[RATING M] - For language and maybe future lemon, if I don't make those two dorks mating before their wedding. LMAO X'DD
Hey guys, SweetFantasyDreams here. :)
I am spending a few days at my Father and his friend's place, and they have Internet there. While I was at my Mother's place, I kept my promise and I worked on Wolves's Destiny like I promised. ^^
I'm glad that you guys loves this story so far, it is very encouraging for me, and I am working so hard to keep it interesting. :') One of my main concerns is the length of my chapters: Are they too long ? Are they too short ? Am I making too many things happening in the same chapter, or on the inverse, is there lacking things happening in the chapters ?
In this chapter, I show you a bit more about Haru and Taiyô, being FCs that I made up for this story to work out. I wanted you guys to judge for me if they have their place in this storry so far, and I hope that you will like them, for I am working so hard to make everything interesting about them, too - even if they aren't supposed to exist.
So, here's the third chapter of Wolves's Destiny, I hope that you guys will like it, I did my best to keep the story interesting so far. ~
I do not own any of Inuyasha CCs (Canon Characters, which means: CHARACTERS BELONGING TO THE MANGA AND SHOW).
I only own the FCs (Fan Characters, which means: CHARACTERS CREATED BY A FAN).
Message(s) from the ''author'':
-1. The author of this chapter's quote is Lord Byron.
-2. I was inspired by something from the novel series Witch Song for the crescent moon mark on Koga and Ayame's necks.
Here, that was my message, I hope that you will enjoy the chapter ! ~
A new vow
''Love will find a way
Through paths where
Wolves fear to prey.''
It was the afternoon, now.
Koga walked in the Northern Yôrô Tribe's Den - still followed by Ginta and Hakkaku-, discreetly looking around and searching for Ayame...but he couldn't find the redhead Wolf Demon Princess anywhere.
Koga headed to the Wolf Elder's cave, still holding Ayame's iris flower in his rigth hand. Ginta and Hakkaku stayed outside of the cave, while Koga walked in there. As he walks deeper inside the cave, he smelled the scents of the Wolf Elder, Haru and Taiyô...
That was fine: every single Wolf Demon will learn about his horrible mistake anyway, so better talk about it with the Elder in front of Haru and Taiyô...
The Wolf Elder was chatting with Haru and Taiyô about random stuff - most likely, about his first young years as the Leader of his pack -, and stopped talking when he saw Koga - but more when the scent of blood reached his nose.
Koga walked until that he was in front of the Wolf Elder, then kneeled down in front of him. The Wolf Elder was a bit shocked to see all the biting marks on both Koga's biceps, but he didn't asked him how it happened. Haru and Taiyô were silent, looking at Koga, then at the Wolf Elder, waiting.
Koga then sighed, and looked at the Wolf Elder straight in the eyes.
-''Elder, I made the most unforgivable and horrible mistake possible...'', he says, calmly.
The Wolf Elder frowned a bit.
-''What is that mistake, Koga...?'', he calmly asked.
Koga closed his eyes, then reached his right hand to the Wolf Elder, and puts down Ayame's iris flower on the furs in front of the Wolf Elder, where he was sitting. Koga then get his hand back to him and puts it down on his lap.
-''...I have canceled my word, my very vow of marrying her, to Ayame...'', simply answers Koga, keeping his eyes closed.
He didn't had to say anything more, those simple words were enough to make them understand what his horrible mistake was.
Haru opened his mouth in shock, his eyes wide open. Taiyô seemed to be outraged and shocked. The Wolf Elder, for his part, was very shocked as well.
The Wolf Elder closed his eyes, and breathed deeply.
-''...Why did you do that, Koga...?'', he softly asked him.
Koga kept his eyes closed, and grits his teeth.
-''...Elder...Ayame was only a child, a little girl back then, when I made that promise to her...'', he says, crossing his arms on his chest armor. ''...And I personally think that she deserve to marry someone that do and truly loves her back...Someone that will remember what he do, say or promise...'', he then added.
Koga sighed, then says:
-''...I made many mistakes, Elder, including forget about my promise to Ayame, and about the Great Council of the Wolves...That is why, Elder, that I can't marry her...I know that she loves me, and I do care about her...but I do not share back her feelings for me...But now, because of me, Ayame only have a year left to live...Because of that, that is why I doubt that I'm the right choice for your idea, Elder - which consists of marrying your granddaughter, so both of our tribes would be unified into one and new Tribe.''
