A/N: Well, I'm back, as I'm sure over half of you have found out. I'm sorry I wasn't able to update sooner. I wasn't able to work on this as much as I liked, but I guess that could be considered a positive for me.
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Kagome opened one eye lazily. She had gotten accustomed to Inuyasha's protective embrace when she woke up, though it surprised her how fast she became accustomed to it. She thought it just felt right. 'The snuggling might take a little getting used to, though.' She thought, feeling Inuyasha's breath on the nape of her neck. She felt his claws on her stomach, they slightly scratched her every time they moved, but to Kagome they just tickled. She giggled softly when his hands twitched. She felt Inuyasha's ears twitch reflexively. She felt him lick the nape of her neck lightly. She would have cried out but Inuyasha's hand twitched again, causing her to just giggle again. She felt Inuyasha's ears twitch once again, and again she felt him lick the same spot. This cycle continued for about two minutes, until Kagome felt a slight pinch where Inuyasha had been licking the nape of her neck. Inuyasha must have bitten her. She let out a small "ouch" like sound.
Inuyasha's eyes shot open, he retracted his arms from around Kagome, pushed off the bed with one hand straight up, put a foot against the wall, and jumped over Kagome onto the floor. This all happened in the period of about one second. "What happened? What's wrong?" He growled, looking in every direction, seeing nothing.
Kagome let out a frustrated groan and sat up. "You mean after all that, the only thing I needed to do to make you stop was say 'ouch'?" she demanded angrily. Inuyasha bent down to eye level with her, his face about 3 inches from hers. "What do you mean, 'after all that'?" he said in a stern voice. Kagome lost the angry tone. "I mean, after all the tickling and licking." Inuyasha stood to his full height, "and what is that supposed to mean?" he inquired.
"Well, when I woke up, you had your arms around me, with your hands on my stomach." She placed her hands where his had been. This made Inuyasha blush slightly, but he didn't break his glare with her. "Then, your hand would move, well more like jerk or twitch, which would tickle." She paused. "Go on" Inuyasha said impatiently, it was obvious he didn't like where this was going. "Then I would laugh lightly, your ears would twitch, then you would like me right here." She motioned to the nape of her neck. Inuyasha gulped nervously, Kagome noticed him sweating slightly. "Are you alright?" "Fine" he said quickly. "Is that all?" he asked. 'Please let that be all' he thought. "No" Kagome said. Inuyasha almost fell.
"After awhile, you bite that spot lightly." She said, paused. "That's it, I said 'ouch', you went into a frenzy, and here we are." She looked away from her neck and toward him. Inuyasha seemed to be frozen on the spot. Even the sweat seemed to ice over. It was like if there could be wind in her room he would fall over and still keep the same position. "What's the matter?" Kagome asked, thinking he just went insane or something. "N... Nothing." He said weakly. "Let me see your neck for a second." He said slowly. "Uh . . . okay, as long as you don't bite it again." She said teasingly. "Don't say that." He said seriously. Now she was worried. "What, is that bad?" she said. "I won't know until I see your neck." He said. "Oh, well . . . " she stammered looking down. Now she wasn't sure if this was such a good idea. "Come on, let's see it." She looked back up and nodded lightly, turning her head and pulling her hair to the other side. "Inuyasha inspected it for a second, then let out a relieved breath he didn't realize he was holding, then sat on the bad and regained his complection.
"What happened?" Kagome asked. "Nothing." He said bluntly. She made a screwed up face. "What do you mean? After all that? What does 'nothing' mean?" "It means what it sounds like." He said bluntly. Kagome got up from the bed and stood in front of Inuyasha. "Am I to assume 'Nothing' is good or what?" she asked in a frustrated tone. "I could use an explanation, here." Inuyasha let out a sigh. "Yes, 'Nothing' is good, Kagome, apparently I didn't bite you hard enough to leave a mark." This just frustrated her more. "And that's it? Just because you didn't leave a little scar? What's the big deal?" Inuyasha shot up, almost knocking her down, but he grabbed her wrist hard before she could. "It's a VERY big deal, Kagome" He yelled. She looked at him in a scared way. "Inuyasha, let go, that hurts" she whispered weakly. Inuyasha let his frustration flow away and released his grip, sinking back onto the bed, his head down.
