Chapter 10

A shadow jumped down infront of them."You are not going anywhere..."

"Wha...?"

"You heard me mutt! You're not going anywhere with my girl." Kouga showed himself and he looked angry.

"Kouga?" Inuyasha stepped infront of Kagome. "Leave now or we'll rip the shards from your body!" Inuyasha growled deep in his throat and peered at Kouga.

"Kouga! I thought I told you to leave me alone. Do I need to exercise a demonstrantion of what happenes when you don't listen to me!" Kagome moved to stand next to Inuyasha and drew an arrow and readied it to aim at Kouga's arm. "Now leave us alone or I will shoot!" Kagome drew back as tight as she could as her arm was sore from the arrow Kikyo shot her with.

"Now, now children it's not fair, two against one." Kikyo came out of the bushes and stood beside Kouga. "Kagome I will take you on, Kouga you can hack your way at Inuyasha." Kikyo drew an arrow and aimed it right for Kagome's heart.

"Don't kill her Kikyo..." Kouga whispered. He jumped up and attacked Inuyasha as Kikyo let her arrow fly at Kagome. Luckily for her Inuyasha swung Tetsusaiga out to protect Kagome and the arrow shattered.

"Inuyasha!" Kouga went striaght for him. "Keep your focus on me. Not Kagome." Kouga dug at Inuyasha and only got his cheek.

"Well, don't let your gaurd down when Kikyo kills her." Inuyasha reached up and put his claws in his blood. "Blades of Blood!" Inuyasha slung his claws and the blades cut Kouga and ripped a shard from his leg out.

"No!" Kouga went for it when an arrow flew in front. He looked over to see Kagome standing there with another bow ready aimed for him if he moved for it. He slowly stood up, he had to think of a way to get the arrows away from her.

"Don't move Kouga! I'll shoot you and then rip the other shards from your body."

"Don't worry, soon you will not have an advantage..." Kikyo ran and shot another arrow at Kagome.

"Ahh!" Kagome jumped up and and drew and arrow out at the same time. "Kikyo Die!" Kagome shot at Kikyo and clipped her on the leg.

"Ouch! You wench!" Kikyo fell and grabbed at her bleeding ankle. "You'll pay!"

"I think not!" Inuyasha ran at Kikyo and ripped her bow from hand and snapped it in half. "Kikyo, leave, you are no match for Kagome now.

"Doubt it!" Kouga ran rightinto Inuyasha and ripped his claws through the air and struck Inuyasha on the chest. "Once you are out of the way I'll take the jewel shards and become more powerful and Kagome will have no other choice than to go with me." Kouga dove at him again, but was unsuccessful in a struck. In fact Inuyasha struck him and hard. Kouga went flying and hit a tree cauding some branches to break off.

"Ahh!" A branch caught Kikyo's left leg and she couldn't move.

"Kikyo!" Kagome ran after her, yeah she hates her but Kagome wants to be the one to kill her not a tree. Kagome shot the tree with a couple of purifying arrows and it disinagrated.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha ran after her since she didn't see that Kikyo had an arrow in her hand.

"Huh?" Kagome looked over to see Inuyasha coming at her and saw a glitter of something in Kikyo's hand. Then the next instant Inuyasha tackled kagome before Kikyo stabbed her and it caught Inuyasha in the side.

"Ahh!" Inuyasha fell on top of !" Inuyasha rolled off of her and ripped the arrow out of his side. "I can't really run so save yourself."

"Oh please, save me the act." Kagome wrapped her arms under Inuyasha's and drug him away from the limping Kikyo. "Hold on." Kagome laid him down and pulled out her last arrow. "Please stop her." Kagome pulled back with all her strength and let the arrow fly. It struck Kikyo right in the shoulder as it did last time and it pinned her to a tree behind her as she fell back from the force of the shot. Kagome looked up and saw Kilala and Miroku flying over head. "Miroku!" Kagome was waving her hands waiting for Miroku to see her.

"Kagome?!" Miroku turned Kilala around and then landed beside her.

"Help me." Miroku and Kagome lifted the unconcious Inuyasha onto Kilala's back as they rode off to Keade's hut.

"What happened?" Miroku looked at Kagome who looked pretty banged up herself and back down to Inuyasha.

"Kikyo and Kouga happened."

"Oh..."

"Kagome...."

"Inuyasha?"

"Look up." Inuyasha whispered before he lost cousicousness.