Title: All He Wanted.
Chapter 28: The Devil Smiles
Summary: blah blah blah….
Disclaimer: I own no rights and make no profit. Characters not from InuYasha are mine however(there's five)
Authors note: FREEDOM!!! Live it. Love it. Want it. Must have it. Twenty eight! Wow! And then twenty nine! And thirty! Woo! Hold on tight people! Things are about to get funky! But in a good way :) Thanks Holly for editing this!

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"Oh thank god? What do you mean by 'Oh thank god'?!" Koga snapped and tensed into a tackling position, Ayame was going to go down! How dare she make that type of assumption! She should have known that taking a female for a mate would be… rather interesting. But then again he was hooked on the idea of taking Kagome as a mate for a while there, and of course, she would have thought that his mate would have been her since the last time they spoke; it was him yelling at… her… oops.

Ayame watched with hidden amusement as a million different emotions flew across Koga's face. She grinned openly when finally Koga's emotions settled down and he was left with an 'oops' sort of look. InuYasha was just lost and confused. Should he be alert of a fight breaking out or should he relax because there was not going to be any canine fight.

Ayame smiled, "Oh thank god, because now I don't have to kill anyone!"

InuYasha's jaw dropped, "You'd kill Koga just because he took the wrong mate?" he asked slightly stunned.

Ayame nodded, "But of course! I was trusted with a promise! And therefore, I must make sure I keep to it!"

InuYasha blinked, "You mean the promise of Koga taking you as his mate?"
Ayame nodded with a smile.

"Does this mean I have to fight you to the death?"

Ayame giggled and InuYasha paled. Koga reached for InuYasha's arm and pushed him behind him.

"You are not touching a single hair on his body," he growled threateningly.

"And what a nice body that is…" Ayame muttered as she craned her neck to see if she could catch another glimpse of InuYasha's naked form.

Koga growled a warning and she composed herself.

"Do I have to fight you?" InuYasha asked again from behind Koga.

Again Ayame giggled, "No, but you should put some clothes on."

"My dear, dear Ayame," Koga began, his self-control wearing thin. "Could you please do me a favour and explain to me-"

"What I came here for?" she supplied.

Koga glared at her.

"Certainly! I came here to see if you had mated with that human female you were smitten with and beat some memory back into your head. As you may recall, when I first got wind of you finding a suitable mate, I came running down to see for my self. And I do realize I may have taken a wrong approach back then."

"Wrong approach! You call THAT a wrong approach! Going head first-" Koga began but Ayame silenced him with a firm glare.

"I said I was wrong and I APOLOGIZE!" she snapped. "Now, if you kindly let me finish!"

Koga nodded for her to go on.

"So after… that… I went back to my tribe, and on the way there I was thinking 'why does the name InuYasha ring a bell?' That's when I realized who InuYasha was and I prayed to god that somehow I put off the Kagome girl from agreeing to become your mate. And I did."

"So all that 'You said I was going to be your mate' was a…." InuYasha began but then didn't really know what it was, so he looked at Ayame for an answer.

"Technically it was the truth, but it was also a lie…. You see, the week after you left Koga, grandfather and I came down to see if we could cheer him up. And that's when we met. And they were hoping that I could take his mind off of losing his best friend, but I couldn't. Instead, I made a promise to him to which I would help make InuYasha his mate, no matter what. Even if I had to make up a story on how we were betrothed, it was my duty to stop him."

"Why don't I remember this?" Koga asked.

"Well you should, it was your idea," she muttered.

"That doesn't mean I should remember."

"Anyway!" InuYasha jutted in, "What else?"

"Nothing big really. We just made a promise that he would only take InuYasha as his mate. Are you sure you don't remember any of this!?" she asked Koga with her hands on her hips, clearly annoyed.

"I keep telling you NO!"

Ayame looked at him clearly not amused, "Tell me cousin, does running at super high speeds and getting trashed by demons affect your memory? Or is it a guy thing?"

