Chapter 2: Koga Arrives
Kaede, Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and InuYasha all went down to the field to watch the fireworks. Kaede had given up the two seats that were away from the rest. They all sat in a group, chattering about nothing in particular. They all saw InuYasha try to slip away, but pretended not to notice.
The fireworks began, and they could be seen for miles around.
Kagome was watching the fireworks from the tree when someone came up and sat down next to her. She thought it was InuYasha, but she wasn't sure, because it was it was the new moon, and he was human. The person next to her had dark hair.
InuYasha was walking back to the tree when someone grabbed him by the hair and threw him to the ground. A net was thrown over him to drag him with. And InuYasha, in his human state, could do nothing to fend off his attackers. He was taken to a cave, tied up, and left alone for hours.
The person next to Kagome put their arm around her and pulled her close. She leaned her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes. Thinking it was InuYasha, she said, "I missed you."
The person holding her said, "I knew you'd want me over Mutt-face." He turned to Kagome, who froze.
Kagome turned for the first time to look at the person next to her. It wasn't InuYasha, as she had assumed. It was Koga. He turned to smile at her. Without another word, he picked her up and carried her away. Her screams went unnoticed.
Miroku and Sango had wandered off to talk alone. Leading her away from everyone else, Miroku found a spot next to the stream and sat down, motioning for Sango to do the same.
Kagome was led to a different cave than InuYasha, and she wasn't tied up. Looking around the cave, she saw the personal items and thought that the cave must be Koga's.
She was dumped on a pile of straw, and Koga sat down next to her. He flopped over on his back. He began stroking Kagome's back, saying, "You might as well get used to being here, because you're not going anywhere soon."
Kagome leaped up and said, "I'm not going to stay here. My friends will come looking for me, and InuYasha will beat you this time."
Koga smirked at her as she walked towards the entrance of the cave. "Your Mutt-face is dead by now. I had my comrades capture him. He was in the cave next to us." He sighed, "Such a pity he had to turn human tonight."
Kagome gave a squeak; her eyes frozen wide open at Koga. "You…you didn't."
Koga smiled at and replied, "I couldn't leave any competition."
Kagome's knees gave out, and she fell, tears streaming from her eyes. "Oh, God, please don't let it be true," she whispered. "I love him too much for him to die."
In the next cave, InuYasha was still breathing. Koga's comrades had not killed him, as Koga had instructed. Kagome never knew and spent the rest of the night sobbing quietly in a heap.
