Mirror Mirror: Ayame's Tale
By
Archerelf
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Disclaimer- you gotta be kidding me...if you dont' know by now...
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It was a calm and peaceful day in Kouga's village. The sun shone with glorious brilliance, the summer heat had not yet come full strength and life went on. The men were hunting and the women, like Ayame, were taking care of life around the premises. Ayame sighed as the sun hit her neck and she kicked slightly at a daisy. After a short jog from the village she positioned herself on a rock overlooking a river. It wasn't fast flowing, just peaceful and the type of place where you could stare up at the sky and wonder about life.
And right now, the only thing she was wondering about was where in the heck was their esteemed leader?
"Kouga is such a moron," she muttered to herself. She flicked a strand of brilliant red hair out of her face and picked up a rock. Listening to the gentle 'sploosh' it made, she heard something funny. She threw another rock in.
"But rocks don't buzz…"she reasoned.
Ayame turned her head and stared into the distance.
"Oh no.."
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"Kagome, I-I love you." stuttered out the half demon. Kagome smiled and threw her arms around his neck.
"I love you too, Inuyasha."
He untangled himself from her and led his face to hers in a kiss. Unfortunately, Kagome wasn't able to sense the whirlwinds behind her.
"MUTT-FACE! GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY WOMAN!" yelled the furious wolf demon, Kouga, prince of his tribe. He loved to insult Inuyasha and loved Kagome even more than that. He had claimed her as 'his' woman and no one was gonna stop him from getting his way. Except maybe, one tall, silver-haired, sword-wielding, extremely arrogant, half demon.
"Shaddup you stupid wolf! Kagome loves me, not you! So unless you want to die, take a hike back to your tribe! Ayame is probably waiting for you anyway.." Inuyasha smirked at him. Even if he hadn't been able, so far, to kill the mangy wolf, at least he had Kagome to compensate. She was more than enough. That and it was common fact that although Ayame adored Kouga, she had a snowball's chance of getting him.
"Shaddup yourself!" Kouga readied himself in a fighting stance. " All Ayame does is annoy me! I don't give a crap about Ayame, Kagome is the only woman for me!"
Kouga did something then that could be described as impetuous, stupid, passionate, loving and (with Inuyasha around) suicidal.
He pushed Inuyasha out of the way, grabbed hold of Kagome's shoulders and gave her a long kiss on the lips.
Long might not be the word for it, as Inuyasha tore Kouga off of his mate, and, shielding Kagome with his body, emitted a long growl. His hand went to the hilt of Tetsusaiga and he drew the blade, making sure to point it straight at his heart. Kagome stood behind him, looking shocked and horrified. In contempt for his action, she drew her wrist across her mouth to wipe it. Kouga was sprawled on the ground a few feet away, wiping his own mouth to get rid of the blood Inuyasha had drawn. Inuyasha spoke again.
"You. Stupid. Idiot." he growled through clenched teeth, enunciated each consonant and vowel.
"You're going to hell for that."
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Ayame was running as fast as she ever had. Her lungs were burning but she had to find Kouga. That idiot! He left his village open to attack! Women, children…oh my God the panic and terror. Wolf children had huddled against their mothers and grandmothers in screaming terror. All except the elderly and sick women had tried to fend them off. Demons. Swarms of demons. The buzzing of hornet demons and mixed assortment of more. A set of wolf cubs dead. They were not even two years old. Kouga would pay for this.
Oh yes indeed he would.
Ayame stopped for a moment and sniffed the air.
Kouga's scent alright. Headed toward Kagome's village. As nice of a person as she was, Ayame hated her. For taking Kouga away…
"KOUGA YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS!"
Ayame sped off as if the whips of the underworld danced at her heels.
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"You're going to hell for that."
Inuyasha lifted his giant sword and stopped midway to cleaving Kouga to pieces and sniffed the air. Just as he caught scent with face Ayame came running up beside them looking positively livid. Kouga recovered himself but didn't look pleased in the least.
"Ayame, what are you doing here?" he growled. She didn't care about anything he said right now. All she cared about was that he left her and their village to slaughter.
"What do you mean, me? YOU'RE the tribe leader. YOU'RE the protector. YOU'RE THE ONE WHO IS SUPPOSED TO HELP SAVE THE VILLAGE FROM A MASACRE!"
"What are you talking about?" Kouga gripped Ayame around the shoulders. She shrugged him off, face pink with exhaustion and activity.
" Don't touch me. Its your fault the demons attacked. When you abandoned your tribe for her!", Ayame pointed at Kagome, "the demons attacked. The men were hunting, and our leader was no where in sight. The women had to protect the village. The elderly wolves were trapped and the little kids were helpless.." Ayame trailed off. Tears threatened to spill out of her brilliant emerald eyes. She straightened up and looked Kouga dead in the eyes.
"You weren't there when your pack needed you! You weren't there when I needed you! And all for her!"
"That's enough!" Kouga barked. "Leave Kagome out of it! She did nothing wrong! At least no one was hurt!"
"That's what you think! All the elders scared to death, some partially trampled. Ginta's twin sons are dead! They were attacked straight on by demons and I couldn't get there in time. Bones are broken and all I heard the whole time was, ' where are our men? Where's Kouga?'". Ayame was beyond livid now. " I needed you there to help us! Traitor!"
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Kouga was reddening. " I'm sorry that happened but me being there wouldn't have changed the fact that it happened! Kagome is important to me. And right now, she's more important to me than the tribe or you!"
Ayame looked up at him in utter disgust.
"Parricida-caedes" she muttered and turned south to the village. But Kouga was too fast for her.
"You dare to call me a blood traitor?"
"You just turned your back on your own people. You're such an idiot!"
Ayame pushed him backwards. Kouga who didn't have his footing crashed into Inuyasha. His claws, on the way down, connected with Kagome's stomach. 4 big red stripe marks coated her abdominal region. Blood began to flow freely. Inuyasha was the first to smell it.
"You idiot wolf!" and with that Inuyasha's fist connected with Kouga's jaw.
Inuyasha knelt down besides the bleeding and crying Kagome. He took off his red haori and wrapped it around her stomach, further proceeding to pick her up bridal style and run towards Kaede's village.
Kouga picked himself up and watched as Inuyasha's back disappeared into sunlight. He looked back at Ayame.
Ayame was horror stricken. Her eyes seemed to have lost their luster and seemed magnified, the green reflecting the sunlight.
"Kouga I'm sorry…I didn't mean to cause…"
One look from him was enough to silence her.
"You just caused me to hurt the one thing that is precious to me. Are you happy now?"
Enraged by his words Ayame was hurt beyond belief.
"So nothing in this world is precious to you? Your pack, even me?"
"You!" he whirled around. " You're the cause of this! You couldn't leave her alone! Get out of here, little girl and find someone who cares about you!"
Ayame turned and ran. She wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of seeing her tears. He could probably smell them anyway. The elders and children needed her at home. If the crown idiot wasn't gonna help she needed to be there. Her eyes stung with tears. He didn't need her…he never needed her. She was nothing to him…nothing.
She took out one of the flowers in her hair. Kouga had given it to her when they were younger. She stared at it for a moment and threw it aside.
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Kouga knelt down in the grass as the sun fell into dusk.
"What have I done…?"
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