Chapter 2: Marked By My Enemy

Inuyasha made it to the lake and took off his clothes. He got into the water and began to scratch at the wound on his neck. He dug his nails over the wound time and time again, until he was surrounded by his blood in the water. All he wanted was to make the mark go away. After some time he reached up to feel his neck, and only felt the scratches he had left.

'Maybe its gone' he thought. He dunked his head fully under water and came back up washing away any blood left on him. He then splashed the water making it clear again. He looked at his reflection. 'Shit,' he noticed that the scratches had healed already, but not the mark that Kouga left on him.

'Damn, what am I going to do now' He stayed in the water thinking and staring into the forest.

His brain finally caught up with his body and he realized he was cold. He got out of the lake and walked back to his clothes. Before he was able to fully dresshe stopped and looked around frantically, 'Kouga is close by' he thought.

Inuyasha finished dressing and prepared himself for another fight with the wolf. He turned, sniffed and looked all around again. 'I know he's here, it smells like he is right in front of me' He kept turning, sniffing, looking, and listening.

"I KNOW YOU'RE THERE SO COME OUT YOU COWARD!" he yelled.

The only movement he saw was the birds that flew from the trees. He began toget nervous and angry.

"I SAID COME OUT KOUGA I KNOW YOU ARE THERE!"

He kept turning, looking, sniffing and listening and… still nothing. It drove him crazy, usually the wolf charged right at him.

He took another deep sniff in the air and turned around quickly. Nothing was there. 'He has got to be here, trying to catch me off guard and jump me' He listened and heard nothing. 'He smells like he is here, right by me, above me, in front of me'

His head move all around as he thought this.

Finally he decided to listen and see if he could hear Kouga's anywhere. He felt nothing. He smelled the wolf's scent, but it was also mixed with his own scent.

Inuyasha's hand automatically went up to his neck and felt the bite mark, he brought his hand back to his nose and there it was… Kouga's strong scent. "What the hell is going on?" He said as he held his hand to his neck. "How come this mark won't go away?"

Letting out a long sigh he walked back towards the village. He decided to pull his hair over his shoulder to hide the bite mark on his neck.

As he walked so many questions ran through his mind like 'What was he gonna do, howlong was he gonna smell like Kouga, should he tell anyone, and most important whatdid all this mean for him?'

KougaKougaKougaKouga

Kouga ran towards his den but stopped about a mile before he got there 'The only fuckingreason I went to that damn village was to go claim Kagome. Mating season is next month and I'm gonna be forced to get a mate,' he stopped his train of thought, remembering whathad actually happened.

He stood there in shock looking into the forest like that would change things for him

'I marked that fucking half-breed as my mate... and MATING season it next month, ...I'm suppose to be crowned Lord of the Northern Lands once my mate is announced.'

He finally sat down and held out his hands in front of him, his palms were caked with blood.

He licked his dry lips then realized, that in his haste to leave he had dried blood all over his mouth and face. "Ack."

He got on his hands and knees and brought two of his long clawed fingers to his mouth, shoving them half way down his throat, trying to make himself throw up the blood he swallowed. He managed to only make himself dry heave and cough. Only drips of red came up and spattered on the ground, out of the five times he tried.

"AAAARRRGGGHHH" he yelled and pounded the ground, 'I can't mate with him...anyone but him' he thought.

"THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING TO ME!" He yelled and felt his eyes stung, as unshed angry tears clouded his vision. His pride wouldn't let him cry.

Turning back around and sitting on the ground he pulled his knees to his chest, and put his head on top of his knees. He then smelled Inuyasha's scent close by and snorted, being a fulldemon; he knew why he could smell the hanyou so well.

"I WILL NOT FUCK THAT HALF BREED, DOG SHIT!" He yelled into the sky.

He sat there until the sun began to set and his brain started to really catch up with the whole situation.

He had swallowed a great deal of Inuyasha's blood and he knew that not only did he mark Inuyasha but also he swallowed a lot of his blood and now a blood bond would be created betweenthem. He would start to want his mate with an intense desire. The need to feel, lick, smell, hold, kiss, and mate with Inuyasha would soon start to consume him.

He would have no choice but to go and try to be intimate with Inuyasha in some way. If he was lucky he would be able to screw the half-demon calming the desire for at least three days.

Then the desire would come back.

If he could not be with his mate within three days, he would become depressed and crazed, not knowing anything or anyone. Only the touch of his mate could calm him. And if Inuyashawere to die, then he would go insane, start to get weaker every day, and eventually die.

He would never have another, love another, or want another.

Kouga kept thinking 'The only problem now is that our bond is incomplete. There is no way in hell I am letting that flea bag mutt suck on me,' then he smiled 'maybe that is theanswer to all this, I marked him first,...I get to be the dominate one.... 'Long pause'...… Whatam I thinking? I don't want him' then his smile fell.

