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Kagome managed to look up and realized Kouga was standing over, holding her safely in his arms.
Her eyes widened. She was completely off guard. It was all making sense to her now
"Those were Kouga's wolves..." Kagome thought placing a light smile on her face while she felt Kouga's hands touching her face and the marks left on her.
He knelt down giving a depressed, furious look knowing he could still smell the scent of Inuyasha lingering, indicating he was around not too long ago.
"Kagome, what the hell happened to you? Did that mutt hurt you?"
Kagome laughed and shook her head, hearing the wolves all at once howling at the moon, that left chills up Kagome's spine
No, No...I came late and went searching for him. I fell down here and he refused to help me up."
Kouga grabbed a stick and chucked it at the wolves making them shut up, because he couldn't hear Kagome. "Dammit, get out of here! I'll use one of you as my new fur coat… So if you don't want that I suggest you get out of here!"
Kouga just splashed water on the deep cuts, and gently threw her over his shoulder.
"I can't believe he'd do this to you Kagome. Wait till I see him, I'll ring his neck..." He muttered heading up the hill with Kagome feeling a lot better someone else was taking care of her.
Kouga finally made it up the hill, readjusting Kagome who was still over his shoulder. "Umm Kouga?" Kagome said seeing Kouga smile bigger, that he actually saved Kagome and Inuyasha was the monster now. "I knew one day that mutt was going to do that to you. All he cares about is himself Kagome. Yes Kagome?" It totally slipped his mind she said something.
Kagome just lightly smiled feeling her cheeks glow red because he was kind enough to help her, instead of leaving her there. Plus, he had a bigger heart than Inuyasha ever did. "Can you take me to Kaede's hut?" Kouga smiled and winked back, that made Kagome feel a little nervous.
"No problem. With the jewel shards in my legs I can get there in a second. Anything for you Kagome. I'll make sure mutt face will pay."
While everyone else was working out their problems, InuYasha was sitting in the Goshinboku.
Kagome placed a fake smile on her face, holding on to dear life until they were at the foot of Kaede's hut…
"Stupid Kagome, stupid Sango, and Miroku. Feh, everyone loves Kagome and they all hate me. No one would take my side if they were payed a billion yen. I bet it's because I'm a half demon and not a demon or a human. The only thing I'm good for is to protect everyone. That's the only reason Sango, Miroku and Shippo hang around. And Kagome hangs around because I force her too. You know, sometimes I wonder if anyone would give a shit if I died."
"I could be a genius, and they'd all ignore me. Because I'm a hanyou. Well, I'll show them. I'll show them all. I'll grant them their wish, I'll go off. I'll go away. And maybe that will result in death. But no one cares. So what would it matter if I suddenly dropped off the face of the earth."
And as the wisps of words he had just finished saying flew through the air, he jumped from the Goshinboku, and proceeded to run onward until he reached the end of the earth, if he had too.
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Kagome gently got down from being over Kouga's shoulder, feeling him grab her hand knowing he'd have to leave her, just in case Inuyasha was inside. "Kouga... Thanks for everything..." She placed a smile on her face while Kouga grabbed her hand nodded with a grin on his face. Acting so slick and a hotshot. "No problem Kagome. You know if you ever get tired of mutt face, I'll be there for ya."
Kagome laughed and nodded feeling her cheeks burn, at the fact someone like him would bend over backwards for her
Even when she felt like she was nobody special.
"Sango, I hear Kagome." Miroku said. He had returned earlier, after confessing to himself all of his problems and such.
Sango curiously went closer hearing another voice, hearing her talk to someone else
"Who's with her?"
Kouga stood in silence for a moment looking at Kagome for a moment before, she walked away into the hut. "Kagome you wouldn't mind taking a walk with me would you?" Kagome looked at him she couldn't say 'no'. Inuyasha wasn't around so she couldn't boss her around.
Kagome gave a little smile knowing Kouga probably was tired and hungry being everywhere, and traveling all the time. Kagome nodded, "Sure." Kouga gave a huge smile and they slowly started walking down the path.
Kagome dragged her feet heavily feeling so empty, so upset that out of all people Kouga helped her and not Inuyasha. Kagome stopped for a moment looking back at Kouga changing her mind. "Look Kouga forget the walk. We can sit outside of the hut and talk there. I mean you must be awfully hungry traveling all the time."
Kouga looked down at his stomach, feeling a little bit disappointed that they couldn't walk together. "Well those damn wolves haven't been doing a good job getting food to eat. So sure."
Kagome sat down in front of the little fire, with Kouga directly by her side. He watched her head hanging in her hands softly sighing, feeling so empty, and feeling so hopeless. He could see the sadness lingering in her brown eyes. He could only imagine Inuyasha was bothering her, mostly what she worried about.
Kouga shook his head and nudged her, getting closer by her and holding her chin up slightly. "Kagome, something is bothering you..."
Kagome went to place a fake smile and nod her head no but, he swiftly grabbed her chin again and looked at her sternly. "Kagome I know it's Inuyasha, so don't bother lying to me. How could you be with a half breed anyways? A guy that calls you a shard detector, and gets mad at you for everything."
