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Chapter Twelve

Hollow


It was all a blur. The faces, the scorching liquor coursing through already thick drug polluted veins. There was nothing but the hazy cloud of intoxication and despair.

Time didn't have meaning, nothing did. It was just a black void of lethal pleasures. Be it from the duo of women cradling themselves sensually against badly scarred bronze skin or the dozen or so empty bottles of the strongest alcohol money could by scattered around the trash riddled floor.

Fogged and heavily dulled azure eyes stared into the blackness of the smoke laced room. His usually sharp mind blunt and slowed by the hard inebriation that all to willingly held him captive.

Pearl fangs sunk into handsome lips as strange naked skin slid across his own.

The vixens laying at his side caressing his laying form with crimson smiles and blacken orbs. Taking him away with waves of meaningless pleasure.

He surrendered all to willingly. Anything to make it all stop…to make the world outside bleed away into nothing but mindless desolation.

He wanted it all. He wanted nothing but the numbness. The absolute deadness and absence from all conscience thought.

It didn't matter how that soulless goal was achieved.

He needed it…to just all fade away


Exhausted and beyond frustrated Kagome threw herself back against her sunken white sheet covered couch.

Her hands palming her face as she screamed as a means to cope with the overpowering feeling of agitation and concern absolutely consuming her!

She had woken this morning with such high hopes! The idea of a perfect world for herself and her son was actually coming true for once!

Not only had she finally closed the deal on her new wonderfully spacious home, she had actually gotten the majority of her things already moved in!

Her furniture now laid placed randomly around the house mummified in moving plastic and drapes but it was here none the less.

Any other time she would have been ecstatic! She was finally an adult living on her own depending on no one but herself, at least financially. It was everything she had ever wanted. Or so she thought...

Peering through her fingers Kagome glared at the small illuminating screen of her phone. The call long still blinking with the impossibly long list of calls she had just recently made the last few days.

The entire page marred with only one number and one alone. Kouga's.

Defeated Kagome let the wireless device fall to her side. What was the point in trying anymore? The azure wolf was obviously avoiding her. And unfortunately doing a damn good job of it .

She hadn't heard from him in days! Not a single word. She had even taken the bus to his complex only for the door man to turn her away. Now that had hurt. He was actually having strangers do his dirty work now?

Kagome shook the thought away. She didn't care about any of it any more. All she wanted was to know the obviously irrational thick headed demon was doing alright? Or what she could do incase he wasn't?

Drained from the mornings fruitless events she skimmed a hand over her rounded belly. The last spot actually she had felt the absent wolf.

She couldn't begin to remember how many times she had gone over that days events in her head. Trying to analyze anything that she might have said or done to send the wolf sprinting off.

And each time she came back empty handed. She didn't understand. What about her making him feel her stomach had been so terrible? Or had it been that at all? Maybe she said something prior?

Maybe he really had been mad over her meeting with Sesshomaru? Was this his idea of pay back? Completely ignoring her?

If it was, it was working. She couldn't remember the last time she had felt this secluded. She would have thought Kouga would have loved the idea of seeing her new home. Maybe even be proud of the things she was accomplishing on her own.

That sadly didn't seem to be the case though. And her only unrelenting question was how much longer was this going to go on for?

If what Dr. Shizuna had told her she could give birth any day now. Did Kouga really not want any part of that? She wouldn't begrudge him if he didn't. But, having his support was something she had come to rely on. And here she was, pregnant, alone, and without a friend in the world.

Well, almost.

A sudden jarring knock at the front door sent Kagome spiraling back to reality all to suddenly and her heart swelled with joy at the sudden new possibilities!

Springing up from the couch faster than she would have ever thought possible Kagome hurried to the continuous sound. Her hand gripping the golden knob and twisting tightly as pulled the thick door inwards to greet the figure on the other side.

"Kou-" Kagome began ecstatically thinking she was about to face the azure eyed wolf himself, but at the sight she was all to suddenly proven wrong.

"Hey!" Ginta smiled happily at the sight of the wide eyed priestess over the threshold.

Kagome covered up her disappointment quickly with a soften smile at the sight of the duo pair of wolf demons on her doorstep.

"Hi guys." She smiled

"Come on in." She invited sincerely stepping aside and pulling the door open further to allow both gawking wolf demons to step inside.

