Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. I'm also not making a cent of profit from this; it's merely all for the funzys.

Beginning Note: This is a SEQUEL, you're probably not going to understand a lot of whats going on or many of the references without reading the story that came before. No worries, its just a set of 10 drabbles; It'll take you literally 15 minutes. It is the much awaited Sequel to Keeping Company with a Stranger. This is going to be quite a bit longer than its predecessor and the pace not quite as slow.

Extracurricular

The morning after her… enlightening conversation with one pompous, persistent wolf, Kagome wasted no time in making her way to the university; determined to avoid him and his attempts at 'courting' her at any cost. Even if that meant reverting back to the childish tactic of complete and utter avoidance.

She was doing rather well too, she thought. She'd seen neither hide nor hair of Kouga all morning and assumed he had lost her trail once she'd caught the train. There were no fellow students exclaiming about a Youki being on campus, nor had there been news of anyone looking for her, so really Kagome considered herself safe.

She never suspected he'd take a sneakier approach at worming his way into her life.

The panicked voice of one of the universities office workers crackled over the loudspeaker. "Kagome Higurashi room A-4, Kagome Higurashi room A-4. Please report to the main office, your dog has followed you onto campus. Please come and retrieve it, it's scaring the students. "

Kagome sat there dumbfounded for a minute, oblivious to the curious stares of her classmates, only reacting once someone nudged her. "Go take your dog home; I'll copy my notes for you."

"But… I don't have a dog." She replied absently as she rose to her feet, stuffing her things into her bag and rushing out of the classroom toward the main hall.

With every step she took toward her destination, Kagome grew more and more suspicious. Youki were rare, known throughout the world and accepted as citizens like any human was, but rare. Not many people outside of their close personnel or that worked with them directly –like a shine maiden- knew that most full Youki could change their form.

Could change their form into that of an animal.

She was nearly fuming by the time she finally made it to the main hall, the only words of greeting escaping her mouth upon entering being: "Where is he?"

A skittish woman from the front desk jumped up without a word, pointing out the glass side door to where a giant, brown 'dog' was sitting. Tongue hanging out of the side of his mouth and tail wagging when he spotted her.

Only the dog wasn't a dog. It was a wolf. And it was wearing a shiny new leather collar with her name and address emblazoned upon the tags.

"I should have known you'd find me."

He woofed softly in reply, his tail beginning to wag harder when she pushed the door open to walk toward him, jumping up onto his hind legs to lick her face.

She grunted when his weight settled onto her shoulders, trying to push him off of her. "Down. Down. You and I are going to have a long talk about this once you're in a human form mister."

He merely moved to circle around her, rubbing up against her legs like a cat would before nudging her with his head to begin walking.

"Fine." She muttered angrily, allowing him to come up beside her, head brushing her hips as he walked. Her hand curled around the thick leather of the collar to at least give the illusion she had control over the 'animal'. "Where are you taking me anyway?" she demanded, and he merely looked back at her with his tongue lolling out of the side of his mouth.

She could have sworn he was grinning; if a canine's mouth was indeed capable of such.

It didn't take long for them to reach their destination. "The park. Did you really pull me out of classes to come to the park?"

He gave no acknowledgement of her words, just continuing down the path a ways before veering off into the trees.

"I didn't sign up for a hiking trip Kouga." She grumbled as she climbed over a fallen log, trying to keep up with the streamlined canine who cut though the underbrush with the barest of ease.

He seemed to be aware of her difficulty though, pausing every couple of steps to allow her to catch up and regain her breath.

And as much as she was loathe to admit it, Kagome was enjoying playing hooky with him. Even if she was going to have to scrub the grass stains out of her uniform once she finally made it home.

"Are we almost there yet? My feet are starting to hurt; school loafers aren't made for trekking through the woods."

He merely woofed in reply, bounding out of her grasp to jump into an open grassy area between some trees, turning to crouch down on his front paws, hind end swaying.

She took at step back at his playful look. "Oh no you don't. This is my good uniform. If you pounce on me, I swear, I. Will. Hit. You."

Her warning fell on deaf ears, because in the next moment she was face first on the ground, and it wasn't Kouga who'd pounced on her.

She rolled to her back to see a large group of other 'dogs' standing around her, obvious looks of amusement on their faces. "Really Kouga? Taking me to meet the family on the first date? I thought I was at least going to get a backseat grope before we got to this stage."

"And here I thought I was being a gentleman by postponing that step. Though if it's what you really want, I'd be more than happy to oblige you. " When she rolled her eyes back to look at where he was last sitting, she found a now very human Kouga towering over her, clothed in nothing but a pair of tight fitting blue jeans and the shiny collar that now hung rather loosely around his neck, hands on his hips as he smirked down at her.

"They needed to memorize your scent; figured this was the best way, and in case you were wondering, this was the only time everyone was available… besides at about 1am that is. I knew you would be more amenable to missing classes than sleep." He offered offhandedly when she glared up at him.

