Author: Heh heh, I'm a veeeeery bad author...Seriously, sorry about the
delay. Ran into a bit of writer's block and decided to just get on with the
story instead of adding random dialogue chapters.
Chapter 19:
"It really is nice out tonight"
Kouga nearly breathed out the words, the relaxed mood of the night air was just too pleasant to be real. Cool winds under a starry sky and new moon comforted the wolf, burrowing into the clothes given to him and bringing comfortable goose bumps onto his skin.
"I know Kouga, you've said that a few times already."
Lilian suppressed a chuckle but not the smile on her face. She turned her gaze upwards, shutting her eyes and bathing her face in the light of the moon, blissfully unaware that she was being stared at. Meanwhile Kouga was busy trying to capture the sight in his memory, yet at the same time prepare to look away if she so much as twitched.
This had been the 3rd night that the two had done the night shift for Kagome and Inuyasha, and to be honest it was nice. The peace and tranquility of the nights spent with only another person were rather comforting, even Lilian had to admit. Over the course of the shifts, she had begun to talk to the wolf about nothing in general, just making conversation. At first, it had been just to pass the time, but eventually it was simply because he was pleasant to talk to.
She had been rethinking Kagome's words and was beginning to understand why Kagome said that this wolf could be a good friend, as a matter of fact, she was starting to feel bad about having tried to kill him before. Purposely, she pushed out the fact that he was her bounty, thoughts like that seemed strangely uncomfortable as of late.
"But that doesn't mean that its not true does it?"
She didn't have to look to see the glint of a smirk that was undoubtedly on Kouga's face.
It was true, while Kouga didn't possess the gift of tongue about most common things, he had his moments whenever the right topic came about. He was a natural it seemed at popping out wise phrases every now and then, yet not really realizing it at all. That, and he was honest, crude sometimes, but honest. There was something about the way he spoke that shined childish naivety about some things, it was hard to imagine that this same youkai beside her had lead a tribe through some rather bloody battles. He spoke his mind it seemed, and that was something that she admired in him.
"I guess not"
She turned back to Kouga to see him staring blankly up at the stars, and she was positive there was a tinge of red on his cheeks, but she ignored it. She pulled out a shuriken from one of the deep folds of her black wardrobe, the assassin's outfit feeling more comfortable than the robe she stopped wearing once she could fight again. She twirled the weapon on a single finger with a flick of her wrist and watched it change from white to black under the beams of moonlight.
Hearing the slight ringing, Kouga turned his attention back on the woman.
"If you don't mind me asking...where are you from?"
Lilian turned to the wolf, still playing with the shuriken without so much as a glance, a tale of practiced ease. She wasn't too surprised, eventually the two would begin talking about more than the stars in the sky.
"There is a village about half a days journey from here at the base of a mountain. Its quiet and nice actually, very few people live there, but those that do appreciate the silence. That's the village I grew up in too, with my mother, father, and my little brother."
She heaved a relaxing sigh, tilting her head back to enjoy serenity while thoughts of home drifted in her mind.
"My family owns a dojo which my father has been training me to succeed when I finally gain full mastery of our family's ninjutsu style. The bounty hunting I do mostly for training because youkai generally make the best opponents."
She turned back to Kouga who was looking back at her, his teal eyes were just screaming calm joy.
"Why do you ask?"
"No reason, I just wanted to get to know you better. We may be here for a while so I thought it would be nice if we could talk about whatever was comfortable."
Lilian made sound of agreement before a question came to her mind.
"So then, tell me something about yourself. How did you become leader of your pack?"
Kouga looked a bit surprised at the question, but it died down as a proud smile crossed his face, she was positive that his tail was probably wagging but she didn't bother to look.
"Well I had to prove myself in front of everyone. My father was the pack leader before me, but to be honest I have quite a few brothers and sisters. I was the youngest child of four, and by far the runt."
Lilian quirked her brow at the comment.
