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Blackened Sky
Chapter 3
A New Enemy

Inuyasha turned to Kagome, she was crying. Inuyasha reached over and wiped away a tear that threatened to fall. He then walked a step closer as she looked up at him. He grabbed her arm and pulled her into a tight hug.

"Kagome, please don't cry over me. I'll be okay. Are you hurt?" he asked as he sniffed the air around her.
"I'm fine Inuyasha" she said and pulled away and walked over to her bag.

Blood now stained her shirt due to Inuyasha's bleeding. She turned, heading back to Inuyasha. She noticed he had moved; now he was sitting against a tree. She kneeled down next to him and started digging through her bag.

She pulled out some herbs Keade must have mixed up. She removed Inuyasha haori carefully and gently applied the salve to Inuyasha's wounds. She then removed a cloth and carefully wrapped it wound Inuyasha's chest, hoping to stop the bleeding.

"You have learned a lot here" Inuyasha said, as he watched her actions.
"Well, I have seen Keade do it enough" she replied, almost bitterly.

"Thank you" He said after a moment of silence.
"Please just be careful. Yours wounds are pretty bad" Kagome said as she looked at the ground.

Kagome then stood up and walked to Shippo and Kirara. She picked then up carefully and held then tightly. Shippo stirred and clung to Kagome's shirt. They didn't seem baldly hurt. They probably just got a whiff of Naraku's miasma. She walked back to Inuyasha and sat down. She still held the kit and neko close to her.

"They'll be fine. Just a little shaken is all" Inuyasha told her reassuringly.
Kagome nodded and looked off into the distance.
"I hope Sango and Miroku are okay" she said, still looking off into the seemingly endless forest.
"I'm sure they are. They wouldn't let anything happen to each other" he told her.
She nodded in agreement.

"If Naraku is dead, then why don't I sense his jewel shard?" Kagome asked.
"He is not dead. He just ran like a coward" Inuyasha said with a scowl.
"He's wounded though! If we could just find him it would be an easy win" She said in a hopeful tone.
"And how exactly do we go about finding him? You can't sense his jewel shards and I can't catch his scent" Inuyasha pointed out.
"Well we can't just give up, we have to search for him" she said a bit saddened.
"Don't worry about it right now Kagome. He will turn up sooner or later" he said, smiling slightly. She returned the smile.

She had calmed down a little seeing that Inuyasha's wound had stopped bleeding.

"Let's stay here for tonight. I'm sure Miroku and Sango will come soon" Inuyasha told her.
Kagome nodded.

Inuyasha then all of a sudden stood up.
"What are you doing! You're going to open your wounds again!" Kagome said loudly.
"Get back!" Inuyasha snapped.

Kouga then chose that moment to show himself.
"You mean to tell me Naraku has not killed you yet? Well at least Kagome is unharmed. I will be taking her now" Kouga said, taking a step towards her.
Inuyasha let out a low deadly growl and glared at Kouga.
"What are you going to do mutt? You can barely stand" Kouga said followed by a smug grin.

Inuyasha growled again and lunged at the wolf, his claws bared.
Kouga jumped back.
"So it's a fight you want?" Kouga asked in a mocking voice.

They continued to attack each other endlessly, completely ignoring Kagome's yelling. She was desperately trying to get them to quit fighting. This was not a small fight where she could simply 'Sit' Inuyasha. They seemed to really be trying to kill each other and she was afraid if she spoke the word Kouga would have killed Inuyasha right then.

Inuyasha staggered forward, trying his best to keep his balance. Kouga was running at him, his claws held out and ready for an attack. Kagome thought of the one thing she could do.

"Stop Kouga! I will go with you if you just stop hurting Inuyasha" Kagome yelled out, tears running along her cheeks.
"That's what I wanted to hear" the wolf prince stated as he walked towards her, grabbing her arm forcefully. With a flick of his wrist many other wolf demons from his pack came out of the forest and pounced on Inuyasha.

"Do you hear that mutt? Kagome is willingly leaving you and coming with me. How does it feel? Wait, don't answer that. I'll ask you again after I have made her my mate" Kouga said as he laughed.

Inuyasha started towards Kouga, but his fellow pack member's grabbed onto Inuyasha and held him back. He struggled as best he could to get away from them, but his wounds prevented him from doing so. He watched as Kouga picked Kagome up and carried her off into the woods.

Tears fell from Kagome's eyes the entire time Kouga held her. It sickened her how he could do something like that after Inuyasha had helped him so many times.

Kouga walked into the cave they had been in earlier and Sat Kagome down. She could feel him watching her very closely and she stirred uncomfortably.

"I'm glad you have finally submitted to me. I'm sure I can satisfy you in more ways then one" Kouga said as stroked her neck.

Kagome quickly pulled away and glared at him.

"I had no choice but to submit to you. Trust me, I would not be here if you had not tried hurting Inuyasha" she said angrily.
Kouga pulled her up and pressed his body against hers. She slowly backed into the wall.
"You may change your mind after I have taken you" He whispered into her ear with a smirk.

With all her force she pushed away from him, her anger continuously building.
"Let's get one thing straight. I could never ever love you, no matter what you did" she said strongly.
Kouga let out a snarl and quickly walked out of the cave, obviously angry.

Inuyasha lay resting on the ground. He stared into the black sky, thinking of the time him and Kagome had sat near the well. With a growl he brought himself to his feet and started off towards Kouga's den. He did not care what current state he was in, he was not letting that wolf touch Kagome.

"Inuyasha" She heard Shippo mutter as he ran to his side.
"What happened?" the kit asked.
"Kagome is in trouble" was all he said as he continued pushing on. He then fell to his knee's, unable to keep his balance.
"Inuyasha! Don't move, I'm going to go find Sango and Miroku" the little fox said as he took off into the forest.

A.N.
There's Chapter three. Hope you like it. It took awhile to write. I kept changing it.
It was originally that Kagome had gotten between Inuyasha and Kouga fighting and had been badly injured. I like the turn out of this chapter better.

Please review and I will post chapter 4!

Also, many of you have requested that I make the chapter's longer. I would, but I already have the chapters set up the way I want them. I try to make the chapter's as long as I can, but I like to be evil and end off at certain spots.