The four of them then remain silent. Everything that Koga said was pratically just a repetition of what he said to Ayame, excepted for the part where he was saying that she has only a year left to live because of him.
Taiyô suddenly punched Koga in the face, who yelped and ended in Haru's arms, pratically. Spitting out a bit of blood, Koga snarled at Taiyô.
-''What the fuck was that for ?!'', he snarled, pissed.
-''For your stupidity !'', snarled back Taiyô. ''You have condemned Ayame to die within a year ! This year !''
-''YOU THINK THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT ?!'', yelled Koga, a centimeter away from Taiyô. ''I AM PERFECTLY AWARE OF WHAT CANCELING MY VOW IS COSTING TO AYAME ! SO DON'T FREACKING BARK IT BACK AT MY FACE, YOU SON OF A DOG !''
-''I DARE YOU TO CALL ME THAT AGAIN, YOU PATHETIC FLEA BAG !'', also yelled Taiyô, also a centimeter away from Koga.
BANG ! BANG !
Koga and Taiyô moaned, their hands on their heads: Haru had just punched their heads, and he looked annoyed.
-''Will you please cut it off already ?!'', he says, annoyed. ''Don't you think that the situation is already enough complicated ?! Get back to your places !''
Koga and Taiyô gritted their teeth, and glared at each other in silence, but they took back their places.
-''Thank you, Haru'', sighed the Wolf Elder.
-''My pleasure, Elder'', nodded Haru in respect.
The Wolf Elder then looked at Ayame's iris flower, still in front of him in the furs. Koga silently looked at the Wolf Elder: he looked so tired...he really didn't needed this...
-''Elder...This is my mistake, and I have to make amends for it...'', he softly says. ''I want to do it, but I don't know what I can do to...repair this awful mistake...'', he then adds.
The Wolf Elder looked at Koga, who stared at him straight in the eyes.
-''...The only way to save my dear granddaughter, Koga, is to share back her feelings for you...'', sighed the Wolf Elder.
Koga remain mute from shock: to save Ayame, he have to fall in love with her...?!
Taiyô laughed slightly, because of Koga's face, and Haru glared at him as a warning. The Wolf Elder, for his part, simply sighed.
-''Koga...you already care for Ayame...'', he says, sighing. ''If you truly want to make amends for what you've done, and to save her, you have to share back her feelings for you within a year...Before it is too late for her...''
Koga blinked, then nodded slowly, and stared at Ayame's iris flower, still in the furs in front of the Wolf Elder.
-''I didn't chosed you only because of your strength and because of your vow that you made to Ayame, Koga'', softly says the Wolf Elder. ''I also chosed you because you are loyal, honest, passionate, determined, and devoted...All of those qualities are the qualities of a great Leader...''
Koga nodded slowly again, still staring at Ayame's iris flower. He gently grabs it with his right hand, and stood up slowly, looking at the Wolf Elder straight in the eyes.
-''...Thank you...'', he simply says.
The Wolf Elder nodded softly, before to look at Haru and Taiyô.
-''Haru, Taiyô...The Great Council of the Wolves will still take place tonight, so...I would appreciate it, if you could keep this delicate situation for yourselves, for now...'', asked the Wolf Elder.
-''Keep it for ourselves...?!'', exclaims Taiyô, standing and protesting. ''Elder, he condemned your granddaughter to die within a year, and you want us to keep it silent ?!''
Koga was about to deal with Taiyô, when Haru also stood up and faced Taiyô, his eyes sharpened.
-''Ayame already feels humiliated enough like this'', calmly says Haru, with a cold and firm voice. ''If you blow it up all away at the council, it will only worsen up things for all of us.''
-''And how is it supposed to worsen up things, Haru ?'', asked Taiyô, sarcastically.
Haru made a step forward in Taiyô's direction: he looked very calm, despite looking a bit...mad. Taiyô gritted his teeth, but didn't stepped away from Haru's approach.
