InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Naraku's Desire ❯ Chapter 30 ( Chapter 30 )
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By: yugis_girl98 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Romance / Drama | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 02.10.2006 | Updated On: 09.01.2007 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.7K | Visits: 252 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Romance / Drama | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 02.10.2006 | Updated On: 09.01.2007 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.7K | Visits: 252 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha.....I do however own Yanna and any other character that I create.....A/N: ~~...~~ denotes flashbacks, dreams, and nightmares; **...** denotes changes in scenery, * denotes special notes at the bottom of the chapter.
Chapter 30 ~ Yanna’s Recovery and InuYasha’s Guilt
Kouga had finally made it back to the wolf den with Yanna. He was starting to get worried because Yanna hadn’t woken up yet. He walked into the den where he received glares from the other members of the pack. Just then, one of the pack members walked up to Kouga.
“Kouga, why have you brought InuYasha here?” the pack member asked.
“This isn’t InuYasha, you idiot. It’s his twin sister, InuYanna, Ginta, and besides she has been here once before,” Kouga said as he glared at Ginta.
Kouga pushed past Ginta and the other pack members as he made his way to the back of the den where there was a bed of furs that Kouga slept on at night. When he reached the furs, Kouga laid Yanna down on them. Once Yanna was laying down on the bed, Kouga turned to the others.
“Anybody who dares to mess with InuYanna will have me to deal with. Is that completely understood?” Kouga growled at them.
The other pack members nodded and then backed away from Kouga since they knew that he had meant business. It didn’t take long for the pack members to go back to what they were doing before Kouga had shown up with Yanna.
Once everyone had returned to their previous tasks, Kouga then turned back to Yanna. He sat down next to her and pushed her silvery-white bangs out of her eyes. He still couldn’t believe that InuYasha had hit her.
“Don’t worry, InuYanna, you are safe from InuYasha here,” Kouga whispered to her as he lightly kissed her forehead.
After Kouga had kissed Yanna, he got up and walked to the front of the cave. He looked around and then headed towards the forest. He knew that he had to relieve some of the pent up anger that had been inside of him since InuYasha had hit Yanna. Kouga had entered the forest and found a helpless tree to take his anger out on. He stopped in front of the tree and swiped at it with his claws. Kouga did that for at least a few hours before he started walking back to the wolf den now that he was feeling a little bit better than he was when he entered the forest.
**Meanwhile**
After Naraku had disappeared from his castle, he had fled to another castle. He couldn’t believe that Yanna had betrayed him. Naraku knew he had to permanently get rid of Yanna if he was going to defeat InuYasha and get all of the sacred jewel shards.
“I wonder what my dear InuYanna is doing,” Naraku said, smiling to himself.
**Meanwhile at the village**
InuYasha had reached the outskirts of Kaede’s village where he knew that the others were waiting for him and Yanna to return. He still wasn’t sure how he was going to tell the others about what he did to Yanna and how Kouga had taken her from him. InuYasha still couldn’t believe that he had hit Yanna. He was about to head back into the forest when he heard someone calling his name.
Kagome had walked out of the hut and looked around to see if InuYasha and Yanna had returned yet. She was worried that something bad had happened to them. Just then, Kagome had caught sight of red and silver on the outskirts of the village. Kagome started running towards the figure that she saw.
“InuYasha,” she called out as she neared the red-clad figure.
InuYasha stopped when he heard his name being called. He turned around slowly and saw Kagome running towards him. He tried his best to hide the tears that were wanting to fall from his eyes.
Kagome stopped running when she reached InuYasha. She saw the grief written all over his face. Kagome was about to speak when she felt InuYasha pull her into his chest. She was surprised but she didn’t fight him.
“InuYasha, what’s wrong?” Kagome asked as she pulled away from him slightly.
InuYasha didn’t meet her eyes. He then let his gaze fall to the ground as he released Kagome completely from their embrace.
Kagome could see that InuYasha was fighting with his inner turmoil about something he wasn’t telling her. She then reached up and lightly touched his cheeks with her soft fingers. InuYasha then looked at Kagome when he felt her fingers lightly touch his cheek.
“I hit her, Kagome,” InuYasha said just barely above a whisper.
