Hello again, my wonderful followers, and welcome to Chapter six in this heartbreaking, and wonderful, fanfic. I'd like to thank all my new reviewers, as well as my most faithful one, Nesta! I hope I can continue to fulfil your expectations on my writing. Man, I'm starting to sound like a politician. I'll shut up now.

Disclaimer: I can't own Inu-Yasha, I tried to ask for the rights, but was DENIED! So, only this story and certain characters from my mind are my own. So, on with the story!

Chapter Six-The Torturous Days of Yore.

Kagome looked to the source of the voice, and found who appeared to be the same man from Inu-Yasha's masquarade ball. Kagome scrunched her brows and squinted her eyes, trying to imagine this man in the outfit that the gentleman had been wearing. The thought was simple enough, and she realized this was the same exact man. Kagome blinked and arose from the makeshift bed on shaky legs.

It wasn't until then that she found she was shackled to the wall be an iron cuff on her left ankle. It was also then that she realized she wasn't wearing the same clothing she had been before she was knocked unconscious. In place of her grey wool gown, was a brown top that ended just under her breasts. It was made of the same material the wolf demon wore, and so was the embarrassingly small skirt she wore. The scandalous thing ended just at mid thigh, showing off her slim legs to the toes. After surveying her attire, Kagome looked up at the grinning wolf.

"How dare you undress me, and put these...scandalous things on me! You will return my clothes to me, and release me at once!"

Never before had Kagome gathered the courage to say anything like that, or even raise her voice, but an odd desperation to leave this place bore a new courage in her mind and heart. She swallowed nervously as the wolf walked up to her menacingly. His chillingly pale blue eyes bore into her own chocolate ones. A wolfish grin (AN: Forgive the pun :D)snaked its way upon his lips. A callused hand slid leisurely up one thigh to the edge of the skirt, then continued up under the skirt. Kagome jerked away from his probing hand and close proximity.

"Don't you dare lay one finger upon me again, wolf. I mean it, you'll regret it if you touch me again."

In hopes to calm the obviously terrified girl down, Koga stepped back.

"Alright, I won't touch you now. Just relax. Now, let us introduce ourselves, shall we? My name is Koga, and I am the prince of the Wolf Demon Tribe." As he made his introduction, Koga gave Kagome a sweeping, elegant bow. When he straightened, he looked to her expectantly. Kagome glared at him, and refused to speak.

After minutes ticked by, Koga became impatient and went after her. Since Kagome had nowhere to go, she was under his mercy. Koga moved close to her, giving her a bruising kiss, his fangs cutting her lip with the pressure. When he lifted his head, and looked to her, she was looking over his shoulder to the wall behind him. That infuriated the wolf prince, and he stormed out of the room, calling over his shoulder that he would be back shortly and that she would get a lesson she wouldn't soon forget.

When Koga left, all of Kagome's energy evaporated, leaving a pile of sobbing girl on the floor of the room.

(Different Scene)

Inu-Yasha paced in front of Sango and Miroku, a murderous gleam within his golden depths. His pacing made the duo watching him a nervous wreck.

"Inu-Yasha, sit down!" A very agitated Sango yelled the words to Inu-Yasha, making the anxious looking hanyou's ears droop as he obeyed her command.

"Something happened to her, Sango. I can feel it. Something ain't right." Inu-Yasha looked out the window of his room, as he was found doing often since Kagome's flight, and sighed. "I don't know how I know, but something happened to her, and there's not a damn thing I can do about it." Inu-Yasha knew he couldn't just walk out of the agreement he had made between a neighboring castle and himself. His soon-to-be bride was going to be here within the week, so there was no way he could go out searching for Kagome. He had called for Miroku and Sango to ask for their assistance.

" I know you both think I screwed up, and maybe I did, but there's nothing I can do now. I would just like for you two to look around, or ask around. Maybe someone's seen or heard something about Kagome. Whether she was injured or something! I'm going insane with worry." Sango and Miroku had readily agreed. Not because Inu-Yasha had asked, but becasue they, too, were worried about Kagome. They didn't know if Inu-Yasha's hunch was the result of an overactive imagination combined with paranoia, or if it was the truth. They had mutually agreed to look out for word on Kagome. Inu-Yasha thanked the pair and left, something about a meeting with his father.

Sango and Miroku were left alone in Inu-Yasha's room to contemplate what could possibly have happened to their friend.

Inu-Yasha entered his father's study, where he had been summoned to. After bowing out of respect, Inu-Yasha sat down in one of the overstuffed chairs in front of Inutaisho's desk.

"You needed to speak to me, Father?" Upon seeing a look of despair etched in his father's golden eyes, Inu-Yasha began to fidget.

"Inu-Yasha, I have some grave news to tell you. You remember your brother, Sesshomaru, swearing in front of all his vow never to marry? The statement that made you have to become betrothed to someone you didn't know, not love? " At Inu-Yasha's hesitant nod, Inutaisho continued. His voice had become nothing more than a pained, regretful whisper.

"Sesshomaru, while in the Indies, met a young woman. Her name is Rin, and she was being attacked by a band of thieves. They were about to kill her when Sesshomaru slew them, and saved the girl. According to the girl, she thanked him profusely, but he seemed not to be listening. When she found out he owned a ship, and was about to set sail, she decided to stow away. After an initial wave of calm anger, as Rin recalls it, Sesshomaru decided to allow her to stay aboard. Well, the point of this is that...Well, they got married last month. Sesshomaru and his pups will inherit the kingdom, and you can marry whomever you wish." Inutaisho, who had been staring at the desk during his story, looked up to find the seat Inu-Yasha had been occupying empty, and the door slightly ajar. Inutaisho sighed, hoping Inu-Yasha could convince the girl, Kagome, to forgive him. When he did, Inutaisho would have his own apology ready for her, and his youngest son.