She snorted in reply, pushing herself up onto her elbows, while the pack sniffed at her, wet noses tickling her arms and legs. Ruffling her hair and making her squeal when the pressed coldly into her skin. "I guess this would be quite a bit more awkward if they were in human form." She relented as he bent down to grab her under the arms and lift her to her feet. She used that moment to push away a furry head that has strayed too close to her crotch. "Why exactly do they need to know what I smell like anyway?"

"Its customary to learn the scent of all new pack members." When she looked up at him with one brow cocked, he shrugged, not releasing his hold on her. "Just in case."

"In case of what? I've managed pretty fine on my own for far."

He pulled her back slightly, fitting her tightly to his bared chest, his nose falling into the crook of her neck where he then took a few deep sniffs of his own. She could feel the cold metal tags pressing into the back of her neck, and fought not to shiver. "You get lost, need help. Stuff like that."

"Hey, hey. Personal bubble." She groused. "And I never accepted you, you know. You're taking a lot of liberties here, mister."

"Kouga." He corrected. "And I know, but you will."

"Arrogant aren't we?" Kagome snarked, breaking his hold on her and putting distance between them, turning to cross her arms over her chest and glare at him.

He merely leaned forward, bending down so that they where face to face, hands back in their place on his hips and his ever present smirk returning. "It's not arrogance when I'm stating truths."

Her scathing reply was cut off when another cold nose snuck up the back of her skirt, making her squeal and jump, spinning around to flick the offending animal on the nose and it let out a puff of laughter in return, shaking off the reprimand.

Kouga turned to the offending wolf and snapped at him, letting out a snarl that sounded way too convincing to have come from a human-shaped throat. The only real intelligible word that came out of his mouth when he reached down to grab the animal by the scruff of its neck and shake it was 'Mine'.

She poked him in the chest at that, and he looked back up at her owlishly, completely surprised at her apparent hostility. "Hey! Were as I don't like having wet wolf noses under my skirt, you don't have to be mean to him."

He blinked in reply, mouth moving but no sound coming out before he finally regained his composer enough to speak, sounding infinitely patient as he explained wolf behavior to her. "Mean? An alpha has to discipline his pack and show dominance if he wants to remain as such. That's how a wolf pack works. As for inappropriately placed noses, he was telling me that my scent is on you, but not… um… on you. So you were technically still fair game."

Kagome's cheeks grew redder with every word, more so when he stumbled in his explanation, obviously trying to phrase it in a way that wouldn't offend her sensibilities but only served to make her more embarrassed. She jumped away from them when Kouga's meaning finally clicked. "Well then." She started awkwardly, brushing her hands over her skirt as she tried to push down the embarrassment. Kouga shot her a sympathetic smile and she ignored it. "Why'd we have to come all the way out here to begin with?"

"Pack business is private." He shrugged. "Besides, it would draw a lot of attention if a pack of 20 wolves met up right in the middle of the park. I alone could pass for a dog as long as I had a collar on, but even the stupidest of humans would have caught on then."

"Please don't tell me you're going to keep that thing." She deadpanned, eyes zeroing in on the offending piece of leather.

He looked down to it, playing with the tags. "I sort of like it. Most of the pack has collars really, theirs just lead back to the main house in case they get picked up in wolf form. And the idea of you having to pick me up from the pound at 2am makes me smile."

"You can't be serious."

"As serious as I can be." And his tone reflected it. She wasn't sure why she felt like they were suddenly talking about something else, but the meaningful look in his eye told her he was desperately wanting her to catch onto something she was missing. And she was helpless to know what.

"Er…" she fumbled, looking back at him hesitantly and completely unsure.

He let out a sigh before giving her a lopsided smile, apparently understanding that she was clueless and taking pity on her. "Why don't we get lunch? Ginta's truck isn't far and he packed enough food to feed all of us."

"Wait a minute," She leveled him with her gaze again. "If he came here as a human why couldn't you have?"

He rubbed a hand though his hair awkwardly, halfway through the motion deciding to pull it back into a ponytail that was still long enough to brush the waist of his blue jeans. "Would you really have came with me had I showed up as a man at your school?" at her guilty look he continued. "I didn't think so. Call it underhanded, but it got you out here didn't it? Now come on; wouldn't want to put our picnic to waste."

He gestured for her to follow him though the underbrush and she did, shaking her head in exasperation. She wasn't sure why he was so persistent, but she would be lying if she said she didn't find it flattering. If not a bit confusing.

Note: This is a gift for I Agree, to whom I promised Kouga's trademark persistence. A thank you Grey Memories (Wayward Whisper) who helped me with the summery, and The Hatter Theory who's been putting up with my bitching and moaning since I've been trying to write this while I'm down with a nasty case of the stomach flu.