Me: Hi, again. To answer Alannada's comment the Kōsai no chōsen is an ancient mating challenge which will be explained more in this chapter. Enjoy! I don't own anything! PS. To the other person that reviewed that said Kagome is a hoe, she is not! Kōga always goes after her in manga, but this is a Inu/Kag story! Plus, Ayame is going to be in it and by the end she will be happy! Just read and find out, you BAKA!
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Chapter Two: Western Lands We Go
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*Three Days later*
"So…we are going to go to the western lands to preform this Kōsai no chōsen." Asked Kagome. Sango nodded, "It seems so." After Kōga announcement, the Inu gang left all the kids with Kaen's parents who were so happy to see so many kids. They happily agreed to watch them and they glared at Kōga for starting the Kōsai no chōsen. They were all mad at Kōga mostly, but some of the humans didn't understand.
"This is a mistake! She not mate!" Screamed Kōga's beast.
'She is my mate and I will not stop till she is my wolf queen!' Kōga yelled back to his beast.
"Both you and I know that the mutt will win this!" Screamed his beast.
'No, he will not!' Kōga screamed enraged to his beast.
"You will lose…Ayame on the other hand is our mate." Said his beast.
'No! No! No! Just No!' Kōga says at his beast.
Kaen was leading the pack with Inuyasha, Yosa, and Miroku while Sango was with Kagome in the middle of the group. Finally, Kōga was bringing up the rear end of the group. Yosa was trying to calm down Kaen, "Honey, it's going to be okay. The Kōsai no chōsen should only talk a week, plenty of time before our mating ceremony." Kaen looked at him as she continued to stomp her way to Sesshōmaru's castle, "You do remember that the mating ceremony must take place right after the Kōsai no chōsen! It has to!" The last part she yelled at Kōga who just huffed.
Inuyasha and Miroku looks at Yosa and Kaen confused. "Why must the mating ceremony happen right after the Kōsai no chōsen?" Asked Miroku. Yosa looks back at Kagome and sees her talking to Sango. He answers, "Because the Kōsai no chōsen, as soon as the challenge is made, awakes a certain… thing inside a person." Inuyasha looks at Kaen, "Sis, what does it awaken?" Kaen glares at the trees on the road, "We have no idea, but it is said once it is awakens it can't be put back to sleep. Sesshōmaru knows more. When he was young, a Kōsai no chōsen was started between a Monkey demon and an Inu demon over a Fox demoness. He witnessed it. All I know is because both demons died performing the Kōsai no chōsen, the Fox demoness went crazy."
Inuyasha's eyes got wide. "Kagome…," He whispered. Miroku got confused again, "What if the female doesn't want the winner like Kagome?" Yosa spoke, "In Kagome's case, she will die if she does not mate the winner." Inuyasha starts to turn around to beat the living crap out of a certain wolf, but is stopped by Yosa. "You can't Inuyasha. Both of you must perform or Kagome will die. I suggest we don't tell Kagome or Sango any of this. No need to make them worry." Another thought popped into his head as he continues walking, "Why are you playing host, Kaen?" Kaen lowers her head and says, "He needed a Lord or Lady as a protecter for Kagome and to announce the Kōsai no chōsen in front of, per the custom of the Kōsai no chōsen."
"How did he know you were going to be there?" Asked Miroku. Kaen sighed, "I asked Ayame if she wanted to go to the Hot Springs with me and the others. She couldn't, but she must have told Kōga. Most likely by accident, she's a talkative wolf." Everyone agreed with that. "We are here." Announced Yosa. They all stop to see a huge metal gate and behind the gate was a magnificent castle made out of the best material.
"Halt! Who goes there?!" Yells one of the guard at the gate. Yosa steps forward and pats the guards back. "It is I, Yosa with my friends." The guard looked to be a bear demon with a huge build. Surprisingly, the bear guard swept Yosa up in a bone crushing hug. "Y-o-shi! I can't breath!" Yelled Yosa. He put Yosa down and Kaen stepped up, "Hello, Yoshi. Please allow us entrance." Yoshi looked at Kaen then at the others, "The others can't, but you, Yosa, and Kōga can." Kaen went up to Yoshi's ear and whispered, "Kōga has enacted the Kōsai no chōsen. Mother has already wrote to all the Lords. Sesshōmaru should already know." Yoshi asked the other guard to check. Just a few minutes later, the guard returned and nodded.
They all entered the castle and a maid lead us to the throne room. There he sat, Lord Sesshōmaru. "Hello, Fluffy!" Kaen greeted. Sesshōmaru groaned as Inuyasha laughed. Kaen turned to Inuyasha, "Can it, Fuzzy!" Inuyasha turn to groan. Yosa cleared his throat and motioned to Kaen to start. Kaen nodded with a frown, "Lord Sesshōmaru. Kōga, leader of one of the northern wolf tribes, has enacted the Kōsai no chōsen against Inuyasha, second son of the house of the west, over Kagome, the Shikon Miko. I, the future middle kingdom lady, has witness the announcement and the current middle kingdom lord has sent out letters to the other three lords to meet here as soon as possible for the Kōsai no chōsen. You need to inform your half-brother what exactly will be happening while we wait for the lords to get here."
Sesshōmaru nodded and called for a maid. "Show the humans to their rooms, but put Kagome, Inuyasha, and Kōga is theKōsai no chōsen special rooms." Commanded Sesshōmaru. Kaen waved her off, "I'll be along shortly. I wanna talk to Fluffy alone for a minute." They smile and wave bye to her. As soon as they left, Kaen turned to Sesshōmaru with a very serous face on, "Tell me everything you know about the Kōsai no chōsen, Sesshōmaru." Sesshōmaru nods his head as he start.
