Hello everyone, sorry for not updating in like forever but I've been going through a lot plus working on some other stuff. Plus I've had a major case of writer's block with this and some of my other stories but now I'm forcing myself to sit down and work on this. I also watched some Inuyasha to help inspire me and it worked. So here we go!

Love Risk

Chapter 8

It's been about a day and a half since Kikyo and Naraku started planning Inuyasha and Kagome's demise. They've both been pent up in his castle, trying to decide which plan would execute the most pain and sorrow.

He grins wickedly as he watches Kikyo think of more plans. She believes that because his human heart yearns for her that he will do anything to help her get her wish. But it is the exact opposite. She can believe all she wants that she will be able continue on with Inuyasha like she did in the past but she is wrong, Naraku will be the one to take both Inuyasha's and Kagome's life. After that he will kill all the rest of his enemies and finally make Kikyo his and his alone.

She thinks she holds all the pieces but she is only a pawn in another one of his schemes.

"Kikyo, how about we try this…" Naraku said and continued explaining once he got her attention.


At the same time, Inuyasha's gang was sitting by the river in front of Kaede's hut having lunch. Surprisingly, even though he didn't show his emotions too often, Inuyasha sat pretty close to Kagome, so close they could hold hands if they wanted to. But none of their friends said anything, not wanting to embarrass Inuyasha and put him in one of his moods. And Kagome's wounds were practically gone, in just a few more days everyone can set back out in search of Naraku and the jewel shards.

They were all talking about random things to pass the time when the familiar whirlwind showed up. Inuyasha, being the first to smell and see it let out a deep, low growl. And since Kagome was closest to him, heard it first and turned to look at him concerned. "Inuyasha, what's wrong?"

Inuyasha stood up and cracked his knuckles, preparing to beat Koga to a bloody pulp if he tried anything with Kagome. "What's that mangy wolf still doing here? I thought he went home already." As soon as Inuyasha said this, Koga came up and popped out of the mini tornado behind him, waving at the group as he did.

"Hey Kagome, how are you feeling?" He said once he saw where she was. Inuyasha growled at him again and tried swiping at Koga's feet, though Koga saw this and jumped out of the way. "Hey, what's that for!"

"You came here to flirt with Kagome and I'm not having it today. Listen wolf boy, Kagome doesn't want you so get over it and stop bothering her." Inuyasha said and glared at the other male. Koga rolled his eyes and crossed his arms sighing.

"Kagome honestly, how do you put up with this guy? Are you sure about him being your choice as a mate, you could always change your mind if your fed up with his childish ways." Koga said and glared back at Inuyasha.

"Enough you two, there's no reason to fight anymore." Kagome said, getting in between them. "Inuyasha, Koga already knows that I accepted your offer to be your mate and he's fine with it, he's not going to try and steal me or anything, so you don't have to be so rude. And Koga you too, you told me you were fine with my decision and wouldn't make a big deal but that's not what you're doing right now."

"Wait you know…? And you're ok with it?" Inuyasha thought he was dreaming, Koga's been after Kagome since day one and now he's not? Kagome nodded, smiling, and Koga huffed.

"No I'm not ok with it dog boy but I respect Kagome's decision and value her friendship more than putting up a fight. Don't get me wrong, I still love her, but if I can only have her as a friend then I'm perfectly alright with that. As long as I can still see her and be there for her then that's worth it." Koga said looking away; slightly blushing at the smile Kagome was giving him.

"Well yeah, I guess. As long as we're on the same page, then I won't have to kill you." Inuyasha said and crossed his arms.

"Is that a challenge pup? I'd to see you try and take me on." Koga said and bared his teeth.

"Anytime, anywhere wolf." Inuyasha went to grab Tetsusaiga, but Kagome had another idea.

"Inuyasha… sit boy!" Kagome screeched, annoyed with the two demons constant fighting. The familiar thud and cry of pain resounded throughout the village but no one was really surprised by it. "Koga, maybe you should go. I'll come by later and we can talk then, ok?" Kagome said and Koga nodded. She gave him a hug and waved goodbye as he left.

"Kagome… what was that for?!" Inuyasha yelled as he stood back up.

