Chapter 30: The Showdown
The two arrive with moments to spare before sunset and glare at the wolf who stands on the other side of the clearing, smirking maliciously, "So, you finally decided to show up! I was beginning to think you had chickened out."
Inuyasha huffs as he let's Kagome off of his back, "Please, me being afraid of you would be like an elephant being afraid of a flea. Where are they?"
Kouga continues smirking and steps to the side to reveal the two unconscious forms. Kagome's eyes narrow and Inuyasha growls low, barely containing himself from just charging the mangy flea-bag full-front. "Your fight's with me Kouga, not them. Show a little spine and let them go."
The greasy smirk never leaves Kouga's face as he smoothly replies "Of course, nothing simpler. They are related to my precious after all." With that he snaps his fingers and two wolves appear. Each takes the end of a rope as gently as they would a pup and begins to drag the attached person along across the clearing. Once the two reach the pair they gently lay the ropes down, wag their tails once or twice at Kagome, snap at Inuyasha, then run off back into the woods.
Once her family's safe, Kagome scowls at Kouga, "I'm not your precious Kouga. Never was, never will be."
Kouga just smiles darkly, "Oh yes you will be. Whether you want to or not, you will be my precious, my love, mine."
Something about his tone made her shrink even as she worked on freeing her family. Something about it was so final, so menacing. She's relieved when Inuyasha steps in front of her, cutting the direct link between the two of them.
Inuyasha, on the other hand, was barely reigning in his instincts. How dare this wolf say that to her! To his sweet, loving Kagome. He turns his head so said girl can hear him as he growls out, "Kagome get them into the woods so they'll be safe."
She nods before gathering them up as best she could and starting her slow journey into the woods. Once her slight frame disappears between the trees, he turns his attention back to the arrogant demon in front of him, "Let's get this over with. I rather not have Kagome see what I'm going to do to you."
Kouga smirks, "I was about to say the exact same thing!" With that he charges and Inuyasha, taken off guard by his speed, barely dodges in time as the black-haired youth rams into the ground at the place he had stood not two seconds beforehand.
'Damn! He's gotten stronger and faster! I can't mess around with him anymore.' Inuyasha thinks as he does his best to dodge the attacks that come one after another. Soon enough though, he gets tired of being on the defensive and one time when his feet touch the ground instead of jumping back, he bounds forward, catching the wolf mid-leap and causing them to tumble together to the ground.
They hit the ground and separate, eyeing each other warily, but smirking as well, "I see you do have a spine mutt. I was starting to think I was going to have to chase you around this clearing all night!"
Inuyasha huffs, "As if. I was just watching your style. It's about as complicated as an ant's. Then again, I guess I shouldn't be surprised A simple style for a simple mind. Now watch and learn idiot. This is how you attack if you really want to do some damage!" He says as he charges directly at the wolf at such a speed that Kouga doesn't know what hit him before he gets a knee to the chest that forces him skyward.
Just as he regains control and starts his decent, he notices that Inuyasha isn't anywhere to be found. Looking around a bit, suddenly his eyes widen and he turns around, just in time to get a foot to the face. Inuyasha jumps away, letting Kouga have a few moments to gather his wits now that he feels more confident in his ability to whip the little butt-wipe and he determines to enjoy himself for a while. "And that's what's called a 'combo' move, you ever hear of one? Won't be surprised, the word is a bit big to fit in that tiny little brain of yours."
Kouga chuckles from where he lays before jumping up onto his feet and wiping a small smear of blood off of his face. "Heh, is that all you've got? It's gonna take more then a few lucky shots to take me down mutt-face!"
Inuyasha, not feeling like talking anymore, simply charges, yelling "We'll just see about that won't we?"
They exchange blows, clashing again and again, faster then the naked eye can see. They stop momentarily to exchange insults before they're at it again. Little do they know that a certain raven-haired girl is watching every move that she can, silently cheering on her silver-furred protector.
As the fight continues, Inuyasha steadily begins taking the upper hand as both begin suffering from exhaustion. Kouga, seeing this, and the determined look in the hanyou's eyes, suddenly knows that he cannot win this fight as it is going. Making a split decision, he manages to rush around so that he's behind Inuyasha and then charges, reaching him just as he turns around. Silver flashes against the last rays of the sun as they go to hide behind the horizon to sleep until the next day begins.
Then, everything stops. Both occupants still as marble statues. Then, Kouga falls to land on his knee. Inuyasha smirks, "Told you that you couldn't beat me." Before falling completely to the ground, blood pouring from under him.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome cries even as Kouga raises himself up and walks over to Inuyasha's unmoving form, smirking like the devil himself.
He grabs the unconscious hanyou by the collar and lifts him up, ignoring the blood that continues to flow from the wound. "You were so confident. You thought you'd have me beaten so easily. Well remember this you little mutt. I am the only one who will ever be strong enough for Kagome, and I'm going to take her, one way or another." He then leans in close and whispers in his ear, "And there's nothing you can do about it, you filthy half-breed."
With that he drops the lifeless body to the ground and kicks it for good measure. He then turns and kicks dirt on him with the heel of his foot as a final act of disgrace.
