Only Him

Thanks for your reviews. That chapter was my easter present to you all! I like to reward you all with a chapter or so on holidays. It's the least I can after you've stuck by me all this time. It's really great to have fans. I'm sure you writers can understand completely.

Warning: Sexual Content

Rating: M for Mature

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters associated with the series.

RECAP: It was now late in the night. Kagome had been given an antidote and some liquid to wash down the herb. All the wolf demons had been fast asleep when they arrived. Kouga had still refused to explain his reasons for being in the woods so late. Kagome would ask him again in the morning. She was currently to fatigued.

She rested on bear skin. Kouga had even been nice enough to go back and get her stuff for her. Her backpack and rolled up sleeping bag sat at her side. She stared at it as her eyes drifted closed. 'Thank you, Kouga... for saving me, but... I just want my hero.' END RECAP

Chapter 4: Still Breathing

Inuyasha furrowed his brows in contemplation. He had not meant to get caught up in this. He just want to sulk in his own misery. He missed Kagome.

Sango and Miroku sat against the cave wall together. They were injured. Sango more than Miroku. She was burned here and there, but nothing would scar. They were not so serious, but it made things more difficult. Kirara rested beside Sango.

"We have to go." Inuyasha spat. He was so tired of waiting. He gave them their couple days of recuperation.

"You can leave without us." Miroku told the feisty hanyou.

"You don't know where the hell you are." He informed them once more.

"Kirara will carry us. She can follow your scent." Sango said quietly. She missed Kagome too. She knew that was why Inuyasha was not holding much sympathy for his friends. He just missed the most important one to him.

Inuyasha sighed and crossed his arms over his chest, thinking back to the events that had taken place a couple days back.

Flashback

The demon gulped down Kirara as if she were a peace of dead meat. Inuyasha and the others watched in shock. It was unbelievable. Inuyasha could hear the increase in Sango's heart beat. He looked her way. She had a look of anger and fear on her face.

"No, Kirara!" Sango charged with her weapon, prepared to destroy this beast, who dared harm her companion. He swung at her and she dodged, using all the training she had gathered throughout her younger years. Her mind was scrambled. She could not think clearly. Kirara was her best friend, she had to save her. He had swallowed her whole, right? Couldn't she still be alive? Sango had hope, but as she went to attack, the demons slimy hands wrapped around her and he tossed her into his mouth as well.

Shippo began to shake from his spot on the ground. The demon looked at him with interest. 'No...' Shippo thought to himself as fear engulfed him. Suddenly the demon went for him. Inuyasha jumped in the way and slashed the demon's arm, saving Shippo, but the arm only regrew.

"Damn... Kirara... Sango..." Inuyasha was worried for his friends. He didn't expect them to be dead just yet. This demon had an extra large belly. It could hold a classroom of students.

"Sango!" Miroku began running towards the demon with his staff and sutras. He threw his sutras, but he was to blinded by lose to aim clearly. The demon took him next.

Inuyasha wanted to kill this beast, but he couldn't. The others were still in him and probably alive.

"Shippo, get out of here." Inuyasha looked the kit over. He had minor wounds from the earlier battling with this demon.

"Inu..."

"Just go." Shippo nodded and ran for cover. As Shippo entered the bushes, he witnessed Inuyasha surrender to the demon. Inuyasha sheathed his sword and waited for the demon to pull him in.

As Inuyasha was sucked down the demons throat, all the way to his stomach, he feared that the others had melted in the acids of a demons stomach.

He was relieved to see that they were just covered in dead demons that the demon they were in must have previously swallowed.

"Inuyasha!" Sango and Miroku said at the same time.

"We gotta get out of here." Inuyasha looked around at the slimy walls. There were holes where the acids would begin to pour soon. "I'll cut him from the inside out." The hanyou unsheathed his sword, but before another move could be made green acids poured into the stomach.

Sango screamed in pain as is splashed at her. Kirara began to float into the air. She went to grab Sango away from the ground, but Miroku cast a barrier with his staff. Inuyasha was immune to the acids. He had nothing to worry about with his fire-rat haori on.

"Everyone sit still." Inuyasha called to his friends as he slashed down his sword towards one wall.

End Flashback

It had been that simple. By the time they were free, Shippo had gone and run away. The demon was killed as his guts were literally blown to pieces.