Hakkaku being the last inside turned towards the messy bun wearing priestess a potted and surprisingly good smelling plant firmly in hand.

Kagome eyed the plotted greenery curiously.

"W-We didn't know what to get. You know. As a house warming present?" The mohawk spiked wolf demon admitted timidly.

"That's so sweet boys. Thank you." Kagome said gratefully and instantly touched by their sweet natured gesture. Hinting with her hand for the charcoal eyed demon to set the vase by the door frame.

"The place looks great." Ginta complimented looking up at the dome like ceilings and spotless hard wood floors.

"It will once I get everything settled." Kagome added modestly. A little embarrassed to be caught with her home in such a state of disarray.

"Do you need some help?" Hakkaku offered instinctively.

Kagome smiled appreciatively.

"Thank you. But, I have 'arrangers' coming in the morning. Sesshomaru's idea." She added a little hesitantly.

She could still remember her hour long phone call with the silver haired dog demon about personal boundaries when he had decided to hire a crew to move her unwillingly newly bought furniture inside when she wasn't home.

After awhile they had found a compromise in his favor, as always.

"Can I give you two the tour?" Kagome suggested not wanting to linger on the topic of the amber orbed dog longer than needed.

"Sure!" The both agreed in unison.

"Follow me." She waved with soft hand stepping through the living room then attached dinning room, next towards the box riddled kitchen and distant staircase.

Pointing out the benefits of each room as they went along Kagome began to explain every detail of her new home and what had drawn her to such a modernized yet still complimentary homey setting.

It wasn't until they had made their way around the entire second floor did she finally come to the highlight of her tour.

The two sets of double glass doors that led through the furthest part of the house onto a flatten and spaciously wide stone balcony. Already furnished with comfortable well cushioned patio furniture and awning.

"And my personal favorite," Kagome began excitedly as she led the two curiously staring wolf demons onto the cement structure.

The view of the high noon sun shining over the immaculate city towers just within sight amazing as it was stunning.

"Impressive." Hakkaku admitted loudly.

"The view is great." Ginta complimented.
Kagome smiled prideful, at least someone appreciated all the hard work she had been enduring the last few days.

A little drained from her almost half hour long tour she took a seat at one of the numerous outdoor furnished chairs she had scattered about.

Trying to ignore the way the seat drastically sunk with her swollen shape.

"So what plans did you two have today?" She asked curiously. Hoping the both of them could distract her momentarily giving her time to catch her slightly heavy breath.

"Nothing really. We we're thinking about visiting the reserve?" Ginta said reluctantly.

"Was Kouga going with you?" Kagome asked automatically. Her slight fatigue already forgotten at the mention of the azure eyed wolfs home away from home.

Her hopefulness was quickly dismissed though with the silent look that transpired between both wolf demons before her.

"No. He wasn't." Hakkaku added dryly.

"We haven't heard from him the last few days." Ginta admitted cautiously.

Kagome stilled with concern. So she wasn't the only one who had been left to worry and dwell over uncertainty?

"Actually we wanted to ask-" Ginta began hesitantly.

"Did you two have fight?" Hakkaku asked bluntly, but the clear distress could be heard all the same.

"No! I mean, I don't think we did-" Kagome defended but her own uncertainty was all but laced through her voice.

"I-I'm not really sure what happened." She confessed lowly. Images of the last time she had seen the raven haired demon flashing before her hazel orbs.

"I thought everything was going great, but then-" She whispered reliving every detail of her park encounter all to vividly.

"Then what?" Ginta questioned intensely. Both he and Hakkaku had known their leader had an arrangement to meet with the hazel eyed priestess. That had been the last piece of information they had heard in several days. And only now was the real worry starting to set in.

Kagome thought over her response carefully. She didn't understand what the truth of the situation could hurt? Maybe Ginta and Hakkaku knew something she didn't, maybe they could shed some light on the situation that was currently escaping her.

It was worth a shot.

"The last thing that happened between us-" Kagome began reluctantly but pushed herself all the same no matter the slight discomfort.

"I felt the baby move. I thought Kouga might want to too? So I-" Kagome explained unintentionally placing a soft hand over the same spot Kouga had last pulled his hand away from.
"Then he left. No goodbyes or explanations-" She whispered reliving the most unpleasant memories more vividly than she really wanted too.

"I'm really worried now. I mean, did I do something wrong?" Kagome asked a crack in her façade beginning to spread no matter how much she tried to hold it at bay.

