Chapter 7: Enter Kouga of The Wolf Clan & Troubled Nights
Sango awoke with an extreme headache, it felt like her brain was going to burst out of her skull. She groaned as feeling slowly returned to her body as she opened her eyes slowly, she tried to sit up but found that she could not. She opened her eyes when she felt a cold slap of water on her face. It took a moment but she could now make out the features of the person.
It was Miroku who wash using a damp cloth to clean the wound upon her forehead. He smiled down at her when he noticed she was awake. "Glad you are awake, how are you feeling?" Miroku asked her softly "M-Miroku, where is Kirara and my head hurts." She tried to move her hands in vain, for they where tied in front of her. "She is in a separate storage building, surround with binding scrolls." He smiled slightly. "It's ironic for once I was not the one to be introduced to Hiraikotsu." He said with a slight snicker as he helped her sit up in his lap. "Why am I tied up and don't you even think about it, pervert." She said with a growl and Miroku eyes reflected hurt for a brief moment but he smiled. "The villagers are afraid of you." He then reached down with his cursed hand and placed it on her hands, she blushed for a moment then his hand slide over her wrist and began to unravel the knot that held the ropes together over her hands.
Once he undone the knot he then undid the one that held her ankles. Sango then rubbed her wrist gently as her blood rushed into her hands, which cause minor pain. "I do not think you need to remain in bounds, thy have removed your weapons as they had took my staff."
"We need to escape form her and locate my sister before is to late!" she whimpered and laid her head on Miroku's shoulder, she felt so tried and weak, she guessed the reason was because a hut had fallen on her. Miroku said nothing as he wrapped his one arm around her thin waist and used his free hand to tuck a piece of black hair behind Sango's ear. He had fallen in love with the hunter from the first day he had met her, three years ago. When the two sisters and himself where looking for the same demon, that had been eating young maidens. The demon wasn't so lucky when it had tried to devour Sango and her sister. Since then they have always seemed to run into each other in the strangest times or when one of them needed a helping hand. Miroku had called it 'Fate' as Sango called it 'Staulking.'
For once in her life Sango was happy that she was not alone and that the monk, though he was a perverted monk, was with her. Though she understood why his hands usually wondered to places it should not, he was trying to push her away, afraid he may hurt her with his cruse. Sango wished he would just tell her the way he feels and stop acting like a pervert! She sighed then slapped him when she felt his hand on her butt. "Miroku!" she yelled and pushed herself out of his grasp and stood up. He just smiled a little and crossed his hands across his chest.
Sango looked at him and thought for a moment. "Can you use your cursed hand too help us?" she asked and he looked up at her with shock. "No, all it would do is suck up this hut and the people around it, plus Kirara. It would not be wise to use it. We will just have to wait for a time to escape. Don't worry though, I am sure Kagome-sama is safe and in good hands." He said in his composed voice and Sango looked at him with wide eyes.
"How can you say that?! She is with a no good hanyou that could kill her! Or even worse then that which I do not care to think about and furthermore she is injured." She yelled at him at first then the last of her sentenced turned into a whisper. "Sango-sama, trust me please, I don't think Inu- Yasha will hurt her, unless his foul temper interferes with his judgment or if she attacks him first."
"And how do you know this, Bokushi." She said as her eyes narrowed. "Because my aijin Sango I know him."
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Inu-Yasha growled as he heard his name being said. "What is it you want you okami? You should know better then to come to my den and by yourself." Inu- Yasha said with a snicker as he extended his claws. Kagome watched as a giant wolf walked out from behind a few bushes on the opposite site of the spring. The wolf snickered as it sat down by the edge of the water, if it stood by Kagome it would of still been at least a head taller then her, but if compared to Inu-Yasha the youkai okami would be able to look the Hanyou in the eyes without any trouble what so ever.
The moonlight shown down at the youkai's grayish coat shined in the light. "I am not alone inu, my clan is with me in spirit but in body they sit within our den on the outskirts of your forest." The okami said then tilted its head to the right as it noticed the human girl behind Inu-Yasha. "Why is there a human with you? Better yet." The wolf sniffed the light breeze that carried the scent of the girl. "A youkai slayer, she is very pretty though." The wolf said standing up and jumped across the spring with little effort and landed only a few feet away from the two.