"My brothers and my sister are all bigger than me, incredible warriors, some of the strongest around. I always looked up to them when I was younger I guess. We didn't get any special treatment for being the pups of the alpha male, and I'm kinda glad about that. We had to fight and hunt just like everyone else."
It was Kouga's turn to heave a sigh.
"Eventually my father died. It was sudden, during an attack made on our territory. He was slain by enemies that were disposed of quickly after that. My mother was so overrun with grief that she just left and became a stray."
"Why would she do that? I thought wolf youkai didn't mate for love?"
Lilian blurted out, not really thinking twice about the comment.
Kouga sighed again before continuing.
"We don't. My father and mother didn't love each other when they became mates, but after a while the mark just tends to bind the two souls together. Most youkai who have been a mates for a while can tell you that eventually you grow into the other person, and while it may not develop into love, you begin to need that person's company. At least...that's what my mom told me before I left."
"Anyway, with my father gone, there was basically a battle royale between anyone who wanted to become the next pack leader, and I managed to win. I even took down my eldest brother when we were the last two standing. I became pack leader, and my siblings just kinda left to become strays too. I think they said something about becoming stronger, but that was years ago, I think they probably started smaller packs around somewhere."
"That's interesting."
Kouga made a sound of agreement in response.
A cool breeze floated the past the two, picking up both Kouga's onyx strands and Lilian's Lavendar locks and pushing them swiftly to the side.
Kouga took in a fresh breath of the air, sifting through the scents for anything remotely dangerous. Finding nothing once again, he settled for enjoying the scent of the forest, though slightly annoyed that Lilian was downwind and not upwind.
"You know, I wonder where Kagome and Inuyasha are right now?"
Lilian threw the question out without actually expecting to have it answered.
"Probably still back at their hut mating, why?"
Lilian's eyes twitched for moment at Kouga's bluntness, honesty was a good quality yes, but sometimes she wondered how such a great warrior could be so dense about what to say and what not to say. Even though did agree with what he said, she would never say it out loud, at least not being serious.
"No, I mean, normally they come out for a little while to go walking together and then go back, but they haven't come out tonight."
Kouga shut his eyes, and rose his nose to take a deep smell of the area.
"That's odd..."
Lilian looked a bit puzzled even though the wolf couldn't see.
"I can smell Kagome...but I can't smell Inuyasha."
"What?"
"Well, it kinda smells like him, but at the same time it doesn't."
"What do you mean 'it doesn't'?"
"I can't put my finger on it exactly."
"Should we do something about it?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"I'm pretty sure they are more than capable of handling it, his youkai blood probably got the best of him and won't let her leave."
Lilian looked on in disbelief...again.
There was a smile on Kouga's face when he brought his attention back to the immediate surroundings, obviously amused by what he said.
"What's got you smiling so much?"
"Oh me? Nothing really."
She shrugged it off as the wolf went to go sit down, placing himself on the steps to the shrine. She followed, using unconscious grace with her steps, so silent that an untrained ear would probably miss it. But even though Kouga could hear the steps, it seemed to him that she was walking on air.
"...Beautiful..."
Kouga meant for the words to be whispered in the quiet of his mind, but for a moment he forgot, and the word made its way to his lips before he could stop it.
"Huh?" She passed him a confused gaze before sitting down beside him.
"What did you say, I could've sworn I heard you say something."
The stairs weren't very wide, causing the kunoichi to find herself very close to the dazed youkai before her. His defenses lowered to a dangerous level as her scent filled his nose, he let his mind dwell on it and let the scent carry away his worry. His eyes met hers as the last bit of the little common sense he acquired went out the window of his mind.
"I said...your...beautiful."
It was still a hushed whisper but she heard it clearly, not sure exactly if she had mistaken his words for other ones. She blinked a few times, reasoning in her mind how she could have mistaken his words for other ones. She silently cursed his honesty as she looked into his hazy eyes and saw one thing that unmistakably proved what she heard was what he said.
