Not Quite a Prince

Chapter 2: A Slave

Away from the village and in the country side, Kouga awoke to the sound of rushing water and the feel of a damp cloth being situated on his back. Shocked, he tried to get up, but snarled in pain and squirmed on his belly in anguish.

"Kouga, stop that! You're going to reopen your wounds!" Ayame motherly reprimanded as she started to hold down his back. Kouga stopped squirming, and lay down quietly like a stubborn child banished to their room.

"Kami! What's wrong, now, Kouga?!" the princess sounded exasperated.

"What's wrong?! What's wrong?! You want to know 'What's wrong'?! Everything's wrong!" Kouga shouted as he pushed Ayame back and slowly pinned her down; ignoring his wounds. "Look at me!" he shouted his eyes slowly bled red from the outside in.

"I'm a slave! To you! Of all people! It can't get any worse now can it?!" as he bellowed this the clouds opened up and it started to pour. His breathing softened and his eyes returned to normal.

"Correction! Now, it can't get any worse!" Kouga huffed out as he looked at Ayame as she struggled below him.

"Actually, Kouga, I think it can! Do you remember that bear youkai that was selling you?!" Ayame asked looking panicked.

"Yeah, I remember him...so?!" Kouga asked extremely pissed and puzzled.

"Well, I think he really liked me!" Ayame squeaked out.

"SO?!" Kouga asked his grip tightening on her hands.

"So, I don't think he likes the way you're straddling me! Ohh…"

"What the hell are you moaning about, Bitch?!"

"Kami, Kouga! I don't think he'll take that the right way!"

"What the fuck does he have to do with anything?!" Kouga sat up on his haunches.

A low rumbling came from behind the couple. The tone was threatening and vengeful. Kouga's back straightened and his face tightened.

"He's right behind you...and I think he's mad!"

Kouga slowly turns and ends up looking face-to-face with the very pissed off bear youkai that was selling him.

"Grrrrr…You're on top of my woman, slave!" the foamy mouth hissed. Kouga didn't budge an inch. The only thing that moved was his mouth from a slightly open jaw to a mouth with an unhappy disposition. Kouga crossed his arms and puffed out his chest.

"And who are you to tell me what-" before Kouga could finish, in an instant he was thrown back-first, upside-down into a nearby tree. Kouga's feet slowly peeled away from the tree bark, than his butt, than his back, before landing before the tree on his stomach with an, "Ooof." Ayame sat up and watched as the dust cleared. Her eyes went wide as Kouga's figure appeared. He was lying flat on the ground with his legs facing her. The whole reason she was gawking was that the back part of his loincloth had flipped over his tail.

'Kami! That boy has a nice butt!' Ayame thought as she stared happily.

The still seething bear youkai looked towards his 'woman' and smelled her arousal at the exposed male. He grabbed her by the neck and cooed murderously in her ear, "I hope you weren't gaping at that slave's backside in desire, Love. 'Cause that wouldn't be very wise on your part."

Ayame wasn't comfortable with the way he was looking at her. 'Oh, please, Kami! Don't let him-' she prayed mentally.

"You will come with me! And we will rut and have many babies!" he spoke seductively. Ayame almost threw-up in her mouth, and it looked like she was being gagged. The youkai took that opportunity to tie her up like a prized pig.

"Now, would be a good time to get up, Kouga!" she shouted looking at Kouga's rear-view hopefully, "Oh, thank Kami!"

The bear beast turned back hoping to be able to finally skin the cocky slave and claim his chosen mate; only to find Kouga slowly rising from the dirt and grass. Once fully standing, Kouga crack his neck and felt his anger rise.

"You're not going to touch my intended!" boasted the youkai.

"No," Kouga said slowly as his eyes turned red. He used his demon speed and the jewel shards to run and slice the youkai in half. "But I will kill you," Kouga said.

Ayame quickly cut herself loose from her binds. She jumped onto Kouga with her hands around his neck and her legs around his waist, and hugged him hard.

