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Kat: Okay, so this is after Kouga finds Ayame, because I'm much too lazy to type the whole journey and I'm not sure what would happen to Kouga, Ginta, and Hakaku.
It had been a long week's journey, but Kouga and his two companions, Ginta and Hakaku, had finally picked up the scent of Ayame and were heading to where it led them. The scenery from the valley changed completely as they got higher into the mountains, as did the weather, though the cold wasn't too unwelcome after the long journey up the mountain since they broke a sweat. Trees were all over, the path was rocky and uneven in most places, causing the three male wolf demons to trip on occasion, and the air seemed to be thicker, or something that they couldn't put their finger on for some reason.
Kouga's blue eyes drifted around the are that they had stopped and rested in, something ringing a bell in his mind, 'Wait a minute...' He stood up, pushing some hair back, sweat glistening on his face as he began to pace the area, hands behind his back and a look of concentration on his face, a look of dawning crossing it as he looked over at Ginta and Hakaku. 'I know where we are,' he told them, 'come on; we're almost to Ayame's den!' With that, he put on a burst of speed and began running and jumping up the edge of the cliff, hoping to find Ayame.
Ginta glanced at Hakaku, who shrugged, and ran off after Kouga, though was actually really far behind him; Ginta followed his example and bounded up the side of the cliff as well. It was ten minutes before they came over the peak, standing at the edge a few minutes, staring at the bewildered Kouga and the back of a female clad in white with red-brown hued hair. 'What happened?' the one with the-two toned hair asked, walking away from the edge of the cliff with his friend.
'Wait, Ayame, wait a minute!' the raven-haired demon shouted after the girl, obviously it being Ayame, as he ran after her, quickly catching up because of the shards embedded in his legs. 'Just give me a chance to talk to you, Ayame; I don't want you to hate me forever!' he said as he placed a hand on her shoulder, turning her around, jumping back a little at the look on her face.
Normally emerald green eyes seemed to be burning red, flames dancing in the pupils as she looked at him, her eyes narrowed into a glare as she took a step closer to him. 'Why would I ever listen to you try and explain? You will never know the pain you caused me, never know how much hurt I felt then, even now! Why do you come up here now and try to explain, after letting me wallow in my woes for the past several months?! What type of person are you to make the person you proposed to feel more pain than she ever imagined; what type of person are you for lying to her, saying you were engaged to another woman? I don't get you, Kouga, I don't get you.' With that said, Ayame turned on her heel, walking up the path and towards her den, hoping that Kouga wouldn't follow her to try and speak and apologize again.
It was about ten minutes before Kouga walked back down to Ginta and Hakaku, who had sat down while they waited for Kouga to start walking again and get over the shock that was delivered to him. Blinking in befuddlement, Kouga sat down on a rock that was protruding from the cliff side of the path, putting his head in his hands. 'Where did I go wrong with that conversation?' he asked himself, not looking to either companions he had brought along, not caring if they were going to answer him or not.
Ginta took a sideways glance to Hakaku, wondering if he should answer, and, with the look of Hakaku's face, he wasn't sure what to say, either, so the two stayed silent, watching their leader in his misery. Both sighed as they took a seat beside Kouga on the protruding boulder, neither daring to look at him or each other, though they weren't sure why.
The wolf prince stood up and let his gaze drift across the mountainside as he walked down it to where him and his two companions were when he first found Ayame's scent. He wouldn't give up; he'd end up making her listen, even if it took him a year or more to make her trust him again: He was going to make her love him again. Both of his friends exchanged glances and stood up, sprinting down the mountain path to catch up with Kouga, who had gotten rather far for the two minutes the two were sitting down, looking even more confused than before.
'Kouga, are we going back?' Ginta asked, looking up at the tanned features of the wolf demon, who just shook his head, not wanting to speak at the moment. 'Then why are we heading back down the mountain?' the same wolf demon asked, still watching Kouga, a brow quirked at why he was heading down the mountain path towards their tribal lands, yet they weren't going home.
'Does it matter where we're going?' Kouga said, growling as he looked over at Ginta, who just turned away and said nothing more. 'If you really care, we're going to where Ayame and I first met; I'm sure she still goes there, and she'll have to talk to me when she sees me,' he stated happily. He thought there was no flaw in his plan, but there were several, for one, Ayame could just walk away like earlier, for second, she might not even go to where he was, and for third, he might get the wrong spot. Kouga didn't care, as long as he spoke to her again, apologized about his lies, and confessed his feelings to her; but would she listen?