Hey minna Since there's no votes on the Poll WHICH IS OPEN GO CHECK MY BIO PAGE, I shall do a little cutive chapter.
Basically this one will show the bond that is forming between Talia and Kouga. (as if the filler chapter didn't show enough of it as is?)
I'm also gonna be giving the three Wolf Demon Ocs more depth as well. Meaning I'll show more of Minko, Annie and Yukaza's characters as well as hint at Nero's (from chapter 3) character.
Thanks again to the guest reviewers for their lovely reviews: Day and Awesome guest. Glad you both are enjoying the story.
To be honest when I thought of this idea I was thinking "Nah, there's a bunch of variations of that kind of story." But then I thought more.
"How could I make it original? Let's see… how bout making her the first to be dragged to the Feudal Era and having no contact with humans when she first gets there but get dragged by something more dangerous than what dragged Kagome down. Have her meet someone through her being rescued through an event that's not a demon attack."
That was my first idea for this story. And look at it now we're already at chapter 5 and counting.
Now let's get to the story! Hope you all enjoy it as I will writing it! ^-^
"All I want now is to be with you
Cause you know I've been everywhere else
Looking back at what you got me through
You knew me better than I knew myself
When I feel lost and I can't find my way
When words are at a loss I can can hear you say
I'll be by your side
When all hope has died
I will still be around
Oh and I, I'm still on your side
When everything's wrong
I will still be around
By your side"
By your side-Lifehouse
Chapter 5: Bonds that bind us
"Chief! Chief!" I call out to him from his cliff ledge inside the huge cave den. Kouga opens one eye and looks at me lazily. "What is it, she-beast?" He gives me a blank stare. Somehow he's adapted from calling me by my name to various nicknames he's making up on the spot. I growl and stomp my foot.
"She-beast? Your one to talk, Alphaboy!" Kouga gives me his full on attetion. "Look when you actually use my name instead of calling me "Chief" all the time I'll call you by your real name again!" I grind my foot into the solid ground under my feet.
"When did it turn out like this?" Ginta and the others look on at Kouga's and mine obvious spat. Minko shakes his head with a long sigh. "Seems like everyday their at each other's throats." Annie huffs and sits up from her position against a boulder.
"I know what happened and it had to do with that northern tribe wolf chick. Ever since she flirted with Kouga, they've been at each others throats because Talia got jealous. Not to menion what happened during her whole swooning of Kouga plan." She hums when I give her a deadly go to hell look.
"Your gonna pay for saying that Annie!" I pratically hiss at her. I still have the fresh memory in my mind of that day.
3 week earlier
"Kouga, thank you for having us." The Northern Elder bows with thanks. It was a special time for the tribes to mingle with each other apparently. Too bad nobody told me about it and even bothered to mention that I would get HARRASSED by other male wolves. My patience was already warn thin because they had been in our den and home for almost a week.
"Stupid tribe customs.." I grind my teeth for the four-hundredth time this week as yet again another Northern Wolf male approaches me with the idea of mating. Some were decent, other's were god aweful especially the ones who tried to molest me. Annie and Minko had to save my more than once when the males got physical.
I was breathing fire of annoyance especially with the Elder's bratty Niece, Ayame who was all over Kouga. "Yo, Ayame. Give the guy some space, your worse than a deadly virus." One of the wolves snide at the red head fem-wolf.
When she was clinging to him and soaking up all of his attention is where it got bad for me because with him distracted like most of the wolves were with the celebration, I got cornered by three brawny males.
"Go away!" I growled at the three who were trying to corner me. I look over one of their shoulders at Kouga who was clearly stuck with the Elder's attention and his friggin niece.
"Awe, don't be like that, Honey." One of the males, who had a deep northern accent which was odd to hear had purred. His eyes were a dangerous poison green color with his sleek black hair being piled up into a high ponytail.
One of the others, a wolf with light blue eyes and a copper color red short hairdo, grabs me by the wrist and tries to pull me towards them. "Let me go!" My eyes sharpen into an evil glare of hate.
"How bout we have some fun with the Human wolf?" The last of the three said eagerly. His dirty blonde hair was as dirty as his appearance with his smokey grey eyes to match his digusting appearance. 'No!' I squirm more as one of them grabs me around the waist and tries to pull me in for a kiss.
"No!" I try to kick the one who has me by the waist but it nicks the guy holding my wrist. "Bitch!" the one I kicked grabs me by my hand and flings me towards the wall. "AH!" I crumple on the floor as I glare up at the three of them, my eyes moist but I refuse to cry in pain.
