A/N: HELLO PEOPLE! Hey, look I'm really sorry to all of you people who have so kindly reviewed. A big hug to all of you who were so kind as so review more than once! –throws out InuYasha and Kouga plushies-
NO THIS IS NOT A NEW CHAPTER! I noticed a LOT of typoes and stuff like that, so I'm just re-doing this chapter.
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Kouga and InuYasha: -In unison- WE DON'T LOOK LIKE THAT!
Kouga: My hair isn't that puffy!
InuYasha: I'm not THAT fat!
Kouga: My ass isn't THAT big.
InuYasha and Kouga continue talking whilst Everyone tunes them out-
Jassy: So! Who wants to play ignore the ignorant men!? And oh yeah, I noticed that a lot of you would probably be wondering about Kikyo… . ; Funny Story! I'll write Chapter 13 right away!
Kagome: Sure! Just update chappie 13 soon!
Jassy: -writes down personal memo as not to forget- CHECK!
Sango: Well? Aren't you going to give them the warning?
Jassy: oh yeah!
Warning: this containts Inu/Kag. If you do not like, run AWAY!
Shippo: What about the disclaimer?
Jassy: OMG! I completely forgot! Uuh… -looks around nervously- InuYasha and Kouga and Kagome and Kikyo and Shippo and Sango and Miroku and Kilala and Naraku and Ayame and Kohaku ARE NOT MINE! But the crow demon and the serpent demon are! They are all my creation! (accept the crow. He wuz just buggin me.)
.o0O0o. .o0O0o. Chapter Twelve
In Which Way Does The Heart Lead? .o0O0o. .o0O0o.
Ayame concentrated on the demon in front of her. She stood up, her body limp, her face serious.
Kagome could do nothing but look at the wolf demon in astonishment. Kagome's jaw was hanging open; her left hand covering her mouth partially.
'Why didn't I sense it before?' Kagome whacked herself on the head once she had risen. Ayame gave Kagome a blank, bored look for a few seconds, then reverted her gaze to the crow demon.
"What do you want?" Ayame asked the bird in a threatening tone of voice. The bird's first response was shaking it's head; sending pin-like feathers shooting in every direction.
"Get out!" Ayame cried as she grabbed Kagome by the arm and tore off into the woods.
"Where...Are we going?" Kagome asked through gritted teeth. Her hair was lashing at her face, leaving Kagome whimpering closer to Ayame. Kagome blinked as she saw something like a boulder with a rather large "R" printed on the side of it.
But Kagome didn't have much time to look at the boulder. For she had to keep her eyes on where Ayame was going; so she didn't get her eyes scratched out by the branches.
Two minutes later, Kagome noticed a similar looking stone. No, not similar -it was the same one!
"Ayame! Where are we going?" Kagome cried out, attempting to wretch her arm free.
But Ayame's grip was too strong, being the full demon that she is. Ayame just stared at Kagome, yet continued running dodging every tree in her path. Kagome was slightly amazed that Ayame could continue running in the same speed as she had before, only now she was running backwards. But Kagome wasn't concentrating on Ayame's running; she was concerned on where Ayame was leading her.
Kagome followed Ayame, only then noticing that they were following in the same foot prints as before. Kagome was currently looking at her feet as she ran, following in the exact steps as she had before. She had also noticed that judging on how many times she had been in the same steps, they had been running for at least eight minutes non-stop.
Ayame wasn't tiring at all, thanks to her demonic stamina; but Kagome was tiring with every step she took. When the crow resumed the attack, Kagome was nearly dead to the world with fatigue. Being in the Sengoku Jidai certainly had made Kagome more muscular with all of the walking and archery, but Kagome still wasn't the best in endurance.
"Aya..me," Kagome gasped for air and nearly fell flat on her face. Had Ayame not been in front of Kagome, she surely would have collapsed. Kagome was using Ayame as a support so that she didn't fall down. 'Where is that crow? Why are we still running?' A million questions racing through her mind as to why she and Ayame were still running even though the crow was nowhere in sight.
