AN: Read Torneza's fan fics! Her stories are probably 1000000x better than mine and so well written and thoroughly thought out.

I DON'T OWN INUYASHA

His Touch

Chapter 3: Surprise, Surprise

"Get off of me!" Kagome yelled herself awake from another nightmare, sitting up on her bed with tears about to spill. Still sitting up she observed her light pink coloured walls when she realized she was at home. She exhaled deeply and continued to breathe heavily as she tried to calm down her nerves.

Maybe she should call Sango and talk to her about it? After all Sango's her best and closest friend. Girl friend. Kagome mentally added because realistically her closest friend was Inuyasha… But she can't tell him the truth of her disappearance.

With a sigh she got out of bed and checked the time. She almost yelled again.

"2:45 PM AND NO ONE BOTHERED TO WAKE ME UP!?" Kagome screamed at the walls of her house. With the second biggest burst of adrenalin she got dressed and raced out of her house with a simple "I'mgoingoutwithaFRIENDseeyoulaterbye!" to her family. Her biggest burst of adrenalin in her life has been when she escaped that basement.

Shrugging that thought out of her head she focused on what was important in her teenage social life: this ice cream date she's late to.

"God he probably hates me." She thought to herself panting on her way to the coffee shop. And that's when she spotted him sitting on the bench, alone, staring at the sky.

She stopped herself to catch her breath before approaching him again.

"You probably hate me now that I'm an hour late huh?" Kagome said half sighing as she took a seat beside him.

"Not at all, I was about to think you flunked on me" he replied with a quirky smile. So Kagome smiled back.

"I wouldn't do that you know. No one bothered to wake me up for some reason."

"Aren't you hot though?" Kouga asked looking at Kagome's clothes questionably. She was wearing a short skirt which wasn't too bad but she was wearing a long sleeve fleece sweater that was evidently made for fall. "It's scorching out here are you sure you dressed properly?" he added shortly after.

"I'm fine, just bad sun burn is all" Kagome replied with a smile. Lies. She didn't want him to see her whip marks smeared across her back like a painting. It was hot as all hell outside today but she'd rather sweat till she's utterly dehydrated in order to keep her dignity and avoid all unnecessary questions. But oddly enough she felt cold still.

"Kagome is that you?" Someone called out with a soft voice, from a distance.

"KOUGA IT'S TIME TO GO." Kagome called out reaching for his hands and started to make a run for it with Kouga by her side. She recognized that voice, and she wasn't prepared to meet the woman who owned that voice just yet.

"Kagome what are we running from anyway!?" Kouga asked with a bewildered expression on his face. He didn't let go of her hand though, it was soft and warm almost as if it were reaching his heart and purifying it with just one touch. Then he felt a blush rise to his cheeks. After running a few blocks they made it to an alley to catch their breath.

"Wanna explain yet?" he asked. Or more so demanded. This was bad what if she was running from Kikyo? Does she recognize her? Does she know he's undercover working to get her back to her oppressor?

"My" pant "friends" pant "were back there" Kagome said trying to catch her breath as best she could. Fanning herself with her hands; attempting to cool off at the same time too. Wow maybe she should have gone with a tank top after all.

Kouga exhaled relieving some tension in his muscles to her response. "So what of it? Why not introduce me to your friends? You're not embarrassed of me are you?" Kouga added and held his hands to his heart as if it physically ached.

"Nothing of the sort! They just don't know I'm back home from errrr my foreign exchange program. Yeah, that's it!" Kagome said nervously hoping Kouga didn't catch on to her out of the blue lie. It was a pretty convincing one apparently because he didn't pursue the subject anymore. Or so she thought when three figures appeared from the entrance of the alley they entered.

Busted.

"Kagome…?" the familiar voice called out once more with a crack in her voice.

"Sango…" Kagome replied with an even softer voice as tears started to climb into her vision. She observed the other two male figures behind her lost friend; Miroku and Inuyasha. No, she can't cry right now, not with an audience. How embarrassing.

