What Could it Hurt

Chapter 4

Again just because I can, song of the day: "Our time is running out" by Muse (not really sure how to explain it, but I guess, easy punk rock O.o yeah …. but oober cool nonetheless)

Disclaimer: Must we go through this every time? No I don't own…

So have you ever noticed ants before? Odd question I know, but have you ever seen those little buggers go! It's crazy that they can move that fast! Random thought, sorry about that .'

Thanks to Everqueen! I totally forgot all about seeing how the wolf demon tribe is doing! And this led me to thinking… I totally forgot all about Kilala! So let's just pretend she's been there all along… he he whoops… scatter brain, that's me. So this chapter is dedicated to you Everqueen.

"Ginta?"

"Yeah Hakaku?"

"Why are we the one's who need to kill this bear demon? … Yikes!" Ginta just managed to ask before he dodged the attack of the assaulting bear demon.

"Because we need the hide for the festival and…." This time it was Hakaku who managed to dodge the bear's swipe that could have been fatal. "…we're in charge while Kouga's away… I know I'm proud that Kouga left us in charge but…" Hakaku's eyes widened as his mouth gaped. Now there were two bear demons!

"But I wish he would come back soon!" finished the now petrified Ginta.

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There he was, and he couldn't be happier. Kouga and Kagome were locked in a trance like state, not able to rip their eyes off one another. She was smiling at him with pure innocence and her dreamy chocolate brown eyes were filled with nothing but trust. 'I think I've finally done it. I've never seen her smile at me like this before, and she's staring at me the way she would at the mutt… Speaking of the mutt-' Kouga never let his gaze slip, but he did concentrate on his sense of hearing to check on Inuyasha. He felt the anger that was radiating off of Inuyasha, that he was now standing, and then, suddenly on the ground with two of his companions holding him down. This was his opportunity with Kagome, and he wasn't about to lose it either. That's when he formulated a new plan and set it into action. He was the 'man' with a plan, and let his smile slide to let a smirk take its place.

Kagome was a little confused when his smile changed into a smirk. 'Did I do something?…' but before her thoughts could progress any further Kouga stood and gave her an exaggerated bow. Then stood again, smirk and all, then in mock regal voice asked "My Lady, would you care to accompany me on a midnight stroll?" In a flash she shot up, linked arms with Kouga, and replied as stately as she could trying to suppress her giggles "Why, I'd be honored my good Sir!" And before she realized it, she found herself playing along in his little charade, and she was heading into the woods with Kouga. Never knowing that she was leaving behind a very angry and disheartened Inuyasha.

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Inuyasha watched the pair walk off into the woods, then disappear, and he was pissed. "Why the HELL did you stop me?" He now shouted at Sango and Miroku who finally let him out of their grasp.

Sango gave a wicked glare, which made Inuyasha noticeably flinch. "Because Inuyasha…" she then heightened her glare towards him and sounded quite spiteful "… you were going to interrupt."

"DAMSTRAIGHT! I .." WHACK! Inuyasha was interrupted by a powerful wallop to the head by none other than Sango's Hiraikotsu.

Miroku let out a sigh, this was getting them nowhere. "What she means to say Inuyasha, is that we must give Kagome her privacy. If she didn't wish for Kouga to be here then she would have said something herself. Besides…" the serious and thoughtful look that Miroku had on now shifted into his trademark lecherous grin "… she looked like she was rather enjoying herself."

Inuyasha's eyes bugged out at that comment as he abruptly sat up, crossed his arms and let out a "Feh." That's when it hit him like a ton of bricks falling off the Empire State Building 'Yeah right! She would never like that flea bitten wolf! …But, she was smilin' at him and STARIN' at him too! Dimmitt! She DID like it! I'm gonna kill that bastard Kouga…" Inuyasha then stood and turned to the direction in which Kouga and Kagome had disappeared, and let out an audible growl. He was going to get Kagome back! No matter what!

Shippo saw what Inuyasha was about to do and decided to take things into his own hands "Hey, Inuyasha!" With that Inuyasha turned his head to face the little kitsune, and his eyes grew at the sight of Shippo's 'Fox Fire' attack coming right at him. And down Inuyasha went. Shippo laughed "What a sucker!" That was, however, said before Inuyasha got back up.

"Ship-po!" the anger in Inuyasha's voice grew as he approached the kit. "What did you say?" He had a menacing face on now. Shippo gulped "Wanna sucker?" Inuyasha's face blanched for a second, perhaps he was going deaf? "Fine whatever! Why the hell did you throw that fire in my face?" Inuyasha had the kit by the tail and was about to bop him a good one when he suddenly went down hard. When Shippo landed he looked up to see none other then Miroku gazing in awe at what he had done.

"Kagome told me that a pressure point could subdue someone, but I never thought that could work on Inuyasha!" Miroku was elated, Sango was shocked, Kilala mewed, and Shippo was cracking up as he said "I can't believe Inuyasha actually believed what I told him! He really is a Sucker!"

