Wow...this is the fastest update ever. Whoo! I'm very hyper now...

Kougaismyhomeboy: Yeah...you have absolutely no right to call anyone random. And your profile? I actually read THE WHOLE THING. And I have to steal those quotes, especially the one from Dory. "I shall name you Squishy and you shall be mine. You shall be my squishy."

Sachichan16: What? You got a problem with Kouga? Huh? You got a problem? You know what I do to people who have a problem with Kouga?

I convert them. MUAHAHAHAAHAHAH! Keep reading, dear, you'll be converted to the dark side eventually.

Ryoko-one-and-only: Actually I'd appreciate it if you reviewed more. More reviews, the better. Even the anonymous ones are fine.

fullmetal inugirl145: YES! KOUGA OWNS SEXILY!

Darkmoonfang: Yes, well, Wolves are a protected species now. 1 shot equals JAIL! Now if I can just pass that bill legalizing the death sentence for wolf-killers...Down here in Texas, we still have a little thing called the Chair.

Atari Atagashi-San: Um...thank...you...?

DISCLAIMER: Thing #2 I would change if I owned Inuyasha (which I don't): MORE NUDE SCENES-Free of the annoying black shadow.

Sango woke first, hating the world.

Why she's always in a bad mood in the mornings, even she doesn't know. It's more or less a general state of existence for her.

She dragged herself across the campsite to get some firewood to start a fire. She cast her gaze hungrily on a passing rat, and looked around for Kagome's ever handy backpack and lazy-camper wood. She found it next to Kagome.

And Kouga.

Even Sango's bad mood lifted when she saw the two holding each other. She was happy for Kagome, who had finally gotten over HER two-timing boyfriend. Now if only she could do the same(as if). How Inuyasha would react when he returned would be nasty, but she was prepared to defend her friend and her friends' decision.

She smiled, a little determination mixed with the adoration. She had a rat to find.

-

Kouga woke when he heard Sango's triumphant laugh. He cracked open his eyes to see Sango roasting her breakfast, but with a considerably less sadistic expression than last time. She actually seemed almost happy.

Kouga had never seen her like that.

But Kouga didn't particularly care. He held Kagome tighter and brushed the hair out of her face.

'MATINGMATINGMATINGMATING...'

Kouga shook his head. 'Not just yet. I don't think she's ready.'

'MATING!'

'And, uh, we aren't either. It's not mating season, remember?'

'MATING!'

Kouga shook his head firmly as Kagome began to stir.

"Good Morning, Kouga." She yawned and stretched widely before resting on Kouga's chest again.

"Good Morning, Kagome," Kouga squeezed the love of his life a little tighter. "Would you like to know what we'll be doing for our first day of courtship?"

"Sure. Why not?"

"Well, first of all, we have to take a week off of our little shard hunt..."

Kagome smiled, relieved to have a week off of walking (without needing an argument, a sitting, or jumping into a well) "No problem at all..."

"...and today, we'll be going for a nice, long walk."

Kagome's face dropped. "Oh, but Kouga... we just got a week off of walking...why-"

"This is different, though. We can go slowly, and we'll stop whenever you want...and it's just me and you...besides, there's something I have to show you."

Kagome was about to whine, but when she looked into Kouga's eyes she found it impossible to disagree. "Okay," She consented. "But later, okay? Sometime in he evening."

Kouga smiled. "Perfect. Oh," He blushed. "There's something I have to do now though...just me...and please, please don't ask."

"Well...okay..." Kaogme stood up, and Kouga quietly slid behind the tree. 'Weird...' Kagome walked to join Sango, who was just wrapping up the cooking of her eerie breakfast. "Good morning, Sango!" She chirped.

"Oh, I bet it is," Sango smirked, mouth full of rodent.

"Huh?" Kagome took her usual instant breakfast form her cavernous backpack, confusion replacing her wide grin.

"You and Kouga," Sango swallowed her food."You gave into him, didn't you? You mated him."

"What? NO! I just agreed to, uh, court him, not mate him!"

Sango nodded sagely. "Yeah, I didn't see a mark on you." Kagome looked confused again and Sango sighed, a knowing look on her face. "I suspect, Kagome dear, that what you don't know about wolf demons could fill several books."

"Huh?"

"I'll start with wolf courtship. First of all, it only lasts a week, at which point you have to decide if you want to mate him."

"And if I say no?"

"Well, no matter what it'll be bad. Typically, the rejected wolf will be severely heartbroken, and sometimes he won't ever court, or mate, and will live a solitary life. Even if the wolf takes it welll it will have an enormous effect on his personality. For Kouga, as the leader of his pack, will probably be banished for lack of alpha female."

"...crap."

"Well, he probably won't have to worry aobut that. He's so loyal to you that he'll more than likely kill himself if rejected."

"But-but-I don't want him to die-"

"Yet another thing. Wolf demons, particularly one as hot as Kouga, can have most prospective mates completely enthralled in a few days if they want to."

"Then why haven't I-?"

"He din't want to use it on you."

"Huh?"

"He didn't want to have to get you that way-an oddly honorabe choice for someone who should be very desperate for a mate. Oh, yeah. One more thing. You may have noticed that Kouga's behavior was a little...erratic this morning."

"Yeah, actually. He said he had to go do something, that it was private, not to ask, and he seemed really embarassed about it."

"Yeah...since it's not mating season, he has to...prepare his seed. By...well..." Sango made a jerking motion on her rat-stick with her hand.

