Before I die

Chapter Eight

Before I die

by Goijh

Disclaimer: *dancing in a meadow of wild flowers surounded by Inuyasha plushies*
La la la la la....I own Inuyasha.... *hugs Inu-chan plushie
...and Miroku.

Author's note:

I am really sorry everyone that this has taken SO long... But I am still alive and chapter nine is in the works. Life has been and is still hell lately though so it may take a little while to get the chapters out quickly. I do promise to do my best though!

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Now without further ado....


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Chapter Eight
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Kouga growled low in this throat. Something was wrong with him...Something was missing. But what? He didn't bother to open his eyes. For that matter he didn't even bother to move at all. He knew that he was hurt and moving would only open his wounds or cause him pain. Right now he didn't need any of that. He needed to figure out what was missing.
How did he get hurt? He couldn't remember, but he could always acount that to the injuries. If he sustained one to his head it would more than explain the wolf's mild amnesia. He remembered something about a man in a baboon skin. Maybe he had gotten in a fight with him? But he was just a hanyou...Could he really have caused the FULL youkai prince these wounds?
Kouga doubted it. But then again Inuyasha was only a hanyou and he was stronger than Kouga, even with the aid of the shards...But Kouga would never admit that out loud. Wait! The shards! That was what was missing! He only had one! But where was the other?
Kouga sighed inwardly, that bastard hanyou must have taken it somehow. It was no secret that Kouga possessed them. Damn the cloaked figure. You could never trust those who refused to show their faces.
The youkai would have liked to go and chase down the hanyou who must have done this to him, but his injuries were too great. He would need at least another day of rest. Without ever showing a sign that he had been awake in the first place, Kouga went back to sleep, dreaming of all the ways that he would make that....Naraku...hanyou suffer.


