Chapter 3

Author's note: I think it would be kind of disappointing if a little chocolate killed a dog demon.

"Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha stood on the shrine steps, his eyes downcast as he panted.

"Miroku, I need your help."

Inuyasha looked up to Miroku, the temple blocking the light of the sun like a mountain.

"My father wants me to marry somebody else." Miroku looked around, grabbing his arm.

"Hurry and get inside, their meditating." Inuyasha followed him into his room, sitting down with a sigh.

"What do you mean he wants you to marry somebody else?" Miroku asked, Inuyasha leaning back against the wall.

"I'm a hermaphrodite." Miroku raised an eyebrow, Inuyasha growling at him when he looked down at his groin.

"Don't you even think about it!" Inuyasha growled, not having just snuck out to be molested by his friend. Miroku raised a hand, looking away.

"Sorry, just shocked me," he defended, Inuyasha relaxing back. He closed his eyes, taking in a deep breath.

"I hit puberty in demon years and had a period. Now my dad wants me to marry a man."

Miroku poured him some sake, Inuyasha opening his eyes when he touched the cup to his hand. Inuyasha slowly took it, sipping it slowly.

"I had thought he would let you choose. Isn't a woman good enough?" Miroku asked, Inuyasha looking to him.

"He has two sons. One could carry on the legacy. As a half demon, his legacy ends with me." Miroku frowned, Inuyasha able to tell he had connected the dots.

"He wants you to marry Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha nodded, sipping some more sake.

"If we did that, we would have a full blood with his legacy." Inuyasha drank the rest of the sake quickly, pouring himself some more.

He should have known.

Miroku sat back, wincing slightly.

"Marry your own brother? Wouldn't your kids be mutated?" Miroku asked, Inuyasha shaking his head no.

"It doesn't work that way for demons. If it did I would marry Kagome."

Miroku poured himself some sake, Inuyasha obviously able to tell he was taking this all in to the best of his ability.

"Can't you still marry Kagome? You two can runaway together, right?" Inuyasha wished it was that easy.

"They would hunt us down. The last thing I want her to go through is to have run all of her life."

Miroku looked down in understanding, Inuyasha sipping his sake. If only he could.

"What are you gonna do then?" Miroku asked, Inuyasha looking into his cup of sake.

He wanted to see Kagome... before he went back.

"There is no doubt I'll have to go back. But, for a couple of days, can I stay here?" Miroku smiled, nodding his head.

"Yeah, the monks don't come to my room. It is a lot to take in anyway." Inuyasha nodded, sipping the rest of his sake.

He wanted to see Kagome.

"I think you should go see Kagome. It might help." Inuyasha looked to Miroku, the monk easily reading him. He handed him back his cup, Miroku taking it.

"Go before they stop meditating." Inuyasha nodded, standing up and walking to the door. He stopped, his hand on the shoji.

"Thank you, Miroku."

"Is the men doggy being nice?"

Inuyasha turned to him and growled, raising his fist in warning.

"Shut up old monk!" He barked, leaving the room quickly. He left the temple, stopping on its steps. He looked down to the ground, breathing in deeply.

Not everyone would understand like he did. Just hearing he was marrying his brother would make most people turn away. Miroku though, he tried to understand everything, no matter how taboo.

Thank you monk.

Inuyasha jumped away, moving quickly. Kagome lived about fifteen minutes away, Inuyasha hoping she was home. He stayed away from his home, taking a slightly longer way.

When he got to her house he jumped onto her windowsill, smiling when he saw her doing her homework.

He knocked on the window, Kagome looking over. She looked surprised to see him, getting up and opening the window.

"Inuyasha where have you be-" Inuyasha kissed her after he jumped inside, Kagome gasping softly. Inuyasha slipped a hand into her hair, holding her close. He pulled away after what seemed forever, Kagome panting as she looked to him in disbelief.

"Is your mom home?" He asked, closing her window. She shook her head, Inuyasha kissing her again. He led her back to her bed, Kagome gasping when she fell onto it.

"Inuyasha..." She looked up to him in disbelief and love, Inuyasha kissing her cheek.

"I love you, Kagome." Kagome hugged him, Inuyasha closing his eyes. He felt a tear fall down his cheek, kissing her neck.

Would this be the last time he held her like this?

After their embrace clothing was discarded, Inuyasha doing what he knew he could never do again. He listened to every sound, smelt her sweet scent, touched the warmth of her skin.

All too soon it seemed to end.

They laid in bed together, her head resting on his chest, the blankets pulled over their bodies.

"Where did you go?" Kagome whispered, Inuyasha running his fingers through her hair.

"My dad..."