Kagome paled. "Ewww!"

Sango sighed, finishing her rat. "Hey, at least he's embarassed about it. And at least he doesn't do it for fun." Sango cast a dark look in the direction of a recently awake Miroku.

Kouga snuck up behin Kagome, sitting behind her, resting his head on hers. "Good morning , Kagome."

Kagome noted that his hands had been recently washed.

Thank God.

"You've alreay said that."

"But it is a good morning," Kouga said brightly, nuzzling his prospective's cheek with his own. (Yes, I mean his face) He stood up slowly, almost as if he was regretting it. "I have to go clear a path for us, Kagome, I'll be back sometime in the afternoon. When I get back, be ready to go!"

"Okay," Kagome smiled warmly.

"Yo, Miroku!" Kouga called. The monk walked over to the fire.

"What?"

I expect you to take good care of Kagome while I'm gone," Kouga's eyes darkened. "And if that 'cursed hand' of yours comes within two inches of Kagome...I will break it off and feed it to you."

Miroku blinked owlishly."Uh...okay..." Kouga nodded grimly and heade off into the forest.

The sound of trees crashing could be heard for several hours, until approximately 12:47 pm by Kagome's broken watch. The owner of said watch decided to go play with Shippo, who was beginning to moan of boredom.

Miroku sighed and stretched, his arm laying across Sango's shoulders (he's the original inventor of that move).

"The hand stays above the waist, monk."

"No deal," Miroku's hand drifted to Sango's posterior.

Several familiar veins pulsed across Sango's forehead as she reached for her weapon.

"Um, Sango, that's your sword, not your Hiraikotsu..."

"Yes, I know," Sango hissed, a frightening gleam in her eyes. "I'm tired of just bashing your head in. Apparently, you don't learn from severe brain damage. So...to make sure you never, ever, do ANYTHING perverted again...I'm going to remove the necessary...tool..." Sango raised her katana, aiming for Miroku's midsection-

"Sango? Hello?" Miroku's voice shattered her fantasy.

Sango sighed, knowing she could never emasculate Miroku, content with a light backhand. Miroku sighed, relieved. Wanting to distract her before her anger returned, he changed the subject. "So what's the deal with Kouga and Kagome?"

"Kagome agreed to court him."

Miroku jerked in surprise. "What about Inuyasha?"

"Just because you two are equally loyal doesn't mean that Inuyasha desrves Kagome anymore that you deserve m-well, any woman."

"Now that's not fair to Inuyasha. He's only with one other woman, who, by the way, is dead...again...now. I use several."

"What? USE!" Sango's feminism boiled to the surface, veins pulsing, blood boiling, mind raging.

"I-I-Crap!" Miroku ran to the forest.

Sango, not feeling up to a chase, ecided ot go check on Kirara. The monk would come back soon.

Several hours later, at 12:47 pm, Kouga came back. "Kagome! We're all set." The light was starting to get soft out, and it was nearing sunset. Perfrect for a nice, stereotypical romantic walk.

"Coming Kouga!" Kagome dropped shippo by Sango, who was sitting cross legged, eyes closed, holding her fire cat, the picture of serenity. "Hey, Sango, have you seen Miroku?"

"Nope. Not at all." Sango started humming lously (to cover up a certain monk's muffled protest). Kirara mewed in amusement.

Kagome raised an eyebrow and trotted over to her waiting wolf, who was standing with his arm out. She grabbed it and leaned on him. "Let's go."

Kouga promptly turned and walked, Kagome latched tightly onto his arm. They walked down Kouga's cleared path, which he had even strewn wiht flowers, in silence for nearly an hour. Then Kagome sighed.

"My Kouga,"

Kouga smiled happily. "Oh, so I'm your Kouga now, huh?"

"Yep."

"Technically we haven't mated...yet..."

"What makes you so sure we'll mate, O cocky one?"

"Oh, Kagome, poor, naive Kagome. No one can resist me." Kagome roled her eyes as a goofy grin crossed Kouga's face.

"Then how did I resist you for almost two years?"

"You didn't I could smell your arousal just like I can now. Why do you think I never gave up?"

Kagome was caught off guard by this truth. It took her a couple minutes to come up with a comeback. An evil grin split her face as she did. "You know, Kouga, I wasn't the only one to be attracted to you..."

"Many are attracted to the great Kouga!" Kouga doubled over laughing a t his own stupidity.

Kagome took advantage of Kouga's mirth to uneash her vengeance, in the form of a perfect imitation of a certain red-haired demoness...

"Koooougaaaa! Kooooooooouuuuuuugaaaaaaaa!"

Kouga stoppped laughing. "No! Not Ayame! Not NOW!" Now it was Kagome's turn to laugh.

"Oh, Kagome...that was mean..." KOuga glanced up to see that the sun was setting. "Oh, Kagome, we have to hurry."

"Great. Carry me."

Kouga grinned, picking up his prospective mate in a fireman's carry. Ignoring her protest, he ran at top speed to the cliff he had prepared. "Behold!" He said cheesily, setting Kagome down. Kagome couldn't help but gasp. Kouga had laid out a beautiful sliff with more flowers, even nicer than the ones on the path, and dinner. The cliff itself provided a beautiful view of Japan, the ocean even visible on the horizon.

"Oh, Kouga," Kagome sighed. "This is so beautiful..."

"Yeah...most beautiful thing I've ever seen.."

Kouga wasn't looking at the same view.