Wow, my 7th chapter. Hope you all like it XD oh and I am very sorry about Koga's fiancé, I forgot all about Ayame, due to trying to write down the love between Koga and Kagome, so I kinda forgot about her. So, again, I'm sorry, so about the chapter that had Koga's fiancé in, that is supposed to be Ayame, and I'm going to say it's Ayame for the rest of the story, is that okay? I hope so XD Anyway, on with the story!

I don't own any characters, nor do I wish I did….although it would be cool to own them, and they can be my puppets, and I can make them do anything…..hehe (thinks evil thoughts)…..

They had been walking for around an hour, before they managed to get to the cave. It was still early in the afternoon, so the tribe started to gather wood for the fire that night, and others got food. Kagome wasn't sure of what to do, so she just stood there, looking like a complete idiot. That was, until Hakkaku and Ginta called her over to help them carry wood back to the cave.

Whilst walking in the woods, Kagome felt awkward. She had hurt Koga's feelings and now he probably hated her, and here she was, in the tribe, feeling tense and awkward with the others because of what had happened. She didn't know whether to leave, but she knew that if she left, she had no where to go. She didn't know the area, around here, and she couldn't go back to the gang, because they would be angry and upset with her after what she had done to them. She had hurt so many people, and it hurt Kagome to think that.

Hakkaku looked at Ginta as they collected pieces of wood for the fire, and they exchanged worried glances. They knew something was up between their leader and Kagome, but they didn't know what. Maybe Koga had rushed into things, once again, and hurt Kagome's feelings. Ginta sighed and looked at Kagome as she was deep in thought.

'Do you think she's okay?' Hakkaku asks his friend. Ginta looked at him and was glad that Kagome couldn't hear their whispering.

'I think she might be upset.' He said, picking up some wood that was on the ground. Hakkaku nodded and looked at Kagome, who was mindlessly picking up sticks and large pieces of wood, although not properly concentrating. Her face was in a very concentrating look, and her eyes looked red from where she had cried a bit last night, they had smelled her tears. He wanted to talk to her, ask her if she was okay, but he knew better. He knew that she would want to be left alone.

As they walked back, Ginta sniffed the air. It was familiar, almost. There was a nagging thought at the back of his head, telling him that their surroundings were familiar. But Ginta couldn't place the familiar scent.

'Hey Hakkaku, can you smell that?' He asked his friend, sniffing the air once again. Kagome watched as the two sniffed the air, wondering what they were doing. Maybe they're just checking the area or something. She thought. She hugged the armful of pieces of wood closer to her and carried on walking, still wondering what the two wolf demons were up to. Then, she sensed something. It wasn't a major thing, not something bad. It was a good smell, it smelt pure. She looked around in confusion, where was the sense coming from?

Hakkaku and Ginta noticed Kagome tense up as she was in front of them.

'Do you smell it too?' Ginta asked Kagome, who turned to face them.

'I can't smell it, but I can sense it. What is it?' She asks them, wondering if they knew about it. But they shrugged, looking around and sniffing the air. Kagome turned around and tried to focus on the pure sense. It was familiar, something that she had sensed before. She knew she had sensed something like this before, but she couldn't remember where. All 3 of them carried on walking, but the sense kept on getting stronger. Kagome kept trying to remember where she had sensed this before, whilst Ginta and Hakkaku continued sniffing, wondering if they were somewhere where they had camped before. The area look like somewhere they had set up camp, but they memories were fuzzy, trying to remember. As they turned a corner in the woods, Kagome looked in wonder as she saw something, something made of stone, on the outings of the woods. The pure sense was coming from that. Ginta and Hakkaku could smell it too, something familiar. As they got nearer, they realised that the stone was actually a headstone, a grave. It lay peacefully next to the path leading towards a large gravel clearing. There were wild roses and beautiful flowers that were blue irises surrounding the simple grave. The grey marbled stone reflected what little sun was left in the sky. Kagome bent down and looked at the headstone, the pureness seeping from it. There was some sort of spell around this headstone; it had been someone important to someone else. Kagome looked carefully at the name written on the grey stone and she gasped.

Here lies a beautiful wolf demon,

Ayame

Much-loved and treasured,

She will be sorely missed by tribe, friends,

Her grandfather and her fiancé

No, she hadn't expected that name on that grave. Hell, she hadn't even known Ayame had died. Kagome hadn't thought once of her, hadn't even wondered where she was. But know she knew. The proof was right in front of her, buries deep in the purified ground. Kagome wondered who had cast a purifying spell on Ayame's grave when she noticed a priestess's spell. The tribe must have gotten a priestess to mark her grave. Kagome felt tears prickling in her eyes. She noticed Ginta and Hakkaku bowing their heads, trying not to let their tears fall as they now remembered why this area had been so familiar. This was where they had been attacked a couple of years ago. In that clearing was when they had lost most of their tribe. But on that day, Koga had lost the woman he loved. All 3 of them said nothing, and they didn't want to break the sacred silence that seemed to be antagonizing.

Kagome stood up, bowing her head at the small grave and letting one small tear drop from her face and hit the ground, before turning away and walking back to the cave. Ginta and Hakkaku exchanged glances once again, wondering what to say or do, but they followed Kagome, walking back to the cave they had only settled into.

Koga knew something was up when he three returned to the cave. The sun was setting and they had fire wood and food ready. As he sat with some of his tribe, he noticed the looks on Kagome, Ginta and Hakkaku's faces. What was the matter? He wanted to ask Kagome, but he didn't know how she would respond, and he was still trying to avoid talking to her, in case she told him that she hated him for what he had done. Which she would surely do. So instead, he walked over to Ginta and Hakkaku, two of his faithful companions, and best friends.

