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'Thoughts'

"Speaking"

Telepathy Speaking mind to mind without the use of body language...

InuYasha's Mistake
Chapter 3

-Feudal Japan-

"SIT-BOY!" Snarled an angry female voice, the loud yell followed by a thud. Foul cursing could be heard coming from the prone form of the angry half-demon.

"Damn you wench! I was trying to protect your worthless ass." He growled. "All I get for a thank-you is a damned 'sit'." He continued spitting out dirt from his mouth, until he was satisfied. He looked back up at her when he was done and scowled again. "Kikyou would have never done this." The half-breed turned his back on the startled girl whispering more names and comparing her to his precious Kikyou.

The young female at the end of his tirade stood deathly still. Her hands clenched at her sides, her fingernails cutting into her skin as blood trailed down her palms onto the ground. Tears appeared at the edge of her eyes, but she stubbornly refused to let them drop.

Kagome stared at her hands; InuYasha had no idea what his hurtful words had done to her. 'He's called me worse, but it doesn't make the pain go away.'

Kagome's Point of View

Here we go, InuYasha's comparing me to Kikyou yet again. When will he ever learn that I am not Kikyou? All he thinks about is Kikyou- Kikyou this Kikyou that. I know that InuYasha was trying to protect me, but from Kouga? It was the other way around, Kouga came to my - or shall I say InuYasha's - rescue.

Flashback

As usual InuYasha was being the slave driver from hell. We were all tired from the day's travel. I stopped in the middle of my stride when I sensed a demon in the area, not long after I picked up on it's presence she came out of the forest and started demanding for the jewel shards.

This youkai was different, she - yes I said she - well she was beautiful. Not just beautiful, she was outrageously gorgeous. She had long jet-black hair that went to her waist, and she wore a traditional kimono with green and light pink designs of blossoms.

"Give me the jewel shards, human." The demoness demanded rudely. InuYasha only snorted in response.

"Like we'd hand the shards to you." He said while drawing Tetsusaiga from its sheath.

"We'll see about that, hanyou," she spat.

InuYasha ran at her with both hands clutching the Tetsusaiga tightly in his grasp. He raised the great sword above his head, focusing his attack on the youkai female.

"Wind Scar!" He yelled while slashing his sword downwards, releasing the powerful attack.

There are not too many Youkai that can deflect the onslaught of Tetsusaiga's attacks, but she seemed to shield herself from the Wind Scar, thus forcing InuYasha on the defensive.

I strung my bow and prepared to shoot her with an arrow, praying to the gods above that it would hit its mark. When I felt a tingling sensation signifying my priestess powers I let the arrow fly. I watched as other demons got in the way of the arrows path, surprised at the sudden action.

I ran over to InuYasha to see if he was okay, worry gripping my heart. He had minor wounds that could easily heal overnight, so I felt better. After thoroughly checking to be sure he would live, I turned my eyes to the demoness, making sure she didn't put anything.

At the most unexpected of moments Kouga would show up, start fights with InuYasha and claim me as his woman. As it turned out this was our unexpected moment for the day.

Kouga showed up in a whirlwind of dust and dirt. When he stopped he commented on 'the weak dog', starting a verbal fight with InuYasha. When Kouga stopped battering InuYasha vocally he looked around our group, though the demoness stole his attention.

I watched as Kouga address the female youkai, dread mounting once more.

"Tamika, what are you doing here?"

"Kouga-sama."

It so happens that the demoness was the daughter of the Lord of the Northern lands. He told us her name was Tamika and she was a seasoned sword fighter. Tamika was collecting the shards to insure that Naraku would not obtain them all.

InuYasha made his crude remarks about Tamika, then Kouga, then myself. InuYasha can be a real jerk, I noticed (not for the first time). I got so fed up with him I sat him. I felt kind of guilty about his wounds, but I then realized that he deserved to be sat if he talked about people he did not know in such a way. It hurt most when he said those cutting things about me.

Kouga then held my hands in his own, an action that always makes me blush. "Kagome, my love, when are you going to leave dog shit over there and become my mate?" And then he did something that totally shocked me. He started to caress my face, and then he brought me closer to his body. His thumb rubbed my bottom lip and he pulled me into my first kiss. At first it was shy and sweet, but then it became passionate and hot. I felt him rubbing his hands over my body, and that was when InuYasha came out of his little conversation with the ground. He saw Kouga kiss me and the look on his face was priceless. Where was a camera when you need one?'

End Flashback

"Kouga, would you mind taking me home, please?" I gave Kouga the best puppy dog look I could muster. Lucky for me Kouga always gives in easily.

'Damn I hate it when InuYasha does this to me. Hopefully Kouga taking me home will be enough for Inu-what's-his-face to get pissed.'

I sat InuYasha to the ground again and told him not to come after me. InuYasha, being himself, cursed for the whole world to hear. 'Damned dog.'