Inuyasha's Demon Mistake

Kikyohater92: It is me again with another awesome story that you guys will just love.

Inuyasha: -coughs-

Kikyohater92: Don't listen to him; he's just here for show.

Inuyasha: Whatever.

Kagome: I get paid for this, right?

Kikyohater92: Ummm, yeah sure… -Kagome turns around and kikyohater92 shakes her head no-

Kikyohater92: On with the story!

Inuyasha: Where's the ramen here!

Kikyohater92: Oh by the way I don't own Inuyasha, that honor is held by the great Rumiko Takahashi…

Inuyasha: -drops noodles- SOMEONE OWNS ME?

Kagome: That's funny I don't see a collar –laughs at her own joke-

Inuyasha+Kikyohater92: -stare blankly at her-

Kagome: You guys have no sense of humor

Ch1- The Day After the Mirrors

The group headed away from the now vanishing castle on the looking glass. Kagome sighed peacefully and thought back to that fateful moment just hours ago when she had kissed Inuyasha for the first time. Feeling her cheeks flush with her embarrassment, she quickly pushed that memory to the back of her head and rubbed the back of her arms gently where Inuyasha had stuck his claws into. I don't think Inuyasha even realized he had hurt me… Snapping out of her trance and looking to her side at Inuyasha, she asked curiously, "Where are we headed to now?"

Inuyasha shrugged and lazily replied, "Who knows. I'm just waiting for you to sense a jewel shard." Kagome frowned and thought, nope, nothing's changed between me and Inuyasha, he's still an arrogant jerk as usual… Suddenly Inuyasha interrupted her thoughts by grabbing his sword and clinging for dear life to it. Everyone crowded around Inuyasha and watched, dumbfounded, as he fought off a demon transformation.

Inuyasha's eyes flashed red once more before it finally stopped, and he visibly relaxed. Kagome gently placed a caring hand on Inuyasha's shoulder, worried about his safety. As soon as Inuyasha felt her grip on his shoulder, his demon self reared out once more, causing him to grab Kagome and pull her towards him roughly. Fighting the urge to hurt her, he finally defeated the demon, for the moment. After his encounter with that witch, his demon side had been showing its ugly face more often, aggravating Inuyasha to no end.

Sango swung her Hiraikotsu higher on her shoulder and suggested, "Maybe we should take a break, okay Inuyasha?" He merely nodded and Sango sat down wearily, soon followed by Miroku. Kagome looked up at Inuyasha and began to get uncomfortable.

"Ummm, can you let go of me, please Inuyasha?" Remembering that he had clung to her during his transformation, he let go of her hand as if it was burning his skin. Flushing a deep crimson, Inuyasha feh'd and sat down, wanting nothing more than to sleep. Fighting his demon side took a lot of work, especially when it was coming out so frequently.

Kagome noticed his exhaustion and boldly laid his head down into her lap. "What the-!" Inuyasha cried out but Kagome cut him off.

"You can't fool me; I know that you are tired so don't argue and rest. I guarantee you'll feel better when you wake up," she added and flashed him a warm smile which liquefied his insides to mush. "Feh, I guess I'll let you win this time, but don't expect me to be nice like this all the time, Kagome!" Feeling satisfied with his answer, Inuyasha lay down and relaxed into Kagome's soft touch.

Wow, this feels so right! They both thought and Inuyasha shifted his head before closing his eyes. "Hey Inuyasha, where did Sango and Miroku go?" her words fell on deaf ears because as soon as she looked down, she found Inuyasha asleep, his ear twitching in his slumber. Sleep well, she thought happily, glad he had allowed her to do this to him.

Sango, Miroku, and Shippo all watched behind a bush, wondering what would happen if they just suddenly came out. Probably jump and try to get as far away from each other as possible… but if we stay here Miroku will definitely get ideas…Sango thought bitterly. Moving uncomfortably, she decided quickly to just get it over with and stir them up. Standing up, she stepped out of the shrubbery. Miroku whispered hastily, "Sango, what are you doing?" Sango didn't answer; she just kept walking towards Inuyasha and Kagome. Miroku smacked his hand against his forehead and emerged too. Shippo was right behind, wailing, "Wait for meeee!"

Kagome spotted Sango coming and motioned for her to stop. She did and Miroku, not looking where he was going, crashed into Sango. Whispering just loud enough to alert them, she said, "You guys, Inuyasha is asleep. Do you mind staying away for a moment?"

Both of them nodded understandingly and kept their distance, yet no one had alerted Shippo, who, escaping Miroku's attempt to catch him, ran up to Kagome and Inuyasha and asked very loudly, "Inuyasha! What are you doing to Kagome?"

