And into his lap.

She slipped right through his fingers. And into his lap.

He looked for her. But she was with him.

She didn't want this to happen. Neither did he.

But it did anyway.

He looked for her.

Inuyasha punched through a small tree and watched it split up into pieces. It was now hours since she had disappeared, and there was no sign of her. Maybe she went home? No, he still felt her here. But where was she! Something in his mind told him to stay where he was, she would come back looking for him. But something else told him to get off of his ass and do some searching. He was torn between the two feelings.

Ok, so he figured it out now. He could search around this area, but return every few minutes to check if she had come back. Finally making up his mind, Inuyasha swiftly moved around, searching for Kagome.

But when he found her, what would he say to her? What would she say to him? Did she even want to see him now? But he had to explain , he just had to! He had to explain how he just couldn't choose between them, what kind of a situation she put him in. But mostly, he needed to know she was ok.

He would not forgive himself if she were hurt. If even a tiny hair was plucked out of her head, he would be so angry, that the demon inside of him would rage out, a lash out on the next enemy that came by. He couldn't let her get hurt! It is his duty to make sure she's ok! He wouldn't let what happened fifty years ago repeat itself.

He stopped. Repeat itself? But fifty years ago happened with Kikyo, not Kagome. Maybe this was why she was so eager to know what he thought of her. He hadn't paid much attention lately to how he treated her. Her image and Kikyo's image just sort of blended into one for a while.

"Damn it all to hell." he muttered before thrusting himself through more bushes and trees, sniffing the air desperately.

Then he froze. That smell. He knew that stench anywhere. It was the mangy wolf demon that insisted that Kagome belonged to him. Koga. And he knew that he was nearing. His hope rose slightly. Kagome had to be with him! She had to! She probably ran off, Koga found her, and now he's coming to babble on about how he has to watch her more carefully.

So ignoring the lack of Kagome's scent, he dashed off towards the young wolf leader's scent.

"Oh hey mutt. Where's my Kagome?" Koga asked, looking around.

Inuyasha 's jaw nearly dropped open. She wasn't with him. He felt the anger rise in him again.

"You heard me, where's Kagome!" Koga asked, more impatiently this time.

"I...thought...she...was...with...you" Inuyasha gritted out.

Koga's mischievous features dropped. For the first time, in a long time, Inuyasha saw Koga become fully angry. Not annoyed, not joking around. Anger. He hadn't seen him like this since the last fight with Naraku.

"What do you mean you thought she was me! You're supposed to be watching her! What is wrong with you dog face!" Koga screamed out.

Before Inuyasha could even muttered a reply, he saw a tornado whip out, and Koga was gone. He knew where he was going. To look for Kagome. That's what he should be doing.

Inuyasha growled and ran in the opposite direction.

"Kagome! WHERE ARE YOU!"

If he didn't find Kagome soon, Koga would never let him forget it, Koga would attack him without second thought. It wasn't as if he was afraid or anything. But the thing was,

He would do the same thing.