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Author's Notes:

12-31-04-Changes made mostly grammar errors.

-As for Rin and Jaken, they are back at the castle. Sesshomaru wondered into the forest his sister was in because he couldn't sleep and well he hasn't had time to go home yet.

Chapter 3: Meeting the enemy

Inuyasha had ran on ahead from the rest of his group. He had finally caught the scent of his brother after he had ran back by the village. The scent was getting stronger as he pushed himself harder. 'Almost to her.....'

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Sakura, Sesshomaru, and Kouga all changed back to their humanlike forms as they came upon a small clearing at the base of the mountain.

"That was nice." Sakura said as she laid down in the soft bed of grass and flowers. Her arms were propped up under her head as her hair laid around the ground. She took in a deep breath and looked up at the full moon.

Kouga gracefully made his way over to the laying beauty. Sitting beside her he also gazed up at the moon. "It's beautiful tonight." He said as he leaned down into the same position as Sakura.

She sat up and looked over at him. "Hai it is." She then moved over to him and laid her head on his chest

Sesshomaru let out a soft growl at the scene infront of him. "I'm going hunting." He quickly took to the forest in a white blur.

"Ginta, Hakkaku. Start a fire." Kouga yelled at the two dazing wolfs.

"Hai Kouga!" They two took of into the forest, leaving Kouga and Sakura alone.

Sakura turned her head to look up into Kouga's dreamy blue eyes. "I think I am going to train for a little bit." She quickly brought her lips to his and then stood up.

"Need my help with anything?" He asked her as he got up as well.

"No, I am just going to work on spells." She smiled at him and turned around. Bringing her hands into the air she focused her energy into her hands. As her eyes lit up she muttered a spell under her breath.

Kouga watched as her hands changed from a blue light to red. Fire engulfed her as she sent out a wave towards a tree. It burst into small pieces and burned to ash.

"Ha! I still have fire..." She turned to Kouga with a smile on her face. "Kouga I think I could use your help if you can, please."

He smiled up at her as he got to his feet. "Of course. What do you need me to do?"

"You can just stand there, I am going to put some spells on you. Don't worry they are just enhancements." She said to him while smiling.

"Alright, I trust you."

Smiling, Sakura walked within five feet of the wolf and held her hands into the air. "Protect him from harm." The light in her hands quickly engulfed itself onto Kouga. "Good...It worked." She said to him.

A gentle breeze made its way through the meadow. Sniffing the air Kouga's eyes went wide eyed. "Naraku.."

"Naraku?" Sakura said as she placed herself at his side. 'This is the guy that they're after!! Where the hell is that brother of mine!'

"I see you have awaken Sakura." Said the menacing voice as the form of Naraku walked into the meadow.

Sakura hunched into a fighting stance and growled at him. "Why are you here Naraku?"

"To take you from your brothers once again. You will come with me or I will kill your new lover." He said while shooting out a tentacle and clasping it around Kouga's neck.

"You bastard!" Sakura yelled as she cut down the tentacle releasing Naraku's poison. "Dammit. Kouga go find my brother!"

"I can't just leave you here." He yelled at her.

"Kouga go find Sesshomaru, you will just get in the way of battle!" She yelled at him with venom in her words.

Kouga glared at her. 'She thinks I am weak!' He quickly turned in the direction that Sesshomaru had ran off running into Ginta and Hakkaru he motioned them to follow him and he continued towards Sesshomaru.

Sakura watched as Kouga ran for her brother with a pissed look on his face. 'I shouldn't of said that to him dammit...' Suddenly a tentacle went through her left shoulder. "AHHHH" She yelled out in pain as he released poison into her blood.

"That will slowly eat at you until you rot from the inside out." He said to her while laughing.

"Who exactly do you think I am Naraku? Do you seriously think a hanyou's poison can effect me!" She yelled at him as she unsheathed her sword. "Die."

"Kukukuku, dear girl do you think you can hurt me? Not even your brothers can break through my barriers." He said in a cocky attitude as he erected his barrier and continued to laugh at her.

She squinted her eyes at him. (Think Rurouni Kenshin. When ever he gets serious his eyes get smaller. I love it. Think of her eyes looking like that. Oh an Naraku is in his true form that you see in episodes 120 not sure of the episode exactly but it's around there.) "Naraku, my brother's do not even hold a candle to what I am capable of. Prepare yourself." She yelled at him as she let loose an energy attack that blasted its way through his barrier breaking it apart and lashing into his right shoulder.

"NANI..." He yelled as she charged at him. He gave her a look of disgust and knocked her sword out of her hands as he distracted her with his tentacles. "What are you going to do now that your sword is gone?" He laughed at her seeing her anger rise. "Fiery one aren't you."

Sakura stood with her hands at her sides. "Indeed." She concentrated her power into her hands. "I'll show you just how Fiery I can be!" She yelled as she threw waves of fire at the opposing hanyou.

He laughed louder at her as his barrier came back. "Without your sword there is nothing you can do to harm me." He laughed harder then stared at her threathingly. "Your turn!" He shot his tentacles at her. They pierced her body multiple times and came out on the other side. With the tentacles still through her he lifted her off the ground. "Now what will you do?"

She stared at him wide eyed. 'How can a hanyou have this much power.' Before she started to black out she saw a flash of red run to them. 'Inuyasha...'

