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Kagome gazed up at the night sky, her eyes blank as a fresh piece of parchment paper; tears stained her face. She was so worried; Inuyasha usually came back by now, and she sensed that he was in grave danger. She felt so powerless. So…alone.

"Kagome?" A familiar voice rang in the darkness. Kagome raised her head to better see who it was. Kagome tried to pull herself as together as possible before she answered the woman.

"Yes…yes Sango?" She voiced in sadness.

Sango approached slowly, unsure. "I was just wondering…" She paused, trying to figure how to ask without pushing Kagome over the edge. "I was wondering where Inuyasha was. It's 4 hours to sunrise and he still hasn't come back…"

"Inuyasha…" Kagome whispered.

"What?"

"Oh nothing, Inuyasha's fine. He's just… he's…." Her words turned into unintelligible mumbling. Kagome was wracking her brain for a simple excuse. Kagome hated lying to Sango, but even though the others and maybe even Sango herself couldn't sense it, Sango's emotions were growing more and more sensitive ever since the return of her brother. He had been lying unconscious for 18 days now, and it was taking a real toll on Sango. She was afraid what would happen if she knew the truth.

"He's what?"

"He sensed a demon around and he went to hunt it down." She said quietly, a tinge of regret in her voice.

"WHAT! How can he be so… so reckless? You must be so worried." She walked over to the windowsill where Kagome was sitting and sat down next to her.

She put her hand on Kagome's shoulder and asked, "Are you alright?"

Kagome looked down, afraid to meet her gaze for fear she would see the truth in her eyes.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just worried about him. He's usually back by now and… and" Her mind wandered off and she couldn't help but feel responsible. Inuyasha could be in serious danger and it was her fault. If she hadn't of broken his heart, he would still be here, safe and sound. Kagome burst into tears and leaned into Sango's chest. Sango wrapped her arms around the young girl and tried to soothe her.

"Shhhhh, it'll be alright. We'll wake up tomorrow and he'll be fast asleep in the tree, you'll see. Everything is ok."

She ran her hands through her hair gently as she soothed the distraught girl.

They fell asleep in each other's arms.

Inuyasha and Kouga:

Inuyasha was struggling against the urge to let his lungs fill with water. He was also resisting the urge to surface to face what awaited him. His mind told him to rise. Maybe Kouga was out of that strange trance? Warily, he allowed himself to rise.

Kouga's inner demon was becoming bored and was ready to give up its hold on Kouga. Kouga's eyes had just faded to normal when Inuyasha surfaced.

Inuyasha gasped for breathe, sucking it in greedily. He felt himself blackout slightly and he became dizzy.

"Mutt-face?"

Inuyasha froze. He turned around slowly in the water and looked at Kouga, then breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Kouga's eyes were their normal sapphire blue. Then everything went black as he felt himself sink back down.

Kouga jumped up as he saw the human slip back under the water. He was so confused because he didn't know what had happened; He was out hunting for meat for his tribe, then all he could remember was waking up next to a spring. He dived in and grabbed the frail creature and swam to the surface. He jumped out of the water, gracefully landing on his feet. laid Inuyasha down and put his ear to his chest. He wasn't breathing.

"Shit!" He exclaimed. He didn't know what to do. Inuyasha was most likely dying and he couldn't do anything.

'Fuckfuckfuckfu- wait. What did Shiori say?' He remembered having heard something about what to do in this situation, but he couldn't quite seem to remember.

His eyes lit up when he remembered and he wasted no time. He straddled the unconscious man's hips and put his hands on his chest and started to push down over and ever.

'Was it 30 times or was it 40? Why am I having so much trouble remembering such simple stuff?'

Kouga thought hard as he tried to remember.

'Oh yeah, 30 chest compressions, but wait, then what?'

He then remembered what he was supposed to do next and he blushed. He shook his head and told himself it was necessary, Inuyasha would die if he didn't. He bent down and put his lips over the others and breathed into him. He pulled back and waited.

He heard the form below him cough up water and he began to breathe again. Kouga sighed and put his hands on his hips in relief.

'He's gonna make it, he's gonna *sniff* be alright' Kouga started to stand. Then Kouga smelled him. He smelled strangely… intoxicating.

He took another experimental sniff of the air and he felt a stir in his groin. He bent back down and put his face into Inuyasha's hair and inhaled deeply and groaned. He allowed his inner demon to take over as he took another sniff and shuddered in anticipated pleasure.

Inuyasha roused to a strange feeling on his ear. It felt like someone smelling his hair. Slowly, he opened his eyes, fear engulfing him as he realized Kouga was on top of him, pinning him down and smelling him. Inuyasha began to struggle, trying to push Kouga off of him. His attempts were feeble and weak. Kouga took the humans hands and pinned them above his head. Kouga looked into Inuyasha's eyes, relishing the fear in them.

"Why so scared?" He taunted, laughing.

He slammed his lips into the frightened human's tender lips, forcing his tongue inside, his wet appendage exploring every crevice, thoroughly enjoying his taste. Inuyasha cried silently. This was all so confusing; he had never experienced an attack like this. Kouga is a male for gods' sake! Males didn't do these things together. It just wasn't normal. But why does it feel so… nice?

Kouga pulled away and swiftly tore off his armor and clothes, tossing them haphazardly in any direction. Inuyasha tried to take the opportunity to run again, but this time Kouga stopped him. He grabbed his leg and pulled him back towards him, slapping him as hard as he could to get him to stop struggling.

He fell unconscious.

Kouga smiled.

'Perfect. Now we can take our little treat somewhere more… private. He put the unconscious human over his shoulder and considered where to go.

'Wait, isn't this… yes it is. It's that spring I used to play at when I was a pup. There are some hidden caves down there, aren't there? Yes, plenty of privacy there. Yes…' An evil smile grew on Kouga's face as he dove into the water.

To be continued.

Whew! I'm already hard at work on the next chapter. WARNING! The next chapter WILL be a lemon, so if that doesn't sound appealing to you, don't read!