Ayame kept running, noticing Kagome's exhaustion, but not caring. No, not caring –just not paying much mind. Ayame's eyes had a glazed over look, as if she was completely zoned out.
.o0O0o. .o0O0o. Elsewhere .o0O0o. .o0O0o.
"Kagura," a young girl no older than eight stepped towards a woman in a skin-tight outfit holding a fan in her hand. Sweat was dripping from the older woman's brow, but she paid no mind towards it. She opened her fan, and sliced at the air, sending blades through the air, slicing at a light blue barrier.
"What is it, Kanna?" Kagura turned around, closed fan at her side. Kagura was not in the mood to be sent to her master, knowing that was the only reason that Kanna was even there in front of her.
But instead of a response, Kanna just showed Kagura her mirror. Kagura gave a disgusted sigh, but looked into the mirror. In it, she could clearly see her master, who was wrapping one of his own hairs around a little wooden figurine.
"A puppet. So what? He uses one all the time," Kagura gave a sigh of discontent. What would Naraku want with Kagura if he was going to send out one of his puppets? "It does nothing but prove that he's weak. What does he want me to do now?"
Kanna did nothing but walk off. She disappeared into the blackness of the castle, obviously not paying attention to her younger sister.
Kagura had on a face of anger with her fan open and raised to her cheek bone.
"That bastard. He will pay!" Kagura exploded as she snapped her wrist down, sending five tornadoes with samurai skeletons inside, along with twenty blades.
.o0O0o. .o0O0o. With InuYasha .o0O0o. .o0O0o.
"So this is the well. We could smell Kouga and Sister until a point near the bottom. All of the wolves could smell them quiet well until-" Hakkaku started.
"I know! You don't think we don't know our own Kagome?" InuYasha exploded. It was quiet evident that InuYasha still had some feelings for Kagome, but he wouldn't admit it. "Move," he commanded as he pushed his way through the two wolves.
"InuYasha, what if Kagome has sealed off the well?" Miroku said in a serious tone of voice, completely unsure on what Kagome might have done when she was in a bad mood. With past experiences of Kagome in a bad mood and really mad at InuYasha, Miroku, Shippo, Kilala and Sango all knew that Kagome didn't always use common sense.
But InuYasha didn't listen to what Miroku had to say. Instead, he walked over to the well with an angry scowl on his face, obviously feeling very short tempered.
"Well? Aren't you coming?" InuYasha exploded in Ginta and Hakkaku's faces, as if they had already been given a command. Ginta and Hakkaku just gave InuYasha blank looks, clearly confused.
"ARG! Just how thick are you guys!?" Yup! InuYasha was clearly very short tempered today. Ginta was the first one to really step foot forwards, quite reluctantly I might add.
InuYasha jumped towards the well, and was about to jump in. But then he saw Ginta and Hakkaku stay back, as if afraid of the well.
"Well?" InuYasha gave them one warning until he would jump through. Ginta and Hakkaku went next to InuYasha quite reluctantly, but eventually got the courage to look him in the eyes.
InuYasha's next move was quite unexpected though, and neither of them were really prepared for it. InuYasha grabbed the both of them by their arms, with a firm grip I might add, and dragged them through the well.
"Wh-What are you doing?" Hakkaku cried out as both he and Ginta were falling down the well. They were expecting to hit the bottom, just as before. But then something completely different and unexpected –to them at least –happened. A blue mist appeared at the bottom of the well, were Kouga and Kagome's scents had just disappeared.
"Hold your noses!" InuYasha commanded, knowing how acute the wolf nose could be. And knowing Kagome's time, everything would be completely new and overwhelming. And knowing these two clods, the two wouldn't last very long at all.
.o0O0o. .o0O0o. In Kagome's Time .o0O0o. .o0O0o.
InuYasha had dragged Ginta and Hakkaku through the well, despite their cries of fear and disbelief. When the three of them had reached the other side, InuYasha was overcome by the wolves' weight and was sent flat on his face as Ginta and Hakkaku met the end of the well in Kagome's time.
"Aah! Get off of me!" InuYasha had to wave his arms in the air merely inches away from the wolves' faces. Ginta and Hakkaku looked as if they had passed out from holding their breaths for so long, but InuYasha knew better. "Get up!"
