wooo...another chapter...

can anyone guess where this is going?

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Been There, Done That

Chapter Five

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The lean wind youkai tore through the trees and grass, barely even visible. His long dark locks, pulled up only into a simple high ponytail, fluttered abusively in the air behind him. Electric blue eyes darted back and forth, searching.

"Mou, Kouga... if I didn't know any better I'd say you were in a hurry." the raven-haired teen commented dryly from the youkai's back, "But, of course, I couldn't imagine why... is it because there is two certain someones behind us?"

"So you can sense them?" Kouga groaned, "They keep following me, even after I tell them to stay..."

"What can you expect? You're their leader, after all," Kagome trailed off, "Besides... it might be something important." she pointed out.

"I hate it when I'm wrong."

"Deal with it and stop already. My quest for the miko can wait."

"Fine." Kouga grumbled, skidding harshly to a stop and turning around slightly to see two of his pack members run up to him. "Hakkaku, Ginta!" he barked, "This'd better be good for disobeying my orders to stay at the den."

The two slowed to a stop, breathing heavily.

"Kou-ga...!" Hakkaku panted, despirately trying to catch the oxygen that evaded him.

"Ka-gom-e-nee-chan..." Ginta mimiced his friend, taking large gulps of air. After a moment, he was able to speak normally, "It's nice to see you again." he gave her a lopsided grin.

Hakkaku spoke up, "Kouga, the pack is getting restless. They demand your return! After all," he smiled a bit nervously at the miko, "the news of your mates return has spread rapidly..."

"Mou," Kouga groaned, reaching up to slap a hand to his forhead, yet still keeping the girl clutched closely to his back with one long, muscular arm, "can't it wait? We're so close to-"

"I would be happy to accompany you back to your pack, Kouga." Kagome interrupted, inching up his back and placing her cheek neck to his, catching his gaze with her own, "I said it once before only a mere moment ago, my quest can wait. It's not like the undead doll isn't getting any closer to death." she said the last part with a slight amount of bitterness. She turned her attention to the two ookamiyoukai, wrapping her arms around Kouga's neck gently, "It's been a while since I've seen you two! How have you been?"

"Very well, Kagome-neechan," Hakkaku replied.

"Why did you leave, Kagome-neechan?" Ginta asked, curiousity getting the better of him.

Kagome sighed, sadness seeping into her mind, "It's a very long and tiring story that I would rather not devulge into. However," she replaced her smile with a convincing fake one, "the point is that I'm here now, ne?" Only Kouga noticed the fake smile.

Ginta and Hakkaku grinned before replying simultaneously, "Hai!"

Kagome sighed softly, almost inaudibly, "Kouga, let's go. Kami forbid that your pack get angered over my own delay."

He nodded, and as soon as his two pack members turned, he craned his neck back and nuzzled the miko's cheek with his own, "Cheer up, koishii, sadness doesn't suit you..." Before the girl had a chance to react, he was once more racing the wind as he turned and headed towards his region of land... The land of the Ookami.

As time and time before, the poor pair of ookamiyoukai tore after their leader hopelessly, crying out to him to slow down.

He ignored them.

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"Welcome back, Kouga!" one youkai cried from the den's mouth. The youkai's cry was soon mimiced by other members of the large pack. However, the whole place soon went quiet when they saw the dark-haired teen carefully dismounting the ookamiyoukai's back.

Kouga cast a measuring glance around at his pack. "What's with the silence?" he demanded.

"Who is the girl?" one of them called. The rest of the pack murmured in agreement, and one was foolish enough to whistle at the new female.

That was not a wise move on his behalf.

In the blink of an eye, Kouga held the male up against the cave wall, hand against his neck. "Don't you DARE do that again to her." he said flatly, eyes flashing with black, a growl erupting threateningly from his chest and through his throat. He tightened his grip on the male before him. "She is not to be touched in any intimate way, shape, or form, understood?"

The frightened male nodded and, much to his relief, was swiftly dropped to the ground as Kouga stalked back over to Kagome, who simply looked over the pack with interest.

