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Chapter Six: Kouga

Kagome walked back into Kaeade's hut, expecting to see May Lee laying on the floor, comfortably on her pallet. Instead, she came back to an empty hut, with no sign of anyone at all. That's weird. She thought.

"Hello? Kaeade? Miroku, Sango, Shippo?" Kagome called.

Seeing that no one was there, Kagome was frightened.

"Inu…Yasha?"

Kagome walked quickly out of the hut and around to the back of the house, where she saw a common sight. Sango's cheeks were flushed, and Miroku had a huge, red, handprint on his face.

"Keep your hands to yourself, PERVERT!" Sango raged.

Kagome sighed, and turned back around, she would leave them to their peace. Kagome started back to the Sacred Tree, where she and Inuyasha first met. Gingerly, she sat down on one of the mighty roots. She put her face in her hands, and looked about. She was so bored. Normally, she couldn't get bored in the feudal era, between gathering shards and escaping demons, there wasn't enough time to get bored. But, since they decided that May Lee should help them find the jewel shards, they had to stay here, and wait for her shoulder to heal. Then, Kagome remembered.

Where is May Lee? If she's not in Kaeade's hut, and not with Miroku and Sango, where could she be? Kagome wondered. Then, she realized that Inuyasha wasn't anywhere to be seen either. Oh, no. I hope they aren't trying to kill each other! She thought, before springing to her feet and running for the town trade market. Kaeade always went there once a week, to get more herbs and such, which was where Kagome hoped that she was. If she wasn't, Kagome didn't know how she would find Inuyasha, or May Lee.

Meanwhile...

May Lee rose to her feet, and wiped the water from her face. She clutched her thigh, where the spear had met her flesh. The man who had brought her here, seemed to be looking for something. He had his nose in the air, taking deep breaths.

"We're leaving. It's time," he said briskly without even turning to glance at her.

May Lee began to hobble after the man, who set a very fast pace. In about three minutes, the man was already about fifty yards ahead. "Hey, wait up!" May Lee hollered.

The man stopped and slowly turned toward her. "Ningen," he muttered under his breath. He walked back to where she was limping toward him, and picked her up. Then, just as the day before, he began to run. He seemed to be in more of a hurry today, for he was making haste. May Lee didn't dare say anything.

May Lee guessed that they had be traveling for about half an hour before they stopped. Again, the man dropped her, without a care, on the ground. This time, May Lee was a little more prepared. She still landed with a thump on the ground, but she was able to support a little of her own body weight upon her hands. She stumbled to her feet once more.

"Where are we?" she asked, her hand applying light pressure on her leg wound.

"No matter," he said curtly, and to May Lee's surprise, continued to speak, "You will stay on that cliff up there," he said, and pointed to a nearby cliff. "You are to stay there as bait, for the wolf prince. Then, when he comes to get you, my master will attack him."

"I don't know what you're talking about," May Lee said matter-of-factly.

The man ignored her, and continued to talk to her. "Don't even think about running away up there, cause we'll all be down here, waiting for you." He said, still trying to scare her.

"If you think you can scare me into obedience, you got another thing coming mister," May Lee objected.

"I have had enough of your foolishness! Shut up!" the man yelled at her. He raised his fist to strike her, and May Lee put her hands in front of her face, to protect herself. Without thinking, the green light was emitted from her palm. As the man fell back, May Lee uncovered her face, and saw what she had done. She ran over to where the man lay, and hovered over his lifeless body.

"Are you okay?" she asked, knowing that he wasn't. "Say something!"

The dead man said nothing, so May Lee ran. He said 'we'll all be down here, waiting for you' meaning that more men were coming. Now was her chance for freedom. May Lee hobbled in the direction that they came from, hoping to find a village with someone to take her back to her friends. She turned, to see, yet another man, standing in her path. Oh, no, they're already here. May Lee thought. She looked around quickly, to see if there were any more warriors, but she saw only this one.

"Leave me alone…" she warned him warily. She extended her fisted hand, ready to unleash the green light. She attacked first, releasing the green light. The man dodged the ray easily, with much more speed than the man who had brought her here. In an instant, the man was behind her, and had grabbed her wrist. Closing her hand, and cutting off the light source, May Lee struggled to get free. She squirmed for a moment, before the speedy wolf demon let her go. May Lee fell back, because of the lack of force holding her up, and winced as she hit the hard ground with a thud!