Koga glared at her, "I refuse to answer that."

She smirked, "I thought so."

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He knew it was the wrong thing to do. He knew that perusing anything with anyone from the group was clearly not a brilliant idea. He knew that he should have buried his feelings and move on, but he couldn't. It wasn't just that she was the most intense and motivated woman he had even laid eyes upon. It was the fact- one that he learned from InuYasha himself- she had survived a brutal attack by the spawn of hell himself, and fought whatever came her way just to see a brother that doesn't remember her. Her bond to her brother kept her moving, and for that undying determination, he wanted her. He wanted her more than anything.

But what if they could look past where she came from, he thought. Life would be brilliant.


Or, life would have been brilliant, if the damn monk and priestess would have just let them be. But oh no! They had to stick their noses where they didn't belong! They just had to attack, and his lovely Slayer just had to jump in front of the arrow meant for him.
This now had Ara carrying Sango's lifeless body back to the pack. He had to save her. Not for himself, but for her brother, if anyone other than him needed her as much as he believed he did, it would be her brother.

"Mother!!" Ara called as he raced into the clearing in front of the dens. "Mother!!"

Curious wolves poked their heads out to see what all the fuss was about. Some rolled their eyes when they saw it was only Ara, but some growled when they noticed the body in his arms.

Sora waltzed out of a den looking rather annoyed at being called out. "What is it Ara!?" she growled before noticing the bundle in his arm.

"We need to help her!" he said anxiously.

Sora raised a delicate eyebrow, "Her?" she walked closer to her son and peered down at the body in his arms and gasped. "What have you done!?"

"Nothing! We were talking and-"

Sora cut him off with a look, "Take her to my den. And pray to the heavens that neither Koga nor InuYasha- especially Koga- knows she is here until you explain yourself in full details to your uncles. Or so help me Ara…." she trailed off as she whirled around and stormed back into her den.

"…so you see, that's why you and Tora are always been chased after. They love Tora's eyes and physique, and well, your ears are the cutest thing ever. Half of them would do just about anything to get a set." Ayame was saying.

InuYasha blinked at her, his ears were the cause of being chased by a mob of overly happy females? Ya right. "Do I look as if I were born yesterday!?" he snapped, "Tell me the real reason!!"

Koga chuckled, "Why wouldn't that be the truth? Your ears are rather sexy."

InuYasha sent him a look telling him to piss off, "Shove it Koga." he growled, while Koga wiggled his eyebrows suggestively.

Ayame giggled, "He's not wrong you know. You should hear what they say about you."

"I refuse to continue this conversation." InuYasha said hotly and crossed his arms over his chest to prove his point.

Koga let out a long sigh, "We're just teasing, Love. Relax."

InuYasha just rolled his eyes, "Feh."

Ayame smirked, "Aw, have we embarrassed the puppy?"

InuYasha growled at her, but it lacked in bite so she simply ignored him.

Koga sighed once more and stood up, "C'mon. Let's go see if we can get into any trouble." he said as he dragged InuYasha up to his feet also.

"You're in trouble with me, if that makes you feel any better." InuYasha mumbled as he dusted himself off.

"It does." Koga said with a cheeky grin and scampered off with InuYasha following close behind.

Ayame shook her head and laughed silently to herself before heading back to where the main dens were held. Hopefully someone there would need her help and therefore her mind would stop trying to come up with possible things those two fools would be getting into. When she did walk into the main den site, what met her there was a challenge she never thought possible.

The two lovers had spent nearly an hour and a half racing around the wolf territory, when they decided it was time to head back to the main dens. Though it was a lot more fun away from the other wolves, the sun was starting to set and the sky looked as if it was about to explode with rain.

