Chapter 3 -The Journey to the Den
Kagome, Inuyasha and Hope arrived to the village with the bags and Sango was the first to great them. "Hey guys! Kagome, how are you? How was Hope?"
Kagome smiled and said "we're both good."
They began to walk towards the den, Kirara carried the luggage on her back and Kagome carried Hope. Inuyasha constantly complained of going too slow but Kagome just wanted time to slow down. She didn't want to think about leaving Hope behind. "Inuyasha…" She started.
"Yeah?" he answered absent mindedly
"I think we should stay at the den with Hope for a couple days, to help her settle in." Kagome spoke quietly.
Everybody stopped and Inuyasha turned to her. "No way! We are dropping of the pup and leaving!" Inuyasha stated and began walking again. Everyone followed except Kagome.
"No." She stated looking at the floor and then raising her gaze to him.
"What? Kagome if you want to go be with the wolf boy then go, but I'm not going to escort you there!" He yelled.
"This has nothing to do with me and Koga this has to do with HOPE!" She yelled back and stomped her foot.
"Ya know what?! I don't even know why we are doing this, why don't YOU go drop off the bastard." That was it. When Inuyasha spoke these words, Kagome lost it.
"FINE! AND DON'T EXPECT ME TO COME BACK!" She screamed.
Sango and Miroku exchanged looks and know exactly what to do. Miroku held Shippo and followed Inuyasha. Sango held Kagome to calm her down. "It's okay Kagome, me, you, and Kirara are going to take Hope to Koga and we will stay as long as you like. Miroku will look after Shippo and Inuyasha." Kagome dried her eyes with her sleeve and nodded and got on Kirara's back. As they approached the den, Sango broke the silence, "Kirara, go ahead and land on the cliff, we can walk from here." They hopped down and Kagome took Hope out of the chest strap and placed the strap in her bag and carried her on her hip.
"Halt humans!" said a wolf demon dressed in warrior attire "Pretty brave coming around here" He said licking his lips. Sango narrowed her eyes and Kagome put her arm out in front of Sango.
"We are friends of Koga's, can you take us to him?" Kagome said politely
"NO! He….." He stopped mid-sentence "Is that a baby wolf demon?"
"Yes, you see, her mother…" He cut her off
"HOW DARE YOU STEAL A WOLF DEMON FROM ITS MOTHER!" He raised his claws ready to fight. Sango Looked around, she couldn't use her weapons without risking injury of Kirara, Kagome, Hope or any of Koga's pack nearby. He charged toward Kagome and before Sango could react, Kagome pushed Hope into Sango's arms and Sango ran behind Kirara. He had Kagome by the neck and rose her off her feet and moved her over the cliff, dangling from his hand helplessly. His nails began to dig into her neck slowly drawing blood, crushing her wind pipe to where she couldn't breathe. Sango held onto Hope closely frozen in fear. "NOW PAY HUMAN!"
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"Koga, can't you help carry this boar?" Ginta asked
"Yeah, it weighs a ton!" Hakaku
"Well, I killed it so you two morons can carry it." Koga said crossing his arms and smiling at his impressive kill. Then a thick wind blew and an unpleasant sent crossed Koga's nose. Blood. Kagome's blood. He took off in a flash 'What the fuck is this? If anyone has hurt Kagome I will kill them! Where is that mutt? Isn't it his job to protect her?'
Hakaku and Ginta looked at each other and then the smell hit them too
"Kagome!" Hakkaku yelled.
"I hope she's okay!" Ginta added.
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Kagome began to black out as her eyes rolled to the back of her head, she could feel her body going numb.
Sango was still watching froze, afraid that if she moved she could compromise Hope's safety. She watched as the life began to slip from Kagome's eyes, blood running down her neck and over his hand, down her shirt. There was a lot of blood, too much blood.
Then out of nowhere a whirlwind came up and Koga froze in front of them, eyes glowing red with hate and his fangs barred. "PUT. HER. DOWN." He growled.
The guard looked at his alpha and said "Koga, you do not understand, she stole a cub from a mother!"
Koga barked again "NOW!"
He put Kagome on the floor before Koga and took a step back, then Koga sped to him and slammed him up against a wall. "HOW DARE YOU TOUCH KAGOME! I SHOULD RIP OUT YOUR THROUGHT RIGHT NOW!"
"….Ko….Koga…..please…..don't…" Koga heard a whisper, and turned to see Kagome's eyes half open and her hand reaching for him. He instantly dropped him to his knees and took hold of Kagome's hand and kneeled down to her. "…..don't hurt him…it's…okay…" She then laid her head back and closed her eyes. Koga lifted her up and looked over at Kirara and Sango, "Come with me, I need to get Kagome to a healer." Sango nodded and took a deep breath and they followed Koga.
Koga entered the cave "I NEED HEALERS NOW!" He barked and immediately three woman came to his aid, they followed him to his bedroom where he laid Kagome down. They tended to her wounds while he walked out to great her friend. "What happened?" he asked, calming down now that Kagome was taken care of.
"It's a long story." Sango said, as she said that Koga sat down and motioned for her to do the same.
"Well, about a week ago, we found a wolf demon near death and she told us to take her cub and bring her to a good wolf tribe. Of course we thought of you, but Kagome needed to go to her village first. So when she returned we could tell she had bonded with the cub and she said she wanted to stay here, in your den with Hope until she felt at home with you guys. Well, when she said that Inuyasha lost his mind and sent her to drop off Hope alone, I came with her and then we were attacked by the guard. I would've helped but I had Hope and I knew Kagome would want her safety first, and I couldn't fight with any of my weapons without putting everyone in danger on the cliff. That's about when you showed up." She said while holding Hope.
"Hope?" Koga asked.
"Kagome came up with it. It's from her village, it means hōpu"
"Leave it to Kagome to come up with a beautiful unique name like Hope." Koga smiled, his smile dropped instantly, however, when he saw the guard that attacked Kagome enter the cave. "That's Haruto. I'll have to have a talk with him later. But if I do it now, I'll kill him."
Sango looked over and nodded. Just then Ginta and Hakkaku came in with the boar Koga had killed earlier. "Hey Guys, foods here." They dropped the food and looked over at Koga and Kagome's friend talking. "Should we go interrupt?" Hakkaku asked Ginta.
"No, I think we wait until he comes to us…..I can smell Kagome's blood, there's a lot of it, smells like a pretty bad wound." Ginta answered.
"You two know that girl too?" Haruto asked
"Yeah, do you know what happened?" Hakkaku asked
"I found them trespassing with a stolen cub…..I attacked her and th… "
"YOU ATTACKED SISTER?!" Hakkaku yelled cutting him off
"Koga is going to kill you!" Ginta shouted
"I didn't realize she know our alpha…..it was an easy mistake…." He stammered
"That's not just some friend or allay, that's Kagome! Koga's mate!" Hakkaku stated.
"His mate?! But she is HUMAN!" He stated beginning to get enraged.
"It doesn't matter, she has helped us a lot and she is pack to Koga and most of the rest of us." Ginta retorted.
Haruto looked over at Koga then back at Ginta and Hakkaku, "Alright then." He said blankly and walked to the back to his den.
A healer came out of the room Koga placed Kagome, Sango watched her hoping to see some glimmer of hope in her eyes. She knelt over to Koga, "Kagome will be okay, but she shouldn't move for 24 hours. Her wounds could reopen if she moves." Koga nodded and looked at Sango, she nodded and added "May Kirara and I stay until Kagome is better?"
Koga nodded "Of course"
