Ok, so here goes the 4th Chapter... oh this is so much fun... mwahah! Just kidding, I am enjoying doing this though, and last night I thought up the whole story, so im ready to write if u send reviews!

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For those of you who don't know... Hirikotsu is pronounced, Here- I-co-ts

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The Threads of Time

Chapter 4: The First Battle and the Eyes of the Watchers

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Inuyasha, "I will get those shards from Kouga..."

Prowling through the night we search... search for the cure... the cure for our hearts sorrow. They do not no of us... yet. Great sorrow and tragedy will come upon them. And we can do no more then watch... watch in the shadows... watch in the dark... that's all we can do... watch... and hide...

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"Actually Kouga, we were looking for you." Kagome said.

"Kagome... have you decided to leave this mutt and come with me?" Kouga asked.

"Eh heh... not exactly." Kagome responded.

Inuyasha gripped the tetsusaiga, "Look here pup! We've come for the Jewel Shards!" Inuyasha then withdrew the tetsusaiga from its sheath.

"Well you aint getten' anything from me, mutt!" Kouga growled.

Kagome backed away from Kouga and over to Inuyasha, "Sorry Kouga... I'm gonna have to side with Inuyasha on this one. We really need those shards. Im not stopping Inuyasha from fighting you."

Kouga's eyes widened.

"Yeah pup! No one's here to protect you now!" Inuyasha said while pointing his sword at Kouga.

Kouga prepared for the battle in a fighting stance, "Your gonna be dead you filthy mutt!" then Kouga jumped at Inuyasha with his incredible speed. Spead given to him by the two Shikon Shards. At the last second, Inuyasha jumped to the side, Kouga just missing him.

Sango gripped her hirkotsu, "Lets go Miroku!"

Miroku looked over to Sango and questioned, "Sango, don't you think we should stay here. Inuyasha will want to fight Kouga alone."

Sango was determined to get the Jewel Shards from Kouga. She never had anything against Kouga, but he had the Jewel Shards, and getting those shards was just another step closer to her brother, and she was going to do anything to get them, "Miroku... don't let your personal emotions get in the way, I don't care if Inuyasha wants to fight him alone, he's not stopping me. I want to revenge my family and free my brother! And if joining there fight is what it takes... then here I come...!"

Sango then charged into there fight. Miroku sighed and said,"Guess she's right," then ran into the fight.

"What the hell do you think your doing! This is my fight!"

"Inuyasha, suck up your pride! We have no time for your stubborn attitude! Now get out of the way unless you wanna be cut IN HALF!" The last two words being emphasized because she was throwing her Hirikotsu and Kouga. Kouga heard it coming and jumped strait up. Inuyasha was taken aback by her outgoing attitude toward the fight.

"Why are you attacking me! This is my fight against the mutt!"

Sango didn't care, she was determined to get the shards. Her Hirikotsu came back around to her and as she cought it she yelled to Miroku, "Miroku! Now!"

"Wind Tunnel!" Miroku yelled out while removing the sacred beads.

When Kouga felt a strong wind pulling him towards Miroku, he clung onto a boulder, 'Where's the wind coming from...?' Rocks and dirt were sailing past Kouga and disappearing into Miroku's hand, 'Where is it all going?'

Inuyasha was anxious, this was his fight, and he wanted to fight Kouga alone.

Kagome was watching from the side lines. No matter how much Kagome disliked men taking advantage over her and calling her "There Woman", there was just somtihing about Kouga that made Kagome smile. He just treated Kagome with more respect, and opened up to her his feelings; unlike Inuyasha.

But something didn't feel right, she felt that there was something, or someone, in there presence. Then, she felt something run behind her very quickly. She turned around and nothing was there. She looked up the side of the cliff, and at the top of the short part of the mountain where there were some bushes and tree's, she saw a figure quickly move behind a tree. It wasn't that far up, so Kagome decided to climb the cliff; or rather the rocky hill.

Kouga watched as the rocks and dirt get sucked into the void in Miroku's hand.((does Kouga even know Miroku's and Sango's name?)). Kouga had no idea what he was going to do. Then a thought hit him, "Take this monk!" As he said "this" he ripped down a huge boulder, "See if you can suck that up!"

The boulder came tumbling down the cliff side. It hurtled strait at them. Sango was standing right there and Miroku didn't want to take the chance of her getting hit by the enormous boulder. He quickly concealed his wind tunnel with the sacred beads and jumped toward Sango and yelled, "Sango!" Grabbed her and went tumbling to the ground.

Inuyasha took this moment to attack Kouga.

"Tetsusaiga!" Inuyasha yelled as he slashed his sword out and at Kouga. Kouga was to dazed in looking at the Windtunnel to notice, but he did at the last moment, he tried to jump away, the blade came crashing down to the rocks just inches away from Kouga. Kouga lost his footing and flew with the after wind of the blades power.

