Chapter 42: Mutt And Wolf Together

Kagome was sulking the next four days over 'it'. 'Its not real.' She thought. 'Its not real, he said he couldn't love me that way. He couldn't.' Inu Heki and Inuyasha were getting worried about her. She left that afternoon to a nearby hot spring without telling anyone.

She got in and tried to relax. After about 30minute she felt better, somewhat.

"I had a feeling you'd be here." Said a voice from a few trees away.

She growled. "Who are you?" She yelled, getting ready to strike.

"Do you have to ask?" He said and jumped towards another closer tree.

"Oh dad, its you. How long have you been there?" She said lowering her hand.

"Not long. Everyone was worried about you back home. I thought I might know where you were since you've been sulking for the past few days."

Her head lowered and she sighed. He jumped down and came over to her.

"You know I don't love you that way."

"I know. I keep telling myself that but it won't leave. No matter what I do."

'What can I do to help her?' "Do you love me? Is that why you can't get over it?"

"Of course not! Even if I did I couldn't mate you. If Inuyasha found out… he'd die! He says he'd love me but I know he wouldn't. That's the way he been since I met him, I doubt he'd change now. And-" She moved her ears behind her. Then her head and sniffed but found nothing. Her eyes narrowed. "Someone's here besides us." She whispered very low. Her father readied himself along with her. She brought her claws out. "Golden Blessing Whip!" She yelled and aimed at a branch.

Someone screamed as they fell out. It was a red blur. "What did you do that for bitch?" Inuyasha asked once he got out of the water. He shook like a dog.

"God Inuyasha! Do you have to scare me like that?"

"No, but first you go missing, then your father. What was I supposed to think?"

"Nothing! We're fine! And you would of landed harder if I sat you. Sometimes I would like to be alone. How come I can get it in The Modern Era but not here? I was just about to come back anyway. No offense dad."

"Its fine."

"You on the other hand are dead! Golden Blessing Whip!" She shot it at him and It skimmed his arm but the haori repaired itself. "You better be glad I did it easy, because I feel like ripping you in half! You could of at least not sneaked up on us!"

"Feh."

"I mean it Inuyasha, I'm not gonna fix you when I mess you up. You can heal on your own." She said and threw her whip at him again, this time he ducked. He rolled his eyes when he got up and they started to leave.

"No, wait! I'm sorry for what I said, don't leave please?"

They turned around and came back. They took their haoris off and got in with her. Her father sat closer to her this time, as well as Inuyasha.

"Thank you." She muttered sadly and sighed.

"Are you still worried about that darling?"

"Yea. I just wish my instincts would leave me alone. They're making it worse."

"Try the spell. It might make you feel better."

She said it and relaxed. "It sort of does. They're still there but weakened a lot."

Her father smiled. "Feel better?"

"Yea… but there's a weird feeling in my stomach. Its not like a sick feeling, but like… what I felt when your castle was on fire dad."

He raised a brow. "You felt my castle was on fire?"

"Not exactly. I felt someone I loved was in trouble. It feels like that but… I don't know."

"Maybe we should go check." Inuyasha suggested.

"I don't think it -" She groaned in pain.

Her father moved closer to her. "Are you all right?"

"Lets go check on them. I think this is the feeling I got."

The men headed back first and left Kagome to get dressed. She caught up with them at the castle. Nothing was wrong there.

"It can't be Sesshoumaru. I don't exactly love him, much less really care for him. That means… oh no."

"What?"

'My mother.' She mouthed and closed her eyes.

'Mom… Mom… can you hear me?… Mom!'

'What is it?'

'Is something wrong there?'

'No, why?'

'I have an awful feeling, like someone I love is hurt. Like a premonition. The only person I haven't checked is Sesshoumaru and I don't exactly love him.'

'There's nothing wrong here. I promise you.'

'Are you sure? Absolutely sure?'

It took a minute for her to reply.

'Yes. Nothing is wrong. I'm absolutely sure.'

'Ok.'

"Nothing's wrong there… Could it be Kouga?… He's probably just missing me at the most. He can take care of himself."

"Are you sure he can?"

"Yea, he has a mate. She can take care of him as well."

"I'm going to check on him Kagome. The wolf can sometimes get into more trouble than he's worth." Inuyasha said.

"Be careful Inuyasha. You better come back."

"I will." He said and ran off towards The Eastern Lands.

"If he doesn't come back soon, I'm going to get him."

"He will darling, he will don't worry."

"I'm sort of more worried that they'll fight. If I'm not there, they could easily blow the whole Eastern Lands off the map."

"We'll see soon darling."

The afternoon came and went. It was night already. Kagome had put Muteki to bed. She was sitting outside in front of her room, waiting for Inuyasha to return. Hoping he'd return. She heard someone come up behind her and she turned around. It was her father. He had his haori and armor off.

"Oh, its you." She said quietly.

"You should really be in bed Kagome." He said and sat down beside her.

"I can't. Not yet. I have to know if he made it."

"I know he did. He's got his father in him. He won't give up."

She smiled. "I know he won't. He'd come back to haunt me if I ever thought he would."

He chuckled. It was a full moon tonight. Kagome stared at it.

"Somehow, this seems all so fake. This world, these people, everything. Its like a dream… and one day I'll wake up in my bed and have to go to school again, I'll be single, have no children, I still won't know who my father is, and I'll be human." She said sweetly. "But yet it seems so real at the same time…." She gasped when she saw a figure run towards the castle. She ran towards it. It was Kouga.

"Kouga, where's Inuyasha?" She asked him. He was quiet.

"Where is he Kouga?!" She yelled.

