InuYasha's Instincts

InuYasha grumbled while perched in Goshinboku. Kagome was nearby running free with Shippou in the forest, while Sango was in a separate hut with Kaede. She was suffering from 'morning sickness' as Kagoem called it, and needed to be treated. Miroku was so scared and nervous that InuYasha could smell it. The monk tried to hide it, but in the process, irritated and annoyed the poor hanyou. He tried to be there for his friend, but InuYasha put the monk to 'sleep' so he could relieve some stress.

He still didn't understand what happened in Kagome's time. She totally surprised him, and he wasn't expecting her to do something as to so sexual. At first, he thought he was just being a natural pervert and she was trying to pounce on him, but the way she smelled and the look in her eyes dismissed all of that. He was probably red for the rest of the day just thinking about it. She said nothing about it, and InuYasha just tried to get it out of his head.

Maybe I should talk to her. Then I can finally understand what happened. But he knew that wasn't going to work. He sighed and cradled his head in his hands. Then how do I deal with this issue then? He heard footsteps and looked up to see Sango looking at him, one hand on her stomach and the other leaning on the base of the tree. She winced and closed her eyes tightly for about 30 seconds, then looked back at him.

"Oi! Your not supposed to be out of the hut!" He said, hopping out of the tree. She winced again and he reached for her, but she took her hand and refused his offer for comfort.

"I'm fine. Where's Kagome."

"With Shippou. They're running in the forest. Kaede's gonna flip when she finds your out here…" Sango smiled as another wave of pain swept through her. She cried out and her legs gave out, but InuYasha caught her. He picked her up carefully and brung her back to the hut, setting her down on the mat.

"Don't get up again. You need something, say so. I can hear you from a mile away." That was a bad idea. For about the next hour, she called him every five minutes. He was in the mood to tell her off, but seeing the way her eyes filled with pain, his bad mood instantly left. Once Sango was sleep, meaning temporary relief, he hopped back in the tree when he heard Kagome and Shippou returning. He didn't even make a move to greet them, but Kagome smelt him and wagged her tail happily.

"Hi InuYasha!" They called up in unison. Their reply was a snort and Shippou giggled.

"Can I see Sango now?" Shippou asked. Kagome opened her mouth to answer but InuYasha cut her off.

"No. She's sleeping. You can bug the stupid monk though." The way he said stupid told Kagome he's probably unconscious. She told Shippou to make sure he's okay before playing with him before he ran off. She jumped in the tree, standing up in front of InuYasha, balancing on her toes with her hands on her hips.

"Excuse me, but your blocking my view wench." He said irritably. She wrinkled her nose.

"What bit you in the butt?" She asked. He ignored her question and asked her to move again. She nodded and went to jump off the tree when he grabbed her and pulled her between his legs. He set his chin on her shoulder and she let her head fall back. She couldn't believe what was happening, but she said nothing of it for she was too happy.

"Kagome, you're a very evil wench you know that?" He said, referring to what happened in her room. She giggled.

"What?" She said innocently. "I did nothing." He nipped her on her shoulder playfully, but it didn't hurt her. She laughed though and squirmed as he did it again, his face filled with amusement.

"It…tickles!" She gasped, laughing loudly by now. He stopped with a smile as she calmed down. They stayed like that a while before Kagome felt a skull breaking pulse and gasped. InuYasha looked at her, his face filled with worry.

"What's wrong?" He said, and she pulsed again. He felt that one, and it scared him when she gasped loudly.

"Jewel shard…" She said, and he felt another pulse. Something wasn't right. She always sensed jewel shards, but this never happened. She never felt pain, but what was it. It never started until she met Kikyou. His heart wrenched at the thought. The Shikon No Tama began to glow on her chest, and she reached for it, her face sweaty and filled with pain.

"It's tainted…" She said. She blinked a couple of times. "It stopped." InuYasha looked at her with confusion.

"It stopped?" He asked. She nodded and looked down at the still glowing Shikon No Tama.