"Kongousouha!" Screamed Inuyasha. As he arrived to see his sister held in the air by Naraku's tentacles. The barrier broke and Naraku stood there stunned with Kongouseki spears through his chest.

He looked at Inuyasha in pure hate. "I will get her again. Don't worry Inuyasha, you will get to spend a little more time with your sister before I take her away again."

"How dare you Naraku." Inuyasha yelled as he prepared to fire another attack at Naraku.

Naraku quickly took to the air, letting Sakura fall to the ground. "I will take her from you soon. Tell your brother and her new lover." He disappeared into thin air and Inuyasha ran to Sakura and caught her before she hit the ground.

Sesshomaru and Kouga burst into to the meadow as Sakura was caught by Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha, where did you come from?" Sesshomaru yelled as he came up to his brother and sister.

"WHERE WERE YOU TWO!! SAKURA IS HALF DEAD BECAUSE YOU TWO WEREN'T HERE!" Screamed Inuyasha as tears fell down his eyes.

Form his sit on Inuyasha's shoulder he looked at the girl Inuyasha was holding. 'She looks bad.' He looked up at Kouga and Sesshomaru and gave them a glare that rivailed Inuyasha's.

Sesshomaru and Kouga looked down at the ground. 'Dammit' They both thought to themselves. "We should go to my castle and give her time to heal, as well as plan our attack on Naraku." Sesshomaru said.

"Kagome and the others are not here yet. I know the way so you take sister and Kouga, I will bring them when I find them." Inuyasha said as he handed his beaten sister to his brother. "If she dies I will kill you both!" He turned and ran back into the woods in search of his friends with Shippo clinging to his kimono.

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"Kouga why did you run for me instead of staying at her side?" Sesshomaru asked with anger in his voice.

Kouga looked down to the ground. "She wouldn't let me stay. She didn't want me to get hurt."

"She can be like that sometimes. It's like what she did with Inuyasha, I would of rather seen him killed then her. But she would rather have him alive." Sesshomaru looked off into the distance. "Tell your men to go back home there is not much they can do."

"Hai." Kouga said. "Ginta, Hakkaku go back to the den, I will send word to you later."

"Hai, Kouga." They yelled together as they took off running.

"Get on Aun I will carry Sakura. I don't want to take all night to get to my castle." Sesshomaru said to Kouga as a cloud formed beneath him and he took to the air.

Kouga jumped on Aun and let the two headed dragon carry him off into the west. 'Sakura I should of stayed with you. I would of at least been able to keep you from getting that beat up. I would of taken your place if you would of let me. I will kill Naraku for you, I will make him suffer for everything he has done.' Kouga sat in silence during the flight as he watched Sesshomaru hold Sakura.

Sesshomaru continued to fly on without saying a word to Kouga. He flew while watching his sister. He could smell her blood as well as that bastard hanyou's poison. 'Damn that Naraku. What the hell does he want you for, sister.' He felt the body underneath him stir.

Sakura moved a little and felt pain throughout her whole body. Remembering what happened she let her eyes flutter open. "Kouga.." She said softly.

"He's ok sister. He is over on Aun." Sesshomaru said her as he pulled her closer. "Sakura, you baka. You could of been killed." He held her close and squeezed her tightly then pulled her away slightly so he could look into her eyes. "Do you want me to take you over to Kouga?"

She smiled at him slightly. "Hai." She watched as his cloud took them closer to Aun. She looked up to see a sad Kouga sitting on the two-headed beast.

Kouga brought his head up as Sesshomaru came closer. "How is she?" He asked softy.

"She's awake and she wants you." Sesshomaru told him with a small smile on his face. 'Make her happy Kouga.' He shifted his sister so he could hand her over to Kouga.

Kouga gently took Sakura from Sesshomaru and laid her in his lap with her back against his chest. "Sakura." He said softly in her ear.

Sakura lead herself into Kouga's chest and tilted her head back so she could look up at him. "Kouga, I'm so glad your okay." She said to him in a soft whisper.

"Oh Sakura, how could you do that. Never will I leave your side again. I would rather die trying to protect you then run to get help. I promise I won't let that bastard touch you again." A lone tear fell down his cheek as he held her closer resting his head on her shoulder breathing in her scent which was still strong with blood and poison.

"I'm sorry Kouga, I just didn't want you to get hurt..." She said to him as tears filled her eyes.

"I know Sakura, I know." He held her tighter and pulled her chin up so he could look into her eyes. "Sakura, be my mate. Live by my side forever. Love me forever as I will love you forever."

Sakura's eyes went wide as Kouga finished. She smiled widely as she screamed "HAI." and threw her arms around his neck. "Ouch." she said softly.

Kouga chuckled at her as he watched her strain to get closer to him. He helped her by turning her around in his lap. "There that's better." He smiled at her and brought his hand to her chin and pulled her face closer to his. "I love you, Sakura." He licked his lips then brought them down against hers.

Sorry it took so long for me to update. I didn't even really finish this chapter. I will have the other half of it up tomorrow night though. Please remember to review!!

12-31-04- No major changes made. Fixed up a few grammar errors and put some extra words in.

Kongouseki-are the diamonds that are shot out when Inuyasha uses the Kongousouha attack. If you haven't seen it he gets the ability in episode 157.

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