Chapter Twelve

"UGH! LET GO OF ME!" Inu Yasha shrieked in one of the highest pitch sounds Kagome's voice could muster.

"Kagome, hold still. We're going up the mountain now," Kouga said, still unaware of who he really had draped over his shoulder.

"Damn you, you starving wolf! Put me DOWN!" Inu Yasha further squirmed. Kouga remained silent as he hopped up the mountain, lost in his happy thoughts.

'Yes! Finally Kagome decided to pick me over that mutt...After today's preparations, we will wed tomorrow...Ah, Kagome...'

"Ack...Kouga..." Inu Yasha gasped. "You're..cush...ing...me..."

Kouga released the tightening grip he had accidently placed on Inu Yasha. "I'm sorry, Kagome...I just...got carried away with you choosing me and all...I didn't mean to..."

'If you knew who I really was then you would mean it...' Inu Yasha thought with a sigh that would have been released in a growl if he was in his own body.

"Don't worry, Kagome," Kouga smiled. "Soon we'll reach our new home."

Inu Yasha squirmed even more. 'HELP ME!'

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"AHHHHH! HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET TO MY BODY?" Kagome shrieked in one of the highest pitch sounds Inu Yasha's voice could muster.

"Kagome..." Shippo sympathized.

"More than likely, Kouga has taken Inu Yasha to his place up in the mountains. We should move quickly," Miroku said, his arms crossed.

"Uh, Miroku...what happened to your head?" Kagome asked, referring to the bright, still sizzling bumps on his head.

Miroku twitched. "Somehow, my staff has turned on me and won't stop hitting me."

Kagome gasped. "Sango, you know that you're only hurting yourself? I mean it is your body!"

"Uh, does no one care for me? Sango's body or not I still feel the pain!" Miroku protested, arms uncrossed.

"Oh Sango! How can you be doing that to your body?"

"That pervert deserves it!"

"I didn't do anything!...Yet..."

"See? There he goes!"

"What?"

"But it's your body...how could you beat up your own body..?"

"Uh...guys...?"

"Pervert!"

"...guys...?"

"Own body..."

"YOU GUYS!"

"WHAT!"

"Kirara says she remembers the way to Kouga's, that way you won't have to strain yourself in Inu Yasha's body, Kagome," Shippo smiled with the little cat looking demon by his side, purring loudly and proudly.

Sango smiled. "Of course. I'm sorry Kirara for neglecting your superb navigational skills." Kirara purred as Sango petted her.

"Okay enough bonding! I want my body!" Kagome yelled.

Kirara turned to her larger form and after everyone climbed atop, left towards the mountains. Even so, high atop the sky the slap was heard.

"Ah! Pervert! That's not yours to touch!"

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Hojake stood besides his sister. "What have you done, here?"

A giggle escaped her lips. "It's so fun! You see-"

"Never mind, I don't want to hear it." Hojake's voice reclaimed it's stern-ness from before. "We're...You're going to fix this, now."

Hokaje's smile shattered. "What? No! Why?"

"You know why."

The smile disappeared. "But..."

Hojake glared at his sister, his aurora rising fiercely around him. Hokaje knew she had to obey.

"The souls in the beings that you have manipulated are being too attached to the bodies they are in at an unbelievably quick pace. If you don't switch them back-"

"But I can't! remember? The souls have already matched the auroras in the bodies they're in. My powers are not as evolved as to break that bond again. I can only do it once, remember?"

Hojake remained silent for a moment. "Then I need to do it. If we don't act soon, those souls will remain in those bodies permanently. It is unreverseable once foreign souls make the bodies they are in completely match their aurora. We have until the falling of the sun's next day to reverse this."

Hokaje dared to protest. "But...what about..."

"It's about time you grew up! If you want your powers to evolve you have to stop playing around all the time and train!"

"But-"

"No more! We leave after them NOW!"

"But-"

"Now what?"

"I don't know where the wolf demon tribe lives..."

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Kouga gently laid down Kagome on the straw-like mattress on the floor.

"Ah, I see Sister Kagome has returned to us," Ginta said.

"Good to see you, Sister Kagome," Hakkaku grinned.

Before Inu Yasha could yell his head off, Kouga turned towards his brother wolves and asked them to leave.

"I need to discuss some issues with Kagome, alone."

Kouga then turned towards his beloved and smiled.

"Don't worry, Kagome," he said grasping Inu Yasha's hand. "Today is for relaxing because tomorrow, we wed before the sun sets."

Inu Yasha blinked several times.

"I leave you to sleep Kagome. Get plenty of rest."

Inu Yasha watched Kouga leave before breaking out in a series of screams.

So sorry it's all weird and...unfeeling. I got writer's block but decided to give you guys something to know I was still alive. By the way, I'm working on a new story called "The Mortal Shell". It involves Sango and Miroku. It's about a bodyless demon that posses Sango's body after seeing how Miroku looks like her dead lover. But then what happens when Miroku actually falls in love with the demon in Sango's body? Dum, dum dum! But I promise you by the end of this week, I'll have an update on this story!

NEXT CHAPTER: Kagome and the rest finally make their way to Kouga's place and find themselves in the chaos of the wedding preparations. Will they get to Inu Yasha in time?