He knew he messed up.

Long before the others told him long before her words hit him, and before Koga.

Koga's threat to claim Kagome tore at his insides it made him enraged, and every touch and every squeeze and ever little hint of ownership clawed at him.

Watching her walk away

In such pain. It made him feel ill

She looked at him with eyes so full of pain and anger.

Pain he didn't inflict on her physically

But pain that was left there mentally

To this day she still felt like a reflection of Kikyo

To this day she still felt resentment. And looking back he understood why.

Kikyo may be GONE but he never made any attempt to show Kagome that he moved on. INSTEAD, they kept on like nothing ever changed.

He pushed himself to go faster, fallowing the salty scent of tears and the tangy smell of blood. He literally forgot about Koga nipping at her hand just to riyal him up. That got his blood boiling. A deep growl rumbled in his chest. His eyes bled through and all hint of rationality fled. He was a predator hunting for his mate.

The hell with them BOTH, she thought.

Talking like she was some sort of door prize. One being forcful and the other being dominating...she huffed and kicked a stone.

It was nice to see Inuyasha Territorial and everything...but it was always like this. Act like there's a possibility of something more, then flushed it down the drain by ignoring her presence. He'd be Sweet one minute cold the next. He'd be charming the ignorant within seconds of each other. She was tired of her heart being pulled by a string.

He didn't see he as a woman, NO, he only seen her as a companion one he can play mind games with.

Her hand stung she hissed out in pain... looking down at it she noticed something odd...the blood that oozed to the surface of Koga's bite was BUBBLING and a black inky substance inched up her vessels making her veins in the palm of her hand look black. The pain was intense...she stopped walking and held it up to her chest sweat beading on her forehead. Suddenly she felt Ill and became very hot.

" I can't stop here...I gotta keep going" she said gasping from the pain. She took a few more steps, and then everything around her started to spin. Her body swayed and plummeted to the ground with a THUD. She could barely keep her eyes open, things before her began to fade. Next thing she seen was darkness.

It was getting late and he was starting to panic he lost her scent a mile or two back and before that he smelled poison... He scanned the north and the east, places he knew she'd normally go while harvesting herbs or going just to get some air. He checked their meadow and it too was empty of her presence. Where was she?

" DAMNIT ALL... c'mon Kagome give me a sign... ANYTHING... don't you dare leave me wench." He growled out

It was then that he heard her call out to him within his head...his breath caught in his throat. * HELP ME* her voice struggled as her lungs clung to breathe. * Kagome?...where are you... please help me. I can't smell you...why can't I smell you? * He asked in a panic not sure if he was ready for the answer. * Forest...path that leads home... hurry...I can't... breath*

His fist slammed up against the tree " DAMN" he turned and ran the opposite direction. His blood cold, his heart racing. She wasn't dying, she isn't dying," YOU AIN'T FUCKIN' DYIN''

The sean before him stopped him dead in his tracks. There before him was Kagome laying motionless on the ground in a heap of sweat and barely able to gasp air. What the hell was going on?

He hurried to her and bent down gathering her up in his arms. She was burning then the smell hit him like a billion ton boulder. He grabbed her hand as gently as he could and his eyes narrowed, his throat constricted... The bite was laced with some sort of poison...the flesh around the festering bite was rotting...she was suffering from infection.

His eyes flickered between gold and red. His mind was realing, his mate was suffering and he couldn't do anything...she shrinked in pain..and he carefully stood up holding her in his arms.

The demon in him wanted to TARE DOWN THE WHOLE FOREST and find that BASTARD responsible for her pain. The thought of gutting Koga made him snicker...

He looked down at the small fragile woman that was sweating profusely in his arms. And he growled.

He apologized cause he knew the speed that he was gonna have to run was gonna inflict more discomfort but he needed to get to village...and fast.