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A/N: Sorry for the wait. I had some family matters to attend to....mwah ha ha ha ha! (don't know why I laughed....I'm in a strange mood today...) Anyway, here is the next chapter. Hope you like how the story is going!!


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Kouga wasted no time with hello's he stomped over to Kagome and snatched her by her wrists to pull her against his chest. He hesitated a moment before throwing her on the bed in the room. He walked over to where she laid and brought his lips down in a forceful kiss. Kagome was struggling to get free and when she felt him ask for entrance to her mouth, she suddenly found the strength to push him off of her.

"Bastard!", she yelled as he fell back a few steps. She wiped her mouth, trying to erase what had previously happened. He glared at her and asked icily through his teeth, "Why?"

"Why What?", kagome asked, she was confused by the question.

"Why him? I've spent years as a guard at the palace, always hoping to catch your eye. You were always so innocent and carefree, oblivious to the fact that me and every other guy longed for you. Then he comes along and suddenly you don't even glance at any of the guards. So, I took you from him. You'll remain here hidden forever, only loving me."

" I would never love you!" kagome spat back at him

"You will if I am the only person you see for the rest of your life. Besides, if you get to know me, you'll find that I am a very nice person."

"No nice person I know would ever kidnap me!"

"Aww.....that's hurtful, Kag." Kouga said with a mock pout

"You know Inuyasha will come for me."

"The dog-turd? Yes, he will probably come looking for you. But not if you tell him your marrying me, right?"

"I would never marry you!!"

"Oh, I think you will. In fact,I know you will, because if you don't, I'll have some of the other guards, who work especially for me, snipe him."

"You wouldn't!"

"I would do anything anything to have you, your my woman."

Kagome didn't know what to say to this. So she did the next best thing, she started to cry. * Why do these things happen to me? I just want to be with him. First I'm controlled to tell him I hate him. Now I have to break his heart again by lying and saying I'm marrying kouga. How much pain does he have to endure because of me?* She raised her eyes to watch blurrily as Kouga exited the room. She then proceeded in throwing herself onto one of the pillows to bawl her eyes. Nothing could prepare her for what she had to do to Inuyasha..........

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Inuyasha didn't even hesitate before running into the forest when he met it at a full on gallop. He did stop when he was a mile in though. His head snapped around in every direction, but there was no movement and no hint of Kagome's or anyone else's smell. Except maybe a squirrels'. He began to walk around slowly deeper into the forest, all his senses focused on finding Kagome's scent. But alas, Inuyasha searched and searched but came up with nothing. He was going to turn back, but he didn't seem to have control of his body it was being drawn toward the northeast and he just couldn't seem to walk away. He struggled for control of his body, but right when he was about to break free, it stopped, and he tumbled out into a clearing. inuyasha started to right himself again, but froze when a breeze flew by. It wasn't that it was cold, it was what smell it carried--kagome's scent. He immediately sprang to his feet and looked around the very large clearing. There was short grass, flowers, a stream, a--he didn't further investigate the area when his eyes landed on a small cabin. He took a few steps towards it and found that Kagome's scent got stronger, he wet his sights on the building with a glare, and took off at a full out run towards the front door.

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"It seems our doggie friend has found us out." said Kouga to Kagome as he looked out the window, "Just remember what to say and Dog-turd will be spared his life. Any slip ups and he's a dead dog walking."

Kagome was then hauled into the main room to await Inuyasha on her own, snipers hidden around her.

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Inuyasha met the door with a full on body slam. the door was blown off it's hinges and he stood, waiting for the dust to settle. He had taken out part of the wall too. (That's why there was dust, not because the house was dirty.) As it began to clear he could make out a shadowed figure in front of him. Finally the dust dissipated and the identity of the figure was made known.

"Kagome! Your all right. Do you have fun in near death experiences?"

Kagome just gave him a pained look and whispered a, "It's over"

"What?"

"I said! It's over!" kagome said a little more forcefully this time.

"I know it's over, your safe. So, let's get back to the palace, your parents are worried sick."

"No, I mean we're over. I love someone else and we're going to elope."

Inuyasha looked at her carefully, trying to find a clue of possession. He found nothing out of the ordinary, it really was his Kagome. But this worried him.

"Kagome......you can't mean that." Inuyasha pleaded.

"I do. Kouga, my faithful bodyguard, has all that I look for in a man." Kagome said with a wince, this stuff was incredibly hard to say. Kouga was a jerk!

