A Wolf's Only Wish

-A New Journey Begins-

"Inuyasha!" Kagome hissed.

"You're no Kikyou. Bitch who are you?" he asked rudely.

"My name is Kagome, not bitch!"

Inuyasha walked up to her with his clawed fingers flexing, "Where's the Jewel, bitch?"

Kagome clenched her fist in anger, "Why should I tell you ass hole!"

Inuyasha pushed Kagome up against a tree, "Watch your mouth stupid human!"

"Heh, you're one to talk. You're only a half demon!"

"How did you- that wolf told you didn't he?" Inuyasha growled as he shook her, "You're no Kikyou, she was prettier and smelled better than you."

'He's comparing me to another woman like in Mom's dreams... it doesn't hurt. But, it does bother me. Why?' She thought.

Inuyasha stared at Kagome while she was lost in her own thoughts, 'I'm lying. This girl… she's beautiful, and smells great… Argh! What am I thinking, she's the enemy.' He growled, catching Kagome's full attention once again.

"I don't care about any stupid Kikyou girl. I'm not her," Kagome gave a devilish smile, "I'm better."

"Argh!" He punched a hole in the tree, right near Kagome's head, startling her, "You stupid tramp with the super short kimono.. Where is the Jewel?!"

"I don't have it!" Kagome cried and bit her bottom lip waiting for him to react.

Inuyasha let her go and took a step back, "What?"

'Should I tell him?' She mentally debated while he stared at her.

"Hey stupid!"

"I'm not stupid!" She shot back, "… that wolf demon stole the Jewel!"

"Whaaat?! Oh my God! You stupid little… urgh!"

During his rant a light bulb went off in Kagome's head, "Can… can you help me gt the Jewel back?" she asked with hopeful eyes.

Inuyasha fell back laughing hysterically, "You-ha-ha-wish-ha-ha-stupid bitch."

Kagome's face burned red as she stomped her foot, "Sit boy! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit!"

"…Oww…"

Kagome smirked, "Will you help me?"

"Fuck you." He grumbled with his face in the dirt.

"Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit!"

"Fhmfhh…"

"What?"

Inuyasha painfully pulled himself up, "Fine."

"See, was that so hard?" She teased as she offered him her hand.

He slapped her hand away, "Keh, I'm just going to get that Jewel for myself."

Kagome shrugged and tried to pick up her bag, "C'mon, let's go to Kaede's village."

Inuyasha looked stunned, "Kaede? She's still alive?"

"Huh? Oh yeah. She's alive and well… you know her?" Kagome continued to struggle with her bag.

Inuyasha lifted the bag over his shoulder as if it were nothing, "Yeah. She's Kikyou's sister. Last time I saw her I was getting pinned to that tree fifty years ago."

"What?!... Oh yeaah, now I remember. Kaede mentioned something about her and Kikyou being sisters." Kagome smiled, "Thank you for carrying my bag. That's very sweet of you."

Inuyasha snorted and dropped her bag which made a loud 'thump' sound, "I don't feel like going to that stupid village."

"Hmm… well okay, but only if I can trust you to not do anything to me while I sleep." She said.

"Pfft! I do have some have some honor and values you know." He snapped.

"How can I be so sure? You are still a demon after all."

Inuyasha smirked at that comment, "So what happened between you and that wolf? He was a demon too."

"What happened between you and Kikyou?" she countered back.

He frowned and jumped up into the branches of the Sacred tree.

"Hey! You're just going to leave me down here all by myself in the middle of the night?" she cried.

There was no response from the half demon.

Kagome sighed and knely down near her bag. She started to pull out her sleeping bag, flashlight and opened the container, "Mmm… ramen!"

Inuyasha's nose twitched, 'That smells so familiar…'

Inuyasha snapped back into reality to the sound of Kagome slurping down Ramen. He jumped down beside her and stared intensely in her eyes.

"Um… want some?" she offered a container, feeling self consious from his staring.