"It is non of your business, Kouga." Inu-Yasha said with a growl as the wolf transformed into a human form. Kagome noted that the now changed wolf was a male with long black mane placed in a ponytail, a tan headband upon his forehead; he had pointed ears like the fabled elf. He wore a mix of tan fur and armor, he also wore tan fur upon his forearms and upon his calves, and he wore no shoes. A single sword hung upon his waist and a middle-sized wolf like tail moved side to side slowly. But most the interesting thing that caught her attention the most was his clears shining blue eyes. She had not seen eyes like his before in any youkai before.
They shined with curiosity, care and denseness or stupidly if you will. He quickly closed the distances between them and he stood behind them now, Kagome gasped when she turned around to see him there staring at her. "Is she your mate, inu-shit?" he asked placing a clawed hand to his chin as he eyed her and then smiled a fanged grin. "Hello no she isn't!" he barked at the wolf in pure annoyance. "Then the human slayer is fear game." He said as he ran his claws through her still damp hair. "She is very lovely." He smiled again when Kagome tried to hide her blush.
Inu-Yasha growled and swatted his hand away from Kagome, "Hands off wolf." Kouga looked up at Inu-Yasha confused. "You said she wasn't your mate, so why are you protective of her?" Inu-Yasha blinked, Kouga was right, she wasn't anything to him, was she? Why should he care what the wolf did, after all Kagome was just.well.a human in which he was interested in because of her strange abilities that reminded him of a miko. "Feh!" he answered and was about to say more until a certain little kitsune ran up to them. "Hi!" he said cheerfully as he rubbed the sleep from his eyes. The kitsune had came out of the den when he heard all the three talking, he had been sleep just about all day.
Kouga looked down at the Kitsune and grinned then looked up at the dog. "So you still keep an eye on the kitsune, eh?" The wolf laughed, "Okay if she is not your mate and you don't care about her, I say we eat her, cause am really hungry right now, dog-shit." When the kitsune heard that he jumped into Kagomes arms and held onto her. "You can't eat her! She is my future mommy!" Shippo cried out and Kagome blinked and laughed a little and held the kitsune in her arms. Kouga raised an eyebrow at this and grinned in amusement, he maybe slow but he wasn't totally slow. "So then you claim the girl, Shippo?" he laughed "Hai!" The kitsune said in his little high pitched voice and Kouga plucked the kitsune from the slayers arms. He held the fox up to his face. "You have no idea what we are talking about do you, kitsune." He said in more of a comment then question.
Shippo blinked a few times and stared at the wolf. "Um."
"That's what I thought." Kouga then sat the kitsune down and then looked at Kagome once again, then to Inu-Yasha who was growling fiercely. "Well, dog- shit, I just came to inform you that me and my clan have claimed the eastern land from the Ame River to the Chi Hill." Kouga said and change back into his enormous wolf form. "Nani! The Ame River is part of my territory you damned wolf!"
"Not anymore, dog-shit. We have re-claimed it and killed the one you put in- charge of guarding that part of the forest. It is our territory now." He then turned to the hunter. "Farewell hunter." He said with a charming smiled and run off with unbelievable speed. Inu-Yasha cursed loudly as Kagome covered Shippos innocent ears. "Don't swear around Shippo, I don't want him picking up your foul mouth!" she scolds. "I can talk anyway I damn please." He howled and she kicked him in the shin. "Fuck!" she kicked him again and walked into up the narrow walk away with Shippo in her arms. "Damn wench!"
"I am not a wench!" She yelled as Inu-Yasha was hit with a rock and he yapped as it hit his foot. "Bitch!" He was rewarded with another rock, yet heavier, hitting his other foot. "Ow! Why you little." he stopped him self and crossed his arms. He then stomped up into his den and opened his mouth to scold her when he through the flap open then closed his mouth; he did that for a few moments, making a great impression of a blowfish. Kagome lay down in her corner and he snorted and walked to his sleep place to sleep.
