A/N: Long time no see! ((Well, not really but lol XD)) I hope you enjoy this chapter! Disclaimers and thanks to reviewers!
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Kagome ran her hand through her hair as the possessive growl behind her rang through the air for the fifth time that morning as they attempted to get on the plane to go home. "Inuyasha," she warned, glaring over her shoulder at him as he stepped through the detector. "The only reason I haven't gone on by myself is because I'm sitting by you anyways."
"…keh," the hanyou muttered, stepping through the metal detector and to Kagome's side, eyes darting around, narrowing warningly at a demon's who's eyes had drifted to 'his woman's' body. The demon looked away immediately with an annoyed growl. "Just protecting you, wench."
"I can protect myself," she retorted.
"Sure you can," Inuyasha said sarcastically, following the girl onto the plane that awaited them, flicking a lock of black hair over his shoulder. He'd been forced to re-dye his usually silver hair and hide his ears beneath a hat once again.
"I can," Kagome snapped, reaching over and smacking the back of his head. A flight attendant shot her a look and she flushed, turning away, murmuring, "I'm not stupid. I'll just…get Jakotsu."
"Oh, hell no," Inuyasha raged, glaring death at her. "Don't you dare pull that bastard into this."
"Oh come on, he's not that bad," Kagome said, smirking evilly. "Jak's adorable in a puppy dog kind of way."
He glared.
"Okay, okay, not a puppy dog kind of way, a kitty kind of way…"
"…just shut up," Inuyasha sighed, flopping into his seat on the plane. "You're making it worse for yourself. I can't wait to see what Sesshomaru does when I tell him."
Kagome sat beside him in her seat, glowering at him. "Don't you dare."
Inuyasha smirked. "Keh."
"Kagome-Chan?"
Kagome blinked in surprise, looking up in surprise to see a surprised man standing before her. "Do I know you?"
Inuyasha's ears swiveled beneath his hat and he turned his head to watch suspiciously. "Who the hell are you?" he barked out, glaring dangerously at the human.
The man smiled. "Kagome-Chan, don't you remember? It's me, Hojo."
Kagome stared blankly at him. "Nope."
Inuyasha narrowed his eyes.
Hojo frowned, saying, "I was friends with you, Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi."
"She has memory loss," Inuyasha supplied 'helpfully'.
Kagome scowled at the hanyou, concentrating on the fuzzy feeling she felt in her head. It was making her head hurt. "Sort of. I remember a little bit, not much though."
The hanyou at her side scowled. "That's great," Hojo said, beaming at the young woman. "Even though you don't remember me, it's nice to see you again!"
She smiled in return, saying, "I guess so…so where are you heading for, Hojo-kun?"
"Japan, again," Hojo replied, "I travel a lot for my job."
"That's interesting. Where's your seat?" Kagome asked curiously.
The human checked his ticket and then beamed at her again. Inuyasha groaned silently, burying his face in his hands. No, no, no….
"Guess I'm sitting beside you and your friend," Hojo said, sliding into his seat.
Inuyasha bared his fangs at nothing as the two began to chat.
~~OO~~II~~OO~~
Sango cringed in pain, giving her stomach a pat and a pained smile. "Damn, kids, you're stronger then you look."
Miroku glanced over his shoulder from where he was typing away on the computer at his pregnant wife. "You okay, Sango?"
Sango nodded. "Yes, they're just kicking."
He narrowed his eyes and she held her hands up. "I promise, I haven't gone into labor, you idiot."
Miroku turned back to the computer. "If you're sure…" he trailed off, typing furiously with a furrowed brow as he said, "Where the hell are Sesshomaru and Rin?"
"They went-" Sango cut off with a hiss, glaring at her swollen belly. "Damn it!" She cursed. "Stop it!"
"Sango," Miroku said gently, moving his chair over to her and gently touching her arm. "Are you sure you're okay? Maybe we should go to the hospital and get you checked out."
