Not to fear my friends. Though this story is coming to a close. My passion flares on! I already have some new stories in the making so maybe it will help fill the void? I can only hope, because as much of a joy as it has been to write this story. It sure is bitter sweet to say goodbye!

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Chapter Nineteen

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It was a lullaby. The way the rain tapped the cool glass, the low hum of thunder in the distance as the gray sky melted into a constant black. The shimmering lights of the city below its darken void sparkling in replacement to the unseen stars hidden away by the looming storm.

All those wonderful sounds and absence of moon and natural glow merged with the soft breathing of the pair currently staring into one another eyes.

Kagome's finger curled a bit tighter against Kouga's as their palms rested between their laying faces mere inches apart from one another.

"I'm so tired." She mused softly across the silken spread of Kouga's sunken bed.

Kouga sighed heavily, staring towards the raven haired beauty occupying the once empty space beside him. He didn't blame her, today had been equally as exhausting for him.

Running a thumb over her knuckles he shifted slightly on his feather like mattress.

Leaving the reserve had felt like a dream, the both of them not sharing a single word the entire ride back.

Just watching as the sky spilt apart like the heavens themselves were weeping even after they made their way well into the city. As blurred as it seemed one thing had led to another and here they lay, in the same rain soaked clothing just staring into each other eyes.

Laying here with Kagome, even without speaking. It had given him all the comfort he could ever need. Just being around her…being with her…it filled the void revisiting his past had exposed within himself.

"I know. I am too." Kouga whispered.

Uncurling her free hand from under her head Kagome extended out her soft fingertips to reach towards Kouga. Tracing the bronze skin of his face and the and hardness of his jaw as she stared into the impossibly blue eyes.

Kouga retracted one of his hands curled around Kagome's palm to grasp her wrist. Holding her touch to him tightly and devoted.

All that they had overcome, that they had survived. The entire time he thought it had been him coming to her rescue time and time again. That she had needed his strength to endure it all.

But standing there in Ayame's garden, when everything finally broke free of the ancient chains he had constricted around his past. It had been her, a beautiful human that had kept him alive. Kept him breathing.

If she hadn't been there…if she wasn't here now. He wouldn't have survived it all.

Somehow, even though he knew he could never put into words just how much she meant to him. Laying here, holding one another. He felt like she could feel it too. That this was right…that this is exactly where they were suppose to be.

Kagome stared at the wolf demons handsome face mere inches from her own. What they shared, what they felt for each other. She knew she could never express it. Never even come close if she tired.

There was no way to explain what he was to her. How much she truly loved him…

"Kouga," Kagome whispered. She wanted to try, to attempt to put everything that was building inside her chest into words. But they just wouldn't form. All she could do was lay here, feel him. The heat of his body, the clarity that exuded from his inhuman eyes.

He had saved her from a world of crippling loss…and unknowingly she had done the same.

Kagome wasn't even aware Kouga was moving towards her until she felt his warm lips descend onto hers. Responding timidly to his kiss, which was a surprise but welcomed all the same.

It was warm and tender and left her aching for more, so when his tongue traced her bottom lip teasingly, she parted her lips granting him entry.

What they had shared, what they had lived through. This felt…so right.

She wasn't sure what had just transpired between them that had brought them to this climatic moment but it was something she only now realized she had always wanted.

Through all the fighting, all the heartache and worry. They had endured, they had grown into what they were now.

Laying here. Tasting his lips, feeling his body slowly begin to press to her own.

She could feel what radiated between them like never before…their love for each other.

Kouga brought a hand to cup her jaw as his tongue began sweeping lazily over her own, stroking her soft muscle smoothly.

This felt so real. It wasn't like the countless times before, when he had laid with faceless drug educed sometime completely nameless women just to dull his own pain.

He wanted to feel this, wanted to memorize every smell, every single taste the human woman laying at his side possessed.

He never thought he could feel this way again…this drawn to another in so much more than a physical way. This pull inside him. He wanted to connect to her…be inside her…bond to her on the most sensual and spiritual level he could.

At the thought he pulled away for a moment, noting that her bright hazel eyes had slightly darkened into a molten chocolate. Clouded by desire that burned in her still shimmering orbs.