He snatched it up and started scarffing it down, "If this is poision you're trying to give me I really will kill you."

"You're welcome."

He grunted, "This is good."

"Yeah, my mom made it." She said with a smile.

"You have a mom?"

"Yeah."

"My mom's dead." He said bluntly.

"Oh, I'm so sorry." Kagome said sincerely and put her hand on his shoulder.

He looked at her funny, "Sorry for what? It's not like you killed her."

Kagome pulled her hand back, "It's an expression of sympathy. I'm sorry for your loss and sorry for your pain… losing a mother is very sad."

"It wasn't very sad for me…" he said carelessly.

"Oh…" she replied feeling speechless.

"Where are you from?" he asked changing the subject.

"Tokyo."

Inuyasha scrunched up his nose, "Tokyo? Never heard of it."

Kagome ate some more before she spoke again, "Yeah, it's kind of… far from here."

They sat and ate in an awkward silence for a while.

"So… you live with your dad or something?" she asked trying to break the silence.

"He died way before I could even meet him."

"Oh. Mines too…"

Inuyasha looked at her seriously, "I'm sorry."

Kagome laughed softly, "Well, it's not like you killed my father."

"Keh, you're funny."

She smiled, "I try my best."

"Heh." He looked away, feeling awkward.

Kagome yawned and laid back in her sleeping bag , "G'night Inuyasha."

'He tries to act all bad but really he's not.' She smiled as she closed her eyes.

Inuyasha jumped back up into the branches of the Sacred tree. He looked down at her. 'I though I was supposed to hate her. She's not so bad… No! I went through this with Kikyou… I should kill her right now and get it over with before she hurts me.'. His eyes narrowed into slits for a moment as her cracked his knuckles, fangs bearing and all, ready to attack.

He sat back and sighed, "I… I can't." He frowned and crossed his arms before he closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.

"Damn!" Inuyasha cried as he jabbed a large sword into the ground, he stood above a bruised and unconsious Kagome laying on the ground with two other humans. A small red headed fox demon cried in the corner. It is dark, and the scene appears to be that of an explosion, with the smoke still rising up.

He kneeled beside Kagome's body, 'I shoul've known Mukotsu would pull something like this. If only I would have defeated Ginkotsu sooner…' he thought bitterly.

The small fox demon contiued to cry. "Don't cry Shippo, you did everything you could."

"But it wasn't enough. And if they all die I'll never be able to forgive myseeelf! -sniff- It's all my fault, if only I didn't bring them to this temple!" he cried.

"Just quit it!" Inuyasha snapped, "You're not to blame for anything! It's all my fault."

"You're just saying that -sniff- it's all my fault you know it!" Shippo cried.

Myoga hopped into the scene, "Just stop it! Crying isn't going to solve anything, we need to get these three out of here and into an open area!"

After carrying the three humans into a fresh aired area Inuyasha left to vent his anger out, chopping down trees with his large sword and yelling to no one in particular.

The scene skips to Inuyasha telling Shippo that real men don't cry. He kneels down and holds Kagome's limp body tightly, 'Please Kagome, forgive me. If I hadn't failed you, you-, you'd still be right here right now.'

"Inuyasha…"

His eyes widen in surprise and relief, "Kagome!"

"Inuyasha I can't breathe." She said and he lighted up his grip. The other two humans also woke up.

"I'm sorry Inuyasha, for making you worry." Kagome said weakly.

His nose wrinkled, "Stop it! Don't apologize." His face strained with emotion.

He gently laid her back down in the grass as he turned around and cried silently. Shippo ran in front of the half demon, "Hey Inuyasha, what's up? I thought men didn't show their tears?"

"Shut up!" his voice cracked comedically as he bopped Shippo on the head.

"Why should I cry? Everyone's alive now aren't they?" he cried out agressively.

Later on the group is all healed and leaving when a whirlwind heads straight for them and stops in front of Kagome.

"Kagome!" a familiar voice cried out much to the half demon's dislike.