"I'm fine," Sango said stubbornly, shaking her head. "I don't need to go to the hospital." She cringed and Miroku snapped.
He stood, eyes and voice firm as he said, "Come on, Sango, we're going."
"No!"
"Fine then, I'll carry you. SHIPPO!"
The demon fox came running, confused. "What's wrong?"
"Be good for the maids, alright?" Miroku ignored Sango's furious complaints as he scooped up his wife. "I'm taking Sango to the hospital so they can check on her-"
Sango yelped, curling over herself with a pained look.
"-and the babies. I don't know when we'll be back," Miroku finished.
"Okay, I'll be good," Shippo promised with a nod, then turned and darted out of the room.
"Come on," Miroku said, staggering towards the front door. "Let's go."
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Kill him; he's hitting on our mate!
She's not our mate!
Yet.
Yet, Inuyasha agreed, running a hand down his face.
The hanyou, for the last three hours, had been arguing with his demon side as Kagome ignored him, continuing to talk with the old friend of hers. Ignoring him. Not very good for a dog demon, who relied on the attention of their woman to keep them in check.
Mark her. Now. He can't stop you.
It'll hurt her; possibly kill her, if I do it without her permission!
It might not.
I CAN'T! The human will call for the youkai security on the plane, damn it!
So? They won't arrest you or anything if I'm in control.
NO! If I mark her, I'll be the one to do it.
And of course, the human side had to add, the demon has a point.
"Sir?"
Kagome looked over her shoulder in confusion as a flight attendant –a youkai– spoke, surprised to see she was speaking to a furious looking Inuyasha, whose claws had buried themselves into the seat he sat in.
Inuyasha didn't move, silently growling to himself.
Shut up, you idiot! I won't let him! Kagome needs to cooperate! Or it could KILL HER and we might not get to have her!
But she's right beside us. She can't go anywhere. It's a safe place.
Just do it already. I want him to shut up.
Shut up, the demon and hanyou said together, mentally glaring at the human side.
No, the hanyou said firmly, clenching his jaw.
DO IT!
"Sir, I insist you remove your claws from the seat. Or you'll have to pay for the damage."
"OH SHUT UP!" The half-demon suddenly snarled at her, his eyes snapping up to glare furiously at her. "Or so help me, I will fucking shut this company down!"
"INUYASHA!" Kagome gaped, exasperated as she turned away from Hojo to glare at him. "What's wrong with you!"
Inuyasha recoiled away, his eyes almost feral as he bared his fangs at her.
The attendants face paled and she fearfully bowed, gasping, "I apologize, Mr. Takahashi, please forgive me! I was not aware it was you."
Inuyasha waved her off, returning to glare at the back of the seat in front of him. "Get lost."
Kagome roughly hit the back of his head. "What's your problem? She's just trying to keep the plane nice!"
Inuyasha caught her wrist, nostrils flaring in fury as his demon side became ecstatic.
Mark her! At least place the Mark of Intent on her!
"NO!" Inuyasha roared out loud.
The plane went silent, almost every person turning to look at the raging half-demon curiously.
Inuyasha had his head buried in his hands, breathing heavy as he growled out, "Kagome, get away from me." His tone was raspy, slightly clipped as his fangs elongated. "Just get the hell away from me," he repeated, screwing his eyes shut.
Kagome, bewildered, ignored him, gently touching his shoulder while glaring at everyone until they returned to what they'd been doing. "Inuyasha, what's wrong?" she murmured, rubbing his back as he recoiled again. "Tell me."
Do it! She's close enough! She won't object!
NO! I can't! She'll hate me!
Just do it, or I'll help the youkai.
Damn it, I said NO!
She's so close, the demon practically crooned with a whimper, attempting to take control once again. Inuyasha's arms twitched, but he fought back furiously, growling.
No. Not to her. Not until her memories are back.
Tell her everything so that she remembers.