So, as the two slowly walked back to the dens, hand in hand, a sense of peace fell upon them. It had been a few weeks since they had heard word from the annoying humans and even longer since they had heard anything about the half demon bastard Naraku. It wasn't entirely a good thing, since they had no news; they had no idea if he had made himself more powerful or if he had simply devoured himself. The latter would be a blessing, yet also a pain since neither would be able to slice and dice him for revenge.

"Ya know," InuYasha began when they were within eyesight of the dens. "It's been a while since we let loose and fought each other."

Koga stopped walking and allowed InuYasha to walk a few more steps before answering. "Is that an invitation?" he asked grinning.
InuYasha stopped also and turned to face his mate. "And if it is?" he asked as he tossed his sword to the ground and cracked his knuckles and shoulders to loosen them up.

Koga followed his actions and soon they were in a fighting stance.

"No weapons. No fancy claws or fancy kicks." InuYasha said laying out the ground rules. "Hand to hand combat."

Koga nodded in agreement, this was not going to be one of their usual fights, oh no. This was just going to be real aggressive foreplay. Five minutes max and they'd be running to their den for some private 'fighting'.

InuYasha smirked at the glint as Koga's inner musing shone in his eyes and he couldn't agree more. This was going to be fun.

Just as they were about to launch an attack at each other, Ginta came running into the woods and latched onto InuYasha's arm, startling the half demon.

"Ginta? What's wrong?" Koga asked concerned. He straightened up and walked over to them, peeling Ginta off of InuYasha.

"Ara and Tora, they're going crazy!" Ginta said; panic making his voice high and pitchy.

"What do you mean by 'crazy'?' Koga asked on high alert.

"Sora and Kujo are in Sora's den doing something that has Tora screaming at Ara. Ara is literally clawing at Hakkaku in hopes that pain will let him go." Ginta blurted and launched himself onto Koga, grabbing his shoulders. "The wolves are whining and everyone is afraid to go outside. Something unnatural is going on inside that den! And, when I left Tora was seconds away from transforming into his wolf shape and breaking down that den."

Koga's eyes widened at the mention of Tora transforming. It was really difficult for his father to transform and keep a sane mind. It was even harder for him to be rational when he was in that form. Many times when he transformed, Kujo had to severely injure him in order for him to transform back to his two legged form. Even with help it took him a while, and when he was back as two legged Tora, his energy was extremely low. This is why everything possible was done in order to stop Tora from ever becoming his four legged self.

With that in mind Koga took off, leaving InuYasha and Ginta in a cloud of dust.

InuYasha looked at Ginta and asked, "Is Tora not supposed to transform?"

Ginta shook his head, his eyes wide with panic. "You know how you go all crazy and homicidal when you become a full demon?"

InuYasha shook his head, "No, I don't retain any memory of when I transform. But I was told that I was scary and 'homicidal', as you like to call it."

Ginta nodded, "Well that's what happens to Tora. He looses control and goes crazy. It's really not a pretty sight. Thankfully Koga was blessed with Kujo's transforming ability. He has the same personality; he's just bigger, hairier and louder."

"Good thing." InuYasha agreed and the two of them slowly began to walk back to the dens, neither really wanted to come face to muzzle with a large homicidal Tora.

When Koga spotted Hakkaku and Ara he picked up his pace, when he was closer and out in the open he saw his father visibly shaking from holding off his transformation. Without thinking of what could happen, he rushed to his fathers' side and put his arms around him, hoping that Tora would relax with him there.

"What the hell is going on?" he demanded as he looked at Hakkaku, who was straining to hold Ara back from the den.

"Ara brought someone to his mother so she could heal her. And this girl is a human." Hakkaku supplied. "Tora is freaking out because Kujo went inside without him, even though Kujo said that it would be too dangerous for him to be in there. Tora refuses to be away from him and is seriously thinking about going all hairy to draw Kujo out."

Koga sighed heavily, he knew transforming would draw his father out, but when he did show up, he would not be a happy camper. Then he turned and glared at Ara, "Who is she?" he growled causing Ara to stop struggling and to focus on him.

