Yep, another story. I'm going to do my best to knock this one out ASAP or I may never be able to finish it. I'll also be adding my responses to Cave II here so enjoy.
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Here is Where it All Starts
The demon warrior stood above the waterfall which concealed his home. And in his hand lay two small fragments of the Shikon no Tama. Not the original two that he once owned; no, those had been taken from him long ago by a fiend known as Naraku.
The two he currently possessed had come from a demon foolish enough to attack the warrior's lands. The youkai told quite a story before he died. He spoke of Naraku and how he had managed to complete the jewel, only to be defeated soon after by a hanyou. Inuyasha.
The wolf grimaced at the name. Inuyasha, the half-breed son of an Inu-daiyoukai and a mortal woman, had destroyed one of the deadliest beings to ever threaten these lands. While he, Kouga the wolf-prince, hadn't even been there.
Everywhere the ookami traveled he heard stories about the mutt. Some said he took a mortal as his mate, while others swore that he had proclaimed himself a daiyoukai and now controls the eastern realm. Even amongst his own pack, the hanyou's name is spoken in reverence.
It made Kouga want to vomit. That cur? A daiyoukai? Never!
It should be Kouga whom his pack reveres, not some dog-turd. It was high time that someone knocked that Inu down a few pegs and he was just the wolf to do it. He would break Inuyasha in such a manner that no one would ever doubt who the better was.
With a howl, Kouga summoned his two closest companions and headed south; he had plans to make.
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Inuyasha sat at the edge of the well, looking down at the hole which connected his world to Kagome's. Not far off Miroku, his wife Sango, and Shippou were resting and enjoying the sunshine. In all the years that the hanyou had known his friends, he never understood how they could get so distracted from their quest. And arguing about it never helped.
When Kagome mentioned that she needed to go home for a few days to attend OO-ni-var-saty classes, Inuyasha had ranted so much that she threatened to put the beads of subjugation back on him. She was joking, of course, but the Inu got the message and backed off. And now here they were, waiting for her return.
As if on queue, a purple glow flashed briefly at the well's bottom and the young woman form the future appeared. Though a couple of years were nothing to a demon, the human's of Inuyasha's little group had changed somewhat. Kagome especially had filled out; looking confident and ready to take on the world.
"Kagome." Miroku said welcoming her back. "How were your lessons?"
"Great." She replied as Inuyasha helped out of the well. "I'm finished for the week and the next four days are mine. Let's get…wait! I sense jewel shard approaching, fast!"
No sooner had the words left her mouth when a whirlwind appeared and out jumped Kouga.
"Hey," he said smirking. "Been a long time."
"Kouga!?" Cried Kagome rushing to greet her friend. "You've found new jewel shards."
"That's right and now I'm here to *OAF*!" The wolf had been moving to hug the human girl but was stopped by Inuyasha.
"You're here to hand them over!" The hanyou demanded. "The jewel's being dealt with once and for all. Stay out of our way wolf or we'll kill you."
"Inuyasha!" Kagome began to scold him but Kouga interrupted.
"I couldn't agree more, Inuyasha." And suddenly the entire forest went quiet.
"You….you do?" Sango questioned.
"Yeah, after what Naraku did, it's best to just destroy it rather than risk someone else getting their hands on it." Kouga smiled; he surprised them, now to make his offer. "I'll turn over my fragments AFTER I've helped you collect all the others. Deal?"
As the wolf expected, the mutt didn't even consider his request. The hanyou stated that they didn't need his help and that he should turn the shards over right now. Fortunately, the others disagreed.
"Don't be too hasty Inuyasha." Miroku said. "Without my wind tunnel and with Kagome needing to be at home more often, we could use the extra help.
"Are you kidding!?" Asked the Inu. "We can't trust him to be near the jewel."
"Come on, Inuyasha." Piped Sango, rolling her eyes. "Kouga's helped us out many times. And we owe him for not calling him to the final battle with Naraku like we promised."
In the end, Inuyasha relented and Kouga and the newly arrived Ginta and Hakkaku were welcomed into the group. Kouga's heart wore a wicked smile as he walked behind Inuyasha. *You should have kept when you had the chance. Soon I'll have you following me around like a little puppy.*
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The next few days saw little battle. The two shards they collected had been carried by rather weak demons; they posed no challenge. Kouga used this time to try and establish a relationship with Inuyasha built on something other than rivalry. No easy task as it turned out.
Though cordial, the wolf made no attempt at renewing his pursuit as of Kagome, but still Inuyasha kept him at a distance. Kouga had expected as much. Trust doesn't come easy to a half-breed. Luckily the time he had been waiting for arrived. The night of the new moon.
One thing the ookami couldn't fathom was that on the one night that Inuyasha was most vulnerable it was also the one time the mutt sought solitude. After everyone else drifted off to sleep, the hanyou wondered off. No matter it made Kouga's job easier.
The wolf-prince waited until everyone had fallen into a deep slumber, then he rose and followed the Inu's scent. A few minutes later he found him sitting under a tree looking at the starts. "There you are, Mutt."
The human Inuyasha was startled so badly his entire body leapt off the ground. "Damn it all, Fleabag! What are you doing, sneaking around here?"
"Sorry," replied the wolf, sitting down in front of the boy. "I'm used to you sensing me long before I arrived."
