:One and Only:
(A/N: this chapter is basically catching up with Koga, Ichiatsui and Kihana. Along with introductions. I just realized, I haven't told you what they look like yet!)
Chapter 16: Sisters and Comforting Words
Kagome struggled to keep in a giggle as Sango and Miroku walked in.
"What?" Sango said as she sat down in front of Kagome.
Kagome held her breath so she wouldn't confess, and slowly, her face started turning red, then blue, then purple, before she gasped and yelled out.
"YES! I AM MASTER QUEEN OF ALL! I GOT YOU BACK!" She yelled, doing her little victory dance. (You know, moving your arms in a circular fashion, making a proverbial well with your fists...if you wanna say it that way...) Shippo jumped up with Kirara at the noise, realizing they were back and decided it would be best if he went into another room. His ears have been tortured enough for today.
"WHAT?" Sango said as she grabbed Kagome's shoulders, keeping her in place.
"I said, I got you back, you set me up, I set you up. It's called karma." she said in a know-it-all way.
"How'd you know that?" Sango said, shaking her profusely. Kagome felt a little dizzy but kept her smile.
"You underestimate InuYasha's hearing abilities..." she said, rolling her eyes innocently.
Sango glared at InuYasha, who was sitting alongside of Miroku, eyes wide.
O.O-
Kagome and Sango whispered quietly in each others' ears, and even InuYasha couldn't guess what they were saying.
After a minute of whispering and staring at the two guys in an evil manner, before getting up, grabbing each others hands, jumping and screeching in sheer happiness.
InuYasha covered his ears and realized why Shippo left the room. 'Lucky kit.' he thought as he waited for the squabbling between the two ladies to finish.
Kagome realized why InuYasha was covering his ears and sat down, as if nothing happened. Sango did the same.
Miroku just sat there, staring blankly at the girls before absent-mindedly pouring some tea.
Koga smiled at the girls in front of him. He decided he would bring them to meet Kagome. He also had to explain why he did what he did. It would be nice to see her again, even if it wasn't for the same reasons. (a.k.a. to go see his 'woman'. cocky, ne?)
"Ichatsui, Kihana, do you want to come see a friend of mine?" he said, standing at the base of the main den.
"Yes!" they said in harmony.
They rushed up to him and stood by his side.
"Follow me." He said before running towards the place he knew Kagome would be.
Ichiatsui and Kihana nodded to each other and followed.
Ichiatsui ran just about as fast as Koga, her long brunette hair in a loose pony whipping in the wind. Her deep brown eyes focused on Koga's running form, wondering who his 'friend' is.
Kihana followed slightly behind Ichiatsui, being the slower one in her family. Her silky sandy blonde hair was loose and followed the wind as she stared ahead. Her blue/hazel eyes smiled. She loved running. Being a wolf demon, she ran fast, so fast that sometimes, she felt like she was flying.
Her small form clutched the ribbons around her wrists and let a burst of speed to catch up with herelder sister.
Koga smiled as he approached the village, seeing Kagome outside, playing with her kitsune.
Kagome tickled Shippo and laughed as his futile attempts to get her to stop failed once again.
She turned her head and stopped playing with Shippo when she sensed a familiar presence.
She smiled sweetly and stood up as she greeted Koga and his companions. It had been a while since she had seen him. InuYasha told her part of what happened, but she wanted to hear everything.
"Hey Kagome!"
"Hi Koga!" she replied, looking at his companions, waiting for introduction.
"Oh, these are my companions, Ichiatsui-." he said looking towards a tall, thin girl with long brunette hair tied loosely over her shoulder and a wolf outfit similar to Koga's but with red ribbons tied around her waist and neck. Kagome smiled at her and looked to the other.
"-And this is Kihana." Koga finished, looking oppisite to Ichiatsui, to a girl with blondish hair, and stricking blue eyes. Her outfit was almost exactly the same to Ichiatsui, but two red ribbons around her wrists and one around her forehead, the ends blowing around with the slight breeze.
"Nice to meet you both.!" Kagome said as she shook thier hands.
"I am Kagome, and this is my pup, Shippo." she said, picking the kitsune up.
Noticing the confused look on the girls' faces, she added.
"Adopted."
Kagome offered to let them have a cup of tea and they accepted with smiles on their face.
When they walked in, Kagome introduce Sango, Kirara, InuYasha and Miroku.(she mentioned his...problem...)
InuYasha nodded towards Koga and the two girls, and Miroku smiled brightly, shaking their hands, but they carefully backed away after greetings and sat down between Koga and Kagome.
'She seems trustworthy.' Ichiatsui telepathically transferred to her sister.
'Yes, she has been friend with the wolf tribe for a while, I remember her being in the den's before.' Kihana replied, catching her sisters glance.
Kagome sat between Ichiatsui and InuYasha as Koga explained to the group how the two came to be of his tribe.
"We are sisters. When we were still pups, we were separated from or parents, and leaned on each other. We are somewhat like Kagome-sama and her adopted kitsune. We were adopted by the wolf tribe." Ichiatsui said before Koga could quite explain that.
"Yes, we have relied on each other for our entire lives, and were alone for almost two years before the tribe found us. They are our family, our own tribe as far as we are concerned. They accepted us, so we are loyal to them. It is just as we were born there." Kihana said as she sipped her tea.
Koga basically just sat and drank tea while the two explained.
