Disclaimer- It's not mine. It never was. Everything except the plot belongs to Rumiko Takahashi.
A/N - Okay people, here is what most of you have been waiting for. Hope you guys enjoy. Oh, and just as a warning, one of the people that read over this before I posted it said that it is quite……gory and disgusting in certain areas. So, if nasty, disgusting stuff makes you sick, you might want to skip the last page or so of this chapter. You've been warned, so don't get onto me if you don't like it. I told you it was coming.
Later.
A.A.
Chapter 33
Kagome was awoken from her already sporadic night time sleep early one morning due to the violent lurch in her stomach. Pushing aside the blanket, she stood up from her bed and stretched, but another firm kick from the occupant inside of her stomach caused her to wince in pain. 'Well, at least I know someone's awake.' she though wryly, patting her bulging stomach with love.
She had been with the wolf pack for a little over two months now, almost three actually, and just recently it seemed that her baby had started kicking and squirming at all times of the night and day. Because of this erratic schedule, the last two weeks had been absolutely horrid for Kagome. Her unborn child felt that it was completely suitable to wake up its mother at any given time during the night. As such, Kagome's sleeping patterns had been drastically altered.
As she pulled on some clothes, she guessed that it was probably about five in the morning. The sun was not up yet, and it seemed as though the majority of the wolf pack was still peacefully asleep. Kagome pushed aside the pelt that curtained her quarters off from the main area and quickly made her way outside and into the fresh morning air. When she stepped out of the cave, she noticed that Ginta, Hakkaku, and Mika were stationed not far from the entrance, watching for intruders.
She immediately walked over to Mika, hoping to find something to kill some time until her baby calmed down. Mika was one of the members of the northern tribes that had been displaced because of the decaying homeland, and Kagome had quickly become good friends with the girl. Her family was one of the few white wolf packs left. The demoness had thick white hair and a short, white furry tail. Her ice blue eyes were quick to pick up on anything, and her quick wit kept everyone on their toes and in a good mood.
"Lady Kagome." she greeted happily, stepping down from her post. "You are up awful early. Is something the matter?"
"Good morning, Mika." Kagome said. "Nothing is wrong. It just seems like someone thinks it's playtime instead of sleep time." Kagome yawned and sat down next to the white wolf.
"Oh, I see." the demoness smiled. "You don't feel sick again this morning, do you?" Kagome shook her head and smiled.
"Thank goodness, no." she answered. "Of course I haven't eaten yet." Mika smiled and glanced around the cave, scanning for any signs of intruders.
"The morning sickness should subside soon." she said. "I know my sister only had to deal with it for a few months. Eventually it went away on its own."
"I hope I have your sister's luck. Because I sure do not like throwing up my food every morning for the next few months." Kagome whined.
"It will get better." Mika reassured her.
"I hope so." Kagome answered wearily. "Oh, by the way, did Ginta and Hakkaku finish securing the last bit of supplies that are to be sent out today?"
"We just took care of that." came a deep, masculine voice from above the two women. They watched as Kouga jumped down from a ledge above, landing right in front of them.
"Good morning, Lord Kouga." Mika said respectfully, giving the wolf prince a bow.
"Mika." he said acknowledging the demoness. He then turned to Kagome and frowned. "What are you doing up so early, love? You should be resting."
"Tell that to Mr. Rambunctious in here." Kagome answered, pointing at her stomach. "Seems like he's got a mind of his own."
"He's kicking again?" Kouga asked, a grin on his face. The wolf prince placed a hand on Kagome's stomach and quickly felt a swift kick from the child within her.
"That answer your question?" she sighed. Kouga grinned and leaned up against a boulder, dismissing Mika with a nod.
"Well, I've got some good news." he said.
"What's that?" Kagome asked, willing to hear anything that had to be good news.
"Everything is ready for the trip today. I just double checked everything." he said.
"Good. I wanted to make sure everything was there." Kagome said. "But I got side tracked yesterday with the children and did not get back to it."
"It's fine." Kouga said. "One more thing, though. You feel up to going with us today to bring the supplies to the fishing village?" Kagome shrugged and then winced as another swift kick was felt to her abdomen.
"Sure. Why do you ask? I usually stay here when you guys go." she said, placing her hand over her buldging stomach, willing the baby inside to calm down.
