Uneasy Conversations
Khano found his mother in the garden directing servants to prepare it for the ceremony for this evening. "Mother I have came to tell you that I will be leaving shortly. I will return tomorrow."
Ghanna couldn't believe that her son had chosen now to leave. She turned to direct another servant then turned back to her son. "Khano you will not be going anywhere. Your brother will need you tonight so I forbid you to leave."
"But mother," Khano tried to explain what had been happening but before he could finish his mother glared at him and interrupted his speech.
"But nothing. It's not everyday that your brother takes a life mate and you will be there to watch." She saw that he was ready to argue with her more so she glared at him "Khano I will not say another word about it. You heard what I said and I will not discuss it further." She turned back to direct the servants once again and left her son to deal with her verdict.
Khano looked over to the edge of the garden and saw his brother Koga all but laughing at him. He would get even with him for this someway or another. He went and joined him. Maybe he could get Koga to postpone the actual mating until he returned to his den. Yeah that would be a good idea now how to convince his brother of his plan.
Koga watched his brother and mother talking. He knew that their mother wouldn't let Khano leave. He would get partial revenge on his brother tonight. And enjoy every minute of it. As Khano approached his side he looked at him and smirked. "She wouldn't let you leave huh."
"I swear you planned this. I don't know how or when you did it but I am sure you did this on purpose." Khano growled at Koga and turned to watch Ayame as she came out to the garden to help their mother. "You know it would better for your pack if you mated Kagome in your den."
Koga knew that he would try something to avoid tonight but even he wasn't stupid enough to try and convince me that I don't want to mate Kagome. "Khano I have waited for that girl for three years. I refuse to wait a minute longer than I have to and nothing you can say can convince me other wise." He smiled as Khano groaned at his words.
"I don't suppose I could talk you into making it a fast mating." He looked away from Ayame and then to his brother.
Koga watched his brother watch Ayame. "Like I said I have waited for and dreamed of Kagome for three years. I plan to enjoy every second of our mating and plan to make it special for her. She is nervous enough with out me just taking her and then crawling away. I plan to ensure that she enjoys being my mate under the furs and then maybe she wouldn't mind living in the den with me."
After hearing his brothers speech Khano knew anything he said would fall on deaf ears. His brother would make love to Kagome tonight and he would just have to suffer through what ever he felt from him. He could do it. Yeah right. It was going to be one of the worst nights of his life. He turned and left his brother to his thoughts.
Koga knew that him and Khano felt each other emotions but there was no way he would postpone mating Kagome one second later than he had to. If he had his way he would be mating her now but his mother and father might frown on that so he would wait a couple more hours then she was going to be his and nothing would stand in his way.
Ghanna spotted her son standing at the edge of the garden watching her and the servant prepare it for his mating ceremony. After leaving the servants with a few new orders she went and joined him. "Are you doing ok Koga?"
Koga nodded his head yes "I just wish it was already over and done with. What if Kagome becomes my mate and she never falls in love with me. What happens if she will always love that hanyou mutt. Mother I love her more than anything. I don't know what I would do if she left me for that mutt."
Ghanna wanted to reassure her son but knew she wasn't the one that needed to do that. "Koga if you are concerned maybe you should discuss this with Kagome."
"I don't know if I really want to know the answers." He bowed his head and looked at the ground.
"If you don't want the answers why would you ask the question. You are not a coward Koga. Go talk to her you might actually like what she has to say. Besides you won't know until you do." Ghanna shoved her son toward the palace entrance. "And I don't want to see you again until you talk to her."
Koga went into the palace and headed toward Kagome's room. He would do as his mother asked and talk to Kagome. His mother was right. If he never asked how would he know the answers. For better or worse he would have his answers and then he would know how to continue. He entered Kagome's suite and found her asleep on the futon. He laid down on the bed beside her and nuzzled her neck to wake her up.
Kagome awoke to something touching her neck. She started laughing as what ever touched her neck tickled her. She tried to sit up to get away from what ever was tickling her and found out she couldn't move. Something was holding her down. She looked down and saw an arm draped over her side and holding her down. She turned her head and found herself looking into a laughing pair of blue eyes. "What are you doing here?"
"I came in to talk with you but you were sleeping so I thought that I would just lay down with you." Koga couldn't tell if she was angry or not. If she was angry surely she would have yelled at him or something.
Kagome wiggled out of his embrace and sat up to face him. At least I still have my clothes on. "So what did you want to talk to me about Koga?"
Koga sat up and faced Kagome. "Kagome, I know that we are about to be mated and we can't do anything to change that but I was wondering if you could ever love me?"
Kagome couldn't believe that he actually asked her that. "Koga, I don't really know you. I know that over the past three years I have seen you but it was usually just for a few seconds and you spent most of the time fighting with Inuyasha. You never took the time to get to know me then you would be off again. To tell you the truth I don't really know you. What I do know about you though I must admit I like. Your loyal, dedicated, honest, you care about your pack and would do anything to help them out. And I am sure that once I do really get to know you my opinion of you will only grow. Did that help you any?"
"More than you know. Can I ask you something else?" He waited for her to nod yes before he spoke again. "Can you tell me what your feelings for mutt face are?"
"Taking a wild guess I suppose you are talking about Inuyasha. Well Koga my feelings for him are complicated. About a year after we started hunting shards I loved him with every part of my being. But after constantly being pushed away so that he could go to Kikyo, and always being compared to her changed my feeling for him, they changed to that of a friend. I will always love him but not the way he wants me too. He will always hold a place in my heart because he was my first love and a girl never forgets her first love." She looked up and saw the sad look on Koga's face. "Koga just because I love Inuyasha as a friend doesn't mean that I don't care for you either. I consider you as a very dear friend that will soon be my mate and I will honor that with every part of my being. I will stay by your side for the rest of my days. I am not one of those girls who just go from one boy to another. Once I make a commitment I will stick to it with every part of my body and soul. You won't ever be able to get rid of me." She leaned over and engulfed Koga into her arms and hugged him.
Koga may not have liked everything she had to say but she would be loyal to him. And he was sure that over time he could get her to fall in love with him. He hugged her tighter to him. "We only have about an hour left before the mating ceremony. Why don't we just lay down here until it is time to get ready." He laid down on the futon and drew Kagome down beside him.
Kagome let him hold her as they laid down. What difference did it make. They would soon be mates and they would do more than lay down together. Just thinking about the other stuff was making her nervous. She shivered as images of them mating flew through her mind.
Koga felt her shiver and pulled a blanket up to cover them and pulled her closer to him. "Are you ok?"
Kagome could feel her face turning red and was so glad that he couldn't see it. "Just fine." She closed her eyes and was soon asleep.
Koga let her fall asleep and didn't pick on her about the scent of arousal that he smelt coming from her. It brought his mind to the evening festivities ahead of them. Maybe it would be better than he thought. If she got aroused that easily, then he had nothing to worry about. Tonight would be a night she would remember and by the time he got done with her she wouldn't even remember what mutt face looked like. He laid down beside her and soon joined her in slumber.
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