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Kagome awoke to find the sun still high in the blue sky. She felt safer than she had ever felt before despite the fact that she was outside. She didn't have to wait for him to stir to know that that was because she was wrapped in Inuyasha's arms. She smiled as she trailed her fingers gently down his arm that held her trapped against him. It seemed like it was only yesterday that she was day dreaming about this. In fact, it was only yesterday! She chuckled lightly at the thought.
Inuyasha had noticed as soon as she had begun to stir. He watched, spooned against her, as she smiled and opened her eyes. He hid a smile himself as he knew that she must have been thinking about what had just transpired between the two of them. The hanyou couldn't remember ever being this happy.
He let her trace her fingers over his arms a bit before he decided that that was enough. Quickly and smoothly he flipped Kagome over so that she was facing him. He smirked at the astonishment in her eyes when she realized what had happened. She hadn't known that he was awake.
'Of course he was awake,' she thoughelineling a warmth spread through her chest, 'He's always protecting me, even when I sleep.'
Kagome's face lit up in a loving smile that made Inuyasha want to shed tears of joy. he had been yearning for someone to look at him like that his entire life. Before he could react though, Kagome's lips were upon his in a gentle, affection filled kiss. Ignoring the desire to take her once again, Inuyasha merely pulled her closer to him, savoring the feel of her in his embrace. Leaning back slightly he placed a chaste kiss on her forehead.
"Kagome," he whispred a little more huskily than he would have liked to.
"Hmmm...?" she answered as she snuggled deeper into him, enjoying how his muscles twitched slightly as her touch.
Inuyasha groaned inwardly. She was making this hard for him, touching his body like that, especially because the caresses and contact were so innocent. His demon side was screaming at him to stay here and take her over and over until she was with his pups. He couldn't do that though. He wasn't sure that that was what she wanted and he knew that they had to be getting back to the village soon.
"We should probably get dressed and leave now." he said as he loosened his grip on her and pulled away a little. Kagome looked up with at him with a pout and a hurt look in hyes.yes. Immediatley understanding what she must be thinking he rushed to abate her fears.
"As much as I desire to stay here with you and," he began to smirk peevishly at his mate, " reenact our past hour together, I didn't let anyone know that I was taking you out of the hut. They're probably quite worried for you."
At his words he began to feel a little guilty. He knew that Sango, Kaede, Miroku, and everyone else would be upset to find Kagome missing without a trace. They would probably think that she had been kidnapped again or was in some sort of danger. Unwillingly he frowned at his thoughts.
Kagome looked up at him thoughfully. She knew that what he said was true and she didn't want to make her companions fret. 'Besides,' she thought hiding her sly smile, 'I think that I may have something to tell Sango.' Her smile leeked out to her face as she continued to think. 'And you never know when Inuyasha and I might get into a fight and have to go off alone to "talk" about it.'
She was so absorbed in her thoughts that she didn't notice Inuyasha's frown fade or catch his gaze as he stared down at her. 'What could she be thinking about?' he wondered as he watched the cunning smirk appear on her lips. He felt himself slightly aroused as he began to mentally picture some of the thoughts that could be going through her head, but he quickly shook them off as he reminded himself that they had to leave.
Deciding that he would have to make the first move, Inuyasha gently slid away from Kagome and began to dress. His clothes were a bit wrinkled from being thrown aside in the manner that they had been, but it wasn't noticeable enought to give away what they had been doing.
'Good.' he thought, 'No one willw now now unless we want them to.' He sighed as he looked over to Kagome. She was just beginning to gather her Gakuseifuku and undergarments. He hoped that she would want people to know about them. But he couldn't help the doubt that came into his heart and mind. Maybe she wouldn't.After all he was a hanyou. Sure she had said that she loved him for who he was, but she still may be slightly ashamed of him right? He sighed again, audibly this time, as his mind waged a war over what Kagome would do when their friends found out about them. He only hoped that she not deny it. He would be able to cope with disgust or a similar reaction, after all that was what he had lived with for so long. But her denial of everything that had come to pass would be too much for him to bear.