Inuyasha fell to his knees in shock, staring into nothingness for a few moments before raising them back up to Kagome's face.

"This can't be happening," he practically whispered, " Kagome....come back with me, we can work things out. Please?"

kagome almost broke down in tears at the look on his face, but she held them in, for his sake.

"I'm sorry Inuyasha, but it's Kouga I want."

The room fell silent and they just sat there for awhile. (Well, kagome was standing and Inuyasha was down on his knees.) Finally Inuyasha stood.

"Well then....I guess this is goodbye."

He turned to walk out the door and Kagome couldn't help herself when she yelled out, "Inuyasha! Wait!" She slapped a hand over her mouth however, when she heard the clicks of fifteen safety's were turned off on the guns surrounding the room. Inuyasha's keen sense of hearing also picked up the noise though and he immediately clued on to what was happening. *She's being threatened to say these things!* Time for a bit of acting.

"No Kagome, your right. We weren't meant to be. I'll go off and find another maiden much prettier than you."

At first Kagome was hurt by his words but then realized he was acting and relaxed a bit, playing along. "Fine then, be gone with you"

Inuyasha walked over to the doorway sulkily and then turned around to face her.
"I do have one request though......one last kiss?"

Kagome was worried they might shoot him for this but she could sense that the guards were okay with this. Kouga didn't say anything about no physical contact did he? Just to say that she was marrying another. So kagome quietly walked over to the door where Inuyasha was standing. They only hesitated a moment before closing in for a kiss. They pulled back slowly and Kagome was going to break down crying in sorrow at losing him but he whispered to her,"On the count of three, we'll both fall back out the door and onto the ground. They'll fire a few shots then come out of their hiding places. Then we'll make a run for it. One.......two......three!"

Kagome practically jumped on Inuyasha and they both fell back onto the grass outside the door. Inuyasha was right, and a couple shots were fired. But, the men weren't expecting them to fall to the ground and the bullets flew harmlessly over their heads. A shuffle of foot steps were heard after and Inuyasha was once again right, They had seize fire to come out of hiding. Inuyasha jumped to his feet and grabbed Kagome's wrist. He took off as fast as he could, dragging kagome behind him. Once they were a little ways away, gun shots could be heard again. Kagome glanced back to see fifteen men lined up in front of the cabin, guns raised to eye level, trying to snipe them while they were running. Luckily, Inuyasha's speed was incredible and the bullets kept missing. But, she knew she was slowing down.

When most of the men stopped to reload Inuyasha stopped and squatted.

"Get on." he ordered.

She didn't think twice about it, besides, this wasn't a request. She hopped on and his arms wrapped around her legs. They moved of at a much quicker pace this time and they neared the forest quicker. Kagome peered over her shoulder again to see that the many men were giving chase.

"Inuyasha! We need to get back to the palace before they catch up or else we're done for!"

"Yeah, yeah. I know! No back seat drivers, okay?"

Kagome thought for sure that they would outrun them because of Inuyasha's speed, but then she heard the sound of hoof beats. *Oh no! They're catching up on horse back!* shrieked kagome mentally. They raced on either side of Kagome and Inuyasha, barely visible through the trees. Kagome's weight must have been slowing them down for them to be able to keep up. She watched as they raised their rifles.

"Hurry Inuyasha! They're going to fire!"

Inuyasha put on his last burst of speed and shot ahead slightly. They came out of the forest and went charging towards the gates. The men stopped at the edge of the forest and aimed their guns as careful as possible. They followed the two figures clinging to each other as the one jumped up into the air.

"Ready....aim.... FIRE!" shouted what seemed like the leader.

Gunshots went off and Kagome was relieved when none hit her. *They were home free!* That's when Inuyasha gasped in pain and they tumbled to the ground inside the palace gates. They were safe now, some of the guards (the good ones) came rushing forward to shield the princess and the men on horse back fled back into the forest.

Kagome sat at Inuyasha's side, looking for his injury. She found it in his right arm, a fairly deep bullet hole. "Hurry! Get a doctor!" yelled kagome to the guards. One of the fastest ones took of towards the palace. Kagome sat there crying over an unconscious Inuyasha. The impact of the ground and the pain of his arm had overwhelmed him.


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A/N: Don't worry, the wait for the next chapter won't be too long. I'm trying to decide how long this fic is going to be though. I might finish it off and start posting some of my other ones.....or I might make this an ongoing kind of fic. But, there are only so many disasters that can happen..... maybe I'll finish it and if any thought come to me I'll make a sequel. What do you think?