She saw pure awe in his teal eyes. They were focused on her, she could feel it, she saw his breathing slow and his face relax. She met his eyes, not exactly sure what to say, thoughts flying through her head so fast she couldn't decide what to do. Part of the collected corner of her mind tried to reason why this was happening to her, why she couldn't focus. She was brought out of her mental dilemma when she felt a warmth in the crook of her neck.
When she focused again, she was black hair in her face, tickling at her nose brushing against her lips. She felt his face buried in the crook of her neck, and heard a small noise as he breathed in her scent. She hadn't noticed him close the distance, but her cheeks began to redden as her heart rate sped up.
"T-Thanks..." She muttered, not really sure what she should have said, or what she should be doing. Thoughts were just pouring out of her ears, slowly ginving her peace of mind until she came to a startling realization.
This position was really comfortable.
Without paying much attention to her actions, she rested her head against Kouga's, finding the feel of his hair quite enjoyable. She was remarkably surprised that it wasn't mangy and smelly like she would have imagined, but smelt like it had been cleaned rather recently. The thought, like so many others, evacuated soon after it registered as she went back to the calm moment. She felt Kouga's head shift under hers and she shifted her so that he could bring himself up to look her in the eyes.
Confused ruby eyes met with relieved teal ones.
Her heart rate was still racing, and she was positive that she was blushing even harder as their gazes met, but she couldn't look away, she didn't want to.
"I-I'm not really good with words...so..."
She was about to quirk her eyes further from confusion before he advanced, clumsily, leaning towards her even further. He softly pushed his lips against hers, holding his breath, not sure why he was doing it, but happy that he was.
He silently prayed that this wouldn't ruin his hopes, Inuyasha wasn't here to tutor him about this, and he felt a bit alone in the issue. The girl's lips were tense against his, and he had a slight feeling that that was not a good thing.
Lilian turned bright red when he did that, a single thought formed in her mind.
'How did he learn to kiss?'
It was dismissed like the others.
His lips were a bit course and chapped, but they were warm. Very warm, and even though his clumsiness told her with bright lights that he had never done it before, she found it strangely calming that he was doing it now. When the initial surprise died down, she let her body and face relax.
It seemed like eternity to Kouga before he felt the lips soften against his, he was overjoyed that it seemed that things were going better, but now he faced a new dilemma...what next?
So the two sat there under the moonlight for a few seconds, Lilian not sure if she would part her lips if the youkai asked for entrance, Kouga just completely at a loss for what was supposed to happen next.
Lilian's heart rate dropped back to normal and the blush eventually faded as rational thought finally got back in control.
Her eyes went wide as the full nature of everything that was happening hit her like a brick.
She pulled back and pushed the wolf away a bit, her breathing becoming a bit erratic. She turned and got up, running and not seeing the confused and hurt expression on Kouga's face.
'What the hell was I doing back there?'
It was repeated like a mantra as she ran through the streets aimlessly. Her lips still warm from the youkai's touch, just the thought brought a tinge of blush back to her face.
She continued to run when she heard the desperate cry behind her.
"L-Lilian...wait!"
Without thinking, she drew a shuriken and lobbed it back at the wolf, the weapon only to distract the wolf while she ducked around a house. Outrunning was a definite no-no, maybe if she kept switching directions she could fool his sense of smell...she hoped.
A phantom memory of his breathing against her neck caused her to lose focus of her surroundings, and it wasn't long before she ran headfirst into someone else.
She looked up at the person in front of her, an elderly man who had surprisingly not stumbled back too far. A beam of moonlight fell over his face as recognition registered to Lilian.
"...Dad?"
"Oh! Lilian! It's a pleasure to see you here."
His tone was bright and a bit on the loud side.
"Why are you here?"
She made her way to her feet, still aware that Kouga would probably be here in a second, but trying to seem calm before her father.
"Bandits pillaged the village and burned it down. We gathered what we had left and figured we would go to the nearest village."
"We left a note for you when you got back sis."
"Kenji?"
