Okay so by the way things have been going I've decided that I'm going to post a new chapter every weekend, unless by some chance I get wrtiers block...let's just hope that doesn't happen ^-^.
Kouga: I'm pretty sure in the last chapter you said you'd have a surprise in this one...
Ashley: Yes I did but I don't know if it's a big surprise or not because it's kinda up to the readers and how big they think it is.....
Inuyasha: Keh! Like you could make anything surprising. Let's just hope this fucking chapter's longer than the last!
Kagome: Inuyasha! Don't be so mean.
Inuyasha: Shut up, I'll say whatever I want!
Kouga: * Growls * Don't tell my woman to shut up Mutt-face!
Kagome: I'm not your woman!
Miroku: Let's just read the Chapter shall we ^-^
Disclaimer: * chanting* I wish I owned Inuyasha, I wish I owned Inuyasha. * Opens eyes* Aw nothing happened! Damn you, you stupid star! * Throws pillow out the window*
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Chapter 8: Interview over lunch
Kouga was scoffing down the supply of food that Kagome had laid before him after she had gone to one of the many different stands that surrounded this so called food court.
Kagome just sat there and blankly stared at the wolf prince with her chopsticks to her lips, blinking every now and then. It had been a long exhausting day, what with the commotion that had corrupted in the store, finding out Kouga had practically stolen her underwear, trying to find clothes that Kouga would actually consider wearing, and then, her friends found her. As agitating as the day was going, it added a bit of excitement, considering the usual brutal boredom that waited for her when she came home. Now all Kagome wanted to do was tame her growling stomach before it devoured her, but it's hard to do that when you have a guy sitting across from you, stuffing anything he considers food into his mouth.
Kagome sighed the chuckled silently to herself, Kouga really wasn't that different from Inuyasha at all, especially when it came to table manners. She decided to avert her eyes to something less animalistic and drown out the munching so that she could eat her lunch.
Kouga gave a huge sigh of contentment as he leaned back from the table onto the back of the chair and patted his stomach. "Your time has some really tasty food Kagome,"he stated simply.
Kagome looked back at him and gave a small simle.
Kouga grinned, as he usual did whenever she smiled at him, and plopped his elbows onto the table and laid his chin on his palms. "So...those friends of yours...", Kagome looked up at him from her food again, "they seem to like me"
Kagome grinned playfully, "don't let your guard down Kouga, my friends only look sweet and innocent but their ruthless!"
Kouga just stared at her for a moment, "You say that about your own friends"
She smiled again, "Yup, I know from experience!", her eyes narrowed as she thought of all the times they tried to hook her up with Houjou.
Kouga raised an eyebrow. As much as he wanted to ask further into this , he figured they had more important things to discuss. At least, he figured it important.
"So Kagome, you said earlier that your friends would probably ask more questions, don't you think we should talk about that before we meet up with them again?"
Kagome finally finished the last bit of her plate and stared right into his deep blue eyes, "I guess we could, but it's be hard to prepare for since my friends are unpredictable", she frowned a bit as if to be thinking, "Like what kind of things were you thinking?"
"Well", Kouga started, "what'd they mean when they asked if I had my life planned out?"
"Oh! Well they mean like having a job and stuff. If they asked, just say that you plan to be a lawyer okay?", she smiled, 'I guess Ayumi would approve of that?'
"Lawyer?", Kouga tested to word out for himself, "Simple enough"
"And don't mention anything about the Sengoku Jidai! Only my family knows about that, plus, if they mention Inuyasha by any chance, they think he's my cousin"
Kouga thought back for a moment and then it dawned on him, he was supposed to be her 'cousin's' best friend. "Are you saying that Mutt-face is suppose to be my friend?!"
Kagome closed her eyes in irritation and then corrected him, "best friends!", she opened her eyes and smiled brightly, "so you can't say anything bad about him or call him names...or else my friends will get suspicious"
Kouga's face furrowed in disgust at the thought of having to pretend to be 'dog-shit's' best frined. He would much rather have all the Birds of Paradise pop back to life before doing that. But as the morals we made for himself went, he didn't want to upset Kagome and ruin anything, afterall it would be his fault if anything were to happen since he insisted on staying. With that thought, Kouga simply folded his arms across his chest and huffed.