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Kagome opened one of her brown eyes and did not move, she studied the hanyou for a few moments then looked down at where Shippo once laid, he was gone, she guessed that he had went into the woods to use the rest room. She was glad he wasn't here, she sat up silently and pulled out a small knife she was able to conceal in her robes. Inu-Yasha had kept all of her weapon at his side of the den, for his and her own safety, but he had not noticed that she had slipped a knife from her bag before he took it away from her after she thrown it into a corner.
She stood up and walked like a mouse sneaking into a kitchen to steal food, but not aware of the mousetrap that surely would be set off. She stood above him now, she looked at his sleeping form, he looked so innocent and peaceful, even a little.what the heck what was she thinking? She had been in his keeping for about two days now and was she developing feelings for him? No, she could not, could she? She shook her head to clear her thoughts, it was now or never she thought to herself as she raised the knife over her head to stab him in the throat, but she could not bring the knife down to strike him. She could not bring herself to kill him, why the hell not!? She lowered her hand and the slayers knife slipped from her fingers.
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Inu-Yasha lay awake on his side; he acted as if he was asleep, for he heard the girl move. He heard her walk up behind him, he knew she was going to strike at him; he was about to turn to defend himself when suddenly, to his surprise, he heard the knife hit the floor with an echo. He then heard her fall gently to her knees, he wasn't sure if he should turn to look at her or to just lie still as he had before. His silver dog-like ears lay back against his head as if he was sad about something. His golden eyes found the wall interesting to look at as he the raven-haired youkai exterminator scamper back to her soft mat covered with pelts, whimpering into the night. He sighed inwardly to himself and closed his eyes.
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Bokushi - Priest
Okami - Wolf
Inu - Dog
Ame - Rain
Chi - Blood
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[Author: so was that any good? I could think of a way to end this chapter so I called my friend Nicole and bugged her until she gave me an idea. Thank you nik! LOL So please review! I hope u enjoyed this chappie! What will happen next? It going to get even better! Especially when.oh heck you will see hehe I cant tell you everything now can I? *evil snicker * Ja ne!]
Sango awoke with an extreme headache, it felt like her brain was going to burst out of her skull. She groaned as feeling slowly returned to her body as she opened her eyes slowly, she tried to sit up but found that she could not. She opened her eyes when she felt a cold slap of water on her face. It took a moment but she could now make out the features of the person.
It was Miroku who wash using a damp cloth to clean the wound upon her forehead. He smiled down at her when he noticed she was awake. "Glad you are awake, how are you feeling?" Miroku asked her softly "M-Miroku, where is Kirara and my head hurts." She tried to move her hands in vain, for they where tied in front of her. "She is in a separate storage building, surround with binding scrolls." He smiled slightly. "It's ironic for once I was not the one to be introduced to Hiraikotsu." He said with a slight snicker as he helped her sit up in his lap. "Why am I tied up and don't you even think about it, pervert." She said with a growl and Miroku eyes reflected hurt for a brief moment but he smiled. "The villagers are afraid of you." He then reached down with his cursed hand and placed it on her hands, she blushed for a moment then his hand slide over her wrist and began to unravel the knot that held the ropes together over her hands.
Once he undone the knot he then undid the one that held her ankles. Sango then rubbed her wrist gently as her blood rushed into her hands, which cause minor pain. "I do not think you need to remain in bounds, thy have removed your weapons as they had took my staff."
"We need to escape form her and locate my sister before is to late!" she whimpered and laid her head on Miroku's shoulder, she felt so tried and weak, she guessed the reason was because a hut had fallen on her. Miroku said nothing as he wrapped his one arm around her thin waist and used his free hand to tuck a piece of black hair behind Sango's ear. He had fallen in love with the hunter from the first day he had met her, three years ago. When the two sisters and himself where looking for the same demon, that had been eating young maidens. The demon wasn't so lucky when it had tried to devour Sango and her sister. Since then they have always seemed to run into each other in the strangest times or when one of them needed a helping hand. Miroku had called it 'Fate' as Sango called it 'Staulking.'