Inuyasha woke up immediately and, finding himself lying in Kagome's lap in front of everyone, he got up with his inhumane speed. Pretending nothing had happened; he swiped Shippo up by his bushy tail and brought him up to his eye level. "What did cha say, ya little runt?" Inuyasha questioned threateningly.

Shippo gulped and then yelled, "Don't act dumb, what were you doing to Kagome?" Inuyasha flushed but quickly squashed that emotion and shook Shippo.

"You must be blind or something, I did nothing to Kagome, as you can see." With that Inuyasha just dropped Shippo, making the poor fox kit bump his head. "Ow Inuyasha!"

Kagome frowned as she picked him up and cradled him. "Inuyasha," she said in a dangerous voice, which made the hairs stand up on Inuyasha's neck. He waited a few tense moments for her to say the dreaded 's' word. After a while he opened his eyes and found everyone already walking down the path.

"HEY!" he cried out. Kagome turned around and yelled, "Come on! Will you stop being such a slow poke?" Inuyasha growled and ran up to the others. As soon as he neared Kagome, he felt his demon blood boil up, but quickly shook it off and kept on walking.

"Any jewel shards yet?" Miroku asked Kagome in order to break the now growing silence. Kagome shook her head sadly and hopped up on her bike. "I'm gonna quickly go up ahead and check, okay?" In truth she wanted to get away from the silence and besides, she was tired of walking.

Inuyasha was actually concerned about her safety but concealed it by saying, "Don't let any more demons try to eat you like usual, alright?" Kagome rolled her eyes, seeing behind his so carefully 'concealed' concern. "I'll be fine don't worry, k?" she replied and started off down the road with Shippo.

Balling up his fist, Inuyasha yelled out, "Who said I was worrying? Why would I worry about you!" Seeing no response from the figure on the bike up ahead, he calmed down until he felt two sets of eyes burning holes into the side of his head. He whirled around and snarled, "What are you looking at?" Miroku and Sango quickly averted their eyes, pretending to be completely immersed in the surrounding trees. Inuyasha just feh'd.

Kagome was enjoying feeling the evening air whipping around her face. Shippo also looked like he was feeling happy, so Kagome decided to go farther than she normally would've gone from Inuyasha. Suddenly, she had a foreboding feeling come over her and stopped her bike, nearly sending Shippo flying. "What's wrong?" Shippo asked worriedly and Kagome ignored him for the moment, listening and watching intently for any signs of demons. She was about to ride back when the ground rumbled and five centipede demons sprung out, all intent on killing Kagome. She froze and, thinking quickly, threw Shippo over them so he could escape. "Go find Inuyasha!" she yelled before grabbing her bow and arrows.

Shippo obeyed immediately and ran as fast as his little legs could carry him.

The group was walking along peacefully except Inuyasha, who was wondering why Kagome wasn't back. "Why the hell hasn't she come back?" he said out loud, catching the others attention. "No idea," Sango replied but at that moment Inuyasha stopped and his lip curled up into a growl. Kilala also froze and her hair stood up on edge.

"What is it?" Miroku asked.

"Centipede demons," Inuyasha growled, "coming from where Kagome is!" Almost frantic, he ran full speed and it was all Sango and Miroku could do just to keep up with Inuyasha on Kilala. They were nearing the demons when Inuyasha spotted Shippo running towards them. He stopped and Kilala landed.

"What happened?" Inuyasha yelled at the scared fox kit. Shippo broke down into tears and sobbed, "Kagome's in danger! sob Centipede demons everywhere! sob" But Inuyasha barely heard the end because as soon as the words 'Kagome's in danger' left Shippo's mouth, he was off.

He arrived at the scene to find Kagome desperately trying to kill all of the gigantic demons. Panicking, he slashed through some of them and was almost to Kagome when ten more appeared in front of him, blocking his path to Kagome. Kilala arrived and Sango began to fight off the demons with Miroku helping out with his wind tunnel, but the demons were just popping up out of the ground in hordes.

"This is their nesting ground!" Sango yelled out the obvious. Inuyasha was still fiercely slicing through the demons, trying to get closer to Kagome, but whenever it seemed like he was close, more popped out. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Kagome get hit by a demon's tail, sending her flying across the clearing. "Inuyasha!" she yelled frantically before she hit the ground, and from then on her body stilled.

His demon side roared out as he saw her unmoving body and, willing to do anything to get to Kagome, Inuyasha allowed himself to transform. Sango and Miroku watched in horror as they saw him sheath his sword and transform in an instant. "Do you think he will be able to tell Kagome apart from the demons?" Miroku questioned.

