Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha in any shape or form. But he'd make a cute doggy! -pets a white dog that looks similar to Inuyasha- I do own Bumi, however. If you wanna use her in a story of yours, please ask!

A/N: If you read my story, please, please, please(!) review!

Another A/N: Sorry if Ayame is a little out of character, and just a little 'out there.' I had to add her to find a way to get rid of Kouga. (Man, that sounds a little harsh...)

No Way Out
Chapter 19 - A Little More Jealousy; A Little More Feeling

This was all a dream. A horrible nightmare. It had to be. The loss of blood was making me crazy. Yea, that's right. The loss of blood.

I was in Inuyasha's arms, about to confess my feelings for him, and Kouga showed up. After Inuyasha had set me down, a new scent almost similar to mine appeared. I looked up and saw a female wolf youkai with fiery red hair and green eyes, similar to my own.

"Kouga, you'd rather choose my half breed sister over me?"

Sister? I had to admit, we did look kinda similar, but there was no way we could be sisters.

"Sister?"

She turned to glare at me. "Hai. Sister. Her mother is my mother," she hissed. "Although, I don't understand why she left out tribe to have a child with a human. Our mother was stupid."

"Shut up!" I yelled, standing up. I winced slightly as pain shot into my thigh. I looked up at my 'sister,' and frowned. "Don't you ever talk about Mama like that!"

"Then don't try to steal my future husband, you little worm!" She yelled back.

"I am not your future husband, Ayame! I want to be with Bumi!" Kouga spoke up.

"First it was Kagome, not it's Bumi? Kouga, you promised that I'd be your bride!" She choked.

Inuyasha and I exchanged glances. I limped over towards him, and leaned into his side, watching Kouga and Ayame bicker.

"I told you, I never promised that!"

"Yes you did! You promised me on that night, with the lunar rainbow!" Ayame huffed.

"I don't remember," Kouga stated, and looked away.

"Uh... hello?" Both of them looked over at me when I spoke up. "Can't you two go somewhere else? I wanna talk to Inuyasha. Alone."

"Eh?" he questioned, and I stepped on his foot, which signaled him to go along. "Keh. You heard her. Go away."

Kouga frowned and disappeared into the forest. Ayame followed him, but not before sending a ruthless glare my way.

I frowned slightly, pushing against Inuyasha a little more now. Why didn't Mama tell me that I had a sister? And was Kouga lying when he said I was the last female of our tribe? Or is Ayame from a different tribe? Or was Mama lying about what tribe I'm from? Ooooh, now it's not only my leg that hurts... I reached up to rub my forehead.

I'd decided to just leave the subject alone, and let my brain rest: Besides, I didn't care about Kouga and Ayame's problems.

I shook my head, making the thoughts finally go away. Inuyasha picked me up when I want to walk away. Okay, when I went to limp away. "Inuyasha, put me down!"

He threw his head back and laughed. I glared at him when my feet touched the ground. I took a step forward, only to fall back into Inuyasha. He laughed and picked me up again. "You're so stubborn, Bumi. Don't you even realize when your own leg is numb?"

"Of course I do, baka! I just don't want to be carried," I huffed.

"Tough luck," Inuyasha replied as I closed my eyes.

"Fine. But don't do anything stupid, like let me fall, or something," I said as I settled my head into his shoulder again.

(Time break. Probably about 2-3 hours)

I rested my head into a pillow after Lady Kaede finally told me I could sleep. She had bandaged the cut on my thigh, and gave me some nasty tasting soup to make me feel better.

I had been woozy after all the blood loss, so I blamed that on my almost gushing my feelings to Inuyasha. I even told him so, but he just gave a confused look, so I dropped the subject.

The soup had helped me regain total consciousness, so I had a hard time falling asleep, even though my body desperately cried out for it. My thigh ached, and other than that, I couldn't feel the rest of my leg. Had the wound been that severe? I didn't even see it, so I hadn't been able to tell. Could it have been my imagination that made it feel so bad?

I soon noticed Inuyasha's now familiar scent coming towards my small, isolated hut. I closed my eyes and slowed my breathing before he entered, and pretended to be asleep.

(POV Change)

Inuyasha walked into Bumi's hut and noticed that she was finally sleeping. He smiled inwardly. He moved closer to her, and sat down Indian-style next to her. He crossed his arms and glanced towards the door to make sure nobody was coming, then looked down at Bumi's sleeping form again.

She had shifted when he had sat down, and now she was facing him. Inuyasha smiled to himself again, and set his clawed hand upon Bumi's cheek. Her cheek suddenly became warmer under his hand.

