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Yo yo yo! Yoshiko Furu here again! how have yall been? good, me too... OKAY! look peeps i'm sorry but this shall be the last update for a while cuz i gatta go to Japan for 2 weeks... i'm so sorry! um... well i'll take lots of pictures and post it on my homepage... if it uplodes... well ya... sorry for putting the story on hold... waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Northern Stare:Can Kaguya come out during the day? How dumb can Kooga get, letting himself get posessed like that. Oh well. I like the chapter and hopfully they can get out of that mess. Update soon!

Yoshiko: ya know what? Northern Star always has somthing smart to say, not just update soon (which is kinda smarte cuz it reminds me to update when i wake up) okay, she sleeps during the day, dreaming up ways to make killing Inu more painfull for Kagz... and ya, lets all pray they get out of this mess in one peace or a live... ya never know who might kill'em in the heat of the story...

Recap:

'Wasn't she going to finish us off?' she mentally questioned.

"What the hell woman!" InuYasha yelled out to Kaguya.

"I will be back when the stars rise," she said bitterly. Both InuYasha and Kagome looked at the windows to see that light was seeping through the planks of wood. Kagome saw with glee that InuYasha's darkened hair was quickly returning to its normal silver again. He was back! But now they needed to find a way out of this mess…

Broken Wings

Chapter 28

Is Love Expandable?

"InuYasha," Kagome breathed out happily; he was back to his entire demonic splendor! The hanyou patiently waited for Kaguya's echoing footsteps to completely vanish before he attempted to break through his restraints.

With ease he freed himself. Quickly jumping over to Kagome's binds, she was soon out of bondage herself and giving him a desperate embrace. It was so full of gratitude and undying love that it brought tears to her eyes.

"InuYasha," she sobbed uncontrollably, "I'm so s-sorry! I never m-meant for any of—"

"Don't talk like that," her hanyou softly interrupted. "It's not your fault. I'll get us out of here, okay?" he soothed while still hugging onto her weeping form tightly.

"What about Koga? We just can't leave him here," Kagome mentioned turning her gaze towards his face. InuYasha grumbled and gave a groan…he really didn't want to see that smelly wolf anymore.

"Sure we can," InuYasha stated simply. "He looks so comfortable on the floor. I say we leave him where he is."

He walked over to the still unconscious Koga while Kagome dashed forward and cuddled into InuYasha's back—this was not the reaction he expected from her, especially after making the crude comment about that failure of a bodyguard.

"Don't tell me you're jealous of him?" she asked with a tone of innocence and suspicion mixed within her words. InuYasha stiffened uncomfortably at the question.

"No…" he blurted out blandly while crossing his arms rebelliously over his sore chest.

"Then bring him with us," Kagome commanded in a hushed voice. She knelt down next to Koga and gave him a gentle push with her hand. She didn't know just how badly he was hurt and wasn't sure if he would even wake up.

To her immense relief the wolf stirred slightly and began to open his lazy eyes. As Kagome pressed her hand lightly against his chest, Koga began to reach full awareness.

"Kagome, you're okay!" he exclaimed happily, attempting to bring his bruised body to a standing position.

"Don't try to get up," she said somberly.

Koga smiled at her kindness but still tried stubbornly to be up on his feet. He fell immediately down and just sat there like a lump. He didn't mind; just being around Kagome was making him feel all better again.

"I'm feeling all right," he assured as the joy was vivid in his voice.

"Good," InuYasha replied almost sarcastically, "then you can help us get outta here, wolf cub."

The hanyou gave a slight narrowing of his eyes; he never trusted Koga and after that incident with Kaguya, there was no way he was going to leave Kagome's safety in that fool's hands again. That wolf had fallen under Kaguya's spell so easily and InuYasha couldn't trust that it wouldn't happen again.

"I'll help you get out of here," Koga affirmed holding Kagome's hands into his own. She smiled nervously and pulled her captive hand away.

"Don't get any ideas wolf," InuYasha spat out as he stepped in front of Kagome. Without much thought to his actions the hanyou reached his hand out to Koga to help him stand.

Koga looked at the helping hand as if it were something covered in an icky green slime. He realized that Kagome was watching them intently. Figuring he would score some serious points with Kagome by being nice to the half-breed, Koga readily accepted InuYasha's hand and stood up proudly.

They all headed for the arch that Kaguya had gone through. As Koga passed the threshold he heard a large crackling sound behind him. A blinding explosion of light forced him to look in the direction of Kagome and InuYasha who were trailing a few feet behind.

A sparking sensation crackled from the entrance of the arch. Koga, who hadn't been affected by the barrier, did a double take at the two who had been forced against the wall by the shield.

He started running over to Kagome but found that the barrier prevented him from going to her aid. It singed his hands as he pounded uselessly against it.

