Ok I haven't written in a while, I apologies for that, but I guess you can't rush these things, I've just been preoccupied with an idea I have for another story, but I won't release it until this story is over. At the most this story will get 30 chapters long. So it won't drag on forever. Also I have been forgetting to put a disclaimer in by chapters. So here is the disclaimer; I don't own him. Happy?

So… on with de show!

Oh just so you know, Sousei goes back into the sword when not needed, so se might not be in this chapter.

Chapter 9:A kiss for Sango, and a heartache for Kouga

It was a few days after Kagome's change, and they were back on the road again. They still had Naraku to deal with, and whatever remaining jewel shards there were left to collect.

Plus there was the matter of Kagome's mother, Kagome had not gone back to the future (hey! That's a movie, oh srry, back to story) since her change.

Then a thought hit her, " InuYasha." She said and walked ahead to were he was. Through the past few days her had been helping her train with her new powers, or whatever her father didn't already cover. He had also been nicer to her, even in front of the others; it was already out in the open anyway.

He turned to look at her. " Yea"

" What about Kouga?" she said.

" What about him?" he wasn't really that worried anymore about her liking Kouga, well, maybe just a little.

" I mean, with this new change Kouga will probably be drooling over me even more, which is the last thing we need. But he is still a friend. I don't want to just completely break his heart now that we are together."

"Well, yeah that will be a problem but what is your point?" he asked, not really understanding what she was trying to say.

"What are we going to do to get him to understand that I don't love him, but still be friends? To put it in most understandable terms." She said.

"Well, I'm not the best person for that kind of thing, you are, but I can help as far as getting him to stop drooling enough so he will listen." He suggested

She groaned, " yeah, but it will still be difficult." She sighed, resting her head against his shoulder as they walked. He wrapped an arm around her waist.

A few yards behind them, Sango was staring jealously at the luck couple ahead of them. 'Why can't I meet a guy as romantic as InuYasha is being?' she thought to herself

" Hey, I can be romantic." Miroku said as he leaned his head against her shoulder, and gave her puppy eyes. 'Crap! Did I say that aloud?' Sango thought

" Miro, your not helping." She said in irritation, she slipped up a bit when she said his name.

" Miro, is that supposed to be a nick name?" he said in amusement, as he lifted his head from her shoulder.

She just rolled her eyes. " Just a slip of the tough." She said in explanation.

He lingered on the comment, thinking of ways to turn it to his advantage.

Then he just up and kissed her, she gasped, and he slipped his though into her mouth, he explored her mouth most mischievously before pulling back to look at her stunned face. His face would have held a look of triumph, but decided to hold it back to see her reaction.

" What the hell was that!" Sango said when she finally became un-stunned; she was all flustered.

" Just a slip of the though." He said, throwing her own comment back at her.

The air was immediately permeated by two hanyou's who were rolling on the ground laughing. Clearly they had herd all of it, courtesy of their sensitive hearing.

Miro, he had dubbed himself, finally let lose that triumphant look that he held back earlier.

Sango was utterly embarrassed, but to hold whatever dignity she still had, she kept waking.

Kagome had managed to get back on he feet, and turned to the flustered Sango.

" Forgive us, we couldn't help ourselves." She said as apologetically as possible.

They finally stopped laughing and continued on.

Kirara, and Shippo, who were behind everyone, were still giggling. (Can cats giggle?)

They stopped that evening, about a mile within wolf territory.

Kagome noticed that the earlier events were still eating at Sango's nerves, so after she put a water pot over the fire for ramen, she went over to talk to her about it.

" You still thinking about earlier." She asked

" Yeah, I guess," she said still slightly deep in thought.

" Why, are you upset that he stole your first kiss?" she asked in s playful mood, hoping that it would make her feel better.

" Hm, funny story actually. Miroku wasn't my first kiss." She said with a smirk.

Gasp, " really? He wasn't." Oh this was gonna be good. " Ok, Sango. Spill." Shippo and InuYasha heard; Shippo came bounding over to get the juicy details, InuYasha simply stayed were he was in a tree, but still listened.

Sango looked around the campsite. Miroku was out catching fish.

" Well, I was a little younger than you are, 14 I think. But anyway, there was a caravan that visited they slayer village every other year. My father did business with them, but there was a boy, a little older than I was at the time, that traveled with the caravan. He had light brown hair and greenish eyes. We got to know each other. We talked and stuff. One day we were out in a tree by the village, and I told him that I wondered what it was liked to be kissed, he said de didn't know either, and-" she paused, blushing.

