Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, Rumiko Takahashi does. But the day will come when all of my fantasies will come true and she will sign Inuyasha over to me! Woohoo! Actually, that'll probably never happen, but I can only hope…(crosses fingers).

Chapter Three

"Now that I have the jewel, I can kill Naraku with it after he's dead. Then, there will be nothing stopping you and me from being together!"

"Over my dead body!" Inuyasha yelled as he charged at Kouga.

"That would be the plan, half-wit." Kouga dodged Inuyasha's sword as it came down above him and he skidded to a hault behind Inuyasha. He held the jewel up infront of his face. "All I have to do is fuse the jewel with my body and killing you will be simple."

Panicking, Kagome picked up a bow and arrow, preparing to fire a shot. 'I have to help Inuyasha. I really don't want to hurt Kouga, but if he fuses the jewel with his body, Inuyasha'll be done for!' She fired at Kouga, but he dodged the incoming arrow.

"Kagome…" Kouga began, but didn't manage to finish as Inuyasha, once again, charged at him. Kouga evaded every one of Inuyasha's strikes but one, which cut him deep in his forearm.

"Not as fast as you thought you were, eh, Kouga?"

Surprisingly, Kouga smirked as he looked at the deep cut. "Wrong, dog-boy." With the hand opposite his bleeding arm, he held the almost complete Shikon jewel on top of his arm, pushing it into the wound. The more blood oozed out the father the jewel was pushed in until both his arm and the shard were covered in the thick crimson liquid. Kouga winced slightly as he inserted the jewel in his arm.

"No!" Inuyasha yelled, swinging the Tetsusaiga wildly at Kouga. Kouga dodged the swing with great ease. Inuyasha seemed to be slowing down, all the while, Kouga's speed was increasing. He got stronger every second and Inuyasha and Kagome could see that his body was changing as well.

The nest time, Inuyasha ran at him, Kouga didn't even try to evade his attack. With one swipe of Kouga's now, even more powerful claws, Inuyasha was sent flying backwards until he slammed into a tree. He fell to the ground while moaning in pain, and then stood up with much difficulty.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled. She began to run towards him, but he motioned for her stay away.

Kouga let out a low, harsh laugh from a furry snout that was no protruding from his face.

Inuyasha swallowed nervously. 'He hasn't fully processed the jewel yet. All I have to do is cut off that arm!' He held Tetsusaiga out infront of him, pointed at Kouga's arm.

Inuyasha ran at Kouga, locked onto his new target. The fang hit Kouga's arm, but didn't seem to affect him in the least. Kouga swiped at Inuyasha with his right hand. Inuyasha went flying once again and smashed into the ground making a dust cloud puff up around him. He struggled to his feet and spat out blood that was pooling inside of his mouth.

"Stupid half-demon! My agility and power increase, why wouldn't you think my defense wouldn't as well?" He laughed again and made the next move. "Now I finish you off!" Kouga yelled, running at Inuyasha and launching a clawed punch. Inuyasha braced himself, holding Tetsusaiga up for defense but Kouga used his other hand to stab Inuyasha through the stomach with his claws. Inuyasha screamed as Kouga's hand passed through his insides and out through his back. As Kouga withdrew his hand, Inuyasha screamed again and collapsed onto the ground.

"No! Inuyasha!" Disregarding what Inuyasha told her earlier, Kagome over and knelt beside him.

"Get away…Kagome…" Inuyasha staggered between gasps for air.

"But, you're bleeding so badly," Kagome sniffled as tears began to form at the sides of her eyes.

"It's…nothing…I…I need to finish him…off now, before…he gets to powerful." Inuyasha slowly got to his feet. He slouched over, barely able to hold up Tetsusaiga.

"Inuyasha, no…" Kagome began, but Inuyasha was ignoring her as he advanced towards Kouga. "So what? You're a little more powerful than before. But I won't lose to a stupid wolf like you, and I won't lose Kagome! I'll never let you have her! I love her too much!"

Kagome gasped, her eyes wide in shock. 'What? Did he just…?'

He set Held Tetsusaiga up infront of him as he glowered at Kouga. He jumped up and yelled, "Wind Scar!" as he swung his sword. A blast shot forth from the Tetsusaiga, leaving deep tread marks in the earth, and hit Kouga dead on.

Dust was blown up so it fogged their vision and when it cleared, Kouga was gone.

Inuyasha sighed and collapsed backwards. Kagome rushed to his side. "Inuyasha?" His eyes were closed and Kagome shook him, trying to wake him up. "Inuyasha!" she repeated again, slightly louder than the first time. "INUYASHA!" she yelled frantically, but he showed no signs of waking up.

Ah, the big fight scene, we all knew it was coming soon. It was a little bloody, but what fight scene is not? It's not as bad as something else I wrote for one of my other fanfics. Anyway, I hope you like, and I'll try to update soon. The next chapter will be the last! Woosh, I almost have twocomplete fics.

Reviews always motivate me to update!

Cya!