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lady kjerston of the western: Damn straight! Every man should be sayin' that! lol! Oh yeah, after the first baby or two, when Inuaysha comes beggin' for more she's gonna straight up lock him in a room and make him watch the "Don't be naughty" channel, if that were even a channel...Anyways!! Thank you and you're right! I wouldn't have it any other way, because I know this is what you guys want. And this review isn't vague. And even if it was, hey! I like things that are vague! Who doesn't?! lol, j/k. Thanks for your review!

Somegirl1110: Thank you so much! And of course I remember all of my reviewers! You are all who make me happy by reviewing, so how can I forget then name of the someone who made me happy?....Yeah, I thought so! lol, j/k. Anyways, the moodswings are totally my fav part of this whole story, because it can make the story fluffy and funny all at once! Thank you for putting in your top five's list! And yes, I really try to actually imagine the characters of Inuyasha in a situation of what I write about them, and study their character to see what they would actually say or think. I'm just trying to keep them all in character, and thanks to you, I know I'm doing a good job of that! Thanks for your review!

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Miru Amai: Yeah, true that. Inuyasha isn't gonna be so nice to the guy who was trying to steal his woman away for so long, now would he? heehee! I didn't think so! I love the ending of your review, cause it's true now that I think about it! lol, it was so funny, "Your doing great." lol, thanks for your review!

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Chapter Four: How Can I Not Love You?

"K-Kagome." Inuyasha said softly, and he instantly felt out of breath. 'Is...this true? She loves me... this much?' He thought as his heart warmed even more, recalling each and every word she had said to him and letting it all sink in. At that moment Inuyasha beyond all things never felt so loved. He couldn't believe someone would love him this much and not care that he was a half demon, something he was judged for all his life. Inuyasha placed his hands on her shoulders and sat up gently so that she was in his lap.

Kagome nodded in response to his stunned expression, "It's true, you know it is. I love you so much Inuyasha. You're my whole world." She whispered as she hugged him fiercely. Inuyasha looked down at her raven head and smiled.

"You're my whole world too." He said so quietly she barely heard him. Kagome slowly brought her head from his chest and smiled at him as he lowered his lips to hers. As they kissed they heard a scream and abruptly pulled away from each other to see Shippo and Kilala running towards them.

"A demon is coming this way!!" Cried the poor little fox. He ran to Kagome as Kilala ran to get Sango. Kagome hugged Shippo to her tightly and then heard a very loud yet faint roar from the forest just ahead. Seeing the trees in the distance move with each earthquaking step it took, there was no doubt in anyone's mind that it was a very huge demon coming their way. Inuyasha immediately moved to kneel in front of Kagome, took off his fire rat haori and placed upon her. He brought it over her middle securely and pulled the hood over her head. They both stood up when he was done and looked for the demon that she heard.

Inuyasha refused to take any risks. He had to make sure Kagome was fully protected and wouldn't get hurt at all in any way.

"Damn, where the hell are Sango and Miroku." He muttered to himself as he placed a hand on the hilt of Tetsusaiga. Kagome felt Shippo squirm slightly in fear and shook her head vaguely in response to Inuyasha question.

Kagome looked down at him, "Shippo, did you see the demon? What kind is it?" She asked hastily.

Shippo looked up at her and he shook his head vigorously, "I don't know. But it's a very big one and it's coming here!" He said just as the demon came out of the trees. And as expected, the demon was massive. Kagome looked fearfully at it and almost threw up.

It was an absolutely repulsive looking demon. He was covered in sea green gunk and practically had saliva pouring out of its mouth. It looked as though it had no skin, just bare flesh everywhere, with horns growing out of random places of its body.

Even Inuyasha had to turn away slightly at the hideous sight before him. Inuyasha quickly regained himself as he saw a large clawed hand come hurdling towards him and his loved ones behind him. He grabbed them and jumped away.

Once they landed Inuyasha set them down and stepped forward, readying Tetsusaiga, "Alright you nauseating beast, who the hell are you and why are you attacking us?"

The large demon only roared and tried to attack again. Inuyasha raised his sword above his head and swung it down in a rapid motion. Once done and the power of his sword still taking effect, he put an arm around Kagome and they both ran to the hut that belonged to their friends.

