Love Comes to Those Who Wait
Chapter 6
Disclaimer: I...do..n-...no-...notownInuaysha (pants heavily) there I said it.
Author's Note: Well sorry about the long time it took me to update. I apologize most profusely, life's been more hectic than normal and please don't hate me but I've started another story...(ducks the tomatoes thrown) yes I've started another story a Inuyasha/Kagome one this time. Check it out, it's called A Bride's Request and a Bridesmaid's Promise. I'd really appreciate it. So yeah I'm currently working on 5 stories right now, Moonlight Shadow, A Bride's Request and Bridesmaid's Promise, To Love an Enemy, If I Could Say What I Want To and this one. So I hope you all liked the new chapter, very action packed. I've come to a decision in my fic, Ayame's not going to be open about her love for Kouga to quite the extent she is in the anime. So thanx to all those of you who reviewed.
Pobbin: Thanks, I'm glad you like IICSWIWTS. It's a favourite of mine too, but I'm still debating where I want to go with it, so I haven't updated in a while. Yep, anything but Miroku and Sango in my opinion is blasphemy – they make THE perfect couple, anybody else I can see with different people like Inuyasha/Kikyo, Sesshomaru/Rin. Sesshomaru/Kagura Rin/Kohaku etc etc but well I think you know what I'm saying so I won't blab. I'd like to talk to you, so feel free to e-mail me. Glad to finally encounter another Calgarian!! Woo woo go Flames!
PB: umm well thanks for taking the time to point out my mistakes....I hadn't noticed. But now that you mention it the whole Math class part you were right about. But it IS possible to take P.E., Chem20, Bio30 together in one term. I do. I'm also currently taking Bio AP, physics 20, Math 20, Social 20 and Drama 20 this term. Ayame's life is modelled after mine for simplicity's sake. So I don't know what school you go to but this is what my school is like so please don't say it's impossible. I will try to catch those mistakes from now on, but sometimes one of them will occur.
ever free: thanks for reviewing so glad you like!
KagomeHigurashi66: Yay! Thanks, I'm so glad he turned out well. I'm glad you think I didn't destroy his character. Now I'll put him in some more chapters.
Mychelle79: yes to fall in love and date...eventually but not till the end of the fic. As for the last pointer...marriage...um well maybe if I do an epilogue. Totally agree with you on Kouga's hotness. drool
Mini Nicka: Oh definitely yeah, the pairings will be Ayame/Kouga, Inuyasha/Kagome Sango/Miroku, Sesshomaru/Rin.
Reall-goodchild: Oh dear I hope you won't get a heart attack when you see this chapters been posted, I don't want to go and kill any of my fans! I need you all to review! Sorry for the long time it took to update.
ahanachan: Glad you liked the fighting. And SUPER glad you liked Jakotsu, I was kinda scared he wouldn't match up with the anime one cuz I've never seen him in any episodes yet. I'll work on developing that rivalry with Bakotsu and Inuyasha in later chapters, thanks for pointing that out! Greatly appreciate it.
And now on will the fic don't forget to review when you finish!
Ayame was waiting outside at the school parking lot at exactly 12:30. Nervously she tapped a finger against her arm glancing around the parking lot for Kouga. The minutes ticked by, Ayame feeling more and more self-conscious with every passing moment, until suddenly a green car pulled up in front of her and Kouga reached over and opened the passenger door. "Hop in," he said grinning. Ayame smiled and got in.
"For a second there," she said grinning back, "I thought you had forgotten about me."
"No chance," Kouga said driving out of the parking lot, "my memories not that bad! Music?"
"Sure," Ayame replied and Kouga turned his stereo on and within seconds the sound of Yellowcard's song Miles Apart was blaring out. "Oooh," Ayame squealed unable to help herself, "I love this song."
"Yeah, I love Yellowcard," Kouga replied. "I take it you do too?"
"Yep," Ayame replied rolling her window down letting the wind blow through her hair. Quietly she began to sing along,
We'll be miles apart
I'll keep you deep inside
You're always in my heart
Suddenly Kouga chuckled and Ayame instantly stopped. Blushing, Ayame said, "sorry I couldn't help myself. It's my favourite song by them."
"Oh it's alright," Kouga said trying to stop smiling. "You got a nice voice, so I don't mind. If you didn't I'd kick you out of my car."
