Love Will Find A Way

By: Angel-With-Attitude

Chapter 10: Trouble

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Night was coming as the sun started to move to the other horizon for the night. Everyone was settling down for the evening - everyone except the royal family. Lord Akio had been walking through the entire royal house in the search of his daughter while some of the guards were ordered to search around the Eastern villages. "Has anyone seen Kagome?" Lord Akio asked around the castle as he walked up and down the halls. Its seems no one had seen princess since the two got into that fight.

"Where could she be?" Koga asked, walking along side the dog lord. He had been staying by Akio's side the entire time, trying to help find Kagome. He also still couldn't wrap his head around why the princess turned down his proposal so quickly and so angerly.

A sigh came the black haired demon. "I have no idea. I didn't think she would get that upset." Akio shook his head, since when did he become such a horrible parent? "Yuki says not to worry and that she will be home soon." Lord Akio said as he remembered his wife's words.

The wolf demon nodded in agreement to what Lord Akio said as he continued to look around. He then looked up at the lord with his ice blue eyes. "When did Lady Yuki tell you this?"

Akio's sighs turned into a growl. "She said that two hours ago." He looked around the halls again and then they entered the garden. "Kagome has been gone all day."

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When Kagome had gotten to the God Tree, she suddenly felt a calming feeling overcome her like the presence of the tree was comforting her. When she was up in the tree, sitting on her favourite branch, she felt like the tree was hugging her, it's old yet very strong branches envelving her in green and shutting her away from the outside world. She felt comforted yet was still upset. She sat up in the tree and cried. Why was it so hard? She loved Inuyasha and yet her father didn't trust him at all. And worse; her father wanted her to marry Koga.

Kagome looked up from her face being buried in her knees and looked around. She missed Inuyasha and realized that she hadn't seen him in a while. Sighing, she closed her eyes and rested her head against the trunk of the tree. Inuyasha would come soon and everything would be ok again.

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His anger still fresh in his mind, he couldn't help but snarl as he continued to run to the Eastern lands. Forget what he thought before, he hated the plan. Inuyasha was furious. As he ran to the Eastern lands he finally made up his mind and decided that he was going to tell Kagome everything. The truth about the plan.

"I have to do this, I have to set everything right." Inuyasha growled, almost couching himself to do this. "I love you Kagome." He whispered out loud as he closed his eyes for a moment as he floated back down to the ground from his jump. When his foot hit the ground he opened his eyes again and took off into the sky again.

As he got closer to the royal house he could feel his heart start to speed up. This was such a big mess and it was resting of his shoulders to set it right. Though he knew he was strong, it was the thought of going against an angry Lord Akio that made him sweat. When he got to the castle, he stopped running and walked through the pathway to try and find someone who could tell him where Kagome would be.

He saw some of the servants running around and tried to ask them where Kagome is but they either didn't know or they didn't answer all together and ran off. He then walked into the garden and saw Lady Yuki watering the flowers up ahead. Jogging up to her he met her smile and a smile of his own and asked where he could find her daughter.

"I'm sorry Inuyasha but I haven't seen Kagome for a while now." The black haired woman said, watering the lilies. "The last time I saw her was just after she talked with her father. She looked very upset."

"Oh." Was all Inuyasha could say to her answer. He started to feel awkward as Lady Yuki continued to water the flowers. "Do you mind if I stay with you for a while until she comes back?" He asked and he was answered with a yes and a very bright smile from the lady of the East. He stood a little ways away from the woman and watched her water the flowers. The scent of the plants and the sweet smelling flowers filled his nose and Inuyasha began to settle down as if a cloud of peace was hovering around him from the presence of the kind woman and the wonderful smelling flowers.

But suddenly the peace was destroyed when Lord Akio and Koga walked outside into the garden. Inuyasha spotted the two men before Yuki and when he saw Akio, he couldn't swallow a lump that formed in his throat. He then turned to Koga and narrowed his eyes. He had never seen him before but just the presence of the wolf demon he could tell that he was bad news.

As he entered the garden, he saw his wife talking to the Western scum, Lord Akio started to growl. How dare that Western trash enter his home and converse with his wife. Would no one listen to him; Inuyasha was dangerous. "Were is Kagome?" He barked as he stormed over to Inuyasha and his wife, stepping in front of Yuki as if to protect her from the white haired demon. "She has been gone for almost three hours now."

