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Chapter 4

Koga POV

"Yea?" She was so quiet all of a sudden at first I couldn't shut her up...And now. She bent over and did the unimaginable. She kissed me. Ayame, princess of the northern wolf demon tribe, my enemy to my heart, kissed me.

I froze. My heart went to the pit of my stomach, and then my heart dug deeper and hid under my intestines. She moved her face away from mines and looked at my expression. I wanted to know what I looked like at the moment because I was shocked to hell with what she just did. "Koga?"

"A-Ayame..." I couldn't think at the moment. My heart and brain were beating at different rates. My brain said 'no' and my heart was unsure. She looked down at the ground again.

"I'm sorry, if I came to fast." She says. I looked at her. What should I do? I was so confused. Katsunori always said follow my heart but 'it' was so confused. I shot up and stepped back from her.

"I-I'm sorry Koga." She whispered. I nodded my head 'no'. I ran out of the cave out into the blistering cold and now it was snowing like no tomorrow. It always seemed to snow when something went wrong. I ran down the hill. I didn't want to see her again; it was too soon to fall in love, especially with a white wolf demon WHILE we're in the middle of the war. The snow was practically up to my knees, damn I never seen so much snow. I can hear Ayame calling to me but I couldn't listen. Running down the mountain I saw a cave entrance, I can loose her in there so I went in.

The snow less ground was still cold as ice, and didn't get warmer when I went deeper. I soon slowed down now since I didn't know where I was. Soon after I began seeing ice crystals, for some reason, looking at the crystals I began thinking of Ayame. I felt a little bad that I didn't hear her out, but no use crying over spilled milk. I dodged a couple of low-rise sharp rocks. Soon I saw a frozen lake.

"Koga wait!" Ayame called to me. I can't believe she followed me all the way here. I began walking along the fragile iced lake. It was cold and a bit slippery but I didn't care, I continued on. She called me several times, but I ignored. I was getting fed up that I didn't hear the ice begin to crack.

"Koga please I'm sorry." She said. I ignored and sped up a bit. I felt the ice crack a lot so I began making my way to the other side of the lake. I felt the rock ground.

"Ko-" I turned around quick to only see her hand go under and the lake shattered like a fragile jewel or glass.

"Ayame!" I ran and jumped on the ice pieces. Keeping my balance I skipped from one to the other until I got to the spot she fell under. I dunked my hand in to see if I can feel her arm or something. No use...She was completely under. What do I do? I couldn't believe I was feeling like this. I felt as if someone threw a heavy rock down to the pit of my stomach. I jumped in after her. Damn the water was cold. I kicked my legs and moved my arms. Damn the water was really cold, the deeper I got in the more freezing.

I couldn't see Ayame anywhere and the water was beginning to irritate my eyes. It was dark.

I soon began feeling a current, something was sucking me in. I tried to swim the other way but it was no use, the current was growing and it seems to have swallowed my whole force of strength. Then Ayame appeared in my head. She must have been sucked into the current, and if I allow the current to suck me in I will find her, most likely. So I freed my mind and allowed the current to suck me up.

The deeper I was pulled in the darker it got; I figured I was pretty deep since my lungs were a little panicky. Soon after a huge tentacle rapped its way around my body. It was a water demon; I figured that by myself since I couldn't see at all. As soon as the demon saw me it gave a mighty roar. It didn't faze me. There was like a small tentacle coming out of its head with a small light on the tip and the light burned my eyes since I got used to the darkness but it was a relief to see again. I guess that's how the demon lights the water. Stupid demon. I wiggled myself free. The demon looked like a giant octopus with one eye. The demon strikes his largest tentacle at me. I'll admit it nipped me but no real damage. Swinging it's tentacles around I saw Ayame, rapped up in one of the tentacles.

"Mwahahaha!" The demon laughed diabolically, "I have this puny demon girl for a snack, and now that you came along...You'll be the dinner!" He strikes again with his tentacle. I grabbed the tentacle and used it to pull me closer to the demon. I then let go and allowed the force to continue pulling me to the demon. I gave him a wake-up kick to his face. Then swam and planted myself into the ground of the lake. I grabbed a small boulder and forced it into his mouth to see if he's hungry. NOT.

"Eat this!" I said in the water. He started laughing again and hard this time. I was confused. The boulder was jammed in him, like a watermelon trying to squeeze out a whole the size of a strawberry.

