Chapter one: kougas visit to kagome
The sun was just starting to rise over feudal japan, when inuyasha the half demon had just arrived back from his late night escaped with his lover kikkyo. Even though she was not alive anymore. His love for her had not dwindled, not even the slightest. And he knew in his heart he would never stop loving her. He was highly satisfied with the night's events she had given him everything that he ever wanted and much more. Strolling into his room he laid down on his bed, thinking about what had transpired between him and the dead miko. Letting his thoughts run deep, he also began to wonder how did they end up in such a nice village and how did kagome know most of the villagers and the war lord that controlled the entire place. I'll talk to her about it tomorrowinuyasha thought to himself as he drifted off to sleep.
The slightest shift in sound alerted the silent kagome that inuyasha had returned from his meeting with kikkyo. She had been in and out of sleep all night. Thinking about everything, but mostly about him that night, wondering if maybe she was making the wrong desion after all. Kagome never stated it but she always thought about him. He plagued her thoughts, every waking moment of every day, and even when she slept, he was there in her dreams. He had always been nice to her, he never yelled at her and unlike inuyasha, he would never bet her. He confessed his love for her, quite publicly and often.
"Kouga..." the name slipped from her lips in a mere whisper. "Where are you?" she said as a single tear slid down her soft, pale, tear streaked face. If kouga were to ever find out about inuyashas' violent streaks towards her. There was no doubt in her mind, kouga would surely murder the half-breed. As if it were a mirror, the wolf demon had been laying down on his own bed, thinking about the raven haired beauty. Kouga love kagome more than anything in this life. He would do anything in his power to protect her. Even if it meant giving his life for hers.
"Kagome, wherever you are, I hope that you are safe." He mused quietly to himself. As the sun continued to raise his mind was made up, he had to see her…his beloved miko. It was early morning by the time everyone had awakened from their slumber. Everyone except the abusive hanyou but perhaps that was for the best.
Kagome woke up and to her surprise saw a new kimono. She got out of bed and walked toward it and found a note that came with it. 'To kagome: things may be hard now but it will get better. I hate to see you suffering please stay in this village at the geisha house or in my castle as my guest. You are a dear friend please accept this kimono as a gift, I'm not trying to get you to love me or anything, I saw it in another village and thought of you and no I didn't steal it or take over the village. Have more faith in me. Sincerely your friend sinistra'
Kagome smiled to herself as she put on her new kimono it was white with red roses and a wolf embroidery along the edges of it, it was still summer so the kimono was of medium length, it was also made of silk and kagome loved it. Sinistra was nerakus twin brother he was the good guy even though he is a warlord but that is a different story all together. After she fixed her hair half up in a bun and half down, she went out to join miroku, sango, and shippo for breakfast.
Miroku of course was the first to notice "kagome you look great in the kimono it suits you." He said trying to not sound like a pervert. "Thank you miroku, I know how hard that was for you." Kagome said in a sarcastic tone. "How did you sleep kagome?" Sango asked. "Eh...i slept alright I suppose. How did you guys sleep?" Kagome tried to say without sounding supsioucs she didn't want them to know that she was thinking about the wolf-demon prince kouga. "I sleep well, although it would've been better, if a certain demon slayer had been next to me." Miroku replied hoping to not get slapped across the face. Sango gave him the death glare "don't even dream about it monk!" she warned "I slept great kagome." Sango finished shippo who hadn't said a word at all. And it was no surprise he had been stuffing his face full of food that had been provided by sisntras' servants. "I slept great to kagome." Shippo said in between bites. The little fox daemon had been getting extra food due to the fact that the servants thought he was the cutestest thing ever. Kagome laughed to herself. 'I hope he doesn't get too used to this' kagome though to herself.
"I'm glad, so are we going to stay here in the village for a while longer or are we going to leave soon?" kagome asked the others as she sat down painfully, her wrist still hurt from when inuyasha held it the other night when she sat him for miss-behaving. She shook the thought from her mind and started to make a small plate she wasn't really that hunger. "Well it all depends on what inu…" but before miroku could finish inuyasha had appeared and cut him off "we are staying here for a while so get used to it." The half demon stated in a harsh tone.
'Humph he only wants to stay here because he's close to kikkyo. He's always more violent towards me when she is around.' Kagome thought to herself as she finished eating. Kagome suddenly got this sensation in her heart she always had this sensation when she sensed the jewel shards. She had a feeling that kouga was on his was to see her. A smile graced her face. The wolf-demon price with the piercing blue eyes, whenever she thought of him her heart skipped a beat. Lost in thought she hadn't even noticed that miroku and Sango left to find new weapons for Sango, and shippo had run off with some of the village girls to play. Leaving her with the furious half demon.