Inuyasha slid down the cave wall and sat on his bottom. He pulled one knees up and left the other leg straight out on the ground. He placed his elbow on his leg and leaned on his palm. 'Kagome...' She was on his mind now. He wanted to go through the well. He probably could. He just hadn't given it the chance yet. He was to afraid that it might not work. 'Afraid?' He had never been so afraid. He hated thinking he would never be able to see Kagome again. 'At least... at least she's alive.' He tried to think positively. 'Away from demons...'

Sango looked at her hanyou friend. She hated seeing him look so forlorn to everything around him. He was deep in thought and Sango knew he was thinking about Kagome. Sango looked towards Miroku. He, too, was watching Inuyasha with a look of sympathy.

Sango placed a hand on his shoulder.

"We should get back..." She told him. He looked at her.

"Are you able?"

"I'm fine. Burns would never stop me. We shouldn't have been here this long anyway. I'm sure Shippo thinks we're dead. He must be horrified." Miroku nodded.

"Inuyasha, we're ready to leave." Miroku stood up and held a hand out to Sango. She grabbed it and got up." We'll ride Kirara and you can take Ka..." Miroku stopped quickly, hoping that Inuyasha had not heard his mistake, but as more hurt appeared in Inuyasha's amber eyes, Miroku knew the half demon had hurt. "I mean... we should hurry."

"Yeah..." Inuyasha got up. He didn't looked at his friends. "Follow me." Sango and Miroku headed for the now transformed Kirara and mounted. She flew from the cave and followed the leaping hanyou. It was morning now so they estimated it would take them until night fall to get back to the village.

Meanwhile

Kagome looked at the chunk of cooked meat before her. This was what the wolves had for breakfast? She was not interested. She looked slowly at Kouga who had already gobbled down his own meat.

"Kouga... Thank you for this, but I have my own breakfast foods... You can have mine. I haven't touched it."

"Your own?"

"Yes." She said shyly. Kouga took the meat and nonchalantly tossed it to the wolves.

"Alright than. Do you want me to take you back to the forest. It'll be safer in the day."

"If you could..." Kagome smiled.

"Of course."

A Little While Later

As Kouga ran, he realized Kagome was heavier with her backpack on, but ignored it. Kagome smelt nice, but there was something strange about her scent. It was as if a sadness had entered a part of her soul, a sadness that he had never sensed on her before.

"Kouga?"

"Yeah."

"About last night..." Kagome began. Kouga waited. "What were you doing out so late all alone?" Kouga blushed, but Kagome didn't see, since she was riding on his back.

"Well... I was visiting someone."

"Oh..." She didn't feel it was her place to invade anymore.

"Ayame."

"Huh?"

"I didn't know when I should tell, but I figured why not now? I'm sorry, but I've chosen her." That hit a spot in Kagome's heart that she didn't like being hit. She had seen Kouga was Inuyasha once more. He had chosen Kikyo.

Kagome shook her head, trying to think clearly.

"O... oh..."

"I didn't mean to tell you like this, but it's better to tell you sooner than later."

"Kouga..." Kagome giggled, forgetting Inuyasha for a moment. "It's fine. I'm happy for you."

"You... you are?" He seemed surprised. "You're not mad."

"No, of course not. You're my friend. I want you to do what you think is best for yourself and no one else."

"You are... you are amazing, Kagome." Kagome spoke in a tone that Kagome had barely heard.

"So are you..." It was only a little while later that Kouga dropped of his friend. They waved goodbye.

Meanwhile

Inuyasha's nose hit a smell that was a pleasure to every part of him. Kagome. As he thought about it, he realized that was impossible and shook that hope from his mind.

Looking back at his friend, he wondered if one of them had something of Kagome's on them, but noticed the smell was coming from his far side, not behind him. He stopped. When the others noticed this they stopped as well.

"What's wrong?" Sango asked. Inuyasha didn't want to tell them the truth, only to find out it wasn't Kagome and get their hopes up. "Do you smell something?"

"You guys go on ahead without me."

"Why?"

"I'm sure Kirara can remember the direction." Inuyasha headed off in the direction he smelt Kagome. The others were confused, but knew to leave Inuyasha to do what he needed. They were no longer a group after all. They had completed their mission together.

As Inuyasha ran full speed ahead he wondered what Kagome would be doing a days walk away from the village. He knew Kagome's scent anywhere, but could his mind be playing tricks on him. That was more than possible. Inuyasha knew this, but it was worth his time. 'How could she have gotten through the well?'

I know you wanted them to see each other again, but I have to leave this cliffy. I've got school in the morning and things to do to prepare. Plus I'm so tired that if I added the next part now it would be really lame.