Hello to you, and you, and you, and the little one in the back! I'm so glad to have another chapter posted. This one took a lot of my thinking power, and knowing how much it hurt, now I am weary and need a Mountain Dew (and just incase I'm supposed to, I don't own Mountain Dew, as well as Inuyasha.)

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Chapter 7: Leave and I Shall Follow

"That's it, I'm going to find Kagome." Sango grabbed her hiraikotsu as she headed for the door. "They've been out there for way too long, and I don't like it."

Miroku quickly followed her out the door. "Sango! They asked to be alone, and we should heed their request."

"I don't care Miroku. Inuyasha's been acting strange these past couple of days, and I don't know what he will do to Kagome. You told me what the Coming of Age was, so how is Kagome supposed to hold out against him?"

Miroku sighed, and rubbing the back of his neck, replied," I suppose we should go check on them. He is a half-demon, and I'm not entirely sure about how long she can withstand him…"

With that said, Miroku followed Sango into the forest.

We have her! We have our mate!

With his teeth still barely inside of his new mate's neck, Inuyasha stood still, listening to his youkai-self talking.

Finally, I thought the bitch would never give!

Hey! Do not insult my mate that way!

Your mate? She's our mate.

He heard a whimper coming from Kagome, and felt her pain coarse through her body. Withdrawing his fangs from her neck, he held her close as he tenderly licked the remnants of blood from her neck. He felt her shudder.

"Kagome?" The whisper seemed to echo loudly over the clearing.

She didn't reply. He could smell her discomfort and confusion. Gripping her gently by the shoulders, he turned her around. The sight that greeted him was discomforting. Her eyes were wide with uncertainty and fear, filled with unshed tears, her lips slightly parted, and nothing she could've said would have hurt him more.

"Inuyasha, I want to go home," she said, her voice breaking. Correction, she could hurt worse with words.

"Kagome," he said again, reaching out to cup her cheek. When his fingers lightly brushed her face, she turned her head away. Inuyasha dropped his hand. "Why do you want to go?"

Kagome, not able to look at his face, began looking for her clothes. Finding her shirt to be the only thing un-torn, she quickly drew it over her head. "I-I can't stay anymore. I don't… I don't know anymore." She continued to gather her shredded clothes.

"Kagome, I couldn't help myself. You were right there, and-and-" Inuyasha silently cursed himself for not being good with words. He wanted to tell her how beautiful she was, how much he wanted her, how much he lo-

"Please Inuyasha, let me go. I don't want to stay here. I," swallowing, she made the mistake of looking back at him. She saw the hurt plainly in his amber eyes. "I don't want to be with you right now."

Inuyasha said nothing, just continued to stare at her. It was killing him, standing so close to her, wanting to comfort her, to pull her into his arms and rid her of her pain. But he couldn't do that if he was the source of said pain.

Turning away, Inuyasha said calmly, coldly, "Go Kagome. If I repulse you so much, then just go."

"No Inuyasha," Kagome said, suddenly reaching for him, "I didn't mean-" She was cut off when he suddenly turned, his eyes frigid and unyielding.

"No Kagome, I don't want to hear it. What is done is done, and now you don't want to be around me." Drawing close to her, he said quietly, "Now get out of my fucking site."

Kagome turned sharply, heading for the well. With only a few steps taken, she heard Inuyasha say, "Oh, and Kagome? I have no regrets, just know this."

Inuyasha watched her walk away. When she was out of eyesight, still he gazed in the direction of her departure. Then slowly, he turned to look at the God Tree, where he had taken her. Where he had made her his mate.

Our mate…

Growling, Inuyasha slammed his fist into the huge tree, then sank to his knees. "Damn you Kagome… damn you!"

He would wipe her from his memory. There would be no more of her. He could go on by himself, even if she was the first girl he had taken. His mate. His mate dammit!

Even as that thought raced through his mind, he knew it wasn't true.

"I'm telling you Sango, nothing will happen. Kagome is perfectly able to take care of herself." Miroku and Sango had been walking through the forest, searching everywhere for the hanyou and the girl.

Sango didn't reply. They were heading for the God Tree, hoping to find any trace of them.

All the while, even though he was searching, really he was, he happened to notice, only a time or two, the demon-slayer's luscious behind. "Really Sango, let us return to the village, and we can-" he came up short, running into Sango's back. "Sango?"

"He's dead," he heard her say in a nasty voice. Looking over her shoulder, he spotted Inuyasha sitting stark naked in front of the God Tree. Stunned silent, he looked at the hanyou on his knees, and his clothes strewn about. But what really caught his attention was the crimson underwear lying beside the hanyou. Turning to Sango, he saw her striding towards Inuyasha with purposeful steps, drawing her sword in the process.

"Inuyasha, damn you!" Sango screamed the statement as she brought the sword down. Miroku ran forward, trying to stop it, but stopped when he saw Inuyasha swiftly turn and block the strike by catching the blade with his hand. Miroku could see that his eyes were a dark red, and his demon marks were beginning to show again.

Slowly Inuyasha came out of his sitting position, as sleek as a predatorial beast, still clutching the blade in his hand. Glaring at Sango, he said, "Do not mess with me wench! I am in no mood for your antics." His voice came out hollowed and strange, seemingly deeper and spoken as if there were two voices at once.