"How about we make her beg boys?" The black hair male, who seemed like the leader suggestes as the dirty blonde hair wolf grabs me by my hair. I hiss and grab my scalp due to pain. "Let. Me. Go!" I snarl at them but my hissing and snarls are useless without the power to back it up.
The copper hair male punches me solid in the stomach, making me cringe and gasp in pain. "Not so tough without your pure wolf demon friends, aren't you, Worthless Wolf?" I groan in pain when the black hair male slams his elbow into my back.
"…not…worthless…" I groan out after the dirty blonde wolf lets me fall back to the floor. "Whatcha blabbering about, worthless?" I raise my head about as high as I could. "I'm…not Worthless…" My eyes burn with anger.
The dirty blonde wolf kicks me in the stomach. I cough in pain and yelp from the blow. I see blood on the ground near my mouth and a coppery taste in my throat. 'No…' they continue to beat me and grope me but I'm unable to fight. I yelp loudly when I feel them scratching my skin, drawning blood and leaving scars.
"Help me… Kouga…" I said under my breath. "Hey get away from her!" I heard a male voice shout. I open my eyes slightly to see Minko, Ginta and Annie standing in the corridor. "Or what? What are some pathetic wolves like you gonna do?" the black hair male scoffed. Annie was on him in seconds already making his body and indent in the rocky ground surface. Ginta and Minko didn't hold back on their opponents either.
When the three northern wolves finally fled to the den area, they were covered in bruises and had several broken bones. "M-minna…" I choke out as the three turn to my crumpled body still lying on the floor, I was a mess. The armor plate on my fur clothing was ripped away exposing my boobs. I had a million scratches over my back, chest and legs. I had blood dripping from my mouth and a huge bruise on my abdomen.
"Talia!" Annie's eyes gave away her fear and anger towards the wolves who did this to me. 'So, Kouga didn't sense I was in danger…why?' The boys got me to my feet and helped me back to the den area. I got to view just what Kouga was doing while I was getting molested and assaulted. Ayame was clinging to Kouga's arm as the words that come out of the elder's mouth shatter my faith in the Alpha wolf.
"Would you consider, later, that Ayame be your mate? It would help the tribes emmensly." His next words were this. "I'll think about it…" I couldn't even listen to the rest of it as I break away from Minko and Ginta and sprint to my room. "Wait Talia, your injured!" the two yelled at me but I had no care in the world, only betrayal and shattered promises.
Xxx…
"Talia, please relax. Your over doing yourself." Hokaku urges me as I walks up to the waterfall drop that's just a few feet above the cave. My thoughts were else where than what Hokaku was telling me. "Don't tell me what I'm over doing, Hokaku!" I yell at him my whole body tense with heldback agression. I try to calm myself before I rip into my friend.
"Hokaku… please leave me be. I know your watching me for our friends but please leave." I look up at him with sincerity and he nods giving me a small smile. "Be careful, ok?" he says as he walks back down towards the den.
I look out at the view in front of me and sigh longingly. I could feel tears drip their way down my face and my chest feels tight and suffocating. I clentch a fist and press it into my chest, my heart squeezing from torment and loss.
'Look what you've done to me, Kouga… I wouldn't be in this pain if you had been the one to save me when I called your name…the first time I say your name and you don't come…' I crumple into a pile on the rocky cliff and sob my aching heart out once more.
Kouga's POV
"I don't know what's happened between us…" I mutter as I look at the small group of friends. I run a hand through my hair as I state. "What happened that day… what made her hate me?" I was in a struggle, I haven't had the slightest idea of what's been wrong with Talia for weeks. She's always bitter, always mean spirited and now fights have broke out between us every day and almost every time she sees me.
Something had to have happened to make her hate me and to be so stubborn she never asks for help when she hunts on her own. And each time she gets a kill she comes back in a bloody cut up mess. It's like her life doesn't matter and she's throwing away caution so she can strong.
Minko sighs. "Kouga, we want to tell you…" Yukaza meets my gaze too, putting a gentle hand on my shoulder. "We truly do…" Annie sighs loudly and looks over at me, her eyes clouded with emotions.
"Talia has to be the one to tell you what happened…" That didn't give me hope in the slightest. I wanted to talk to her normally like we've always had, but since the celebration she's more dark and demonish, like her bright spirit had been broken.