Can't, gotta...damn it, no, no, NO!
Kagome –and Hojo– stared in surprise at Inuyasha, whose red eyes gleamed angrily as he grabbed her wrist, burying his fangs into it as much as he could.
Kagome frowned. She didn't feel anything, even as blood dripped down her arm. "Inuyasha, what are you doing!" She demanded, attempting to take her wrist back.
He didn't budge, leaving his fangs in her wrist as he warning growled.
Kagome frowned, a fuzzy image making its way into her mind. Red eyes, violet stripes. Towering over her…Miroku yelling at her to go…the building exploding…
Kagome shook her head as she felt him release her wrist, eyes becoming gold once again. Just as the youkai security appeared, eyes narrowed.
"Damn it," Inuyasha croaked, throwing her wrist away, his fangs shrinking. He slammed his hand against his face, giving a snarl. "No, no, no, no," he continued to repeat.
"Ma'am?" A female youkai said gently, having moved Hojo into the aisle to get to Kagome, who sat between the two. "Are you alright?"
Kagome nodded, looking at the blood that dripped down her arm. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just kind of confused."
The youkai blinked, offering a hand. Then her eyes dawned with understanding. "Ah, I see. Leave him alone, he's fine," she ordered, "We'll just clean off the blood when we get to Japan. Come along, miss, we'll get your arm cleaned up."
"It's healed," Kagome said out loud, confused.
"Yes," the youkai said, amused as she led Kagome to the front of the plane, where the nicer bathrooms were. "I know, let's just clean off the blood."
Inuyasha stared after them, eyes full of horror and fury.
DAMN IT! I'M GOING TO GET HER AND I KILLED! SANGO WILL COME AFTER US! SESSHOMARU WILL MURDER ME! WHAT'S YOUR FUCKING PROBLEM!
Ours, the demon crooned in approval, all ours now. The human can't get near her. That bastard demon can't get near her. All ours.
…what?
Magatsuhi, the human explained. You're the hanyou, you should know this. You marked her; he can't touch her without getting burned.
It's not a complete Mate Mark.
Mark of Intent protects her.
Seriously!?
Of course.
A grin spread across Inuyasha's face. Kagome…she was safe now. She couldn't be harmed!
Why didn't you say anything?!
Thought you knew.
…idiot.
Meanwhile, Kagome had stepped out of the bathroom, the female youkai smiling knowingly, but refusing to answer her questions.
"Kagome-Chan?"
"Hojo-Kun," Kagome greeted with an apologetic smile. "Sorry about Inuyasha, I don't know what got into him."
Hojo offered a hand to lead her back to her seat. "That's alright. No worries. You alright?"
"Yes," Kagome said, smiling as she placed her hand in his.
And then Hojo cursed, ripping his hand away while, shaking it to clear it of pain. Kagome looked at him, bewildered. "What's wrong?"
The female youkai officer snickered. "The Mark of Intent keeps away other males," she said, explaining. "Nobody but Mr. Takahashi may touch you. Or family."
Kagome blinked, saying, "No, that's not possible. He won't do that. There's no way." She whirled around to face another officer, who was keeping an eye on a narrow eyed youkai. "Sir? Could you come here, please?"
The officer shook his head, wary. "No way. I'd rather not die today."
"See?" The female youkai said with a grin. "There's no possible way."
Kagome glared at her and then began storming back to Inuyasha, her eyes snapping furiously. "INUYASHA!"
The hanyou recoiled in his seat, blood still remaining on his chin and fangs. "Kagome, I-"
"I'm going to kill you," Kagome said darkly, her eyes flashing, "I'm going to freaking murder you in your sleep."
"Kagome, I didn't mean to!" Inuyasha protested, recoiling further, his hands fisting in his hair. "It's not my fault!"
Kagome paused. "I think it is. There's proof," she waved at the blood on him.