Kagome beamed, "I knew you'd see it my way!"
Once again Kouga couldn't help but smile back at her, but he knew that if she saw things his way. He could make her the happiest woman alive. Unfourtunatly for him, Dog-shit was blocking his way into her heart. Even though she denied it, he knew, he could smell the uneasiness in her voice when she lied. He had to find a way to get past that.
Suddenly Kgaome stood up from the table and in his basic instinct when around Kagome, he also stood. She gave him a small smile, "I have to use the restroom, you can just stay here, I'll only be a few minutes."
Kouga nodded and sat back down in his chair. When she turned to leave he frowned a bit, he didn't want to be separated from her for not even a few minutes, especially with all the other males lurking around this place. He watched her retreating form with a longing until she disappeared behind a door.
"Kouga!", A hollar caught his attention as he averted his eyes to the sound. His eyes led him to Kagome's friends, "Yup, it's him!", the girl said again and then all three begun to run towards him.
The wolf prince put his elbow on the table and slammed his forehead into his palm with and exasperated sigh. He really didn't want to go through their constant babbling again.
Within about 10 seconds, they reached him. "Hey Kouga!", she looked around, "where's Kagome?"
Another girl came out from behind to stand beside her, "did she ditch you too?"
Kouga raised an eyebrow, 'too?', for a second he thought that if he stood still and pretended not to see them, they'd go away. He looked up to see if it had. All three girls just stood there gawking at him as if his face had been distorted. Nope, didn't work.
"She's gone to the...", his mind raced for the name, "bath-- I mean restroom"
"Oh! Well then", the girl clapped her hands in glee. "We never got properly introduced, I'm Yuka!", she held out her hand for him to shake it.
Kouga didn't do anything, since he wasn'r familiar with the gesture, "okay?"
She frowned slightly but perked up again, "and this is Ayumi and Eri!"
"HI!", both girls said together.
Kouga made a small wave and feigned a weak smile, "hi", he was hoping that they were done and would go away now.
Sadly,they all walked around the table and took a seat. Then they all scooted as close as they could to the wolf prince. All three faces turned serious.
"So...how long have you and Kagome been together?", Eri edged in suspiciously.
Kouga thought frantically. He guessed he should tell them the same he told Kagome's mother, "about a year", he said calmly.
All three blinked in surprise, "A full year and she never told us!", Yuka exclaimed.
"I thought she was acting funny", Eri added.
Kouga watched as the girls started gabbing to each other in a small huddle with little high pitched sqeaks escaping every now and then. The with the speed of light, all heads turned to face him.
"Wait a second, Kagome said that she only met you recently at her cousin's! It's not possible for you to be together for a year!", Ayumi stated matter-of-factly.
Kouga thought frantically. These girls were smarter than they looked, at least this one in particular. "Well, my woman was just a little confused at the time, you see, she met me a year ago when she was at mu--- Inuyasha's house, but we only started courting recently," he said this in a very sure tone along with a victorious smile.
They gazed at him blankly for a second then Yuka used her hand to cover her mouth and bent over to the other two, "he's cute an all, but he has a really weird vocabulary!", the others nodded and giggled, but they let it pass by quickly.
Ayumi stared at Kouga straight in the eye, "well then, do you love her?", she knew that was a pretty out of nowhere question but she was curious to know how he would react.
Kouga scoffed arogantly at the question as if it was nothing at all, "Of course I love her!"
All three girls gasped and once again huddled together, "he's loves her!", Yuka whispered.
"That's so sweet!", Eri said in a dreamy voice.
"But they've barely been going out!", Ayumi exclaimed.
Kouga listened in carefully. Their whispers were no match for his ears.
Ayumi turned back to him, "So, you really love her, as in get married, have babies and support a family!?", she grinned thinking that he would think twice about his answer now. But of course she didn't know that Kouga was from an era wher marrying at a young age and having children was a good thing.
Kouga thought deeply for a second, the answer was of course, 'hell yes!', but Kagome at the moment didn't know that all this was going on. She probably wouldn't be pleased if he say 'yes', which would of course give her friends more gossip to spread, so he came up with the best thing he could think of, "that ladies, would be up to Kagome". Okay so maybe it wasn't the best response, but he didn't know how things worked in her time.
