+Chapter 1+

She couldn't believe her eyes.

Her hands shook as she clutched the steering wheel of her year 2000 black Toyota Camry. Her breath came out in heavy pants because her lungs didn't seem to be able to hold the adequate amount of oxygen needed to sustain her. Her heart sped with a ferocity that she —with her medical degree— would recognize as dangerous if she wasn't so terrified by the scene before her.

Kagome would've never imagined that this… this was what her boyfriend was up to. Her mind reeled with all the signs she mistook as his infidelity: the calls in the middle of night as he lay beside her on her bed speaking in hushed whispers thinking she was asleep, and then leaving before the sun rose with a gentle kiss to her forehead. His random day-long absences which he explained with some lame ass excuse that she always forgave, because her heart wouldn't allow her not to.

Everything, all of it, it made sense now. What she was witnessing, it wasn't him cheating. It was far worse than that.

Her car remained perfectly out of sight behind a tall black storage shed behind the dock where her Kouga was holding a black Glock handgun under an unfazed silver haired man's chin. The man was kept restrained by two of Kouga's associates who she remembered being introduced to a year ago.

Hakkaku…Ginta. She knew them and felt oddly betrayed. They knew the whole time about this dangerous side of Kouga. They, the ones who would rush to reassure her whenever she had her doubts about their relationship and stepping in when Kouga was `out of town', were helping him. She had formed a sibling-like bond with them, and they would even call her big sister on occasion.

She watched in horror as Kouga let out a tremendous laugh, the kind that made you throw your head back in amusement.

He was laughing when he was about to take a man's life. He laughed as if they were watching Saturday Night Live snuggled up on her couch, and not as if he was about to kill someone in cold blood.

She let out a choked whimper and for one heart stopping moment the silver haired man's eyes flicked and looked right at her. His eyes widened in what looked like fear, but not for himself, for her.

Her mind told her to duck and hide, but she sat in shocked paralysis. His eyes, an intense golden fire that made her feel things for this beautiful stranger, and want him to do whatever it took to be safe from her boyfriend.

Too soon, he brought his attention back to Kouga and his body language finally turned defensive as if he was just realizing the danger he was in.

Kagome sat up a little straighter in apprehension when Kouga slowly trailed the tip of the gun across the man's face with a smile as if taunting him and her stomach dropped when Kouga took a few steps back and cocked the gun, aiming directly at golden eyes' head.

She couldn't let this happen. She was scared for this man's life, which was a normal reaction, but she was also deeply troubled by the thought of him being gone off the face of the planet. She couldn't explain, nor did she have time to ponder it. She had to save him, somehow.

Kouga's finger went to the trigger, and as he pressed down slowly, Kagome could've sworn her heart stopped. In a frenzy of nerves and fear, she slammed a hard fist on the steering wheel, honking the horn with all her might.

Inuyasha glared at the piece of shit who ordered for his kidnapping.

They fucking found him; he couldn't believe he had allowed it to happen. He had been walking through the busy streets of Tokyo; easily blending in to stock up on supplies. He hadn't been able to detect the specific scents as there were so many people, but when he had it was too late.

They had run into him and forced him into an alley. Of course it was by no means an easy victory for the two ookami but they had eventually knocked him unconscious with some smoke bombs that dulled all his senses before they threw him into a van.

They drove, only stopping once to pick up their leader and Inuyasha instantly recognized the stench as Kouga's.

Now, here they were.

"Naraku will be most pleased when I bring him your head on a silver platter, Inuyasha, and tell him all the details of how I dumped the rest of you into this very sea."

He didn't respond, only wondering where the fuck his friends were.

"Tell me something, Inuyasha. Why did you leave?" Inuyasha only gave him a bored look.

"Answer me, dog turd." Kouga seethed between clenched teeth. When he got no answer he continued, "You were the fucking pride of Kyoudai. You were Naraku's right hand but you left without a fucking word."

Kouga suddenly laughed, and Inuyasha raised an eyebrow at him.

"You are one stupid son of a bitch, you know that right?" he asked.

Inuyasha would have continued to ignore him, but he heard a whimper, a feminine whimper and he immediately sought it out. Someone else, a woman, was here. His eyes connected with her beautiful blues and he could see all of her obvious fear. She was terrified, and suddenly, so was he. And extremely angry.

What the fuck was this girl doing here? Didn't the bitch know how fucking dangerous this was.

Thankfully, the stupid wolves obviously didn't hear her, and Inuyasha forced himself to look back at Kouga who was still going on so as not to reveal her hiding space.

"… bounty of $500,000." He heard Kouga say.

Whatever, he already knew how much Naraku was willing to pay for his death. All he was really focused on was that girl whose beautiful face had no business there. Kouga took another step closer, further invading his personal space, so that he could trail the gun over his face.

"You should consider it an honor, hanyou, to be considered worth so much."

Inuyasha growled lowly, hating how the smell of the bastard increased ten-fold when he advanced, making him want to sneeze.

Kouga grinned, before stepping back, much to his relief. "This is where we say good-bye, Inuyasha. Save me a seat in hell."

And Kouga cocked the gun, aiming at his forehead.

Inuyasha braced himself, preparing to throw the two that were "restraining" him in front of him to use as a shield. He had no doubt that he had the speed and power to do it. Then he would proceed to beat the shit out of Kouga, and get to the girl to reassure her somehow and make sure she got home safely. Then he would leave to find his boat where his two friends must be wondering where the hell he was.

Unfortunately, none of that was able to happen because the bitch honked her horn, startling all of them.

Kouga hadn't released the trigger but he did look back at the sound. Inuyasha used the distraction to kick the gun out of the wolves hand, sending the bullet flying somewhere out into the ocean behind them, and the gun fell with an audible thud on the wooden planks.