"Well, father thinks that they make have pinpointed the spot where the curse is originating from, and he wants me to check it out." Kouga said, rubbing her shoulders to help relieve some of the tension that was already starting to form there. "The scouts seem to think a miko may have created it, and father wants your opinion on it."
"Sure. It'll be good to get out of the cave for a day." Kagome said with a sigh. "When do we leave?"
"We'll leave after the patrol shifts, and after we get some breakfast." he said, leading her towards the main cave. "Mika asked to accompany us today, seeing as how we are going to her homelands."
"Ugh! No food!" Kagome grimaced, just knowing that she would wind up throwing it up before they left.
"Now Kagome," Kouga scolded lightly, a small smile on his face. "You need to eat. It's not healthy for the pup if you don't."
"You wouldn't want to eat either if you threw it up a half hour after getting it down." she retorted sassily. Kouga only grinned. Kagome's morning sickness had hit her full force, making her throw up early in the mornings, usually before and after she ate.
"It's alright, love. A few more months and it'll be over with." Kagome only rolled her eyes and entered into the cave with Kouga.
'I'm sure that's what he'd be saying if it was HIM blowing chunks when he ate!' she thought.
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Inuyasha awoke that morning to find that Kikyou had already left for one of her bi-monthly trips to the elder Yoshido couple's home a few hours north of the village. Glancing out of the widow across the room from the futon he and Kikyou shared, he figured it was about seven or eight in the morning according to the slant of the sunlight into the room. He rolled off of the bed and groped around for his clothes. After pulling on the fire rat armor, he strapped Tetsusaiga to his side and made his way to the front of the hut, searching for something to eat.
As he entered into the room, he immediately noticed a few things that seemed awkward. The herbal bag Kikyou usually took with her on her journey to the north was still sitting in the basket next to the fire place. Her bow and arrows were gone as well, and so was the small dagger one of the villagers had given her.
'That's odd.' he thought absently, grabbing some rice cakes and eating them. 'She's never brought her weapons before. There aren't any stray youkais or rogue bandits prowling around up that way, I've made sure of that.' He shook his head in confusion and decided to use the time while Kikyou was gone to go check on Kagome. He grabbed a few more rice cakes, stuffed them into a pack, and took off towards the wolves' den, hoping to catch a glimpse of Kagome.
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Meanwhile, in the dead center of the decaying forest along the northern border of Lord Jiro's lands, plans were being put into action.
"Matsuma?" called a young woman.
"Yessss, mistressss?" a snake demon hissed, sliding out of the shadows of the dying trees. "You requessssted to sssseee me?"
"Is everything ready?" the woman asked, her cold voice matched only by her colder demeanor.
"Yessss. My warioursss are in possssition." he said, bowing his head as the eerie, slit green eyes flashed dangerously. We only await your ssssignal."
"Very well." the woman said coldly. "Remember my instructions, Matsuma. Do as you please with the others, but leave the human girl to me."
"Yesss, Mistressss." he answered. "And the hanyou?"
"The hanyou will not be a problem, I assure you." the woman said icily, her own eyes flashing. The snake demon nodded.
"Are you sssure thissss ploy of yoursss will work, Mistresss?" he asked. "What if the human girl issss not with the caravan?"
"She will be." the woman answered. "That fool Jiro will want her to check out the conduit I've been using to transfer the spell to the land. And now that I've raised the concealment charm on it, and they've pinpointed the location, that fool Jiro will want her to take a look and see if she can figure out what is going on."
"What would a human know of a concealing sssspelll?" the demon hissed. "Those creaturessss are too sssstupid to know anything usssssseful."
"That wench was at one time a miko, and a very powerful one. But she contined her abilities in order to save the child she now carries within her." the woman hissed.
"Sssshe'sss powerless?" the snake asked, his raspy voice holding a hint of amusement.
"You needn't concern yourself with her. After this, you will have your lands back that the wolf tribe has taken. Concentrate on your own part of this plan, and I will fulfill my duties."
"Of coursssse, Mistressss." the demon hissed, sliding back into the shadow of the trees. "We await your sssignal." The woman nodded and gazed upon a huge, half dead oak tree in front of her. The tree pulsed with the power emanating form it. Matsuma watched as the woman smiled evilly and disappeared into the shadows of the forest, a bow in her hands and a quiver of arrows on her back.