'What's the matter?' He asks, noting the atmosphere around them. Kagome looks at Koga, who looks at her before turning to face the two guys. It hurt him to ignore Kagome, it made him feel sick to the stomach, but he knew it was for the best.

'We…uh…we saw Ayame's grave.' Hakkaku told Koga, wondering what his reaction would be.

Koga's eyes widened and he looked from Hakkaku to Ginta to Kagome, and then back to Hakkaku.

'You…you saw her….grave?' He stuttered, wondering where the hell they had seen it. He hadn't recognized part of these woods, or the cave, but he knew something was up. If her grave was around here, then that would mean…that the clearing had to be here too. The one where Ayame had died, the one where he had carried her body from and to…to this very cave. But how was this possible? Why hadn't he sensed it before? Surely he was mistaken, this couldn't be the cave, and that couldn't be the clearing. But if it wasn't, why would Ayame's grave be around there? Koga didn't know what to do, or say, so he gave all 3 of them one last confused look before running out of the cave and to the forest where Hakkaku and Ginta had taken Kagome to get some firewood. He was going to find Ayame's grave.

She didn't move, she didn't go after him, but she wanted to. Dear god, she wanted to. She had seen the look in his eyes, the sorrow, the sadness, after being reminded of Ayame, of her death. She felt sick, she wondered how he felt. And she realised something dreadful. Koga was the same as her! Koga had loved Ayame, he had wanted to marry her even, but he had lost her, had seen her die. And that had been what had happened to Kagome too. With Inuyasha. She had loved him, wanted a future perhaps, but him being the person that he was wasn't going to let Naraku get away with what he had done to him, and he had died, and had given her one last look, a knowing look, before he had collapsed, after seeing Naraku's death with his own eyes. Kagome and Koga were so alike, they had lost someone that they had loved, and they were both hurting inside. But Koga had wanted to start something with Kagome, knowing that Ayame would have wanted him to move on. But Kagome was still in that small desolated place, where she mourned Inuyasha and not moving on. Would he want her to move on? Of course he would, he's not that stupid, but then again…

No, he would overlook the fact that they had loved each other, and wanted her to live on, and find someone special, someone to care for her. She looked at the entrance of the cave and wondered why she hadn't realised it earlier. Why had she been so selfish? She had thought Koga crazy to kiss her, but she had forgotten that he had been engaged, he had loved someone else. She didn't have the right to think she was better in anyway by only loving Inuyasha, when Koga had gone through the same. He had stopped loving for a while, and hid in a corner from the rest of the world while the others carried on living. Why hadn't she realised it before? That Koga needed someone to love just as much as she did. He needed someone's shoulder to cry on, after losing someone so precious to him. She didn't realise that she was crying until Hakkaku shook her lightly, asking her why she was crying. She didn't look at him, didn't answer him, but flung out of the cave, running at a speed she didn't even know she had.

Her feet pushed off of the ground, leaving dirt swirling in the air as she ran faster and faster, through the trees and bushes and birds and different types of animals. She didn't care; she didn't want to see them. She wanted to see him. Wanted to apologize, wanted to tell him how sorry she was. She pushed past everything, and jumped out of the shrubbery to see the familiar stone grave, and someone knelt by it. They turned around hearing someone run out of the bushes and Kagome and Koga locked gazes, before he turned around. Kagome sighed and walked up to him, how was she going to get this off of her chest now? Koga was on his knee's, gazing at the stone grave before him. Kagome saw the traces of tears that had run down his face, washing away the dirt that must have stuck to his face whilst running in that whirlwind. She had never seen Koga cry before, and this felt like some sort of intrusion. She knelt down beside Koga and looked at the grave.

'I…I'm so sorry.' She tells him, her voice a low whisper, barely able to hear, because she didn't want to cry in front of him. Koga didn't take his eyes off of the grave.

'I loved her, still do. But there's something stopping me from mourning her everyday, and it's knowing that she wouldn't have wanted that. She would be herself, telling me to get over her death, to take my own risk in life and meet someone else. I…I don't want to disappoint her.' He tells her, rubbing the side of Ayame's grave with his thumb, showing such emotion. Kagome put one of her hands on Koga's shoulder and squeezed it slightly. He cast her a confused look, before reaching to take her hand off of his shoulders.

'Don't, please. I don't want to wreck our friendship, even though I'm pretty sure I've already ruined it. I…I've always loved you, even after Ayame died, I still do, but I don't want to ruin what we've got as friends.' He says, not looking at her. Kagome let him drop her hand as he picks it off of his shoulder, and looks hurt. Is that what he had been so worked up over, he had thought that he had ruined their friendship over the kiss. Kagome was silent for a while, looking from the grave to Koga. He loved her? She knew he had some feelings for her, but for him to actually say the word made Kagome's stomach drop but have butterflies in at the same time. She took a few deep breaths, going over what he had said, her thoughts screaming at her.

'Stop it. You haven't done anything wrong, it was me. I was the one that was stupid. I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry. And…and I just wanted to tell you that…that I…' She tried to carry on, but her voice was breaking. Koga turned to look at her and as she saw the tears in his eyes, she blurted the next part out, it being completely true, although abrupt.

'I love you.'

Yay! Wow that was a hard chapter to write, but I hope you all live it. I am very, very sorry for updating so s-l-o-w, but I've had a serious case of writer's block. But hopefully your lovely reviews will help me overcome it! Ciao! XD