A/N: Alas, the lemon chapter has finally come... Bwashashasha >D I hope all of you enjoy it and remember... REVIEW OR I HUNT YOU DOWN! Anyways... Such an original title, ne? Again, my apologies with the problem with the laptop. That damned thing will be the end of me someday...


Loss of Innocence

Chapter 6- Loss of Innocence


Ayame eventually woke up that morning– alone in Kouga's bed. Fear consumed her as she sat up and glimpsed around the room to see if he was there. Yet.. "He's... probably taking care of what happened last night..." She told herself quietly, reassuringly. Glancing down, her eyes fell upon a light purple flower.

"Shoubu..." She whispered, picking up the flower Kouga had obviously gone out to find and give to her. Cradling it in her hands, she slowly got up and left his room off towards her own in order to sleep.

"Negoshi... I really do have to thank you for watching Hakuyo like you did. If you hadn't been watching... I don't even want to think about what he would have done to her..." Kouga said sincerely, slamming his fist onto the desk at the mere thought of what would have happened.

"Lord Kouga, it is really nothing..." Negoshi replied. "But... I must ask, if you don't mind me prying into your personal affairs..."

"Ask."

Negoshi nodded. "Is talking all that you have done with Lady Ayame?"

"Yes..." Kouga began slowly, "But I don't want to rush her... I want to know if she really cares for me... If she isn't using me to get all of this property..."

Negoshi sat down across from his master. "Honestly, Lord Kouga, does Lady Ayame seem like the type who would use you...? Yes, she may have a short temper, but she's loyal– at least in my eyes."

"You think so..." Kouga rubbed his chin. In all honesties, he really did care for Ayame– knowing full well she wouldn't just marry someone for their money or anything like that. Yet... All people had their dark sides, as best shown with Kagura and Hakuyo... And because of this, he would always be weary.

"Was she alright?" Negoshi's voice snapped Kouga out of his thoughts.

"Ehh? Well... She was shaken up quite a bit. I think anyone would be if someone tried to take advantage of them. But..."

"But...?" Negoshi raised an eyebrow.

Kouga shook his head. "She's the type of woman who can stand up for herself. I'm sure she did just that..."

"Ah..." Negoshi nodded. "A plan perhaps?"

"Yes... And I think I know who the other member in that little scheme was..." Kouga scowled.

Negoshi sighed, "Kagura?"

"Of course..."

"So, what do you plan on doing with her? She has caused nothing but trouble for you and Lady Ayame... In fact, just for you in general."

Kouga responded with a low growl, "Killing her would be out of the question..."

"Naraku would be most displeased with that... It would mean he couldn't obtain more of a territory to control." Negoshi stated, crossing his arms over his chest. "There must be something we can do that won't upset Naraku."

"I'm sick of it!" Kouga snapped, slamming both fists on the table in sheer anger. "We're acting like Naraku's puppets! We have been for too damn long and I'm tired of it! One way or another, after things with Ayame are settled, I will take care of Naraku myself. To hell with that bastard."

"Aye."


Ayame laid backwards on her bed, staring up at the ceiling quietly. She blushed, recalling the way he wrapped his arm around her when they went to sleep last night. She had to admit... That was one of the best nights of sleep she ever had. She recalled the warmth his body emanated as she leaned against his smooth, muscular chest. It was so nice just having a pair of arms to hold her, making her feel secure. She blushed at the mere thought of this.

"I really do think I'm in love..." She mumbled, as if embarrassed to admitting this to the empty room. She laughed quietly at her own expense. "Gods... Maybe I'm losing my mind now– talking to myself the way I am."

She was indeed in love she concluded. Never in her life had she been this happy after something so... Vile... happened. Under any other circumstances, if Kouga had not been there to support her in her time of need– hell if he hadn't been there to save her, she would have been she didn't even know... Most likely contemplating ways of killing herself though.

But... Just having Kouga look at her made those fears go to the back of her mind. Having him hug her the way he did. Carrying her to his own room and sleeping with her– without doing anything sketchy– made those fears disappear.

He was the person she wanted to spend the rest of her life with.

"How am I going to tell him... That I really do care..." She pondered, staring out the window at the setting sun. This was Kouga...

It shouldn't be too hard...

She looked down at the flower in her hand then put it in her hair. A smile crept its way onto her lips. "I'll find a way..."


It was extremely late. All of the servants had gone off to bed. Ayame knew Kouga would still be up– most likely reading a book or something in his room. She snuck her way down the hall towards his sleeping chamber, weary of any movements in the deserted corridor.

