Quick note...

I had thought this was clear, but I guess it wasn't. In this story, Kagome is a full blooded demon. She is a hybrid, yes, but not a hanyou. She's half silver (father's side) and half shadow (mother's side). She has ZERO humanity. She is Sesshoumaru's half sister because they share a father, but have two different demonic mothers.

Also, Rin will NOT be in this story. Sorry to say, this isn't going to be a double pairing. It is a Kouga/Kagome, and that's it. I have other stories where more than one pairing will be doable, but for what I have planned for this, it's not possible, not even as a barely mentioned subplot. It will ruin what I have planned for Sesshoumaru's character. Sorry for all that thought/hoped for that, but not this time.

On with it

~Kouga's Eternal

Dazed steel gray eyes opened, vision blurry and distorted as they slowly moved back and forth. The missing Western pup whimpered in her throat as she tried to shift and sit up, only to cry out as a pain the likes she had never felt shot up her side. Her vision once again dimmed as her head spun and stomach rolled.

Dropping back flat to the ground, Kagome squeezed her eyes shut as hard as she could as she breathed hard through clenched teeth. When she was fairly certain she had a hold of her breakfast that threatened to remind her of what she ate, she slowly opened her eyes again, looking straight up the cliff face she laid next to.

'Where am I?' She thought, not knowing at all how she came to be there. Last thing she remembered was lying in bed for a nap, yet now she was in the woods, at the base of a cliff, in an area she didn't recognize. She also didn't smell her father or her brother, who's scents were all over the place in the West. Between the two of them, there wasn't an inch that wasn't scent marked by the males of the pack so anyone who happened to cross over into the West would know who the territory belonged to.

Once again the pup slowly sat up, this time taking more care to reach her goal. When she reached her hands and hip, she whined in her throat at the pain in her side before slowly turning her head to look around the area, still seeing nothing familiar.

Using her tail for stability, she then wrapped her arms around her middle, wincing as she felt a rib shift under her torn sleeping yukida. Dropping her eyes to her leg, she groaned at the stick that was sticking out from a tear in her hakkama.

In that moment, she wasn't sure what she should do. She was hurt, badly from the looks and feel of it, and she didn't know where she was or how she came to be there. Her nose was beyond sensational and able to pick up scents from miles around, but all she could currently smell was dirt and blood. The not knowing and the feeling of loneliness began to creep in and take hold of Kagome's thoughts, all matter of fear and horrors flashing before her mind's eye.

She whimpered again, but did her best not to allow her morose thoughts to consume her. She knew better. She was young by demonic standards, and the daughter of a reigning Lord, but she was still trained in the art of defence, both physical and mental. Her daddy refused to be like other high ranking demons and force his female offspring into the background, into a role of seen not heard.

Though Kagome was second in line, she was an heiress and would be Lady of the West should something happen to her older brother, or if Sesshoumaru didn't take a mate by his one hundredth year as reigning Lord. Touga flat out refused to allow his daughter to be bullied or forced into a lifelong mating for political reasons as was so common. His pack was already at the top of the food chain, so to speak, so it wasn't like Kagome would benefit any from something of that nature.

So, on the back of her educational and 'Lady' lessons, her father also taught her basic swordsmanship and meditation, affording her the knowledge of mind over matter and giving her the tools to focus through pain and fear.

Still, she was young by demonic standard and because of that, those lessons sometimes didn't completely stick as her father hoped they would. Alone and lost in a place she was unfamiliar with, as well as injured and confused, Kagome didn't know what to do. She knew she couldn't climb the rock wall, not with the damage to her leg, and she couldn't smell anything much past her current position. It was still so light out she knew she shifting to her true form was also a bad idea because the light drained her of what little energy she had.

She could see trees from where she was, but they weren't that close and she wasn't sure she could walk that far. However, she knew beyond a shadow of doubt she couldn't stay where she was. She had to find cover until she was discovered. All she could do as she ripped the stick from her thigh with a growled scream and climbed to her feet was hope that whoever found her was more of an ally than an enemy.

*X*

Yeah, it's another short one, but the chapters start to lengthen and move along here soon.

See you next chapter!