Kouga's Test

Sango looked down at herself and tried to pull the hem of her short skirt down to hide her shapely legs. She blushed when she saw Miroku almost drooling where he stood a few paces away, next to Kagome dressed in her kimono and pouting.

"Uh,,, Inuyasha..." Sango said, the hanyou stepped in front of her and glared at Miroku.

"Get your shit together!" he barked. "Kirara! Shippou! On your posts!"

The two little youkai jumped to Miroku and Kagome's shoulders before rolling their eyes.

The gang was on the edge of Kouga's territory and Inuyasha had made a wager against Kagome that Kouga's feelings towards her weren't that deep or honest. He had claimed the wolf wasn't really paying attention to her, that he wanted only her shards and that he had no knowledge about the girl he claimed to love. Kagome, on the other side, while pointing out she wasn't interested in the wolf, had stated that Kouga had feeling for her and it'd hurt his feelings if she just discarded his confessions. Inuyasha had promised to stop bothering Kagome about her going home if she was right while Kagome promised to bring more ramen if he was.

Thus Sango was dressed in Kagome's clothing, with shikon shards around her neck, while Kagome was pretending to be the youkai exterminator. The former was torn between being amused and embarrassed while the latter was annoyed and determined to prove the hanyou was wrong. Shippou and Kirara were going to enjoy the next few minutes no matter what the outcome would be.

Miroku didn't care, he just liked to see Sango's bare legs.

"Okay, act normal!" Inuyasha demanded when they all saw the familiar tornado coming their way. Kagome bit her bottom lip while Sango looked anxiously at Inuyasha, who stepped in between her and the approaching wolf.

"Oi, Kouga!" he called. Kouga as usual, didn't stop before he could run over him. Then he leaped to stand in front of his love and grab her hands.

"Oh, dear Kagome, you look especially radiant today!" he exclaimed. "You look even prettier than the last time I saw you! I mean it! You kinda looked pale and feeble, but now look at you, at your rosy cheeks! And you look like you lost some weight too!"

"Kouga..." the girl stared at him in disbelief and he flashed her a dazzling smile.

"I'm speaking the truth, beloved. So, are you ready to come to live with me?"

"You bastard," Inuyasha picked himself from the ground, which prompted Kouga to point at him and lean closer to his love.

"Isn't this the moment you sit him?" he inquired playfully, enjoying the blush on the girl's cheeks.

"S-Sit him?" the girl squeaked. Kouga smirked when with the corner of his eye he saw Inuyasha dropping to the ground. But there was no glow of the beads and no thud followed by cursing.

Instead the Hiraikotsu came on the wolf's head.

"See?" Inuyasha snickered from where he was crouching close to the ground, looking at the unconscious wolf. Kagome was panting heavily and was glaring daggers at Kouga. She send a dark look Inuyasha's way, so the hanyou decided it'd be wise not to press her more right now.

"We see," Miroku spoke for the first time since Sango had came out from behind the bushes where she had swapped clothes with Kagome. "So long and shapely... I wish I could wear them like an obi..."

Shippou barely had time to jump from his shoulder before the exterminator knocked the monk out.