Chapter 6

Simple and Clean

This Chapter isDedicated to Nevaeh Azalea my most loyalest reviewer...

She could hear the people clearly now. It was Koga and Katane. She was just outside their line of view.

"Let me in"

"No one is allowed in without her consent, and right now she isn't exactly in the position to allow you that, surely you can wait until she wakes up to say whatever it is that you need to say"

"You heard Kagome, this is my fault"

"Yes it is and if you go in there you'll probably make it worse."

"You let Ginta and Hakkaku in."

"They were there to pay their respects"

"Who says I'm not!"

"Look if you really care about her, you'll leave her alone!"

"Care about her who says I care about her, I just don't want to be responsible for her death"

"Oh, come off it, you know you want her to live, she's the last thing you have left"

"No...I have Ginta and Hakkaku"

"Koga, you act all tough and arrogant, but deep down your just as worried about her as she is about you all the time"

"What are you talking about wench"

"Why don't you ask her yourself, you insensitive jerk"

"You mongrel! How dare you speak to me like that! I can't ask her, because she's in there on the verge of death and you won't let me see her"

"God why does she even care about you"

Before Koga could reply Ayame and stepped into view. She looked from Katane, who had lost all color in her face in a matter of seconds, to Koga, who, once more, looked like he had been hit over the head with a two by four.

"I'm leaving, now"

It looked like they were trying to speak.

"You were asleep"

Was that what this was about.

"Yes, I know, and I had the weirdest dream."

Koga looked like he had eaten something rotten.

"You shouldn't be awake."

"Why thank you, Koga, I'll try to remember not to wake up next time." She glared at him

"I'm going to the hot springs Katane."

Katane just barely nodded, unable to find her voice.

She left. She didn't want to have to hear Koga or anyone else talk to her. As she was on her way Black Hayate flew beside her.

"Why hello...I guess I owe my amazing recovery to you?"

The bird just continued on next to her. She sighed and continued on walking. She really didn't know why she woke up. Probably because she knew her people still needed her.

'Who knows why I'm O.K.'

She knew she wasn't supposed to be alive, but who was she to question her life. She quickly reached the hot spring. Once she got there she didn't really feel like a bath.

'I only feel dirty on the inside, like I've done something horrible.'

She knew it was a bad idea to get her armor and clothes wet, but she didn't care. She took her hair out, took a deep breath and jumped in. She came up laughing, she didn't know why she was laughing, she just...was. She heard Hayate start to sing and looked over at her. Then she noticed. Black Hayate wasn't exactly black anymore. She had turned a silver color. Almost as though she had...taken a bath. That's when Ayame noticed that she didn't feel dirty anymore.

'This is really odd'

She got out. The cold air bit at her exposed skin and her clothes clung to her.

"Come on Hayate. Let's go hunting shall we?"

The small bird let out a chirp of consent. Then she was off. She could smell bear nearby. It wasn't long until she found it. She made quick work of it. She had learned how to hunt as a young child, and she had become a very skilled hunter. Leaving behind inedible parts and such she began to make her way back.

Everyone was running around. She walked towards them and almost as if stunned they all froze. Katane walked forward.

"Where were you? You smell like blood."

"I went hunting, I brought back bear." She handed the bear meat to one of the nearby wolf demons. He looked unsure of what to do with it. She turned to him.

"That can be dinner" He just sort of nodded and slowly made his way towards the back of the cave.

"You just woke up from a life threatening illness, you shouldn't be out, you said you were going to the Hot Springs."

"I did, and then I went hunting, O.K.?"

Katane just stood there. She was obviously considering scolding her but refrained.

"You are my adviser, Katane, please let me make my own decisions."

"There will be a feast for dinner, I advise you to dress up a little," She said putting extra emphasis on the word advise.

Ayame turned to walk into her cave, rolling her eyes when she had her back to Katane.

'She's turning into my mother'

She walked into her cave. She knew Katane was right about dressing up. Not that she owned many very pretty things. She walked over to the back wall and looked in the small alcove there.

"Well there's always my mother's dress, but that's supposed to be for my mating celebration."

She examined it.

"Well it doesn't look like I'm gonna be getting mated at this point, why not."

She took it out and looked at it in the lowering sunlight. It was beautiful. It was a deep green with golden embroidery. She knew what the feast was for. Koga's wolves would be leaving in two days time. It was also because she had awoken.

She slipped into it and sat down on her bed, waiting for Katane to fetch her. Just as the sun had disappeared Katane came in toget her. She immediately frowned at her outfit.

