~*~Chapter Seventeen: A Couple Reunited; Mitzi; Trouble Ahead!~*~
Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I do not own InuYasha-tachi, etc. Although I have dreams of owning my most favoritest character, Miroku...Hai, 'tis true. Besides, if I did own Inu-tachi, I'd be rich and famous. *Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous starts playing* You see it on TV, or in a magazine... ^^;;; Oops, day-dreaming again! Please le' me know what you think of this chapter! Arigatou!
Ayame looked up as she noticed they were getting closer to Kouga. She could hardly wait to be reunited with her Kouga! Only, this was the moment Kagome feared. She didn't know if Ayame could take it, knowing that Kouga forgot about her, and was now practically doing courtship dances for Kagome. She shuddered as she imagined Ayame sobbing painfully.
Kagome shook the thought from her head.
'Only a little bit more!' Ayame wondered excitedly. She scooped up her little kitsunes in her arms, and they snuggled in her warm furs. She cooed at the picture. Since it was the month of mating season, Kouga and herself could have wolf pups of their own!
Kouga ran from outside his cavern, curious to know who the familiar scent belonged to. He scanned the area, finally looking down the trail that led to his home. He noticed the familiar group that consisted of-his rival, InuYasha; his woman, Kagome; the annoying kitsune, Shippou; the lecherous monk, Miroku; and the skilled demon exterminator, Sango. They also had their newest recruit, yet another kitsune, Areala! He just realized: He had raised Areala with Areala! (A/N: Confusing, huh? With two Arealas.)
Kouga ran down the path, unnoticed by the group, and stumbled into his fiancé.
"Kouga, koi?"
"Ayame?"
"Kouga! It _is_ you!"
"Hai! Haven't changed a bit."
"Oh, I missed you so!"
"I have as well!"
Kagome watched in amazement. She hadn't expected Kouga to run past _her_ to see some other female! After all, Kouga _did_ claim her as _his_ woman, didn't he? But forget all that.
"Kagome?" I started.
The Miko looked at me.
"Yeah?" she asked.
"Maybe we should start calling Areala (the kitsune) some other name."
"Like a nickname?"
"Nick. . .name?" The new word felt weird as it rolled off my tongue.
"It means that you call someone else different from their name."
". . .Oh. Okay, then."
"Hmm, how about. . .Mitzi?"
"Mmm, okay."
"I always loved the name Mitzi! Mitzi! Over here!"
The young female kitsune looked towards us.
"Who's Mitzi?" she called.
"That's what we're nicknaming you so we don't get you and Areala mixed up!" I shouted back.
". . .Okay. . ." Mitzi mumbled.
We made sure with Areala and Kouga that it was okay to call Mitzi Mitzi. They agreed and proceeded to go inside Kouga's place. There was not much to expect from it- a rather large cave that was very musty.
As the others and I started to follow, Kouga stopped us, even Kagome, who tried to enter. He flexed his claws, and warned us not to enter. They had to "catch-up-on-the-old-times". HA! Yeah, right! Do I hear mating season calling their names?
We sat outside the cave—not in the entrance—for about, oh say, half- an-hour. Finally, two very proud and happy wolf-demons came walking out together, hand in hand, smiling. I could tell by Areala's facial expression, they were going to have pups!
"Congratulations!" Kagome and I exclaimed.
InuYasha just stood back and feh'd. Miroku jabbed him in the ribs with his elbow. Heh!
Areala looked over in Kouga's direction and poked him in the chest.
"Say something!" she whispered in his ear.
"Right." he whispered back, "we're going—"
"—to have pups. Congratulations." Miroku stated, grinning from ear to ear.
Areala placed a hand on her stomach tenderly. Kouga looked down at her hand and put his hand on hers. She smiled softly, her eyes had that special twinkle in them. She must feel so proud, not to mention, happy to be back with her fiancé.
"Eh-hem. Well, um, shall we, err, leave you two alone? Eh-hem." I coughed nervously, looking everywhere but at the couple.