Inuyasha shook his head. "No, not my fault," he pleaded, "Please, Kagome, I swear I didn't mean to! I'm sorry!"
Kagome glared furiously at him, tempted to beat him silly. "I don't know what you did, but you're so lucky I don't tell Souta and Amber."
Inuyasha took a breath then choked out, "My demon side."
"…what?"
"My demon side took over," Inuyasha protested, "It was him. He marked you. He said it would keep you safe and keep you as mine."
"I'm not anyone's!"
"I told him not to. The human didn't help my situation; it distracted me from my control."
"…you're going crazy," Kagome determined, sitting in her seat once again. "Now I have to deal with you alone. No way is Hojo sitting beside me anymore. And we've got a long time before we get home."
Inuyasha just sighed, turning his face away to smirk as he mentally beat up his demon side. At least she couldn't go more than thirty feet from him without freaking out.
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Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiing!
Miroku flipped his phone open, tiredly saying, "Hey."
"Oi, is Sessh there? He didn't answer his phone."
"Nope. Took Rin to check in with Kimi-Sama on whether or not she'd gotten to Magatsuhi yet." Miroku replied, giving a groan as he straightened. "What do you need?"
"A demon and some serious information on the Mark of Intent?"
Miroku said, "What did you do now, Inuyasha?"
"I may or may not have marked Kagome with the Mark of Intent."
"…damn, Inuyasha."
"I know, but it's not my fault. My demon side took over and made me. At least I wasn't arrested?"
"True. Okay, let's see…" Miroku, using his IPhone searched up some information on the said Mark. "It says that the Mark of Intent is used to Mark someone that a demon or half-demon intends to mate. It lets youkai and hanyous know that the person is taken. If someone attempts to touch them while having intentions on courting this person, they'll be severely burnt by the demon's aura. It also doesn't allow the Marked person to go very far from the demon or hanyou."
"…Kagome's going to kill me."
"Pretty much." Miroku put the phone to his ear again, watching as doctors and nurses ran by with a hospital bed, yelling.
"Where are you? That's a lot of noise."
"Yeah, I'm at the hospital," Miroku muttered, closing his eyes. "Sango started having bad pains so I brought her here. Turns out she went into labor a month earlier than planned and had to have surgery. I'm not allowed in," he choked out, burying his face in one hand.
"Damn…I'm sorry I'm not there, Miroku," Inuyasha's voice said softly, "You and Sango don't deserve this."
"Where are you, anyways? Shouldn't you be on your way here?" the man asked.
"I am. Kagome's here sleeping while we wait for a plane from Kyoto to Tokyo. Are you going to be with the others there? We'll be home in just a few hours…"
"No, probably not. Sorry, Yash," Miroku said apologetically. "I need to be here in case something happens to Sango."
"That's okay, Roku. I'll drag Kagome along to come see you when we get there."
"Think she'll remember us by then?" Miroku joked.
"I really hope so, Miroku, I really hope so."
~OO~~II~~OO~~
"Thank KAMI we're almost home!" Kagome exclaimed, shooting the hanyou beside her a scathing look. "I cannot WAIT to get away from you!"
Inuyasha hid a smirk, having gotten over his guilt the moment Miroku had told him about the Mark he'd placed on Kagome without meaning to. "Keh. Good luck with that wench. You're not getting very far; you do realize that, right?
"Oh, shut up. I'll enjoy my freedom, thanks." Kagome retorted, giving his arm a good natured swat. "Anyways, you need to- OH! LOOK! WE'RE LANDING!" She quickly strapped herself in and Inuyasha did as well, chuckling.
"You won't get to see Miroku and Sango," he told her. "Turns out Sango went into labor and needs to have surgery. We're going to stop by the hospital though, alright?"
Kagome's eyes saddened. "Poor Sango-Chan and Miroku-Sama…" she murmured.
After the plane had landed, and the duo were out and in the airport, Inuyasha began sniffing the air, grinning as he caught the familiar scent of a kitsune that came flying out of nowhere, tackling Kagome.
