I cannot apologize enough for the long wait I made my readers endure. Bows deeply.

"."=Quotes (.)=A/N ::.:: = Inuyasha's thoughts -.- = Kagome's thoughts . = other character's thoughts.

Previously:

Kagome led the way this time and the rest followed behind. The wind shifted direction and Inuyasha got a good whiff of her scent. :: That's strange, her scent smells different somehow..::

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Chapter 7: Dog eat Dog World

"Sesshoumaru-sama, where are we going? Where's Jaken-sama?" came Rin's ever curious voice. Sesshoumaru was annoyed with her incessant questioning, but her childlike ways were enough to keep him from slaughtering her.

"Jaken will not be coming back. He was slaughtered by a powerful demon." Sesshoumaru stated blankly. "Oh well, he was ugly and mean. He was fun to play with though.." Rin said thoughtfully.

The two traveled through the forest with Rin humming and skipping along in the background. The wind shifted direction and Sesshy caught the scent of his annoying baby brother. "Rin, go play with Ah-Un. I have some unfinished business to attend to." (A/N: I don't know if that's how you spell the name..it's that two-headed dragon that Sesshy somehow got in that one episode that Rin uses to ride everywhere.) "Okay Sesshoumaru-sama."

She skipped off with the dragon and he darted off through the trees in the direction of his brother's scent. His anger spiked as he remembered how he had been humiliated by the hanyou that had been turned into a dog. He stopped running before the trees broke into the path and listened as Inuyasha's group drew closer. He heard a loud slap that echoed throughout the valley as a result of the perverted monk's stroking of the demon slayer's bottom.

He decided that now was as good a time as any to confront the group so he stepped out from the cover of the trees. "We meet again, mutt."

C= C= (;'-')/ Run away!!!! C= C= (;'-')/

Kagome cringed as she heard how loud the smack had been and sighed mentally. –When will he ever learn?- She turned around abruptly when she heard Inuyasha growling. "What's wrong, Inuyasha?" She gasped when she saw Sesshoumaru standing in the middle of the path.

"We meet again, mutt."

The group instantly stopped their quarreling to face their opponent. Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes at the white dog and said coldly, "You only surprised me last time, this time, you will pay." Inuyasha only scoffed at the remark. Sesshy sneered. "Lowly half-breeds like you are undeserving of a life such as yours, you should be happy that I am about to end it for you."

Sesshoumaru's body twisted as he made his transformation to his enormous dog demon form. Shippo and Kyoshi cowered behind Kagome because they have never seen such a big demon before.

Inuyasha, being the bigheaded idiot that he is, stepped forward to fight his brother. He was obviously at a serious disadvantage because of the mere size of his brother in this form. It was like a Chihuahua trying to fight a Mastiff (not that they've ever heard of those types of dogs). "Inuyasha! Don't fight! You don't stand a chance in your present state!" Kagome pleaded with him, "How do you expect to defeat him?"

::I don't know Kagome..I'll think of something eventually.:: Since he couldn't say anything to Kagome, he instead looked back at her and gave her a dopey dog-grin. It was a look that said, "I'll be fine, don't worry."

He turned to face his brother fully and got into a fighting stance. They growled ominously at each other before Inuyasha rushed in for the attack. Sesshoumaru headed him off quickly by lunging forward and trying to hook his teeth around Inuyasha's body. He normally would have sideswiped him with a paw, but he only has three legs and didn't want to give him an advantage when he rose up on two legs to strike. Inuyasha dodged his teeth and countered by jumping on top of his head with a stick in his jaws and stabbing it in his eye.

Sesshy writhed about and tossed his head until he managed to throw Inuyasha off. He landed on all fours and contemplated his next attack while Sesshy was recovering from the pain. While the pain in his eye distracted him, Inuyasha snuck around to Sesshoumaru's back and started biting the back of his leg to try and sever the tendon to prevent him from walking. Feeling the new twinge of pain, he turned around knocked Inuyasha away and he landed painfully on the ground.

