Sorry for the late update guys! I've been weighed down at school by a zillion projects since I'm in advanced classes. I'm still working on a 8 pg research paper on Scottish Independence. Love the topic, hate the fact that it's a research paper because I keep on putting too much detail and stuff into it since I'm more of a fictional writer. Also have to learn Gaelic, geometry, chemistry.. BLAH. And I have to take a bunch of exams for some MSA (Missouri scholars association) because I'm in the top 10 of my class and they want to send me to some scholars college camp this summer. ROAR. My sincerest apologies!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha & crew or "duck and run" by 3 doors down. I also don't claim Patrick and Kat.

Duck & Run

Rescue

"Your tricky little WHAT?" yelled out an enraged Inuyasha as he cut down a little clearing around the three of them and stood there, panting out of rage. He locked and loaded right on Kouga.

Kouga remained hovering over Kagome, his breath coming in short subdued heaves as he looked over to Inuyasha and growled. Kagome took his moment of distraction to knee Kouga in the groin and watch him roll off of her so she could stand up and scramble towards Inuyasha.

Once she reached him she ducked behind him and sat on her knees, holding one of his legs nervously as she fidgeted. She felt a wave of nausea wash over her at the thought of what might have happened had Inuyasha not shown up. But she wasn't in the clear yet as she heard the two of them begin growling and yelling at each other.

Kouga shrugged nonchalantly and repeated his statement "She's MY tricky little mate." He smirked at the glowering Inuyasha and watched as the half demon looked down at Kagome quickly before looking back to him.

"Well, if she's your mate, that would have to mean you've mated with her. I don't find that too likely." Inuyasha snarled as he glared at Kouga, his hands curling into fists and digging his nails through to his palms. A few drops of blood trickled down his hands to hit the dirt of the field.

Now that she knew exactly what they were talking about she leapt to her feet, despite her shaking and yelled angrily "I did NOTHING of the sort and you KNOW that Kouga! HOW could you even SAY something like that!" She began to walk forward but was stopped by a silently fuming Inuyasha.

Before she could blink once more Inuyasha had Kouga pinned to the ground and was aggressively beating his face and was about to aim at his throat and crush it when Kouga flipped Inuyasha over so now the tables were turned. She heard more yelling from behind her and she looked around only to see Kouga's crew and Inuyasha's butting heads.

At a distance she could see Kat making the most progress, seeming as if she was the strongest out of them all. But soon Patrick was in on it too, and the two of them were fighting back to back so they couldn't be surprised. Yup, they were definitely a pair to be reckoned with.

Her eyes returned to the fight that was roiling in front of her. Now the two were standing, panting and growling as they glared at each other. Kouga rushed Inuyasha and shoved him yelling out "She's MINE!"

With a hint of surprise she heard Inuyasha's response to this, a fervent reply of passion "No she's not! She's MINE!" He didn't seem to hear her gasp and continued to watch until both were fairly beaten up.

Finally she decided they'd fought enough and she ran in between the two, barely dodging their punches for each other. She shoved a hand at both of them so they were both at an arms length to her and she ducked her head, growling out in her human way "STOP it! I've had enough!"

Both males continued to pant but didn't say anything for a while until Inuyasha had to interrupt "Let me finish him Kagome! I can't just let him get away with KIDNAPPING you!"

She turned and glared at Kouga who seemed worse off than Inuyasha and said in a low, deadly voice "Oh, I'm sure he's learned his lesson by now. Haven't you Kouga?" turned the deadly look into one with a threatening smile.

Just from seeing the look Kouga knew that there would be dire consequences if he didn't listen to his queen… So he nodded quickly and then spat at Inuyasha's feet, before smiling lovingly at Kagome, "Don't worry Kagome, next time I come for you I'll ask. Then we'll get away from dogbreath."

