Chapter 4

Scent Change

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Kagome's P.O.V.

I couldn't believe my eyes. "Kouga?"

The figure grinned, and held out his arms to me.

I paused, trying to decide what to do. After a moment, I strode over to him, and slapped his face, really hard.

He protested. "Hey! Gome! What are you doing?"

I scolded him. "Don't 'Gome' me! What happened to Ayame? Don't tell me you ditched her!"

"Uh…" He sweat dropped.

"Yes?"

He coughed.

"Or does she not know that you're here while she's taking care of her pups?"

Kouga laughed weakly. "Uh…Gome…"

I shook my finger at him. "KOUGA! I'm writing to Ayame…as soon as I kick your ass!"

He cringed under the force of my yell.

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Normal P.O.V. Meanwhile…

"Kagome's mad." Sango remarked, while munching on an apple.

Miroku agreed, his hand creeping toward her. "Quite…"

Sango glanced over at him, and threw the half-finished apple at his hand.

"Ow! My dear Sango…why do you throw half-finished apples at me while Kagome's mad at Kouga?"

Sango 'hmphed'.

Inuyasha laughed at his expense. "Whatever, monk. Hey…did you just say…" He sniffed. "KOUGA!"

Kikyou sighed. "Always at each others tails…"

He shot off the tree and streaked toward Kouga, passed his half-brother, whom he said a rude 'hi' to. "Oi! Kouga, you mutt face! Get out of here!"

"Or you'll what?" Kouga taunted.

"I'll—"

Sesshoumaru interrupted, looking down at them. "Hn. Half-breed and wolf. Your screeching voices annoy me. Come, girl," He addressed Kagome, "I do not have time to waste," There he sneered. "Unlike these two mutts."

Inuyasha, Kouga, Miroku, Sango, and Kikyou could see Kagome's aura getting bigger and bigger.

"Kags!"

"Calm DOWN!"

"My sweet Kaggie, what'll I—" THUNK! Kagome didn't even look at him when she threw an arrow at him, pinning his collar to the tree.

"Gome. Breathe in—"

"Down." Kagome seethed. THUNK!

"Breathe out…" Inuyasha finished, backing away as she turned her seething eyes at him.

"Sit." Kagome glared.

Inuyasha muttered, "Shit," as he went down. Poor, poor doggie. Poor little wolfie. Brought down by Kagome. Brought down to kiss the earth.

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Kagome's P.O.V.

Ah. Finally…some piece and quiet. Now, for the prey…well, not prey. The object of my anger. Sesshoumaru. Wait…where did he go? Oh dear. He' s currently behind me, grabbing my neck, applying pressure to a point on my neck where I'm supposed to fall unconscious, but unfortunately, I am not yet immune to that move. So…I fell unconscious.

"Gome!" Ugh. I really need to tell Ayame that the annoying ookami is not welcomed here unless she is here! His annoying voice calls, "Gome! You're not unconscious are ya?" No, stupid wolf, I am drowning in the sea.

Inuyasha, who probably guessed what I was up to, went up to Kouga and slammed his fist into Kouga's face. "Shut up, wolf!"

Kouga, who spit out blood, retorted. "Damn you, dog breath!"

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Normal P.O.V.

Inuyasha was about to yell at Kouga when he saw the look on Sesshoumaru's face. He looked…strange. As if fighting the control of some kind of… sniff sniff

'Holy crap. Kagome's giving off a females dog's scent.' He quickly covered his nose with one sleeve, and dragged Kouga away from the pair by his collar. 'Shit. Got to get out of here, out of—'

Sesshoumaru snarled at Kouga, having wrapped Kagome in his arms tightly, as Kouga fought to get out of Inuyasha's grip on his collar. Inuyasha cursed. "Damn it! Would you look at his face, idiot!"

Kouga continued to fight against him, angling toward his 'Gome'. Inuyasha barked a sharp command at Sango, Miroku, and Kikyou, also telling InuTaishou and the Lord and Lady of the Southern Lands the message.

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In the Ceremony Hall

Midori, Lady of the Southern Lands and Izayoi, InuTaishou's mate, were arguing with Raishu, Lord of the Southern Lands, and InuTaishou.

"Darling, Kagome would be much happier if she were paired up with Sesshoumaru," Izayoi continued. "Than the silly annoying ookami prince!"

Midori stated to the two lords, "My point exactly." She turned her head to Raishu. "You cannot and will not deny that having that ookami as a son-in-law will be the worst decision in your life ever! He'll get on everybody's nerves and—"

She broke off as they heard Inuyasha's urgent bark.

Raishu chuckled weakly and turned toward his furious mate. "Ah, my dear, we should go see what Inuyasha wants."

Midori glared at him. "We are going to finish this discussion, dear."

Raishu gulped as they head out toward the field next to the gardens.

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Back at the field

Sesshoumaru had jumped to a branch on the God Tree, nose buried in his 'mate's' neck, and purring with content. However, when anybody, and I mean anybody, approached him and/or Kagome, he growled loudly with a warning embedded in it, telling them to back away.

He sniffed at her pulse, when it started to speed up. Kagome was waking. He made a small whining noise. Kagome slowly opened her eyes just as Sesshoumaru buried his nose (once again) in her neck.

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Kagome's P.O.V.

I felt warmth surrounding me as I woke. I do not wish to wake, and snuggled into the warmth. However, a low whine called to me, and I had no choice but to do so. I opened my eyes and saw someone holding me.

He nudged at the juncture where my neck and shoulder meet, sniffed it, then lightly bit into my skin. He withdrew his fangs, and left a small but strong scent-mark, claiming me for the while. Wait...claiming me? What!

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A/N: Hi everybody. Sorry about how long I took. And how short it is. I think my chapters will be a reasonable length, but when I'm in the middle of one chapter and I run out of ideas, I'll make it short and post it so you guys won't wait forever.

-kagome.inuyoukai