For once in her life Sango was happy that she was not alone and that the monk, though he was a perverted monk, was with her. Though she understood why his hands usually wondered to places it should not, he was trying to push her away, afraid he may hurt her with his cruse. Sango wished he would just tell her the way he feels and stop acting like a pervert! She sighed then slapped him when she felt his hand on her butt. "Miroku!" she yelled and pushed herself out of his grasp and stood up. He just smiled a little and crossed his hands across his chest.
Sango looked at him and thought for a moment. "Can you use your cursed hand too help us?" she asked and he looked up at her with shock. "No, all it would do is suck up this hut and the people around it, plus Kirara. It would not be wise to use it. We will just have to wait for a time to escape. Don't worry though, I am sure Kagome-sama is safe and in good hands." He said in his composed voice and Sango looked at him with wide eyes.
"How can you say that?! She is with a no good hanyou that could kill her! Or even worse then that which I do not care to think about and furthermore she is injured." She yelled at him at first then the last of her sentenced turned into a whisper. "Sango-sama, trust me please, I don't think Inu- Yasha will hurt her, unless his foul temper interferes with his judgment or if she attacks him first."
"And how do you know this, Bokushi." She said as her eyes narrowed. "Because my aijin Sango I know him."
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Inu-Yasha growled as he heard his name being said. "What is it you want you okami? You should know better then to come to my den and by yourself." Inu- Yasha said with a snicker as he extended his claws. Kagome watched as a giant wolf walked out from behind a few bushes on the opposite site of the spring. The wolf snickered as it sat down by the edge of the water, if it stood by Kagome it would of still been at least a head taller then her, but if compared to Inu-Yasha the youkai okami would be able to look the Hanyou in the eyes without any trouble what so ever.
The moonlight shown down at the youkai's grayish coat shined in the light. "I am not alone inu, my clan is with me in spirit but in body they sit within our den on the outskirts of your forest." The okami said then tilted its head to the right as it noticed the human girl behind Inu-Yasha. "Why is there a human with you? Better yet." The wolf sniffed the light breeze that carried the scent of the girl. "A youkai slayer, she is very pretty though." The wolf said standing up and jumped across the spring with little effort and landed only a few feet away from the two.
"It is non of your business, Kouga." Inu-Yasha said with a growl as the wolf transformed into a human form. Kagome noted that the now changed wolf was a male with long black mane placed in a ponytail, a tan headband upon his forehead; he had pointed ears like the fabled elf. He wore a mix of tan fur and armor, he also wore tan fur upon his forearms and upon his calves, and he wore no shoes. A single sword hung upon his waist and a middle-sized wolf like tail moved side to side slowly. But most the interesting thing that caught her attention the most was his clears shining blue eyes. She had not seen eyes like his before in any youkai before.
They shined with curiosity, care and denseness or stupidly if you will. He quickly closed the distances between them and he stood behind them now, Kagome gasped when she turned around to see him there staring at her. "Is she your mate, inu-shit?" he asked placing a clawed hand to his chin as he eyed her and then smiled a fanged grin. "Hello no she isn't!" he barked at the wolf in pure annoyance. "Then the human slayer is fear game." He said as he ran his claws through her still damp hair. "She is very lovely." He smiled again when Kagome tried to hide her blush.
Inu-Yasha growled and swatted his hand away from Kagome, "Hands off wolf." Kouga looked up at Inu-Yasha confused. "You said she wasn't your mate, so why are you protective of her?" Inu-Yasha blinked, Kouga was right, she wasn't anything to him, was she? Why should he care what the wolf did, after all Kagome was just.well.a human in which he was interested in because of her strange abilities that reminded him of a miko. "Feh!" he answered and was about to say more until a certain little kitsune ran up to them. "Hi!" he said cheerfully as he rubbed the sleep from his eyes. The kitsune had came out of the den when he heard all the three talking, he had been sleep just about all day.