Both Kagome and Inuyasha shared exasperated sighs as they rolled their eyes and looked at each other. Kagome turned to Kouga once more and saluted him "Right oh, right oh. Whatever you say. Goodbye for now!" with that she simply turned and began walking away from the whole scene. She knew nobody could stop her this time.

"Hey, Kagome! Wait up!" Inuyasha raced up behind her, limping slightly from a wound on her leg and looked down at her. It took him a while before he could muster up the courage to be sensitive in his gruff way "You ok?"

The simple question about her well being lit her face up in a glow and she grabbed his hand timidly and squeezed it, leaning forward a bit to look up at his face and say quietly "Now that you came and saved me, yes, I am ok." With that she let go of his hand reluctantly, hoping her actions and words weren't overly-bold. She already missed the warmth of his large, rough hand in hers, and wished it could be the other way around. She wished that he had grabbed her own hand…

Amidst her daydreaming she didn't notice his blush and almost missed him grabbing for her hand if he had not had followed through with it. The two were blushing and looking anywhere but at each other. But after a few minutes they both heard rustling through the corn stalks and the rambunctious couple appeared, both panting and slightly flushed from their run. Inuyasha and Kagome instantly dropped each other's hands as if they were on fire and looked away, nervous that the pair had seen their small show of intimacy.

Patrick still had the slight look of insane anger brimming on his face and then he saw her and smiled brightly, sighing out in relief as he went up to Kagome and resumed to pick her up and swing her around happily. He was laughing loudly, "Thank GOD you're alright Kags! Thought that ass might have hurt you! And then WHOEVER would we get to sing the big show this Friday!"

Kat looked to see Inuyasha's reaction and smirked to herself as she sauntered over to him and leaned over to whisper next to his ear while Patrick bombarded Kagome with questions, "So, I take it you DO like her…" Her grin was almost as wolfish as Inuyasha's own when he was about to pound Kouga's head in… And she had no fangs!

"What! Wait, wait, wait, where did you get that from? What are you talking about, how do you know I like Ka…" he was stopped by her hand coming over his yelling mouth and suddenly realized with stunned eyes what he was about to declare. Of course, he had no recognition of yelling out how she'd been his earlier, so that didn't go into his equation.

"Well, I know now, don't I? Plus, the jealousy is obvious… You growl and become even MORE moody than usual when any male comes around her. Even Patrick, one of your closest friends, who you KNOW is being watched by me. You watch her all the time. You invite her to your house… Damn, you even spent last night with her, ALONE!" She smiled and shook her head, "I mean, if it's not obvious to her, then she's as oblivious as you are."

He looked down at his feet and mumbled out angrily, "It's not like anything happened anyways!" and to this Kat just laughed and finally dusted off her pants where some mud had caked when she'd been shoved into a puddle of mud. ((Wow, something interesting here, just tried to spell that Puddle of Mudd… Didn't realize why, and then realized.. ahh, band.))

Finally Inuyasha lost his patience with her and caught the end of Kagome and Patrick's conversation, with Kagome inquiring after the rest of their crew, "Hey, so what happened to everyone else? And how did you guys get away from the cops?"

Patrick smirked lightly and blushed a little, rubbing the back of his head and nervously said, "Well… You could say I have some interesting connections with the head cop, and you could say that she didn't feel like bringing those into light." He waved his hands when she tried to question more about it and smiled at her, giving her a friendly pat on the back, "Oh, don't worry about everyone else. Miroku and Sango were finishing up kicking ass, then Logan just went to 'guard the pizzas'. We all know that won't work for long."

Inuyasha burst into their conversation by shoving them some distance apart because having Patrick within a few feet of Kagome made him nervous as he stuttered, "Wait, so you ran into Veruca?" when Patrick started blushing and gave a quick nod Inuyasha burst out laughing "That is HILARIOUS! I remember when you were together, and all the embarrassing mistakes you made! Hah!"

Patrick glared momentarily at Inuyasha and then grabbed Kagome and Kat by the waists and started walking away, talking cheerily to them both, "We better get back to the house soon, or all the pizza Logan's guarding is gonna start calling his name!"