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Kagome couldn't help but blush, she was, after all, taking a moon lit stroll arm and arm with Kouga. She glanced down again at their interlocked arms for what seemed to be the millionth time not quite able to grasp that this was indeed real. Just thinking about it made her blush even more, so she quickly turned her head to the side so that Kouga couldn't see her look red as a tomato.

However, that didn't go unnoticed by Kouga. The entire time that they had been walking he'd been watching her blush in the corner of his eye. He couldn't help but let a cocky grin cover his face. 'I don't think I've ever seen someone blush so much. I wonder…' Kouga then released his arm from Kagome's and took hold of her hand, intertwining his larger fingers into her smaller and more delicate ones, giving her hand a small squeeze. His cocky grin and eyes grew in delight as he heard her take a small gasp and blush a shade darker at his latest action. 'Hmn… definitely getting somewhere with her. She wouldn't act like this if she didn't like me a little, I wonder how far I can take this' his thoughts, however, where put on hold.

"Umm… K-Kouga, where… um exactly are we, uh, going?" She was so flustered she could barely get that out while fumbling over her words.

Kouga couldn't help but let his smile grow, she was so innocent it was endearing. "Right…" he began as he pushed a shrub to the side "here." When he pushed the shrub completely to the side he lead Kagome onto a grassy hill that overlooked a small meadow. It was quite a pretty scene; the moon that was almost full shined light down upon them as they looked down at the meadow filled with swaying grass and wild flowers that grew there. Kouga then looked at Kagome for her reaction, expecting and 'oh it's beautiful' not really expecting a hug.

"Oh Kouga! It's so pretty!" (Okay, he got that part right) Kagome was bouncing, she was so giddy. "Thank you so much Kouga!" As she let go of Kouga, she blushed a deep red again when she saw his expression. At first he was in shock, but then that confident and cocky grin took over as he raised a brow. She opened her mouth to say something, but found no words. So instead of sounding stupid she decided to shut her mouth and sit down on the grassy hill, overlooking the meadow, attempting to hide her embarrassment.

Kouga let out a slight chuckle at her attempt to ignore that moment, but he knew otherwise. He gave her a once over before he decided to follow suite and take a seat next that innocently irresistible miko, who wore an absolutely tantalizing and revealing outfit. 'Come to think of it, why does she wear such strange clothing? How can her guardians let her wear such- Kouga let his eyes scan over Kagome again, he had a very approving smile on as he took in her figure-not that I'm complaining, but I would NEVER let one of mine out as such.' It wasn't until then he realized Kagome had caught his stare and was yet again blushing at his bluntness. He couldn't take it any more, she was too innocent, too beautiful, and too perfect, he just had to do it, no he needed to do it. So he did it "Kagome…" he started making sure he had her full attention, locking his gaze on hers before he continued "…I've been wondering for quite sometime now…" he then scooted closer to her, and reached down to her skirt.

"um… ah.. Kouga? What … what are you…erm doing? Kagome was at a loss, what's a girl to do? He was, after all, holding onto her skirt rubbing it between his fingers, and was totally engrossed looking in the direction of her, lets say home of sexuality area. Even though she was beat red from embarrassment and would do anything to have her personal bubble back, she couldn't manage to pull herself to do it. 'What do I do! Ok here's the line buddy and you just crossed it! What the Hell is he doing anyway?' just as she was about to open her mouth to say something, anything-

"Kagome…" he then raised his head so that his blue orbs met with her chocolate brown ones, and the look in his eyes. What she saw wasn't what she expected at all.

FIN!

(Now wouldn't it be fun to leave it here? No cliff at all right? Naw, I'm not THAT mean, I mean come on I have a conscious. Lol sorry I couldn't resist, but was I so tempted to do so, lucky little devils you are)

"Why do you wear such clothing?" Kouga was indeed curious, his brows knitted, eyes locked onto Kagome awaiting her response.

'HOLY TALITO AND CUSTARD! That was a close one Kagome!' Kagome was indeed relieved, not only for Kouga not going in for the kill, but what relieved her the most was that she wasn't sure if she would have done something if he did. She placed on a more relaxed face and stared up into the moonlit sky "Well, you see Kouga… you could say I'm not really from around here… or rather not this time." She then redirected her gaze toward the confused Kouga, which was a rather cute site to behold. She smiled at that thought, 'he really does look cute, especially how his head is cocked to the side, it's just like a puppy!' she then began her abbreviated story at her fifteenth birthday, 500 years in the future and ended 20 minutes later with her first encounter with Kouga. "And that's how we came to meet."

Kouga's reaction at first was unreadable, what he heard needed to sink in. However, that once unreadable face changed in no time flat as now had a huge grin plastered on his face. "I always wondered as to how someone with such beauty, loyalty, and care that you have could even exist during times like this. That explains a lot, I knew no one could ever be as special as you." He sat directly across from her now, Indian style, eyes filled with awe at the site before him, a pure smile, and a wiggling tail.

'He so sweet!' Kagome couldn't help but smile at this site. And she couldn't get that thought of her head, until that tail of his caught her attention. "Um… Kouga… can I ask you something… personal?" oh yes, Kagome was blushing again.

