~Kagome POV~

I never saw it coming.

One minute I was happy and content as I basked in InuYasha's love, when I heard a whistle and a grunt.

I opened my eyes to see the white kimono my husband was wearing turn red around his right shoulder. I clutched the blue kimono to my naked body as I see him growl then hiss in pain.

"InuYasha!"

I felt his pain become mine, our souls had been connected at the time the bullet embedded it shelf in his body. I whine softy as I get up and walk over to my mate, my panic making me unaware of the other person in the cave with us. As I reached for him I felt myself being pulled away by a strong arm.

I look behind me to see Alex.

"Alex? What are you doing here?" then I saw his rifle and it all clicks together "What did you do! Why?!" I cried out as I tried to kick him, but my body felt too weak after all the times InuYasha had made love to me.

I couldn't even fight him off as his mouth slammed over mine. The revulsion and disgust hit me hard as I felt another man's touch. I struggled to go away from him, my mind screaming out to my mate.

His other hand grabbed my chin and forced my mouth open, and then I felt water being poured down my throat. I tried to cough it back to him but he plunged his tongue in my mouth forcing me to swallow the liquid.

I heard a snarl behind me before my body went slack, my mind went blank and then I felt no more.

~InuYasha POV~

I forced my demon to the surface as I felt the distress in my mate's cry. Snarling I looked up and saw the bastard's mouth on my mate.

I only had a few minutes before I turned human so I let go of my humanity and got up ignoring the pain in my shoulder.

I took a step towards him but he pointed his weapon at me and then shot my leg, I winced but being in my demon form I was able to ignore the pain.

"Get your hand off of my fucking mate" I said before I lunged at him but the dickhead turned so that that Kagome was in front of him.

Shit. He was using her as a goddamn shield.

"Coward, put her down and face me. She belongs to me, leave her be and I will let you live" I snarled as I saw how one of his hands was dangerously close to one of her breasts.

What did he do to her? She was completely knocked out leaving my demon snarling at the fact that she hasn't responded to the brush of my aura against hers.

"What did you do to her? If you hurt her…I swear that not even hell will be an escape for you. I will hunt you down just to kill you again and again"

"Brainless demon" he said moving as he inched his way towards the exit "I would never hurt her, I love her and I plan on taking her back. She doesn't belong here, she belongs with me, in our time, with normal fucking people and when she wakes up whatever hold you had on her will disappear and she will be free from her obsession of you"

I had to kill him before the sun set, already I felt my powers weakening.

"You're not taking her anywhere" I said as I moved so fast I was a blur and snatch Kagome out of his arms.

With my mate back in my arms I lunged at the wall that held my sword, pain racked my body with every movement. I grated it as Tetsusaiga grew into my fathers fang and pointed it at him.

"Your dead" I whispered as I swung my sword at him. He rolled out of the way and pointed his weapon at me again.

I felt the tingling sensation of the sun setting.

Shit! Not yet!

I grit my teeth as the pain came back full force making me kneel down as I cradle Kagome to my chest. I could not lose her. I couldn't bear the thought of my life without her, she was my whole world the only thing that mattered to me.

She more than likely was caring my pups. I couldn't lose them.

I heard Alex laugh as I felt the last of my demon blood drain leaving me human, wounded and weak.

The blood loss was making my vision blurry.

"So…..this is what you would look like human huh? Why are you human? No wait…you know what…I don't care" He spat as he walked over to me and tired to yank Kagome out of my arms. I held on to her with all the remaining strength that I held, refusing to let her go.

"Bastard…learn when to give up" he snarled before he hit it with the butt of his weapon making me fall back. He jerked her out of my arms making me want to bit into his flesh and tear him apart.

I forced my body to get up, the pain was excruciating, and my body throbbed where he shot me.

"Let her go fucker" I said as he moved to carry her bridal style then walked out of the cave.

"No I don't think I will. Until never InuYasha, you took her from me so I'm returning the favor, but this time you will never see her again"

I coughed up blood as I saw him make his way out of the cave.