It was clear her words had made an impact on the duo of demons before her. The air between all of them shifting and becoming thicker, uncomfortable and clouded with worry

"Kagome?" Ginta asked slowly and with hard seriousness that until this point Kagome really didn't think him capable of.

"Exactly how much do you know about Kouga's past?" He whispered. The exact same look of dread washing over Hakkaku's face at his side.

"Basically nothing." Kagome admitted. She had learned time and time again not to bring the sorted topic up between the two of them. Every time she had it had caused absolutely nothing but chaos.

"We don't talk about it, um ever." She added guardedly.

Her response didn't seem to help the situation at hand, at all. If anything the worry filling the space between of them only intensified with the looks Ginta and Hakkaku constantly shot one another.

"Why? What does that have to do with anything?" She asked unable to ignore it a moment longer.

The two wolf demons didn't respond, only sat quietly and deathly still. The unease was reaching a panicle and Kagome didn't know what else she could do to drag the reason out of them.

"Ginta? Hakkaku?" She questioned lowly.

"What is it?" She pushed.

"This isn't our place." Hakkaku said dryly, obviously having Ginta's silent permission in the matter.

"I don't care who's place it is." Kagome shot back unwillingly sharp. She instantly sealed her lips tightly together to take a reassuring and calming breath.

The growing worry she was experiencing for the absent wolf demon at hand was starting to manifest itself in another way, and she really didn't want Ginta and Hakkaku to have to pay for her unchecked emotions.

"You two." She began much more collected and level headed no matter how forceful.

"You know Kouga better than anyone. And I've tried more than once to get him to open up to me." Kagome confessed reluctantly.

"Be he wont." She whispered whole heartedly.

"And for good reason." Ginta interrupted, he was calm and even toned but his eyes gave away his unease all to easily. Something was happening just beneath the surface, something deep, and sorrowful. She could all but feel it.

"Kagome." He began in a dry whisper.

"Kouga's past. Isn't something that he or-" Ginta blinked in Hakkaku's direction for the briefest of moments before carrying on.

"Any of us want to remember." He finished.

"Its best left alone." Hakkaku said lowly, remorsefully.

"What aren't you two telling me?" Kagome questioned. But, instantly seeing her meaning was misinterpreted and that both demons were going to be no use to her information wise.

Exhausted in far more ways than one Kagome sunk deeper into her chair straining to control her rising aggravation over this entire situation.

"I am so sick of that look. That secretive look." She whispered out loud diverting her eyes to the darkening city as the beaming sun became hidden behind thickening clouds.

"Okay." She whispered tiredly.

"I don't care about Kouga's past. I've given up trying." She admitted sincerely and clear.

"But, I do care about him, now. Right here, in the present." She stated firmly and with unshakable confidence

"So if you two know something, anything. That I am clearly missing? Please tell me?" She asked pleadingly and almost fearful.

She couldn't stand this secrecy, not anymore than she already had been forced to do so.

Hakkaku sighed out loud. This subject wasn't only hard for Kouga to speak about, it was damn near impossible for either of them too. It was just to damaging, to hurtful to recall past what they already had.

"Kouga was in a bad place. A really bad place, for a really long time." Hakkaku said coldly his onyx black eyes ghosting over with something darker and mournful.

"And, there are things that can take him back to that place." He whispered.

"We think, being around you. Now-" Ginta continued his own soften eyes falling towards Kagome's rounded stomach.

"It's starting to trigger those memories." He stated callously.

"What kind of memories? What about being around me is making him so different?" Kagome questioned totally blind sided by this new information.

Kouga hadn't had any problem being at her side night or day for the last few months. What could have possibly caused such a seismic rift between them to develop?

The answer came all to quickly with the lingering stares both demons shot in her direction. Entirely aimed in the vicinity of her swollen belly.

Kagome blinked in utter confusion and disbelief.

"My baby?" She thought out loud.

"I- I don't understand?" She questioned. This couldn't possibly be right? Kouga had known she was pregnant from the beginning. From the moment they reconnected here in the present. And only now it was starting to 'bother' him for some unknown reason? It just didn't make sense?

She wanted to question more, she felt the undying need too pry for more solid information. But her desire was cut short with the jarring sound of a phone surging to life.

Instantly Hakkaku retrieved the vibrating flip phone from his jean pocket pressing the small speaker to his pointed ear the moment he opened its silver case.