"For antagonizing Koga, I already told he isn't trying to steal me so you have nothing to worry about." Kagome said turning to him, a frown on her face.

"Yea well no matter what anyone says, I don't trust that wolf around you and I never will." Inuyasha said coming to stand next to her and pulling her close to his chest. "So get used to it."

"Yea, sure Inuyasha. You know you can be really exhausting sometimes." Kagome said shaking her head and leaning against Inuyasha's chest.


Koga, who had just finished hunting for his pack's dinner, was on his way back to the campsite when he had a surprise visitor. "Why hello Koga, it's been a while has it not?" Naraku asked, coming out from behind the tree line.

"Naraku what the hell are you doing here?!" Koga yelled, getting into a fighting stance.

"I was just here to finish the job and kill off the last of your pack. I surprised them at your campsite; they were never suspecting me so ending their lives was simple." Naraku said, finishing his sentence with an evil laugh. Koga dropped his defensive stance and stared at the other man in surprise and fear. Then the sentence finally kicked in and Koga saw red in his vision, fury and rage coursing throughout his entire body.

"You didn't… Damn you! I'll kill you right here and right now!" Koga roared, jumping into the air and getting ready to rip the half-demon's body to shreds. But Naraku saw this coming and, like he did with Kagome, surprised the wolf demon by digging one of his roots into Koga's stomach. Only this time the root went straight into Koga's stomach, through his body, and out of his back.

Naraku grinned wickedly as the leader of the wolf tribe fell to the ground with a thud, gasping in pain. To make matters worse, Naraku dug his roots into Koga's legs and ripped the jewel shards out, Koga screaming in agony before losing consciousness from the pain.

"You can come out now Kikyo." Naraku said to the trees, and then Kikyo appeared where Naraku did moments before and looked down at the wolf.

"Was that really necessary?" Kikyo asked voice cold like always. "We came here to kill Kagome, not this demon."

"Yes but since Koga was already in the area, I thought I should collect the jewel shards while we were here. Now we can execute our original plan, the rest of his tribe is a little deeper in the woods, wait there and Kagome will surely show up." Naraku said as he walked the opposite way, on his way back to his castle. "I'll be watching through Kanna's mirror, come back to the castle when you are finished so I may have her jewel shards."

Kikyo watched him leave, and then rolled her eyes, finding it ludicrous that he thought he could order her around. She was just using him to get what she wanted, and what she wanted was Inuyasha. And she was willing to do anything to drag him into hell with her, so they could finally have the life together they wanted so many years ago, which is why she wasn't going to waste anytime saving the wolf demon and walked to where Naraku said Kagome would be.


Kagome sighed as she walked through the woods, on her way to talk with Koga like she promised. But when she was about to leave Inuyasha made a big deal about her going, how it could be dangerous to go with her wounds still healing, or she could be attacked by a random demon, or Koga could be lying and actually steal her away when they're least expecting it. Well he didn't say that last one in those exact words but still. Finally after much reassurance and him still not believing her, she had to sit him at least ten times before she made a mad dash out the hut and into the woods, hoping to get a head start before he came charging after her with vengeance.

She headed towards the area where Koga and his men made up camp. When she got there, she saw Ginta, Hakkaku, and the wolves sitting around the camp fire looking bored. "Hello boys, do you happen to know where Koga is? I promised I would come and talk to him when I got a chance." Kagome said and walked over to the fire and pat one of the wolves on the head.

"We know he went to go hunt dinner for all of us but he's been gone for a long time." Hakkaku said looking up thoughtfully.

"He normally doesn't take this long, we're starting to worry." Ginta said.

"Yea but you know Koga; he'll get mad at us for worrying about him and say we don't need to be." Hakkaku said looking over to his friend, who nodded. Kagome, though, couldn't help but worry. She knew Koga was strong but it was odd for him to take too long for a hunt. She was about to tell the two men she was going to look for him but a loud yell came from the trees behind her.

