Disclaimer I don't own Inuyasha nor Kouga . . . or any of the other Inuyasha cast, they all belong to their creator Rumiko Takahashi . . . they just all live at my house and eat my food

Summary It's been two weeks since the destruction of Naraku' s body and the Shikon no Tama is finally completed, the only problem is that is was absorbed into Kagome's body and Inuyasha can't touch her because she can't control the jewel's powers. To make matters worse, Kouga shows up and she tells him he can stay and help rebuild the damage that was done. One thing leads to another and a fight breaks out . . . one that will change their lives forever . . . Inuyasha gets the shock of his life but this time, Kouga's along for the ride! Please R&R . . . flames are okay but only if there to help me with the story.

Pairings Kouga / Inuyasha

Warnings this story has Yaoi, swearing, blood and "intimate" moments, so if you're against any of these things than I suggest you not read this story . . .

Chapter 1: Bitten

It had been two weeks since the final battle with Naraku ended. Life seemed peaceful for everyone. Sango was able to put her brother to rest with all the other fallen demon slayers. All traces of the wind tunnel were gone from Miroku's hand, and he and Sango stayed by each other's side as promised

Kagome was now the owner of a complete Shikon no Tama, which was embedded deep within her body once again. This time it held two very powerful beings. One belonged to Midoriko, and the other belonged to Kikyo.

Kikyo chose to help Midoriko contain the jewel's powers. She didn't have to go to hell, which meant Inuyasha didn't have to keep any promises. She willingly gave her soul to Kagome, making Kagome the strongest miko ever lived.

Inuyasha was happy that Kikyo's life ended the way it did. He was relived that everything was over between Naraku and all those he deceived. Even though his brother Sesshomaru and Kouga had to combined forces with them, (something that definitely would never happen again if Inuyasha had anything to do with it), they had won.

He had often wandered back to that day thinking of all that was gained and lost. He had lost his one true chance of becoming a full demon, but he gained a family. Sango, Shippo and Miroku were like the siblings he never had (well Sesshomaru…doesn't count . . . But he would never say that aloud.)

Kagome . . . well he hadn't decided exactly what she was to him. In the last few weeks, things had been a little strange between the two. One day he tried to touch her and she had flipped out. He ended up shocked within an inch of his life. Not even Shippo could sit two minutes in her arms without her going psycho, and him ending up slammed against a wall.

Lady Kaede said it was because Kagome couldn't control the powers within the jewel. Inuyasha was so lost in thought that he didn't realize when Miroku was talking to him.

"Inuyasha!" Miroku yelled for the third time.

Inuyasha jumped coming back to reality and looked at the monk. "What?" he asked, hearing the frustration in his partner's voice.

"I said, I need to go get more boards. We ran out." He responded, as he sat down the hammer Kagome brought from her modern day era.

"Okay . . . Whatever. I'm staying here to fill up this hole." Inuyasha huffed. He watched Miroku climb down from the hut. They had spent the last four days repairing huts for the people in Kaede's village.

Inuyasha, being alone for a few minutes, thought more about Kagome. 'What is she going to do now? Will she want to be with me? Will she go back home and leave me?' Caught up in thought, he almost let what he considered the foulest smell in the world creep up on him.

He stood up and looked around. From the top of the hut he could see most of the forest. He kept searching for the person the foul smell came from, and in less than 30 seconds Kouga appeared.

The Hanyou watched the wolf approach Kagome. His hands balled into fists at his sides. "What the hell does he want?" He spat under his breath. He could feel the heat rise inside him as the wolf demon got closer to 'His' Kagome'.

He started to jump down to pound Kouga, but Sango ran to Kagome's side just in time. He halted on top of the roof, keeping a close eye out on the schoolgirl. Just because Kouga helped defeat Naraku didn't mean the dog-eared boy had to like him . . . not one bit. Especially now that he kept trying to get close to Kagome.

Inuyasha just prayed that the flea bag would try to touch her. It would amuse him to see the stupid wolf get blasted. The thought left a slight smirk on his face. So caught up in his thoughts . . . (I'm making him think to much . . . it's scary) he wasn't even eavesdropping on their conversation like he intends to. All he heard was the end off the conversation and he didn't like it at all.

"Yeah, Kouga you can stay and help us." Kagome's voice rang in Inuyasha's ears, and they twitched without even noticing, he walked to the end of the hut.

"Sure Kagome, anything for you." Kouga said as sweet, or as close too sweet as he could get. It sickened Inuyasha and he dug his nails deeper into his palm, making it numb.

Kouga smirked, and Kagome smiled saying, "Great! You can start by repairing the hole on top of the roof with Inuyasha, since Miroku's off getting more wood."

"H…help Inuyasha?" the wolf demon huffed out loud. 'This is all for Kagome . . . ' Kouga kept telling himself this so he wouldn't disappoint the one he called "his" woman . . . "Yeah, sure . . . " he said lowly, and began to walk toward the hut.

Suddenly a metal object was chugged at him. His cheek was grazed, and it turned slightly red.

"Rrrrr INUYASHA. Some aim you've got, what were you trying to hit?" he yelled up at the smiling hanyou, who had just thrown the hammer Miroku left behind. "You stupid mutt, you couldn't hit me even if I was right in front of your face, with your bad aim."

"Bad Aim?" Inuyasha said rolling up his bright red sleeves and grabbing the full 2x4 he had been using to repair the roof. "I'LL Show You BAD AIM!" Inuyasha spat.

"What you gonna do? MISS AGAIN MUTT!" Kouga yelled back.

"Inuyasha, Kouga . . . " Kagome was cut off.

"I DON'T NEED HELP. I CAN DO THIS MYSELF!" Inuyasha yelled down to them.

