Life with Koga
Chapter 4
By Alicia Maxwell
"Hey Alicia. Wake up," Koga nudged me.
"What is it Koga?" I sat up sleepily.
"Alicia, breathe deep. Do you smell anything… peculiar?"
"I smell a dog. So what?"
"Are there usually dogs in this area?"
"YOU WOKE ME UP AT TWO IN THE MORNING TO ASK ME IF DOGS WERE USUALLY IN THE AREA!?" I yelled.
"Ow," Koga rubbed his ears. "Quiet down Alicia."
"Oh I'm sorry Koga. I didn't mean to be so loud. Are you alright?" I asked.
"Heh. Yeah I'm fine," he took his hands away from his ears.
"I'm really sorry Koga. Come here," I said, arms outstretched.
"You aren't gonna shout again are ya?" he asked nervously.
"No of course not, baby," I smiled. Koga came closer and I pulled him into a tight embrace. "Are you sure you're okay, honey?"
"Yeah," Koga smiled. "But I could use a kiss or two."
"How about four?" I asked, placing a kiss on each cheek, a kiss on his forehead and a final kiss on his lips.
"That's great. Thanks."
"Do ye think the mangy wolf is around these parts, me Lord? Rin was attacked in the east after all," Jakken said.
"It's the scent of an eastern wolf I smell. I shall cut off his head, the despicable fellow," Sesshomaru replied. Much to his dismay, his second statement caused Rin to go into a fit of ear-shattering screams. "That's enough, Rin. Silence yourself."
"Yes, My Lord!"
"Good morning sleepy head," I smiled brushing Koga's bangs out of his face as he awoke. He rubbed his eyes and slowly sat up, yawning and stretching. "You slept for an awfully long time. I was able to hunt down breakfast and cook it already. Come eat," I insisted.
"Okay…," he yawned again and rose to his feet sluggishly. "Smells like deer."
"It is, though I'm much more partial to hunting oxen," I replied.
"I thought oxen weren't found in the wild," he blinked.
"Well," I said handing him a plate of food, "I didn't say I always hunted wild creatures. My tribe constantly attacks human resources- meaning livestock, crops, and transportation. This slowly forces them out of our territory. Believe me- the time it takes is worth the lives it saves."
"Ah so you hunt oxen when targeting human livestock. Not a bad idea," he began eating.
"Koga?" I lowered my voice to a whisper.
"Yeah?"
"The dog you smelled last night is closer. Do you recognize the smell?" I asked, hoping the answer was no.
"Sorta," he whiffed the air, "smells a lot like Mutt-face but it's not him."
"That, dear Koga," I said, "is the smell of Sesshomaru, Inuyasha's older half-brother. He is an evil man and he is much stronger than Inuyasha. I know you hate to use it but I suggest you unsheathe your sword." Koga did as told but then did something rather stupid- he headed for the den entrance. Screams of a young girl were heard, and Koga jumped. All of a sudden, Sesshomaru was up in his face.
"This is way too close for comfort," Koga muttered.
"Die," Sesshomaru said calmly, laying tears in the flesh on Koga's left arm.
"Koga!" I called out. "Sesshomaru, you have no right to be here! Get out now or prepare to face the consequences!" I readied my sword.
"Consequences? That's the whole reason I'm here, you pathetic wench," Sesshomaru said. "This cub ordered the slaughter of villages upon villages of humans."
"Since when do you care about humans!?" I demanded before I noticed the little human girl behind him. "Get out now. I don't want to expose a child that young to what I'm prepared to do to you," I growled.
"I will not go. This girl was once dead. All I want is a life for a life."
"Fine then, if you won't leave then I have no choice," I shrugged. Before he could realize that I had moved, I had the tip of my sword at his jugular. "Leave now and never come back. Revenge for something like this isn't worth dying over, Destruction Man."
"I told you not to call me that again," he said. I pressed my sword in enough for him to feel that I had but made sure I didn't puncture the skin. "Very well. Jakken, Rin, we leave." With that, they went to leave, and I did not stop them. Instead, kneeling down beside him, I turned my attention to Koga's wound.
"Poison no doubt," I mumbled. "His nails naturally carry poison on them and thus, when they puncture the skin, they leave traces of the poison in the bloodstream. Luckily, I know an herbal remedy that cures this kind of poison and I have it right here. So all that remains is cleaning and bandaging the wound." I stood and stepped over to the corner of the den where I had my herbal remedies and bandages.
"You moved fast enough to surprise him… and I couldn't even follow his movements," Koga muttered, a hint of anger and jealousy in his voice.
"I was born with unbelievable speed, Koga. There's no reason to be jealous," I said, returning with the remedy and bandages. I held out the plant that would cure the poison, "This is gonna taste horrible but I need you to eat it. It'll cure you." Begrudgingly, he ate it. "Now sit up and let me see your arm."
"Fine," he sat up and held out his arm. I softly took hold of it and began to clean his wound with my tongue, stopping occasionally to spit out the tainted blood I'd lapped up. After I finished cleaning the wound, I began to bandage it carefully.
"It's going to be alright now, Koga," I smiled, tying up the ends of the bandage.
"Thanks," he muttered, taking his arm back.
It was later on, that afternoon, when I first argued with Koga. He had called me, and I had replied that I would be with him in a second, since I was busy. Feeling he shouldn't have to wait, Koga came over and dragged me away from my work.
"What are you doing!?" I demanded.
"You're my woman," he growled. "I call; you come!"
"Sorry to disappoint you Koga, but I won't be your little slave! I do what I want, when I want! I'm not your possession; I'm your mate! There's a difference! Learn it!" I yelled.
"You fail to see the way life works! The man is superior to the woman!" he barked, violently forcing his lips to mine.
"I said I'm not your possession!" I forced him back and slapped him. "Your view of life is twisted! A man is only superior to a woman when she allows him to be! Well I won't allow it! If either of us has control over the other, it's going to be me!"
"You!? Don't make me laugh! I'll bite my own tongue off before I follow your every whimsical command!"
"Well you better bite your own tongue off now because you'll follow any order I give you!" I shouted.
The conversation ended with the two of us nose-to-nose, growling at each other. Then we both turned and left.
You must understand, when I had said, "Because you'll follow any order I give you," I had no intention of actually giving him orders. I didn't wish to be a slave nor did I wish to have one. I simply wanted what I had expected from the relationship- equality. Of course, I wasn't sure there even was a relationship after that horrible fight….