I am soooo sorry for the delay in chapters…I've been kinda stuck on this story.

~Kagome POV~

I have never seen InuYasha so pissed off before. I mean sure, he's always been a hot head and had a bit of temper but never like this, with pure rage. What made it worse was on how much more intimidating he was now that he's changed so much. He was a few inches taller than Alex, and let me tell you…that Romanian was tall. InuYasha's body was stacked with muscles, he's fire rat kimono couldn't hide it anymore. His face was no longer the boyish one I remembered. No, he was strikingly handsome, his features chiseled in masculine perfection. It was doing something funny to my senses to be near him but I fought against it. I wouldn't let his animalistic sexuality get the better of me.

"InuYasha put me down you ass!" I screamed at him…oh I was so close to purifying his dog ears right off!

I couldn't believe that after all my years of training I still couldn't best him…and the fact that he was able to overpower Alex without even breaking a sweat was freighting. Just how much did he change? He was obviously stronger now; it didn't take a genius to see that. I thought I was going to have to advantage once I got back….but oh no…he just had to go all steroid demon on me…shit.

He finally threw me down on a patch of grass by a clearing that had a fire blazing and several sleeping blankets. He took me to their camp.

I crept away from him as he crouched down in front of me and dragged me back by my ankle. I was about to kick him in the face but he must have seen that coming because he snarled at me viciously.

"Don't even think about it Kagome. I've taken one too many kicks from you today so you will stop acting like a little hellcat" he said as he pulled me into his embrace. I froze when I felt his nose on my neck inhaling deeply.

"You smell like that bastard Kagome" he said in a low deadly whisper that made me gulp "I'm gonna have to fix that…aren't I?" What was he doing and why the hell wasn't I fighting it? My body felt like I was flushed with a fever all of the sudden. Having him so close to me was making my head swim and my insides clench. Gods I missed him. I missed his silvery hair, thick and soft. I missed his cute dog ears that twitched so adorably. I missed his deep gruff voice and I missed his golden beautiful eyes to most. His scent was pure male and it was speaking to a very feminine part of me, making me want to rub myself against his hard strong body.

"S-st-stop" I stuttered as he licked my neck and nipped it gently I was suppressing a shudder as I thought that maybe I should just purify him…that would teach him. I needed to get away from him; he was doing some weird things to my senses. I shouldn't be happy to have him hold me…I had Alex now.

"Not until I get rid of that stench" he said as he pressed me onto the ground so that his now large frame engulfed me. His hands held mine as he growled deep in his chest sending vibrations thought out my body "I want my scent on you, branding you mine Kagome"

"Look InuYasha I'm sorry for taking so long to come back..but you need to understand that I have Alex now and this is not fair to him or Kikyo" I tried to argue with him but at mentioning Alex's name he snarled into my neck. Oh shit, wrong reaction.

"I don't ever want to hear his name come out of your lips" he said as he pulled back to look into my face "You are not to speak his name in front of me..is that understood?"

I gaped at him, when did he turn into a possessive jerk? I growled at him narrowing my eyes at him.

"I'm not your bitch to command InuYasha" I said as I put up my barrier locking him on the other side while I glared at him.

He laughed at me sending chills down my spine; his laughter was not a happy one but a mocking one.

"You are my mate Kagome..so yes…you are my bitch…and as such you will obey me or I will march up to that human you brought with you and rip his throat out"

"Fuck off InuYasha, I'm not your stupid mate, and I'm with Alex now and I don't care how much you snarl, I'm not going to submit to you"

He regarding me for a while tilting his head as if I was some sort of alien, I wondered for a moment if all of those muscles affected his brain functions.

"Kagome!"

I looked past InuYasha to see Sango making her way towards me. I got up and moved past InuYasha while letting go of my barrier to give her a hug.

"You can be such a pain InuYasha" said Sango in a huff "We all missed her too you know!"

I felt something creep up my shoulder; I looked to see my little fox baby.

"Oh Shippo" I cried as I grabbed him and gave him a giant hug.

"I missed you Kagome! I don't like it when you're gone!" he said as he clung on to me while he buried his face in my neck. He was letting my scent soothe him so I cradled him and patted his back.

"You are a sight for sore eyes Lady Kagome" said Miroku as he went to give me a hug.

"Watch the hands lecher" I heard InuYasha growl from behind me, with one arm around Miroku I pulled back the other to flip him off.

I heard Alex's chuckle. I looked up to see him walking towards me with Kikyo in tow.

"Sorry about that Alex" I said then glared at InuYasha "you okay?"

He scoffed at me at my words "Kagome come on, you should know that I've been through worse"

I thought about it then nodded "True"

"I didn't fight back because I know you have feelings for him and he is a friend, but the next time he decided to act like a caveman…I just shoot his ass"

I sighed, I couldn't blame him, he then looked at InuYasha who was glaring and growling low in his chest.

