First, some answer to some reviewers:

avid-reader21: Yeah, worms. Kouga smelled Ha Jinsoku, who is a snake-demon. And for what I know, calling a snake a worm is the greatest kind of insult you can give. But hey, I'm sure there's a lot worse than that ^^

mew mew 124: That's the catch: I myself have no idea who I should let her end up with O.O Should it be the quiet (deadly) Sesshomaru, kind and bad-boy Kouga or InuYasha... For now, I can at least say I'm not that interested in letting InuYasha and Kagome be together. I mean, cheating with a claypot? Or not really cheating, but you get my point. Further into the story, who knows?
I'm not sure which snake you mean: Ha Jinsoku or Hebi Otoko? Both are kind of bent between killing/seduce her, but Jinsoku is more the seducing and caring type, while Hebi is... well, more into the kill-scene.

I don't own InuYasha characters (except my OC's that appears throughout this story). If I did, I wouldn't have to go to school. All credit goes to Rumiko Takahashi.

They had been quiet for a long time; he had yanked and slashed at his prison, cursing their capturers, God and everyone else he could come up with, while she had tried to figure out why they were there, how they would get back and who had done it. Kagome could vaguely remember a handsome face with amazingly beautiful green eyes and the words 'I'm sorry', but that was also all. Her mind was quite foggy and she wondered if that green-eyed male had used something on her, or if it really had been him. Maybe he had been ambushed by some muggers and had promised them a girl in return for his life. She highly doubted it. His eyes had been plastered on her; he hadn't seemed like someone which life was in danger. If so, Kagome was sure his eyes would have darted a lot more.

She glanced at InuYasha, now leaning against the iron bars with his arms sticking out between them. Kagome winced at the sight; she had never seen him look so defeated before, his head seeking support from his upper arms and his ears plastered against his scalp.

"InuYasha…" He turned his head slightly, one ear lifted to show he was listening. "How are you?"

"…how I am? What kind of stupid question is that?" he growled to her, his head slumping back on his arms. "The good question is: how are you? What did he do to you?"

"He? He who?"

Now he straightened, his golden eyes piercing through the room and stabbing into her blue. "What do you mean who? Ha Jinsoku of course!"

Ha Jinsoku. To hear the name was as if a dam had burst, all the memories flowing through her at an amazing speed; Green eyes, moonlight, the sticky smell as something ambushed her nose, Kouga… 'Oh God, Kouga!'

"What is it?" InuYasha suddenly perked up. "What is it, Kagome?"

She blushed, and bowed her head. If InuYasha could see how flushed she was he would know something had happened, but if he discovered the cause was Kouga… Kagome gulped and forced a wide smile to spread on her face.

"Nothing. Just thinking of the ironic situation in all of this. I mean, I did try to run home but now I'm chained up here in these… awfully pretty handcuffs with you, the one I did try to get away from nonetheless. Do you see my point?"

From the corner of her eye she could see InuYasha already stiff body stiffen even more and she immediately felt bad. She hadn't really meant to open her mouth and say those mean things to him, but she had been desperate for something that could cover up her and Kouga's… relationship? Was it a relationship if one of the parts was in love with the other which only recently had realized some sort of love for the first?

The silence stretched until it seemed thick as an mountain between them, until InuYasha opened his mouth again.

"…rry…" came his muffled voice. Under the silence his head had fallen back to his arms, and now he had his head pressed into his firerat robe.

"What? I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you." She craned her neck and made a motion as if to go to him, but the stupid bracelets/handcuffs held her back. With a sigh she sat back down, massaging at her sore wrists.

"I'm sorry, alright? About that… but I owe Kikyou my life. My life is hers and hers is mine. I never meant-"

"To hurt me? InuYasha, I know that." She held her gaze glued to the stones in her bracelets; the red one seemed to shine more brilliantly than the white one, blood red versus cloudy grey.

"Kagome." She waited for him to continue, but when the silence only stretched on for what seemed like forever she raised her head and looked at him. He kneeled to her as closely as he could from behind the magical bars, his jaw working. Clearly he was not sure how to continue.

"You are the first person, demon or human alike, which I have ever trusted. You are my first friend and you are always there for me when I need you. Kagome, with you I can feel at ease with being what I am." He slumped forward, his head resting heavily on the bars and his hands clutching tightly around them. "But I am also the one who are responsible for Kikyou's death and because of that I will have to pay back with my own life."

Kagome smiled sadly at him and leaned her head back onto the cold stone. "I know, and I can't compete with her. I'm, after all, still alive."

InuYasha whipped his head up and opened his mouth to protest. "Kikyou and I are completely different," Kagome continued, not willing to let him stop her from speaking her mind," even though I'm her reincarnation and all. My heart is my own, not something I have inherited from her. But InuYasha, she and I share the same feeling for you; the need to see you again."

The realization hit him. She wasn't sad and angry at him simply because he had meet Kikyou; she was angry because… she felt something for him, something he had only felt for Kikyou. His eyes widened and he felt his heart skip a little; Kagome was in love with him?

"Only answer this for me Inuyasha." Her voice brought him back from his pained thought's and he glanced at Kagome, only to see her smiling at him while tears streamed down her face. If only he could he would take her in his arms and scream at her. 'Why are you smiling?'

"Will you stay with me, after all of this?" She choked the words out. She knew that InuYasha's and Kikyou's bond was unbreakably and that she couldn't do anything to change that. Kagome only hoped he wouldn't push her away; if he did, she would never be able to forget him and get on with her life. If they were alive after whatever the kidnapper wanted with them.

"You will stay with me?" It sounded as a question, completing his dumbfounded expression; mouth slightly open, raised eyebrows and slightly flushed cheeks. She wanted to laugh out loud at the sight, if it weren't for her heart being ripped slowly into tiny bits of shreds.

She didn't, of course. She simply smiled at him and nodded weakly, closing her eyes and feeling the tears continue their route down her cheeks and along her throat. 'Silly you, InuYasha. I will be by your side forever.'

"Little miss, little miss, her face flushed from tears"

The prisoners jumped at the singing voice. They, or at least InuYasha, hadn't heard anyone enter the room; neither the echoing room before the creaking cell door had alerted them.

"Her heart ripped apart, realize her fears"

Kagome started to sweat and made a motion to stand up, but her strength had suddenly drained from her, even though she had been unconscious for a pretty long time. Panting slightly she slumped to the wall while her hands gripped after something to hold her up.

"Little miss, little miss, why tell a lie?"

The voice sounded as if it was closer. InuYasha's head was practically hurdling across his shoulders as he tried to catch the voice's owner.

"When it only will leave you to die"

She felt her breath hitch as she felt the voice's owner's breathe into her neck. Kagome slowly turned her head and glanced over her shoulder, where she met the dreaded pair of crystal blue eyes and the playful smile that haunted her. Swallowing the lump in her throat she turned fully to meet her fiend and backed a few steps.

"Hebi Otoko," she whispered.

Hey guys! This took a while, and all because of a silly thing. I wanted this chapters conversation (?) between InuYasha and Kagome to resemble the one they had in "Return To The Place Where We First Met", episode 48 season 2 of the anime. I was to lazy to actually go upstairs, take the damn movie and play it. Instead I scrolled the Internet where I only ended up with vauge summaries. So... I made some stuff up, but I hope i got the feeling at least.
Also late with this chapter because of two speeches I have next week! One in Swedish class (eep!) and one for the Culture History class (yikes!). Also, I have to met my guidance counselor since I really want to change my career choice (called that?) because I don't get a **** about what we are talking about in Economics Class.

Either way, enough. Please review! ^^