"Kagome!" Screamed Sango as she rushed to hug her best friend; who was standing beside a total wolf reeking stranger. This time Kagome couldn't fight her emotions and let her tears spill down her cheeks like waterfalls.

"Oh Sango, I've missed you so much" Kagome breathed between her own sobs and her friends; still in a tight embrace. She looked up to see Miroku and Inuyasha still staring in awe at the two ladies sobbing in each other's arms. Inuyasha…

"You're a half demon" commented Kouga as the group were waiting to be seated.

"What of it? You smell a shit load worse as a filthy wolf." Retorted Inuyasha.

"Okay, you have a lot of explaining to do!" cried Sango when they finally got a table for 5 at the coffee shop. Ignoring the previous bickering between the canines.

"Well, where to start" stirred Kagome, all eyes on her. The tension in this room was so thick you can cut it with a butter knife. "Uhm I guess my mom never told you I went to Canada as a foreign exchange student for about 6 months huh?" she continued with a hesitant smile. Kagome told this one to Kouga and considering he was still in her presence she didn't change her story.

Sango wasn't having any of it. "Your mom never mentioned you being in a foreign exchange program as a matter of fact whenever I called to ask why you've been absent she'd burst into tears!" Sango backfired.

"Well, duh! She missed me." This time that was the truth, just hiding the real reason why her mom missed her. Sango was still hesitant and gave Kagome the most annoyed look of life until it grew softer with worry. So she whispered so only Kagome could hear. "You're going to call me at 8 tonight and tell me exactly what happened" said Sango to her best friend's ear.

"Better if you come sleep over." Replied Kagome and then her gaze fell on Inuyasha. He hasn't said a word to her and now he was avoiding eye contact. This crushed her heart even more than it already was. What the hell did she do anyway? She didn't ask to be kidnapped and raped, so why did she suddenly deserve the cold fucking shoulder?

Oh yeah, Kouga's arm was around her this whole time. Kagome almost forgot that jealousy hit Inuyasha in the face with a baseball bat whenever someone made a move on her. Especially since she's been missing without a trace for 6 months and now suddenly she's back with a wolf accessory on their first meet.

"Come on, Kagome. We should get back to what we were doing before." Kouga said very possessively. Must've been for show in front of the dog boy giving him glares. Inuyasha gave a low growl but then looked away in with a humph.

Kouga reached for Kagome's hands to hold them while they walked out together. Kagome thought he was reaching for her wrists.

Her eyes snapped wide open and slapped Kouga's hands away from hers standing up widely in the process. Her chair toppled over backwards with a loud CLANG and all eyes were on her again. She grabbed her right wrist with her left arm and started to shake as she felt the tears overwhelm her eyes again.

That's when she ran out of the coffee shop. Her friends and sort of boy friend staring at the door she just bolted out of in shock. Inuyasha was the first to react. In milliseconds his fists were buried into Kouga's shirt lifting him above the ground and slamming the wolf's back against the wall; toppling over tables in the process.

"What the fuck did you do to Kagome!?" Inuyasha demanded with a snarl, his fangs were showing and his eyes burned in hatred.

"Get off me dog-turd! I haven't done shit!" cried the wolf, half surprised at the strength Inuyasha had as a half demon.

"Give me a reason to not rip your fucking throat out!"

"Inuyasha that's enough!" jumped in Miroku holding back his friend as he finally let the poor wolf boy loose. Man, this was not the type of scenario you see at a coffee shop every day. Cell phones were out taking pictures and recording the whole show. Inuyasha was having none of it and stormed out of the shop to release his frustration and anger elsewhere.

Kouga straightened himself up and left the coffee shop himself and headed the other direction… towards Kagome, after all he still had a job to finish.

"Stupid wolf boy, how dare he call me a dog-turd?" grumbled Inuyasha as he marched away. He could already hear Sango and Miroku gaining on him, though they still had a long way to go if they wanted to catch up with him. So his mind trailed back to Kagome. He hadn't seen her in half a year. No calls no letters. Hell if she really was a foreign exchange student the least she could do is be his pen pal. There is definitely something wrong here.

