*AMB* YAY! It's ch.7! I absolutely hate ch.6. It's completely pointless. But, o'well. I kinda realized that I left the others out of the story, and I decided I wanted to concentrate this episode on the others (Miroku, Sango, and especially Kouga) point of view. So have fun!
This is my 2nd time writing this chapter. I forgot to make inuyasha a human in this one, but I had to because in ch.4 he was saying that he wondered what would happen 'tommorrow' night when he became human.
MUSIC FOR THE SOUL
Ch.7 In Another's Eyes
Kouga followed Miroku in the side door after they returned from their 'adventure' at the mall. "Who was that guy again?" He asked Miroku when he noticed the others had headed into the living room.
"He is apparently Kagome's present time suitor." He smiled in Kagomes and Inu Yasha's direction, "They've been acting pretty strange today haven't they?" He looked at Kouga who grunted in response. "You've been acting different today too. You haven't went around Kagome or fought with Inu Yasha at all. Did something happen?"
Kouga growled, and kept staring as she laughed with Sango and Inu Yasha blushed. "Something happened last night,"
"Like what? Did she refuse you?"
"No," He sighed, "Me and the mutt just had a talk, and they snuck outside last night when they thought we were all asleep and I followed them." He sighed again and looked at the ground as he turned to face the wall. "I told him he didn't have enough courage. I told him, the reason she hasn't done anything or acts like she wants to be with me is because I was man enough to tell her how I felt."
"And…" Miroku began to worry. Kouga had never opened up to any of them like this, and he was actually letting Inu Yasha stay close to Kagome.
"And he did it. He told her, he told her everything out there in the moon light." He sighed and Miroku could see that it bothered him. Miroku had always thought that Kouga never really loved Kagome, but put up such a fight for her as more of a possessive thing, but Kouga was proving him wrong. "Kouga," He reached out and touched him on the shoulder comfortingly, "I know that you're in pain right now, but, can I ask you two questions?" Kouga looked at him and then nodded, "Do you like the way you feel right now?"
"Are you crazy? Of course not! What kind of dumbass question was that?!"
"Did you know you were making some one feel this way? Right now even."
Kouga stared into Miroku's black eyes with confusion. What in all the hells is he talking about? "What are ya sayin' monk?"
"Do you remember Ayame?" Those words hit Kouga hard; he couldn't even look at Miroku. He never really wanted to give this woman any of his feelings. It was an arranged marriage and he hadn't even given her the time or attention she desired. "She really does care about you Kouga, and I'm pretty sure she feels just like you do."
Kouga just looked at the monk with questioning eyes, "But… It's not so easy to forget something that important to you so easily." He said wistfully as he stared at Kagome.
"I know, you're not the only one with an unrequited love." Miroku said as he stared at Sango.
Later that night Kagome had asked Kouga to help her fix a rather early dinner, and he agreed wordlessly. He couldn't help but watch her as she happily washed the potatoes and hummed a tune that sounded heavenly coming from her. Why did I help him? Why did I push him to do that?… He continued peeling the potatoes with his claws over the trash can she had set before him and he noticed her humming had stopped.
"Kouga, what's wrong? You don't seem to be yourself lately." She asked as she set down the vegetable she was currently cleaning and began to dry her hands with a dishtowel.
He contemplated on whether or not to tell her. He knew it would just cause more problems, but he had to know, would it make things better if he actually told her? "Kagome, I…" he looked into her eyes, so deep with concern, and worry surrounded her normally happy brown eyes, and he closed his own and forced a smile, "Nothing. I guess it's just being your time, I'm not used ta all this stuff y'know?"
He could feel her looking at him and he worried if she could see through his act, so he began humming the same tune he had heard her hum before and soon, she joined in and that's just about how the rest of dinner went for them.
"Hey, Kagome? Why are we eatin' so early?" The human Inu Yasha asked as he shoveled some more stir-fry into his mouth. It was amazing how different he looked when he was like this. His long ebony hair flowed wildly behind him, and his excited purple eyes glowed with excitement as he inhaled his favorite food in the world: ramen. There was some miso soup too but he didn't pay to much attention to it.
Kagome simply smiled, and forced her eyes away from Inu Yasha's human form as she finished off her last bite of rice, "Because you guys get to enjoy one of my times greatest feats."
"And just what might this feat be?" Miroku asked as he put his chopsticks to his lips in thoughtful manner.
"I thought I already told you guys this but, we're going to see one of my favorite bands perform, DAWN." Kagome got a dreamy look in her eyes as she said the name of the boy band. But all she received from the group was a blank stare.
"And they are…?" Inu Yasha said moving his chopsticks in circular motion as if to edge her on and she noticed again that his normally long and sharp claws were missing.
"They are a singing group." More blank stares from her friends. "It's a group of boys that sing and dance in front of a lot of people."
Sango nodded at her politely as she said, "So we're going to see men, perform, in front of a group of people…?"
"Yes!" Kagome exclaimed happily.