"Yeah, mom's here too. She's inside."
The teen boy with black hair pointed to the house that they were standing in front of.
"Wait...Mom, you and dad are here?"
Her face flushed...
"Does that mean..."
"Yes darling, I'm here too"
She shivered visibly as cold arms wrapper around her from behind and pulled her close.
"...hello Kan-ryu..."
She barely managed to whisper.
"Lilian!!!!!"
Her heart stopped when she heard a familiar voice along with a skidding stop.
The arms let go as she turned around to face the youkai who's eyes were wide in confusion.
Kan-ryu snaked another arm around her shoulder and pulled her close.
"Darling? Who is this?"
Her voice was muffled as the situation fully dawned on her.
"This is a friend I met while going after my last bounty..."
Kouga's eyes narrowed at the sight of the thin, slender arm around the kunoichi. A flame erupted in his chest when the saw her so close, visions of murder and torture flooded his senses before he heard the man's voice, not quite shrilly or loud, yet surprisingly painful.
"Really?"
"Yes, he helped me get here and helped me get treated after I came back from the mountain..."
"Did you get the bounty?"
"No..."
"Are you planning on going back after it?"
Lilian looked up at the youkai, she could see his eyes looking dangerous at Kan-ryu, she knew why and felt really guilty.
"No...I don't think so."
"That's good."
"Kan-ryu?"
"Yes darling?"
"This is Kouga..."
"Kouga..."
The wolf looked away from the human who seemed to be blissfully unaware of the hateful aura emanating from the wolf.
"Yes?"
"This is Kan-ryu...my husband."
Confusion quickly wiped away the anger on his face as he stared back at Lilian, eyes met again.
Sorrowful ruby against the confused teal.
"What...?"
"M-my mate..."
Author: Hmmmm....yeah. Got lazy so I didn't put in the character descriptions for the new OCs yet. I will get them in on the next chapter.
So what did you think of my plot twist?
I don't know if this would happen in real life, because honestly, I've never been kissed before and I'm not a girl so this was my best guess at how the scene would play out. Lemme know if I'm wrong.
Chaoness
Chapter 19:
"It really is nice out tonight"
Kouga nearly breathed out the words, the relaxed mood of the night air was just too pleasant to be real. Cool winds under a starry sky and new moon comforted the wolf, burrowing into the clothes given to him and bringing comfortable goose bumps onto his skin.
"I know Kouga, you've said that a few times already."
Lilian suppressed a chuckle but not the smile on her face. She turned her gaze upwards, shutting her eyes and bathing her face in the light of the moon, blissfully unaware that she was being stared at. Meanwhile Kouga was busy trying to capture the sight in his memory, yet at the same time prepare to look away if she so much as twitched.
This had been the 3rd night that the two had done the night shift for Kagome and Inuyasha, and to be honest it was nice. The peace and tranquility of the nights spent with only another person were rather comforting, even Lilian had to admit. Over the course of the shifts, she had begun to talk to the wolf about nothing in general, just making conversation. At first, it had been just to pass the time, but eventually it was simply because he was pleasant to talk to.
She had been rethinking Kagome's words and was beginning to understand why Kagome said that this wolf could be a good friend, as a matter of fact, she was starting to feel bad about having tried to kill him before. Purposely, she pushed out the fact that he was her bounty, thoughts like that seemed strangely uncomfortable as of late.
"But that doesn't mean that its not true does it?"
She didn't have to look to see the glint of a smirk that was undoubtedly on Kouga's face.
It was true, while Kouga didn't possess the gift of tongue about most common things, he had his moments whenever the right topic came about. He was a natural it seemed at popping out wise phrases every now and then, yet not really realizing it at all. That, and he was honest, crude sometimes, but honest. There was something about the way he spoke that shined childish naivety about some things, it was hard to imagine that this same youkai beside her had lead a tribe through some rather bloody battles. He spoke his mind it seemed, and that was something that she admired in him.