Her mouth was still parted slightly in a silent invitation for him to reclaim what he had left a silent plea he was more than happy to fulfill. After his slight reluctance was laid to rest.

"Do you want me to stop?" Kouga whispered.

Kagome gazed at the wolf demon peering down at her. She knew what was happening, she knew what this was leading too. And as reluctant as she thought she would feel should this situation ever arise, it didn't deter her for a moment.

Shaking her head in disagreement she curled a soft hand around his arm, a reassuring gesture that she wanted this more than words could express.

Being with Kouga, even for the brief moments before when she had lost herself in the heat of the moment. It had awoken something inside her. Something she thought had faded the moment Inuyasha left this world.

She thought the romantic part of her life was now over, who could she ever love in comparison to she considered her soul mate? The answer had come all to clearly when she looked into those blue eyes.

Kouga wasn't a replacement, but he was something far more perfect.

He had actually expanded her heart…she had made room to love again.

And she did love him.

Wordlessly Kouga grasped at his back tugging the damp layer of his t-shirt over his head before casting it aside carelessly. Moving gently, he laid on top of her. Covering her smaller form with his, planting his elbows on either side of her head to make sure his weight was supported.

His calloused hands began to work over her tenderly, peeling layer after layer away from the milky skin Kagome called her own until she was left in the little but her slightly off pink bra and lace panties.

Kagome abided feeling her skin heat even with the absence of clothing, a little taken back Kouga was so skillful in the removal of her wears.

The exposure of Kouga's torso now laying onto her own almost completely naked form made her blush scarlet. It reminded her of the night the two of them had shared back in the shrine.

Reaching up she traced a soft finger over the badly scared lines of his lower jaw and neck. The deep marks only proving to her that no matter what physical changes may have occurred. Kouga was still the demon, she knew…the demon she loved.

Kouga kissed her again and this time her hands that had been so insistent on covering her chest finally fell away to allow his body to press closer, coming up instead to grip his hard shoulders.

Kagome tired to silence herself, as soft whimpers and moans began to make their way past her lips but the way he kissed her. How amazing he felt…it was beyond a difficult task.

Despite how delicious her mouth tasted, he couldn't ignore his protesting lungs. Pulling away to catch his breath staring down into those mesmerizing eyes as Kagome's own chest began to rise with lack of breath.

"Am I going to fast?" Kouga rasped kissing her neck softly.

Kagome shook her head shyly, before taking a sharp breath feeling his fangs nip at her flesh tenderly. He nuzzled into the slope of her shoulder showering her with kisses that grew increasingly hungry, open mouthed and wet from long strokes of his tongue.

Kagome grasped onto Kouga's back a bit tighter. She never thought she could feel this way again, so desired and at the same time loved.

The way he touched her. She knew it was so different from before. He wasn't rough or aggressive as she first suspected he would be. Every stroke, ever caress she could feel the longing, the devotion behind them.

He was restraining himself, just to make her comfortable and that thought made he want him all the more.

Gauging her reaction Kouga snaked a hand behind her back to the still intact clasp of her bra, snapping the latch easily with one flick of his fingers.

The garment easily loosening as he pulled it away from Kagome's slightly heaving chest. Exposing those luscious breast he had wanted to taste for so long now.

Kagome watched Kouga leer at her now exposed mounds, his azure orbs darkening at the mere sight in obvious hard lust. But that didn't stop her from instinctively trying to cover them.

"Don't-" Kouga whispered catching her wrist in his hands.

"Don't hide yourself from me?" He pleaded in a softer tone. Kagome had nothing to be ashamed of, she was perfect in every single way and he wanted her to know that.

But that didn't mean he didn't understand her hesitation.

Kagome wasn't like him. She hadn't had a string of lovers throughout the centuries. She hadn't given herself over to basic pleasure just to make life a bit more bearable.

The only lover she had ever had was the mutt. He was the only one who had ever laid hands on her like this. And as much as Kouga wanted to wash the half demons phantom away from such a intimate act.

He wasn't willing if Kagome wasn't ready.