No!

I had to get to her. I forced my body to move, I had to get to Kaede. Miroku, Sango, and Kikyo they had to know what happened; they had to help me get her back. I felt the pain and sorrow building in my heart at the prospect of never seeing her again. Failure wasn't an option for me, gods knew what he would do if Kagome was with pup. Would he kill off my child? True fear griped me as I thought of the danger our pup was in.

I couldn't allow that. I couldn't allow him to kill something so precious to both Kagome and me.

By the time I made it to Kaede I was so weak from the blood loss that I felt my body laboring for breath.

"InuYasha!" I looked up to Kikyo run towards me with Miroku and Sango in tow.

"InuYasha what happened?! Where is Kagome?"

I looked up to Miroku "He found us…he took her. He's taking her to the well"

Miroku nodded before he climbed up on Kirara and leapt up to the sky towards the bone eaters well.

They ushered me into Kaede's hut where she took out the metal little objects in my shoulder and leg before applying herbs and bandaging me up knowing that in two days' time I would be semi healed.

I saw Miroku walk in…without Kagome. He shook his head "He's must have gone down there long ago"

I wanted to tear and kill; I wanted to slowly kill that bastard for taking my mate from me.

"You can't move yet InuYasha! At least wait until the new moon is over, if you move now you will die from blood loss!" said Kikyo who placed firm hands on my chest forcing me down.

"Here InuYasha…take this…. it will help" Kaede gave me water to drink…at least I thought it was water until I choked on the bitter tea.

"Ugh…what was that?" I asked weakly before I started to feel woozy.

"A sleeping drought…ye need to recover before you can start moving. I am sorry but you are of no use to Kagome dead"

I snarled in protest before I felt my eye lids grow heavy.

Kagome..my mate…my life.

~Alex POV~

I hauled Kagome from the well and laid her down on the shrine floor. Quietly I crept up to her house and went into her room to retrieve my cell phone. Once back in the well house I dialed Tank.

"Alex…what's up man! I thought you were with Kags" I heard him say on the other line.

"Yeah I am but listen man, something happened to her and she's totally knocked out. I had to get her out of there…it was starting to get too dangerous. Can you have one of our cars come get us from her house? I don't wanna cause a scene by flagging down a cab with Kagome unconscious"

"Ah man…yeah yeah of course, give them about 10 minutes I'll have one of our local boys pick you guys up. Where are you taking her? Hospital?"

"Nah man, this hostile will not hesitate to come and get her here, I getting her on a plane and back to Rio"

"Alright, I like the sound of that….we miss her like hell over here anyways. I'll call up the base over there and let them know to have a plane ready for you….want me to alert the colonel?"

I hesitated, the colonel knew about the well and who was on the other side "Nah…I'll tell him myself when I get there"

"Alright man, we'll see you in few. Take care of our angel for us"

"You know it"

Once I hung up I quickly wrapped the kimono around her securely, hulled our duffle over my shoulders then picked up Kagome gently. I hoped her family stayed asleep as walked past the house and half way down the stairs, keeping to the shadows so that I wouldn't attract attention.

It felt like an eternity until the hummer from the nearby base came around. I was getting worried that Kagome hasn't woken up yet, I had to make sure she was okay but I didn't want to risk it while we were so close to that stupid well. I needed to get her up in the air and on our way to Rio, once there I was going to check in at the base, once I made sure that the medicine worked then I was going to take her Romania.

I wanted to take her home to my land, far away from this place and the well.

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I finally let out a breath of relief once the plane took off.

"Is she going to be okay solider?" said the pilot, and older veteran who always flew for them.

"Yeah…she's had a trauma so I'm taking back to the colonel, she's his god daughter. We were on a mission when it went bad"

He looked at her then at me "Why was it only you two?"

"It wasn't an official mission, she was doing a favor for a friend and wanted me to go along with her…I'm her fiancé"

He nodded before he went back to the control room leaving Kagome and me alone. I sat down on the bed that was in the back and caressed her face. Now that we were away from that place filled with demons and monsters I realized just how much I missed her.