Kagome started rubbing her wrist lightly. "Inuyasha, what's wrong? Please, tell me, it's obviously more than just a bite mark you're worried about." She sat down next to him. "It's complicated." He said. "Come on, if you can't tell me you can you tell?" she said reassuringly. It didn't seem to help. "I will, but not now." "Why not?" she yelled.
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"-now" Inuyasha finished holding his ears. Kagome switched the alarm off quickly. "Does it really need to be so loud?" he barked. 'Back to himself already? Oh, well' she thought. "I don't know, maybe if you talk to someone who makes the clocks, you could file a complaint and they'd think about it for three years. Then they'd come out with new ones five years later." She said sarcastically. Inuyasha inclined his head down in thought"You seem to think that's a long time for me, Kagome. Half-demons live much longer than humans. Consider this, Sesshomaru looks exactly as he did 50 years ago, human years are like weeks to youkai." Kagome had, of course, ignored over half of what he said. She was busy changing out of her pajamas. By the time he looked up, she had already changed into her uniform. "If I wanted a biology lesson, I'd go to school." She said bluntly. Inuyasha growled lightly, "You could at least listen to me sometimes." He said, but Kagome was already out the door.
Inuyasha sat into Kagome's room for a few minutes thinking. 'Why would I act like that in my sleep? Unless. . . That's it!' he thought. He walked over to Kagome's discarded pajama top, picked it up and sniffed lightly. 'I knew it! I thought she smelled a little different today' Then he thought THAT through. 'Oh man, and we are supposed to go back to my era today, and then we'll have trouble." He placed the top of her Pajamas on the chair at her desk, then started to walk downstairs. 'Figures it would be today she decided to go into heat' he thought as he walked downstairs.
He found Kagome at the table eating some cereal. Not knowing what cereal was, he walked over and sniffed the opening to the box. "What's this stuff?" "It's cereal, and you eat it with milk." She informed, eating another spoonful. "Do you have to cook it?" he reached inside the box, took out a bran flake, and ate it. "No, but it doesn't taste very good without milk." "Yuck, that's for damn sure." He said, almost spitting it out but stopped, realizing he was inside. "I think I'll pass on breakfast today, unless . . . " He began. Kagome swallowed and put on a knowing look. "You're not having Ramen" she said in a voice that said, 'just try and disobey.' "Keh" was his only response. With that he sat down at the table and waited.
"You don't have to wait for me, you know." She said irritably. "Sure I do, where else is there to go? I can't go outside. People will see my ears." He reasoned. "True, but know that my friends know, the entire western coast of Japan probably knows by now." "They said they'd keep it a secret." He said in a completely paranoid voice. "I guess we'll see when we get to school." Inuyasha made an indignant face. He hated school, but for different reasons then Kagome. He didn't like all the attention from people. He didn't think he would ever get used to it. He didn't think he wanted to either. "Do I have to go today? I hate being the only guy out of like three thousand kids to have white hair." He whined. "No whining, dog-boy, you're coming with me and that's that, the other day I left you alone you almost broke the microwave." Kagome said icily. "Keh."
"Sayounara, mama! I'm off to school." Kagome yelled into the house. Her mother's voice responded, "Good luck with your test today, Kagome." Kagome's shoulders slumped a little. "Thanks for the reminder." She mumbled. "Come on let's go." She said in a low voice. She grabbed Inuyasha's arm and tugged him toward the door, Inuyasha almost dropped the bandana he was trying to put on, he snagged it before it fell, though, and was dragged out the door.
"So what exactly are these 'tests,' Kagome?"Inuyasha questioned. "Is that a real question or are you just trying to get to me?" she said irritably. "It was a question." He said without a change in tone. "It's something where teachers examine your progress in a class by writing down question that you need to answer." "What happens if you get one wrong?" "I don't wanna think about it." She sighed. Then they just walked in silence
After a long time of walking, Inuyasha was getting tired of it. "Are you always like this when you have a test? You're usually more upbeat and overconfident about stuff." She just sighed. "Grr . . . " Inuyasha growled lightly. He mumbled lightly, "women." Kagome was too busy drowning in self-pity to hear him. He growled again in frustration.
