She ran and ran. She didn't stop. A million thoughts raced through her head as she cried her eyes out.
'How can that be? How can Sango be the one Inuyasha's meant to be with? Why…'
Kagome, completely oblivious to her surroundings, slipped on mud and rolled forward.
"Ugh!..huh..huh…" She cried even more as she laid in the dirt. She couldn't feel her heart beat anymore, she closed her eyes as tears slid.
"K-Kagome?"
Kagome heard someone say her name, at first she thought it was her imagination until she felt someone wipe away her tears.. She opened her eyes and sensed jewel shards embedded in fur covered shins.
"Kouga." Kagome said quietly. Kouga crouched in front of the depressed, modern day girl.
"Kagome, what's the matter?" Kouga asked, but before he knew it…
"Kouga!" She cried out and threw her arms around him, crying on his shoulder.
"Whoa…Kagome.." He kept his balance as she pushed all her weight and tears onto him. He slowly wrapped his arms around her and sighed, taking in her scent. "What did he do to you?"
Miroku, Sango, and Inuyasha walked in the same direction Kagome ran, hoping to make sure she's alright. Obviously she's not.
"She must've ran straight ahead." Miroku said, looking down at the foot prints.
"I feel terrible." Sango looked down.
"Sango, she told you to." Miroku said, trying to console her.
"But, it was as if she only wanted me to do it to see if Inuyasha would actually wake up. How was me kissing him…able to save him?" Sango asked.
"Because." Inuyasha joined the conversation. " Supposedly the story goes that, she steals the man's soul, and the only way it'll return to him is if the right person kisses them. If they don't find the right person in time…their heart gives out."
"And that's why Kagome made you kiss him." Miroku explained.
"Maybe it was a coincidence. I'm sure Kagome had already tried kissing Inuyasha and-"
"She tried, and failed. She's not the one for him." Miroku said, staring at the two.
Sango and Inuyasha stood side by side, blushing. Inuyasha faced Sango and grabbed her hand. Sango looked into his eyes.
"I guess a good thing did come out of this experience." He brought her hand over to his lips and kissed it.
Sango's cheeks changed from pink to red. She looked over at Miroku who smiled awkwardly and turned around.
"Huh…thought I'd be used to it by now." Miroku sighed as they continued to walk.
"So you kissed him?"
She nodded her head.
"But then?"
"He didn't wake up." Her voice broke. She faced down, her hair covering her teary eyes. Kouga watched tears drop onto her green skirt.
"Hm…who knew? The mutt and the demon slayer, never thought that'd happen. Well now that Inuyasha's outta the way I guess that means I can have you all to my-" Kouga paused as he listened to her held back sobs.
"I-I'm sorry Kagome." He placed his hand onto her head and caressed her. "You deserve better."
Kagome shook her head. "No…Sango's my friend. You're supposed to support your friends, right? It's just gonna have to take some time getting used to…" Kagome sniffed.
Kouga looked at her. "Well, the mutt and I were never really friends. But it's just like the situation you're in right now. I've always wanted you for myself Kagome. But it was a one sided love, yet I never stopped. Ayane's driving me crazy over that promise…but hey, what can I do but follow my heart?"
Kagome looked up at Kouga, he moved the strands of hair on her face over her ear and wiped her remaining tears with his thumb.
"Kagome, I would never make you cry."
She blushed, and as Kouga lowered his lips towards her face, she tilted her head down.
"I-I'm covered in dirt…and I have cuts from the fall…I'm going to wash it off ok?" Kagome stood up.
"I'll help you-"
"Just wait for me…ok?" Kagome gave him an awkward grin and walked towards the river.
Kouga sat and sighed, "That's all I've been doing…"
Miroku looked up at the sky.
"It's getting dark, and we've barely had any rest."
"I think there's a village nearby, oh look! There's someone selling herbs, I'll go ask." Sango said and quickly left.
