Chapter 4: Attempted Rape
Another day had passed with Koga and Myori was still waiting for her dad to come rescue her. Thing were awkward since the ordeal that happened between Myori and the wolf demon. Koga was avoiding her more.
Myori was laying back, taking a rest when suddenly Fakir raced to Koga, out of breath, saying, "the harpies are attacking our clan!"
"The harpies? But I thought they backed off!" Koga replied starting out. He paused and looked back at Myori, saying, "stay here."
Myori just looked at him as he went out and sighed. Even if she wanted to escape, where would she escape to? She didn't know where they were in the forest anyway.
After a while, Koga returned with several injured clan mates who were instantly tended to by other men. Koga himself was injured quite heavily and Myori quickly came up to him.
"You're hurt! Let me see your wounds", she said.
Koga shoved away her hand and said, "I'm fine. There are just scratches."
Just then he started falling forward and Myori caught his arm to keep him from falling.
"Sure you're fine", she said sarcastically as she helped him to lie down on the piles of fur that was to be her bed.
She slowly removed his shattered armor and let out a small gasp at the huge gash across his chest. She ripped off a part of her kimono from the sleeve and wetting it with her glass of water, she slowly dabbed the wound, clearing the blood. Koga hissed slightly in pain when she dabbed on his wound.
"Sorry! Did that hurt?" She asked in a concerned voice.
"Feh", Koga said and looked at her sincere eyes. She wasn't taunting him.
Just as Myori was finishing bandaging the wound with some bandages brought in by Hae Won, Koga said abruptly, "why are you helping me?"
Myori stared at him and then said, "don't be ridiculous. When a person needs help, it should be given, whether he is your enemy or not."
Koga paused and then gave a weak smile.
"What?" she demanded.
"You're definitely nowhere near like your father", he answered.
Myori this time too also smiled, forgetting the fact that she was even being held hostage.
As Koga's wound healed, he took Myori out for some fresh air. The forest seemed a bit brighter that day. As Myori took in the sweet air, Koga spotted a deer.
"Seem good enough for lunch", he thought and then turned to Myori, "stay here. I'm getting lunch."
"Sure", Myori said. For a few minutes she stood there looking at a beautiful bird in a tree when suddenly she was surrounded by three men who looked like bandits.
"Quite the pretty one we got here", one of them said as the other two laughed menacingly.
"Me first", the other said.
Myori got frightened as she looked for ways to escape, but before she could do so one of the men caught her by the wrists.
"Trying to escape now, are we?" he said with another laugh.
Another man caught her around the waist and started ripping off her kimono.
"NO!" Myori yelled as tears filled her eyes. "KOGA!!"
The man holding her by the wrists wrestled her to the ground and was about to tear away the rest of her kimono when suddenly the three men were knocked back by a single punch by none other than Koga who had a fierce and cold glare. He looked at Myori, who was covering her bare body by what remained of her kimono and anger welled up inside of him.
"You think you can defeat us?" one the men said, raising a sword.
"You dare touch her?" Koga said in an incredibly dangerous voice and in a swipe he beheaded the man.
"L-let's run!" the remaining two shouted and started running but Koga appeared in a lightening flash before them.
"Where can you run to?" he said dangerously and within seconds he beheaded the remaining two as well. He returned to Myori, who was crying softly with her head in her arms.
He kneeled down beside her with one knee on the ground and put a gentle hand on her shoulder and she immediately edged away from his touch. Koga pulled back his hand and once more anger welled up inside of him at the thought of what those bandits were about to do to Myori.
She looked up and upon seeing that it was Koga who touched her, she flew her arms around his neck and cried in his chest without control. Even when Inuyasha's picture came up before his eyes, Koga, without restraint, put his arms around Myori and held her quivering body close against him. How could he possibly have thought of killing this girl who was so innocent, caring and loving?
"I'm here for you now, stop crying", Koga reassured calmly.
"I was so scared", she said in a trembling voice that caused a twinge in Koga's heart.
Just then Inuyasha and Sarto came rushing into the clearing and stopped abruptly at the scene before them.
"What did you do to her?" Inuyasha growled. "What did you do to my daughter?"
Sarto on the other hand was also boiling with rage as both Myori and Koga looked up.
"Father!" Myori rang out as she rushed into his arms.
Inuyasha hugged her to him and then, taking off his kimono, he handed it to her saying, "what did this fleabag do to you?"
Myori put on Inuyasha's kimono and said, "he rescued me."
"Rescued you?" Sarto asked.
Koga stood silent as Myori explained what had happened and Inuyasha's eyes blazed with anger.
"You shouldn't have kidnapped her in the first place, you mutt!" Inuyasha yelled harshly to Koga.
But instead of giving his usual arrogant replies, Koga looked at Inuyasha with an indefinable expression in his eyes, even startling Inuyasha a bit. It was an expression with sorrow, anger and something else mixed in it.
"Take her and go", Koga said simply and went away quickly, not even glancing back.
"Koga, wait!" Myori tried to stop him to thank him, but he was gone.
"Myori, are you okay? We were so worried", Sarto said, even when he felt jealous at the fact that Koga was holding Myori.
"What was that damned bastard planning to do anyway?" Inuyasha asked.
"To kill me before your eyes, but I guess that wasn't so appealing to him now", Myori answered.
Inuyasha snorted and said, "yeah, and he thinks that I will stand by watching him kill you?"
Myori shrugged and the three of them started back for the village. After Kagome and Sango made a fuss over Myori at how she should be careful, Kagome suddenly burst into tears and hugged Myori saying how worried she was that Koga might have done something to her. Sarto on the other hand was leaning against a tree near the hut, sulking.
Myori came out to him and said, "Sarto, what's wrong?"
"Myori, I need to tell you something", he answered.