Chapter IV: Kouga's crush

There, standing in the debris, was a young man. He appeared no older than Kanesa. He had long, flowing black hair, held up in a high ponytail, with a brown fur pelt wrapped around his head. He wore a short brown pelt, black armor, fur on his shoulders, a fur pelt wrapped around his waist, a sword resting on his hip, fur around his shins and a brown tail hanging behind him. He had beautiful blue eyes, and was smiling, showing his fangs. He rested his hand on his hip and walked over to Kagome, but Inuyasha stopped him before he got any further.

"You stupid idiot, what are you doing here?" Inuyasha demanded.

"Shut up dog-face, I came here to see Kagome, I…" But before he finished his sentence, he sniffed.

The young man raised his head up and sniffed the air. He closed his eyes, and started wandering closer to Kanesa. His eyes were still closed as he came face to face with Kanesa. He sniffed her cheek, her neck, and bent over, and sniffed her breasts. Kanesa face flushed, and she whacked the young man in the back of the head.

He grabbed his head with both hands, and lifted himself up, "God dammit! That hurt you little… "But he stopped himself when he saw who he was looking at.

The young man stared at Kanesa for a bit, still holding his head with one hand. Kanesa stared back at him, holding her right arm with her left. She blushed; those eyes of his made her feel nervous, yet calm and relaxed at the same time.

They continue to stare at each other, until Kagome broke the silence between them. "Kouga, you haven't met my sister yet! Kouga, this is my older sister Kanesa; Kanesa, this is Kouga."

Kanesa stretched out a shy hand, "Nice to meet you" she murmured.

Kouga grasped it gently, and kissed the back of it, "The pleasure's all mine" he said; Kanesa smiled, and blushed more.

Kouga stepped right by Kagome, and stood closer to Kanesa. "You're Kagome's older sister? I know it's not polite to ask a woman of her age, but I'm about seventeen."

Kanesa nodded, "So am I"

Kanesa became a little less shy, and walked behind Kouga, "Needless to say, you're a demon, right?" she said, gently grabbing Kouga's tail.

Kouga grinned, "Yes, I'm a…"

But before he could finish, a shout came from the forest where Kouga had just emerged. "Kouga!" the shouted echoed. Two men and a small pack of wolves emerged slowly from the trees. The two men stopped, resting their hands on their knees. One had a white mo-hawk, that other had white hair with black in the middle.

Kouga frowned, put his hands on his hips, and walked up to them, "Ginta, Hakaku, where've you two been?"

"Kouga… we've… we've been trying to keep up with you!" Ginta said, gasping for breath.

Kanesa looked over Kouga's shoulders and saw the pack of wolves in front of them. The squealed excitedly, and ran over to them, right in the middle of them. She knelt down and patted their heads and scratched behind their ears. The wolves seemed to like it, pushing each other out of the way to get closer to Kanesa.

Kouga saw how excited she was about the wolves, and joined her at her side; another wolf rubbed against Kouga's arm. "You like wolves, do you?" he asked.

Kanesa smiled at him, "Yes! They're my favorite animal. I've loved them ever since I was a kid."

Kouga smiled, "Well, I'm a wolf too, kinda. I'm a wolf demon"

Kanesa giggled, "You didn't have to tell me that, I kind of figured that out. Those jewel shards in your legs help you run so fast."

Kouga blinked hard, 'This girl… she can sense jewel shards too?'

Kagome stood next to Inuyasha, watching as Kouga and Kanesa started to get to know each other. To Inuyasha, it seemed that Kouga was getting closer and closer to her; almost to the point where he could whisper in her ear. Kagome smiled, "Well, I'm happy to see that Kouga and Kanesa are getting along nicely"

Inuyasha grunted under his breath, 'Hm, maybe a little too well'

Miroku, Sango and Shippo stood behind Inuyasha and Kagome, whispering to each other. "Kouga and Kanesa seem to be getting along nicely" Sango said.

"Yes, maybe Kouga's developed feelings for Kanesa? But so quickly?" Miroku stated.

"Well, there's also Kagome and Ayame to consider. Ayame loves Kouga and Kouga loves Kagome" Shippo pointed out.

After a few minutes, Kouga and Kanesa stood up. They were both smiling. Inuyasha saw it as a little weird; he'd never seen Kouga smile like that before, not even when he was with Kagome. They were standing shoulder to shoulder, so close, you couldn't see their fingers entwined with each other's behind their backs. "So, Kouga and I have been talking; do you guys mind if I go over to Kouga's den for tonight? I want to see his wolves" Kanesa asked Kagome.

Kagome blinked, looked at Inuyasha, and stared back at her sister. "Um, I guess its okay…"

Kanesa squealed, and Kouga drew her into his arms, "Thanks sissy, you're the best!"

Kouga waved good-bye to them all and dashed off into the forest where he had just emerged, "Don't worry Kagome! I'll bring her back tomorrow!"

Ginta and Hakaku looked at each other, moaned, and slowly ran after Kouga, followed by the rest of the wolves. "Good-bye Kagome!" Hakaku shouted back to Kagome.

Miroku looked at Sango, "Hm, that's the first time Kouga's been with Kagome, and didn't really tell her how much he loved her…"

Shippo stared at the trees where Kouga and Kanesa had just left, 'I knew he had a crush on her! Right from the minute he saw her! I knew it, I knew it, I knew it!'