I was sick and tired of InuYasha's attitude so I decided to show him that I was not going to be his obedient bitch. So I moved close to Alex and wrapped my arms around his waist and leaned into him, inhaling his familiar scent. I knew that by doing this I was getting Alex's scent on me and in turn, making me his woman.

"Get the fuck away from him Kagome" InuYasha said in a voice so calm and low that for a moment it made me shiver in fear but then I remembered that I was not helpless anymore.

"I told you InuYasha, I'm with Alex now, and I've been with him for two years now" I spat back at him. Alex was holding his hand gun in one hand now while he wrapped his other around my waist.

"She is spoken for demon, when her business here is over and done with I plan on taking her for my wife" I looked up at Alex in surprise. He looked down at me and his green softened "If she'll have me"

"The fuck you are, I will rip out your entrails and bathe in them" snarled InuYasha. Kikyo went over to where he was and placed a hand on his forearm "That is enough InuYasha" she said in a clam voice to him.

Deciding to ignore him I pulled Alex so that he could have a proper introduction to my friends.

"Alex..this is Sango, she is a demon slayer" I said as he took Sango's hand and shook it politely.

"Please to meet you Sango. Kagome often talks about you like a sister, so it feels like I already know you"

Sango smiled up at Alex "Did she really? It sounds like you two spend a whole lot of time together"

I nodded to her "Yeah, we lived together on the base with my godfather who trained all of us"

"What?" hiss InuYasha making me pin him with a glare.

"You heard me. Yes we all lived together on base….just like I use to here with all of you guys" I said then turned my back on him.

I could feel his demon powers bushing up against me, it made me blink in surprise. I turned around to stare at him not missing the smirk on those sinful lips of his as he flashed a fang at me.

"Since when do you have control over your demonic powers?" I asked him wondering if it was not just his body that changed.

"I would be happy to explain things to you…if…you come with me somewhere private" he said folding his arms into his haori.

I narrowed my eyes at him. He was up to something and I was not going to take the bait.

"Anyways" I said deciding to ignore him "Like I was saying, Sango is like a sister to me and then this is Miroku. He's a monk with awesome spiritual powers"

Alex nodded laughing "Ah yes…the pervert" he said good natured shaking Miroku's hand noticing the prayer beads but say anything.

"I'm hurt Kagome, there is more to me than my cursed hand you know" he said faking a hurt expression but smiling all the same.

I laughed at him as I realized just how much I missed his crazy sense of humor. I scrunched up my face as if in thought "Nope…nothing else comes to mind" I laughed.

"Don't tease him too much meu minunat, He's a good man" said Alex as he kissed the top of my head winning him a feral snarl from InuYasha.

I looked back to see InuYasha's eyes bleed red.

"You need to stop InuYasha" I said to him bracing myself for his attack.

"And you need to step away from him or else his blood will be on your hands" he said walking up to where we were at to look down at me "What will it be?"

Alex did the one thing that guaranteed for this not to go well. He wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me behind him.

"I think you should respect her wishes on who she chooses to be with demon" he said his accent again popping out of anger.

InuYasha snarled at him his claws ready to rip into Alex. Alex smirked at him "All that you are doing is pushing her to me with your actions fool"

Kikyo apparently had enough and shocked InuYasha with a spiritual blast.

"InuYasha why can't you just calmly talk things over with her? or at least allow me to speak with Kagome and maybe clear out some misunderstandings" Kikyo looked over to me "I think you and I need to have a long chat"

~Alex POV~

I didn't like any of this.

Drug lords, crooked mercenaries…hell even murderers I know who to deal with, but demons…..where out of my line of knowledge. The only think I knew about them are the bits and pieces that Kagome mentioned to me.

This InuYasha character is nothing like she descried to me. She had said that he was a half demon who was a bit taller than she was, he was bad tempered but good natured. She had told me that he had lost his first love and she was resurrected from the dead and that he still loved her. So when I saw his reaction to my presence I knew right away that Kagome had been mistaken in his feelings for her. The demon was possessive and clearly loved my Kagome deeply. He even went so far as to attack me. Not only that, but the blasted man was strong and muscular as shit. Hell the demon was taller than I am..and I'm well over 6 feet. I didn't like feeling intimidated but something about InuYasha told me not to turn my back on him.

I considered myself a warrior, I come from an ancient bloodline my strength was enormous but even I was overcome by the brute strength of that half demon. I shudder to think what he would have been like if he had been full demon.