"Uh… sure" Kouga wasn't quite sure how that came about. Inadvertently that question killed the moment, but heck who was he do deny his Kagome what she wanted to know, and about him ta-boot! He'd gladly tell her anything, he wanted her to know absolutely everything about him, so that he in return could know everything about her. This caused a cocky smile to settle on his face, 'she's as interested in me as I am in her.'

"Yeah?… okay… well I was wondering, is your tail real?" She slightly blushed but she couldn't resist, she just had to know.

Kouga's face blanched for a second, he didn't expect that one. "My Tail huh?" He asked sounding very amused, he dawned a wicked cocky smile, and raised a brow. Then that wonderfully wicked cocky smile grew as she nodded profusely to his question. "It's real alright."

She could hide her excitement no more "REALLY! Can I touch it?" Not even waiting for an answer her hand was reaching out to touch that oh' so fluffy looking tail that swayed back and forth. She slowly and cautiously reached as if at any moment it would run away, and then she finally touched it. She let out a gasp and started giggling wildly "It's so soft!" After that she just couldn't stop, she just had to keep petting it, it was so addicting, it was just so soft.

Kouga watched Kagomes's every move; he couldn't believe what he was seeing. All her attention was entirely engrossed on his tail, and she laughed wildly whenever he made his tail make the slightest move. 'Hmn… I wonder what she'll do when I…' at that moment Kouga moved his tail to wrap around Kagome's arm "Kagome, you do realize that my tail is part of my body right." That was more of a statement then a question, however with Kagome's sudden stiffness, eyes growing to the size of saucers and deep blush, it seemed that even though she knew it was his tail, she never quite made the full connection, especially to where his tail was located. At this Kouga leaned toward her and whispered suggest fully in her ear "But I don't mind if you pet my tail at all." As he pulled back he noticed her head was slightly bent down as she tried to hide her face from his view. But that doesn't mean he didn't see the blush, or the small smile on her lips, or that she was shyly stealing glimpses of him from under her heavy eyelids. Knowing this he beamed a million dollar smile revealing the tips of his white fangs at his bottom lip. He began to stand, tail still wrapped around Kagome's arm bringing her up with him. "I think we better start heading back," he said while removing his tail from her arm only to end up wrapped around her waist.

She looked from his tail now settled around her waist to his gaze that was locked on her every action. "O-Okay" With that he took his arm and gently wrapped it around her shoulders holding her close to his side. 'What do I do? This has never happened to me before! Oh Kami help me… what's happening to me? I've never felt so… so… what does this feel like? Maybe I'll calm down a bit if I just-'

His smile grew; he was elated about the fact that he could have such an effect on her. He could hear her heartbeat become faster, see that though she was a little weary she leaned her head on his shoulder, blush a pretty scarlet, all the while she had a small smile on her features. He was a happy demon if you ever saw one.

Oh I be mad now! I finally got an email from the site rabidkougafangirls and they said they wouldn't put my story on …  CURSES! Well you know what! I never really wanted to be on that site anyway! …….. T.T I wanted to be on that site –runs to a corner and cries-

Anyway, no worries, but I've been thinking…. I think that this fanfic…. Is soap opera-ish isn't it? It's all fluffy like, hmn, perhaps action… I'm not really sure? Should I? I have envisioned this fanfic to the end mostly but I really don't think there's any real action… Hmn a dilemma … tell me what you think. Also I've realized, we're into chapter 4 and day 1 has just been completed, am I dragging this on too much, or do you like the slow pace? Let me know.

(Moon fest info comes next chapter. No worries I didn't forget that part!)

P.S. my Internet is a bitch, so if I don't review for a while, don't worry I have the story I just can't get it to you XD

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Vumpler: I'm glad you liked that song, the scorpions have to be one of my favorite bands, even if they are just a bunch of old guys now. Lol but yes I just love to pick on Inuyasha I just can't help it, he annoys me and he's such an idiot. And I shall write as fast as I can as if some serial killer was chasing me.

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–picture zooms in and out with awesome sound effects- (I added that little "holy Talito, custard' thing in there for you, thought you might find that interesting) Glad you enjoyed the story thus far!

The Violent Tomboy: well I'm happy to hear that you like my imagination usually my friends just beat me saying "Your Ridiculous!" lol happy to hear you enjoyed, and I hope you enjoyed this one as well!

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Black-rose23: I'm glad you enjoyed those scenes, I loved writing them, Kagome acting indecisively dumb. And I just can't help but pick on Inuyasha, it's just too easy! And Kouga being the clever demon we have all come to know and love, I hope I served him justice. Hope you liked this chapter! Thanks for reviewing again!

IFearKanna: You know I fear Kanna too! She's just oober creepy, I bet she's one of the children of the corn. But yes I love tricking Inuyasha and giving him a hard time! I think I'll do it again when the time is right. Thanks for reviewing

Everqueen: hey thanks for reminding me of Ginta and Hakaku, I really forgot to do a little update on them, Whoops! I was just going to go straight to the moon fest, oh well. So I'm glad you liked the last chapter! I hope you liked this one, it's dedicated to you! Thanks for reviewing again!