Math Class
"Well, students, I hope you've studied for this test, it's a big one." The whole class, except Inuyasha, gave an audible groan. "No moaning now, you've had plenty of time to study for this test." The teacher continued passing out the test. Inuyasha didn't get one, seeing as how he was an 'exchange' student. Inuyasha just watched Kagome the whole time. She'd scribble down some answer, then pause and scratch her ear with the pencil, then start writing again. From Inuyasha's extremely basic view of tests, she seemed to be doing well enough.
The truth was, she was. Kagome almost cheered when she saw the test, she knew almost all the answers right when she saw them, and the ones she didn't she knew how to work them out. 'This has got to be the best I've done on a math test in forever.' She thought to herself as she checked her work. She walked up to place her paper on the teacher's desk. Inuyasha gave her a questioning look when she was walking to her seat. She just gave a confident smile in response. Inuyasha smirked lightly, but his bangs were covering his face so she couldn't see him.
Afterwards
"Well?" asked Kagome's friends in unison, crowding around her. "How'd you do?" Kagome backed away with her arms up defensively. "I did fine, girls, gimme a break. I'm not that bad in math." She reasoned. They gave her a 'yeah, sure' look. Eri turned to Inuyasha. "Hey Inu." She started. "Yasha." He finished his name. "Oops, sorry." She continued anyway. "You know how we said we'd keep your ears a secret?" she asked timidly. Inuyasha just growled harshly. "Yeah, well, it may have slipped once or twice, sorry." She said nonchalantly. "Perfect." He said bluntly. As if on a cue, a boy came running up to Inuyasha. "Hey man, I just heard that the new kid had dog ears, come on, let's see." He said expectantly. Inuyasha turned toward Eri and gave an annoyed growl. He turned back to the boy. "No" he said turning away. Yuka walked up to him, "Beat it, Sawaga, leave him alone." With that the boy called Sawaga walked off, disappointed. Kagome turned to Inuyasha. "You don't need to be so rude, Inuyasha." Inuyasha just made an indignant face. "Keh, I'm not gonna let some random guy come up and see my ears." He said. "You let us see them." Ayumi said. "I didn't 'let' you do anything. The wind blew my bandana off, and walking around all day with my hands on my head was not an option." He reasoned. "Besides, girls are worse, because then they won't to touch them." "You didn't seem to mind when we touched them." Eri reasoned. "In fact you seemed to like it." "There's a difference between three people, and the entire school lining up." "True." Eri admitted. "I think it's time our next class, come on." Kagome said almost jerking Inuyasha's shoulder out of its socket.
Classes went by without a hitch, no disruptions, nothing out of the ordinary. Though Inuyasha still didn't like all the girls watching him like they seemed to do constantly. Kagome was reflecting on how well she did on her math test to realize that Inuyasha was desperately trying to meld into his chair. Then came his favorite class, gym. He liked it because no one bothered him about his ears, and that he would be able to move around.
Gym Class (A/N: I have too much fun doing this)
The coach blew his whistle harshly, causing Inuyasha to clutch and his ears in pain. "Today we play something everyone likes, dodge ball. "What's dodge ball?" Inuyasha asked clueless. Everyone stopped to stare at him for a few seconds. He just returned the glare with a harsh growl and started to crack the joints in his hand. With that everyone stopped staring for their health. "Mortals" Inuyasha grumbled under his breath. "Dodge ball is a game where there are four balls like this one." The coach said holding up a dodge ball. "The point is to throw the ball at people at hit them, without then catching it." Inuyasha smiled evilly smashing his fist into his hand. He liked the sound of this. "While at all times dodging the ones the other team throws at you. Got that, Snow White?" "What are you talking about? Who the hell is this snow white person?" he said baffled. The coach just sighed heavily. "Everyone just make a line." Everyone lined up, while the coach alternated each person to a different team. Inuyasha and Kagome were on the same team. Eri and Yuka were on the other. "Try not to kill anyone, please." She said as if she expected the school to look like Swiss cheese after this game. "Don't worry about it." He said reassuringly. The coach blew the whistle. Inuyasha was there before the whistle stopped. He was carrying a ball in each hand. He tossed one to Kagome, "Let's if you're as good at this as you are at archery." He said sidestepping an oncoming ball easily.
