Chapter Five - Sayonara Kouga
The hanyou snarled. "Yue, grab hold of Kagome."
The guardian looked at her in confusion and she nodded agreement. There was a tired, almost bored look in her eyes, as if she'd done this more than once before. Without argument, he picked her up not a moment too soon. Not even a minute after he snatched her up a whirlwind passed through the spot she had been standing in and came to s stop a few feet away. When the dust cleared Yue saw a man standing with a scowl on his face.
"Oi! Get your hands off my woman!"
"How many time do I have to tell ya that she ain't your woman?" Inuyasha growled.
"Yue-san," Kagome said quietly. "Would you please put me down? Keep hold of my arm or shoulder or something to make sure he doesn't take me, but I need to stand."
He nodded and put his hand firmly on her shoulder once he set her on her feet. She sighed as she listened to the argument between the hanyou and the wolf youkai.
"Enough!"
Both men turned to her in shock. She glared at Kouga.
"Go away, Kouga-kun. We have more important matters to deal with than your possessive tendencies."
"Nothing is more important than us," Kouga said.
"Get it through your thick skull, Kouga! There is no us! There never has been and there never will be."
The wolf youkai's jaw dropped. "What're you talking about? You're my woman. I claimed you!"
She shook her head. "You have no claim on anything other then my friendship. And you're sorely pushing your luck at that with all your male posturing. You haven't marked me and I won't let you."
"I'm not losing my woman."
Kagome sighed and rolled her eyes. "I already told you, I'm not your woman."
"Well, whose are you then?" He demanded. "You're not dog-turd's, 'cause he hasn't marked you either. What about that baka behind you? Are you his?"
Kagome blinked and looked back at Yue, who was just as surprised as she at the question. Composing herself she turned back to Kouga.
"I'm not anyone's woman."
"Then tell him to take his hand off of you."
She snorted. "So that you can run off with me? I don't think so. Quit making a fool of yourself and leave."
Kouga opened his mouth to say something but snapped it shut at a cold glare from her. She watched as he finally accepted her words. After more than two years the leader of the wolf youkai finally realized that Kagome was not his. She never had been and never would be. When he did, his face fell. He turned to leave, then stopped. He crossed over and stopped before the miko.
"You should take my Shikon shards, Kagome. I won't be coming ever again. I'd much rather you have them than that asshole Naraku and I know he'll come for them soon. There aren't many left to collect."
Searching his face for confirmation, Kagome nodded. Over the years she'd become very adept at this. Other than a small sting, Kouga felt nothing as she extracted the shards from his legs. As she put the shards with the rest, he gave her a hopeful look, but she shook her head. Sighing, Kouga turned to leave once again.
"Sayonara, Kagome."
"Sayonara, Kouga."
The hanyou snarled. "Yue, grab hold of Kagome."
The guardian looked at her in confusion and she nodded agreement. There was a tired, almost bored look in her eyes, as if she'd done this more than once before. Without argument, he picked her up not a moment too soon. Not even a minute after he snatched her up a whirlwind passed through the spot she had been standing in and came to s stop a few feet away. When the dust cleared Yue saw a man standing with a scowl on his face.
"Oi! Get your hands off my woman!"
"How many time do I have to tell ya that she ain't your woman?" Inuyasha growled.
"Yue-san," Kagome said quietly. "Would you please put me down? Keep hold of my arm or shoulder or something to make sure he doesn't take me, but I need to stand."
He nodded and put his hand firmly on her shoulder once he set her on her feet. She sighed as she listened to the argument between the hanyou and the wolf youkai.
"Enough!"
Both men turned to her in shock. She glared at Kouga.
"Go away, Kouga-kun. We have more important matters to deal with than your possessive tendencies."
"Nothing is more important than us," Kouga said.
"Get it through your thick skull, Kouga! There is no us! There never has been and there never will be."
The wolf youkai's jaw dropped. "What're you talking about? You're my woman. I claimed you!"
She shook her head. "You have no claim on anything other then my friendship. And you're sorely pushing your luck at that with all your male posturing. You haven't marked me and I won't let you."
"I'm not losing my woman."
Kagome sighed and rolled her eyes. "I already told you, I'm not your woman."
"Well, whose are you then?" He demanded. "You're not dog-turd's, 'cause he hasn't marked you either. What about that baka behind you? Are you his?"
Kagome blinked and looked back at Yue, who was just as surprised as she at the question. Composing herself she turned back to Kouga.
"I'm not anyone's woman."
"Then tell him to take his hand off of you."
She snorted. "So that you can run off with me? I don't think so. Quit making a fool of yourself and leave."
Kouga opened his mouth to say something but snapped it shut at a cold glare from her. She watched as he finally accepted her words. After more than two years the leader of the wolf youkai finally realized that Kagome was not his. She never had been and never would be. When he did, his face fell. He turned to leave, then stopped. He crossed over and stopped before the miko.
"You should take my Shikon shards, Kagome. I won't be coming ever again. I'd much rather you have them than that asshole Naraku and I know he'll come for them soon. There aren't many left to collect."
Searching his face for confirmation, Kagome nodded. Over the years she'd become very adept at this. Other than a small sting, Kouga felt nothing as she extracted the shards from his legs. As she put the shards with the rest, he gave her a hopeful look, but she shook her head. Sighing, Kouga turned to leave once again.
"Sayonara, Kagome."
"Sayonara, Kouga."