When his eyes matched hers at the alley his heart was being ripped apart; he could see and feel the pain in her blue eyes that usually screamed with happiness instead of agony. How he wanted to hold her just like Sango was. Until anger and jealousy swarmed his mind when he found a certain wolf beside her. The both of them, reeking of each other's scent. Why, of all people had she gone to a wolf she barely knew when she came back home from a 6 month absence instead of her trustworthy best friends? And what was up with Kagome? Wearing a sweater in the middle of a blistering summer?

"Inuyasha!" Sango and Miroku called out in sync.

"About time you got here." Grumbled Inuyasha.

"We can't keep up with your speed you have to know that" replied Miroku.

"Not my fault, y'all are weak and slow" murmured Inuyasha as he spat out the words weak and slow. "More importantly…" Inuyasha continued, "We need to find out what really happened to Kagome while she was gone." Both of his friends nodded their heads in unison and in agreement.

"Leave that to me. I'm on my way over to the Shrine at 8."

7:30 read the clock. Kagome's stomach churned wondering if she should stick with the foreign exchange lie or if she should tell the whole hearted truth. The truth sounded so easy, almost too easy it hurts. The only obstacle is how weak Kagome would look. Kagome Higurashi: 17 years old, straight A student, Captain of the Archery team, number 1 bachelorette at her school, and has a respected family. Not a problem in her life until now. How would people view her after they've known she's been used and abused? How would they react when sweet Kagome flinches when people come to reach out to for her comforting touch when her touch is less comforting now and full of sorrow and fear?

When strong spirited Kagome is so scared beyond words due to her flash backs she can't focus on school work or extracurriculars?

What would Inuyasha think? Kagome's mind stopped. What would Inuyasha think? Tears started to stream down her face. At the most inconvenient time too because Sango was early.

7:45 and Sango was already in Kagome's room watching her best friend stare at the wall as tears pour down her cheeks unconsciously.

Time to face the music. The truth is the only way to go right now that her true colours were shown clearly. There's no use hiding it anymore.

Kouga followed Kagome home just to see that she was already inside the house. He can't exactly march in and say "Hey I followed you home, so uh, did you still wanna chill?" what a stalker move. That's when a familiar presence came creeping up behind him.

"I'm working on it okay just give me more time." Kouga snarled when he got a whiff of the familiar scent as well.

"You can have all the time in the world Kouga. But mine is running short so I thought I might give you a gift to speed things up" replied Kikyo. She passed him a dime bag and a syringe.

"The fuck am I supposed to do with this?" Kouga asked looking at the heroine in his hands.

"Kagome should be going through withdrawal symptoms: feeling cold, shaking, restlessness and so on. She's probably craving this stuff right this minute. Approach her again this time as a junkie, drug her and give me a call so we can arrange a van to pick her up." Kikyo was now leaving Kouga still staring at what's been placed in his hands.

"Oh", Kikyo added, "and you have a week to complete this otherwise forget about the million yen." And then she was gone.

Can Kouga go through with this? It seems like Kikyo's position's been getting desperate if she's willing to drug a 17 year old just to make money in illegal trafficking.

But a million yen was resting in that shrine in front of him. A whole stair case away and he could be swimming in riches. Patience grasshopper. Someone was coming, this time it was Sango. He definitely didn't want to interact with her any time soon she he scurried away from the shrine plotting a way to get to Kagome, and to get Kagome to Kikyo in time.

AN: AHHHH see wasn't too bad and yes Kouga is affectionate of Kagome a bit. But who wouldn't she just has that vibe. Unfortunately Kouga still has a job to do and Kagome's clearly too traumatized to find help until it's forced out of her by Sango. Please review lmk how I'm doing. Ask me questions if you're slightly confused okaaay? J bye for now 3