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Sunlight drifted in through the holes in Koga's den, soft light filtering through the bars. As the sunlight moved to rest on the bed, a lump on it moved.
Koga groaned. It could not be morning already. He felt as if he had just fallen asleep, and turned on his side to try and go back asleep. He froze instantly.
Slowly opening his eyes, Koga's view was met with the pillows of the bed, and black silk sheets that were slightly ruffled. He sighed. And here he was thinking that he would have to wake up to Kagome's face in the morning.
Shrugging, Koga closed his eyes and inhaled a deep breath of the morning air. He could smell the freshness of the clean, pure air and grass, and...fruit?
Sitting up, Koga sniffed again, an array of foods assaulting his senses. Getting out of the bed, Koga walked into the kitchen area and was met with the sight of Kagome staring out a small window, sunlight pouring onto her face. She had her eyes closed, but grinned slightly.
"G' morning, Koga. You sure do sleep late. You snore too, did you know that?" Kagome laughed and turned towards Koga, mischief twinkling in her eyes.
Koga growled but smirked. "No, actually, I didn't know. I guess it's sort of hard to hear my own snores over yours." Satisfied at her 'whatever,' Koga sat down at the table, where Kagome placed a plate of sliced apples, oranges, and strawberries in front of him.
"Here, although I don't think you deserve this delicious treat, seeing as how you talked to me so early in the morning," Kagome pouted, grabbing a strawberry.
Koga laughed and grabbed an apple. "What can I say, I now find it my duty to make you aggravated and annoyed. Though, I suppose I can do it later in the day and give you a bit of a break in the morning," he smirked and took a bite into the apple, chomping with his mouth closed.
Kagome rolled her eyes and popped the strawberry she had been holding into her mouth, chewing slowly. However, she hadn't noticed when a bit of the fruit's juiced had creeped out onto her lips.
He watched as the nectar slowly swept down to her chin, making a sweet trail. Not feeling so hungry anymore, Koga stood up and walked swiftly next to Kagome.
Kagome looked up from her cooking, only to find Koga's intense eyes gazing at her lips. Gulping, she took a step back, only to have the counter meet with her spine.
Growling, Kagome, glared up at him for invading her privacy. But still, his eyes never wavered from her lips.
Unconsciously, Kagome licked her lips and was surprised to find something sweet tasting upon them. Blinking, she recognized the flavor of sweetness as strawberry nectar.
'Huh. Must have dripped down when I took a bite. Maybe that's what Koga was looking at. But...' looking up at him, she observed him still staring at her lips. 'If that was the case, then why is he still looking at me?'
Panicking, Kagome laughed nervously. Shooting a glance at Koga, she refrained from running out the door a his intense, and still constant gaze.
"Um...is something the matter, Koga? Are you hungry still? I have more food here, just wait a few and I'll make sure you'll be full in no time," she grinned slightly and looked away, biting her lip out of nervous habit.
Koga felt his mind go hazy as he recalled last nights' dreams that he had when he had fallen asleep at dinner. However much he tried, he could not get the thought of Kagome torturing him out of his mind.
Still noticing the strawberry juice on her chin, Koga brought his face down towards her lips, not noticing Kagome's breath hitch as he stuck his tongue out and swiftly cleaned the last of the nectar from her face.
Standing up straight, Koga noticed Kagome's face was flushed as her facial expressions changed. At first it was embarrassment, the next surprise, then anger, shock, anger again, lust, and then finally anger, as it grew and Kagome snarled.
Kagome raised her fist and knocked him aside of his face, Koga's head turning with the force of the punch. Panting heavily, Kagome glared up at him, her fists at her sides.
"What the hell was that? You bastard, I never thought of you to go so low as to assault me so early in the morning! Or anytime of the day, for that matter! What the hell is your problem?" Kagome barked at Koga, his head still turned from her punch.
Koga blinked as reality came crashing down around him. And with reality, came pain. Wincing, Koga put a hand to his cheek, where he could tell there was going to be some major pain for a while and turned his head to look at the fuming woman in front of him.
"Sorry? I didn't catch what you were saying. I guess I sort of went into a daydream. Anyways, what were you saying?" Koga inquired as he watched Kagome's face turn from anger to blood lust.
"Just...get...out. NOW!" Kagome screamed at Koga's blank face before he jumped and sped off into the direction of the hot springs.
Kagome breathed and counted to 30, her breaths becoming more relaxed as she counted. She turned around and finished preparing breakfast, grateful to keep her mind distracted from the morning's previous actions.
"Fucking bastard. Where does he get off licking my face and then not even realizing he did anything? I should just put poison in his food, serve the bastard right..." Kagome mumbled as she stiffly dished their food onto plates and sat down, not even waiting for Koga to come back before digging in.
Feeling that it was ok to come out of his hiding place now, Koga quietly walked back to the kitchen area, hoping that Kagome had cooled down enough not to strangle him from after his bath. Sitting down and eyeing Kagome warily, Koga too started to eat.
Hearing Koga come into the kitchen area, Kagome decided on ignoring him and quickened her pace of consuming food. Not only did she not want to look at him, the food was good, if she did say so herself.