"Oh", the girl breathed out, she seemed slightly surprised at his answer. Then she knitted her eyebrows together in thought.
Then Eri poked her head out from behind Ayumi, "witchezz" , she made an odd whipping sound, "your whipped.
Kouga was totally confused with this, but managed to let out a, "huh?"
"Your letting Kagome lead the relationship, if there's one thing you need to know about Kagome, it's that she likes to be controled or you can at least make things equal", Eri went on matter-of-factly, "if you let her walk all over you, she's going get sick of you and drop ya just like that!"
Kouga narrowed his eyebrows in thought. Kagome had never in his eyes seemed like the type of girl who liked to be controled, she was much more of a free spirit, but he also never noticed that she was controlling him like the girl said.
He raised his hand to scratch his chin and looked up into the...desperate?...eyes of the girl. She was obviously trying to fool him or she was actually trying to help him. He couldn't tell if she was lying or not due to her wearing way too much perfume that covered her scent.
Kouga then gave them a charming grin and made an arogant wave with his hand, "no one controls the great Kouga!"
All three girls sweat dropped, Eri scratched her head, "Geez, Kagome always falls for the really weird ones! Why can't she just accept her feelings for Houjou", she said while slowly shaking her head and slumping her shoulders.
'There's that name again', Kouga thought before Ayumi was suddenly up in his face.
"You know, for a couple who are supposed to be 'in love', you don't seem very close", she raised an eyebrow, "we've been watching you two and you haven't kissed, held hands or anything!" The other girls put on serious faces and nodded their heads in agreement.
Kouga was starting to get a little uneasy now. Wait a second, "you were following us!?"
"Yup!", Yuka said proudly, "we're Kagome's best friends, whiat kind of friends would we be if we didn't look out for her?"
Kouga was starting to believe that his woman's friends were too adacious for their own good.
"Well?", Ayumi continued her investigation. When Kouga didn't answer, she narrowed her eyes, "Kagome may say your her boyfriend, and you may say you love her, but by your actions towards each other, it's impossible to believe!", she poked Kouga in the chest, "I don't think your her boyfriend at all, she's just pretending you are so she can deny her feelings for Houjou!"
Yup, she was a smart one, well somewhat, Kouga didn't have a clue who this Houjou character was and doubted he had anything to do with this. He was really starting to wonder where Kagome was now, she'd been gone for a while.
As if his prayers had been answered, Kagome's scent flooded his senses as she walked up behind him, 'oh great my friends found us again, how long have they been here? Ah, and what did Kouga tell them!'
"Hi Ayumi, Yuka, Eri!", she faked another innocent smile, but then she noticed none of them were smiling back, just glaring at her with questioning eyes that demanded answers. This made her nervous, "w-what?"
"Kagome", Ayumi looked concerned, "You don't have to lie to us, we know your just hiding your feelings for Houjou"
"What!?", 'why would they think this has anything to do with Houjou! I'll told a million times that I don't like the guy!', she looked up a Kouga toquestion what they were talking about, he mouthed a 'I didn't say anything'
"It's obvious Kagome", Yuka began to explain, "you guys aren't close at all, he's not your boyfriend!"
"Yeah, we know you better than you know yourself, and Kouga isn't your type", Eri said.
'Where they hell did they come up with all this?', Kagome thought as she stared at the girls, she was not going to let them figure anything out, but how was she going to prove them wrong?
Kouga glared at the three girls, they were way to nosey for his liking, plus they were causing his woman distress.
Kagome decided to defend herself and narrowed her eyes, "He is so my boyfriend! Your just denying it because you think Houjou's a better match for me!", she walked over to the girl standing in front of her and pointed her finger at her, "well, let me tell you something, Houjou can't compare to Kouga! Kouga's kind, strong, loyal, handsome, and he cares for and appreciates me! Your my friends so act like it and accept all my decisions, instead of turning it all around!" ,Kagome was breathing heavily, that took a lot of breath! 'There, that'll teach 'em', she told herself as she folded her arms and glared at the three dumbfounded girls. Oblivious to Kouga, who was also listening intently. She actually barely realized what she had said, just that she had to get it off her chest.
Kouga was astonished at the tone she used, but even more amazed at all the things she said about him! Did Kagome really think of him as all those things? She sounded pretty serious about every word. She was definitly his woman and he was going to show her just how much he appreciated her.
