Disclaimer~ Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi, Shonen Sunday, etc.
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Seeing Can Be Deceiving
Chapter 13
by sunny1388
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Kouga.
So, where has that wolf-youkai disappeared to in this mess? Well, last time we saw him, he had been in the middle of a battle with Sesshomaru and Inuyasha way back in Chapter 9!
So, it's only right that I pick up where I left off with Kouga...
~*~
When Inuyasha had repeatedly shouted to all of them that Kagome was "his", Kouga had, of course, been very, very angry. But, showing an intelligence that no one knew the simple youkai possessed, Kouga decided there was no use arguing with Inuyasha, and as soon as Inuyasha's fight with Sesshomaru distracted him, Kouga left.
In the shadows just outside the cave, Kouga listened to their conversation and when Inuyasha and the little fox left to find Kagome, Kouga followed.
Usually Kouga would have been wary of the dog-turd's senses, which were unusually good for a hanyou, but tonight was the new moon and all he had to worry about was that fox, but at least it was still a kit.
When Inuyasha and Shippo had stopped for the night, Kouga also stopped.
However, he had been around enough hanyous to know that Inuyasha would be back to normal again in the morning and with the return of his demonic blood would come his heightened senses.
So, Kouga took great care in hiding himself in a nearby cave,, completely covering his tracks, both prints and scent.
But in the middle of the night, the bickering of those two had woken Kouga, who sat up grumpily from where he lay curled up in a corner of the cave. Stretching sleepily and yawning, Kouga started thinking how easy it would be to kill Inuyasha when he was human like this, but luckily for Inuyasha, Kouga decided it would be better to let dog-turd live...for now.
After a few minutes of trying to go back to sleep amidst the noises of Inuyasha attempting to kill Shippo, Kouga decided it was hopeless and went outside for a walk, or maybe a hunt; after all, he had missed dinner.
Sniffing around, he picked up a human scent and decided to follow it. Maybe he could find a human to exercise his murderous feelings toward Inuyasha, which had sprung up when the wolf-youkai was rudely awoken in the middle of the night.
When he finally caught up with the scent, he was getting pretty far from Inuyasha. Instead, he found that he was going back in the general direction of the cave where the other humans who traveled with Kagome were staying.
Easily leaping over a large bush, he found himself in a small clearing and looked around. There was a young boy standing in the middle of it.
Kouga smirked, so, this was the human prey that he had tracked. The boy really should've known better than to come out alone in the middle of the night. There were plenty of demons lurking about and, who knows, one of the demons might find such a vulnerable boy fun to kill.
Well, Kouga was going to show this boy just what would happen under such circumstances.
With a cocky smile on his face, Kouga walked forward and called out,
"Oi!"
But the boy didn't seem to hear him. Kouga tried again,
"Hey, you there, boy!"
But the human boy merely stood there. Now it was obvious that he was ignoring Kouga.
Kouga was not happy.
He would teach this kid that a wolf-youkai wasn't someone to be messed with.
With a growl, Kouga leapt forward and aimed a kick at the back of the boy's knees, hoping to bring him down, but the boy had taken a step forward; just enough for Kouga's kick to miss. Then, he swung his scythe-like blade that was attached to a chain and it hit Kouga across the arm, ripping open a long cut.
Now the boy turned around to face Kouga.
When his kick had failed to strike anything, Kouga had prepared to land agilely on the ground when he felt a blade tearing into his arm and trailing a cut all the way down to his elbow.
Kouga fell heavily to the ground, plowing sideways into it on his newly injured arm.
The pain was incredible, even to a demon. With his uninjured arm, Kouga clutched the other one to his chest as best as he could, considering the fact that he had rolled over and was now facedown on the ground.
After a few deep breaths, he struggled to get up and saw that the wounds on his legs from earlier had opened up and were flowing blood again.
And even though Kouga tried his best, he couldn't get his wounded legs to support him fell face-first into the ground again, after kneeling for a split second.
Blinking, Kouga tried to stay conscious even though the fast loss of blood was making his vision slightly blurred and everything seemed dimmed.
He saw a pair of feet come into his view and lifted his head to gaze up at the boy standing before him.
Now he realized his mistake; the boy had the uniform of a demon extermiator and Kouga had heard stories of the infamous village of professinal demon slayers which was the subject of many frightening rumors. Some of them told that these "exterminators", as they called themselves, started training when they were barely old enough to stand.
A sudden chill went through Kouga and he shuddered.
Why hadn't he noticed it before?
But a small voice at the back of his head told him that it was nighttime and even Kouga's sharp canine eyes couldn't spot everything.
There was also the fact that Kouga had charged forward to attack the boy without thinking him as any kind of threat.
Cursing his stupidity, Kouga squeezed his eyes shut as another wave of pain went through him, reminding him of his painful state.
Then he decided that it was useless; even if the boy went back to ignoring him, Kouga knew the loss of blood alone would kill him.
