By: Reall-Goodchild
Chapter 2: Driving the Man Crazy
Kouga sat at a round table in Haku's pub, near the bar with three friends Miroku, Inuyasha and Riku. It was their third game of poker that night, and currently Riku was winning. He (Riku) had a woman sitting on his lap, her name was Kagura. She and Riku had been engaged since before the last voyage.
"Come to papa!" Riku exclaimed, pulling the money towards him.
"Damnit!" Inuyasha growled, throwing his cards onto the table. "I'm out."
"Me too," Kouga and Miroku chimed, throwing down their cards as well.
The bell above the door clanged, alerting every one of new arrivals. Kouga looked up to see Ayame with her two best friends, Kagome and Sango, giggling as they entered the pub. Ayame's eyes connected with his for a second and she smiled, giving him a small wave. Kouga smirked at her.
Inuyasha looked behind him to see what Kouga was looking at. Smirking, he turned back and Miroku, nodding at the door. Miroku glanced over and grinned.
"Don't tell me you still haven't put the moves on her." Inuyasha stated flatly, still smirking.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Kouga retorted, finally looking away from the red hair woman.
"Oh come on! After that little performance last night, I don't know how you can expect us to believe that." Riku interjected.
"It is rather obvious, wolf boy." Kagura added.
"No one asked you, wind bitch." Kouga growled darkly.
"Hey!" Riku barked. "Don't talk to my woman like that!"
"So, are you going to talk to her or what?" Miroku cut in, stopping the argument before it started.
"No." Kouga stated simply.
"Whatever man." Inuyasha shrugged. "But if someone else does it first, don't come crying to us."
"Keh, yeah right." Kouga scoffed. "No one else is after Ayame."
"Oh, so you admit to being after her then?" Inuyasha said slyly.
"And, I wouldn't be so sure that no one else is after her..." Kagura said looking towards the bar, where Ayame and her friends were sitting, surrounded by several men.
Kouga followed Kagura's gaze and nearly choked on the gin he was sipping. It wasn't that guys surrounded Ayame, but she appeared to be flirting with them as well. Kouga gritted his teeth as he watched one man offer to buy her a drink.
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"Uh..." Ayame looked around nervously, not really wanting to have a drink.
"She'd love one!" Sango answered for her friend. Ayame looked at her incredulously. Sango simply smiled brushing her bangs out of her eyes. She nonchalantly nodded her head in the direction of Kouga's table.
Ayame looked at Kouga out of the corner of her eye. Jealousy was written all over her thoroughly pissed expression. She suppressed a gasp as she took in the mans face.
Sango and Kagome giggled girlishly. "You're driving the man crazy!" Sango commented.
"I told you he liked you." Kagome added.
Ayame was speechless, absolutely speechless. The bartender placed a drink down in front of her. She eyed it for a second, then glanced at Kouga and then back at the drink. Slowly she reached out and grabbed the beverage and brought it to her lips as she thanked the man for the drink.
The man smiled and leaned over, his lips close to her right ear. "I want to show you something." He whispered.
Ayame looked over at her two friends, who nodded. She turned back to the man and nodded herself, standing out. The guy escorted Ayame to the door and they left together.
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Kouga watched the two go, growing more and more anxiously the second. As they walked out the door, the man with Ayame turned his head to Kouga and smirked smugly. Kouga raised an eyebrow and stood up. He gulped down the rest of his gin and walked over to the bar, right next to Kagome. He placed the now empty glass down on the counter and leaned towards the raven hair young woman. "Where is he taking her?" Kouga asked quietly, an obvious edge to his voice.
Kagome looked up at him and blinked. "He said he wanted to show her something." Kagome explained.
The colour drained from Kouga's face. The man Ayame had left with was one of the sailors he worked with. His name was Maru and he was well known among the crew for having a girl at every port they had ever visited. Kouga wasn't about to let Ayame fall into one of his traps.
Kouga rushed out of the bar, not saying goodbye to his friends or anyone else. Once outside he looked around trying to see where Maru and Ayame had gone. He couldn't see them anywhere. Panic filled him. 'Where would a guy like Maru take a girl?' He thought frantically. Then the answer hit him hard. The beach.
With that in mind, he took off towards the beach with breakneck speed. He got there just in time to see Maru helping Ayame down off the small precipice onto the beach. He could hear Ayame giggle and thank the man. The two of them began to walk down the beach, only stopping so that Ayame could take of her high heeled shoes.
Kouga followed from a distance, not wanting to stop the two unless Maru got a little too friendly. After a while, Kouga heard Ayame speak.
"What was it you wanted to show me?" She asked.
"You'll see in a minute..." Maru answered. There was a hint of slynedd in his tone that Kouga didn't like one bit. Maru lead Ayame around a bend, moving out of Kouga's view for a second. However he could still hear them.
He heard Ayame gasp. "Maru? What are we doing here of all places?"
"I'm sure you what people come her for..." Maru said in a very suggestive manner. Kouga turned the corner and nearly gasped himself.
Maru had lead her to the caves. Ad corny as it sounds, people only came to these caves for one reason. Kouga growled deep in his throat as he watched the tall fair-haired man wrap his arms around Ayame's waist.
"Maru..." Ayame said in an almost pleading voice as she tried to push away from the man. "Maru please, stop!" Maru ignored her pleas and leaned forward, his lips connecting with Ayame's.
