Chapter 4 Kouga's Assault and a Small Show of Feelings

Ok well I think I have reached one major point in this story but I'm no where near done. So Inuyasha is not mine if he was I could easily make the whole series turn to my advantage. Everything I wanted could be done (goes on for a few hours, tapped on shoulder).....Hm?.....Oh yea here's the next chapter.

"Well I wonder where everyone went Miroku?" the high pitched voice of Shippou broke the silence that had fallen since Inuaysha, Kagome, and Sango had left them.

"It would seem that Inuyasha is just having his own problem that apparently no one at all can even try to get out of him. This is a great time for Inuyasha to go psycho."

"He isn't going psycho. Miroku I know this is strange, yet I do not think that he is psycho." Kagome said as she and Sango were walking back.

"Well what do you think we should do? Hm? How do we help someone as stubborn as Inuyasha?" Miroku asked.

"Allright I don't know but we just have to be patient. Maybe he'll come around and tell us if there is any reasone as to why he did that." Kagome began to reason with Miroku.

"Ok just one thing Kagome, how did your attitude change so quickly? When you walked off you were mad and didn't seem to care what problems he had. Now you are defending him." Miroku's new question brought silence to Kagome. Sango knew exactly what to say.

"Hey isn't that a beautiful girl all alone over there?" And with that Miroku had ran over to the trees where Sango had pointed.

"That was so mean Sango. Mean, but very funny...Thanks"

"Hey no problem Kagome. We need to keep our little girl talks to ourselves."

"Yea that is true." Kagome said thoughtfully.

"Hey lets head to the nearest village it isn't far I found it while trying to find that 'girl" that you were talking about" Miroku said.

"What about Inuaysha?" Kagome said and her voice had a worried tone. "He has been gone for a while"

"Don't worry he can take care of himself besides he wants to be alone and he can track our scent." Sango pointed out.

"Fine let's go then." Kagome agreed. With that everyone headed toward the next village, which did turn out to be very close. It was just past a line of trees.

He finally felt his knees regain some strength. As he stood up his knees cracked for kneeling so long. His whole body was now soaked with the steadily falling rain but he didn't care. All he could think about was Kagome. It actually struck the purest feeling of fear since his dream. He just stood there. With his first step brought an extreme sense of dizziness, and he tilted a bit before regaining his balance. He once again looked up ro see that the skies gve no sign of a break in rain. Thunder rolled closer and closer, but it still seemed distant. He decided to walk back. Each step was slow and seemed to take twice as long as it really did. He turned to look back one last time at the rabbit and bird. He cringed, not at the sight, but at the thought of it happeneing to Kagome. As he was walking a very familiar scent hit his nostrils. It was a smell that made him sick. It was the smell of wolf.

Kouga suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Ugh! if it isn't the horrendous smell of a dog turd. It makes me want to throw up." Kouga started throwing insults at Inuyasha.

"Not now Kouga, there's too much I have to figure out." Inuyasha tried to avoid the wolf demon at this point. He just wanted to get back to Kagome. He wanted to keep an eye on her.

"Well to bad cause I think I will fight for Kagome right now." Kouga ran beind Inuyasha and hit him with suck force he flew into a tree.

"What's wrong Inuysha? Even you should have better reflexes than that." Inuyasha knew that he should but he didn't he couldn't. As Inuyasha stood up Kouga ran right up to his face.

"Fight me, now! I demand a true fight. I have no emotional sake in your problems. All I can sense is a hurt shoulder.But it is no longer bad enough to affect your fighting ability. Fight me or else I'll just take Kagome." Inuyasha had had enough with Naraku ready to kill Kagome, and now this weak wolf wanted to take her so he couldn't even protect her?!

"No! I will not let you take her, and you will not beat me!" Inuyasha's fury grew within him. In a flash Kouga was on the ground about fifteen feet away from where he was He felt the blade of the Tetsusuiga against his neck and a sever pain on his cheek where Inuyasha punched him. He looked up to see Inuyasha there with an extreme look of anger and rage in his eyes. Kouga was gone in a flash and tried to hit Inuyasha in the back again. This time Inuyasha was already turned around and had no problem catching Kouga's punch. This brought a look of fear in Kouga.

"You can't do this. My punch has always been too much for you!" Kouga said in complete exasperation.

"Well you had to go and piss me off Kouga. Now you will pay for it." Inuyasha swung his Tetsusuiga at an extreme speed that Kouga had never seen. He was just able to get away with a slash across his torso.

"Well let me show you My little surprise Inuyasha." Kouga pulled out two more sacred jewel shards. He put one in his other arm and one in his chest.

"Now I have five shards Inuyasha! Now I am stronger than you! You can not defeat me!" Kouga's speed seemed to increase as well as he ran back up to Inuyasha's face and hit him continuously. He then proceeded to put a hand through Inuyaha's bad shoulder. Then one through his torso. Inuyasha managed to block the next hit to his face. Inuyasha swung with his enraged speed but hit only thin air. Kouga appeared in front of him and connected his hit to Inuyasha's face. As Inuyasha tilted backwards Kouga Kicked his feet out from underneath him. Then hit his chest which sent him to the ground even harder. When Inuyasha Hit the ground he coughed and blood sputtered out through his clenched teeth.

"What's wrong Inuyasha? I thought I was gonna pay." Kouga kicked Inuyasha into a protruding boulder. As Inuyasha got up Kouga walked over to him and picked him up by his hair and held his face close to his.

"You are pathetic. If you can't stop me how can you protect Kagome? You can't, I think I'll take her now." Kouga punched Inuyasha's face again which sent him flying. back to the boulder. Inuyasha once again got up.