After all, even laying here with her lovingly laid beneath him. He could see it. The two small twin marks that marred her otherwise flawless skin. They were faded, and not entirely visible unless truly gazed upon. But he could see it all the same.

The scars of a mate, the exact same scar that marked his own shoulder beneath all the other much more potent ones.

He kissed her again light and soft before pulling back slightly allowing her hands to slide free of his own as he once again braced himself upwards to stare directly down at her.

"I want you Kagome." He vowed, no words had ever been truer.

"But if this isn't what you want. I'll understand." He stated lovingly.

Kagome stared up into this inhuman eyes and for the first time she could see the clarity behind them. Kouga was thinking exactly what she was.

That if they crossed this border. There was no going back. They were friends, and they did love each other. But doing this, the most intimate act Kagome could give. It would change them, forever.

"I want this Kouga…I want you-" Kagome whispered grasping his hand in her own before guiding the hot pad of his palm over her breast.

Kouga groaned at the wonderful feeling of such milky skin in his touch.

There was no moving on with her life without this. Without him. Kouga was her reason for surviving all she had, and she didn't want to face this world unless it was by his side.

Kouga pressed a hot kiss to her chest breathing in her magnificent scent like never before.

"I'll go slow…" He promised heatedly knowing the human girl he currently held had no idea just how much she completed him. How much she made his life worth living again.

Unable to deny himself any more, he latched on to one pink bud and began to suckle gently, feeling the pearl swell in his mouth with lasting nips of his fangs.

She cried out softly, her hands finding his raven locks and pulling him closer to her chest, arching into his mouth wantonly.

The feeling of his tongue swirling and sucking her nipples sent electric like pulses of sheer pleasure down her spine a feeling that only intensified when his hand began to massage its twin roughly.

Kagome couldn't help herself anymore. Soft moans and whimpers filled the air, feeling the hard sculpt of Kouga's body pin hers down as he began to lavish the other with equal attention.

Kouga growled his approval against the soft mound, tongue swirling around her perfect flesh as she began to shiver.

How many times had he fantasized this? In dark moments, on cold empty nights laying in bed thinking of just what he would do to the priestess given the chance? Now that he actually had her, he was determined to touch and taste every possible inch of her.

Kagome cried against Kouga with a particularly hard bite of his fangs against her breast. She couldn't help herself, every suck against her chest made a heat begin to throb between her legs like a burning heart beat.

Kouga could feel her shivering beneath him, thighs rubbing restlessly and hips grinding upwards as her body sought fulfillment. He was positive she wasn't aware she was even doing it, but the message was clear she was ready for him to touch her in other places.

Releasing her captive breast from his mouth he shifted back up to claim her lips again, loving the feel of her moaning into his mouth. She was responding reverently now, just as hungry for his mouth as he was for hers.

"Kagome," Kouga rasped breathlessly finally breaking their kiss. His fingertips teasing the outline of her panties, and Kagome knew instantly the silent permission he was seeking.

Kagome bit her lip timidly but nodded in acceptance her cheeks flushed red and her breath coming in short quick pants as his hand slipped beneath the silken garment.

Her thighs parted of their own accord and when he reached the apex, fingers ghosting lovingly along the hairless outer lips. Her skin already slick with desire and Kouga groaned in building need.

His wandering digits made their way to the small swollen button where smooth skin gave way to slick heat. Letting his fingers brush over it gently, delighted in the way it made her shudder.

With practiced skill, he began to rub circles around the tender pearl, watching her face intently as he pleasured her. Her eyes slid shut and a small mewl passed her lips, a sweet sound Kouga wanted repeated.

Stroking her, his fingertips worked over her with a slow and steady pace rewarded with shuddering moans and light bucking of her hips into his hand.

Obeying her silent command he abandoned her throbbing pearl to slide his finger along her slit before pushing inside slowly. A deep growl escaping the back of his throat at the feeling of such tight molten heat.

Kagome's hazel eyes fluttered as her back arched reflexively, aiding him in pushing deep until his entire digit was inside her throbbing core.

Scattering kisses from her jaw to the soft slope of her shoulder he began to move within her, pumping at a slow pace that soon had her moaning loudly with every plunge of his finger.