Inuyasha stared at the trees swaying back and forth.
"You seem a bit down." Miroku said.
"I've never seen that much tears fall from her eyes." Inuyasha kicked the dirt.
"It was only a matter of time before she found out. Wasn't that much easier than telling her?"
"Yeah but…who knows where she ran off to. What if she encountered a demon? Naraku's minions? Some perverted weirdo?"
"Or she went home."
"Anything can happen between here and the well. Miroku, we can't stop. We have to find her."
"Inuyasha we haven't slept or eaten in days. Sango's lungs were filled with water at that time, you wouldn't wake up. You both were going to die."
"Sango was going to die? What happened?" Inuyasha asked.
"That demon dragged her down and she swallowed too much water. I gave her my breath and-"
"So you kissed her?" Inuyasha glared at Miroku.
"I wouldn't call it kissing-"
"But you had your lips on hers."
"Did you want her to die? At least she didn't see Kagome trying to kiss you multiple times."
Inuyasha covered his mouth with his hand and looked at Sango. He quickly walked over towards Sango.
"Oh thank you!" Sango waved bye at the villager and turned around only to find Inuyasha grabbing her shoulders and roughly pressing his lips onto hers.
"I-Inu…Inu…" Sango's words were muffled as she tried to say his name between their lips.
"N-No..one….is ever…allowed…to kiss you…but me…got that?" Inuyasha said between kisses.
Sango smiled into the kiss and wrapped her arms around his neck, pushing them closer to each other.
Miroku raised and eyebrow and turned around, sighing very deeply.
Sango gently bit Inuyasha's lower lip, making him grunt. She nibbled and sucked at his lower lip, taking command. Inuyasha grabbed her chin between his thumb and index finger and pressed his forehead against hers.
"According to that damned demon…you're mine. Got that?" He kissed her nose and held her hand.
"Inuyasha…"
"I think we should keep on looking for Kagome, but if you really need to rest then I'll have Miroku stay here with you."
"Hm? Some one say my name? Oh you're done!" Miroku turned around smiling.
"Inuyasha…you won't stay with me tonight?" Sango felt a strong urge to be with the man she loves at the moment. And the thought of him going after another woman made her want him for herself even more.
"Sango-"
Sango brought Inuyasha behind the bush and threw herself at him, pressing her mouth against his neck, sucking, nibbling and kissing at his sensitive skin. Inuyasha held back everything he had, trying not to maul her on the forest floor. Inuyasha moaned as he felt Sango's tongue against his neck, along with her hot breath as she whispered things he couldn't even understand.
When she was done, she kissed his forehead and stood up. Inuyasha dusted himself off and when he revealed his neck, Sango giggled.
Miroku walked over to the couple who's done who knows what behind the bush and laughed.
"Wh-What happened?" Inuyasha was confused.
Sango pulled him down by his enchanted beads and giggled. "I've marked my territory." She ran her finger along the marks she made on his neck. There were about four hickeys around his neck.
Inuyasha looked at Miroku and looked down, trying to see what she did. He held his neck.
"Haha, marked your territory huh? Haha I'll mark mine later." He kissed Sango. "I'll see you later." Inuyasha looked at Miroku. "You touch her and you die. Got it?" Inuyasha pierced his eyes through his.
Miroku nodded his head and smiled. "Come on Sango."
Inuyasha jumped off trees, headed for Kagome and Sango watched him leave…making sure that whoever he encounters knows that he's taken.
Kagome splashed her injured legs in the water. She only took off her socks and shoes since Kouga was around. She watched the dirt from her legs spread into the water. She stretched out her right leg and examined the cuts on it and winced as the cool air hit it.
Kouga sat by the rocks, his two comrades had arrived a while ago and kept him company as Kagome washed herself off.
"Kouga where's that Inuyasha guy?" One of them asked Kouga.
"I don't know, I don't care. Kagome's here…and tonight, I'm gonna make her mine."
