FAGE 8: Soul Mates

Title: Howl at the Moon

Written for: Jaden 'Birdie' Blythe

Written By: Kouga's Eternal

Rating: M (for language)

Pairing: Kouga/Kagome

Summary/Prompt used: A mysterious person casts a spells/slips a potion/makes a deal to have the second person fall in love with them. Spells can fail and have to be renewed, potions have to be given regularly, and deals with the Devil eventually have to be called in.

A/N

In the season of giving, there is a wonderful event called FAGE (Fic Awesome Gift Exchange), that I have been a part of for the last two years. This is my third, and it's super fun. This is the product I came up with for this year.

A couple of things...

In this AU, Kouga's tribe wasn't wiped out in the palace courtyard. They are alive and well.

This story is done, and will be going up all at once. It has no baring on my other WIPs. Those will continue to update as I have the time to write them. However, it is because I've been writing this one nonstop for two weeks that my other updates have been slacking. I have come up with a set posting schedule, and it will be exposed in the next update of either Tied or The Contract, which ever goes up first.

Other than that, and saying there is some fun to be had, both here and coming up...

...Enjoy!

~Kouga's Eternal

Prologue

Fire ripped through his body, a snarl ripping from his throat. Unable to move, Kouga laid there helpless as the dark cloaked figure walked towards him, his eyes locked on the gleam from a dagger.

So, this was it, was it? He was going to be taken out by a scared little pussy that attacked him from behind. If that's the way the fates wanted to play, he would see all of them to hell personally.

Fighting against the fire that ravaged his body, he turned to look at the cub a foot away from him, shaking and whimpering his Alpha's name. Kouga's voice was nothing but a growl, but it worked nonetheless.

"Run, Mito. Get away from here."

The young cub Kouga was teaching to hunt nodded, knowing the elder's word was law. He didn't go far, though, only into the trees for cover before turning back and watching. If they lost their alpha, the pack was doomed.

Growling again under his breath, Kouga closed his eyes. 'Damn kids don't listen for shit.'

Cracking his eyes open when the light was blocked, he then bared his teeth at the person he still couldn't make out.

Her voice was amused and off-hand. "Does it hurt, Demon? Does it feel like you're finally facing the heat for all your deeds?" There was a giggle. "Don't worry. It won't kill you. Just make you wish it would."

Kouga growled low when the figure crouched down, looking at the dagger that was coming closer to his prone from.

The cloaked figure, voice still off-hand and matter-of-fact, grabbed Kouga's wrist and slid the dagger blade deep into his flesh. "You're needed alive. My Lady just needs a little blood."

From the corner of his eye, he watched as his blood ran down his arm, pouring in a constant stream from his elbow into a vial. Eye's glassy and unfocused, all the wolf prince could get out was, "Why?"

Dropping his arm and standing, the figure corked the vial of blood, then tucked it into a bag on her hip. "My Lady's purpose is not for me to disclose to the likes of you, Demon, but were you not the one who said you would do anything for her to choose you?"

Turning ever so slightly, the figure grabbed the back of the arrow that was protruding from the small of Kouga's back and gave it a hard pull, ripping it free from his flesh and ending the stream of purification energy that had rendered the wolf incapacitated. There was a giggle in her voice as she looked at the arrow head. "Maybe, you should have been a little more specific, Wolf."

Kouga couldn't even yell, the pain was so great. The growl that followed shook the ground beneath his body as his claws dug into the stone and soil.

Through blurry vision he watched the white sock clad feet turn away and disappear. His lips pulled from his fangs as the fire of purification energy began to recede. 'What the fuck would anyone need with blood? I gotta find her... warn her. Kagome...'

Mito, unsure of what else to do at the sight of blood flowing from his alpha's arm and below his armour, threw his head back with a howl, calling for help. He knew Kouga needed to get back to the den and into the care of the medicine woman, but there was no way he would be able to take him the four miles on his own.

All he could do when he saw Kouga close his eyes was hope someone bigger got to them in time.