Kagome rocked her hips shyly against his hand, a motion she wasn't even aware she was making but it was her bodies way of signaling for more.

Kouga sensing her need pulled his finger out nearly all the way only to push back inside his first finger joined by a second.

Her world was spinning, the feeling of Kouga's digits wedged inside her taking her to familiar heights of passion, a world she had thought long forgotten were it not for the wolf demon ravaging her with his hands and tongue.

It seemed like a lifetime ago that she felt this way. So loved and wanted, it was an aphrodisiac in itself and left her aching for so much more.

"Kouga please?" Kagome whispered brokenly between kisses. She wanted him, all of him and she knew this lingering feeling of incompletes wouldn't subside until she had him.

Kouga kissed her sweetly, how long he had wanted to hear those words? Regardless he wasn't about to keep her waiting for what they obviously both wanted a moment longer.

"Alright." He breathed pulling back to brush a stray piece of her hair from her hazel eyes. Sitting back on his knees he began to slide his last article of clothing down over his hips freeing his erection fully.

Kagome stared up at him towering over her, her darken orbs unable to do anything else but take in the sight of his masculine form.

His body was sculpted to the point it almost looked made of stone. Thick hard muscle covered with bronze skin despite the deep scarring he was an Adonis. Her heated gaze falling lower to the hard twin lines and thin trail of raven hair cutting down his hips towards his impressive length.

Kagome's face blushed scarlet at the sight, she may not have been the virgin she once was, but she was still incredibly inexperienced seeing that part of a man.

Kouga only found her modestly that much more appealing, a true sign she was still so naïve in the way of sex.

"You're beautiful." He whispered hoarsely.

He couldn't believe that such a treasure was now his to have, to take in any way he chose. It was maddening just to think of the endless possibilities.

Laying there before him, in nothing but her lace panties. Her perfect breast rising with every breath, her dark hair splayed around her in a fan of black. Only enhancing the porcelain glow of her silky skin and perfect pink shimmering lips, were those thick black lashes and bright hazel orbs.

She was a goddess if he was ever to see one, and she was his.

Leaning forward his hands ghosted over her hips to the last remaining article of clothing between them, not bother to maneuver her out of the cloth. He simply sliced a pointed claw over its side sending the thin material falling away.

His fingers coaxed at the inside of her thighs separating them easily and Kagome gasped lowly at the feeling of something hot and warm tracing her entrance.

Kouga groaned lowly feeling her slickness against his shaft. The sheer heat radiating from her core, washing over him like a wafting tide of desire. He had to remember to be gentle with her, this may not have been her first time. But she was still a human.

Taking her hands in his intertwining their fingers as he leaned forward pinning her hands on either side of her head their faces so close to one another their noses traced over each others.

"If its too much, tell me to stop." Kouga whispered softly staring down into those mesmerizing brown eyes.

Kagome squeezed his hands tighter as her only response. Then he began to push his hips forward.

A soft growl rumbled from the back of Kouga's throat as he eased inside of her. She was so slick from their previous foreplay that he slide easily into her body only to be gripped fiercely by feminine muscles.

She was incredibly tight, a blazing molten heat of perfection against his shaft and the want to drive into her was a difficult thing to ignore with the need for restraint.

Kagome felt herself stretch to accommodate Kouga's length, she had been empty for so long now that being filled so suddenly boarded on painful.

Feeling her tense beneath him, Kouga kissed her drawing her tongue into his mouth at the moment he pulled back and pushed his hips forward making her cry out against his lips.

He pumped into her shallow and slow, ravaging her mouth while keeping her hands pinned by her head. Every forward thrust melting away her discomfort and beginning to extract soft moans from her which greedily swallowed down.

Her legs came up to lock around his waist, ankles crossing at the small of his back as he groaned at the exquisite feeling of her perfect body.

With the need for air become to much to ignore Kagome broke the kiss to gaze up at the wolf demon embracing her, his hips never stopping their steady rhythm.

Her own pelvis lifting to meet his, her breast heaving every time he pushed into her. He was torn with the desire to make them really bounce by driving into her harder. But he restrained himself only to capture a harden nipple in his mouth, delighted when she arched up against him in response.

