Man…I feel like such a dead beat…but school sucks, eh? I can't make any promises about updates….
The fact that it's been like two months since last time proves that…
But yeah, I'm gonna update whenever I can. I hope you enjoy the next chapter!
One more thing: for those of you who don't like the Sess/Kagura pairing, that's your own opinion. But that will be one of the major pairings in this fic, so the age old rule of "don't like, don't read" will apply here.
Besides…it's the pairing in the manga, anyways, Heh.
Another note: since Inuyasha's dad's name is never really mentioned, (at least that I know of,) I'm going to use "Inutaisho."
I also wanted to thank Shannon (your link to your ffnet page didn't work , so I don't know your penname. Sorry) for taking the time to email me about this story. I had no idea that it was so popular! blush
Lol, jk
Anyways, on with the fic!
Ch. 6
"Get away from me!"
"Kouga, get BACK here!"
"No way I'm putting THAT on!"
"Quit being a spoiled brat!"
Kouga jumped and, in mid-air, pulled his eyelid down with one hand, pulled back his cheek with the other, and stuck his tongue out.
"Kouga!" The voice was indignant.
"Just keep that stuff away from me!"
"You can't go running around in THAT!"
"Why not? I'm fine."
"Unless you want to get killed. Besides, I have SO much that I want to dress you up in—I mean want you try on…" Ayame gave her cutest smile, turning on a boom box lying on the counter. Angelic music began playing, and a halo seemed to magically appear over her head.
"Pretty, pretty, pretty, puh-lease?" Her eyelashes fluttered.
The male wolf demon snorted. "I don't know how long it's gonna take to get into your head, but I am NOT wearing any of your stuff. I don't care if this IS your shop…"
Indeed, it was painfully obvious that there had been a struggle.
What had originally been Ayame's prized fashion designer shop was now in ruins: clothing strewn about on top of racks in wads, on top of the cash register, chairs were tipped over, even a few claw marks here and there.
Ayame's angelic pose faltered, her halo falling to the ground with a clank. "You don't even like me…?" she sniffed.
Kouga looked over, and almost ran over like he would have with Kagome, but he knew that this was one of her tricks. "Neh-eh. Not gonna wear any of it."
She sighed. "I really didn't wanna have to do this…"
His expression suddenly brightened up. "You mean that you're not gonna force me to wear any of that stuff?"
"Nope."
He suddenly heard a clacking of something plastic-like, and Ayame held up a set of purple and white beads.
Kouga squinted at them. "What're those things? That's not much to threaten wi—"
Suddenly there was a snap as Ayame threw them right at him at a blinding speed. "What the—"
"Remember those, Kouga?" Ayame asked. "They used to be Inuyasha's."
"Huh?" He thought a moment, then an image of Kagome shouting out "Sit!" and the mutt's face smacking into the ground…
"Wait…these are…."
"Yep. Now, let's try this again…"
"Oh come on! You can't be serio—"
"SIT!"
BAM!
Next thing Kouga knew, his face had made a dent in her shop's floor. Man… that mutt had to go through a lot with Kagome…but this was even worse!
The wolf demon lifted himself up from the ground, his arms a little shaky. "Where the hell did you get those?"
"Parting gift from Kagome. She…well, I'll let Inutaisho explain it."
"Inutaisho? You mean that mutt's dad?"
"You should stop calling him a mutt, you know. HE was the one that killed Naraku, not you."
"WHAT! That half breed of a dog beat HIM!" Kouga bellowed. "But I—"
"Sit."
Bam!
"Calm down, will you?" Ayame sighed. "Look, if you want to find anything out, then just put this on," she held up a green t-shirt and a set of blue jeans, "and then we can go and you can find out, alright?"
"Like hell I—"
A sigh. "Sit."
"YEOW!"
"Just put these on already…any more sit commands and the damage is going to come out of my budget…"
0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0
A car drove by sluggishly, letting out a few spurts of exhaust as it went along. Two police agents watched it as it left their line of sight from their perch on a park bench. Three days, and not even a single crime…
Batou sighed. "This sucks."
"It'd be a funny thing if you got a nickel every time you said that the last couple of days."
"I'd be the richest man on earth?"
"That and you'd be the first person that we could report as having drowned in money."
"Ha. Ha. VERY funny…" Batou muttered.
Motoko laughed slightly, taking a sip of cappuccino from her right hand. "Oh cheer up, will you? It's hard enough with everyone else to mopey. Even the tachikomas are bummed out."
"Nope, not bummed."
"Oh?" Motoko turned to face him.
"Bored. Bored as in bored enough to try shooting one of their rockets indoors and then laugh when they hit the chief's car…"
Motoko winced slightly at the memory. "I suppose that was more boredom…we're all bored though. It almost makes you wish that there'd be a gang war or something." She slumped farther down on the bench. "Besides, this is rather relaxing. We've finally gotten a break."
"I guess. I still wouldn't mind someone to beat the crap out of right about now…"
Motoko smiled. "Same old Batou…"
They fell silent for a moment, and in the distance a couple's arguments reached their ears.
"Why can't I take it off?"
"Have some decency. You can't just walk around naked, you know."