Settling back down, Inuyasha gave Kouga a look. "What do you want?"
"Why don't you trust me?" Kouga asked, trying to sound sincere. "I'm trying to be nice and all but you won't even talk to me. What gives?"
Inuyasha sat up straight before answering. "You ask me that? Most of the time we've known each other you've done nothing but humiliate me. Running over me and calling me dog-turd and all that; why should I trust you?
Kouga thought for a moment, obviously surprised that Inuyasha took all of that personally. "Look, sorry about doing that stuff; it was just to get a rise out of you, Mutt. Besides you clocked me good a couple of times and I'm ok with that."
The hanyou "keh'd" and leaned back against the tree, relaxing a bit.
Kouga continued. "Look we've both save each other's asses more than once and you avenged my comrades by slaying Naraku. I'm not saying we should be family (Kouga noted Inuyasha's flinch at that word) but I think we could be friends. But only if I have your trust and I think I know how to get it."
"Yeah, how?" Asked the hanyou. Inuyasha was surprised at how curious he actually was. Maybe the wolf wasn't just teasing, he sure sounded sincere.
"Go to sleep." Kouga said simply.
"Come again." Replied the Inu.
"Kagome said that you never sleep during the new moon because you're afraid of being attacked." The wolf explained. "I'll prove that I can be trusted by protecting you while you sleep. You know I'm not the kind of guy who will attack a defenseless person, so what do you got to lose?"
"Just my life." Answered Inuyasha dryly. But he paused for a moment then continued. "Fine but if you fall asleep…or leave, I'll rip your tail out come sunrise."
"Deal." Kouga said with a smile.
For a few minutes the two demons looked at each other. Finally Inuyasha turned onto his side and closed his eyes. Kouga watched him for over an hour. Every twitch, his breathing, it all told the wolf that Inuyasha was just pretending to sleep. Then at long last the muscles on the hanyou's face relaxed and his breathing slowed.
Kouga waited a little longer then he made his move. Slowly the wolf crawled over to Inuyasha and settled down just close enough to let the heat of his body draw the mutt to him. Soon enough, the Inu was snuggling against his leg.
*Might as well start getting him use to taking a submissive pose now.* Thought the Ookami and carefully taking Inuyasha's hand, placed it underneath his furry kilt so that it clasped his inner thigh just short of Kouga's lengthy shaft and heavy balls.
Kouga looked at the human, actually finding him a little attractive now that he had a chance to look. *Soon, little pup, you'll be begging for just a taste of me.* And relaxing a little, the alpha-wolf waited for sunrise.
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The morning had a slight chill to it, but nothing a demon from the northern mountains couldn't handle. The eastern sky had turned a light shade of blue; a sure sign that the sun was about to rise.
Inuyasha had remained close to the wolf the entire night; never once awakening from his deep slumber. His hand was still under the wolf's pelt, though was now gently holding Kouga's cock.
The prince was sorely tempted to allow the mutt to stay that way but his senses told him that Inuyasha was about to wake up. So the wolf slowly moved the hand to a less vulnerable spot above his knee.
Sure enough, Inuyasha's eyes opened not long after and he immediately recoiled upon realizing how close he was to Kouga. "Wha…what are doin' sitting so close to me!?" He yelled.
Instead of responding the wolf pounced onto the human. Forcing Inuyasha onto his back and holding his hands above his head, Kouga laid down on top of him.
"What are you doing!?" Said the struggling male. "I should have known; 'trust' my ass!"
"Calm down, Mutt! I just want to ask you something before the sun rises."
"What?" said Inuyasha still trying to get free.
"When the jewel is complete, will come live with my pack?"
The hanyou was so shocked that he paused in mid-struggle. "Come…What?" he asked again.
Kouga relaxed a little. "Look, I've been listening to Kagome and she keeps going on and on about all the stuff she plans to do back in her world. She's not staying, Mutt. And the humans are going to start having pups any time now. What about you? Planning on living with them in the human village? And when they die and you're no older than you are now, what then?"
"Come to the north." Kouga continued. "You'll be considered family and you'll never be alone again."
Inuyasha wasn't looking at him anymore; his eyes were so sad. It was as if he was understanding for the first time that his days of traveling with his companions were severely numbered.
Then, suddenly, his eyes glowed red and his body pulsed with demonic power. The sun had risen.
The look of sadness vanished and the demon-Inuyasha looked directly at Kouga and for a moment the wolf expected himself to go sailing through the air. But the hanyou simply spoke.
"You gonna get off me, Fleabag?"
Kouga smirked a little. "Only if you promise to think about my offer, Mutt."
Inuyasha smirked back and effortlessly lifted the wolf off his body. He held him in the air like a child and only set the wolf down after he was standing.
"Fine, I'll think about it but you'd better stop calling me 'mutt'."
Kouga cocked his head and leaned so close to Inuyasha their noses touched. "And what will you do if I don't? MUTT!...*choke*…*cough*….ok…Inu…yasha…I can't…breathe."
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Hope you like this one. I've finally decided to respond to the enormous requests for Kouga to be seme. I figured that I've put the wolf through a lot over the past year, so I kind of owe him (besides, I tend to believe in karma so you know…).
Please review, they really help.
Pumpkinpi- Thanks for the review.
Midnightsweet- I really don't know about adding more. I'm kind of feel like the story ended but I hope you like this one.