My new friend needs help. Kyoshi thought. As Inuyasha got up on shaky legs, Kyoshi contacted him telekinetically to give him warning of what his plan was. With new strength, Inuyasha grabbing the stick he used to poke Sesshoumaru's eye with and charged forward towards him once again. Sesshy was getting ready to counter again, but Kyoshi tripped him using his mind power and he fell to the ground. Now down at Inuyasha's level, his chest was exposed and vulnerable. He surged forward and stabbed the stick into his chest and barely missed hitting Sesshoumaru's heart (You guys would kill me if I killed Sesshoumaru!).

He lay there bleeding profusely and panting from the effort of not falling unconscious from the loss of blood. He growled feebly to try and regain some respect to the power he holds. It didn't work and he had to leave before he was finished off for good.

"You haven't won yet, Inuyasha, I WILL be back, and I WILL win next time." Sesshoumaru said venomously. He turned into a ball of light and was whisked away into the deep forest. Inuyasha rolled his eyes. ::He says that every time too..::

Sango stepped forward. "If we want to get back to the village by the end of the week, we need to leave immediately." "Okay, anything for you, pumpkin. ." smiled Miroku. This earned him another slap.

As they were walking, Kagome looked down at Inuyasha with a worried expression. "Are you sure you're okay?" He nodded, but he still had a limp in his walk. "I would still be more comfortable if you rested for a while." He sighed in reluctance but allowed her to call Kirara over and hoist him up to ride on the demon cat's back. They traveled that way for a few days until a peculiar scent reached Inuyasha's nose. ::Oh great, now what?:: He thought as he rolled his eyes.

At the exact moment he thought this, a small tornado rushed toward the group. From the tornado, Kouga leaped out and stopped in front of Kagome. He grabbed her hands in his and gave them a kiss. "Your scent smells sweeter than ever! I shall take you now as my wife and that InuKoro can't do anything about it! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! OUCH!" He cried out in pain as a strong set of jaws latched onto his tail.

He turned around and glared at the person offending his poor tail. What he saw was a big fluffy white dog. "Where did you get this mutt, Kagome?" "Erm..we found him. .;" "Wait just one minute! I know that disgusting scent anywhere. How did you manage to get turned into a dog, eh InuKoro?"

He growled and spat out some curses in dog tongue. "Still sharp-tongued despite your predicament, tsk tsk tsk. That foul mouth of yours is bound to get you killed one day. Now shove off because Kagome is MY woman!" ::Not in your wildest dreams, bastard!::

Kouga childishly stuck his tongue out at the dog and picked Kagome up bridal style. "See ya dog boy!" He yelled just before he whisked off with Kagome in his arms. ::NO! Not again! Kagome!!:: He howled as he attempted to chase after the quickly disappearing tornado in the distance.

The young members of the group just cried out their sorrow because their motherly figure had just been kidnapped. Sango and Miroku put on their game faces. "Don't worry, Inuyasha, we'll get her back."

(-.-#) To Kagome's Location (-.-#)

Kagome was uselessly pounding her fists on Kouga's back. "Let me go! I have to change Inuyasha back!" "Ha! Like I'll let you do that! He looks better this way."

They reached his cave by the waterfall and were greeted by the rest of the pack. "Kagome-oneesan came back!" Kouga made her lay down on the same bed of straw from the last kidnapping and left to find a peace offering for his new wife. While Kouga was gone, the wolves each in turn stepped up to Kagome and tried to offer her presents or food. She was humbled by their kindness, but still wanted to be back with the group.

Kouga returned a while later with a very rare and very beautiful flower. "The beauty of this flower cannot compete with your own beauty, but I felt that you would like it nonetheless." Kagome blushed a deep crimson and meekly accepted his gift. He smirked knowing that he had won her over and bade her good night.

Kagome tried to sleep but felt strangely unsettled. The light of the full moon outside the cave kept her awake. She finally nodded off but was rudely awakened at midnight by a searing pain coursing through her body. She began to glow a light blue color and could feel her body changing shape..

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Hope this chapter was okay, more to come!

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