"That's not my mouth you fool!" He started, "THIS IS!" He lifted up his body and right under him was...A mouth, an oval mouth with sharp teeth all around it. He began sucking all the water in. Now I knew where the current was coming from. He was about to stuff Ayame in his mouth. Not when I'm around. I pushed my legs down on the ground and forced myself up and thrusted right into his mouth. I planted my feet and hand around his mouth and forced it to stay open.

"So you want to be eaten as well." He laughed out. I wasn't planned on getting eaten but if Ayame was going to get eaten then so-be-it. He forced Ayame on my stomach and planned to push us both in his mouth. I kept my ground and didn't let her in. As he kept bashing her into me I felt my air coming out of my lungs. I still kept my ground. He thrusted her right into me, knocking us both in. He shut his mouth tight. I can't get eaten...I can't...Not now...I have Ayame. I felt sick now to my stomach but I couldn't give up, I had to get Ayame out, and get revenge for my brother's death. I grabbed Ayame and stood up. Holding her by her back and legs I can feel my blood rising. I was fuming. I wanted out, my lungs were dead by now, and I wanted to get revenge. My arms started shaking slightly and I growled menacingly.

"LET ME OUT!" I forced a mighty kick to his hideous teeth, they didn't budge. I did it again, and again, and again, and again. His teeth cracked open and I forced my way out, cutting my back, cheeks, legs, and arms, but manage to get Ayame out without a scratch. The monster cried out in vein.

"AAH MY TEETH, MY LOVELY TEETH! YOU WILL PAY!" You won't eat the same way again. He swung his tentacle right at me, but I dodged it. I fixed Ayame into an up-right position where I swung her arms around my neck so that I can use both my arms and legs. I grabbed the tentacle the next time around and ripped it right off. He was really vein now. He swung all his tentacles at me, but I wasn't planning on getting hit by any of them. I swam straight to his face, where his red eye gleamed a vein stare.

"You...Loose." I ripped my sword out of its sheath and stabbed him right into his eye. The demon cried a gut wrenching cry and his menacing power blew up inside him. The pressure flew me and Ayame out of the water and right onto the roof of the cave. My back crushed several of the ice crystals, and it also crushed my back as well.

Hitting the floor I felt as if I left my brain and heart stuck up on the crushed ice crystals on the ceiling. I sat up and fixed Ayame in my arms, which she wasn't breathing. I rocked her a bit to see if she'd wake up, but no use. She has to be dead, she was underwater for so long. I lost my brother and my new friend, or possibly love. I sat her on my legs and rapped my arms around her; I rested her head on my shoulders. Her arms were in the middle of her body. I leaned my head on hers and stared at the ceiling about opposite from me. It was still freezing and since I was wet it felt worse and Ayame was pretty cold too. So I snuggled in a bit with her to see maybe if I can warm her up with whatever heat I had left, and her heart can start pumping again.

"So this is how it was going to end?" I asked her, knowing she wasn't going to answer, "Well thanks for the kiss." I had no idea what to say to her. Not that it matters since she was dead, and she wouldn't be able to hear me. I decided that I can't let her stay dead in here. It's better if she was dead where she felt the warmest. I started to head out of the cave. The frosty wind made me feel like an ice crystal. I swiftly headed up the mountain to the cave where I first met Ayame; there it would be a little warmer. Then it hit me. How about leaving down the mountain, where it'll be even warmer. So I turned around and headed down. Soon I felt like running, so I did, I ran down the mountain. I was half way to my den where the snow stopped. So I rested and wiped some of the snow off of Ayame's face. I saw her nose twitch so I thought maybe I had a chance. I decided to carry her on my back to catch more ground. I began running again down the mountain. Soon I had to dodge some bamboo, then small shrubs, soon great trees. I knew since I got to the trees I was home. I felt home in the air for some reason. I didn't even know I was home sick.

Running and dodging trees made me hungry, and that means I get to eat the foods from here, not that nasty snow rabbit, with meat that taste like mold and moss. Soon enough I heard the water rushing, so I knew I was by my den. I decided to move a little slowly. I walked the rest of the way to the den. I saw Ginta sitting on the rock in the water. He looked pretty gloomy. I sat Ayame down by the tree and decided go to him. I walked gingerly to him but I made a lot of noise when I went into the water. He turned quickly to see me, in pretty bad shape.

