Chapter 6

THE NEXT MORNING

Kagome woke up to voices, she stretched and yawned then licked Inuyasha's ear who was still asleep. He groaned then opened one eye and looked at her, he smiled up at her then yawned. "Good morning." She said. "Morning." He said back. He looked around for he had smelt a familiar scent. He saw what he was looking for, he stared at Astra who smiled at him then turned and talked with Sesshoumaru again. "Who's that?" Kagome asked him. "That's Astra, she's Sesshoumaru's mate. Stay away from her, she's bad news for you and Sango." Answered Inuyasha.

"Why?" Kagome asked. "She likes to flirt with males to anger the females who are their mates." Said Inuyasha not taking his eyes off of her. "Oh." Said Kagome. "She's so ugly for a wolf and she thinks she's so sexy it's despicable. I hate her, come on let's go outside." Said Inuyasha getting up and walking outside. Kagome got up too but as she neared the exit she looked back at Astra who gave her a look that Sesshoumaru always gave her. She turned back and ran out of the cave, she walked to where Inuyasha, Sango, and Miroku sat talking. "You're finally awake. We've been waiting for forever." Said Sango. "Sorry. We slept a little later then we had hoped." Said Kagome sitting down besides them.

"I don't like her one bit." Said Kagome looking at the ground. "Why? You don't even know what's she's done to hate her." Miroku asked. "She gave me an evil look as I left the cave. She's like a female version of Sesshoumaru." Said Kagome. "She did! I'll talk to her, she can't do that to you, she doesn't even know you." Growled Inuyasha turning and running into the cave. Kagome cocked her head; she didn't mean to make him go. "He'll set things straight. She's evil just like Sesshoumaru. I'm so glad she doesn't live her with us. She says she won't live with low class wolves like us, so she goes back to her pack every year." Said Sango coldly. "She's evil, she can't be trusted. I suggest you stay away from her." Said Miroku. Kagome nodded for she didn't want anything to do with her.

Inuyasha walked towards them with a snarl on his face. "Why Inuyasha, what's the matter?" Astra asked him in a cool calm manner, smiling smugly at him. "You know what's wrong you wench. Don't you dare give Kagome another dirty look. You don't even know her; she's really nice unlike the both of you. If either of you give another dirty look, I'll hurt you so much that your wounds will be 3x worse then Kagome's." Inuyasha growled. Sesshoumaru stood up and growled at him, "And what are you going to do about? You can't hurt me and if you hurt her I'll hurt you 10x worse." "THAT'S ENOUGH!" A voice boomed from the entrance of the cave.

They both stopped and looked at their father and mother who had just overheard their conversation. He walked towards them with a scowl on his face. "No one is going to hurt anyone else. If either of you touch one another I'll hurt you! And if either one of you two give Kagome another dirty look I'll put you in your place, you'll both be sleeping outside. Now I not completely fond of her but she's Inuyasha's mate or hopefully. And once mating seasons done she'll be part of our pack so you'll treat her like you'd treat us. She treats you guys with respect, she doesn't give you dirty looks. Now try to be nicer cause if you don't and if I hear that you did it again you'll be sleeping outside." Said Tai very angrily. "Oh course that IF she chooses to mate with Inuyasha." Said Rumiko. Sesshoumaru just growled, "Fine." And with that Astra and him walked outside and into the forest.

"What was that all about?" Kagome questioned. "Who knows." Said Miroku. "Thank you, Kagome does mean a lot to me and I hate it when they give her those kind of looks." Said Inuyasha respectfully. "I had to do something, at first I didn't like her but after her being here so long I guess I started to like her. She's respectful, nice and Sesshoumaru just is too cold to see that. I don't want him giving her another dirty look. It's to close to mating season and I want her to be your mate and I don't want those two scaring her off. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to take a nap." Said Tai lying down on his patch.

Rumiko nodded and sat down next to him. Inuyasha smiled at them then walked out of the cave to Kagome and the others. "They won't be bothering you anymore thanks to my dad." Said Inuyasha who sat down next to her and licked her ear. "I'm glad. Thank you." She said licking his ear then she went into the cave with Sango close behind. Inuyasha watched her every movement and smiled.

A WEEK LATER

Kagome's wound had healed and Sesshoumaru and Astra stopped giving her looks they even stopped looking at her. Mating season was only about 2 weeks away and Inuyasha was still not sure if Kagome would be his mate or not so he had Sango find out for him. Sango took Kagome into the woods not too far away then sat down so they could talk. "Kagome, do you know how soon mating season is?" Sango asked her. "No." Said Kagome sitting down across from her.

"It's only about 2 weeks away. Have you been giving this much thought about all this?" Sango told her. "I have been thinking but I'm still not sure about all this. I mean I like Inuyasha, he's sweet and kind, and he's been so nice these late couple of weeks I mean with my wound and all. But I still don't know, I guess I'm not sure about all this. Maybe I'm not ready." Said Kagome. "Yes you are. You're as old as me if not older. Inuyasha's the right guy for you and you seem to like him, I mean you lick him all the time." Said Sango.

"I know but I only do it if he's done something I like. If you're going to tell Inuyasha this tell him I like him that's all, he hasn't done enough to prove loves me and wants me to be his mate. He's gonna have to try a little harder to win my love although out of all the male dogs and wolves he's my favorite." Said Kagome getting up then she walked away. As she neared the cave she told Inuyasha, who was sitting and waiting for them to return, that Sango was in the forest not too far in and needed to talk to him.

He nodded and ran towards where Sango was and sat down across from her and asked, "Well?" "She says she likes you but doesn't love you well, not yet anyways. She says you haven't done enough to prove you love her or that you want her to be her mate. You're going to have to try harder if you want that dog to like you, she's a tough one to win over but she said out of all the male canines in the world you're her favorite." Sango answered. "I see, well at least she likes me and at least I know now that she feels at least something for me. Oh well, I guess I'll try harder if that's what it'll take to get her to be my mate." Said Inuyasha who got up and left only this time Sango followed. He found Kagome sleeping on her side of the patch; he smiled then lay down beside her and slept.