Chapter 11: Attack

Kagome went to school early the next day so she wouldn't miss Kouga when he came in.

But he never came.

Even when the bell rang, Kouga's red convertible never pulled into the parking lot. Kagome figured that he was just late.

She looked for him at lunch, but he was still no where to be found. He wasn't in fifth or sixth period either…

"Where could he be?" Kagome asked herself as she packed up her things to go home.

Out of the corner of her eye she spotted Ayame, Kouga's friend, walking by her.

"Ayame!" Kagome stopped her as she passed by.

The red haired girl glared at her, "What do you want?"

Kagome took a step back. What had she done for her to be so rude? "Are you mad at me or something?"

Ayame sniffed, "You think you can just come and steal Kouga away from me?"

So Ayame liked Kouga…

"I'm not I swear!" Kagome defended herself, "He's the one who's coming on to me! I'm with Inuyasha!"

Her face seemed to soften, "Alright then…if you say you don't like him…"

"I don't. But Ayame, can I ask you something?" Kagome asked, "Can you tell me where Kouga lives?"

Ayame fumed again.

"No! Its not like that! I just need to talk to him, that's all!" Kagome took another step back.

Ayame sighed, "He lives just a few blocks away on 2nd Ave. his house is the one with the big white pillars, you can't miss it…"

And then she walked off, looking crestfallen.

"I hope she doesn't think I like him…" Kagome said to herself.

She drove the few blocks to Kouga's house and the closer she got, the more nervous she became. Was it really a good idea to visit a guy who was accused of being an attempted rapist? She knew she was making a mistake, but she couldn't let this harassment go on anymore.

She instantly spotted the beautiful house with large white pillars and she pulled into the driveway. His convertible was there, so she took it as a sign that he was at home.

Knocking on the door she waited…but no one answered.

She knocked again and she gasped when the door opened under her fist.

"Hello? Kouga? Is any one home?" she called out into the darkened house.

She walked around for a while, her hands shaking.

Where was he?

Had something happened?

She noticed that there was a light on in one of the rooms. The door was opened a tiny bit and she peeked through it.

What she saw made her scream.

Lying on the ground, reaching for the door, was Kouga.

Kagome swung open the door and knelt by Kouga, who's face was a pale as snow.

"Kouga! Kouga what happened?" Kagome lifted his head into her lap.

He looked up at her and tried to smile, but it was a lost attempt.

"Kouga, can you hear me? What happened to you?" Kagome started to panic as she reached in her bag for her cell phone.

"Hello?… I need an ambulance…I don't know what's wrong with him! I just came in and found him on the ground!…I'm at 231 2nd Avenue…thanks," she hung up.

Please don't die…

"Ka-Kagome…" Kouga whispered faintly.

"Kouga! Tell me what happened."

"Poison…" he whispered, "couldn't…breath…"

Then he went silent and his eyes closed.

Kagome lay him on the ground and checked for a pulse…there was one…but it was faint.

She could hear sirens from outside and she held back her tears. Three men came rushing into the room, asking a hundred questions as they put Kouga on a stretcher.

"Would you like to ride with us miss?" one man asked.

She shook her head, "I have to get home, I'll visit him later."

They nodded and Kagome got back in her car.

What was happening? Sure, Kouga was obnoxious, but who would want to hurt him?…could it have been Inuyasha? Maybe he had seen then kissing and wanted stop get back at him?

Kagome shook her head, "No way, Inuyasha hates him, but he would never do something like that…"

As soon as she got home she went to her room and picked up the phone.

"Yeah?" a voice said on the other line.

Kagome choked back her tears, "Inuyasha?"

"Kagome?" he sounded worried, "Are you crying? What happened?"

"I-I…went t-to t-tell him to s-stop…and h-he," she choked.

"Stay right there Kagome, I'm coming over," he said and hung up.

Kagome hung up as well and curled up into a ball, crying.

