A/N Ayame will not appear for a chapter or two, so be patient.

Ch. 3: "Damsel in Distress"

As the sun rose at the break of dawn, a whirlwind traveled abnormally through dense Inuyasha's Forest. Kouga, still reliving the guilt from the night before when Ayame showed up unexpected, triggered his thoughts to a familiar scent instead; Kagome.

"Inuyasha! Sit, boy!" shouted the young miko's voice in the distance. Kouga skidded to a stop, recognizing her voice all-too-well, but could not decipher on what they were saying.

"Kagome?" he called out, in spite of him being a ways away, "Damn… That Mutt Inuyasha must've done something to hurt her! I'm coming Kagome!"

Apparently, Kagome was in no dire danger at all, expect for being entirely disgusted because of the hanyou. "Inuyasha! You pervert!" Kagome shouted yet again, "Sit, sit, sit boy!"

"Ow, ow, ow! Shut up Kagome! I didn't know you were in the hot springs! Please, I beg of you, have mercy!" shouted Inuyasha, pleading for Kagome to stop saying "sit".

"You should have thought of that, before you spied on me while I was undressed and bathing!" she yelled, outraged, "You're worse than Miroku!"

"Am not!"

"Are too, you… you Peeping Tom, you!"

Kouga silently traced where Kagome and the half-demon were located, by both of their angry and pleading voices. "Gr… If he hurt Kagome…" he growled, seeing them finally. From not being able to hear correctly, Kouga now saw what the conversation was really about, making him blink in utter disbelief and confusion.

"Kagome! I said I'm sorry, already! Ouch!" the hanyou shouted in distress, literally getting on his hands and knees, begging.

"That still doesn't make up for what you did." Kagome said grabbing her bike and overly-stuffed backpack, and riding off, not caring if Inuyasha followed or not.

"Kagome…" Inuyasha growled in his warning tone, "You get back here!"

"Sit, boy!" Kagome shouted again not looking back, but shouting another "sit" command when Inuyasha argued.

Kouga was still trying to figure out what was going on, when an unlikely thought hit him. "Kagome's losing interest in Inuyasha! After they separate finally, Kagome will finally know her true destiny; to be with me!" he whispered, a wide, devious grin growing widely across his face.

A/N sigh Kouga is a hopeless romantic, I tell ya'. giggle There'll be lots more to come folks.