"I hope the medicine worked Kagome…because I don't think I could stand it if you really were in love with him without being influenced" I whispered to her as I brushed some of her bangs away from her face.

"Mmmm" she frowned in her sleep before slowly opening her eyes.

I held my breath, not knowing what to expect.

"Kagome?" I said softly "Are you okay?"

She looked at me seriously for a long time before speaking.

"Who are you?"

I felt my heart panic….she didn't know who I was?

"Kagome..are you sure you're okay? It's me…Alex"

She looked around confused before looking at me again "Kagome? Is that my name? What happened to me? I can remember anything….am I supposed to know you? Why am I in a plane?"

Oh shit.

"Your name is Kagome, I'm your fiancé Alex, you experienced a trauma and I rescued you. We are heading back to Rio de Janeiro to your god father"

She frowned at me "You're my fiancé? How do I know you're not just lying? I feel a bit nauseated"

I reach into the mini fridge and get a bottle water for her and open it for her. She tries to get up and groans as she manages to prop her self in a sitting position.

"Why does my body ache so much?"

I suppressed the urge to throw up. Yeah she would feel sore if she was being subjected to being a sex toy to a demon for almost three fucking days.

"You just been though a lot dragul meu" I say kneeling on the floor, I pulled my duffel bag to me and search for my wallet. In it I had several pictures of us along with our unit.

"Here…see?" I say handing it over to her.

With trembling hands she took the photo insert I had. It contented four pictures.

The first one was of all of us, the whole unit. We all had our arms around each other as we posed for the picture. Veronica hand taken that photo.

The next one was of Kagome, Tank and me when he took her to get her tattoo, she had her shoulder revealed as Tank and I pointed at it with goofy expressions on our faces.

The third one was of Kagome when I sneaked up on her while sleeping, she of course heard me and tried to block her face but in the end I ended up getting a very comical photo of her with the cutest expression of annoyance on her face.

The last one was my personal favorite. It was the two of us. I was holding her waist from behind as I kissed her cheek. She had leaned into me, one hand on my face as she smiled happily at the camera.

It was before all this shit happened, at a time when I knew she was mine and that I was the one who held her heart.

She looked at it silently as she touched the photo gently then looked up at me.

"This is me?"

I nod before I move to grab a mirror and held it out to her.

She looked at her self then at the picture then at me.

"Why can't I remember you?"

"I don't know Kagome, I'm just glad you're safe"

"What happened to me?"

I sighed "It's a long story…how about we just wait to see if your memory comes back? I think I read somewhere that it's not healthy to force it back"

She thought about it for a while before nodding to me. She looked down at her clothes then frowned. Slowly she caressed the silky material tilting her head.

"I know this….it means something…doesn't it?"

My face turns into stone as I see her caress the blue material softly "I don't know…I found you wearing this when I rescued you"

"Rescued? From what?"

"Bad people who wanted to use you for your powers"

"Powers…." She whispered softly then she clutched her head as if she just got a headache.

"What is it!?" in alarm at how pale she suddenly became.

"I don't know" she said before opening her eyes, I move to grab her hands in mine. The instate I touched her skin she recoiled from me, her breathing hitched as she stared at our intertwined hands.

"What is it?"

"You shouldn't touch me…" she whispered softly as she continued to stare at our hands "I get the feeling that you shouldn't be touching me….it feels wrong…..I feel nauseated"

A ticked worked in my jaw. Just what the fuck did that demon do to her? She hissed as she placed a hand on the left side of her neck.

Frowning I moved the fabric to the side and paled when I saw the fang marks on her skin. He had sunk his fangs into her, no doubt contaminating her with some sort of virus that made her unable to touch another man, fucking possessive monster.