He sucked the bud until it was swollen and red before lavishing equal attention to its twin. Kagome's moans grew louder as she was swept away by the barrage of sensations. His fangs tugging at her nipple between hot lashes of his tongue, his thick shaft sliding inside of her stretching her.

"Kouga, deeper…please." Kagome moaned softly. There was a magical place inside her that he had yet to reach in his gentle ministrations and she needed more.

"You're sure?" Kouga rasped against her breast.

Kagome's response was to arch her hips more fully against his own seeking deeper penetration and that was as much permission as the azure eyed wolf demon needed.

Releasing her hands, one bracing himself on his elbow as the other trailed down her flat stomach to the place where they joined.

His fingers finding her swollen pearl instantly as he began to run teasing circles over it as his hips resumed their thrusting driving deeper than before.

Kagome cried as molten fire rushed through her veins and wave after wave of pleasure followed in its wake. Her hands fisting in his raven hair desperate to hold onto anything that kept her anchored as he began to touch new places inside her.

Kouga stared down at the vision unfolding beneath him. Her body was rippling around him, it felt as though she was growing wetter thanks to the hand teasing the bud above where he was wedged within.

Feeling as though he didn't have enough leverage with only one hand occupying his weight, he withdrew form her swollen clit to brace himself on both elbows. Thrusting hard and deep into her but still slow and steady.

Kagome moaned her approval at the deeper penetration, her hazel orbs gleaming up to watch the wolf demon hovering over her.

Her mind was a clouded daze, the feeling of Kouga inside her reverberating into her very soul. She had always known their was a physical connection between them, but never had she thought it would be like this. The pleasure went so much deeper than just flesh, it was in her very bones her inner most being and she couldn't possibly imagine being without him after all this was over.

She was only now aware of how empty she truly had been while his physical body filled her, along with the emotional longing she could feel pouring out of him.

She felt so wanted, in a way she thought was long forgotten. The feeling of actually being loved again, it was glorious and overwhelming. And she never wanted this moment to end.

She wrapped her arms around his neck, crushing herself against him pressing his sculpted torso against her bare chest. The feel of him inside her was so deep and intimate, and even this didn't feel like enough.

Her hands began to wander of his heavily scarred back. Fingers exploring bronze skin until they found his hips. Settling on the hard thickness feeling the muscle flex enticingly as he moved and she was so caught up in the moment that she grabbed him firmly trying to press him more fully into herself as she arched to meet him.

Kouga made a low primal sound incredibly turned on by her eagerness. Her hands urging him to move faster and so he complied. Picking up the speed of his thrust and groaning as her liquid heat began to squeeze him harder.

"Harder," She panted the ball of desire burning in the deepest part of her core unbearably. She could feel that her release was close but she needed more of him to reach the brink.

Gripping a toned thigh in each hand, Kouga all to willingly complied.

Rocking his pelvis back before slamming forward, rapidly picking up the tempo until he was drilling her inhumanly fast.

Kagome went wild beneath him writhing and arching her voice growing higher in pitch until he was sure people clear across the city would be able to hear her.

She was so god damn beautiful, sexy, and strong. So powerful in fact she had the ability to char him into nothing but cinders if she ever felt the need to. But the fact that she flat on her back beneath him, letting him dominate her like this was intoxicating. He watched her writhe, his azure orbs hazed with lust taking in her firm body glowing with sweat, her bouncing breast her flawless face that contorted into an expression of pure ecstasy.

The moment Kouga started slamming into her, Kagome thought she was going to die in the most blissful way possible. Vaginal muscles spasaming, squeezing and contracting ever tighter in pleasure so intense it practically made her see stars.

Everything around her became a blur, everything except Kouga. His hard body working as his hips pumped forward into her with frightening force. Jarring her whole body deliciously, sweat running down his chest and abdomen his hair messy and spiked while his jaw was set in a grimace of pleasure.

Kouga surged forward harder and deeper rubbing a spot in her that finally released the burning ball of nerves in her belly. An array of impossible colors flashed across her vision and a scorching wildfire was set loose in her veins burning her every sense to cinders in nothing but absolute rapture.

