A/N: Gomen this chapter is late. Okay guys, I will try really hard to make this chappie long.
laku: Glad you like the humor!
SilentSlayer: Me to. But I couldn't do it just yet, I have to save that for another chapter.
pruningshears: Thankies for reviewing! And I will try to make my chapters longer.
windmagelita: Gomen, I need to save that part for another chapter. But I completely agree with you. She must die!
nekokitsune16: Glad you live my story!
Pinayazngrl: You and I will get along perfectly, we both hate Kikyo!
animefreak808: *phew* Thanks for not sending the evil monkeys!
Puppkid: Glad you liked the idea!
Ks-Starshine: Unfortunately, she will have to make another appearance.
animemistress419: Glad you liked the chapter!
mkh2: Gomen about the spelling error. I've been busy, but I will try and correct it. Lol, my dog did that to me once and I just couldn't resist putting it in there.
keeper-of-the-triforce: Thankies for saying it was cute!
kitsune-firedragon: Thankies! And I'll try to make it just as good!
inuyashafreak337: No problem, glad you like! And thanks for telling me that you like my idea for my other fic!
Saturnlover: We'll just have to wait and see what she's planning.
KawaiiChica: Gomen, I think I might have confused you. 'A Way To Freedom' isn't a sequel to this story. The sequel to this one is called 'New Sight'. But I'm glad you like this story!
Yoshiko73: Well. If your a bad person then I must be the worst. I HATE Kikyo! And there is nothing wrong with cafine, I drink the stuff myself, lol.
sweet-captor: Yes she is.
SilentBrat: Lol, don't worry about it.
May: Thankies for reviewing! And thanks for giving me your opinion!
Hime Shinidama no Megami: Thankies for reviewing and for your opinion on my other fic.
Oh, and special thanks to Yoshiko73 for the ideas! You'll be seeing them in this chappie!
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Chapter 16
"Kagome! Are you awake yet?" Sango called from down the hall as she hastily hopped on one foot while trying to tie her shoe and she also had a piece of toast in her mouth.
Sango was running extremely late for work. She worked at the mall in town as a sales clerk and she was supposed to be there an hour early because of some sort of yearly fifty percent off sale. She had set her clock for six o' clock, that would have given her a whole hour and thirty minutes for her to get ready, when she woke up she found that her clock wasn't on her night stand.
She had found her clock out in the hallway with the cord chewed off. "Stupid dog." She had muttered sleepily as she drugged herself into the kitchen. She made some coffee and took a sip. That was when her eyes had landed on the clock on the microwave. It read eight o' clock. "Shit!" She had yelled as she quickly ran back to her room to hurriedly get ready.
She heard a mumbled reply come from her friends room, a thump and a growl. 'She must have kicked Yasha off the bed again.' She thought as she wolfed down the last bite of her toast.
"I'm leaving for work late because of YOUR dog!" She yelled. She had finally gotten her shoe tied and was rushing out the front door before Kagome could reply.
Kagome heard the front door slam shut and she rolled over on her side, enjoying the warmth of her blankets. "Did she have to wake me up just to tell me that you made her late for work?" Kagome mumbled to Yasha as she slowly sat up.
'That stupid alarm hurt my ears.' Inuyasha grumbled from the floor as he stretched the muscles in his back legs.
Kagome got dressed and picked up her walking stick and made her way towards the kitchen. She sat down in one of the chairs and proceeded to put on her shoes. "You ready for our walk this morning, Yasha?" She asked in a now perky sounding voice.
Inuyasha shook his head. 'How can she go from being grumpy one minute then turn around and be perky the next?' He wondered.
'That's just how Kagome is.' A certain two tailed feline said as she sauntered into the kitchen, stopping momentarily to rub up against Kagome's legs.
"Good morning Kirara." Kagome said as she reached out a hand and stroked the cats back.
Kirara purred in response.
Inuyasha rolled his amber eyes. 'Feh, what ever.' He replied. He looked around the room, expecting to see a small brown fur ball come bounding into the room after Kirara. 'Where is that little runt?' He asked curiously.
Kirara tilted her head to the side. 'You mean Shippo? He's still in the living room sleeping.' She replied.
'Good, maybe I can actually get out of this house with out him following me.' He muttered and walked over to Kagome's side when she began to stand.