"I'll show you." She said competitively. She said striking a guy on the other team in the leg. "How's that!" she exclaimed more than asked. "Okay I guess." He said as a ball came toward his foot. The ball ricocheted of his foot up in his outstretched hand, earning a couple of flowery four letter words from the boy that threw it. Inuyasha picked up another ball from the ground. He walked over toward where Yuka was throwing out people left and right with her fast pitch-like throw. He whistled to get her attention. Tossing a ball in a high arc toward her, she reflexively started to reach for it, only to get another ball in the leg from Inuyasha. Inuyasha started to laugh. "That was a cheap trick." She said walking off the court. "Yeah I know." He said easily catching another incoming ball, which ended the game.
The next game no one even dared to go after Inuyasha, so he just kinda stood there the entire time. His team won without him anyway. The next one he'd had enough, he started taunting the other team to throw the ball toward him. "Couldn't hit me if I was asleep. Too scared to throw the ball? I think you need thicker glasses, buddy." The occasional ball that strayed near him was picked out of the air. Inuyasha saw Kagome going crazy with the dodge balls, apparently she was just as good at this as archery. Unfortunately, she wasn't as fast at dodging them. Inuyasha saw Yuka pitch one toward Kagome, who apparently didn't see it coming. He threw the ball and knocked Yuka's away inches from Kagome. "Do I have to save all the time?" He said teasingly, catching another ball that strayed too close. "Don't enjoy it too much, dog-boy." She called back. "It's not my fault you're so helpless." He said, knocking a ball away with the one in his hand. "Here, catch." He called, tossing a ball over to Kagome. She threw it with pinpoint accuracy, almost knocking over a girl on the other team. "Gotcha." She cheered. "At least you're good at something." He said.
Gym ended with Inuyasha's team winning every game, mostly because Inuyasha hadn't been touched the whole game. Inuyasha walked into the hallway, cracking his shoulder by rotating it in large circles. Yuka, Eri, and Ayumi all ran up to Kagome and Inuyasha at once. "Are they always together like this?" Inuyasha whispered to Kagome. "Yea, all the time, I swear they stalk me together or something." She whispered back.
"You . . . you . . . " stuttered Eri, pointing at Inuyasha. "You're not human." Yuka finished. "Took'm that long, huh?" He whispered to Kagome again. "Quiet." Ayumi giggled lightly, "yeah, you made everyone else look like cripples. And Kagome, who knew you were that accurate? I don't think you threw one ball that didn't get someone out." Ayumi praised. "I just got lucky, is all." She said waving her hands defensively. "Can we go now?" Inuyasha said impatiently. He wanted to get back to his era and out of the constantly polluted smell of this era. "I suppose we could go now, but can't we stay a little longer?" "No." He said shortly. "Go wait outside if you want, but I'm staying here for a little while." She said irritably. "Keh." He quickly walked outside, where at least there weren't as many people.
After Inuyasha was out of sight. Ayumi, Eri, and Yuka all closed in on Kagome. "Well, Kagome, looks like you grabbed a guy whose one in a million." Yuka exclaimed "Huh? What do ya mean?" she asked. "Oh come on, Kagome. Strong, fast, protective, and he's cute." Eri explained as if it were obvious. "He could be a little less rude, though." Kagome said. "He's just insecure, I bet he puts on a tough guy act, doesn't he?" Eri asked. Kagome nodded, "Yup, all the time." "He's a lot cuter than you said he was, you never mentioned he had silver hair and goldeneyes, and those things aren't easily overlooked. Not to mention dog ears."Eri said. "Yeah, a good thing to or I'd never be able to get him to come, he almost left today when that one guy came up to him. "Yeah, sumimasen about that." Eri said, a sweat drop forming on her forehead. "I noticed that he's really cunning. He pulled a fast one on both of you." Ayumi said indicating Kagome and Yuka." "Heh, yeah, he got us pretty good didn't he Kagome?" Yuka said, scratching her head. "He surprised me. He usually doesn't display that kind of cunning." Kagome said. "Yeah, well, I wish you would have told us how strong he was, if we ever found that ball he hit, we probably couldn't use it because it would probably have an indent on it." Yuka joked. "Heh, yeah, my palm still sting from that hit I almost caught." Kagome said. All four giggled at the comment. "Well, he's definitely not as bad as you always say he is." Ayumi said. "Yeah, I guess Inuyasha's okay." She said smiling. "Well, I'll see you guys later. I shouldn't keep him waiting too long." Kagome said walking away. "See you tomorrow, Kagome," they waved. "Adiosu" she called back.