He got back up and headed to the pond by his den to clean off, the whole time thinking.

'That dog shit couldn't handle me anyways!' He had no idea where that thought came from as he washed his body and inspected himself. His biggest concern now was that mating season was coming up. He would practically be trying to rape Inuyasha by then if the half-demon didn't let Kouga have him willingly. 'What do I do?'

He finally decided to head back to his den knowing that his pack would smell the dog's scenton him. He was just going to tell them that he got into a fight with the damn mutt, and won, of course. If the smell didn't go away he would leave and come back, then tell his pack that he gotinto another fight, till the smell went away. To him his plan was great and he knew it would work well... he at least thought it would. (A/N: he is clearly still in shock to come up witha plan like that)

Kagome sighed heavily as she looked into the burning fire pit. "What's his problem? All I did was "SIT" him, he should be grateful, all I did was stop a senseless fight." She lowered her head to her knees.

"Kagome?" Miroku called as he sat down beside her, she looked at him with a sad face.

"Inuyasha will be back. He always comes back." he reassured the schoolgirl.

"Yeah," she, sighed again "But I don't understand, why did he run off like that. I know that when I 'Sit' him it lasts longer, and is more powerful than it use to be. A lot of timesI make him bleed or break a rib but he heals fast." She said, like it was a normal thingto do to Inuyasha. "And did you see the look on his face, he looked like he wanted tokill someone." She said clueless as ever.

"Well, Inuyasha was just embarrassed that he fell on top of a male like he did. I personally wouldn't enjoy falling on top of a male myself... 'unless'..." his sentence faded as hethought about it. ( Pervert ...but we still love him...well I do anyways...)

Kagome scooted away from him slowly... "Sometimes I wonder about you, is there anything that you won't hit on?" She said with a half smile on her face.

Sango sat Indian style close to the window listening to them as she waited for Inuyashato come back.

"Kagome sometimes you should let Inuyasha handle his own battles." Sango said withoutlooking at anyone.

"I was just trying to help out." Kagome pouted

"Yes, but maybe you should think before you help out. Inuyasha is a man, and a demon. He might not want your help when he is trying to protect you." Sango said back a little irritated .

Ever since Kagome had the jewel back inside of her, she became bossy, pushy anddemanding. Sango thought it was the fact that she couldn't touch Inuyasha anymore, but in the two weeks Kagome became more like a jealous ex wife than a friend to the Hanyou.

Kagome made demands and gave everyone that got within touching distance to Inuyashaa death look. No one had said anything as of yet, but she was starting to upset Sango.

Kagome would even go as far as to remind them that she was the strongest priestess that ever lived on a daily basis. They never knew where this attitude came from, and Sango still thought she couldn't shoot an arrow worth shit, without destroying an entire village. ButKagome was their friend, and everyone, even Sango would stick beside her, even if she did act like a bigger prick than Inuyasha did on his bad days.

Kagome thought about what Sango said… "What are you talking about? He wasn't tryingto protect me; he was just showing off in front of Kouga. He is always starting fightswith Kouga, I don't know who he is trying to impress when he acts that way ." Kagome said

"Kagome does have a point Sango." Miroku said as he came out of his... thoughts.

"I never said he didn't deserve it sometimes, but you use it a lot, like you are tryingto control everything he does, especially now that he can't even touch you. I know youare dealing with the things that happened, but, you shouldn't take it out on him. You'sit' him at least three times a day and sometimes it is for no reason at all, except that hedidn't do what you wanted, or that you were embarrassed about something he said ordid." Sango tried to explain.

"You have done that recently Kagome." Miroku again added in his 2 cents "THAT is not true, he needs to control himself, he is always going off for no reason. I 'sit' him to..."

"To what exactly," Sango interrupted, "to make him do as you want him to do. You knowhe cares about you, and will fight for you so you shouldn't do things like invite Kouga tostay when you know it will upset him."

"We needed the help. Kouga would have made things move faster, and I thought youguys liked Kouga. " Kagome pouted again

"We do like him, but you should think about Inuyasha's feelings when you do things like that." Sango said.

"WHY? He never thought about mine in all the three years I've known him, henever thought about all the times he hurt me with Kikyo, he has no feelings!" She didn't really mean to say that out loud but Sango was making her mad.

Sango and Miroku just looked at the irate miko, they knew she meant every wordthat she said. Finally the truth came out…

Kagome was too mad to be embarrassed so she kept talking "What is your problem Sango? You make it seem like he has never done anything to deserve it. He has done stuff to all of us especially me. He is so selfish and inconsiderate, I 'sit' him sothat he can think about what he did to me." She spat back.

