Chapter Five - He Did Not Listen

"Inuyasha!"

Said male was panting on the bed in the middle of the room. The room was dark, despite it being bright and sunny still outside. "Oh Inuyasha." She sobbed out walking to him and looking down at the frail man before her. "What happened to you?"

Inuyasha looked as if he were a sheet of paper, his once sun-kissed skin was pale, the veins horrifically visible. Most of his veins have turned green, the color slightly familiar to the human female, it had spread all the way to his torso, most of his arms were throbbing with the green stuff. Sweat caked his clothes, upon closer inspection, they changed each day, today he sported a wife beater, it thin and cool enough for the heated male to wear. His lower body covered by pajama pants that looked new, they sported little puppies grinning happily. Inuyasha's eyes looked sunken in, almost as if he were punched, his eyes ringed with dark circles, face the only thing sporting any type of healthy color, blush. His hair matted to his face, the sweat drenching most of his frame.

Inuyasha's eyes opened a fraction, he turned his head to look at Kagome, making her gasp and hiss in shared pain. "Oh Inuyasha." The tears that had dried up a little began again; the puncture wound was throbbing even more now. Puss leaked from the holes, they looked a little bigger than before, seeing more clearly the veins that throbbed the poison into his body. It looked as if the bruise that was small and only around the holes themselves, now grew to engulf most of his shoulder and up to his cheek.

"K-Kagome?" He whispered through the soreness in his throat, his lips chapped.

"I'm here Inuyasha. I'm here for you." Sobbing as she bent to grab his hand in hers tightly. "Inuyasha, we need to get you home." Whispering through the sobs that racked her frame, the slight hope that he would listen to her vanished as he weakly shook his head. "I'm sorry Inuyasha, but… You don't exactly have a say in this, I'm taking you home now!" She glared at the male that seemed to be dying right in front of her eyes.

He continued to shake his head even if the twisting of his neck stretched and pulled at the infected wound.

"Yes Inuyasha. We're leaving now!" Kagome all but yelled grabbing the hanyou and pulling the weakened boy up into a sitting position. "Grandpa! Mom!" She yelled in the direction of the door. Her mother and grandpa came in the room immediately. "Help me get him to the well please?" She panted, already exerting herself, he was heavy!

"Of course sweetie! Grandpa get that side please?" Mrs. Higurashi came up to help Kagome on his right, while Grandpa grabbed his left side. With the three of them, they were able to get Inuyasha to the well, his frame slumped against the cool wood. "Keep an eye on him, I need to get a few things and I'll be back!" Kagome panted as she ran back to the house to gather her giant yellow backpack, it full of medical supplies and some ninja food her and Inuyasha bought on the first day he visited. Rushing back to the well, helped the others lift the now unconscious male up on his feet. "Alright, thanks mom, grandpa, I'll get help on the other side. I'll make sure he's alright!" Kagome breathed out, steadying her panic.

"I know you will. Be safe." Her mother cried, grabbing Inuyasha's face gently in her hands, she kissed his forehead lovingly, grandpa squeezed the hanyou's hand. Kagome gave them all but a few seconds before she waved, and forced the two backward into the well. They floated in a galaxy of purples and pinks, swirling blues, and twinkling lights. It lasted just a few seconds, and they landed softly on the ground of the well on the other side.

"Wait here Inuyasha." Kagome spoke, knowing he couldn't hear her, she began to climb the vines. With an 'oof' and thud of her bag on the top side of the well, climbed out and ran as fast as she could to the village.

"Kagome!" Shippo yelled happily, smelling his adoptive mother running in their direction.

"Her battle with the test demon must have gone well then!" Miroku exclaimed with triumph.

"You let her face a demon by herself?" Kouga, still at the hut after the small fiasco decided to stay until the priestess returned.

"Not to worry Prince Kouga, it is a demon that is low level, she has defeated many before." Kaede smiled, stirring her chopsticks in the stew she made for the group. Kagome burst into the room at that time, her hair falling in front of her face, it blushed from the run she forced herself to do. "Guys!" She exclaimed to the group, her eyes scanning the room until they landed on a demon she knew very well, and that would be the most helpful. "Kouga! I'm so glad to see you!" Running up to the demon, grabbed his fur covered wrist and tugged. "Come! Now! I need you!"

"K-Kagome!" Kouga gasped, a small blush forming at his cheeks.

"Kagome! What is the rush?" Miroku, baffled at the scene that was displaying before them, shouted as the two were about to leave the hut.

"No time to explain! Will tell later! Kouga! Now!" Kagome tugged harshly at the male, which made him follow her commands like a trained dog.

"Of course! Lead the way!" She smiled, all but eager and reading her frantic episode.

Jumping on Kouga's back, Kagome pointed to the well and yelled, "To the well Kouga! Please, as fast as you can!"

"As fast as I can eh? Hang on Kagome!" He grinned and took off, a whirlwind of leaves and dirt left in his wake. Much like when he tried to help Inuyasha in the beginning, he made it to the well in record time. "Alright Kagome, we're alone, at the well." He smiled, the weight of his intended jumped from his back and ran to the old well looking down it.