"Let's go, shall we?" She asked as she began to walk towards the door.
Inuyasha stood up and followed Kagome to the door. He stood patiently while Kagome fumbled with the clasp on the leash.
She finally got the leash on Inuyasha's collar and she pushed the front door open.
Bright morning sunlight light filtered into the room, washing Kagome in all its glory.
Inuyasha glanced up and was entranced by her beauty. The early morning light made Kagome's long raven black hair shine and made her face light up. 'Wow.' Was all Inuyasha thought at that one moment.
He hadn't realized how long he had been staring at Kagome until he felt a gentle tug at his leash. He shock his large head and quickly walked to his place a few paces in front of Kagome so he could lead her down the side walk.
Inuyasha felt some sort of new emotion begin to stir inside of him as he walked. He couldn't make out what it was so he pushed it aside to figure it out later.
They had walked half way around the block in silence, each enjoying the peacefulness of the morning.
Inuyasha's nose began to twitch as a new scent hit his nose. 'What is that?' He thought as he lifted his nose to the air to get a better sniff of it.
The scent was coming from right in front of him. He turned his amber gaze in that direction and saw a figure walking towards him and Kagome.
Inuyasha stopped walking, causing Kagome to bump into him slightly.
The figure slowly took shape of a man. For a reason unknown to Inuyasha, he felt an instant disliking for the man walking towards him and Kagome.
Inuyasha felt the hair on his back begin to bristle as the man got closer. He had long black hair pulled into a pony-tale, ice blue eyes, black jeans with a black t-shirt and black sneakers.
"Yasha? What's wrong?" Kagome asked and knelt down beside her dog and began to stroke his head.
Inuyasha ignored the soft caresses on his head and kept his amber gaze trained on the man approaching them from the opposite direction.
Some sort of instinct was telling Inuyasha that this man was a danger.
The man walked up to them and stopped. "Hey there." He said in a low voice.
Kagome jumped in surprise. She hadn't expected to hear anyone. Usually when she and Yasha went for their morning walk they were the only one's out.
Kagome tilted her head to the side as she stood up. "Hello." Kagome replied in a nervous sounding voice.
Inuyasha wrinkled his nose as the mans scent hit his nose fully. Je could think of only one smell to describe this man. 'He smells like a wolf.' He thought with a shake of his head.
The man looked Kagome up and down. "The names Koga. What's yours?" He asked and looked Kagome over once more. He held out his hand.
Kagome nodded her head and tried to smile. "Its nice to meet you, Koga. Mine is Kagome." She said with out holding out her hand.
Koga noticed that she was staring straight ahead and hadn't looked at him once since he arrived. 'What is up with this chick?' He wondered and looked into her blank eyes.
He brought his right hand up and waved it in front of her face. He got no response at all. 'She's blind?' He thought in mild shock.
Kagome was beginning to get uneasy around this man. "Well, it was nice talking to you Koga, but I must be going now." She said and signaled for Yasha to walk around Koga.
Inuyasha readily agreed when Kagome began to walk around Koga. He growled lowly when Koga reached out a hand and grabbed Kagome's arm.
Inuyasha raised his lips, revealing sparkling white fangs.
Koga ignored the dog and continued to stare at Kagome. "Why don't you ditch the mutt and come and be my woman?" He asked and took another step closer to Kagome.
Kagome suddenly shuddered in fear. She had to get away from this man. "You seem nice Koga. Maybe some other time." She said and attempted to walk around him once more.
And once again, Koga reached out and grabbed her arm to stop her. He had a frown on his face. "I won't take no for an answer." He muttered in a dangerous sounding voice. He looked around and seeing no one around quickly jerked Kagome towards his body.
Kagome was surprised by the sudden grabbing and let go of Inuyasha's leash. "Let go!" She cried put and pushed and hit against Koga's chest, but it was useless, he was to strong.
Koga smirked. "Your feisty. I like my women feisty." He muttered and began to pull Kagome off of the side walk and out of site behind a hedge.
Koga didn't even get the chance to step from the side walk onto the grass. He saw amber eyes and the flash of fangs as Kagome's dog lunged at him. He just barely jumped out of the way before the dog would have bitten him.
The dogs fangs snapped in the air, just missing his arm by a mere inch.
In the process of jumping away from the dog Koga had pushed Kagome away as well, making her fall over into the soft summer grass.