"Kagome, you do sit him a lot, Sango is just trying to make you see that thenecklace is for protection not control." Miroku said evenly

"OH, SO NOW YOU AGREE WITH HER? I DO NOT TRY TO CONTROLHIM HE, IS A SPOILED BRAT AND THINKS THAT EVERY THING SHOULDBE HIS WAY! HE ALWAYS PUT ME SECOND TO KIKYO, AND HIMSELF.ESPECIALLY WHEN I WANTED TO SEE MY FAMILY... AND SANGO WHY ARE YOU SIDING WITH INUYASHA, YOU'RE ONLY MAD BECAUSEKOHAKU..." Kagome stopped yelling.

She was mad at her friends for saying these things to her. She was mad because she knew that what they were saying was true, and she hadn't meant to go thisfar with their conversation. All she could think about was that Inuyasha never chose her over anything, she had kissed him, she helped save him a numerous amount of times, she told him she loved him, but he never chose her.

If she could still get him to do as she wanted she wouldn't let that pleasure go. The prayer beads were the only connection she had with him and she was not going to give it up.

Sango sat still, her fist clenched so hard her knuckles turned white. 'I'm goingto rip that damned shard out of her stomach...' is what she was thinking, but never said.

Miroku cleared his throat; he could feel the negative energy in the room. "He doesdo that when she wants to see her family, he does always rush her." Miroku addedswiftly. Both girls gave him a dirty look...Who's side was he on anyway?

Kagome finally calmed down enough to stop yelling . "Sango, why are you trying to put everything on me, they were about to start fighting, and they would have caused more damage to the village, if I didn't stop them." She began to cry.

For the first time during the conversation Sango looked at her. "I am not trying toput anything on you, I just want you to realize that he cares for you and he thinks it is his job to protect you and you still won't let him do it his way. To him it seemslike you don't accept his way of doing things." Sango said with her eyes behind her thick brown bangs. Her voice went dangerously low, but she kept herself in check

"And how would you know what he thinks, its not like he talks to us... or does he talk to you when I'm not around?" Kagome asks with a bit of nastiness to her voice.

Sango rolled her eyes and turned to look back out the window, "Sometimes you canbe so foolish. I don't understand you Kagome. You want so much but you are notwilling to give anything in return. You claim you love him but you refuse to understandhim. You should know by now that Inuyasha is afraid to get close to anyone and heacts the way he does to protect his heart not to hurt you."

Kagome was about to say something else when Miroku jumped in "Well that isenough you two.", He pointed out the window. "Look! Inuyasha is on his way back, and I think its time to go get Shippo from Lady Kaede, Kagome will you come with me?"

"Yeah. I think I need some fresh air anyways." Kagome replied with narrowed eyes.And they walked out passing Inuyasha.

Kagome gave him a dirty look and stormed away and Miroku just shrugged his shoulders and shook his head as he walked by.

Inuyasha walked into the hut and asked, "What the hell was that all about?"

"Nothing," Sango looked at the departing wench...I...I mean schoolgirl. "Kagome is just mad at me." Sango said as she looked at Inuyasha. He walked and stood next to her and she kept staring up at him. For the longest time they watched each other. Inuyasha was first to break the silence. "Why are you staring at me?" he asked, not yelling, but in a loud voice.

Not one for playing games, especially in the mood she was in, she just blurted out, "Kouga bit you didn't he?"(That was very forward)

The hanyou froze in his spot. By that action alone Sango knew that it was true.

Inuyasha paused, "What are you talking about?" he asked as he glared down at her.

He had covered the mark with his hair... 'How did she know?' he wondered to himself.

"I watched you when you left, you grabbed your neck. And as soon as you rose from Kouga, I saw where you were bleeding from, and he had blood all over his mouth." she paused "Please let me help you, if I can." She said with sincere eyes.

A thousand emotions ran across his face at once. 'I can't show her, she'll tell everyone, no one was supposed to find out about this mark' he thought.

"Inuyasha...There might be something wrong with you." She said.

He looked at her "Something wrong?" he asked.

"May I at least see it?" She asked.

Giving in, Inuyasha slowly moved his long silver hair away from his neck, showing Sango the fresh bite mark, and whispered, "Kouga bit me here."

Sango's eyes flew open, "Oh Gods...Inuyasha!" she gasped, moving from the Indian style she was sitting in to her knees.

"What...What is it?" he said quickly covering the mark with his hand.

"Inuyasha...Kouga marked you... as his mate" She informed him.

"WWWHHHHHHHAAAAAATTTTTTT"

TBC:

A/N: I know Kagome is ooc but it will be explained later. This story is not only pwp, it is mpreg and drama etc.

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