" And what?" Kagome asked eagerly. She already knew what came next; it was just more fun to hear it.

She sighed. " And so we kissed."

Kagome smirked, " how was it?"

Sango fell over Anime style. " Wha?"

" How did you enjoy your first kiss?" Kagome asked, knowing all too well how embarrassing it was too her friend.

" Well, uh, oh I guess."

" Ok, but how was it compared to Miroku's kiss?"

" Your having way too much fun with this, aren't you" Sango said in an accusing tone.

"Yup!' she said, " now tell me."

" Nothing compared." She said and dramatically put the back of her hand to her head and pretended to faint.

Kagome giggled, but went to kneel over Sango, who was still sprawled across the ground, " you know Sango, you surprise me sometimes. I wouldn't expect you to go and do something like that, even if you were only 14."

"Do what?" They herd Miroku say as he entered the campsite with dome fish; he had a perverted grin across his face.

The girls immediately snapped back to their seats. Kagome went over to the pot, which now had boiling water in it. And poured in the ramen and fish, so tonight's dinner was going to be ramen with fish in it.

" What did Sango do in her younger days that you wouldn't expect her to do?" he asked Kagome. Sango blushed.

" What could my lovely Sango have done in the past that causes her to blush so?" he flattered.

"Hey Sango, can I tell him." Kagome asked her. In the background InuYasha Shippo and Kirara were watching curiously.

Sango heaved a great sigh and nodded her head. Now she'll never hear the end of it.

" Miroku, Sango was just telling us what her first kiss."

"Awwwww, I'm not your first?"

" Now I'll never hear the end of it." Sango said in misery, and rested her head in her hands.

" Well, you weren't her first, but you were her best." Kagome said.

" Really," Miroku said.

" Traitor…" Sango said to Kagome.

" Oh, but Sango this is much too fun!" She said, and handed out bowls of noodles to everyone, now that it was done. They all shut up about it and just ate.

"Hey the fire is getting low, I think I'll go get some fire wood," Kagome said and exited the campsite.

She hummed lightly to herself as she plodded along, picking up sticks and branches as she went.

(A/N: Mind you, she has the Shinko shards, her whip, and Sousei with her. Mentiz trained her with the whip before she left, hehe I forgot to mention that she chose the whip as her second weapon, and that Mentiz left (Myoga does it at times, so why can't she?) Finally, Sousei's name also serves as the sword's name)

Kouga was patrolling his lands and he came across a Wild cat hanyou who was humming as she collected firewood.

' Hey, she has some Shinko shards around her neck.' He thought to himself.

'Hm,' he thought as he assessed his target. (He doesn't know that it's Kagome), 'this should be easy.' (Stupid Kouga didn't sense Sousei) he thought as he charged the unsuspecting Kagome.

"Youkai!" Kagome sensed it at the last second. She ducked and rolled, dropping her firewood and lashing out her whip. She lashed at the offending demon, successfully bringing him down to the ground.

'Kouga?' she thought in panic, 'why is he attacking'

" Damn bitch!"

Throwing reason out the window, Kagome put her hands on her hips and said, "hey! I resent that!" she was not a dog!

Kouga still didn't recognize Kagome, but lashed at her again.

"Give me your Shinkon shards," he said threateningly, " and I will spare you, whore."

" Kouga what the hell are you doing!" she asked, the whore comment really struck a wire, " Snap out of it!" was this one of Naraku's traps?

" What the fuck is that supposed to mean wench!" he yelled, " I don't even know you!"

" Kouga, don't you recognize me?" she said in annoyance, " or does the nickname 'my woman' not ring a bell?" Her transformation didn't change her that much, did it?

Now Kouga was really ticked off, now this bitch was posing as Kagome, Kagome is human.

" That's it, now you die," he growled out as he made the killing blow.

Luck for Kagome and her quick reflexes, she dodged it. She whipped out Sousei, and Sousei flew out of the sword, she made a glowing blue shield.

"Damn you, I need those shards! Dare you pose as Kagome! You shall die by my hand" Kouga barked.

" Kouga listen to me! I am Kagome. I am a hanyou because I was changed into a hanyou a few days ago!" she said, desperately. (Sousei knows what is going on because she can still read Kagome's thoughts and tell what is going on while she is in the sword)

" And why should I believe you?" Kouga said as he tried to break the shield with a kick.