They nodded gratefully, taking each other's hand in theirs. We left them and walked back down the rocky mountain path. Kagome looked behind her and stopped suddenly behind us. Unfortunately, Miroku, Shippou, Mitzi, Kirara, nor I, knew what was going on.
InuYasha took Kagome's hand in his. He looked down at her seriously.
"Kagome,"
"I-Inu. . .Y-Yasha. . . ?" Kagome stuttered.
The young Miko looked up into the hanyou's serious eyes. Those eyes she adored.
"Kagome? I—I don't know how to—to say this,"
"What is it, InuYasha? You know you can tell me anything. Is it about Kouga?"
InuYasha flashed an annoyed look at Kagome at hearing Kouga's name, like it was poison.
"Just. . .just forget it, okay? Sheesh!" InuYasha hissed, leaving Kagome standing there, tears collecting in her eyes.
'Stupid Miko! What a wench! I can't believe I was about to tell her that I loved her! She can burn in Hell for all I care! Ah! What am I _thinking_?! Kagome! I need to get to Kagome! How could I be that way to her? How could I? She probably won't even want to see my face. . .Can't blame her though. . .She deserves better than me. . .'
InuYasha was torn from his thoughts as I shrieked at him.
"INUYASHA! IT'S KAGOME!"
Tears spewed from my eyes like cascades. InuYasha didn't waste any time to think, and leapt up the path where Kagome once stood.
Kagome looked up. She was falling! She hadn't even realized it. Once minute, InuYasha was being all sweet to her, the next, a real bitch. She was crying. She—she couldn't see. Then she tripped on a rock, and—and now, she was falling!
I ran down the mountain path, climbing onto Kirara's back. She flew down the mountain. We were gaining on Kagome. Almost there.
"Kagome! Grab my hand!"
But she didn't bother to look at my hand. She stared into my face. Her eyes were lost pools of green, hurt. I could see through her eyes that her heart was broken, shattered into millions of pieces like the Shikon No Tama.
"Sango. . .InuYasha. . ."
I looked and saw InuYasha running below Kagome to catch her just in time. At that moment, when she fell into his arms, she pushed him and jumped from his reach.
"How could you do this to me? Why, InuYasha?"
"Kagome, I—I can explain."
"No there's no need for explaining!"
"YES THERE IS!!" InuYasha roared, shaking Kagome like a rag doll.
"Kagome, what I was trying to tell you before is that I l—"
InuYasha looked up and saw me, Miroku, and the others staring at him and Kagome.
"Leave, why dontcha?! Leave!"
We all left on command.
"As I was trying to say, Kagome, I—l-love. . .y-y-y-you. . .Aishiteru*. . ." [Aishiteru-I love you]
Kagome's eyes started to water, as fresh new tears spilled from her eyes.
"Ohh, InuYasha! AISHITERU! I do too!"
Kagome jumped into his arms, and he held her bridal-style.
"Gomen nasai, Kagome! About. . .well. . .earlier, y'know. . ."
"It's okay, InuYasha, koi! It doesn't matter now, that we're together. . ."
"Are you two gonna kiss or what?" Haru and I asked stubbornly. Miroku was staring interestingly.
InuYasha just glared up at us. I just smiled at Haru who stifled a laugh.
*
Nightfall fell quickly upon us. Kouga and Ayame offered us to sleep in their cave, except for InuYasha, which Kouga mentioned, Ayame giving him her look. Kouga finally allowed InuYasha inside. There was a lot of tossing and turning. I, yet again, was still awake. I saw Mitzi getting up and walking over next to Areala. I was thinking about the wolf hairs that we had to get and she read my mind. She chose several hairs from Kouga's back and gave them to me, before returning to Ayame's side.
