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"Speech" 'thought' flashback/dream 'other thought'

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Chapter 5: Kidnapping

"If you wouldn't mind, would you check on my other friends for me, I haven't seen them for about a year?"

Well it wasn't exactly what Sesshomaru had planed, but it meant he would be back, and he would be back. "Of course Priestess, might you tell me were these friends of yours are?" he asked keeping the indifferent mask firmly in place through his inner plotting.

"In a slayers village hidden deep in a forest south of here." (Ok so I don't know what direction the village was I just picked one)

"I'm afraid I am not familiar with this village," he lied through teeth. Of course he knew where the village was, he'd been having her friends watch carefully just incase she went to them.

"Hmm, it is hard to find unless you know where you're going," she thought about how to work this out and she came to a decision. "I have to think about something would you give me a day to think it over?" Sesshomaru merely nodded and watched as she retreated back into the room from which she had come.

"I shall return tomorrow night," Sesshomaru stated, leaving no real room for argument. Kouga watched his retreating form until he was absolutely sure he was gone and then went to check on Kagome.

"Kagome, are you ok?" he asked as he entered the room.

"I'm fine, Kouga. You really don't have to worry about me so much," she replied with a gentle smile.

Kouga looked into her eyes and stated, "Yes, I do." Kagome felt her heart melt at those words.

Shaking slightly she pushed him away saying, "Well like I said, I'm fine. I just need to think some things over is all."

"Ok, but right now you need to sleep," he told her fixing the covers over her.

"Hey, you can't tell me what to do, I'm not some kid you can just tell to go to bed," she put up an argument even as she opened her mouth in a yawn.

"Oh really?" Kouga asked almost patronizingly. Kagome just pouted and it was just too cute. Kouga bent down and captured her lips with his own just for a second. "Now go to sleep," he didn't wait for her to argue and stood up to leave the room, "I'll be back to check on you soon."

"You're not going to bed?" she asked. She wasn't going to let him get out of this one.

"I have some things I need to do," was all he said and left the room closing the makeshift door behind him.

Kagome fell back on the bed of furs, now she had two things to think about. She didn't really get any sleep that night, only pretending to be at times when Kouga would come in to check on her. By morning she had made her decision. 'After all I haven't seen them in so long,' Kagome thought in an attempt to gather up courage.

Kouga walked in and Kagome almost went to pretend she was asleep again on reflex.

"Kouga," she said a little uneasy.

Said ookami youkai eyed her warily, "Kagome"

"I made a decision," she informed him. Kouga waited in silence for Kagome to explain herself. Kagome let out a sigh, "I'm going with Sesshomaru to find my friends."

She expected him to yell, get angry, at least be shocked by the fact that she had decided to leave, but he didn't. He simply said, "I'm going with you."

"You're what?" she asked, her turn to be shocked.

"I don't want to lose you again and I said I wouldn't keep you here, so my only choice is to go with you," he stated matter a factly.

"But, but, I was going to ask Sesshomaru to escort me, and I'm going to come back after I see them," she argued/promised.

Kouga wasn't having it though. "I told you, I don't want to lose you. Not even for a little while," he paused as he squatted down next to her, the seriousness left his face for the moment, "Besides, what would I do if you changed you mind?"

Kagome swiped at him for that one. "Now, now," Kouga wagged a finger at her and she had the sudden urge to remove it from his hand, but controlled herself. Instead she simply stuck her tongue out at him. "Well, Sesshomaru won't be back till tonight," Kouga informed her leaning a little closer.

Kagome backed away; that was something else she had thought about during the night: Kouga. She still wasn't to sure about what she was going to do about him. Ok, she had feelings for him and her youkai want him. She found out in the last year that her youkai wasn't something easy to ignore.

'Well,' she thought, 'I'll just take my time that's all. Just like everyone's been telling me.' She had decided last night but she had to keep reminding herself, especially when Kouga was this close.

While she was lost in her thoughts Kagome had unconsciously lean back toward Kouga. Before she could pull back again Kouga closed the remaining space and connected their lips. The kiss steadily grew more heated as Kouga slipped his tongue into Kagome's mouth. Kagome could feel her youkai surge forth and she could just barely keep it back 'Mate,' it whispered in her head. Kagome shook it off.