The demon was still struggling to fight off the sword's powerful attack and kept trying to ward it away but was obviously having some difficulty.

As Inuyasha and the others arrived at the hut's door, Sango and Miroku ran out and nearly crashed into them. They soon recovered and looked at the demon.

"What the hell is that thing?" Miroku asked in disgust. Sango looked at the horrid beast, placed a hand over her mouth and turned away, not sure if she was going to throw up or not. Kagome walked to her side and put her hands on her shoulders for comfort.

Inuyasha looked back at the girls, "You two stay inside, Kilala, would you please protect them from outside of this hut from any threat." Kilala roared with a 'yes' and took her place in front of the hut.

Miroku followed Inuyasha to battle the large demon that had now recovered from Inuyasha's attack.

Shippo turned to the girls and saw them watching worriedly towards their husbands and leaned on the doorframe for support. They suddenly felt tired and needed something to lean on.

"You girls go inside like Miroku said, Kilala and I will protect you from out here." He said, now finding some bravery in him, though his voice was still a little shaky.

They nodded and closed the opening to the hut and moved to the window to watch. The girls now wanted to fight alongside them like old times. Sango hadn't fought or practiced her fighting skills, what felt like to her, in ages. Kagome also hadn't practiced her archery in a long while as well. The men would have none of it. They didn't want them to do anything of the sort since they were in such a condition. But that seemed to not matter to them, now they just wanted to help.

As Miroku and Inuyasha fought off the demon, it continued to recover from all their attacks and they were really getting tired of it.

"Damn it. What the hell is with this bastard?" Inuyasha muttered as he landed from his last attack to the giant beast that seemed to never falter. He looked over at Miroku who had landed hard on the ground and was struggling to stand back up. His staff had been thrown a few feet away from him and he now more than ever desired to have his wind tunnel again.

Just as the demon saw its chance, it attacked at the fallen monk.

"Miroku, get up!" Shouted Inuyasha as he ran to him.

Sango heard what Inuyasha shouted and looked at her husband that was on the ground with horror and cried, "Miroku, get out of the way!"

Just as he was about to be slaughtered by the demon's claws, an axe attached to a long thich chain appeared and chopped off the claw of the demon that was about to kill Miroku.

Miroku paled and looked at the claw next to him that could have been the cause of his demise. The claw was larger than he was and razor sharp. Miroku shakily stood up and retrieved his staff. Then he and Inuyasha looked for the source that saved his life.

Sango breathed in a sigh of relief and placed a trembling hand over her heart, "Thank goodness." She whispered and now noticed the tears that had managed to fall freely down her cheeks. Kagome almost cried too and hugged Sango who hugged back.

"Who saved him?" Asked Kagome quietly and looked out the window for the monk's savior. Sango looked at Kagome and then out the window, also wanting to know who saved her husband from unexpected death.

Miroku looked at the weapon as it returned to its owner with a hard tug on the end of its chain.

Everyone expected it to be some strong man who just happened to pass by and save the day. Or a demon that was kind and just happened to pass by and save a human life.

No one expected it to be a mere boy in his youngest teen years, that's for sure.

Kohaku stood his ground with pride, wearing his demon exterminator outfit, weapon at ready and a stern look on his face. He raised his weapon again and attacked the demon that dared to strike the new member of his family.

Miroku breathed in a sigh of relief as he stood up and went to Inuyasha.

"Kohaku." Inuyasha said quietly and smirked, "Hey kid, it's been a long time hasn't it."

Once he retrieved back his weapon, Kohaku smiled and ran up to the two older men. "Hey guys. I got here just in time didnt I?" He said and smiled more.

"Perfect timing." Miroku said and wiped his forehead.

Inuyasha smiled and then did a double take toward the demon that was now about to attack again, "Enough greetings, we've got a demon to kill."

The others nodded and got ready to commence the battle once again.

Seeing as the demon was forming a huge beam in its mouth and about to fire at them, Inuyasha got ready for it and knew exactly what to do. Miroku and Kohaku were about to run toward the demon andattack it but Inuyasha stoped them, "Wait! Let it fire that beam! I know what to do, don't worry!" He shouted and readied his sword.