Kagome had to strain in order to hear what InuYasha had said. She looked at him with sadness in her eyes. Then she remembered that Yanna was nowhere around.
“Hit who, InuYasha?” Kagome asked.
InuYasha looked away from Kagome once again as he answered her.
“InuYanna. I hit InuYanna,” InuYasha said as he started to cry.
Kagome forced InuYasha to look at her once again.
“InuYasha, I know that you probably didn’t mean to hit InuYanna but where is she?” Kagome asked while she was looking around for Yanna.
“Kouga took her back to the wolf den with him. He thinks I am not fit to protect InuYanna from anything or anyone,” InuYasha all but growled out.
Kagome just looked at InuYasha. She knew how he felt about Kouga. She could only imagine how InuYasha had felt when he saw Kouga take off with Yanna.
“InuYasha, we will get her back from Kouga. Why don’t we go and see what the others are up to in the village,” Kagome said while taking his hand and pulling him back towards Kaede’s hut.
“Okay, Kagome,” InuYasha said as he followed her back into the village.
**Back at the wolf den**
Kouga had returned from his little trip into the forest. When he entered the wolf den, he went straight to Yanna’s side in the back of the den. Once he reached Yanna’s side, Kouga saw that she was still sleeping peacefully, or so he thought. When he realized that Yanna was okay, he turned to the rest of his pack.
“I should have said this earlier but InuYanna is going to be staying right here with us until she recovers enough to be out on her own once again. I want some of you to go hunting with Ginta and Hakkaku,” Kouga said as he turned back to Yanna.
Once Hakkaku and Ginta left, Kouga sat down on the furs next to Yanna. He wished that she would wake up. The longer Yanna was unconscious, the more Kouga got worried that she would never wake up.
“Please, InuYanna, wake up. The longer that you are like this, the more I worry about you,” Kouga said with sadness in his voice.
Ginta and the others returned from their hunt with enough dead rabbits to feed the whole pack for a week. They cleaned and cooked the rabbits. Kouga had refused to leave Yanna’s side when the rabbits were done cooking. Everyone then went ahead and ate the rabbits. Ginta noticed that Kouga wasn’t eating so he walked over to Kouga.
“Come on, Kouga, you have to eat something,” Ginta said as he placed his hand on Kouga’s shoulder.
Kouga let out a warning growl to Ginta to get away from him and Yanna. When Ginta heard the growl come from Kouga, he backed away and went back to eating with the other pack members. After that, no one bothered Kouga and Yanna for the rest of the night.
**Later that night**
Kouga remained awake after everyone else had gone to sleep for the night. He had laid down beside Yanna while the others were eating the rabbits earlier that night. Kouga just laid there while he was looking at Yanna. Before he knew it, Kouga had fallen asleep.
Soon after Kouga had fallen asleep, he was awakened when Yanna started thrashing around in her sleep. He put his arms around he waist and pulled her to him in hopes that it would calm her down. Kouga smiled when Yanna had relaxed into his arms.
“Shhh. You’re okay, InuYanna,” Kouga had cooed in her ear as he drifted back into a deep slumber with Yanna beside him.
For the rest of the night, Yanna had slept peacefully in Kouga’s arms.
**The next morning**
Yanna slowly opened her amber-gold eyes only to find herself in a cave. She tried to sit up only to find that she was being held in place by two strong arms around her waist. This really freaked Yanna out because she didn’t know where she was at.
Yanna then started to try and get away from her captor when she heard a low growl come from behind her. Yanna then stopped struggling and slowly turned around to see who had growled at her. When she had completely turned around, Yanna then saw Kouga looking down at her with his deep blue eyes.
“Well, good morning, InuYanna. It is nice to see that you have finally woken up,” Kouga said as he pulled her closer to him.
When Kouga pulled Yanna closer to him, she fought him even harder in order to get away from him. Yanna then realized that Kouga wasn’t going to let her go so she finally relaxed into his hold once again. Kouga noticed this and grinned evilly to himself.
Yanna looked up into Kouga’s deep blue eyes and asked him, “Why am I here, Kouga? What happened to InuYasha?”
Kouga cringed slightly when he heard Yanna mention InuYasha’s name. Yanna noticed how he reacted to what she had just said. Kouga looked Yanna dead in the eyes before he responded to her questions.
