Recap: Kagome fell asleep in his arms with a slight smile on her face. InuYasha laid her down next to him and leaned back against the wall and fell asleep dreaming of his Kagome and their embrace.

Chapter 4: The New Moon and An Unwanted Guest

The next morning, "mmm…so good," InuYasha said to himself as everyone slept in as the sun had already risen. Kagome began to stir in her sleep as she heard familiar sounds coming from across the room. She awoke with the sun peeking in from out of the cracks in the walls that blinded her for a moment. Kagome sat up from the floor and rubbed her eyes to relieve herself from the 'sleep' that reserved space in the corners of her eyes. As her vision came back, she could make out a not so ordinary hanyou slurping something from a bowl. Kagome started to focus and glanced around the room to see everyone, besides Kaede, who wasn't present and InuYasha sleeping. She also noticed that her overly stuffed bag had been opened and dug through. She quickly turned back to InuYasha and glared at the half demon as an evil looking aura began to surround her. "INUYASHA!!!" From outside, birds flew in a frenzy. The loud scream woke the others from their slumber to see a very angry Kagome chasing a frightened InuYasha.

"So what are ye planning for this new day?" Asked Kaede to the injured mutt. InuYasha sat rubbing his head from Kagome's earlier beating she had given him. 'Feh', "what do you think we're doing today, hag?" InuYasha asked sarcastically. "We're going on another journey to search for more shards of the Shikon Jewel," Miroku answered in InuYasha's place. "Well then, ye better set out. It will be dark soon," said the wise, old priestess. "Yes, you're right. Lets get going," said Kagome. The group packed up their needed materials and were on their way.

Somewhere, Not Too Far from the Village

It started to get dark and so the five travelers set camp. Shippo collected sticks to put in the fire that Miroku had been preparing. InuYasha sat up on a branch in a tree above the camp site, waiting for any intruders to attack. As for the girls, they found a hot spring near by. The two young ladies stripped into the nude to take a warm bath, being alert of the boys that were also near by. "Kagome?" Sango said. Kagome answered, "yes?" "Do you remember what tonight is?" Kagome sat soaking as she thought about Sango's question. Suddenly, Kagome sprung up out of the spring, quickly put her clothes back on, excusing her self from Sango and ran back to the camp site. 'I can't believe I forgot about the new moon tonight,' Kagome thought, 'InuYasha, why didn't you say something?'

Back at the Camp Site

InuYasha sat up in the tree as he watched the sun disappear behind the mountains in the distance. Kagome stood at the base of the same tree InuYasha had been sitting in. She looked up to find nothing, but the wind. She glanced around to find a black haired boy sitting close to the fire. "InuYasha, how could you…" Kagome was cut off by a 'shhh'. InuYasha had his finger up to his lips and pointed at the tired out Kitsune and the monk who seemed to be dozing off. She looked at the two, but turned to InuYasha again. She sat down next to the human InuYasha. "Why didn't you tell me?" Kagome asked in a whisper. InuYasha gazed into the flames that rose from the fire that lit up his violet eyes.. "I just didn't want you to worry, that's all," InuYasha whispered back. The raven haired young woman scooted closer to the young man. "Don't you think I would have noticed?" Kagome said as she rubbed his earless head. InuYasha smirked at this action. "Um…Kagome?" "Yes?" Kagome asked in a pleading sort of tone. They turned to face each other and realized that their noses were only centimeters apart. They leaned in, with their eyes closed when all of a sudden, "AHHH…" was heard coming from the forest. The two separated without a second thought. "That sounded like Sango," Kagome said in a panic. They headed toward the spring. The scream woke up Miroku and Shippo. They saw Kagome and InuYasha heading into the forest and followed.

The Spring

"Oh stop your screaming, you stupid woman," said the mysterious demon. Sango was still in the spring when an unexpected arrival appeared. Just then, Sango's companions arrived. InuYasha growled in anger, even though he was mortal now. Miroku and Shippo showed up seconds later. Kagome stood in shock, but not much. "Kagome, I knew you were here. I could sense your lovely sent for miles. Just the thought of you with this dog turd made me sick, but I'm here now and you have nothing to worry about," said the demon. "Koga?" InuYasha said in a low growl, "what did you call me, you scrawny wolf?" Koga said, "you heard me, pup. Now let Kagome go!" "What? Kagome doesn't want to be with you!" "And why would she want to be protected by some half- breed, when she can be with a real demon?" Koga speaking like a true smartass. "You'll pay for that wolf!" Kagome couldn't take much more of this and left the two arrogant pups to argue. The boys noticed Kagome wasn't around and started up again on a different subject. "Now see what you've done?" InuYasha said.. Koga asked in aggravation, "what I did?" The arguing went on like this for hours, until InuYasha was being held back by Sango, Miroku and Shippo. Koga realized that he couldn't fight InuYasha in this state, seeing how he thought it wouldn't be fun to kill the half-breed without much difficulty. "This isn't over half-breed," and without a moments notice, Koga took off at lightening speed and was soon out of site. Miroku, Shippo, and Sango released InuYasha. 'Feh', "coward." InuYasha turned around and started walking with his eyes closed saying, "who's the pup nn…" InuYasha took his last step off of solid ground and plunged into the spring. He emerged from the water drenched. The three friends chuckled as they saw InuYasha shake himself off like a dog and because he was human, it didn't turn out the way he planned. InuYasha turned his head and gave them the evil eye and the forest was quite once more.