Miroku and Kohaku were hesitant at first, but agreed, even though it wasn't what they had wanted to do.

The beam was released from the demon's mouth and came hurdling toward Inuaysha. The hanyou smirked and then jumped high into the sky and raised his sword, "Back lash wave!" The powers of both attacks collided and turned into a blinding flash of white light. All was silent and bright for a few seconds, but once the light died down, everyone loked at the scene to see if the demon was still standing.

Inuyasha landed and turned toward the demon and saw that his energy wave from the sword was tearing the demon apart.

Sango saw that it was Kohaku and nearly jumped out of the window had it not been for Kagome to hold her back. "Kohaku has returned!" She cried and laughed at the same time. Kagome smiled, 'She missed him so much. I'm happy for you Sango.' Thought Kagome as her smile grew.

Inuyasha and the other two continued to watch as the demon was dying. Suddenly, it seemed to sort of smile. It was a wicked smile that grew even as it continued to die. It looked up and opened its mouth yet again.

Inuyasha slwoly sheathed his sword and backed up a step, his instincts told him to run away. Amd judging by the look of pure horror on his face, Miroku and Kohaku had read his mind.

Whatever was coming, was going to be immeasurably disastrous.

All of a sudden, huge energy blasts burst from the dying demon's mouth and flew toward Inuyasha, Miroku, and Kohaku. They tried to dodge the blasts as they ran away.

While they ran they looked up and darted from the energy blasts as much as they could without getting any wounds. They managed to do that until one of them hit Inuyasha on the back. Without his haori, he staggered for a second as he felt the pain make contact, but kept running.

Kagome stopped smiling and looked down and closed her eyes. Sango stopped her celebrating and looked at her best friend.

"Kagome, what's wrong?" She asked and placed a hand on the miko's shoulder. She noticed for the first time now that Kagome was wearing Inuyasha's haori and smiled. 'They had been through so much together, even before I met them.' Sango smiled.

Kagome abruptly looked up and then looked to Sango whose smile disappeared by the look of terror on her friends face, "S-Something's coming." Kagome said and hurriedly took off half of the haori and covered Sango as well as herself.

Kagome hugged Sango, "Hold on." She whispered and closed her eyes. Sango nodded and nervously hugged back. At that moment they heard loud crashes and felt things smash against them.

"Kagome! Sango!" Shouted Shippo as he dodged a blast that was in front of his pathway. They all heard Kilala roar and try to smack the balsts away with her huge paws, but from the sounds she was making, it seemed like she was having a very hard time doing so.

Kagome brought her hand under the haori and raised it to see Shippo, "Shippo, over here! Get in!" She called as loud as she could over the noise.

Shippo ran under the red haori and hugged Kagome and Sango as more blasts of energy crashed everywhere. He also carried a now tiny Kilala and hugged her as well.

Inuyasha and the others carried on running and darting from the blasts that seemed to never end. They had all been hit at least twice and seethed with pain as they kept running.

Inuyasha suddenly stopped and looked at the hut. Miroku and Kohaku stopped as well and looked at the hut too, wanting to know what the hanyou was sensing. They watched in horror as they saw the blasts crash into the cabin and burst it into oblivion.

"Kagome!" "Sango!" They called and ran as fast as they could toward the fallen shed. As they neared it, the blasts ended their rain of destruction when the demon was finally no more.

Inuyasha and the others fell to their knees and dug through the wreckage with all their strength.

The now tattered lumber scarred and gashed their hands and fingers, making them bleed. They didn't care. Hell, they didn't even feel it. All that mattered right now was to find the girls alive. They searched in different spots, digging everywhere.

After a minute Kohaku now cried out of frustration and punched the ground with a bloddy fist, "Sister, where are you?" He whimpered and now dug faster.

Inuyasha sniffed around quickly and nearly jumped out of his skin when he smelled his mate's sweet yet metalic sent.

"Over here! I found them!" He shouted and burrowed through the debris faster if it was even possible. Miroku and Kohaku came and fell next to him as they dug where he did. "Hurry, I smell their blood." He said.

As they finally cleared all of the wreckage, they saw the girls that they loved. The girls that they loved more than any peace or salvation from their discomfort, more than all treasures this world can hold, and more than life itself, create no movement.