“Well, InuYanna, how much do you remember about what happened between us and InuYasha yesterday?” Kouga asked her as he released her from his grasp and they both sat up.
Yanna whimpered slightly at the loss of Kouga’s touch on her skin. Yanna then looked up at Kouga and shook her head, letting him know that she didn’t remember anything about what had happened the day before. Kouga sighed and continued to tell her the whole story. He told her everything about how he had found her in the forest after she had ran away from InuYasha. Kouga also told her about the fight between him and InuYasha and about how she got in between them.
“I was able to stop my attack when got in between us, InuYanna, but mutt-face, on the other hand, couldn’t. He hit you so hard that you flew into a nearby tree and then passed out. I then picked you up, told dog breath to return to Kagome, and then I brought you here,” Kouga said to a very shocked Yanna.
Yanna looked up at Kouga with her amber eyes wide open with shock. She was having a hard time believing that InuYasha would ever hit her. Kouga noticed her shocked look and then reached out to pull her to him so he could comfort her but Yanna scooted away from him. Then Yanna looked up into Kouga’s icy blue eyes only to see the hurt in them.
**Meanwhile with InuYasha and the others**
When InuYasha and Kagome had reached Kaede’s hut, they went inside. They were greeted by a very overzealous fox demon child. Shippou practically jumped into InuYasha’s arms. Kagome just smiled at Shippou and InuYasha.
“InuYasha, you’re back. But where’s InuYanna?” Shippou asked as he looked around for Yanna.
That was the one question that InuYasha wasn’t ready to answer just yet. InuYasha had put Shippou down and went and sat in a corner of the hut, away from everyone else. Miroku and Sango had noticed the sullen look on InuYasha’s face.
Miroku knew he was going to be overstepping his boundaries but they needed to know why Yanna wasn’t with InuYasha. So, Miroku got up from his spot next to Sango and walked over to the sulking inu-hanyou.
“Come now, InuYasha. Why don’t you answer Shippou’s question? We are all wondering where InuYanna is since she isn’t here with you,” Miroku said as he sat down next to InuYasha.
“She’s with Kouga,” InuYasha said without even looking at the others.
InuYasha heard Sango gasp when he said that. He knew that if and when he looked up at their faces that he would see the looks of worry that they all would be wearing.
“What do you mean she’s with Kouga? How could you let Kouga take her like that?” Sango shouted at him.
That was when InuYasha finally looked up at his friends. They could tell that there was more to the story that he wasn’t telling them. Just then, InuYasha looked over at Kagome. She saw the sad look not only on his face but also in his amber-gold eyes. Kagome nodded at him to let him know that it was okay for him to continue telling them about what had happened. InuYasha then smiled sadly at Kagome before he looked back at the others.
“She’s with Kouga because I had accidentally hit her and Kouga doesn’t think I can protect her the way she needs to be protected,” InuYasha said, looking at the ground.
Sango, Miroku, and Shippou all looked at InuYasha with shocked looks on their faces. Before any of them could say anything, Kagome stood up and cleared her throat. Sango and Miroku then looked over at Kagome while Shippou still scowled at InuYasha.
“Sango, why don’t you take Miroku and Shippou with you so you can go and get some water for dinner?” Kagome asked her friend.
“Okay, Kagome. Come on you two,” Sango said.
With that said, Sango, Miroku, and Shippou left to go get the water that Kagome needed for dinner. When the others were gone, Kagome walked over to InuYasha and knelt before him. She tried to look in his eyes but his silver bangs were covering them.
“Don’t worry, InuYasha. I am sure InuYanna is okay,” Kagome said as she stood up and walked over to her yellow backpack.
Once Kagome reached her bag, she started pulling the things out, that she needed in order to make the ramen, from her bag. When she was done, Kagome turned back around and looked at InuYasha. She could tell that he was really beating himself up for what had happened to Yanna. Just then, the others returned with the water that Kagome had asked them to go and get. Kagome smiled as Sango set the water-filled bucket next to her. Then Kagome turned to Miroku.
“Miroku, can you please start a fire so I can start the ramen for dinner. Thanks for the water, Sango,” Kagome said to both of them.