A flood of sadness suddenly hit him as he realized all he would give up by dying.
His pack wouldn't stand a chance without him there, but he hoped they would find another pack to join up with so the pups weren't left vulnerable.
The pups...
A new litter were due in about a week, but he wouldn't get to see them.
Of course, aside from his youkai comrades there were also humans. Well, actually, there was only one human he cared about. A particular human girl.
Kagome.
A small growl of frustration escaped his quickly paling lips. If he died it would leave the path completely open to the dog-turd!
The one that was always competing with him, even though Kouga loved Kagome!
Wait! Loved?
Kouga thought about this for a second, startled. Did he love Kagome? Could youkai even love? He knew that most only took a mate so they would have an heir. But maybe he...
Yes! He did love Kagome! Why else would he be able to completely ignore the fact that she was human and their pups would be hanyous?
But that didn't matter. He loved Kagome.
A new strength filled Kouga and he suddenly decided that for Kagome, his love, he would go out fighting.
This thought encouraged him and from out of nowhere, Kouga summoned up the strength to leap up and take one last swipe at the boy.
Usually, Kouga didn't use his claws, preferring to kick, but even though his love for Kagome gave him one last boost of strength, he didn't have nearly enough to jump now.
The boy's back was turned again, but he seemed to know what was coming and took a step forward, just barely missing being pinned through his neck on Kouga's claws.
But even though the boy was fast, Kouga was faster.
The tip of his claws managed to slice a thin line on the boy's next, abruptely stopping on a small, red bump.
But the tip of Kouga's claw had dug into the skin and even with the little strength he had, Kouga managed to dig his claws in even more and cut a small piece of skin off; the bump.
Suddenly, the boy fell to his knees, the blade falling from his hand and the chain also clattering down to fall into a small pile next to the blade.
He lifted his shaking hands up to his face and sobbed into them, choking and gasping at the same time.
Kouga's quickly blacking vision gave him a last quick glance at the boy before the youkai also fell to the ground.
His consciousness was quickly leaving him; the last effort at killing the boy draining him of any strength.
Kouga began to feel light-headed because the small amount of blood left in him wasn't enough to provide him with sufficient air.
He knew he was going to die, but, a final smirk appeared on his face. At least he had brought his killer down with him.
Then, the smirk was slowly replaced with a smile; a real smile, one that reached to his distant eyes.
Maybe someday, when Kagome had lived out her mortal lifespan, she would join him...
Then, they would be together.
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Seeing Can Be Deceiving
Chapter 13
by sunny1388
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Kouga.
So, where has that wolf-youkai disappeared to in this mess? Well, last time we saw him, he had been in the middle of a battle with Sesshomaru and Inuyasha way back in Chapter 9!
So, it's only right that I pick up where I left off with Kouga...
~*~
When Inuyasha had repeatedly shouted to all of them that Kagome was "his", Kouga had, of course, been very, very angry. But, showing an intelligence that no one knew the simple youkai possessed, Kouga decided there was no use arguing with Inuyasha, and as soon as Inuyasha's fight with Sesshomaru distracted him, Kouga left.
In the shadows just outside the cave, Kouga listened to their conversation and when Inuyasha and the little fox left to find Kagome, Kouga followed.
Usually Kouga would have been wary of the dog-turd's senses, which were unusually good for a hanyou, but tonight was the new moon and all he had to worry about was that fox, but at least it was still a kit.
When Inuyasha and Shippo had stopped for the night, Kouga also stopped.
However, he had been around enough hanyous to know that Inuyasha would be back to normal again in the morning and with the return of his demonic blood would come his heightened senses.
So, Kouga took great care in hiding himself in a nearby cave,, completely covering his tracks, both prints and scent.
But in the middle of the night, the bickering of those two had woken Kouga, who sat up grumpily from where he lay curled up in a corner of the cave. Stretching sleepily and yawning, Kouga started thinking how easy it would be to kill Inuyasha when he was human like this, but luckily for Inuyasha, Kouga decided it would be better to let dog-turd live...for now.
After a few minutes of trying to go back to sleep amidst the noises of Inuyasha attempting to kill Shippo, Kouga decided it was hopeless and went outside for a walk, or maybe a hunt; after all, he had missed dinner.
Sniffing around, he picked up a human scent and decided to follow it. Maybe he could find a human to exercise his murderous feelings toward Inuyasha, which had sprung up when the wolf-youkai was rudely awoken in the middle of the night.
When he finally caught up with the scent, he was getting pretty far from Inuyasha. Instead, he found that he was going back in the general direction of the cave where the other humans who traveled with Kagome were staying.
Easily leaping over a large bush, he found himself in a small clearing and looked around. There was a young boy standing in the middle of it.
Kouga smirked, so, this was the human prey that he had tracked. The boy really should've known better than to come out alone in the middle of the night. There were plenty of demons lurking about and, who knows, one of the demons might find such a vulnerable boy fun to kill.