"Oh thank you," Ayame said mockingly, "I'm glad my voice is deemed worthy of listening to."
Kouga just laughed once again. "You know," he said a small grin still on his face casting a quick glance at Ayame, "you're not what I expected, not in the least."
"Oh," Ayame said raising one eyebrow. "And just what is it you expected me to be?"
"Well," Kouga said thinking, "for starters I hadn't expected you to be quite so...forward. You had struck me as the shy quiet type."
"So...I speak my mind," Ayame said looking out the window. "What's wrong with that?"
"Nothing," Kouga said, "Actually its quiet refreshing. Most girls are shy around me, even demon ones. They're afraid I'm going to eat them."
Ayame laughed, "Typical. if it helps any at my last school everyone treated me like that."
"Oh," Kouga said. "And why would that be?"
"I was the only demon in the whole school, most of the kids there had never even seena demon before," Ayame replied.
"You must have felt very isolated," Kouga said not taking his eyes off the road.
"I got by," Ayame replied simply. "I moved schools so frequently that I never had time to make friends. After a while I was content to just be the loner."
"Hmmm," Kouga said. "I've never had to deal with that, everyone here's always accepted me being a demon, because there's so many of us in this area. We've got wolf demons, dog demons, toad demons and even a few cat demons."
"So how many other wolf demons are there in the area?" Ayame asked.
"There's a whole clan, we all live on the same block and everything give and take a few humans," Kouga said proudly.
"Oh that must be lovely," Ayame said sighing wistfully.
"Yeah, we've even built a dojo where the community hall used to be. It's pretty nice if I do say so myself," Kouga said and then paused as if thinking for a moment. "You should drop by sometime, I'd like to try and fight you again. I'd like to know that I beat you because I was better not because you were distracted."
"Nice try," Ayame said subconsciously tossing her hair as she looked at him. "I've been training my whole life, you won't beat me again."
"None the less," Kouga replied pulling into an A & W parking lot. "I'd like to try again. Okay well we're here, hope A & W's good for you."
"A & W's great I love their burgers," Ayame said opening the door and getting out smoothing the seat of her jeans. As the two of them walked through the doors they were greeted with shouts from one of the tables where the rest of Kouga's friends were sitting munching away on burgers and fries. Kouga walked over and plopped himself down next to his friend Ginta.
"Hey Ginta," he said coolly. "What's up?"
"Not much," Ginta said tossing the rest of the french-fry he had been munching on into his mouth. "Took you longer than normal to get here. Oh hey Ayame!" he went on noticing Ayame looking shyly for a place to sit and grabbed a chair and pulled it between him and Kouga, "come sit here between me and Kouga."
"Thanks," Ayame said sitting down.
"I didn't know you were coming," Ginta said. "Or I would have saved another seat for you."
"Oh it's alright," Ayame said.
"Yeah, I drove normally so I wouldn't scare Ayame off. Well I guess I should go grab lunch," Kouga said. "What do you want Ayame?"
"As if you could scare me," Ayame scoffed.
"Oh I wouldn' be so sure," Hakkaku said. "Last time I was in his car I nearly had a heart attack."
"Wimp," Kouga said. "So Ayame what do you want for lunch?"
"Oh it's alright, I'll pay for my own," Ayame said grabbing her purse and standing up.
"No, no," Kouga said. "Sit down, you said you'd let me treat you to lunch so let me."
"Okay," Ayame said. "I guess I'll have a burger and fries then."
"What do you want on your burger?" Kouga asked.
"I'll just have cheese, ketchup, mustard and pickles," Ayame replied.
"Freaky," Kouga said getting up. "That's how I like my burger's too. Lucky."
"Yeah," Hakkaku said, "lucky for Ayame. You won't be able to forget her order so she'll get what she wants!"
"Hardee-har-har," Kouga replied walking away to get their food.
"Sooooo," one female wolf demon said, "we all heard you nearly beat Kouga today Ayame. You must be pretty damn good."
"Oh I wouldn't say that," Ayame replied blushing, thinking 'wow! News sure travels fast here!'. "We were just very evenly matched."
"Uhhhuhh," the girl said. "I'd like to see you whoop his ass some day, he hasn't been beaten by someone in a long time, too long if you ask me. He's been getting a little to big for his tail."