"I will not let you have Kagome." Inuyasha ran up and actually conected with Kouga's chest again. This sent the jewel shard out of his body. Inuyasha was first to reach it, but Kouga was first on the next attack. Inuyasha quickly recovered and leapt for Kouga. Kouga stepped back and Inuyasha landed on the ground using the windscar. Kouga's left side was hit. Inuyasha decided to get the petty wolf demon back by consecutively connecting hit after hit to his face and torso.

"I told you that you should leave me alone. You stupid fuck, I think I should kill you." With one more punch Kouga was on the ground...Unconscience. Inuyasha decided to walk away. He knew that Kagome would not want him to do that. As he sheathed his Tetsusuiga he looked to see he had something in his clenched fist. He opened it to find that it was the jewel shard.

"Oh shit! I forgot!" When Inuyasha found where he left Kouga he was nowhere to be found. He couldn't even get a trace of his scent. Inuyasha turned to walk back around and felt his bruises, cuts, and stab wounds take effect. Plus he remembered wht happened with Naraku. All of the sudden his pain was amplified. As he began to walk back every step seemed to take more and more energy. He fell to the ground and passed out for a while. When he awoke it was morning and luckily he still had the jewel shard. As he came to the campsite he found no one there he found their scent and followed it. His wounds hurt more today but he was pretty sure he had stopped bleeding.

"Well that was a great breakfast!" Sango said with a full stomach. They were all sitting around a table in a in a king's "cursed" house they didn't seem to mind it's "bad omens" either.

"Mmmmm. Best I've had in a while how about you Kagome?" Miroklu said rather happily.

"Yum it sure was, but I feel bad there is still no sign of Inuyasha. Do you think he's allright?" Kagome still said worriedly. She was too worried to go back to school that day. She needed to know what had happened to him.

"Don't worry I'm sure he's fine Kagome." Sango said

"Yes you know how Inuyasha is, he probably needed to be alone." Miroku reasoned making Kagome feel better. The door swung open and found that nothing could be farther from the truth. Inuyasha walked in the door and collapsed on the floor beside their table.

"Inuyasha!! Are you allright?! Inuyasha!!!" Kagome shouted as she quickly leaned over and turned him over to face everyone. His face was bloody and bruised and his haori was covered in blood.

"He is bleeding we need to get is wounds cleaned! Now!" Kagome yelled as everyone got out various wraps and antiseptics. After about half an hour everyone helped to make a small bed on the ground and wrap his wounds.

"I knew something was wrong. Did he do this to himself? Sango? Miroku? You must know yu were the ones who said he'd be fine!" Kagome snapped.

"Tsch I'm fine Kagome. These are nothing but scrapes." Inuyasha said from the bed.

"No you're not Inuya.....Inuyasha! You're awake!" Kagome ran over to his bed. Inuyasha looked down at his clenched fist.

"Oh by the way I got this." Inuyasha hands Kagome the jewel shard from Kouga's chest. As he sits up.

"You shouldn't sit up Inuyasha. How did you get this? Inuyasha don't tell me you sensed it?" Kagome's voice surprisingly had a slightly sorrowed tone.

"No, I got that from my fight with Kouga. Along with all of these wounds I gave him some. He had five jewel shards Kagome one in each limb and one in his chest. That's what he said. By the time I got back, after I left him while he was unconscience, he was gone when I returned." Inuyasha explained the rest of the fight between them. He managed to leave out why he fought.

"That must have been a very hard battle Inuyasha. He had five jewel shards you said? Hm I wonder how many are left?" Miroku questioned.

"Tsch. It wasn't that bad. So what if he had two more jewel shards he lost one now. Could you guys leave me and Kagome alone I have to talk to her. As they look at each other confused and then look to Kaogme, who looked just as confused, they all leave the hut.

"Why did you sound sad earlier, Kagome?" Inuyasha had noticed how her voice sounded depressed.

"What? When?" Kagome was trying to cover it up. Inuyasha knew though he could tell in her voice.

"Tell me Kagome. What's wrong? Why did you sound so upset? Please Kagome tell me." Inuyasha now sounded worried about her.

"It was nothing Inuyasha. It's fine, nothing's wrong." Kagome said as she began to get up. As she started to get up Inuyasha held her back.

"Tell me Kagome!"

"Inuyasha let me go!" Kagome pulled her hand away quite forcefully. That was not the smartest idea since he was holding her with his bad shoulder.

"Ouch, Kagome why can't you just please tell me?"

"Do you really want to know Inuyasha?" Kagome asked him/

"Yes."

"I..I.....I was afraid...."

"Afraid of what?"

"I was afraid that if you could sense the shards then you would send me home and wouldn't want me to come back! Ok?!" Kagome began to cry ash she said this.
"Kagome that's not true at all. We need you to be here. And..so do I.....Ok?" Inuyasha said in a very comforting voice.

"Inuyasha.....sniff...are you sure?"

"Yes Kagome Of course I'm sure."

"Oh Inuyasha!" Kagome embraces him in a tight hug. Inuyasha wraps his rms around her and holds her.

"Well I guess.......sniff.............are you hungry you didn't have breakfast like we all did." Kagome suggested to Inuyasha.

"Wait! You guys left and slept in here and had breakfast while I fought Kouga!" Inuyasha's temper began to show.

"Hey don't get angry at me I wanted to stay out waiting for you!" Kagome snapped back.

"Fine, but I'm not hungry I think I'll just get up and we can continue." Inuyasha suggested.

"No you won't. You will rest." Kagome told him as she gently pushed him back down to the bed." Kagome left him to rest ansd as she walked out she found everyone not too far away giving her a strange look.

"Everything's fine. Really." kagome all assured them.

A/N:Whew That is more a regular chapter I think. I also think it's my best one. Well please read and review Not a long author's not this time. C Ya

-LimitlessExileSS