Hi again, sorry the last chapter was a bit short, but I just felt that it needed to be ended there. - -Shi-Chan-The reason that it's SWI instead of what it should be, (sDi) is because I did that on accident and didn't realize it until my third chapter. Lol. So, I decided to go along with it. Thanks for asking though, I was trying to think of an eligible reason to tell everyone about that! -

Inuyasha and Kagome eventually made it back to the tent and did whatever it is that you do when taking care of a camp, and after a hard day's work sat down to a meal that Sango and Shippo prepared.

Inuyasha bit down into what ever it was that the two had prepared and gave his comment. "Hey, hey! Not bad!" he declared, giving Shippo the opportunity to puff out his chest with pride. Which he did quite diligently, only to be shot down with the next few words that came out of Kagome's mouth.

"So, Shippo, you made this?" she asked, in complete awe of someone his age's cooking ability. The little Kitsune looked over just exactly what she was biting into, and corrected her. "Oh, no. Lady Sango made that." He said, clearing up a bit of confusion, while indicating a new spot on the mat they were eating on. "I made that! Try it!" declared a joyful as ever Shippo, while he hopped up and down with excitement. Kagome OK'd it and reached over to grab a piece of what appeared to be grass, and meekly took a bite.

Suddenly everyone stopped eating and looked over at Kagome, who was now on the floor choking thanks to a fox youkai named Shippo. Inuyasha rushed to her side in an attempt to help her.somehow. "Kagome, are you all right?" he exclaimed, not very happy at all at the young Kitsune's horrid cooking. "You stupid little brat! What were you thinking, letting a human first sample your food!" he scolded while a pop was heard and a nice huge lump was formed on Shippo's head.

Shippo yanked on Kagome's shirt and began his daily whining routine. "Kagome! Inuyasha's picking on me again!" he complained, in that snobbish, incredulously annoying way that he does. Kagome tried to calm Inuyasha. "Oh, come on Inuyasha, give the poor kid a break! He's just a child."

Inuyasha turned his head and keh'd as he went back to his spot to pout. 'One of these days kid, one of these days.' he thought to himself, thoughroly enjoying his ideas for revenge.

Miroku and Sango had taken note on Shippo's newly found cooking abilities, and gave their portions to Kirara whom disposed of them as well after taking a bite. Inuyasha however, ate it without a problem. And Kagome watched as he did, just wanting to scream out 'HOW CAN YOU EAT THAT!' but restrained herself, because she didn't want to hurt Shippo's feelings.

After dinner, Miroku, Kagome, and Inuyasha played a game called "Rock Paper Scissors" to decide who would have dish cleaning duty. First Round: Inuyasha: rock. Miroku: Paper. Kagome: paper. Miroku looked at Inuyasha with a smirk. "Well it seems you lose this round, Inuyasha." His smirk however was returned to with a jab to the face, which didn't exactly make Miroku happy. "Inuyasha, why did you do that! Surely I didn't anger you THAT much!" Inuyasha stared at Miroku in confusion and began to try to explain. "What are you talking about, you stupid monk! I got a fist, and you got a guard. So, I try to hit you and you try to block!" he said, obviously not understanding the object of the game. Kagome looked at him in disbelief, trying to figure out how ANYONE couldn't understand rock paper scissors.

She thought about whether or not she would teach Inuyasha the rules of the game once more, but decided that it was indeed, inevitable. "Never mind, Inuyasha. I'll do the dishes tonight." Said a hopeless Kagome, who was responded to by a reluctant Inuyasha. "Thanks Kagome!" he began as he turned his head towards Miroku. "See? Now THERE'S a good loser. Never questioning the rules!" Smirked Inuyasha, whom was given two things: A glare from Miroku and a scrub brush from Kagome who stomped off towards the tent. "Hey! What's the big idea!" he asked, not at all understanding that Kagome WAS trying to be nice; but not after that. "Oi. I'll never understand humans." He moaned, but soon after pouting got to work with cleaning.

Inuyasha eventually finished the dishes and was afterwards thanked by a grateful Kagome, whom emerged from the tent after an hour or so of laughing with the others. "Thanks Inuyasha, everything looks really nice." She said in all honesty, hoping not to offend the hanyou in any way. Inuyasha however just turned his head to the right and keh'd. "Well I guess you're welcome," he started, but quickly returned to his phrase "but would you mind explaining to me WHY it was that I was the one who ended up doing the dishes? When I'm the one who won!" Kagome chuckled as she tried to tell him.

