From Bad to Worse
Chapter Five: Oh utter hell…
"Kagome-chan, are these two some of your friends from the village?" Kagome's mother had come out and had seen the two demons coming out of the well house, Kagome before them. Tension was thick in the air as the red-headed girl seemed to glare at her daughter and clutch onto the taller ebony-haired boy.
Mrs. Higurashi raised an eyebrow at the trio's unresponsiveness to her question.
Kagome narrowed her eyes for a moment before plastering a smile onto her face and chirping, "Kouga-kun! Ayame-chan! How did you two get through the well? Why don't you come into the main house?" She then proceeded to grab the two shocked wolf demons and drag them across the shrine's grounds to the house.
As Kagome was pulling them along, Kouga was trying to get Ayame to unlatch herself from his arm. "Let me go Ayame!" He growled at the green-eyed girl.
Kagome stopped abruptly, causing both Kouga and Ayame to crash into the human girl. Keeping her balance, she turned her head to them for a brief moment before slamming open the sliding glass door, leading the other two into the kitchen.
All the while Kagome's mother observed her daughters' rather irritated and tense behavior toward the wolf demoness, and numb attitude toward the wolf demon.
It seems that all hell was to break loose on that day in the Higurashi house…
Crimson bled into her vision as she was engulfed into the arms of her silver haired lover.
The dead miko sighed as she wished to feel the warmth of InuYasha's embrace, just for a moment. A moment she could never have again, not since the tine by the river fifty years before. Luckily for the both of them, the anger of her soul had moved past, the denial has vanished. Once again she could accept the hanyou.
InuYasha breathed in her dead covered scent, still there was a flicker of her scent when she was alive.
He reveled in it.
Once again there they were, caught in the past.
Neither of them wished for it to end, or even begin. Because the pain the two lovers felt was almost unbearable because they knew that they would never have the same time again.
Kikyo would still be dead, and InuYasha could not help her.
They had both contemplated the idea of the Shikon no Tama being able to give life back to the undead miko. It made sense, but it would be far from the present time when the jewel would be complete again.
Naraku still held most of the pieces.
He had ruined their promising life of happiness. For this reason, and many others; he would be hunted and destroyed.
Running his claws through dark, silky long hair InuYasha felt his worry melt. He just wanted to enjoy his time alone with his mate.
For she was his mate, he had marked her.
Even though she was of clay and hollow, he had grazed only the surface. He had covered her with his scent, warding others off.
She would always be his, in life and in death…
Back to our now to turn rather chaotic scene!
'Screwed, screwed, screwed…' Was the more chant than thought that was going through Kouga's mind as he saw the woman he loved turn rather sour toward him.
'If only Ayame hadn't come through the well…' Was the thought that was running through Kouga and Kagome's minds.
But both of their thoughts were interrupted when they heard the whine from Ayame.
"Kougaaaaaaaa! Where are we! What is that wench doing here? Let's go back! You're my mate! Come on Kouga!" To emphasize her pleads to leave; she latched herself onto Kouga's arm again and started tugging on it.
Kouga didn't budge.
Kagome fumed.
Mrs. Higurashi stared in amazed confusion.
Ayame just kept on tugging.
Grandpa stopped sweeping.
Souta started his second to last class of the day.
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Screw it.
Kagome had been counting in her head, trying to dissipate her anger, her rather irrational anger. She knew that Kouga wanted her and not Ayame, but she couldn't help her spike of jealousy.
Ayame stilled from her incessant tugging on Kouga's arm. Kouga had stopped trying to remove Ayame from him.
Both demons eyes widened a fraction when they smelled Kagome's anger spike fiercely.
'I am so screwed.' Kouga's last thought was before Kagome started on her rant.
"Listen, I am not about to put up with any whining, we are in my time Ayame if you must know so that you don't burst our eardrums with your bloody screeching of 'Kougaaaaaaa, Kougaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa'!" At this point Kagome did a very interesting higher voiced mimic of Ayame calling Kouga's name with little fawning motions.
Kouga and Ayame sweat-dropped and face faulted at the girl's amusing, but odd antics.
But personally Kouga was rather impressed that Kagome blew up at Ayame.
Green eyes narrowing, the she-wolf grounded out, "Why you little whore-"
Ayame was cut off as Kagome swiftly stepped forward and swiped her hand across Ayame's face in a ringing slap.
"You didn't let me finish wench." Kagome whispered in a deadly low voice. "I don't like the way you are hanging off of my mate's arm and won't let go when he doesn't want you; especially when you call him your mate when he is mine."
Kouga nearly started jumping up and down dancing around clapping and yipping.
When the shock of what Kagome said and did wore off of course.
Mrs. Higurashi stared at the scene before her, 'Did my daughter just bitch slap another girl and claim the man in the skirt?'
Ayame's eyes started to bleed red as she put a hand up to her now deep pink and bruising cheek. She growled at the human that stood before her, ready to rip the girl's throat out any second.
Kouga's senses finally kicked in, he disentangled his arm from Ayame and stood by Kagome's side, growling with equal ferocity at Ayame as she was growling at Kagome.