"This is Kagome," Kouga began, and paused to allow the new eruption of murmurs and gasps that he knew would come, and they did. He continued, "and she is a powerful miko."

She smiled warmly, a hint of nervousness in her scent. Kouga noticed this and comfortingly gave her arm a squeeze, brushing his thumb against the soft flesh there.

"So, basically," one of the pack members drawled, "she's being courted by you as a potential mate?"

Kouga rolled his eyes. "Of course..."

Kagome shot Kouga a warning glance that seemed to say "Let's not repeat the past, hmm?". He took heed and quieted down. Kagome turned her attention to the pack and smiled once more. She was about to speak, but was cut off as a familiar ookamiyoukai came rushing towards her.

"Kagome!" she cried, instantly enveloping the girl in an embrace.

The raven-haired teen blinked. "Ayame-chan?" She blinked once more before returning the hug and spinning the girl around playfully, "Ayame-chan! Long time no see! How have you been?"

"Very well." she grinned, "I haven't seen you in ages..."

The girls continued their conversation as the pack went on their own business, which was a very good sign because that meant that they had accepted Kagome as part of their pack. He grinned with pride. However, that grin soon slipped as one of his strongest females, Aino, stood up and made her way purposely to the miko. Uh oh.

Kagome spotted the female youkai out of the corner of her eye. "Excuse me, Ayame-chan." she said politely, turning to face the oncoming female. She raised a delicate eyebrow. Somehow, she knew that she was being challenged.

"Who do you think you are?" Aino snapped, eyes narrowed and deadly.

"I think that I am Kagome, a miko." she replied nonexpressively.

"You can't just come into our pack, wench." she growled.

Somewhere within the confines of the girl's head, she snapped. No one called her wench. It brought back bad memories of a certain inuhanyou. Her hands curled into fists a she growled, eyes flickering between chocolate brown and misty pale blue.

Kouga paled. Aino was in it deep, now...

"Oh, look, the miko is getting upset... can't even control her own powers!" she scoffed, "What's the matter, wench? Are you gonna stick me with one of your ofudas?" she pretended to cower in fear while circling the new female. "Poor little miko..."

However, the rest of the back began to back up.

Kagome willed herself to calm. She slowed the anger surging through her viens and her eyes stopped flashing. Instead, she smirked, and as fast as lightening she spun around on one foot and kicked Aino across the face with the bottom of her shoe with her other foot. She froze in place, balanced unmovingly on one foot, her other foot poised where Aino's face one was before she went sprawling towards the rough floor from the sheer force.

A number of gasps of surprise greeting the mikos ears. No one had ever gotten in a hit on Aino.

Slowly, Kagome lowered her leg and stood in an upright position. She flipped her silky hair back and poised herself in a casual fighting stance, fists raised and legs spread slightly. Her eyes were unnervingly emotionless and her face held no sign of fear.

Aino rose, touching her cheek. "You bitch. NO ONE hits me." She growled and the battle between the females began.

Aino struck with her left fist, only to be blocked by Kagome's right arm. In retaliation, Kagome spun around half-way and used one leg to knock Aino to the ground, then spun the rest of the way and stradled her hips, one hand flat against the ground beside her head and one fist a mere foot from her face.

Kagome stared down at Aino, her hair spilling slightly over her shoulders. "I win. Want to play again?"

Aino growled and bent her knees, then used her feet to kick against Kagome's stomach and succeeded in catapulting her up into the rock cieling. The pack made a sound that was a cross of awe, pity, and concern.

Kagome stayed perfectly still, stuck in the cieling. She opened her eyes and grinned at the female below her.

Aino knew she was in trouble just from that grin.

"Want to play rough? I'll play rough." Kagome allowed herself to drop, turned herself so that she fell on her feet, and then proceeded to run at the female. In mere moments there were flashes of Kagome's fist making contact with Aino's face, only a few of the punches being blocked. Kagome continued her merciless attack. With the blink of an eye, she had grabbed Aino's arm and twisted it behind her back, pinning her to the wall. "Do you want to surrender now or continue? I can't be held responsible for my actions if you choose the latter..." Kagome grinned dangerously.