"Oh, hi Koga."

"Are you okay? I came as fast as I could!" He said and grabbed her shoulders affectionally.

"Koga!" Inuyasha growled angrily because the wolf demon was standing on him.

"Oh, you're still alive too." Koga said dully, causing Inuyasha to swipe at him.

Koga jumped out of the way, "How dare you?!"

"So Koga, what are you doing here?" Kagome asked to ease the tention.

"Well I was out looking for Naraku when a strange warrior with a snake like sword told me that you were dead." He said holding Kagome's hands and looking deep into her eyes.

"How thoughtful, you were worried about me." Kagome smiled.

In a jealous rage Inuyasha slaps Koga's hands away from Kagome and gets in between them, "Get away from her or I'll rip your arms off!"

"You are dispicable Inuyasha!" the half demon's head jerked back, "Kagome's hands feel much colder than they usually do, and her beautiful cheeks which are usually so rosy are pale like a fish's belly! I can tell you put Kagome's life in terrible danger. Well I would never let anything like that happen to her!"

"Kagome!" Inuyasha shot up and looked down below to see if she was still there. But, to his disappointment Kagome and all her stuff was gone. He was panting heavily, the dream had disturbed him.

-

"Kagome!"

"Hey Koga, you hear that." Hakkaku said.

"You bet." The wolf prince said and broke out running full force.

"Koga wait!" Ginta cried as he and Hakkaku ran after their leader.

In no time Koga arrived at the scene. He immediately growled when he realized the half dog demon had been the one who yelled out Kagome's name.

"You son of a bitch!"

Inuyasha turned around and growled back at the wolf, "Flea bitten wolf! You stole the Shikon Jewel from her!"

Koga ran at the dog and a threw a punch, "I did not steal it!"

Inuyasha ducked, "Yes you did! She told me herself." He said as he punched the wolf in the gut, automatically regretting it because he had hit hard steel armor. He shook the pain off his hand.

Koga jumped back, "She said what? Where is she?"

Inuyasha shrugged and smirked, "I dunno'. Hopefully dead." In the back of his mind he was hoping for the exact opposite. For some reason he had began to care for the small human girl even though he did not want to admit it.

Koga's eyes had become slits as he lunged at the dog, "You bastard!"

-

"Mmm…" Kagome sighed, "the water feels great!" she cried out to no one in partcular.

'I'm so lucky! I was looking for a river to bathe in but I stumbled upon this relaxing hot spring instead… I should have told Inuyasha I was leaving, but he was so sound asleep. And I don't wanna have him peeking at me anyway!' She wiped herself off with a wash cloth to get all the dirt off.

'Crack!'

Kagome whipped around, "Who's there?"

Of course there was no response, Kagome tried her best to ignore it, 'Must have been an animal stepping on a twig. Yeah, that has to be it.' She reasoned with herself as she closed her eyes and tried to relax. Before she knew it, she had drifted off to sleep.

"Kagome! Kagome!" cried a little ball of orange fur dashing at her.

"Shippo!" she cried and caught the little fox in her arms.

"I… I thought -sniffle- you had left me!" he cried.

"Never." She said gently as she hugged the little fox baby.

"Where's Sango and Mirouku?" he asked tearfully.

"I don't know." She replied.

"We have to find them! Naraku will kill them!" he cried more.

"Naraku?"

"Ha, ha, ha." An evil laughter filled the air as the sky turned black and red.

"Aaaaaaah, Naraku!"screamed Shippo while a bunch of spiders surrounded the pair.

"Protect me Kagome!" pleaded Shippo.

"I will." She said and held the fox child tighter. Jus then a pair of tentacle arms snatched the little fox demon away.

"Shippo!" Kagome cried in terror.

'Crack!'

