A/n- I'm back: Mironicka ducks down missing rotten tomato to her face: Hey I'm sorry about the long wait everyone. Computer issues and I was out of town for the LONGEST! I thought I would never get back.

But anyway I have a beta reader now and so I'm gonna go back and fix as much as I can from chapters one and two and then my new beta will clean up the rest. I'm sorry for the long wait, but I'm back now and I have an extra update coming up soon! I promise to update this before the end of this month!

One Thing

Chapter 3: Promise of the Wolf

With Kouga

"Damnit!" Kouga yelled as he ran along side a group of wolves.

'I swear when I get my hands on that mangy mutt I'm a beat him so bad…' Kouga's thoughts trailed as he and his wolves stopped at where Kagome's camp was suppose to be, but only found it to be deserted.

Kouga had some of his wolves up front began to sniff the air for any trails.

'Damn!' Kouga cursed in his head.

"Of course when you really need dog face he's gone." Kouga said as he crossed his arms.

Kouga was really getting ticked off more and more by the second. And not only that but worried too.

Worried about Kagome that is.

Around the area they were staying at it was crawling with all kinds of demons under the influence of primal instincts. Most in witch actually posed as a threat to them even if InuYasha was there.

"Listen all of you we're going to split up!" Kouga called to his four legged beasts. "You two I want to go ahead of us and start looking for Kagome. If you find her or any trace of her give off a howl and I'll come to you.

Should the possibility come I'm out of ear shout one you stay were you are and the other comes in search for me and if you run into Dog Turd then at least lead him to her so he can protect her until I can get there." Kouga instructed to the two wolves he pointed at.

Both wolves sat down and listened to Kouga. When he finished they nodded their heads and with his signal headed off in the forest first.

"Now for the rest of you. Fan out and scoop the area but don't stray too far from me!" Kouga yelled as he began running off near where the two wolves from before took off at. The remaining wolves howled in unison and then followed to do their leaders bidding.


With Sango and others

"Where could InuYasha be at?" Shippo cried while Sango took down another demon with her huge boomerang.

"I don't know, but if he doesn't get here soon we'll be in big trouble!" Miroku shouted back as he fought off two demons with his staff.

"Sango watch out!" Shippo warned as he saw a demon coming to attack Sango from behind.

"Fox fire!" A puff of green fire soon appeared and hit the demon in time to save Sango.

Sango turned around to see the demon fall down dead from Shippo's attack.

"Thanks Shippo." Sango said as she bent down to pick him up.

Miroku was currently fighting the last two demons until he killed one and the other slipped away moving to attack Sango and Shippo.

"Watch out!" Miroku called as he threw his staff and it pierced the last spider demon in its abdomen, pinning it to the ground before Sango's feet. The demon shrilled in pain before slowly dying.

"Are you two okay? Miroku asked as he came running over to them. "We're fine I guess." Sango said as she looked around her at all the dead spider demon.

"We had better get going before more of those spiders come." Shippo stated as his little ears detected the sounds of something coming. "Do you hear something?" Sango asked worried.

"Yeah and it sounds like more of those demons are coming!" Shippo cried. "Calm down Shippo we can't go around without remaining calm." Miroku preached.

"Shippo is right though we have to get out of here. And besides we have to find Kagome and Kirara. I had Kirara take off with Kagome to try and get her away and keep her safe." Sango said as she began running off in the direction she had sent Kirara off on.

"Point taken." Miroku stated as he ran off following Sango.

"Don't leave me!" Shippo wailed as he had jumped out of Sango's arms moments ago.


With Kagome

"OH NO!" Kagome yelled as the last demon bird she had been fighting sent an attack towards her and Kirara.

Kirara growled in pain as the attack hit her. In a last effort to keep the bird from coming back to finish off the job Kagome sent one last enchanted arrow towards it. The arrow pierced its one wing taking it cleanly off.

The bird cried in pain as it began to glide down to the ground trying to flap the remaining wing to slow down its crash course.

She then felt as Kirara began to nose dive down towards the ground, unable to stop their growing decent.

Kagome screamed again all the way down as she hugged onto the fire cat as long as she could until they were both separated by the contact of the treetops.

Though Kirara took most of the impact Kagome landed on the ground with a hard thump and slipped into unconsciousness.

Just as Kagome had landed two wolves of Kouga's pack just arrived scouting for her. When they finally noticed Kagome there on the ground knocked out they trotted up to her quickly, sniffing at her to make sure she wasn't dead.

After confirming she was still alive, one wolf sat down near Kagome and began to howl into the night signaling for Kouga and the others to come.

Meanwhile the other wolf ran off back into the woods to look for help just like Kouga told him to.

The wolf with Kagome stopped howling for a moment as his ears twitched as he was listening for any response.

He looked down at Kagome, who had blood trailing out of her mouth, and seeing her condition immediately began howling again. 10 minutes later a response howl sounded and the wolf stopped and looked back down at Kagome.