He sighed. "Back at the den. I got into some trouble earlier and he showed up. He's wounded but-"

"Father, come with me please. You'll have to keep me together."

He took one leap and landed beside her.

"Come on Kouga, we're going."

They ran off towards the wolf den. Kagome started to cry on the way there.

"How bad is he?" She finally asked.

"He might not make it."

Her eyes widened and she ran faster than ever before, they had trouble keeping up. She arrived and ran behind the waterfall. There was a fire going near the wall. Inuyasha was sitting up against a rock, Ayame was next to him. She gasped when she saw him. His eyes were closed and she could hear his labored breathing.

She walked up to him. "Where is he hurt Ayame?"

"His chest… Its bad." She said and pulled off his haori carefully for Kagome to see. There was a hole in his chest. She could see his heart faintly and her eyes started to water. "Move Ayame." She said and kneeled down in front of him. Her hands started to glow as she moved them to the wound. He started breathing heavier then gasped when he was completely healed.

Kouga and Inu Heki arrived. Ayame looked at them and they came over to them.

"Oh Inuyasha!" Kagome cried when his eyes opened. She hugged him. "I thought you died!… Then Kouga… Why did you have to go? You almost died!"

"I know… I regret it… I'm sorry Kagome." He said and kissed her.

"Thank you Inuyasha. You saved our lives… I'm in debt to you." Kouga said.

"You used my name. Wow, you must be serious." Inuyasha told him.

Kouga growled.

"Ok, not now. If you two start fighting I'm dragging you, Kouga into a lake and you Inuyasha into another lake for a day! That'll make you both shut up."

"And I'll help her." Ayame said.

Kagome smiled at her. Ayame smiled back. "Kouga told me about the wish. I like you better this way Kagome."

"Thanks. I'm starting to regret making it on Inuyasha though. It might have been better if I left him a hanyou. I would have more control over him."

"Hey!" Inuyasha said hoarsely.

She rolled her eyes and shook her head. "Senmo Kengen Haburi Tenka."

"Hey! What's that for?"

"I'm going to carry you. You'll be lighter as a human baka. No buts in this one."

"You're not carrying me wench."

"Well I'm not levitating you. And you can't walk. Much less run."

He tried to get up. "Yes I can! Ufh!" He said and fell over.

"I'm carrying you."

"No you're not. You'll throw your back!"

"No I won't. give in and it'll go quicker. You want my dad to take you?"

"No, but-"

"No buts. Just hold onto my neck." She scooped him up and he held onto her neck. He muttered something about it being stupid that she had to carry him. "Thank you Kouga and Ayame for taking care of him."

"You're welcome Kagome. You two are always welcome here."

"Same for us. Thank you again, see you guys soon, come on dad."

They ran out of the den and started home. "You did some serious running Kagome when we came. You must really love Inuyasha. Me and Kouga couldn't keep up."

She looked at Inuyasha, he wasn't paying attention, then to her father. "I do. I loved him since the first day I met him Even though he won't admit it in public, he does as well."

"Do you feel any better Kagome?"

"Yea, I do. Thanks father."

"You're welcome."

'Please don't tell Inuyasha about earlier. He'll freak.'

'I won't.'

'Thanks.' "God Inuyasha. You've gained like 30 pounds in the past few months. What have you eaten?"

"Nothing unusual."

"Last time I carried you, you weighed a lot lighter. I swear you weigh heavier when you're human, I would of thought it was the other way around!"

"It is darling."

"Do you have bricks in you're haori or something?"

"NO!"

"Ges, don't get so pissy! You want to go back and stay with Kouga?"

"No."

"All right then… God, you're gonna have to fight more. This better be muscle!"

"I swear it is! We've been running a lot more lately and using our true forms too. Last time you carried me I was a hanyou!"

"I can't take this. Stop for a second dad." She said after a while. "Get on my back, just don't cling on yet."

"Why? Waa!" She transformed, he was sitting near her mane. "You can get on too dad, I don't mind." She barked.

He backed up and took on jump onto her back.

"Hang on you two." She barked and went full throttle. Inuyasha had a little trouble hanging on because he was human.

Shippo, Muteki, Sango, and Miroku were out in the courtyard when they arrived. Inu Heki jumped off.

"Inuyasha, I can't turn you back until I transform. You have to get off me." She barked when he wouldn't get off.

"I can't, its too high!" He said.

"Climb down my leg. I'll set you down then."

"I don't have my strength, I can't hang on!"

"Father, can you come get this wimp please?"

"Hey! I'm not a wimp!"

"I'll come get him." Inu Heki said and jumped onto her back again.

"You're acting like one."

He grabbed Inuyasha by the waist and jumped down again.

"Thank you father." She said once she had transformed. She said the spell.

"You're pitiful!"

"I'm not jumping 30' while I'm human! I'll kill myself. I'll do three times that now."

"Ok, want me to buck you in the air?"

"No!"

"Ok then!"

"What was that about Kagome?" Sango asked.

"Well this baka had to com scare the heck out of me in the hot spring and then run off to Kouga and almost get killed! You had a hole in your chest about the size of your head! I could see your heart! One wrong move and you would not be repairable by my hands! We'd have to get Sesshoumaru to fix you then, he probably wouldn't anyway! What were you thinking?"

"Protecting the wolf and his mate! He's pitiful now that he doesn't have his jewel shards."

"I know, he couldn't even keep with me! I wasn't even in my true form!"

"You were going pretty fast darling. You were going about as fast as you can in your true form."

"I was."

"That's why I asked you if you really loved him. We couldn't keep up with you."

'She really must love me. What she said earlier was true.'

Kagome picked up Muteki. "You've got to get to bed. We have a big day tomorrow."