The sound of another twig breaking awoke Kagome from her nightmare. She touched wet eyes, 'I was crying… Shippo! Where's Shippo?' She looked around frantically, 'Who is Shippo? I know that I know him somehow… Just can't remember from where. Well, it had to be from here, I mean like he had a freakin' tail!' Kagome looked around again, 'feels like someone is watching me.' She climed out of the water with her towel and got dressed in her green sailor uniform, carefully trying not to expose herself.

'Crack!'

"Is someone there?" Kagome called out.

"Heheheh."

"Naraku?" she whispered breathlessly, heart pounding.

In seconds she was surrounded by a group of bandits. They were dressed in armor and carried weapons. They were dirty and looked at her lustfully. Kagome grabbed her bookbag and broke into a sprint.

"Oh no you don't!" shouted one of the men who aimed and shot the arrow at Kagome's feet.

The arrow only grazed her ankle but landed in front of her foot causing here to trip, "Aaaaaaaaah!"

-

"Aaaaaaaaah!"

Both the canine demons froze.

"Kagome!" Koga cried and ran in the direction where they heard the scream come from.

Inuyasha was right behind him, adrenaline pumping, making him run faster than what he usually would.

-

The bandits had stuffed Kagome in a net-like bag and were now dragging her to their hide out. Kagome struggled to hold her ankle to stop the bleeding while trying to hold her skirt in place to stop it from going up.

"Heheh, look at how short her kimono is. It's like she was asking for trouble." One of the men pointed out as he licked his lips.

Kagome gagged, 'Eww! They're all hideous!... This is the second time I heard that my skirt is too short. Note to self, wear pants!'

"She has an amazing body." Said another bandit.

Kagome blushed and glared in their direction, 'They talk as if I'm not here!... How do I get myself out of this?'

"It'd be nice to get her out of those clothes just like when she was in that hot spring." Said the man who was dragging her.

"You perverts were watching me! Stop being fresh, I'm only fifteen years old!" she scolded.

They all stopped and looked at her with wide eyes. One of the men broke the silence and laughed, "Fifteen! Perfect age for bearing childen. Our leader will love you!"

Kagome's jaw dropped, 'Oh crap! Now look what I've done.'

-

Inuyasha dropped to the ground and sniffed the drops of blood.

"Hmph! Just like a mutt sniffing the ground." Koga commented.

Inuyasha growled, "Enough of the trash talk! This is Kagome's blood."

Koga sniffed the air and his nose wrinkled, "Along with the scent of disgusting humans."

"Male humans… They went north." Inuyasha added and started following the path of blood at full speed, 'Stupid girl, you better not be dead.'

-

The bandits carelessly threw Kagome inside of a hard wooden shack, slamming the door behind them.

"Oww!" she cried out.

"Hey boss look at what we got you." Said one of the bandits as they all entered.

Kagome was on her hands and knees. She looked up slowly and her eyes widened in fear. The man she saw before her was unbelievably huge, 'This can't be real… he can't be human, he's like twelve feet tall!' Kagome felt like she was going to throw up. 'It really stinks in here… his aura feels so evil.'

"Boss?" one of the men stepped forward.

The giant man stood forward and shook the shack in the process. He pulled out his sword and slashed the man in half. Blood squirted everywhere.

Kagome was wide eyed, covered in blood, "Aaaaaaaaah!"

The large man turned and looked at her. His eyes were white and she instantly knew that he did not have a human consious. He lifted his sword high over his head.

Kagome jumped out of his view and pushed the other men, "Get out of the way!"

"Boss what's wrong with you?" asked one of the men shakily. The giant leader stomped and took another slash out of one of his men.

"Can't you see he's possessed!" Kagome yelled as she continued running in circles getting out of the way of the monsterous leader.

All the other men were scrambling around in the tiny shack. While the leader was distracted with the men Kagome ran to the nearest corner, 'I have to find a way to get out of here without getting stabbed or trampled by this stampede of men.' She thought as she frantically looked around for the door.

'There it is!'

"Here goes nothing!" she cried as she ran across the chaotic floor with her eyes closed. She opened her eyes and gasped as she slammed into the door, 'Not a scratch on me, thank God.' Kagome tried opening the door.