"Inuyasha, Sango will not hurt you," Miroku said, taking a step towards the couple. He certainly did not wish either of them hurt, but for now he was more concerned for Sango.

"Screw that! I'm going to slice him to pieces in a few seconds if he doesn…" She trailed off as she watched a trickle of blood run down the blade of her sword.

"Your human weapons do not scare me, and they cannot hurt me. Now get the hell back, before I punish you."

Sango opened her mouth to retort, but was suddenly pulled back by Miroku. Leaning forward, Miroku whispered in her ear, "Shush, Sango, do not make it worse. We don't know what is troubling him, and we won't with you acting childishly."

"Yeah wench, stop acting like a stupid kid," Inuyasha said, obviously having heard them.

Miroku took a step towards Inuyasha. "Inuyasha, where is Kagome?"

Snorting rudely, he replied, "The bitch went back to her time."

Sango began to advance again. "I swear ifI find outyou hurt her, I will kill you!"

"Silence, Sango. Let me speak." Miroku turned back to Inuyasha. "Why did she leave?"

"Hell if I know. She couldn't handle me I guess." The words came out viscous, but inside Inuyasha was waging a war with himself.

Dammit go get her back!

No. The bitch wants to go, let her go.

You can't let her leave. She bears your mark, and she is now our mate. We can't leave her!

What is with this damn we? I am the one who marked her, I am the one who claimed her, and I will be her mate. YOU will back the fuck off!

You cannot get rid of me. I am your other half, I am a part of you, and I have claim to the wench too!

No you don't. You're only a part, and I ultimately control you. Deal with it.

"Inuyasha?"

"What," he barked back.

"Would you put some clothes on?"

"If you don't like what you see, then leave. I'm in no mood for company." With that said, Inuyasha turned away.

Sango cursed. "Damn you Inuyasha! What did you do to her!"

"Keh, wench, it's none of your fucking business."

"Come Sango," Miroku said, grabbing her arm. "Lets go and seek Kaede, she might know something to help him." With that said, they left.

What am I supposed to do now, Inuyasha silently asked himself. She is marked, she is mine, but she does not want me. What am I to do?

Picking up his clothes, he doffed them and then lay back on the grass, watching the clouds pass overhead.

Kagome sighed as she leaned her head back to rest against the tub. She had only been home a couple of hours. When she arrived, she had snuck up to her room silently, not wanting anyone to see the state in which she was arriving. When she had gotten there, she had thrown her shredded clothes away, then her shirt, not wanting to remember anything that had happened. Standing in the middle of her room, she had felt numb. Then she had looked over at the picture of her friends again, and seeing Inuyasha had broken the last thread of control. Sinking to the floor, she had put her head in her hands and let the tears flow.

The crying had gotten so out of hand, that she had began to breath in short gasps, and then gotten the hiccups. After all of her tears had been shed, she continued to sit on the floor. Everything seemed so wrong, yet everything seemed so right. Nothing was supposed to have happened this way, and what she had done with Inuyasha… and what had happened afterwards…

Then, in the midst of her thoughts, she had begun to here Inuyasha's voice. Only it wasn't just his voice, but he seemed to be arguing with someone she had never heard before.

Dammit go get her back!

No. The bitch wants to go, let her go.

Tears sprang to her eyes again, and she clutched her head, not wanting to hear the rest. What was said was said, and she couldn't change that. No matter how much it hurt.

So she had opted for a bath, needing the warmth and water to sooth her. She had felt so depressed, she had added bubbles, because they were supposed to feel good, and make you feel good. Who could feel sad with bubbles?

She could.

Why had she acted the way she had? Yes, she had loved him for a while now, but that didn't mean that when he began acting like he had interest in her, she was supposed to go without hesitation. She had given herself freely, and for that moment it had been beautiful. She had wanted his attention for so long, and he had given to her, finally.

But somewhere deep down she knew that she had received more then she was supposed to. But sex was just sex right? Nothing more, nothing less.

But then why had he bitten her neck? That had scared her the most. When she had felt her release, it had become stronger by tenfold when he had bitten into her neck. Even now she could feel a tingling sensation where he had sunken his fangs into her. There was something she wasn't seeing, and she wanted to know what it was…

What would happen to her.

She certainly couldn't go back after what had happened, but then again they needed her to find the jewel shards…

Kagome jumped as she heard her bathroom door open. Looking through the doorway, she could see that the lights were all off. Still, she could see the outline of a figure in the shadows. Sinking lower into the tub, Kagome said, "Who are you? What do you want?" She was proud of herself for hiding the twinge of fear she was feeling from her voice.

"Ah, lovely Kagome," the figure said, stepping into the bathroom. Kagome gasped loudly. Closing the door, he said, "I shall have you, my sweet."

Ok, this one is kinda long for me, but man this one was a lot of fun to write. I got into it too, and began asking myself "Oh my goodness, what's going on? Why did she do that?" It's strange when you ask yourself questions that only you can answer. The good thing about that, though, is that you can give the answer you want. Until the next chap-e-twa (screwed french pronunciation for chapter) I bid you adieu'