"I guess not"
She turned back to Kouga to see him staring blankly up at the stars, and she was positive there was a tinge of red on his cheeks, but she ignored it. She pulled out a shuriken from one of the deep folds of her black wardrobe, the assassin's outfit feeling more comfortable than the robe she stopped wearing once she could fight again. She twirled the weapon on a single finger with a flick of her wrist and watched it change from white to black under the beams of moonlight.
Hearing the slight ringing, Kouga turned his attention back on the woman.
"If you don't mind me asking...where are you from?"
Lilian turned to the wolf, still playing with the shuriken without so much as a glance, a tale of practiced ease. She wasn't too surprised, eventually the two would begin talking about more than the stars in the sky.
"There is a village about half a days journey from here at the base of a mountain. Its quiet and nice actually, very few people live there, but those that do appreciate the silence. That's the village I grew up in too, with my mother, father, and my little brother."
She heaved a relaxing sigh, tilting her head back to enjoy serenity while thoughts of home drifted in her mind.
"My family owns a dojo which my father has been training me to succeed when I finally gain full mastery of our family's ninjutsu style. The bounty hunting I do mostly for training because youkai generally make the best opponents."
She turned back to Kouga who was looking back at her, his teal eyes were just screaming calm joy.
"Why do you ask?"
"No reason, I just wanted to get to know you better. We may be here for a while so I thought it would be nice if we could talk about whatever was comfortable."
Lilian made sound of agreement before a question came to her mind.
"So then, tell me something about yourself. How did you become leader of your pack?"
Kouga looked a bit surprised at the question, but it died down as a proud smile crossed his face, she was positive that his tail was probably wagging but she didn't bother to look.
"Well I had to prove myself in front of everyone. My father was the pack leader before me, but to be honest I have quite a few brothers and sisters. I was the youngest child of four, and by far the runt."
Lilian quirked her brow at the comment.
"My brothers and my sister are all bigger than me, incredible warriors, some of the strongest around. I always looked up to them when I was younger I guess. We didn't get any special treatment for being the pups of the alpha male, and I'm kinda glad about that. We had to fight and hunt just like everyone else."
It was Kouga's turn to heave a sigh.
"Eventually my father died. It was sudden, during an attack made on our territory. He was slain by enemies that were disposed of quickly after that. My mother was so overrun with grief that she just left and became a stray."
"Why would she do that? I thought wolf youkai didn't mate for love?"
Lilian blurted out, not really thinking twice about the comment.
Kouga sighed again before continuing.
"We don't. My father and mother didn't love each other when they became mates, but after a while the mark just tends to bind the two souls together. Most youkai who have been a mates for a while can tell you that eventually you grow into the other person, and while it may not develop into love, you begin to need that person's company. At least...that's what my mom told me before I left."
"Anyway, with my father gone, there was basically a battle royale between anyone who wanted to become the next pack leader, and I managed to win. I even took down my eldest brother when we were the last two standing. I became pack leader, and my siblings just kinda left to become strays too. I think they said something about becoming stronger, but that was years ago, I think they probably started smaller packs around somewhere."
"That's interesting."
Kouga made a sound of agreement in response.
A cool breeze floated the past the two, picking up both Kouga's onyx strands and Lilian's Lavendar locks and pushing them swiftly to the side.
Kouga took in a fresh breath of the air, sifting through the scents for anything remotely dangerous. Finding nothing once again, he settled for enjoying the scent of the forest, though slightly annoyed that Lilian was downwind and not upwind.
"You know, I wonder where Kagome and Inuyasha are right now?"
Lilian threw the question out without actually expecting to have it answered.
"Probably still back at their hut mating, why?"
Lilian's eyes twitched for moment at Kouga's bluntness, honesty was a good quality yes, but sometimes she wondered how such a great warrior could be so dense about what to say and what not to say. Even though did agree with what he said, she would never say it out loud, at least not being serious.
"No, I mean, normally they come out for a little while to go walking together and then go back, but they haven't come out tonight."
