You have got to be kidding me. Ayame was just now being introduced? Wow. That was a huge episode skip. From a final act to episode 75, maybe less, I'd caused quite the commotion. It already took Koga forever to find that claw weapon of his, and now it would take even longer. It's a shame that he didn't even help that much in the final battle. If he did, it's a shame that I don't remember it. I yawned, already bored of the drawn out encounter between the dog and wolf. This was only my second time witnessing it. How could everyone else deal with this so constantly?
"You see Mutt Face, you can't even keep her entertained!" Koga insulted.
"That's not my job! What the hell do I look like?"
"Hey Koga, darling-" I tried to intercede.
"She's already calling me darling!"
Did this guy just cut me off?
"Koga, when I use the word 'darling,' It's for sarcastic purposes. Don't count your pups before you get a woman."
"So I have to earn you."
"You're denser than a cinder block. Don't go swimming or you'll drown yourself."
"The worried words of a lover."
"Don't you dare call me your lover."
"Ah, then mate?"
"I hate everything about you."
"Our first lover's spat."
"Construe my words again and I'll knock you out before tying you to an anvil and dropping you in a lake. Should you pop out of the water then, I'll pull up my sleeve and drown you myself."
His shoulders scrunched up slightly before responding. "This isn't the Kazumi I'm used to."
"You don't know me." I stated coldly while turning my back to the wolf.
"That's dark, even for you." InuYasha stated.
"The people you hang around rub off on you, whether you need them to or not." I replied, looking away from the Inu with a warm face.
"What are you getting all red faced about?" InuYasha asked.
"If you didn't get it, it's nothing." I replied.
"Eh? You calling me dumb?!"
"If you keep questioning me, I will!"
"Perhaps it has something to do with Sesshomaru." Miroku chimed.
I glared at him, promising to kill him later.
"Does this have anything to do with the bastard?" InuYasha asked.
"We should focus on the fact that Koga betrothed himself to a woman much earlier than Kagome."
That turned all gazes toward the wolf as he himself gave me a quizzical look.
"What are you talking about?" Koga asked.
"It's quite mean of you to make promises you never plan to keep." I stated as I calmed myself. As it would turn out, I tend to switch to my demonic side whenever my temper flares.
"So you wanted three women? How greedy of you." Miroku said before turning to look at me.
"You are not forgiven monk." I informed blandly.
"Weren't you just a human?" Koga asked.
"That's right, you're the only one who doesn't know." I replied. "As it turns out. I can switch between the two as I please."
Koga's eyes lit up. "You're an Inu, the one that bears powerful pups!"
"Announce it to the whole world why don't you. It's not like it puts me in danger or anything." I told him, seething scathing sarcasm.
InuYasha seemed to understand where I was coming from.
"I still find it hard to believe that he marked you." InuYasha grunted.
"He hasn't marked me." I said.
"Yes, he has." InuYasha said, eyeing me.
I stopped, noticing the scent of Sesshomaru not simply stuck on my clothes, but rolling off of me instead of my own, or his scent over took my own with ease. A quiet minute passed before I walked behind a tree. Letting out a scream of delight, but mostly anger, I curled over as I used all of my breath. With that done, I took in a sharp inhale before letting it out in a count of eight. That had been pent up for the past couple of days and felt great to have out of my system. I composed myself before going back around the tree and ignoring their concerned faces.
"Let's go; we have a girl to save, and her name is Ayame." I said calmly as I followed my nose to what I guess what was Naraku's scent. I wanted to get my head off of the topic.
It was easy to spot the stupid ball of fur. It was a black mole in the middle of a green face. Not caring about the danger of getting close to it's mouth, I quickly grabbed Ayame's hand and pulled her away as Koga and InuYasha took up the task of fighting the thing. Once we were a safe distance away, I stopped and let out a huff.
"How has the day treated you so far?" I asked rhetorically.
She sniffed me and turned away. "I do not socialize with Inus."
"I don't usually socialize with insufferable brats." I replied. "Now, you could show some gratitude, however, because an Inu just risked her hide to help you out, and another one is helping your beloved Koga not end up as the sack of hair's dinner."
She looked at me in shock, along with everyone else not battling.
"And you can drop the high and mighty act. If I felt that I was above you, I would have left you out here to die." I stated while turning toward the battle in front of us.
I waited silently for InuYasha and Koga to finish up before turning to Kagome and telling her that I could really go for a bowl of ice cream. I'd ignored Ayame and Koga up until the point when she latched onto his arm in a desperate attempt to persuade him.
"You have to come back with me!" she exclaimed. "The tribe needs your help, and you promised!"
"I didn't promise anyone anything, except to Kagome and Kazumi." He said. "I would remember if I promised to marry you on the Lunar Rainbow." Koga said before leaving.
Of course Ayame followed however, leaving me as the laughing victor.
"What are you laughing about?" InuYasha asked.
"If I don't do something, I'm bound to punch something out of frustration with those two and Sesshomaru." I admitted.