She looked at him, as he seemed to have pure innocence in his eyes, which wasn't something that happened too often for Inuyasha. "Never mind, I'll explain the rules to you some time when it's important." She said, feeling pretty tired from their particularly long day for some reason. Inuyasha, the now irritated hanyou, decided that it WAS important, and he let her know it. "Now wait a second! I think that you should a least tell me how to play! What if I get cheated next time and I don't know it!" he exclaimed seeming rather unhappy.

Kagome reconsidered much more quickly than she thought she would, and decided to teach him. "All right, here's how you start." she began.

After a grateful Inuyasha had finally learned the rules for the now pointless game that he thought of to be "rock paper scissors," he lay in the tent with his eyes closed as to be fast asleep. Of course he wasn't, for he had other plans for the night. The hanyou continued to act dead tired all throughout the rest of the conversation that took place between his comrades, and waited for about a half hour after they fell asleep before finally standing up and making his way outside.

He wouldn't go far, because he wanted to make sure that Kagome and the others would be in no danger just in case something happened. And as to be extra cautious, he told Kirara to stay up on the look out until he returned, after which he grabbed Tetsusaiga from its resting-place near Kagome's quiver and headed out.

'I shall savor this night.' He thought, as would any other warrior on a calm starry night in the deep forest atop a mountain. While keeping this presence of mind, Inuyasha silently walked a few steps forward and tilted his head back to take in a sniff of the night air and be filled with the nocturnal sounds of the forest. He closed his eyes and went deep into thought, focusing on what he had to do to complete his training.

His objective was clear; he was going to attempt to master his senses while in full youkai form. He wasn't quite sure how he was going to do it, for there was no way for him to transform. (Unless his life is threatened) But he knew deep down inside of himself that there was indeed a way. There HAD to be a way. If there wasn't, he may lose the only thing that seemed to matter to him anymore: Kagome. 'Why am I doing this?' he repeated over and over again in his mind. 'I mean, sure Kagome's a great friend, but...' He wasn't exactly sure why he felt the way that he did, but in any case he did, and there was really nothing he could do about it, so he decided to press onward to find out a way to master 'himself,' in a way.

With that last thought, he opened his eyes and looked straight ahead of himself determining which way was towards the open field that he and Sesshomaru fought in a few days ago. And after remembering the exact path, he darted off in its direction to begin his training.

A few minutes after Inuyasha left, Kagome got up and rushed outside to find Kirara. 'I KNEW he was up to something!' she thought, as she searched for the neko youkai whom she soon found. "Hey, Kirara, could you give me a ride in the direction that Inuyasha went?" she asked of her, of course knowing that she would. In fact so well she asked after she had climbed on. Kirara growled in acknowledgment and took off after Inuyasha's scent.

While she rode, Kagome wondered to herself what could have been on Inuyasha's mind while she was teaching him RPS. She knew from the very beginning of her lesson that he wasn't exactly all there, but she had continued to teach him anyway. The young miko really had no idea what he could have been up to, so all she did was ride patiently on Kirara's back as the fiery two tailed neko desperately attempted to follow Inuyasha at the pace that he decided to take.

Upon nearing her destination, Kagome noticed that this was the exact same path that they had taken the other night from the field Inuyasha fought Sesshomaru in. 'What is he going to do?' she wondered. But yet again decided to let it go because there was no point on dwelling in things that cannot be changed.

Inuyasha stood in the center of the meadow, as he unsheathed Tetsusaiga in a similar fashion to the other night. He remembered how embarrassing it was the first time he did it like this, just after Totosai had completed repairing it with Inuyasha's fang instead of his father's. The sword fell to the ground like a rock, and right in front of everyone too! 'Oi how I loathed that day.' he thought. But decided to begin his training. He dropped Tetsusaiga's sheath to his left and went into a stance.

