Chapter 7: Snow?
By Crimsondrop7
The sun had set. Koga and his comrades arrived in the cave. Their arms bared a large amount game, namely deer. They laid the nine large deer on the cave floor and backed up before the chaos started. As soon as the wolf demons saw the food, they rushed forward in a huge ravenous mob. Koga gave a tired sigh, rubbing his temples. Even his two best men were associated with the craziness. Koga decided to use the girl as an excuse to escape the madness. He slipped into the shadows.
He approached the furry pelt with slow steps, assuring no attention to him. He was greeted with the sight of Rhena slumbering away peacefully. Her jet-black tresses splayed across the pelt. Her face was snuggled into the warm furriness. She was curled in a ball, trying to keep warm. Rhena shivered a bit; her clothes were still damp from the afternoon swim.
I'll have her change into something else. He thought, frowning.
His gaze swept over her legs and settled on her feet. He was checking to see if the wound had healed. He frowned. Well, as much as he could see. A of wolf lay curled on her feet, its fur covering the skin from sight.
A small attempt. Koga noted.
He continued to stare at her for a few minutes until he caught himself.
What am I DOING? His mind screamed.
Snorting, Koga turned his tail and started at the cave wall. What a wondrous color of dull gray it was, yes…absolutely boring. His left eye started to twitch with annoyance as nothing stirred in his interest. Tired of boredom, he plopped down close to Rhena's head and prolonged to stare into space.
Koga stayed like that for a few minutes until his eyelids became droopy. He fought the oncoming sleep, but lost. His eyelids slid closed and his body fell to the soft fluffiness. Little did he know that falling asleep close to Rhena would cause a few problems in the morning.
"Koga! Koga!" Ginta ran frantically about the cave, searching for him.
He skidded to stop in front of his pelt and snickered at the sight that met him. Koga was snuggledagainst Rhena! Ginta tried yelling at first, but when that did nothing, resorted to shaking him. He became frustrated as Koga showed no signs of waking up. Hakkaku ran up to Ginta,
"What's wrong?"
"He won't wake up!" Ginta replied, stressed.
Hakkaku looked at Rhena, "Why don't we let her wake him up? We'll just accidentally wake her up and she'll accidentally wake him up!"
A smirk creeped onto Ginta's face and nodded his head vigorously. Hakkaku walked up to Rhena. He nudged her none-the-too-gently in the back and then pinched her arm. Her eyes popped open.
"What was that fo…" Rhena stopped in mid-sentence. Her mind spun. Someone was against her not in a very good position either.
Koga's head was in the crook of her neck, his nose buried in her hair. His right arm wrapped tightly and possessively around her waist while the other one rested lightly on her hip. Their legs were hopelessly intertwined. She looked at her own betraying hands in disbelief. One gripped his fur skirt while the other lay innocent. Shocked, Rhena released her grip on his skirt.
Why was I gripping his skirt?
She heard two snickers from behind her and twisted her body as far as it could. She glared at the ones who dared to watch such an embarrassing moment. She saw Ginta rolling on the ground paralyzed with silent laughter. Hakkaku was laughing, ready to collapse at any moment. Hakkaku dared to open an eye as saw Rhena mouth the words 'You're dead!'. Unable to take it anymore, he fell to the ground and doubled over laughing, holding his stomach..
Rhena let a frustrated sigh escape her lips and focused on the problem at hand. She needed to get out of this position before anyone else witnesses their, ahem, position…
First, she'd have to remove the invading arm around her waist; it was holding her down. Rhena grunted in annoyance, she couldn't remove his arm!
Great! He has a death grip on my waist! Just great! She thought sourly.
Suddenly, his resting hand on her hip started to trace down her body. She stiffened. His hand grew closer to her butt as she grew nervous.
What is he doing?
She felt his hand graze over her butt and rest on her thigh. As an immediate reaction, her face grew red with embarrassment and she sprang up, not caring if she hurt Koga in the process.
"YOU PERVERT!" Rhena screeched as loud as she could.
This only fueled Ginta and Hakakku's laughter more. Koga jerked awake.
"YOU TOO!" She pointed an accusing finger at them, "I SWEAR, IF ANYONE ELSE SAW THAT, THEY'RE DEAD! DON'T THINK YOU TWO ARE EXCUSED FROM THIS!"
Rhena pounced after the two who scooted away from her as fast as they could on their butts. She was within inches of reaching them when a warm hand closed around her wrist, preventing her from advancing any further. She glared at the hand and followed it up to Koga's face. It held confusion with a touch of annoyance; it almost looked cute, almost…
"What's going on here, woman?"
"Woman!" Rhena wrenched her wrist from his grasp, "I have a name! You know it! Use it!"
"Fine." He retorted, not in the mood to argue, "What's the problem, Rhena?" She almost smiled when she heard that, but spotted Ginta and Hakkaku's smirks.
"These two just…!" She had trouble putting it into words, "They…! They just…exploited me!"
"So?" Koga crossed his arms, not seeing the point.
"So?" Rhena sputtered, she thought he heard the last part, "They just saw… something that made them think dirty thoughts!"
"Why should I care? We have more important things to focus on, like getting you something better to wear!"
Koga put his hand on her lower back and pushed Rhenain front of him. Ginta and Hakkaku followed after, predicting another entertaining fight.
"Don't you change the subject on me wolf boy! And what's wrong with what I'm wearing?" Rhena spun around to face Koga as he stopped, her arms poised on her hips.
"One, it attracts too much attention." Rhena raised an eyebrow, "Two, you're shivering because your clothes are damp!"
Koga held a fur skirt much like his own in front of her waist, seeing if it would fit her. He frowned and shook his head in disapproval. It was too large. He searched for a smaller one while Rhena's face glowed red. She decided to keep her mouth shut for now and clasped her hands behind her back. They were just itching to slap away those offending hands.
