Welcome, welcome, welcome to my first Inuyasha fanfic! This fic is rated for some cursing and violence. Might change in the future. Also, this fic is yaoi! That means boyxboy love! If you aren't cool with that then click the back button...
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha (unfortunately ;;). It does, however, belong to the great Rumiko Takahashi.


Summary: Inuyasha and the gang get caught in one of Naraku's traps, resulting in the loss of all of Inuyasha's friends. Kouga pities the hanyou and decides to stay with him during the time that he moves on. How will this affect the two rivals' feelings toward each other?

"..." regular speech
'...' thoughts


Chap.1-Uncertain Feelings Come Out

"Damn you! Die bastard!"

Inuyasha and co. were on their way back to Kaede's from another wild goose chase. Kagome had thought she felt a shikon jewel shard, but it was only one of Naraku's traps. When they arrived at the spot she said she sensed it, they were ambushed by a demon that looked like a dragon in a green bird costume. Miroku had tried to suck it in to his Kazana earlier, but stopped when he saw Naraku's bugs flying around. When the demon saw he was distracted, he grabbed him by the neck and threw him against the tree. Naturally Sango ran over to help him and was knocked unconscious by one of the demon's flailing arms. Inuyasha was still weakened from a fight that had happened earlier that week and wasn't as agile as he usually was and was now being pinned down by the ravenous beast. Kagome was hiding behind a tree with Shippou shouting at Inuyasha. The demon finally noticed her and was charging towards her. Because of his injuries, he couldn't catch it.

"NOOOOO! KAGOME!"

Inuyasha was stopped in his tracks by a tornado of brown and black and the dragon demon flew backwards. Inuyasha reopened his eyes that he had closed from the shock of the tornado, and frowned at what he saw. Holding Kagome in his arms and standing over the dragon was everyone's favorite wolf prince. He was, as usual, trying to convince Kagome that she was safer with him and his tribe. If one were looking close enough, they would see the steam coming out of Inuyasha's ears.

"HEY FLEABAG! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!" he yelled out stepping up to the wolf as he put Kagome down.

"What does it look like mutt? I'm saving my woman," Kouga stated moving some wayward strands of hair from in front of his eyes. He stepped even closer to the irate hanyou and huffed. "Ya know mutt…you're nowhere near the trouble she goes through for you."

That was it for Inuyasha. He had far too much of the wolf prince and tackled him to the ground. The two tumbled and tussled down a hill, crushing everything from blossoming, pink flowers to life stealing weeds. The two continued to roll until their momentum was slowed by the myriad of rocks littered across the field. When they had finally come to an end, both males were covered in different colored bruises and bloody cuts. Both boys stumbled to their feet and faced each other, snarling but still panting. The sounds of a blood-curdling scream came from further up the hill. The males' looks of hatred turned to one of fear as they realize that they had left the dragon demon unattended to as they tended to killing each other. They raced up the hill with Kouga getting there first. Inuyasha hurried after him, his eyes closed trying to erase the worst of thoughts from his mind. As he tried to calm his spirits, he ran into the back of his rival. Expecting the wolf to yell at him, he prepped his claws. When nothing happened, he opened his eyes and walked around him.

"Hey wolf…what's your deal just standing there?"

He received no answer from the man in front of him. The wolf's pale blue eyes were paler than ever as he stared seemingly past Inuyasha's shoulder. Inuyasha turned around himself to see what had captured the prince's attention. He soon regretted that decision as he saw the splotches of blood seeping into every crevice on the field. The bodies of his comrades were nowhere to be seen though. As he walked around the battlegrounds, his mind tried to assure him that maybe they had escaped before the demon did anything serious.

'If that were true, why is there blood everywhere and why is there no sound of them in the area? I know they can be fast when they have too, but the demon was way faster and would have caught up...'

Panic was now beginning to radiate from the hanyou as more 'worst case scenarios' played through his head. A thought struck him though. Before Kagome was attacked, Miroku had been knocked against a tree and was badly injured. Also, Sango was unconscious so they couldn't have traveled very far with just Kagome and Shippou being unharmed.

'WAIT! KAGOME! She screamed before Kouga and I got up here! Dammit! What's happened to them!'

Inuyasha was so caught up in his thinking that he didn't sense Kouga walking up behind him. When he felt the other's hand against his shoulder, he jumped and quickly turned around. His anger came back and was about to be unleashed upon the wolf until he noticed the pained look in the other's eyes.

"Oi Kouga...What is it? Can you sense the others anywhere? Are they all right! Answer me dammit!"

He grabbed the other's shoulders and began shaking him until Kouga grabbed his wrist in a firm grasp. Kouga looked up from the ground to his rival's eyes. Inuyasha had never seen such a look before. The pain and fear showing in Kouga's eyes were beyond anything that he could imagine. Staring into his eyes were beginning to make him feel a little unease so he diverted his attention to a leaf-less tree behind Kouga, but still looked like he was looking into the other's eyes. They stayed in that position for a good five minutes before Kouga began to release his hold on Inuyasha's wrists and point to a small item a little far beyond the battle grounds. The hanyou let go of Kouga's shoulders and walked over to a green ribbon torn around the edges and covered in blood that neither of the males hoped to smell so strongly. The silver-haired male bent down to pick it up, the crimson fluid sliding down his arms into his sleeves. His eyes widened at the smell his nose was now just being assaulted with. The scent of death hovered around the area like a dense fog. He didn't know why he hadn't smelt it before, but now that he had, he didn't know what to do. Inuyasha fell to his knees to examine the ribbon more closely and so that when bent over to look at it, his hair hid his crystal tears from view. It didn't matter though since the demon prince could smell the saltiness of it. He walked over to where the hanyou was bent over the fabric. Since he had first met Kagome, he had been in love with her, but the few months that he had known her and the few battles they had shared together was nothing compared to the things she went through with Inuyasha. He knew that the half-breed loved her and that the feeling was mutual on the other end, but he just couldn't get his mind and heart to accept it. Although he was suffering from the loss of Kagome, he felt truly sorry for the hanyou. He bent down and wrapped his arms around Inuyasha's shoulders and rubbed his back as Inuyasha finally released the tears that he had been holding. Kouga's eyes widened in surprise when he felt his former rival's body lean closer into the embrace and buried his head in the nook between Kouga's shoulder and neck, his body shaking from him crying. Kouga sat down all the way on the ground and pulled Inuyasha closer and lied his head down on top of the other's. His stomach fluttered and his cheeks burned from the action, but the wolf dismissed it as an effect of being around the smell for so long. He felt Inuyasha's body stop and breathing even out signifying that he was asleep. Kouga looked up into the sky seeing the sun stubbornly burning behind evergreen hills and the stars slowly beginning to show themselves. He lied the other down and stared up at the sky until sleep finally overcame him and he drifted off.


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