-''If you blow it up all away at the council, tonight'', starts saying Haru, with a cold and firm voice, ''what do you think will happen, Taiyô ? Well, here's what will probably happen: all of our wolves brothers and sisters will only focus on this particular information...''
Haru made another step in Taiyô's direction, and this one clenches his hands into fists. Haru didn't care about it, remain calm, and kept talking:
-''If you already forgot about this, Taiyô, the Great Council of the Wolves is in fact a reunion where all the packs gathers togheter. This reunion of the packs is meant so we can all talk about important things, and take important decisions concerning one of the packs, or all of them...''
Haru then swiftly grabbed Taiyô by his neck, making this one yelping in confusion. Koga and the Wolf Elder also both jumped in confusion: for Haru to do that, he was certainly mad.
-''So, let me tell you one thing, Taiyô...'', growls Haru, staring at Taiyô straight in the eyes. ''You better shut your mouth up and think about the others, not only about your pathetic self, or I will personally take care of you...Did I made myself clear ?!'', he then snarled, slightly tightening his grasp around Taiyô's neck.
-''C-Clear as crystal...!'', gasped Taiyô.
Haru glared at Taiyô, then let go of his neck. Taiyô gasped and coughed a bit, while Haru turned around to face the Wolf Elder.
-''Elder, we will keep this information about Koga and Ayame for ourselves...'', nodded Haru in respect. ''However, we don't know how long it will take, before that our wolves brothers and sisters learn about this...''
-''I am aware of this, but I can only thank you to try and keep it for yourselves, for now'', says the Wolf Elder, a bit relieved.
Koga thought that they were done talking, so he turned around and started to leave.
-''Koga...? Where are you going...?'', asked the Wolf Elder.
Koga turned around slightly.
-''I thought that we were done talking, so I was leaving to go and...find Ayame'', he says, calmly.
-''Find Ayame...? What do you mean, by that...?'', asked the Wolf Elder, a bit worried.
-''Ayame...ran away, Elder'', carefully answers Koga, closing his eyes. ''She was greatly distressed, which isn't surprising, regarding what is awaiting her...''
Koga then sighed deeply.
-''...I will find her, and I will bring her back here, Elder'', he says, turning around and leaving.
Koga walked out of the Wolf Elder's cave, still holding Ayame's iris flower in his right hand. The sun was setting down, and there was no time to lose.
Ginta and Hakkaku were still waiting outside of the Wolf Elder's cave, and as soon as he walked out of it, they walked to him.
-''So...what are we going to do, now...?'', asked Ginta.
-''Well...You two may stay here'', answers Koga, looking at them. ''As for me...I am leaving to go and find Ayame...I have to make amends for what I've done to her...''
-''Alright, understood'', nods Hakkaku. ''Be careful, Koga.''
-''I'm always being careful'', slightly smirked Koga.
With that, he wrapped himself in a whirlwind, and as soon as the whirlwind was gone, he was no longer there.
Koga ran through the forest for what seemed to be like an hour or so.
Jumping on a giant rock above a cliff, he looked down at the rest of the forest, spreading at the bottom of the cliff. Ayame could be anywhere, by now...
Koga looked down at Ayame's iris flower, that he was still holding in his right hand. Rising his hand up, he smelled the flower, closing his eyes.
Ayame's scent was mixed up with the iris flower's scent...that'll be enough to track her, and to find her...
Taking his hand - and the iris flower - away from his face, Koga smelled the air deeply, trying to find a trace of Ayame's scent...
...and he found it.
Opening his eyes, Koga jumped down off from the giant rock, and practically down the cliff. He landed on a tree's branch sticking out from the cliff's rocky wall, half way from the ground. Koga then jumped off from the tree's branch, and finally landed on solid ground. He then started to run again, following Ayame's scent, to find her.
Ayame was standing on the edge of a cliff, facing the sunset with closed eyes.
It's been three hours, now, than she ran away from Koga, to come here and to cry her soul out. She was feeling completely devastated...there was no other words to describe how she was feeling.
All those years, she had kept Koga's words - and the memory of their first meeting, too - in her heart, and cherished them so hard...She was maybe only a little girl back then, it didn't prevent her from falling in love with Koga through the passing years that followed that day and night, when they saw the Lunar Rainbow.
And Ayame had also trained so hard, all those years...