'Get your hands off of her!' Inuyasha snarled as he landed on the ground. He stood over Kagome and snarled at Koga.
Koga made a frustrated sound in the back of his throat. "Stupid dog!" He yelled and made a kick towards the large white snarling dog.
Inuyasha saw his chance when Koga made a kick at him. He lunged once more and bite down on his leg. Inuyasha began to shake his head and growl.
Koga cried out in pain and attempted to pull his leg out of the vice like grip that was Inuaysha's mouth.
This only caused Inuyasha to tighten his grip on the mans leg.
Kagome had quickly pushed herself up on her elbows. She was afraid that Koga would hurt Yasha but from the sound of it, Yasha wasn't the one that she should be worried about.
From the sounds she heard it sounded like there was a wild animal tearing some one apart.
'I've got to stop Yasha before he kills him!' Kagome thought and pushed herself into a sitting position on her knees. "Yasha, that's enough!" She called out and turned her head frantically, trying to catch the sound of her dog walking towards her. But the only sound that reached her ears was the continuing growling of her dog and the cries of pain from the man.
"Yasha, let him go! He's had enough!" Kagome cried again, her voice showing that she was beginning to panic.
Inuyasha barely heard Kagome's voice. Infact he would have completely ignored it if the panic in her voice hadn't caught his attention. 'I hope I broke your leg!' Inuyasha gave one more good shake of his head and then finally let go.
Koga fell over when Inuyasha had let go, but he quickly pushed himself back onto his feet and began to limp away. "Your not worth the trouble." He called over his shoulder.
Inuyasha growled once again at Koga and that was enough to make him run, well, as well as one can one with a dog bitten leg, away.
Inuyasha shook his head then turned around and walked over to the fallen Kagome.
Kagome heard her dog walking over towards her and she held out her arms. She wrapped them around the furry body that walked into her embrace. "Thank you Yasha." She muttered into his soft fur.
Inuyasha didn't realize it, but in that simple moment, where he thought that she might be hurt, his feelings for the blind girls had changed.
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Well, I really tried to make this one longer. Did I do a good job? Please R/R! If you do I'll give some home made cookies! ~holds up a tray of home made cookies~
Ja ne, Pam
laku: Glad you like the humor!
SilentSlayer: Me to. But I couldn't do it just yet, I have to save that for another chapter.
pruningshears: Thankies for reviewing! And I will try to make my chapters longer.
windmagelita: Gomen, I need to save that part for another chapter. But I completely agree with you. She must die!
nekokitsune16: Glad you live my story!
Pinayazngrl: You and I will get along perfectly, we both hate Kikyo!
animefreak808: *phew* Thanks for not sending the evil monkeys!
Puppkid: Glad you liked the idea!
Ks-Starshine: Unfortunately, she will have to make another appearance.
animemistress419: Glad you liked the chapter!
mkh2: Gomen about the spelling error. I've been busy, but I will try and correct it. Lol, my dog did that to me once and I just couldn't resist putting it in there.
keeper-of-the-triforce: Thankies for saying it was cute!
kitsune-firedragon: Thankies! And I'll try to make it just as good!
inuyashafreak337: No problem, glad you like! And thanks for telling me that you like my idea for my other fic!
Saturnlover: We'll just have to wait and see what she's planning.
KawaiiChica: Gomen, I think I might have confused you. 'A Way To Freedom' isn't a sequel to this story. The sequel to this one is called 'New Sight'. But I'm glad you like this story!
Yoshiko73: Well. If your a bad person then I must be the worst. I HATE Kikyo! And there is nothing wrong with cafine, I drink the stuff myself, lol.
sweet-captor: Yes she is.
SilentBrat: Lol, don't worry about it.
May: Thankies for reviewing! And thanks for giving me your opinion!
Hime Shinidama no Megami: Thankies for reviewing and for your opinion on my other fic.
Oh, and special thanks to Yoshiko73 for the ideas! You'll be seeing them in this chappie!
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Chapter 16
"Kagome! Are you awake yet?" Sango called from down the hall as she hastily hopped on one foot while trying to tie her shoe and she also had a piece of toast in her mouth.
Sango was running extremely late for work. She worked at the mall in town as a sales clerk and she was supposed to be there an hour early because of some sort of yearly fifty percent off sale. She had set her clock for six o' clock, that would have given her a whole hour and thirty minutes for her to get ready, when she woke up she found that her clock wasn't on her night stand.