Kagome heard him sigh. She looked over to him and saw Inuyasha staring at the ground, a depressed expression on his face. What was he thinking about? He couldn't be regretting what had happened between them right? After all he had seemed so happy only a moment before. Without analyzing the conditon of her clothing, she picked it up and, holding it in front of her, walked over to the half clother inu.
"Inuyasha?"
A voice laced with worry and concern interupted the painful thoughts going through the hanyou's head. he looked up to see Kagome, still naked but partially protected from his roving gaze by her garments in her arms. Her faas fas filled with compassion and love as she looked up at him, question in her eyes. Inuyasha met her eyes. They would have to talk later he decided. Right now they needed to get back to the village.
He smirked at his mate and pulled her to him, kissing her a bit roughly on the lips. "You should get dressed now if you truly want to relieve your friends of their fears. If not we may be here a little longer than expected." He whispered seductively yet teasingly in her ear. Kagome blushed and pulled away.
She began to dress quietly as Inuyasha tried to respect her modesty, and turned his head humbly away, but enough so that he couldn't peek out of the corner of his eye. He was after all, half man. Kagome laughed inwardly as she noticed Inuyasha trying to secretly dart glances at her as she dressed, but made no remark to it so that she wouldn't embarress him. Keeping her eyes low so that they wouldn't accidently meet his, Kagome pulled on her panties and skirt. When she came to her bra though she began to blush furiously. It was slit neatly in half so that it was no longer wearable and she could remember exactly how that had happened. 'Oh well,' she sighed as she reached for her shirt,' Maybe no one will notice when I have my shi-" her thoughts were cut off as she lifted to torn piece of cloth that was once her uniform blouse into the air.
This time instead of blushing she merely smirked and stared at Inuyasha. She noticed that his cheeks were a little pink as he turned away. He had been stealing a glance at her when she met his eyes. "Oh Inuyasha," Ke cae called out in a sing song voice. He winced and turned aroud expecting to be sat for watching her dress. 'Though why would she care?' he thought accusingly as he slowly turned to face her, 'Its not like I didn't see even more of her last night! Women! Feh!'
Kagome's eyes were dancis shs she saw his face filled with guilt, embarressment, and irritation. She knew that he thought that she was going to sit him. Her eyes wandered over the wooden beads around his neck her her conscience pulled at her. She would have to do something about those, but not right now.
"Inuyasha...My shirt seems to have been somehow, destroyed. And my bra along with it. I suppose that means that I'll have to go back to Kaede's topless." She smirked as she watched his mouth fall open. "I'm a little worried. Sango may be a bit offened at the baltant display though Miroku...Now he may be a little more appreciative."
Kagome broke out laughing as Inuyasha sweatdropped and did an anime fall at her words. When he fainlly got up his face was contorted with jealousy and anger. She knew none of it was directed at her though so she continued to laugh at his reaction.
Inuyasha couldn't believe what she had said to him. 'MIROKU?!' he thought as he growled possessively in spite of himself. He knew that the monk cared about Sango and wasn't nearly as much of an idiot as he liked to pretend he was. But he also knew that the monk was certainly NOT the most pious of Buddha's worshippers and would not hesitate to gape at Kagome's figure, or any other woman's for that matter. Not to mention the villagers...
Inuyasha had begun to growl uncontrollably as the thoughts passed through his head and Kagome had stopped laughing. The noises he was making were making her a bit nervous. She was about to call out to him and reassure him that she had in fact been kidding. She could probably find a way to tie the shirt so that it stayed on and covered her. Before she could do any of the above though Inuyasha had actually used his demon speed to zoom over to her.
Suddenly she felt herself against his chest. He was doing something, but she couldn't tell what. As if to answer her questions, she felt Inuyasha pulling something on over her head and arms. When she could finally see she realized that he had dressed her in his haori.
She smiled sweetly at him, trying to ignore the fact that his chest was now bared before her once again. "No one else can look at you like that." He growled lowly, though Kagome heard it. She rolled her eyes as he turned and pulled on his fire rat top, 'Boys!' she thought. Then she hopped onto his awaiting back with a giggle.

