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Kagome sat on her bed quietly. There were so many thoughts in her head right now she couldn't tell one from another. There were so many questions she wanted to know the answer to. The biggest one was 'why?' She couldn't understand. Why did three people, two of whom she barely knew, go through such dangerous things just for her? Why did they risk their lives to save her? Why?

Kagome buried her face into her hands.

"I don't understand." She said out loud, "Why would they do that for me?"

"Maybe it's because they love you." A voice said from behind her.

Kagome turned to look and saw Akina standing in the doorway.

"But I didn't do anything to deserve their love. All I did was get myself into trouble thus giving them a lot more problems."

Akina smiled sadly, "But before that, is when you stole both of their hearts." Seeing Kagome's confused look she decided to continue, "For Inuyasha you gave him a friend who cared. And to Kouga, you were a person who saw him for who he is, not what he is."

"What about you?" Kagome asked, "What did I do for you?"

"You freed me from Yukio." Akina said walking over and sitting next to Kagome on her bed, "And for that, I thank you."

"I freed you?" Kagome said confused

"Yes. I was a slave belonging to him. When the building collapsed I was able to escape." She explained

A few minutes of silence were shared between the two young women.

"Inuyasha and Kouga are both very worried about you." Akina stated suddenly, "You haven't left your room since we arrived here."

"I've been thinking."

"Well," Akina said getting to her feet, "When you're done, there are two demons in the kitchen waiting for you." She said walking out of Kagome's room and down the hall

Kagome's POV

I frowned as I thought about Akina's words. 'They love you' flashed in my mind. Do they really love me? Is that why saved me? 'You gave him a friend' Akina's voice said in my head. Is friendship really that strong? I don't remember any more. I haven't had a real friend since Dad and Sirius died. My only friend before was Adline. Would I go through such extreme measures for her? YES! I would do anything for her. It's true. They do love me.

END POV

Kagome jumped to her feet and walked out into the kitchen to find her three friends sitting at the kitchen table. Inuyasha and Kouga looked up from their food surprised. Akina simply smiled and went back to the book she had been reading.

"Kagome?" Inuyasha said slowly getting to his feet, "Are you feeling okay?" he asked concerned

"I'm feeling fine." She responded with a warm smile.

Inuyasha walked over to her and pulled her into a tight hug, "I was worried about you." He said.

Kagome was surprised at this gesture but after getting over the shock she wrapped her arms around him. "There was nothing to be worried about." She said

Kouga was beyond shocked at what was happening in front of him. He shook his head and walked over to the pair. "HEY!" HE said loudly. "Get your hands off my woman!" he said grabbing Kagome and pulling her away from Inuyasha.

"YOU'RE WOMAN!" Inuyasha yelled, "SHE IS NOT YOU'RE WOMAN!"

Kagome backed away from the pair of bickering demons and turned to Akina. "Thank you." She said simply as she sat down across from her, "Thanks for reminding me what love really is."

"It was my way of repaying you."

"But you saved my life. Shouldn't that have been enough?" Kagome asked

"Not to me." Akina said with a warm smile. Her smile vanished when Kouga accidentally threw a box a cereal at her. "WOULD YOU TWO SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN!" She yelled as loud as she possibly could.

The two demons immediately sat down at the kitchen table and went back to their breakfast as if nothing had ever happened.

Kagome looked at the bacon on Inuyasha's plate hungrily. She smirked as a plan formed in her mind

"OH MY GOD WHAT'S THAT!" Kagome yelled pointing behind Inuyasha.

Inuyasha and Kouga jumped to their feet as if they were expecting a monster or something to bet there. There was nothing there. They sat back down confused.

"What are you talking about Kagome?" Inuyasha asked

"Yeah, there's nothing there." Kouga added

"Oh, sorry. I thought I saw something." She shrugged

Inuyasha and Kouga looked down at their plates only to find them completely empty. They looked back up at Kagome and saw that she was currently munching on the last piece of bacon.

"HEY!" Both guys exclaimed at the same time, "You took my bacon!"

"Yup. And it was good." Kagome replied licking her fingers.

A FEW MONTHS LATER

Winter was drawing to a close and the white snow was slowly being replaced with the green grass. The planet of Yuma was alive again as spring approached. People in the towns walked to their destination. Some were outside for the first time in since winter had started. All of them were getting prepared for the biggest event known to any species…The Universal Dragon Tournament.

Dragon trainers and their dragons compete to be the best in the Universe. Every planet has a qualifying tournament. The top three dragons from each planet are then sent to a planet picked at random for the Universal Tournament.

Winning is the biggest honor the universe offers which is why millions compete hoping to be good enough for the title

Among the people in the streets of the town were four friends that had met over the long winter and two dragons.

"I can't believe you've never entered before." Inuyasha said to Kagome as they walked. "You almost beat me and I've always made it the past the qualification round."

"Well, I've never really cared to leave Yuma." She shrugged.

"Why not?" Akina asked, "There are a lot of other places to see. Why would you want to stay on one planet and for get about all the others?"

"I don't know." Kagome replied, "I just never really thought about any other places. I've been to busy taking care the breedery."

"But this year you joined and you are competing against the very best trainer in all the worlds!" Inuyasha declared

"And who's that?" Kagome asked already knowing the answer

"Me." Inuyasha answered as if it were the most obvious thing n the world.

"Yeah right." Kouga snorted, "You probably couldn't even beat a Rona." He referred to the smallest and weakest breed of dragons; they were often bought for young children to raise

"At least I have a dragon…unlike some people" He growled angrily

"I had a dragon until Yukio stole him you idiot!" Kouga growled just as angrily. "I believe we went over that a few months ago."

"If you did then why don't I remember?"