She had found her clock out in the hallway with the cord chewed off. "Stupid dog." She had muttered sleepily as she drugged herself into the kitchen. She made some coffee and took a sip. That was when her eyes had landed on the clock on the microwave. It read eight o' clock. "Shit!" She had yelled as she quickly ran back to her room to hurriedly get ready.
She heard a mumbled reply come from her friends room, a thump and a growl. 'She must have kicked Yasha off the bed again.' She thought as she wolfed down the last bite of her toast.
"I'm leaving for work late because of YOUR dog!" She yelled. She had finally gotten her shoe tied and was rushing out the front door before Kagome could reply.
Kagome heard the front door slam shut and she rolled over on her side, enjoying the warmth of her blankets. "Did she have to wake me up just to tell me that you made her late for work?" Kagome mumbled to Yasha as she slowly sat up.
'That stupid alarm hurt my ears.' Inuyasha grumbled from the floor as he stretched the muscles in his back legs.
Kagome got dressed and picked up her walking stick and made her way towards the kitchen. She sat down in one of the chairs and proceeded to put on her shoes. "You ready for our walk this morning, Yasha?" She asked in a now perky sounding voice.
Inuyasha shook his head. 'How can she go from being grumpy one minute then turn around and be perky the next?' He wondered.
'That's just how Kagome is.' A certain two tailed feline said as she sauntered into the kitchen, stopping momentarily to rub up against Kagome's legs.
"Good morning Kirara." Kagome said as she reached out a hand and stroked the cats back.
Kirara purred in response.
Inuyasha rolled his amber eyes. 'Feh, what ever.' He replied. He looked around the room, expecting to see a small brown fur ball come bounding into the room after Kirara. 'Where is that little runt?' He asked curiously.
Kirara tilted her head to the side. 'You mean Shippo? He's still in the living room sleeping.' She replied.
'Good, maybe I can actually get out of this house with out him following me.' He muttered and walked over to Kagome's side when she began to stand.
"Let's go, shall we?" She asked as she began to walk towards the door.
Inuyasha stood up and followed Kagome to the door. He stood patiently while Kagome fumbled with the clasp on the leash.
She finally got the leash on Inuyasha's collar and she pushed the front door open.
Bright morning sunlight light filtered into the room, washing Kagome in all its glory.
Inuyasha glanced up and was entranced by her beauty. The early morning light made Kagome's long raven black hair shine and made her face light up. 'Wow.' Was all Inuyasha thought at that one moment.
He hadn't realized how long he had been staring at Kagome until he felt a gentle tug at his leash. He shock his large head and quickly walked to his place a few paces in front of Kagome so he could lead her down the side walk.
Inuyasha felt some sort of new emotion begin to stir inside of him as he walked. He couldn't make out what it was so he pushed it aside to figure it out later.
They had walked half way around the block in silence, each enjoying the peacefulness of the morning.
Inuyasha's nose began to twitch as a new scent hit his nose. 'What is that?' He thought as he lifted his nose to the air to get a better sniff of it.
The scent was coming from right in front of him. He turned his amber gaze in that direction and saw a figure walking towards him and Kagome.
Inuyasha stopped walking, causing Kagome to bump into him slightly.
The figure slowly took shape of a man. For a reason unknown to Inuyasha, he felt an instant disliking for the man walking towards him and Kagome.
Inuyasha felt the hair on his back begin to bristle as the man got closer. He had long black hair pulled into a pony-tale, ice blue eyes, black jeans with a black t-shirt and black sneakers.
"Yasha? What's wrong?" Kagome asked and knelt down beside her dog and began to stroke his head.
Inuyasha ignored the soft caresses on his head and kept his amber gaze trained on the man approaching them from the opposite direction.
Some sort of instinct was telling Inuyasha that this man was a danger.
The man walked up to them and stopped. "Hey there." He said in a low voice.
Kagome jumped in surprise. She hadn't expected to hear anyone. Usually when she and Yasha went for their morning walk they were the only one's out.
Kagome tilted her head to the side as she stood up. "Hello." Kagome replied in a nervous sounding voice.
Inuyasha wrinkled his nose as the mans scent hit his nose fully. Je could think of only one smell to describe this man. 'He smells like a wolf.' He thought with a shake of his head.