Sango slashed another demon in half and sadly replied, "All we can do is hope…"

Inuyasha continued his slaughter, now killing the demons in half the time. Yet it was still taking too long and a centipede demon was now inching towards Kagome, preparing to eat her alive. He howled in frustration and fought harder, now killing about ten demons with one slash of his claw. Finally, Inuyasha collapsed in the sea of corpses and crawled weakly to Kagome, still in his demon form. On the other side of the field, Sango killed the last demon and Miroku began the job of cleaning all this up.

He made it to Kagome, and, surprising his half demon side, the full demon of Inuyasha gently placed a claw on Kagome's cheek. What the hell…he thought wildly. Doesn't my demon side despise all humans? Fighting his demon side furiously, he emerged as his usual half demon side, panting heavily, half from his fight, half from his unanswered questions. Inuyasha took Kagome's head and placed it gently in his lap, waiting for her to wake up; thanking the gods she was just unconscious. After a few minutes, her long eyelashes fluttered open and she weakly asked, "Inu-yasha?"

Clasping Kagome's hand in his, he answered back, "Yeah," and let go of her hand. Noticing the dark sky, he figured out that Kagome needed some rest to recover from her injuries. Cursing all centipede demons, he picked up the again unconscious Kagome bridal style and walked over to the others. Sango scanned Kagome's body for injuries and finding none, breathed a sigh of relief. Kagome was like a sister to Sango, and she didn't want her hurt in any way. Miroku wished for Kagome's health too because she had saved him many times and was a dear friend to him.

He shook his head and commented, "Kagome sure seems to get through all of this nicely, eh?" Inuyasha merely nodded, his mind was still mentally asking himself what to do. He couldn't just run back to Kaede's. It would wake up Kagome and he definitely did not want that to happen. Shippo almost made him drop Kagome by appearing suddenly in front of his face.

"Inuyasha! You need to help Kagome! She doesn't look too good."

Inuyasha snarled, "I know that runt! And be quiet before you wake up Kagome!" Shippo opened his mouth to retort, but he decided that he would 'allow' Inuyasha to get away with it this time. They all decided to set camp since it was already dark and Kagome needed her rest. All through the time they set up, Inuyasha never let go of Kagome, as if she would fade away if he wasn't there. Finally it was time to go to sleep, and Inuyasha wondered what the hell he was going to do with her.

"Hey Inuyasha! Are you going to let Kagome go, or are you gonna continue clinging to her?" Miroku rudely yelled to Inuyasha, who decided to let it go because if he yelled, he would wake up Kagome. I can't just sleep by her! That would be awkward when she woke up… and besides, I would have to endure comments from the others from now on.

Walking over to her sleeping bag, he gently tried to place her on it but was shocked to find that she had a death grip on his haori. Inuyasha tried to pry her off him but stopped when Kagome stirred and mumbled, "Inuyasha…" Giving in and deciding that if anyone commented on it he would kill them, he jumped into a nearby tree and laid Kagome so she was leaning on his chest. Inuyasha looked down to find Sango staring up at them and as soon as his gaze met hers, she pretended to be completely immersed in the tree trunk.

"You faker," Inuyasha said loudly and Sango seriously contemplated throwing her Hiraikotsu at him but decided not to, she didn't want to hurt Kagome. Changing out of her battle clothes, Sango left the sleeping couple and walked up to Miroku, who was now meditating. Probably an effort to purify his sins, god knows he needs it, Sango thought dryly.

Inuyasha still held Kagome protectively in his arms and wondered when she would wake. She was a fragile human, he knew it, and it was all the more reason to protect her. He gulped and knew that there was another reason he protected her, but his stubbornness pushed that thought to the back of his head, hoping to be rid of it.

Jumping to another tree in order to clear his mind of these annoying thoughts, Inuyasha finally allowed his exhausted body to drift off to sleep, only to find himself awakening a moment later to the sound of Miroku and Sango at the trunk of the tree. What the hell could they be talking about so late? Listening intently, he caught the words, 'we must not let Inuyasha hear us'. This is interesting… he thought slyly. Inuyasha strained his ears and quietly listened to their 'secret' conversation.

"Why do you think that Inuyasha keeps transforming? Don't tell me…" Sango asked warily but Miroku cut her off.

