The Miko & The Wolf
Chapter 1: To See You Again.
The demon stood atop a cliff watching as his pack played in the field below, he watched as his fellow demons romped around with his wolves and chased their own cubs as the cubs played with the wolf cubs. His eyes striking blue eyes were draw to one demon in particular. A beautiful red head dressed in white, her vivid green eyes sparkling as she watched her cub stalk and tackle one of her white wolves. Ayame must have felt him watching her because she turned from her son to look up at him, her Alpha, her Leader, her Prince and now her friend.
Kouga was glad that Ayame had given up on her plan to wed him, finally letting go of a promise made to a scared little girl to make her feel better. He had been amused by the courtship between Ayame and her Mate. Sukotto was even more stubborn then his mate, the word 'No' was not in his vocabulary or his understanding. He had chased Ayame much in the same way she had chased Kouga, the difference being that when he had captured his prize he had tease and tormented the young demonness until all she thought about was him, even when Kouga was around he made sure her attention was always focused on him whether it was playing with her hair, talking to her or outright upsetting her by taking a more hands on approach her focus was always on him and what he was about to do. It got to the point that Kouga had sent Sukotto on a random errand to one of the surrounding lords and asking the lord to find something to occupy the wolf demon for a while. It had taken four days before the Lord had sent him back with instructions to find a new messenger or wait until Sukotto was mated and not likely to go looking for trouble to help pass the time. It was during that time he was away that Ayame had realize how lost she was without him around. So it was not long after his return that their mating had taken place and was quick to produce their son, Kaji, who had his mother's fiery hair and his father's frosty blue eyes.
That had been three years ago, after the defeat of Naraku. It was not long after Naraku's defeat that all the packs who had suffer loses because of the despised half breed had sort out Kouga to acknowledge him as their strongest wolf even without his jewel shards , and ask him to take the position of Wolf Prince as the other had died without an heir.
Thinking about that time lead the Wolf Prince to think about the woman he had claimed as his mate to be and who he had not seen since the day that they had defeat Naraku together with her pack and Mutt face's brother, Lord Sesshoumaru. Kouga felt bad for leaving Kagome with Mutt face for so long but he had much to sort out with his new pack and with the challenges from the other packs, not just for his position as Prince of All Wolves but also for his new position as Lord of the East the he had obtained when the previous Eastern Lord had challenged him for the title of Wolf Prince. He felt even worse when he realised he could barely remember her sweet cherry and copper scent or the slight flush she would get in her checks when he held her.
He frowned as he remember that she would deny his claim to her and how she had once said that she had loved Inuyasha the idiotic mutt faced half breed that always got in his way whenever Kouga would find her in their travels. Then again she had stop claiming to love the idiot sometime after, although even then she had refuted him time and again when he had claimed her as his woman. Just remembering her stubborn independence, fiery temper and her lack of fear as she faced him heated the blood in his veins as it always had. It was those memories that had the Prince calling to the two demons that had accompanied him while he had tracked Naraku.
"Ginta, Hakkaku watch over everyone I'll return soon" was all Kouga said.
Ginta and Hakkaku had barely acknowledged there brave leader before he was lost in a tornado of wind as he speed away from his pack in search for the one still precious to him.
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After a long day of walking Kagome was grateful to get away from her very rude loud mouth Hybrid friend, who believed that he had the right to control her just because she traveled around feudal Japan with him. Still she smile at her last image of Inuyasha as she left their camp to find her way to hot spring a little distance away.
"It is not far Inuyasha and I am sore, so if you want to get further tomorrow you are going to let me go to the hot springs to relax all of my very stiff muscles or as a weak human I may not be able to move tomorrow." Kagome said nice and sweet hoping that it would work so she could go without a fight.
"Feh! Weak human, my arse you ain't goin' you'll be fine tomorrow you ain't leaving the fuckin' camp wench." Inuyasha mumbled back as he jumped up into one of the tall trees that surrounded their campsite for the night.
As soon as that word left his mouth Sango, Kirara, Miroku and Shippou promptly moved as far from the young foolish male as the camp would allow. Then tried to move even further away as they took note of the twitch Kagome had developed above her eye.
"SIT! YOU IDIOT! I AM GOING AND YOU ARE GOING TO FOLLOW ME! YOU ARE GOING TO STAY HERE!" Kagome voice was loud and forceful.
She watched as Inuyasha plummeted from his branch, looking a lot like a car nose diving off a cliff. Once she was sure he was not about to get out of his crater anytime soon Kagome pick up her faithful yellow pack and marched toward the hot spring not caring that she walked across the hybrid that she had planted in the ground.
Her smile broke into a laugh as she imaged his reaction once he had pried himself out of the hole, probably mumbling about her being a bitch, a weak human and all of those other not so endearing insults he constantly throws her way everyday. Her smile became a frown as she continued to walk to the hot spring. She was wondering how she could have thought to have loved that irritating loud mouth for the fist year that they had traveled around the country side. He was so lucky that she even thought of him as a friend and tolerate his brash way, though honestly she thought it was endearing in a very screwed up way. Then again maybe she need a straight jacket if she found his insults and constant demands endearing, it showed that she had been around him way to long. Although that may explain why she saw him as more family then friend, they say you can not choose your family.
Kagome broke from her thoughts as she came to the hot spring, quickly flaring her aura to check for anybody nearby before she stripped her dusty cloths from her body grateful the she was by herself and did not have to worry about wearing anything to bath in. Final stripped down to bare skin Kagome slowly slide into the hot sulfuric water, letting the heat seep into her muscles soaking the built up tension away. Kagome got so relaxed that she quickly slipped into a trance like state and stopped monitoring the area surrounding the hot spring.
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Kouga snorted trying to rid his nose of the dreadful smell, it was one he wished he had forgotten and didn't want to have to smell ever. The scent if wet dog, sweat and mud. How could mutt face stand his own stench, did he not know what a bath was. No wonder Lord Sesshoumaru always had that look on his face whenever he was near his brother, the poor Inu demon was trying not to breathe to deeply for fear of never getting rid of that smell.
It was as he was getting a quick breath that he caught the tantalizing scent that was off to his left at the hot springs he thought as he got a hit of sulfuric scent mixed in. His fangs flashed as he smiled realising not only was her cherry and copper scent thrilling and mouth watering as he remember but he noticed that she was also out of hearing and sniffing distance of mutt face and his handicapped half breed senses, and she was alone. Careful to stay out of sensory range of mutt face Kouga steadily moved through the trees toward his beauty stopping just short of the clearing to watch her as she lay before him relaxed and almost senseless on the rock that lay almost in the centre of the spring. Her midnight black hair had escaped from the loose bun she had had it in and was laying across the rock with only a few tendrils teasing the edge of the water that lapped half way up her arm leaving him a beautiful view. He was captivated by the rise and fall of her breasts. He imagined his hands caressing them, weighing them, brushing a finger across her dusky nipples until they hardened to pebbles that he would roll between his finger before engulfing them with his mouth and swapping his rough tongue over her lush flesh.