"Has our kind really fallen this far? We have to HIDE."
"No, duh! There aren't enough of us left. In fact, you're one of the only wolves left…"
"Wait… there are others?"
"Very few others, but yeah. If we go to see the Inutaisho, then we can go see our own kind."
--Motoko…does that one man look familiar?—
The female police officer's brain was moving quickly. The man's hair was down in a tangled mass behind his head, an adidas head band around his forehead and ears. A bright green, unmarked t-shirt and blue jeans marked his fashion, and no shoes…
Must have been one of the new age hippies.
--Maybe, but—
The girl had bright red hair, pale green eyes, and was dressed in an assortment of a spaghetti strap tank top, blue jeans shorts, and black shoes. Her hair was back in duel pigtails, and swayed slightly whenever she walked.
"Can't I at least—"
"The hair stays the way it is, and that's final."
"Like hell I—"
He abruptly stopped when a nerve appeared on her head.
"Oh no…please don't…"
He began to run down the side walk at an insane speed, much faster than anyone should have been able to. Ayame only noticed too late the two people sitting on the bench.
"Sit!"
Kouga felt his head thrown down while his legs were tossed up in the air. His face dug a nice little rivet down the sidewalk, screeching to a halt right in front of the two baffled onlookers.
His feet fell on to the path with dull thuds, a pained groan muffled by the sidewalk in front of his face.
"Ow…"
Ayame ran up, her face flustered. "Great day, isn't it? My boyfriend and I have been having troubles, please excuse us…"
She grabbed the swirly-eyed Kouga by the scruff of the neck and ran away quickly, disappearing into the downtown districts before Motoko or Batou could move.
"That was him, wasn't it?"
Batou nodded, a dumbfounded expression marking his face. "Should we go after him?"
"No, not right now. You and I alone couldn't fight him and win, anyways…I've already reported to the chief of where we were and what direction they were going. If we head back to base, we'll be able to help THEN."
"Alright." The man bit into a doughnut he had bought within the last hour, and bit into it. At Motoko's inquisitive facial expression, he just shrugged and said, "When bored cops strike."
She laughed slightly as they began running back towards base. Strangely, instead of the usual sense of urgency, there was an air of fun as they continued to sprint. Like some challenge of a game rather than someone's life being at stake as what was usually the case.
She was, for one of the few times in her life, going to have fun with her job.
0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0
"Get up, Kouga." The voice was soft, a soft and gentle command, but a command nonetheless.
Kouga shook his head vigorously, trying to shake the stars from his vision. There was a mass of humanoid shapes around him, but his vision at that exact moment was too blurry to make anything out but what was right in front of his face. He was lying on cold floor with some sort of square design. The alternating black and white pattern, which he would later learn to know it as "checkerboard tile," ruled the floor, but the patterns at his feet weren't what he was worried about.
In front of him were two feet. He looked up into the smiling golden eyes of Inutaisho.
"Welcome, Kouga."
He looked about him, there were demons of every sort and variety here: bats, cats, dogs, a dragon; he even recognized the panther demon cats that he had fought a long time ago. Out of the corner of his eye, he could even see Sesshomaru and Kagura. Off to his right he could see another demon, who looked vaguely familiar. The bushy tail was unmistakably fox-like…but who it was exactly still escaped him…
He looked back up at the demon lord, picking himself off the ground and readjusting the headband around his hair.
The wolf demon was at a complete loss of words…he had always been the leader of his own pack, but here he was clearly outmatched by this dog demon. But in this being's eyes, there was no confrontation, only compassion and kindness with strength and power mixed together in some odd combination.
It was then that he realized that he had not said anything. "Oh…uh…high."
"He speaks!" A demon shouted out.
Inutaisho silenced the laughter quickly with a wave of his hand, then turned back to the bewildered demon in front of him.
"Welcome home."
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Muahaha! I am the ruler of cliffhangers!
crickets chirp
Me: Kouga, turn that stupid recording off!
K: Heh, sorry. click
Blecch, alright, that's another chapter down. I am REALLY sorry that it took so long to update this story…I sprained my hand, plus my grades really sucked for a while, so my parents wouldn't let me on the internet, , but that gave me a little time to revise and edit my plot a little. Another apology on my part of it being so short, but school work really takes its toll on you after a while…
big sigh
I will update when I can, hopefully after this in 2 or three chapter installments…but I really can't make any promises here. Also a few other things: I am aware that Kouga and Ayame are really like InuKag right now. For one thing, I've only seen one episode with Ayame in it, and that's it, so I'm kinda guessing. If you have any suggestions for re-phrasing, I'm definitely open to them…but come on, Inu's beads are hilarious, especially on Kouga…
K: nerve throb
Ooooooorrrrrrrrr maybe not so much…
On to Sesshomaru's OOC-ness: you'll see why. I've gotten a few email complains about how off he is of the "cold heartless and arrogant demon" everyone knows and loves, but like I said: I have a good reason for changing him. I'm also planning on giving him a few funny one-liners in the next few chapters too.
Anyways, same rules apply with reviews equals continuation!
I hope everyone is enjoying my story; I'm having a blast writing it!
R&R!
Dak