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Kouga unloaded the last of the cargo present and waited as Kagome finished speaking with the village elder. It still amazed him how much Kagome's presence with the supply caravan seemed to put the human villagers at ease. The wolf demon tribes had been sending some supplies to the villagers near the dying forest where the death of the land was the worst, and this was one of the few times he had brought Kagome with him. 'Need to remember to bring her more often.' he thought. 'Seems like the villagers are more at ease when she is with us.' Kouga wiped his hands on a skin and walked to where Kagome and the elder were still speaking with each other.
"..seems like they are grouping in the forest. Some of my hunters have seen them, especially in the last month or so." the old man said. "One of the younger men was seriously injured one night during a hunt. They ganged up on him and nearly beat him to death."
"Who?" Kouga asked.
"It seems as though some snake demons are inhabiting the forest." Kagome explained. "They've been terrorizing some of the villages near here."
"Snake demons?" Kouga asked. "That's impossible. We drove them out of the Eastern Lands over a hundred years ago. Are you positive, old man?"
"Absolutely, my Lord. " the elder replied. "The only thing we know is that they follow the leadership of the one called Matsuma."
"Matsuma, huh?" Kouga asked. "I figured he'd be dead by now. That bastard's older than father, and twice as mean."
"I'm afraid that is all we know, Lord Kouga." the elder said, bowing to them.
"That's fine, elder-Senkai." Kagome said. "We're going to check the area out after leaving here. Maybe we can find some answers."
"Much luck to you, Lady Kagome, Lord Kouga." he said. "I am afraid that the village is dwindling in supplies. The sooner we find a way to fix the land, the quicker everything goes back to normal."
"Thank you again, elder." Kagome said. "If we find anything of importance, we'll notify you immediately." The old man nodded and bowed as Kagome and Kouga took their leave.
"Are the supplies unloaded?" Kagome asked.
"Yes, I've already sent them back to the den. We're to meet up with father soon, to see if we can figure out what is going on." Kouga said.
"Do you know anything about the snake demons?" Kagome asked.
"I know of the one they call Matsuma." he said. "He was the leader of a large group of snake demons a little over a century ago. They started making trouble about a hundred or so years ago, threatening the villagers and trying to kill off the wolf packs."
"What happened?" Kagome asked. She had never known about this story, and it interested her to find out what had happened.
"Father banished them." Kouga said simply. "They haven't been seen around here since then. Not a surprise, really. Snake demons are not exactly the most sociable of creatures."
"What do you mean?" Kagome asked, her curiosity peaked. She had had a few run ins with snake demons during the hunt for the shards, and always found them quite interesting.
"Snake demons are notorious for alienating themselves away from humans, unless they're terrorizing or raiding villages." Kouga explained. "As a matter of fact, they tend to use humans as sacrifices to their gods."
"Sacrifices?" Kagome asked nervously. "Please don't tell me they eat humans, too."
"Okay, I won't." Kouga shrugged. By now, they had reached the edge of the village where Mika was waiting, alongside Lord Jiro, Lady Laniko, and Raidon. "Father, are we ready to leave?"
"Yes. You know where to go, do you not?" he asked.
"Meet up at Sumata's storage caves." Kouga answered, gathering Kagome up for the flight.
"Exactly, we will meet you there momentarily." Jiro said. "I want to check out another part of the forest before I go there."
"We shouldn't be long." Laniko said.
"I think I'll go with Kouga and the Lady." Raidon said with a grin to Kagome. Kouga reacted as expected and growled at his younger brother.
"Well, should we go, brother?" Raidon asked. "I do believe Mika knows the quickest way to get there."
"That's right, you're pack is from this area, isn't it?" Kagome asked, looking at the girl, a smile on her face.
"You are correct, Lady." Mika answered. "It's not far at all."
"Let's go then." Kouga said. He gripped Kagome tightly and took off, following the trails of the other two wolves.
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Ginta sat down on the boulder closest to him as the sun beat down unmercifully on the grounds. It had turned out to be a rather hot day and the sentries on patrol were sweltering in the heat.
"Hakkaku!" the wolf called. "Is Kouga back yet?" Another wolf demon appeared on the ledge above him, rubbing his eyes. "Have you been sleeping on duty again, Hakkaku?"
"It was just a little nap." Hakkaku defended. "Besides, what do you want with Kouga?"