“Sure, Kagome,” Miroku said as he started the fire.
“You’re welcome, Kagome,” Sango said as she helped Kagome with making dinner.
Kagome and Sango cooked the ramen when the water started boiling. When the ramen was done cooking, Kagome dished everyone up and handed them each a bowl. Kagome then walked over to InuYasha with his bowl of ramen in her hands.
“Here’s your ramen, InuYasha,” Kagome said as she sat down next to him and handed the bowl to InuYasha.
“Thanks, Kagome,” InuYasha said as he took the bowl of ramen from her.
InuYasha took the bowl of ramen from Kagome and put it down next to him. Kagome then got up and walked back over to the others so she could eat her bowl of ramen. She sat down and started eating her own bowl of ramen.
When the others were done eating their ramen, Kagome noticed that InuYasha hadn’t eaten any of his ramen. She knew that that wasn’t like him. The others had noticed this as well. Kagome was starting to get worried about InuYasha.
Later that night when everyone else was asleep, Kagome crawled over to InuYasha, who was also awake. Kagome then sat next to him. She then looked up into InuYasha’s eyes. She could still see the guilt in his eyes.
“InuYasha. I am sure InuYanna is okay. Kouga won’t hurt her since he knows she is related to you,” Kagome said as she hugged him.
InuYasha was surprised when he felt Kagome’s arms wrap around him in a friendly embrace. He returned the hug. He slowly pulled back from her and then looked into her dark brown eyes.
“Thanks, Kagome. I really needed that,” he said as he pulled her to him once more.
InuYasha and Kagome soon fell asleep in each other’s arms. They both slept peacefully that night. For the first time since InuYasha had hit Yanna, he felt happy.
When the next morning finally rolled around, Sango and Miroku were the first ones to wake up. Sango stood up and looked around for Kagome since she wasn’t in her sleeping bag. When Sango found Kagome, she nearly fell backwards into Miroku. Miroku also saw Kagome and InuYasha when Sango nearly backed into him. Miroku was just as shocked as Sango was at seeing Kagome and InuYasha asleep in each other’s arms.
“Do you think we should wake them up, Miroku?” Sango asked as she looked at Miroku.
“No. Let them sleep. They were probably up late last night talking about how we are going to get InuYanna back from Kouga,” Miroku said as he started walking outside.
**Back with Kouga and Yanna**
Yanna had felt bad because she had hurt Kouga’s feelings when she had moved away from him when he had tried to comfort her after he had told her what InuYasha had done to her. Yanna also felt bad for the way she was treating him. She couldn’t help but start to cry. When Kouga saw Yanna crying, he immediately pulled her to him and hugged her close to him.
“Please don’t cry, InuYanna. I never meant to hurt you in any way,” Kouga said a he hugged Yanna closer to him.
All Yanna could do was cry in Kouga’s shoulder as he held her close. She knew that he was doing his best to comfort her. Out of the blue, Yanna snuggled closer into Kouga’s shoulder. That move took them both completely by surprise. Yanna didn’t mean to do that. Just then, Yanna pulled away from Kouga’s shoulder and looked into his deep icy blue eyes. Yanna knew she could get lost in eyes like that.
“Kouga, I want to go back to InuYasha so I can tell him I’m okay. Can you please take me to him?” Yanna asked with tears brimming in her eyes.
Kouga was shocked when she asked him that question. He knew he couldn’t stop her from going back to InuYasha. Kouga then looked into Yanna’s sunshine-colored eyes. He knew he could get lost in those amber orbs of hers.
“If that is what you want to do, then I will take you back to him,” Kouga said as he was smiling at her.
Yanna smiled at Kouga also. She knew he wanted her to stay at the wolf den with him but she had to make sure that InuYasha and the others were doing okay. What Kouga didn’t know was that Yanna was planning on returning to the wolf den with him after they were done meeting up with InuYasha and the others. Yanna was planning on telling InuYasha that she was going to be staying with Kouga for awhile.
“Thank you, Kouga. So, when do we leave for InuYasha and the others?” Yanna asked him.
“Now if you want,” Kouga said.