Kouga looked down at the Kitsune and grinned then looked up at the dog. "So you still keep an eye on the kitsune, eh?" The wolf laughed, "Okay if she is not your mate and you don't care about her, I say we eat her, cause am really hungry right now, dog-shit." When the kitsune heard that he jumped into Kagomes arms and held onto her. "You can't eat her! She is my future mommy!" Shippo cried out and Kagome blinked and laughed a little and held the kitsune in her arms. Kouga raised an eyebrow at this and grinned in amusement, he maybe slow but he wasn't totally slow. "So then you claim the girl, Shippo?" he laughed "Hai!" The kitsune said in his little high pitched voice and Kouga plucked the kitsune from the slayers arms. He held the fox up to his face. "You have no idea what we are talking about do you, kitsune." He said in more of a comment then question.
Shippo blinked a few times and stared at the wolf. "Um."
"That's what I thought." Kouga then sat the kitsune down and then looked at Kagome once again, then to Inu-Yasha who was growling fiercely. "Well, dog- shit, I just came to inform you that me and my clan have claimed the eastern land from the Ame River to the Chi Hill." Kouga said and change back into his enormous wolf form. "Nani! The Ame River is part of my territory you damned wolf!"
"Not anymore, dog-shit. We have re-claimed it and killed the one you put in- charge of guarding that part of the forest. It is our territory now." He then turned to the hunter. "Farewell hunter." He said with a charming smiled and run off with unbelievable speed. Inu-Yasha cursed loudly as Kagome covered Shippos innocent ears. "Don't swear around Shippo, I don't want him picking up your foul mouth!" she scolds. "I can talk anyway I damn please." He howled and she kicked him in the shin. "Fuck!" she kicked him again and walked into up the narrow walk away with Shippo in her arms. "Damn wench!"
"I am not a wench!" She yelled as Inu-Yasha was hit with a rock and he yapped as it hit his foot. "Bitch!" He was rewarded with another rock, yet heavier, hitting his other foot. "Ow! Why you little." he stopped him self and crossed his arms. He then stomped up into his den and opened his mouth to scold her when he through the flap open then closed his mouth; he did that for a few moments, making a great impression of a blowfish. Kagome lay down in her corner and he snorted and walked to his sleep place to sleep.
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Kagome opened one of her brown eyes and did not move, she studied the hanyou for a few moments then looked down at where Shippo once laid, he was gone, she guessed that he had went into the woods to use the rest room. She was glad he wasn't here, she sat up silently and pulled out a small knife she was able to conceal in her robes. Inu-Yasha had kept all of her weapon at his side of the den, for his and her own safety, but he had not noticed that she had slipped a knife from her bag before he took it away from her after she thrown it into a corner.
She stood up and walked like a mouse sneaking into a kitchen to steal food, but not aware of the mousetrap that surely would be set off. She stood above him now, she looked at his sleeping form, he looked so innocent and peaceful, even a little.what the heck what was she thinking? She had been in his keeping for about two days now and was she developing feelings for him? No, she could not, could she? She shook her head to clear her thoughts, it was now or never she thought to herself as she raised the knife over her head to stab him in the throat, but she could not bring the knife down to strike him. She could not bring herself to kill him, why the hell not!? She lowered her hand and the slayers knife slipped from her fingers.
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Inu-Yasha lay awake on his side; he acted as if he was asleep, for he heard the girl move. He heard her walk up behind him, he knew she was going to strike at him; he was about to turn to defend himself when suddenly, to his surprise, he heard the knife hit the floor with an echo. He then heard her fall gently to her knees, he wasn't sure if he should turn to look at her or to just lie still as he had before. His silver dog-like ears lay back against his head as if he was sad about something. His golden eyes found the wall interesting to look at as he the raven-haired youkai exterminator scamper back to her soft mat covered with pelts, whimpering into the night. He sighed inwardly to himself and closed his eyes.
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Bokushi - Priest
Okami - Wolf
Inu - Dog
Ame - Rain
Chi - Blood
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[Author: so was that any good? I could think of a way to end this chapter so I called my friend Nicole and bugged her until she gave me an idea. Thank you nik! LOL So please review! I hope u enjoyed this chappie! What will happen next? It going to get even better! Especially when.oh heck you will see hehe I cant tell you everything now can I? *evil snicker * Ja ne!]