A/N: Little bit of Kouga… Sprinkle of arguing… One jealous hanyou over a girl he claims he doesn't love (even though it's SO obvious….) and …perfect…Chapter 4!

Chapter 4

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Inuyasha ran his tongue over hers, tasting her, teasing her. She allowed him to kiss her deeply as she ran her hands through his hair feeling complete at last. He pulled away from her gently gazing into her eyes.

"Kagome I…"

"I love you Inuyasha." She whispered. "I've always loved you, my hanyou. Promise that even though this is over we aren't" she gasped, pulling herself into him.

"Oh Kagome" he sighed holding her tightly. He let go and bent down to pick up the complete jewel than had fallen from her fragile hands.

"I'll hold this for you, my Kagome" he said, placing the jewel into his fire rat. "I don't want anyone to come after you. I need to protect you." He whispered pulling her close again. He leaned in and kissed her again, holding her face in his hands before letting them roam her body freely.

"Inuyasha…" she breathed heavily as his hand slid over her neck down to her sides.

"Inuyasha…" she moaned slightly.

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"Uh what?" Inuyasha asked leaning over her his face inches from hers, eyes blinking. His ears twitched. "What?" he asked again.

"Ahhhh!-SIT!" she screamed as her eyes popped open, jumping out of bed.

He fell against the bed she had been in a second before, "Kagome! Why the hell…?" he struggled to get up.

She leaned against the wall breathing heavily looking at him "how…how much did you hear? I mean did you…see…no it was a dream…but did I say…" she looked at Inuyasha waiting from him to tell her he knew about her dreams, about her desires, perhaps would even tell her he loved her in return. She shook gently as she slid down the wall to sit on the ground.

"Kagome what the hell is the matter with you!" he yelled getting up and walking to her.

"I don't know…"she shuttered silently putting her head in her hands. "Oh Inuyasha I'm sorry I didn't mean to s-t you just…startled me" she finished looking up at him.

"Yeah. Whatever." He muttered crossing his arms and walked outside.

She sat alone in the room looking around. "This is getting worse" she whispered to herself, "how can I find the jewel if all I can think about is that…that…"she breathed letting her mind wander back to the dream.

"You need to find the jewel first Kagome" she told herself aloud, "worry about being in love with Inuyasha later." She stood up and looked toward the door.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to overhear…" Sango stuttered.

Kagome stopped in her tracks. "Sa-Sango? How long have you been standing there?" she whispered.

"Well Inuyasha said you were acting funny and I just came to see that you were alright…"she blushed at her friend, "but now I think I know what's bothering you."

"Sango, please don't say a word-" Kagome started.

"I promise!" Sango chimed in, "but I think it's wonderful, already very obvious, but wonderful." Sango smiled at her friend pulling her to the corner, "much better than the pervert monk," she finished gritting her teeth at the thought of the times she and the monk had shared.

The two girls walked outside holding Kagome's belongings and stood with Inuyasha while waiting for Miroku to make his last attempts on the lord's daughter.

"Now if this lovely lady is SURE, then I guess I must be on my way" he was heard to say faintly in the distance.

"Monk…." Sango grumbled to herself.

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"Tell me about your dreams, Kagome" Inuyasha asked for the second time that morning.

They walked along the road listening to Sango and Miroku arguing with soft mews coming from Kirara every now and then, and continued comments of "he'll never learn."

Inuyasha leaned in close to her waiting for her secret to be told.

Kagome pulled away giggling "I told you Inuyasha it's nothing, don't worry about it" she grinned at him.

"Fine Kagome if you want to be a stubborn-" he was cut off.

Kagome grabbed his hand and wheeled around, her eyes springing to life. "Jewel shards…" she gasped.

A sharp wind blew past causing Inuyasha to pick up his nose. "I knew I smelt-" he started, growling , but was abruptly cut short by a small whirlwind cutting through himself and Kagome and coming to rest by her side.

"Kouga…." Inuyasha growled low in his throat, holding back the urge to slice him then and there.

"Kagome, my love, have you missed me?" Kouga asked holding Kagome's hands to his chest. "I know you'd had to deal with this mutt while I was away, but I have come to take you back with me. Your needed by my pack and this will also give us some time to spend together…alone" he added glaring back at Inuyasha.

"The hell you will" Inuyasha growled pulling Tetsusaiga into its full size.

"Inuyasha SIT!" Kagome yelled, as Sango and the rest came running from behind.

"It's Kouga." Sango blinked staring at the wolf demon in front of her.

"This should be interesting" Miroku muttered, "Inuyasha gets upset when he's even near her let alone trying to take her away."

Kagome slowly tried to pull her hands from Kouga's grip, when she had tried and failed she looked up at Kouga, "what do you mean they need me?" she asked watching over Kouga's shoulder as Inuyasha slowly got up.

"We found an injured human girl, who seems to need some assistance, and as we are not savages…" he continued glaring at Inuyasha, "we knew we could call upon you to help her."

"Kagome's not going anywhere with you" Inuyasha spoke silently while picking up his Tetsusaiga.

Kagome glared at him "Now Inuyasha if a girl is hurt…"

"A lovely young maiden you say?" Miroku interrupted. Sango turned to the monk slapping him hard on the cheek.

"I'll bring her back in a few days, strange things are going on in the forest and I think she'll be safest her with her friends…Sango, Miroku, Shippo and Kirara." He stopped short smirking at the half- demon.

"Well I do think if the safety of a lovely young maiden is involved we should all go…" Sango smacked Miroku in the back of the head mid-sentence.

Kouga picked up Kagome "I'll just see what I can do for her" she looked at Inuyasha. "I'll be right back."

Inuyasha lunged forward "oh no you don…"

"Sit boy!" Kagome yelled, throwing him to the ground at Kouga's feet. "Sorry" she whispered down at his twitching body.

"Come on Kagome lets go" Kouga said grabbing a tighter hold of her and disappearing in a whirlwind.

"That bastard!" Inuyasha bellowed pulling himself off the ground. "Come on let's go!" Inuyasha yelled over his shoulder running in the direction Kouga had gone.

"Huh?" he skidded to a halt as he turned around to his friends that hadn't moved an inch. "What the hell are you doing? He's got Kagome!" he barked as the four just stood there looking at him. He stood breathing heavily and re-sheathed the Tetsusaiga as he plopped to the ground.

"She was just worried about the girl; she didn't want to go with HIM." Inuyasha growled, loathing in his voice.

"I know Inuyasha, she'll be back soon, she always comes back to you" Sango replied trying to comfort the angry half-demon.

Inuyasha grumbled to himself on the ground for a couple of minutes, before standing and continuing down the road.

"Inuyasha?" Shippo muttered.

"HE'LL find US, and besides I don't even care about that stupid girl, all I want are the jewel shards" he growled letting the rest follow quietly behind him.

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A/N: And the plot thickens...hmmm, it just goes uphill from here, I like it...I hope you do! Thanks for reading and R&R. And thanks for the reviews so far guys keep um up! Until next time...which will probably only be a day or two...