All Yanna could do was shake her yes. Kouga then started gathering up what they were going to need for their trip. Once he had everything gathered, Kouga extended his hand out to Yanna and she gladly took it. Kouga helped Yanna to her feet as they started walking out of the den. They said their goodbyes to Ginta and the others as they left.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~there is chapter 30.....i hope that you all enjoy reading it.....please read and review so that i know how i am doing.....cya all next chapter.....
Chapter 30 ~ Yanna’s Recovery and InuYasha’s Guilt
Kouga had finally made it back to the wolf den with Yanna. He was starting to get worried because Yanna hadn’t woken up yet. He walked into the den where he received glares from the other members of the pack. Just then, one of the pack members walked up to Kouga.
“Kouga, why have you brought InuYasha here?” the pack member asked.
“This isn’t InuYasha, you idiot. It’s his twin sister, InuYanna, Ginta, and besides she has been here once before,” Kouga said as he glared at Ginta.
Kouga pushed past Ginta and the other pack members as he made his way to the back of the den where there was a bed of furs that Kouga slept on at night. When he reached the furs, Kouga laid Yanna down on them. Once Yanna was laying down on the bed, Kouga turned to the others.
“Anybody who dares to mess with InuYanna will have me to deal with. Is that completely understood?” Kouga growled at them.
The other pack members nodded and then backed away from Kouga since they knew that he had meant business. It didn’t take long for the pack members to go back to what they were doing before Kouga had shown up with Yanna.
Once everyone had returned to their previous tasks, Kouga then turned back to Yanna. He sat down next to her and pushed her silvery-white bangs out of her eyes. He still couldn’t believe that InuYasha had hit her.
“Don’t worry, InuYanna, you are safe from InuYasha here,” Kouga whispered to her as he lightly kissed her forehead.
After Kouga had kissed Yanna, he got up and walked to the front of the cave. He looked around and then headed towards the forest. He knew that he had to relieve some of the pent up anger that had been inside of him since InuYasha had hit Yanna. Kouga had entered the forest and found a helpless tree to take his anger out on. He stopped in front of the tree and swiped at it with his claws. Kouga did that for at least a few hours before he started walking back to the wolf den now that he was feeling a little bit better than he was when he entered the forest.
**Meanwhile**
After Naraku had disappeared from his castle, he had fled to another castle. He couldn’t believe that Yanna had betrayed him. Naraku knew he had to permanently get rid of Yanna if he was going to defeat InuYasha and get all of the sacred jewel shards.
“I wonder what my dear InuYanna is doing,” Naraku said, smiling to himself.
**Meanwhile at the village**
InuYasha had reached the outskirts of Kaede’s village where he knew that the others were waiting for him and Yanna to return. He still wasn’t sure how he was going to tell the others about what he did to Yanna and how Kouga had taken her from him. InuYasha still couldn’t believe that he had hit Yanna. He was about to head back into the forest when he heard someone calling his name.
Kagome had walked out of the hut and looked around to see if InuYasha and Yanna had returned yet. She was worried that something bad had happened to them. Just then, Kagome had caught sight of red and silver on the outskirts of the village. Kagome started running towards the figure that she saw.
“InuYasha,” she called out as she neared the red-clad figure.
InuYasha stopped when he heard his name being called. He turned around slowly and saw Kagome running towards him. He tried his best to hide the tears that were wanting to fall from his eyes.
Kagome stopped running when she reached InuYasha. She saw the grief written all over his face. Kagome was about to speak when she felt InuYasha pull her into his chest. She was surprised but she didn’t fight him.
“InuYasha, what’s wrong?” Kagome asked as she pulled away from him slightly.
InuYasha didn’t meet her eyes. He then let his gaze fall to the ground as he released Kagome completely from their embrace.
Kagome could see that InuYasha was fighting with his inner turmoil about something he wasn’t telling her. She then reached up and lightly touched his cheeks with her soft fingers. InuYasha then looked at Kagome when he felt her fingers lightly touch his cheek.
“I hit her, Kagome,” InuYasha said just barely above a whisper.
Kagome had to strain in order to hear what InuYasha had said. She looked at him with sadness in her eyes. Then she remembered that Yanna was nowhere around.
“Hit who, InuYasha?” Kagome asked.
InuYasha looked away from Kagome once again as he answered her.
“InuYanna. I hit InuYanna,” InuYasha said as he started to cry.