"Can we breathe now?" Hakkaku asked, his eyes wide open and blood shot. It was obvious that the two had basically never held their breath for more than a little while, most likely for hunting in a river or bathing.
InuYasha's forehead vein was about to pop. Even Shippo wasn't this bad when he got to Kagome's world. "Yes! Now just Get Up!"
Ginta and Hakkaku willingly obliged, not doubting InuYasha's strength or Tetsusaiga. The two quickly brushed themselves off, and then jumped out of the well.
But the two had not noticed that they were in a building with a roof; and had jumped without looking with much too much force. The two of them had met their first shrine ceiling.
Once the two had returned onto solid ground, InuYasha was already by the shrine door. Ginta and Hakkaku were now on InuYasha's tail, not wanting to be left alone in this new world. Not knowing a real thing from Sister's time; or at least not experiencing anything.
Once InuYasha had swung the shrine door open, Ginta and Hakkaku were back on their backs. Their eyes were swirls, obviously so overtaken by the new smells and scents of Sister Kagome's time.
InuYasha gave a slight sigh. "Get off of your backs and get up!" InuYasha picked up the two wolves by the collars and dragged them all the way to Kagome's house. "Come on! Hurry it up!" InuYasha exclaimed, slamming the window closed as he had finally gotten Ginta through the window.
"Whoa!" Ginta and Hakkaku chorused as they took in a deep breath. The whole place reeked of Kagome, InuYasha, Kouga and multiple other things the two had no idea what they could have possibly been.
"Hey! This smells just like Sister Kagome!" Ginta exclaimed as he picked up a stick of deodorant. He sniffed it lightly, just to make sure that it was Kagome. But the scent was undeniable. Any one who had met Kagome would have definitely agreed.
"And so do...these!" Hakkaku called back into Kagome's bedroom, carrying a bottle of both shampoo and conditioner. The two wolves were very confused. Somehow Kagome had managed to capture her scent in these strange containers.
"Hey InuYasha, what does Kagome call these things?" Gitna asked InuYasha as he put the deodorant down and raided Kagome's closet.
"Keh. How am I supposed to know? She's only a shard detector, so what would I care what she does with her life?" InuYasha retorted. Ginta and Hakkaku took a step back. It was very clear that InuYasha cared for Kagome. For if he didn't and Sister Kagome WAS just a shard detector, he wouldn't have retorted so forcefully and quickly.
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"KOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Where are you?" Kagome screamed at the top of her lungs as she took her last step. Any human within twenty kilometres would have heard her cry, as it was so loud.
But Kagome's cry of help came at a high price. She had cried her distress beacon with the last of her energy, hoping that someone would come and save her –mostly Kouga. Though it was only about three in the morning, Kagome was sure that someone would have been awake by then. And Kagome's cry was more than loud enough to wake Kouga.
"Come on Kouga..." Kagome managed to get out before she fell onto her face. Ayame continued to run. Even though Kagome was being dragged along the surface of the forest floor, Ayame continued to run.
A slight rustle in the bushes made Ayame's stolid jade eyes took a quick glance towards the noise-making bush. But she didn't have enough of her own soul left to defend herself. For coming out of the bush was no other than Shippo in his pink ball form. All and all, he did startle Ayame. (Tsk tsk tsk. And you thot it was gunna b Kouga. Well, review and u mite b more satisfied!)
"Kagome!" Shippo called, concerned for his friend. Ayame had only seen Shippo once, and that was in his natural form, not his demonic form.
"Sh-Shippo?" Kagome managed to get out. But even what she had managed to get out was slurred, like she was drunk or asleep.
"Hang on Kagome! I'm coming!" Shippo charged towards Kagome, completely dismissing the fact that Ayame was there.
But Ayame –who was still being controlled by someone else far away – did nothing more than raise her arm outwards to clock Shippo from getting anywhere hear Kagome. Doing exactly what Ayame had expected, Shippo ran straight into Ayame's arm.