"What has you so deep in thought kagome?" inuyasha demanded. She was scared of him and that tone. She knows that he has no intion of just talking to her. "N-nothing inuyasha." Kagome kept her answer shot, she didn't want to upset him in anyway. "You are lying to me miko." He got more and more angry with her. The fact that she breathed made his blood start to boil, the only thing she was good for was to find the jewel shards and that was all. "Inuyasha please calm down….i was just thinking about what to do today." She said fear in her voice not wanting him to hit her again. She didn't understand why he hit her, what happened to him. He used to be nice but the more he saw kikkyo the more violent he became towards her. "You are still lying to me kagome. You know kikyyo would never do that to me. She would never lie to me and where did you get that kimono?" inuyasha questioned 'where did she get and how could she get that it's made out of silk and that stuff is expensive.' He thought to himself, kagome was testing his last nerve. Kikkyo was better than kagome in every way.
"It was a gift from the warlord of this village." Kagome said quietly. Becoming more scared by the minutes, "you're so stupid kagome! You need to stop being so damn naïve! God kikkyo would have never accepted anything from a warlord!" inuyasha yelled at her.
"I'm not that dead bitch inuyasha!" kagome yelled back forgetting her place for just a brief moment. But before she could apologize to inuyasha for what she had said, he turned with his head down to walk away. Kagome breathed a sigh of relief. 'So he's not going to hit me this time.' Kagome thought to herself. She had thought that too soon. In less than a minute inuyasha turned around pinned her to the ground and slapped her across her face and punched her in the stomach. "Never call kikkyo that ever again! You stupid girl!"
"I'm sorry inuyasha…please stop…please..."kagome pleaded in between cries. She felt blood starting to fall from her mouth. That's when he stopped. "If you ever tell anyone about this, about my hitting you, I will kill you." Inuyasha threatened her as he turned and walked away. Kagome just laid there crying, she hurt all over she couldn't get why. She had been his friend for years. She finally stopped crying and wiped her tears and blood. She got up and decided that a few hours in the village garden would do her some good. Maybe some flowers would cheer her up.
Meanwhile
Kouga couldn't find her. 'kagome where can you be?' kouga questioned himself as he took a drink from the river that he and the boys had stopped at. Ginta and hakkaku had just ran up as he stood up. "Kouga we found out where she is!" ginta yelled full of excitement. "Where is she!?"Kouga was relieved that they had found out some information. He was hard on them but it was for their own good. "She is in the village not too far east of here." Ginta stated but before they realized it kpuga had speed off to go see her. "I'm close my love. I'll see you again soon, please be alright." Kouga said to himself. He couldn't explain it but he had this weird feeling in his gut like something was wrong with his beloved what could it be. He ran faster and faster till the village came in sight, he slowed down and came to a stop and waited for ginta and hakkaku to catch up. He was very anxious to see her again but wanted to wait. He sniffed the air and what he smelled made his heart drop. He smelt blood and tears but not just anyone's, it was kagomes. 'Just a few more minutes and I'll be able to see you again love.' Kouga thought to himself. He didn't notice ginta and hakkaku come up behind him. "kouga." The two said in unison. "Yea?" kuga asked looking at the two. "Can we rest a bit here for a while before we go and find kagome?" ginta asked. He was afraid of this village and the unknown warlord that ruled it. "Let's find her first you know that she will take care of us. Sleeping in a bed is better than sleeping on the ground." Kouga stated, he didn't want to wait another moment to see kagome. He was worried now even more so that before. Why was she crying and why was her blood mixed with tears. "Kouga I smell blood and tears." Hakklaku stated bluntly worried about his sister. "I do to, come on lets go and find her." Kouga replied, worried about his woman, why had she been crying and why did he smell her blood as well, he had to be near her he had to know why.
They walked onto the village, it was weird no one screamed "demons" that was common amongst every village that kouga and his men have ever gone to. "Kouga how are you going to find kagome?" ginta asked slightly distracted by his surroundings. He noticed the geisha houses. While neither he nor hakkaku have ever been with a geisha they have heard of the rumors on how loose they were. "She is in the garden picking flowers." Sango stated over hearing their conversation as she stepped out of the weapons shop.
"Thank you, you are her friend the demon slayer, Sango right?" kouga asked. "Yes I am it's good to see you again kouga. What brings you to edo?" she asked him as if she didn't already know. She knew his love for kagome brought him here. She wished that miroku would be like the wolf-demon prince and show his love more often rather than when it was just the two of them. "I missed kagome, thank you demon slayer." Kouga said as he turned to walk towards that garden excited to see his beloved kagome.