Kouga snapped, rushing forward to the two. He pushed Maru off of the startled girl roughly. "What in the seven hells do you think you're doing Maru?" He yelled. "She told you to stop!"
"What are you doing here Ookami?" Maru spat.
"Making sure that you don't try to do anything to her!" Kouga shouted. Ayame simply stood there dumbfounded. "It's a good thing I cam too!"
"Why? I haven't heard anything about you staking a claim on her!" Maru yelled in Kouga's face.
Kouga growled at Maru for a second before turning his back on him and going over to Ayame. "Come on Ayame." He said taking her by the arm and pulling her along with him.
"Don't turn you back on me you coward!" They heard Maru yelled. Luckily, he didn't follow them.
The two of them walked in silence, Ayame occasionally glancing ver her shoulder. After a few minutes Ayame stopped, stopping Kouga in the process.
"What?" Kouga asked impatiently at Ayame's questioning look.
"Why did you come after us?" She asked, her voice sounding rather hopeful instead of angry.
"Because I know that Maru is a ladies man and I didn't want him to hurt you." Kouga explained.
"I get that," Ayame said. "But... Why do you care whom I'm with? I mean, there were other people who know Maru and his habits who didn't even give it a second thought, but you..."
"Ayame, can we not discuss this right now." Kouga said.
"No, Kouga!" Ayame exclaimed, her temper flaring slightly. "I want to talk about this right now. I think I deserve an explanation."
Kouga sighed and resumed walking. "Come on Ayame."
Ayame glared at the back of his head as she followed. She knew she wouldn't get any answers from him. They reached the small cliff that Maru had helped Ayame off of earlier. Ayame looked down at her light blue dress then at the cliff. She was about to start climbing when she felt Kouga lift her from behind. Once on the grass at the top, Kouga jumped up.
Ayame turned to go back to the pub, seeing as it was still early, the sun was only just setting. Kouga grabbed her arm and dragged her back in the direction of her house.
"Kouga..." She called out in a questioning tone.
"I'm taking you home." He stated. "I think you've had enough excitement for one night."
"But it's still early!" She cried.
Kouga ignored her whine as he continued to pull her along the empty road. They finally reached the white Victorian style house on the hill. Kouga walked her to the front door. "I'll see you around, Ayame." He said softly, bowing his head slightly before turning to leave.
"Kouga!" Ayame called grabbing his arm before he could go to far. He turned around to face her. "I just wanted to thank you... for everything. I know I seemed a little bit ungrateful back there, but I really appreciate everything you've done for me."
Kouga stood there, frozen in place as he looked into those pools of green that she had for eyes. The expression on her face was soft, almost loving; her smile gentle, her eyes caring. He turned to face her completely. He couldn't control himself as he slowly leaned forward, one hand raising to the base of her skull, tilting her head and pulling her closer to him at the same time. Before she could say anything, their lips connected in a simple kiss.
Ayame was shocked. Was he actually kissing her? Her eyes were wide as she tried to grasp onto some form of logical thought. She panicked when she felt him pull away.
He felt like such a fool as he pulled out of the rejected kiss. He hung is head in shame as he turned to leave. His eyes widened when he felt Ayame pulled him back to her, her arms around his neck as she pulled him back in for a passionate kiss. He smirked into the kiss, on of his hands on her waist, the other in it previous position, holding her in place.
She pulled back, placing a couple soft kisses on his lips before looking up into his azure eyes happily, her arms still around his neck, her hands playing with his ebony hair. "You have no idea how long I've longed for that to happen." She whispered, closing her eyes contentedly as he places another short kiss on her lips.
"You have no idea how long I've wanted to do that." He laughed lightly. "Goodnight, Ayame." With that he placed on final chaste kiss on her lips and broke away from her, walking down the steps and back into town.
Ayame sighed happily as she took a few steps back, until her back hit the door. She giggled as she opened the door and entered the house. She was about to go up to her bedroom when her grandfather called.
"Ayame?" She heard him say. "Is that you?"
"Yes it is." She chirped in a sing song voice.
"Will you come in the kitchen for a minute," He called. "I have some news."
Ayame raised an eyebrow but did as he said. She stopped dead when she saw Naraku sitting at the table with her grandfather. "What's...?" She started.
"Good evening." The red eyed man said with a coy smile on his lips. "Wife"
A/N: GASP! I finally did it! I finally typed it up! YAY! I bet you all thought it would end after he kissed her? You have no idea how badly I wished that was where it ended, but then it wouldn't be a very exciting story now would it.
ooo Cliffy! Don't you hate those. I sure do. But they do prove to make people want more. What does Naraku mean by 'Good evening, wife'? What about Kouga? Will the madness never end!?!
I'm ever so sorry that this took me forever... two months to the day! wow! I wrote most of this like a week after I posted the first two. I'm jsut incredibly slow at updating. Sorry about that.
Review Responses:
phantomoftheflame:lol, yes the return of the ever dreaded Riku. but, in this story he's not the bad guy. He's Kouga's friend. No, I thought I should bring in the main evil guy from Inuyasha for this one.
Kate Kotobuki: I'm glad you enjoyed this story, I hope you still like it. Sorry it took me so long for this.
Kagome Lover Cool: Thank you.
mychelle 79: woah... and I thought I had a fetish for Kouga... O.o
Fran KC: I'm really sorry it took me so long to post this. please forgive.
Micayasha: No you were not dreaming! YAY!
Until next time! Toodles! And don't forget to review!