Please read the author's note at the end! For those that won't anyway: School/work and news of my sick grandfather who has since passed away, kept me from updating like I would have liked.

Forever Yours

Chapter Six: Heartbroken Hanyou

Content.

That one word perfectly described how Kagome felt that morning upon waking up in the arms of the male she soon believed would be hers.

With a growl that could be described as a contented purr, the young female rolled so that she was now facing the still slumbering half-demon and nuzzled her nose under his chin.

In response, he tightened his hold on her, pulling her close and growling deeply from within his chest.

Kagome sighed happily and fell deeper into slumber, daring to believe they could stay like this forever.

The several centuries old Lord sent a pondering gaze out the large window of his massive estate as his mind went over all the information Kouga had only recently presented to him.

To say he was furious would be an understatement. As of lately his daughter had become extremely defiant and unwilling to submit to his will as she had done when she was a pup.

The lord supposed it was partly his own fault that she had grown to be this way. He had spoiled her and let her get away with almost anything. And now, here he was with a highly spirited female who had so completely defied him and run away!

He had hoped that a union between his daughter and Kouga would have caused her to mellow out and settle down. He knew she would have initially opposed the idea, but he never expected her to defy him so blatantly! Perhaps he under estimated her.

She was his own flesh and blood after all.

He just never expected her to be so rebellious as to do what she had done! This was the last thing the lord ever expected his stubborn daughter to do! Taking up residence with a random male—a male he had not approved of?! The idea was preposterous! He had hoped he had raised her better than that, but apparently not!

As her father, he was only looking out for her safety and future. And this was how she repaid him? By running away and fooling around with some random demon? This was not the inu-youkai lady he had raised!

Growling under his breath, the inu demon turned away from the window and began the trek back to his and his mate's quarters.

His daughter's defiance stirred within him a deep-rooted rage he found great difficulty in keeping buried. What had once been his complacent and high-spirited daughter had quickly grown into a headstrong female who went against his wishes at every turn.

The youkai needed to consult his mate on how exactly to handle the matter. With this new information, things had changed. His men would most likely never be able to find Kagome without Kouga's guidance and he didn't want to send Kouga back out there and make matters worse.

The wolf demon was a good boy, but perhaps a little too energetic and too arrogant for delicate situations such as this.

As his mind continued to go over all he had just learned, his anger began to slowly get the better of him and he needed his mate's presence to calm him down.

Upon entering their private section of the home, the demon lord was immediately greeted by his mate and their youngest child.

At the sight of his father, the young son left his mother's comforting embrace to cling to his father's leg. He looked into his father's eyes with admiration before asking the one question that had bothered his young mind for days.

"Father, do you think Kagome will ever come back home?" There was a sense of sadness in the young boys voice at the idea of never seeing his sister again.

He loved his big sister! Who else would he annoy mercilessly if she never returned home?

"I'm sure she will be home soon." The youkai lord said while ruffling his son's dark hair affectionately. "Now why don't you run along and play, there is something I must discuss privately with your mother."

Never one to disobey his father's requests, the child was on his way in seconds remembering some unexplored part of the estate he had yet to fully investigate.

"What is it that troubles you, Darling?" The lord's mate questioned, now that they were alone.

"I have learned new information about our wayward daughter." The lord said with unconcealed anger. He gave his mate no chance to respond before he relayed all Kouga had told him.

"Oh my." His lady had said when he finished telling the tale. Much to her mate's dismay she didn't seem as upset as he'd have liked. "What are you going to do?" She asked after several thoughtful seconds.

The youkai lord gave his mate a hardened look before he responded.

"I think it is time we called in a favor from some old friends of ours." The youkai lord stated coldly, his hands fisted at his sides. "If our daughter wants to run around like a fugitive, I think it is high time she was treated like one."

His mate gasped as if she couldn't believe what he had just said. She came to stand beside him, and placed what she hoped would be a pacifying hand upon his arm.

"Are you sure about this?" Her voice was hushed, whispered.

"Very sure."

His daughter would soon learn the consequences of her defiance.

Kagome didn't have many regrets in her life, and for that she was fortunate. But now, right here in this moment, she would have to say that this was probably going to be one of the biggest mistakes she'd ever made in her life.

And not in the way you would think. She didn't regret being with InuYasha—not in the slightest. The memory of the previous night would forever be something she would cherish.

Casting InuYasha a quick glance, and seeing the glare he was giving her forced Kagome to swallow the lump that had formed in her throat.

Their eyes met, and through gritted teeth, InuYasha repeated the question he had asked her less than a minute ago.

"Please tell me it's not Kouga."

It wasn't long after the morning light began filtering through their hidden home that InuYasha had demanded the answers to questions he had been dying to know since their encounter with the wolf demon.

The discussion had been going fairly well until she revealed the true reason she had run away from home. The betrothal.

InuYasha's immediate response was complete silence as everything that had happened over the course of the last few days began to click into place. The strange circumstances under their first meeting… the cryptic words Kouga had said… it all suddenly made sense!

"Kagome…." InuYasha began for the third time, trying to keep his fury in check until he heard the words in Kagome's own voice. "Tell me right now that the demon your parents betrothed to is not Kouga!"

"I-I can't. I'd be lying…" Kagome choked on her words as her mind desperately sought out some explanation that may appease a now furious InuYasha. "My parents and his parents have known each other forever and so—"

"I don't want to hear it!" InuYasha snarled, cutting her off and ending her unwanted explanation.

His eyes were already flashing back and forth between red lava and liquid gold. "Bratty Miss Princess Kagome didn't like what her parents had asked of her, so she thought she'd run away from her problems! It was pure luck that she stumbled upon a stupid and pitiful hanyou to fall right into her well laid trap!"