Kagome forced InuYasha to look at her once again.
“InuYasha, I know that you probably didn’t mean to hit InuYanna but where is she?” Kagome asked while she was looking around for Yanna.
“Kouga took her back to the wolf den with him. He thinks I am not fit to protect InuYanna from anything or anyone,” InuYasha all but growled out.
Kagome just looked at InuYasha. She knew how he felt about Kouga. She could only imagine how InuYasha had felt when he saw Kouga take off with Yanna.
“InuYasha, we will get her back from Kouga. Why don’t we go and see what the others are up to in the village,” Kagome said while taking his hand and pulling him back towards Kaede’s hut.
“Okay, Kagome,” InuYasha said as he followed her back into the village.
**Back at the wolf den**
Kouga had returned from his little trip into the forest. When he entered the wolf den, he went straight to Yanna’s side in the back of the den. Once he reached Yanna’s side, Kouga saw that she was still sleeping peacefully, or so he thought. When he realized that Yanna was okay, he turned to the rest of his pack.
“I should have said this earlier but InuYanna is going to be staying right here with us until she recovers enough to be out on her own once again. I want some of you to go hunting with Ginta and Hakkaku,” Kouga said as he turned back to Yanna.
Once Hakkaku and Ginta left, Kouga sat down on the furs next to Yanna. He wished that she would wake up. The longer Yanna was unconscious, the more Kouga got worried that she would never wake up.
“Please, InuYanna, wake up. The longer that you are like this, the more I worry about you,” Kouga said with sadness in his voice.
Ginta and the others returned from their hunt with enough dead rabbits to feed the whole pack for a week. They cleaned and cooked the rabbits. Kouga had refused to leave Yanna’s side when the rabbits were done cooking. Everyone then went ahead and ate the rabbits. Ginta noticed that Kouga wasn’t eating so he walked over to Kouga.
“Come on, Kouga, you have to eat something,” Ginta said as he placed his hand on Kouga’s shoulder.
Kouga let out a warning growl to Ginta to get away from him and Yanna. When Ginta heard the growl come from Kouga, he backed away and went back to eating with the other pack members. After that, no one bothered Kouga and Yanna for the rest of the night.
**Later that night**
Kouga remained awake after everyone else had gone to sleep for the night. He had laid down beside Yanna while the others were eating the rabbits earlier that night. Kouga just laid there while he was looking at Yanna. Before he knew it, Kouga had fallen asleep.
Soon after Kouga had fallen asleep, he was awakened when Yanna started thrashing around in her sleep. He put his arms around he waist and pulled her to him in hopes that it would calm her down. Kouga smiled when Yanna had relaxed into his arms.
“Shhh. You’re okay, InuYanna,” Kouga had cooed in her ear as he drifted back into a deep slumber with Yanna beside him.
For the rest of the night, Yanna had slept peacefully in Kouga’s arms.
**The next morning**
Yanna slowly opened her amber-gold eyes only to find herself in a cave. She tried to sit up only to find that she was being held in place by two strong arms around her waist. This really freaked Yanna out because she didn’t know where she was at.
Yanna then started to try and get away from her captor when she heard a low growl come from behind her. Yanna then stopped struggling and slowly turned around to see who had growled at her. When she had completely turned around, Yanna then saw Kouga looking down at her with his deep blue eyes.
“Well, good morning, InuYanna. It is nice to see that you have finally woken up,” Kouga said as he pulled her closer to him.
When Kouga pulled Yanna closer to him, she fought him even harder in order to get away from him. Yanna then realized that Kouga wasn’t going to let her go so she finally relaxed into his hold once again. Kouga noticed this and grinned evilly to himself.
Yanna looked up into Kouga’s deep blue eyes and asked him, “Why am I here, Kouga? What happened to InuYasha?”
Kouga cringed slightly when he heard Yanna mention InuYasha’s name. Yanna noticed how he reacted to what she had just said. Kouga looked Yanna dead in the eyes before he responded to her questions.
“Well, InuYanna, how much do you remember about what happened between us and InuYasha yesterday?” Kouga asked her as he released her from his grasp and they both sat up.
