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What have I done?

Kagome's breath stopped when she looked down from the tree top. Her mind went completely blank and she shook her head to make sure that she was not imagining the horrid sight that lay below her. On the grass covered ground lay Inuyasha, with Kikyou wrapped tightly in his arms. His silver white hair was splayed across the girl's chest, covering her body from anyone else's eyes. It was obvious enough to anyone who seen them as to what they had been doing, since they were both breathing hard and there were beads of sweat on the parts of their bodies that were exposed to the night air.

A million questions flooded through Kagome's head in rapid succession. Pictures of their travels and of her and Inuyasha's first time together were mingled in with the confused thoughts. She unconsciously put her hand at the juncture of her neck and shoulder, searching for the bite marks that were not there. Her thoughts were a mess, and the most vivid of her memories was when the hanyou had looked in her eyes and told her that she was his now, forever and always. She had been ecstatic when he had marked her, now she felt dirty and violated. Kagome weakly reached out and grabbed a hold of the trunk of the tree she and Kouga were in as her stomach gave one horrid lurch.

"Oh, Kami, what have I done?" she whispered as salty tears began to form in her chocolate brown eyes. She hung her head in sadness and tried to fend off the impending tears. However, Kikyou's lithe voice drifted up to her ears.

"I am glad you came back to me again." she purred. Kagome looked back down and watched as the girl snuggled up to Inuyasha. "I love you so much, Inuyasha."

"I love you too, Kikyou." the hanyou said to her. "I've waited so long to be with you again." There was silence for a while as the two lovers kissed with a passionate abandon. Kagome looked closely at Kikyou's neck. There, on her left shoulder where her neck and shoulder met, was a small bite mark that had scarred over. The same one that had healed only hours earlier that Kagome had.

"Inuyasha?" the girl asked suddenly when they had stopped. "What are you going to do about that wench Kagome? Now that I've got you back, I'm not willing to share."

"Greedy little thing aren't you?" the hanyou asked playfully, kissing the girl on her neck, right on the scar. Kagome's breath caught again and she looked behind her were Kouga was crouched down on a branch, watching the scene play out in front of him, a look of utter loathing and disgust on his face.

"You're mine, Inuyasha. No one else is going to take you from me. Especially not some reincarnated wench from the future." Kikyou said silkily, playing with his hair.

"I'll take care of her soon, my love. Don't worry. She won't bother us any longer. That bitch will pay for what she's done to you."

'What!?' Kagome thought angrily. 'What I done to HER? What is he talking about?! It was HER that tried to kill ME!'

"Make her pay dearly for keeping us apart for so long, Inuyasha. It's because of her that it's been so long for me to take my real form again." Kikyou said sweetly. Kagome watched as her lover, well ex-lover now, spooned himself around the girl and began murmuring something to her. She retched her eyes away from the two and silently turned back to Kouga.

The wolf-demon's eyes were full of compassion and caring when he turned to her. He looked at her and shook his head sadly. He had not really wanted to see her hurt, but he also had not wanted her to be led on by that two-timing hanyou. He glanced back down to the ground as the sounds of Inuyasha's and Kikyou's love making increased.

"Kouga?" Kagome asked meekly. "Will you please take me away from here? I…..I've…..I've seen enough." The wolf demon nodded and opened his arms in a friendly gesture. Kagome walked into the embrace and felt herself fly upwards into the night time sky. Once she was away from the tree, she broke down into sobs. The cool night air made her shiver and Kouga clutched the girl to his chest and flew rapidly to a nearby cave he knew of that was uninhibited. He had found it a few months ago and put some supplies in it in case he ever wanted to get away from his pack. As they touched down right outside the cave, he carried Kagome inside the entrance and gently set her on some furs that he kept stored there for emergencies. If this did not constitute an emergency, he did not know what did.

He sat down next to her and pulled her into his arms, trying to stop the flow of tears and hold off the shivers that ran through her body. He glanced out of the entrance to the cave and focused his eyes on the stars above him. 'I'll kill that bastard hanyou for doing this to her! He has the nerve the mark her as his mate, then run off with another female. How could he defile the demon world like this? Has he no pride, no conscious? That bastard has it coming for hurting Kagome like this.' he though angrily. Kagome was still sobbing and he held her tighter.