"Ayame, that dress is for..."

Ayame cut her off.

"Something that is never going to happen"

Katane knew she couldn't do anything so she just scowled and led the way out. When Ayame made her way out and sat down she didn't pay attention to the scowls that graced many of her tribe member's features.

Her tribe knew what the Kimono was for. Koga's didn't though. So they remained unperturbed. Her people stopped when she sent a quick glare towards them. She had her own reasons for wearing this Kimono.

After dinner some people were dancing, some were socializing, and a few hopeful girls were waiting to be asked to dance. She just shook her head at them. Yet she envied them. They didn't have their futures pre-arranged for them.

'From now on neither do I, I can sit with them, I am available and I'll enjoy myself at least for tonight, screw Koga, I'll deal with him some other time'

And with that thought she went over to the girls on the side.

"Why don't you ask one of them to dance?"

"But milady, aren't they supposed to ask us?"

"Screw it, and it's Ayame." She smiled at them and shrugged.

"You only live once" They smiled back.

Then she watched as slowly, one by one they all went to ask different boys to dance. She leaned against the now vacant wall and a smirk laced her lips that would have made Koga extremely proud. Speaking of arrogant liars, our favorite wolf prince was nearby talking...ahem...I mean bragging to Ginta, Hakkaku, and a few others that were from her tribe. She didn't notice him walk over to her. However when he reached her, she addressed him without even glancing at him.

"What do you need, Koga? I'm playing match-maker"

"What about you?"

She broke away from watching one of the more self-conscious girls that had taken some extra urging from her to go talk to the guy she now accompanied. She looked at him quizzically.

"What do you mean?"

"What about you?"

'Oh, so that's what he means.'

"I gave up on trying that a while ago," she said turning back towards the happily dancing couples.

"Well do you think you can help me?"

That pig he was talking about another woman to her, but she refused to show her anger and decided that she should at least help him. He had helped her a few times so she owed him a little help.

"Sure, who do you have your eye on"

She turned to him. He had his trademark smirk on.

"Well that's the thing, she's not out there"

"Well then where is she?"

"She's playing match-maker."

She turned to the dancing people again. A slight blush arising on her cheeks.

"I don't think I can help you with that."

"Oh that's a shame, I'd hate to have to make her."

He was smirking again; she didn't even have to look at him to be able to tell.

" I suppose if you're that desperate I could convince her to."

"Oh thank you so much for all of your help"

He turned to her.

"Shall we?"

"I suppose"

She knew he was just being polite, but at least it was she and not Kagome. Of course here she was dancing with the guy she had vowed she wouldn't think about tonight. Then she noticed that Koga was talking to her.

"Ayame"

She looked up at him.

"What?"

"Do you want me to keep our promise?"

He was serious, he wasn't smirking or even smiling, his face was set. She looked at him just as firmly.

"No"

He stared at her for a moment.

"I don't want you to mate with me just because you told me you would. I couldn't live like that. If you don't love someone you don't mate with him or her. That happened to my parents and I'll be damned if it happens to me. If you don't love me, you shouldn't mate with me, Koga. It's out of my hands.We can make an alliance some other way."

She pushed him away from her. She didn't want to hear his response because with it came certain heartbreak. She began to walk away when a hand on her shoulder stopped her. She didn't even turn to him. She just pushed his hand off.

"Don't"

She was sick of the festivities. She retired to her room.

'I could have enjoyed myself, but no, I had to give into him'

She sat down on her bed. Hayate flew in and landed next to her. She was still as silver as that morning.

She was so distracted by Hayate she didn't notice Koga walk in. He went over to her as she cooed at the bird and placed a hand on her shoulder. She looked up at him in surprise.

"You didn't let me finish."

"What if I didn't want you to."

"What if I don't give you the answer you expect."

"For all you know I could have been expecting you to say that you were pregnant"

"I'm a guy."

"I know"

He shook his head trying to regain focus.

"That's not what I meant."

"So"

"So please let me finish"

"I don't..."

He placed a hand over her mouth.

"What if you do?"

She glared at him, then cocked an eyebrow.

"Maybe you aren't the same as I remember? Maybe I do love you."

Her eyes got really wide and she just stared at him. He removed his hand. She stood up and glared at him. This had to be a trick.

"I think your a pig for playing with my emotions like you a..."

He pulled her into a tight embrace without warning.

"Who says I'm lying?"

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