Kouga shut his eyes, and rose his nose to take a deep smell of the area.
"That's odd..."
Lilian looked a bit puzzled even though the wolf couldn't see.
"I can smell Kagome...but I can't smell Inuyasha."
"What?"
"Well, it kinda smells like him, but at the same time it doesn't."
"What do you mean 'it doesn't'?"
"I can't put my finger on it exactly."
"Should we do something about it?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"I'm pretty sure they are more than capable of handling it, his youkai blood probably got the best of him and won't let her leave."
Lilian looked on in disbelief...again.
There was a smile on Kouga's face when he brought his attention back to the immediate surroundings, obviously amused by what he said.
"What's got you smiling so much?"
"Oh me? Nothing really."
She shrugged it off as the wolf went to go sit down, placing himself on the steps to the shrine. She followed, using unconscious grace with her steps, so silent that an untrained ear would probably miss it. But even though Kouga could hear the steps, it seemed to him that she was walking on air.
"...Beautiful..."
Kouga meant for the words to be whispered in the quiet of his mind, but for a moment he forgot, and the word made its way to his lips before he could stop it.
"Huh?" She passed him a confused gaze before sitting down beside him.
"What did you say, I could've sworn I heard you say something."
The stairs weren't very wide, causing the kunoichi to find herself very close to the dazed youkai before her. His defenses lowered to a dangerous level as her scent filled his nose, he let his mind dwell on it and let the scent carry away his worry. His eyes met hers as the last bit of the little common sense he acquired went out the window of his mind.
"I said...your...beautiful."
It was still a hushed whisper but she heard it clearly, not sure exactly if she had mistaken his words for other ones. She blinked a few times, reasoning in her mind how she could have mistaken his words for other ones. She silently cursed his honesty as she looked into his hazy eyes and saw one thing that unmistakably proved what she heard was what he said.
She saw pure awe in his teal eyes. They were focused on her, she could feel it, she saw his breathing slow and his face relax. She met his eyes, not exactly sure what to say, thoughts flying through her head so fast she couldn't decide what to do. Part of the collected corner of her mind tried to reason why this was happening to her, why she couldn't focus. She was brought out of her mental dilemma when she felt a warmth in the crook of her neck.
When she focused again, she was black hair in her face, tickling at her nose brushing against her lips. She felt his face buried in the crook of her neck, and heard a small noise as he breathed in her scent. She hadn't noticed him close the distance, but her cheeks began to redden as her heart rate sped up.
"T-Thanks..." She muttered, not really sure what she should have said, or what she should be doing. Thoughts were just pouring out of her ears, slowly ginving her peace of mind until she came to a startling realization.
This position was really comfortable.
Without paying much attention to her actions, she rested her head against Kouga's, finding the feel of his hair quite enjoyable. She was remarkably surprised that it wasn't mangy and smelly like she would have imagined, but smelt like it had been cleaned rather recently. The thought, like so many others, evacuated soon after it registered as she went back to the calm moment. She felt Kouga's head shift under hers and she shifted her so that he could bring himself up to look her in the eyes.
Confused ruby eyes met with relieved teal ones.
Her heart rate was still racing, and she was positive that she was blushing even harder as their gazes met, but she couldn't look away, she didn't want to.
"I-I'm not really good with words...so..."
She was about to quirk her eyes further from confusion before he advanced, clumsily, leaning towards her even further. He softly pushed his lips against hers, holding his breath, not sure why he was doing it, but happy that he was.
He silently prayed that this wouldn't ruin his hopes, Inuyasha wasn't here to tutor him about this, and he felt a bit alone in the issue. The girl's lips were tense against his, and he had a slight feeling that that was not a good thing.
Lilian turned bright red when he did that, a single thought formed in her mind.
'How did he learn to kiss?'
It was dismissed like the others.
His lips were a bit course and chapped, but they were warm. Very warm, and even though his clumsiness told her with bright lights that he had never done it before, she found it strangely calming that he was doing it now. When the initial surprise died down, she let her body and face relax.
