Kagome shielded her eyes from the flying debris as Kouga's whirlwind swirled to a stop in front of her. As she lowered her hand, he put his hands on his hips and looked around. "Well," he said, "Where is he?"
"Where is who?" she asked pretending to be confused.
"The Mutt of course! Where is he?" Kouga started to circled the group, nose pointed slightly upwards. "Ah!" He pushed Sango and the perverted monk aside.
InuYasha emerged from the safety of the group and stood next to Kagome. His ears now just barley reaching her elbow. He didn't look to happy.
Kouga blinked. One. Twice. Three times. "Har! Har! Har!" He leaned back and laughed a hardy laugh.
"Grrr…shut up you Flea Bitten Wolf!"
"Har! Har!"
The little dog demon pulled out his sword, raising it above his head. Countering his weight the Tetsusaiga, pulled InuYasha backwards onto the ground. Kouga too was on his back, rolling around in a fit of laughter. Holding his stomach he let out another chorus of hardy har-hars.
"Shuddup!" shouted InuYasha as he got to his feet.
Kagome bent down to InuYasha's level and helped dust him off. "Kouga, please. This no a laughing matter."
Kouga held up his finger to signal one more moment. After about two minuets, he got up, gasping for breath.
"You finished?" asked an impatient InuYasha.
"Hold on." Snicker "Now I am."
"How'd you find out?" InuYasha questioned bitterly.
"Word travels fast through these woods."
"Feh, too fast in my opinion." He crossed his arms and narrowed his golden eyes. Kouga narrowed his eyes back as a challenge. InuYasha began a low growl.
"Speaking of which," Miroku hastily cut in, not wanting a famous dog vs. wolf fight, "Kouga, how come you're this far south?"
"I was checking on my mate." Kouga wrapped an unwanted arm around Kagome's waist, resting his hand on her hip. "Then I heard of a certain half breed that was shrinking, so I high tailed it here."
"She's not your mate." The certain half breed clenched his fists. "Get your paws off her!"
"Oh?" Kouga raised his eyebrows in amusement, enjoying the fact that InuYasha was getting jealous, "You don't like it when I touch her?" A sly smile spread across the Wolf Prince's face. He pulled the girl closer to him.
"Umm….Kouga?"
Before he had time to answer he felt pain shoot up his leg. InuYasha pulled back to kick to wolf demon in the shin. DACK!
"You brat!" An enraged Kouga pushed a thankful Kagome off of him as he lunged at the tiny hanyou. InuYasha charged back. "If I can't use my Tetsusaiga, I'll use my fists."
"Sit!" Kagome yelled InuYasha's most feared word.
InuYasha fell forward, slamming face first into the dirt. "Kagome!"
"Kouga, stop it! Please." She stood in front of him, arms spread out, blocking his path to the grounded hanyou. The wolf youkai backed tracked, using his heels as breaks until he came to a halt.
"You never let me have any fun!" He play pouted looking at his 'mate'. He tuned his attention now towards InuYasha getting up from the ground. "Besides, it would have gone against The Code."
"What the hell are you taking about?"
"Well…, oh no, wait. Maybe I shouldn't tell you…" Kouga put his finger to his chin.
"If you ain't gonna tell me, then don't even bring it up."
The wolf sighed. "I guess if you really don't wanna know…" He started to turn around to leave.
"Yea, I guess I don't." He watched his rival start to walk away, swishing his tail back and forth. "Wait. Tell me." InuYasha was now hooked. He had to know what The Code was.
Sango, who was standing on the sidelines, whispered to Shippō beside her. "What's this about a Code?" Shippō shook his head. "I don't know anything about a Demonic Code. Maybe it's a wolf thing." He looked to Miroku, who looked just as confused. They turned there attention back to the two demons.
"No, No. You said you didn't want to know. I should respect your decision and not tell you."
"Keh, since when have you ever respected me?"
"InuYasha, I'm really hurt." He pretended to grab his heart. "I though you knew me better than that. Besides, you said so your self, you don't want to know the Code."
Kagome could see where this was going but there was nothing she could do stop it. Once InuYasha set his mind to something, there was little she could do to stop him.
"I never said that, I just said that if you're gonna bring it up then say it."
Kouga grinned wickedly before turning around, making a beeline to the white haired half demon. "Are you sure?"
"Yes!" InuYasha cried. He was really getting tired of these games.
The demon dent down to InuYasha's level and whispered in his ear. "I don't attack puppies." He stood up. "No matter how PATHETIC they are!"
"You Bastard!" At the last syllable his voice cracked. InuYasha clamped his hand over his mouth.
"Har! Har! HAr!" This was better than he expected.
Shippō and Sango went into a fit of giggles. Miroku had to use his staff as a support. "Now that was funny!" Kagome bite her knuckle to keep from laughing but a smile still shone on her face.
InuYasha's face truned redder than his oversized outfit. "GRRRR…..Shut up already!" His voice creaked again. This set off another round of laughter.
"Hoo Hoo Hoo…" Kouga wiped a tear from his eye. The kilt wearing wolf turned to Kagome. "Kagome, my love, I shall return to you soon. Until then," he clasped her hands in his, "The Mutt better take care of you. Or he'll have to answer to me." He pointed to himself.
"Well," Kouga turned to the entire group, "it's been fun!" He touched the tips of his fingers to his forehead in a light salute. And a quick as he had come he was gone. The only evidence he was there was the settling dust and a very embarrassed InuYasha.
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Author's Note: I know I'm mean, but I was smiling when I wrote this. Just the thought of InuYasha's voice creaking when talking to Kouga was just too funny not to put in my story.
The reason his voice is creaking is because he is de-aging and is at age 12 right now. So it's only logical that a boy's voice creaks at that age.