Yanna whimpered slightly at the loss of Kouga’s touch on her skin. Yanna then looked up at Kouga and shook her head, letting him know that she didn’t remember anything about what had happened the day before. Kouga sighed and continued to tell her the whole story. He told her everything about how he had found her in the forest after she had ran away from InuYasha. Kouga also told her about the fight between him and InuYasha and about how she got in between them.
“I was able to stop my attack when got in between us, InuYanna, but mutt-face, on the other hand, couldn’t. He hit you so hard that you flew into a nearby tree and then passed out. I then picked you up, told dog breath to return to Kagome, and then I brought you here,” Kouga said to a very shocked Yanna.
Yanna looked up at Kouga with her amber eyes wide open with shock. She was having a hard time believing that InuYasha would ever hit her. Kouga noticed her shocked look and then reached out to pull her to him so he could comfort her but Yanna scooted away from him. Then Yanna looked up into Kouga’s icy blue eyes only to see the hurt in them.
**Meanwhile with InuYasha and the others**
When InuYasha and Kagome had reached Kaede’s hut, they went inside. They were greeted by a very overzealous fox demon child. Shippou practically jumped into InuYasha’s arms. Kagome just smiled at Shippou and InuYasha.
“InuYasha, you’re back. But where’s InuYanna?” Shippou asked as he looked around for Yanna.
That was the one question that InuYasha wasn’t ready to answer just yet. InuYasha had put Shippou down and went and sat in a corner of the hut, away from everyone else. Miroku and Sango had noticed the sullen look on InuYasha’s face.
Miroku knew he was going to be overstepping his boundaries but they needed to know why Yanna wasn’t with InuYasha. So, Miroku got up from his spot next to Sango and walked over to the sulking inu-hanyou.
“Come now, InuYasha. Why don’t you answer Shippou’s question? We are all wondering where InuYanna is since she isn’t here with you,” Miroku said as he sat down next to InuYasha.
“She’s with Kouga,” InuYasha said without even looking at the others.
InuYasha heard Sango gasp when he said that. He knew that if and when he looked up at their faces that he would see the looks of worry that they all would be wearing.
“What do you mean she’s with Kouga? How could you let Kouga take her like that?” Sango shouted at him.
That was when InuYasha finally looked up at his friends. They could tell that there was more to the story that he wasn’t telling them. Just then, InuYasha looked over at Kagome. She saw the sad look not only on his face but also in his amber-gold eyes. Kagome nodded at him to let him know that it was okay for him to continue telling them about what had happened. InuYasha then smiled sadly at Kagome before he looked back at the others.
“She’s with Kouga because I had accidentally hit her and Kouga doesn’t think I can protect her the way she needs to be protected,” InuYasha said, looking at the ground.
Sango, Miroku, and Shippou all looked at InuYasha with shocked looks on their faces. Before any of them could say anything, Kagome stood up and cleared her throat. Sango and Miroku then looked over at Kagome while Shippou still scowled at InuYasha.
“Sango, why don’t you take Miroku and Shippou with you so you can go and get some water for dinner?” Kagome asked her friend.
“Okay, Kagome. Come on you two,” Sango said.
With that said, Sango, Miroku, and Shippou left to go get the water that Kagome needed for dinner. When the others were gone, Kagome walked over to InuYasha and knelt before him. She tried to look in his eyes but his silver bangs were covering them.
“Don’t worry, InuYasha. I am sure InuYanna is okay,” Kagome said as she stood up and walked over to her yellow backpack.
Once Kagome reached her bag, she started pulling the things out, that she needed in order to make the ramen, from her bag. When she was done, Kagome turned back around and looked at InuYasha. She could tell that he was really beating himself up for what had happened to Yanna. Just then, the others returned with the water that Kagome had asked them to go and get. Kagome smiled as Sango set the water-filled bucket next to her. Then Kagome turned to Miroku.
“Miroku, can you please start a fire so I can start the ramen for dinner. Thanks for the water, Sango,” Kagome said to both of them.
“Sure, Kagome,” Miroku said as he started the fire.
“You’re welcome, Kagome,” Sango said as she helped Kagome with making dinner.
Kagome and Sango cooked the ramen when the water started boiling. When the ramen was done cooking, Kagome dished everyone up and handed them each a bowl. Kagome then walked over to InuYasha with his bowl of ramen in her hands.
