Kagome gaped in horror as the memories rushed back to her. Her heart clenched tightly in her chest. How was she ever supposed to show her face back there again? How could she look at Sango, Miroku or Shippo without dying of embarrassment? And Inuyasha? How could she even face him after attacking him so brutally? Kagome buried her reddened face in her palms.
"Hey, you okay?" Kouga's voice brought her back to reality and she glanced up at the concerned baby blue eyes that stared down at her. Kagome could only nod but she knew that she was lying. She was definitely not okay. She vowed then that she would never get drunk again. What the hell was she thinking anyway? She had never drank like that before! How was she supposed to know what she was doing! In fact, couldn't Inuyasha be partially to blame for upsetting her and causing her to turn to the bottle?
She shook her head. She knew that wasn't a valid excuse at all. Suddenly realization dawned on her. She had only remembered a small part of the night! She still wasn't sure how she came upon Kouga or what had transpired between them.
'If I acted so stupidly with my close friends then what could I possibly have done to embarrass myself with Kouga?' the miko wondered miserably.
"Here you go, Kagome." Kouga said suddenly and he handed her some cooked meat before taking a seat next to her in the grass. He brought her to a nice grassy area beside a pond for them to eat and talk by. While it was very pretty, Kagome could not be cheered up. How could she be after making such a total fool of herself?
"Thank you, Kouga," Kagome said weakly. She took a tiny bite of the meat given to her and stared at her feet sadly.
"Hey," Kouga said lifting her chin and turning her head to face him. He stared into her eyes for a long time before smiling sympathetically at Kagome. "Hey, look." He said in a gentle voice, "It's not so bad, okay? You're the most amazing woman I've ever met, Kagome."
She blushed at the handsome wolf's flattery and quickly turned away to hide her embarrassment. "Kouga…" she said nervously chewing on her bottom lip. "I… I'm ready to hear… what happened."
The demon nodded slowly trying to figure out how to word certain things carefully so as not to upset her. He gave it a lot of thought before clearing his throat and beginning to talk.
Kouga rushed through Inuyasha forest tracking Kagome's scent. He wondered why she suddenly wasn't with them in the village anymore. He stopped and sampled the air before rumbling lowly in his chest and turning to hurry and catch up with his woman. He could smell her tears and he rushed towards the scent. If that filthy mutt did something to upset his mate-to-be, he would pay!
He found her sprawled in the grass sitting by a wooden well sobbing uncontrollably. Her face was buried in her folded arms as they rest atop the wooden structure.
"Kagome?" Kouga called her name softly as he neared her shaking form. He saw her body stiffen before she looked up and turned to face him. Her tear stained face immediately changed from saddened to extremely happy. While Kouga's heart nearly skipped at beat at the sight of his woman showing so much excitement to see him, he knew at that moment that something was very off about his sweet, little miko.
"KOUGA!" she squealed happily. She scrambled to her feet and ran towards him with open arms. The baffled wolf prince could only stand there and wait to catch her in his arms when she threw herself against his hard armor and wrapped her entire body around his, legs and all.
"K-Kagome!" Kouga managed out wondering if he was dreaming.
"Kouga!" Kagome wailed dramatically, "I'm so happy to see you! Everything is ruined! Everything!" She nuzzled her face into his neck and he almost groaned at the sudden contact but he refrained. When Kagome spoke, the very strong smell that lingered in her breath told him exactly why she was acting so strangely.
'Of course she's drunk,' Kouga thought bitterly cursing his bad fortune. He froze when the girl began to sob against him, her tears falling freely onto his neck and shoulder. He frowned. Drunk or not, he did not like seeing his woman this way. He untangled the crying girl from his body and placed her down on her feet in front of him before wiping away at her tears lovingly.
"Kagome, please don't cry," he begged, desperate to take her pain away. "Tell me what's wrong. We can figure it out together, okay? Just don't cry."
The girl sniffled and wiped her eyes but her whimpers ceased and she finally got herself together enough to explain why she was so upset through slurred words. "I-It's Inuyasha!" she started. Kouga wanted to roll his eyes but he didn't. He simply nodded for her to continue. "He… well, I… ummmm…."
"Well?"
"Well I think I might have hurt him badly." The girl admitted.
"Huh? YOU... hurt muttface?" Kouga asked incredulously and the raven-haired beauty could only frown and nod.
"Wellll yeah." She admitted, "but he was being such a jerk! He went away to see Kikyo earlier and he was yelling at me for dancing and… and… I hate him!" Kouga couldn't stop himself from chuckling when Kagome let out an uncharacteristic growl.
"You're just so damn cute." He said with a fanged grin while patting her on the head.
"It's not funny!" Kagome insisted loudly with a cute pout. He did his best to wipe the smile on his face and nod.
"Right, so you beat the crap out of the mutt," he replied taking a more serious tone, "So what? He probably deserved it anyway!"
Kagome's face paled and her eyes widened. Kouga gasped and tried to figure out what he said or did that upset her. While he loved her deeply, he found it very difficult to avoid offending his sensitive little human. He searched his brain for an answer but before anything came to him, she leaned forward and hurled all over the ground between them. Kouga jumped away from the pile of steaming stomach bile in horror and disgust. The smell was absolutely putrid and for a minute he couldn't do anything but fight the sudden urge to gag himself as he took in the horrid stench. Unable to stop staring at the contents of Kagome's stomach, Kouga clamped a hand over his mouth to prevent himself from doing the same.
The sound of Kagome's sobs grabbed his attention suddenly and he pulled himself together so that he could take care of her. There was no way he would let her be by herself in such a vulnerable state. He grabbed her hand and pulled her away from the mess but when she looked up at him with tears in her eyes he realized that she had vomited all over her shirt and in her hair. He sighed and her bottom lip quivered dramatically.
"Let's go, Kagome." Kouga said. He took her hand and led her to the nearest pond to wash up.
I have to admit, it's really hard portraying a drunk person speaking through the art of writing. Hehe.. well I hope I did an okay job. Again don't take this too seriously. I am just posting this for fun. Hope you like it so far if you're still with me!
