Hakaku and Ginta paced outside the cave the girl was in. The two wolves were perplexed over their leaders course of action. Neither thought that kidnapping Lord Sesshomaru's ward was a very good idea. To top it off he left them here to deal with the taiyoukai, while he went to retrieve Kagome.
"What if he's not back in time?" Hakaku said for the third time.
"Look, Sesshomaru doesn't know where we are. Kouga swore he would return as soon as he got Kagome to safety, so just calm down already!" Ginta was getting edgy. He didn't like this either, but orders were orders.
"...But if he were to catch our scent... we're goners," a chattering Hakaku urged.
"Once Kouga returns we'll leave the girl in Sesshomaru's path. Now quit pestering me!" Ginta snapped back to Hakaku.
To make matters worse the human child would not stop crying. Her sobs and begging for Sesshomaru-sama was rubbing their fur the wrong way. Ginta even tried to console her and calm her fears of them, but she seemed to be petrified of him. Why she would be terrified of him, but show no fear to someone like the heartless Lord Sesshomaru was beyond his comprehension.
Kouga watched the scene play out just as he planned. Sesshomaru took off in search of his ward, and left Kagome behind. . 'This is too easy,' he snickered. After making sure he was in the clear, he rushed from his hiding place towards his woman.
The wolf prince could not be matched in speed. The jewel shards in his legs fueled his natural speed by leaps and bounds. The unsuspecting group never knew what happened. With a brown blur of fur and dust, Kouga had a confused Kagome slung over his shoulder in a split second.
The next step is to head to the hidden fortress where Kagome would stay safely out of Sesshomaru's reach while he returned the demon lords human child. Everything was going as planned until....
Kagome was startled out of her focused anger at Sesshomaru when her feet were suddenly swept out from under her. It took a minute for it to register what exactly was going on. When understanding set in she started kicking and struggling against Kouga's steel grip. She beat her fists against his back, and screamed for him to release her. Nothing she tried was working. 'This calls for drastic measures.' The youkai miko quit struggling and began to focus. She had to make sure to control her energy or she could kill the guy.
The pain threw him to the ground. Kouga rolled to the side, and pushed himself up on his knees. "What the hell was that?!"
"That's what you get for snatching me!" came the reply from a very upset miko. "Kouga, what do you think your doing! Did you have something to do with Rin's kidnapping?!"
"I'm trying to save you, Kagome!" the wolf retaliated. He couldn't believe she was acting like this. She should be thanking him!
"You... you... BAKA!" Kagome screamed at him. This went way beyond his normal declarations of love and male posturing. It infuriated her to know that he would stoop so low as to take that innocent little girl, for whatever stupid reasons he had! "I want to know what's going on, and I want to know NOW!"
"Uh... Kagome?" Kouga wasn't expecting this. He suddenly began to doubt himself. "I... I just wanted to protect you from that mangy Sesshomaru!"
"Kouga, for the last time... I... AM... NOT... YOU'RE... PROPERTY!" This pig headed, ignorant, thick headed, baka had crossed the line. It never occurred to him what would happen to his clan, not to mention himself, if Sesshomaru catches up to them. Then there was Rin. She was probably terrified, and all because he couldn't take a hint! "As a matter of fact, I am mated to Sesshomaru now!" With the last statement Kagome grabbed her collar and pulled it down to show her mark.
The wolf youkai sat dumbfounded. Kagome mated with that bastard? It had to be against her will. It had to be... "I'll kill that bastard! That piece of shit took you by force, didn't he!?"
"NO!! I gave myself to him freely you hard headed wolf!" She couldn't believe her ears. He just didn't give up. "Kouga, listen to me carefully. The life of your pack depends on you telling me exactly what is going on here." Kagome tried to speak calmly with hopes that he would see her point.
The heart broken wolf prince began to unravel a twisted plan to save her from Lord Sesshomaru. As mad as she was at him, she knew he only meant to protect her. A wolf lived by instincts and Kouga was no exception. Unfortunately this time, he had made a grave mistake. Inuyasha was one thing, but Sesshomaru was of a whole different category.
She took in the whole of it and began to think of a way to fix all this without anyone getting killed. "Well, first of all we need...."
The strong feeling of demonic aura closing in fast interrupted Kagome. Kouga felt it as well, and braced himself for battle. If it was Sesshomaru this was going to get rough.
To the surprise of both Kagome and Kouga, it was not Sesshomaru, but Kagura.
"Kagura, you fucking bitch! What the hell do you want?" Kouga yelled at the wind sorceress. "I still owe you for killing my clan, and now's the time for you to pay!"
"No Kouga!" Kagome said harshly to get the wolf's attention. "You have to save your clan. Only you know where they have Rin. You have to return her safety before Sesshomaru finds them! I will take care of Kagura." She narrowed her eyes at the witch.
"I can't leave you with her!" Kouga argued.
"Go NOW! Don't worry about me. I can handle Kagura," She sparked her energy and flicked out her claws to make her point.
Kouga paused briefly, before he turned and raced to his pack. He turned back and yelled, "Kick her ass Kagome!"