"Tell me who you are," the man said simply.

May Lee, seeing that, since this man had such amazing speed, he would dodge any attack she made. Stupefied for a moment, May Lee looked at the man blankly. He made a move to pull her up off the ground, and instantly, May Lee was awakened from her daze. She scurried out of his reach, and pulled herself to her feet. She looked around nervously, and decided to make a run for it. She ran into the opposite woods, toward the cliff that the other man had indicated would be where she would stay.

The man followed her calmly. He didn't display any amazing speed, since all anyone would have to do was walk, to keep up with her. As May Lee limped away from him frantically, she found herself at the base of the cliff. It didn't look like a hard climb, just a rocky one. Since it was just a mere slope, May Lee decided to take her chances and try to climb it. She scrambled over rocks and paused a moment to comfort her burning hands and fingers. Even though they weren't bleeding, it reminded May Lee of the time she first tried to ride a bike, and fell off. They stung, but did not bleed. May Lee then saw the man advancing and continued her hurried journey up the rocky mound.

May Lee slipped several times. She was almost at the top, when her foot slid off of a jagged rock, and her foot was wedged between two rocks. May Lee jerked her foot, but it only made matters worse. If anything, her foot was stuck tighter than it had been in the first place. She looked up to see the man coming, which made her pull harder at her ankle. She pushed and pulled at the rocks, trying to move them, but they were too heavy, or they would crush her foot in the process. The man was nearer now, less than 30 feet away. May Lee frantically pulled and tugged at the rocks, desperately trying to free her foot. When she had almost lost all hope, May Lee's body was still. Frozen by fear, May Lee couldn't move.

The man stood above her now, looking down on her. He knelt down to her level, and looked directly into her eyes. He took a deep whiff, memorizing her scent. She smelled...good...almost pleasurable. She looked like Kagome, and dressed like her too. Though the girl wasn't wearing her school uniform, she wasn't dressed like someone that belonged in this era. Kouga lifted the rock off of her foot easily before he scooped her up.

May Lee was still terrified, and didn't stuggle to ecstricate herself from the demon's arms. She was tired, her leag hurt, and the man didn't seem that he wanted to hurt her. The demon started to run, even though the other man was fast, he was no comparison to this man's speed. The trees flashed by, in a blur of various shades of green. Within minutes, the man slowed, which made May Lee look up.

"Why are we stopping?" she asked, coming slowly out of her dazed state.

"We're here," the man replied, and that was all he said. His tone held a certain definality, a very precise sort of stableness.

May Lee looked around, but did not recognize her surroundings, though that was what she expected. She supposed there was a small hope inside of her that the man might be taking her back to Kaeade's hut. As she looked around, May Lee noticed that there was a small waterfall and a pool at the bottom. Up above them, about 50 feet, there was a hole in the mountainside. It looked to be a cave, and since there was a man that just walked out of the crag, May Lee assumed it was a den of some sort.

"Where are we?" May Lee asked, curious.

"My harem," the man responded, short and terse, just as all his other comments had been.

In one massive leap, they were at the entrance of the cave. How can a man jump fifty feet from a stand still? Why does it even matter if he was standing still? How can a man jump fifty feet anyway? Thoughts swirled through May Lee's head, but she was brought back to reality by a sharp pang in her leg, from where Kouga had set her down, so she was left to support her own weight.

Two women approached them, dressed in furs and skins of various animals, like the man who brought her here. Though the man had thick, hard armor on, he still wore furs. The man motioned the women to hurry over.

"She's hurt," he said while gesturing to May Lee. "Help her." was all he said.

"Yes Lord Kouga," they said in unison.

The man left, and May Lee stood by the two women, who were ushering her to a small, unoccupied part of the cave. The women worked swiiftly and silently, only muttering a few words to each other every so often. May Lee bit her lip to keep from crying. When the women looked as if they were almost done, May Lee wanted to at least try to talk to them before they left.

"Where am I?" she asked the woman who remained in the small cove, while the other went to retrieve some fresh water.

"Lord Kouga has taken you into his harem, temporarily or not, no one is for sure. You will remain here, at least until your wounds are healed," the woman said, without making any sort of eye contact at all.

"The man who brought me here, was that 'Lord Kouga'?" May Lee inquired.

"Indeed."