She wouldn't have been able to stop herself from screaming if she tried, her orgasm burning away all rational thoughts it threatened to tear her apart. Her womanhood pulsing around his length deep inside, feminine muscles almost trying to milk the orgasm out of him by force.

Kouga managed a few more thrust before burying his face in the crook of her shoulder letting his own release wash over him. Spilling himself into Kagome's womb. He groaned long and low as he felt months of sexual tension leave him all at once.

Absolute pleasure flowing through him and leaving him so drained, exhausted and wonderfully satiated that he collapsed. Having just enough sense to roll himself off Kagome to bury himself in the silken and fur messed bedding of the mattress face first.

Minutes ticked by like seconds until finally the panting breaths filling the silence ultimately began to fade. Recovering enough strength Kouga reached out for Kagome tugging the spent priestess to his chest protectively.

Kagome surrendered to his hold all to willingly cradling to his chest as his arms coiled around her tightly. Nestled against him Kouga nuzzled his nose into the crown of her raven hair just beneath his chin.

He couldn't believe this world, this reality was even possible. His entire existence since the loss of Ayame and his daughter had been nothing but pain and absolute despair.

But, to feel this. To actually be capable of feeling happiness again, he thought it was a dream he would never once again be able to have.

"I love you Kagome," He vowed against her feeling as her soft fingertips fanned over his chest.

He didn't deserve to feel this way again, to feel loved. But he would sooner die than ever face a single day without the woman cradled in his arms.

The softness of Kagome's breathing signaled to him she had already fallen asleep, and the knowledge of knowing he would be able to hold her through the night.

It made his heart beat with that much more love and adoration.

Stroking her cheek lovingly with his thumb as he kissed her head. He thought about his past, about how much he truly didn't deserve this life.

But he made a solemn oath here and now, he would spend the rest of his life trying to earn the right to call her his own.

Through all the bitterness and hurt he had inflicted on her. She had never once given up on him. He would honor that commitment.

He swore to God he would.


The crib was comfortable, soft and silken with its lovely off blue bedding. The wriggling little amber eyed babe still not yet asleep staring at the rotating animals and toys spinning over head.

As the soft tune of a lullaby seeped out. Kicking yet not going anywhere Yasha squirmed in his footed pajamas his frustration almost reducing his infantile self to tears.

That was until a shadow overcastted the crib two clawed hands lowering into the cradle to scoop up his small body.

Blinking up the baby stared up to the man now holding him. A pair of amber eyes that perfectly mirrored his own gleaming through the dark with almost feline like characteristics.

Sesshomaru stared down at the infant in his arms traipsing around the nursery soundlessly, solemn and emotionless but inside a bit unnerved his nephews room had been so easy to descend into without notice.

A situation he would see rectified.

Yasha whimpered lowly as he nuzzled into Sesshomaru's suit covered chest.

An action the silver haired dog demon didn't protest as he traced a clawed finger along the curve of Yasha's fuzzy little digits placed on top of his head.

"So you did inherit his ridiculous ears." The amber eyed dog demon stated matter of factly as he stepped towards the twin set of balcony doors leading towards the outside of the house.

Stopping just shy of the threshold as Yasha yawned tiredly as his round eyes slowly closing his small hands gripping hold of one of Sesshomaru's jacket buttons.

"Sleep then. You'll need it." He whispered eyeing the towering city in the distance, the gleaming lights the basic castles of iron and glass just waiting to be claimed.

"I have an entire world to show you."


The morning was dreary, the sky a lingering constant gray. Proof of the storm that had ravaged the city while in the midnight hours.

A little stiff Kagome shifted in her sleep, tangling herself further in the silken sheets of Kouga's messed bed as her hazel eyes slowly peered open.

Sliding a hand across the bed where she suspected a slumbering wolf demon would be laying, still recovering from their hours of rigors love making.

But she found the bed empty, and cool with his bodies absence.

Softly Kagome blinked adjusting to the absence of light in the darken room as she slowly sat up. Her darken orbs taking in the hard confines of Kouga's room but seeing no trace of the vanished wolf demon in sight.

Curiously Kagome slipped her legs over the edge of the mattress making sure to secure a lone silk sheet around herself as she slowly began to trail away from Kouga's bedroom an down the hall.