"And just what were you trying to do?" Ayame finally spoke. But the voice was not her own. It was if there was someone else was speaking through her, yet letting her speak as well. "That attempt was pitiful. How do you expect to save your friend like that?" She did have a point. Shippo was now unconscious for a few seconds, but remained on the ground after he had woken up.
"I will save you Kagome." Shippo finally muttered. He quickly jumped up onto Ayame's neck and sunk his little fangs into her.
Ayame, completely confused, did nothing. She was trying to pry off Shippo off of her, but everyone knows how stubborn Shippo can be.
"Hey. Let go you little runt!" Ayame's two voices ordered Shippo. "Just what do you think that you're doing?" Ayame's voice was again single. "Get off of me!"
"I won't let go. Not even if it kills me," Shippo grunted. On normal circumstances, Ayame would have let Shippo be, knowing that she was superior and that the kid just wanted attention. But the circumstances had changed, and Ayame wasn't exactly in control anymore.
"Kagome! Wake up!" Shippo cried through his teeth as he latched himself onto a new part of Ayame's neck. Shippo was not only dodging all of Ayame's attempts to grab his little fox body and yank himself off of her, but he was also digging into Ayame's neck, causing her to slow down slightly.
"I said," Ayame raised both of her hands and nearly pounced on Shippo; but that would have been very difficult since he was clinging to her neck. Instead, she did something completely unexpected. She started to purr.
"Wha?" Shippo stopped biting and looked around confused. 'Where is that purring coming from?' Shippo demanded himself. He knew that Kilala wasn't anywhere near here and Kagome couldn't purr THAT loud. "So that means," Shippo looked around, not finishing his sentence.
But that little look around was just enough time for Ayame to grip Shippo by the back, digging her sharp -yet perfectly manicured – nails into Shippo's back. Shippo gawked as he was being lifted into the air by a very sharp pair of claws.
Just then an arrow clouded with pink energy shot right past Ayame's ear, taking off part of her hair. Ayame stared with disgust at where her hair should have been, yet did nothing but release the kitsune.
"Leave Shippo alone!" Kagome cried with fury, her hair flying everywhere almost as if she was controlling it. Each and every hair was sticking outwards, as if there was a fan on every single one of them.
Ayame smirked. "So it is the kit that you truly protect. We'll just have to take care of that!" Ayame screamed the last of her sentence as the hair that had been taken off re-grew and wrapped around Shippo's waist. "Well we'll just have to see what he can do on his own without you to protect him! What a shame you don't have any arrows left." She spoke the truth. Ayame eyed Kagome's quiver, which was hollow and air-filled.
"Now, about the kit of yours…" Ayame's hair was like a boa constrictor to Shippo. Shippo gagged as Ayame's hair was chocking and crushing his ribs.
"Shippo!!" Kagome cried out, running towards Ayame head on. Kagome knew she was no match for Ayame, but that made little difference in her mind. Ayame was hurting her kit, and she wasn't about to stand for that!
Ayame smirked, baring her side fangs. "Just as I thought. Your human emotions impair your judgement. How pathetic."
"I will NOT let you hurt Shippo!" Kagome screamed as she sent a wave of pink energy towards Ayame –involuntarily I might add. Kagome was hit with the recoil of her blast, knocking her off her feet. But Ayame was the unlucky one.
.o0O0o. .o0O0o. With InuYasha .o0O0o. .o0O0o.
"Okay you two. I think we've got all that we need to know. The two of them aren't here, but they obviously were. Where else do you think that they'd be?" InuYasha was walking around –wearing ovals into the perfectly carpeted room of Kagome. Ginta and Hakkaku were picking their brains looking for answers.
"Well it is possible that the two of them are already back home," Ginta offered. The three of them all knew what Kouga could have been doing to Kagome by now had they reached the other side already.
"I'm sure Kouga would want to check back with the pack as soon as he did. He is the leader and all, so I'm sure that that would be really important to him," Hakkaku suggested. Only the wolves knew that Kouga would wait for Kagome to be his mate.
InuYasha, on the other hand, didn't have that much common sense and tended to jump to conclusions. Forming in InuYasha's mind were VERY dirty thoughts of what Kouga could have been doing to Kagome's body.