"I needed to give him a report on the trip I took to the northern lands last week." Ginta said.
"What's going on up there?" Hakkaku asked , settling himself on the boulder next to Ginta. "Besides the land dying, that is."
"You remember the old couple that lived in the hut on the edge of the territory?" Ginta asked, a frown on his face.
"The Yoshido's?" Hakkaku asked, frowning. "Yeah, what about them?"
"When I went down there last week, I found the old couple dead outside the hut." Ginta answered.
"Why's that so important? You know humans are going to die eventually."
"There were signs of a group of snake demons near the bodies." Ginta said. "And it looked like they had been dead for a good three weeks or so."
"Snake demons?" Hakkaku asked. "They're back?"
"I don't know, but I figured Kouga would want to know about it."
"Well, it's going to have to wait because he and sister Kagome haven't returned yet."
"That's right, sister Kagome went with Lord Kouga to the village today, didn't she?" Ginta asked, hitting himself in the head. "How could I have forgotten?"
"Umm hmmm…." Hakkaku mumbled sleepily. Ginta looked over at his partner and frowned.
"Get up, you lazy wolf!" he said. "We're supposed to be watching for intruders!"
"Oh, get over it, Ginta." Hakkaku yawned. "No one is stupid enough to attack the den. In fact, I doubt anyone has the nerve to get this close without an invitation. They'd be stupid to try." Ginta frowned as the wind picked up, rustling the leaves on the forest floor and cooling the two sentries slightly.
"Kouga's gonna be mad if he comes back and finds you like this." Ginta warned.
"Yeah….sure….okay…." Hakkaku mumbled. Ginta frowned and continued on his patrol, reminding himself to speak with Kouga when he finally returned.
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Mika landed in front of a large cave, making sure to leave enough room for the other demons following her. Kouga and Raidon touched down only moments later.
"How far are we away from the are my father has in question?" Raidon asked, turning to the white haired wolf woman.
"Not far." she answered. "A short walk."
"Why did we stop then?" Kouga asked, letting Kagome go.
"We're walking from here." she said.
"Why?" Kagome asked. She had already walked enough as it was today, and her back was starting to protest anymore of it. Not to mention, her baby seemed to be getting restless again.
"Lord Jiro placed a barrier around the area." Mika explained. "Once we get there, the barrier will disengage, so we needn't worry. But we can't fly into the clearing."
"Well, let's go." Kagome said. "Oh, by the way, what's so special about this place? What's here that Lord Jiro thinks is responsible for the destruction of the land?"
"There is a clearing right outside this tree line." Raidon explained. "Right in the middle is an oak tree over a hundred feet high. It's been there for years, and is the strongest and biggest tree in the forest for a good ways. The tree seems dead to look at it, but it has started pulsating a large amount of energy from it."
"And there are some symbols carved into the bark." Mika said, pushing a half dead tree branch out of her way. "I've never seen them before."
"That is odd." Kagome said. They followed a sporadic trail for the next few minutes before coming to the end of the tree line. Kagome looked out and saw the large oak tree standing in the middle of the clearing. 'Mika was right.' she thought as they walked closer to it. 'This think really does look half dead. How could it be giving off any form of energy.'
"You weren't kidding about the energy, were you?" Kouga asked, frowning. He could feel the waves of energy coming from the tree. 'This thing is almost completely decayed. Where is this energy coming from?' He looked over at Kagome, who was walking slowly around the tree, inspecting the bark. Shaking his head, he walked to the other side of the clearing, searching for some sort of clue as to what was going on.
"Mika, are these the carvings you were talking about?" she questioned the white wolf. Mika took a quick look at the tree trunks and nodded.
"Yes." she answered. "I've never seen then before. Do you know what they are?"
"It's the same markings on a miko spell scroll." she said, studying them closely. "Kaede taught me about them some time ago."
"What do they do?" Mika asked. Kagome looked a little closer at the markings and felt all the color drain from her face when she realized exactly who had made the spell scroll carvings in the tree bark.
"This spell markings in particular is a sort of time-release spell. It regulates the flow of something." Kagome said absently, still staring at the marking at the bottom of the carvings.
"Who would want to regulate something?" Mika asked. "Especially out here. This is not making any sense."