"No! No! No!" she screamed at the top of her lungs, "It's locked!"

"Oh no!" cried the men behind her.

She whipped around, "What are you do-"

"What do we do now, boss?" asked one of the men who was looking her in the eye.

"Uh, you talking to me?" Kagome asked dumbly, "Aaah!" she screamed and ducked.

Several men had been cut in half by one great sweep of the leader's blade. Kagome dived out of the way, scraping her knees in the process. She crawled as far away as she could and crouched in a corner. She was sitting in puddled of blood and got teary eyed as she saw the many slashed dead torsos on the floor.

"God help me… I don't want to die." She whispered and covered her head.

"Boss get out of the way!" cried the men.

The vicious leader faced her and took and lunging position with his sword in hand. Kagome closed her eyes and prepared to say her last prayers.

'CRASH!'

"Kyaaah!"

'THUMP!'

'Craaash!'

Kagome opened her eyes slowly and for the first time was excited to see demons.

"Koga! Inuyasha!"

'Hmph! She says his name first.' Inuyasha mentally snarled.

"You beat him!" she cried in amazement.

"Only took one kick through the roof to defeat him." Inuyasha said cockily.

Koga frowned and his nose wrinkled, "This guy smells like a rotten corpse."

"Smells almost as bad as Kagome." Inuyasha smirked.

Koga glared at the dog for making that to his… to the human girl he really cared about.

Kagome got to her feet and laughed, blood dripping off her body, she continued to laugh and laugh with Inuyasha until her laughter turned into tears. She ran into Inuyasha's arms and cried. The poor dog demon was caught off guard and didn't know what to do, "Uh.. it was only a joke Ka-"

"No stupid!" she sniffled, "I was so scared, why didn't you come sooner?!"

Inuyasha stood there awkwardly with his arms to his side, "I'm sorry." He said unsure of himself.

Koga looked at Inuyasha with utter disgust and hatred. Inuyasha noticed this and decided to take advantage of the situation. He wrapped his arms around Kagome for a comforting hug, "You're okay now Kagome."

Kagome snuggled into his embrace as her crying subsided. Inuyasha cupped her chin and carefully wiped the blood off her face with the sleeve of his shirt. Koga growled, he was definitely pissed. How dare this filthy mutt touch his sweet, innocent Kagome. Yes, he was ready to admit it, he wanted Kagome to be his woman, his mate, his lover.

"Um… Boss?" a voice interuppted.

Kagome whipped around angrily, "Oh, don't 'um boss' me! You're the ones that kdnapped me and brought me here!" she yelled pointing an accusing finger.

Inuyasha and Koga both stepped forward, cracking their knuckles, "Oh really?"

"Hey, we didn't mean t-" began one.

"It's not like we-" said another.

All the men were stumbling backwards as the two demons advanced on them. They all turned on their heels and busted down the door, 'They couldn't to do that earlier.' Kagome thought to herself as she watched the men run out. She stared at the two demons before her, suddenly she noticed the sparkling lavender orb around Koga's neck and she finally remembered why she came back to this chaotic time period.

"The Shikon Jewel!"

'Da- Dump!'

The giant leader's body pulsated and Kagome could sense it, "Uh… guys?"

The leader's chest then burst as a red eyed, black bird shot out. It made a horrible wailing sound. Kagome was wide eyed, 'Great. More blood.'

"The crow demon made a nest in the human's flesh." Said Koga.

"That's what was possessing the guy. He was already dead to begin with." Inuyasha added.

The crow demon flew high into the sky and made that wailing sound again, exposing it's razor sharp teeth protruding from it's mouth. The crow dived down making it seem like it was going for the canines, but at the last second swerved and headed straight for Kagome. Koga got to Kagome first and tackled her our of harms way. In the process of all that neither of them noticed the chain of Shikon Jewl broke.

"The Jewel!" cried Inuyasha as it continued to roll away.