"That's enough you three; there will be no fighting in this house, and do I make myself clear?" Kagome's mother scolded sternly at her daughter and the two wolf demons.
The growling only heightened.
"I said that is quite ENOUGH!" Mrs. Higurashi yelled the last bit, snapping the tension and instantly gaining the attention of everyone in the room.
"Mama…" Kagome started, but was cut off by her mother.
"Kagome," Mrs. Higurashi reverted into a cheery voice again, "Why don't you introduce me to your…friends…properly? Will they be staying with us long?"
Kouga and Ayame were dumbstruck.
That woman could have mood swings that would rival the oldest of the Elders in their packs.
'Now I know where my woman gets it…good to know that she can hold her own' Kouga mused, returning to the scene of Kagome slapping Ayame and proclaiming him hers in his mind, over and over again.
While the now ecstatic wolf was lost in his thoughts, Kagome introduced him to her mother, elbowing him lightly to get his attention.
"Mama, this is Kouga-kun, my mate." Oh no, no hesitation in her voice whatsoever.
"Hello." Kouga greeted somewhat modestly, not wanting to make too horrible of an impression on his future mother-in-law.
Kouga was very relieved when he received a genuinely warm smile in return to his greeting.
"This is Ayame." Kagome introduced curtly.
Ayame just turned her head to the side, nose up with a noise of disapproval sounding from her throat.
Both Kagome and Kouga proceeded to glare at Ayame.
"Well mama, I believe that Ayame will be leaving now, considering she probably needs to get back up to her grandfather's pack to inform them that Kouga already has a mate." Kagome spoke the last part sharply, with a glare to boot at Ayame.
The she-wolf was about to retort when Mrs. Higurashi spoke, "I do believe that would be best dear, why don't you do that now?"
Kouga looked like a little kid on Christmas morning.
"Okay!" He shouted, pushing Ayame out of the door.
"Kouga! Why you-!" Ayame growled at him, digging her heels into the concrete, trying to steady herself.
"Kouga-koi, would you pick her up? It would be easier to get to her the well. Arigato." Kagome prompted Kouga, standing by him as Ayame tried her best to struggle her way out of Kouga's grip.
With a quick glance at his mate, Kouga picked up Ayame, threw her over his shoulder and sped into the well house.
He dropped Ayame into the well.
Kagome arrived at the well when Ayame was dropped in, but was rather startled when she did not see the familiar blue light emit from the well.
The blue light that signified that the person passed through times hadn't shown. Ayame was still there with them.
"Aw crap." Kagome muttered to herself, bringing her fingers to her temples to try to rub away her oncoming headache.
Seeing his mates' distress, Kouga looked over the lip of the well, seeing a very harried wolf demoness.
Kouga looked at Kagome in questioning.
"Kouga, was she touching you when you two went through the well?" She asked.
"Hai, she had tackled me and we went flying into the well." Kouga explained.
"Ayame, jump up back out here. Then Kouga will jump down the well with you, because he has jewel shards he was able to pass, you cannot pass back through without one of us." Kagome told the two wolves.
"I don't have to! Who ever said I had to listen to a pathetic little human girl?" Ayame whined, oh how that whining grated on everyone's ears.
"In light of the fact that you are a pathetic wolf girl; I certainly don't have to listen to you either. The only reason you actually do need to listen to me right now, is because if you don't, you will never be able to go home again. Now do you really want that?" Kagome turned Ayame's insult right back at her, she watched for Ayame's reaction in the dim lighting.
Ayame bowed her head, long red bangs covering her now sad eyes. She composed herself and jumped out of the well.
Kouga stared at his mate in proud amazement. His Kagome really did have a way with persuading people.
He wanted to get this over as soon as possible, so he grabbed Ayame and jumped down the well, the blue light engulfed both wolves. When the light dissipated they looked up to see a clear sky above them. Kouga dragged Ayame up with him as he leapt out of the well.
Ginta, Hakkaku and the other wolves stared at their leader as he jumped from what was to them, the bottom of a dry well. But what shocked them is that there was no one in the well before that blue light.
Confused, Hakkaku greeted his leader with questions.
"Kouga? Where were you and Ayame, how did you disappear in the well? Why do I smell Kagome-nee-san on you? Why-" Hakkaku was cut off by a white furred she-wolf flying into him, causing them to both fly backwards and tumble to the ground.
"Ano, Kouga?" Ginta asked hesitantly, not wanting anything to be thrown at him.
"We were in Kagome's time, be sure that Ayame doesn't try to go through the well." Kouga was about to hop back down the well when a sly grin formed on his lips.
"Kagome defended me and proclaimed me her mate." A fang found its way over his bottom lip, giving his grin a devilish look.
Ginta stared wide-eyed at his leader before jumping up and giving an enthusiastic whoop.
"Way to go Kouga! Are you going to bring her back now?"
"Maybe after a few days, go back to the pack, keep an eye over them. I will bring my mate home soon." Kouga ordered his longtime follower and friend, his bright blue eyes gaining a mischievous gleam.
With that said, Kouga leapt back into the well, feeling weightless as he slipped between the times of five hundred years…
Sango and Miroku decided with InuYasha and Kagome gone, they would go visit Sango's now rather dilapidated village.
