A/N: Whew. Another chapter up. Enjoy, all.

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Chapter 2: Sweet Kouga!

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Kagome found herself in the forest again; and Inuyasha had already walked past her to meet Kikyou. But Kagome could move, so she turned away from the scene and began to walk away. As she was walking, she bumped into a hard barrier. She looked up and saw Kouga. He piercing gaze made her shiver, and she felt her body going hot.

Kouga held her shoulders. "It's all right, Kagome. I'm here for you. Give me a chance." Before Kagome could respond, he bent down and captured her lips in a searing kiss.

She melted right into his arms. She wanted him. Now. "Oh, Kouga…" she moaned. He rubbed her back, still kissing her.

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Kouga inhaled sharply. What magic was this! Why was he feeling so disoriented? Before he could begin thinking about the answers to his question, the blue glow dissipated and solid ground appeared.

He wrinkled his nose as it was assaulted by strange and faintly unpleasant odors. He looked around. He was still in the well, that much he could make out. But where were all the bones? He saw a ladder leading up. He looked up, expecting to see the blue sky, but instead he saw a wooden ceiling. He frowned. Now what had dog turd gotten him into?

He jumped up and went outside, and stopped in utter shock. He wasn't in the forest anymore. What he saw here was just so… different. The ground, for example. It was made of what looked like smoothened rock. He stopped being incredibly shocked however, once he smelt Inuyasha's scent, and then Kagome's. He sprinted towards it.

He neared a large structure. Kouga didn't stop to examine it, just speeded on. Inuyasha had almost reached Kagome, he could tell.

He jumped up and landed on the hole high up in the wall, and looked inside. Kagome was sleeping on an elevated futon. He smiled. She looked so beautiful, her cheeks were flushed, and she was shifting around restlessly.

Kouga landed beside the bed noiselessly. Just then Inuyasha burst in, an angry scowl on his face. "How the hell did you get here, wolf shit!" he shouted. Kouga looked at Kagome, who was still asleep, in spite of Inuyasha yelling. "Keep quiet, mutt face! Can't you see Kagome's sleeping? Are you dense or what!"

Inuyasha reddened. "I'll do whatever I want, wolf! She's supposed to get up anyway!" with that, he went near Kagome, and shook her shoulder roughly. Kouga growled. "Keep your paws off of my woman!" he lunged towards him, but in mid jump, Kagome shifted again and muttered "oh Kouga…" and moaned.

Both men froze. Then Kouga smirked, and Inuyasha turned purple. He didn't say anything; instead Inuyasha shook Kagome more fiercely. "Get up!" he said roughly.

"You better stop, mutt face. Let her sleep. I would've beaten you to a pulp if I didn't have any respect for my woman's wishes." Kouga growled again. He was going to woo Kagome like no other, and there was no better time to start than right now, even though she was asleep.

"SHE'S NOT YOUR WOMAN, BASTARD!"

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Kagome slowly drifted out of her slumber, but she didn't move or open her eyes. She could sense two extra jewel shards in her bedroom, and it wasn't coming from her desk.

"…YOUR WOMAN, BASTARD!" she heard Inuyasha's voice. She wondered if she was still asleep. Who was Inuyasha shouting at?

She opened her eyes just a bit and took in the scene before her. She almost fell out of her bed when she saw Kouga. What was he doing here? How did he get past the well?

She opened her eyes fully and tried to get up, but she was still feeling muggy, and she fell back into her bed again. Inuyasha, who was still holding her shoulder, hoisted her up. She leaned back into the wall and let out a small squeak.

"What the hell is wrong with you, wench! You were supposed to be there a long time ago!" Inuyasha muttered angrily. Kouga snarled and knocked his hands away from Kagome. He lifted her hands and held them tenderly. "What's wrong, Kagome? Are you not feeling well? Can I help you?" he asked, concerned about his mate.

Kagome lifted her eyes and locked them with the worried looking blue eyes. She smiled faintly and said, "Oh, it's nothing really, I just have a fever… I'll be all right." Kouga was still looking worried; he was probably going to say something else, but was shoved aside. Kagome saw Inuyasha dive past her, and pin Kouga to the ground.

She shifted to the edge of her bed and looked below. Inuyasha was on top of Kouga and was squeezing his neck with all his might, and Kouga was holding Inuyasha's wrists, trying to push them apart.

"Stop it…" she muttered. Inuyasha heard, but didn't pay heed. He continued pressing Kouga's neck. "Stop it…" she said again. Inuyasha continued. "Don't make me say that word, Inuyasha…" Kagome threatened. "You wouldn't, Kagome! This wolf was in your room, and who knows what he was going to do next!" Inuyasha said.

Kouga finally succeeded in moving Inuyasha's hands by giving him a swift kick in the groin. Inuyasha's cheeks ballooned out, and he let out a small "…oof" before he sat back.

Kouga got up hurriedly. "I would never force myself on you Kagome. I'm not like that. You believe me, don't you?" he stumbled frantically. He didn't want to give her the wrong impression.

But Kagome ignored him and got down from her bed, and sat next to Inuyasha. "Inuyasha, are you okay?" she asked. Kouga's earnest expression turned into one of disappointment.

Inuyasha groaned. "I'm all right. That wolf can't do much damage to me anyway." He smirked and looked up. Kouga leered back at him.

Once Kagome got to know he wasn't hurt badly, she said, "why did you do that, you idiot? You could have killed him!" Kouga began to protest, but Inuyasha butted in. "That was the whole idea, Kagome. I was only trying to protect you." Kagome smiled and blushed even more. "Kouga's our… my friend, Inuyasha," she said, rephrasing her words when Inuyasha scowled. "And we don't try to kill friends. That's final."