"I never give up!" Aino spat, struggling aimlessly against Kagome's irongrip.

"Your loss..." she let go, then slammed Aino into the opposite wall and held the girl up against the wall with her arm against her neck. "I warned you. Now you have to suffer..." Kagome's eyes turned that misty ice blue that had been flickering there only moments earlier, and the air around them became thick with electricity. The miko's hair began to float softly around her as she began to murmur under her breath.

There was a blinding flash of light. As soon as it faded, there was a gasp of surprise.

Where Aino once stood, there was now a human female.

Kagome backed off and rolled her shoulders back. "I warned you."

"Wha-What have you done to me?!" Aino cried, looking at her body in horror.

"I turned you into a hanyou. From now on you will be human on this night every month, and the rest of the time you will be youkai. No longer are you full youkai, but instead you have half the power that you once did. You're lucky I stopped when I did. I could've, and would've, turned you into a full human." Kagome glared, the blue hue to her eyes finally fading from her now brown eyes. She looked over the rest of the pack, "Does anyone else wish to challenge me?"

The whole group was silent. Kouga stared in wonder and pride.

"That's what I thought." Kagome growled, "If you decide to change your mind, may I warn you that I will NOT go as easy on you as I did your dear now hanyou friend here..." Kagome glanced at Aino, who cowered in fear from her gaze, "So, next time, my victim will be human. Any questions?" More silence. "Good."

"Ka-Kagome-neechan," Ginta breathed in awe.

"That... was so awesome." Hakkaku finished, gaping openly.

Kagome turned to look at Kouga. "If you don't mind, Kouga, I would appreciate it if I was allowed to sleep outside tonight. Is that okay with you?"

"Of course, I'll join you. Go on, I'll catch up."

Kagome nodded curtly, cast one more glance at the shivering Aino, and walked out of the cave.

"Nice female, Kouga." a male spoke up. Agreeing murmurs followed the statement.

"I know." he grinned and followed Kagome out.

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Daylight soon turned into midnight hours as the ookami youkai and miko stayed up and talked, laughing and enjoying eachothers company.

"Kagome..." Kouga said suddenly, his voice serious.

"Hmm?"

"You... You do realize what you did when you beat Aino, ne?"

"...Hai?" she replied confused, "I turned her into a hanyou."

"Besides that."

He was greeted by a confused and intrigued stare. "What did I do?"

"You beat the alpha female... that means that you're the top female of my pack. Not only that, but she was going to be my mate in three days time unless I found another." he watched her carefully, "Since you beat her... you're now my mate-to-be."

Kagome went silent, staring at the fire. After a moment, she crawled over to Kouga and stared at him in the eyes. "Well, I guess I'll just have to deal..." she breathed, infuriatingly lightly cupping the ookamiyoukai's face ans kissing him gently.

Kouga growled and pulled Kagome closer to him, mouth crushing once more into hers as he gave into his desires. He pulled her closer to him still, positioning her in his lap with her knees stradling him.

(A/N: he had been sitting with one leg out straight and the other bent a bit upwards so... yeah... be imaginative!)

After a moment the kiss broke and Kagome rested her cheek against Kouga's. "Ko-Kouga...?"

"Hmm?" he replied, somewhat breathless.

Kagome blushed, and Kouga felt the heat from her cheek. "Ai-... Ai-... Aishiteru, Kouga."

Kouga felt overjoyed at those words. "Aishiteru, Kagome, my koishii," he paused, then added roughly and posessively, "my mate."

Kagome smiled, kissing his cheek slightly, "My koishii, my mate." she agreed, wrapping her arms around his neck.

Finally, she felt whole.

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THERE! IT'S GONNA BE A KOUGAxKAGOME FIC! XD With a slight twist... You'll like it, I promise, although it will be a bit... dramatic...

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