Sangokirara5: Anyway, here is chapter 4! --

Ch4

After an hour or so, Inuyasha and Kouga had cooled off a little, and they were having lunch, next to a lake.

Kagome looked around. "Are you sure it was wise to move? What if Ryu can't find us?" she asked.

Kouga looked up from his food. "Nah, it's alright. She has very sensitive ears, and she can fly. She'll find us pretty fast." With that, he went to his food again.

"Erm…okay…" Kagome said, as she handed Shippou her chips she brought from her era.

"What's that I smell?" A female voice asked behind them. "Never smelled anything like that." Ryu added, as she sat down next to a silverfish brown wolf, and started to scratch his ears. She seemed to be avoiding Kouga.

Kagome looked up. "Oh, its something called Ramen. I brought it from another time."

"Another time period? Sure." Ryu said, as she eyed her carefully.

Sango chipped in. "Yeah, Kogome-chan's from another era, she used the Shikon jewel to go back and forth from her time to ours."

Miroku nodded. "Sounds like something impossible, but quite true." He said.

"Well I guess if it's Shikon jewel…" Ryu said, sighing.

"You know about them?" Inuyasha asked. "Do you have any?"

"Uh…" she turned to see Kagome holding out a cup or ramen towards her.

"Here Ryu-san, this is for you." Kagome said, as she got chopsticks and handed them to her.

"Thanks." Ryu mumbled. "And call me Ryu." She added.

"Same goes with me, then." Kagome said, smiling at her. Ryu then turned and went to sit with the wolf pack, which were lying not to far bit not too close place. Kagome looked at Kouga. He was looking at Ryu, with a funny face.

"Hey, aren't you going to sit with us?" He asked her.

Ryu shook her head. "Nah, I'll sit with the wolves today." She replied. "I need to get to know then more, anyway." She added.

Kouga seemed not to be satisfied, though. He shrugged, and kept eating, but his eyes often wandered off to where she sat, talking to the wolves.

Kagome smiled. 'Seems to me that he loves her, lets play match maker.' She thought. She then, stood up. "Hey Ryu-chan, can I sit with you?" she asked. Ryu turned her head towards Kagome questioningly, but nodded.

"Sure." She said. Kagome got up, and left her food at where she sat and walked over to Ryu.

"Ryu-chan, can I ask you something?" Kagome asked, sitting next to her. The wolves' heads were on the ground, but one eye was open, looking at Kagome.

"Shoot." Ryu answered, taking a sip of the ramen soup.

"Do you like Kouga-kun?" she asked, quietly so Inuyasha and Kouga could not hear. Ryu choked, her face turning red, and coughed, for the hot soup had gone down the wrong tube.

Kouga looked at her from where he sat. "You okay?" he asked, his eyes with full of concern.

Ryu didn't turn, but nodded. "Yeah." She managed to say. She turned to Kagome, and hissed, "Why do you care?"

"YOU DO!" Kagome said, clapping her hands together.

"You do what?" Kouga asked who had turned his ear to their conversation.

"Nothing!" Ryu said, too fast, and stood up. "Kagome-Chan, not here, okay?" she pleaded. "Let's go somewhere where you know, where we can talk privately." She asked. "Somewhere but HERE." She said.

Kagome smiled at her. "Well then, we'll be right back. Sango-chan. Please make sure no one follows." Kagome added.

"Ok." Sango replied.

Then, Kagome and Ryu walked off. After they made sure that they were out of ear-shot, Ryu turned to her, her face deep crimson. "So?" she hissed.

"Relax, Ryu-chan." Kagome said. "He's all yours. I think he loves you." She said. "I can tell, by the way he looks at you."

"Right, he loves you, I can tell that." Ryu snorted. "I wish." She mumbled. "He only thinks of me as his comrade, and when he is done killing this guy, then he'll just get rid of me."

Kagome looked at her "I KNOW he loves you, not me. I just think that he thinks that he loves me, but in his heart, it's screaming YOUR name. Not mine." She said. "Yours." She added.

Ryu turned her head towards her. "Riiiiight, and I'm the queen of the world." She said.

Kagome giggled. "Well, to me, I think that Kouga loves you. That's all I waned to say." She said. "Let's go back."

Ryu shrugged. "What ever." She then, twitched her ears, and stopped dead on her track. "Kagome-chan, lay down! NOW!" she yelled, as she laid down herself, flat on the ground. Kagome followed, and just in time, too, for something brushed against her hair.

Ryu jumped back onto her feet, and growled. "YOU!" she yelled. "Come and fight me!" she yelled. "I will kill you!"

"kukuku…" A man laughed.

Kagome instantly knew who it was. "NARAKU!" She screamed in horror.

Ryu took a step back, in front of Kagome to protect her. "Fight me." She repeated. "NOW…I need to fight you…"

She stopped, as she heard rustling noise behind them. She spun around, to see the gang coming in.

"RYU!" Kouga yelled, as he ran to her side. "Are you okay?" he asked. He scanned her, confirming that she had n injuries.

Ryu nodded. 'He came straight to me…not to her…' she thought. 'Nah, coincidence.' She shook the thought away. "Yes Kouga," she mumbled.

"Inuyasha, its Naraku!" Kagome said, as she ran towards Inuyasha, who had his tetsusaiga out, ready to fight.

"Stand behind me." Inuyasha said to her.

Kagome nodded, and walked back. "Be careful." She said to him.

"Feh." Inuyasha said.

Sango and Miroku were there, too, ready to fight. Shippou was now witting on Kagome's shoulder, trembling.

"Kirara, please keep Kagome-Chan and Shippou safe." She said to her demon cat. Kirara nodded, and walked over to Kagome and Shipou.

Miroku had his staff up in a ready position. "Come out!" he demanded.

Kouga growled. "YOU!" he yelled. "I will kill you!"

"Still mad about the fact I killed your friends?" Naraku asked wickedly. "Besides, it was Kagura who did it, why not kill her?"

"But it was you who ordered her to!" Kouga yelled.

'The man who killed your family is him?" Ryu asked, looking at Kouga.

Kouga nodded. "Yeah, it's him all right. I can smell his disgusting smell. Worse than the mutt's." he said. He now was standing in front of Ryu, one arm stretched out, in front of her. "Stand back." He said. "Until I tell you to."

Naraku laughed. "Well Kouga, sorry to say, but your opponent is not me." He said. "Ryu is your opponent." He said.

"What!" Kouga yelled.

Ryu looked at Naraku, wide eyed, as she saw him floating up in the sky. "Me…?" she stammered.

"She won't fight me, she's…" Kouga trailed off, as he felt something brush his face, leaving a cut across his cheek. Ryu's end of the tail had brushed past his cheek, where it is sharp. "Ryu?" he asked, confused.

Ryu cast her eyes to the ground. "Yes…Naraku." She mumbled.

"RYU!" Kouga asked again, confused.

With out a warning, Ryu already was in a fighting stance, her claws wide in front of her. She then, lounged at him. "DIE!" she yelled, as she charged.

Kouga was caught off guard. Everyone was…except Naraku, who watched all this with a smile. No one could move. Kouga was too much of in a shock to move, let alone think. The Inuyasha gang did not know what to do. Kagome's eyes were wide open, so was everyone else's.

"Kouga-kun!" Kagome yelled out.

A shattering noise filled the place, as Ryu's claw came in contact.

Sangokirara5: Ahahaha…messy…it's weird…anyway, hope you review! BTW, the next chappie will be the last…(sorry it is short!)