His fist hit the wall behind him with such force that Kagome cringed and her heart fluttered dangerously in her chest.

"InuYasha, no! It's not like that at all!" Kagome moved to reach for him but one swipe of his claws in her direction prevented her from getting too close. "Please, you have to listen to me! Yes, I was looking for some sort of escape, but I never intended to use you like that!"

"Don't lie to me, Bitch!" InuYasha had long since jumped to his feet and began pacing the room, growling and muttering under his breath.

Kagome watched with both concern and fear as his hands opened and closed under the pressure of his barely contained rage.

"Please, InuYasha. Let me explain!" Kagome desperately tried again, rising to her own feet and taking a tentative step towards the smoldering hanyou.

She tried to be as non-confrontational as possible. She didn't want to upset him any further than she already had.

"Explain what?" InuYasha turned to face her again. The half-demon bore down on her, coming so close to Kagome so that he towered over her and dominated her with his presence. "How this whole time you meant to trick me, to use me to escape the rules of your parents! NO! I refuse to give you the satisfaction of using me like this!" He grabbed her arms; his claws almost digging into her skin and shook her lightly, yet firmly.

Kagome whined in despair as the reality of the situation finally hit home. This wasn't the way she had thought things would go! She knew it looked bad, but his words couldn't be father from the truth.

"Oh, please. Don't act like you care! You never cared about me! You never wanted me!" There was no fluctuation with the color if the half-demon's eyes any longer. They were now a deep blood-red, and his teeth had long since elongated to the point where they now hung over his bottom lip. "I won't let you play me any longer, you Stupid Wench!"

"Please, I-Inu-" Kagome tried yet again, ready to beg for forgiveness, ready to beg for the right to explain, all the while knowing it would be futile.

"Don't say another word!" Kagome could feel his aura envelope hers as it grew along with his anger. She felt oppressed, and rightly so. She had hurt him deeply and now he wanted to do the same to her.

InuYasha shoved Kagome away from him as if disgusted with her. She stumbled and barely managed to stay on her feet at the unexpected shove.

"Get out of my sight. I never want to see your disgusting face ever again!" The half demon spat the words out with such malice that it sent painful jolts through Kagome's shattering heart.

When Kagome didn't move fast enough for the hanyou's liking, InuYasha bore down on her yet again, grabbing her harshly by the arm and dragging her out of his home—a place he no longer wanted to live in now that it was filled with memories of her and her scent.

Kagome tried to resist, tried to force him to let her go, but in his angry state InuYasha was much too strong for her. Her struggling only angered him further, causing his grip on her to tighten—this time drawing blood.

InuYasha forced her out of the opening, where she stumbled for the second time.

His behavior and uncharacteristic harshness towards Kagome put her nerves on edge. She didn't know what to do to fix this, though she realized she needed to remain as little of a threat as possible so as not to upset him any further.

"Go home. Or better yet, go find someone else to play your little game! You won't be using me."

"No! InuYasha, please! It's not what you think!" Kagome tried to explain herself for what seemed like the millionth time. Never before had the young woman felt so pathetic, so weak.

InuYasha couldn't stop the angry, and thundering growl that tore its way out of his throat.

"I refuse to be fooled by you again! I refuse to allow you to you use me for your own personal gain! Your only goal was to get away from that stinking wolf! Don't lie to me! Are you proud of how you tricked the stupid hanyou?" The half-demon chuckled darkly. "This whole thing was a sick joke to you! No. Get out. I can't stand the sight of you."

His words struck a chord so deep within Kagome she thought she'd die then and there from their harshness.

"Please," She begged, now crumpling to the ground and almost bowing to the angry half-demon. She couldn't bear to look at him any longer. Seeing the fury in his eyes that was directed at her was too painful. "I'll do anything you ask. Anything to prove myself to you."

InuYasha didn't say anything for some time. He simply stared at the crumpled mess that was what was left of the demon female he had come to develop feelings for—had come to dare to believe he had a future with.

His fiery eyes stared at her for a few more minutes before he seemed to come to some sort of realization, some sort of conclusion.

"Anything?" A sinister laugh bubbled up from his throat as an idea began to take shape within his mind.

At the uncharacteristic tone to InuYasha's voice, Kagome finally dared to look at the hanyou once again. The way he was looking at her sent shivers down her spine. What kind of life had he lived to be able to direct such hatred toward her in one single look?

"Yes." Kagome affirmed." Anything." She spoke with determination she didn't feel inside.

This was her chance to prove to him that her previous actions had been sincere and had come from a place of love from within her heart. Kagome was not about to throw this chance away, no matter how wary she was of the half-demon's next words.

"Submit to me." InuYasha said and Kagome gasped, her eyes like saucers. "Submit yourself to me as my mate. Bind yourself to me forever. It is the only way I'll forgive you. It is the only way I'll believe you."

Sorry for taking so long to get this chapter out! I really do apologize for that. It was not my intention to take so long to update. Some things happened that made that quite difficult, and for that I am sorry.

Most were beyond my control. I was busy with school and work, but also in November, my grandfather who had been battling cancer took a turn for the worst. It wasn't looking good and I needed to take my time to go and visit him. I'm sad to say he passed away shortly before Thanksgiving. Because of that, for some time, I just didn't feel up to writing. And along the way I lost a bit of faith in myself and my ability as a writer. It took time to come back to a place where I felt comfortable writing again… I'm not sure I'm at that place yet but I was finally able to finish this chapter and get it out to you!

I'll try not to ever take this long to update again, but with how unpredictable my life seems to be lately, I don't know if I can make that promise. I can promise this though; I'll never leave a story unfinished! No matter how long it takes me to update, I will update eventually. You can hold me to that.

On that note, I hope you like this chapter! Please leave me some feedback!