"Hey Inuyasha!" Kagome could hear Souta say from downstairs, "What are you-"

"Got to go Souta," Inuyasha said and Kagome could hear he bound up the stairs.

He door opened and Kagome felt herself being lifted and held by two strong arms.

"I'm here Kagome," Inuyasha whispered, "You can tell me what happened."

Souta was standing at the door, "Is she ok Inuyasha?"

"Can you go Souta? I need to talk to Kagome alone now," Inuyasha said softly.

He nodded and shut the door behind him. Inuyasha curled up with Kagome on the edge of her bed.

"What happened Kagome?" he asked.

Kagome took a deep breath, "I found out that Kouga has been the one who's been following me. Last night I came home and he had written 'YOU ARE MINE' on my mirror…"

"That bastard!" Inuyasha fumed, "why didn't you tell me before Kagome?"

"I didn't want to worry you," Kagome whispered.

He sighed, "I just want to protect you Kagome. I don't know what I would do if you got hurt and I didn't do something to try to stop it. Does your mom know about any of this."

Kagome shook her head, "I don't want her to either."

Inuyasha nodded, "So what else happened?"

"I got fed up with being the victim so I was going to confront him today at school, but he wasn't there," she said.

"You didn't go to his house did you?" Inuyasha's eyes widen.

She nodded softly.

"Did he hurt you? Because if he dare lay one hand on you I'll-"

"Inuyasha! He didn't touch me! When I got there I found him lying on the ground, looking like he had just come back form the dead," Kagome said, "He said that he had been poisoned, so I called an ambulance. He's in the hospital."

Inuyasha was speechless and Kagome couldn't tell whether this information upset him or gratified him.

"Does he know who did it to you?" Inuyasha asked.

Kagome shook her head, "He passed out right after he told me he was poisoned."

Inuyasha sighed and hugged Kagome, "At least you weren't hurt."

Kagome smiled and hugged him back.

Inuyasha kissed her nose and then stood up.

"Are you going to be okay? Or do you want me to stay?" Inuyasha asked.

Kagome smiled, "I'm ok now thanks, you can go if you want to."

He sighed, "Its not that I want to, but my mom's business friend is still over and I kind of ran out in the middle of dinner."

"I'm sorry," Kagome apologized.

Inuyasha smiled and leaned over her, kissing her passionately. Kagome's head was spinning when he pulled away.

"You are worth it," he whispered and then he opened her window and jumped out.

Kagome giggled to herself, "He could have used the front door…"

Later that night Kagome called Sango. Kagome had begun to wonder about Kouga and she need to ask Sango something.

"Hello?"

"Hi Sango, its Kagome," she said to her friend, "I was wondering if I could ask you something?"

"Anything Kagome," her friend said happily over the phone.

"You know Kouga's ex Hikaru?"

"Yeah…"

"Do you have her e-mail?" Kagome asked hopefully.

"No I don't, you should call Miroku. He had tried asking Hikaru out a while ago and I'm sure he has it somewhere. But why do you need it?" Sango asked.

So Kagome told her about what had happened after school. After she was done Sango's line was silent.

"Sango?" Kagome asked.

"Kagome…do you know how dangerous that was!" Sango asked, her voice high, "Kouga tried to rape someone who dissed him! What if he had tried to do the same to you? Not to mention the fact that the guy who attacked him could have still been in the house!"

"I know Sango, I'm sorry. But I'm ok," Kagome said.

Sango sighed, "I guess so…"

"Well I'm going to call Miroku, I'll see you tomorrow ok?"

"Yeah, goodnight Kagome," Sango said.

"Goodnight."

Kagome hung up feeling guilty. She hated worrying her friends like that…but she just had to figure this out…

Dialing Miroku's number she waited.

"Yo," a male voice said on the other line.

"Hi is this Miroku?" Kagome asked.

"Yeah."

"Hi Miroku, its Kagome."

"Oh hey Kagome, what can I do for you?"