It seemed like eternity to Kouga before he felt the lips soften against his, he was overjoyed that it seemed that things were going better, but now he faced a new dilemma...what next?
So the two sat there under the moonlight for a few seconds, Lilian not sure if she would part her lips if the youkai asked for entrance, Kouga just completely at a loss for what was supposed to happen next.
Lilian's heart rate dropped back to normal and the blush eventually faded as rational thought finally got back in control.
Her eyes went wide as the full nature of everything that was happening hit her like a brick.
She pulled back and pushed the wolf away a bit, her breathing becoming a bit erratic. She turned and got up, running and not seeing the confused and hurt expression on Kouga's face.
'What the hell was I doing back there?'
It was repeated like a mantra as she ran through the streets aimlessly. Her lips still warm from the youkai's touch, just the thought brought a tinge of blush back to her face.
She continued to run when she heard the desperate cry behind her.
"L-Lilian...wait!"
Without thinking, she drew a shuriken and lobbed it back at the wolf, the weapon only to distract the wolf while she ducked around a house. Outrunning was a definite no-no, maybe if she kept switching directions she could fool his sense of smell...she hoped.
A phantom memory of his breathing against her neck caused her to lose focus of her surroundings, and it wasn't long before she ran headfirst into someone else.
She looked up at the person in front of her, an elderly man who had surprisingly not stumbled back too far. A beam of moonlight fell over his face as recognition registered to Lilian.
"...Dad?"
"Oh! Lilian! It's a pleasure to see you here."
His tone was bright and a bit on the loud side.
"Why are you here?"
She made her way to her feet, still aware that Kouga would probably be here in a second, but trying to seem calm before her father.
"Bandits pillaged the village and burned it down. We gathered what we had left and figured we would go to the nearest village."
"We left a note for you when you got back sis."
"Kenji?"
"Yeah, mom's here too. She's inside."
The teen boy with black hair pointed to the house that they were standing in front of.
"Wait...Mom, you and dad are here?"
Her face flushed...
"Does that mean..."
"Yes darling, I'm here too"
She shivered visibly as cold arms wrapper around her from behind and pulled her close.
"...hello Kan-ryu..."
She barely managed to whisper.
"Lilian!!!!!"
Her heart stopped when she heard a familiar voice along with a skidding stop.
The arms let go as she turned around to face the youkai who's eyes were wide in confusion.
Kan-ryu snaked another arm around her shoulder and pulled her close.
"Darling? Who is this?"
Her voice was muffled as the situation fully dawned on her.
"This is a friend I met while going after my last bounty..."
Kouga's eyes narrowed at the sight of the thin, slender arm around the kunoichi. A flame erupted in his chest when the saw her so close, visions of murder and torture flooded his senses before he heard the man's voice, not quite shrilly or loud, yet surprisingly painful.
"Really?"
"Yes, he helped me get here and helped me get treated after I came back from the mountain..."
"Did you get the bounty?"
"No..."
"Are you planning on going back after it?"
Lilian looked up at the youkai, she could see his eyes looking dangerous at Kan-ryu, she knew why and felt really guilty.
"No...I don't think so."
"That's good."
"Kan-ryu?"
"Yes darling?"
"This is Kouga..."
"Kouga..."
The wolf looked away from the human who seemed to be blissfully unaware of the hateful aura emanating from the wolf.
"Yes?"
"This is Kan-ryu...my husband."
Confusion quickly wiped away the anger on his face as he stared back at Lilian, eyes met again.
Sorrowful ruby against the confused teal.
"What...?"
"M-my mate..."
Author: Hmmmm....yeah. Got lazy so I didn't put in the character descriptions for the new OCs yet. I will get them in on the next chapter.
So what did you think of my plot twist?
I don't know if this would happen in real life, because honestly, I've never been kissed before and I'm not a girl so this was my best guess at how the scene would play out. Lemme know if I'm wrong.
Chaoness