"Yeah? Alright we'll be right there." He confirmed in a conversation that was all to brief to be anything good.

"I'm sorry we have to go." He added as he flipped the phone shut just as quickly as he had opened it, already climbing to his feet with Ginta fast at his side.

"Thank you for the tour." Ginta added.

The stunned priestess opened her mouth to reply but obviously the wolf demons at her side didn't care much to listen, either that or they were now overtaken with the information they had just received.

Either way they were already gone before she could manage a word in otherwise. Leaping over the balcony railing and sprinting off into the distance the moment their feet made contact with the pavement below.

Kagome stared after them, silent and dumbfounded by what she had just absorbed.

Nothing made sense to her anymore. One argument had spun her world totally into chaos and she like always didn't understand why?

When would any of this get better? When would it all stop? The answer was soon enough exposed. It would never. Not as long as all these secrets kept invading her life, yet refusing to reveal themselves.

Was a peaceful life just something in fairytales? Was she forever doomed to suffer uncertainty so long as she kept allowing this seemingly never ending cycle to keep spinning.

Right now, as uncertain as she felt. There just didn't seem to be any other way to live.


The overhanging florescent lights buzzed with draining life, heavy dirt and filth covering the yellow tube like bulbs from the slightly decaying ceiling above.

Poor lighting aside doing absolutely nothing to diminish the tattered and badly beaten shape of the unmoving figure below.

Kouga stared at the patched roof emotionlessly from his slumped position on the sunken dilapidated couch. Trying to ignore the constant sensation of hot thick blood rolling down the right side of his face.

The crimson spew stemming from his badly lacerated head were just a few moments ago a pit contender had landed one hell of a good shot.

Tiredly Kouga exhaled, a large puff of thick gray smoke spewing from his only slightly parted lips were a dented cigarette still burned.

The gesture making his now doubt already terribly ruptured internal organs ache.

He couldn't remember the last time he had gone a bender like this. Seemed like a lifetime, ago.

The days were starting to blur together. Honestly, he couldn't remember anything from the last few but the sex, the drugs and the fighting.

Oh the fighting. He had almost forgotten what it was like to let it all out. To channel every single emotion he felt into nothing but sheer rage and fury.

He couldn't begin to count how many demons he had slaughtered the last few nights. One after another they had fallen at his feet only to be replaced by another, and then another. He was surrounded by two headed snakes and every time one lost a head another one sprung to life.

Rekin had only been to happy to assign him back to the club for the night. What he had made in the last few days, it should keep that suit dressed drag happy and off his back for a good long while.

Just thinking about it now. The blood, the absolute carnage. It made him feel like himself again.

With this much damage how could it not? Even now looking down at his torn state, it told the story all to clearly of what he had put his body through.

He was bruised from head to toe, deep purple circles developing randomly all over his body. Each dark ring indicating where most fractures were beginning to mend. Dried blood coating his gashed torso and arms along with sweat, mud and other unknown substances.

His head pounded from the assault it had withstood. As did his one functioning eye. The left side of his face had been so beaten from the days fights his azure orb had swollen completely shut.

Having limited visibility sucked but it didn't bother Kouga much. He was sure it would reopen in a few hours, at least partially enough for him to survive another round tomorrow night.

Taking another lung full of the smoke spewing from the wrapped tobacco in his lips he sat in the dark confines of his room. After an eternity of savagery it felt nice to relax.

If only momentarily.

Peering to his side he eyed the open bottle of liquor at his side. Pinching the cigarette between his index and thumb he replaced the damped paper with the bottles opening.

Guzzling the scorching brew back greedily he downed the entire thing until only drops remained. Tossing the oversized jar aside once it was drained hearing it shatter on the floor just out of view.

The pit was closing for the night and he needed a new temporary fix. And in his condition he didn't see the physical comfort of the local groupies as an option. So his already foggy mind began rolling over new possibilities.

Anything seemed possible with the right attitude. But, the physical limitations he had reduced himself too was dampening his mood. He was almost positive his right leg was fractured if not broken. That would make getting around the city a little tricky for the next few hours.

Drained but most definitely not ready to call it a night Kouga ran a calloused hand through his blood clumped locks ignoring the way the crimson ooze coated his fingertips.

Even if he couldn't move around just yet, that didn't mean he couldn't bring the party straight to him.