"Because you're an idiot! You wouldn't even remember your head if it weren't stuck on your shoulders. But even if you did forget it, it wouldn't make a difference seeing how you're head is empty anyway!"

Inuyasha snapped. He leapt forward ready to punch Kouga right in the nose. Right before he could reach him he felt something snake around his waist. It lifted him off the ground and several feet into the air

"Pierce put me down!" Inuyasha yelled trying to free himself of Pierce's powerful tail.

The dragon shook his head and followed Kagome and Akina, who had left the bickering demons behind. Adline grabbed Kouga in the same manner and followed as well.

"Kagome!" Kouga yelled, "Tell your dragon to put me down!"

"Sorry!" Kagome called back, "But the last thing I need right now is for you and Inuyasha to get in fight right in the middle of the street."

"But I wasn't fighting." Kouga reasoned, "He was!"

"You were too fighting!" Inuyasha yelled at Kouga

"Was not!"

"Was too!"

"SHUT UP!" Akina yelled angrily, "Why do I still have to tell you guys that? That's all I've told you two all winter"

The two quieted immediately.

The past few months had been just like this. Kouga and Inuyasha fight. Akina yells and they get scared. Kouga call Kagome his woman, Inuyasha gets mad, they fight, Akina yells, they get scared. The same thing over and over again. The only thing that changed was that Inuyasha and Kagome had gotten even closer. They were dating and they both were in love.

"Pierce put me down!" Inuyasha ordered. The dragon ignored him.

"Maybe if you're quiet we'll ask them to let you down." Kagome said with a smirk. She hadn't had any quiet in a long time so if they agreed it would be a miracle.

"Okay!" Kouga said quickly, "I'll be quiet!"

"Me too!" Inuyasha added

Silence fell over the four and Akina and Kagome smiled happily, both of them enjoying the quiet. It wouldn't last long, so they were taking advantage of it.

One other thing had changed. Adline had laid her eggs and they should be hatching in a matter of days. Both her and Pierce were very excited

Kagome and Akina entered a shop and to pick up some extra dragon feed and a few other things. The dragons waited outside with Inuyasha and Kouga still wrapped inside their tails.

Kagome and Akina walked down the isles of thing for dragons.

"Wow, look at all this stuff!" Akina said in awe

"You have to watch out for some of these things." Kagome stated, "Some of them are completely useless, like this Dragon Fan. It says to secure it onto your dragon's back and position it so it will blow on the dragon while it's flying."

"But when a dragon is flying there is already a lot wind." Akina said confused

"Exactly only some one with half a brain would even think to buy one."

"Hey, a Dragon Fan!" Someone exclaimed from right next to them. Kagome and Akina looked over and saw Inuyasha and Kouga standing there. Both of them held a box containing a Dragon Fan.

"Like I said, only someone with half a brain would consider getting that." Kagome repeated

"What are you two doing here?" Akina asked, "I thought Pierce and Adline were still holding you captive."

"Yeah, well, it turns out dragons are very ticklish under their tails." Kouga said with a grin.

"Now you can't do that to us again, because we know how to escape." Inuyasha smirked

"What ever." Kagome turned away from them, "I still need to get a Burn Tonic. Training baby dragons usually means you get burned."

"Okay, let's leave these two idiots to buy whatever useless junk they feel like getting."

Kagome and Akina walked down several other isles until they found what they were looking for.

Just as Akina took the bottle of tonic off the shelf voices came from the other side of the isle. The young woman turned to leave when they heard a name they both had been hoping never to hear again.

"So Yukio is entering the tournament?" the first voice asked. It was obviously a woman's voice; it was very also very high pitched and very annoying

"No, he's getting people he knows from Yuma and Kila and a bunch of other place to enter. If they win he's paying them to put him in charge of everything and for them to give all the power they won." The second one said. This one belonged to a male.

"Why doesn't he enter himself?"

"I don't know, but I heard his daughter was murdered and he's searching for her killers. He even has every one a work looking for them. If we see them we have to bring them to him alive. We get a big raise too"

Kagome and Akina exchanged frightened looks and they both ran down the isle trying to get away from the voices. The two ran right out of the store in fright, dropping everything they had intended to purchase along the way.

They leaned against the wall of the building trying to catch their breath.

"What's going on?" Kouga asked walking out of the store with Inuyasha, both had several bags in their hands

"We saw you guys run out of the store looking like you saw a ghost." Inuyasha said

"We need to get out of here." Kagome said quickly.

"Yes, and quick." Akina added

"Why? What happened?" Inuyasha asked concerned

"No time to explain." Akina said.

She and Kagome quickly began to walk down the street. Inuyasha and Kouga followed close behind with the dragons.

They finally stopped at a small place to eat at the edge of the city.

"We'll explain over lunch." Kagome decided, "I'm starving."

After being seated in a dragon trainer section where the dragons could eat as well Akina and Kagome reacted the entire conversation they had overheard. Inuyasha and Kouga became extremely alarmed at what they heard. Even Adline and Pierce were a bit frightened at the new information.

"What do we do?" Kagome asked

"If you guys join the tournament someone there is bound to recognize you." Akina said worriedly

"But if someone there for Yukio wins who knows what will happen." Kouga reasoned

"We have to enter." Inuyasha said, "Yukio can't win."

"But you'll be seen and they'll kill you." Akina said

"I have an idea." Kagome said, "We could go is disguises. Use a false identity."

"That might work." Akina said, "We would have to change our whole look, like hair and eyes color, and how we dress."

"This will be fun!" Kagome said clapping her hands to together excitedly.

"Do you know what we to do, if we want to change everything about our look?" Akina asked

"Yes." Kagome smiled, "We need to go shopping!"

This chapter is dedicated to my mom! Today is her birthday! Happy Birthday Mommy!

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