She had challenged every opponent that was stronger than her, and didn't stopped to train hard, until that she had finally beaten each of them. She had learned everything needed about life with a mate, to be prepared for the day that she herself would finally become somebody's mate for life - that somebody being Koga.
Ayame has made many sacrifices, since the begining of her training in the mountains...She did everything to grow up into a fine and strong warrior lady...for Koga.
To make him proud of his fiancée...
...And yet, she was feeling like a complete failure...
A familiar scent suddenly reached her nose, slightly taking her out of her misery, and it was soon followed by footsteps, but she remained motionless and facing the sunset, keeping her eyes closed.
Koga remained silent, but gently and carefully walked to Ayame, and stopped behind her, three feet away from her. He didn't need to see her face to know that she was still greatly distressed, and he didn't wanted her to jump at his face and to try and beat the heck out of him again.
Koga stared at her back silently: even when looking completely devastated, she was still beautiful as the sunset...And yet, he couldn't lie to himself. He clearly prefered to see Ayame as she truly was - happy, devoted, stubborn and mischievous - than being completely...broken.
Koga grits his teeth, and took a deep breathe, before to sofly say:
-''Ayame...''
Ayame clenches her hands into fists, but didn't turned around to face him.
-''...Leave me alone...'', she says, gritting her teeth.
Koga shook his head: well...she remain stubborn, even when she is completely broken...that is a good thing, though...
-''No'', he firmly says. ''I'm not leaving you alone.''
Ayame grits her teeth even more, snarls, then sharply turned around to face Koga with all of her might. She looked tired...mostly from crying, obviously...but right now, she was pissed.
-''What do you want, now ?!'', she snapped, glaring at Koga. ''Breaking my heart wasn't enough, you have to torture me with your presence, now ?!''
-''I didn't came here to torture you, nor to hurt you, in any way'', sighed Koga.
-''I'd rather not see you anymore !'', snapped Ayame, showing her back to him again.
Koga felt a bit hurt by her harsh words, but he didn't replied to them: he deserved them, even if they were hurting.
-''You might not want to see me anymore, Ayame, but I can't leave you'', he calmly says.
-''Oh, really ?!'', snapped Ayame, turning back around to face him again. ''What's preventing you from leaving, Koga ?! Aren't you impatient to freacking leave and go to marry that human, Kagome ?!''
Koga twitched at those words: really ?! She was attacking him with that ?!
-''For the love of- There's never been anything between me and Kagome !'', he snapped, glaring into Ayame's eyes.
-''Yeah, like if I'd believe that !'', sarcastically says Ayame, pissed. ''The last time that I saw you around her, you were completely enamored !''
-''I thought that I loved her !'', snapped Koga, again. ''God, Ayame ! I realized long ago that I only wanted to use her to find the Shikon Jewel shards ! And besides, she was in love with that Mutt, Inuyasha !''
-''Contragulations !'', sarcastically snapped Ayame, throwing her hands in the air. ''You realized that after I left you, or only at the very end ?!''
-''When you left it became slightly clear, but it's only a few weeks after that you left that I realized it !'', snapped back Koga. ''That Mutt nearly died and disappeared into the waters of a river, but when he appeared again, she have thrown herself in his arms, crying ! That couldn't be more clear !''
-''Well, you can still freacking leave and marry whoever you want, for what I care !'', snapped Ayame. ''You have broked my heart, and you condemned me to die in a year ! And there's nothing that anyone, not even you, can do to prevent it from happening ! Now, leave me alone, and go back to where you came from !''
With that, Ayame showed her back to Koga again, crossing her arms on her chest armor, her eyes closed, with tears, and griting her teeth. She was very hurt, and desperate...but she'd rather be alone and face her fate without seeing the responsible that caused it.
Koga sighs deeply, grits his teeth, then walked the meter that was separating him and Ayame. He stops right behind her, and slowly leaning forward, he whispers in her left ear:
-''...There is a way that I can save you, Ayame...''
Koga hears that she stopped breathing, either by confusion, surprise, or shock. He stood straight behind her, waiting for what she'd do or say. He was still holding her iris flower in his right hand, and she didn't noticed it the whole time.
Ayame was a bit shocked:...there is a way that he can save her...?