Lady Yuki was surprised, by the sudden outburst from her husband. She didn't even get a word in when he suddenly stormed in front of her, blocking her view from Inuyasha. She placed a soft yet firm hand on Akio's arm and stepped around. "She's probably just at the God Tree thinking." Silver eyes shown at the black haired man as she looked up at her husband. "I heard what happened. You knew that she didn't like Koga." She said, not even paying attention to the wolf demon who had been standing just a couple of steps away.

"But..." Lord Akio tried to get out but Kagome's mother wouldn't let him continue. She gave him a cold glare and walked right past him and went inside. Little did she know that was a big mistake. To leave Akio and Inuyasha alone. When the lady of the Eastern Lands was gone, Lord Akio immediately turned to Inuyasha with a deadly snarl. "Where is my daughter?" He barked.

Inuyasha took a step back seeing that is wasn't very safe to be so close to the lord. "I don't know where she is." He could see in Akio's silver eyes, an angry fire was burning and he wished he didn't have to face such an angry man but his conscience told him that he had to do this. "I don't know where she is." He repeated.

"Liar!" Lord Akio said furiously and raised a hand up in the air. He was so furious that he acted out in blind rage and took a swing at the white haired demon. His clawed hand hit the unsuspecting Inuyasha right in the face making the prince fall to the ground, holding his face.

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Kagome had been so upset that all that crying and drained her energy and she ended up taking a nap up in the tree. When the princess awoke it was already around twilight and Inuyasha still hadn't showed up. A cold chill blew through the trees and Kagome shivered. Deciding that Inuyasha wasn't going to come, she headed back for home.

The walk back didn't take that long and when she got closer to the castle she decided to take the short cut through the garden to get inside. When she walked closer she could hear voices, when she stepped out of the trees she saw her father talking to Inuyasha.

'Oh boy this can not be good at all.' Kagome thought as she stayed behind the tree for a minute to see what was going on. Her heart was pounding as she watched her father snarl and Inuyasha stand there, all alone.

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The force of Akio's swing sent Inuyasha to his knees. Pain seared through his face as he grasped at his eye where he had been hit. The prince tried to look from his left eye but his vision was red. Red from blood. He looked down at his hand and saw that he wasn't badly bleeding but bad enough that he was forced to keep his wounded eye closed. He staggered up to his feet and looked at Kagome's father, breathing hard due to the attack.

His anger only grew as he watched the prince get to his feet. He turned to look at Koga for a moment, the wolf demon was just standing there looking off into the distance just beyond Inuyasha. Akio wondered what the wolf demon was looking at but the throught quickly passed as he turned back to the prince and snorted. "You asked once if you could live in my lands?" He stated, remembering when Inuyasha first came. "Well I have made up my mind... you are forever banned from his land."

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She couldn't breathe. First, her father attacked Inuyasha! She couldn't see what damage her father had inflicted but she could smell the coppery scent of blood and she knew he was injured. Second, her father's words were so harsh and cold. Her father banished Inuyasha from the Eastern Lands? No... no this can't be happening. She wouldn't be able to see Inuyasha ever again? Just that thought alone made her lose her breath as if someone had winded her.

"NO!" She yelled and ran out from behind the trees and into the scene. All she cared about was Inuyasha. She ran over to the prince and stood in front of him, trying to protect him from her father, the best she could.

His daughter's voice caught Akio's attention and he watched in wide eyes as Kagome ran out of nowhere and stood between him and the prince. He was shocked that Kagome would throw her own life on the line to save the enemies'. "Kagome what the hell are you doing?" He yelled and then realized that this was the reason why Koga was staring off into the distance, he had known Kagome was there watching the entire thing.

"I won't let you kill him." Kagome glared up at her father as she spread her arms out to say that she wasn't going to let her father get anywhere near Inuyasha. Her heart was pounding so hard, her entire body pulsed at the rhythm of her heart's beating and she suddenly started to shake. She was afraid that her father was going to hurt Inuyasha more but she had to do whatever she could to stop this from happening.

Lady Yuki had just re-entered the garden when she saw what was going on. She saw her husband standing there, snarling while Inuyasha was still trying to recover his breathing and her daughter was standing between the two, tears streaming down her cheeks. What had happened while she was gone? She had only been gone for three minutes to get a bite to eat and when she comes out she finds that her husband had started a fight. She was angery more at herself, she should've known not to leave Akio alone.

