A/N: Hey all! Sorry this one was so long in coming, but between my other fics, school, work, and all other matters of life I got a little side tracked. Gomen. I also have had it pointed out to me that I have not responded to my reviewers in many chapters. Again I appologize, but I get in a hurry to get it up and kind of forget. I hope you all know how much I really appriciate your reviews and the fact that you like my story. And to Keta Haitari: Thanks for the cake.

An Inuyasha Story

Chapter 11

Sango and I walked into the main hall about mid afternoon. It had been a good ride and we had talked a lot, mostly about the boys. The monk, who I had learned was Miroku, was waiting for us. He looked grim but greeted me with a deep bow.

"Lady Kagome," His voice was as grim as his face, "Lord Kouga wishes to see you in his chambers." I felt that blush rise to my face. His Chambers? He wants to see me in his Chambers?

"Umm…Where is that?" I asked nervously.

"Up the stairs, double doors at the end of the east wing." Miroku answered.

"I'll show you." Sango offered. She was giving Miroku a curious look as she stepped past him to lead the way.

"No Sango." He said firmly grabbing her arm, "She must go alone." I saw silent words pass between the two and Sango suddenly looked very grim as well. She nodded and let me pass. They were looking at me as if I was walking towards the gallows. It made me very uneasy. I followed the directions they gave me and soon came to the double doors. I stood there for a long time trying to quell the feeling in my stomach. Finally I knocked, softly.

"Come in." Kouga answered gruffly. I swallowed hard and pushed on the door. The room was dark except for the fire that was burning low. I could make out an empire four poster bed, a wardrobe, a large portrait of Kouga, and French doors leading to a balcony with the curtains drawn. The whole room was decorated in sea blue and gold. Stepping in I didn't see Kouga anywhere. The door behind me slammed shut. I felt the blood freeze in my veins. I suddenly had a feeling that I was in trouble, and not the mom-caught-me-with-my-hand-in-the-cookie-jar-just-before-dinner kind. I turned around to see Kouga locking the door behind his back. He was looking at me in a way that he never had before. I swallowed hard.

"So," He began as he advanced on me slowly, "you and Sango just wanted to get to know each other, did you?" I had a feeling it wasn't really a question. I bit my lip nervously. He was right in front of me now. He placed a finger on my collarbone and trailed it around my shoulders and across back as he continued to talk as he circled me. "Did you really think that I would let you, my little women, just go ridding around the country side with only a single girl to make sure you came back? Didn't you realize my wolves would follow you? Now can you imagine my surprise when one came running back to tell me that you, MY women, are in love with that filthy half breed!" By now he was standing right in front of me again and his voice was little more then a whisper. I could feel myself shaking from head to foot as I stared back at him. His electric blue eyes stared into mine with a look I couldn't quiet place. He looked as if he was waiting for an answer.

"Kouga, I…" SMACK! Kouga's fist collided painfully with my jaw and I was knocked sprawling onto the red carpet. I felt the tears well in my eyes and a squeak escaped my throat.

"Are you crying?!" He screamed. I could hear the rage in his voice. "I'll give you something to cry about!" Kouga pulled me off the floor by my hair and half pulled half pushed me to the bed. With a quick swipe of his clawed he tore my dress and undergarments away. He pulled me up again by my wrists and slammed me into one of the poles of the bed. I could feel him tying them in place with something leather. My heart was pounding against my rib cage. What was happening? Why was he doing this? I suddenly realized that Kouga had become very quiet. I could feel his eyes on me again even though he was standing behind me.

"You know Kagome," he said with a dangerous calm to his voice. "We could have been good together." He pressed his body close mine and slipped his arms around my waist. "You didn't have to love me." He pulled my hair to the side with his chin as his right hand moved up to my breast and his left down between my legs. I think I'm going to throw up "Hell, you didn't even have to like me." He kissed my neck and let his fangs drag painfully across the skin. The hand between my legs found my entrance and forced two fingers in. I am defiantly going to throw up. "All you had to do was what I told you to do. Come to me when I asked, bear me a son to rule after I'm gone; little things." Suddenly he pulled back from me and relief flooded my body. Then I heard his voice in my ear. It was that same dangerous calm only this time it was laced with a cold, hard edge. This wasn't over yet. "But you couldn't do that could you? You still wanted to be with that revolting, filthy hanyou! You are mine, Bitch. It is time you learned that!"

I heard him step back across the room. He picked up something, then let it drop to the floor. I tried to turn and look, but the way I was tied prevented me from seeing him. I heard a loud crack and my back seared with pain so powerful and sudden that I couldn't even scream. Hot tears poured from my eyes, my knees buckled and my wrists screamed at the added pressure. The crack and pain came again and I screamed.

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I woke from my dreamless sleep and immediately wished I hadn't. My back felt like it had been through a meat grinder, my head swum, my jaw ached, and I saw spots. I let my body go limp into my bed, very thankful that I was lying face down. I felt a hand on my arm and tensed.

