A/N: Thanks for the reviews guys, it made my day so much better. I woke up two hours late for work…(needless to say my alarm clock suffered some very "Inuyasha-like" beatings)…I went on an accidental chocolate binge with is HORRIBLE for my diet and my laptop keeps shutting off for no apparent reason. So yes, your reviews made my day…sorry for the griping…now on to chapter 5.…
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Chapter 5
"You didn't have to be so mean to Inuyasha!" Kagome scolded Kouga as the tree's and mountains whizzed by.
"Oh yeah?" he turned looking at Kagome. She stared back at him anger swelling in her eyes. "Fine, I guess he hasn't gotten my woman killed yet, that's a start." He grumbled.
"Boys…" Kagome sighed to herself clutching her backpack close to her. "It might be days before I see Inuyasha again" she thought to herself.
She let her mind wander back to her dreams. They had seemed so real, like if she wished hard enough the very thing she saw would happen. Inuyasha's touch and kiss, "oh Inuyasha" she sighed, snuggling into Kouga's chest.
"Ka-Kagome?" Kouga's voice rang, slicing through her thoughts. She sat straight up realizing what she had just done. She blushed looking up at the wolf demon. "I'm glad you're warming up to me Kagome" he whispered leaning into her.
"Thank goodness he didn't hear me" she thought to herself. That could have been…" she closed her eyes and pushed the situation out of her mind.
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They stopped abruptly in front of a large cave, wolves gathered around the outside as if waiting for something to happen. Kagome walked into the cave to find a young girl lying in the middle of the floor on a bed of straw. She ran to the girl falling to her knees beside the straw.
"Her arm" she whispered, pulling her hands to her mouth.
The girls arm was slashed and torn; large puncture wounds covered the side, and chunks of skin had been torn away.
"She looks like she was attacked…" Kagome whispered breathlessly, "these look like bite marks…" she leaned in closer "… bite marks from a" she gasped, turning to look at Kouga.
His eyes flashed a cold steel stare at her. "…wolf." he answered staring coldly at her. "He has been dealt with. But can you help her?" he asked solemnly.
Kagome nodded defiantly and ran to her bag. "Geez, I know we have band-aids but this?" she thought to herself, pulling out her first aid. "Ok, clean it wrap it, then pray for the best I guess" she muttered to herself pulling out everything she would need. "Water!" she yelled over her shoulder, sending a young wolf off running to the river.
She ran back to the young girl holding her supplies, praying all the while. "I hope this will all be okay" she prayed silently taking the water bowl from the young wolf. The girl turned slowly to glance at Kagome through watery eyes.
"I'm Kagome, and I'm going to do everything I can to help you. Now just relax." she whispered to the young girl, as she glanced at Kagome one last time, she turned over, and passed out.
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"That's all I can do for her." Kagome sighed getting up. She walked to the edge of the cave for fresh air. The sun was starting to set and the sky was lit with gold's and purple's.
"Inuyasha, I'm sorry I can't be with you tonight." She breathed silently. She looked up into the sky wondering what her hanyou was doing right now, how he felt, she thought of him, his eyes filling up her soul as she looked into the sky.
"The same color as your eyes" she whispered looking at the golden sky above her. She felt herself reach out to him, wanting to call him to her somehow, she looked at the ground "your not even thinking of me right now" she whispered, "you didn't even try to come after me" she looked back at the horizon her eyes filling with unshed tears. "Maybe I shouldn't have said sit…" she thought wondering if it was her fault he wouldn't love her. Tears fell silently from her eyes as she heard gentle footsteps behind her. She quickly wiped away the tears and spun around putting on her best attempt at a smile.
"Kagome?" Kouga whispered walking up to her, "did you, did you need to back to", he gritted his teeth; trying not to say 'mutt'…"Inuyasha?" he growled trying to sound understanding, all the while hating the thought that she might say yes.
"Inuyasha…" she clenched her hands, "he doesn't care, why should I!" she yelled turning and storming inside the cave.
Kouga stood out side the cave blinking… "Uh Kagome?" he wondered walking in behind her.
She stormed to the top of the cave where the biggest and most comfortable bed lay. She plopped down on it and looked at Kouga, "I'll stay here tonight, besides she might need me in the night" she glanced to the young girl breathing shallowly in the middle of the chamber.
"Sure Kagome!" Kouga agreed smiling to himself, "but you may want to bathe first. You reek of the human girls blood." He suggested looking down at her outfit.
She glanced down realizing she was covered in blood and suddenly felt very uncomfortable in this place. Seeing herself covered in blood with Inuyasha no where to be found sent chills up her spine.
"Bath, please" she stood up feeling suddenly nauseous.
"The hot springs are just down the hill" he offered, walking her to the cave entrance, She smiled weakly and walked slowly down the mountain.
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"I'm starving!" Shippo wined leaning against Kirara.
"Yes I know Shippo, we all are, we've been traveling all day but were still a day or so from the next village, so we must stay here." Miroku answered the fox demon for the third time.
"I wish Kagome hadn't taken her bag, I like that faceless octopus." Shippo sighed.
Inuyasha's stomach grumbled. "Ramen" he muttered under his breath.
They lay in the grass watching the sun set through the trees while listening to the rumble in each other stomach.
Inuyasha looked up at the sunset thinking of Kagome, why didn't she refuse to leave him, why did she choose to leave with Kouga? "Well I guess she made her choice" he grumbled turning around.
"She didn't choose Kouga" came a small whisper behind him. He rolled over and stared straight into Sango's eyes. "What?" he stared at her.
She looked behind her to make sure the others weren't listening in. "She didn't choose Kouga" she repeated staring him straight in the eyes then rolled back toward Kirara.
He watched the sun go down, wondering if she was thinking of him or too busy with Kouga. Inuyasha let a low growl emit from deep in his throat. He closed his eyes as the night blanketed them in darkness.
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He pulled away from Kagome the taste of her skin still fresh on his tongue. She looked at the jewel then back to him, a strange longing in her eyes.
"It's ours Inuyasha," she breathed looking at him, "we can be together, we can be happy" she smiled looking into his eyes.
He kissed her again as she placed the jewel into her shirt. He held her close to him; she looked up at him and kissed him. He could feel the warmth of her tongue encircling his, the heat from her skin as his hands gently moved across it, coming to the edge of her skirt his hands moved up slowly.
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Inuyasha sat straight up breathing heavily drenched in sweat. His body still ached from the touches he could still feel and Kagome's scent was strong in his nose.
He stood up looking over at his friends who were sound asleep. "I don't care who she chose" he whispered defiantly, "I want her here with me." He turned and ran off following the scent of Kagome and Kouga determined to bring her back to him.
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A/N: Thanks for the reviews guys! I'm glad your liking it, and yes Inuyasha is being a stubborn baka, but if he wasn't would he be our Inuyasha? I'll take a stubborn baka with a bi-polar case rather than no Inuyasha at all….wait…is that healthy? Probably not. Well this may be the last chapter for a couple of days, I need to work on some revisions, but until then PLEASE REVIEW! I like to know what you think, it helps for those annoying moments of writer's block…oh! And I have another story I'd like you to check out…it seems like it's WAY AU but I promise it's actually just very well hidden, it's suspense people. Hitchcock killed the star of Psycho in the first 10 min so work with me on this…K love you all! Ja ne!