"Koga! Hey, Koga! Please...Wait up!" called Ginta, running as fast as he could.
"Yer, Koga! Remember we're not as fast as you!" moaned Hakkaku, who was running just behind his companion.
Koga, the Okami Yokai, snorted. If it wasn't for these two idiotic chumps, he would have been with his beloved Kagome by now. Although he had to hand it to them, they were always there when he needed them.
"I'm gonna meet you guys there. Your too slow!" he replied, then ran off in a funnel of wind.
"Oh, geez!" Ginta sighed "I don't know why he even bothers. Kagome's only gonna turn him down, and Inuyasha will have another fight with him!"
"Yer but you know boss. He ain't got the brains to figure out that she likes Inuyasha and not him!" replied Hakkaku.
And they were right. No matter how many times Koga had tried to seduce Kagome she always turnt him down. The reason being "Now isn't a good time" or "Koga i love you as a friend. Nothing more.". At times it was funny to watch the cocky prince get knocked off his throne but it was never a pretty sight once Kagome was gone. Normally they took the brunt of his anger. They had tryed thousands of times to tell him to move on, but would he listen?
"Wait for me Kagome. I'll save you from that stupid mutt! You will me my mate, even if i have to kill dog-breath..." he thought.
Just as he ran through a small village he had to stop. Something about what some old farmers were talking about caught his attention.
"...I heard she got atacked." said one old man.
"Yer, that darm Hanyou got her good this time." said another.
"I hear Lady Kagome is lucky to be alive!" chirped a third farmer.
"Hanyou? Lady Kagome? Lucky to be alive?!"
That was all Koga needed to hear. Using the Shikon shards in his legs to full power, he raced towards the old Miko, Kaede's hut.
"I'm gonna kill that mangy mutt! How dare he hurt my woman!" he roared in his mind.
As usual Koga had missed the most important part. It was just the way he delt with things. He would listen to the begining but never the end, or vise versa and he almost always got the wrong idea. Just as the Okami Yokai sped off, an old man revealed just what Hanyou they were talking about.
"I sure hope they get rid of Naraku soon. If he was to attack us like he did Lady Kagome, there is no hope left! I'm just greatfull she's a Miko. A blast like that would have killed any normal human.."
In Kaede's village, in a clearing not far from the old Miko's hut, the group sat enjoying the peaceful day. Sango and Miroku where having a quiet talk on what to do about Kauri. First they thought about hunting her down and forcing her to change Kagome back, but then there was the small problem of how vunerable Kagome would be. If Naraku was to show up he could destroy her with a flick of his evil wrist. Busy having fun, Shippo was running around with Kirara hot on his tail playing a game of tag that Kagome had taught him. Ever since then it had become his and Kirara's favourite game. Inuyasha was sat with Kagome under a blossom tree, he felt guilty for getting use to the new Kagome. He frequently had to remind himself that she would be changing back soon. She looked so depressed. He couldn't make up his mind on weither it was because she missed her mother, in her mind Mai would have not long ago died, the things she had to put up with from her father or because she was in a strange place with people she didn't know. Well except Sango who she still thought to be Mai. That was another thing he was going to have to talk to her about. It wasn't fair for Sango to keep pretending to be someone she knew nothing about and it wasn't fair to Kagome to keep lying to her. As he sat there he watched as she fiddled with the ends of her kimono.
"You okay, Kagome?" asked Inuyasha suddenly, making her jump.
Keeping her head down, she nodded and continued her fiddling. Sighing he tryed making conversation with her.
"So...Is there anything you would like to do?" he asked, scratching his left ear.
In reply she shook her head. Though she did sneak a peek at his ears. That seemed to be one main thing that hadn't changed. She still loved his ears. Catching her glance, he made them twitch in hopes of making her laugh, or at least smile. Nothing. This was getting him no where and fast. He had to get her to do more. He knew her mother said she was completely different when she was younger but he had no idea it would be this bad. Kagome always had her head down and very rarly wore a smile and never seemed to talk. She never laughed nor gave off that happy aura. Instead she permently looked sad, almost distant, as if her mind was somewhere else.
"Look, your gonna have to say something sooner or later! Why won't you talk to me?" he asked, letting his temper get the better of him.
Kagome whipped her head around to face him. Again she had such terror in her eyes. The little whimper she gave at his tone of voice prooved it. Realising what he had done, he pulled her onto his lap which caused her to "Eeep".
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like that. What i ment to say was that you can trust me, Kagome." he said kindly, raking his claws softly in her raven hair.
"Okay." she mummbled.
Okay, so it wasn't alot, but at least she was actually talking to him. Wracking his brain for something he knew his Kagome liked, he unconciously rubbed his thump over her hand. Kagome stared down at her hand, she had never had someone touch her with such love, other than her mother and Mai. Feeling the stinging sensation at the back of her eyes she threw herself into his chest and rapped her hands in his kimono.
"Kagome?" he asked, startled by her sudden movement.
The scent of of tears hit his nose before the sound of her cries reached his ears. A wave of guilt washed over him. Continuing with is stroking to her head he used his other hand to rub her back slowly, to calm her. Miroku and Sango looked over at the pair. They would have never guess that their Hanyou friend was so good with children. With what they saw with Shippo, they hated going near villages with tones of small kids. But this side of Inuyasha was pleasant to watch. Kagome had stopped crying and was now stood infront of Inuyasha, rubbing her eyes. She wore a tiny pout, which caused him to chuckle. Wiping stray tears away, he then kissed her forehead. A light blush formed on her cheeks, along with a smile.
"Yes! I really got her to smile!" he thought, a large grin plastered on his hansome features.
"It really is a shame he can't be like this all the time." stated Sango, leaning against Miroku.
Fighing the urge to let his hands wander, he closed his eyes tightly. He was a Houshi for goodness sake. And Houshi's don't do this sort of thing!
"I..I can't stop them!! They've got a mind of their own!!" he thought.
As expected, the Houshi's hands wandered to Sango's bum. As he got a handful a content, yet peverted smile flashed across his face. Just as Kagome looked up she got a good veiw of Sango slapping Miroku. She also heard the yells that followed shortly after. Scared at the sudden violence, she ran.
"Kagome!" hollered Inuyasha "Kagome, come back!"
She either didn't hear him or she was completely ignoring him as she carried on running as fast as her short legs could take her. She had no idea where she was going, but at that point in time she didn't care.
"Great! Now lok what you've gone and done!" barked Inuyasha at Miroku and Sango.
Running after the frightened girl Inuyasha left camp. Sango shot a worried glance at Miroku.
"I...I never ment to scare her.." Sango said, her eyes welling up with tears.
"I know, Sango my dear, I know." replied Miroku, pulling her into a comforting embrace, and this time keeping his hands in respectible places "If only i managed to do that earlier. Then Kagome wouldn't have ran off."
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