"No, I don't think that his soul is in any danger of being devoured at the moment." Inuyasha quirked an eyebrow. Soul being devoured…? They were obviously talking about his little transformation problem. Since Inuyasha was a half demon, his father's demon blood was too strong for him and would eventually devour his human soul if he wasn't careful. Unconsciously holding Kagome tighter, he continued his eavesdropping until Miroku went too far with his perverted moves and stroked Sango's backside, causing the demon slayer to yell at the now cowering monk. Inuyasha laid Kagome gently back on the branch and jumped and landed between the fighting pair, causing Sango to gasp lightly. He put a hand to her mouth and hissed to both of them.

"Whatever idiot wakes up Kagome will pay dearly when she turns her back! Get my point?" Miroku nodded and Sango silently agreed. Taking his hand from Sango's mouth, he turned to find a VERY worried fox demon coming at them at full speed wailing, "Where did everyone go?"

Inuyasha threw up his hands and yelled, "SHUT UP BRAT YOU'RE GONNA WAKE HER UP!" He suddenly realized his mistake and clapped a hand over his mouth but he was too late.

"Innuuuyyyasha!" Kagome screamed as she woke up and, in doing so, fell out of the tree. Moving on pure reflex, Inuyasha caught her before she hit the ground by sliding himself underneath her. Kagome had closed her eyes, waiting for the impact, but when none came she cracked an eye open and found herself staring at a pair of golden eyes. "Uh," was all she could say as she hurriedly got off of him, but winced as she realized she was still too weak to walk around.

Inuyasha brushed himself off and scolded Kagome, "Don't scare me like that! You got arms, not wings, so don't try to fly again, got it?" Kagome only smiled and rolled her eyes. She could see through his thinly veiled words, he was basically telling her that he had been worried, but she decided to play along with it.

"All right, just don't try to be landing cushion anymore, k?" she teased and now it was Inuyasha's turn to roll his eyes. "Whatever," he mumbled and walked back up to the tree. "But don't come looking for me when you fall out of a tree again." With that he disappeared in the branches. Kagome sighed and turned back to her other friends, smiling warmly.

"Who wants to eat some ramen without Inuyasha there to steal it?" she asked and everyone nodded eagerly. Meanwhile Inuyasha sat on the highest branch of the tree, watching everything below him. Noticing that they were making ramen without him, he sneered and thought, so they think that they can cook ramen without me getting any, eh? Silently he stalked behind a bush right in back of Sango and Miroku, waiting gleefully for the right moment to strike. Miroku's hand caught his attention as it roamed closer and closer to Sango until…Bingo. When Sango set down her bowl to hit Miroku, Inuyasha spotted his chance and snatched the bowl of ramen without anyone noticing. He went back to his branch with the bowl and was delighted to see Sango desperately looking for her bowl and blaming Miroku for eating it. Inuyasha laughed lightly and enjoyed the spoils of his victory.

Some time later Kagome came to the tree carrying a bowl of ramen, almost fully healed but still hurting whenever she moved. She squinted her eyes in the branches and finally found a flicker of red. "Hey Inuyasha!" she yelled and was rewarded a moment later as a thump sounded behind her. "Yes?" he asked impatiently and then became worried and felt a pang of guilt when he saw her wince and place a hand to her injuries. He considered it his fault that she was hurt because he hadn't been quick enough. So she isn't healed yet…

Coming up to her Inuyasha commanded, "You shouldn't be walking around yet, stupid. Go lay back down." Kagome sighed at his usual snappy mood and held out the bowl.

"Here, eat up." Inuyasha was touched that she had walked over here, in pain, to bring him some ramen. "Thanks," he muttered and watched as Kagome walked back to camp. Suddenly she stopped and said, "You sure you don't want to come over her with us?"

Inuyasha shook his head and responded, "No thanks, ironically tree trunks are much more comfortable." He watched sadly as her face fell and immediately regretted his answer. "Well goodnight," she mumbled and headed back. He stood there for a moment before jumping into the tree and helping himself to his second bowl of ramen that day.

Kagome sat back down by the dying embers of the fire, watching Sango and Miroku slowly close their eyes for the night. As soon as she knew everyone was asleep, she rolled her sleeves up to her shoulder and rubbed the scars Inuyasha had made on her unknowingly when he was in his demon form. Kagome had run up to the transforming Inuyasha and hugged him tightly, hoping to calm his raging demon. In order to prevent himself from killing her, Inuyasha had to pierce his claws deeply into the backs of her arms, causing scars to form from his attack. They were barely noticeable, Kagome knew that, but they still stung whenever she touched them. Sighing and rolling her school uniform back down, Kagome wondered what Inuyasha would say if he ever saw these marks. He probably would feel real guilty, but I wish he wouldn't. It wasn't his fault; I was the one who was stupid enough to approach him. Kagome laid down on her sleeping bag and, after a few minutes, fell into a troubled sleep.