Inuyasha stopped, frowning up at the ceiling. Kagome rose up, looking to his face.

"Your dad what?" She asked, Inuyasha sighing softly. He told her everything, getting all of it off his chest. Kagome laid her head back on his chest, closing her eyes.

"It... I can't escape from it." Inuyasha put a hand to his face, rubbing his eyes.

If he could run, he would run forever.

But for Kagome, she deserved better.

"Shut up then." Inuyasha moved his hand away from his eyes, Kagome rising up and looking into his eyes.

"Till you decide to go back, visit me everyday." Inuyasha smiled, nodding once.

"Okay."

They laid together for a long moment, Inuyasha leaving once her mom came home.

He returned to the shrine, his entire body feeling exhausted yet wired. He took in a deep breath, looking over his shoulder.

He clenched his hand into a fist.

He would visit her, even after the marriage.

He snuck past the monks that were getting ready for dinner, sneaking into Miroku's room. He closed the shoji, turning around to see Miroku wasn't in the room.

He took a step forward, stopping when he saw a girl sitting in the corner. She was a maid from his father's home, Inuyasha able to tell from her clothing. He growled, the girl standing.

"What do you want?" He asked, the girl bowing.

"Young master Inuyasha, your father asks that you return home." Inuyasha growled, grabbing her arm and opening the shoji. He pushed her out, the girl looking to him.

"Tell him I'll return, but when I want to. Not a minute later, not a minute sooner."

He closed the shoji, turning away.

"Your fiance gives you two days." Inuyasha stopped, his ears twitching.

"He will come for you, if you do not come to him."

Inuyasha opened the shoji but the maid was already gone. He grit his teeth, closing the shoji again.

Sesshomaru the fucking bastard. Even with all of his power he couldn't enter the temple, but he knew he wouldn't hesitate to try and tear it down.

"Inuyasha your back?" He looked to Miroku that entered the room, walking away from him and towards the wall. He leaned against it, his eyes searching the ground like it would give him his answers.

"My brother is going to try and tear down the temple, in two days. For me." Miroku frowned, picking up the bottle of sake and taking a long swing. Inuyasha looked to him with a raised eyebrow in disbelief, never seeing him do such a thing.

Miroku pulled it away with a gasp, putting the back of his hand to his mouth. He looked to Inuyasha who just stared back, putting down the bottle.

"The shit I do for you." Inuyasha raised both eyebrows, the usual saint for once having a loose tongue.

"Alright, explain to me why he wants you so bad," Miroku ordered, Inuyasha shrugging.

"To please my father, he strives for nothing else," Inuyasha told him, Miroku shaking his head.

"What he plans on doing is too big for that." Miroku paced as he pondered, Inuyasha not even sure what he could possibly think about that wasn't that.

"Inuyasha, if it was just for your dad he would be more cautious. Bringing down a temple would ruin his reputation. I think he's..."

Miroku shook his head, Inuyasha growing frustrated. Why couldn't he just spit it out already?

"I think he's in musk." Inuyasha raised an eyebrow in disbelief.

He had a little too much to drink.

"I know what you're thinking Inuyasha, I'm not drunk. I think you're releasing a pheromone," Miroku told him, Inuyasha crossing his arms over his chest.

He highly doubted that.

"I'm a half demon, my scent is offensive to full breeds," Inuyasha told him, Miroku raising a hand.

"That may be true but you two are the same species, if you give off the scent that your fertile, he's sure to respond."

Inuyasha frowned, wondering where Miroku was going with this.

"I'm a monk Inuyasha, I study demons," Miroku told him, Inuyasha nodding slowly.

"So he's sexually frustrated?" He asked, Miroku pouring some sake into a cup.

"That's one way to put it," he grumbled, Inuyasha smirking at the strangeness of it all.

Inuyasha found it a little funny his so called superior brother was sexually frustrated.

"I know this temple all over. The only way he could break it down is if he broke the barrier." Inuyasha frowned, looking around.

"There's a barrier?" He asked in confusion, Miroku nodding.

"It's been around this place for centuries, it keeps many of these monks alive. Some are older than you." Inuyasha frowned, Miroku handing him a cup of sake.

"I'll talk to the monks, see if there is anyway to bring down the temple. You rest, you need it."

Inuyasha nodded, leaning against the wall and drinking the sake. He hoped that he didn't have to go back.

For the first day Miroku went over the possibilities of the temple being torn down with the monks, going over the diagnostics with Inuyasha.

There was only a one percent chance, even if his father tried. Only tetsusaiga could, but Inuyasha had called it to his side once he thought of the possibility.

The second day, they waited. Inuyasha sat in a corner, his hands to his lips. He was nervous.