"Kouga hurry, go get Inuyasha!"

"The mutt? Where is he?" Kouga jumped slightly, the ego of finally being able to claim his intended deflating like a balloon. His mood turned sour, the thought of the mutt getting in his way.

"He's in the well Kouga, he's not doing well, we need to get him to Kaede as soon as possible!" Kagome was shouting at the wolf demon, her heart beating franticly in her chest, hoping her love didn't die while she was away.

Kouga scoffed and jumped down the well, "Mutt?" Kagome heard him ask before he and Inuyasha flew out of the well. "He's not breathing, what happened?" Kouga whispered, the still half demon in his arms lay limp, the green pulsing poison in his veins had reached his chest and accumulated around his heart.

Kagome's heart broke the moment Kouga told her his breathing stopped. "We need to go, now!" She yelled to the wolf, snaking her hands around his neck, she held on tightly to Kouga as he held on tightly to the hanyou. He braced his body, his pads digging into the Earth and the next second he was soaring through the wind, jumping around trees and rocks to get to the village within moments.

Kagome pulled the sheet of the hut back, Kouga walking in with Inuyasha in his hold, holding him as if he were a princess. "Inuyasha!" Everyone in the hut exclaimed when they saw the condition their friend and leader were in.

"He's not breathing!" Kouga told the others, placing the male on the floor of the hut next to the fire, his body turning cold.

"Leave it to me!" Kagome panted as she ran to her love, her shoes flinging off her feet in an instant. Pinching Inuyasha's nose, tilting his head back she placed her lips against his and blew in her own air. Those in the room blushed at the display, Miroku and Sango silently praising the bold girl. In the next second, her hands were on his chest and she pumped, and counted to thirty before blowing air in his lungs again. Miroku came up beside his friend and began to pray, Kaede mixed potions for when he would wake, and Sango ordered her furry companion to take Shippo to another hut for the night, and possibly next day.

Kouga came up beside Kagome, "What should I do?" he asked having watched what she was doing. "Here!" She panted, the air she gave him as well as the compressions were taking the wind right out of her, literally. "Place your hands like this, here." Panting, she placed one of Kougas hands atop the other and placed them right above Inuyasha's heart. "When I breath in air, you pump against his chest, count to thirty."

"Right" Kouga nodded, Kagome breathed in another set of air, while Kouga began to pump his chest in rhythm. To everyone in the room, it felt like it lasted for hours, when in reality it lasted for about ten minutes when Inuyasha coughed and held his chest, his ribs aching. Panting, yet still alive, the two brought the hanyou back from the land of the dead.

"You did it." Sango breathed, having fetched some fresh cold water and soaking a piece of cloth in the refreshing liquid, patted it against his forehead.

"Lady Kagome, where did you learn such a technique?" Miroku gasped, his prayers halted for the moment.

"Learned… It…. Haaa, in school" Kagome gasped, having used a lot of her own air to refill Inuyasha's lungs. "It's called CPR." Leaning closer to Inuyasha, Kagome moved a piece of his hair from his face.

Inuyasha opened his eye lids a fraction, all he could see was a blurred version of black hair, and peachy skin. "Ka…go…me?" He breathed.

"I'm here Inuyasha, I told you. I'd be here for you."

Inuyasha just nodded and mumbled 'tired' before falling in a deep sleep.

Kagome relax for a moment before turning to Kouga, "What are you doing here? Inuyasha didn't tell me you were here."

"Oh well, I came to see you." Kouga smiled and held the girls hand reassuringly.

"Can you tell me then? What happened?"

"What did Inuyasha tell you?" Miroku asked, sitting next to the half demon, placing a thin blanket over him, Sango lifted his head and placed a pillow to make things more comfortable.

"He told me a demon attacked him in his human form, and that's how he got injured."

"Well, I came to see you, and the mutt told me you were back in your own time. We chatted for a bit, had dinner and Inuyasha began to panic."

"Panic about what?" Kagome frowned, he hadn't told her that.

"Well, in a day or two, will be the mating season."

"Mating season?" Kagome tilted her head to the side watching those in the room.

"Yes, a time when demons find other demons to rut and mate, most end up with pups. It's like a human's marriage." Kouga sighed trying to explain as best he could.

"I don't mean to interrupt, but could you lift Inuyasha up please? He might feel better laying on a futon instead of the wood floor." Kaede spoke softly next to Kouga, her sudden voice startling the young wolf demon.

"Sure I guess." Kouga sighed, lifting Inuyasha up as if he weighed nothing. Kaede placed the futon on the floor where he would be most comfortable, Kouga then laying him back down on the white cushioned mat. Kagome shifted to sit next to the silver haired male, worry evident in her eyes as she stared down at him.

"Continue your story please Kouga… I need to know."

"Sure Kagome, anything for you." Kouga sighed, sitting next to the dark haired girl, Sango and Miroku situating themselves on the opposite side, staying close to their friend and wanting to know what happened as well.

"Eeeh, well, Inuyasha panicked because of his brother-"

"Sesshomaru?" Kagome interrupted again, "What's he got to do with Inuyasha?"

