Dreamt Romance - Chapter 3
By: Sakura Katsana
Sakura: Hey everyone! Sorry for the long wait but I was working on my other fic - Most Important Mission, so please R&R both!
Sango: What did you mean by what you said last chapter? -.-*
Sakura: If you don't know by NOW then why should I tell you?
Shippou: Tell me! Tell me!
Sakura: Fine, come here. *Whispers*
Shippou: Well *that's* no secret. -.- They are slow.
Kouga: I heard it! I heard it!
Sakura: -.- You heard nothing.
Kagome: Kouga-kun . . .
Inuyasha: *twitch*
Kouga: Yes?
Kagome: Can you tell us?
Sakura: *Clamps hand over Kouga's mouth* Figure it out yourself.
Shout Outs:
ReinaQueen: Yeah I know. Well enjoy this long-awaited chapter! TTYL!
Michellethemiko fan: By the way I love your pen name! Don't we ALL hate Kikyo.
Yun Fei: Yeah Shippou is just worried about Kagome. He'll be back to normal soon. Anyway thanks for reviewing in such detail, I love that!
ShiroInu: Thanks for loving my story! I feel loved!
Koi And Mai The Inukids: Don't worry, Kouga won't be evil this story. Kouga will actually be a little nice here!
Mika-chan4: Glad you think it's cute. R&R
***
"What?" Kagome spun around fearing it was a demon. "K-Kouga?"
"Hello my mate," Kouga eyed the young girl over carefully before his eyes narrowed, "What happened?"
"Kouga-kun, I'm not your mate, so can you please stop referring to me that way?"
"Of course my mate," Kouga beamed brightly, settling into a lean on a moss- covered tree. He studied her carefully, noting her depressed scent.
"It's Kagome." Kagome corrected desperately, "And I'm fine Kouga-kun." she paused in thought, "I just have some stuff on my plate right now, that's all."
"On your plate?" Kouga raised an eyebrow before he allowed himself to stupidly looked down at the forest floor in search of this plate she was speaking of.
No such luck.
Kagome chuckled, "Not *that* kind of plate, Kouga-kun. It's an expression from my ti-" Kouga perked up, "ti-own, town, an expression from my town." She chuckled nervously.
Kouga kept his skeptic eyebrow raised, "Are you feeling well, my m- I mean Kagome?"
"Not really no."
"What's wrong?" Kouga advanced on her, "Come back to my den, my pack has things to cure all ales."
"I'm fine, it'll pass," Kagome sighed, looking up into his concerned eyes, "I just need to think about some stuff."
The Wolf Prince cocked his head as he leaned back casually on a tree, "I've got the time, tell me."
"Arigatou," Kagome bowed her head slightly, "But I don't think it would be right to talk to you about it . . ."
"Why wouldn't it?"
How could she tell him?
'It's about Inuyasha. I had about us together in a field and being happy until Kikyo came. Any suggestions on how to tell him I want to be with him forever?'
No.
Definitely not.
She didn't love him like *that* but she did love him as a friend.
That would hurt him too much, although she didn't think Inuyasha would have any problem with that wording.
"It's just complicated."
"So?"
Argh.
She might as well give in.
If she told him how she felt maybe he would stop being so possessive over her. That way she would only have one hot-headed, stubborn Feudal Era guy doing that.
Then Kagome began to sense another presence coming.
*Very* fast.
It was Inuyasha.
Thank the gods above her miko powers allowed her to locate him before youkai.
"Um, can we discuss this somewhere else?" Kagome rushed.
Kouga raised his eyebrow, "Sure . . ."
Kagome let out a sigh of relief just as Kouga took a whiff of the air.
Oh great.
Think fast. Think fast.
"Your den!" Kagome yelled out instantly.
Kouga took a surprised step back, temporarily forgetting the scent of his most hated rival growing closer.
His Kagome was acting odd today.
She'd never *asked* to got to his den before.
. . .
Wait.
!
Was she trying to say she wanted to be his-
"Wipe that look of your face, it's not what you think," Kagome snapped, grabbing his arm and running as fast as she could from the approaching hanyou.
. . .
Never mind.
Kouga sighed, picking the girl up, throwing her onto his back, and speeding off towards his pack's waterfall-den.
*
Inuyasha sniffed the tree to his right.
Kagome's scent was all over it.
He sniffed the one to his left.