"Do you remember a girl named Hikaru?"

There was a shirt laugh on the other line and Kagome could almost picture his sick smirk, "Yeah, I remember her. She was hot! I remember she had the perfect-"

"That's enough Miroku! I don't need to know that kind of stuff!" Kagome cut him off, "I was wondering of you had her e-mail?"

"Yeah, I do actually. I'm not sure if she still uses this one though."

"What is it?" Kagome asked.

"Um…" there was the sound of ruffling paper, sexibabe…"

"is it a hotmail link or earthlink?"

"Earthlink," Miroku said, "Can I ask why you need it though? I didn't really expect you to be into girls…"

"I'm not!"

So once again Kagome told the story of what happened after school. Once she was done Miroku gave her the same speech about how unsafe her choice had been, blah blah blah.

She said goodbye and then went to her computer. Holding her breath she entered the address Miroku had given her. A little window popped up saying that the person's account was still activated.

Kagome started to type…

'Hikaru,

You don't know me, but my name is Kagome Higurashi. I just transferred to the school you used to go to and some weird things have been happening that concern your ex Kouga Wolfe. I know that it may be very difficult to retell, but I really need to know what happened when he tried to rape you. I don't want details or anything, I just want to know if you know why he would do it, or if he would do it again. Lately he has been watching me and it's starting to freak me out.

I'm sorry if I upset you in any way,

Kagome Higurashi'

When she was done her email she hit send and sighed.

All she could do now was wait for a reply…

………NEXT DAY………

The next morning the school was buzzing with the news of Kouga's attack. Ayame was in tears for the whole day and many students seemed to be on edge.

At lunch time Kagome was sitting in the cafeteria when a shadow loomed over her. She turned to see Sesshomaru standing there.

"What do you want Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha hissed.

"I need to talk to her," he glanced at Kagome.

Before Inuyasha could reply he grabbed Kagome's arm and started to pull her away.

"Hey!" Inuyasha jumped up.

"It's ok Inuyasha!" Kagome smiled at him, "I'll just be a minute."

She and Sesshomaru walked to the other end of the cafeteria and then he turned to face her.

"What is it?" Kagome asked, "Am I still being watched?"

Sesshomaru paused and then shook his head.

That's right…Kouga was in the hospital…he couldn't be watching her right now.

"Then what did you want to talk to me about?" Kagome asked.

"Its about Rin."

Kagome's eyes widened, "Is she hurt?"

Sesshomaru paused again, "Your brother asked her to be his girlfriend this morning."

Kagome smiled. Way to go Souta! But her smile fell when she noticed the look on Sesshomaru's face…he looked…dangerous….

"I have the feeling like you think this is a bad thing?" Kagome asked.

"When she called me this morning, she sounded happy," he said softly, "If your brother hurts her, I will not hesitate to…hurt him…"

Kagome sniggered, "He's naive, but a good kid, and he really likes Rin. He won't hurt her. Rin speaks very highly of you Sesshomaru, she looks to you as a father figure."

Kagome could have sword that the edge of his mouth began to curl into a smile, but it was instantly gone.

"Goodbye," Sesshomaru said and then walked away.

Inuyasha was instantly by her side, asking what Sesshomaru had wanted.

"Souta asked Rin to be his girlfriend and Sesshomaru was just warning me that Souta had better be good to her, that's all," Kagome smiled and patted his cheek.

"Really?"

She nodded.

Inuyasha grabbed her hand and they walked down the hall, leaving Sango and Miroku to fight over something or other…

"So Kagome, are you ready for the dance on Friday?" Inuyasha asked.

Kagome smiled, "Yeah, me and Sango bought our outfits on Sunday. What about you?"

"I'm a guy Kagome, I don't exactly need to prepare quite a much," Inuyasha laughed.

"I suppose not."

The bell rang and so the pair headed toward the theatre, talking about the upcoming Romeo and Juliet play.