"Don't worry my love….we'll get you some medical attention and you'll be your old self again" I say reaching up to caress her face noticing the way she backed away from me when I did "You have to fight against it…don't let it win"

She looked at me in alarm her chest falling in rapid breaths "It feels horrible…..It feels like…I'm missing a vial part of me….what is this feeling?"

"A virus" I say urging her to lie down "Sleep and recuperate your strength Kags…..remember…I love you" I whisper as I kiss her cheek then walk out of the back room. I needed to think.

Kagome couldn't remember anything. Was it temporary? or permanent due to the medicine? Damn and what the hell was I going to do if she is pregnant? I could always give her a morning after pill and hope it works, but being as the father is half demon…I wasn't completely sure about it.

For now the safest place for her was the unit base and hope it will jog some good memories, once there I will have to work to reestablish my relationship with her.

I will win her back; I had the upper hand now that she doesn't remember the damn dog after all.

~Kagome POV~ 2 days later~

I heard the voices of the guys training and walking around outside. Stretching I got up to sit on the edge of the bed trying to rid myself of the sensation that I wasn't suppose to be here. But if I'm not suppose to be here…then where? I couldn't shake off the feeling like there was someone missing in my life…someone important.

I felt frustrated that I couldn't remember anything. The only clue to my past life I had was the photos that littered my room. It was obvious that I use to live here. I walked into the bathroom and took off my night shirt and stared at myself in the mirror.

I kept hoping to wake up and not see a stranger staring back at me. I caressed the bit mark on my neck and shivered. It happened every time I touched it; it would burn hot then make me shiver in response.

What did it mean?

Every time I saw the mark it made me want to sob, my soul was crying on the inside and I didn't know why. I saw my eyes glisten with tears, as I touched it gently.

There was someone I missed deeply….but who?

Alex said I was his fiancé…but I couldn't stand to have him near me. I was repulsed by the gentle caresses and touches he would give me, I didn't have the heart to say so but I didn't like it when touched me.

As I took a shower and changed into my black training clothes I went to retrieve my bow. My uncle told me that it was my weapon of choice, and that he that by me training today I would remember something.

I braided my hair down my back and walked out and inhaled the morning breeze. Winter was on it's way.

"Hey Kags!" I looked over to see Santiago waving to me along with Tank. I smiled at them as I walked over to them. I didn't mind being in their company, they looked at me like a friend which made it bearable to be around them. Alex was the only one who would casually walk up to me and wrap his arms around me and kiss me making me want to curl up and wither on the inside.

"Are you training today?"

"Yeah, I'm hoping it help me remember who I am"

"This sucks….we finally get you back only for you not to remember who we are or who you are….fuck…what did they do to you?" cursed Santi kicking a rock in frustration.

I shrugged my shoulders, not knowing what to say to him. It was the strangest thing, I felt happy to be here, I knew this place deep in my soul, but I also felt that there was someone missing. There was someone I was looking for….and it wasn't Alex.

Was I betraying him with another man? Was I that kind of woman? These where the questions I feared the answer to.

"Tank….so….Alex and I…how long have we been together?" I wanted to hear it from another party than Alex.

"Shoot….maybe two years officially, but you known him for a total of four years. You broke poor Santi's heart over here when you started dating Alex seriously" Said Tank with a laugh as he patted Santiago's shoulder.

"Yeah….stupid Romanian stole my little Pequeñia" said Santiago as he sniffed playfully making me chuckle at him.

"And….I'm happy with him?" I say finally as we walked over to the shooting range.

Tank nodded "Yeah…you were really sad when you first came here, you had came out of a bad relationship back home. From what you told me, you felt weak because he was always protecting you, and he somehow got injured so you left to come here and train to become stronger. You and Alex become close over the months and you always seemed to like being with him. At one time, it was hard to separate you two"

I bit the side of my lip. There was someone I was trying to forget when I came here? Is that the person I was trying to remember?

As I notched my bow I experienced a sense of calm and familiarity wash over me and when I released my arrow two things happened at once: it shot out glowing bright pink.