The kiss finally ended and Kagome spoke up before Kouga could do it again. "Um, Kouga do you mind if I have some time alone." Kouga simply nodded and left the room quietly. Kagome sighed. 'I can do this,' she told herself. She sat on the furs with her legs crossed and closed her eyes. Miroku had showed her how to meditate once, but she never thought she would actually use it. It was time to have a little talk with her youkai.

Kagome began to concentrate and dug down into her mind to find her youkai. What she found startled her a little. It was herself times two. There was herself as a miko, completely human that radiated holy power, and herself as a demon, claws out, fangs lengthened, red eyes and she radiated nothing but yoki (did I get that right tell me if it's wrong please.) Then, of course, there was her, the blend of both. The two seemed to be arguing and ignoring her.

"Hey!" she yelled at the two. They stopped fighting and turn to her.

"Oh thank kami," the miko said in what sounded like relief.

"Oh joy," the youkai said sarcastically.

"You just have to do something about her," the miko was almost in tears.

"Of course you'll take her side. She's the pure innocent one," the youkai muttered.

Kagome's head was spinning. "Now wait just one minute, what exactly is going on here?"

The miko spoke up first. "That youkai wants to just let Kouga have us," she practically sobbed out.

The youkai just rolled her eyes at the display. "He's a strong leader and sexy as hell. He'd make a good mate. So why put it off?" she argued.

"What if he hurts us again like he did? What if he doesn't really love us?" the miko questioned.

"Love? Who cares about love? Besides once we're mated there's no going back anyway, he can't betray us," the youkai explained.

Kagome receded into her thoughts. When she thought about it, each was just trying to protect herself in her own way. The youkai side wanted the direct approach and mate Kouga now because then he couldn't hurt them later, even if he wanted to. The miko was trying to get away from Kouga so that he wouldn't hurt them at all. And now they were fighting because they couldn't see eye to eye with each other.

"Be quiet!" Kagome interrupted them once more. A heavy silence fell over the arguing pair. "Now this is how it's going to work. No ifs, ands, or buts about, ok?" She looked around at them and saw each nod at her. "Now, we are going to mate Kouga." The youkai let out a yell of victory but Kagome glared her back into silence, "But, we are going to wait and just take our time before we do. Understood?" Each of the two nodded again and Kagome let out a heavy sigh.

It felt good to have a little control back in her life. "Ok, now no more fighting you two. I think that's what's had my emotions ping ponging all over the place the past couple of days. If you have any problems again just let me know somehow so I can sort it out," she ordered the two before she felt everything around her shake.

"They're trying to wake you up," they informed her together. Kagome gave an 'oh' face and began to concentrate on coming out of her mind. As she became conscious she saw the worried face of Kouga.

"Are you ok, Kagome?" Kouga asked, his blue eyes searching her face for an answer.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Kagome assured him. "I was just meditating is all." Kouga seemed to calm down but not quite completely. "What is it?" she asked.

"Sesshomaru's back," he said gloomily. She could tell that Kouga didn't like Sesshomaru, but she didn't know just why.

'He's another male, that's why,' the rough voice of the youkai informed her.

'He's being possessive of us," the softer voice of the miko spoke up.

'Uh, what have I let loose?' Kagome questioned herself as she pushed back the voices.

"Then we should probably get going," Kagome said out loud and got up to leave the room. When she left she saw Sesshomaru standing there then she was quickly turned around and felt a pressure on her lips. Kouga was kissing her, in front of Sesshomaru.

'Calm down, he's just letting Sesshomaru know whose woman you are. It will make him feel better anyway,' the youkai voice told her. Kagome relaxed a little and leaned into the kiss. After a second Kouga release her and waited for her to talk.

It took all Sesshomaru had not to rip that pathetic ookami cub off of his Kagome. She will be mine soon enough, he calmed his raging beast. He too waited for Kagome to speak.

"Well, I would like Sesshomaru to escort me to the demon slayer's village when I go to see my friends," she explained her decision to everyone.

'Perfect,' Sesshomaru thought, but his hopes fell at Kouga's next declaration.