She slowly turns around to face Koga, and looked up at him with an uncertain look. Koga doesn't move a single muscle, his eyes locked on her. Ayame swallows, and closes her eyes, griting her teeth.
-''...You say that you can save me...'', she says, her voice shaking. ''But I know that it's not true...''
-''I'm serious, Ayame'', says Koga, calmly. ''There is a way that I can save you.''
-''I have no time to lose with your lies !'', snaps Ayame, angry again. ''There's absolutely nothing that you can do to save me, Koga ! Nobody can !''
Koga swiftly grabbed Ayame by her shoulders, careful to not scratch her with her iris flower - that he was still holding with his right hand. Ayame yelps, surprised by the sudden move, and stares at Koga with confusion. Koga was also staring at her with a firm look, griting his teeth.
-''There is something that I can do, because your grandfather told me what I have to do to save you !'', he exclaims, not letting go of her.
Ayame blinks, surprised and shocked at the same time: he told her grandfather about this ?!
-''You told my grandfather about this ?!'', she exclaims, outraged. ''Are you insane ?!''
-''I am aware that he didn't needed that, but I had to !'', protests Koga, still not letting go of her. ''He was the only one that could tell me what I had to do to save you, Ayame !''
-''And what did he told you ?! That there's nothing that you can do to save me ?!'', snaps Ayame, her face a centimeter away from his face.
-''No ! He told me that, to save you, I have to share back your feelings for me within a year !'', exclaims Koga, his face also a centimeter away from her face.
Ayame's eyes widened from shock and surprise: she clearly didn't excepted an answer like that. Her mouth started to shake, and she closed her eyes. Koga, for his part, sighed, and let go of Ayame, still holding her iris flower with his right hand. He looked at her in silence, waiting for Ayame to say something...but she seemed too shocked to say anything, so he softly asks:
-''...Do you still love me, Ayame...?''
Silent tears rolled out of Ayame's closed eyes, and down on her cheeks. Her mouth was still shaking, but she said nothing for a few minutes. Koga waited patiently for her to say something.
-''...Y-Yes...'', finally murmures Ayame, her voice shaking. ''...I-I still love you...I always loved you, Koga...Why can't you see it...?''
Koga grits his teeth, and closed his eyes:...he wasn't blind, he saw that she was loving him, a year ago or so...but he didn't felt worth of her love...
How could he, when he had completely forgot about her and about his vow...?
-''...Ayame, I'm not blind...I saw that you were in love with me, a year ago or so...'', he softly says, his eyes closed.
-''Then why did you canceled your promise to me ?!'', exclaims Ayame, staring at him with both anger and confusion.
-''...I remembered about that promise I made to you, Ayame...and because I had forfot about both you and that promise, I didn't felt worth of your love.''
Ayame twitches: was he serious ?!
-''Not worth of my love ?! YOU SAVED MY LIFE WHEN I WAS ONLY A LITTLE GIRL !'', she yells, outraged. ''HOW COULD YOU NOT BE WORTH OF MY LOVE ?!''
-''Because I had forgot about you and about my vow to you, Ayame !'', exclaims Koga, annoyed and repeating what he said. ''And, the worst of all, I had forgot why we, wolves, never back off once we gived our word ! That kind of oblivion is not what you should except from someone that you love !''
-''I DON'T CARE !'', yells Ayame, again.
Ayame then swiftly grabs Koga by his ponytail and, using it to make him lean forward, pulls his face down to her, earning a yelp of confusion from him.
-''I DON'T CARE IF YOU FORGET THINGS ! I DON'T CARE IF YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE NOT PERFECT !'', yells Ayame, very angry. ''I ONLY CARE ABOUT THE FACT THAT I FREACKING LOVE YOU SO MUCH THAT IT HURTS LIKE HELL !''
Koga smirked slightly, even if he was feeling a bit of pain from his hair being pulled...
There she was...The Ayame that he liked: stubborn, devoted, determined - maybe a little bit too angry and dominant -, but she was even more beautiful like that.
Koga gently grabs one of her hands with his left hand, cutting her off in her shouthing: she was looking confused, now. Koga was smirking, and his eyes were locked on her eyes.
-''...What...?!'', she exclaims, impatient and confused.
