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Love Lost, and Love found

Hello Here is chapter two I hope you enjoy it! Read and Review please

InuYasha's thoughts

InuYasha's Beast

InuYasha's Human side

Kouga's thoughts

Kouga's Beast

Chapter Two: Tears

Kouga was frustrated, he was bored and wanted to talk to someone; however Ginta and Hakkaku were off mating with each other, and the rest of the pack was in a similar situation. At least Ayame had finally laid off her 'claim', and found a mate of her own, leaving him to be with his Kagome. Making the decision not to spend this mating season alone Kouga sped off in search of Kagome.

Meanwhile InuYasha was running as fast as he could from Kagome and her 'good news'. After running for what seemed like forever InuYasha finally stopped at a large deciduous- (looses its leaves) - tree that overlooked a large lake. Taking a large InuYasha landed a top a large branch that hung out over the lake. He sat back against the tree, closed his amber eyes, and began to weep.

It seemed that no matter who he met in life, he was not destined to be happy. His mother had died, leaving him alone at a young age. Not that he could blame her for dying, she was only human after all. Both humans and demons alike despised him for the way he looked. Humans hated him because he looked too demonic, demons because he was always too weak, too human. Then he met Kikyo, he always thought that he would be different, sure at first he wanted the jewel in order to be accepted by the demonic society. But her kind sensitive ways changed him and he fell in love with her. Only to have his heart broken, and pierced by an arrow that was supposed to seal him in an eternal sleep.

Then came along Kagome he let out a pained sob at the thought of her name, "Stupid human emotions…"

Not only did she reawaken him from his slumber, but she reawakened his heart…

InuYasha continued to weep as he remembered all of his time with Kagome and wondered where he went wrong.

Kouga skidded to a stop halfway in between his plight to Kagome, "What's the mutt doing this far from the village?" he asked himself mentally as he caught the smell of InuYasha. Using his precise sense of smell Kouga located InuYasha quickly. He was hidden in a large tree, his red fire rat cloth blending in with the vivid colors of Autumn. A rouge wind from the north west brought a second, more confusing smell to Kouga's sensitive nose.

"Salt… why is dog breath crying? Heh, did Kagome finally dump the jerk and decide to be with the better man?" little did he know just how right… and wrong he was.

As Kouga walked closer to the tree he got a clearer view of the hanyou. InuYasha sat tight up against the tree with with his knees hugged to his chest. His eyes were closed, his ears were folded back completely against his head, and Kouga could hear sobs and whimpers coming from the distraught hanyou. Kouga jumped up from the ground and landed frog like (balancing on feet with hands supporting him as well) in front of InuYasha.

"Hey Mutt Face, where's Kagome, and why are you up here sobbing like a newborn pup? Kouga asked in his usual way.

He pulled back a little in shock as InuYasha's dull golden eyes looked up at him. It looked as if all the spark, all the fire was gone from InuYasha's spirit. It was as if Kouga was looking into and empty hollow shell.

"K…Kagome... is probably being marked be her mate right now. It seems that my older half brother Sesshomaru and her had been secretly courting, and I am crying because I found out about this just as I was going to propose to her…" InuYasha said quietly, finishing off with a sob as he was once again reminded of his lost love.

Kouga was now staring at InuYasha in shock. The hanyou scent told him that InuYasha was not lying, yet Kouda did not want to believe it. Deciding to test InuYasha's story's validity later, Kouga did something that shocked both himself and InuYasha. He hugged him

Ya Know I was gonna end the chapter here, but I decided to be nice.

"It'll be okay buddy. I'm here for you, if you ever need someone to talk too, or even someone just to be there for you. I'm here." Kouga said as he embraced InuYasha, who was entering a state of shock for the second time that day.

Inside InuYasha's head there was a small argument going on. His beast was stating that Kouga was a strong, powerful, handsome demon that would make a wonderful mate.

His human side was screaming, "What? Don't believe him (Kouga), your going get hurt again, just like everyone else who has ever cared for you hurt you."

Meanwhile InuYasha was mentally screaming at his beast and human sides.

"Oi!!! He just wants to be friends, plus I am 100 completely and totally STRAIGHT! Meaning I don't like men!!!"

Receiving a unified "Mmmhmm, suuurre you just keep believing that…" InuYasha huffed as he said (out loud), "Thanks Kouga, that really means a lot to me."

Kouga smiled at his friends and said, "Hey, you want to come back to the caves for the night? Give you some time away from Kagome, your welcome to stay as long as you want."

"Yes, mate can stay forever if he wants!" Kouga's beast barked happily from within Kouga.

"Yeah he can stay as long as he… waaiit a minute… What do you mean by mate? He's a friend, a guy friend too! I'm not like Ginta and Hakkaku, I like boobs not balls!"

"Liar…"

"Quiet you, you know nothing about me!!!"

"You like him, and how cute he gets when he's angry, oh and his cute butt too!!!"

"Aaaaaaahhhh… my beast is trying to turn me gay!!!" Kouga shouted inwardly as he and InuYasha jumped off the branch they were perched on.

"Come on InuYasha, lets go home." Kouga said as he headed towards the caves, with a quiet heart broken hanyou following in behind.

Yay!!! Chapter Two is up! Now if I could be this punctual with my other fic… sorry bout the lateness peeps. Read and Review please!!!

Oh and Kagome and Sesshomaru are not evil in this fic, they are just deeply in love… maybe I should write their story as a prequel… nah….