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"Kagome?"
Sango knocked lightly against the door of Kaede's hut. Kagome had been asleep almost three full days. Although the older miko had assured them that the girl was fine, she only needed her rest, Sango couldn't help but feel some sisterly worry. Sango waited patiently for Inuyasha to yell at her to go away like he had been every other time she tried to visit Kagome. A few moments passed without response.
The tajiya masked to surprise that she felt. If Inuyasha was in there then he would have definately heard her. And he had to be in there, after all hadn't left Kagome's side practically the entire time since they had rescued her. Sango shook her head. Maybe the hanyou had finally fallen asleep. She hadn't seem in evenly remotely relax, let alone rest, since Kagome had been kidnapped.
"Kagome? Inuyasha?" Sango asked again in a low voice. There was still no answer. 'Huh,' she thought as she stared at the door, 'Normally that would have woken Inuyasha up. I guess he must be more exhausted than I thought.' The demon exterminator smiled slightly as she pictured Inuyasha dozing in the corner, having fallen asleep while watching over the ningen that he obviously loved but w nev never admit. It was kinda sweet. Almost like a real life fairy tale.
Sango sighed. If such was really the scenario than she would hate to interrupt it, but she needed to check up on Kagome and see for herself that her little neesan was fine. Hesitantly she pushed open the wooden door and stepped into the hut.
She blinked for a moment, trying to see in the shadows that enveloped the room. The only light a thin stream from the entrance left ajar. Her keen eyes quickly adjusted, and as they did so, the smile that had previously been on her face faded immediately.
There in the corner was Kagome's sleeping bag.
Only the sleeping bag.
No Kagome.
Just the bag.
Quickly the Tajiya's eyes scanned the rest of the room, searching for what she already knew would not be there. After all, if Kagome was in any sort of trouble then Inuyasha would be with her anyways. Just as she suspected the hanyou was nowhere to be seen. But unlike she had expected, there were also no visible signs of any struggle.
It had been her first assupmtion that Kagome had been kidnapped once again when she had seen the empty blankets, but now she was beginning to think otherwise. Had she awoken? Had she and Inuyasha gotten into a fight? Had he hurt her feelings again, making her go back to her time? Sango shook her head, recalling the youkai's lack of tact. That scenario was highly possible, but wouldn't she and the others have heard? And besides, Kagome normally told Sango what had happened. She also would NEVER have left without telling Shippo goodbye.
The girl was faintly aware of a coppery flavored liquid in her mouth. She had been biting her lip as worst-case-scenarios began to flash through her head. She was probably over reacting but still... She coudn't help the anxiety that was welling in her chest.
Quicly turning on her heel, Sango fled the hut in pursuit of Kaede. The elderly priestess had gone earlier that morning to attend to her beloved herb gardens. Maybe she knew what had happened.