Kaogme stopped picking the lilies for a moment and put them in the basket and smiled to herself. He was near, as a matter of fact he was closer than she thought. Sensing his jewel shards. "Kouga she whispered. "Yes my love." Kouga replied softly with a smile on his face happy to know that she was thinking of him. "Kouga! I'm so happy to see you!" kagome said smiling and quickly standing up.
'She looks so beautiful, that kimono suits her. I have missed her so much. I can't take my eyes off of her.' Kouga said to himself. He couldn't believe his eyes. Her white and red roses with the wolf embroidery along the ends kimono suited her and he just couldn't stop looking at her. "Kouga...are you alright?" kagome asked with a concerned look on her face. Kouga quickly snapped out of his daze. "uhh yeah, I'm fine" kouga quickly stammered to say hoping that she wouldn't notice that he was staring at her looking her up and down. Kagome giggled. She didn't know why but she suddenly had butterflies in her stomach, he was a handsome man. But kagome would never tell him that. As she blushed silence fell between them. Kouga not wanting it to be awkward between the two of the, broke the silence. "I've missed you kagome." He stated pulling her close to him so he could embrace her. "And I have missed you as well kouga." Kagome replied looking directly into his piercing blue eyes, she loved his eyes she always got lost in them. He smiled softly at her. He couldn't help but stare into her hazel eyes. He loved them he leaned in to kiss her, as she closed her eyes. 'I can't believe this is happening' she said to herself.
"Hey sister! We missed you" ginta said with a smile breaking the two away from each other blushing. "Yeah it's been so long."hakkaku chirped. Kouga looked away slightly annoyed that the two had disrupted them. 'I was so close' he thought to himself. But he couldn't blame them. She was their sister and they loved her. He knew that he could always trust them to protect her. Kagome gave the two wolf-demons hugs. "How have you two been?" kagome asked them. "Alright I guess." Hakkaku said plainly. "We still haven't found neraku."Ginta said looking away. "You guys will find him and when the time comes we will all beat him together."kagome said with a smile on her face. Trying to reassure them. Ginta and hakkaku have always been nice to her. She remembered when the three of them came to rescue her from the panther demon tribe when they had kidnapped her. It was sweet of the, to come save her, but she knew kouga would and that ginta and hakkaku would be right behind him, the three of them were like her protectors.
"How about you sister?" ginta asked. "Yeah how have you been?" hakkaku added. "I have been well." Kagome replied quickly not wanting them to worry about her. Her response caught kougas' attention. 'She is lying to us, there is something troubling my beloved miko. I can sense it….maybe I should talk to her about it.' Kouga thought to himself.
Before he could say anything, he smelled the mutt-face but his scent was mixed with someone else's. He also noticed the soul collectors in the area, he turned his attion back to the miko, she looked so happy but yet something was troubling his beloved. It was like she was hiding something from them.
"Kagome are you you sure that you are alright?" kouga asked her. He wanted to make sure that she really was okay that everything was well with her. "Yes kouga, I'm well and everything is fine." Kagome replied trying to reassure him, that she was fine. Even though deep inside she longed to just go to him and cry in his arms and confess everything to him. 'Oh kouga if you only knew what was going on. If you only knew that inuyasha beats me just because I'm not kikkyo, just because I defy him.' Kagome thought to herself, holding back tears. The three wolf-demons knew for sure something was wrong. They could not only sense it but they could also smell it. Ginta looked down and saw the flowers and baskets kagome had with her. "Sister what are you planning to do with the flowers?" ginta asked her trying to lighten the mood, not wanting to see kagome cry.
"Oh I was going to make some bouquets with them and give them to some of my friends." She answered with a cheerful smile. Trying to hide her emotions. 'She always smiles like that even when she is hurting so much on the inside. What could she be hiding, why does she wince like that. She's in pain of some sort' kouga thought to himself
"Can we help you?"Hakkaku asked willing to help his sister on any way. "Sure" she said happy for the help. Kagome got down on her knees wincing slightly. "Just pick the daises, roses but please be careful of those, they have thorns, and the lilies, oh and also the tulips." Kagome said in the nicest way possible. 'She even gives orders in a nice manner' kouga said to himself. "I'm going to river for some fresh water, ginta and hakkaku please watch over kagome." Kouga stated as he turned to walk away.
"Kouga, please be safe and hurry back…please." Kagome stated with a look of angst and worry. "Don't worry kagome, I won't be long I promise." Kouga told her as he took off towards the river at high speed. There was no way he was going to be away from kagome long.
Meanwhile
"So kagome can we ask you something?" hakkaku asked as him and ginta both noticed the bruise on her wrist. "Sure. What is it?" she asked. "Why do you have bruise on your arm?" ginta asked worried. She couldn't believe that they had noticed. She didn't say a word. What could she say…what could she do?