-''...You're becoming more beautiful, when you're angry...'', he says, smirking.
Ayame can't help herself and blushes strongly: he was complimenting her...?
Koga let go of her hand, and make her let go of his hair. Staring at her in the eyes, he finally shows her his right hand. Ayame blinks, seeing that he was holding her iris flower.
-''...I want to save you, Ayame'', calmly says Koga.
Ayame grits her teeth, and gently takes her iris flower from him, then carefully pinned it back in her left ponytail. Once that she was done doing so, Koga gently grabs both of her hands in his hands, staring at her. Ayame looked up at him, and stares at him straight in the eyes.
-''...I am making the vow to save you, and to share back your feelings for me within a year'', calmly says Koga. ''I won't let you die because of my mistakes, and this time...I will keep my word to you, no matter what'', he then adds.
Ayame closed her eyes, griting her teeth, and started to shake. She wanted to trust him, to believe him, but...
-''...You broked - and forgot - your word once already...'', she says, with a shaking voice. ''...What tells me that you won't forget your vow now, or back off on it...?''
Koga stares at her in silence, then pulled Ayame to him. Leaning forward, he closes his eyes, and puts his face into her neck. Ayame's breathing brutally stopped, and she tenses up: w-what was he doing...?
Koga breathes against her neck, gently. He was about to do the one - and only - thing that will prevent him from forgetting about his vow, again...
Ayame was motionless, wondering what he was doing, then jumped a bit when Koga softly licked her neck. Koga then gently nibble her neck...
...and suddenly, but gently and firmly, he bites her neck on the left side lightly.
Ayame jumped again and squeaked, feeling a little pain in her neck, but Koga firmly kept her still. A bit of Ayame's blood was now coming out, and Koga took his teeth from her flesh to lick her blood, and he only stopped once that the blood has stopped coming out.
Koga finally stood straight again, staring at where he has bitten Ayame on the left side of her neck. The small bite mark was already healed, and the scar was resembling to a crescent moon, silver in color.
Ayame quickly put a hand on her neck and gasped.
-''What did you do...?!'', she exclaims, shocked, feeling the small mark's pattern on her neck.
-''...You perfectly know what I have done'', calmly says Koga.
Indeed, Ayame perfectly knew what Koga has done...but it was so unnexpected, even for her. Koga closes his eyes, and breathes deeply, before to say:
-''...I marked you as my mate...for eternity.''
Ayame is too shocked to even react immediately.
...I marked you as my mate...for eternity.
That simple line was resonating in her mind like a breeze...Koga then suddenly leans forward thowards her again, and he shows her the left side of his neck. Ayame jumped at that gesture, perfectly understanding what he wanted her to do.
-''Koga, no...'', she says, her voice squeacking slightly.
Koga then looked at her straight in the eyes, and firmly, he orders her:
-''...Do it, so I can never forget about you and my vow ever again.''
Ayame felt her whole being melting under the words: he...he wanted her to mark him as her mate, perfectly aware that once it is done, he might not find another mate, if he ever failed to save her. That could only mean that...
...he truly wanted to save her and to share back her feelings for him...
Koga shows her back the left side of his neck, and just like he did with her, Ayame marked him as her mate for eternity, too.
Once she was done, Koga stood straight again, and, closing his eyes, he puts a hand on the left side of his neck, to feel the mark's pattern there. A minute later, he open his eyes, stares at Ayame in the eyes, then gently takes her hands again. Ayame remain silent from the shock of what they just actually did.
-''...Those marks on both of our necks will constantly remind me about you...and about my vow, too...I won't forget, this time.''
A breeze blew a soft breeze, making their hair waving around them, while they were staring at each other in silence. Ayame felt that her heartbeat was speeding up...but the sun had set, now, and it was time to head back to the den.
-''...The council will begin soon...we should get back to the den...'', she says.
-''Yeah, you're right...'', slowly nods Koga.
The second after, a whirlwind wrapped each of them, and as soon as the whirlwinds were gone, both were no longer there.
Please, if you like the story so far, bare with me.
I'll do my best to keep on writing chapters as great and interesting as possible. :) I didn't planned on how many chapters there will be, but I will try to make the story interesting and worth to read.
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