Chapter Seven: Instincts

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"Inuyasha..." whispered the half breed as she moved her hands from behind his neck to cup his face her face inching closer to his.

Kagome could feel the heat go to her face as her mind blanked out only the image of the creature before her swarmed her mind as they got closer. Only a bit more and she'd be able to taste the kiss that she had longed for since the day she realized how much she loved this being.

"Hey mutt! What are you doing here, shouldn't you be at the sacred forest, or are you not demon enough to feel the unbalance?" snapped a voice, causing the couple to both growl at his interference and back away so he wouldn't suspect anything.

"What are you doing here you pathetic pup?" barked Inuyasha's demon half, his voice deeper and darker as he turned to face the other demon making sure that his silver mane covered his ruby orbs.

"Whose that behind you dog breath?" asked Kouga as he came to a halt from racing towards him, ignoring the threat in the hanyou's voice.

"None of your business," said Inuyasha dangerously as he moved in front of Kagome, making sure that he couldn't see her.

"You've betrayed Kagome for another half breed like yourself, and then dressed her up like your old love? You're disgusting and a disgrace to all demons. I knew that Kagome shouldn't have followed you, you can't even protect her right," said Kouga as he narrowed his eyes at him.

Kagome placed a hand over the demon's arm when she saw Inuyasha shake with anger as he tried to restrain himself from ripping the wolf demon into shreds.

"Just go away Kouga," seethed Inuyasha warningly as he clenched his fists tightly; he had no patience for the youkai in front of him that ruined his chance with his future mate as he saw it.

"What makes you think that I'm going to do what you say Inuyasha? Since when did you decide to call me by my name?" questioned Kouga suspiciously as he walked closer to the two, wanting to find out just who was behind the hanyou.

"Get away from her," warned Inuyasha venomously as he moved in front of Kagome possessively, he wasn't going to let anyone else see Kagome the way she was now when she didn't want anyone to. He'd respect her wishes and luckily for them Kouga wasn't as powerful in senses changes like Sesshoumaru.

"So you've decide to give up on Kagome and mark this hanyou as your mate? You're lower than dirt," spat Kouga angrily, he still couldn't believe that Inuyasha had chosen a half breed over a wonderful person like Kagome.

Inuyasha growled as he flexed his claws, ready to attack the bastard for talking about his woman as if she were nothing but an object.

"Don't Inuyasha," whispered Kagome behind Inuyasha, trying to control her own temper.

"Just wait until Kagome hears about this, you're going to pay for betraying her like this! Kagome is going to be my woman and I'll make sure she'll never have to see you again and remember your disloyalty," said the wolf demon as he narrowed his eyes at Inuyasha.

"How wrong you are," said Inuyasha as he chuckled and looked up at Kouga with burning crimson spheres that caused the other youkai to jump back.

"Inuyasha," hissed Kagome as she held onto the demon's elbow, not wanting him to attack her friend.

"He insulted you!" objected Inuyasha as he faced her.

"He doesn't know, let's just get out of here and get those arrows," said Kagome almost inaudibly, but knew for a fact that he had heard her with his sensitive hearing.

Inuyasha glared at the other demon before taking Kagome's hand in his own and moved to get out of the forest area when the wolf appeared in front of them from his speed.

"Where do you think you're going? I'm not going to let you go until you tell me where Kagome is," demanded Kouga.

"Move, or die," threatened Inuyasha darkly as his eyes bore into Kouga's menacingly.

"You're all bark and no bite hanyou; tell me where Kagome is," commanded Kouga as he held up his chin unafraid of the deadly threat.

Before the demon could lash out his claws at his rival, he stopped when a certain hanyou got in his way with her hands spread out protecting the demon.

"Inuyasha," yelled Kagome angrily as she stared defiantly into his eyes.

Growling the demon only matched her gaze before glaring at the wolf demon who was bewildered by the hanyou's actions.

"Let's go," barked Inuyasha's demon half as he grabbed Kagome out of the way and into his arms so that she faced his chest.

Turning bloody red eyes at the youkai, Inuyasha picked the hanyou up bridal style and vanished before Kouga could question him any further.

"What the hell is up with that dog? He didn't seem like a half breed at all...." said Kouga out loud to himself in a low voice as he thought about it for a second.

"Lord Kouga!" shouted the voices of the other two wolf demons; Ginta and Hakkaku.

"What took you two so long?" snapped Kouga as he watched the two gasp for air as they moved their hands to their knees, trying to catch their breath.

Looking after Inuyasha and the mysterious hanyou that he seemed almost more protective over than Kagome, the wolf demon turned around when he heard the buzzing of insects.

"Naraku's insects!" shouted Ginta as he pointed up into the sky when his sensitive ears heard the noise as well.

"They're headed for the Sacred Forest of Demons... Let's go! I knew that that Naraku bastard would be there," growled Kouga as he raced off towards the forest again, leaving a cloud of smoke behind him.