Eri looked a bit shaken up. Kagome had never shouted or used such a tone with her friends, but she managed to gather herself up and asked, "do you love him Kagome?"
Kagome turned pale at the question. Of course she didn't love Kouga, she loved Inuyasha but she couldn't find the words to say. Her mouth opened but any words that she planned on saying hitched in her throat.
Kouga was attentively listening to the silence emmiting from Kagome. As much as he wished, he knew those words wouldn't escape from her mouth, and it was all because of Inuyasha. 'Kagome, when are you going to realize that that Mutt-face will never think of you the way you think of him?' Kouga wished with all his might that they had a telepathic connection, or that he could of said it outloud, but it was none of those bitch's business. So he just glared at them.
Eri raised an eyebrow, "well, he says that he loves you, so you must love him right? And if you don't then it obviously wasn't meant to be", the girl had recovered fully from Kagome's confrontation, "prove that he's your boyfriend, then we'll leave you alone"
"How am I suppose to prove that he's my boyfriend?", Kagome asked in an annoyed voice, she really couldn't take this anymore, why couldn't they just believe her a leave?
Kouga made a wicked grin at the girls, which clearly caught their attention, "You want proof?", he asked in a deep husky voice, "here's your proof!"
Kouga gently grabbed Kagome's shoulder and spun her around, before she could question him, he bent down and placed an aggressive but soft kiss on her lips. For a quick second, Kagome meant to protest against it, but it felt too good to stop. Kouga slowly slid his tounge out to caress her bottom lip, begging for entrance to her mouth. To his surprise she accepted, so with that he partened her lips to deepen the kiss, taking in her essence and sweet honey taste.
The two were completely oblivious to their audience which was made up of three girls with their jaws dropped to the floor and of course the rest of the food court.
Kouga's youkai blood was rushing through his viens, and he could feel Kagome's heart beating rabidly against his chest. He knew he wouldn't be able to control himself if it went on any longer and the soft moans emmiting from Kagome weren't helping, but it felt so good. He reluctantly pulled away.
Kagome took a deep breath of air when she was released and gazed up at him with wide glossy eyes and a beautiful cimson flush covered her face. As soon as she met his eyes she looked away shamefully.
The three girls rolled up their jaws and were all bug-eyed. Yuka was the only one to speak out, "that's good enough", she nervously gulped. They began to turn and walk away slowly, "see you at school Kagome!"
Kouga smirked at their retreating forms, "well, they'll believe us now", he looked down to Kagome who was still embraced in his arms, hoping to see a victorious smile her, but instead she had her head bowed low so that her ebony bangs covered her eyes. Kouga frowned in guilt, he never took in consideration of what she would think after he had done it, she would probably be made at him for the rest of her life. That was one thing he definitly didn't want. But she had kissed him back, right? So she couldn't be that mad at him. Could it be that she was ashamed of herself for kissing him back? "Kagome?"
She slowly rose her head, brown eyes meeting with azure orbs. She made a pathetic smile, "yeah we sure showed them ne?"
Kouga grinned back down at her, he didn't want her to see that he could see right through her or that he was concerned for what she seemed ashamed about, he certainly see her as any less of a person. If she hadn't acted the way she did after the kiss, he would have gladly given her a sly smirk and a playful wink, but obviously when he kissed her, it had triggered something withen and he had to find out what it was!
Kagome still had a weak smile, actint as though nothing happened between them. "It's been a long day, let's go home", with that Kagome turned around slowly, and grabbed their shopping bags before heading to the door, Leaving Kouga to drown in his questions.
DUN DUN DUN! So, was it a surprise? Or did you all figure it out? Probably, your all too smart. But I'm not that good at the element of surprise anyway! ^-^ lol.
Kouga: Ahhhh, how could you stop there! What'd I do wrong!
Kagome:......
Inuyasha: You stupid wench, how could you let the wolf kiss Kagome!
Kouga: Shut up Dog-shit! She liked it...right Kagome!
Kagome:.....
Sesshoumaru: Wonderful, the wench is mute.
Ashley: ....Sesshoumaru, if I ask you nicely will you go away?
Sesshoumaru: No
Ashley: Come on, only the characters in the story are aloud to comment outside the story!