*Later in Kagome's room & Later in Inuyasha's room*
(They are in separate rooms, but Kaen and Sesshōmaru are talking about same thing. One will finish the another sentence. That kind of thing.)
With Kagome
Kaen, "Kagome, I need to explain something to you." Kagome nods as she sits on the bed.
With Inuyasha
Sesshōmaru, "I need you to listen to me, Half-breed." Inuyasha snorts and leans up against the wall.
With Kagome
Kaen, "Kagome, the Kōsai no chōsen is a challenge to be your mate."
With Inuyasha
Sesshōmaru, "If you don't win, then you have to watch Kōga mate Kagome."
With Kagome
Kagome, "You don't mean that literally, do you?" Kaen nods.
With Inuyasha
Sesshōmaru, "I do mean it literally. The loser has to watch the winner mate the prize and the Miko is the prize." Inuyasha's mouth hangs open.
With Kagome
Kaen, "But because you are human, the loser might just have to watch your shadow only and not the act itself."
With Inuyasha
Sesshōmaru, "You will have to go through six test." Inuyasha nods.
"Just six, no problem!" Cheered Inuyasha's beast.
"We will have Kagome as our wife with ease." Agreed Inuyasha's human.
With Kagome
Kaen, "The first is a challenge of providing."
With Inuyasha
Sesshōmaru, "You will have to hunt down food for her and cook a meal for her. You can not have any help from the staff, but the kitchen's foods are open to you. You have to have what you hunted down as main focus of the dish."
"Problem…not a good cook." Said Inuyasha's beast.
"Your memory is bad too." Teased Inuyasha's human.
"Hey!" Yelled Inuyasha's beast.
With Kagome
Kaen, "The next test is power performance test. Basically, they have to protect you from an enemy." Confused Kagome asks, "What kind of enemy?"
With Inuyasha
Sesshōmaru, "You can fight anything from a huge ogre to flower petals." Giving Sesshōmaru a 'Really' face. Inuyasha, "Petals, really?" Sesshōmaru holds his head up high, "It is a very complicated maneuver. Don't judge, Half-breed. Next, is a physical race."
With Kagome
Kaen, "Sesshōmaru gets to make the course since it is his castle we are in." Kagome laughed, "That's going to be the hardest course ever."
With Inuyasha
Sesshōmaru, "After that is the gift challenge."
'Gift, huh. Perfect.' Thought Inuyasha as he rubs his pocket where the ring is.
With Kagome
Kaen, "The gift has to reflect your personality. This challenge is to see how much your suiters actually know you. Next, is a challenge of their worst thing they can do."
With Inuyasha
Sesshōmaru, "Which since you are both fighters is most likely going to be something to do with music. In this one, you can have as many people help you as you want, but not professionals."
"See, we get to serenade our lovely miko." Said Inuyasha's human.
'Shut up. I'm actually trying to listen to this bastard.' Inuyasha thought to both the human and beast side.
With Kagome
Kaen, "The last test is a test of domination. Depending on the species of demons that are part taking in the Kōsai no chōsen. It could be anything from a test of knowledge to a fight." Kagome nods, but she has a feeling it will be a fight.
With Inuyasha
Sesshōmaru, "It will be a fight. The Kōsai no chōsen that I saw was a fight too. The loser got mad because he lost, so he tried to kill the winner. They ended up giving each other mortal wounds and allowing the demoness to go crazy to the point father had to kill her." 'We have to win for Kagome's sake.' Inuyasha thought and the other sides of him agreed.
With Kagome
Kaen, "The judges will judge each of the test from a range of zero to ten." Kagome wondered, "Who will be the judges?"
With Inuyasha
Inuyasha laughed humorlessly, "The other lords are the judges! I'm screwed!" Sesshōmaru just shook his head, "No you aren't. The other lords right now are not prejudice to hanyōs."
With Kagome
Kagome asks, "Isn't it bias to have Sesshōmaru as a judge?" Kaen shook her head, "Not really."
With Inuyasha
Sesshōmaru, "Everyone knows I hate you."
With Kagome
Kagome thought for a moment, "Isn't Lord Chōrō Ayame's grandfather? Wouldn't he vote for Kōga?" Kaen cringed, "Well…"
With Inuyasha
Sesshōmaru, "Kōga has lost favor with Lord Chōrō because he has made his granddaughter chase him." Inuyasha sits down on the bed with a sigh, "If Kōga does win will he force the mating ceremony on Kagome?"
With Kagome
Kaen frowns, "Unfortunately, by the code of Kōsai no chōsen he has too, but after that Kōga would probably not touch you again till you are ready." Kagome was so close to tears, "Why would Kōga do this?"
With Inuyasha
Sesshōmaru, "I think he thought that he was losing the Miko, so he forced her hand so to speak."
'I'm going to force him to do something!' Thought Inuyasha.
"Something horrible!" Inuyasha's beast suggested.
With Kagome
'I so going to get even with him after Inuyasha wins.' Kagome thought. Kaen, "I'm pretty sure that Ayame will be coming too with her grandfather." Kagome looked so sad, "Ayame must be heartbroken over what Kōga is doing! He is such a jackass!" Kaen laughed. "Over the next few days, Sesshōmaru will be arranging rooms and organizing tests while I protect you. Get some sleep." Kagome nodded.
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Me: How was that? It is a little shorter but I hope I didn't make Kagome 'whiny' or a 'whore'. I hope I answered you question Alannada. Kōga is not a bad guy, just very stubborn and a little stupid. He won't even listen to his own beast who is smarter than he is. Leave reviews please.