AN: so here is the next Ch. please review and enjoy

"Kagome do you know where we are and where the wolf den is?" They had been walking for a while know.

"Yes and no, I know the general direction and I am thinking one of the other wolf demons will recognize my sent and lead us in the exact direction." The two continued to walk when they heard a rustle in the bushes. They got in their battle stances when Ginta popped out.

"Sister Kagome? Your back?" He asked a little confused.

"Of course, I can't leave a friend in need behind," answered Kagome with a small smile, as she relaxed.

"We all thought the half- demon would take you back. Kouga was going to send out a search party for you as soon as he healed."

"Is he in bad shape," asked Sango, making her presence known.

"He is in a lot of pain and can hardly move."

"Well, let's go. Sango and I came to help and we can't do that if we are here."

"Yes sister, follow me. Kouga will be pleased to know his mate is back at the den," he said happily.

"I never said I would be 'his woman'," objected Kagome, but Ginta just ignored it, kept smiling, and walked back to the den. The two humans behind him.

When they reached the den Ginta led Kagome and Sango through a maze of tunnels at the back of the main den. As they walked Kagome noticed that there were other small caves here and there. 'Those must be personal caves for the wolf-demons,' thought Kagome. She was brought out of her thoughts by the sound of Ginta's voice.

"Kouga's private den is at the end of this tunnel." He was pointing to a animal hide that hung over a cave opening.

"Okay, thanks Ginta," Said Kagome with a smile, as she started to walk to Kouga's den. She and Sango walked into a fairly large cave. It had a full length mirror leaned against a wall with a dresser next to it, and a large bed with a, clearly in pain, wolf in it. Hakkaku was cleaning Kouga's wounds when-

"Kagome? You're here," asked Kouga, just as Ginta had, "I was sure that dog shit was going to take as far away from here as he could."

"She and I came to help you and your wolves," said Sango in place of Kagome. Kouge winced in pain and that didn't go unnoticed by Kagome.

"Here I got some thing that will ease the pain," Kagome said as she put down her bag and began to dig through it.

"No, my comrades come first," said Kouga.

"Don't be stubborn. You need serious medical help. Besides, Sango or I can patch you up and the other will help your pack," Kagome said as she came to his side with some water and a pain killer. A quick look of discomfort fell upon Kouga's face by that statement, he much rather spend more time with intended even if he was injured, but was replaced by a small grateful smile. No one saw that, but Sango and knew exactly what it meant.

"I think you should tend to Kouga's arm and I will tend to his pack mates," Sango said as she walked out with Hakkaku.

"Oh, okay," said Kagome a little confused. She turned back to Kouga and gave him a soft smile, "Here don't bite it. just gulp it down with some water." She handed her water bottle to him to use."

"What is it," he asked out pure curiosity.

"It's a bunch of herbs squished together; it'll help."

"Thank you for helping," he said, as did as instructed.

"Its okay, It's the least I do. Considering Inuyasha tried to kill you when you were hurt at the mountain."

"How did you get the stupid mutt to let you come back?" In all honesty he couldn't care less how she got back to the den. He was happy to know the she was at his side and not at Inuyasha's.

"Well, that's a long story," Kagome was still slightly mad and didn't what to explode on Kouga, like she did to Inuyasha. "This might hurt," she said as she began to clean his arm.

"It won't as long as you are here."

Kagome's heart skipped a beat and she blushed. She turned her head to look down at his arm and to avoid his eyes. 'How can he say things like that? In the short amount of time that he's' known me he has managed to kidnap me, make me help him, and, in front of everyone say he loves me.' She shook her head.

"You seem deep in thought," Kouga stated.

"I still don't understand," she was wrapping gauze around his arm, "how you can say such things."

"Say what?"

"Say you love me and I'm 'your woman'."

"Because I know," he smirked.

"Know-"

"Kagome, I really need your help. There are too many for me to get to," Sango said as she walked in.

"Okay I'll be out in a moment." She, quickly, tied the gosse to his arm and headed to the entrance of the cave. "I'll come back later to change the gosse," She was still blushing and did not want him to see.

'Fine by me.' thought Kouga as she left, 'Maybe I won't have to kill the half-breed,' Kouga smirked to himself, as schemes played though in his mind. Schemes of how to win Kagome and her heart.

-Back in the main den-

Kagome walked into the main den, her mind swelling with the days events, when a feminine voice intruded, " You okay, sister Kagome?"

"Oh no, Sango, not you too."

"Sango? Who is Sango?" Kagome turned around to see a demoness. She looked not much older than her mother, black, short, hair with a white strike on the side, and brown eyes, that were so dark that they looked black. She wore armor like the rest in the men in the cave.

"I'm sorry. I thought my friend and I were the only women in the main cave." she said with a nervous smile and scratching the back of her neck. 'Actually I thought we were the only ones here.'

"Well, usually women would not be in the main cave, I am the only one aloud, since I am the tribes healer. But now that the war is finally over, there is a lot of injured men, I needs others to help me."

"How many were hurt?"

"Many, but, if they made it back here, they will be fine. Now, we have a lot of work to do," she grabbed Kagomes wrist and dragged her to the injured.

"Wait, I don't know your name."

"My name is Hannah."