He finds it caught by a clawed hand that nearly crushes it in it's grip. His face goes white as he hears a low growl raise from the body, "You are unhonorable, wolf. You hid a weapon, you cheated, and you have challenged my claim on this female twice, even after I showed mercy to you the first time, if only for her sake. That will not happen this time, the female is not here." Suddenly Inuyasha's head shoots up and Kouga finds himself staring into pure red eyes and a demonic grin, "You will die."
A.N. I am so so so so so sorry! I know I'm an evil person for putting a cliffie there, but I just couldn't help myself! It was such a good stopping point! I promise to get the next chappie out as soon as possible! Oh, and just in case you're wondering, Inuyasha said that Kagome wasn't there because he was unconscious/fighting his instincts at the time, so he didn't hear her. Well, now to Reviewer Replies!
RebelWriter- Yeah, after I read it again, I noticed that the 'bitch' comments did kinda kill the atmosphere. Oh well, I'll keep that in mind for the next fluffy moment, which should be next chappie if things go the way I plan them to. Sorry it took me a bit longer to get this chappie out, but I wanted it to be good, so I actually outlined it before I wrote it (usually I just sit down and write). I'm really sorry that I left you with that cliffie, but, as I said, I couldn't help myself. I promise to get the next chappie up as soon as I can.
Hanyou Vixen- Thanks, I thought it was pretty clever myself to have him threaten his family rather then throw Grandpa in the loony bin. Then again, can you really see Kouga using Kagome's family in any other way? I mean, he is a brute that likes to show off his strength whenever he can if it gets him what he wants. Oh, and also, I promise to make my chappies a bit longer, I think I've gotten a bit lazy lately anyways lol.
ThatOneNerd- Lol, well, here's the update, finally. Please don't kill me for leaving you hanging, I couldn't help myself, besides, I believe that you're the only reader that has the advantage of being able to see and talk to me in real life, so you already know what's going to happen. In any case, I promise to update asap!
Inu Youkai Gurl 101- Lol, I'm glad to see that my story excites you so. As for your questions, you now know what happens to Souta, I'm not saying on Naraku's master plan cause that'd just ruin the whole story, I don't know if Fluffy'll appear in any future chapters, but I may be able to squeeze him in if you want, and I honestly have no idea how long this story is going to be. It leads me, not the other way around. I promise to update as quickly as I can.
CopperlineBlue Kitty- Lol, don't worry about it, I'm one of the worst offenders of not remembering to review that you'll ever find. Maybe that's why I'm always so happy to see when people review my story. It makes me warm and fuzzy inside lol. Well, now you know that Souta is out of danger, now the question is, just how badly IS Inu-chan going to beat Kouga before Kagome tries to stop him? At this point, even I don't know.
Neko-Yuff 16- First off, don't worry, I'd never hurt Souta all that much! He's way to cute to be hurt more then a little. As for how this fight is going to turn out, I'm not really sure, but I don't think that I'll have the spell break yet, that will come later. Remember, Kikyo (whom I really don't like, but there was no one else to take the part) said that she'd come back on the 100th anniversary of the kingdom and see how Inu-chan's doing. It won't just break. We'll just have to wait and see just where my story takes then, won't we? Don't worry, I'm just as anxious to see how this all ends as anyone.
AmekuKanitsuki- Well, I'm sorry, but you'll have to wait until next chapter to see just how badly Inu-chan beats Kouga. And I agree, he does deserve it for kidnapping Souta! I promise to update as soon as possible.
animekat- Thank you very much for the praise. I'll do my best to continue writing up to your expectations of me.
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Bishojo- Lol, yeah, Kouga is pretty stupid. I'm glad to find yet another member to the Kouga hating fan base lol. I swear, if you didn't know better you'd think I was president of the club the way I seem to be recruiting people with this story lol.
hanyou angel- Lol, thank you very much. The reason why I ask is because I like getting input from you guys, the readers. You all are who this story is really for, so it only makes sense to ask what you liked and what you didn't like.
CatHanyouNelia- Lol, yet another member for the fan club! No, I highly doubt the likelihood of a lemon for a couple reasons. One, doesn't let them on anymore, and even if they did the rating I've given this story doesn't warrant one. And two, I've never written a lemon before, so I have no idea if I'm any good, and I firmly believe those that can't write good lemons shouldn't try to write them at all. I love Inu/Kag romances too, which is probably why I decided to make this story one lol. Don't worry, there will be plenty of ass-kicking in the next chappie if all goes as planned, I promise.
Ame-sama- Lol, I'll do my best to get around to it, I promise. I'll also advise her to make it so that non-members can review so that you can to your heart's delight. I also promise to update as quickly as possible. Lol, if I don't I think some of my loyal readers just might try and tear my head of by chucking bad food at it lol.
Kylria- Lol, I would love to be on the sidelines too. Well…not during that last part maybe. Knowing me I'd probably run out onto the field and try to tackle Kouga lol. I promise to update as soon as I can.
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RoseMaiden- Lol, don't worry, I didn't get writer's block. I just wanted to be extra careful on this chappie. Had to make it good, you know? I promise to update as soon as possible so that you can read just how badly Kouga gets his butt handed to him.
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Wow! I didn't realize that so many of you reviewed! Thank you all from the bottom of my heart, you have no idea how wonderful it makes me feel to see so many people enjoy something that I made. Lol, now you guys have made me feel really guilty for leaving you hanging like that lol. Well, until next time (which I PROMISE will be soon as I can possibly crank it out), RR!