Hey! Chapter 10! Yay! Sorry… again... for the wait… High school which leads to homework, and tons of it. Woop.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or any of the characters and I never will. I also don't own the title Maybe Memories which is actually a song by The Used! The lyrics are at the end of the chapter, as always.

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Maybe Memories

Teaching Hojo & Kagome a lesson

A growl grew deep in his throat as he smelt another man on her "What the hell happened and who the fuck did this to you?" he growled out as his claws clicked together and tore into his palms. Kagome was crying into his chest for a moment before she pointed towards the trail in the woods.

Somebody was going to have hell to pay.

He looked down at his mate and then towards the forest, enraged. It wasn't just the fact that this guy had been LOOKING at his mate, but the guy had gone far enough to try and RAPE her. The guy had seen his Kagome, bare. And nobody got away with any of these things.

Pushing Kagome gently away from himself, his eyes slightly red at the moment he didn't spare enough time to look down at her, his eyes glued to that one trail. "Kagome. You go inside, and get cleaned up. I'll deal with this guy." He growled out.

With that he sprang off into the woods, not bothering to follow the trail. He knew exactly where and who this guy was. His blood was boiling and as he reached the unconscious guy, almost all his control flew out the door. He didn't notice his mate coming down the trail.

Stalking forward, he felt a bit of pride swelling in his chest. His mate had done this to the man. Growling deep into his throat he recognized who the boy was. It was the one that always followed Kagome around. Not like that mattered anymore.

Hojo was beginning to rouse when he saw a dark shadow loom over him. Looking up he found he was looking at the most frightening thing he'd ever encountered in his sheltered life. His brown eyes met red ones of an enraged hanyou. Claws soon collided with Hojo's unmarred skin and he yelled out, flying backwards, trying unsuccessfully to escape the wrath of this creature.

The boy finally scouted himself against a tree, scared shitless… He felt a trickle run down his leg, the feeling of him pissing his pants not mattering right now. Right now, all his attention and focus was glued to the wildly slashing claws of the hanyou.

"What'd I do? What'd I do! What do you want? My money? My parents have lots of money! They'll give it all to you!" Hojo stuttered out as he side stepped out of the way of Inuyasha's clawed hand, which had been aimed at his heart. It still hit him, but on his shoulder, digging down. Next came a fist and Hojo collapsed to the ground, his face partially crushed.

Holding his bloody face and crying he listened to the deep, frightening voice "You tried to violate my mate. MY MATE! YOU ARE FUCKING DEAD!" Hojo whimpered and curled into a ball, waiting for a very, painful, agonizing death. This was his nightmare. He didn't get Kagome. And now he was going to die for trying to get her…

A few punches landed into his ribs, cracking them easily, before it all stopped. He was bleeding profusely and all broken up from not only Inuyasha's battering, but Kagome's as well. Ignoring all of this he got up and ran off, taking one look to spot his rescuer. To his surprise it was Kagome. But he didn't care; she could be slaughtered by that creature for all he cared. He wasn't going to risk his life.

Kagome ignored Hojo, who was running away cowardly. She was focusing on her mate, trying to stop him. She gave a humanly growl and a little of her power escaped as she did. She watched Inuyasha calm down a bit and start to change a bit.

A malicious growl erupted from Inuyasha's throat as he looked down at his mate. He knew she was his mate and only remembered that she had just disobeyed him. Letting the cowardly human man continue to run since he knew he'd probably die on the way, he went to deal with his mate.

Slightly afraid Kagome backed away a little. His eyes were golden, but had a few specks of red running through them. Inuyasha pricked his ears forward and lifted his lips in a snarl. Waiting for his mate to give the correct response.

When she didn't his growl grew deeper, he picked her up and rolled her so he was holding her by her shoulder against the ground. When she still did not respond he growled and nipped down on the base of her neck, not hard enough to draw blood, but hard enough for it to hurt.

Yelping Kagome tried to get him off of her, but Inuyasha held steady. She stopped struggling when she realized that he wasn't going to do anymore. Maybe this was some weird instinct he had? She waited and waited and heard his growling continue. She ran her hand down to where his head was, and desperately tried to think of all the dog or wolf behaviors she had ever read or learned about.

The answer came to her and she bent her head and licked the tips of his ears since she couldn't reach his face and whimpered a bit, shrinking down into the ground. She was trying her best to imitate a dog or a wolf alpha female responding to her alpha male mate.

With amazement she watched as Inuyasha instantly backed off of her and came to himself. But he was still glaring slightly at her "Kagome. Why did you disobey me?" He growled out.