The second thing was that I was suddenly thrown back by a memory. I saw red as someone moved to protect me from some unseen enemy, I couldn't see his face but my heart stuttered painfully.

"Kagome…I will always protect you" I heard him say, his voice was gruff…..then it was gone.

I was yanked back to the present, I gasped as I tried to fill my lungs with air. My eyes watered as I slumped down to the ground, sorrow burning in my soul painfully. It was almost like I was grieving. That voice….I knew that voice.

"Kagome!"

I looked up to see Alex running towards me, his green eyes wide with alarm and concern.

"What happened? Did you remember something?" he asked in alarm.

I shook my head "Bits and pieces…nothing significant" it was significant…but for some odd reason…I felt it was too personal.

I couldn't let Alex know about the voice, it was something that was only for me….but why?

He looked at my face for a long time before he lifted his hand and caressed my cheek making my stomach roll uncomfortably.

"I wish you could look at me the same way you use to" he whispered to me looking at my face with such love and devotion that I felt the guilt boil inside of me.

"I'm sorry"

He shook his head "No…I'm sorry. Sorry for not protecting you, for allowing him to get to you"

Alex had told me that I was a victim of an assault and that had been held captive for almost three days by my attacker. He had urged me to take a morning after pill….but I never did. I ended up throwing them down the toilet.

I couldn't explain why I was so against taking those little pills, the thought of being pregnant made me strangely happy.

"Forget about it….my memories will come back eventually" I say as I get up and rub my temples feeling suddenly tired.

"Do you need to lie down?" He said as he wrapped his arms around me making me clap my mouth down as I felt bile rise up in my throat.

"No…I'm fine….I just.." I couldn't very well tell him, but I'm guessing he must have known because he cursed and step away from me.

"You still cant stomach being near me can you? When did the colonel say the doctor was going to be coming to check you out?"

"Tomorrow" I say softly feeling like crying. A doctor was going to check me out, I felt broken and sad, I wanted to run away from all of this…but to where?

~InuYasha POV~ 3 days later~

I leapt out of the well and sniffed the air around. They were here alright but the sent was fairly old, so he didn't linger too long.

I moved up to her room and growled as I caught both of their scents intermingled. It was clear that before she came down the well….he had stayed in her room. Not that it did him any good. His mate had came to him untouched. I tired to hold back my demon as I remembered that my mate was at the mercy of a fuckin human who was obsessed with her.

I growled darkly there was no where for him to escape to, he might as well kill himself now because death was not going to come swiftly for him…..no. I was going to make him suffer though five shades of hell before I granted him the mercy of killing him.

You didn't fuck with an Inu's mate and live to tell about it. Even full blooded youkai like my brother would loose every bit of humanity or mercy if his mate was ever taken by another male.

I went down stairs and found Kagome's mother washing dishes.

"InuYasha? What are you doing here? Where is Kagome?"

"So I take it he didn't even bother to let you know he took her then" I growled as I slammed by fist on the table "Damn it! Where did he take her!"

"Wait…..who? Kagome? What's going on?! Where is my baby?" she said suddenly fearful.

I explained to her what had happened, that I took Kagome as my mate, that I loved her and that her daughter was more than likely pregnant with her grandchild. I also told her what Alex did and showed her the scars of my wounds which were not fully healed yet.

"I cant believe he shot you InuYasha. Well….I think I have a good idea were he might have taken her. Let me take care of everything. We will get her back home"

I felt so relived that I sat down on one of the chairs and placed my face in hands….my soul was crying out to her. I needed my Kagmoe with me….I was nothing out her. Words couldn't express the agonizing feeling of knowing that my mate was somewhere out of my reach with another male.

I felt like a failed as a mate and would be father.

"Don't worry InuYasha…..I am happy that it was you she choose. She had loved you for such a long time that I already considered you part of this family" Kagome's mom said softly as she rubbed one of my ears affectionately.

"Thank you" I said softy, I felt raw and exposed. The most vital part of me was gone leaving me to feel like an empty shell, voided of all emotions.

