Okay, after a lot of work (and some attempted murders) I have two new chapters for this story. I'm not sure if its going quite how I had planned...but we'll see in due time!
---Chapter 4: Different Kind of Views---
Kagome had changed outfits and her blood-stained one had been thoroughly washed and hung to dry. Shippo sat on her shoulder most of the time, but was scared off by Inuyasha now and then.
"Why is he here, anyway?" Miroku asked while they all sat in Kaede's hut.
The answer came from the dog demon, feeling unwanted, "I don't have to stay. Feh. I was just making sure the stupid girl was going to be ok"
This caused Sango to smirk, "And why's that?"
Kagome answered innocently, obviously not sensing her friend's accusations, "Because it's polite. And now that he knows I'm fine, he's going to tell me why he's been following me!"
Inuyasha jumped up and walked to the door, "Forget it, I wasn't followin ya anyway! Stupid humans!"
He walked outside and Kagome twitched. She picked up something she had made the night before with the help of Kaede and mumbled the words Kaede had taught her. Tiny purple orbs of light flew outside and she could hear Inuyasha yapping.
She walked outside grinning...Now to pick a word...Stay...no...hmm...he's like a dog...sooo, "SIT BOY!"
Inuyasha was still pulling the beads off his head when he found the dirt become very friendly, until it hit his face...then his lifted his head spitting it out, "WHAT THE HELL?!"
Kagome smiled, "It's a spell necklace that only I can remove. And as long as you have it on, I can simply say that one word and send you crashing to my feet."
"Is there a point to all this?"
"You aren't going anywhere!"
Inuyasha lifted himself off the ground and laughed, "You can't keep me here!"
She put her index finger in the air and nonchalantly said, "Sit."
WHAM!
"Dammit...stupid necklace!"
Laughing, Kagome walked back inside as he followed, glaring daggers into her back.
Once inside, they all sat back down. Miroku and Sango wanted answers for all this, but decided on staying quiet. Kagome tried once more, "So why exactly were you following me around?"
He knew he'd hit the floor if he tried to escape, so he just rolled his eyes, "I wasn't."
"Don't make me say it"
"What?! I didn't do anything! You should be thanking me! A demon's after you and I was making sure you didn't get yourself killed like ya almost did last night!"
Kagome paused, "You were...protecting me?"
Inuyasha never thought about it that way, "No. I hate that stupid demon and won't give him the satifaction of getting what he wants"
"What does he want...besides me dead?"
"I don't know. You have something that seems to be important to him."
Kagome knew what it was immediately, "The Shikon no Tama"
She pulled the jewel out from just under the collar of her miko robes where it was safely hidden, it was a nice light purple and it glowed slightly. Sango and Miroku knew what it was, because they'd been protecting her from those after it while she trained. Inuyasha and Shippo however, had never seen it.
Inuyasha reached out to touch it, as if it drew him to grab it, but she yanked away, "Sorry, you can't touch it."
He gave her a weird look before sitting back down. Sango spoke, "You have no need to protect her. That's why we're here"
Inuyasha laughed, "You did a great job of doing that last night!"
Sango grabbed her boomerang, "I'll slay you right now, you filthy-"
"Sango, stop" Miroku sat his hand on her shoulder and she released her grip on her Hiraitotsu. She wasn't comfortable around a demon. She slayed them, not befriended them.
"Demons are stupid" She simply said as Miroku moved his hand.
Inuyasha flattened his ears to his head, "I'm not a demon."
Everyone blinked and looked at him. Shippo finished his sentence(or whatever), "He's a half-demon"
Kagome smiled, "That's good to hear"
Inuyasha's ears perked up, "What?"
"Well at least we know you have some human in you. That's always good"
The others nodded(slightly) and Shippo leaped into Kagome's lap, "But I'm a full demon!"
Kagome laughed, "You wouldn't ever hurt us though"
"Nope!"
Inuyasha crossed his arms in his sleeves(like always, hes so cute) and stood up, "Do I have to sleep in here, or am I allowed to go outside?"
Kagome caught his sarcasm, "Yes, all dogs have to stay outside, in fact." An eye for an eye I always say. Inuyasha narrowed his eyes at her and marched out the door. He found himself a nice little tree and slept high up in one of the branches, She's so ungrateful. I saved her life and she treats me like some sort of mutt! Hmph...she has no idea what she's up against...
Something watched in the distance. Inuyasha couldn't sense it, because it had an ability to surpress it's scent. The figure smiled evilly and vanished into the night...for now.
(I'm going to be nice and make this a long chapter)
The next day, Inuyasha was the first one awake. He walked into the hut, and looked down at Kagome. He found himself smiling at her, but mentally slapped himself for doing so. But, his mind had a will of its own...I am protecting her...W-wait! What? What am I thinkin? Where did that come from? Since when did I even care? She stretched before waking up to find him standing in front of her, his face moving from happy, to confused, then to angry. She blinked and sat up, "What's going on?"
He came out of his little trance and shook his head, "Nothing at all."
Sango and Miroku woke up to their voices, seeing they were normally light sleepers. Sango rubbed her eyes and subconsciously pet Kilala, who was curled up happily next to her.
A certain smell brought Inuyasha to alertness, "There's a demon waiting outside for us."
Kagome reached for her bow and arrows, but he kicked them away from her, "Stay in here, idiot"
She was about to protest, but he was already out the door, followed by Sango and Miroku.
Shippo was just now waking up and looked around, "Whats going on?"
Kagome was more confused than before, "That's what I wanna know"
"Another one of Naraku's henchman I see," Inuyasha flexed his claws and leaped at the demon. Sango tossed her boomerang at the demon that seemed to be a cross between a rabbit and a bull. Not a pretty combination, lemme tell ya. She swiped the...demon's arm off and on the way back, sliced its side. Inuyasha then slashed it in the back. It fell to the ground helplessly. Miroku stepped forward, "I'll clean this up, " And with that, he removed the beads around his right hand in a swiftness no one could quite match. The purple cloth fell loosely under his palm and a strong wind pulled the demon inside. He then wrapped the beads back around his wrist like it was nothing and smiled. Inuyasha hit him on the back of the head, "Why didn't ya just do that from the beginning?!"
Miroku closed his eyes, "Because you blindlessly charged at it"
Ignoring their arguement, Sango interrupted, "So...Naraku's the demon after the jewel?"
Inuyasha nodded, "Guess you're not so dumb afterall"
Sango clenched her fists and just went inside.I hate demons. Half or not. Miroku merely patted Inuyasha's shoulder and followed. Inside, Kagome saw Inuyasha walk in, "SIT BOY!!"
WHAM!
"Why I outta---WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR!?"
She glared, "You didn't let me help!"
Inuyasha recomposed himself and brushed dust off his yukata"If we're the ones protecting you, and you could fend for yourself, they'd be no use for us, now would there?"
Kagome was going to 'sit' him again, but resisted, "But I'm supposed to know how to fight"
Inuyasha shook his head, "You ain't fightin nothing unless you have to"
Okay, he's either being nice, or really really arrogant. Knowing him, it's arrogance, but no use in arguing. Kagome thought a moment before responding, "Whatever"
And that's chapter four for this story! Hope you liked it, and chapter five will be up real soon. And when I say that, I mean, by the time you read this, it'll be up and ready to be read! heh heh
---Sasami---