Ducking her head she looked off to the side "I didn't want you to kill Hojo. You could have gotten in trouble." She hugged the large coat that had belonged to her father close to herself.

"Well I didn't want you here, because you could have gotten hurt. You understand? You're my mate. You're mine and you will obey me." He was having a hard time staying angry at her, because he loved her so much. She looked so cute, trying her best to imitate the submissive gestures. But he couldn't let her off, because he needed her to know that he was dominant.

That was the end of her trying to be submissive. She stuck out her chin and stared him straight in the eyes "I didn't want you to kill Hojo because you could've been hurt. They would hunt you down. Kill you. And then, my mate, I would have no one to be 'submissive' to. Plus, you haven't even STARTED to explain the behaviors of dog demons. You could be telling me 'I want a cupcake' for all I care, but I don't understand it. So you can't get angry at me and EXPECT me to instantly know what to do. And you couldn't have expected me to think you'd react like that when I disobeyed you."

Inuyasha mumbled and realized she was right. He helped her up and brushed her off, lending her his back to her. When she climbed on and he started off, grabbing her backpack and things that she had left behind before, he said "I'll explain it all to you when we get back to your house, alright?"

Satisfied with his reaction she nodded and nuzzled his neck, hoping for everything that it was a gesture that would mean 'I love you' in dog demon. He smiled slightly and finally arrived at her house. Both walked slowly up the stairs to her room and when in it they both changed into more comfortable clothes.

Inuyasha was wearing plain red boxers Kagome had given him with a funny white dog tail design on the butt. Kagome was wearing short white boxers with a red A-shirt that had written on it "Never had love felt this comfy". She sat cross legged on her bed and looked at Inuyasha with eager eyes.

He took in a big breath and started "Alright, here it goes. I'm alpha male, you're alpha female. Got it so far? The alpha male, me, is always in charge and dominant over the alpha female. The only time this isn't true is during mating season."

Pausing he looked at her to make sure she was still following "You're submissive, so you have to show your submission to me. I won't expect it of you unless you disobey me. The way you show submission is to drop your shoulders, duck your head and lick my face."

He watched her nod her head, totally enthralled by his speech. He felt like an idiot. Most of this stuff came to him easily; he thought anybody should know it. "You'll know when to show submission to me when I put my ears forward, peel my lips back and snarl at you. If you don't show submission to me I must roll you, and after that I'm gonna have to nip you like I did before. Understand?"

"Yah… I do… But, what do you do when you're trying to show… Love or something in dog demon language?" Kagome asked.

A blush was brought to his cheeks "O, usually affection isn't shown. When it is, it's when a pair of mates are bonding before mating… And what we do for that, we just you know, sleep close to each other, touch each other more, and bump our bodies together…. Nip at each other, walk pressed together, nuzzle, lick… You know the usual."

A look of disappointment went across Kagome's face "So… We can't show affection if we're not about to mate?"

The look of regret on Kagome's face was almost comical as Inuyasha went over to her and scouted her into his lap "Of course not. That's the good thing about being mated to a dog demon and not a dog. Plus I'm only half, so my instincts aren't as strong." He smirked a little and licked her ear and playfully nibbled on it "I couldn't stand not being able to show affection towards you."

Giggling she pushed him back onto his back and then cuddling down next to him, covering both of them. "I'm tired. Let's go to bed." She rested her head on his bare chest and soon fell asleep, curled up close to him.

He couldn't help but smile down at his mate, and wonder how he'd gotten so lucky. He thought over some important things while she slept. Like about her having his pups. He knew she wasn't with pup yet; it was too early really to know anyways. But he prayed she would be, because he wanted to raise a family with her. He'd make sure she was always safe and happy. No matter what.

Soon he found himself growing tired. Bringing her closer into himself he fell asleep, with dreams of what their pups would look like, and how much fun it would be raising them with his mate.

The next morning both woke up with a start when a loud voice came booming into their ears "WAKE UP SIS! BRO!" The couple scrambled out of the bed to stare in amazement at Shippou. This kid had some nerve waking them up at… what? 5 am?

"My alarm doesn't ring for another hour Souta! Why'd you have to wake me up! And Inuyasha doesn't have to wake up!" Kagome yelled at her brother.

"I know, but mom made a special breakfast for you guys. She wants to talk about the marriage."

Kagome grumped and pulled a still half asleep hanyou along with her. When they reached the stairs Inuyasha got his first whiff of the breakfast and dragged Kagome the rest of the way there. When they reached the kitchen they were met with her mother's overly-cheerful morning person-ness.