!!!
Kouga's disgusting, stomach-turning scent stunk up the entire tree!
Inuyasha cursed silently under his breath.
What was that stupid wolf trying to pull?!
. . .
Oh. Shit.
Inuyasha sped off towards Kouga's den.
*
"What're you doing here Kouga? Weren't you supposed to be getting us some food?" The pack member instantly shut his trap with Kouga's intense glare.
Another wolf demon perked up from his spot in his firs to sport a wry grin, "Taking your mate someplace Kouga?" He cackled insanely before dropping to the floor.
"Ginta! Get that drunken asshole out of here now!" Kouga sighed, kneading his temples. "Don't pay attention to that fool, he drinks up all of our sake."
Kagome nodded nervously.
Kouga slapped yet another group of howling clan members out of their way during their quick walk to his separate den room.
". . ."
"We're here."
Kagome smiled slightly, awkwardly taking a spot on his furs to sit.
". . ."
". . ."
". . ."
"So what did you want to talk to me about?"
Kagome was snapped out of her thoughts. "Oh."
Yes, that was a very intelligent thing to say.
"Kouga, I have this friend . . .," Kagome began, knowing he wouldn't buy this for a second. "Her name is Ayumi. She likes this guy, but that guy likes someone else and someone *else* likes her. What should I-I mean Eri- do?"
Kouga stared at the girl in front of him.
Feeling-for some unknown reason-she should continue, Kagome took a deep breath before continuing. "Plus, Eri had this dream. The guy she likes and herself were there together but then the girl *he* liked came and he left with *her*. So she was devastated because of *her* control over him."
Kouga didn't miss the way Kagome was spitting out the word *her* like poison. Actually, he flinched each time as though poison was about to literally fly from her mouth.
"Um . . ." Kouga searched around for the right words, "Well . . . Eri should tell him . . . I guess."
. . .
Kouga wasn't being the brightest crayon in the box right now . . .
"If she is afraid that he'll turn her down then they mustn't have a good relationship now anyway and maybe she should just forget him."
Kagome's spirits fell deeper into doubt.
"But, if she really cares about him then she'll tell him and face the consequences. If he goes with this *her* then she will know and be able to get over it instead of wondering if he did care about her for the rest of her life."
Kagome took it back.
Kouga was the brightest yellow.
Not able to find the words to express her gratitude, the miko nodded and smiled at the youkai sitting cross-legged across from her.
Finally she able to piece together simple sentences again, "How do you know so much about that?"
"Experience."
He looked away, but not before Kagome was able to detect some hidden emotion in his bright blue eyes. But she couldn't put her finger on it.
Although he had bought the old 'I have a friend' line, he did help her confirm what she had tried deciding the second after her dream.
She had to tell Inuyasha the way she felt.
To hell with her doubts about Kikyo.
She stood and walked towards the entrance to his personal area of the immense den, "Arigatou, Kouga-kun."
Kouga nodded, and stood up as well.
Both of them exited at once - - -
- - - to amused howls and yelps from the tribe members.
Kagome blushed a furious scarlet when one clansmen referred to how quickly their fun had ended.
Kouga growled, silencing most of the his fellow wolf demons from their comments, "What the hell do you think happened in there?!"
There were more embarrassing comments on the 'couples' part before Kouga knocked a few aside to show he meant business.
Their howling died out as their usual yelling resurfaced.
"Do you want me to take you back to your camp?" Kouga asked, surprisingly timid.
"Oh, that's ok. I wouldn't want you risking yourself by Inuyasha seeing you returning me." Kagome glared at a stray snickering wolf in the corner. "But thank you, again."
"Don't mention it, 'Eri'."
Kagome's eyes widened.
He *did* get it after all.
Smiling, Kagome ducked under the waterfall, heading towards the camp.
She had something to tell the silver-haired hanyou that waited for her return.
***
Inuyasha: ^____^ What d'you say now, you stupid wolf?
Kouga: -.-
Sakura: Shut up, Inuyasha, if it wasn't for Kouga Kagome wouldn't be telling you *anything* but 'sit' when she got back!
Inuyasha: -.-;
Sakura: Well, there's the long-awaited chapter 3 of Dreamt Romance. I finally got around to updating all of my stories. So this one, WAALHW, and soon Sleepover will be posted no later than Friday (Tomorrow) the 9th. R&R
Ja ne!