Kouga frowned, wondering if he was going to get through his story without the girl interrupting him every five seconds. "Well Kagome, Lord Sesshomaru is a Daiyoukai."

"Uh-huh?"

"And Daiyoukai go into heat early."

"O..k…?"

"… Inuyasha, and his brother Sesshomaru are the only remaining Inu youkai that we know of, besides Sesshomaru's mother, and in yokai society, it is forbidden to mate with your parents, or any type of parental figure."

"Are you saying… That Sesshomaru wants to mate with Inuyasha?" She screeched.

"That is what I'm saying." Kouga nodded. "It is not uncommon for siblings to mate, my own parents were siblings, and I can only assume Sesshomaru's parents were also siblings."

"That's-that's disgusting! He can't, Inuyasha isn't even a female, he CAN'T bare any babies! What is he thinking!" Kagome scoffed, laughing a little at the end.

"In Yokai society, when there's an endangered race, and if the race happens to have only one gender, the submissive of the two, will gain female parts to repopulate the world."

"What?! You're lying Miroku! There's just no way the body would suddenly do that!" Kagome continued to yell, now directing her pain and anger to those who don't deserve it.

"It's true Kagome, I've seen it." Kouga sighed, rubbing at his forehead. "Well, after all that, Sesshomaru himself showed up at this hut looking for Inuyasha. I distracted him while the mutt and your friends took him to the well to go to your time. We made it, and that was the last we saw of him, he was safely in your time, we headed back to the village to patch up his handy-work." Kouga finished explaining the original story, pointing with his thumb at the awkward patch up job to the siding of the hut.

"Wait." Kagome started, looking down at Inuyasha, "You said he passed through the well while he was still human?"

"Yes, we made it to the well and he passed through. Sesshomaru left after that, and we waited a bit to make sure he was gone before coming back here to sleep." Miroku nodded at his words, recalling the fateful night.

"He…" She whispered out before turning her head sharply to look at Kouga. "What does a mating mark look like?"

"A mating mark? Well… It's two holes in the neck, one's fangs elongate and when the two uhh, reach the peak of pleasure the alpha will mark the submissive with his or her fangs. The submissive will also mark their alpha, after some time the marks will fade into the clans crest."

"Is this a mating mark Kouga?" Kagome reached for Inuyasha's head and turned it to the side, showing the wolf demon Inuyasha's neck that continued to pulse. Kouga hissed, "How did that happen?"

"So it's a mating mark?" Kagome cried, tears making her vision blurry.

"How did that happen? He was safe on the other side!" Sango chipped in at that point looking at the source of their friend's pain.

"He told me, he came back to this time until you made him stay in my time, he knew you could handle it, he TOLD ME it was just another demon! Stupid, stupid Inuyasha! It had to have been Sesshomaru!" Kagome yelled at the slumbering hanyou.

"Indeed." A monotone voice cut in. All in the hut flicked their heads toward the entrance to the door so quickly, it looked as if their heads would fall off. "Sesshomaru." Kagome hissed out in hatred. "What do you think you're doing here?" She growled and got up, searching the room for Kaede's bow, having left her own in the future.

"I have come for my mate." He sighed and looked at the half breed panting on the floor. His eyes narrowed in anger. "I told him to wait. He didn't listen, fitting that this would happen to him." Sesshomaru smirked and walked forward. The small group, all but Kaede and Kouga jumped in front of Inuyasha to protect him.

"I won't let you take him! He doesn't want to be with you!"

"Yes! We shall not allow you to take our friend away!"

"Kirara!" Sango yelled, the fire cat engulfed in flames transformed into her bigger size, growling loudly at the Daiyoukai.

"Silence!" Sesshomaru shouted, the force of his one word pulsed through the hut, knocking the humans to the ground. Kouga took it upon himself to get to the bottom of things. "Lord Sesshomaru." He began, getting the attention of the Daiyoukai, a glance in his direction meant he had the floor. "Did you mate with Inuyasha while he was human?"

"Of course I did. Fool didn't heed my words."

"I see." Kouga sighed and looked to the male laying on the floor with pure pity in his eyes. "Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Kirara and old lady, we need to leave."

"Leave?! No way!" Kagome turned her hatred toward the man who was trying to take her Inuyasha away from her.

"If we don't leave now, Inuyasha will die. Again."


Author: Alright, here's the next chapter! Sorry if it's all WAAAAH~! I know it sucks. Rate and Review if you'd like.

And here are the reviews, granted I believe it's just the one.

Sachiko Harada: Great chapter! I'm glad Inuyasha could escape and rest. He needs it. Yay for future technology! And curse you for that cliff hanger! You will hear about this from my lawyer! lol. jk. Keep up the good work and dont forget to pace yourself.

Author: Oh thank you :D And yes, I love it when in the Anime Inuyasha goes to the future, it's my favorite, especially when he fell asleep on Kagome's bed! Aweh~!

I'm sorry for the cliffhanger, hopefully this one is less cliffhangery lol

I shall pace myself, this story will probably go through a slight hiatus before it's finished lol.

Also, special shout out to my kitten Khaleesi! She turns one today~! :DD