A/N: For those who read the emergency authors note my aunt died the week before palm Sunday. I'm still working on getting through it but I found time to give you this chapter! So Have Fun! And REVIEW!
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Chapter 3
Ayame-Come Take My Hand
Underline Italics is Ayame
Just Italics is Koga
And Bold Italics is both
Ayame argued with Koga once more. He still refused to let her in and she stalked toward the cave opening, "Do I even know you? The REAL you?" She asked him sadly. He had no answer and she nodded sadly, "I'm going back to my own tribe." She told him, "Come find me when you're ready to let me see the real you."
He remembered the last time she had left. It had been right after he had stolen Kagome. They had argued and he had told her he didn't love her. But when she left he'd cried feeling like she had taken his heart with her. And he didn't know how to get it back.
Can't blame you for thinking
That you never really knew me at all
I tried to deny you
But nothing ever made me feel so wrong
All he was really trying to do was protect her from having to fight. She was beautiful, and fierce, he knew that. But she still reminded him of the fragile girl he had made the promise with. She didn't need to fight, and he wanted to protect her from the fights he constantly had to go through.
But he realized that they had gotten lost because of that. The constant battles had changed him and he had never talked to her about it. They could never go back to how they were the night of the Lunar Rainbow Promise. But they could find each other again.
I thought I was protecting you
From everything that I go through
But I know that we got lost along the way
He looked at his guitar leaning against the cave wall and knew what he would do. Kagome had taught him how to play and Ayame loved to listen to him play. So he wrote a short song for her. He went to right outside her cave and stood there and played for her.
"Here I am with all my heart
I hope you understand
I know I let you down
But I'm never gonna make
That mistake again."
He sang trying to make her understand.
She was the one who made him let down his walls and start to know who he really was instead of who his family wanted him to be. The night they made that promise she wormed herself into his heart and broke down his walls from the inside out.
She finally came out and he brought her back to his back. She still was un-sure, the tribe had never thought she was good enough for their leader. But Koga took her hand and told them, "This is my girlfriend Ayame." He wanted everyone to know that she was his girlfriend, his world. He wanted them to know what she meant to him.
You brought me closer
To who I really am
Come take my hand
I want the world to see
What you mean to me
What you mean to me
That night they laid down next to each other and they truly talked for the first time in months. She told him about how she had felt like he didn't think she could protect herself when he didn't take her offer to help him in battle. "I'm sorry." He apologized "I didn't want you to feel like that. But, I'm always going to think of that little girl I first met." When she tried to interrupt he kissed her "I know you're not that girl anymore. But I'm always going to want to protect you."
They spent months like this. Being leaders during the day and learning the new them at night. Then one day Koga left a note for her to come to the waterfall. She went and saw him at the top. She climbed up to stand in front of him and he got down on one knee, holding open a ring box. "Ayame, I love you, and I will love and cherish you forever. I never want to have to let you go. You are my world, my everything. Will you me my mate, my wife?"
"YES!" she sobbed. This was the start of their story and they would slowly break down the walls that had been built between them.
Just know that I'm sorry
I never wanted to make you feel so small
Our story is just beginning
But let the truth break down these walls. (Oh, yeah, yeah)
One night as he watched her sleep he thought of everything she had done for him in the past. In battles when it felt hopeless her face was the one that forced him to fight harder. Even when she didn't know it, she was the one he fought for. She was the one he lived for.
Then he remembered how she had made him realize how nice he was. He could protect people instead of hurt them. She showed him how much of a good guy he could be.
And every time I think of you
I think of how you pushed me through
And showed me how much better I could be
One night she woke up after a nightmare and as he comforted her she asked if he could play for her. He nodded and sang the song he had written for her so long ago until she fell asleep once more.
"Here I am with all my heart
I hope you understand
I know I let you down
But I'm never gonna make
That mistake again"
She made him protective and he realized who he really was. He wanted to be protective and he loved her for making him realize that. When they finally went to see InuYasha, Kagome, Sango, and the still lecherous monk Miroku, Ayame was nervous. She wasn't sure whether Koga still had feelings for the girl Kagome. But he once again took her hand and smiled, "I just wanted you to know that Ayame and I are getting married!" he announced proudly.
Kagome and Sango smiled, "Congratulations!" they said to Ayame starting to talk about girl stuff and gush over Ayame's ring.
Meanwhile InuYasha and Miroku talked to him, "Congratulations man. You guys are perfect for each other." He had never realized it before, but when they weren't arguing it was easy to talk to InuYasha. They could even be considered friends now.
You brought me closer
To who I really am
Come take my hand
I want the world to see
What you mean to me (Yeah)
She made him feel like he had a choice in who he wanted to be. His parents had forced him to be a leader and someone he wasn't. But Ayame had helped him find who he wanted to be. And he was happy that way. He wanted to live his life like that, and that made him love her even more for being so understanding of what he wanted and needed.
You make me feel like I'm myself
Instead of being someone else
I wanna live that everyday
Once when he got hurt, and fell unconscious she was the one who talked to him and brought him back. No one else knew how to, but she knew exactly what to say to bring him back. She knew what he needed to hear to come back and he loved her even more for being like that. No one else was as accepting, patient and reliable as she was. No one else was as observant either.
You say what no one else would say
You know exactly how to get to me
You know it's what I need
It's what I need, yeah
Later as she walked down the aisle he once again played their song. It was her favorite and she wanted to sing it as she walked down the aisle to him.
"Here I am with all my heart"
"I hope you understand"
"I hope you understand"
"I know I let you down"
"But I'm never gonna make that mistake again"
"That mistake again"
"You brought me closer to who I really am" She sang starting up the steps to the alter.
"So come take my hand. I want the world to see" he sang holding out his hand for her to take and helped her up the last step to his side. When she got there she finished his scentence.
"What you mean to me" she sang.
"What you mean to me" he echoed his new wife kissing her.
A/N: the song for this chapter was What You Mean To Me by Christopher Wilde from the Disney Movie StarStruck. Thank you to InuGirl27 for the music! Thank you to all my reviewers and any new readers!
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