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Crystal: YAY!

Phoenix: YAY!

Inuyasha: YAY!

Crystal: …Where'd he come from?

Phoenix: I don't know….Ties him up suddenly

Inuyasha: WTF!

Crystal: HEHEHE! Time to EPXERIMENT!

Phoenix: Now, let's see, should Inuyasha be genetically altered with chicken DNA or mouse?

Last Time

The Bird cackled and turned to it's other half. "Well brother, should we kill him?"

The thing grinned. "Yes, he has three jewel shards in his legs and arm. Soon, we will be the strongest, brother!"

"I don't think so!" Kouga growled, attacking. He thrust his fist into the mouth of the creature.

The thing hissed and clamped down.

Kagome gasped as Kouga was dragged around by the Bird of Paradise. His arm would be ripped off!

All of a sudden Inuyasha appeared and sliced through the Bird. "YAH!"

Kouga fell to the ground and groaned. Kagome ran up to him. "Kouga, are you okay!"

"Yeah….I'll be fine."

Inuyasha landed in front of them and cracked his knuckles. "Come on Kagome, out of the way. It's time for us to settle the score."

"Inuyasha! Leave him alone!" Kagome said, pushing Inuyasha away from the injured wolf.

'She…she's protecting him!' Inuyasha thought confusedly.

Kagome walked up to Kouga and checked his wound. "That looks bad. You should get it checked."

Kouga nodded and looked at his wolves. "Come on! Our business is done here!" And with that they were off.

Kagome waved. "Bye!"

Kouga stopped and looked back. "See ya Kagome! I love you! Always remember you're my woman, not that mutt's!"

"Uh…" Kagome sweatdropped, putting down her hand.

Inuyasha turned to Kagome. "His…what?"

"Is there any truth to what he's saying?" Miroku asked Kagome.

"No! It's just wishful thinking! He's crazy!"

Shippo grabbed her hand. "Good, because then Inuyasha would be pretty angry."

"What!" Inuyasha grabbed the runt and hit him over the head.

Meanwhile Kagome picked up three shards. "Look, this is Kouga's shard and these are the Birds."

Sango leaned down next to her. "You think he'll be back to get them?"

"Probably," Though this didn't worry Kagome that much.

Inuyasha snorted and got up. "Time to go."

Kagome sighed as they passed another town. So far, they had gotten a fair amount of shards but everywhere they went it seemed that the townspeople remembered a man who came just before they did and left with most of the shards. A man that fir Naraku's description.

Inuyasha looked at the group behind him and growled. 'They're going too slowly.' He grabbed Shippo who had made himself comfortable on Inuyasha's head and through him to Kagome. "Pick up the pace!" He growled.

Kagome glared and in a sudden idea for rebellion she sat down on the ground. "No, we're tired and we want to rest."

Inuyasha snarled. "Get up!" He grabbed her arm and pulled her up.

Kagome gasped at the pain that shot up her hand. She grabbed his arm with her other one and felt him jump back.

"What the hell?"

Kagome looked up and saw Inuyasha stagger backwards with a slight burn on his arm. "What happened?"

"I know!" They turned to Miroku who was looking at Kagome intently, "It seems Kagome is a priestess. There aren't many left around here."

"A priestess?" Kagome asked.

"Yes, they are humans with powers that can purify any demon."

"But if that's true why didn't I purify Naraku."

"It takes a lot of energy to purify a demon and Naraku is a strong one. You probably aren't strong enough."

Inuyasha interrupted before Kagome could retort. "Fine! Great! Now can we go?"

Kagome shook her head and looked up. "No, it's too dark and I'm tired." She sat down and got her blanket ready. '…This could come in handy…'

Crystal: Short for a reason, folks!

Phoenix: Don't worry the next chappie will be longer.

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