I'm actually surprised this story was noticed at all, but 4 faves and over 10 follows!? You guys….there are no words for how touched I am now. I worked my hardest on this chapter for you all. Again, InuYasha and Kouga are probably OoC-no big surprise since I tend to fail at certain personalities-so please be gentle. I own nothing!

InuYasha leaned against the cool stone of the school building, waiting for Kouga. Kouga was a somewhat friend of InuYasha's, whom InuYasha knew had a crush on Kagome. Miroku, Sango and Kagome had after school activities, and Kouga lived nearby so they walked home together. The only reason they didn't walk to school together in the morning with everyone else was because then Kouga often overslept.

"InuYasha!" the white haired Hanyou looked up as the person he was waiting for approached. He had icy blue eyes and black hair in a ponytail. His skin was well tanned. He wore a tan headband, white shirt under a tan jacket and tan slacks with black sneakers. A brown wolf tail trailed behind him.

Kouga held out a fist and InuYasha fist-bumped it with his own hard. "Have you heard the rumors?"

InuYasha frowned but nodded.

"Who do you think it is?"

InuYasha scowled. "I couldn't care less. What I'm wondering is how people know that he found an intended mate."

"I heard earlier that he had already sent his intended the first courting gift."

"Feh. So did half of the other Alpha demons in the school."

Kouga looked down at his feet. "Mating season's coming up."

InuYasha flinched. Mating season was the one season he wished didn't exist. He hated it, even as a pup. Now he was at the age where his inner youkai would start searching for an Alpha.

"Keh, whatever." At this point they had reached Kouga's house. The two exchanged farewells and InuYasha continued walking, staring at each house as he passed them until he reached his ow.

The house wasn't too big, but it was cozy enough. The outside was a creamy white color with a red roof and light blue shades drawn over the window. Flowers-tulips, roses and daffodils mostly-lined the walls. An adult lemon tree stood near the brown fence.

InuYasha approached the door, but stopped when he felt something hit the toe of his shoe. He looked down, spotting a package addressed to him. The return address had been hidden by Sharpie. He picked it up and entered the house.

"I'm home!" He got no reply. 'huh. Mom must be out shopping.'

InuYasha brought his backpack up to his room after setting the package on the living room coffee table and did his homework. He had just finished math when his sharpened hearing heard the door open.

"InuYasha! I'm home!"

InuYasha put down his pencil and headed for the front door so he could greet his mother.

Izayoi was always a very beautiful woman, both inside and out. She had mid back length black hair and warm brown eyes with snow white skin. Today she wore a light pink kimono with a matching obi around her waist.

She smiled gently at her son. "How was school?"

"Fine." He smiled softly. "There was a package that was addressed to me."

"Oh? What was it?"

InuYasha frowned. "I didn't open it yet."

Izayoi smiled. "Well let's open it now, okay?"

InuYasha nodded and sat on the couch next to his mother. He picked up the package and cut the tape with his claws. Then he opened the flaps and pulled out an obi.

The obi was a dark red with his named stitched on in Kanji with a soft white fabric. The material of the obi felt like velvet.

InuYasha paled, realizing what it was. 'The first courting gift. But…from who?'

…I probably made it obvious who the sender of the package is. But there will be plot twists later! Y'all count on that!

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