"Yeah. It hurt, but it wasn't my pain. It felt like someone else's, like they were in pain. But, I was here with you. I don't understand. It's like everytime they get a jewel shard, their heart wrenches with despair." InuYasha looked at Kagome.

"You okay?" She said nothing, just looking off into the distance.

What just happened?


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Hisaki gritted her teeth as she looked at the lifeless figure in front of her. She glanced down at the Shikon shard the glow black next to it. She picked it up, and she felt pain. Pain that she never felt before; pain that she couldn't take. She looked at the shard, and understood.

"It senses my wishes for it. It doesn't want to be the reason for the demise of the world. So it's fighting back." She smiled as the pain suddenly stopped, meaning it gave up. It glowed blacker than before as she stick the shard in her chest. Her skin swallowed it up and she smiled as power pulsed through her.

"Finally. I am stronger." But not strong enough. With a sigh, she flew up into the air and back to Naraku's castle.

"Perfect." He chuckled. "Get stronger my dear Hisaki. You believe you are going to set your beloved Onigumo and your sister free, but you are sadly mistaken." Kanna looked away as Naraku laughed at her mirror. Inside, you can see Hisaki approaching the castle, a determined look on her face. She glanced out the window to see Kagura sitting on the grass, her legs folded behind her. She swung her fan, making the wind blow lightly. She had her hair flowing freely, with a baby blue kimono on. She sighed as InuYasha and his friends popped into her mind. They are in more trouble than they can handle. She thought. I don't want them to get hurt. She didn't want them to die because of her, and she wouldn't, not while she was alive.


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Kagome sighed as her and Sango dropped into the hot water. She glanced at the lump in Sango's stomach and smiled.

"Your getting fat." She said playfully. Sango frowned and splashed her with water.

"I am not…am I?" The look on Sango's face was priceless as she looked at herself with worry. Kagome's laughter filled the forest.

"Your pregnant genius. Your stomach is going to get fat."

"Oh," Sango said blushing. "That's right." Kagome smiled and watched as the moving of her tail made ripples in the water. She took her claw and ran over the top of the water. Sango watched her with a slight grin on her face as her friend sighed then blushed.

"Kagome, your hiding something between you and InuYasha." Kagome looked at her friend with amazement.

"Since when does pregnancy give you super powers?" She sighed, and seeing Sango was not taken by the distraction, she spilled it.

"I, sorta, seduced him, a teeny weeny bit." She said, using her fingers to indicate how small she lied about. Sango snorted.

"Yeah, so much his face is permanently red. Ugh Kagome, I wish you too would just get together. I mean your really making me mad." Kagome felt hurt at the tone of Sango's voice, but she knew it wasn't her fault. She was pregnant. Pregnant people get grouchy.

"He…doesn't like me like that. InuYasha's my friend."

"And mental mate."

"It's not like he claimed me."

"Yet."

"What!"

"Besides, he put a scent on you to keep other youkai away. Put two and two together Kagome, he cares about you more than you think." Supressing a whine, Kagome continued to ripple the water with her claw as Sango shifted and put her hands on her belly. She rubbed it a little bit before she looked at her friend.

"Kagome, I…"

"Don't worry about it." She said, cutting her off. "I know it wasn't your fault. It's that right there." She said, playfully poking Sango's stomach. Sango giggled and wagged a finger at Kagome.

"Your blaming an unborn child. Kagome you should be ashamed of yourself!" Kagome snorted.

"Hardly! You're the one with the supernatural pregnancy!" Sango's and Kagome's laughter filled the forest once again.


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InuYasha sighed as he laid Shippou on his lap. They were perched on top of Kaede's hut, InuYasha had his legs dangling over the side. Shippou laid his head back as the sunset, making him feel calm and relaxed.

"InuYasha? What's taking Kagome so long?"

"Women take forever to do everything Shippou. That's why men have a thing called attitudes, which leads to fights, which leaves to them hurrying up or leaving, which means you don't have to do it the next day." Shippou laughed as InuYasha snorted.

"That's not alway's true. Sometime I like waiting for Kagome."