"You have to understand!" Ara cried and began to struggle once more.

"Its one of them." Hakkaku supplied. Koga looked at Ara in disbelief.

"Have you lost all common sense!" he shouted causing Tora to growl. Koga looked at his dads face and relaxed slightly as the wildness in his eyes began to die down. He'd be fine as soon as he saw his father.

"No!" Ara pleaded, "Please, you must hear me out! I meant no harm!"

"You have one minute before I decide to sic my dad on you."

Ara nodded and began his story. "I was out walking around with Ra, when I smelt them nearby. And I saw her crying with her little cat, and I wanted to know why she wasn't with her friends, and when I asked she told me that she didn't want them to see her crying because she was supposed to be strong for them.

So, I asked her what was wrong and she said they just encountered her brother and he still couldn't remember her. So she was forced to fight him and she harmed him greatly because he wouldn't give up. And I didn't like her being sad. And then those other two showed up." Ara's features darkened dramatically causing Koga to take notice and to forget about letting Tora rip his head off.

"They showed up and wanted to know why I was there and I said 'this area is under the security of the wolves and therefore I was scouting'. But they didn't believe me and said I had five seconds to leave, and I said I wasn't leaving because the land belonged to the wolves and therefore they should be the ones leaving.

"Then the man noticed that she had been crying and accused me of doing something to her to make her upset. I told him that his conclusion was wrong and that I did nothing to her. Then the other woman was all if I don't leave fight now they were going to harm me. Ya right. So they attacked and that annoying female notched an arrow into her bow and shot at me! The other woman was telling them to stop and that I did nothing to her.

"The man believed that I somehow had brainwashed her, and was telling her what to say though mind control. I never heard of a wolf being able to do that; by the way. So the arrow was flying towards me, and I was able to dodge that. But then the monk sent two sutras at me and she jumped in front of them, gasped and fell to the ground.

"Then the other two got REALLY mad, because once again, they assumed that I had control of her mind and made her do that. I did not! And so I attacked before they could, gathered her up and brought her back here." Ara finished and pleaded to the sky that Koga believed him.

Koga stood there studying Ara, the story was too detailed to be a lie plus Ara wasn't playing with his small finger, proving that he was telling the truth.

"What's her name?" He finally asked just as InuYasha and Ginta walked into view.

"Who's in the den?" InuYasha asked Koga as he walked over to him and Tora. Ginta had told him what had happened on the way there and he wasn't pleased at all.

Ara's eyes fell on InuYasha, "You have to promise not to kill me! Please! I love her!" he said in one final plead.

"Just tell us who she is." InuYasha said calmly as he prepared himself for the name he didn't want to hear.

Time seemed to slow down as Ara said her name, "Sango." he finally said.

What happened next happened in warp speed; InuYasha let out a strangled cry and rushed to the opening of the den, but was bounced back from a barrier that was in place. Growling in frustration he unsheathed his sword and pointed it to the barrier. Nothing was stopping him from going in there and seeing Sango. His heart was torn at the thought of her dying in there; she couldn't die. Not now. She was going to save her brother and avenge her village. Then she was going to live out her life with her little brother and have lots and lots of babies with a respectable man. She was not going to die because she had saved a demon from her travel companions.

Once Koga got over his shock and watched InuYasha get bounced from the den, he rushed over to his mate and ripped his sword out of his hands securing it to his side. This only caused InuYasha to attack the barrier with his claws. Growling in frustration Koga wrapped his arms around InuYasha and dragged him back to where Ginta was barely holding back a now enraged Tora. Apparently he didn't know that his mate was on the other side of a barrier and that did not sit well with him.

"I have to see if she's ok!" InuYasha argued as he struggled against Koga's arms.

"No. you have to stay out here!"