"What's so great about a couple of cross-dressers singing?" Inu Yasha asked as he dangled a noodle above his mouth, and she noticed that another part of his demon attair was missing: his fangs that had once nibbled on the most sensitive parts of her body. She blushed and just as he was about to eat the noodle, he was nailed in the side of the head by Kagome's chopsticks.
"They're not cross-dressers, and you can't knock it until you try it!" She said angrily as she snatched up her plates and headed to the kitchen.
"Wench!" he yelled, "You made me spill my ramen!"
There was silence for quite some time until a loud and boisterous "OSUWARI!" came from the kitchen.
When Kagome came down the hall at six o'clock, Kouga's mouth dropped. She was wearing a very showy and tight pale yellow half tank top, with a pair of tight fitting and figure showing jeans with a pair of open toed sandals. She held her coat over her arm and stopped in the hall and inspected her hair and make-up in the mirror that hung above the entrance way table.
She turned and looked at the boys, and seeing the looks on their faces made her blush furiously. "You haven't seen nothing yet."
She moved out of the entrance of the hall and revealed a very scandilly clad Sango, wearing nothing but a black tube top, and a long dark pink skirt that slit all the way up the side, revealing more than a fair share of leg.
Miroku stared at her wordlessly and no one had to guess as to what he was thinking because he got a nose bleed and Kagome rushed over to him and helped him into the kitchen. Kouga couldn't help but laugh, "Ha! The stupid bastard couldn't contain himself at the sight of a little flesh! No wonder he hasn't had a woman bear his child yet!"
He laughed again to himself, as Sango walked over to him smoothly and stopped in front of him, propping her and on her hip as she waited for him to stop laughing. Then, when he had given her all of his attention and realized that she was very attractive, she bent over so they could be face to face, and she whispered softly as he stared at her, "You don't have room to talk, I saw you wipe the blood off your nose when Kagome came in here." She smiled a bit sarcastically and stood, never breaking eye contact with him until she heard Kagome come out of the kitchen laughing as Miroku followed her out holding his nose and blushing.
"What's so funny?" Sango asked as she sat down on the couch next to Inu Yasha who scooted away, he knew she was attractive, he wasn't blind, but he was just oddly afraid of her right now.
Miroku looked up at Kagome and shook his head no, as if silently pleading with her not to tell her. "Nothing really… just that he sneezed and blood went all over the sink and Miroku went pale in the face."
"You see blood all the time houshii-sama, why would that little amount bother you?" Sango asked as she crossed her legs giving him a wonderful view right up her skirt and revealing her black underwear.
"I guess it's different when it's your own blood." He smiled behind the towel he was holding to his nose and looked at Kagome and mouthed 'thank you.' And she nodded in return.
"Are we ready to go?" She asked as she grabbed a coat out of the hall closet for Sango and realized that the boys were wearing less than what they were used to and grabbed a couple of Grandpa's coats for them.
"Hai. We're ready when you are Kagome." Kouga said as he stood and began to walk towards her. Inu Yasha quickly jumped in front of him and took the jacket from Kagome, he knew Kouga could beat the living crap out of him when he was in this form, but he'd never let that over-competent demon know that . Kouga looked at him and returned the dirty look he was receiving and took the jacket Kagome was handing him.
Soon every one was ready and heading out the door, leaving the darkened house for a while, but before she could get out the door, Kouga grabbed Kagome and threw her on the couch; he shut the door behind him and stood behind her. "Kagome, I'm sorry, I don't mean to frighten or hurt you, and I just thought you needed to know somethin'."
She pushed herself into a sitting position as she heard him walk over and stand in front of her. "OK, what is it?" She asked a little shaky, she knew he loved her and she had always lied to herself and said he'd get over it, but how could she tell him that she was in love with Inu Yasha?
"I love you. I don't think I did at first, I think I just claimed you 'cause you had those powers and thought you would be a great asset to the wolf clan. I…" he kneeled and kept his gaze on the floor.
"Kouga, I…" She tried to interrupt and put him down as nicely as she could but he interrupted her.
"I know. I KNOW!" he threw his fist into the ground in a frustrated anger, then took and deep breath and tried to calm himself. "I know you love Inu Yasha. I can smell him all over you, I'm not stupid. I just wanted to let you know that," he looked up at her and even though they were both in the dark, she still felt the chill the seriousness his blue eyes sent her, "That I look at you the same way Inu Yasha does, but ya know what he sees that I don't?" She shook her no, unable to form words. "He sees his love being returned when he looks in your eyes."
He stood and she couldn't tell what he was doing but he wiped his face with his hand and turned to walk away, but when his hand touched the doorknob she heard him laugh as he said, "And now, I have to look at you, the same way another's looked at me…" He sighed, "It's not very fun looking through another's eyes, but sometimes, I think ya have to do that," He looked at her as she walked up behind him and tried to comfort him with her eyes, "ta see what's really going on."
*END CH.7*
AMB
WOW! This ch. turned out better than I expected, but this puts a few kinks into the rest of the story. Kouga wasn't suppose to realize this for awhile, but I couldn't make the poor boy lie to himself any longer. *sigh* hopefully I'll update soon. C'ya then! ^-^