"Keh. Speak for yourself kid." Shippou laughed again as he began wagging his tail, tickling InuYasha's stomach. He tried to contain it, but InuYasha silently giggled, until he finally had an outburst, scaring Shippou to know end.

"What…" Shippou said, his eyes wide with fear and surprise. InuYasha calmed down and looked at Shippou, embarrassment evident on his features. Shippou smiled and climbed up on his lap again before Kagome's scent filled the air.

"Speak of the devil." InuYasha mumbled as they could hear Kagome's laughter. He pressed hid ears down, they must've had fun because she was loud.

"InuYasha! Shippou!" They called, and the two boys looked at each other.

"Look, this is what we are going to do. I'm going to scare Kagome, and you make sure Sango doesn't faint. Ok?" Shippou nodded as InuYasha hopped of the roof and raced to Sango and Kagome. Kagoem was having two much fun, and she didn't smell or sense InuYasha. He raced around her and grabbed her from behind, jumping high up in the iar and away from Sango.

"Kagome!" Sango screamed, looking around. Kagome tried to scream and writhe as InuYasha growled lowly in her ear.

"Boo." She growled in anger and embarrassment as he set her back down next to Sango, who was howling with laughter.

"Haha so funny guys." Kagome snarled as she watched as Shippou cried with laughter. InuYasha chuckled a little.

"What? Fun is fun right?" Kagome smiled evilly, scaring all three of them.

"Your going to get yours. All three of you are lucky. Sango's pregnant, and I can't do but so much, and the two of you are youkai." She wagged a finger under all of there noses. "But I'll get you. Watch your back." She hopped away, leaving the other three laughing harder as they met her at Kaede's hut. She shoved the bamboo mat out of the way and with a growl sat in InuYasha's corner scowling. Miroku looked at her and smiled. He opened his mouth to say something but she bared her fangs.

"Don't even say it." Miroku walked outside and overheard InuYasha's and Shippou's plan. He told Kaede, who also began laughing. She smiled when Kagome walked in.

"I see his plan worked." They sneered and Kagome scowled even more.

"Yeah, I'm glad it's funny to you." She snapped. "Yeah, keep laughing. Your going to get yours. Trust me." They kept laughing as InuYasha, Shippou and Sango walked in. Sango walked over to Miroku and sat down next to him, kissing him on his lips in greeting. InuYasha scowled as he smiled like an idiot and kissed her again, and before long they were making out. Kagome didn't look, she was too busy staring at the floor.

He likes you more than you think. Kagome replayed the words over and over in her head. He didn't like her. He loved Kikyou. She knew that. She was nothing but a jewel detector to him, he even said it. She tried to dismiss all feeling for him after that, but it didn't work. She still fell in love with him regardless. She sighed as she looked up to see everyone gone but InuYasha. She shuddered as she felt her ever so familiar feelings and uncomfort rising up in her.

"Where'd everybody go?" She asked, trying to ignore the feelings in her belly and chest.

"Well, Miroku and Sango are just perverted, and Shippou and Kade went to pick berries. They said they'll be back a little after nightfall." Kagome glanced out the window. They had a couple of hours to go till nightfall. She sighed and looked up again.

"Why didn't you leave?" InuYasha snorted.

"Keh. What if something happened to you?"

"I'm not human anymore, and I can protect myself. I proved it when I was fighting that bear youkai." He looked up at her and smiled.

"Yes. But that's nothing compared to who I was battling. Your going to have to beat me if you ever want to survive if something happened to me, and that's not going to happen for a long time." She snorted as she let that insult sink in. He just called her weak even though she wasn't human. She proved she could be just as strong as the next person, and he just insulted her once more. Sango was wrong. She said as her feeling of uncomfort was replaced with pain. He hated me. She felt tears filling up in her eyes and she covered them with her bangs. She said nothing as she felt something in her pulse before she let her blood take over.

InuYasha looked at her as he smelt salt, and saw her trembling. He crawled over to touch her shoulder, but stopped when he felt heat radiating off of her. He looked at her in confusion as he smelt another being. But it was only him and Kagome. She no longer smelt human, like a full youkai. His blood in him boiled and he fought it back. He reached for her again.

