Chapter 13 Strange Mood Swings

Just then a bright flash lit the darkened sky that somehow has escaped being noticed by anyone. A deafening roar of thunder could be heard right afterwards. Kagome turned off the TV unconsciously and turned her head to the kitchen as a whimper was issued. It was then that Kagome realized that her mouth was gaping widely from the sudden appearance of Kouga on TV.

Inuyasha soon caught Kouga's scent even with the down pour and jumped out of the slightly open back door to land some fifty feet away in the garden.

Kagome raced to the back door with Souta right behind her and bugging her for reasons only he knows.

As Kagome looked out, a faintly distinguishable tornado could be seen fast approaching. A snarled, "Damn that mangy wolf" could be heard through the steady patter of rain.

Kouga once again tried to use Inu's head as a stepping stone. He was in mid-air when Kagome finally lost it, Souta was simply too annoying. "SIT DOWN, SOUTA!" Kagome roared.

Right on cue, the rosary glowed brightly and pulled Inuyasha down, Now that the stepping stone was removed, there was nothing Kouga could do other than to land right behind where Inuyasha was standing a moment ago, and it just so happens that a sneaky-slippery mud puddle chose to be at that particular spot and time. Poor Kouga slipped helplessly while flailing his arms about trying to catch himself to no avail and landed on his back, his head banged hard on Inuyasha's foot earning him a growl while he himself splashed mud everywhere.

Watching the scene play out right before her eyes was simply too much to take, Kagome clutched the sliding screen and burst out laughing.

For once in their life, Kouga and Inuyasha found something to agree upon, both got to their feet to better glare at the one cause of all their conflicts. (Now you know just how much can change in the blink of an eye.) Although they were glaring on the outside at the oblivious girl, on the inside however, both were gaping stupidly at the reaction they got from the very person who had caused they little scene.

It was perhaps 5 minutes later that a groan was heard. Turned out that Kagome was still laughing, but at least clear headed enough to see what was to come up next.

Inuyasha and Kouga had somehow left the ever growing puddle of mud slightly behind them. As oblivious as ever, they continued to glare at Kagome even as two running figures appeared through the thick layer of rain.

"Kouga!" As Ginta yelled this somewhat breathlessly, he ran right into the large puddle. Like Kouga, he slipped and fell, except this time it was a tiny bit different. Instead of falling backwards, he fell face first into the mud and slid, due to momentum, right under Kouga's slightly parted legs. By then, Kagome has stopped laughing, she looked on with interest as Hakkaku did the same thing, other than being closer to Kouga when slipping, so he landed on top of Ginta, but still under Kouga's legs. Kagome gapped, having lost the ability to speak at the moment, as both Ginta and Hakkaku lifted their muddy face to say "hi" to her. Kouga was about to jump away when he was magically stunned and froze in place with legs slightly bent. Turned out it wasn't magic that froze the wolf, instead it was a puppy like Inuyasha. The Inu rolled in the mud while giggling wildly with all fours kicking and twitching with amusement. Now covered in mud, Inuyasha resembled a naughty little pup playing in the mud.

"Aww—" Kagome cooed, the Ginta & Hakkaku incident already forgotten. Kouga's response was different and in a way more composed.

"Wow, the mutt has really lost it." Through his own giggles, Inuyasha could hear clearly of what was being said, but that will just have to wait until later. Right now, he is simply in no place to ignore the immense need to laugh. Unknown to anyone (but us), Higurashi-san silently recorded the whole incident. It included Souta sitting in the rain looking from one figure to the other while gaping slightly at one point and giggling silently at another.

Sometime afterwards Inuyasha was still not in control of himself, everyone else b this time have all realized that they were soaked through. It was after the rain has stopped and a chilly wind blew across the garden that everyone outside stopped staring at Inu and found out what was going on with themselves. It was then that Kagome realized why Souta was bugging her earlier, apparently she had turned off the TV and still had the remote controller firmly grasped in her hand. The only problem was that the remote's now broken from too much rain. She mentally slapped herself for ruining the remote, but decided not to dwell on it since there really isn't anything she could do about it. Now they just have to find something thin and small enough to fit through the hole to turn on the TV. Although Inuyasha's claws looks very promising, the only problems were that Inuyasha wouldn't be very pleased with this and his claws were simply too sharp. If only papa is still here, he'd be able to fix anything. Kagome sighed dejectedly. The incredibly sad sigh had a miraculous effect on the now wiggling pup. Just as the sigh escaped, Inuyasha immediately jumped to his feet, giggles lost somewhere along the way. One giant leap took him to Kagome's side. He cocked his head while a worried expression found its way onto his face. As he stared Kouga's presence was made known to the scrutinizing Inuyasha and a peculiar shine appeared in his eyes.

Kouga's expression was a similar one. Both at this time only concentrated on finding out what was wrong with their 'might be' future mate that they ignored each other.

Kagome was shocked to say the least at the concern they were showing, but quickly got out of it. "I'm alright, it's just a memory." She smiled sweetly at the two and invited everyone in.

Seeing Kagome smile, both decided to glare at each other instead. Souta watched the scene play on with a "they are all crazy" expression on his face. He finally shook his head and went to find something to turn on the TV since he already realized that the remote is now broken.

A/N: I got another story up and it's open for flames! Not that this one isn't, but I would prefer it if you send them on that one. Well anyways, until next time.