Tender at Heart
By: youkai
Well, it's high time one of these came around - yes, it's an Inuyasha/Kouga yaoi fic! I'm actually responding to my own challenge (and hoping others will as well, although my fic is more angsty since that's what I do best.) Here's a lil disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha-tachi, and I ADORE Inu & Kagome's romance, so don't get the wrong idea. I just thought that...well, this would be interesting.
He is strong, he is powerful, and he is son of the wolf youkai tribe.
He is Kouga.
I know he probably hates me. "Stupid inukorro," he snarls when I approach. He loathes me; and my very existence so it seems. His claws and fangs are bared when he sees me; ready to attack lest I make one wrong move.
So, I don't. I'd really rather not have Kouga attack me again; he practically beat the shit out of me the first time we fought. If he hadn't smelled the Cutting Wind and gotten the hell out of there, he could've done a lot more damage.
He's so good to his people. I'll never forget the look on his face when he saw his dead comrades; his expression was one of utter disbelief and rage. I had stood there, Tetsuaiga poised, when he looked at me. Those deep blue eyes, so full of emotion before, looked at me with one: hatred.
I shift uncomfortably in the Goshinboku tree at the unpleasant memory. But try as I might, my mind drifts back to the stubborn wolf youkai, who can remind me so much of myself.
It took me by surprise when I discovered I had fallen for him. Consciously, I had never expected it to happen. But something deep within me did, and it knew that it wasn't by chance that we had met that day. I only wish our meeting had been a more pleasant one.
I don't want to fight with him. Not anymore. Seeing him get so riled up over Kagome stabs at my suddenly tender heart. I thought I had loved her, but then again, I thought I had loved Kikyo. I used to wish I could know whom I really loved, and now I do. But it doesn't bring me any rest.
I look down from my perch, brushing the long white bangs out of my golden eyes. I see Kouga, placidly munching on a boar below me. He doesn't know that his appearance strike a chord in me; he doesn't know that right now I am short of breath just because he's THERE.
Suddenly, I slip. I fall out of the tree, and fast. My claws scratch at nothing but air, and I howl with frustration as I hit the ground with a sickening thud. Groaning, I roll over to see Kouga looking at me; slightly amused with his face bloodied from his meal.
"Stupid inukorro," he chides in a gentle and teasing voice. He gives me a small fanged grin, but it's a grin nonetheless. I manage to find courage to smile back, and suddenly I feel like an incredible weight has been lifted off my shoulders.
Maybe...just maybe, Kouga-kun feels the same way too.
So, how'd ya like it? I kinda did! I thought it was pretty good coming from the shounen-ai/angst perspective, not necessarily the fact that it was Kouga/Inuyasha. Like I said, Inu & Kagome are my fav couple, so 'm not dissing them or anything... mainly, DON'T flame me because of the somewhat "anti" Inuyasha/Kagome in this. Please.