Disclaimer: I do not own any part of the Inuyasha franchise, but one day…one can only hope.
Howls of Passion
Chapter 1: Dreams Come True Even With Broken Hearts
"Koga I'm sorry, but with Naraku dead and Shikon Jewel nearly complete, Inuyasha and I thought it best to finally express our feelings towards each other. In short Koga, I can't be your mate." Kagome said in an apologetic tone.
Koga was steadily staring at the mating mark newly bitten into Kagome's neck. He finally found his voice, a bit weaker than it usually was, but enough to speak.
"Oh it's okay Kagome, j-just as long as you're happy I guess." he responded.
"You know as funny as this is to finally see your pride hurt Koga, we only came here to gather your shards of the jewel!" piped up Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha!" said Kagome a bit surprised at his apparent rude comment.
"No it's okay Kagome, let the mutt have his moment. He may never beat me in an actual fight but in the battle for your heart, well you know. Take these shards as a sorta gift from me. I don't need 'em anymore anyway though. They've been in my legs so long, I've kinda absorbed some of there power." Koga proceeds to claw out his shards of the jewel and give them to Kagome.
"Thank you Koga, really." said Kagome.
"No problem, well I should be gettin' back up to the mountains. See you around guys, maybe" in his usual whirlwind Koga speed's away to his Tribe's den.
The Wolf Demon Clan's Den
"Hey Koga's back!" yelled Ginta, just as Koga walked in. The wolves started to whine as they noticed Koga's somber mood.
"Yo, Ginta whadya think is wrong with Koga all of a sudden?" Hakkaku whispered.
"I'm not sure, but he seems to be a bit sad. He's not usually like that; well actually he's never really like that!"
"Wait he did just come from seeing Kagome. You think it's possible…"
"She finally let him down then eh?"
"Yep that has to be it" they finish and both nod in agreement. Just then a blue eyed dark figure stand menacingly over them.
"You know I could here everything you idiots are saying." said Koga looking rather angry. As Ginta and Hakkaku were waiting for Koga to hit them as he usually did in this situation, they were surprised to see Koga walking away towards his bed.
"Wow he must really be beat up about this to not wanna hit us." commented Ginta. Hakkaku only nodded in agreement.
"All of you just shut up I'm tryin ta sleep!" Koga said sleeping in his usual arm on head position.
Two Days Later
"Hi guys." said Ayame appearing out of her usual leaf whirlwind.
"Hey Ayame, if your lookin' for Koga, he's in the cave, but he's not in much of a talking mood. He hasn't been for two days now." said Hakkaku.
"Why what's wrong with him is he injured or something?" asked the female wolf demon.
"Well metaphorically yes, we think he was finally put down by Kagome the other day." said Ginta.
"So he's in there sulking over her then." said Ayame.
"Yeah, basically." said both wolf demons.
"Well I'm going to talk to him, you guys stay out here with the wolves." said Ayame walking into the cave. As she waked through the waterfall concealing the cave she called out his name.
"Koga…Koga…Koga are you there?" she says walking further inside she sees his makeshift bed with him on it. She blushes when she realizes Koga has only his lower garments on. She sits down next to him and shakes him.
"Koga?" He stirs and looks over to see Ayame.
"What are you doing here Ayame?" He asks turning back over opposite of her.
"What I always come to you for. To ask if you'll take me as your mate and unify our clans. To see if you'll stick that promise you made so long ago."
"Feh, for the last time Ayame I made no such promise. I when I first met you 8 years ago, but that's it nothing more." says Koga without looking at her.
(Author's Note: For this story I've kinda changed Koga and Ayame's ages. Where there actually 17 and 15 respectively this story takes place after a two year time period. So even though Koga seemed older than Ayame; there actually around the same age. Koga's just a bit tall I guess.)
"Liar I know you remember the promise you made me on the night of the Lunar Rainbow. The night you saved; me think about it Koga. I know you remember." Ayame finishes with a tear starting to flow out of her eye.
"See Koga what you don't realize is that I don't wanna just be with you for our tribes' sake…" Koga's eyes widened at this.
"I heard about you being rejected by that human girl and I was hoping you'd have gotten over it by now, but I guess there's still and never will be any room for me in your life." Ayame says full tears coming down her eyes. As she gets up to walk out, Koga grabs her hand and is now sitting on the edge of the bed.
"Ayame wait, I have something to tell you will you please listen?" Koga asked wide awake.
"Why should I?"
"It's about that promise I made that night. I remembered it the other day, while I was sleeping."
"And what about it?" she says sitting next to him.
"I can't stop thinking about it, I keep thinking of you and even now that thought is just intensified. I keep thinking and wondering why do I keep thinking of this girl and that night and I keep on coming to one conclusion."
"What conclusion is that Ko…" before Ayame even finishes her question, Koga locks lips with her.
sorry for the cliffy like thing but it's answered immediately by Chapter 2
WARNING: CHAPTER 2 CONTAINS LEMON