Inuyasha didn't mind and commenced to shoveling down food. Kagome slowly picked at her food and stared at her mother, knowing that she knew nothing of Hojo trying to rape her. After a while, her mother stopped her chattering to ask "Do you want to try on the dress I picked out for your wedding before you head to school?"

This got Kagome's attention quickly and she leaped up, squealing a little as she clasped her small hands together in front of her and pushed down "Yes! Please! Where is it?"

Mrs. Higurashi laughed and motioned for Kagome to calm down "Inuyasha, Souta, you have to leave, alright?"

Souta willingly left but Inuyasha continued to sit, even after he finished eating "I don't leave Kagome for anything."

Mrs. Higurashi rested one hand on her hip and pointed with the other, trying her hardest to look stern "For this you will. It's a superstition that its bad luck for the groom to see the bride in her dress before the wedding."

"Feh, as if I'm superstitious." Inuyasha scoffed as he continued to sit where he was.

Kagome was getting impatient with him so she stormed forward, dragged him up, and pushed him out the kitchen door and where the sofa was "Stay there, alright? Do something for a couple minutes, by yourself. It aint that hard." She cringed at her bad grammar. She had been around Inuyasha for WAY too long.

Growling and sighing at the same time he sat cross legged on the couch and flipped through the t-v channels with agitation. Stupid mate, making him come in here and sit by himself when he should be in there with her making sure she didn't get hurt.

Souta walked into the living room and flopped down next to Inuyasha, sighing as he leaned his head on his hand. He distractedly watched the t-v and tried his best not to look at Inuyasha and start talking. Sighing again he shifted on the couch, trying to be obvious that he wanted to talk but not talk straight out.

Eyes glued to the t-v despondently, Inuyasha finally asked "Feh, what's wrong kid?"

A flash of a smile came from the boy as he ran forward to the t-v and grabbed the remotes to demonstrate his point "I have a two player game and I have nobody to play it with." He smiled brightly again when Inuyasha didn't answer, but just nodded his head and held out his hand for a controller.

Back in the kitchen Mrs. Higurashi had gone to the closet and brought out the white gown. It had long sleeves which were attached to the dress by the armpits. It would show off Kagome's shoulders and her neck. The dress had pretty pink flower outlines all over it.

Squealing Kagome tenderly took the dress from her mother and went into the bathroom to put it on. She slipped into it but couldn't seem to get the dress to zip up. Were wedding dresses supposed to be this tight?

Walking into the kitchen she turned her back towards her mother and parted her hair from the spot where the zipper was. Instantly knowing what was needed, Mrs. Higurashi came up behind her daughter and grabbed the zipper "Alright, suck it in." With that she quickly zipped the dress up.

When all was finished Kagome was looking rather uncomfortable and feeling like her guts were being shoved into her ribs "Umm… Mom, is it supposed to be this tight? I can barely breath!"

Laughing knowingly her mother nodded "Yes… That's the way my dress was, and my mothers, and her mothers… It's just the way most brides have their dresses."

"Blahhhhk." Was all that Kagome had to respond to this.

Woop. Chapter 10 is finished. This one was boring to write towards the end… The beginning I did some research on habits and stuff of dogs/wolves (cuz wolves are more primeval).

LSR7: Umm... Ok... thanks? Sorry? What do I say to something like that? And yah there's going to be a bad guy. He/She will show up in the next few chapters before he/she reveals herself/himself. (No, this bad guy is not a unic or anything like that)

Pay Backs a Bitch: ) thanks. I thought Kagome should be able to beat somebody up. And well, as for the beating up, I don't think I did enough of that… lol o well. And Kagome can't be away from Inuyasha for more than a couple of hours sometimes, but sometimes she can be away from him for a couple weeks. Just depends I guess.

Lov Ya 4 Eva: Thanks! ) I didn't think Hojo needed to die. –shrug-

Miroku48: Ahh! Everyone wanted to have Hojo get the shit beat out of him! Lol! Maybe I'll make him get beat up/killed some other time. Haha

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Inukagfreak1674: Haha thank you. Don't you think Kagome is good at kicking Hojo butt?

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Ok, here are the lyrics to Maybe Memories! Ta DAA!

And we trudge along through the mud, and we tried to call it home, but we weren't alright, not at all, not for one second.

Never have been one to write it down, Now I think I can, I know I'm stronger now, who is looking south? Not me I'm not looking back, I'm done denying the truth to anyone, cause I'm alive.

You showed me how, you seemed to find a hole, but I just laughed and smiled, begged and rolled my eyes, even cried and denied the truth to you, just like the truth to me, mostly lied.

I'm not going to look back

Write it out like glittering butterflies.