His father had surely known where he was, no doubt relying the information to Sesshomaru. He just hoped Kagome stayed safe.

Inuyasha stopped tapping his foot, his eyes widening.

Sesshomaru wasn't going to attack the temple.

He was going for Kagome.

Inuyasha stood up quickly, Miroku looking to him sharply.

"Is he here?" He asked, Inuyasha shaking his head.

"They had been watching me. They're not coming here, they're gonna target Kagome."

Inuyasha bolted out of the temple, gritting his teeth as he pushed himself to move faster.

He wouldn't let him hurt her!

He got to her house in ten minutes, panting as he looked through the window. She was still in there, doing something on her computer. He knocked on the glass, Kagome looking to him.

She rushed over, opening the window.

"Why didn't you come yesterday?" She asked, Inuyasha kissing her lips after hopping inside.

"Sesshomaru's coming after me, I was hiding from him, but I think he's coming after you." Kagome gasped, Inuyasha walking to the door. He stopped suddenly, seeing something in the garbage can.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome called worriedly, Inuyasha leaning down and grabbing the small stick.

"When?"

The pregnancy test was positive, and since they had sex just two days ago, Inuyasha doubted that it was his.

"Oh my god," Kagome whispered, sitting down on her bed. Inuyasha dropped it back into the garbage can, looking to her.

"Who?" He asked, Kagome taking in a sharp breath.

"Kouga."

Inuyasha frowned in anger and confusion, Kagome standing up with tears in her eyes.

"I didn't mean to it just happened!" She gasped, Inuyasha looking down to the ground.

He had wanted to marry her...

"I loved you," he whispered, Kagome sitting back down on her bed.

"I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry," she whispered, covering her face with her hands.

"Kagome, someone's here to see you." Inuyasha looked to her mother when she opened the door, Kagome looking up with a gasp.

Her mother frowned in confusion.

"What happened?"

Inuyasha was about to tell her, parting his lips.

Her mother suddenly fell, screaming as she was dragged down the steps. Inuyasha followed quickly, seeing a large dog looking creature had a hold on her ankle.

"Iron reaver, soul stealer!" He sliced the dog in half, grabbing Kagome's mother and putting her behind him.

"What was that!" She yelled, Inuyasha looking around for anymore.

"A hell hound."

He looked up when he heard Kagome scream, rushing outside when he heard glass break.

"I warned you, Inuyasha."

Inuyasha growled at Sesshomaru, looking to the hellhounds that sat at his feet.

"What are you doing Sesshomaru?!" He yelled, seeing Kagome held down by one of the hellhounds. He looked back to Sesshomaru with anger, wanting to rip off his head. He grabbed the hilt of his sword, the hell hound on top of Kagome growling.

"Careful Inuyasha, you know how they react to aggression." Inuyasha lowered his hand when the hound growled at Kagome, it's teeth deadly close to her throat.

"How could you get father to summon them for you?" Inuyasha asked, staying still. One move and the hound would tear off her head.

"You are my mate Inuyasha, you should know by now he will let me do what I see fit to get you back."

Inuyasha grit his teeth, looking to Kagome when she whimpered softly.

"Come to me and I'll set her free." Inuyasha gulped, looking to Kagome. What she did didn't matter, he couldn't just let her die.

He took a step forward.

"Inuyasha don't! Just run!" Kagome screamed, Inuyasha grabbing the hilt of his sword when the hound wrapped its jaw around her neck. It didn't bite down though, Inuyasha slowly moving his hand away from his blade.

"Come, Inuyasha." He looked to Sesshomaru, slowly starting to walk towards him again.

"No, please run," Kagome whispered, Inuyasha looking to her. He stopped walking, Kagome looking into his eyes.

"I deserve this, Inuyasha. Please, just run." Inuyasha looked down to the ground, clenching his hands into fists.

Why couldn't he hate her?

Why couldn't he just let her die?

Inuyasha looked back to Sesshomaru, his body hesitating.

He couldn't do that to her. Not like this.

He walked the rest of the way to Sesshomaru, stopping in front of him.

"Descendit."

The hound got off her, Inuyasha looking to her as she slowly stood. She shook her head, Inuyasha looking away.

"Go away Kagome. Your mother needs you." She took a step towards him, Inuyasha looking to her with a growl.

"Go now you stupid wench!" He barked, Kagome running back to her house.

"I hope you've learned your lesson." Inuyasha gasped when he grabbed him by the throat, grabbing his wrist as he gasped for breath.

Sesshomaru kissed him suddenly, Inuyasha gasping in shock.

His eyelids slowly got heavy as he fought to breathe, Inuyasha going limp in his grasp as his vision went black.

No...