"Weren't you the one that suggested that?" asked Ginta as he looked at the twitching Hakkaku.

Sighing, the wolf demon led his companion after their leader who didn't seem to understand that they weren't as fast as him.

"This is taking forever! We should be there by now! What if Kagome and Inuyasha are there and they need our help?" asked Shippo as he hopped up and down on Miroku's shoulder.

"Be quiet Shippo! Can you feel that Miroku?" asked the demon exterminator as she looked up ahead, her senses in full alert.

"Yes, and it seems as if a large crowd of youkai are heading in the direction of the sun," said Miroku as he looked northeast towards the horizon, signaling that night was about to befall them.

"Kirara," said Sango.

The demon roared and quickly bonded towards the area that held the scent of thousands upon thousands of demons.

"If we follow the demons then we're most likely going to find the Sacred Forest of Demons, step on it Kirara!" shouted the flea demon as the cat-like demon raced its flamed paws in the air, allowing them to fly above the trees that seemed to be growing taller and taller as they moved on.

"Wow! Look at all those demons down there! There has to be over five thousand of those demons down there!" shouted Shippo as he clung onto the monk's shoulder, not wanting to fall into the sea of creatures that were trampling all over each other to get to their destination.

"This isn't good, if they all enter the forest and Naraku is planning to do something with the energy in the forest in the first place..." began Sango as her eyes searched frantically around the crowd of demons in hopes of seeing a speck of white that would be their friend.

"That means that the power within the forest will and grow, and that can only mean bad news," finished Miroku as his usually live face expression became a stern one.

"Naraku can't possibly defeat all those demons," reassured Shippo as he stood up tall in confidence that his fellow demons would put an end to Naraku's plans.

"We can't count on that Shippo, Naraku might have planned that the demons would go after him," stated Sango seriously.

"Our first priority is to find Inuyasha and Kagome," said Miroku as the rest of the group nodded and watched with grim faces at the crowd of demons below them that probably had no real clue as to what they were getting themselves into.

"Put me down right this instant Inuyasha!" shouted Kagome angrily as she pounded her fists against his chest until he slowed to a stop and let her down.

Glaring at the demon, Kagome turned away with her arms crossed over her chest. Her eyes widened as she opened them and saw where they had stopped.

"You said that you wanted to stop and get weapons, and this is the only place with swords, bows and arrows that are still intact. Go ahead and choose from the hundreds of them," said Inuyasha, still angry that she had protected the wolf demon.

Kagome was close to tears as she covered a hand over her nose as the strong scent of human blood flew into her nostrils, choking her. The stench of decaying bodies surrounded her as she saw the red soiled ground; the tainted ground that had absorb the liquid of life from these innocent villagers. Her amber eyes scanned the area and knew that Inuyasha was right. There were weapons scattered all over the place and it was evident, from some of the eaten body parts, that demons had gone through here. And that meant they were indeed headed in the correct direction. That seemed like the only good thing about this place. Thinking twice about taking the weapons of the fallen villagers, Kagome turned to leave when she was met face to face with an enraged demon who suddenly grinned at her.

"What, leaving so soon? I thought you wanted to get weapons," mocked Inuyasha as he advanced on her, his claws flexed out.

"I'd rather not take the weapons of those that have fallen in battle," said Kagome as she held her head up high.

"This isn't war Kagome, this is a matter of life and death with the unbalance of our nature. Whether you like it or not, you have a demonic side as well and you better get use to this new life," seethed the youkai as he held her shoulders so that she'd stop trembling.

"What's happened to you Inuyasha? Why are you acting like this?" asked Kagome. Unshed tears came to her eyes when he forced her to face the one green and gorgeous village.

"This is the outcome of almost every battle that we've fought, why are you crying now?" asked Inuyasha in her left ear, causing her to shudder.

"I don't know," chocked out Kagome as she stifled a cry.

"You have to learn to live with it, like you have before you transformed," said Inuyasha as he walked towards the dead bodies and picked up a bow that was still in good shape and threw Kagome a bag of arrows.

"You expect me to use the weapons of the dead?" asked Kagome with wide eyes.

"Do you expect us to waste the day away trying to make them for you? We only have so long before Naraku defeats all of those weaklings that call themselves full blooded youkai," snarled Inuyasha as his eyes moved towards the direction of the Sacred Forest of the Demons.

"No..." whispered Kagome, but she knew full well that he heard.

"The strong live and the weak die; that is the nature of our kind Kagome. Just remember, that you aren't weak and you will never be because I won't allow you to die," said Inuyasha as he moved before her and handed over the bow, his now golden eyes sparkling like diamonds as he met her deep drowning brown depths.

Nodding, Kagome only looked away and looked at the forest as Inuyasha picked up a sword.

"I miss the old Inuyasha," said Kagome inaudibly to herself as a clear sphere rolled down her cheeks, the dying sun making the tear shine as it dropped to the soil purifying the once tainted ground.

A/N: That's about it, see you guys next time!