InuYasha growled. He knew that Kagome loved InuYasha, yet that she loved Kouga as well. What he didn't know was who she loved the most out of the two.
"Uh…. InuYasha?" Hakkaku finally piped up.
"You okay?" Ginta finished of the sentence. InuYasha merely gave his famous KEH sound and stormed off. 'She could never love that wolf. She loves me! She… had better not love him. Does she…really love Kouga?' That's when it really hit InuYasha
"I Love Kagome." There. He said it out loud. Ginta and Hakkaku just stared at InuYasha. The two of them cleaned their ears, not believing that InuYasha had just admitted that he loved Kagome.
Of course it was obvious to anyone with two brain cells, but to actually admit that a demon loves another demon's mate? That was unheard of! The penalty for that was both a broken heart and a rather bad beating to the one in love. The only possible way of getting that demon's mate to become their own would be to kill the demon.
InuYasha walked towards to window, crouched down and then jumped onto the roof. Ginta and Hakkaku had nothing to do but follow. Not knowing if the two would get stuck in Kagome's time period, the two were practically ontop of InuYasha as he got nearer to the well.
"Oh InuYasha! How nice to see you again!" Kagome's mom suddenly popped out of nowhere. InuYasha was startled and jumped back, pushing Ginta and Hakkaku to the ground. "Here, I noticed that Kagome didn't bring enough Ramen with her knowing your demanding appetite and all. And I have some freshly made in the kitchen if you'd like!"
BING! Something in InuYasha's mind just snapped as he heard that magical word. No, it wasn't "Osuwari" it was "Ramen". InuYasha moved like a lightening bolt; in not even as long as it takes to blink, InuYasha was in the kitchen with a gynormous bowl of ramen in his hands, eating like a pig.
"Uh…InuYasha? Weren't we just leaving?" Hakkaku asked, not all that certain on how InuYasha's response would be.
"Shut up. Cantcha see I'm eating?" InuYasha slurped down the last of his ramen. Ginta and Hakkaku fell down anime style. "Hey, why don't you guys try some? It tastes better than it smells!"
And with that, Kagome's mom gave the two of the wolves bowls full just to the rim of ramen and a pair of chopsticks each. Ginta and Hakkaku reluctantly had their first taste of Kagome's food from her world. As soon as the two had had a few noodles each, the two looked at each other - swirls in their eyes – and then practically INHALED the rest of the noodles.
Half an hour later, when the trio were completely done eating, they made their way to the well once more. InuYasha yet again grabbed the wolves by the collars and jumped through the well.
.o0O0o. .o0O0o. In the Sengoku Jidai .o0O0o. .o0O0o.
"Okay! Well that was great!" A now full Hakkaku rubbed his gut signifying that he did indeed love Sister Kagome's type of food. Ginta did the same type of motion.
"KOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" the trio heard a mind-boggling scream. Even though in Kagome's time, it was no later than eight o'clock pm, but in the Sengoku Jidia, it was at least three in the morning. The three then heard a slight shuffling in the bushes.
"Kagome!" InuYasha cried and raced towards the place where the echo was heard. Sheathing his Tetsusaiga, InuYasha chopped madly around clearing a path where not two seconds ago there had been a lush forest.
"SISTER!" Ginta and Hakkaku chorused and charged in the same direction Kagome was going. The sight the trio saw was not one of the happiest to say the least. Shippo was being strangled by Ayame's freakishly demonic red hair and Kagome was on the ground, rubbing her butt.
"Kagome!" InuYasha ran straight towards Kagome. Kagome smiled warmly as she recognized the stranger and called out his name. Ayame didn't like the disturbances and neither did the man controlling her.
.o0O0o. .o0O0o. Elsewhere .o0O0o. .o0O0o.
"So InuYasha. You have come yet again to save Kagome. And just what will you do to save her? Will you spare Ayame's life? Or merely take it like you have all of those other demons?" Naraku gave a slight smirk, guessing on how InuYasha would take control of the situation.
Kanna tilted her mirror slightly higher up in the air to let her master have a new view. Now displayed in the mirror was Kagura. She was still attacking the barrier will all of her strength, venting her anger and stress the best she could.
