twisting and turning
the darkness consuming
enveloping my heart
Forbidden Hunger
The taste was disgusting. Horrible. It tortured Kouga's tongue as it swished about in his mouth. Quickly, the wolf spat the alcohol from his mouth, gagging with pure disgust. He hated that foul liquid with a passion. He remembered seeing his uncle laughing so hard that tears came to his eyes. The man had to hold his sides from the intense aching. Kouga only glared daggers at the small pool of booze on the ground.
When the smell of alcohol happened to cross paths with Kouga's highly sensitive nose that one memory always rushed into his mind, as fresh as the day it had occurred. But this time it was not the scent of beer that triggered such a memory. Instead it was the scent of a more crimson liquid. The scent of blood.
Naraku's scent was becoming clearer and much stronger. Kouga raced alongside Inuyasha, both trying to beat each other to the scent.
"I'll be the one to kill Naraku, mutt! So don't even think about getting in my way," Kouga warned the hanyou sprinting beside him.
"Whatever! I'm gonna be the one to bring Naraku down, you scrawny wolf," Inuyasha growled.
"There they go fighting again," Sango sighed as she rode Kilala with Kagome and Miroku seated behind her. Shippo, who was perched on the monk's shoulder, nodded in agreement.
"Cut it out you two," Kagome pleaded over Sango's shoulder to the two demons competing against one another.
"If you two would stop your fighting and work together for once we could probably destroy Naraku a lot quicker," Miroku explained.
As if I'd work with this lame mutt," Kouga replied over his shoulder. "He's far too weak to even lay a single finger on me."
"What was that?" Inuyasha snarled lowly. "You mind saying that again? Maybe to my face so I can punch yours in?!"
"Come on you guys," Kagome pleaded once again. "Be mature for once."
Kouga and Inuyasha glared daggers at each other, but they both listened to the young priestess and just continued to race more quietly.
"Kagome, can you sense the presence of the Shikon Jewel shards of Kouga's that Naraku stole?" Miroku questioned Kagome, a determined expression plastered on his face.
"Stole again you mean?" Inuyasha huffed under his breath, loud enough so that Kouga could hear.
"At least I'm not a half breed, twerp," Kouga countered. He smirked when he saw Inuyasha flinch angrily.
"Yes, I can. Up ahead a little ways. But I feel this strange aura. Do you feel it?" Kagome turned to Miroku, a worried expression planted on her face.
The monk nodded. "Yes. I can feel it to. It's different from Naraku's previous aura."
Kouga's eyes widened suddenly. The wolf leader took it all in. The whole conversation. He knew this aura…a presence from long ago. Alcohol to blood. Yes, he knew this aura all too well, but he refused to believe it. So Kouga kept his lips pressed tightly together.
"Heh. Naraku probably just changed his body," Inuyasha pointed out. "Last time he was strong, but not strong enough. Perhaps now he's absorbed the power of much stronger demons."
"Yeah," Kagome whispered, her eyes showing concern.
Kouga heard Kagome's worried tone and grew jealous because the mutt was trying to act so smart in front of the woman he loved. "As if," he said involuntarily.
"What?" Inuyasha scowled at Kouga.
"No. It isn't Naraku's aura." Why couldn't he stop himself? The words just came out all by themselves. They burned Kouga's tongue like fire when he spoke them. As foul as that cursed alcohol. "It's…"
"Oh shut it! Quit trying to act so brilliant in front of Kagome," Inuyasha sneered.
"What?! That's not it, you fool! I'm telling you, this isn't Naraku's aura." Kouga scowled back at the half breed.
"Oh yeah? Then what is it, oh wise idiot?" Inuyasha rolled his eyes.
That's it. Kouga wasn't going to let Inuyasha make him sound like a fool in front of Kagome any longer. But before he could speak, Sango spoke up.
"If it's not Naraku's then…who's is it, Kouga?"
Suddenly, Kouga's stomach tightened and his mouth wouldn't let the name come out. He struggled with himself then, the memory of the disgusting taste returning to his mind.
"Hah! He doesn't know! He's just putting on an act to try and impress Kagome," Inuyasha laughed.
An angry growl rumbled from deep within Kouga's chest. He quickened his pace, running ahead of the group. "I'll prove that it isn't Naraku!"
"Hey! Get back here you dirty animal!" Inuyasha also quickened his pace, trying to catch up with the still speedy Kouga.
The scent of blood was growing stronger…and Kouga's forbidden hunger was lusting for the sweet, sweet taste of battle liquid. Blood.
A/N: It's like nothing in the previous story ever happened. o.o This is what I've been really aiming for (what I'm working on right now). I'm not sure how to keep the KxK fic going...
Anywhom! I want to thank all of my readers for their support. I should be punished for my horrible lack of updates and deletion of this and that here and there. Shame on me!
So thank you all SO MUCH for bearing with me!
I hope this first chapter was okay. ;