His legs were spread slightly, left foot in front of the right, as he turned his torso to his left and looked in the same direction while holding Tetsusaiga just in front of his face and shoulder. His grip on the blade was right-handed, and the dull edge faced downward. From this stance he spun around and brought the sword forward allowing the sharp edge to whistle through the wind and stop just before kicking, turning 180 degrees, and flipping forward as Tetsusaiga slammed into the ground; on which that very spot would have been a dead youkai, now in two pieces.
He continued various choreographies such as this and brought the Iron Reaver technique along into the variations of his customized combo. And after a few minutes of this, became quite sweaty and removed his upper kimono and white under shirt. Eventually, he sheathed Tetsusaiga all together and decided to practice the choreography that he knew to go along with the little bits of Yushistu (A youkai martial art that I made up for the purpose of this story alone) that he had cared to take the time to study in past years of his incredibly long life.

Meanwhile, Kagome made her way on Kirara to the opening of the meadow and got off towards the exit of the forest. She stared at the figure towards the center of the meadow, and after determining that it was in fact Inuyasha, she ran towards him to meet him and have a few questions answered.

Upon arriving 20 feet or so from him, she began her little interrogation. "Hey, Inuyasha? What are you doing out here so late at night?" Inuyasha stopped his exercises and looked back at the young miko, not so much as even speaking to her. Kagome wondered why he would do something like that, so she did what anyone would do, ask! "What's the matter? Surprised to see me?" she called out to him as the wind began to pick up.

Inuyasha stared at Kagome for another moment. "Nah, sorry about that. I was just a little deep in thought." He began. "I knew you were following me the second I left the tent because your scent became significantly denser." He said indicating that a denser scent means either physical activity or worry in some way or another.

Kagome began walking towards him and smiled. "Oh, so why didn't you tell me where you were going?" she asked, feeling a bit confused. Who was responded to by a hanyou who was rather confused on the matter himself. "I don't know, to tell you the truth." He said in a type of daze, feeling a bit warm and dazed. They both gave out a light laugh, because they knew that their conversation wasn't making too much sense seeing how tired they were.

Kagome proceeded to walk towards Inuyasha, and began to reason with him. "Well, are you done out here? Why don't we just go back now?" Asked a hopeful Kagome still feeling a bit weird at the way Inuyasha was looking at her. But, she continued to walk towards him anyway, and was about 10 feet in front of him or so when Inuyasha began to feel a little strange.

His body was getting hot, and his pulse was beginning to beat a little faster-actually a lot faster. His instincts slowly began to try and take control of him, and Kagome continued to walk towards the ever-changing hanyou in front of her.

He then noticed that his body was a lot hotter. In fact so hot that for a moment he thought he would die, and then he felt like he was at boiling point, when his youkai features showed themselves on his face and he transformed to his full youkai state. Kagome stopped walking towards him and felt fear strike her heart as she looked directly into his red glowing eyes while he shouted:
"GET AWAY FROM ME! I'TS NOT SAFE!"

Inuyasha was cut off in his own words as he stared at the now horrified human in front of him. All he could do was think the same word over and over and again: KILL. That was it. That was ALL that was on his mind.

Kagome yelled out and made a feeble attempt to calm him down. "Inuyasha! Get a hold of yourself!" she began, even though she knew that there was probably just a slight chance that he would listen to her. The enraged youkai looked back at her, deciding whether or not to strike her down and began to slowly walk towards her, and even then somehow tried to restrain himself. Instinct and emotion fought valiantly inside of him as Kagome stepped back in terror.

She thought for a moment, trying to come up with a way to calm him down. She didn't want to sit him, because she didn't want him to be angry when he went back to his original state. But her options were running low, for the red-eyed youkai continued to proceed towards her ever fearful self. Kagome took one last look at him and closed her eyes in fear and shouted out "SIT!"

Inuyasha stopped where he was and his ears twitched for a moment; only for a moment though as he continued to walk towards her not so much as even toughing the ground with any other part of his body other than his feet. Kagome looked him in total in complete horror. 'It didn't work!' she exclaimed mentally. 'But how!' she thought to herself even harder while wondering why he transformed in the first place. But it didn't matter at present; it was all over now. There was nothing she could do to stop him, so she knelt down where she was and began to pray

The bloodthirsty youkai however knew of no such things at the moment, and walked up a little closer to her when his instincts finally took complete control. He cracked his knuckles and raised his hand while poising to strike. "Die!" He exclaimed, and his words were followed by a scream.

I'm going to end this chapter right here just because I'm so evil! Will this fic end right here as well? Of course not. Will Kagome die? (What do you think.)