"Lady Kagome?" A gentle, and more importantly, female voice asked.

"Sango?" My voice cracked with hope.

"Yes, Kagome, I'm here." I felt the tears of relief roll down my face. Sango misunderstood and made some comforting noises while placing a fresh wet cloth on my back.

"How…when…what…?"

"Shhhhh," Sango cut me off, "I brought you here after Kouga…finished. It's some time in the morning, but exactly when I'm not sure."

"It is 2:00 in the morning." I heard Miroku's voice cut in. I felt Sango turned around on the bed and I could practically feel her glaring at him. "I brought that salve you asked for." He said defensively and I heard a clink of something being set on the end table. There was a long pause in which Sango spread something thick, cool, and mint smelling on my back. It made my body relax and my back numb. "Sango." Miroku said firmly, "there is some thing I must do. While I'm gone I want you to stay in this room with Kagome, and no matter what you hear don't leave her side." I think she nodded and he left.

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I hate feeling fucking helpless! I had tracked Kagome's scent all the way from the farm, up the road, through town, and up to a hundred meters from the castle. That where I was forced to stop. Kouga must have had that damned priest of his put up demon wards. I paced the perimeter trying to find a way in. I tried to think but almost every thing that popped into my head was absurd or obscene.

"Inuyasha, I assume." A voice said. My head snapped up to see Kouga's Priest. I drew my sword. He looked unimpressed, being that he was on one side of the ward and I was on the other.

"Yeah, and you're the bastard that took Kagome." I spat back.

"Regrettably, I am. My name is Miroku and I am here to make a deal with you." He replied calmly and with a deep bow. I eyed him and growled. Why should I trust him? He took my silence as curiosity. "I am going to lower this warding an allow you to pass, in return you defeat Kouga and not harm any servants."

"Why?" I ground out, "This sounds like a set up to me." He sighed, it seemed he expected this.

"Kouga is responsible for the death of Lady Kagome's whole family. Yesterday she confessed her love for you to her lady in waiting and Kouga…punished her for it." My eyes widened in surprise and shock. Kagome loves…me. Punished…that didn't sound very fucking good.

"What do you mean Punished?" I asked lowering my sword.

"I think that it is best you see that for your self. Please know that I have not the power to stand up to Kouga only to ward him off as I do to you. But prolonging his anger would only have made things worse for Lady Kagome." He waved his staff and the warding fell, "Follow me." I considered just slicing him to pieces, but decided to wait until he showed me to Kagome.

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I stood back as the Monk gave a sharp rap on the door with his staff. There was a pause then a girl with long black hair answered. I recognized her as the girl who had also been with the monk and Kouga the day before Kagome's disappearance. She looked at me with disapproval then to the monk.

"I don't think this is wise, Miroku." She spoke to the monk but she eyes kept flickering to me, "He should not see her in this state." State, what state? What weren't these two telling me? I looked the girl square in the eyes and growled. She cocked an eyebrow at me and bit her lip.

"Let me see Kagome." I demanded. I didn't wait for an answer. Instead I pushed on the door, forcing both it and the girl to allow me entrance. I wish I had heeded her warning. Before me Kagome lay face down in a bed. Twenty or thirty whip marks crisscrossed her nude back. Next to her sat a basin of water and a rag, both stained crimson with her blood, and a cup of mint smelling green goop. On her jaw was a large bruise. I felt my jaw drop, then clench. My hands made fists so hard that my claws drew blood. I felt Miroku's hand clamp down on my shoulder in what I think was supposed to be a restraining manner. It only made me growl louder.

"Do you really want to wake her, and have her see you like this?" Miroku spoke over my growls, "Save your anger for Kouga." I knew he was right. I took a deep breath and forced my anger down. Slowly I crossed the room and sat down next to her on the bed. She must not have been sleeping very deeply because as soon as I put weight on the bed her eyes snapped open. She was facing away from me so that her bruised cheek was facing the ceiling.

"Kouga?!" there was a note of panic in her voice that made me growl.

"No, Inuyasha." I replied. I saw tears swell in her eyes and she started to cry, "Don't cry! Why are you crying?!" I heard the girl and monk snickering. Note to self: hurt them later.

"I was just so scared you wouldn't come…" She whimpered. I think my heart stopped. She thought I wouldn't come. Why would she think that? I leaned close and kissed her temple.

"I'm here, now please stop crying." I begged. She smiled weakly and forced the tears back. I stroked her hair to calm her and looked to the priest and girl. "What can I do to help her?" I more barked it then spoke it.

"Not much." The monk replied, "That salve should have the wounds healed without scars by this time tomorrow, but she will still be sore for a few days." I scowled. Kouga was going to pay for this.

"Then were is Kouga?" I said rising to my feet.

"Double doors, end of the east wing." The girl and monk said together.