"Oh, thank you, Kouga!" she said getting swept up in her praise, that she forgot who she was talking to. She was easily pushed down on the ground by Kouga.

"What makes you think I did this for you?! He was trying to kill me! Not you! Me! Being his mate would be much less worse!" Kouga shouted in her face.

Ayame heard the rumbling of a carriage; her carriage to be exact.

"You're so right, Kouga! Getting his cock in your ass every day would really be a lot less worse than death!" Ayame said before running off to find her carriage.

"Wench, come back here!" Kouga shouted. He ran after her. A minute later, the side of his face had collided with a carriage on a main road. He peeled himself off the side of the carriage, just in time for Ayame to open the door for him.

"Come on in. Usually, we make slaves walk to the cave, but we need to talk," she stated calmly. Kouga climbed in only to find dark purple wallpaper and cherry-stained wood benches with white leather seats. Ayame stared at him as he lay on the bench opposite her placing his feet on the window ledge.

"Kouga, you can be my slave or a female community…attendant," Ayame said uncaringly while staring out the window, "It's your choice." Kouga's eyes widened.

"A what? You mean I have to take care of more than one bitch?! I don't think so!" said Kouga definitely.

"Not quite. Basically, you'd be a male whore for the entire unmarried female den."

"Are you kidding? I wanna be a female community fuck-slave!" Kouga said with enthusiasm. Ayame let out a chuckled breath. She looked at Kouga and gave him an 'I knew you would' look.

"Kouga, remember: no mated wolves or pups," she said sternly.

"What do you think I am?! A pedophile or a home wrecker?!" he said forcefully.

"And if at any time you wish to become my slave instead. Just call my name," she stated calmly as the carriage stopped.

"Don't worry, Ayame! You probably just wasted your breath!" he shouted as he sprinted out of the carriage towards the females' cave.

Ayame slowly stepped out of the carriage and walked towards the females' chamber with her tail hung low. 'I've lost him again,' she thought sadly, 'and this time I let it happen.'

Kouga ran into the homey cave and all the women looked up in shock.

"No man is allowed within these hallowed walls," spoke a woman with lust and murder clinging to her every word. Her tan skin covered her lithe form and nothing else but a few drops of sweat. The loin cloth was rising and rubbing against his hardening cock. The bleach blonde took in the sight Kouga offered with her greedy green eyes.

"Yuriko, I would like you to meet Kouga. He will be your new man slave," stated an unusually stoic Ayame as she walked in awkwardly. Her hips were swaying as she strolled in, but her tail was not following suit. She held her head high and spoke with clarity, but her body language told of her self-consciousness.

"This isn't the same Kouga that you've been hung up on for years, is it? I mean you always said he was your one true love and he was the future father of your children," said Yuriko as she slid closer to the young stud.

Kouga turned to look at the girl he once unwittingly proposed to. Ayame's eyes looked at him, but he knew that she was staring through him and Yuriko. She was standing there like the shell of a woman.

"No, that Kouga is dead," Ayame stated emotionlessly. 'Dead to me at least,' she thought sorrowfully as her body felt heavy with anguish.

"So he's for everyone, yeah?" Yuriko asked. Kouga was snapped out of his staring contest with the corpse-like woman that saw through him. "Oh, I'm sorry. Ayame, would you like him first? I mean you did bring him home," Yuriko said almost mockingly as she caressed Kouga's hot cheek.

"He is a common whore," Ayame stated viciously which caused Kouga to stare at her, "and he is extremely narcissistic and a huge bastard. But that's why you two should get along perfectly, I suppose. So thanks, but I'll pass."

"Hey, what are sisters for?" Yuriko giggled at Kouga.

Kouga was surprised at the stunning girl before him. He couldn't comprehend the relation between the goddess and the warrior. Kouga turned towards Ayame for an answer. Ayame firmly and intentionally locked eyes with Kouga as he pulled his vision away from Yuriko for two seconds. The once anger-filled Ayame left with a hair toss and her head held high.