"KAGOME!" Shippo shrieked, hugging her. "YOU CAME BACK! YOU CAME BACK AND WE MISSED YOU AND I'M SORRY AND I DIDN'T MEAN TO SCARE YOU OFF AND SORRY THAT I HURT YOUR FEELINGS!" He wailed.
Sesshomaru and Rin appeared and Inuyasha waved lazily at them, not taking his eyes off of Kagome.
Then all three of the adults froze as Kagome suddenly said softly, "Shippo."
"I thought you said she didn't remember!" Rin snapped, whirling on Inuyasha.
"She didn't!" Inuyasha said, slightly hurt, but mostly confused. "I swear!"
"I don't," Kagome butted in, voice soft. "The name just popped up in my head. I'm Kagome Higurashi," she introduced, turning to Rin with Shippo still hugging her neck. "But I guess you already know me, huh?"
Rin's eyes softened and she said, "It's nice to see you again, Kagome. You don't remember me though, kind of sad…anyways, call me Rin. This is my mate, Sesshomaru."
Kagome smiled warily at Sesshomaru. "Nice to meet you…well, again."
Rin laughed, nodding happily. "We've all been worried about you. Sango was excited that she'd get to see you again, but…"
"That's okay," Inuyasha interrupted, "we're going to go stop by the hospital and see Miroku and check out how she's doing."
Kagome looked at him with a sharp look. "Excuse me?"
"I told you," he replied calmly, smiling almost evilly. "We're going to see Miroku."
Meanwhile, Sesshomaru growled softly, catching his mate's attention. "Sessh?" She murmured, glancing up at him.
Sesshomaru growled again, this time the sound echoing around and silencing the bickering 'couple'. "Inuyasha," he snarled. "What did you do?!"
Inuyasha winced, going still. "Err, you smelled it I take?"
"Of course I did," he retorted. "You do realize that there is a reason that that is illegal, correct?"
Inuyasha's face paled. "What?!"
Kagome looked between the two. "What's wrong?"
Sesshomaru held out his hand, expression stony as he glared at his brother. "Woman, give me your wrist."
"My name's Kagome," Kagome retorted, but placed her hand in his. The youkai flipped it, examining the inside of her wrist that held the family mark. "And what happened!"
Rin's face paled, and she shot the dirtiest look ever at Inuyasha, eyes narrowed. "WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM!?" She shrieked. "Do you know how much trouble you could get in for this!?"
"Hey! It's not my fault!" Inuyasha snarled back, growling furiously at his sister-in-law. "My damn human side was being a bastard and helped my demon blood rise to the surface on the plane!"
Sesshomaru released Kagome's wrist, wincing slightly at the burn marks that –though healing- stung. "So it was the demon? Woman, is this correct?"
"Kagome!" Said woman yelled, then said, "His eyes turned red, so I guess so."
Shippo looked around, still hugging Kagome, in confusion. "What's so wrong with him Marking Kagome? Doesn't that make them mates now?"
"That's a different Mark, Shippo," Rin answered.
"Oh."
And then Inuyasha's phone rang, startling everyone. Inuyasha sighed, lifting it up to his mouth, taking off his hat. "Yo."
"Inuyasha." Miroku's voice croaked his tone cracking.
"What's wrong?" Inuyasha demanded, his eyes narrowing. "Everything okay? Does Sesshomaru need to go in?" he offered, ignoring his half-brother's furious look."
"No." Miroku gave a shaky sigh, and then said, "The surgery didn't go well. The twins are alright, but…"
"BUT WHAT?!" Inuyasha snarled, patience gone.
"It' Sango. She's in the ICU."
A/N: Muhahahahahahahahahahahaha! Kagome has yet to know about the Mark of Intent, Sango's in the ICU, what next?!
Anyhow. XD Hope you enjoyed this chapter!