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She couldn't feel her left arm. It was probably a good think because she could see the blood pouring out of her wound. Feeling dizzy, she fell to one knee but still tried to notch an arrow. Her left arm would not function no matter how hard she tried. She looked up at the scene around her.

Sango was on the back of Kirara attacking Naraku; she appeared to be uninjured, but the battle was wearing everyone down. Miroku and Shippo were nowhere in sight, but had to be close by. Inuyasha was putting up a terrific fight, but even so, Naraku was still standing and healing himself from every blow. Except one, his right hand was useless since Kagome had shot it with her purified arrow.

Kagome was starting to lose consciousness and slowly slid to lie in the grass beneath her.

"Kagome!!!!" She was not sure who was calling her name because her vision was going dark, but she knew who it must be, Inuyasha. She felt herself get picked up and cradled in a pair of strong arms before everything went black and she knew no more.

Kagome felt the pain shooting through her arm a couple of moments before she moaned and opened her eyes. When she could focus, she looked around at her surroundings and was confused. Above her was a ceiling made out of rock, so she had to assume she was in a cave. She sat up slowly gritting her teeth against the pain in her left arm and studied her surroundings more closely. It appeared to be a small room with nothing in it but the bed of furs that she lay upon. There was a door of sorts across the room from her that was more a large opening covered with a large dark-colored cloth. This was no place that she knew and she couldn't help but panic, trying to get off the furs and exit the room.

"There is no need to fear, my beautiful Kagome." I took you from the battle and brought you here to rest and heal." Said a man with long dark hair pulled into a ponytail. Koga.

"Koga…?" Kagome didn't know what was going on, but she knew one thing. Koga had taken her away for more than just to heal her. She knew of his love for her and was afraid of his intentions.

"Yes, my sweet?" he said as he came closer and settled himself next to her on the bed of furs.

"I need to go back to Inuyasha and the others. They are probably worried sick about me, and besides I should probably get medical attention for this wound." As she said it, she looked at her arm and saw that it was tightly bandaged.

"You are in no condition to travel, my love. Stay with me where you belong. I will take care of you, in fact, I have sent for a shaman from the northern tribe to look at your arm. She has great knowledge of healing and herbs." He was smiling at her, but she could see that part of the smile was tenderness, and the other part was pure possession. He wanted her for himself, and she wasn't sure that he would willingly let her go, even after she had healed.

"Inuyasha will come for me, you know that. I do not understand why you must goad him all the time. You know how angry he gets." Kagome thought that just maybe she could reason with him, but knew that the chances of that were slim. She could only hope that Inuyasha would find her and not kill the entire pack to get her free.

"Why are we talking about that mangy mutt? He does not deserve your company. He let you get in harm's way and then just ignored you when you fell in battle. I would keep you safe. You will never have need to battle again, my love. With me, you will not even have to look for shards of the Shikon no Tama anymore if you do not wish to. You would be my queen and my mate. No danger would ever befall you."

When he spoke of the Shikon no Tama, she reached for her shards only to find them missing, "Koga, I care for you, but I do not love you. You cannot hold me against my will. You can say what you want about Inuyasha, but at least he has never stolen my shards from me while I slept! You use the shards for your own selfish gain, while I fight to obtain and purify the Jewel." She was seething with anger and wishing she had her bow and quiver. He would not stop her if she had the ability to purify him. While she did not want to kill, he did not know that she wouldn't shoot him.

"Kagome, you have spent time with me before, and I know you love me even if you won't admit it. I did not steal your shards; I merely took them for safe keeping. I will give them back to you if it means so much to you. I can sense your anger, though I do not know why you are angry with me. I saved you; I would think that you would be grateful." She could see the anger in him at her accusation, ungratefulness and her declaration of not loving him. Being helpless at the moment, she did not want to upset him. He may love her, but she did not know if that meant he would not strike her if she made him too angry.

"I would like my shards please. Also, if you have it, I would feel safer having my bow." He looked at her a bit suspiciously, and she hoped her face did not give away her intent to flee when she was able.

"I do not have your bow, but here are your shards." He pulled out her little bottle of shards and set them into her hand, "I have business to attend to, but I will return shortly. I have two guards on the door, so you should feel safe. Besides, my whole tribe is beyond that door. No harm will come to you." He grabbed her hands and looked deeply into her eyes as he said this. Kagome couldn't help but blush when he did this, even though it was innocent, the look in his eyes was anything but innocent.

Kagome nodded and he let her go and left the room. She looked around herself dejectedly, unsure of how this was going to play out. She knew that Inuyasha would come for her, but when? How would he get her out without slaughtering the wolf youkai tribe and their leader? She lay back on the furs pondering her situation. Before too long she fell asleep again, becoming blissfully unaware of what may happen.