Inuyasha, who had now regained control of his breathing, stood up straighter and sighed. The bleeding had stopped a little but there was a rather large gash that ran over his eye. He could see that everyone was upset, Akio was snarling, Koga was standing there shocked while Lady Yuki rushed into the scene and Kagome.. Kagome was crying. He was hurting Kagome. Even though she was unaware of what was really going on, he knew - he was hurting Kagome. This was all happening because of him. He had to tell them his secret and now was the only time to tell before something would happen to Kagome.

"He's working for his father to get to me." Her father yelled at Kagome. He didn't even realize his wife had come back into the garden. All he could focus on was that he daughter was on the enemie's side. Taisho's plan was working, he had won over Kagome.

"NO! I don't believe that." Kagome yelled back, shaking her head. She took a step back towards Inuyasha, her arms still spread out and fresh new tears streamed down her cheeks. She so scared.

Inuyasha sighed and took a step from behind Kagome to stand beside her. He saw that her shocked face turned to him and he placed a hand on her shoulder and then turned to face her father. He took a deep breath and looked up at Lord Akio. "It's true." He whispered hoarsely. Knowing that the truth was out in the air now he suddenly couldn't bare to look at anyone's reaction and looked down at his feet.

"W-What?" Kagome gasped. She could have sworn that her heart had stopped beating and she was going to die. How could this happen? Her father can't right about Inuyasha!

Inuyasha looked over at Kagome and tried to give her a smile, but it wouldn't show. He saw that hurt in Kagome's eyes and he knew that he had broken the trust she had with him. But he also knew that he couldn't keep the plan a secret any longer. He looked back at Lord Akio and repeated his message. "It's true. There was a plan." Again he heard Kagome gasp and choke back a sob and every time he heard her sniffle his heart ached more. This was all his fault.

"You bastard!" Lord Akio snarled. This was it! He can finally show is daughter and his wife that he was right about Inuyasha all along. He took a swing at the western prince a second time, this time his claws coming in contact with Inuyasha's shoulder. The blow sent Inuyasha to his knees again.

She watched as her father attacked Inuyasha but her body couldn't move. What was going on? Her father couldn't be right. She was too shocked of what she had just heard that she didn't help Inuyasha up. Her body wouldn't respond, her mind was blank. She just stood there, hands now at her side and she stared at Inuyasha, tears running down her cheeks.

Yuki could see how upset her daughter was and rushed over to Kagome and wrapped her arms around her in a comforting hug. As a reaction to her mother Kagome buried her face in her mom's shoulder and began to cry harder.

Inuyasha gripped his now bleeding shoulder and tried to stand up. He wasn't going to give up yet. "It was my father's plan. I went along with it at first but I'm not apart of it any longer." He said to Lord Akio but he could see that the black haired man wasn't listening.

"You're lying!" Lord Akio yelled as he swung his arm again, this time punching Inuyasha right in the face. This attack sent Inuyasha tumbling back a few steps.

Inuyasha could now taste the coppery blood that trickled down the corner of his mouth. His shoulder was searing in pain, he still couldn't open his left eye and every time Kagome made a noise he felt his heart break. All the odds were against him, he was now alone more than ever but he couldn't give in. He kept trying to get through to Kagome's father. "I don't want to carry out the plan anymore." He yelled as the black haired lord attacked him again, cutting his other shoulder.

Lord Akio stopped for a minute, whipping the blood off his claws. He couldn't help but feel some sort of victory in the sight of the bloodied demon in front of him. He was right all along and that was all that mattered. "Why is that?" He asked as he looked down at Inuyasha with a smirk on his face. The once strong and proud prince of the west was on his knees in front of him, bloodied and beaten. "Why don't you want to continue with the plan?"

"Because..." He swallowed some blood and took a gasp for air. "Because I love Kagome." He said as his vision became blurry and he fell to the ground, too weak from blood loss.

Kagome's closed eyes shot open and she looked up from her mother's shoulder where she had buried her face to cry. She turned her head to look at Inuyasha and saw that he was looking up at her. He was bleeding from the two wounds from his shoulders and the one in his leg. And the cut on his eye was starting to swell. Though he looked horrible and her trust in his had been greatly wounded, Kagome couldn't help but look at him with loving eyes.

He watched as she looked down at him and he tried to show her a smile. "I love you Kagome." He whispered before he passed out.