"Kagura…"
(A/N: I could end it here, but I'm MUCH too nice for that kinda stuff. And all of you have waited for so long.)
.o0O0o. .o0O0o. With Kagome .o0O0o. .o0O0o.
InuYasha quickly scooped up Kagome in his arms and jumped out of the way of Ayame's hair attack. Kagome gave a slight squeak in fear and nestled her face in InuYasha's chest. InuYasha was of course enjoying this and his mind was telling him, 'of course she still loves you. If she didn't wouldn't she be doing something else?' InuYasha kept on leaping from tree trunk to tree trunk, dodging every single one of Ayame's hair attacks. 'Damnit. This isn't Ayame. Ayame would never want to actually kill Kagome. And where's that Kouga? The damn bastard should have been here ages ago!'
With InuYasha concentrating so hard, he had just about completely forgotten about Ayame's OTHER pigtail. As he dodged the one that Kagome had pierced off, her second pigtail came up from behind and stabbed him in the back.
"AACK!" InuYasha cried in pain as he then saw pieces of hair come out of his fire rat haori. Kagome was equally shocked, and just clutched to InuYasha for both comfort and support. (K Kagome? Clinging onto your lover or w/e he is won't make him feel any better. All it'd do would prob. Get U stabbed!)
"InuYasha!" Kagome cried out as InuYasha instinctively dropped her and fell unconscious. Kagome was falling from about ten feet up in the air. Kagome screamed as she realized that both Ginta and Hakkaku were neither close enough nor fast enough to catch the falling Kagome.
Kagome curled into a ball and braced for impact, not turning onto her back until she was a few feet from the ground. She –out of old habit- called out "INUYASHAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Just when she could have sworn that she would have broken her back, she was caught quite gracefully from a certain someone. Though the certain someone's knees buckled under the impact of Kagome's weight and the speed she was falling at, he still caught her without leaving so much as a bruise or a cut.
Kagome was in a state of shock, as she didn't expect to be caught. As soon as she had the courage and the sanity to open her eyes, she was flabbergasted by who had caught her from her near-fatal fall.
"Miroku?" Kagome's jaw was agape. Kagome was about to start praising and thanking him with her life, but then her mouth took control of her words. "What are you doing here?"
Miroku gave the usual nn smile and told Kagome to think nothing of it. Kagome was flattered, so she quickly gave Miroku a hug. Miroku, being the usual flirtatious monk/lecher that he is let his hand travel farther south than was called for.
"Hands off!" Kagome yelled as she sucker punched Miroku square in jaw. He was then knocked to the floor unconscious and twitching.
"Serves him right," InuYasha said flatly. Recognizing the voice, Kagome squealed with relief. She called InuYasha's name and then pounced on him, hugging him nearly to death. "I thought you had died," Kagome sniffed. InuYasha's eyes were wide open, and he then returned the hug.
"Well…Uh…Sorry." He apologized. He then looked Kagome squarely in the eyes. "Where's Kouga?" Kagome was silent for a minute, then turned her head, not wanting InuYasha to see her cry.
"Aah! Ayame! How nice to see you again!" Miroku strolled up to Ayame and had his usual will-you-bear-me-a-son look on his face. Ayame just looked at the monk with the scroll spells still in his hands.
"Get away!" Ayame called as she then leapt into the sky and disappeared.
"Hey, you're crying!" InuYasha took hold of Kagome's chin with his fingers. She wouldn't look him in the eyes. She was too ashamed of herself. She hated crying in front of him.
"I'm not crying," Kagome said stubbornly. She refused to cry; and even if she was actually crying, she wouldn't admit it. InuYasha gave a slight chuckle. He knew better than to fight against Kagome about her womanly emotions, but the worst she could do was either a physical blow –which he could EASILY stop or dodge – or give the Osuwari command.
"Okay then you're blubbering"
"I am not!"
"Yes you are!"
"Shut up and Sit!" Yup! Too predictable. Once the spell had worn off, InuYasha sat up and again repeated his accusation. Kagome, instead of sitting InuYasha, tried to punch him in the nose.
