~AN~ Hello everyone! I hope your holidays went well! This update took me a little longer to get out, so thank you for being patient! I have medical problems that cause me to be unable to write somedays. ;-; I'm also a wife and a mother of 2 so that also keeps me pretty busy. This chapter is a bit shorter than others but I am typing out the next chapter tonight as well. ( I write them down and then type them up once I get the chance ) I just wanted to give you guys something in the meantime! (^^) I hope you are enjoying the story so far and I look forward to seeing future reviews and PM's :) Also at the end of the chapter, I will clarify some of the Japanese terms I have used so far. Now enough of my babbling and on with the story~ xD

Leaping from branch to branch, Kagome chased after Inuyasha through the thick of the forest. 'Catch him,' a voice called out from inside her head, 'faster, catch your prey!'. Kagome was starting to get frustrated that she couldn't keep up enough to catch him.

"Kami dammit!" She swore under her breath. Landing on a branch, she sniffed the air, trying to locate Inuyasha's scent on the wind. She had lost sight of him and was back at square one. Kagome caught Inuyasha's scent behind her,

"Kuso!" She had gone too far and had to backtrack. Frustrated beyond belief, she turned around and started to follow his scent again. 'CATCH HIM" screamed the voice in her head. Kagome felt her frustration turn into a wave of anger she had never felt before her world went black.

Inuyasha was sitting on a branch high up in a tree waiting for Kagome to find him again. 'This is actually pretty fun,' he thought to himself before he heard a loud, angry snarl coming from the direction Kagome was.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha raced towards his wife, fearing for her safety. Kagome was not used to her demon abilities yet and could end up seriously hurting herself if she was unable to control the demon emotions and instincts that were now inside of her. "Shit... Maybe I should have warned her about that." Inuyasha was pretty used to ignoring and controlling the demon inside of him, but he had been practicing for over two hundred years. Fortunately, he knew the differences between his demon emotions and his human emotions thanks to his monthly human night.

Landing on a thick branch close to where he could scent his wife, Inuyasha scanned the forest looking for Kagome. He was slightly confused as he looked across the trees, he couldn't smell anything else in the area.

"Wait... did that snarl come from...?" Inuyasha looked behind him and was frozen in place by the sight of what was racing towards him at an incredible speed. Red eyes with ice blue iris' glaring at him, cheekbones lined with jagged magenta stripes. Elongated fangs were giving him a crooked grin and long sharp claws raising to take a swipe at him. Kagome had gone into demon mode.

"Kagome..?" Inuyasha whispered under his breath. For a moment, but only just a moment Inuyasha was admittingly scared. 'Is this how Kagome felt when she saw me go into demon form all those times?'. Shaking off the thought, he looked up as Kagome's claws came down, striking him across the chest. The force behind the strike caused Inuyasha to lose his footing and fall out of the tree, landing on his back on the dirt floor.

"Uhg, dam." He muttered under his breath. Looking up he saw Kagome coming in for another swipe. Inuyasha waited until Kagome's feet touched the ground before barking out,

"Shit... Kagome... Sit!"

A bright pink light formed around her neck before Kagome quickly went face first into the dirt. Struggling to lift her head slightly, she looked up at Inuyasha, "What was that for?!"

Inuyasha let out a relieved sigh, "Thank Kami that worked."

"What are you talking about? Kagome grunted while trying to push herself up off the ground.

"Sorry Kagome, but you... You went all demon mode, you had me worried there for a second, but I thought using the beads would bring you back like it has for me all those times."

Kagome raised her head more as the spell wore off and noticed blood on Inuyasha chest. Getting up to get a better look, she walked towards him. Kagome's eyes widened, her expression was full of guilt and fear. Tears started welling up in her eyes as she flung her arms around his neck,

"Oh Inuyasha, I'm so sorry!"

Inuyasha pulled back from Kagome's death grip around his neck and shrugged, "Keh, this is nothing, but I think we need to work on you controlling your inner demon and the instincts that come with it."

Kagome's eyes went wide again, "Was that the voice I heard in my head? I kept hearing someone call out to me to catch him, go faster and catch your... prey. Then everything went black, and I came to with my face in the dirt."

This time Inuyasha's eyes widened, "You heard your inner demon speak to you? I didn't expect that to happen so fast after the transformation. Guess we should work on that first before we play anymore chasing games." He chuckled as he reached for her beads and gently tugged on them, "I'm grateful we had these on you though or that could have ended up much worse."

Guilt consumed Kagome's face, and the tears streamed down as she nodded in agreeance. Inuyasha pulled her close and kissed her forehead.

"I'm ok, really. Don't worry about it, let's go back and eat. After lunch, we can work on your control. Don't beat yourself up over this; I should have told you about how easy it is to lose control of your emotions as a half demon. This was my fault, so please stop crying Watashi no saiai, it breaks my heart when you cry."

Kagome wiped her tears away and nodded again, giving him a small smile. Inuyasha turned his back to her and crouched down offering her his back. She smiled a little brighter as she got on.

"You know you don't have to do this anymore right? I can run with you now." Kagome said as she tightened her grip around Inuyasha's neck.

Letting out a full-hearted laugh, he looked back at Kagome with a bright smile, "Keh, I know that, but I like running with you on my back too, besides you like it as much as I do, don't ya?"

Returning the smile and letting out a muffled giggle, "Your right, I really do enjoy this. It was something I missed very much when I was gone." Kagome said sneaking in a quick peck to Inuyasha's cheek and resting her head on his shoulder, causing them both to smile with flushed faces.

"Hold on tight now; I don't have to hold back like I used to." Inuyasha chuckled out as he tightened his grip on Kagome's thighs and bolted up into the trees, causing Kagome to screech in surprise laced with excitement as they raced towards the cabin.

~AN~

-Kami = God

-Kuso = Shit

-Watashi no saiai = My beloved