"Kagome," he whispered quietly. "I'm sorry. I……I should not have showed you." Kagome shifted and looked up into the piercing blue eyes of the wolf prince.

"No…no...Kouga." she stammered. "I'm glad……you did. I just never thought he would betray me like this." her hand once again raised up to where the scar was supposed to be on her shoulder. It felt like Inuyasha had ripped out her heart and used Tetsusaiga to cut it up into little bitty pieces. "He….he told…he told me that he……that he loved me." She broke down into tears and shook her head. She had loved him with her whole being, heart, soul, and body. Now, she was paying the ultimate price. "I didn't know he had this kind of evil in him." She looked to the side and sniffled. "I thought he loved me." Once again, she broke down into tears and Kouga held her, trying to calm her down. He held her until the sobs stopped and she was on the verge of sleeping.

"Kagome?" he asked gently. "Are you asleep?" She moved again and put her head on his shoulder.

"Not yet." she answered, pulling out of his embrace slowly and getting to her feet. "Kouga, I need to get back to the well, so I can go home." She looked tired and broken. Her eyes were red and bloodshot and her shoulders were sagging. The look of dejection on her face made Kouga's temper rise again. He wanted his proud Kagome back. The one who always had a smile on her face, the one who could put the mutt in the ground with the simple utterance of a word, the one who he had fallen in love with long ago.

"Um, Kagome," he said gently. "It's already after midnight. Why don't you stay here tonight, and I'll take you back in the morning."

"I don't think that is such a good idea." she said quietly, walking towards the entrance. Kouga stood up and followed her.

"Kagome, please." he begged. "You're worn out. Just stay here tonight and I'll take you back in the morning. It's not safe for you to travel tonight, and I don't want you by yourself now. You need someone with you now."

"I need to go now, Kouga." she said insistently. "I'm supposed to be back in the morning at my house. My family will get worried if I'm late. Besides, Inuyasha will be back there in the morning. He was supposed to come to my house the day of the new moon. If he sees you there, there's going to be trouble. And I don't need that right now. " Kouga looked at the girl, startled that she seemed ready to let the hanyou come back.

"Are you telling me that you're willing to go back to him after what he's done? After what you saw this evening?!" Kouga asked, anger and disbelief clouding his words. Kagome shook her head and frowned.

"I won't be coming back to anyone, Kouga." she said sadly. "In fact, I won't be coming back to feudal Japan, period."

"What?" he asked, looking at her with big eyes and a frown. "What are you talking about, Kagome?"

"I'm sealing the well the next time I go home." she said quietly. Kouga stood there in complete shock. He did not like the way she was talking now.

"Kagome, please, don't do that." he pleaded. "Don't leave your other friends here. They love you. If you seal the well, you'll never be able to see them again." Kagome only shook her head as the tears began again.

"I can't face them again, Kouga." she said. "I can't face Inuyasha after what I just saw!"

"What about Sango, and Miroku?" He asked. "You're just going to leave them without saying good-bye?"

"Now that everything's back to normal, I have a feeling they'll be too wrapped up in each other to worry about me." Kouga shook his head, trying to talk her out of something so ridiculous. This definitely was not something he had planned on her doing.

"What about the kitsune pup?" he tried again. Kagome frowned, wiping away the tears that were rolling down her face. A quick picture of the old man she had seen when she made the wish on the Shikon popped into her head, telling her to take care of the pup. She shook her head.

"Shippou will be with his family." she answered. "He doesn't need me anymore, either."

"What about the old miko, Kaede?' he pressed.

"Kikyou and Kaede are sisters, Kouga." Kagome said sullenly. "I don't see Kaede going against her only living relative because of me."

"Kagome, please….."

"Kouga, I'm not needed here anymore." she said sadly. "Obviously I'm not wanted here either, anymore."

"He's a fool, Kagome." Kouga said suddenly. "You know that." Kagome gave him a half-hearted smile and nodded.

