Inuki sat by Kagome trying not to fall asleep. His eyes would close and then shoot open again to make sure she would stay awake. Kagome sighed and scooted over, pulling Inuki down to lie beside her. She looked up into his eyes as she, squirmed against him a bit. "Go to sleep, Inuki, I'll stay up." He shook his head. "Inu Yasha would kill me if I did and something happened to you." She rolled her eyes. "I'll take care of Inu Yasha. If he wants to watch me so bad, let him take over for a while so you can get some rest." She sighed and ran her fingers down his cheek. "You're going to collapse from exhaustion." 'Yeah do as she says.' A voice in Inuki's head stated. Inuki shook his head trying to knock away the voice. "No, I am fine, I can do this simple task," he said as he sat back up in a rigid position. She studied his face, concerned for the boy. "Inuki, are you sure you're alright? Please don't lie to me..." "I'm fine," Inuki snapped. "I might only be human, but I'm not that weak." He closed his eyes as a scowl settled over his face. Kagome jerked her hand back from him, stung from his tone. She just stared at him thinking about what he said for a few moments. He sat there, grinding his teeth in aggravation. "So what if I'm not as strong as that damn hanyou? I'm strong for a human." Her jaw set and she rolled over, turning her back to him. She closed her eyes defiantly, hunching her shoulders to block his ranting. She couldn't believe him! He was being so stubborn! Inuki opened his eyes. Crimson was creeping over into the whites of them as he looked at her. "All you ever see is that damned Inu Yasha when you look at me. I will be glad when all this is over and you have him back so I can go home," he said in a low growl. She looked over her shoulder at him and narrowed her eyes. "I do not, Inuki, now grow up and stop acting so foolish!" He growled. "Me, acting foolish?! You're the one who keeps calling me Inu Yasha!" Inuki shouted as the red bled over into the color of his eyes. Kagome sat up and stared at him. "What in bloody hell are you ranting on about!? Will you just lie down and get some rest?" she asked irritably, her hand on his shoulder to push him down into her bed she had previously been lying in. He growled as his teeth lengthened into fangs. Inuki snapped at her arms with such force that his teeth popped as they came together. "Let me go!" Inuki commanded. She yanked her arm back, staring up at him. She suddenly noticed his eyes and let out a small strangled cry. "Inuki, stop it!" she cried. Inuki let out a vicious growl and jumped to his feet. "You want a hanyou, I will give you one," he snapped at her. "Since I'm his reincarnation, I'm sure I can tap into his power. Hell, I actually know I can." The girl backed up until her back hit the wall. She stared up at him, eyes wide. "Inuki, you're going to wake up the kids if you keep going on like this in here!" He glared at her with red eyes. "So what? I don't care anymore," Inuki growled out. She took the risk and reached out her arms to clasp her hands around his wrists. She dragged him outside before the others woke up and saw him like this. Inuki yanked his arms away from her once they were outside. His now acute senses kicked in. The scents of the woods attacked his sense of smell as he sniffed the air. "Now I know why he liked being the way he is," he stated as he walked out towards the forest. "No, I don't want to. I like this," Inuki said quietly. The girl tightened her arms around him. "You'll lose control over that form. That's his youkai form Inuki... it's dangerous..." Inuki chuckled. "There you go again, calling me weak." He flexed his hands as they turned into claws. "You under estimate me, Kagome," he stated coolly. 'What the fuck are you doing, Inuki?!' Inu Yasha yelled. 'Change back now!' the hanyou ordered which caused Inuki to growl. "Inuki, please, not even Inu Yasha can control this form!" she cried out. Inuki snarled as his ears changed into black dog ears. "SHUT UP!" he snapped as the stripes appeared on his face. "Both of you shut the hell up now!" Inuki flexed his claws. Kagome just winced at his tone and tightened her arms around him. "Please..." she begged." He pulled away from her hold and turned to look at her. "I like this form. I can feel the power that he has." 'The rosary,' she thought suddenly. Quickly, she invoked the magic on it and ran forward to trace the symbol over it. Inuki snarled at her. "What do you think you're doing girl?!" She reached for him and around his neck, muttering the words of the spell and ducking her head out of his way. He bared his fangs at her. "Stupid girl!" Inuki snapped. Kagome flinched away from her and sat back. She looked up at him, her face dark. "Sit, Inuki." Inuki hit the ground with a loud thump and a cloud of dust. 'Say hello to mister dirt, Inuki,' Inu Yasha chided in the boys mind. 'Does it taste good?' Inuki growled. "Shut the fuck up, Inu Yasha!" Inuki said as he spit out the dirt. The girl took a few steps toward Inuki, to see if he was alright. Inuki raised his head to look at Kagome with brilliant blue eyes. She let out a sigh of relief and sunk to her knees. The stress had made her throb only worse and she didn't even feel it as her body fell forward the rest of the way, doing a marvelous belly flop in the dirt. Inuki nudged her with his finger as the spell wore off. "Hey, you. Are you ok?" he asked. No sound or sign of movement came from the girl as she lay face down in the ground. He moved over to her and picked her up. His ears twitched as the sound of a rabbit in a near by bush caught his attention. "I'm sorry, Kagome." He carried her back to the hut so he could look her over. Kagome was content as she lay sleeping on the makeshift bed the others had made for her. Inuki sniffed her taking in her scent as he applied a wet cloth to her forehead. She grunted and scowled. "Cant you just let me sleep?" she groaned. He smiled and flashed his fangs. "You're one big pain in the ass, Kagome." The girl just grunted again and swatted his hand away.