A Wolf's Honor

Chapter Four

By Inusgurl

Kagome stared all around her. Wolves gyrated around her as if she were the sun and they were mere planets in the universe. Fear revolved around her, and at last, Kouga approached the rotating circle of hungry, merciless wolves.

"Leave us!" He commanded. "NOW!"

They all scattered away like flies. Kagome watched them all depart before turning her eyes back at Kouga.

"I asked you, Kagome," he began. "I pleaded you to give me your permission. But, no. You had to think about dog turd and turn me away."

"That's not true!" At least, that's part of the reason.

He chuckled. "No need to lie, Kagome. But nonetheless, the real, kind me is gone and all that remains is a beast that will stop at nothing to get what a canine deserves. All that remains is what you see before you. You have no one to blame but yourself. And I, for one, am not regretful for what I am about to do."

With every step he took forward, she took a leery step in reverse. Without notice, she bumped into a wall behind her looking to the side to find some route of escape. Kouga came closer and closer until their faces met just centimeters apart. He held her chin to his face the better to get his attention.

"It didn't have to come to this, Kagome. You could have said a simple "yes". It would have been easier to do that than to let he present circumstances come to this. I could've been my normal, gentle self to you, but you provoked my mind, body and spirit to come to this. I have no regrets.

"I know you are in there, Kouga...the real you. You just gotta fight this, you."

"You and your pitiful faith. There's no one else here but me."

And with that his lips met with hers pressing together. It was firm…but had a gentleness to it. Kagome somehow had the strength to pull away.

He smiled devilishly. "There is absolutely no escape Kagome."

She made a stern face. "I would never do such a thing with you, Kouga. It would be shameful of me to give up easily."

And ending with that, she ran out of the cave into the woods. She heard him dash after her using the shards in his legs.

But suddenly, it was as if luck struck her like lightning.

The well came into view, and she sped faster until finally coming to her route to home. Without hesitation, except for the worry for Inuyasha, she jumped in.

But Kouga's quick hand caught her left arm as she was in midair. "No!" She screamed. "Let me go!"

He tried to pull her up, but her foot dug into the dirt wall of the well and her arm felt like coming off.

"Kouga! Let me go! Aaaaauuugggh! My arm! Quit it! INUYASHA!"

"No, Kagome! You are coming back to the cave with me! I—-!"

WHACK!

Kouga fell backwards and lost his grip on Kagome's arm causing her to fly into the well coming down with a heavy thud. She stood up brushing herself off.

'Am I…home?" She thought. She climbed up and looked over the mouth of the well searching around her shrine for Sota's usual greeting. But regardless of whether Sota was there or not...she was home and away from danger.

She sigh deeply. "That was close. I just hope Inuyasha's okay."

Struggled to stand up. That last punch he just rewarded Kouga with was all the energy he had left in him. Kouga sat up rubbing the second scar Inuyasha gave him while staring at Inuyasha. He knew that the dog demon was just a weak body so he didn't even bother to punch him back.

"Damn." thought Inuyasha. "All my energy's gone. Now what? At least Kagome's okay."

Kouga just smiled back at the dog demon and looked over the well. He turned his head back, waved at Inuyasha, and jumped into the well. Inuyasha scrambled over the well, and looked in.

Nothing.

Kouga was gone.

"No… he said. "Kagome…! Ugh! I'm so weak…but I can't let anything happen to her.

He slid arduously into well hoping he was not too late.