My mate…..my koishii….

I stayed up in Kagome's room until I heard her mom walking up the stairs.

"Okay….I able to get a hold of Veronica. She confirmed that Kagome is back with her uncle in Rio….but there is something else"

I felt relief that she was found…but I didn't like that last part.

"What is it?"

"Something happened to her memory….she cant remember who she is or anyone around her"

I let the words sink in….she lost her memory? If that was the case….I smiled slowly making Kagome's mom look at me with a suddenly worried look.

"Why are you smiling? Isn't this a bad thing?"

"For Alex yes….but to me..no. She is my mate, the other half of my soul….even if she did forget me now, once united she will remember who I am and in turn remember herself. Where is she and how do I get there? I need to get close to her, once I do she will regain her memories" Then I snarled "Fucking idiot, he obviously didn't take into account that you cant keep mates separated, even with a memory spell"

"I had Veronica send for a car. Once we are at the airport we are going up in the air and fly to Rio"

I balked at her "Fly? as in those huge metal contraption that I see hovering in the air?"

She laughed at me.

"Yes InuYasha…Rio is in brazil which is very far away from here. Come on…let's get you dressed and ready. We need to cover your ears…thank goodness that we don't have to go though body scanners and customs"

I frowned at her strange choice of words but decided to let her lead….as long as she took me to Kagome I wouldn't care if she asked me to wear a fucking leash and barked like a dog.

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I gazed out of the window as I watched the clouds float by marveling at the technology of this time and what humanity have achieved for themselves.

"So your Kagome's mother then?" said the pilot, he was an older man who had a very stern face "I was worried about her when Alex brought her aboard unconscious, something didn't feel right about the whole situation" he said then he looked at me taking in my silver hair and golden eyes.

"Your not from around here are you my boy?" he said pinning me with a very serious expression but then grunted and shook his head "Oh well…no matter. I take it your Kagome's beau?"

"He is….he is her husband. They married about a week ago" said Kagome's mom.

The elder man nodded at them.

"I take it Alex did not take it well and took her? But why back to Rio? The colonel will not be happy with what he did…..he just put his whole military career on the line with this little stunt he pulled. What is that boy thinking?"

"I don't know and I don't give a shit about his career or what he was thinking, the only thing I want is my wife back. He had no right to even touch her…he's career is the least of his problems" I snarled

The man chuckled at me "I like you, you don't take crap from anyone I gather. Alex just bit off more than he could chew with you huh? Well we'll be there in no time, just hang tight"

He walked off to go to the front leaving me sitting here a bit baffled. I kinda liked him.

"Don't worry son, once we get Kagome back I'll take her to a medical doctor. If she is pregnant we will be able to tell"

"No need" I said gruffly "If she is I should be able to tell by her scent by now"

"Really? how fascinating"

I rolled my eyes at her.

I let my mind wonder off, I was already feeling the strain of being apart from her. I was sure she felt it too. Our souls where trying to connect to merge and become one. Her absence was like a constant ache within me, it felt too familiar. I once experienced this dull pain when she felt four years ago, and I was going to be damn if I had to live through it for another day.

I wanted her in my arms, and once I did get her back…things were going to change. I knew this.

I lost her once, I wasn't going to lose her again. My demon was demanding I keep her safe once I had her back, she was going to be spending a whole lot of time in that cave. If she was indeed with pup, then I was going to be a whole lot more protective of her. She accepted my claim, she came to me willing, she wanted to have my pup and now she was going to have to obey me in this.

I hated having to be a tyrant but my demon was snarling at me and demanded I do my duty as a mate and keep her safe for now on.

'I'm sorry koi' I thought to myself as I watched the clouds float by 'I wont be able to give you much freedom after this' I sighed as I thought about how complicated that fucker made things for us now.

I wanted her to be happy but I at the same time I was being overcome by dark possessive feelings. I wanted to lock her away and never let anyone near her…..I was more youkai than man with my mate now.

I just prayed that she understood and accepted my need to protect her.