"Ready to head back?" Inuyasha asked when Kagome found him. "Yes, let's go, Inuyasha." She could tell he was itching to get back. She couldn't wait to get back to feudal Japan, either. She didn't know why, she guessed it was just to get away from Ayumi, Eri, and Yuka. "Thanks for not acting up at school, Inuyasha." She said as they walked to the shrine. "Keh, whadya mean? How did you expect me to act?" he asked. "Like you always do. Jumping at everything and spoiling for a fight constantly." She said. "I need to act like that in my era, that's what you do to stay alive. The only thing threatening around here is these metal boxes people ride in." "You mean cars?" she asked. "Yeah, those." "They're just a convenience that humans created to move faster, humans can't run as fast as you, so we needed a way to get around faster." "Look at them, though, and I thought your bicycle was bulky, these things could crush a human flat." He made a gesture of pounding his fist down on his palm. They talked more about things that humans had created since his era, and one thing caught Inuyasha's attention. "A gun?" he said. "Yeah, it's a small metal weapon that shoots little pieces of metal really fast." "Keh, trust humans to think up something that dangerous." "It would come in handy when demons attacked, though." She reasoned. "Yeah, but if they had those back in my time . . . the bloodshed would increase by incredible numbers." He said. "You're right." She said in a thinking voice. "Humans probably would just use them to gain power, instead of using them in self defense, they'd create more powerful ones than their opponent's and then use it against them in greed." "That's exactly what happens, too." She said. "Though I suppose it's not that different from swords in my era." "The thing about a sword is, unless you can use it, it's just a hunk of steel, or something else." He said placing a hand on Tetsusaiga. "I still can't believe they let you keep that in school." She said. "Well, when I showed it to them, it looked like a rusty, useless sword. Not my fault they're ignorant." "I could think of some other people who could be accused of ignorance." She said teasingly. "Keh, who me? I'm not ignorant." Kagome just laughed.
Meanwhile
Sango was hard at work repairing her broken Hiraikotse. The fang she borrowed from Inuyasha was a little hard to work with, but it was much stronger than any demon bones that she had left in her village. It made the Hiraikotse a deal lighter, too. "I should dare say I'm getting better at this, Kirara." Sango said to the cat demon. "Meow" purred Kirara as it flicked its tails. She held up the weapon to examine her work. "Not bad, huh?" she asked. "Meow" Sango smiled. "Let's go test it out." She said.
When she had all the targets lined up the way she wanted them, Sango took aim and let the Hiraikotse fly. She was amazed at how easily it flew, cleanly striking off the tops of the straw targets she had set up. "Meow" Kirara even seemed to be surprised. Sango easily caught the giant weapon, catching her a little off balance because she was expecting a heavier push. "This . . . " she said with satisfaction. "Will do just fine." "Meow" Kirara meowed in agreement. "Kagome should be back from her time by now, lets get going." With that they were off.
Meanwhile
Miroku's patience had run to its absolute limits. If he had to sit and listen to Shippo whine about why Kagome isn't back yet, he swore he would seal him in some abandoned hut or something. Shippo had seen Miroku's patience ebb the past couple days, and decided to keep his distance for at least a couple minutes.
Meanwhile
"Bye Mom, Souta, Grandpa. See you later." "Be careful dear, don't get into too much trouble." "Don't worry Mom. Inuyasha will be there." "I'm sure he will." Mrs. H said. "See ya, sis. Come back soon all right?"
""Right." "You, Inuyasha.' Kagome's grandfather said menacingly. "Don't you try anything funny, now, you got that?" he said. He had seen how close Inuyasha and Kagome had gotten over time, and he didn't want anything to happen to his granddaughter. "Leave him alone, Grandpa." Kagome scolded. With that they walked out the door toward the Bone-Eater's Well. Inuyasha took Kagome's backpack, jumped down, then came back to get her.
While they were walking back to the village, Inuyasha and Kagome talked about the time they spent in the modern era. Inuyasha was carrying Kagome's large yellow backpack for her, though she said she could handle it. "You know, considering the first impressions you've made on everyone else you've met, I'd say the meeting with my friends went extremely well." "What do you mean, considering my other first impressions?" "Well, remember when you met me?" "Yeah, I thought you were Kikyo. Keh, that was probably the worst first impression I've made, though." "Maybe, but when you first met Miroku, he almost drew you into his hand." "That was only because he kidnaped you and stole the sacred jewel shard around your neck." "So you were worried about me." She said in an accusing tone. He just ignored her. "I don't think my first impression with Sango went too bad, considering she was trying to kill me at the time." "You did save her from death, I think she appreciates it more than you realize." "Keh, what else could I do, I'm not gonna let some girl die, especially if it's because of Naraku." He clenched his fist when he said Naraku's name. "Well I know what my friends think of you, what do you think of them?" she asked.
