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RECAP:

Everything had been going great, Inuyasha managed to slice and dice the
thing, and Kagome had been running to him when he realized the shard
was still animating one piece.

Unfortunately that piece was all that was needed to put Kagome in death's
doorway.

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A Friend In Need...
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"Too slow!" Inuyasha once thought more as he was about to dive for
Kagome... who was no longer there?

Inuyasha heard a voice speak scornfully "Che! I knew you were not worthy
of my mistress. You can't even get rid of this thing."

That was all the warning Inuyasha got before the pieces of the centipede
demon just fell to dust in the wave of golden light that seemed to appear
from no where.

The group's mouths hung open at the sight that greeted them when the
dust and light dissipated.

There was Kagome safe and sound curled up in the arms of a man with the
slight features of a cat.

Triangle ears twitched upon the top of his head, gathering the sounds of
the area around them. A multi-colored tail lashed in anger while two molten
amber eyes glared at the dog demon in front of them. The arms and body
of the cat demon were strong and steady as Kagome was held tightly to
him.

"Let her go you jerk" Inuyasha growled out.

The cat demon snorted "why? Just so you can go and try to get her killed
again?"

Inuyasha jerked as if slapped and the cat demon smirked before a look of
worry crossed his features "are you all right my mistress?"

Kagome blinked at the unfamiliar person but had a strange feeling as if she
should really know who this was.

"Umm, I'm sorry, but do I know you?" Kagome asked quietly.

A bit of sadness entered the man's eyes "you truly do not know me my
mistress?"

Feeling a little guilty now Kagome studied the face before her for a few
moments before her eyes widened in recognition and she threw her arms
around the man's neck while laughing.

Everyone sat there stunned and Inuyasha felt something inside tug
painfully at his heart.

That was until he heard Kagome shout out "Buyo! It's you!"

Inuyasha's mouth gaped open in shock before landing on his butt as his
legs gave way.

"But, but..." Inuyasha trailed off as Buyo interrupted him.

"Yes that was your rear end you landed on, what about it?"

"Ah Kagome-sama could you please introduce us to your companion?"
Miroku said eyeing the cat demon in front of him.

"Oh! Sorry about that. I guess the surprise of all this addled my mind."

"I don't think your mind is the only one confused" Sango said as she looked
towards Inuyasha.

Buyo snorted "Dog boy's mind addled?" Narrowing his eyes he glared at
the half-demon in front of him "You don't have to worry about that, his mind
is always messed up."

This snapped Inuyasha out of his stupor and he shouted "what the hell did
you say!?"

"You heard me hanyou. If you could treat my mistress the way you do when
she tries to be so kind to you, then your brain matter is nothing more than
scrambled eggs."

With a snarl of rage Inuyasha leaped at Buyo fully intending to rip the fuzzy
ears and flicking tail off the Neko.

Just when Inuyasha was within reach he was suddenly yanked to the
ground by his ankles. Before he could even move he was suddenly bound
to the ground by what seemed to be large tree roots.

"You incredibly selfish jerk of a hanyou!!" Buyo bellowed. "Did you even
think before you tried to attack me!? If I had moved the wrong way or not at
all you would've hit Kagome!"

Inuyasha immediately stilled as the words Buyo had shouted penetrated his
brain. Turning his head he saw Kagome staring at him wide-eyed and, to
his relief, very well protected in Buyo's arms.

Inuyasha's head sank back to the ground in self recrimination.

Seeing Inuyasha's demeanor Kagome pulled herself away from Buyo and
went over to Inuyasha's side.

"Buyo, please let him go" Kagome said softly.

"As you wish." Not a word was said nor a movement made, but the roots
that had once held Inuyasha slid back into the ground and disappeared as
if they had never been there.

"Inuyasha" Kagome began quietly. "You may not have consciously noticed
me in the way at the time, but no matter what, you have always protected
me and I believe you would not have hurt me then."

Inuyasha looked up into Kagome's (something color) eyes. He almost
flinched at the trust he saw reflected in the depths of her shimmering eyes
but then decided to meet he gaze unwavering.

Kagome smiled, got up from the ground, and held out her hand to Inuyasha
saying "now there's the Inuyasha I know."

Inuyasha's gaze flickered over to Buyo for a moment and saw that the
Neko's gaze had a warning hidden in it "take her hand or so help me..."

Inuyasha took Kagome's hand, not because of the cat glaring at him, but
as an apology for earlier. Though the smile he got from Kagome in return
just might influence his attitude towards letting her help him every so often
in the future.


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There you go! Buyo's secret is out and there was some slight WAFF for Inu
& Kagome fans! Sorry this is so short but trust me Buyo is far from through
with Inuyasha. After all he's got almost one year of heart wrenching pain
that Inuyasha caused Kagome to have to make up for, right? -_-; Oh! And
on a note Kikyo fans should stop reading now! The next few chapters have
her pop up in either just passing or actually showing up and suffice it to say
Buyo does NOT like her... Ok see you all later!