InuYasha grabbed Kagome's wrist as she tried to punch him. Kagome tried to wretch her arm free of InuYasha's grasp, but failed miserably.
.o0O0o. .o0O0o. With Kouga .o0O0o. .o0O0o.
Kouga's eyes snapped open. He tried to sit up, but his head felt like it weighed a thousand trucks of bricks. Struggling to open his eyes, Kouga averted his gaze to his sides. Kagome was not there, not to his surprise.
Kouga's head could only hurt this much if one of the two had happened: he had either drank his weight in alcohol; or if there had been a curse placed upon him. Kouga was willing to place his life on the second one.
He rushed off in the direction that he could smell and hear action coming from. He could smell numerous things. The first thing that caught his attention was the scent of Kagome. The next thing that caught his attention was the scent of half demon and that of another demon. The wolf smelled somewhat familiar, though Kouga wasn't able to recall from where, or how, this other wolf demon could have seemed familiar.
But smelling Kagome and that Mutt was more than enough to get Kouga charging towards the clearing where he smelled the two. Kouga was a fury of emotions. He was relived, angered, frightened and more without him even realizing it.
"Aah! Ayame! How nice to see you again!" Kouga's brain snapped as he heard the name Ayame. What would she be doing with Mutt-Face and his Woman?
"Get away!" Ayame called.
"Hey, you're crying!" InuYasha's voice.
"I'm not crying," Kagome said stubbornly. InuYasha gave a slight chuckle.
"Okay then you're blubbering"
"I am not!"
"Yes you are!"
"Shut up and Sit!"
Ah yes, the Kagome that Kouga knew so well. He felt his bosom swell with pride as he heard that his woman would never cry like that in front of InuYasha without one Hell of a good reason. He neared the clearing with amazing speed thanks to the shikon shards in his legs.
"I can see them just ahead," Kouga muttered to himself. He secretly thanked the shikon shards for also enhancing his eyesight.
.o0O0o. .o0O0o. With Kagome and InuYasha .o0O0o. .o0O0o.
Kagome was still wriggling her arm, trying to get InuYasha to let go. He did a few seconds later. Kagome thought strongly of Sitting him again, but decided against it. She yet again tried to punch him.
But this time, InuYasha moved to the side, grabbed Kagome's wrist, and pulled her in for a passionate kiss.
Kagome's eyes were as wide open as any human eyes can be. Was InuYasha really…Kissing her? She couldn't believe it. She had only dreamed that this day would come; and yet that was when she was still with him. She was now with Kouga, and he loved her. And she really…loved Kouga? Or did she love InuYasha?
InuYasha kept on kissing her, but Kagome didn't return the kiss, nor decline it. She just sat there, being kissed as if this man was her long-term boyfriend.
'Uh oh. I can feel the power being drained from me,' Kagome screamed mentally. She was unable to stop InuYasha. But did she want to? Was it really so bad being kissed by the man that you had wished for as long as you had known him, to finally be kissing you? Kagome's head had a million questions, answers and states in her head, whizzing by her brain at a mile a minute.
The two then heard a rustling in the bush, and Kagome nearly screamed. There was Kouga, his expression serious and untrustable. Kouga had seen it. All of it. Or at least he had seen enough of it. He then turned on his heels, gave Kagome both a sad, disappointed look and a disgusted, hurt look at the same time.
InuYasha growled as he gripped Kagome's shoulder, signalling that she was his for the taking. InuYasha had drawn out Tetsusaiga, and looked like he was about to attack if Kouga dared take a step towards Kagome and him.
"Get away from Kagome, you disgusting wolf!" InuYasha cried as he raised the Tetsusaiga. Clearly, InuYasha would show no mercy. Kouga reverted his eyes from the sword, to Kagome. He loved her, so how could she do something like this to him?
'Simple. Because she's always loved that mutt-face. She never loved me,' And with that he was off. Kouga sped off into the forest, not even bothering to keep his arms out in front of him to move branches and twigs out of the way as he ran.