“Here’s your ramen, InuYasha,” Kagome said as she sat down next to him and handed the bowl to InuYasha.
“Thanks, Kagome,” InuYasha said as he took the bowl of ramen from her.
InuYasha took the bowl of ramen from Kagome and put it down next to him. Kagome then got up and walked back over to the others so she could eat her bowl of ramen. She sat down and started eating her own bowl of ramen.
When the others were done eating their ramen, Kagome noticed that InuYasha hadn’t eaten any of his ramen. She knew that that wasn’t like him. The others had noticed this as well. Kagome was starting to get worried about InuYasha.
Later that night when everyone else was asleep, Kagome crawled over to InuYasha, who was also awake. Kagome then sat next to him. She then looked up into InuYasha’s eyes. She could still see the guilt in his eyes.
“InuYasha. I am sure InuYanna is okay. Kouga won’t hurt her since he knows she is related to you,” Kagome said as she hugged him.
InuYasha was surprised when he felt Kagome’s arms wrap around him in a friendly embrace. He returned the hug. He slowly pulled back from her and then looked into her dark brown eyes.
“Thanks, Kagome. I really needed that,” he said as he pulled her to him once more.
InuYasha and Kagome soon fell asleep in each other’s arms. They both slept peacefully that night. For the first time since InuYasha had hit Yanna, he felt happy.
When the next morning finally rolled around, Sango and Miroku were the first ones to wake up. Sango stood up and looked around for Kagome since she wasn’t in her sleeping bag. When Sango found Kagome, she nearly fell backwards into Miroku. Miroku also saw Kagome and InuYasha when Sango nearly backed into him. Miroku was just as shocked as Sango was at seeing Kagome and InuYasha asleep in each other’s arms.
“Do you think we should wake them up, Miroku?” Sango asked as she looked at Miroku.
“No. Let them sleep. They were probably up late last night talking about how we are going to get InuYanna back from Kouga,” Miroku said as he started walking outside.
**Back with Kouga and Yanna**
Yanna had felt bad because she had hurt Kouga’s feelings when she had moved away from him when he had tried to comfort her after he had told her what InuYasha had done to her. Yanna also felt bad for the way she was treating him. She couldn’t help but start to cry. When Kouga saw Yanna crying, he immediately pulled her to him and hugged her close to him.
“Please don’t cry, InuYanna. I never meant to hurt you in any way,” Kouga said a he hugged Yanna closer to him.
All Yanna could do was cry in Kouga’s shoulder as he held her close. She knew that he was doing his best to comfort her. Out of the blue, Yanna snuggled closer into Kouga’s shoulder. That move took them both completely by surprise. Yanna didn’t mean to do that. Just then, Yanna pulled away from Kouga’s shoulder and looked into his deep icy blue eyes. Yanna knew she could get lost in eyes like that.
“Kouga, I want to go back to InuYasha so I can tell him I’m okay. Can you please take me to him?” Yanna asked with tears brimming in her eyes.
Kouga was shocked when she asked him that question. He knew he couldn’t stop her from going back to InuYasha. Kouga then looked into Yanna’s sunshine-colored eyes. He knew he could get lost in those amber orbs of hers.
“If that is what you want to do, then I will take you back to him,” Kouga said as he was smiling at her.
Yanna smiled at Kouga also. She knew he wanted her to stay at the wolf den with him but she had to make sure that InuYasha and the others were doing okay. What Kouga didn’t know was that Yanna was planning on returning to the wolf den with him after they were done meeting up with InuYasha and the others. Yanna was planning on telling InuYasha that she was going to be staying with Kouga for awhile.
“Thank you, Kouga. So, when do we leave for InuYasha and the others?” Yanna asked him.
“Now if you want,” Kouga said.
All Yanna could do was shake her yes. Kouga then started gathering up what they were going to need for their trip. Once he had everything gathered, Kouga extended his hand out to Yanna and she gladly took it. Kouga helped Yanna to her feet as they started walking out of the den. They said their goodbyes to Ginta and the others as they left.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~there is chapter 30.....i hope that you all enjoy reading it.....please read and review so that i know how i am doing.....cya all next chapter.....