Every once in a while, Sango would visit her village and clean up, try to build and fix some of the huts or smithy equipment.
With Shippo and Kirara with them, the Taijiya and Houshi made their journey toward the Taijiya village.
Landing, the fire neko shrunk to her smaller form when her mistress, the monk and kitsune dismounted from her.
She gave a small chirp and jumped up to perch on Sango's shoulder, nuzzling her mistress's cheek.
Miroku never thought he would be so envious of a cat.
Oh but how the wayward wind blows, so that he would not only be envious of a cat, but anything else that got to be close to his dear Sango.
Well, maybe not everything but most things.
Miroku's staff jingled as he lightly walked over to the Taijiya, and wrapped an arm modestly around her shoulders. He glanced at her from the corner of his eye, waiting for the slap that would usually come at that moment.
Yet it never came.
Miroku thought that this was rather pleasant, that Sango was finally accepting his affection to her.
What happened next is what shocked the poor monk the most.
He felt something rubbing against his behind.
He looked behind him to see Sango's hand quickly flit away.
Too shocked to do anything for a moment, Sango took her chance, winked at him and ran for the hill; laughing her bloody head off.
"Why Sango, I never thought I'd see the day…" Miroku whispered to himself in admiration before taking off after her, staff left behind to fall to the ground.
As she glanced behind her as she ran she saw Miroku start to catch up with her. Oh no, that just wouldn't do.
She sped up her pace, leaping over some discarded lumber. Her Taijiya training could never be outdone by a simple monk.
But Miroku was no simple monk.
That's the lesson for today that the Taijiya would learn very well.
Having visited the village a few good times before, Miroku knew the layout. Though he did not know as good as Sango would, he knew of a few shortcuts.
Turning right, he leapt around and over various things as Sango still headed around through the village, knowing that he was going to try and cut her off.
She knew where he would try to catch her at; at least…that's why she thought.
Suddenly she found herself on the ground; pinned.
She looked up into devilishly lavender-blue eyes, cursing herself for getting caught so easily.
Miroku smirked as he looked down at the very surprised Taijiya as he had her pinned beneath him. She tried to wriggle out from under him; her actions caused her to still, and him to gain a light blush on his cheeks.
"Oooooohh no Miroku that had better not be what I think it is." Sango warned him, her face becoming very red with embarrassment.
"Eh heh…heh." The monk laughed nervously.
'Oh hell, if I'm going out, I'm going out with a bang.' Miroku decided.
Sango didn't know what hit her.
First she was very ready to kill him and die of embarrassment and the next thing she knew his lips were upon hers.
She was kissing back nonetheless!
Who would have guessed?
So as the couple were lying on the ground, making out like there was no tomorrow, a lone tumbleweed rolled across the village in front of two very left out demons.
Shippo turned to Kirara, and Kirara gave him a look that said, 'Alright, pay up'.
The kitsune dug through his pockets, coming across a silver tin. He opened his up and set it down for the fire neko.
Catnip.
Today was a good day for everyone.
Except for Ayame, but then again, she never has good days.
Who would with those pigtails?
She's just asking for it.
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Ha ha! Whoot! 7 pages and 4 lines into the 8th page of story!
Don't you just love it? I know I do.
Well I do hope everyone loves this chapter to utter death because I do.
And I am certainly willing to do another extra long chapter…same pages; 7.
For oh say, getting the review up to…57? Maybe 60? nudge nudge wink wink
Please review! It actually does make me get these chapters out.
Arigato everyone for all of your support!
Lyn: Ah, ever supportive. Thanks for the review!
Soy.sauce: It's not that I hate Ayame, okay yes I do hate her. But I like to draw her, like with Kikyo, I like to draw her, but I hate her, well; I hate her character now. She was awesome when she was alive, did you ever see the summer special InuYasha episode?
Shadowed Rains: I'm glad you like the story. Now with the school bit, since I don't live in Japan, I used my Fruits Basket to help me out with the school years.
Apparently you are 15 or 16 as a (1st year), 16-17 (2nd year) and 17-18 (3rd year).
When now explaining this, I realize I should have used the year term instead of freshman so as to not confuse people with the American school system.
I do believe I will go change that when I have time.
Kagome's Twin Sister: Arigato for the review, glad you like the story!
Skittles: I love Kouga/Kagome pairings too! I thought it would be wise to reassure people that this was still a K/K and shall remain so. I didn't was unnecessary flames being shot at me, you know? Thanks for the review!
Toasty-Sirius: Well I must admit, I am a rather dastardly person myself .
Ttinuhpfanforever: Oh yes, I do believe that we all feel very sorry for Kouga-kun to have Ayame whining and pining after him all the time. Is anyone else starting to see a pattern of wolves pining? Ayame pining after Kouga, Kouga pining after Kagome..?
Nekozuki114: lol, I can't wait for your chapter. I'm glad you like it so far. And yay for you joining my Yahoo group! Share the K/K goodness!
Sheenachi: lol, a little possessive ne? That's Kagome's job in this story, lol. And I do believe you will like this chapter for that fact. Thanks for the review!