"And I will be going as well," he announced. He got a smug look on his face when he saw Sesshomaru's eyes falter for a moment even if no one else saw it. "Well then, shouldn't we be on our way?" Kouga asked in an 'I'm better than you are' tone and draped an arm around Kagome's shoulder and led her out of the ookami den.

'All can be fixed,' Sesshomaru assured himself.

'I don't know what you're up to inu, but you can forget it. Kagome's mine,' Kouga thought as he glared over his shoulder at Sesshomaru. "So Kagome, which way did you say the village was?" he asked her in a gentle voice. Kagome seemed like she wasn't paying attention and looked as if she was about to run for it. "Kagome?" he asked again this time shaking her lightly.

Kagome snapped out of her thoughts and looked over to Kouga. "South," she replied and they began there little journey. It was pretty uneventful after that, they walked, stopped twice to eat, and then stopped again when it got dark to make camp. Sesshomaru watched over the two as they slept. Kouga held on to Kagome for the next few hours until she woke up and pried him off so she could go and relieve herself.

Kagome was just about to head back when she heard the sound of a twig snapping. She turned around to find Sesshomaru.

'This is wrong,' the youkai voice hissed, 'We should not be alone with another male." Kagome had a sinking feeling as Sesshomaru stepped closer.

'Yell, scream, who cares just get Kouga here now!" the miko panicked.

"K- -" she was cut off when Sesshomaru ran forward to cover her mouth with his hand. He leaned in close; she could feel his breath on her ear and something else lower.

Kagome was officially freaking out when Sesshomaru whispered something in her ear and, if possible, made things even worse.

"You're mine." Kagome struggled as hard as she could but could not dislodge Sesshomaru's hand from her mouth. Suddenly she noticed the trees fall away underneath her and looked down. They were on Sesshomaru's yoki cloud and apparently heading to the West.

Kagome did the only thing she could think of. She bit his hand, hard. He let go for a second and she screamed for all she was worth. "KOUGA, HELP!!" That was all she could say before she was silenced by a pair of lips.

Sesshomaru crashed their lips together roughly, probably bruising hers. He bit at her lip making it bleed and then soothed it with his tongue. Kagome gasped at the pain and Sesshomaru drove his tongue into her mouth to explore. Kagome was so shocked she didn't even think to bite it off.

When he pulled back his eyes were red and he pulled her in closer to his body. "Mate," he rasped in a voice that didn't sound like his own.

Kagome was scared out of her wits and she wanted Kouga. Sesshomaru's grip was tight; she would probably have bruises on her arms. She could only pray that Kouga had heard her. 'What if he didn't?' she asked herself.

'We become Sesshomaru's mate," the youkai voice told her gently.

'You don't sound too happy about it. What happened to love doesn't matter?' the miko voice would have sounded triumphant if it weren't for the circumstances.

'It has nothing to do with love, it's just, it's just . . .' the voice trailed off. She couldn't say anything more because the miko was right, it did sort of matter. 'Whatever, let's just get out of here.' The youkai surged forth and Kagome's eyes turned red and her claws and fangs lengthened. Red eyes met red eyes and growls rumbled through the air.

Kagome began to struggle again, but Sesshomaru wouldn't budge. "Sesshomaru," she growled out, "Release me."

"You are mine now, that little ookami cub won't have you," his voice hissed through the red haze. Sesshomaru dug his poison claws into her arms and began to glow. Kagome could feel the poison spread through her body and her eyes became heavy as she was thrown into unconsciousness. "Sleep my mate, we'll be home soon."

Kagome had to get out of there, Sesshomaru had officially lost it. The darkness swallowed Kagome and she went limp in Sesshomaru's hold. Sesshomaru's arm stayed tight around her waist possessively. "You will be mine."

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Kouga's eyes snapped open as he heard Kagome scream for him in the distance. He looked around to find both Kagome and Sesshomaru gone. "That bastard," Kouga growled and speed off after the inu youkai's scent. 'Don't worry Kagome, I'm coming.'

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InuyashaForever1989: Yeah! Another chapter down. Sorry it took so long. Ja ne.