"But Inuyasha, everything will get done faster if we have more help. Kouga happens to be the fastest demon around, so please Inuyasha." Kagome stated.

The compliment to Kouga pissed Inuyasha off even more. At this time Miroku had returned, a stack off fresh cut wood in his arms. He decided he would stay on the ground for now, and watched the argument with interest.

"Inuyasha, Kagome-chan is right." Sango tried to clam the tension between the two demons. She knew it wouldn't help though. "Well at least I tried." She said sighing.

"I SAID I DON'T NEED HIS HELP!" The hanyou was quickly losing his temper.

"Well today's your lucky day Inuyasha, Cause I'm here to help Kagome!" Kouga smirked

Inuyasha snapped. He was standing at the edge off the hut now. Growling and pointing straight at the wolf. "I KNEW YOU STILL WANTED KAGOME! WHY DON'T YOU JUST LEAVE, SHE DOESN'T WANT YOU, YOU WIMPY WOLF!" He spat the last to words out like it was poison.

"WHO ARE YOU TO TELL ME WHAT TO DO? YOU DOG SHIT, I DO AS I PLEASE!"

"Boys please st . . . " she was rudely cut off again.

"GET AWAY FROM KAGOME, YOU BASTARD, GO BACK TO THE HOLE YOU CRAWLED OUT OF."

At this point the half-breed was so pissed, that he held the wood he had in his hand, up over his head, ready to pound Kouga.

Kagome, Miroku and Sango all stood back, and tried to speak over the yelling the dog and wolf were doing, but couldn't get through to either of them.

" ...NO ONE WANTS A HALF BREED MUTT, YOU'RE WEAK AND SLOW . . . IF YOU COULD DO THIS BY YOUR SELF, THEN SHOULDN'T IT BE DONE BY NOW." Kouga knew he was getting to Inuyasha and his tail was moving back and forth as he smiled. He liked to piss the hanyou off, these were the only times the mutt put up a good fight anyway.

That was it for Inuyasha. He jumped up, and he and the beam were about to kill Kouga. Just as Inuyasha was about half way down Kagome yelled, "SIT BOY!"

Before the dog or the wolf realized anything, Inuyasha was falling toward Kouga at a speed faster than light. The impact echoed through the village along with the curses. Kouga was smashed under Inuyasha with a mouth full of blood.

Kouga's POV

Trying to push the hanyou off of him with his arms he realized that he couldn't breathe. The wind had been knocked out of him and now he was trying to take in all the air he could. Once he inhaled, he swallowed a mouth full of blood and began to cough and choke.

His ribs hurt along with the rest of his body. Coughing up blood and spit he tried to look to see where the blood was coming from, but he couldn't move. He closed his eyes tightly, and once the coughing stopped, he opened them. Right in front of him was Inuyasha's neck, bleeding with teeth marks.

Kouga closed his eyes 'this can't be happening to me,' and opened them once again. The blood and mark were still there. 'How in the hell was it possible for me to mark him so perfectly like that'

"GET OFF OF ME MUTT!" he said as loud as he could.

"I CAN'T. DUMB ASS. THE SPELL WON'T LET ME." Was yelled back.

Kouga sat still feeling the pressure of Inuyasha's body on him, he closed his eyes again. 'Please let this be a nightmare.' And he waited for the spell to end.

Inuyasha's POV

There was nothing he could do. He couldn't even move, once he landed on Kouga. He wanted to laugh cause he knew that he would crush him. But soon that joy was filled with worry, as he smelled and then saw his blood making a puddle on the ground.

He also felt a sharp sting in his neck that was getting more and more painful. He felt Kouga try to push him off, and then the wolf started coughing. He felt the blood and spit on his neck 'yuck'

He tried to turn his head but couldn't, so he closed his eyes and heard the wolf yelling.

"GET OFF ME MUTT."

"I CAN'T DUMB ASS. THE SPELL WON'T LET ME." He yell back, hoping the spell would end soon.

He could feel the pressure he was putting on the wolf 'why does these things happen to me, please let this spell end soon' He started to feel lightheaded and did the only thing he could do. He closed his eyes and waited.

Finally the spell wore off. Before Inuyasha knew anything, Kouga pushed him away. He looked down at Inuyasha, praying that he could leave before the dog figured out what happened

"I'm leaving Kagome," he said while still looking at Inuyasha.

Then he took off before anyone could say a word. Inuyasha was still on the ground with his hand on his neck trying to stop the blood. He looks at Kagome and said, " I am going to the lake to clean up."

"But your bleeding, are you ok?" She asked

"I'm fine. I'll be back." He turned to leave.

"Do you want us to go with you?" Kagome just wouldn't shut up.

"No!" he spat, and walked away as fast as he could.

Kagome's face fell into a frown. Miroku said, "Don't worry Kagome, he is just mad you sat him and he landed on top of Kouga, which was an awkward position. But none the less, he will be back soon."

"I know. I just wanted to see if he was ok. He was bleeding a lot." Kagome said looking in the direction Inuyasha disappeared to.

"He will heal fast, don't worry, lets go and start dinner." Miroku said.

"Fine." Kagome sighed, as she ran to Miroku's side.

While those two talked, Sango watched Inuyasha. She saw where he was holding his neck; even though his hair and cloths were bloody she wasn't stupid. She watched the look on his face as he left. She thought about following him, but decided to let him go and think about things. She knew things were going to get a lot rougher for the half demon, if he had gotten bitten on the neck by Kouga.

TBC . . .

Okay I hope that chapter was interesting enough for you . . . but of course if you don't know what it means when another 'person' has been bitten by a full-blooded Youkai . . . than you probably won't understand the first chapter . . . but no fear, in the chapters to come everything will be explained to you. Sorry it started off so slow . . . everything from here goes uphill . . . please R&R