It had been a month, and Kagome still could not get freed from the iron shackle. Between nightly "visits" by Koga, and the sparse food she was given, Kagome coud barely keep her eyes open. Her entire body felt like dead weight, just as her soul felt. Dead. Kagome no longer had any hopes of Inu-Yasha coming to find her, or anyone for that matter. Inu-Yasha was probably, at this very moment, filling his wife with the pups Kagome was supposed to carry. Tears stung at her eyes, and Kagome tried her best to wipe them away, but she was just too weak to raise her hand to her eye, so tears rolled sown her pale, thinning face. Her head fell back, and soon she had slipped into a peaceful oblivion.

Inu-Yasha, alongside Sango and Miroku, set out in search of his Kagome. For over a month, Inu-Yasha tried not to think of her as his Kagome, hell he tried not to think of her at all, but that had been a fruitless endeavor. She would always be his Kagome, and if he could help it, she was never going to leave his side. He just hoped she would forgive him and his stupidity.

Inu-Yasha shook his head to clear out the thoughts, and crouched down, sniffing the ground for traces of her scent. Five hours later, when he was ready to call it a night, Inu-Yasha caught a slight scent of Kagome. Inu-Yasha frowned as he sniffed again. It was definitely her scent, but there was a dirty, nasty smell mixed along with it. Inu-Yasha growled throatily, and raced off in that direction, Sango and Miroku trailing behind him, wondering what happened.

As Inu-Yasha got closer, he got more difinte scents mixed with Kagome's. Tears, blood, sweat, and something else he couldn't quite put his finger on. The Inu-hanyou slowed down, and looked around him at his surroundings. There were massive amounts of trees, seemingly guarding the source of Kagome's scent. Inu-Yasha could smell wolves, and at that point knew exactly who had taken his Kagome. At that same time, the other, unknown scent pounded Inu-Yasha's mind and burned his nose. That wolf raped his Kagome! Within a single breath, Inu-Yasha's demonic side had taken over, crackling his knuckles loudly. The demon Inu-Yasha grinned, one long fang sticking out of his mouth, and over his bottom lip. After he finished the transformation, he was off to kill a certain wolf.

Kagome was rudely knocked out of her unconsciousness by a rough hand on her chest. Her mind screamed for her to push the hand away, but her body just couldn't co-operate. Her eyes could only open a small slit, one enough to see who was directly in front of her. The sight of Koga made her sick to her stomach, knowing there was no way to get him off of her, almost dead or not. Her eyes had begun to slide closed when she saw something move behind Koga. It had looked like Inu-Yasha, only a little different, but she must have been imagining it to be real. Damn hopes, crushed again. Kagome slowly slid off into unconsciousness, never noticing Kog'as hand being pulled from her body, or the fight that ensued.

Koga turned quickly, finding the demon Inu-Yasha ready to kill. Koga was completely caught off guard by this. He had never seen Inu-Yasha like this, so demon-like. Koga had to admit, to himself anyway, that those hard, emotionless ruby and emerald eyes made him nervous. Inu-Yasha was more than likely very unpredictable in this form, which meant that he was very dangerous.

Inu-Yasha jumped to attack Koga, and even with his incredible speed, Koga was cut by four long, razor shape claws across his chest. Koga was never allowed to make an offensive move, too busy trying to defend himself against the rage filled demon. Finally, Koga ran out, swearing to get his revenge on the hanyou.

Inu-Yasha went to give chase after him, but the sight of Kagome lying on the bed of straw and hay, her extremely revealing skirt bunched at her waist, snapped Inu-Yasha from his full demon form. His golden eyes blinked a few times before he went to Kagome's limp form. A snarl escaped from him as he looked over her, searching for any other damages that wolf might have inflicted upon her fragile body. When he was sure that he had seen everything that was hurt on Kagome, Inu-Yasha gently lifted her form in his arms, holding her close to him.

"Oh, Kagome...I am so sorry. I shouldn't have let you go. I will get you better." With those words, Inu-Yasha fled the cave, intent on finding a doctor to take care of her wounds.

Inu-Yasha wore a provebial hole in the oriental rug in his father's study. Inutaisho, Sango, and Miroku all watched the nervous hanyou moved back and forth, looking toward the door, as he waited for the doctor to tell him if Kagome was okay. Just as Sango was going to yell at him to sit down, the doctor came in. Inu-Yasha practically pounced upon the poor doctor.

When Inu-Yasha was properly restrained, the doctor began to talk.

"The girl has suffered greatly in her time away. She was starved, beaten, and from what I can tell, she has been raped repeatedly. If you can get her to begin taking food in, whether it be broth or pudding, do it. She needs to eat, or she will die." After bowing to the king and prince, the doctor left, and Inu-Yasha sprinted to the room that held his Kagome. He barked out orders of broth and pudding to be brought as he took a seat beside Kagome's bed. Inu-Yasha gently took her hand, and placed it within his own.

"Don't worry, Kag, you're safe now."

Ta Da! There's Chapter Six! Whew, YAY! Anyway, please R&R, I'd really appreciate it! Thanks!

TK