'Who broke your sunny, loving spirit, Natalia…?' I thought as I look towards the cave entrance where she had vanish through with Hokaku following after her to keep her company. I look away from the entrance when Hokaku walks back in.
"Where's Talia?" Minko asks jumping to his feet. Hokaku looks to us. "On the waterfall's edge just above us." Annie barks at the poor male. "Well? Is she ok?!" Hokaku flinches and looks down. Annie and the others got a clue but I was left in the dark.
"What's wrong with her?!" I grab the front of Hokaku's pelt armor and raise him off the ground. "Aah!" Hokaku gaps in shock and fearfully looks at me. Annie grabs my arm and yanks my wrist from Hokaku. "Ask her yourself." Her eyes were so cold and dead it gave my organs frostbite.
I grind my teeth together and glare at Talia's best friend. "I WOULD IF SHE'D TALK TO ME INSTEAD OF INSULTING ME!" I roar which doesn't phase the copper hair girl. Her glare is still cold. As it was that day too.
3 week earlier
"Why are you glaring at me, Annie?! This is the 12th time today!" I glower at her but she doesn't back down like she normally does.
"Because you caused Talia pain. Too bad nobody will ever tell you." The fem-wolf walks away Minko looking back towards him as she and him go for a swim.
'Pain…what pain?'
Xxx..
"You still don't know anything. Awe, poor Alpha." She starts belittling me. I just grind my teeth together and bite my tongue. She just laughs at my patheticness. Suddenly the whole cave grew silent. I smell the air. 'The bird's scent….Oh no! Talia!' I jump up and run towards the waterfall entrance. "Kouga! Where are you going?!" Minko shouts as I break through the water and start climbing up the rocky peak.
"Talia!" I shout to her as I see one of the birds approaching. The girl looks towards me a sad expression is replaced with malice. "What do you want?!" Her eyes are red and puffy from her crying. "Run to me, Talia! We're not safe here!" I point behind her, the birds not even 3 feet away from the cliff edge.
Talia's eyes widen and she struggles to her feet as she runs towards me. "No… No…!" She screams as she trips over a 3 inch crack in the rocks. "Talia!" I dash towards her the bird inching closer. I grasp her arm in the same second the bird latches onto her leg. "Ahhh!" She wails from the talons of the bird digging into her leg. "Talia!" The bird starts taking off, it's hold on Talia equals mine.
"Ahh! Don't let me go!" Her body gets lifted up in the air as I'm digging my feet into thr gravel to keep us both grounded. "I'd never dream of it!" I grunt as I dig them deeper as the bird is getting closer to the cliff edge. "KOUGA!" I glance behind me to see our friends running towards us and all grab on to me and Talia.
"Don't you let go of her, Kouga!" Annie screams grabbing Minko's waist who's keeping me grounded with Ginta and hokaku while Yukaza and Nero are keeping them grounded. "We're running out of ground!" Talia screams as the bird reaches the cliff edge and in a swooping motion upwards, breaks Minko, Ginta and Hokaku's grip on my legs, making the 6 of them drop in a pile on the clff edge.
"No!" I yell out at them as the bird takes us farther away from the den and our friends. Talia grips tighter on my arms, wrapping them around her back so I won't fall as she holds me tighter.
I could see the wheels spinning in her head. She looks at me sternly, her eyes turning into emeralds. "Kouga!" I was startled when she said my name for the first time. "Y-yea?!" Talia looks me straight in the eyes, her green eyes hardening with determination.
"Your gonna have to trust me, Alright?!" She screams as the wind current gets louder in our ears. I smile at the déjà vu. I see us back in the ragging waterfall and me telling her to trust me so I could save her. "Fully, with my life." I rest my forehead against her, my pulse pounding from our current situation even though my heart is racing for a different reason.
"I'm gonna let go of your back! I need you to tighten your grip on me for a minute, I'm gonna slash it's talons off!" I blink in surprise and lean back to look at her with confusion. "Your not a wolf demon though!" She gives me a wolfish grin.
"Don't you trust me?" She rest her forehead back against mine her smile remains. I nod my head wordlessly. "Good!" she lets go off my back as I grip harder onto her as she swings her upper half towards her captured leg and starts slashing at it.
'Huh?' I blink my eyes, each time she slashes her nails got longer until one full and deep slash cuts through the leg of the bird. The bird screeches with pain as we plummet. I grasp onto her tightly as we hit the lake water with a slap and pain moves through my back.
