Chapter Thirteen: Secrets
"Why does Kouga have to marry a human female? When she finds all the sacred jewel shards for us we should just kill her!"
"I agree. She'll only be an example of weakness to our tribe! I will not let some human wench make our pack look unworthy! I don't care what Kouga thinks!"
"Then…let's get rid of her. We'll just tell Kouga that there was an…accident."
Kagome lay quietly in Kouga's arms. He was still fast asleep, but his arms continued to embrace her. Very carefuly and quietly, Kagome pushed away from Kouga and slipped out of his arms. The wolf leader just moaned in his sleep and rolled onto his back. With that, Kagome tip-toed out of Kouga's room.
She made her way to the den's entrance, peeking out from behind the waterfall. The morning felt rather…fresh. Grinning a bit, Kagome made her way over to the river. The water was cool and refreshing when Kagome splashed a handfull in her face as she knelt down beside the running water. But when she stood to her feet to return to Kouga, someone grabbed her from behind and held their hand over her mouth. Kagome struggled, trying to free herself from the stranger. But whoever this was, he was far stronger than the school girl and he managed to keep his grasp tight as Kagome twisted and turned against him, still trying to get free.
"Stop struggling wench! It's useless," a bitter voice hissed.
Kagome felt something hit her head hard…and her world faded into darkness…
…
"Where is she? Where is Kagome?" Kouga pushed aside some of his men as he stepped outside, trying to find Kagome. A few wolf demons merely shrugged as Kouga darted towards the river when he caught a bit of Kagome's scent. It ended there.
"Kouga! There's been a terrible accident!" A gray haired, golden eyed wolf demon ran up to Kouga's side, breathing hard. He had appeared from up the river, beads of sweat trickling down his face. "Something has happened to-"
"What?" Kouga interupted as he stepped towards the tired wolf. "What is it Kaji? Did you find Kagome?"
Kaji didn't reply, looking away with a sadened expression. He stood up straight after a moment, noticing that Kouga was getting impatient. "She…she's gone…"
"What?" Kouga had to force himself from grabbing Kaji's neck and strangling him. "Where…I have to find her!" Kouga pushed Kaji aside, running along the path he had just come, calling out for Kagome…
…
Kagome slowly opened her eyes, the world around her a blur. "What-? Where…am I?" Slowly, she sat up, rubbing the back of her head. "Nn…My..head…it hurts…" She fell back down onto her back, sighing heavily. "What happened?" She put her hand above her, looking at it closely as she tried to remember the past events that have occurred…
Now to find out where the heck she was.
Kagome sat up again, groaning as her head continued to throb and her world started to spin. She decided to move slower, standing up carefully and trying to find something to grab on to.
It appeared that Kagome was in some sort of burrow…a small cave perhaps. It was rather gloomy and seemed quite musty. Clearly not a very nice place to wake up in when you have a major headache.
"Where is Kouga?" Kagome sighed, missing his strong body. She blushed a bit at the though of Kouga's body. She shook her head. "This is no time to pull off a Miroku!" But the whole time she was carefully walking out of the cave, the same thought repeated through her mind. 'Naked, naked, naked…'
Perv.
Kagome nearly stummbled her own to feet as she made it outside, the sun nearly blinding her. She squinted, trying to get used to the sun. Hearing the sound of a river, Kagome followed the noise; the thought of Kouga lingering in her mind.
The river ran swiftly at this part of the river, splashing hard against rocks. Kagome looked around with a worried expression plastered on her face. "Where am I?" After a moment of thought, Kagome decided to just start up the river, opposite the way it was flowing, hoping to find Kouga's den.
As Kagome continued to follow the river, she didn't realize that she was being followed…perched in a tree a few yards back sat a demon, it's big, round orange eyes focused on Kagome. Licking its lips, it slithered down the tree as silent as a mouse.
Unaware of the demon's presence, Kagome continued her "journey." She continuosly reached back to rub the back of her head. The headache was still there, as mean and stupid as ever. As Kagome mummbled something under her breath about perverts or something, she tripped over a rock and fell to the ground with a THUD.
The demon took the girl's mistake as an advantage to attack. It leaped from out of the forest that lined the river, its fangs beared. When Kagome saw it coming, she let out a cry.
"Kouga!"
A/N: GAH! I am so freakin' sorry! I haven't updated for sooooo long! I just started high school a while back and….geh! Anywhom, thanks so much Zovesta for e-mailing me and keeping me to the story! Thank you!
And I am so sorry to EVERYONE for not updating. –slaps self- I'm sorry! SO sorry!
I'll try to keep updating. It's so hard to do anything as of now….but I shant give up!
I'm sorry that this chapter is sooooo short. Total brain fart……….
All in all…I AM SO SORRY! --