~Sakura
Sakura: Hey everyone! Sorry for the long wait but I was working on my other fic - Most Important Mission, so please R&R both!
Sango: What did you mean by what you said last chapter? -.-*
Sakura: If you don't know by NOW then why should I tell you?
Shippou: Tell me! Tell me!
Sakura: Fine, come here. *Whispers*
Shippou: Well *that's* no secret. -.- They are slow.
Kouga: I heard it! I heard it!
Sakura: -.- You heard nothing.
Kagome: Kouga-kun . . .
Inuyasha: *twitch*
Kouga: Yes?
Kagome: Can you tell us?
Sakura: *Clamps hand over Kouga's mouth* Figure it out yourself.
Shout Outs:
ReinaQueen: Yeah I know. Well enjoy this long-awaited chapter! TTYL!
Michellethemiko fan: By the way I love your pen name! Don't we ALL hate Kikyo.
Yun Fei: Yeah Shippou is just worried about Kagome. He'll be back to normal soon. Anyway thanks for reviewing in such detail, I love that!
ShiroInu: Thanks for loving my story! I feel loved!
Koi And Mai The Inukids: Don't worry, Kouga won't be evil this story. Kouga will actually be a little nice here!
Mika-chan4: Glad you think it's cute. R&R
***
"What?" Kagome spun around fearing it was a demon. "K-Kouga?"
"Hello my mate," Kouga eyed the young girl over carefully before his eyes narrowed, "What happened?"
"Kouga-kun, I'm not your mate, so can you please stop referring to me that way?"
"Of course my mate," Kouga beamed brightly, settling into a lean on a moss- covered tree. He studied her carefully, noting her depressed scent.
"It's Kagome." Kagome corrected desperately, "And I'm fine Kouga-kun." she paused in thought, "I just have some stuff on my plate right now, that's all."
"On your plate?" Kouga raised an eyebrow before he allowed himself to stupidly looked down at the forest floor in search of this plate she was speaking of.
No such luck.
Kagome chuckled, "Not *that* kind of plate, Kouga-kun. It's an expression from my ti-" Kouga perked up, "ti-own, town, an expression from my town." She chuckled nervously.
Kouga kept his skeptic eyebrow raised, "Are you feeling well, my m- I mean Kagome?"
"Not really no."
"What's wrong?" Kouga advanced on her, "Come back to my den, my pack has things to cure all ales."
"I'm fine, it'll pass," Kagome sighed, looking up into his concerned eyes, "I just need to think about some stuff."
The Wolf Prince cocked his head as he leaned back casually on a tree, "I've got the time, tell me."
"Arigatou," Kagome bowed her head slightly, "But I don't think it would be right to talk to you about it . . ."
"Why wouldn't it?"
How could she tell him?
'It's about Inuyasha. I had about us together in a field and being happy until Kikyo came. Any suggestions on how to tell him I want to be with him forever?'
No.
Definitely not.
She didn't love him like *that* but she did love him as a friend.
That would hurt him too much, although she didn't think Inuyasha would have any problem with that wording.
"It's just complicated."
"So?"
Argh.
She might as well give in.
If she told him how she felt maybe he would stop being so possessive over her. That way she would only have one hot-headed, stubborn Feudal Era guy doing that.
Then Kagome began to sense another presence coming.
*Very* fast.
It was Inuyasha.
Thank the gods above her miko powers allowed her to locate him before youkai.
"Um, can we discuss this somewhere else?" Kagome rushed.
Kouga raised his eyebrow, "Sure . . ."
Kagome let out a sigh of relief just as Kouga took a whiff of the air.
Oh great.
Think fast. Think fast.
"Your den!" Kagome yelled out instantly.
Kouga took a surprised step back, temporarily forgetting the scent of his most hated rival growing closer.
His Kagome was acting odd today.
She'd never *asked* to got to his den before.
. . .
Wait.
!
Was she trying to say she wanted to be his-
"Wipe that look of your face, it's not what you think," Kagome snapped, grabbing his arm and running as fast as she could from the approaching hanyou.
. . .
Never mind.
Kouga sighed, picking the girl up, throwing her onto his back, and speeding off towards his pack's waterfall-den.
*
Inuyasha sniffed the tree to his right.
Kagome's scent was all over it.
He sniffed the one to his left.
!!!