The man looked Kagome up and down. "The names Koga. What's yours?" He asked and looked Kagome over once more. He held out his hand.
Kagome nodded her head and tried to smile. "Its nice to meet you, Koga. Mine is Kagome." She said with out holding out her hand.
Koga noticed that she was staring straight ahead and hadn't looked at him once since he arrived. 'What is up with this chick?' He wondered and looked into her blank eyes.
He brought his right hand up and waved it in front of her face. He got no response at all. 'She's blind?' He thought in mild shock.
Kagome was beginning to get uneasy around this man. "Well, it was nice talking to you Koga, but I must be going now." She said and signaled for Yasha to walk around Koga.
Inuyasha readily agreed when Kagome began to walk around Koga. He growled lowly when Koga reached out a hand and grabbed Kagome's arm.
Inuyasha raised his lips, revealing sparkling white fangs.
Koga ignored the dog and continued to stare at Kagome. "Why don't you ditch the mutt and come and be my woman?" He asked and took another step closer to Kagome.
Kagome suddenly shuddered in fear. She had to get away from this man. "You seem nice Koga. Maybe some other time." She said and attempted to walk around him once more.
And once again, Koga reached out and grabbed her arm to stop her. He had a frown on his face. "I won't take no for an answer." He muttered in a dangerous sounding voice. He looked around and seeing no one around quickly jerked Kagome towards his body.
Kagome was surprised by the sudden grabbing and let go of Inuyasha's leash. "Let go!" She cried put and pushed and hit against Koga's chest, but it was useless, he was to strong.
Koga smirked. "Your feisty. I like my women feisty." He muttered and began to pull Kagome off of the side walk and out of site behind a hedge.
Koga didn't even get the chance to step from the side walk onto the grass. He saw amber eyes and the flash of fangs as Kagome's dog lunged at him. He just barely jumped out of the way before the dog would have bitten him.
The dogs fangs snapped in the air, just missing his arm by a mere inch.
In the process of jumping away from the dog Koga had pushed Kagome away as well, making her fall over into the soft summer grass.
'Get your hands off of her!' Inuyasha snarled as he landed on the ground. He stood over Kagome and snarled at Koga.
Koga made a frustrated sound in the back of his throat. "Stupid dog!" He yelled and made a kick towards the large white snarling dog.
Inuyasha saw his chance when Koga made a kick at him. He lunged once more and bite down on his leg. Inuyasha began to shake his head and growl.
Koga cried out in pain and attempted to pull his leg out of the vice like grip that was Inuaysha's mouth.
This only caused Inuyasha to tighten his grip on the mans leg.
Kagome had quickly pushed herself up on her elbows. She was afraid that Koga would hurt Yasha but from the sound of it, Yasha wasn't the one that she should be worried about.
From the sounds she heard it sounded like there was a wild animal tearing some one apart.
'I've got to stop Yasha before he kills him!' Kagome thought and pushed herself into a sitting position on her knees. "Yasha, that's enough!" She called out and turned her head frantically, trying to catch the sound of her dog walking towards her. But the only sound that reached her ears was the continuing growling of her dog and the cries of pain from the man.
"Yasha, let him go! He's had enough!" Kagome cried again, her voice showing that she was beginning to panic.
Inuyasha barely heard Kagome's voice. Infact he would have completely ignored it if the panic in her voice hadn't caught his attention. 'I hope I broke your leg!' Inuyasha gave one more good shake of his head and then finally let go.
Koga fell over when Inuyasha had let go, but he quickly pushed himself back onto his feet and began to limp away. "Your not worth the trouble." He called over his shoulder.
Inuyasha growled once again at Koga and that was enough to make him run, well, as well as one can one with a dog bitten leg, away.
Inuyasha shook his head then turned around and walked over to the fallen Kagome.
Kagome heard her dog walking over towards her and she held out her arms. She wrapped them around the furry body that walked into her embrace. "Thank you Yasha." She muttered into his soft fur.
Inuyasha didn't realize it, but in that simple moment, where he thought that she might be hurt, his feelings for the blind girls had changed.
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Well, I really tried to make this one longer. Did I do a good job? Please R/R! If you do I'll give some home made cookies! ~holds up a tray of home made cookies~
Ja ne, Pam