"Well, they're nosy, slightly annoying, and it's kinda creepy that they always seem to be together, besides that, they don't seem too bad for mortals." He said resting his hands behind his head. "Wait a sec . . . what exactly did they say about me." "Nothing I haven't told you you were already." She said. "And what's that?" he persisted. "Strong, fast, protective, and they liked your ears." "Keh." "They also said you could be a bit nicer, as in less rude." "Humph, I bet that one girl is still mad I hit a home run off her throw." He said. "Yuka? Well, she kinda prides herself at being athletic, and being upstaged by the new kid didn't really sit well with her. She still seemed to like you, anyway, probably because you're athletic yourself. Eri likes how cute you are." Inuyasha blushed a bit from the unaccustomed compliment. "And Ayumi likes that you're cunning. She probably saw you tip my hat in the baseball game, and the stunt you pulled with Yuka in the dodge ball game. So basically you've won over all my friends in two days. Not an easy feat, really." Kagome admitted. "I know, I'm great, aren't I?" he said pulling Kagome closer by her waist. "Don't let it go to your head, dog-boy, I don't think any more ego will fit up there." "Hey, you're here, aren't you?"he said. 'Yeah, and I always will be' She thought resting her head on his shoulder.
Meanwhile
Sango arrived at Kaede's village on Kirara's back, she located Miroku meditating under a tree. "Hey Miroku, where is everyone?" Miroku opened one eye, sighed, got up and dusted himself off. "Kagome and Inuyasha haven't come back yet." Sango stopped him there. "Wait, did Inuyasha go with her?" "That's correct, though I wish he hadn't." "Why's that?" she asked darkly. "No reason at all." He said innocently. "Uh-huh, and where's Shippo?" "I haven't an idea in the slightest." He said. "Then why don't I believe you?" "Women's intuition?" he said with a nervous sweat drop on his head. "Tell me where he is, Miroku." She said with steel in her voice. Miroku gulped nervously, "Right away, of course." He said walking off toward a hut with a sutra over it. He removed it, and flung it away as it dissolved into ash as the spell broke. The kitsune jumped out instantly. "That was a dirty trick, Miroku." He yelled angrily, jumping onto Sango's shoulder. "Miroku, how could you seal Shippo in there like that!" she scolded. "Even monks' patience wears over time, it seems." He said. CLUNK Miroku got a large lump on the head from Sango's Hiraikotse. "And Kagome will probably do something worse, monk." Sango said walking away. "Serves you right, Miroku." Shippo said indignantly. Miroku recovered from the blow to his head slowly, "At least I got some silence." He said walking after them.
Meanwhile
Inuyasha and Kagome were walking along, when Inuyasha caught the stench of demon. "Kagome, you sense that?" "No, what is it?" "The stench of a demon" he said dropping Kagome's backpack and unsheathing Tetsuseiga. "I know you're out there, come out and fight, coward." He yelled into the forest. THUD THUD The ground trembled as the demon approached. A large, black ogre demon emerged from the forest, a large club in his hands. "You, with the sacred jewel shards. Hand them over to me, and maybe I'll end your life quickly." He said crashing his club on the ground. Shockwaves shook the ground, the earth split in fissures toward Kagome. Inuyasha quickly picked her up and jumped away from the line fire before it got to them. "Are you all right, Kagome?" "I'm fine." Inuyasha turned back to the demon. "You got some nerve attacking me in my own forest, demon. I don't take kindly to intruders." He pointed Tetsuseiga at him threateningly. The ogre grinned wickedly. "Hehehehe, what right does a puny half-breed like yourself have to this forest?" "You'll find out soon enough. Tetsuseiga!" he yelled slashing the demons club in half easily. Inuyasha raised his right hand up in the air. "Iron Reaver!" he said swiping his claw at the ogre. Bands of golden demonic power ripped through the ogre as easily as Tetsuseiga had cut through the ogre's club.