Finishing, Kagome, wiped her mouth across the back of her hand and abruptly stood up. Carrying her dishes over to the waterfall, Kagome quickly cleaned them and then put them away, not even glancing at Koga as he too finished and started cleaning up.
Deciding it was a good time to get away, Kagome jogged over to the hot springs and stripped herself of her clothes. Climbing into the hot waters, Kagome breathed in, breathed out, and instantly felt the tension in her shoulders disappear.
Wading over, Kagome grabbed a bar of soap that smelt like rain and scrubbed herself, washing away all of her anger, not to mention her feeling of uncleanliness.
Dipping underneath the waterfall, Kagome ran over her thoughts as the soap was rinsed away from her hair and her body.
'It's always that jerk who has to go and ruin my good mood. And I barely even know him! Damn, he drives me nuts!' Kagome growled and shook her head.
Finding a rock to sit on, she sank into the water up to her neck, groaning gratefully. She looked around the place with half-lidded eyes, taking everything in.
"Ya know, it's not so bad here. I think I could get used to staying here actually. So long as I find my own room," Kagome grinned to herself and stood up, grabbing a fur from the side.
Stepping half-way out of the water, Koga burst in. "Kagome! The food! What do...I.." Koga's eyes bulged out of his head at seeing Kagome's barely-clad body.
It was like a war was raging inside of her head. As she watched Koga's eyes slowly travel up her body, seeming to analyze her, Kagome didn't know whether to pull him down into the water with her, or poke his eyes into the back of his empty head.
Kagome was shocked to actually find heat flowing into her cheeks when Koga locked his glazed eyes with hers. Stepping the rest of the way out of the water and walking closer to Koga, Kagome's grip on her fur loosened.
Koga gulped. He didn't know that Kagome would be bathing in here. He had just thought that she was...well...he didn't know what she was doing, but he didn't think that she would be taking a bath. He just knew this was the direction she had gone earlier.
His breath was coming in shaky gulps as Kagome stepped closer to him and stopped, barely a foot away from him. He noticed that her grip had tightened on her fur and he couldn't keep his thoughts from wondering what lay beneath that single fur.
Kagome smirked when she saw Koga nervously, but lustfully glance at her loosened fur. Finally, she released her fur all-together, letting it drop to the floor unceremoniously, and stared at Koga as heat began to fire up her body.
Koga blinked. He watched as the fur dropped to the ground and looked back at her body. She was...fully clothed?
He glanced at her face and saw anger and fury building in her eyes and decided on one thing. "Oh, shit," he whimpered.
"You got that right, wolf boy," Kagome snarled andthrust a punch right in his stomach, forcing him to bend over. Kagome quickly brought her knee to his face, knowing that he would have a bruise there, demon or not.
The momentum from her knee had brought Koga to stand up almost immediately. Kagome, not finished yet, swiftly grabbed the sides of his head and brought his forehead crashing down to hers in a blinding headbutt. Kagome grinned wickedly at the slight tingle from where their heads had connected, knowing that Koga was in a lot more pain, kneeling down on the ground, than she was.
Thinking he was finished with his punishment, Koga glanced up. And instantly regretted it. Kagome had brought her fist down to his nose, and instantly blood came out of his nostrils. Koga cried out. It hurt, but it mostly surprised him more than anything.
Deciding that Koga ought to have one more dose of her fury, Kagome smirked and swung her leg upward, reveling in Koga's howl of pain that came from his pride.
"What's the matter, Koga? Can't you even defend yourself against a woman, no less?" Kagome spat at him, Koga having dropped to his knees in excruciating pain.
"Hah! Who would have ever thought that a mere woman would get the best of Koga, the Prince of Wolves. You make me sick. Did you actually think I couldn't hear you stomping over here? You really are an ignorant moron. I hope you can get up soon, princey. You still have to be a leader today!" Kagome taunted as she exited the den, laughing sadistically.
Koga moaned in pain. He had never, in his entire life, been put in his place like that before. Sure, he had gotten the occasional beating from his father whenever he got into trouble. But since he had gotten older and became the leader of his tribe, no one had done so much as pinched him.
That woman, however, was a completely different story. He didn't think that she knew how to fight. And he was proved completely andpainfully wrong. He had forgotten one of the most important lessons his father had taught him for fighting.
Never underestimate a woman.
Kagome couldn't even contain her laughter as she went over to where her wolves were playing outside. She knew that the pack was looking at her as if she was some sort of maniac, which she was in a way, but she just couldn't help it!
She knew that Koga had probably never been hit before, so it probably came as a huge surprise when someone, a woman, had beaten the shit out of him and laughed. Oh yes, he probably never would have imagined someone of the weaker sex to dominate over him.
Kagome shook her head and grinned sadistically. Stopping in front of her own pack of wolves, she looked at them lovingly. They were her support and her pack, something that she knew she would kill for. She grinned as Shige came over, waging his tail like a newborn pup.
Reaching over, she scratched him playfully behind the ears. "Hey, Shige. What do ya think of the life here?" Kagome smiled at her best companion. Shige only tilted his head as if contemplating her answer.
