Finally, back from vacation, and about to go to manner's camp. Hah hah, funny. I hope you guys liked it.and all.x_x; Kouga is here now.

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Sumiko walked out of the small hut she had been staying in. She knew she should have been still laying in there, asleep, or healing. She wished they hadn't found her, she wanted to die. She stumbled forward, making sure to look at where she was going. " Naraku." She whispered, and the wind carried her voice to where Naraku was. She started towards the forest, maybe a demon would smell her blood, and kill her.

Kouga watched Sumiko, and could see the torment in her eyes, he could see the sadness. He stepped out of the forest, and caught Sumiko, who had tripped over a rock. " Shouldn't you be laying down?"

Sumiko stared up at him, and pulled away, " I don't want to be, I'd rather die." She whispered to him.

Kagome and Sango ran to her, " Sumiko, you should be in bed. Sorry if she troubled you, Kouga." Sango smiled, and helped Sumiko back to her hut.

Sumiko stared at Sango, " Why'd you save me? Anything's better than being stuck in this body." She whispered, and looked at Kouga, who stood in the doorway.

" Don't say that, you'll get better, and then we can take the curse back," Kagome smiled, and walked out. Kouga didn't even look at her, he was mainly focused on Sumiko.

" I'll watch her, make sure she doesn't try to run away again," Kouga said, and watched as Sango walked out of the hut. Kouga sat down next to her, " So, your Sumiko? The Mutt told me I couldn't see you. Why do you always look so sad?"

Sumiko was amazed by all the questions, most thought she was a child who didn't know anything. " I'm Sumiko, and who is the Mutt? And I look sad because I want to." She whispered, and stared at him.

" I heard Sango telling Kagome about what happened, Naraku." Kouga started, and then noticed she had winced hearing his name. " So, what actually happened?"

" I didn't agree to marry him, and he placed a curse on me, to stay like this, until I find a love I will marry, and will love forever. Someone's really going to love me, they wouldn't even know what I looked like when I'm there is," She laughed, and then started coughing.

Kouga laughed, staring at her. " So you get to stay alive forever, until you find your true love?" It sounded stupid to him, unless Naraku knew that he was her true love.

" Yeah, no matter how much I try and die, I won't. Sango could have left me there, and I'd be perfectly fine after a while," Sumiko sighed, and turned her head to look at him. " So, who is the Mutt?"

" Inuyasha, the hanyou," Kouga grunted, and looked up, staring at the ceiling.

" What's wrong with being half demon? I'm only quarter demon." Sumiko asked, and looked upwards also.

" Oh, I should have known. You just don't seem the demon type, I guess." Kouga looked back at her, and she now lay asleep. He sighed, ' What is this feeling? I don't get it.' He leaned back, and closed his eyes, slowly falling asleep also.