Her face was an expressionless mass as the overcast from her long brown bangs shadowed her eyes.
"You are here to kill me?"
Kouga blinked his confusion, for he was a little taken off guard by the taiji-ya's composure. Whenever threatened like that, one would usually lash out in self defense. Why was this taiji-ya so calm? It gave him goosebumbs.
"Hey! Just who do you think you are, waltzing in here like that and threatening my poor friend like that?! You ought to be ashamed of yourself!"
Kouga turned to the little, feisty, miko whom addressed him. He was shocked such a small woman could lash out with such anger, "And just who the hell are you?"
"That's none of your business, Wolf! Now just back off from Kagome and Sango before I have to end this...My way!"
Kouga turned to the hanyou who held his sword pointed toward him. Kouga knew little about hanyou's, and he didn't care. To his knowledge they were weak, nothing compared to a full out youkai like himself.
"Your all talk, Mutt."
Kouga slowly turned his attention to the taiji-ya, who seemed to be hiding something behind her back.
"My way it is!" The hanyou snarled as he swung his powerful sword toward Kouga, who quickly noticed and dodged it by leaping into the air. Kouga wasted no time going after the fully aware taiji-ya who leaped out of the way, dodging his own attack.
"Hey wolf! this battle is between you and me, keep Sango out of it!"
Sango. Little to Kouga's knowledge, that name was going to haunt him day and night.
Kouga sized up his prey, taking in every little detail about her. He noticed the white bandages that stuck to her face and the way she moved, slower than normal humans but none the less efficient . Her overall vulnerability was extremely high. With one sniff of the air, Kouga could smell her fear. That's when it all became clear to him...
"Your already injured?"
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The taiji-ya's eyes began to quake as she tried to fight back her tears. Out of fear, she charged the now unexpecting youkai. When she was of close enough distance to him, her sleeve slid back revealing a sharp, hidden dagger, "Die!"
Kouga leaped to get out of the way, but he mis-calculated just how close the taiji-ya was. The blade sliced through the flesh on his right cheek.
"You fucking little bitch!" Kouga snarled as he pressed his hand against his injured cheek.
Sango readied her weapon, preparing to charge once more. She may have been injured from that battle that transpired between Kohaku and then Inuyasha and her. She couldn't afford to let her guard down for one second.
Sango kept her eyes on the youkai. She noticed how his icy blue eyes shimmered with only could be pure rage.
"I've had enough..." Inuyasha said as he moved in between the dueling pair, pointing his sword toward Kouga, "Sango, allow me to finish him off once and for all so we can be on our way."
Sango noticed the wolf youkai's ice blue eyes narrow in on Inuyasha as he slowly began to approach.
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"You damn, Mutt! Stay away from my prey!" Kouga spat as he slowly approached the hanyou. To the naked eye, or human eye rather, It may look like he was staring at the hanyou, but truthfully he was looking directly though him at the taiji-ya who unfortunately relaxed a bit, praising she was no longer the center of his attention, or so she thought.
I'll never be able to kill her here...
"You want to kill Sango? You'll have to go through every last one of us first."
A feral growl escaped Kouga's clenched teeth as he stalked closer to the hanyou who tightened his grip on his sword.
Kouga paced himself, biting his time efficiently. He wanted to wait until the moment the hanyou least expected it to make his move.
"What the hell is taking so fucking long, wolf? Does my sword scare you?"
Kouga sprang into action, leaping over the gloating hanyou and snatching up the frightened taiji-ya who was far to startled to resist.
Inuyasha turned, dumbfounded as he watched Kouga land effortlessly in a nearby tree outside of the boarder.
"Listen up, pup. Only cowards use weapons...real youkai like me use are teeth and claws...remember that! Oh and don't bother coming after me for Sango, she'll already be dead by time you find us."
"Get back here!" Inuyasha spat, disregarding all that Kouga said as he charged toward them.
"No chance!"
With that Kouga leap out of the tree and sped off back down the path in which he used to get there, nearly running over poor Ginta and Hakkaku who still struggled to catch up, "Hurry up you clowns! I have the bitch already!"
Kouga's face paled as a pair of dainty, pale, hands wrapped around his throat. Causing him to tumble backward.
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Sango straddled the wolf's waist as the used all her weight to put force on her grip around Kouga's throat.
"Get...off...m-me...you...crazy..."
Sango's eyes were fierce as she pushed down harder, keeping his arms pent down under her knees, "I demand answers!"
"And I demand you get the hell off me!"
"No! Tell me..Why would I release a youkai who is trying to kill me? What type of taij-ya would I be?"
A growl slipped through Kouga's clenched teeth.
Sango could feel the vibrations through her hands which remind tightly around his throat. She glanced over her shoulder as she heard approaching footsteps from behind. Had her friends caught up already?
Sango was more than a little disappointed as she saw the two youkai that they passed by moments ago. Then it hit her...she was clearly out-numbered it the two decided to attack.
"Boss?"
"Hey Kouga, what's going on here?"
Sango let out a released exhale as she witnessed how dense the duo were. Her eyes then sharply returned to Kouga who's throat she intently applied more pressure to.
"Get her off me!" Kouga spat gruffly as he grabbed onto Sango's arms trying his best to push the surprisingly strong woman off. If he hadn't been the one her fury was being inflected on he would actually be impressed.
"Uhh right!" Hakkaku said as he grabbed Sango by one of her elbows and attempted to pull her off.
"Right away boss!" Hakkaku said also as he grabbed hold to her other elbow and he too attempted to remove the feisty woman.