((A/N: Thanks to my few reviewers for chapter 4 and three. Sorry for how long this latest chapter has taken, but my dad grounded me from Fanfictions because it ties up the phone line. Special thank-you goes to...

Sailor-saturn550- Yes Shippo is coming. Read the chapter for further details))

Kagome looked confused. "Who?" Inuyasha on the other hand had a murderous glare plastered to his face, and it was fixed on Miroku.

"Over my dead body, Monk! Just because that dick head is older than me by a few hundred years does not mean that he can dictate whom I marry! Besides, all of this arranged marriage bullshit... look how well the last one turned out!"

Kagome's head was spinning. Did he say a few hundred years? The thing that really struck her though, was that last bit. "Marry you? Why would I want to do that!?"

Miroku grinned and looked a bit sheepish. "Well, seeing as how you two are already so comfortable making out on the kitchen floor..."

Her cheeks flamed red once again. "I came in here because I could smell something burning, and I ran into Inuyasha. I saw his ears... And well I couldn't..." Miroku and Sango leaned in to hear the rest of her confession. "Well, they are so cute, I just had to touch them, an..."

"You WHAT!" both the lecher and the woman fell back in surprise, the first had an evil grin spreading over his face.

"Inuyasha, you dog you! (A/N: I couldn't resist that pun!) You knew Kikyo for almost a year and she never touched your ears." The hanyou cast his eyes downward in embarrassment.

Sango turned to Kagome and with a serious look on her face asked, "You didn't know that was as good as inviting him to give you children?" at the Miko's stunned expression she continued, "Didn't think so. You see, most demons have something that marks them as something other than human, such as a tail, or ears, even wings. And if another demon, or human for that matter..." she cleared her throat, "Um... plays with that specific attribute, it's sort of like a pledge of being mated to that particular demon."

Kagome's eyes went from Inuyasha to where they had been asleep on the floor, back to Inuyasha. "I'm..."

"Feh. Just make sure you know what you are doing around us demons, wench. You never know if one of us would take you up on that offer."

The girl glared at him, and said the first word that came to mind, "SIT!"

A glowing chain of light formed around the half demon's neck and materialized into a rosary, which promptly pulled him face first into the floor.

"..." Silence filled the room for a good five seconds afterwards before all hell broke loose. "You really are a Miko!" "Hey, wench! What was that for!" "Can you teach me that one?" "Where did you learn?" "I'm still on the damn floor!"

Inuyasha franticly tried to yank the necklace off, but to no avail. "Take this off of me, you damn wench!"

She finally lost it, and placing her feet on either side of the idiot's head, she glared down at him, not remembering she was wearing a skirt, or noticing the way Inuyasha's eyes grew to the size of saucers.

"My name is NOT wench. It's Kagome! Ka-go-me! Got that!?" Moving away, still not realizing she had just given the prince a free show, she turned to Sango. "Where is this Sesshomaru character, anyway?"

Ten minutes later found a very angry Sango, a very bruised Miroku, and a silent Kagome and Inuyasha dragging behind. The rain had stopped and the sun, giving up its last hold on the day, was reflecting through the droplets falling from the trees. The path they were walking on was more of a deer trail, but everyone except for Kagome seemed to know just where they were going. She was lost in her own memories, when for the second time that day she ran into Inuyasha. "We're here." That was all he said, as he pointed ahead to a small clearing.

Nothing seemed different to her, until she felt the tingling sensations on her arms intensify as she stepped closer.

"Stop."

Turning she looked at Miroku, who had a very sad look on his face. "If you go any further, you will not be allowed to turn back until what may happen has taken shape. A new world awaits you if you choose to continue, a world of mystery and danger. You may be hunted for what you are, but we will do our best to help you."

"Okay, Miroku, you sound like some old prophet from sci-fi or something."

He grinned at her and said, "I know. The new world part is true, but the rest... well that's just a load of bull I said for the fun of it."

Everyone rolled his or her eyes and Kagome laughed. Stepping forward, she felt something bend almost like she was walking into an alternate universe. The last thing she heard before a whirl of color swept her away was Inuyasha calling after her... "Pink panties just don't suit you!"

Sango looked over at the hanyou prince and glared. "You do know that subduing spell will work even in your world?"