"K-KOGA! LOOK EVERYONE KO-" I ran and hushed him really quickly. I ran back into the bushes next to Ayame. Is he trying to get me into trouble! That idiot! I shushed him from the bush. Akane came out.

"What are you babbling about now Ginta?" She asked annoyed. She had tear stains in her eyes.

"Oh nothing Akane, I was hallucinating...Again." Again? He said. She walked back inside the den sniffling. He walked over to the bush.

"Oh please tell me I ain't hallucinating Koga." He asked me. He probably thought I was a spirit or something.

"No...I wish." I told him, "Look I need your he-"

"THAT'S A-" I shushed him. He looked at me suspiciously. "Are you in an alliance? With the white wolves?"

"NO!" I shushed myself, "Listen...She's dead...She drowned...I think, I need to find a warm place to keep her for now." I said. He gave me an eye.

"Why? She's one of them."

"Because...If it wasn't for her, I'd be in her place." He looked at me surprised.

"W-We all thought you were dead, when Tooru came back injured and told us the bad news."

"How is he?" I asked him.

"He's recovering now." He says. I heard a small moan from Ayame. I tuned to her and picked her up to rock her again, and this time I was hoping she wakes up.

"Koga?" Ginta looked at me.

"Please don't tell anyone." I begged. Ayame opened her eyes, "Ayame...How do you feel?" I asked her.

"Why is it so warm?" She asked me.

"Because, we're at my home." I said. She shot up. Then grabbed her back. So I held her more gently since now I know she's still in more pain. Ayame smiled at me but then frowned when she noticed Ginta, growling.

"Relax Ginta." I commanded. Ayame grabbed onto my fur clothes.

"She's a w-white wolf demon, how could you betray us?" Ginta asked rhetorically. I knew it was a rhetorical question. I just felt like answering it.

"Because I love her." I admitted it. Ayame looked at me, and then smiled. She snuggled in my fur more comfortably. I smiled and kissed the top of her head.

"K-Koga..." Ginta was in awe, "You leave alone to get revenge...Then you act like your dead...Then all of a sudden you show up, with a girl...A white wolf demon at that?" He had a point there. Well I didn't care. I wasn't even listening to him. I was to busy cuddling back with Ayame. Ginta sighed.

"So how do you think everyone's going to take it?" He asked. I shrugged.

"I really don't care, I'll run away with Ayame, and we'll start our own tribe, mixed wolves." I said. I didn't even ask her if we can run away together but I knew she wouldn't mind.

"You'll be hated by wolf tribes around the continent Koga." Ginta warned.

"So we'll have strong wolves so that we can be protected."

"What wolves?" He asked. I was speechless at the moment. It would take about hundred of years to create a full tribe. I just shrugged.

I picked up Ayame and stood up. "Well I need to find a place to have her rest okay, I'll catch you later." I began making my way out when he stopped me.

"Koga don't leave you belong here this is your home." He says.

"I know, but if she won't be accepted then I need to go somewhere else."

"No you don't." Another voice came. I knew that voice already. It was Akane.

"Koga why didn't you just tell us." She said. I looked at her. I couldn't believe she was there.

"Because it's not like I was in love with her my whole life, we just started." I said. Ayame twitched a bit in my arms.

"Koga, this is your home, you can stay here, with her. You are the leader y'know." She said. She was right. I set the rules, and lay the cards now, so I can allow her to stay. I agreed to stay and have Ayame rest in my den, but I knew not many of the other wolves would allow it. Tough cookie.

We all walked back to the den. Ayame was shaking a bit. "Don't worry." I whispered in her ear. When we got inside people were gasping and awing to know that I was alive. "Koga! You're alive...And you brought dinner." One of the wolf demons said. I brought dinner my hide.

"She's not dinner." I walked her to the back where my father sat proudly and put Ayame there 1. Because it was the most comfortable spot and 2. Just to spite my father, by having a female white wolf demon on his most precious spot in the den. Several demons gasped when I sat her there.

"What? You don't like her sitting here?" I said to the air, just to the people who gasped could just stop, "Get used to it...She's going to be here for a good while."

Well I'm sorry I took so long to write...Oh well. Please review. No flames.

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