Kagome braced herself against the force that drove her backward. Suddenly she was pinned against a tree as Kouga wound up for his next offensive. Quickly she crouched as Kouga slammed his fist into the tree, sending shards of wood everywhere.

Seeing an opening Kagome tightened her claw into a fist and, closing her eyes, drove it into Kouga's stomach.

"Ouff!" Kouga let out a involuntary noise as he staggered backwards clutching his stomach.

"I'm sorry!" Kagome apologized quickly. "I didn't want to hurt you!"

Panting and coughing up some blood Kouga addressed the hanyou "I don't want your sympathy! I just want you to be no more!" With that he launched himself at Kagome. Leaping into the air he executed a dragon kick that caught Kagome on the shoulder, spinning her around.

He followed up with a jab to the kidneys and a roundhouse kick that threw Kagome to the floor. Kouga kicked the crumpled the form on the ground and sent it sprawling a good 10 feet. He approached to finish Kagome off.

"Sango!" Inuyasha yelled at the rapidly growing form coming towards him "Hey over here!"

Kirara landed with upon the cliff and the youkai huntress jumped off. "Are you ok Inuyasha?" she inquired.

"I'm fine,." Inuyasha replied "But Kagome, Miroku, and Shippo, are in serious trouble. I er. kinda pissed Kouga off and he wants to kill Kagome."

"WHAT" Sango yelled grabbing Inuyasha's uniform. "Why the hell would you do that!"

"I uh. I was trying to." Inuyasha blushed and fell silent.

Sango smiled a little and released her prisoner. "Come on." She said turning back to Kirara. "We better get back to the others before Kouga finds them."

"Um. Kouga took off like 10 minutes ago so I bet that he's found them by now."

"Well let's get a move on!" Sango shouted jumping on Kirara's back.

Inuyasha nodded and hauled himself on top of the big cat as Kirara leaped into the air. They headed towards the point where Sango believed that the battle was taking place.

Kouga took his time approaching the hanyou that lay eagle spread on the floor. "Time to finish the fool off." He said as he stood over the slowly reviving form of his second most bitter enemy. Pulling his arm back, he readied himself to drive it into the torso before him. "Game over @hole!" he shouted, bringing his arm down like a blade from a guillotine.

Kouga noticed movement out of the corner of his eye and turning towards the source he was tackled to the floor by a fully conscious Miroku. Straddling the wolf demon Miroku half un-wrapped his hand and pointed it at Kouga's face.

"Don't move Kouga!" he shouted "There is no way that you can dodge my wind tunnel now at this range. And you may think you're fast but how much do you want to bet that you can stop me from unleashing my curse upon you?!" To emphasize his point Miroku slightly shifted his hand and a small void was uncovered, sucking in a rock that lay by the downed wolf's head.

Kouga froze as he gazed into the abyss that threatened to suck him into its confines. "Well it seems that we are in a stalemate." He said at last.

"All you can do is hold me here or suck me into that hole there." He sneered "That is if I don't kill you first.

"I wouldn't try it if I were you." Came a voice from the sky.

Distracted Miroku looked up to find Sango arriving with Inuyasha in tow.

Seizing his chance Kouga pushed the deadly hand away and leaped to his feet. He gave Miroku a kick that sent him to the floor and turned back to the form of Inuyasha (really Kagome) who was getting to his feet. He ran at his opponent and had to come to a halt again when he found himself face to face with Kagome.

"Not this again." He muttered. "Move Kagome or I will forcibly move you!" he said louder.

"No." the form of Kagome said as she turned and walked to Inuyasha. Wrapping him in a warm embrace Kagome kissed Kouga's rival deeply. The wolf demon couldn't believe his eyes.

Inuyasha thought to himself "Ha! Maybe now he'll give up." And closing his eyes even tighter he deepened the kiss between himself and Kagome who was in his body. "The things I have to do for love." He thought as it fully sunk in that he was kissing his very own self.

Speechless Kouga stared at the couple. "No.. NO!!!!" He shouted. "I will not admit defeat! If I can't have her then that hanyou most certainly will not!" He sprinted toward the interlocked couple with murder in his eyes.

Hiraikotsu came out of nowhere hitting Kouga in the head with a dull thunk. The enraged demon lost consciousness with his last sight being the man he hated kissing the woman he thought he loved.

"Inuyasha." Miroku said tapping the girl on the shoulder.

Inuyasha jumped away from Kagome and turned to face the monk. "What?" he asked, a little embarrassed.

"What the hell did you do to get Kouga to come rampaging after us like that?!" Miroku inquired.

"Nothing." Inuyasha said turning his back on the monk.

"Inuyasha tell them the truth or I will." Kagome said staring Inuyasha straight in the face.

Inuyasha muttered something indiscernible and walked away towards the trees.

Kagome sighed and told the monk of what she had learned on the battlefield while he was unconscious.

Miroku and Sango smiled at the news and watched Inuyasha leave the clearing.

"Well at least we know how he really feels." Sango said cheerfully. Nudging Kagome in the ribs she whispered, "Now maybe you two will get together."

Kagome blushed a deep red and replied "We most certainly will not! He's a liar and there's no way that I could ever like him."

Miroku gave a laugh and said, "Don't kid yourself Kagome. You seemed to be enjoying that kiss quite a lot and we've all seen the way you act around Inuyasha."

If possible Kagome turned an even darker shade of red.

"Oh look she's blushing." Sango cried "How cute!"

Kagome looked away and changing the subject she said "Well what are we going to do about him?" she said gesturing towards Kouga.

"We'll just leave him there." Miroku replied "He'll be alright."

The girls nodded in consent.

"Well we might want to catch up to Inuyasha or who knows what kind of trouble he'll get into next." Sango said.

With that Kagome went to pick up the still unconscious Shippo while everyone started off in the direction that Inuyasha had taken.

Phew! That took a lot of brain power. I think it turned out pretty well though. I really didn't have time to proof read it or maybe I'm just too lazy. Anyways I apologize if anything didn't make sense. What else to say.. O ya GO REVIEW!!!