(Eyebrow twitches as the author senses heavy glares.) (She chuckles nervously, but stands her ground.) "Sorry about the cliff hanger."
Cin-min-(Smile innocently.) Do what?
Unspoiled Rini-That's okay, you show that teacher that you do your homework. (Three cheers for you.) I am corrupting my readers, your not the first to tell me that. (Slaps hand to head.)Thinks of Haruka and winces, I do not envy his position.
Moonbeam21-Sure I will e-mail them to you, once I find my list again.
Rena Moon-(face is scarlet.) Thank you. (Bows humbly.) Winces at the mention of Haruka's temper, poor kouga-kun. Oh, no problem, you were just so nice, and I couldn't turn down a loyal reader/reviewer. (Kill them with kindness.)
I claim no ownership of InuYasha, or Sailor Moon.
Serenity sniffed as the meeting drew to an end, she had pent up energy and needed a release. She searched for her play companion Hotaru, but could not find the darken wolf anywhere. Musingly she tracked Hotaru's fading scent across the riverbed, and sent a sharp howl to Dante' and Haruka. The two wolves came to her call, and she quickly informed them of Hotaru's presence missing. Haruka, and Dante bowed and rushed off following the fading scent.
Hotaru gulped as she saw the frost eyes study her. Biting the inside of her cheek, she lowed herself to the ground and revealed her belly as a sign of submission. Kouga nodded back, and released her scruff, but not before retrieving the flute from her muzzle. "All right night-sister want to explain your presence in my den?" Kouga asked easily. Hotaru winced at his calculating gaze, and bowed her muzzle. She quickly explain her presence in short precise howls. Kouga nodded, laughed at her in joy. "Fear me not night-sister, I will cause no harm toward you, I only wished to know of your akeala." Kouga informed her. Hotaru happily flicked her tail back and forth as she talked of her play companion. She told many stories of Serenity and her's pup days, before Serenity lost her brother. Hotaru found in the stranger called Kouga, a companion, much like an elder brother. "Well, so many things you two manage to get in trouble over, and yet your loyalty is astounding." Kouga remarked over a final story.
Hotaru embolden by Kouga's laid back attitude, and non-threatening smell asked him a very troublesome question. "Where is your pack?" Hotaru asked, and felt the chill of death surround Kouga. Anger filled his arctic eyes, bleeding the pupils dangerously. He stood blindly growling, and this is how Haruka, Dante, and Serenity found them.
Haruka, Dante, and Serenity pounded the ground quickly seeking the young female. There had been an argument over Serenity's accompaniment, but she quickly reminded them that this wasn't the time for an argument. Together the trio rushed toward the dark-haired stranger's cave. Their nose picking up on his anger, and Hotaru's fear. Haruka reached the cave first and knocked Kouga down, all her weight pinning him to the ground. Dante entered as well, bounding over Haruka and adding more weight to the pin, both jaws held over his neck threateningly.
Serenity entered and shifted form to human, wrapping comforting arms around the frighten pup. Hotaru whined in confusion, and whimpered in fear burying her muzzle into Serenity's long hair. Serenity began to hummed calming Hotaru and the atmosphere surrounding them. Unnoticed by Serenity, Kouga's painful struggling started to cease.
Kouga absently knew he had frighten Hotaru by his change in demeanor. The question though brought angry memories to the surface, most of his pack slain by Naraku's puppet Kagura. The bodies laying around like discarded trash instead of the proud animals they were. Tricked into fighting InuYasha, and nearly losing his life to the false jewel in his arm. To lose his life that way would have been dishonorable, a wolf youkai either dies in battle or old age. To lose his life to trickery, he would of shamed his laws, gods, and himself. Not to mention his pack's revenge would of died with him. Then he felt threatening presences hold him down, with deathly precise strikes right above him. Lost deeply in his memories, he struggled with his hate as it visualized on his two captors.
He felt himself slipping, when he heard a soothing melody drag him back to reality. Coming face to face with a familiar grey alpha, and a very angry sandy-blonde she-wolf. However, his ears bought him toward the dying whimpers of Hotaru, and a calming voice humming. His nose alerted him to the hummers presence, and he knew he had screwed up again. The pair above him let him sit up, but did not lower their readied attack. His frosty blue eyes locked with two very angry and unforgiving sapphires. "Haruka, Dante, let us leave."he listened as she instructed the pair of protective wolves to back off. He now knew through Hotaru's stories the flute-player's name was Serenity. Observing as Haruka and Dante left first, probably to secure the path, he righted his jaw to form words.
Serenity kneeled and cradled Hotaru in her arms, as she turned she saw Hotaru's ears flicked back. "Sorry night-sister, Hotaru." Kouga called out, and watched as Hotaru nod in forgiveness. Serenity bristled protectively when she felt him approach. "Serenity, forgive me, here." Kouga stated and offered her flute back to her. Serenity observed as Hotaru placed her trust in the stranger and reach out with her muzzle to grasp the flute. "I am so sorry for everything." Kouga whispered, watching as she trustingly turned her exposed back to him and walked out. "Still, I am not giving up, now I have your name." He swore and was reward by a small warning bite near his ankle. Haruka had walked back in and bit him as a future warning that the next time he pulled a stunt, his death will be her jaws.
Well then, I think the title for this chapter is quite appropriate. Awe, poor Kouga-kun, a little bit unstable in his anger toward Naraku. Definitely not on Haruka's pleased list. (Is there even such a list?) Hotaru is so cute. Her character is loosely based on her human aspects in the show, and Toboe's character off of Wolf's Rain. Please Review
Much Care, WolfchildBlazer