~Okay. Sorry I rushed it! This was a really rushed chapter because I wanted to finish it, 'cause I'm not supposed to be on the computer! ^^;;; I thought I should end it there, 'cause I got stupid homework to do! Please review and let me know of this chapter!~
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Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I do not own InuYasha-tachi, etc. Although I have dreams of owning my most favoritest character, Miroku...Hai, 'tis true. Besides, if I did own Inu-tachi, I'd be rich and famous. *Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous starts playing* You see it on TV, or in a magazine... ^^;;; Oops, day-dreaming again! Please le' me know what you think of this chapter! Arigatou!
Ayame looked up as she noticed they were getting closer to Kouga. She could hardly wait to be reunited with her Kouga! Only, this was the moment Kagome feared. She didn't know if Ayame could take it, knowing that Kouga forgot about her, and was now practically doing courtship dances for Kagome. She shuddered as she imagined Ayame sobbing painfully.
Kagome shook the thought from her head.
'Only a little bit more!' Ayame wondered excitedly. She scooped up her little kitsunes in her arms, and they snuggled in her warm furs. She cooed at the picture. Since it was the month of mating season, Kouga and herself could have wolf pups of their own!
Kouga ran from outside his cavern, curious to know who the familiar scent belonged to. He scanned the area, finally looking down the trail that led to his home. He noticed the familiar group that consisted of-his rival, InuYasha; his woman, Kagome; the annoying kitsune, Shippou; the lecherous monk, Miroku; and the skilled demon exterminator, Sango. They also had their newest recruit, yet another kitsune, Areala! He just realized: He had raised Areala with Areala! (A/N: Confusing, huh? With two Arealas.)
Kouga ran down the path, unnoticed by the group, and stumbled into his fiancé.
"Kouga, koi?"
"Ayame?"
"Kouga! It _is_ you!"
"Hai! Haven't changed a bit."
"Oh, I missed you so!"
"I have as well!"
Kagome watched in amazement. She hadn't expected Kouga to run past _her_ to see some other female! After all, Kouga _did_ claim her as _his_ woman, didn't he? But forget all that.
"Kagome?" I started.
The Miko looked at me.
"Yeah?" she asked.
"Maybe we should start calling Areala (the kitsune) some other name."
"Like a nickname?"
"Nick. . .name?" The new word felt weird as it rolled off my tongue.
"It means that you call someone else different from their name."
". . .Oh. Okay, then."
"Hmm, how about. . .Mitzi?"
"Mmm, okay."
"I always loved the name Mitzi! Mitzi! Over here!"
The young female kitsune looked towards us.
"Who's Mitzi?" she called.
"That's what we're nicknaming you so we don't get you and Areala mixed up!" I shouted back.
". . .Okay. . ." Mitzi mumbled.
We made sure with Areala and Kouga that it was okay to call Mitzi Mitzi. They agreed and proceeded to go inside Kouga's place. There was not much to expect from it- a rather large cave that was very musty.
As the others and I started to follow, Kouga stopped us, even Kagome, who tried to enter. He flexed his claws, and warned us not to enter. They had to "catch-up-on-the-old-times". HA! Yeah, right! Do I hear mating season calling their names?
We sat outside the cave—not in the entrance—for about, oh say, half- an-hour. Finally, two very proud and happy wolf-demons came walking out together, hand in hand, smiling. I could tell by Areala's facial expression, they were going to have pups!
"Congratulations!" Kagome and I exclaimed.
InuYasha just stood back and feh'd. Miroku jabbed him in the ribs with his elbow. Heh!
Areala looked over in Kouga's direction and poked him in the chest.
"Say something!" she whispered in his ear.
"Right." he whispered back, "we're going—"
"—to have pups. Congratulations." Miroku stated, grinning from ear to ear.
Areala placed a hand on her stomach tenderly. Kouga looked down at her hand and put his hand on hers. She smiled softly, her eyes had that special twinkle in them. She must feel so proud, not to mention, happy to be back with her fiancé.
"Eh-hem. Well, um, shall we, err, leave you two alone? Eh-hem." I coughed nervously, looking everywhere but at the couple.