Inuyasha slumped in defeat. If he had tried to argue more, he probably would have been sat. Kagome got up and faced Kouga. "What are you doing here, Kouga?" she asked, not rudely.

"I've been thrown out of my den, Kagome, and I have nowhere else to go. I thought I could join your group, as we're all friends -" Inuyasha snorted at this, "I thought you'd accept me. Well, Kagome? Will you?" he made his best puppy-dog impression, holding her hands once again.

Kagome felt sad for Kouga. "Oh you poor thing, of course you can come with us! But why were you thrown out?" she exclaimed. Inuyasha stood up fast and stood beside the swaying Kagome. "Yeah, you never did tell us. Why were you?" he asked. Kouga looked away. "I'd rather not." He left them hanging with that statement. Inuyasha opened his mouth to prod him to cough up, but Kagome stepped on his bare toes. Hard.

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Inuyasha's cheeks became round again, and he made a weird noise, but didn't say anything else. Then he realized what Kagome had said. She had agreed! Why in the seven hells would she accept this wolf shit! But when he looked at the fire in Kagome's eyes, he swallowed back his words. He'd rather not when she's half delirious with a fever, he thought.

While he was contemplating his safety, Kouga had lead Kagome back to her bed after thanking her repeatedly and had told her to go to sleep. Inuyasha's eyebrows twitched, but he didn't do anything else.

"C'mon Kagome, get up and get dressed. We'll see Kaede," he ordered, standing with his arms stuffed into his haori sleeves. Kouga straightened and turned to look at him. "You're the densest dog I've had the displeasure to know. Can't you see how much effort Kagome had to make to just walk? I think it'd be better if she slept the fever off," Kouga said. Inuyasha gaped at him. Since when did Kouga know so much about humans?

He then looked at Kagome, who was smiling at Kouga gratefully. He reddened again. Now Kagome'd think he was a rough monster instead of how he pictured her to react ("Oh Inuyasha! You're absolutely right! You always are! Let's go now!").

"Feh." Inuyasha mumbled his favorite word and sat down cross legged. He wasn't about to let Kouga be alone with her. But Kouga just stood there. After a while, he looked at Inuyasha. "Where's the water?" he barked.

"Eh?" Why the hell was the wolf asking him?

"The water, mutt face."

"Why don't you ask Kagome instead of bothering me?" Truth was, he didn't want to go near those spouts. He had splashed himself the last time he had tried turning them.

"She's sleeping."

"So wake her up."

"She's sick, dog crap."

"It's in the other room." He lay on his side and began picking at the carpet. Kouga sighed and went out.

After quite a while, he came back in. He had a glassful of water, and some bandages. How the fuck did the wolf figure out? He knitted his eyebrows in irritation. He had taken a long while to learn all that.

Kouga sat on the floor and began to soak the cloth. After he had finished, he folded one and put it on Kagome's forehead. She murmured and sighed.

And so it went on, Kouga periodically changing the cloth, and Inuyasha twitching his ears now and then.

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Kagome, meanwhile, was slipping in and out of sleep. At one point, she had felt someone's hand stroking her hair. She muttered "mama… you're back already…" and went back to sleep.

She opened her eyes. It was pitch dark. She sat up and looked around. Distinctly, she could make out someone at the foot of her bed and someone else beside her bed, below the window. She sighed. So the two were still here.

She got up and put on the lights. As the room flooded with light, the two jerked awake. "Hello, sleepyheads. Had a good sleep?" she chirped. Inuyasha stood up and walked near her. "Are you okay?" he said.

Kagome smiled. "I feel okay. Especially because, I think, someone was taking care of me." Kouga also came up to her. "Why, thank you," he said. Kagome widened her eyes. Kouga had taken care of her? "How sweet!" she said, and gave him a hug in a sudden burst of gratefulness. She couldn't bear it if she was alone.

Inuyasha growled. He jumped in between them. "Keep off of her, wolf shit," he snarled. Kouga just winked at Kagome. She sighed. "Why don't I make some ramen for you two?" she said. "Ramen? What's that?" Kouga looked puzzled. "It's food." Kagome replied.

"Then let me. You've just recovered," Kouga dodged Inuyasha and held Kagome's hand. Kagome colored and said, "Oh, it's okay. I just have to put it in boiling water," she said. "You're sure?" Kouga said. "Yeah. I think I can manage it."

They all headed down to the living room. Kagome said, "You two watch TV while I'm gone," with that, she threw the remote at Inuyasha and went into the kitchen.

"TV?"

Kagome sighed. Will the questions never stop?

When she headed back to the living room after putting the ramen in, she saw the two again on the floor. Inuyasha was on top again, pressing Kouga's throat.

"What happened now?" she barked. "Wolf shit wanted to see fat guys fighting, but I wanted to watch that weird guy who was killing everyone! So we decided to settle it ourselves."

It took Kagome a while to decode this. So it meant Kouga wanted to watch a Sumo wrestling match, and Inuyasha wanted to watch Terminator two, which was on right now. By the time she figured it out, Inuyasha was back to throttling Kouga. She became furious.

"SIT!"

What happened next was both arousing and not good.

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Kouga found himself on the furry floor again with Inuyasha choking him. He grabbed Inuyasha wrists again. He prepared to kick him once more. But before he got the chance, Inuyasha loosened his hold. Kouga opened his mouth to insult the dog, but Inuyasha's face came hurtling towards him at an alarming rate.

Kouga, for the first time in his long life, found himself French kissing Inuyasha, his most bitter rival.

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A/N: Hehehehehe! Review everyone!