Kagome was just a few steps from the top of the cliff, as she got there she started to stand up and say, "Who's there? Who-" suddenly a form collided into her. It held her with its hand around her mouth, preventing her to scream. It was moving at lighting speed. It landed swiftly to the ground where she one stood watching the fight. And without even seeing the figure it whispered into her ear, "Stay away."

Kagome could barely hear what it said, she could tell it was a males voice though.

She spun around but it was gone. And no one had noticed what had happened. It had all happened so quickly.

"We had him Miroku!" Sango yelled at the monk. They were both laying on the ground from when Miroku tackled her, "We could of gottem Kouga!"

"But Sango, the boulder. I didn't want to take the chance of you being hurt!" Miroku said.

Sango's eyes widened as her pupils grew tight. She felt the hand of a monk on her behind.

SLAP!

"This is hardly the time you pervert!"

Inuyasha wasn't paying any attention at all to the others.

Kouga had just slahed his claws across Inuyasha's chest. Inuyasha fell back at the impact. Kouga landed swiftly a few yards in back of Inuyasha, "Had enough mutt?"

Inuyasha smirked and brought himself to his feet, as he turned around to Kouga he said, "Hardly you dirty wolf," Inuyasha gripped the tetsusaiga, they both have been fighting for awile now and they had a number of wounds inflicted upon them, "WINDSCARE!"

At that moment Golden blades came thrashing out towards Kouga.

Kougas eyes widened at the power the "mutt" hand just unleashed. But to Inuyasha surprised Kouga dodged it at the last moment. Slicing the boulders in back of Kouga like butter.

"Damn. Missed him." Inuyasha mumbled under his breath. Kouga then unsheathed his sword, "Die Inuyasha!"

Inuyasha didn't notice Kouga because his attention was on how sword until the last secound when he turned around and Kouga was just a few feet abouve Inuyashas head.

Kagome saw Kouga coming at Inuyasha long before Inuyasha even noticed he was coming, and no matter how much she would never even think to harm Kouga. She had to do something; they need those shards, and she wasn't about to see Inuyasha die.

Kagome drew one of her sacred arrows and aimed it at Kougas sword.

Kagome whispered to herself, "Hit the mark...!"

She let the arrow fly, she held her breath as it approached Kouga, 'don't hit Kouga, hit the sword!" She pleaded.

Then, to Kougas surprise, he felt an arrow collide with his sword. Kagomes arrow hit Kouga's sword just inches above his hand. The impact of the arrow was so great it sent Kouga's sword flying out os his hand.

'K-...Kagome...' Kouga starred wide eyed at the sword.

Inuyasha hesitated not one bit, "TETSUSAIGA!" Inuyasha lashes out towards Kouga. It hit him dead on the spot.

Kouga flew backwards small gashes all over his body,"No.." he whispered, 'not by the mutt...'

Out of no where, Sango came bounding off the side of the cliff and yelled, "HIRIKOTSU!"

And without letting go of her weapon, she held one end while smashing the other, full force, under Kougas knees, making gashes in his legs.

Kagome winced at the sight.

Inuyasha had done it.

He beat Kouga.

"One step closer to there fate..." A voice whispered from atop the mountain side.

Kagome ran, first aid kit in hands, to the wide eyed body laying almost limply on the ground, "Oh Kouga... I don't know what to say... im so sorry."

"Well I'm not!" Inuyasha yelled from where he was sitting on the mountain. He had a big grin on his face, he had not moved from that spot.

Kagome frowned at Inuyasha, but quickly looked back down to Kouga to treat his wounds.

Inuyasha jumped down from the cliff, "Get the shards Kagome."

"Yes Kagome, I hit Kouga with the Hirikotsu where you said the shards are." pointed out Sango. There were gashes in Kougas leg where the Hirikotsu impacted.

"Y- ... you want me to reach my fingers in his bloody legs?" Kagoem pointed her finger at Kougas legs.

"Kouga didn't even know what to say, he still loved Kagome even for what she did, but he wanted to keep the Sacred Jewel Shards, he wanted to run, but it hurt to much to move.

Inuyasha stood up next to the kneeling Kagome, "Well," Inuyasha started. He raised his Tetsusaiga high above his head, "I could just cut his legs off." Kougas eyes widened at Inuyasha words.

"Inuyasha..." Kagome said calmly in a bord voice.

Inuyasha looked down at her with his sword still raised up high, "Yeah?"

"Sit boy." Kagome said simply.

Inuyasha went coliding to the ground.

Kogame got up her courage and hesitantly pushes her fingers into Kougas wounds to take out the Jewel shards, "Im sorry Kouga."

Kouga just winced at the sudden pain.

The figures at the top of the mountain ran off, as quick as lighting they disappeared.

Well there you go! The very end! Hmmm... who be those three people, those three BEINGS! doom music

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