Leaning forward and trying desperately to ignore the throbbing pain it caused he reached for his lately heavily ignored cell phone.

The moment the polished little square made it into his fingertips the blacken screen surged to life.

Half expecting it to be another worry/nagging call from Ginta and Hakkaku his finger instinctively posed itself over the 'ignore' button.

But the moment he turned the stainless mobile over and the sight of the number flashing across the screen came into view. He stilled.

It wasn't his pestering comrades. But, someone else entirely. Someone he had been trying to avoid more so than anyone before.

Kouga stared emotionlessly at the number flashing until finally the screen once again blackened and the number and its caller faded away.

He wasn't sure how long he sat there. Broken, bleeding, but the feeling of uncertainty remained just as it always had the last few times the nameless caller tried to reach him.

Only this time, he wasn't sure he had the strength to ignore them.

He had wanted something to occupy him tonight. Why shouldn't it be the source of all his misery? The more that thought repeated itself the more it began to make sense.

Breathing deeply and weighing his options carelessly he talked himself into a little field trip. Bloodied and broken bones aside.

But before he dared such a little adventure, he was going to need one thing.

A lot more alcohol.


The silvery moonlight looming overhead from a cloudless sky only seemed to make the night that much colder.

Leaning the broom handle into the bend of her arm Kagome cupped her chilled hands together breathing heatedly against her fingertips for temporary warmth.

Usually with weather like this she would be snug inside on her freshly unwrapped couch flipping through the channels with mug of hot tea. But that comfortable scenario would mean she would be forced to face her inevitable thoughts.

Not wanting to take on the task quite yet.

Yard work no matter how late seemed like the better option.

Sweeping the outside porch and re-arranging her no yet potted flowers close to midnight was not ideal but it kept her busy which is something she really needed.

Anything to distract herself from the growing worry and concern that wouldn't stop gnawing at her any other way.

Gripping the wooden pole of the broom once more she began sweeping the dark earth that had escaped her flower beds off the porch rim watching the brown dust disperses with brush after brush.

She supposed after this she would have to take her cleaning rampage inside. Where more chaos desperately in need of organizing waited for her, along with a closet of more concealing attire.

Since having Ginta and Hakkaku leave she hadn't seen the need to dress for any further company, leaving her in her oversized t-shirt and tight fitting shorts, her raven hair bound back in a messy bun with a few rebellious cascading locks framing her face.

A little tired from the days events Kagome paused in her sweeping to brush her shower dampened hair from her forehead as she eyed the vast and empty sky above.

As much as she loved the city, the only disappointing factor was no matter where she lived the stars always hid from sight under the man made lights.

How she missed the indescribable view back in the feudal era.

The sky absolutely carpeted in stars and neon colors, wide open hills lush with soft greenery and towering forest.

Kagome sighed softly closing her hazel eyes and letting her mind momentarily take her back to that serene landscape. She could see it so clearly, to the point where she was almost certain she could feel its warm embrace.

But the tapping of approaching footsteps brought her spiraling back to reality all to quickly.

Spinning in the direction the sound had drifted from Kagome turned broom handle firmly in hand as she watched a not yet fully visible figure emerge from the side of her darken home.

It took only a fraction of a second before the moonlight casting down from above revealed just enough of the stranger that the priestess fears were temporally set at ease.

Azure eyes were the only thing that pierced the darkness between them, and Kagome felt her breath hitch in her throat.

Forgetting herself and all the other emotions that had been relentlessly plaguing her the last few days the broom tip slipped from Kagome's hands as she ran forward.

Her arms were unwrapping before she ever gave them a hint of permission as she locked them around Kouga's torso with full force.

Kouga grunted lowly with the uncomfortable pressure on his fractured abdomen but he didn't fight against Kagome's embrace, though he made no attempt to return it either.

"Kouga-" Kagome started finally finding her voice after gradually getting over the initial shock of facing the not entirely visible wolf demon again.

"I've been so worried." She confessed as she collected herself enough to retract her arms away from the physically tense azure eyed demon.

Kouga stared down at her emotionlessly. He could see in her hazel eyes she meant her words, even now with him standing here before she still looked worried…hurt.

"Where have you been?" She asked bluntly, smaller traces of her annoyance of being totally ignored for days on end starting to seep to the surface.

"Would you believe sight seeing?" Kouga smirked sarcastically.

