Author's Notes:
Tinuviel- I am not really sure of how I am going to work out the pairings…Actually I considered having a Kouga/Fluffy on previous chapters.hehe. But don't worry, you'll have your shounen ai soon enough ^_~ As for Inu-chan…maybe on the next chapter. No you are not boring me, ask away!
The Freak32- I'll try to update as often as I can.Yeah, it was weird.but wasn't it fun. Just hang in there; I'll throw in some more surprises in later chapters.
FluffyWolfy-Hey thanks for your reviews!! Willl update—I swear!
Crystal-Thank you! I'll try to make this story funny and interesting. As for the couples, even I don't know it yet.
KittyKat-There you are…Kagome and Kouga! Hehe, more appearances of Sesshy's son in later chapters.
Sailor Cosmos-I will try to comply to your request but whatever I have to follow whatever's best for the plot. Maybe you'll have an Inu/Kag fic, it all depends.
Laura-hi there again. Check out the poster. After all it's my compensation for the long delay.
Sirithlothien-Oh yeah, sorry about that..I will change it. Thanks for commenting on it, I would have not known the difference if you hadn't pointed it out.
Katzztar-I am not yet sure..maybe 400 or so.I'm still calculating the actual years. I can't think of a name yet, though I'm looking through the old Jap text for an idea. Sessh's has his own reasons that I will try to figure out also.
Moon in the CityThe Lovegame
May it be a prey or a woman, the thrill of the chase is an addiction that I could not get over with. The earth may change its landscape over and over again like the tides against the seashore, continually building and destroying in every return. As anyone who is greater than a mortal, I witnessed the rise and fall of human civilizations. Once in a while I would be caught up in their petty trifle, joining every now and then a human cause such as being under the banner of Tokugawa and then later against the Russians.
But soon enough, it all becomes tiring and eventually I could not see the point of going on and on.
Humans are nothing to me for their lives are as perennial as the grass. They live, grow up, love and then die. For a demon like me who lives maybe forever, the worst thing that could ever happen would be to fall in love with a human.
Make no mistake; my reason is not the same as Sesshoumaru. That snobbish demon still has some prejudicial issues that he hasn't gotten over yet for the past centuries.
What I mean is watching a human beloved growing old, and dying before my very eyes while I remain strong and youthful would be unbearable to put it lightly.
And as a young cub, I disregarded those things when I foolishly fell in love with Kagome.
She was beautiful and she kicked ass.
I don't know how she was able to live this time but it was such a grand luck to me.
I felt giddy as a schoolboy when I wove my way through the crowded street. Closer and closer, her scent becomes stronger as it fills my senses, seductively teasing my whole being.
Letting out a low chuckle, I prepared myself when I turned around the corner where I will finally meet her.
Times may change but the game remains the same.
There she was walking down the street with some of her friends and I was strolling just a few meters behind her. All I have to do is tap her shoul...
Wait!
I stopped stunned by this current realization. It was like eons ago that we have not seen each other. I can't just go at the back and tap her shoulder ---that would be like uncool.
I need a smoother intro.
I could pretend I did not see her and then 'accidentally' bump into her. Looking at them, it would be impossible since she's somewhere in the middle of the group.
I could call out her name.But then that was what the crude and primeval Kouga would do, we're talking now of the older, more mature and sophisticated wolf.
Coming at the back doesn't feel right; I need to meet her up front.
Not missing a beat, I turned around and ran to the other side of the street, hoping I could catch her face to face. It does not matter that I don't have the shards with me, running was what I love to do and sometimes I just run for the heck of it. Weaving through the sidewalk, I went around a couple of buildings while I mentally calculated the approximate time and distance of Kagome's whereabouts.
Nearing ground zero, I took a peek around the corner and yup! My baby is there and she's walking towards me.
Hair? Check.
Deodorant? I don't smell me so it must be working. Check.
Moving like a model on the catwalk, I turned around, did the 'look' and walked towards Kagome and her friends.
It happened in slow motion.She was about to say something to her friend when she caught my eye. My heart was beating fast though I pretended that I didn't recognize her. She stopped and I also halted in my tracks, just staring deeply into her eyes.
COME ON YOU BLASTED FOOL SAY SOMETHING!!!
My thoughts were egging me to do something before I completely make a fool of myself.
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I can't help it. I lose IQ points in the presence of utter gorgeousness.*
" K-Kouga?" she uttered my name as she stepped back in surprise.
" Hey" I smiled " You're still the same beautiful girl that I fell in love years ago."
Her eyes glistened as I spoke those words. Tilting her head, she looked at me as if she was trying to find the old Kouga. Despite having lived for many years, my features aged to small degree due to my demonic blood. My face was more angular than before but I still looked young enough to be mistaken for an adolescent. Though I have grown taller,I still retained my muscular built .As for the ponytail, I had gotten rid of it during the time of the Second World War and eventually up to the present, I had always cut my hair short.
She smiled wistfully" I never thought that I would run into you during these times,Kouga.You look a bit different, but you still are the same"
Then Kagome's friends approached her, prodding her with questions.
"Is he the one that you told about Kagome?"
" Maa,Naoko-chan, I don't think he is that two timing boyfriend, they haven't even seen each other for a long time."
" Hey Kagome,you never told us about him!"
" What about Hojo-kun?"
" Please introduce us to your companion, Kagome-chan."
She looked a bit flustered by the rapid-fire questions but she managed to hold them off.
I think I have to help her with this.
Linking my arm into hers, she cheerily announced to her friends.
" His name is Kouga."
I flashed my best smile to them." Pleased to meet you ladies."
They swooned and blushingly smiled back.
" He is my friend."
" Kagome's my woman."
Both of us spoke at the same time and we looked at each other not knowing what to make of the inconsistency.
I felt something twist in the bottom of my gut.
"Of course, it has been so long..." I muttered an excuse, lamely trying to explain to Kagome and her friends.
" But I intend to make you mine again!!" I placed arm around her, showing to the whole damned world that Kagome was my woman even though she is not fully aware of it yet.
She laughed somewhat awkwardly and I figured it's because I overwhelmed them with my bold statement.
Whatever the case may be, I might let her out of this embrace but I will never ever let her go again.
*-the line originally came from a cool essay writer, J.Zafra
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