"Shit!"

Kagome turned around to yell the word back at him, but all she saw was a swirling of blue and purple. She opened her mouth to scream, but no sound came out. In her terror she closed her eyes in a dead faint.

"Wonder what it is."

"Shippo, that is a pretty stupid question. It's a human of course. Any demon with half a sense of smell could tell you that!"

"Are you making fun of me?! You are the one who can't grow more than three pieces of hair!"

"That will all be fixed when I boil down the girl laying there and turn her into a potion for instant hair growth! BWHAHAHAHA!"

He's going to boil me? Kagome tried to stand but found herself a bit dizzy from her change of universe. Her eyes were still closed so all she saw was the continued swirling of blue and purple, purple and blue. For a moment she thought she saw a brief flash of red streak across the backs of her eyes, but it was gone. Coming back to reality, whichever one applied here, she focused in on the conversation that was quite literally being held over her head.

"....she's alive! You can't eat her. I think she looks nice."

"Shut up, shrimp! I can do as I please."

"Leave her alone, fatso!"

Kagome finally opened her eyes to see the strangest thing unfold before her. A small boy with a fluffy tail and his hair tied back to reveal pointed ears, jumped on a giant... thing, with three hairs sticking up from the top of it's head. The boy began to pound his little fists on the frog-like demon's head.

With a laugh the bully threw the boy, Shippo, I think that was the name I heard, to the ground and opened his mouth, preparing to kill.

"Stop!" Her voice echoed through the still forest. Causing a few crows among the trees to suddenly take flight.

His head turned towards the noise and his ugly features stretched into an evil smile. "Ha, my ingredient awakens. Would you prefer to be killed before or after you are put in the boiling water?"

Before she could even start to form a witty comeback, and get into position for a fight, a shadow fell over the ground of the clearing as a shape in red descended from the sky, hair flowing out behind him. Inuyasha landed with a small 'thump' and looked once at Kagome, sniffing in her direction.

"It's a good thing I don't smell her blood. Otherwise I would have to kill you very slowly."

"First a kitsune midget attacks me, trying to save the wench, and now a half breed."

"Hey! No one calls her wench, except for me!"

Kagome rolled her eyes skyward. Great way to protect my dignity there, Inuyasha.

"What are you doing in my land anyway, thunder demon." The way he said the last two words made the title seem demeaning.

"Well, dog, I was passing through on my way to the human world to collect some women for my potions, when I came upon that wonderful specimen. Move out of the way, I found her first, so I get to decide what to do with her." He seemed happy with his explanation, and happiness turned to glee when the one thing blocking his way to Kagome moved aside.

"Be my guest. It's not like I would want to eat her. She's all yours." Before the demon could start moving towards it's latest potion additive, the white haired man opened his mouth again, "There is one thing you may want to consider before mixing up your things yet."

"And that would be what?" The arrogant look was still visible on his face.

The Inu prince grinned, eyes cold. "She's miko." That was all he said, but the effect they had on the thunder demon's attitude was amazing. Emotions flashed across his face. From confusion, to recognition and then finally to utter fear.

Turning his back to Inuyasha, the demon bowed low to Kagome before calling down a cloud to ride away on.

Watching the sky until the idiot had left, the ebony haired girl turned to her savior and uttered a single syllable, "Sit."

Five minutes later found a disgruntled Inuyasha picking dirt out of his teeth. Sango and Miroku had shown up just in time to see their lord go crashing face first into the grass, and were still trying to calm their laughter. Kagome was speaking to Shippo, and thanking him for defending her.

"Feh! I put myself in danger's way and what do I get? I get sat! And the Kit, all he did was jump on that oversized frog and pound his little fists. Is the world just made to piss me off?" He crossed his arms over his chest and sat cross-legged on the ground.

Kagome almost smiled when she saw how he took her paying so little attention to him. "For one, Shippo does not look up my skirt and shout to the world that he doesn't think pink is my color, second, I could have handled it all by myself. And third," Inuyasha suddenly smelled a mixture of lavender, roses and something altogether her. "Thank you for trying to help." She pressed her lips to his cheek in a quick and innocent kiss.

Face red and back still turned to the rest of the company he simply shrugged and whispered, "Anytime," before jumping into the nearest tree to think.