Her heart was beating horribly fast again. Part was of her wondering what the hell would attack her this time; the other part nervous to death at what he would say to her admitting her feelings. She knew he wouldn't say anything harsh that may hurt her, yet she also knew that by her telling him how she felt, and him not feeling the same way, would make things awkward to say the least.

Bah. She shouldn't be thinking of these things now! It was now or never... Tell him, or lose him to someone like... Kagura... She scowled at the thought of Kagura and Kouga together. It was just... wrong. At least in her eyes that is.

Kouga's door... "Ok..." She took a deep breath, then knocked.

Her heart raced as she still pondered. ...Would he think it disgusting if she admitted her feelings to him? A mere peasant telling her feelings to a prince? "What am I doing..." She nervously asked herself. "He's not– Kouga!" She said pleasantly.

Kouga blinked a few times in confusion, his eyes adjusting to the dark hall she stood in. "Ayame... What're you doing up wandering around at this time during the night?"

'Now he's scolding me...' She thought to herself grumpily. She twiddled her thumbs in an embarrassed manner. "Well... You see... I wanted to... To..." She paused, eyes darting to see his expression. So far, so good... "Well I wanted to see how your arm was doing!" Damnit...

Kouga raised an eyebrow, bringing his face a couple of inches from her own. Skeptically looking into her eyes, he merely walked away after a few seconds and into his room. "Right... Well come in and make yourself comfortable. I was just looking at this book..." He flung the book into the wall and fell backwards onto his bed.

Ayame blushed somewhat as she meekly walked inside and shut the door. "Nice room..." She glanced at a painting of a young woman who resembled the prince himself. "Is that... your mother?"

"Yep..."

"She's beautiful..." She said, looking at his mother's painting thoughtfully. "...You really do look like her." She glanced at him for a moment, then the portrait again. "The smile definitely..."

Kouga watched her keenly. "That so?"

She nodded. Her hands instinctively found their way behind her back as she walked a few paces, her eyes never leaving the portrait. "Though, don't take this the wrong way... I think the artist who did your portrait got you all wrong..."

"...What's that supposed to mean?" Kouga asked indignantly.

"I told you not to take it the wrong way..." She frowned, looking directly at him. "I just mean that the light... I've seen you out in the sunlight. And while your hair is pretty shiny in the sun, the artist didn't get the true color of that blue glimmer. Then your eyes... You seemed like in your portrait you were genuinely happy about something... I've seen you like that before I believe. In the portrait, your eyes don't seem as alive. Oh and your smile is just some grin... Your grin and expression of your eyes don't really match if you know what I mean."

Kouga raised an eyebrow at her. Where was she getting with this conversation? Was she disapproving the artist? He did feel a twang of pride as she admitted to actually observing him the way he observed her. "What about it?" He asked, slowly standing up and walking next to her.

"Well..." She started. They stood next to each other. Soon, one turned. Then the other. "You see... When you smile, you get this goofy look on your face– not some cocky smirk. Then, you give this laugh that makes your chest rumble."

"Go on..." He said, his voice barely above a whisper as they drew even closer to one another. "I thought you liked my smile?"

Ayame placed her hands on his chest armor while he loosely wrapped his arms around her waist. "I do..."

"But...?"

Ayame went on her tiptoes, her nose touching his. "If I didn't make fun of it," She spoke breathlessly as her hot breath pounded against his hungry lips. "Then what else is there to live for?"

Kouga pouted, their noses still touching softly. "So you do enjoy mocking me."

"Oh whatever will you do... I mocked the almighty Kouga." She said with sarcasm oozing from her voice. "And the best part is... There's nothing you can do about it."

"Oh?" Kouga tightened his hold around her waist, pulling her body up against his. "There's lots of things I can do. You just aren't thinking what I'm thinking."

Ayame's cheeks turned pink. What was he thinking, she pondered. "Kouga... I have something important I have to tell you."

Kouga's hold slackened somewhat as he looked down into her eyes. "Don't tell me you have to go to the bathroom..."

She laughed at this, placing a finger on his lips to hush him. "No way! But... I-Well you see.." She blushed. "I was thinking about what happened last night... Thinking about how you saved my life... I..." She looked down at her hands resting against his chest. "I was mainly thinking about... about... you..."

Kouga raised an eyebrow to this, yet allowed her to continue on without interruption.

"You see... If you hadn't been there after... To just comfort me... I-I don't know how I would have gotten through this. While I was laying on my bed before... I realized that I.." She took a deep breath, mentally thanking him when he gave a gentle squeeze of reassurance. "I... You see..." She blushed and quickly blurted the next few words out, "I-I think I'm in love with you."