They nodded gratefully, taking each other's hand in theirs. We left them and walked back down the rocky mountain path. Kagome looked behind her and stopped suddenly behind us. Unfortunately, Miroku, Shippou, Mitzi, Kirara, nor I, knew what was going on.
InuYasha took Kagome's hand in his. He looked down at her seriously.
"Kagome,"
"I-Inu. . .Y-Yasha. . . ?" Kagome stuttered.
The young Miko looked up into the hanyou's serious eyes. Those eyes she adored.
"Kagome? I—I don't know how to—to say this,"
"What is it, InuYasha? You know you can tell me anything. Is it about Kouga?"
InuYasha flashed an annoyed look at Kagome at hearing Kouga's name, like it was poison.
"Just. . .just forget it, okay? Sheesh!" InuYasha hissed, leaving Kagome standing there, tears collecting in her eyes.
'Stupid Miko! What a wench! I can't believe I was about to tell her that I loved her! She can burn in Hell for all I care! Ah! What am I _thinking_?! Kagome! I need to get to Kagome! How could I be that way to her? How could I? She probably won't even want to see my face. . .Can't blame her though. . .She deserves better than me. . .'
InuYasha was torn from his thoughts as I shrieked at him.
"INUYASHA! IT'S KAGOME!"
Tears spewed from my eyes like cascades. InuYasha didn't waste any time to think, and leapt up the path where Kagome once stood.
Kagome looked up. She was falling! She hadn't even realized it. Once minute, InuYasha was being all sweet to her, the next, a real bitch. She was crying. She—she couldn't see. Then she tripped on a rock, and—and now, she was falling!
I ran down the mountain path, climbing onto Kirara's back. She flew down the mountain. We were gaining on Kagome. Almost there.
"Kagome! Grab my hand!"
But she didn't bother to look at my hand. She stared into my face. Her eyes were lost pools of green, hurt. I could see through her eyes that her heart was broken, shattered into millions of pieces like the Shikon No Tama.
"Sango. . .InuYasha. . ."
I looked and saw InuYasha running below Kagome to catch her just in time. At that moment, when she fell into his arms, she pushed him and jumped from his reach.
"How could you do this to me? Why, InuYasha?"
"Kagome, I—I can explain."
"No there's no need for explaining!"
"YES THERE IS!!" InuYasha roared, shaking Kagome like a rag doll.
"Kagome, what I was trying to tell you before is that I l—"
InuYasha looked up and saw me, Miroku, and the others staring at him and Kagome.
"Leave, why dontcha?! Leave!"
We all left on command.
"As I was trying to say, Kagome, I—l-love. . .y-y-y-you. . .Aishiteru*. . ." [Aishiteru-I love you]
Kagome's eyes started to water, as fresh new tears spilled from her eyes.
"Ohh, InuYasha! AISHITERU! I do too!"
Kagome jumped into his arms, and he held her bridal-style.
"Gomen nasai, Kagome! About. . .well. . .earlier, y'know. . ."
"It's okay, InuYasha, koi! It doesn't matter now, that we're together. . ."
"Are you two gonna kiss or what?" Haru and I asked stubbornly. Miroku was staring interestingly.
InuYasha just glared up at us. I just smiled at Haru who stifled a laugh.
*
Nightfall fell quickly upon us. Kouga and Ayame offered us to sleep in their cave, except for InuYasha, which Kouga mentioned, Ayame giving him her look. Kouga finally allowed InuYasha inside. There was a lot of tossing and turning. I, yet again, was still awake. I saw Mitzi getting up and walking over next to Areala. I was thinking about the wolf hairs that we had to get and she read my mind. She chose several hairs from Kouga's back and gave them to me, before returning to Ayame's side.
~Okay. Sorry I rushed it! This was a really rushed chapter because I wanted to finish it, 'cause I'm not supposed to be on the computer! ^^;;; I thought I should end it there, 'cause I got stupid homework to do! Please review and let me know of this chapter!~
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