She looked paler than before and the wolf got frantic sending out an extra howl to alert the others to hurry. Then he looked back down at Kagome and started licking her face trying to gain any response from her.


With Sango and others

"Did you hear that you guys?" Shippo asked as he stopped running scared.

Sango and Miroku followed suite and began to look around them.

"What was that?" Miroku asked aloud. "It sounded like wolves." Sango said as she gripped the handle to her boomerang. "Yeah I agree." Shippo replied as he heard the noise again.

"Don't tell me we're in wolf territory now!" Miroku exclaimed in disbelief.

"No Miroku… It sounds like someone is in trouble." Shippo replied trying to decode the message.

"Do you think it could be Kagome and Kirara or do you think it's a fellow wolf?" Miroku asked Shippo. "I don't now….The message stopped." Shippo answered finally after a silence crept over them.

"We had better get going and find Kirara and Kagome before any more demons show." Sango stated warningly. "We might be intruders on someone's territory and the demon group might blame us if it turns out to be one of their own that is hurt." She added.

"Right! Let's get going." Miroku said as he walked closer to Sango. "Don't worry Sango I won't let anything harm you. You can count on me to protect you." Miroku said as he began to gently caress her butt.

Sango's eyebrow twitched while she readied her slapping hand and knocked him upside the head hard.

Miroku got knocked so hard he fell down on the ground, Shippo standing above his head arms crossed.

"Can't blame a guy for trying." Miroku muttered. "Humph. Serves you right for not including me on your list to protect." Shippo replied as he walked up towards Sango who had already begun to storm off.

As soon as it dawned on Miroku that Sango was leaving him he jumped up and began running after Sango and Shippo.

"Hey you guys! Come on!" Miroku yelled as he ran after them.


With Kouga

"KAGOME!" Kouga yelled worriedly as he ran to her side.

Kirara had recovered from her nasty attack and fall and had stumbled over to the wolf and Kagome. After she was sure that the wolf wasn't going to hurt Kagome she lay down against a nearby tree and the wolf moved Kagome onto Kirara's soft and warm body.

"Kagome." Kouga rushed as he bent down and cupped her face in his hands. He gently moved strands of her hair off her face while beckoning her to awake.

For a moment it seemed Kagome was coming to and she opened her eyes barely. As she looked up to the sound of the voice for a moment she hallucinated it was InuYasha.

"Inu….Y-yasha." She whispered trying to lift a hand up to him, but her hand fell short of Kouga's face and she slipped back into her dark reverie.

'No…..She….She couldn't have.' Kouga thought sadly.

"How could you mistake me for him?" Kouga said aloud to himself.

With his right index finger he stroked the side of her cheek. Then suddenly he became angry as he stopped touching Kagome and abruptly stood up.

He was mad, no…No he was beyond mad….He was pissed.

A heated aura began to engulf him and his fellow wolf demons and Kirara could sense it.

'Damn you InuYasha! Damn you!' He thought. "DAMN YOU, YOU STUPID MUT! DO YOU HEAR ME? WHERE WERE YOU?" Kouga shouted his aggravation.

The majority of the wolves yelped and jumped back from Kouga as he outwardly cursed InuYasha for allowing HIS Kagome to get injured so badly. He also cursed him for plaguing a spell over her to make her think it was he who was there by her side and not him, Kouga.

"I swear to you Kagome. I'm going to take care of you and nurse you back to health. And if you let me I will not only show you, but I'll prove to you my love for you. I'll never let you get hurt like this. I'll never leave you alone and I'll never let InuYasha come anywhere near you so that he can cause you only pain." Kouga vowed to the unconscious miko.

"I WILL show you darling I'm the better mate and I'll make you mines….There's no way in hell I'll give Dog Breath the chance to take you from me." He growled as his fists tightened and memories of his nightmare flooded through his mind. Haunting images striking his already distressed mind.

Kouga then shook his head. Now was not the time. He bent down and picked up Kagome's lithe form off of Kirara.She eyedKouga the timeand he noticed.

"Go get your human friends. I'll need some of their assistance." Kouga replied, not really liking the idea of asking for help from humans. But he knew they were friends of Kagome and they might know something to help Kagome heal faster. Kirara nodded her head at him and weakly made it to her feet.

She then proceeded to taking off into the sky in search of Sango, Miroku and Shippo.

Kouga watched Kirara take off. Then he retured his attention to the woman in his arms.

He repositioned Kagome in his arms so that she laid in his arms bridal style. A wind blew by picking up Kouga's high pony tail and swaying Kagome's hair so that it felt like it was tickling his arms.

"My love I'll never let you go." Kouga whispered down to her before he took off back in the direction of his den, expecting his wolves to follow him.

STOP HERE!

A/N- Okay yeah I finally updated, but wait a minute I have another one coming at ya'll to make up for the long wait. It should only take me a week or two. Maybe somewhere in the middle. I thank everyone for their patience!

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