"Don't touch me." She growled in a very menacing tone. She looked up at him, her eyes a dark purple, and with ruby red stripes on her face. InuYasha gasped and moved back.

"Kagome…" He said as she stood up and readied her claws. She smiled and lunged at him with speed he never knew she had, but it wasn't fast enough. He easily dodged it and pinned her to the ground.

"Kagome!" He said and she growled and barked and fought and snarled. "Fight it! Calm down!" She suddenly sighed and looked at her, a pained expression on her face, though her scent had not changed.

"InuYasha, what are you doing?" It sounded so real he wanted to whine, but he knew it was her demon blood trying to fool him. He looked at her, but it was too similar. He couldn't do it to her. He needed to knock her out, but he couldn't strike her.

"InuYasha…" She cried, the smell of tears smacking him in the face again. His instincts cried, no screamed at him to comfort her, her crying, and the pain that he could feel that caused her to transform was painful. Did I make her feel this way? He asked himself. Did I hurt so much that she turned full youkai? She finally quit with the innocent mode, and sighed as she sunk her fangs deep into his wrist. He didn't let go, but winced when he felt blood gushing out the free cracks. As blood entered her mouth, she blinked a couple of times as the purple and red faded and was replaced with browned. She yelped as she drew her fangs out his wrist, cradling it in her hands and looking at him.

"Did, I do this?" She asked, the pain welling up even more. He nodded as he snatched his wrist and tried to hide it, but she could still smell it. "Why do I not remember? What happened?"

"You transformed to full youkai." He said slowly. She grabbed her chest and gasped. "And, you….you attacked me Kagome." She looked up at him as tears began to flow freely.

"I'm so sorry InuYasha…." She whimpered, pulling his wrist back to her. She began licking it, whining like a puppy, wagging her tail slowly.

"It's ok." He said softly. "I know you didn't mean it." She looked up at him and looked back down at his wrist as she pulled back. To deep fangs marks were there, and she winced. She pulled his wrist and held it to her heart, where the Shikon No Tama was pulsing threateningly. He looked at her, words not needing to be spoken for the way she felt.

"Kagome, I…" She nodded her head and he embraced her tightly, never wanting to let go. She was remorsing, but he didn't know why. She didn't do it, it was her blood. He knew she wasn't the one who did it. But she still felt responsible for it. He sighed and pulled back, looking her deeply in the eyes. She looked back, her eyes puffy and swollen, but she was still beautiful to him.

"C'mon. Let's get to bed." He said, smiling warmly to her. She nodded as he took his place in the corner. He closed his eyes and listened to hear her laying on the mat, but his eyes flashed open as he felt the heat of her body on his own. Her back was resting on his chest, and she was between his legs. He pulled her closer to him and took off his haori, wrapping it around them. She sighed and cuddled into him more as he smiled and closed his eyes.


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Hisaki smiled as she felt power overwhelm her. She shuddered and sighed. Where did that come from? She looked into her globe and watched as two young hanyous cuddled together under his shirt. Did that come from her transformation? That young girl and I seems to be connected. Perhaps I don't have to sacrifice the soul of the priestess Kikyou. I can use hers instead. Hisaki smiled as another plan developed in her head. Naraku walked in her room and bowed respectively.

"Shall I tell them to attack? They are waiting for your command Hisaki-"

"Tell them to wait. I have changed my mind. I shall live, and I can get the Shikon No Tama by sacrificing someone else." Naraku raised an eyebrow.

"Who? May I ask?"

"A young miko, who abides with a hanyou. She was recently turned into one herself. My orb seems especially connected to her, as she seems to always show as my next victim." Naraku chuckled.

"Surely you do not mean Kikyou's reincarnate? Her powers surpassed even that of Kikyou."

"We killed Kikyou? And once that Inu-hanyou is out of my way, nothing can stop me." Naraku smiled as he closed the doors and stalked out of the room.

Foolish wench. You are just making your demise even worse. But I do not mine, it is your life you are going to give up.