Kouga's disgusting, stomach-turning scent stunk up the entire tree!
Inuyasha cursed silently under his breath.
What was that stupid wolf trying to pull?!
. . .
Oh. Shit.
Inuyasha sped off towards Kouga's den.
*
"What're you doing here Kouga? Weren't you supposed to be getting us some food?" The pack member instantly shut his trap with Kouga's intense glare.
Another wolf demon perked up from his spot in his firs to sport a wry grin, "Taking your mate someplace Kouga?" He cackled insanely before dropping to the floor.
"Ginta! Get that drunken asshole out of here now!" Kouga sighed, kneading his temples. "Don't pay attention to that fool, he drinks up all of our sake."
Kagome nodded nervously.
Kouga slapped yet another group of howling clan members out of their way during their quick walk to his separate den room.
". . ."
"We're here."
Kagome smiled slightly, awkwardly taking a spot on his furs to sit.
". . ."
". . ."
". . ."
"So what did you want to talk to me about?"
Kagome was snapped out of her thoughts. "Oh."
Yes, that was a very intelligent thing to say.
"Kouga, I have this friend . . .," Kagome began, knowing he wouldn't buy this for a second. "Her name is Ayumi. She likes this guy, but that guy likes someone else and someone *else* likes her. What should I-I mean Eri- do?"
Kouga stared at the girl in front of him.
Feeling-for some unknown reason-she should continue, Kagome took a deep breath before continuing. "Plus, Eri had this dream. The guy she likes and herself were there together but then the girl *he* liked came and he left with *her*. So she was devastated because of *her* control over him."
Kouga didn't miss the way Kagome was spitting out the word *her* like poison. Actually, he flinched each time as though poison was about to literally fly from her mouth.
"Um . . ." Kouga searched around for the right words, "Well . . . Eri should tell him . . . I guess."
. . .
Kouga wasn't being the brightest crayon in the box right now . . .
"If she is afraid that he'll turn her down then they mustn't have a good relationship now anyway and maybe she should just forget him."
Kagome's spirits fell deeper into doubt.
"But, if she really cares about him then she'll tell him and face the consequences. If he goes with this *her* then she will know and be able to get over it instead of wondering if he did care about her for the rest of her life."
Kagome took it back.
Kouga was the brightest yellow.
Not able to find the words to express her gratitude, the miko nodded and smiled at the youkai sitting cross-legged across from her.
Finally she able to piece together simple sentences again, "How do you know so much about that?"
"Experience."
He looked away, but not before Kagome was able to detect some hidden emotion in his bright blue eyes. But she couldn't put her finger on it.
Although he had bought the old 'I have a friend' line, he did help her confirm what she had tried deciding the second after her dream.
She had to tell Inuyasha the way she felt.
To hell with her doubts about Kikyo.
She stood and walked towards the entrance to his personal area of the immense den, "Arigatou, Kouga-kun."
Kouga nodded, and stood up as well.
Both of them exited at once - - -
- - - to amused howls and yelps from the tribe members.
Kagome blushed a furious scarlet when one clansmen referred to how quickly their fun had ended.
Kouga growled, silencing most of the his fellow wolf demons from their comments, "What the hell do you think happened in there?!"
There were more embarrassing comments on the 'couples' part before Kouga knocked a few aside to show he meant business.
Their howling died out as their usual yelling resurfaced.
"Do you want me to take you back to your camp?" Kouga asked, surprisingly timid.
"Oh, that's ok. I wouldn't want you risking yourself by Inuyasha seeing you returning me." Kagome glared at a stray snickering wolf in the corner. "But thank you, again."
"Don't mention it, 'Eri'."
Kagome's eyes widened.
He *did* get it after all.
Smiling, Kagome ducked under the waterfall, heading towards the camp.
She had something to tell the silver-haired hanyou that waited for her return.
***
Inuyasha: ^____^ What d'you say now, you stupid wolf?
Kouga: -.-
Sakura: Shut up, Inuyasha, if it wasn't for Kouga Kagome wouldn't be telling you *anything* but 'sit' when she got back!
Inuyasha: -.-;
Sakura: Well, there's the long-awaited chapter 3 of Dreamt Romance. I finally got around to updating all of my stories. So this one, WAALHW, and soon Sleepover will be posted no later than Friday (Tomorrow) the 9th. R&R
Ja ne!
~Sakura