The moment his lips parted the hard unmistakable scent of alcohol burned Kagome nose. Her face flashed disbelief, and her frustration spiked.

"You've been drinking." She said accusingly taking a noticeable step back away from the all but brewery scented wolf.

"A little." Kouga confessed a little amused that the woman standing before him didn't have the faintest idea that drinking had just been the tip of the iceberg for him lately.

Kagome crossed her arms across her chest self protectively. Well this hadn't been the reunion she had imagined between the two of them.

"What are you doing here?" She asked lowly. Now entirely sure Kouga hadn't re-emerged to apologize or remotely explain his disappearance lately.

"Thought I'd stop by. Check out the rental." He gestured towards the entirely new house overshadowing the two of them.

"Drunk? At midnight? After avoiding me for days." Kagome said sharply almost all her relief of actually facing the wolf demon again temporarily forgotten.

"I had some things to take care of." Kouga replied vaguely ghosting a hand over the still battered side of his hidden face.

Like he had predicted his eye had reopened but the swelling was still there and annoying as ever.

"Apparently." Kagome stated bitterly the unrelenting scent of booze still wafting from the demon before her.

Aside from being more annoyed than she wanted to admit and itching to tell the thick headed wolf exactly how she felt about him right now. She bit her tongue.

She wasn't looking to start a fight, especially now. Kouga had just shown up, hurt as she was be his disappearance her relief from actually getting to see him again outweighed her anger.

She could ignore this.

Sighing heavily Kagome stepped forward towards the sealed back door leading out to her porch gesturing for the silent wolf demon to follow.

"Come on. I'll make you a pot of coffee." She offered attentively

Kouga reached out his hand to stop the priestess before she could reach the closed door but he didn't react in time and the knob turned and she shoved the wooden barricade open.

Harsh light stung his eyes from the inside of the house and instantly Kouga basked in the inescapable glow.

The moment Kagome watched Kouga react to the stream of light now beaming on him her hazel eyes widen in absolute shock as she took in the once hidden and horribly beaten appearance of the demon before her.

His cloths were clean as was his skin and hair slightly damp from an apparent shower but that all did little to nothing to distract from the hard dark bruising and barely healed over gashes along his face, jaw and neck.

"Your face!" Kagome exclaimed rushing to Kouga's side instinctively reaching up to assesses the damage done.

Kouga caught her wrist in hand with a carefree smirk.

"Sexy huh?" He hinted with an arch of his brow.

"What happened?" She asked worriedly.

But the moment she felt Kouga's grip against her arms slack the answer came all to suddenly and her hands fell limply to her side, as did her darkening hazel orbs.

"Oh." She whispered.

Kouga eyed the priestesses now sunken demeanor. Obviously this had come as quite a shock, though she hid her internal reaction well.

"I guess I shouldn't be surprised." Kagome began lowly stepping back from him once more.

"Nothing permanent right?" She repeated her memory flashing back to the night Kouga hade come to the shrine and promised a 'break' from those accursed pits.

"Your mad?" Kouga hinted leaning forward.

"I'm not." Kagome said shaking her head lightly. She wasn't angry, not really. But that didn't mean she wasn't feeling something even worse…hard disappointment.

"Liar." Kouga whispered brushing his lips against the soft lobe of Kagome's ear his hot breath causing Kagome to tense.

"I like it when your angry." He smirked a pearl fang overhanging the corner of his lip.

Kagome stood frozen in place. Was this really his reaction? Did he think his condition was a joke? That his overall health didn't matter in the slightest?

"Kouga-" Kagome spoke evenly trying to rationally discuss the situation, that was until she felt something wet and hot enclose around the lobe of her ear.

Kagome jerked away from the sensation instinctively.

"What are you-" She began accusingly, but the words never had a chance to form.

Effortlessly Kouga shoved Kagome back against the house siding, pinning her back first to the rough outer texture of her home. His hand on either side of her head as he leaned in close, so close in fact that she could feel his nose ghost against her own.

Kagome eyed the wolf demon leering at her wordlessly. His broad shoulders casting her small form in his shadow with the bright moonlight beaming from behind him.

Shifting his head from side to side Kouga breathed in deeply Kagome's overwhelming fragrance letting it replace the very air in his lungs.

His chin brushing over Kagome forehead as his buried the tip of his nose into the crown of her hair.