"Inuyasha." Kagome whispered. She turned to her mother, fresh tears running down her cheeks. "I don't know if I should trust him now." Her heart ached for what she should do. What was the right thing to do? All those wonderful times with Inuyasha flashed in her mind as she remembered them. She had so much fun with him and she loved him so much but was this all part of the plan that he had been talking about? Were his feelings just acting?

"Listen to your heart and you'll find the answer. You know that he loves you." Lady Yuki smiled sadly and hugged her daughter closer. She looked down at the unconscious boy on the ground and then shot her gaze up to her husband. "Why did you do this? You broke Kagome's heart." She almost growled at her husband. As the Lady of the East she never would let her emotions get the better of her but this time her husband had gone too far.

"I knew that Inuyasha was using Kagome in the first place. He used her to get to me." Lord Akio said as he didn't even look at Yuki. He knew from the tone in her voice that his wife was upset with him and he only looked down at the unconscious boy in front of him.

"He loved her. He loved Kagome for her." Yuki pressed as she stood up for her daughter who was still crying in her arms.

"Because she is my daughter." And with that he walked away from the garden and left the three to the bleeding boy. He had enough of arguing with his wife, he didn't want this to carry on any more. As he left the garden he summoned two guards to take Inuyasha away.

Koga looked between Inuyasha, Lady Yuki and then to the weeping Kagome. He had to do something to make the poor girl stop crying. It broke his heart. He had watched the entire thing and could see how upset Kagome was. He walked over to the two women and placed a hand on Kagome's shoulder. He felt her body tense up as she knew who it was. "Kagome I'm so sorry you had to see that." He said as he looked down at Inuyasha. "It's almost disgusting to think that a demon like him would even think of playing around with your emotions." He almost spat at the image of Inuyasha as he talked.

Lady Yuki felt her daughter fist her hands and she stepped back, letting go of Kagome. She knew all too well that Kagome never liked Koga one bit and she also knew that Kagome had to let off a bit of steam from all that has been happening. And who else to take it out on that the one person Kagome hated the most. When Lady Yuki stepped back Koga took her place and wrapped her arms around Kagome and patted her back in a soothing gesture. He watched as the two soldiers came and took Inuyasha away. Probably to the dungeons.

"Kagome are you ok now?" He asked after he heard that Kagome had stopped sobbing. "That sorry excuse for a prince is finally gone, out of your life forever."

The said seventeen year old girl looked up at Koga. Her eyes were puffy from crying and she still had tears flowing down her cheeks. As she heard him talk she could practically feel the hate and venom from Koga's voice as he talked about Inuyasha. She had a lost look in her eyes but it soon faded away when she saw who was holding her. "K-Koga?" She whispered. Shaking her head, her expression turned to anger. "Get away from me!" She yelled, slapping him right in the face.

Even though Lady Yuki knew that Kagome was upset she couldn't help but widen her eyes at her daughter as she watched Kagome slap the wolf demon. The said wolf demon staggered back a few steps from the force of the slap. He reached a hand up to his wounded cheek and he looked up at Kagome with wide, shocked eyes. "W-Why are you doing this?" He asked.

Kagome growled and clenched her hands into fists. She couldn't take it anymore. She had so much going on inside of her that she was at the point of exploding. "Koga I hate you!" She yelled.

Ouch. Those words hurt way more than the slap. Koga looked at Kagome, all colour draining from his face. He never imagined that Kagome would get so angry before. He was about to say something when he was cut off.

Kagome didn't let Koga say a word for she knew that it would just make her even more mad - if the was possible. "Koga, I never liked you. EVER! You are a jerk, show off and a complete asshole!" She said angrily, tears building up again in her eyes. "I don't love you and never will. I love Inuyasha and there's nothing you could ever do to change that." She finished and walked right past him to her mother.

Those words stung more than any kind of poison Koga had been in contact with. Her eyes were more cold and lifeless than a winter's night. Her hate for him was more than he had ever seen before. Koga was stunned out of his mind at what had just happened. When she walked past him he looked up at her and saw that her eyes wouldn't even look at him.

When Kagome walked up to her, Lady Yuki placed a hand on her daughter's back and led her away from the garden. Koga stood there, frozen in spot. His head was bowed and his black bangs hid his eyes. No one saw it but a single tear ran down his cheek.

'Kagome...'