Kagome and the others sat and listened intently at their story as they finished.
Once finished, Kagome told the story of how she came to be of this time and their journey. (By the way, Koga knew Kagome comes from the future)
InuYasha, Miroku, and Sango added something from time to time, and that just increased the sisters' look of shock and intrest. When Kagome finished, they were about to fall over.
"So you are from five hundered years in the future?" Kihana blurted out, eyes wide.
Kagome giggled a little bit before replying. "Yes." she smiled again as the two let their jaws drop slightly, then corrected themselves.
"Kagome, will you come outside for a minute?" Koga said before someone could interrupt. InuYasha was about to protest when Kagome gave a nod of assurance, placing a sleeping Shippo in his arms. Miroku kept babbling on about how he got his curse and their battle with Naraku.
Kagome followed Koga to the hillish spot in front of the hut and sat down.
"Kagome, you might be wondering what happened with the dead bitch." He said, looking as the sun slowly made it's decent. 'Wow, we've been here a long time' he thought before turning to Kagome.
"With Kikyo? Well, InuYasha told me part of what happened, but I would like to hear it from your point of view." she said, staring at the emotion swirling in his eyes.
"Well, I smelt your tears, so I was running towards you, and I saw you get hit by the arrow. And I ran towards you. InuYasha had tried to block the arrow with himself. He was going to die for you." Kagome was about to add something. But Koga silenced her, putting his fingers to her lips.
"Kagome, you know I love you, and I would kill for you. I would follow you until I could not move. But he. He would die for you. He would gladly give up his entire being just for you. He has tried to many times before. You may not know how much, but he loves you to more extent than I ever could. I will find my soulmate, and I will always love you. But I will love you in a way that I always have. I was just too dense to notice it. I will love you as to kill for you, to treat you when your hurt. I will love you as the loyal, strong, beautiful person you are. But you will never love me the way you love him. I will love you as my friend. I trust you with my life, and I probably always will." he kissed her forehead and wiped away the tears in her eyes.
"Koga? I love you too. You know that right? I love you, just not in a way that one of those two can." she said, hugging him.
"What?" he said, breaking the hug.
"Those girls in there. You love them. And they love you." she said in a comforting tone.
"Don't deny it. I can see the look in your eye when you stare at them. There is only two emotions that swirl around in there. Love, and caring. You are supposed to be with them. I can feel the energy. They belong with you." she said, staring back at the hut as the group chatted quietly.
Koga looked to, and thought about it. 'She's right. Now all I have to do, is choose. How in the seven hells am I gonna do that?' he was snapped out of his thoughts by Kagome hugging him again.
"Koga?"
"Ya?"
"Can I ask you something?"
"What?"
She looked into the deep blue orbs and he saw the fear in her eyes.
"I've been having these- dreams...see I haven't told InuYasha yet, but they...they scare me."
Koga looked at her with worry in his eyes.
"See...mostly, I'm standing in front of a mirror, and when I look into it, I see Kikyo, whatever I do, she does. Then, in the mirror, I see InuYasha coming in and kissing her, before sinking into hell. It scares me." she said. She was crying now. She hadn't confessed this to anyone yet, but she knew Koga would understand, for some unknown reason.
"It hasn't happened as often anymore, but it keeps getting worse, like InuYasha... sometimes he would just stand and smile as Kikyo shot an arrow at me." she said, moving away to look into his eyes.
Without hesitation, Koga grabbed Kagome by the shoulders and looked her straight in the eye.
"Kagome. Listen. You are not this Kikyo bitch. InuYasha loves you, not her. He loves Kagome. You are Kagome. You are Kagome. Not Kikyo. That pot of clay and bones might as well just go back to hell. She has no place here. Nor with InuYasha. InuYasha doesn't think of you as Kikyo's reincarnation, he thinks of you as Kagome. Thats who you are. Kagome." he repeated her name as if to breach an invisible barrier.
Kagome smiled. "Thank you, Koga, thank you very much."
She walked back inside with Koga in tow.
InuYasha acknowledged her and moved over to make room.
"Ichiatsui, Kihana, comeon. We must return. It's already dusk." Koga said as he stood at the doorway.
They nodded their understandings and said thanks and goodbye to the others before following Koga.
Koga returned to the cave and watched as the two girls take their leave for bed.
"Thank you for taking us to meet your friends, Koga-kun. Please take us again sometime." Ichiatsui said before moving into the female den.
Koga smiled before moving to his own den. 'Today was a long day.' he thought as he flopped down on his hay. He welcomed the sleep that creeped up on him.
Kagome lay her head on InuYasha's shoulder as Miroku, Sango and Kirara walked to their own hut.
Closing her eyes, she failed to remember the inevitable nightmare that was ever-so-quietly creeping up on her.
Hey guys, uhh...my back hurts. I've been writing this for about 2 hours...ow...
I got some comforting Koga-Kagome stuff in there...sort of helping each other with their "love lives" so i hoped you like it.
Thanks to my reviewers:
Aliryn-(hehe...for some odd reason I have a feeling I will follow the exact same path when and if I make it to university...hmm...alternate personalities...what kind of world would we live in without them? Thanks for the review!)
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I am tired slaving over a hot keyboard. My wrists and back hurts...so now I am going to sit back while you review and eat my bubble-gum ice-cream...mm...bubble-gum...
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