Koga put another one up to her waist and smiled in triumph. He turned to the pile of amour. He threw them this way and that. Rhena, Ginta, and Hakkaku had to dodge and duck the flying black blurs. Koga gave a small yip of success when he found armor for a female. He handed it to Rhena.
Her eyes widened at seeing how it was shaped. It was like a tube-top with two skimpy-looking strings to hold it up. The waist was smaller. She noticed, with an ironic frown, the armor had spaces to accommodate her breasts. Not too mention, the armor veered dangerously to over exaggerating a v-neck. She eyed it critically. Will she even be able to fit into this?
"Get dressed." Koga ordered. Ginta and Hakkaku's smirks widened when they heard the command. Rhena frowned at the two then set her sights on Koga.
"With you watching? I don't think so."
Koga gave a shrug and turned around. Koga saw the perverted grins on his Ginta and Hakakku; he glared at them. Their smirks disappeared and reluctantly, they turned around.
Rhena checked one more time before peeling off her damp shirt, Guess wolf boy was right.
She warily looked at the armor and frowned. There was no way she could wear a bra with this thing! She set it on the floor and buried it in her shirt. Hopefully no one will see it. As she looked down at herself, her face turned beet red. She had cleavage!
Adjusting the strings as best as she could, she picked up the furry skirt. It was a little loose, but slid on easily. Rhena tightened the strings at the waist until it felt comfortable. There was a draft around her legs; she didn't like it much.
"You can look now." Rhena announced to the males.
Hakkaku and Ginta's reacted with their mouths falling open. They couldn't believe how fitting it was! Koga gave a large smile and walked towards her,
"That's better! It fits you perfectly!" He knew the black fur would suit her. It blended splendidly with her jet-black hair and made her midnight blue eyes stand out. "We still need to add a few more things to complete."
Koga rested his hands on the ebony shoulders of the wary female, "Follow me."
She grudgingly trailed him to the next cave. This was full of furry appendages. He pulled out two black shoulder pads and attached them to the strings on her top. He grabbed ones that had a cloth fastened to the bottom. Rhena looked at it oddly.
"For your feet." He explained.
Rhena sat on the ground and awkwardly pulled them on like socks. She stood and looked at him, expecting another piece of furry clothing shoved into her arms. Koga merely stepped aside. She shot him a confused look.
He sighed, "Choose somthing for your arms."
Rhena gave a nod and starting searching. She pulled out a short whiteone and a medium white. She put them on, opposite of Koga's arms.
The longer one on my arm is shorter than his. Our colors are different, and they're on different arms. Rhena reassured herself, Hopefully he won't notice.
"Done."
All three wolves' eyes shot to her figure, studying her choice. Ginta and Hakkaku looked at each other, then back at Rhena. Their smiles matched. Koga raised one eyebrow at the color choice and two eyebrows at the length of them, and blinked at the arm choice.
He put the puzzle together. Koga saw what she was trying to hide. Smirking in pride he strode over to Rhena and threw an arm around her shoulder, "Glad you like my style."
"Like I had many choices!" She shook off his arm and scooted a few feet away from him.
Suddenly, Koga's hand closed on her wrist and pulled her along him. "Let's show you to the rest of the pack."
"Are you kidding? No way!" Rhena protested.
"Too late." Koga declared. He stood at the opening in the main cave with Rhena hiding behind him.
"Oh joy." Rhena muttered, her voice dripping with sarcasm.
Hakkaku and Ginta crossed over to the other side, wishing to participate in the fun.
"Listen up men!" Koga's voice thundered over the wolf demons and bounced off the cave walls, "Rhena will be staying with us to help with the shard hunt. We decided to fix her up a bit. What do you think boys?"
Koga stepped aside, revealing Rhena looking embarrassingly looking at the cave floor, finding it very interesting. A blush stained her cheeks.
Catcalls, cheering, and howling reverberated the room. Her blush deepened as her gaze swept over the crowd. She saw Ginta, Hakkaku, even Koga contributing the ruckus! He laughed heartedly at the sight. A few change of clothes and his men were drooling! He had to admit that she was more attractive with their clothes than her own.
Ginta and Hakkaku pulled Koga away as they wore serious faces. His smile dissipated. They told him important news received from the guards earlier that morning. Koga gave a short nod and sided up to Rhena. Her face was flushed from the wolves' teasing. Koga lowered his head to her left ear and told the news. The reaction he got was a rather loud outburst:
"ARE YOU MAD? NOT POSSIBLE!"
An uproar of new catcalls, howls, and cheers reached their ears. Obviously, they had thought of a different idea; those dirty minds!
Rhena bit her lip to stop retorting; she knew it would only fuel their laughter further.
"Settle down men, I have another announcement!" Koga's voice demanded authority and the rest of the pack settled down while Ginta and Hakkaku took their places back in the audience, "I've been informed that there is a demon with four shards within the region. Unfortunately, that demon has powers of ice. He's plunged the entire Eastern and Southern region into a temporary winter. If we can find this demon and kill it, we'll be able to stop the snow and get four shards in the bargain!"
Pack members grew wild at the statement.
As the pack members returned to their own things, Koga searched for Rhena. She was standing at the opening of the cave, her hand sliding across the frozen waterfall. Koga walked to her side and noted that her eyes were unfocused and distant. She blinked twice before turning to Koga in question. He shot her a confused look.
A small sigh escaped her lips as she rubbed her temples, "Can I go outside for a short walk? I need to think about some things.."
Koga noticed the tired tone she used and saw her rubbing her temples. "Sure." He replied in an apologetic tone. The one important thing Koga forgot was to send someone to watch her, oops?
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