Chapter3

"Stupid mutt. I'll show him. I'll make Kagome mine. Even if I have to force her to love me. He'll see. He'll pay for humiliating me like that. I will kill Inuyasha. Even if it's the last thing I do." Kouga said to himself.

"Oh and how do you plan on doing that?" Genta asked. He just happened to over hear Kouga's conversation with himself.

"I don't know. All I know is that I will kill him." Suddenly an idea popped into Kouga's head. He smirked to himself and rubbed his hands together. "Yes…..that's perfect. He'll never see it coming."

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"Hey Kagome?"

"What is it Inuyasha?"

"I meant to ask you something after you woke up earlier this morning."

"Ok…so ask me."

"What exactly happened last night? Who attacked you?"

"Well I can't remember his name but I do know he was a green snake man. He reminded me somewhat of Mistress Centipede."

"Do you know why he attacked you?"

"No…I wish I did, but sadly I don't." Kagome said putting her head down in shame.

"Don't be too hard on yourself. It's not your fault you don't know his name or why he attacked you." Inuyasha said cupping Kagome's head in his hand and drawing her lips closer to his. He gently laid a kiss on her lips. Kagome smiled at this and kissed him more passionately.

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"You have failed me once again Hiruka." Said a man cloaked with a baboon pelt.

"I'm sorry master Naraku. I won't fail you again. Please…give me another chance."

"I'll give you one more chance. But that's it. This time I want the girl dead; and if for some reason you don't succeed in killing her, then bring her here to take her hostage. She is Inuyasha's weakness. If she's dead, then he'll let down his guard. He'll be an open target waiting to be struck down. He'll stop at nothing to avenge her death. But he'll be so focused on avenging the girl that he won't be able to see what's coming. That's why it is important that you kill her. But if you take her as a hostage. Then that will lead Inuyasha here and when that happens, I'll be ready for him. He'll be an easy target as long as he believes that the girl is dead. She's the only thing that keeps him going in life. As long as she's alive, his life has meaning. But if she's not…..his life is absolutely pointless. So you better not fail me, because if you do. I swear I won't hesitate to kill you. I'll chop off your head and feed it to the Sainyosho. So don't screw this up."

"I won't let you down master Naraku."

"Good. Now get started. You have a week to either take the girl hostage or kill her."

"I understand master Naraku." Hiruka bowed his head and left the castle in search for Kagome.

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Later on that night. A certain wolf demon began to approach the village. A few feet from where he stood, he saw a local villager all sprawled out on the ground. He approached the villager and noticed he was dead. He had huge scratch marks on his back. They were obviously from someone's blade on their sword. Kouga noticed the villager's sword a few feet away from the villager. So he decided to "borrow" the sword and never give it back. I mean after all, the villager certainly wouldn't miss it. He's dead. Kouga walked off as he neared the hut. He peeked inside to make sure that everyone was asleep. When he saw that everyone seemed to be asleep, he walked inside. There he spotted his prey. Inuyasha lay next to Kagome with his arms wrapped around her waist. This made Kouga sick. That should be him lying next to Kagome, not Inuyasha. Kouga unsheathed his sword and as the blade got closer to Inuyasha's chest…Inuyasha's eyes shot open and turned to face Kouga who was standing over top of him. Inuyasha let go of Kagome and stood to look Kouga in the eye. "What the hell do you think you're doing wolf?" Inuyasha asked. "Did you really think that you would be able to kill me in my sleep?" Kouga didn't respond. "Well answer me wolf. Did you really think that you would be able to kill me in my sleep?" By that time Kagome was already awake from all the noise.

"Inuyasha what's going on?" She asked.

"I don't know. Why don't you ask that mangy wolf." Inuyasha replied.

Kagome opened her eyes even more to find Kouga standing not to far from Inuyasha. There in his hand she noticed a sword. Her eyes grew wide. "Kouga….you weren't planning on killing Inuyasha in his sleep were you?"

Kouga gulped. "Maybe…" He replied in a nervous voice.

"I can't believe you would actually sink that low. Just to try and posses something or someone, that will never be yours." Inuyasha said with enraged anger. Inuyasha unsheathed Tetsusaiga. "I'm gonna kill you once and for all wolf." Kagome noticed that his eyes were starting to glow red.

