No Idea What He Has (InuYasha, Kouga/Higurashi Kagome, #1)
Title: No Idea What He Has
Author/Artist: Minako (minakiwi)
Pairing: Kouga, Higurashi Kagome
Fandom: InuYasha
Theme: #1, Look Over Here
Word Count: 624
Disclaimer: All characters are creation of Rumiko Takahashi and are not used for profit.

Kouga knew she was special from the first moment he let his intense blue eyed gaze rest upon her for more than a moment. He had been targeting the hanyou in the red robes to size him up before the real battle started and he was not fool enough to ignore the companions with him; he had not lived as long as he had by ignoring what might come back to bite one in the tail after all. Instinct led him and had yet to steer him wrong, and any group that included both a monk and a taijiya was not one that Kouga wanted to underestimate. But it was the doe eyed slip of a girl that really caught his attention, even before she spoke and let him know that she knew his secret.

She could see that he bore shards of the Sacred Jewel that had increased his natural powers, she could not only see that he had them but she knew where they were as well. It amazed him, though did not distract him enough for him to let that half-breed unleash whatever weird attack he seemed to be directing towards him. Something just was not right about that dog demon get, that was certain. He brooded about it and something else he noticed after he had come back to size them up again before taking what he wanted. Apparently the girl had some sort of attachment to the dog that the dog did not either notice or care for, at least his actions were showing that he didn't. Even the roughest wolf didn't berate their female over something she had no control over, that was just foolish.

The girl was special. She could sense jewel shards, and it was perfectly clear to the Wolf Prince that the dog had no idea what he had in her beyond that. Loyalty was something worth winning after all, or taking away from the unworthy. So of course by that logic and the direness of his need for strength against the enemies of his Pack, it made perfect sense to Kouga to simply take what he wanted. Even now that it was over he could still imagine the perfection of her feisty nature, how she had slapped him when he had declared her his woman, and the soft hint of pink when he had brushed his lips against her cheek.

It wasn't much for a first kiss, just a quick nuzzle in wolf thinking as he had leapt up the mountain to face the King of the Birds of Paradise to reassure her that he was strong enough to come back. But apparently it had done its work because when he had been wounded she had stepped up to aid him and defended him from her companions. He had hoped that she would, even as the pain had clouded his blue eyes he had directed the force of his gaze at her, a silent entreaty to look at him, a plea to look over here. She had, and it made the words he said to her gain crystal clarity with him. Maybe he had been hasty but he'd meant what he said, especially to that hanyou.

"She is my woman, I want her. Do you want her more?"

It might be an uphill battle but anything worth having was worth fighting for, and he had yet to stop feeling that thrill he'd had when his lips had brushed her cheek. Just a nuzzle, but it was a place to start.