With a growl Inuyasha chased after them and starting plotting on how he'd get Kagome in his arms instead of Patrick's. How did the man do it? He just met her and she was already letting him get his hands all over her! He'd known Kagome longer and he liked Kagome more than Patrick did. Finally he swooped in and pulled Kagome away simply by her hand and dragged her to his car, "Come on guys, cops will probably be searching here soon, too."

Patrick smiled goofily down at Kat and gave her a big wink which only caused her to start laughing at his ridiculous gestures. They watched as Kagome was unceremoniously plopped into Inuyasha's car and watched him speed off with her. After a few minutes they watched Sango and Miroku leave as well and Patrick smiled wolfishly towards Kat and backed her against the car, pushing her hands above her head.

He continued smiling at her as he kissed her on her cheek. She blushed and smiled shyly before she turned her head away from him bashfully and started to bring her hands back down to push him away, "Come on, we've got to go before the cops get here."

He pushed her hair away from her face and kissed her again, this time below her left ear, "Nah, we don't… Plus, I have to check you over and make sure you're not injured." With that he buried his head in her neck, his hands intertwining in her hair and she threw her head back momentarily to close her eyes and relish the moment.

Before too long she realized her hands were free and she brought them down and pushed him away from her, "Patrick! Will you stop it! We need to go and I want to take a shower!" her voice came in a high pitched, frantic squeak as she continued to try and ignore his warm breath against her skin, his body that was mere inches away from her own, those soft yet crushing lips… She shook her head to clear it once more and pushed him away suddenly when she heard the distance sirens of the cop cars.

He gave off a little humanly growl before he shoved his hands into his pockets and cursed, digging frantically for his keys, "Damn woman! Got me distracted." He smiled broadly as she turned and glared fiercely and started to panic about going to jail. Soon he walked up to her and pressed his lips against hers to quiet her and then pulled her, stunned, into his car.

Once he leapt in himself and started it up they started to drive down streets on their way to Inuyasha's house. Both of them were silent for a while until Kat turned towards him and spat, "You know, you can't always charm your way out of situations! And distracting me when we're in such a dangerous situation, that's even worse!"

He shook his head and rested it on the steering wheel for a moment before he let himself take on a serious tone, "You enjoyed it though." His straight face was starting to crack before she hit him on the head and yelled a bit, making him drop the mask of seriousness altogether and laugh heartily "You did!"

"Uggh! You are SO impossible sometimes, you know that?" with that she gave a swift hmph and turned away from him to look out her mirror. He couldn't help but wear a smile the rest of the way, even with his girlfriend fuming beside him.

After about 15 minutes they reached Inuyasha's house and they both hopped out of his car with Kat rather angrily slamming her door shut. They made it up the porch stairs and let themselves in because they could hear the whole crew talking enthusiastically in the living room with the music on. When they entered the room, all eyes turned to them and Miroku was caught with his usual perverted smile on, "What took you so long? A little busy, eh?"

Of course, his comment was quickly followed by Sango hitting him harshly on the head and glaring at him, "Miroku! Be quiet!" this time she turned to them and gave Kat a questioning look. Then she realized how angry the girl was and how obnoxiously happy Patrick was, and could easily guess what had happened. She shook her head and held out a plate of pizza towards Kat, who gratefully came forward and took it before sitting down with a thump beside her on the couch.

Patrick's smile slowly faded as he looked around and almost started to pout, "Hey, where's MY pizza? I mean, I paid for almost half of it!" Naturally, he was joking but to his surprise Kagome took him seriously and had jumped up and was now holding out to him a plate of pizza. He took it even if he was a little suspicious and asked skeptically, "What'd you do to it?"

He watched as a flush grew on her face and she shook her head fervently, "I didn't do anything to it! I just thought we should keep some for you since you helped save my butt… I've never had so many people risk themselves for my safety." She ducked her head and it was then that he realized she was serious.