"Yes, it does." Kagome said, brushing some of the decayed bark from the tree, revealing what looked like a thick, red, pasty substance inside the hollowed trunk. "It makes perfect sense." Kagome dropped to her knees and awkwardly pulled some of the dead leaves from the base of the tree, revealing small hole seeping the red paste mix out of the bark and into the ground. "She was using the tree as a conduit for her powers. This paste is made as of a combination of different plants that form a strong poison when mixed together. Demon hunters use it to flush out burrowing demons from under the ground, making them easier to kill. And it looks like she infused her own powers into the mix, making it deadlier. She put the poison in the hollowed trunk, then used the spell scroll to slowly release the poison into the land through the holes at the base of the tree. But no one could see the holes because the dead leaves had been piled up around it to hide them."
"You keep saying 'she', do you know who is responsible for this?" Mika asked, watching Kagome carefully throughout the explanation.
"Yes. I do." Kagome said flatly. "I know exactly who's responsible."
"Who?"
"Kikyou." Kagome answered, standing back up and throwing the leaves in her hands back down onto the ground.
"Who's that?" Mika asked.
"Someone who I wish would just go to Hell and stay there." Kagome answered vehemently. Mika nodded, and decided it was probably better for Kouga to get to her, and soon.
"Kouga! Raidon! Come here! Kagome found something!" Mika yelled. The two wolf demons came to the women's sides, quickly noticing that Kagome's anger was mounting quickly.
"Kagome? Love, what's wrong?" he asked. "What did you find?"
"I know who's responsible for this." she said, gesturing to the tree and the surrounding land. "I know who done this to the lands."
"Who?" Kouga asked.
"Kikyou." she said icily.
"Inuyasha's bitch?" Raidon asked, not quite believing her. "How do you know?"
"Look at the tree trunk." Kagome said. "The carvings are the exact same as the spell scrolls made by Kaede, the miko that helped to train me."
"So? What's your point? Aren't all miko scrolls the same?" Raidon asked, shrugging.
"No, each miko sect has its own special markings, an insignia if you must. The heads of each sect pass down the pattern of the markings to their students. Kaede taught me how to make spell scrolls using those markings. And Kaede learned form her sister Kikyou, before she was killed by Naraku's deception."
"Kikyou." Kouga spat. "I'll tear her to pieces for doing this!"
"Kagome, are you absolutely sure it is this Kikyou's markings?" Mika asked.
"Absolutely." she said firmly. "The only other people who know how to make these markings are myself, Kaede, and the miko that taught Kikyou. The miko that taught Kikyou died a long time ago, but Kikyou was brought back with Inuyasha's wish. I haven't been up here, and Kaede wouldn't do this. So, it only leaves Kikyou."
"What about the land?" Raidon questioned. "Why is it dying?"
"The tree has been filled with a form of poison which severely harms any living creature, whether it is plant or animal." Kagome said. "It's the same stuff Sango used when you and Inuyasha were battling with Kageromauro and Jaroumaouro, remember Kouga? The only difference is that it's about ten times more concentrated, making it ten time stronger."
"The stuff she used to flush the little pesk out from under the ground?" Kouga asked, remembering the battle with Naraku's detachments.
"The very same." Kagome said angrily. "And if I'd have to guess, I'd say some of these surrounding trees are hollowed out and filled with this stuff, too." Kouga shook his head, his anger quickly mounting as Kagome's words sank in. 'Why?' he thought. 'What has she got to gain by killing off my father's lands?' His mind was quickly pulled out of its inner monologue when he felt the approaching presence of demons, and a whole lot of them. He pushed Kagome behind him and started growling.
"We've got company." he bit out. Raidon and Mika, apparently sensing the demons as well, fell down into a defensive position next to Kouga, successfully caging Kagome in with the half dead tree behind her.
"What's going on, Kouga?" Kagome asked worriedly. Without her miko powers, she was practically helpless, and she did not want to have to fight right now. "Who's coming?"
"I don't know, love." he said, his eyes scanning the tree line for the intruders. "But I think it's those snake demons the elder was mentioning earlier."
"Kouga, we need to get her out of here." Mika said. "Kagome is pregnant, and has not defenses."
"Too late." Raidon said grimly. "We're surrounded."
Sure enough, out of the shadows of the dying trees came a hoard of snake demons. The entire clearing was surrounding by the green skinned, slit eyed demons, all hissing furiously at the wolves and the human in the center. The three wolf demons growled menacingly at the intruding demons, warning then to back down.
