Hello readers! =D Here is chapter nine! I hope you guys enjoy this one.
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"Look Ginta! It's Kouga!" Hakkaku yelled.
"Kouga's back!" Ginta said in joy. "Wait, he's carrying someone." With that, all the wolves that were nearby watched closely as their leader made his way to them with a girl on his back.
Kagome looked away from all the curious wolf demons and jumped off of Kouga's back.
"Well, welcome Kagome, to your new home." The prince said with his arms on his waist and a smirk on his face, proud of his tribe.
"New home?" The wolf demons murmured confused to themselves. "What does he mean? She's a human isn't she?"
Kagome walked over to Ginta and Hakkaku and greeted them. "Do you think they'll accept me?"
They both shrugged. "Maybe, maybe not."
"It doesn't look like they like the idea very much now. They do want Kouga to mate, and not with a human."
"But I'm not his mate!" She nearly shouted, and the other wolf demons heard, causing more discussion among them.
"Really sis?" They both eyed each other. "I guess that makes things even worst."
"That's it! That's it! Everybody shut up!" Kouga yelled and his pack immediately obeyed. "I don't know what all the fuss is about. You've all met Kagome before."
"Yeah, but she wasn't going to live here." Someone shouted from the crowd.
"But I was going to mate her back then! So she was going to live here, things just didn't work out as they should have." He said, looking over to Kagome and making her blush.
"But you aren't even going to mate her anymore!"
"Yeah, plus she's a human! We can't have a human alpha female!"
"We can't have a human in the pack! We feed on humans!"
Kouga sighed, his patience slowly fading. "So what if she's human? She's ten times more useful than half of you! She used to see jewel shards, and she has spiritual power. That means she can probably beat the crap out of most of you!"
The wolf demons murmured thoughtfully on that and seemed to quiet down, until Kagome said hesitantly: "Actually, I'm just an ordinary human girl now. I lost my powers when the jewel vanished." And that caused the wolves to protest all over again.
"What?" Kouga asked in a lower tone.
"I lost all the powers I inherited from Kikyo. I can still use a bow and arrow, but that's it. I can't purify, I can't shoot sacred arrows, nothing." She said with her head low. She had never thought about how useless she had become.
He sighed but smiled and stroked her cheek. "You're just as special to me with or without your powers." She blushed and he was ready to yell again. "Kagome is very important to me, and I don't care if she is human and if she is not my mate. She will live in this tribe, and the next demon I hear complaining about it will be exiled." They all went silent. "And if anyone tries to hurt her or do anything that would upset her, well, that person will be killed by my own hands."
The demons agreed hesitantly and went back to whatever they were doing before their arrival. Kagome was surprised by how bossy he could be, and how the other wolf demons obeyed and respected him. That and the fact that he did all that to protect her… Well, it made him look a lot more attractive in her eyes.
"Ginta, Hakkaku, go get Katsumi." He ordered, and his two companions quickly went to do the job. "Kagome, Katsumi is the head female. She is in charge of the women's duties and, since you're going to stay here, you'll have to do what the females do as well."
"O-of course." She nodded, shaking her previous thoughts from her mind. "I couldn't possibly stay here without helping out." She looked Kouga in the eyes. "Thank you very much Kouga. I-I really don't know what to say."
He smiled and held her hands that usual way. "You want to live here, so you shall. Besides, they need to know who's in charge, it's like they forget I'm Alpha." He smirked, proud of his position. "Of course you could become Alpha Female, then nobody would ever mess with you again."
"Kouga!" She shook his hands away. "I'm grateful for what you did, but I won't mate you!" Kagome couldn't help but chuckle, it was no use, he'd insist forever.
He too laughed but took her hand again. "Come, I'll show you were you'll sleep."
He took her to a large cave, obviously the biggest one. "This is my den." She immediately saw a huge bed made of dark brown furs. There wasn't much inside, only the things a wolf demon would need. That's when she saw it. Deep inside the cave there was something like a private waterfall. There was an opening in the cave's ceiling that let the water fall through forming a moderate sized pool. "There's a hot water river in these lands and it passes right through here, so this waterfall has hot water, go check for yourself." He said with a smirk.
The black haired girl did just that. She dipped her hand inside, already wanting to bathe inside. "Wow Kouga, you really have a wonderful den!" The wolf demon grinned, extremely happy that she had liked it. "But, you said I would sleep here…" She said confused.
"You are." He pointed to his own bed. "You'll sleep with me."
"What? Are you mad?" She asked, panicking just a bit.
"Calm down, calm down!" He said laughing loudly. "I was just kidding. You know I'd never do anything that you wouldn't approve of." He added innocently.
"I don't really know…" She eyed him, still suspicious.
"I've asked for the females to make a separate bed for you on the other side, alright?"
Kagome nodded and just then Ginta and Hakkaku returned with a woman.
"Hello Alpha Kouga." She said in a sweet voice. "You must be Kagome. My name's Katsumi, and I'll be helping you out for the next couple of days." The woman had short black hair and dark black eyes. She had a very nice smile and was definitely friendly.
"It's a pleasure to meet you." Kagome said, smiling. At least someone around here didn't seem to think she was a burden. Aside from Ginta, Hakkaku, and Kouga himself of course.
"Kagome, the male wolves and I are going to hunt, so you can stay with Katsumi. Katsumi, I wish to see the other bed all set up when I get back." The female nodded and Kouga and his companions left.
"I'm sorry about what happened when you arrived. The wolves are acting that way because of the war. They want the tribe to prosper quickly, and having a human around isn't going to help. Especially one that has a fair chance of becoming the Aplha's woman…"
"I'm not going to be his woman." Kagome said, embarrassed. "But thank you anyway. It really means a lot. It really seems like I'm not welcome at all in the pack."
"Oh honey, sure they don't like the idea now, but most of them are just influenced by the mass, they don't really mind having you around. And the others, well, you'll just have to give them time, let them grow accustomed to you here." Katsumi smiled to Kagome and she was glad to have someone like this wolf demon to help her out. "Now, let me show you to the other girls and get you doing some chores okay?" The priestess nodded, happy to try and be a part of the pack.
There you go guys! Kagome's finally arrived! Please leave me some feedback okay? ;)
Thanks for reading.