Kagome looked at him whispering, "I don't know. It's hard to explain Kouga." Kagome placed her head down feeling so sorry for herself and she wished she didn't. Kouga just placed an arm over her and usually she would have pushed it off but instead, she didn't mind or care that Kouga was being nice and affectionate.
"For god sake Kagome he's a half breed. Humans hate him, and demons do. He's worthless Kagome. He's a jerk that cares about himself. He finds it fun to boss around humans, especially you Kagome. You need to find someone who treats you right. The last thing you deserve is to be hurt."
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InuYasha had run quite a considerable distance and for some odd reason he had turned around to see if anyone was following. It had just been an odd feeling, but nope, no one cared enough.
And that's when he ran right into Sesshomaru.
InuYasha's eyes widened with considerable shock. There had to be a one in a million chance he'd find his brother while running away... But it had happened, hadn't it? "Sesshomaru?"
Sesshomaru stared at his brother with considerable shock. One thing was for sure, no matter how much both of them acted like loners, both of them had their own little group.
Sesshomaru wondered, and he didn't wonder often. Most of the time he knew why people did what they did. But what was his brother doing here? And why wasn't he with his group?
InuYasha had backed away from his brother, figuring that all the silence was due to the fact that his brother was plotting how to kill him.
InuYasha looked like a mouse captured by the cat, he gulped and took a few shaky steps backward then started to run.
InuYasha felt a tear trickle down his cheek. He was sick of it, sick of it all. Sick of pretending that the fact that everyone hated him didn't bother him. Sick of pretending that nothing ever got to him. He was starting to cry quite a bit harder, and he just wanted to get the hell out of there, get somewhere away from everyone. "God really hates me. Why do I have to be around everyone who hates me? Why for once, can't I be around one person who likes me for me? I wish that everything were like it was fifty years ago, before my brother and Kikyo hated me. And these people who stick around waiting for me to beat Naraku. That's the only reason Miroku and Sango stick around. Once I chop off Naraku's head, they'll disappear. Shippo's only here because of Kagome but he left... And Kagome only sticks around because I force her too. It would be nice if my brother had some semblance of respect for me, and could tolerate me. And if Kikyo were back to normal..."
"In short..." he said to himself while he ran. "Everyone I meet hates me." And he broke down crying. But he couldn't stop running, no. He couldn't let Sesshomaru find him, no.
So he kept running sobbing like some little child on the brink of dying from some horrible demon who liked to eat children. And he didn't plan to stop anytime soon.
Sesshomaru sighed. That was definitely strange. And he didn't plan to just let it pass by him. He wasn't going to spend any time wondering about it, he'd find out himself. He'd ask him brother himself. So he called Rin and Jakken forth, got on Ah and Un, and headed off to find InuYasha. No one was as curious as Sesshomaru, you could say.
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"Hey Miroku that would be Kouga wouldn't it?"
"Yeah, that's Kouga. What is he doing here?"
Sango looked at Miroku with an eyebrow raised, after he had freaked her out by the kiss thing. "I have no clue. I thought maybe Inuyasha had ran out and found her. So I assumed both of them were talking. When I heard mutt I knew it was him."
Sango sipped her drink again. "So I'm guessing he helped her."
Miroku suddenly slammed both hands on the table knocking the drinks on the table over. And the liquids happen to spill all over Sango and Kirara. "Sango, I just realized. If InuYasha's not with Kagome... And he's not with us... Where is he?"
Sango just glared at him for having it spill all over her. "No clue Miroku..." She narrowed her eyes grabbing a cloth. "You mind cleaning me up? Considering you got this all over me!"
"You can do it yourself, I don't plan to be considered a pervert anymore."
Sango began laughing for a second. "You're kidding me right! You not be a pervert anymore? That's a laugh. I'll believe it when I see it..."
Miroku leaned closer and smiled. "Well you'll have to look closely then." And he bent down to capture her lips with his own.
Sango blinked. She was completely frozen. She didn't feel the need to swat him this time. For some reason all her senses were down, she just let him take over her. Her face went bright red and Kirara just curiously looked up at the two, while Sango was fighting with herself. "You can't give in… He's a pervert..." She just laughed to herself. "I already did..."
Sango pushed back against his lips closing her eyes, never expecting it to come like this.
Miroku smiled and pulled away. "So you do like me, eh?" He said in a smirking way, but then just gave her a hug. And he didn't try anything more than that.
Inu Kaiba: Another chapter up in two days, as the plot thickens... InuYasha may be OOC but what did you do the last time you had too many problems and ran into someone who'd make that burden harder so yeah... Sorry if he's OOC and all, I just... In the end you guys realize, this'll be an InuKag right? Eh, Roxyfoxy's still at the cottage, hope she's having fun, and another update on Thursday. Bye now!
P.S. AS Roxyfoxy says... R&R
-Inu Kaiba & RoxyFoxy