Well, Kouga was going to show this boy just what would happen under such circumstances.
With a cocky smile on his face, Kouga walked forward and called out,
"Oi!"
But the boy didn't seem to hear him. Kouga tried again,
"Hey, you there, boy!"
But the human boy merely stood there. Now it was obvious that he was ignoring Kouga.
Kouga was not happy.
He would teach this kid that a wolf-youkai wasn't someone to be messed with.
With a growl, Kouga leapt forward and aimed a kick at the back of the boy's knees, hoping to bring him down, but the boy had taken a step forward; just enough for Kouga's kick to miss. Then, he swung his scythe-like blade that was attached to a chain and it hit Kouga across the arm, ripping open a long cut.
Now the boy turned around to face Kouga.
When his kick had failed to strike anything, Kouga had prepared to land agilely on the ground when he felt a blade tearing into his arm and trailing a cut all the way down to his elbow.
Kouga fell heavily to the ground, plowing sideways into it on his newly injured arm.
The pain was incredible, even to a demon. With his uninjured arm, Kouga clutched the other one to his chest as best as he could, considering the fact that he had rolled over and was now facedown on the ground.
After a few deep breaths, he struggled to get up and saw that the wounds on his legs from earlier had opened up and were flowing blood again.
And even though Kouga tried his best, he couldn't get his wounded legs to support him fell face-first into the ground again, after kneeling for a split second.
Blinking, Kouga tried to stay conscious even though the fast loss of blood was making his vision slightly blurred and everything seemed dimmed.
He saw a pair of feet come into his view and lifted his head to gaze up at the boy standing before him.
Now he realized his mistake; the boy had the uniform of a demon extermiator and Kouga had heard stories of the infamous village of professinal demon slayers which was the subject of many frightening rumors. Some of them told that these "exterminators", as they called themselves, started training when they were barely old enough to stand.
A sudden chill went through Kouga and he shuddered.
Why hadn't he noticed it before?
But a small voice at the back of his head told him that it was nighttime and even Kouga's sharp canine eyes couldn't spot everything.
There was also the fact that Kouga had charged forward to attack the boy without thinking him as any kind of threat.
Cursing his stupidity, Kouga squeezed his eyes shut as another wave of pain went through him, reminding him of his painful state.
Then he decided that it was useless; even if the boy went back to ignoring him, Kouga knew the loss of blood alone would kill him.
A flood of sadness suddenly hit him as he realized all he would give up by dying.
His pack wouldn't stand a chance without him there, but he hoped they would find another pack to join up with so the pups weren't left vulnerable.
The pups...
A new litter were due in about a week, but he wouldn't get to see them.
Of course, aside from his youkai comrades there were also humans. Well, actually, there was only one human he cared about. A particular human girl.
Kagome.
A small growl of frustration escaped his quickly paling lips. If he died it would leave the path completely open to the dog-turd!
The one that was always competing with him, even though Kouga loved Kagome!
Wait! Loved?
Kouga thought about this for a second, startled. Did he love Kagome? Could youkai even love? He knew that most only took a mate so they would have an heir. But maybe he...
Yes! He did love Kagome! Why else would he be able to completely ignore the fact that she was human and their pups would be hanyous?
But that didn't matter. He loved Kagome.
A new strength filled Kouga and he suddenly decided that for Kagome, his love, he would go out fighting.
This thought encouraged him and from out of nowhere, Kouga summoned up the strength to leap up and take one last swipe at the boy.
Usually, Kouga didn't use his claws, preferring to kick, but even though his love for Kagome gave him one last boost of strength, he didn't have nearly enough to jump now.
The boy's back was turned again, but he seemed to know what was coming and took a step forward, just barely missing being pinned through his neck on Kouga's claws.
But even though the boy was fast, Kouga was faster.
The tip of his claws managed to slice a thin line on the boy's next, abruptely stopping on a small, red bump.
But the tip of Kouga's claw had dug into the skin and even with the little strength he had, Kouga managed to dig his claws in even more and cut a small piece of skin off; the bump.
Suddenly, the boy fell to his knees, the blade falling from his hand and the chain also clattering down to fall into a small pile next to the blade.
He lifted his shaking hands up to his face and sobbed into them, choking and gasping at the same time.
Kouga's quickly blacking vision gave him a last quick glance at the boy before the youkai also fell to the ground.
His consciousness was quickly leaving him; the last effort at killing the boy draining him of any strength.
Kouga began to feel light-headed because the small amount of blood left in him wasn't enough to provide him with sufficient air.
He knew he was going to die, but, a final smirk appeared on his face. At least he had brought his killer down with him.
Then, the smirk was slowly replaced with a smile; a real smile, one that reached to his distant eyes.
Maybe someday, when Kagome had lived out her mortal lifespan, she would join him...
Then, they would be together.