"Oh Haya," the other female wolf demon said rolling her eyes. Reaching her perfectly manicured hand across the table to shake Ayame's hand with a good firm grip, the girl said, "Hi I'm Naomi, and this is Haya."
"Nice to meet you," Ayame replied smiling.
"And well I guess you already know Ginta and Hakkaku because their in your gym class," Naomi said. "Haya and I take drama, and economics. It's a shame we're not in any of your classes."
"Yeah," Ayame said.
"I'm back," Kouga announced placing a tray with a burger, fries and a mug of root beer in front of Ayame and sitting down.
"Wow, that was fast," Hakkaku said.
"Yeah, I agree," Kouga said peeling the foil off his burger and taking a rather large bite out of it. "Being a demon has it's advantages."
Ayame began to eat her lunch as well and for the next half hour chatted amiably with the other wolf demons. Finally when they were finished and had tossed out their garbage they exited the restaurant. Saying goodbye to the other she and Kouga headed to his car.
"That was fun," Ayame said. "Thanks for inviting me." But inwardly she wished Kouga could be a little friendlier to her. The entire time they had been there he had treated her more as someone he owed rather than a real friend. Ayame mentally shook herself for thinking that. Kouga had every right to treat her with cool reserve, he hardly knew her. But none the less Ayame wished he could treat her with a little more like an equal, like a friend. But even more than that she wished he would remember her. Her and the promise he had given her.
"Anytime," Kouga said.
Ayame was about to say something when suddenly her demon senses told her she was in danger. Throwing herself at Kouga, Ayame knocked the two of them to the ground seconds later a bullet struck Kouga's windshield shattering it. Ayame involuntarily screamed as broken glass cascaded over the two of them. "Damn it," Kouga swore. "What the hell are they thinking attacking us in broad daylight? Thanks Ayame, I owe you one."
"Kouga," Ayame asked, "what's going on? Why are there people shooting at us?"
"We've had a couple of problems with an anti-demon crowd lately," Kouga said as if that explained it all.
"So what exactly do you plan on doing?" Ayame demanded. "Are we just going to wait here until they blow this car to pieces or come closer and get a clear shot at us?"
"I have no clue!" Kouga yelled. "This is the first time they've actually used guns on us. Before it was just small fights, and it was at night."
"Well they're obviously deranged to start a shoot out in broad daylight!" Ayame said under her breath.
"Did you just call this a shoot out?" Kouga demanded. "Do you see me holding a gun!"
"What you mean you don't have a gun!" Ayame shouted. "How are we supposed to defend ourselves!?"
"I have no clue!" Kouga said. "I've never been shot at before."
"Okay Ayame," Ayame said trying to clear her mind of the panic and keep calm, "think; what can you do?" Totally silent for a moment Ayame looked around and spied a set of metal trashcans and thought up a plan, "okay I've got an idea. Just sit tight and don't move whatever happens!" Ayame said quietly and braced herself and then suddenly took off running as fast as she possibly could.
Skidding behind the 3 metal garbage cans she thanked whoever was watching out for that she hadn't got shot. Panting heavily Ayame peeked over the rim of the garbage cans to look at her attackers. There were six of them; Ayame ducked her head as three bullets came shooting over head cursing her red hair which acted as a perfect bull's eye as they started shooting at her cover once again. Feeling the vibration of the metal being hit by the bullets Ayame felt a tremor of fear, she hadn't expected all of them to start firing at her. She had hoped that at worst only two maybe three would be firing at her and the other's still at Kouga. How much longer would her shelter cover her? Not to mention the fact that she only had three pieces of ammo, what was she going to do with the other three? Reaching up with her hands only Ayame slowly grabbed two of the trashcan lids. Then she got up on her knees and prepared herself; she would only have one chance to knock two of them out. There could be no mistakes; the odds were against her enough as it was. Taking a deep breath, Ayame looked over at Kouga and met his eyes. She blinked, as he jumped up to his feet and then hid once more, and then without a second's hesitation as the gunfire moved from her hiding place to Kouga's jumped up and threw the garbage can lids Frisbee style hitting the two front-most shooters square in the face with them. Ayame didn't stop to see how hard they fell, she new that if they were human that a hit like that would knock them unconscious if nothing else.