"What I the meaning of this?" Kouga barked. "What are you doing within these borders?" A lone snake demon came forward, smirking ant all but laughing at the three wolf demons in front of him.
"Ahhh, the young princesses, Lord Kouga and Lord Raidon." he hissed. "How nice to sssseee you again."
"Matsuma." Raidon growled. "How dare you come back here after being banished!? You have no reason to be here."
"Sssssoooo, the young princesssss remember me." the demon smirked.
"How could they forget you?" Mika smirked cockily. "You're too damned ugly to forget." The snake demon's eyes flashed dangerously at the demoness, and his hand went to the hilt of his sword.
"You would do well to watch the tone of voiccccce you take with your execcccutioner, wencccch!" he hissed. "It'ssss not wissse to anger them sssooo."
"What do you want?" Kouga asked, drawing the attention back to himself.
"We want our homessss back." Matsuma said. "The very onessss your father took from usssss ssssso many years ago."
"You were banished for a reason." Kouga answered back fiercely. "You would not obey my father's rule, so you had to go." The snake demon smiled evilly and began to circle the three wolves, his eyes trained on Kagome.
"Your human ssseemssss quiet." he remarked dryly. "Quite the oppossssite of what I've been told about her."
"Who have you been talking about me to?" Kagome asked daringly, not exactly wanting to be brought into the fray.
"A lovely young woman by the name of Kikyou." he said simply. "The very one whom we helped to plan thissss little meeting."
"Where is that bitch!?" Mika growled. "I'll rip her throat out for destroying my home lands."
"Such uncouth language." came a cold, female voice from the tree's shadows. Kagome trained her eyes on the tree line, searching for the owner of the icy cold voice that she knew so well. 'Not now.' Kagome thought. 'Anytime but now.' Kikyou stepped out of the shadows, a cynical smile on her lips. "Of course, I would expect nothing better from a mangy wolf bitch such as she."
"Kikyou?" Kagome frowned. "What are you doing here?"
"That is none of your concern." the older miko said, pulling an arrow from her quiver and knocking it.
"Where's dog-turd?" Kouga growled. "Is he in on this as ell?'
"Of course not." Kikyou said. "In fact, Inuyasha should be passed out right now, where ever he is. Not that it matters, you'll be dead soon enough."
"Why, you no good…" Kouga started.
"Matsuma!" Kikyou barked.
"Yessss, Mistressss?"
"Do what you mush with those three, just bring the human to me."
"Unharmed?" he asked.
"I don't care, as long as she's alive and conscious enough to feel pain." she said coldly. The snake demon smiled and raised his hand up, signaling to his followers.
"You heard Mistress Kikyou." he hissed. "Bring the human to her. Kill the ressst." The snake demons hissed in anticipation and began walking and slithering forward, effectively surrounding the three wolf demons and Kagome.
"Kouga…" Kagome whimpered, clutching his armor. "What're we going to do? There is to many of them!"
"Mika!" Kouga barked angrily. "Grab Kagome and fly her out of here."
"Not going to work, Kouga." she hissed. "They've got archers in the trees. The second I take off, they'll turn us both into a pin cushion."
"Raidon, you have any ideas?" Kouga asked, knowing the answer already, an preparing himself for the battle royal that was about to commence.
"Not at the moment." his younger brother growled, baring his fangs at the oncoming onslaught of demon snakes. "There are at least seventy of these bastards, plus the miko. The only thing I can think of is we claw our way out."
"That's fine by me." Kouga growled. "But whatever happens, keep them away from Kagome, understand?"
"Gotcha." Raidon murmured.
"Not a problem." Mika answered, flexing her claws and eyeing the approaching demons.
"Kagome?" Kouga asked quietly, not taking his eyes off of the approaching demon snakes.
"Yeah, Kouga??" Kagome asked, trying to think of a way out of this.
"We'll get you out of here, love. Don't worry." Kouga said. "If any of us make it out of here, it will be you." Kagome nodded, not really sure if she was going to walk away form this confrontation alive, and in one piece, despite Kouga's reassuring words…..
A/N - Okay people, how'd I do? I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter. I should have the rest of the story typed up soon, and I'll post them just as soon as I do, cause I know some of you are eager to find out how this ends.
So, until then,
Later,
A.A.