He wanted to take Kagome away from me and I was afraid that he might be able to. I was fighting against to urge to pick her up and take her back to our time and away from him. She still loved that demon, I knew that, she has never denied that truth from me and yet knowing this I still couldn't help falling for her. Beneath her strength laid a heart of gold, soft and gentle. She rarely showed that side of her lately but I knew it was there. I had seen it many times and that was the first thing I noticed when I first saw her. She had come to our Unit young, inexperience, and scared. She looked like a broken doll in my eyes. Sadness clung around her as she tried hard to keep up with the rest of us. At first the guys where weary of having the Colonel god-daughter around, we had felt like maybe she was just here to 'play' soldier and was going to be a snobby little brat. That we had to give her special treatment, but when we all met Kagome, she was like a breath of fresh air to us. Soon we found ourselves doting to her and making sure that she knew how to handle her weapons so that she could protect herself.

If it where up to me, I would always protect her. I wanted to take her back to my home town where it was peaceful and marry her. I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her, seeing her smile, kissing her sweet lips, making her the mother to my children. I wanted it all with her. When we had been in Rio, I found myself drawn to her, so I coveted her time and kept her attention on me.

Now that she has seen this InuYasha, I felt anger and rage that she still felt something for him. The way she hadn't been able to kick his ass when he had me by the neck told me just how much she still cared. I wasn't going to lose her without a fight though. I have come too far to give in now, I would use any means to keep her.

"Alex, I'm sorry about his behavior, honest I've never seen him act like this" said Kagome pulling me out of my thoughts. I smiled at her "No worries meu minunat, you are not responsible for his actions, and he is a demon after all. In my town, we have legends about them and they are not good"

Kagome huffed "Don't be like that Alex, all I'm saying is that he does have a good side once he gets his head out of his ass"

I wanted to both strangle her and kiss her. She always tried to see the good in everyone.

After Kikyo had put her foot down InuYasha had muttered something about catching some game for dinner and gave me a look that clearly challenged me. I knew what he was doing; the demon was trying to show Kagome that he was the provider. Whatever, it just gave me an opportunity to get closer to her anyways. So right now I was leaning against a tree my legs stretched to before me as Kagome laid her head on my lap eating the granola bar I had given her. This how we usually where back at Rio, when the rest of the guys were laughing and cracking jokes, Kagome and I would retreat to talk and relax. She always laid her head on my lap; it was so natural for us to have close contact that I was pleased when she didn't act any different now that she was around her friends.

"So Kagome" said Sango as she gave me a worried look "Just what are you and Alex now? It's obvious that you are close but….."

I saw Kagome sigh then turned to look at me and smiled "I guess you can say that he's my partner, he's my friend, we are just starting a relationship…I love him"

I wanted to whoop in triumph at her open confession to what we were.

"What about InuYasha" I turned towards the angry voice to see the undead priestess glare at us "What about him? How you no clue as to so how much he has suffered by your absence?"

"What are you talking about?" said Kagome as she sat up to look at the woman. I didn't like where this was going.

"I told you when you left that you were mistaken in what InuYasha felt for me. I told you he would be heartbroken… well I was right. You were not here to witness the look of utter devastation when he realized that not only had you left him while he was injured but that you honestly believed that he could just forget about you. Did you have so little faith in his affections that you made your self believe that he could ever forget you? Do you even know him at all?"

Crap.

I saw that look of hurt and regret in Kagome's eyes. Was she going to realize that she still loved the half demon more than she did me? I glared at the other woman as I pulled Kagome in to a hug, holding her close…as if I could keep there.

"You did what you had to do Kagome, don't blame yourself. Had you not left we wouldn't have met…remember that" I said feeling like I was trying to grasp as loose ends.

I saw her close her eyes the got up.

"I need to think….forgive me" she said as she took off running into the forest.

I turned to the woman who looked so much like my Kagome and pinned her with a deadly stare "If she leaves me, it's you I'm blaming" I said "I will not lose her…not when we were happy a few days ago"

She laughed coldly "You can't lose something you never had" she sneered at me "Kagome and InuYasha are lifemates; you are not from here so I will enlighten you to what it means. A lifemate to a demon is the other half to his or her soul, there can only be one and once found the demon will go to extraordinary lengths to claim them. Kagome was born his mate…her heart will always be his, she may fight it, but in the end she will always love him. That is the reason she wasn't able to strike him while he had you by the throat, she is unable to cause him real physical harm. I would advise to get use to the idea of losing her, if you continue to try and separate those two, rest assured that InuYasha will kill you"

I didn't know what to say to that. If what she said was true then it was all in vain to begin with. Kagome will never be mine and my dream of a future with her was slowing fading away. As I leaned back against the tree, I wondered if I could convince her to leave this place…or at the very least knock her out and drag her to our own era where there weren't any asshole demons trying to take my girlfriend away from me.

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This chapter was inspired by music from

Metric "on the sly"

Lupe Fiasco "out of my head"

Sea Wolf "Wicked Blood"