"Kujo!!" Tora roared causing Ginta to release him so he could cover his ears. That demon had a roar that could deafen you! Tora rushed to the den and began clawing at the wall beside the entrance.

"Do not move." Koga growled to InuYasha as he projected a wave of dominance over the half demon causing him to submit at once. Never had he felt that sort of power wash over him, so he settled down a little.

With InuYasha settled, Koga walked over to his dad and pried him from the den, which was easier said than done. Tora swiped his claws and snapped at him. He wanted in there! He needed to be in there! After getting a few good cuts on his arms, Koga was finally able to get a hold of his dad and dragged him back to where InuYasha was sitting. Thankfully Ara wasn't being difficult anymore and was pretty much limp in Hakkaku's arms.

What the hell has gotten into everyone? Koga thought as he told Tora to sit beside InuYasha and wait. And wait they did.

By the time someone emerged from the den, InuYasha, Tora and Ara were sitting cross legged on the ground, staring at the entrance, with Koga, Hakkaku and Ginta standing behind them, ready to pounce on one of them if they made any sort of move.

With a heavy sight, Kujo was the first to emerge from the den and Tora was on him like a bee to honey. "Why wasn't I allowed in there!? What made you think for a second that I would sit obediently outside like some submissive bitch!" he bellowed and actually made the taller of the two shrink in fright.

"You had to stay outside," Kujo began to explain. "Sora was able to stop whatever those sutras were doing to her system, but she wasn't responding and her heart began to slow down. So, Sora made a really huge decision and turned her."

InuYasha spun around to look at Koga. "What does that mean?" he asked confused, but Koga ignored him and looked at Ara to see his reaction. Ara was also puzzled since he had no idea what the hell that meant.

"What does that mean?" InuYasha repeated again, this time looking at Kujo.

Kujo sighed, "It means that we were able to save her. Though she may not fully be human, she will still be the woman you know." that was all he was able to say before Tora dragged him away.

"What did they do to her!?" InuYasha shouted at Koga who was looking at the entrance to the den.

Again Koga ignored him and looked at Hakkaku, "Who did they use?"

"Ayame." he said simply and Koga closed his eyes and sighed.

"Ara…" he began, then paused. Ara looked at him expecting to be ripped apart. "Take a run." he finally said and Ara exhaled. He would live to see another day. That is, until his mother saw him and skinned him alive. With one final look towards the den, he took off without a word to any of them.

"Well, that was interesting." Ginta said a few minutes later.

Koga looked at him and smiled, "You can say that again." he muttered as InuYasha walked in front of him.

"What did they do to Sango?" he asked though a clenched jaw.

Koga sighed once more and flopped onto the ground; this day was becoming too much. "They did this thing that gave Sango a second chance at life. I don't know what they actually did, all I know is that she's going to be alive to avenge her village." he explained as best as he could since he had no idea what actually went on in that den. He also had a pretty good idea that everyone would be talking about it for a while, without knowing the full details.

"That doesn't help me Koga." InuYasha growled.

"She has been blood bound to Ayame." Ginta said causing them all to look at him. "Sora gave Sango Ayame's demon blood so her body could heal itself. Since the two sutras were so powerful, the shock of them killed most of her vital organs. Since demon blood allows the body to repair itself, it was given to Sango in hopes it would heal her. The thing is demon blood is stronger than human blood. And since it divides itself faster than normal human blood, in the coming years, Sango will become more and more demon like."

The three looked at Ginta as if he suddenly grew two heads. "How do you know that?" Hakkaku asked impressed.

Ginta shrugged, "I ask a lot of questions when Sora is around and one day I asked about blood binding a human to a demon and that's what she told me. It's very rare to see someone perform it and twice as rare for someone to survive it."

"So Sango might die!?" InuYasha asked horrified. Now Kagome and Miroku would be after the wolves for sure! First they get him and then they get Sango. Yup, they were definitely going to come screaming in, arrows flying and monk magic blazing. Great, just great.