"Inuyasha….please stop this now." She pleaded as she ran over to her lover and wrapped her arms around him. Inuyasha soon snapped into reality. His eyes turned to their normal goldish color. He wrapped his arms around her waist.

"I'm sorry Kagome. I let my anger get the best of me." He turned his head to face Kouga. "Next time we meet wolf…I won't let you off so easy."

"I wouldn't expect anything less. I look forward to our next encounter." Kouga said as he left the hut. Inuyasha turned his attention back to Kagome whose arms were still wrapped around him. Inuyasha lifted her chin with his hand and smiled at her as he stared deeply inside her eyes. There he found happiness, love, and disappointment.

"Oh Inuyasha…I'm so glad you're ok. I don't know what I would have done if he were to succeed in killing you in your sleep."

"It's ok Kagome. I'm just glad I woke up in time to find him standing over top of me."

"Yes…but..."

"But what?"

"But I don't understand why he would sink so low."

"Well….people do crazy things when they're in love." Inuyasha said as he gently, yet passionately, laid a kiss on her tender lips. Kagome deepened his kiss. So many emotions were running through his mind. With every kiss he shared with her, he kept finding himself wanting more. He just wanted to hold her in his arms like this for all of eternity. Inuyasha pulled away. "I love you Kagome." He said smiling down at her. Kagome returned his smile. "I love you too Inuyasha."

"Come on…..let's go back to bed." Inuyasha said. Kagome just nodded and crawled back into her sleeping back with Inuyasha. Inuyasha wrapped his arms around her waist once again and held her tightly against his chest and soon met deep sleep.

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A strong breeze was blowing outside the village that night. There perched on the branch of a tree outside Kaede's hut was a man. He stood about 6 feet tall. He wore a green Kimono, his hair was as white as snow with sky blue tips, and his eyes were a ruby red color. "I can since her presence. That hut is where I'll find the girl and possibly Inuyasha. I have to get in there and get out without waking the hanyou." The man said to himself. He jumped off the branch and headed for the hut.

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Inuyasha's eyes shot open. He turned to find Kagome still asleep. He hated to wake her, especially since she looked so peaceful when she was asleep. But he had no choice. He had to wake her and the others, and fast. "Kagome…Kagome wake up."

"What is it Inuyasha?"

"Kagome I since an evil presence outside the hut. We have to wake the others."

"So you since it too Inuyasha?" Miroku asked making his presence known.

"Yeah…..wake Sango and let's get out of here. I have a feeling that it's the same demon that attacked Kagome the other night."

"You could be right. We can't take any chances. I'll wake Sango and you get Shippo and Kirara." Inuyasha nodded. He found Shippo and Kirara in a nearby corner.

"Shippo wake up."

"What is it Inuyasha?" The small fox child asked.

"There's a strong demonic aura outside the hut. We have to leave incase it's the same demon who attacked Kagome a few nights ago." He replied.

Shippo just nodded in response.

"Come on Inuyasha. We better get going." Miroku said now with Sango by his side. They all ran out of the hut just in time to come face to face with the demon.

"Well, well, well. Would you look at that? It's Inuyasha. The half demon that I've heard so much about, and his five companions, a priestess, monk, demon slayer, neko and a young fox."

"That's enough of the small talk. Let's just cut to the chase. Who are you and what do you want?" Inuyasha said getting rather annoyed.

"My name is Hiruka. As for why I'm here…well…that's for me to know and for you to find out now isn't it?"

"Well if you won't tell me then I guess I'll just have to force the answer out of you." Inuyasha said as he unsheathed Tetsusaiga.

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Hidden deep within the shadow of a castle was a figure cloaked with a baboons pelt.

"Well that wasn't exactly the type of appearance I wanted him to make, but it'll have to do. Inuyasha's head will be mine. I'll make sure of it."

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AN: Well there you go. I finally posted the third chapter. I'm sorry it's so short. But this just seemed like the perfect place to stop. Well I'm gonna need 5 more reviews before I post the 4th chapter. So you better get to reviewing. Ja ne

-Naoko- .