Kagome's smile faltered as she looked out at the bright sun. She was disappointed in Koga. He probably hadn't meant to walk in on her, even if she had heard him coming and had gotten dressed quickly before he arrived, but she had had enough.
He had his way with her one-two many times, and she wasn't going to put up with his shit any longer. "Besides, he needed to learn a lesson or two, right?" Kagome laughed and patted Shige's head.
Shige only barked and wagged his tail, his multi-colored silver and blue eyes staring at their mistress. "That's what I thought," Kagome giggled and stared at the actions around her, never noticing the figure coming over and standing behind her.
"So, what's up?" Kagome turned her head swiftly, a dagger pointed at the figure's throat. She relaxed and smiled when she saw it was only a memeber of the pack. "Sorry about that. You surprised me."
Ginta exhaled nervously and nodded his head. "It's alright. Koga does that too, sometimes. Sorry, I haven't introduced myself. We met by the creek earlier but I never had the chance. My name's Ginta," he smiled at her and sat down, extending his hand.
Kagome firmly grasped his hand and then released it. "I see. My name's-"
"Kagome, I know. Everyone here knows," Ginta chuckled slightly, rubbing his hand from where Kagome gripped him.
Kagome raised an eyebrow and turned to observe her wolves. "Everyone knows who I am, huh?" Ginta only nodded his head and followed her gaze, grinning when he saw Shige wrestle with a smaller wolf.
"Yeah. Everyone wants to know why you're staying here, but not becoming one with the pack. Any reasons?" Ginta glanced at her.
Kagome shrugged. "Not particularly. I like it here and all, but I still need to find something before I settle down anywhere," Kagome finished. Ginta took the hint that the conversation about that was over. But that didn't mean they couldn't talk about other things.
"I see. So, how are your wolves adjusting? It's obvious who the second-in-command is of your pack," Ginta grinned and motioned towards Shige.
Kagome laughed. "They seem to be fine. They enjoy seeing other wolves besides themselves for once, I think. We've been traveling for a while, so we don't really see any other wolf demons. Of course, we always see other demons that we run into. Some good, most bad," Kagome grinned.
Ginta returned her grin and soon they were both engaged in a conversation about Kagome's travels, the demons they had both fought and defeated, and even Koga.
"He's always barging in on me at the most inopportune moments! He drives me to the brink of insanity, I'm telling you!" Kagome cried when Ginta started laughing. Ginta shook his head after a while, a grin still on his face.
"He can't help it, Kagome. He's not very good with women. I won't lie and say that he hasn'tslept withone of two before, but he doesn't know how to..." Ginta looked at the sky, struggling to find the right word, "He doesn't know how to handle women in a living-together situation. Just give him a day or two. I expect that after what you did to him, he might understand women a little better. Or at least their temper." Both laughed at remembering when Kagome told the story on the beat-down of Koga.
Ginta looked at the sun and realized it was close to high noon. Standing up, he brushed himself off and offered Kagome a hand up. She took it and Ginta easily helped her up. "Thanks, Ginta."
"No problem. Sorry to interrupt our time together, but it's time for the men to go on our daily hunt. And Koga gets pissed off when we're late," Ginta grinned sheepishly as Kagome laughed.
"Alright, I'll let you go this time. Hey, how about showing me where you guys are meeting." Ginta looked at Kagome questioningly. Kagome only shook her head and grinned.
"I just want to surprise Koga, is all. Now, come on and lead the way, porcupine!" Kagome laughed as Ginta chased after her, yelling obscurities about name-calling.
Finally, the two arrived in the main den where all of the men and Koga were gathered. Ginta led Kagome past the men and to the front where Koga was standing.
Kagome felt the leering eyes of some of the men and snarled when Maro reached out to brush her tail. Shige, who had followed her in, also snapped at the hand intruding his master's privacy.
When the duo, now turned trio, reached Koga, Kagome almost burst out laughing at his face.On one side, it was perfect, the skin golden and chiseled as it normally was. However, on the other side, the cheek was bruised to a dark purple, and his entire forehead had a dark red and light purple mark.
Koga flushed in anger when he saw Kagome's eyes fill with mirth at his appearance. The damn woman was the one who did this to him! How could he tell his men that a mere woman had gotten the best of their leader? Shaking his head and wincing at the headache it brought on, Koga turned to Ginta.
"We are about to start our hunt. Why did you bring the woman here? You know that women are not supposed to go hunting!" Koga barked at Ginta, happy to take the anger out from his previous beat-down.
Ginta flinched but took a step forward, only to be stopped by Kagome's hand. "I wanted to speak with you, actually. Ginta was around and I decided to have him take me here to you," Kagome grinned at Ginta, but her grin turned into a smirk when she faced Koga.
"Well, speak! What is it you wish to discuss with me?" Koga looked down at the annoying, and surprisingly strong woman.
A sly grin slid onto Kagome's face. "I wish to go hunting with you and your men today," she said loudly and only succeeded in having her grin grow wider at the outraged growls that slowly filled the room. Kagome looked up at Koga, only to see his mouth slightly open in shock and anger at her request and, no doubt, from the beating she gave him earlier.
Obviously, today wasn't the day to ask.
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