"Weakling." He said sheathing Tetsuseiga and walking over toward Kagome's backpack. "Come on let's go, Kagome." "Coming." She called running up to him as he waited. As they resumed walking, Inuyasha thought, 'Damn, with Kagome in heat, we're gonna have more demon activity around us. No demons would resist a chance to get to a human in her state. I'll just have to protect that much more.' He wouldn't let anything happen to her, ever." He unconsciously pulled her closer
About five minutes later, Inuyasha and Kagome walked into the village, then to the tree Miroku was always at. "Where could he have gone?" "Well, he was here not too long ago, apparently." He said sniffing the air. 'Sango's back, too, but what's this smell of ash from?' Inuyasha asked himself. "Miroku probably got into some kind of trouble with Sango." He reasoned out loud. "Sango's back?" she asked. "Hai, probably got here soon before us, too." "We should go find them, Inuyasha." Kagome said. "No need." "Why not?" she said placing her hands on her hips. "They're right over there." He said shrugging and indicating behind her. "Oh." She turned around to see Sango, Shippo, and Miroku walking toward them. Miroku had a large lump on his head and was walking rather slow. Shippo was on Sango's shoulder.
"Kagome!" Shippo yelled, running up and jumping into Kagome's arms. "Hi, Shippo, good to see you." Kagome said cheerfully. "Kagome, Miroku sealed me inside a hut while you were gone." Shippo whined. "He did what?" Kagome yelled. Inuyasha started laughing, "Hahaha, couldn't take it, huh, Miroku?" Inuyasha laughed. "Inuyasha, osawrii." THUD "What'd you do that for, Kagome? I'm not the one who did it." He said fuming. "You're right." She said walking up to Miroku. "Miroku, I think you owe Shippo an apology." She said softly. "In the least." Shippo said indignantly. "Quite right." Admitted Miroku. "I apologize for my behavior, Shippo." He said pacing his hands together and bowing. "Just don't do it again." Shippo said nonchalantly. Kagome smiled and turned around, only to be met by a glaring hanyou. "Speaking of apologies." He said with his arms crossed. "What? Oh, for the subduing?" she asked. He just glared more. "Okay fine. I'm very sorry, okay?" She said in a not-most sincere voice "Keh, yea, sure." He said, not actually expecting an apology.
"Are we to head out today, it's getting dark fast." Miroku said as they walked toward the outskirts of the village. "We need to start as soon as possible, we need to find as many jewel shards as we can before Naraku resurfaces." "If Naraku is weakened, shouldn't we want to go after him?" Kagome asked. "I would suggest that, if I could get a whiff of his scent, but he seems to have covered his tracks well." Inuyasha said in an angry tone. "Well, I think we should stay for the night, get an early start tomorrow." Kagome suggested. Usually Inuyasha would instantly dismiss the thought, but with Kagome in heat, the demons may cause more trouble than its worth. "I suppose we won't get far today anyway. It's already getting dark." He said watching the sun sink closer to the mountains in the distance. "Yay." Kagome cheered. 'That's strange, usually Inuyasha wouldn't even think about letting us stay the night.' She thought. "But we head off first thing in the morning after breakfast." He said sternly. "Of course." Kagome said unabashed. Inuyasha turned on his heel and started to walk back toward the hut they always used when they stayed in the village. Kagome right beside him. "Thanks Inuyasha." She said. "Keh, yeah." Was his response, wrapping his arm around Kagome's shoulders.
This didn't go unnoticed by Miroku or Sango. "It's good to finally see them together." Sango said. "Hai, that's true, it's about time, too." "I thought Inuyasha would never get the picture, now we know that at least some things can penetrate his thick skull." Sango said. They noticed Inuyasha's ear twitch at the comment, and they knew he could hear them, so hey fell back a little more. "Still, this just gives Naraku another reason to come after us." Sango said in a worried tone. "Don't worry, Inuyasha won't let anything happen to Kagome, and she's not helpless, she's an excellent fighter and has a will of iron." Miroku comforted. "Besides, when it comes to those two, things seem to work out fine." "Yeah, I just hope it stays like that." Sango worried.
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Translations: Sawaga lol, I actually tried to butcher the japanese word for "to annoy" into his name.
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A/N: I know it took too long, I'm sorry. Next chapter will be done faster, I promise. R&R as always.