Ayame heard the swearing of the shooters as their two friends hit the ground. Ayame wrapped her fingers around the rim of last lid and her fear returned, was this the last time she'd ever see the sky and feel the wind again? Before her fear could render her useless Ayame jumped up and hit one more member of the gang, but not before a bullet whooshed way to close through one of her pigtails and another bullet grazed her right forearm. Ayame sank back behind her cover wincing in pain, taking her hand off the wound Ayame was glad to note that at least it was a minimal wound, sure it hurt but it was better than having it actually in her arm or worse in her head. As they started firing at her cover again Ayame wondered what was going to happen next. At least she had managed to even the odds, now it was only three vs. three. Suddenly she heard more curses and spared a quick glance to see what was going on, and saw two more of their members bite the dust. Her eyes shot to Kouga who grinned at her and pointed at his wheels which were now hubcapless. Grinning Ayame wondered how they were going to take car of the last one. Watching Kouga as he swiped two more hubcaps off the car parked next to his, Ayame had to smile. The last one was toast; but then Ayame paused, so why wasn't he running?
Suddenly a small girl's shrill scream sounded out as a shot was fired just as Kouga jumped up to take the boy out. Ayame looked over the garbage cans and watched in horror as the boy took a small girl who was been hiding close to the A & W's entrance with her mother and held the small child by the scruff of her orange dress in front of himself. The shot Ayame thought had been meant for Kouga had actually been used to shoot the girl's mother who now lay bleeding on the pavement. "Kouga no!" she shouted. "You can't not without hitting the girl."
Kouga looked at her, nodded and then sank back behind the car. Tears dotted the corner's of Ayame's eye for the girl and her poor mother. Her demon fury erupted at the thought of this boy cruelty. He would pay, Ayame swore to herself. Ayame met Kouga's eyes and nodded her head, and ripped a strip off the bottom of her jeans and winced as she tightly bound her wound to stop the blood flow. Grabbing a pop can she scrunched it between her hand and the pavement and threw it as hard as she could at the leg of the boy which held the girl up. Swearing as the missile hit his leg just above his knee; the boy dropped the girl and sank to his knees from the pain.
Without a moments hesitation Ayame jumped up emptied the two garbage cans threw the to the ground and got in rolling her way towards the boy. Slowly counting to five, Ayame winced as bullets hit the garbage cans refracting off due to the high speed and metal vertices. Then Ayame jumped out and within the time frame of two seconds got to her feet and threw one of the garbage cans over the small girl who just stood there crying. Knocking it over she kicked the garbage can covering the small girl over and kicking it sending it rolling away and out of danger. However before she even had time to turn a sharp pain erupted in her upper thigh. Ayame whirled around her pigtails whipping the boy in the face and her eyes flashing red. Grabbing the other garbage can in her left hand she spun around she hit him a double blow to the face, first with a roundhouse kick and then the metal garbage can. The boy easily flew ten feet through the air before hitting the pavement unconscious. Ayame looked at her thigh and nearly threw up from all the blood pouring down her leg and dripping onto the pavement. Grimacing Ayame forced herself to pull the bullet out with her claws and then tossed the offensive object to the pavement.
Forcing herself to stay standing , Ayame stumbled over to the woman where she sank to her knees. Turning the woman over Ayame noted with relief that she had only been shot in the shoulder. But then again, she was a human unlike her, she might die from the loss of blood. Forcing herself to her feet Ayame winced. She needed to get this woman to a hospital quickly. "Ayame!" Kouga shouted sprinting to her side.
"Kouga?" Ayame asked, turning around. She had forgotten about him. But the sudden motion sent her head spinning and she stumbled forward, she felt Kouga's arm encompass her.
"Ayame!" Kouga yelled, "What the hell was that!"
"I had to something," Ayame said softly. "She was so scared, and that women needs to get to the hospital as quickly as possible. That man was a monster, someone had to stop him."
"Well what about you?" Kouga demanded. "Are you crazy, what you attempted there was suicidal. You attacked someone with a gun head on!"
"You were worried about me?" Ayame asked surprised looking up into his blue eyes.
"Of course I was worried," Kouga said.
"Thank you," Ayame said quietly giving into the sleep her body was demanding that she required to heal. The last thought that crossed her mind was that Kouga had actually been worried about her.
To be continued....
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