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Kouga was appalled. He stared at his hands in disgust. Had he really done all that he was told he had? He turned his hands over to stare at his palms. He must have. His pack would never lie to him about something like that. He dropped his head in shame.
The wolf prince almost wanted to whimper like a pup when he heard of his actions. Ginta, loyal to the end, was the one who had taken care of him. When Kouga had finally been able to talk, Ginta was the one who told him everything. He didn't even try to hide the repulsion in his voice as he told his leader of how he had treated the lady Kagome.
Kouga was the most upset about that. How could he have done something like that to his Kagome. The sweet beautiful girl who was so full of innocence and life. The one who had captured his heart. He could still feel a faint taste of blood in his mouth. Was it hers?
He continued to stare at his hands. He had kidnapped her, hurt her, tried to....He couldn't even think about what he had almost done to her. If that dog turd hadn't shown up. Well he didn't want to consider what he would have done to his woman. But Kouga had to admit that for once, he was grateful that Inuyasha had been there.
Kouga finally stopped glaring at the limbs that had caused so much pain to the miko that he loved. He knew that the only way that he would ever forgive himself would be after years and years of torturing himself. And only then could he move on if Kagome was happy and had forgiven him.
He let out a heavy sigh. Of course she would forgive him. That was the type of person she was. Even after he had assualted her, in the midst of a dangerous battle, she had risked her life to save him. She had removed the shard that had held him in Naraku's control and she had used some of her powers to help heal him in the process.
Kouga lay down on his back, his tail flipping restlessly beside him. He held his hands up and stared at them once again. Thanks to his youkai abilities he was already completely healed of his wounds. Tomorrow, whether it was going to certain death or not, he would go to Kagome.

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Miroku stirred slightly as a cool breeze caressed his face. He clenched his eyes shut tight as he lazily stretched his arms forward, arching his back against the tree that he had slept under. Groaning a little, he proceeded to stand, albeit a bit dizzily. His head still hurt.
Miroku grinned as he rubbed the knot the was SLOWLY beginning to fade. He sighed softly as he recalled getting it. Though the grope had only lasted a split second before Sango whacked him in uniform fashion, it had been well worth it. And she hadn't even knocked him out so he had the full oppurtunity to remember and cherish to moment.
'Yep. She's definately falling for me!' he thought as the grin grew larger. When they had first met, she wouldn't hesitate to hit him as hard as she could repeatedly. Nowadays she only put her partial strength into a single blow upon his head. And she didn't even knock him out all the time! Oh yeah, Miroku was IRRESISTIBLE!
Walking as if in a trance the monk made his way back to Kaede's hut. Sango was probably else where at the moment, which would allow him to overcome his lecherous habits for a little while. Or at least long enough to inquire as to the Lady Kagome's health and leave befhe hhe had the urge to grope the unconcious miko.
1) You just didn't take advantage of people like that...
Well you didn't grope people when they were unconcious...
...most of the time...
...depending on the person.
2) It was absolute suicide to even consider touching Kagome when Inuyasha was right there.
That subject was one that the monk found highly amusing. It was SO obvious that the hanyou and the girl were in love with eachother though neither would admit it. Intstead they argued all the time and all but swore that they hated each other. But of course they would never say that either because neither could bring themselves to lie like that and possibly hurt the other. The houshi chuckled lightly, 'Yep, they were made for eachother!'
Miroku's staff jingled softly as he walked over the uneven forest floor. For once in his life he was not being lecherous. Well, actually, he was normally quite serious and respectful when he was alone. After all, there's really no pleasure in groping yourself. Miroku shuddered at the thought.
His hand was beginning to cramp now. It was screaming for relief. The monk glared at the offending member as if he could vaporize it. 'Why me,' he wondered as he quickened his pace. Then he remembered Sango and the pateneted hentai grin returned. 'That's why.'
Miroku all but ran the rest of the distance to the village. First he was going to visit Kagome because he was actually worried about her. He knew that being in a situation that she had been in could have mental strains on the person. Then he would find his one and only...SANGO!
At his new pace he made it to the familiar hut in no time. Taking the time to wonder why Kaede put up with them all, he entered the dark room. Without bothering to look up he closed his eyes to help adjust them to the dark and began to talk.
"Well good afternoon Inuyasha. How is Kagome doing today?"
No answer.
"Inuyasha?"
Crickets chirping...(Did they have crickets in feudal japan? I know that they raised fighting crickets in China but I've never read anything about that in Japan...Sorry! ^_^ I just wonder about ..um...EVERYTHING. I blame TV. and my mind)
"Kagome?"
Again no answer.
Miroku still didn't bother to open his eyes. He knew that they were in there. They were just ignoring him that was all. Well Inuyasha was anyways. Kagome was excused, she may still be asleep.
"Inuyasha, I groped Kagome while you were sleeping." said the dimwitted houshi trying to egg the hanyou to speak to him. THough he doubted he would say anything to that. More likely he would act upon it. Though Miroku had actually behaved hiimself quite nicely whie he visited. Inuyasha was never asleep though so he had no chance to do otherwise.
"Inuyasha, I know you're there. Just wait until you hear this one. And this one is true!" Miroku drew his shoulders back and puffed out his chest proudly to relate a story that had actually happened and would most likely get him killed for confessing it..(Like I said before. Miroku=dimwitted in this fan fic because I love him so much I can't bear not to torture him. ^.^)
"One time when Kagome went to the hotspring by herself I...KAGOME'S NOT HERE!" Miroku gaped at the empty sleeping bag where the subject of his confessions should have been sleeping. Inuyasha was also not present - lucky for him.
Miroku continued to stare for a moment, now grateful that he had opened his eyes for this one. He would NOT have wanted to say that aloud and not have the intended hear it. Actually now that his mind was beginning to function again he knew that he didn't want the intended to ever hear it at all. Nope, this one was going with him to the grave, or kazaana, whichever came first.
Deciding it would be best to go find Sango now, Miroku turned on heelheel and walked into...A big chest? Miroku was a bit surprised. He could have sworn that the door was wooden. His hands began to move of their own accord over the chest in search of the door knob. Wait..What was that? The chest was growling? Realization is a cruel thing and as always it dawned to late upon the opressed houshi. He was however given a chance to draw away with an "EEP!" before he went crashing into the ground as if he had been sat..multiple times.