"He made his choice, and now I have to live with the rejection, knowing that it was never me he really loved." Kagome said sadly. "I'll get over it… eventually." She walked out of the cave, headed towards the well. Kouga shook his head and ran after her. She was talking nonsense, and he had to stop her from sealing the well for good. He loved the girl, and was not willing to loose her just because Inuyasha had treated her like an ass. He walked to her quickly and stopped in front of her, looking down into her hurt filled eyes.

"Kagome, please. I don't want you to go." he said quietly. "If you're going to seal the well off and leave us all, at least stay her tonight so you'll have your strength back in the morning." Kagome hung her head in exhaustion. He was right; all the crying she had done all evening had tired her out tremendously. "Please, Kagome." he pressed. "We'll get there early enough so that we'll miss him. I promise." Kagome hung her head in defeat and nodded. He had a point. If she tried to seal it off in this state, she could wind up killing herself because her concentration level was off.

"You're right, Kouga." she sniffled, hugging herself against the slight breeze that had blown up. "I won't be able to work if I'm in this shape."

"Good." he said. "You can stay here tonight."


"Kouga, I don't thing this is a very good idea." Kagome said, looking at the young man with a guarded expression. He looked at her and frowned, catching onto what she was thinking.

"Hey, I'm not like Inuyasha." he said quickly. "I'm not going to lay a hand on you. I just want to make sure that you will be okay until tomorrow. Hell, if you're going to seal the well off, at lest let me clear my conscience by making sure you're okay tonight. Especially if I'm never going to see you again!" Kagome looked away as more tears threatened to escape from her eyes. Kouga swept her up into his arms and brought her back to the cave. He deposited her on the furs and covered her up. He turned to go to the other side of the cave to start a fire.

"Kouga, can I ask you something?" Kagome whispered. He turned around and looked at her, nodding.

"Go ahead, Kagome." he said.

"Why did he do it? What did I do to make him turn from me? She asked quietly. Kouga turned around and shook his head. He could not give her an answer for that. To mark a mate, and then leave her was a great dishonor in the demon world. He had no idea why Inuyasha had betrayed her. She was not a weakling, like many human females. All the years of searching for the shards had honed her strength and endurance. She was not dumb, as she had healed many people with her gentle touch. This even included the members of his own pack. She was not mean. In fact, she always tried to find the best in people around her. And she definitely was not ugly. To him, she was a beautiful woman who deserved better than to be treated like dirt.

"I don't know." he said honestly. "I don't know why he would do this to you, Kagome." 'But I swear on my life, and every one of my pack, that he will pay for what he's done to you.' he thought. Kagome just nodded and slipped down into the furs. Kouga piled up some more furs and banked the fire. He got into the makeshift bed and listened to the sound of her breathing, meanwhile thinking of some very painful ways to kill the hanyou.

After an hour or so, he heard her sit up in the covers and call out to him.

"Kouga?" she asked timidly. "Are you still up?"

"Yes, Lady Kagome. I am" he said. "Is something the matter?" He got up and walked over to the girl and sat down next to her.

"I can't sleep." she said quietly. " I know this sounds horrid, especially after what just happened, but...will you….will you sleep next to me, please." she asked. "I don't want to be by myself." Kouga nodded and laid down net to her, pillowing her head on his shoulder. "Thank you, Kouga." she murmured sleepily. "Thank you for understanding."


"Sleep, Lady." he whispered quietly. "Don't worry about anything else right now. Just sleep." He felt her body slowly relax and the smooth, even sounds of her breathing were soon audible. She was asleep. Kouga wrapped his arm around the girl and pulled her to him.

"I swear to you Kagome," he pledged quietly. "that disgusting hanyou will pay for what he's done to you. You're a good woman, and someone like him doesn't deserve you." She murmured something unintelligible and snuggled closer to him. He pulled her tightly to him, and soon joined her in the lands of sleep.

A/N - How'd I do? Were you crying by the end? Did I get the point across? Like I said, I'm no good with this high emotional stuff. And for those of you that think she's immediately going to jump in the sack with Kouga, you're wrong. And she's not acting like some slut when she asked him to sleep next to her. She's just lonely and scared, and having someone near her that she trusts only makes her feel better. Have an open mind here people. Thanks, later.

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