Letting the cold stone tingle her bare feet she walked through the stone like dome of the penthouse. It wasn't until she was in the main foyer did she finally catch sight of the wolf demon she sought.

Standing back turned she could see his broad figure through the spotless pane of glass leading onto the balcony. Stepping closer she could see the doors parted open as she stepped out onto the stone overhang.

Kouga stared off onto the horizon watching motionlessly as the dark gray of the early morning clouds were beginning to be chased away by the bright orange and pink hues of the not yet risen sun.

The beautifully chaotic clash of colors radiating into his azure orbs with mirror like clarity. Until, a soft voice broke his deep concentrated thought.

"Kouga?" Kagome asked stepping into Kouga's shadow. Realizing the sheet she currently hugged to her chest was the only trace of clothing between either of them.

Not surprising really. Kouga wasn't the modest type, just another characteristic she had come to love about him.

Kouga peered over his scarred shoulder to the vision staring back at him. Her raven hair wavy and glowing with a slightly bluish hue from the absence of light. What skin was visible smooth and creamy almost in equal contrast with the silken sheet she currently hugged to her bare chest.

But those hazel eyes captivated him like no other. So round and bright with a perfect mixture of bronze and slight gold.

It would never matter how many times he stared into those orbs, they were just as captivating as the first time he saw her.

"What are you doing out here?" Kagome questioned taking a step forward, a gesture Kouga returned as he reached out running a loving hand up her bare arm to rest onto her shoulder.

"I didn't want to wake you." He began apologetically tucking a stray lock of hair behind her ear tenderly.

"I couldn't sleep though-" He admittedly with a light sigh.

Kagome grasped for the hand resting on her shoulder as she took his palm into her own interlocking their fingers as she stared up to him.

"Makes two of us." She admitted. Now that she was awake, despite how early and physically exhausted she still was she knew there was no going back.

The day had begun and her mother would undoubtedly begin to worry if she didn't get in contact with her soon. Besides, she had left Yasha for the entire night. That alone was reason enough for her to start heading back to the shrine.

A thing Kouga knew all to well.

"I suppose you're ready to go?" He asked reluctantly.

Kagome smiled apologetically.

"I should probably get dressed first?" She added with a smirk, she could only imagine her mothers reaction if she showed up wearing nothing but a bed sheet.

"I don't know. I like the new look." Kouga admitted grasping Kagome's hand a bit tighter into his own as his other trailed to the slope of her hip.

Kagome leaned into his hold stepping forward until she was able to lay her head against the hard sculpt of his chest. Her ear right at his heartbeat and loving the way the constant thump matched her own.

Kouga mirrored the gesture resting his head on top of her own kissing her raven crow sweetly before breathing in her wonderful scent.

How was it even after an entire night of unbridled passion he still craved the human pressed to his chest with every atom of his being?

He wanted to kiss her, slowly, passionately. Carrying her back to his bed and show her all over again just how much she meant to him. How much she completed him.

A feeling were it not for more pressing concerns he would have happily acted upon.

"Why are you out here?" Kagome whispered against him not daring to pull away, to grateful for the warmth his body provided against her cool skin.

"Thinking." Kouga breathed into the locks of her hair nestled beneath his chin.

"About?" Kagome asked pulling back just enough so she could look up into those exuberant eyes.

Kouga stared down to the beautiful creature now locked into his arms as he extended up a hand grazing his knuckles over her soft rose colored cheek.

"About us." He whispered.

Kagome smiled warmly.

"My favorite subject." She said with a playful bite of her lip.

Kouga smirked a grin that only tugged the corner of his handsome lips as he swiped and thumb over Kagome's pouted bottom lip. Resisting the urge to kiss her.

"I have something I want to say to you Kagome. Something important." He began cautiously, enough of a hesitant tone that caused Kagome's smile to ebb away.

"What is it?" She asked nervously, feeling a little on edge that the atmosphere could shift so suddenly between them.

Kouga took a deep breath to steady himself but it did little good to dull the tension beginning to build itself up in his chest.