He raised an eyebrow, and touched his thumb to her lips. He traced the bottom lip, then pulled his thumb away. He then touched his thumb to his own lips.

Bumi shifted uncomfortably, turning onto her back. Inuyasha backed away, then leaned against the hut's wall. He closed his eyes and quickly fell asleep.

(Back to Bumi's POV)

I sat up when I noticed Inuyasha's breathing had changed. My cheek still burnt from blushing when Inuyasha had touched it, and my lips tingled.

I looked over at the sleeping Inuyasha and smiled. He didn't look as protective in his sleep, even though he did have his arms crossed.

I crawled over to him and tweaked one of his ears. "Inuyasha?"

He lazily opened an eye and pushed my hand away from his ear. "I thought you were sleeping."

"I was pretending, idiot," I said, and tweaked his other ear.

"Would you stop that?" Inuyasha said, pushing my hand away again.

I giggled and poked at him. "It's only compensation for what you did earlier! Besides, they do a cute little twitch thing!"

'A cute little twitch thing?' Kami, I was acting like a little kid again! Maybe I can blame this on the medicine and soup... I grinned evilly. "Inuyasha?"

He leaned forward a little. "Yeah?"

I backed away a little, none too comfortable about how close Inuyasha got. Well, I might as well try... "Inuyasha, I was thinking..." I paused, and grinned again. "You should wear pink."

"Keh?" Inuyasha touched his hand to my forehead. "Are you feeling okay? Maybe you hurt your head instead of your leg."

"I feel warm. And I do have a headache..." I said, pushing his hand away. In reality, I was perfectly fine. Except for the fact that I needed to sleep.

Suddenly, a scream ran through the village. Inuyasha ran outside, and I shortly followed him. There we saw a snake youkai. Next to me, Lady Kaede shot an arrow at it, then looked at me and Inuyasha. "Inuyasha, can ye defeat it?"

"Do you have to ask?" He said, pulling out the Tetsusaiga. I watched it transform, and giggled slightly. I pulled out Kami and stood next to him. He eyed me warily. "Bumi, go away. You're sick, and weak."

I rolled my eyes, and jumped towards the youkai, bringing Kami down into contact on it's head, slicing it in two.

Sango threw the Hiraikotsu, finishing the youkai off before Inuyasha could even swing the Tetsusaiga.

He stared at me as I walked back into my hut, ignoring him and all the glanced that the gang sent my way. He followed me inside. "You're not really sick!"

"No shit. I thought that you'd leave me alone if I pretended."

He hesitated a moment, then stepped forward. I looked into his eyes, and saw something I couldn't recognize. "Is it that bad? Being around me?"

"Inuyasha," I groaned. No. He can't do this to me! "I just want to sleep. Will you at least let me do that? We can talk in the morning!"

I lied down on the floor again, and watched Inuyasha sit in the corner. "Why are you still in here?"

"Can't I sleep in peace too?" He growled. I growled back at him, then closed my eyes.

Suddenly, I felt secure and protected. Inuyasha was with me, and I could sleep soundly. I made sure my voice sounded sincere when I said, "Good night, Inuyasha."

Teehee. Wasn't this chapter just a little adorable! Anways, for those of you who guessed it was Ayame, you're (obviously!) right! Yay for you! Cookies all around! -throws out free peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies, except for Lisa who wanted the white chocolate macademia nut cookie-

Review Shout-outs!

Lisa: I swear, you need to cut out whatever it is you're doing, 'cause you're TOO hyper! Besides, who said I saw it your way? I just said that I give up the fight; not that I finally saw it your way. xP

Anon: Wow, another hyper reviewer? This can't be good. -hands you an extra cookie-

Ear-Tweak-sama: Hai, Ear-Tweak-sama. I've always questioned the male's wierdness. Why do we even need them? (Bumi whispers something into Inferno's ear) OH! -blush blush- Aren't I stupid? xD

I'm gonna be nice and post a little preview of what's to come in the next chapter of 'No Way Out.' Hope you enjoy! (P.S: The wording might change just a little.)

"I would eat if I didn't have someone hovering over me constantly," I said, pushing against his chest playfully.

Inuyasha blushed slightly. "I didn't know you care so much, Inuyasha."

"I-I don't!" He stammered. I rolled my eyes as he set me down on the bed. He started pulling the covers over me, and I grinned, almost certain I was proving my point.

Hope to see you reading the next chapter of 'No Way Out!' (Chapter 20: Feelings?)