"No." Ginta said answering InuYasha's question. "Since she's a demon slayer and has killed her fair share of demons, her body has absorbed small amounts of demonic blood that has been sprayed on her, she'll more than likely pull through this and end up taking on some of Ayame's traits." he finished with a shrug. Picking up Ayame's traits wouldn't be the end of the world, when Ayame was in a good mood she was fun to be around, and she stuck to her guns better than most demons he knew.

Koga blinked at his long time pack mate, "You amaze me sometimes; you know that right?"

Ginta shrugged and scratched his neck, "Thanks Boss."

Just then Sora walked out of the den with a smile on her face, "She's fine." she said simply and turned her head up to look at the sky; rain was on its way. "Now, if anyone goes into my den I will personally see to their gruesome death." she said sweetly before adding darkly, "Understood?"

The four of them nodded which made her smile.

"Good! Ayame is still in there and will remain in there for a while longer. Also, if you see my son, tell him I am going to kill him if he pulls another stunt like this again."

"Consider him told." Koga said with a nod.

"Good." Sora said as she rubbed her hands together. "Now, where is that crazy sister of Tora's? I need a strong, strong drink." she said as she walked away.

Hakkaku grinned and turned to the other three, "I bet Ayame never thought she'd be doing this when she came down to chew you up." he said grinning at Koga.

Koga sent him an annoyed look, "Meaning…."

"We're the pack that's always under the radar. Nothing exciting happens here. We're boring-"

"We aren't boring! We just don't like drawing attention to ourselves!" Ginta said in defence.

InuYasha smirked, "And you're doing a fabulous job with that." he chuckled causing Koga to hit his arm playfully.

"Shut up." he chuckled knowing they were all right in some strange way.

"We have company!!" Ara shouted as he ran towards the small group, who turned their noses up and began to smell the air. Ara was right, someone was on their way.

"Don't like drawing attention to ourselves my ass!!" InuYasha growled as reached for his sword that was still attached to Koga's hip and pointed the blade at the direction the scent was coming from.

"I swear Ara is never setting foot outside the dens again! He's like a little boy, bringing home anything and everything he stumbles across." Koga vowed as he glared at the spot Ara appeared from; this time he went out he just had to bring home Lord of the West Sesshomaru. Fan-fucking-tastic!!

InuYasha's grip on his Tetsusaiga tightened as Sesshomaru stepped out from the trees. How he made them hide him until the opportune moment, he would never understand.
Koga put a hand on his hip as he tried to figure out why Sesshomaru was here. He wasn't doing anything wrong. The last time he stumbled across the demon Lord was a while back and they had left on good terms, Sort of.

"What the hell are you doing here!?" InuYasha snapped as he prepared himself to fight his elder brother.

"I should ask you the same thing." Sesshomaru said coldly. "But I already know the answer."

"Why. Are. You. Here!' InuYasha repeated.

"A lively female appeared at my camp saying that my brother had found himself a mate. So, to see if this was true I followed her back here, and here you are little brother. You're sporting a mark and the attire of a wolf."

When Sesshomaru said 'lively female', Koga's brain began to run though names of every female that matched that description and after only thinking of one name he growled.

"Ana."

InuYasha looked at him and raised an eyebrow, "Ana?"

Koga jerked his head towards the direction everyone seemed to be coming from, and in seconds, the 'lively female' came waltzing into the open.

"Why did you seek Lord Sesshomaru out?" Koga snapped at her once she was within smacking distance.

Ana looked at him innocently, "Because InuYasha is his brother, and therefore he should know that he's acquired a new family." she said before dancing away.

"Ana…" Koga growled after her, but there was nothing stopping that woman and before long she was out of sight. "She smiles like an angel, but has the mind of the devil."

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DONE!! NEXT!! Sorry for the long wait. My plan is to get his puppy done by sept!

EDITED AS OF JUNE 8, 2009