In the Arms of a Wolf

Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha.

AN: This is my first Kagome/ Kouga pairing. I usually do Kagome/ Sesshomaru pairings but I felt like a change.

"Talking"

'sounds'

'thoughts'

"Damn it! Where is she?" InuYasha said to himself as he sat by the bone eaters well. All of a sudden a blue light came from the well. Kagome landed on her knees. Standing up, she threw her large, yellow, backpack over the edge of the well. A small 'thud' was heard when it landed beside the waiting hanyou. Kagome started to pull herself over the wells edge, she got one leg over when InuYasha started to glair at her. Kagome pulled her other leg over and smiled.

"Sorry I'm late InuYasha."

"Where the hell have you been? You're three days late! Kikyou would have never kept me waiting like you do!" InuYasha yelled.

"Ki...Kikyou? InuYasha, you of all people should know by now that, even if I look like her I'm not her. We have nothing in common!" Kagome yelled back.

"No, that's for sure! You are the compleat opposite of my lovely Kikyou!" InuYasha replied. Kagome stood up.

"Your 'lovely Kikyou'? Oh, that's right. You don't care about me! I'm just a jewel shard detector. A stupid, useless, jewel shard detector! You could never feel the same way about me that I do for you, because you love a dead chick!" Tears started to form in Kagome's eyes. InuYasha's ears twitched, he could smell the salt of her tears.

"Kagome, I didn't mean..." InuYasha began, but Kagome had heard enough.

"InuYasha, SIT! SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT!" Kagome picked up her bag and ran into the trees. She ran as fast as her legs could carrie her. Stoping in the middle of a clearing she dropped to her knees. Tears fell from her blue-grey eyes. Just then the wind picked up and she could sence two jewel shards. She looked up to see a youkai with blue eyes and long black hair, on his knees infront of her. She imedeatly regognized him as Kouga.

"Kouga-kun?" Kagome forced a smile. Kouga looked at kagome and wiped away a tear on her cheek.

"Has the Mutt hurt you?" Kouga asked warmly. Kagome bowed her head to hide the tears that had started to form.

"He loves Kikyou." She said quietly.

"Kagome-chan, don't cry." He said. A single tear fell to the ground. Kouga wraped his arms around her and pulled her into his lap. He blushed when she threw her arms around his neck and pulled him into an embrace. Tears now fell freely from her eyes.

"K...Kagome-chan, you can stay with me...I mean, until you are ready to go back." Kouga offered. Kagome pulled away from Kouga, so she could see his face. Kouga wiped away the tears that were dampening Kagome's pale cheeks.

"I would like that, Kouga-kun." she said quietly. Kouga smiled and picked her up bridal style and started to run towards the den. It took him thirty minutes to get there, which was a fraction of the time it would take a normal wolf youkai.

"Sister Kagome-san!" Hakakku greated her.

"How have you been Sister?" Ginta asked. Kouga put Kagome down. She smiled at the two wolf youkai.

"Hello boys. I'm doing just fine thank-you." Kagome smioled at Kouga as he put his arm around her waist, pulling her coser to him.

"Kagome-chan will be staying with the pack for awile." He imformed his friends. Hakakku and Ginta ran into the den to tell the others of Kagome's return. Kouga lead Kagome into the den. Manyyoukai came to greet her. Kouga lead her to the back of the cave and through an opening. In front of them was a field of flowers with a hotspring in the middle. Kagome gasped.

"Kouga-kun, this is so beautiful!" Kouga smiled.

"This is my personal hotspring, You are welcome to use it whenever."

"Wow Kouga-kun, you're so nice." Kagome hugged Kouga. Who blushed a deep crimson colour.

"Oh, Kouga-kun, may I take a bath now? I really need it!" Kagome asked sweetly, giving Kouga the biggest puppy dog eyes she could.

"Ya, sure. I'll have someone bring you a new set of clothes." He replied, turning around and leaving Kagome to bathe.

Kagome walked down the path towards the hotspring. She looked around to make sure nobody was looking, then quickly took off her school uniform and lowered herself into the water. She started to think. 'InuYasha loves Kikyou, so why do I care? I should be happy for him, I want him to be happy even if it's not with me! I should just forget about him, I should move on. Kouga says he loves me, he said he wants me to be his mate. I should give him a chance. InuYasha will never see me as anything other than Kikyou's reincarnation. When he looks at me, he sees her. Kouga has never met Kikyou so he could never see me as her.'

"Umm, Kagome-sama? Master Kouga asked me to bring this to you." A very tall,young wolf demoness, with blonde hair andgreen eyes, stood at the edge of the hotspring. Kagome looked up at the demoness.

"Oh, thank-you." kagome gave the demoness a smile.

"You are most welcome Kagome-sama."

"Please, just Kagome. I really don't like the formalities. What is your name?"

"My name is Akina, Kagome-sa... I mean Kagome."

"Nice to meet you Akina-chan. I hope we can become friends." Akina smiled and turned around walked back into the cave. Kagome stood up and looked at what Akina had brought her. Picking it up she found that it was a skin tight, purple kimono with a baby blue obi. She quickly put it on and walked inside the den.

AN: Ok, tell me what you think! R&R. oh! and for those who wish to know, The name Akina means Spring Flower. Need 5 reviews before I update!