Sesshoumaru: I assure you, if you try to drag and lock me in that room again...I will kill you.
Ashley: * cringes *
Miroku: Fear not Ashley, I'll protect you, all you have to do is stay with me at all times!
Ashley: I'd rather die by Sesshoumaru's hands!
Sesshoumaru: I have no problem with that
Ashley: I wasn't being serious! * Runs and hides behind Miroku *
Miroku: I knew you'd see it my way
Ashley: Shut up
Sango:Anywayz....We have some reviews to reply to....their were quite a lot of questions so we'll only reply to a selected few! Sorry, but don't worry you'll all still be mentioned and thanked at the end! ^-^.
Kouga: DemonFireGirlHotaru, I'm so glad your on my side and also dispise that Mutt-face! And since I'm now claimed as the ruler of all, you can be my devoted servent! Oh and I'd like to thank Empress-of-the-shadow and Saiyan-legacy102 for not thinking I'm a pervert. Because I'M NOT!
Ashley: You can't make a reviewer your servent! Oh and Empress-of-the-shadow I'm so glad you like my story! You've made me all happy! And Playful Kagome...that's one long review! I loved it! Oh and thanks for the story, I'll be checking that one soon! As for your site, could you give it to me again, maybe you typed it wrong last time cause when I tried it, it wouldn't work! * sob * Oh and I love your name ^-^ It's so original!
Inuyasha: ahem, Empress-of-the-shadow, HOW COULD YOU WANT THAT STUPID WOLF TO GET KAGOME! IT'S ALL IN THE SCRIPT THAT I, INUYASHA, IS SUPPOSE TO BE WITH KAGOME! AND YOU DemonFireGirlHotaru I FEEL THE SAME FOR YOU, Y----
Sesshoumaru: shut up, little brother, your constant blabbering annoys me! And it annoys me more that I will not be in this story, but I'll make arragements for the next. Affirmitive wench?
Ashley: * glup * Affirmitive!
Miroku: Ahhh! This reviewer thinks I, Miroku, am a pervert!
Everyone: YOU ARE!
Miroku:* Gasp! *
Ashley: haha, Saiyan-legacy102! Yes I sadly had to switch back to Sango and the gang... *whispers * they threatened me! * Yes and It does suck that I've lost my beta. * sobs * my grammer will never be the same again! Unfourtunately, I have never seen Fruits Basket, I wish I could see it but I can't and I don't know where to buy the Dvd's or anything. You see there are so many anime's I'd love to watch but they all come on Adult Swim...and guess what, I live in Canada so I don't get the channel! Grrrr...but I can at least watch Inuyasha and Shaman King! Lol. You'd better keep reviewing! I love hearing from ya!
Well that's all the reviews we could handle this time! It gets pretty long! Whew! Oh, I just bought vol:1 of Ranma ½ (manga) and it's great, as soon as I saw it I was like OMG! Gotta get it! Now I just hope I can find Volume 2! lol.(for those who don't know, Ranma ½ is another manga by Rumiko Takahashi, but you probably already knew that!) And I found one call Chronicles of the Cursed Sword, it's wicked and the art is excellent!
Thanks to all! Personlikeperson(i agree!), Reveal The Freak You Are, Empress-of-the-shadow, Playful Kagome(I love you! Not literary now so don't worry!), drgn-mstrss(thanksfor pointing out some mistakes! I'll have to fix them), DemiPriestess(^-^ this will be a Kouga/Kagome, unless of course Kouga makes me mad! Kouga: I'll be good!), DemonFireGirlHotaru (haha, you're great!), Saiyan-legacy102(I've run out of words for you, but I will say I love your reviews!), Mid-night1212(I would if I could but I can't answer your question ^-^), Kogafan(yes, ahem, Hakkaku would be with the mohawk thing goin on and Ginta the one with the skunk growin' on his head! Lol). I think that's all of you! Some funky monkey things have been goin on and some of the reviews don't make it to my e-mail, so I'm sorry if I missed anyone!
OKAY! Now that all that's taken care of....I have homework and chapter 9 to attend to...so if you'll excuse me! OH And please review! Tell what you think, like, dislike, questions about the story, questions about...anything! But if you review I will love you forever and I'll keep writing!