Last time:

Kagome jumped when she heard Inuyasha stomp into camp. She looked up and sighed with relief when she noticed that his markings were now absent from his face, and he looked a great deal calmer than he had in the river. Pondering what could have made him return to normal so quickly (in truth, it had been the mental image of a naked Jaken), Kagome glanced up at Inuyasha and made a decision.

She was going to seduce him.

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"Damnit Kagome, can't you keep up?" Kagome blushed and glanced at the back of Inuyasha's head. Three days had passed since the incident at the river, and neither Inuyasha nor Kagome had mentioned it. Kagome still hadn't suceeded in seducing Inuyasha. She had tried to shorten her skirts; he told her that she wouldn't be able to fight. She tried making as much contact with him as humanly possible; he told her her fingernails were chipped and she smelled. When she had made him a meal worthy of a king, he had looked at her and asked her if it was poisoned. When she swaggered her hips, he asked her if she had sprained her ankle. So here Kagome was, lost in her thoughts and walking towards the nearest village behind him. Inuyasha had thought it prudent to check out the surrounding areas for wayward youkai.

"Oh shut up Inuyasha."

"Feh. Just keep up, woman. We're almost at the village." Sighing, Kagome started forward,only to be halted as atan arm wound its way around her waist. Squeaking, Kagome turned around to meet her captor…

And met Kouga's icy blue eyes. A lazy smirk crossing his face, Kouga practically purred,

"Hey gorgeous, how's my woman?" Blushing slightly, Kagome muttered out an appropriate response, but before they could begin to enter into conversation with one another, growling could be heard from further up the track. "Still with dogbreath I see…."

Inuyasha glared at him. Kouga knew damn well how he felt about Kagome, and yet he still insisted on calling her his woman. It was infuriating, really, and Inuyasha decided that he wasn't going toput up with it any longer.

"Oy! Get your filthy hands off her, Kouga! Don't you have a pack to look after?" An incensed Inuyasha walked up to Kagome and Kouga, ready to spill blood. He had put up with Kouga's obsession over Kagome before, but he'd be damned if he was going to deal with it much longer. Between Kagome wanting to return to her home permanently and the incident in the river, Inuyasha was pushed to his breaking point. Growling, Inuyasha drew Tessaiga, ready to spill blood. Not meeting Kagome's eyes, Inuyasha stalked over to Kouga and placed the edge of the blade on his throat. Between his guttural growls, Inuyasha bit out a quick "Beat it," and pressed the blade closer yet to Kouga's throat, managing to create a small crimson line.

Knowing when to turn tail and when to fight, Kouga let Kagome go and backed up a few steps. Something was wrong here. Inuyasha had never acted so territorial about Kagome. Sure, Kouga knew that Inuyasha liked Kagome and all, and they had fought plenty of times over her before, but this time Inuyasha was different. Almost cold, like Sesshoumaru. Kouga managed to nod a quick goodbye at Kagome, and then he promptly ran into the forest. Slightly panting, Inuyasha turned towards Kagome.

"I don't want you to be around him any longer, Kagome." Giving a little gasp, Kagome backed up a few steps. Raising a shaking finger to Inuyasha's face; her mouth opened in a silent scream. A slight sob escaping her, Kagometurned and fled into the forest. "What the hell…?" Inuyasha gave pursuit, confused as to why she would run from him. Surely she knew that he would never harm her, not intentionally.

Kagome ran blindly through the forest. Red welts raised on her arms as she crashed through the underbrush. She couldn't feel the brambles scraping her arms, nor did she care. All she knew was that she wanted to get as far away from Inuyasha as possible. There was no telling what he would do to her in his current state. As she broke into a clearing,Kagome wasn't permitted a moment of relief as she was tackled from behind. A scream escaped her mouth as she felt the effects of gravity.

Inuyasha had caught up to her. He had tackled her, not noticing that she had been right next to a hill. Together they fell and rolled down the incline, and Inuyasha shifted himself so that he bore the brunt of the fall. Finally, they landed in a heap at the bottom. Kagome mentally chided herself. She was crazy if she thought she could outrun Inuyasha. A groan escaped Inuyasha's lips, then,

"Kagome, for future reference, please don't do that ever again. What the hell is your problem?" Lifting her head up, Kagome looked at Inuyasha and gasped, realizing that he was still the same Inuyasha that she knew and loved. Pulling her compact out of her backpack, she handed it to Inuyasha.