' God how do I reach InuYasha?' Kagome thought

' I can reach him if you wish' Sousei thought to her.

'Really?' she thought, ' please do, I can hold Kouga off but I can't win over him.'

' Very well, but I must remove the shield to do so' Sousei thought to her

'Ok I'm ready for him.'

The shield went down and Sousei flew high into the sky and then back n the direction of camp.

Kagome had no time to stare at the translucent dragon, for Kouga was attacking her ruthlessly again.

Kagome darted to the side and kicked him in the side of his face.

" Your pretty good," Kouga had to admit. He charged her again

" I should be, father and InuYasha taught me well." she said.

" So, InuYasha is cheating on Kagome with two little whores this time, ne?" He said, while he tried to hit a punch and several kicks, Kagome dodging all of them.

" Kouga stop calling me a whore!" Kagome said as tears came to her eye, 'you think that with how much he drooled over me that he would recognize me even if I changed. InuYasha would never do that, and were is he anyway?'

The two fought for a while, only managing to scratch each other. Kagome had claw marks on her left shoulder, left and rights arms and on her lower legs. Kouga was a little more serious, Kagome still didn't want to hurt him, but he had a deep gash across his stomach, several scratch marks on his face and limbs.

InuYasha finally arrived with the rest of the group and Sousei, to see that Kagome had knocked Kouga into a tree.

They rushed over to her as Kouga got up from his fall.

" Kouga! What in the seven, frikkin hells do you think your doing!" He stomped over and grabbed Kouga by the scuff of his neck and punched him, hard too.

Sousei had returned to Kagome who was panting and dragging Sousei Sword along the ground, (just so you know Sousei sword looks like tojikin except smaller, that is what the blade looks like anyway) Sousei Dragon had raised the shield again.

As soon as Kouga got up, he stared at the group like they had all grown a second head.

"Were the hell is Kagome?" he said, "oh if you hurt her…"

"InuYasha isn't the one who hurt her, Kagome is right here." Sango said, her grim expression was something akin to hate.

Kouga turned to the person who was supposedly Kagome, " Impossible, Kagome is human."

" I told you Kouga," I changed into a hanyou only a few days ago, Kagome said, " I was not cursed or anything. I was born a hanyou, my mother was human, and my father was the youkai lord of the East. My blood was concealed until I had been in the feudal era for a month. But. That was only if my soul was whole, and my soul was split in two before the month was up, that's when Kikyou was resurrected. And I'm now a Hanyou because when one half of the spirit falls in love and is loved back the soul rejoins." Kagome said. She had finally put the pieces of information together

InuYasha was so filled with pride that he walked over to Kagome and embraced her. Kagome returned the embrace and nearly collapsed from exhaustion; she rested her head against his chest.

Kouga was still stunned from all of the information, " and Kouga." Kagome said softly, "with how many times you said you loved me and such, even though I never loved you back, I would at least expect you to recognize me. Even if I did change." She embraced InuYasha tighter and sighed.

" InuYasha, you think after I heal, I could go home. I want to explain all of this to my mom."

" Two day's from now is the new moon, we can go then" he said as her rested chin on her head in between her fuzzy ears.

InuYasha glared at Kouga, he knew that Kagome didn't want him to die but, now? Kouga would probably walk back to his den in shame, shamed that he had hurt Kagome. Plus the fact that she had just proclaimed her love to him in front everyone.

Kouga couldn't believe it; he'd lost her. Most of all he'd hurt her. 'She loved mutt-face. I hurt her,' kept sounding off in his head, like a cursed mantra.

Kouga almost didn't hear the advice Kagome gave him. " Kouga, go to Ayame, she has loved you since childhood and at least she will love you back. But Kouga, can we still be friends."

She didn't get her answer because Kouga had already left.

Kagome groaned and let her forehead fall to InuYasha's chest, " that was harder than I thought it would be.

InuYasha chuckled lightly.

She turned her head to her friends, and smiled tiredly.

Sango, Miroku, Shippo, Kirara, and Sousei (who had not gone back into the sword) were all sitting down at the nearest tree eating popcorn.

" Oh, some friends you are," Kagome said.

A/N: so how do you like the new chapter, I think it was better because I actually knew what I was going to write

Tip to writers: have at least a simple plan for it some things in mind for what will happen in a chapter before you write it.