Lovingly he grasped her shoulder letting a finger trail over the faded twin marks nestled on the slope of her otherwise perfect skin.

Those little scars one of only a few things Inuyasha had left behind.

"We've both been through so much. More than one person should ever have to endure-" Kouga began steadily though on the inside, his heart began to race with growing anxiety.

"But somehow. We're still standing. Everything life has thrown at us…and were still-" He sighed stroking Kagome's cheek once more.

"Breathing." He whispered.

Kagome didn't understand. What was Kouga trying to say? That he was grateful to have someone else like himself who had overcome so much pain? So much uncertainty and turmoil?

"I'm not perfect Kagome. You know that better than anyone. And, I cant promise you or Yasha a perfect life." Kouga began hesitantly, images of just how many times his bad judgment or carelessness had jeopardized the woman he loved flashing across his vision.

"I don't deserve to even really try, to make this work." He admitted lowly.

Kagome felt denial burn her tongue. Kouga had no reason to be so hard on himself, he had proven time and time again that though he made mistakes. He would give the world to change them, to take back the hurt his own pain had created between them.

He deserved to know just how wonderful he was. How much he completed her, despite his flaws. She still loved him.

"But. If you'll give me the chance? I promise here and now to spend every single day of the rest of my life proving myself to you both." Kouga vowed his words pouring out more devotion and sincerity than Kagome ever thought a full demon capable of.

"Proving that I'm the demon you always thought I could be." He confided. That was what he wanted more than anything else in this life. To make the woman he still held in his arms proud. To let her know the trust, her trust hadn't been misplaced and that having her approval meant the entire world to him!

"I'll never replace Inuyasha. You only have one mate…we both do." Kouga whispered ghosting a finger over Kagome's faded scars.

Watching as tears began to haze her beautiful orbs in complete and utter understanding. She loved Kouga, loved him more than mere words could express.

But that didn't mean her love for Inuyasha had dissipated. It was still there, just as vibrant and real as it had been the day he was taken from her.

And she knew, Kouga felt the same way. He may have loved her, but his heart had too make room for her in the wake of Ayame's death.

Together right now. They did love each other, loved and would do anything for one another. But, in their next life. They knew who they would both reunite with. Who they had been destined to be with from the beginning.

But that kind of mutual understanding only made their bound that much stronger, made their love that much more real.

"In this life Kagome. I don't want to spend another day without you by my side." Kouga breathed his tone shaky and unnerved but strong and devoted all at once.

"So I'm asking you-" He began slowly pulling away from Kagome to stand at her side.

His hands fisting around a small box Kagome hadn't noticed sitting behind him on the balcony rim. His inhuman eyes never leaving hers he steadily knelt down onto one knee.

"Kagome Higurashi will you marry me?" He asked flipping the box open in one slow motion to reveal the most beautiful diamond ring Kagome could ever in living history remember seeing.

Kagome felt her heart skip and her breath cease. A lone tear escaping her widen hazel orbs as she stared down to the wolf demon kneeling before her in a complete trance.

All her life she had dreamt of this moment. Of a white dress and flower and a celebration that would have her family swooning for months to come.

But never in her wildest dreams did she think it would become a reality. That, that small part of her life would somehow come full circle and she would get a chance to be actually happy again.

But it was here, and she knew her answer without a single moment of hesitation.

Tears steaming Kagome smiled wide and certain.

"Yes. Yes, I will marry you." She beamed.

Feeling like the weight of the world had just fallen from his shoulders Kouga leapt to his feet his lips finding hers without an ounce of restraint!

He kissed her like at any moment she might slip away and all he would have for the rest of his life was this sweet nirvana like moment.

The moment when she had become his own. Finally becoming his everything.

Slipping the ring onto her finger while never letting her out of his hold he swooped her off her feet in one inhumanly fast motion.

Cradling like the bride she was soon to become as he began walking back to the calling chamber of his bedroom.

There were no words to describe this moment. Several lifetimes worth of pain just for every single minute of it to be erased in one cosmic minute.

He was alive again. This world was worth living in again.
At long last.

This nightmare he had called life, called his existence. Had finally turned into this…a blissful and unchangeable dream.


See you in the very near future guys! Much love!