"What is about pregnant woman? Why do they always smell so damn good?" He rasped heatedly anchoring himself down lower until his lips were once again at Kagome's ear.

"Like honey-" He breathed hotly making Kagome's skin shudder.

"And milk." He smirked one hand descending from the wall to skim over Kagome's covered breast.

That broke the shock riddled trance Kagome had found herself under.

"What's the matter with you!? Stop!" She shouted shoving against the obviously overly intoxicated wolf demon harshly.

Kouga's smirk only grew in response as he stopped the priestess feeble thrashing with a little more pressure from his body pinning her more securely to the wall at her back.

Kagome's anger filled eyes glared up at the grinning wolf demon furiously as he leaned in closer his slightly parted lips aiming towards her own.

Hatefully Kagome tore her head to the side causing the ravaging demon to lock onto the heated skin of her neck. His lips parting and his hot tongue gliding over her soft skin followed by the hard pinching of his fangs.

Kagome squirmed against his hold forcefully.

"Kouga! Stop!" She demanded. This wasn't like before, when she had temporarily lost herself in the wolf demons touch while in the confines of the shrine kitchen.

That time she had actually thrived on his touch, on his passion. But now. There was no tenderness, no deeper emotional connection, he was harsh and brutal. His touch was painful!

She didn't want any part of him!

Her attempt to get away only seemed to feed into Kouga's brutish behavior his hand leaving the soft mound of her breast to the rising hem of her tight fitting shorts.

Shoving the fabric up roughly and gripping hold of her thigh allowing his fingertips to glide to impossible new heights, absolutely no trace of remorse or hesitation in his hard grip.

Kagome's eyes narrowed in fury. That was the last boundary she was going to allow the wolf demon to break between them.

"I said stop!" Kagome seethed gripping hold of Kouga's shoulders tightly a pulsating surge of spiritual energy bursting from her fingertips to jolt into the wolf demons hidden skin.

Kouga growled instantly and his touch jerked away as he leapt backwards to avoid the electricity like sting rampaging through his arms.

Kagome braced herself up more directly retracting the still sparkling gleam illuminating from her fingertips as she watched the wolf demon before her straighten up.

Kouga cupped a hand over his scotched shoulders the sickening scent of blistering flesh filling his nostrils even though his skin already began to heal over from the light assault.

He turned his attention from his smoldering skin to the panting priestess before him.

"I obviously caught you at a bad time." He grunted trying to ignore the lingering pulse that seemed to sicken his entire body. He felt nauseous as well as physically drained.

Being purified wasn't something he was accustomed too. But that didn't mean he hadn't had it happen to him in the past before.

"You must be hormonal." Kouga added brushing the ashes that had collected from his now molted jacket and shirt off his shoulders.

"Leave. Now." Kagome commanded her fingers coiling into her palms to form a tight fist in threatening.

"Or what?" Kouga laughed taking a dangerous step closer to the raging priestess before him.

"You gonna make me?" He prodded leaning in close to he was eye level with the glaring raven haired woman.

"Do it then." He challenged.

"We both know you want too. Go ahead Kagome! Show me what a real priestess is made of!" He demanded his azure eyes gleaming with the excitement of a new no doubt deadly challenge.

Kagome stood there speechless and motionless. Her hazel eyes absorbing the look radiating from the wolf demon mere inches from her face.

His eyes were that indescribable blue she had come to love, but under the glossy surface. They were cold, hollow. No trace of life or self preserve left in their mirror like pools.

Beneath the surface, on the inside. He was completely empty.

"Who are you?" She whispered.

Kouga stared back at her wordless. Emotionless.

"Just go away." Kagome breathed turning away from the wolf demon all together back to the still open confines of her home.

She made it over the threshold and not bothering to even give the wolf demon frozen outside a second glance she slammed the door and clicked the lock loudly into place.

Kouga stood in the dark outside Kagome's home without a hint of remorse or regret for his actions. If anything this little spat had just gotten him revved up for the rest of the night.

This had been the motivation he had needed, to really cut loose.

He thought he had gone a bender before, it was nothing compared to what was about to come.

After all, the night was young and full of endless possibilities.

He smirked wickedly.

God, he couldn't wait to get started.


No! Kouga why are you doing this to yourself!? Oh wait. I know why. But, that is for me to know and for you my dear readers to find out! So until the next update hang in there guys!

See you soon!