Kouga's eyes widened to this. In all honesties, he was definitely NOT expecting her to say that... In fact, he didn't know what to say in response to this. But.. He had to say something fast before Ayame took it the wrong way. "You do...?" Okay, well maybe it wasn't the best reply... But at least it gave him a second longer to gather his thoughts.

Ayame's head snapped up. "...Yes." She said flatly, obviously taking his response the wrong way anyways.

He sweatdropped. That was Ayame for you... That temper of hers... He laughed at this.

Her eyebrow raised in confusion. What the hell was up with him just laughing when she poured her heart out to him. The bastard...

"Ayame... calm down..." Kouga sniggered. "This is so great..."

"What is so great?" She uttered, glaring at him moodily. "Great that I just poured my heart out to you?"

"Well... It's great because..." He paused, then tilted her head upwards, bringing his lips down upon her own in a chaste kiss. After a moment, he pulled back and grinned at her. "That's why... Because... I've loved you since the first time I laid eyes on you."

"O-oh..." She studdered, smiling at him. "Well I was serious about the goofy smile..."

"Oh shut up..." He growled playfully.

"Make me." She challenged, twirling a lock of his silky black hair around her finger.

He gave a boyish grin, "Don't mind if I do." And with that, brought his lips crashing down upon hers once more. Kouga's tongue licked Ayame's lips, begging for entry. She complied and his tongue darted in, beginning an intimate, never ending battle. He explored her mouth, exploring all the crevices, running his tongue along the side of her teeth until it met up with hers once more. The battle continued on, Ayame's arms finding and tightening their hold around his neck and Kouga's tightening around her slender waist.

Kouga could feel himself go hard as he heard a simple moan escape from the back of Ayame's throat. Coming from her, it was pretty damn seductive. He wanted to take her right there and then– on the floor if he had to. However... since his lungs were burning for oxygen, and most likely hers were too, they both reluctantly pulled back, gasping for air.

"Ayame..." Kouga panted, nuzzling her neck lovingly. "I... you..."

She nodded her head in response, understanding what he meant. Her breathing quickened, her eyes shutting as he lightly grazed the crook of her neck with his canines. She shivered, tilting her head to the side while he kissed her neck. "I want..." She started, only to be interrupted by her aroused soon-to-be husband. He brought his lips to hers once more, directing them towards his bed.

She complied, and while they kissed, they began to unlatch each other's chest armor. Fumbling with it for a few moments, the two continued violently kissing each other almost as if they feared that if either stopped, the other would disappear forever. That fleeting moment ended as both their armor snapped and fell to the floor between them.

Her hands began to run along his bare chest, lightly tracing all of his well defined muscles as they continued their hungry kisses. She panted, feeling his erect member so close to her. Kouga grinned at this and moved his lips from her own and down her jaw line as they fell onto the bed.

His hands, while grazing the silky smooth skin of her sides, found their way down to her breasts. Slowly, as if uncertain if he should be doing this or not, he placed his hand on one and began to massage it. Ayame let out another moan, now arching her back, trying to give him more of her. He grinned at this and abandoned her neck, moving down to the new interest.

Running his hot tongue along it, her reached her nipple, his teeth grazing it until it was a hard stubble. Her hands had fisted into his hair while he massaged one breast and licked the other. Tongue toying with one breast, he almost instantly abandoned the other. Soon, Kouga began to suck, making Ayame arch her back once more. Her hold on his hair tightened. He grinned as she let out another seductive moan which made his manhood throb.

Abandoning that breast, he ran his tongue along her skin until making it to the other where he began sucking it right away. Rolling his tongue along her nipple once more until it hardened, he grazed his teeth against the bud, mentally grinning at the way Ayame's breath became hitched, her eyes closing in ecstasy. "K-Kouga..." She moaned, panting slowly. He mumbled incoherent words, bringing his lips back up to her own after a while of sucking her breasts.

"I... love you," She said gasped in between their desperate kisses.

Kouga paused, looking down at her while propping himself on his elbows, lightly laying on top of her. "And I you." She smiled up at him... and he began to lose control of himself. He had to take her... claim her as his own... As if sensing this, Ayame timidly brought her hand in between the two and down his furry pelt. Softly touching his hardened member, her cheeks turned pink as Kouga froze, almost purring in sheer pleasure.

Kouga purring... It was like he really was a wolf. Or a cat in this case...

Feeling more confident, she began to try to slide off his pelt. Yet Kouga, being the arrogant one he was, regained himself and crashed his lips down upon her own once more. Bringing his own hands down, he began to fiddle with her skirt. Any minute now, he was going to rip her skirt in half so he could claim her. "Your clothing.. It's too damn difficult... to get off..." He growled in between kisses.

"All you have to do is slide it off..." She replied, fiddling with his pelt once more. "Idiot..."