"Kagome, where are you?!" Inuyasha shouted, very angry. He pushed a tree branch out of his way and came to find her at the wolf demon's campsite, still petting one of the wolves. "Kagome… what the hell, who do you think you are to sit me that many times then disobey me and come here?! Now come on, we're going back to the hut." Inuyasha said as he went to Kagome, ignoring the wolves' growls, and grabbed her wrist, dragging her to her feet.

As much as she wanted to sit him for his rude and sexist behavior, she bit her tongue and focused on the more important things, like finding Koga. "Inuyasha wait, Koga's not back from his hunting trip and Ginta and Hakkaku are worried. Can we please go and look for him?" Kagome begged, using her puppy dog eyes.

"Why on earth would I want to waste my time looking for that bastard?" Inuyasha barked at her, looking at her like she had two heads.

"Because he's out friend and he would only get mad if Ginta and Hakkaku go. Please, what if he's hurt? He could need our help!" Kagome said getting more worried.

"Fine, fine, if it will make you less worried and shut up, I will go and look for him." Inuyasha said and started walking off. Kagome ran up beside him and tugged on his sleeve.

"I'm going with you and you can't stop me!" Kagome said defiantly.

"Kagome no-"

"Yes Inuyasha, you might not but I care about Koga, as a friend of course, and I want to know he's alright." Kagome said. Inuyasha snorted and walked off giving no other argument, Kagome trailing behind.

"Thank you Kagome, we owe you one!" She heard Hakkaku shout after them. She turned around and waved goodbye to them.


It was a few minutes after they left the campsite that Kagome a little more relieved. With Inuyasha's nose leading the way she was sure they would be able to find Koga. He'd pick up his scent in no time and then they would follow the way to Koga. But she was still worried if he was hurt, even Ginta and Hakkaku said it was weird for him to take this long. What could he-

"Ow, Inuyasha, that hurt!" Kagome said as she walked into his back and almost fell from the impact. "Why'd you stop?" She asked and looked up at him.

"Get on my back and hurry." Inuyasha said crouching down. She gave him a quizzical look and he sighed then explained. "I smell blood, a lot of blood, and to make things worse it's the wolves." Kagome gasped and got on his back, quickly racing to where Koga was. "Good news is it still smells fresh so I don't think he's dead yet, that is if we get there in time maybe we can save him." Inuyasha yelled over his shoulder.

"Hey, don't talk like that, how about a little positivity here?" Kagome shouted, fearful for Koga's life and if they were too late. Inuyasha sighed and nodded.

'I don't know Kagome, with the amount of blood I smell, he doesn't have too much longer. What's worse is I smell traces of Naraku; he probably came after Koga for his jewel shards. It's a lot like what happened to you a few weeks ago Kagome. I just hope we can save him like we did you.' Inuyasha thought to himself, trying to be positive but only coming up with bad thoughts.

A few minutes later they came up to a small clearing in the middle of the woods where Koga was located. Kagome saw him first, gasping and jumping off Inuyasha's back to run to her injured friend, who was lying in a pool of his own blood. "Oh Koga, are you ok, what happened to you?" Kagome said, trying to stop the bleeding as much as she could. "Koga… your jewel shards are missing." Kagome said when she noticed she couldn't feel their presence.

Inuyasha sniffed around, trying to find the scent of Naraku, but with all the blood and the smell of death it was hard for him to sort it out. When he finally found it, he took a good whiff to make sure it was the right scent and it would lead him somewhere. "Kagome, you stay here with the wolf and help him as much as you can. I'm going to go after Naraku and got those jewel shards back." Inuyasha said and raced off at lightning speed.

Kagome was about to call after him and tell him it could wait until later but it was already too late, he was gone before she could finish saying his name. She sighed and did her best to keep Koga alive until they got to the village. She was so absorbed in her current task that she didn't notice the new presence walking into the clearing behind them. The person watched her for a few minutes, grinding their teeth in anger and hatred. Finally, wanting Kagome to notice them, the person spoke.

"Hello Kagome, how are you?" Kagome looked up at the person and gasped.

I did it! I finally did it! I feel bad for leaving a cliff hanger when I might not be able to update in a while but at least I gave you something right? Well anyway, I hope you all enjoyed it and aren't too mad for my absence. So read and review please?