Inuyasha and Koga sat on nearby stumps and set off into deep contemplation. Kagome looked at them, feeling a sense of déjà vu. After about 5 minutes of blankly staring, a random man popped out of the bushes and yelled, "Yes! It's almost complete! Do not MOVE!"
Inuyasha pounced on the man. "What the hell are you doing?" he demanded, snatching something out of his hand. "What the hell is this?"
Kagome ran over and grabbed the paper from Inuyasha. No wonder why she felt déjà vu, the man had sketched out Inuyasha and Koga sitting… THINKING. This was the rough draft for The Thinker! "What are you doing with this?" she asked.
"I am but a poor painter, traveling to France! This is my newly inspired drawing and I insist that you return it at once! I must finish the ears!"
Kagome nearly fell over. Auguste Rodin was supposedly the sculptor of The Thinker, but he was not to sculpt it until the mid-1800's. She sighed. "Let the man go, Inuyasha," she said, handing the drawing to the man. She turned to the stranger, "And it looks better without the ears."
"Thank you, miss!" The man smiled, bowing, and ran off.
What a shame, Kagome thought, wondering if Rodin had received false credit for his famous work of art. "As for you two," Kagome's shouted, her curiosity turning to frustration. "Give it a rest! Leave Houjo alone!"
Koga stepped forth. "Kagome, I will protect you to the death."
"That can be arranged," Inuyasha sneered, cracking his knuckles.
Koga and Inuyasha moved into a fighting stance. Before the first attack was thrown, however, Shippo jumped in the middle.
"Stop fighting each other! I thought you were gonna focus on Houjo," Shippo reminded them.
"Shippo!" Kagome cried desperately. Inuyasha and Koga laughed, walking towards either.
"I almost forgot!" Inuyasha laughed.
"Me too! Here, truce?" Koga smirked, holding up his hand.
"Temporarily," Inuyasha winked, confirming the deal and shaking Koga's hand. His smile suddenly wore off. "But if you make one wrong move," he started with an icy glare.
"You will die," Koga finished with an equally icy glare. From nowhere they went back to heartily laughing. The group gaped in silence watching the two walk away, talking like best buds.
"Bipolar…" Kagome commented, still staring. Everyone slowly nodded their heads in agreement.