He gave a weak smile and looked down, almost feeling the need to break down. He'd never had anybody actually care for him and take him seriously besides Kat. He gave her one radiant smile as he tore into the pizza and talked with it in his mouth, "Thank you so much! And no problem, just being a friend!"

That brought a smile to Kagome's face as she cheerily bounced over to where Inuyasha sat and took a place beside him. He raised his eyebrows and she just shrugged, whispering to him, "I just thought he needed something like that. Seems like you guys don't take him seriously enough."

"Feh, he's fine." He took another bite out of his pizza before he stood up and faked a yawn, "Alright, anybody who's going, go. If you're staying, stay, but be quiet!" and with that he left the living room and could be heard walking up the stairs, into his room, and partially slamming the door.

"Umm… What was that about? Did I do something wrong?" Kagome looked around to all of his friends that stood staring where Inuyasha had last been seen, before they all looked to her with unsurprised looks.

Logan was the first to talk as he said calmly, "He's probably just throwing one of his usual temper-tantrums. Well, I'm heading out. I need to go to work early tomorrow morning. See you guys." He promptly stood up and walked out of the house and was soon pulling out of the driveway with his car.

Patrick laughed nervously and ran his hand through his hair, "Guess I'm the party pooper tonight, eh? So, Kat, you want to stay or go?"

"I think we should head out. I'm sure my dad is about to have a conniption. See you guys!" she grabbed Patrick's hand and he wrapped his arm around her shoulders and they both waved over their shoulders and walked out of the house and drove off.

Kagome clapped her hands together awkwardly and looked at Sango and Miroku, "Guess it's just us, eh? How about a movie? I bet he has some in here." She began to rummage through his movies and finally pulled out a comedy and put it into the dvd player.

And then they sat down and watched about 15 minutes of it before Miroku got up awkwardly, "Well, umm… I'm going to go have a talk with Inuyasha. Night girls."

"Soooo…." They both said at once and looked about anywhere but at each other, both having nothing at all to say…

Sorry again about the wait you guys! I'll try and get another chapter up this weekend!

How ever many review you want to give me is good.

Tinkies: YAY! You got it right! Finally! Huzzah!

Pay Backs a Bitch: Hahah, yes I did think you were the type to google it. You should watch that movie, it's my #1.

Black Parade: I'm sure kouga will die… Eventually. Heheheh

Topazchick08: Thankyuuu.. hope you didn't lose interest with the story.

TurtleHugs: yes, kouga is infinitely stupid. But we all already knew that, didn't we?

Marufan: Yup, Inuyasha beat the shit out of kouga.

Ssjo4 mewtwo: Yup, he got what he deserved!

Crimson2006: Thank you! blush Sorry if this one isn't as good as the last, it's just my brain has been FRIED. Research papers can do that.

Inuyasha1818: heh.. sorry! Blame it on the teachers that decided to give us research papers!

To this world I'm unimportant Just because I have nothing to give. So you call this your free country, Tell me why it cost so much to live, Tell me why. This world can turn me down But I won't turn away, oh no I won't turn around. All my work and endless measures. Never seem to get me very far, Walk a mile just to move an inch Now even though I'm trying so damn hard I'm trying so hard. This world can turn me down but I Won't turn away, And I won't duck and run, cause I'm not built that way. When everything is gone there is Nothing there to fear. This world cannot bring me down, No cause I'm already here, oh no! I am already here, Down on my knees, I am already here, on no, I am Already here. I must have told you a thousand times, I am not running away. I won't duck and run I won't duck and run I won't duck and run No pass away. This world can turn me down but I Won't turn away And I won't duck and run, cause I'm not built that way. When everything is gone There is nothing there to fear. This world cannot bring me down No cause I'm already here. This world can turn me down. But I won't turn away, And I won't duck away Cause I'm not built that way. When everything is gone there Is nothing there to fear. This world cannot bring me down, No cause I'm already here.