Chapter 15: Neither Here Nor There

Soon after a very interesting dinner, Inuyasha gets the itch to move again, but Souta quickly shoots down the idea by showing that it was quite dark. Even if they did leave, they would get nowhere. Inuyasha sighed in defeat, surrendering to the energetic youth that stared at him strangely (A.N. Aka, the way kids do when they meet someone that they think is absolutely the COOLEST lol.)

Later that night, when the village settles down and all are asleep, Kagome looks down from her place on her roof to her window, which Inuyasha is presently climbing out of. "Hey." She says quietly.

Inuyasha glances up at her before jumping the distance to land beside her, sitting as well before speaking, "I thought I smelled you out here. Why aren't you inside? Weren't you the one just last night complaining about it getting cold at night?"

Kagome chuckles lightly, pulling her knees to her closer as a soft breeze billows her thick wool nightgown, "I was just looking at the stars. They help me think."

Inuyasha turns his head the other way, trying not to interested, quietly asks, "What do you need help thinking about?"

Kagome sighs, looking towards the ground, she stays quiet for a few moments before replying by softly asking her own question, "Which one are you Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha raises an eyebrow, "What?" surprised as much by the question as by the thought that he was actually the one that occupied her thoughts.

Kagome gulps before starting again, keeping her eyes trained on the roof, "For so long, I was positive that you were a chauvinistic egotist that was used to getting everything he wanted, but then...then you showed me this completely different side to you. It was like you were a different person. You actually acted like you cared. Then I saw yet another side of you when Sango came with the news of the attacked village, one that was really responsible. Then I find out you're the Prince, then you go back to being arrogant, the you come and rescue me, acting like you're going to kill your older brother because he threatened me. Then once we got here you sneak around, only to jump into the middle of a crowd. You're like a living paradox Inuyasha. I just want to know, which one is the real you?"

Inuyasha stares up at the starry sky not talking for a long time before finally answering, "I'm not anything, Neither here nor there. It's always been like that, that's all. Look, you should get inside. I don't want to be held responsible if you catch a cold." With that he jumps down and heads inside.

'Oh Inuyasha, why won't you let me in?' Kagome wonders as she looks back to the sky, unaware that just inside her window a certain someone is kicking himself, asking the exact same thing.

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Meanwhile, deep in the forest, Koga stops walking, "Are we there yet? We started walking when the sun was still in the sky, not the moon's directly overhead."

The mysterious voice, which had seemed to be careful to keep it's presence only near enough so he could see its shadow and hear its voice, chuckles darkly, "Yes young one, the time has come. Tell me, young one, are you familiar with the legend of what a werewolf is?"

"Yeah, what of it?" Koga asks a bit nervously.

"That thing that took Kagome is a demon. To beat it, you would have to be a demon, yet you don't want to villagers to shun you. Thusly the best solution is a temporary one. When the moonlight meets you eyes, the power I will give you will transform you into a demon that has a much better chance of beating what took Kagome then you do."

Koga looks hesitant, "And then I get Kagome?"

The smile nearly drips off of the shadow's voice, "Yes, then you get Kagome. Without the competition, what choice will she have?"

Koga smirks at the thought, "Well then, what are we waiting for?"

A.N. KOGA YOU IDIOT! sighs He didn't even ask if there was a catch, the idiot. And yes, I'm making Koga a regular human for most of the time, mostly cause I didn't want to bring the Shikon into it, I might later, but not now, and it's the only other thing I could think of. Not much going on in this chappie, more just setting up for the next one, which I promise, as usual, to have out as soon as possible! Now on to Reviewer Replies!

Inuyashasonly1- Lol, thanks for the input, I thought the dinner scene was pretty funny too. And, as you can see, Koga did indeed say yes shakes my head the moron. Well, thanks for the review!

RebelWriter- Yes indeed, disembodied voices are trouble, especially ones that make you seemingly harmless (to you) deals. I'll reveal who it is in later chapters, how much later, I don't know, but later lol. And don't worry, there won't be any rape in here, though it would be a very easy way for Koga to end his own life as you said. Also, thanks for the advice on fight scenes; I'll try it out on paper before posting anything.

RoseMaiden- Don't worry about it, I know as well as anyone the pains of homework. Thanks for the compliment on the Koga bashing, I tried to think of everything that I'd want to tell him and then put it all in Kagome's mouth lol.

Neko-Yuff16- Thanks for the review; I'll update as soon as I can!

Chibi-Sess- Well thanks for reviewing at least! Oh, and technically, as you may have noticed, Hojo wasn't a horse, it was just Hojo's horse that the Higurashi's bought and named after him when everyone thought he died.

Chibi Rouyakan- OO Oh shoot lol. I had no idea, as you may have put together lol. Well, I meant 'puppy', so we'll just pretend I put that there instead and from now on I'll get it right. Thanks for the heads-up! Thanks for the support too!