I grab her arm and pull her up with me to the surface. "Talia! Talia.. you alright?" I hug her to me after we get out of the lake. She goes limp in my arms but remains conscious. "Kouga…" I choke on my words when she says my name again. She raises one soft hand towards my face and cups my cheek. "I'm so sorry…" I saw tears dripping from her eyes not just water.
"No!" I hug her close and bury my face in her neck. "Don't apologize! You did nothing wrong." She brings my chin back up and looks at me, her eyes full of pain and sadness. My lip quivers slightly at how broken her eyes truly looked. "I hurt you deeply, Kouga. I..i was cruel to you, sinicle and always argued with you these past 3 weeks…. It was out of your control, I know that now.
"During celebration week, nobody had told me the northern males would be trying to get mated. I was subjegated to it as well…" My heart drops in my chest at this knowledge. 'What? I told them that she was supposed to be left out of it!' She continues which breaks through my thoughts.
"I was constantly approached by the male wolves throughout that week… Minko and Annie got me out of the rough ones while I was able to avoid a few… I wasn't so lucky on the last day of the celebration…" I grind my teeth together before choking out. "You don't need to tell me..-" "I need to! Please Kouga…" I could hear the begging in her voice.
I nod and she continues again. "I had gotten out of the hot spring and was headed back to the den area when I was cut off by three North wolf males. They were worse than the others, and very vicious. I fought back against them. I had kick one of them and he punched me in the face, knocking me over...
"One of the others grabbed my hair and yanked me up as the assaulted me more, with blows to my gut and my back. I had coughed up blood. They were laughing at me… calling me worthless wolf… I fought back again but a kick to the stomach had broken my struggles.
"All I could do after was… scream and yelp in pain… as they…" Talia sobs into my arms, my arms like steel around her body. "What did they do, Talia?" I whisper, anger was seething off of me.
"They molested me…. And scratched up my body, which no has scars all over it… I was so weak and scared… I had called your name but it was hopeless cause my voice was just as broken as my body…. Annie, Minko and Ginta came and beat the three wolves up and chased them away. They tried to get your attention but you were busy with Ayame and her uncle…" she chokes up on her words.
"You saw that didn't you…?" My worries were realized. Talia had saw me tell the Elder, Ayame's uncle that I would think about mating with her. Talia chokes up more.
"Oh, Kami-sama. Talia, I'm so sorry…" I hold her tightly to me. Tears were choking up my voice as I speak. "I should've saved you! I should've banished them from our territory! I should've… I should've killed them." My grip tightes as Talia hugs me just as tightly.
"Don't let me go… Kouga.." Talia's voice breaks from her pain. "I wouldn't dream of it, you foolish she-wolf." I crack a smirk and bury her face in my neck as I change my grip on her differently so I can stand up. She wraps her arms around my neck loosly and hides her face in my neck, I could feel her tears slow down.
"I know… I know you would've saved me, Kouga… I know, because you always save me… I know I'm still just a foolish human, but I know my blood is of a wolf… I know I may not be human…" She holds out a necklace I've never noticed before, from around her neck. It was a wolf fang tied onto a teather necklace rope. "but I know I'll find out how I became like this…"
I rub her back soothingly. "You knew the truth… that you're not full human." She nods slightly. "I knew sometimes after Uzukaza. My nails had grew, I saw that. I had blood under them, I had riped through Uzukaza, I know this now. Something is different about me. And it's trying to get out."
I have a far away look on my face as I feel Talia lulling to sleep to my walking pattern. "I'll help you learn the truth… I'll help you find yourself…just as long as you stay with me too, Natalia…" I hide my eyes with my bangs as we slowly reach the den as the sun sinks slowly into cool blues, flaming reds and oranges.
Xxx…
Natalia's pov
I blink my eyes open to a bigger room. I could feel someone next to me. I look over to see Kouga lying beside me, holding my hand like a lifevest. I smile warmly and slip closer to him until his grip changes from my hand to around my waist, holding me nex to him. He purrs in his sleep as he feels my warmth come in contact with his skin.
I stroke his cheek thoughtfully. 'My life is in your hands, Kouga…only you can repair my broken spirit…" I slowly fall back asleep to the rythme of his soft breathing.
Sorry to end on that note!
And yay, it's not offical but you guys got to see some major progress with them as well as double backing towards the beginning of the chapter.
This was the hardest chapter I ever had to write before because I've had to stop various times because I broke down crying because of how tormenting and horrible it is that Natalia had to go through that.
It teachers her something and that's never to trust a stranger, even a kind one. Meaning later she may or may not be so kind to our favorite crew!
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