"In…Inuyasha…look."

Looking into the mirror that Kagome held up to his face, Inuyasha blearily blinked his eyes. Once, then twice for good measure. Once he realized that what he was seeing wasn't an illusion, Inuyasha rocketed up off of where he was laying prone, and grabbed the mirror from Kagome's hand. He almost didn't recognize the face inside of it, but he ran through his mental checklist all the same.

White hair…check.

Dog ears…check.

Golden eyes and a face to die for…check.

Demonic facial markings…hm, that was new. Inuyasha looked up at Kagome, back to the mirror, then back to Kagome.

"What the hell did you do to me?"

A week had passed, and Kagome and Inuyasha were just leaving the village, now that they had established that there were no rampant demons running through it. They tried to follow up on a lead they had received from an old man, but it had turned out that the old man had lied and simply made up the story.

"Feh, a demon terrorizing his rival's farm. 'Beware eating the produce from him…you'll turn into a zombie!' Please. What a waste of time." Inuyasha snorted as he helped himself to a slice of fruit.

"Well, Inuyasha, there could have been a demon there. Besides, look at all these great fruits and vegetables that we got from the other farmer. He was so thankful that we proved the rumor to be false." Kagome happily bit into her fruit, savoring the delectable taste of it.

"Hmph. A lot of good that did us. They nearly ran me out of town!"

"Well, Inuyasha, you do kind of look like a full-fledged demon now. They have a right to be scared of you. I still wonder why you got those markings on your face, though." Noticing his pointed stare, Kagome shouted, "I already told you, Inuyasha! I didn't do it!"

"Sure Kagome. Right." Smirking, Inuyasha continued on his merry way, leaving a fuming Kagome standing on the trail behind him.

"Ohh…that's it. Inuyasha, SIT!" In a knee-jerk response to the 'sit' word, Inuyasha flinched, but he didn't reunite with the ground. Remembering that Kagome had taken off the subduing necklace, his face split into a smile, and he turned around to her and waved. Continuing on his way, Inuyasha started walking forward.

"Hurry up now, princess. Don't want you to fall behind."

Oh…yea. The necklace. I took that off of him, didn't I? What the hell was I thinking… Kagome's musing was abruptly interrupted when Inuyasha tackled her off the path. Opening her mouth in protest, Inuyasha shoved his hand over it.

"Shut the hell up." Inuyasha hissed to her. Wanting to see why he had tackled her in the first place, Kagome lifted her head above the bushes to see.

"Damnit woman, stay down!" Paying no heed to him, Kagome simply lifted her head more. An exasperated soundcame fromInuyasha, and he had opened his mouth to tell her again when his spine stiffened in obvious alarm. Wasting no time with words, Inuyasha pulled Kagome to the ground, covered her with his body, and began to fervently kiss her senseless.

Kagome's mind spun as she clutched onto Inuyasha's haori. She couldn't think, not with him so close. Every part of them was touching, and Kagome's wide eyes turned towards Inuyasha's, only to see that his were closed. Kagome felt his tongue sweep on her lower lip. Opening her mouth in surprise, Kagome gasped as Inuyasha pressed more of his weight on top of her, and invaded her mouth.

Running his hands down her sides, Inuyasha forgot why he had started the kiss. He only knew that he wanted it to continue forever. He was already half out of his mind with want for her. His demonic instincts demanded that he claim her, and he was losing the inner battle to those instincts. His sanity slowly started to drip away, and passion took its place. Letting out a low growl of contentment, Inuyasha moved his lips from Kagome's neck to her shoulder, leaving a trail of abused skin. Sniffing the juncture of neck and shoulder, Inuyasha began to nibble. His fangs extended slightly, and he had lowered his head down to Kagome's neck to claim her. Something crashed through the bushes that were hiding him, and Inuyasha lifted his head and let off a snarl.

They were discovered.

AN: Hey all! I cranked out another chapter, but I'm not particularly pleased with it. Don't worry, like I've stated in the previous chappies, all will be explained sooner or later. I know that ya'll proly have a ton of questions, but that's just the way I operate. Sorry, can't give the whole plot away! Well, I think that this chapter's slightly longer than the other two. Hope you enjoyed it. NOTE: I decided to revise this chapter a bit. Grammer and stuff. As always, R&R!