Disclaimer: Inuyasha and company belongs to Rumiko Takahashi.
A Lady Knight's Tale
Kouga smirked as he looked down from where he stood. The wolves easily outnumbered the men, this was going to be easy.
"What have you done to Kagome?!" Inuyasha demanded, fangs showing.
"Inuyasha, control yourself. Without the Tessaiga--" Miroku whispered
"I can handle that bastard!" the hanyou said loud enough for Kouga to hear.
Before Miroku could stop him, the dog demon lunged forward, claws raised to strike. Kouga ducked, narrowly avoiding the attack. Springing away cautiously, he turned toward the wolves and ordered them to get rid of the humans. The wolves, in turn, quickly pounced, teeth bared. The battle raged intensely. Either side unwilling to surrender.
Kouga unsheathed his sword and parried Inuyasha's attacks strike for strike.
"You! I'm asking you one last time! Where is Kagome?!" Inuyasha said furiously
"Why should I tell you?" Kouga said defiantly, managing to counter the hits with increasing difficulty. Although he was putting up quite a fight, Kouga was at a disadvantage. Until finally, the dog demon managed to knock Kouga sword out of his hands. It clattered noisily across the ground, just out of reach. Inuyasha had Kouga literally by the throat.
"Now, will you answer my question or do I have to--" Inuyasha's word's were cut short as he staggered backwards. "What the--?"
Kagura had jumped from her feather and in one graceful motion, slugged him squarely on the jaw. It was not a strong punch, but it was enough to cause Inuyasha to let go of Kouga.
Kagura pushed Kouga onto her feather. Then she turned to the youkai horde she had brought with her. "Finish this job!" she commanded them.
The feather sped toward the cave quickly as Kagura glared at the mostly unhurt Kouga.
"What were you doing?" the Wind User hissed. "I told you to leave them be before I came back with the youkai army! I don't even understand why Lord Naraku hired you in the first place! "
"I won't take orders from you! And I never asked you to interrupt. Why don't you just mind your own business!?" Kouga countered.
"Don't make me laugh. You would've been dead by now." Kagura said icily as she dismounted the feather and walked toward the cave.
Sango held her breath as she heard their voices. "1...2...3...."
"Kagome now!" Sango said as she hurled the silken bags in the direction of the cave entrance.
"What the hell--?" Kouga coughed. Kagura started sneezing.
The air was soon cloudy with a thin, white mist, causing even poorer visibility in the already dimly-lit cave. Sango held her nose and crouched low among the cave crevices.
Why isn't the poison working yet? Sango thought, disturbed that she heard nothing from their two captors.
Then the strangest thing happened.
Kagura suddenly dove onto the Wolf Prince, who hit the floor on his back with a loud "Oof!".
"Hey there Wolf-boy..." she purred as she tousled his hair.
Kouga responded by grasping the back of her head and pulling her down into a deep kiss.
The knight squinted from her position. What on earth was going on? She cautiously approached the couple who were oblivious and still kissing. This must be some kind of joke. Sango and Kagome stared at them in shock. Sango recovered first.
"Uh...er...I'll go get the Tessaiga." she said. Then it dawned on her as she took the sword from Kouga, who did not seem to mind and gave it to Kagome. Miroku, that pervert! Giving us a love spell for the enemy! She mentally reminded herself to give him a piece of her mind when they got back.
They made their way out of the cave, which was not far from where the fight was taking place. Kagome looked for Inuyasha while Sango readied herself for a fight, staring at the all but ruined lilac dress. There was no time to change, it would have to do.
Thanks to the youkai army Kagura brought back with her, they were woefully outnumbered but not outclassed. Sango fought viciously and took down half a dozen demons at once. It was no wonder she was mistook for a man and no amount of dressing up could convince them otherwise.
It was difficult enough fighting in the dress. But she didn't have Hiraikotsu with her and was not doing enough damage. She made her way through the youkai using only the short dagger she had with her. Eventually Sango found Miroku, who looked unfazed dispite the number of enemies he was up against. The Captain and his second-in-command were soon fighting back to back. Anyone who had seen them go into battle together could attest that they made a very formidable team.
"Sango! You're back. The mission was a success, I gather." He said
"Of course." Sango said as she warded off more attacks. "Where's my boomerang?" she asked, thinking that maybe he knew where it was.
"Its right here." Miroku had brought it along with him, if anything, it meant that he was anticipating her return. Sango picked it up gratefully.
"Thank you." she said
"Inuyasha!" Kagome was looking for the hanyou with much difficulty. She was not used to battle so up close, being an archer. But the thought of youkai fangs and claws did not deter her from finding him. Of course she had to use her bow do away with some of them. Ok a lot of them.
"There you are!" Kagome was very happy to finally be able to deliver her package. She flung the Tessaiga toward him as hard as she could.
Inuyasha, for once, looked glad to see her. He caught the sword, and it transformed at once into it's larger form.
"This battle is through." Inuyasha said as he swung his sword.
The remaining knights and soldiers were picking up what remained of the camp. A lot of them had perished and many were wounded as well. Miroku sighed. This was not expected, although Kouga and Kagura were taken cared of, there were more to follow for sure.
"Ow!" he winced as Sango tended to his wounds.
He was usually gentle, when Miroku got hurt but now Sango looked downright scary, Miroku thought.
"What's wrong?" he asked looking at Sango, who for some reason was blushing hard.
"You silly pervert!" she said tersely "What did you put in the poison you gave us! Why didn't you just give them real poison like a normal person?!" she continued "And it was embarrassing to watch the two of them kiss like that!" Ooops, she hadn't intended to say that too.
"Oh so I get it." Miroku said teasingly. He enfolded her in his arms suddenly. "You've been like a younger brother to me." he said earnestly. Sango forgot to breathe, he was so close...
"You can tell me anything. I've always wondered why you weren't interested in women. Now it's all becoming clear to me." he said, looking into her eyes.
For a moment there Sango thought she'd been found out. "U..uh..I've been meaning to tell you..but.. uh" she stammered weakly, this was it. Then…
"You're gay, aren't you?" he said, total understanding in his eyes.
"What?!" Sango pushed him off and slapped him hard across the face, too flustered and indignant to reply. Then she walked off in a huff.
Author's Notes: Hi everyone. ^_^. This chapter is for the people at the Kouga x Kagura ML and my wonderful reviewers! I really appreciate it, you guys!
Hope you enjoyed it. Ja matte ne!