Grumbling in response, he finally yanked her skirt off and tossed it over his shoulders. Moving to his own clothing, he pulled this off also. Throwing this over, he grinned devilishly. "Remind me... to never let you wear that outfit when we do this again." This gained a laugh from the young woman under him as he moved his lips to her neck, nuzzling, licking, nipping, and grazing in a teasing fashion. Slowly, he moved his way down, grazing her breasts once more before making it to her stomach.

He was determined to remember every part of her– to make her squirm in pure pleasure, teasing her until she lost it. And his next stop was somewhere unexpected by the soon-to-be princess...

Spreading her legs apart, Kouga began licking her inner thighs, moving to the most sensitive spot on her body. Gently, teasingly, he massaged her, his tongue gliding along. A throbbing sensation traveled through Ayame as she grasped his hair again, pulling his head closer to her.

Taking this as an invitation, he withdrew his tongue from her thigh and thrusted it inside her, holding his woman's hips down as she began to buck in response to his actions. Purposely, he took his sweet time as she let out an almost agitated moan. "K-Kouga!" After a minute of teasing her, he began to quicken the pace with his tongue, ignoring the way she clenched her fists in his hair. He was more focused on the moans that escaped her. They were driving him insane, just like he was driving her insane now.

He could taste her delicious juices. There were no words to explain the feelings she was experiencing at the moment. He listened to her increased pants, then the loud, final moan that escaped her as her muscles inside contracted. She shuddered in sheer pleasure as Kouga licked her juices up, abandoning her core and going back up to her lips.

Ayame wrapped her arms around his neck, bringing his lips down upon her own as they began their tongue battle once more. She tasted herself, moaning in the back of her throat as Kouga positioned himself in between her legs. She felt his hard, neglected member against her thigh and paused, giving him a nod which indicated she was ready.

"Ayame... I'll never let anyone harm you again." He whispered in her ear softly.

She closed her eyes to this, wrapping her arms around his neck. Whispering back, she rested her forehead on his shoulder, waiting for him to penetrate her. "I wish... You kidnaped me earlier..."

"I can always kidnap you again," He grinned, nuzzling her neck. He eventually stopped and kissed her lips quickly. Carefully he inserted his aroused member inside her sensitive area, trying as best to make the next part as quick and painless as he could for his lover. However, her freezing up as he penetrated her, along with the small whimper of pain that escaped her instantly made him regret what he did.

Pausing, he kissed Ayame's lips gently again as an apology this time. He then began to slowly pump into her, the pace soon quickening as their hips rocked back and forth intimately. That short, painful moment was instantly forgotten as a small wave of pleasure, which was quickly building in intensity, consumed the young woman.

This continued until both came to their climax, screaming their mate's names. Kouga collapsed on Ayame as beads of sweat slid off the two. Soon, he rolled off of her after gaining some stamina back and wrapped his arms around her waist possessively. She in response, shifted slightly and rested her head against his well-built chest.

"Well," Kouga began as he ran his fingers through Ayame's hair. Her eyes fluttered shut as she smiled. "I'd say that your visit was very..."

"Interesting?"

He sniggered. "You could say that... Though I'd have to make one request."

An eye slowly cracked open as she shifted. Laying on her stomach now, she gave an incredulous look. "And that would be...?"

"That you come visiting me like this more often."

She began to giggle. "And how often is often my lord?"

"Every night," He nodded his head in confirmation. "Unless of course the walk is too strenuous. Then we can always relocate you..."

She rolled her eyes. "Oh you're too good to me."

"So then you wanna move in?" He asked excitedly, as if he were a young child being given his favorite dessert.

"Hmm... That's kind of a hard decision... Stay in the nice room I'm in now, or move in with you..." She glanced up at him, seeing his spirits slowly drain as he watched her through hazy blue eyes. She patted his cheek gently. "Kouga... Wake up love."

"Eh?" He blinked. "You take too long to decide woman."

"You take too long to wake up in the morning but I'm not complaining..." She uttered. "I hope you like sharing your room with me though."

"Just as long as..." He yawned, burying his face in her silky auburn tresses and drifting off to a peaceful slumber. "You never leave my side..."

Ayame blushed, placing her hand onto his cheek before getting herself comfortable. "Never ever."


A/N: Hope you all enjoyed the lemon! Yush well I'm extremely sorry about the wait and yeah. Next chapter, which is the last chapter in this story, will be out soon no worries! After this story, I'm glad to let you all know that I will be beginning a new one, another Kouga/Ayame quizzie.That and umm... It will be another lemon story, hopefully more lemon chappies but I make no promises. If you're interested I'll be posting the prologue soon. Just keep checking for it.

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