"How…How could you?" Kouga was infuriated and in excruciating sadness. Running was one of the ways that he could blow off stress and anger. This time he was running off tears that threatened to be seen had he not found another way to get over her.
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Kagome pushed InuYasha away from her. She was clearly upset. She had started running the path Kouga had run not minutes ago, but InuYasha grabbed her arm.
"Let me go!" She slammed her fist into his chest. InuYasha did not flinch, nor show anything to indicate that he was hurt. "I said let me go!" Kagome kept stabbing at InuYasha's chest with a non-existing dagger. InuYasha did nothing, but draw her in closer towards him.
"Kagome…" InuYasha finally whispered. That seemed to make Kagome cry. Oh how she had wished it was Kouga here to comfort her now a she cried out here soft, chocolate eyes. She could do nothing but accept the warm embrace that InuYasha was now giving her. She needed the comfort, and at the moment he was the only one who was capable of giving her any.
InuYasha dipped his head low to Kagome's hair, and started sniffing it; just like a dog would to grass. This made Kagome laugh, just like InuYasha knew it would. When she looked up to hopefully find a pair of pupil-less beautiful eyes, she found nothing of the sort. InuYasha was staring at her with sorrowed golden eyes.
Not being able to resist, InuYasha dipped his head, covering both Kagome's face and his with his silver hair. Kagome closed her eyes, not wanting to look at InuYasha. InuYasha took this as a sign that Kagome needed another kiss, so he did just that. He kissed her.
Kagome's eyes flew wide open, gasping slightly. InuYasha took advantage of that too and slid his tongue on the bottom of Kagome's lips. Kagome didn't know how to react.
A little while later, once finally regaining her senses, Kagome did push away. She had to literally pry herself out of InuYasha's grasp and for that she needed Kilala's help. Kagome decided to ride Kilala for a little bit. Knowing that Sango wouldn't mind, she hopped onto Kilala's back and rode like the wind.
"KOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" Kagome cried countless times over and over again, looking for him. Could she say that she was looking for her lover? Or was Kouga still just a friend? What about InuYasha? What would he be considered?
.o0O0o. .o0O0o. Elsewhere .o0O0o. .o0O0o.
Naraku gave a slight chuckle. What he had just witnessed had been very amusing. It's a shame that Ayame didn't end up re-introducing herself to Kouga. Who knows what kind of fun they could have had together.
"Ayame; Kohaku, you have both failed. And failure is not acceptable at this given time. Go, and this time, do not return until you have killed at least one of InuYasha's little group."
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Jassy: KYAA! So much fluff! I was havin a bit of difficulties with that chappie, but o well! It's done and now I'm happy because this is chapter twelve and I have 60 reviews.
Kagome: Hurray! But what's Naraku going to do with me now?
Jassy: Well I suppose that MIGHT be upto the reviewers, but it might be upto me. REVIWERS: tell me: InuYasha Kagome or Kagome Kouga? (I know who it's going to be but what do you guys think?)
InuYasha: -takes out the Tetsusaiga- Well I think the answer's pretty clear, don't you?
Sango: InuYasha, you must not let you anger cloud your judgement!
Miroku: Yeah what she said. –gropes Sango's butt-
Sango: SLAP Stop touching my ass Miroku!
Jassy: Oh, and about Kikyo (my friend asked me where she went) I'll explain the whole thing in the next chappie. PROMISE!
Sango: well don't they have to review a certain amount of times to get another chapter?
Jassy: -smacks herself on the head- Of course! Okay all of u loyal readers! I expect… uuh… at least 67 reviews. I like those numbers! :D
R&R!
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CherryBlossomLove: -unleashes a pack of wild dogs- LMFAO. No I'm kiddin. If I did, that means I wouldn't keep on getting all of these WUN-D-RFUL reviews from you. So in other words, if I lose interest in this story, you ARE NOT to blame. Aaw im just kiddin. Still luv ya
AngelicWerewolf: -feels extremely evil and makes u cry- AAW no I'm just jokin. I'd never make you cry. And here! I updated! Really late, but I still updated! My mom cut me off from the computer for like two weeks! So I couldn't post! Sorry about the wait. ;
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