"If you wanna stay alive, you dirty wolf, I'd get your hands offa her," Inuyasha said with a warning in his voice that had never been present before.

The hairs on the back of Kouga's neck stood on end. Something was off about the feel of the air around him. Still, his self-preservation instinct had never been too strong and he chose to ignore both the hanyou and his own senses in lieu of visiting with Kagome. It had been a while since he'd seen her and he missed her like crazy!

"Kagome! It's so wonderful to see my woman again. How have you been? That mutt taking care of you?"

Again a vicious growl vibrated through everyone and they all took a few steps back, except Kagome of course, who was still attached to the dense wolf.

"Kouga, I am not your woman," Kagome hissed, trying to extract her trapped hands.

"Yes you are, Love. You always will be. Just like I'm your man, forever."

The lovesick look in the wolf's eyes made the miko want to wretch. She glanced up at Sesshoumaru and began her struggle anew. She did not want to get in the middle of this.