hey guys sorry i havent been on in a wile...ive had volleyball and school '...and ive been writing out the next few chapters so its been takin me a while... well, here goes... enjoy...

Chapter 4: The Battle of the Hearts

Kakiya looked up into Inuyasha's golden eyes, her own dark brown eyes glowing like a fire. They continued to hold each other, while the others looked on in disbelief. Miroku just looked flat out dumbfounded: jaw dropped, eyes popping, and hand, of course,in the usual place. SLAP!

Senji's eyes were glowing with a different light, though...rage. He stormed over to Inuyasha and Kakiya, who looked up when he was about three feet away. He reached out to pull Kakiya away from Inuyasha, but Inuyasha stepped in front, thinking he was gonna hurt her. Inuyasha didn't look too happy now, either. "What the heck you doin', flea bag?" he said, in his usual tough-guy tone.

"Gettin' her away from you, doi!" said the obviously toughening-up Senji. "I'll fight you for her, dangit, and I know I'll win!"

"HAH! Don't make me laugh! you literally cowered over there when that Kizuyoukai came out you Baka!(Idiot!) Korosuzo! (I'll kick you'r ass!)" Inuyasha stopped and turned toward Kakiya, and thought about what he just said. Hold it! This is her friend. Plus, she doesn't like it when people fight over her, she's told me that like a thousand times. I can't fight him in front of her! "Nevermind that. No. I'll kill you if we fight. That's not a smart choice, Senji."

Kakiya was amazed. Inuyasha was turning down a fight! This was almost impossible! He's doin' this because he knows Senji was my childhood friend... thought Kakiya. He doesn't want me to hurt inside...

Inuyasha didn't have a choice but to fight. Almost as soon as he was done saying this, Senji packed a powerful punch right in Inuyasha's stomach! Inuyasha and Kakiya went flying backwards, and would have hit a tree if it weren't for Kakiya's barrier that stopped them mid-flight. Inuyasha looked at Senji, rage burning in his eyes. "Put down the barrier, so I can at least move." He told her gently, but still with a kind of tough accent in his tone. She listened to his request, and as soon as the barrier was down, they went crashing the whole 4 feet to the ground. "Ow!" was all the young little larku (rainbow) youkai could say as she hit the hard dirt below her. When she looked up, Inuyasha was storming towards a smirking Senji.

Inuyasha threatened Senji with his claws by cracking his knuckles as he approached him, but Senji was not in the least bit scared. He had been training secretly for years, even since before he met Inuyasha, and he thought he was prepared to face him now, to win the girl he wanted. He didn't know that fighting over Kakiya was a dumb mistake, because she hated being fought over.

Kakiya, however, in this instance, was mad at Senji and not Inuyasha. Inuyasha hadn't wanted to fight, so Senji had pulled him into it by punching him. Inuyasha thought Senji had ment to send Kakiya flying with him, but, well, Senji hadn't. But he still knew she wouldn't get hurt, so he went back to concentrating on his upcoming battle with Inuyasha.

Inuyasha waited... either Senji would attack, or he would have to pick someplace where Senji would be vulnerable to his attack, so he could be easily beaten. He found it. Now Kakiya had recently taught Inuyasha an "attack" called "ken'gure", in which the person who uses it can see his apponents moves before they happen, and they can also stop time for brief moments so as to appear, to others, to be moving at an unbelievable speed. If mastered, this technique can also bring back the dead, and heal the sick. Kakiya had mastered it, and Inuyasha was learning it.

He closed his eyes and meditated. He saw for a brief moment that Senji would attack with his claws above his waist. Perfect, thought Inuyasha. He opened his eyes again, smirked (tough guy smile), and Senji charged, his claws, like Inuyasha saw, above his waist. Inuyasha used ken'gure again, stopping time, and, racing forward, placed his foot right where it hurts on guys. Senji doubled over, saying in an almost high and squeaky voice "That was unexpected."

"Baka, you left yourself open to it!" Inuyasha said, glorying over him. "Maybe you should have thought about if you ever wanted to have kids or not before you attacked."

Everyone started to laugh. Inuyasha had won again.

"Inu! You did it! You used the ken'gure!" shouted a totally excited Kakiya. She ran to his arms, and Senji, thinking twice, like Inuyasha told him to, decided to give up, because he was still on the ground, whrithing like a worm.

PEEK INTO THE NEXT CHAPTER: Inuyasha and the gang get their second taste of the new jewels. A frantic Snake demon has decided to kidnap Kakiya, and Inuyasha is NOT happy. And, Miroku tries to talk to Inuyasha about his half sister...Stay tuned!