The girl was still honking, and he looked to see her face shocked, but her eyes determined as she kept a little cement fist on the wheel.

Inuyasha toughened his arms and wretched them free, and almost simultaneously punched the two youkai in the faces, knocking them out in the single blow.

Kouga's eyes were enlarged in fury and he growled as he lunged at him, claws poised to strike. Inuyasha side-stepped it at the last minute and grabbed the wolf by the arm, before using his elbow to knock him hard in the face. Inuyasha then raised his claws and gave Kouga four deep gashes that ripped through his clothes and tore at his flesh. Finally, he crouched low and swept Kouga's legs out from under him with a swift kick.

The youkai landed hard on his face, and Inuyasha kicked him in the side to make sure the wolf was down for a good amount of time.

In the distance of the blackness of the sea, Inuyasha could see the familiar small yacht he and his friends arrived on and was relieved that it wasn't too far away, only a couple of docks down the coast line.

First things first though, and Inuyasha leapt over Kouga's prone body to get to that girl. He saw her get out of the car to meet him half-way and she was trembling, her eyes sparkling with tears.

He grabbed hold of her shoulders and shook her to get her to focus on him because her eyes were wandering in a panicked daze.

"What the fuck are you doing here, idiot?!" He growled at her.

"I…I… Kouga…he's" she stuttered panicked, and a tear streaked down her face. He unconsciously brought his hand up and wiped it away with a thumb.

She looked at him shocked, and he immediately dropped both his hands.

Gods, she was beautiful. Her wavy black hair flowed past her shoulders in a waterfall of lusciousness. Her eyes were wide and bright blue, like cerulean. Her nose was like a cute little button in the center of her face, and her lips were full and pink like bubblegum and he desperately wanted a taste. And her scent… wait—What the fuck was with her scent!

It was subtle, but he detected it. Seeping from the pores on her skin was the stinking ookami's stench! Inuyasha could still smell her real scent though, and it was intoxicating. It made him lightheaded to think of how it would smell without the wolf's pollution.

But he had to take step back from her, she could be with them. Her jumbled words finally registered to him and he realized that she had said his name. Why the hell would such a striking creature such as her know that flea bag?

"Oh my god, Kouga!" she yelled, and Inuyasha turned to see the wolf hold the gun with a shaky hand, though he still lie on the ground.

Damn, he cursed his own stupidity for not taking the gun when he had the chance. Swearing to never kill again had really taken away some of his common sense.

He took a protective stand in front of the trembling girl, but she pushed his arm aside abruptly.

"Kouga, don't!" she cried.

Kouga's eyes opened wide in shock when he heard the voice, but he still held up the gun. Inuyasha wasn't too worried. He was almost positive that Kouga wouldn't be able to land a good shot with how hard his hand was shaking. He smirked; he must have fucked the wolf up pretty bad.

But his smirk instantly turned into a grim line when Kouga re-aimed at the dozens of barrels of gasoline used for the boats that were stacked up against the shack.

Inuyasha immediately whirled around and swooped the girl into his protective arms as the barrels exploded around them, sending them both hurling into the water.

He held on tight to her, keeping her tucked against his chest, waiting as one explosion triggered another and then another, until there was just a large fire left. He resurfaced moments later with a huge breath relishing the return of oxygen to his lungs.

He was only half-surprised to find her unconscious in his arms, but he quickly brought his ear to her open mouth and was relieved when he heard her faint breathing. He took a quick look back and saw that Kouga had been knocked out by the blast too, but his friends were up and rushing to his side, not even noticing the two of them.

Inuyasha did a fast internal debate as to whether or not he should leave her on the dock with Kouga's two lackey's and make a hasty retreat, or take her with him. The latter option won out and it wasn't just because of his irrational desire to know who this beauty was, but Kouga had risked her life.

The two obviously knew each other and by the way she smelled of him, it was obviously on a level higher than friendship. That, however, didn't stop the wimpy wolf from nearly blowing her to pieces in his desire for the esteem of killing the runaway assassin, Inuyasha Tokaido and the $500,000 bounty money.

Decision made, Inuyasha kept her head above the water and swam away with one arm in the direction of the yacht.

Miroku drove their silver Honda Civic 2006 onto the yacht slowly, and got out to wrap his arms around his fiancé who was looking out at the black sea sadly.

"So he hasn't come yet?"

She sighed, "Nope, so I guess you didn't find him."

"No."

"I'm worried Miroku. Do you think they could've gotten to him?"

"I highly doubt it. Inuyasha is just taking his sweet time like he always does." He said, trying to sound reassuring though he was worried himself.

"No, he wouldn't take this long. Something must be wrong." She turned to face him. "We were supposed to be heading out by now, and nobody wants out of Tokyo more than he does."

"Sango, love, this is Inuyasha we're talking about. He definitely won't be done in by Naraku's goons in Tokyo."

"This is Kouga's territory though; he's got people all over the city. What if--"

He silenced her with a deep kiss, then pulled back slightly to whisper against her lips, "Relax", and was thrilled when she visibly did.

"You suck you know that," she said as she buried her head in his chest.

He chuckled, "How about we go to our room and I'll show you how much I can suck and by the time we're done, I promise Inuyasha will already be here." He cupped her bottom in both hands, then pulled their hips together.

She smiled, "Hentai."

He took that as a yes and scooped her up bridal style, bringing them to their room.

Please Inuyasha, come back safe… they both thought before closing the door behind them.

Well I just had this idea and I had to write it. Let me know what you think. My other fic, Tomorrow's Journey is on hold for now, but I won't abandon it…I think =P

R/R Please…

* I changed the name of Naraku's organization from Taeguki to Kyoudai which translates to 'Brothers'.