"Kagome, are you okay—did you break something?" Koga asked frantically beyond the path that blocked his beloved. He charged again at the shield but was once again stopped by its powerful force.

"Stop doing that, you'll hurt yourself," Kagome gently commanded as she watched the wolf come to a halt. "I'll be fine with InuYasha. Go and find help or something," she stated kindly while leaning on the non-painful side wall, hoping not to look as pitiful and helpless as she felt.

Koga nodded his head as he left. With one last peeking glance at her, his form disappeared behind the curving marble hallway.

InuYasha sighed in relief to see his rival finally leave. He had already recovered from the blow of the wall and walked over to help his Kagome. Kagome thought he sighed in boredom—she didn't want to believe that InuYasha and Koga were still fighting over her like a piece of property.

She leaned on him as he guided her over to a bench that had been carved from the wall. He sat down and pulled her gently into his lap. She easily leaned into the warm body that provided shelter from her collapsing heart.

Kagome felt like falling into a deep sleep. She was beyond tired in spite of being drugged into unconsciousness not that long ago. She felt sick from depression about her mother—no, from Kaguya—Kaguya had been the one behind the killings of her family and was the reason they were trapped here.

What if that dreaded woman were to return? What if InuYasha changed back into a human while she was asleep? All the 'if' questions rolling around in here head were certainly not wanted. She couldn't fall asleep…at least not now.

"Are you feeling okay?" InuYasha asked worriedly as he felt her head slip lazily in her tiredness. She seemed to be okay physically but he worried for her mental heath after being put through all this torment.

She weakly nodded. Still being dazed and distracted by her troubling thoughts, she tried desperately to stay awake.

"You're starting to shake," he commented.

Kagome lifted her heavy head to face him. InuYasha could once again see that dreaded hollowness cloud in her eyes. She seemed absolutely lifeless like a fragile dusty doll lost in an abandoned home. Gray shadows forecasted under her baggy eyes.

It was very true she wasn't feeling well—just the thought of Kaguya made her physically ill but she needed to hear the truth from someone else's mouth. She couldn't trust her own thoughts now at least not in the state she was in. Could anybody really truly love her?

"Hojo left me, my father is gone, my own mother stopped loving me—do you think love is expendable, InuYasha?" she asked quietly while turning her head away from him.

InuYasha looked at her oddly, pondering what she meant. This was not a question that someone asked their lover. He felt such deep feelings for her and here Kagome was asking if loving her was a useless path to follow.

Why was she feelings so doubtful? Was she feeling overly insecure about the ability for humans to love hanyous? Was it due to Kaguya? He didn't know—the only thing he was sure about was that he loved her and wanted her to get better.

"No," he answered firmly trying to hide the unease that crept within his voice. He hadn't succeeded in being coy about it. As soon as Kagome noticed the insecurity in his tone, her dull eyes flashed back to life. They weren't bright or cheery but they at least held some sense of living.

"Oh, don't worry—I'll never leave you, InuYasha," she assured with a beautiful smile gracing her face. It made the hanyou also jump back to life again when seeing how happy she was now.

InuYasha was once again led to question himself if it was okay to think of Kagome as absolutely beautiful in her time of pain. He couldn't explain the feeling of inspiration and adoration he felt when she would smile through the deadly smog of depression.

"And I'll never leave you," he avowed as his grip on her comfortably tightened. "Even if that witch Kaguya doesn't care about you anymore, I will never stop loving you Kagome."

He had seen her sick like this before; this was right before she went to her knife for relief. There was an unspoken question lingering between them, one that demanded an answer. As his eyes stared intently to her, she wasn't exactly sure how to answer.

"It hurts," she answered the untold inquiry. "I don't feel like cutting myself or anything. I just…I feel like doing nothing. I feel that…"she trailed off unsure about what she really wanted.

"Why don't you sleep it off?" he suggested. "You'll feel much better when you wake up." He would be sure to watch over her while she slept, not really feeling very tired himself. He just wanted to see her happy again.

"I don't think that's a good idea. What if Kaguya returns and I'm still asleep? I'd just be holding you down even more," Kagome calmly protested.

"You've never held me back before," he assured again. "Now sleep. You'll be more prepared if your mind is functioning properly,"

She sighed softly—he was right.

"But promise that you'll wake me up if something happens, okay?" she requested.

"Of course I will."

With that said, she fell asleep in her lover's arms. She prayed that nothing bad would happen as she slept. Hopefully Koga would return soon with reinforcements.

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Please R&R. I hope you all enjoyed and I'll update again some time next mounth... sniffle. though i don't think many of your liked this chap... it kinda sucked alot... alot alot... well see ya'll at the end of Aguste... sniffle