Welcome to chapter 2.

WARING WARNING!!!!!

This chapter will contain slight Yaoi/fluff.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, Takahashi-sama does.

Summary: All men are created equal, yet all men act and live differently. This is a story of how two people came together despite their differences and because of one of their many similarities.

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Chapter 2: Shoulder To Cry On

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Inuyasha looked at Kouga, 'He looks pathetic, but I suppose I can't blame him, I'm probably not much better.' Inuyasha sighed and looked up at the moon, its pale glow reminded him of Kagome's radiant smile. Kagome, she always glowed, her smiles, her personality, all glowed, radiating off of her in large waves, just as the moons bright halo did now.

"Inuyasha, please tell me that this is all just some sick joke, a game, anything, anything but the truth!" Kouga stared at Inuyasha looking for any sign that said he was being fooled, but found none.

"I wish that it was only a joke..."

Tears formed in the corners of Kouga's eyes, but he wouldn't let them fall. Despite all the pain he was feeling now, he wouldn't shed tears. He couldn't even remember when the last time he cried was and he wanted to keep it that way at least until he rival left. Kouga looked down slightly to hide them as he spoke, "So, that's it? Kagome's dead and I never even got to say my farewells, I never even got to see her?" Kouga slumped down to the cold ground, images of his love going through his mind, smiling, laughing, blushing... 'Heh, she always looked so cute when she was embarrassed. I guess, I'll never get to see her or that gorgeous smile she always had on ever again. Kagome...'Kouga clutched at his chest and tightly closed his eyes, hoping that maybe he would wake up and find that it was all nothing but a horrible, horrible dream.

Inuyasha watched Kouga, mourning just as much, but in his own way. He almost wished that he could bury himself, that way he would be more liable to concentrate on the heavy weight suffocating him than the intense pressure crushing his heart. 'Kagome...' he started to think of her again. His legs gave away and he fell to his knees silently sitting on the forest ground. He had no one to turn to, no one to go to. Sango had Miroku, Miroku had Sango, not to mention Mushin and Hatchi, Shippou had Sango, Miroku, and Keade. He was the only one who was completely alone. Inuyasha could hear the wolf mumbling something; he tried to listen to him, to get his mind off of his own thoughts if anything.

"First Kagura and Naraku killed my tribe, then Hakkaku and Ginta were taken from this world and into the next, and now Kagome. If I could I would avenge her, but Naraku is already dead, there is nothing that I can do..."

(A/N: I know that Hakkaku and Ginta aren't really dead, but I decided that in this they were going to be, don't get me wrong I'm a big Ginta/Hakkaku fan, but it was the first thing that cam to mind.)

Inuyasha's ears perked up a bit in slight surprise, 'That's right, Kouga's tribe was killed and I don't know how but I guess from what he's saying Ginta and Hakkaku have kicked the bucket too. Maybe, I'm not as alone as I thought. Wait, Kouga is my enemy, we can't just go from kill attempts to friendship just like that.....' Inuyasha leaned over to Kouga and gently wrapped his arms around the wolf prince. 'Even so, that doesn't mean I can't try, I've already lost Kagome, what else do I have to lose?'

Kouga's eyes snapped open the second he felt the warmth of someone's body overlap his. "Inuyasha?" he questioned, perplexed as to what the mutt was thinking.

"Kouga, you're not the only one who's alone. I have no family that I can go to, and I can't find anyone else. We have nothing left to fight over; I see no reason that we can't at least try to get along. Kagome never liked it when we fought, and she still wouldn't now."

"Your right." Kouga thought of what else he could say to break the uncomfortable silence, "You sound different, not like the Inuyasha who I always fought with."

"I suppose that pain and loss can do that to someone." Inuyasha smirked a bit, still looking a bit sullen.

Kouga looked up at Inuyasha listening and taking in all of his words. He was right, there was no reason for them to fight, and he was like Inuyasha in away, he was probably seeming a bit unusual right now as well. Who wouldn't act a strangely at a time like this?

Inuyasha unconsciously hugged Kouga a little tighter, "I guess neither of us is as alone as we once thought." Inuyasha spoke softly, his words silently drifted to the wolf's sensitive ears as the wind quietly blew past them.

Kouga moved closer to Inuyasha, as close as he could get anyway, and firmly yet gently pressed his lips against his. He didn't know why but he did.

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That's all for this chapter.

Please come back for chapter 3: 'Alliance' and Companionship.

I should have it done in about a week or two, depending on how things go.

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