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Inuyasha finally returned, albiet reluctantly, to the village. On the way beack he and Kagome had decided not to tell their friends quite yet. After all it was exciting to have the whole thing undercover and secret. He hid behind the corner of a hut and sniffed the air. Sango was somewhere on her way to the gardens, where Kaede was, and Miroku was...in Kaede's hut?
Inuyasha shrugged nothing wrong there. After all Kagome was with him sere ere was no need to protect her from roving appendages.
Setting Kagome gently down, Inuyasha used his hanyou speed to dash and retrieve Kagome's pack from the tree he had left it in to keep it safe. Kagome needed some clothes to put on if they were really going to try to keep this on the down low. He returned just in time to catch an all too familiar scent on the way. "Dammit!" he yelled. How could he have forgotten to check where HE was.
Kagome was just beginning to go and retrieve her pack from Inuyasha, who had jsut come into view, when something hit her full on in the chest, causing her to fly backwards and land on the ground.
"KAGOME-KAASAN!" A little voice shrieked as the kitsune began his inspection to see if her wounds were okay.
Shippo began to scurry over Kagome's upper body, making sure that his mother was really alright. It almost completely went over his head that she was wearing Inuyasha's haori. At. Ht. He paused and stared at his mother. Confusion completely readable in his large, innocent eyes. He delicately sniffed the air.
"Kagome...?" he asked as he leaned forward and sniffed her lips.
Inuyasha had been watching this happen. He knew that Shippo was Kagome's kit but he also knew that Shippo was a youkai and he was older than he looked. He felt the feral growl rising in his throat when the fox leaned towards her lips, his face getting closer and closer. Inuyasha tried to control himself but he couldn't.
Shippo heard the warning and knowing full well what it meant, scampered off of Kagome and away from Inuyasha. Kagome shot the hanyou a confused and somewhat angry glare as she picked herself up off of the ground and dusted off.
As soon as she was up, Inuyasha was at her side, standing right behind her, making it painfully clear to the little Shippo that Kagome was HIS. The poor little kitsune knew that his mother was now Inuyasha's mate, but why did she smell like him? And why did he smell like her? It was all too confusing for the little kit and he wanted nothing more than to crawl into his okaasan's arms and ask her about it. Except Inuyasha was acting like a barrier between Kagome and Shippo. Inuyasha however was cursing himself for having forgotten about the kit. Shippo was after all a youkai and would be able to smell them all over eachother. Inuyasha hadn't had Kagome bathe yet because he had liked to inhale her sweet scent mingled with his own and the muskier one of their coupling. But Shippo would be able to tell now, though the hanyou had no idea if he would know what it meant. Silently he helped Kagome pick up her HUGE pack and pulled her closer to him. He would have to threaten Shippo later to make sure that the pup didn't tell anyone else.
Shippo watched as Inuyasha helped his okaasan and pulled her close. 'Inuyasha's being nice?!' Shippo continued to watch the hanyou help his new mate. Then some of what his biological parents had taught him about mates came back to him.
Suddenly Shippo had an evil idea (*twiddles thumbs and cackles*) He knew that Kagome would NEVER let anything happen to him. It was just time to take advantage of that. Shippo used his youkai agility to run to Kagome and land in her arms before Inuyasha could stop him. He watched in glee as Inuyasha tried to fight his instinct to growl but couldn't.
Kagome smiled at Shippo in her arms until she heard a low grumbling behind her. Why the hell was Inuyasha doing that? Maternal instinct made her cradle the kitsune closer to her, elicting more growls, this time louder and more threatening, from Inuyasha. Finally Kagome spun around and faced her mate. "What the hell is your problem Inuyasha?!?" she demanded settingppo ppo down at her feet so that she could place her hands on her hips.
Inuyasha opened his mouth to explain to her, trying feverishly to apologize. Shippo though had seen this and decided that his mother didn't need to know quite yet what was going on. Just as sound began to flow from Inuyasha's mouth, the kitsune moved closer to Kagome and hugged her leg. The words trying to flee the hanyou's mouth quickly became snarls and growls at the action.
"SIT!" Kagome had had enough of this. She had caught on to what was going on when Inuyasha had attempted to explain and Shippo had 'interupted' him. She watched her mate slam into the ground, ceasing all malicious noises, then turnedher her pup who was now rolling on the ground laughing for all he was worth. "Shippo," she said sweetly. He didn't listen. "NO MORE CHOCOLATE!"
That shut him up.
Then Kagome turned on her heel and stormed off, leaving two speechless youkai behind to watch her retreating back. Unfortunately the outburst would have had a much better affect if she didn't have to return, blushing at her stupidity, seconds later to grab her pack and head off in the other direction towards the hotspring.
Once she was totally out of sight, the two 'men' looked at each other...And broke out laughing. Before either could stop to comtemplate what it meant to be sharing a 'moment' together, Inuyasha whacked the kitsune over the head. "Tell anyond tnd their will be A LOT more where that came from." he growled menacingly as he added another goosegg to the collection for emphasis.
Shippo held his head and stared up at the hanyou, nodding numbly. He knew what he was talking about, and he also knew that the hanyou's word was as good as gold. He watched his new father turn and walk away from him, in the same direction of his mother. "WAIT!" the kitsune cried out to no one in particular. "FATHER?!?" Shippo gaped at the realization. Then he sat back down and began to wail. This was not going to be good.
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Inuyasha had not been too far away when he heard the kitsune's outburst. He flinched when he heard the crying. It kinda hurt but he had to admit that he would've done the same thing were he in the foxes position. Continuing to chase after Kagome, the hanyou made a mental note to be nicer to Shippo in the future...MAYBE.
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Shippo watched the hanyou disappear as well through water blurry eyes. Why did Kagome have to choose him as a mate? Though the kitsune actually thought Inuyasha was pretty cool he couldn't help but wrinkle hose ose at his mother's choice. 'Inuyasha is older brother material. Father material would be more like......um...ah..well not Inuyasha!' Shippo decided with a nod of his head.
Shippo stood back up and brushed himself off. He knew that Sango and Miroku...well..at least Sango would be worried if she found out that Kagome was gone. He should probably go and tell them, 'She's fine...She just...(mated with Inuyasha? NO! She and Inuyasha got into a fight) argued with Inuyasha and decided that she needed some time alone (with him).' Shippo nodded his once again. That would do it! He took off in the direction of the village to let everyone know Kagome was awake and okay!

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