"Kibaaaa" Rose sang out. Kiba came as soon as she heard her masters call.
Rose rubbed behind Kiba's ear "Kiba did you know these guys wanted to scare me when my guard was down?" Kiba's ears went straight up as she heard the news, and she immediately glared at the boys standing there in fear. "I think they wanted to get a good morning stretch! How about you make them run around for a bit? Teach em a lesson." Rose grinned keeping her eyes on the two boys now backed up against the wall.
"I suggest you guys start running. Kiba will keep chasing you until you apologize to me!" Rose laughed. Kiba lowered her head and starting growling, getting ready for a great chase. Ginta and Hakkaku both yelled and started running all around the place while all the pack members laughed their heads off. Soon enough Ginta and Hakkaku came running back saying several apologies. "Kiba that's enough, they learned their lesson." Rose walked over to the two and tasseled their hair around.
Rose started walking over to the meadow she likes to lay in until she was stopped by the man that was giving her a hard time. "Can I help you?" Rose asked with a dull expression on her face. "I wanted to say I'm sorry about before and thank you for helping out Ginta and Hakkaku." The man bowed his head in respect. Rose placed her hand on his shoulder, "It's alright I forgive you, and I didn't do too much but you're welcome. Hey you know what, let's start over." Rose stuck out her hand. "I'm Rose from the Southern Wolf Demon Tribe, I hope we can see eye to eye." Rose smiled. The strong man shook her hand and introduced himself as well "I'm Makoto, and once again, sorry about before."
Rose let go of his hand and smiled as she walked past him to continue going to the meadow with all the flowers. Once she got there she sat there admiring the tribe, 'It's much bigger then mine ever was.' Rose laid down and closed her eyes letting herself relax, until she heard footsteps. 'Ginta and Hakkaku sure never give up do they?' Once the footsteps got closer she quickly hooked up hand out grabbing the person's foot making them fall. Then she jumped forward holding the persons shoulder down.
"Caught yah agai- KOUGA? I'm so sorry I didn't uh… I mean Ginta and Hakkaku were up to no good so uhm…" Rose blushed getting her hands off him. "Good morning to you to…? And its fine, I heard the stunt they pulled, they do those things all the time! Good thing you showed them a lesson." Kouga laughed while rubbing his head.
Rose just smiled, and admired his beautiful smile. Rose went to stand up but when she did Kouga trip her and she fell, "What was that for?!" Rose demanded. Kouga just laughed more, "for tripping me earlier!" "Well unfortunately for you Kouga, I'm going to stand up before you, so don't even think about moving from that spot!" She pointed at Kouga.
Kouga ignored her warning and tried using his knees to get up, but before he could stand Rose pushed him hard from behind making him fall forward. Rose Burst out in laughter and Kouga just watched her laugh; it was nice seeing her laugh, seeing her laughing Kouga could help but to laugh too. Rose tried to crawl again and stand up before Kouga could notice but he caught on real quick and jumped at her knocking them both down. But this time he ended up on his back with Rose right on top of him. Kouga wrapped both his arms around her waist and kept her on top of him.
Rose supported her weight with her elbows but also allowed her hands to reach Kouga's face. Once they stopped laughing Kouga just watched her eyes, Rose was using her thumb to rub under his eyes, then using the rest of her hand to touch his face. Her hands lightly dragged across his face from eyes, to the sides of his face then she felt his lips and lightly pulled up his lip revealing his wolf like teeth. She pulled her hands away and traced the outline of his ear then this face then she tried to pull her hand away but Kouga used on of his hands to keep her hand against his face.
Rose felt her face getting hot, but she decided to let him have his way and cupped his cheek rubbing his face with her thumb while Kouga still had his hand on top of hers. Kouga just closed his eyes and pushed his face against her hand. Just for a few moments, Kouga forgot about Kagura and Naraku, Rose forgot about her deceased pack, Kouga forgot about his problems, Rose forgot about finding out the murderer, Kouga even forgot about Kagome and Inuyasha.
And in that moment, Kouga and Rose were happy, even if it was just in each other's company. Kouga decided to sit up and Rose went into a sitting position, still on Kouga's lap. Anticipation was absolutely killer at this moment, 'What is Kouga thinking? What is he planning to do? For once I can't determine his next course of action. But then again, he wasn't an opponent. Does he actually care for me? Or is this just a game for him?' Rose questioned herself while looking down. Kouga noticed the confusion in her eyes and he decided to show her how sure he was that she was something he treasured and cared for.
He brought his face to hers and starting nuzzling the side of her face and her neck. Rose's eyes opened wide 'Is he doing what I think he's doing? Wait... He cares about me?! What!?..' Rose was overwhelmed with relief and joy. She started joining in, rubbing her face against the top of his head. He stood up and lifted her up and spun around with her in the air. Rose laughed as she held on for dear life. He put her down and held her hand and started walking down a trail in the woods "Where are we going?" Rose asked, "Is it so strange that I just want to go walking with you?" Kouga asked smiling at towards her. "Of course not Kouga" Rose smiled back gripping his hand harder.
Ginta and Hakkaku were also walking down the trail at this time, and they saw Rose and Kouga laughing together and holding hands. They never saw Kouga smiling and laughing so much, they secretly hoped for them to become mates. 'What about Kagome? Did he give up on her?' They both wondered, and thought it didn't hurt to ask. The two walked to them and smiled, Ginta said "It looks like you two are getting along quite well!" And quickly followed by "Are you over Kagome Kouga?" Hakkaku asked and was immediately followed by "Yeah Kouga!?"
"Who's Ka-go-me?" Rose tilted her head in curiosity, "Oh that was Kouga's woma-" Ginta almost finished but Hakkaku punched him on top of the head. Kouga just dropped his jaw, 'How dare they mention Kagome?! I loved her, but she…chose that mutt face instead…' Kouga got annoyed just thinking about that mutt face. "Ohhh I see…wait…WHAT? His woman? I didn't know…" Rose said and her voice shrank as she slowly pulled her hand out of his.
"Rose wait, it's a misunderstanding!" Kouga tried to convince her, but she was already backed far enough away. She looked at him with a tear slowly surfacing in her eyes. She turned her head and turned into a mist. The boys watched as the mist quickly reached the ground then transform into a grey wolf with bright purple eyes. The wolf quickly turned around and ran towards the den.
"You…IDIOTS!" Kouga clenched his teeth and put his hands into fists, Ginta and Hakkaku just quickly backed up hoping to not get him upset, they backed into a tree and held each other while sweat dripped off their faces. Kouga just looked at them, then turned around and left, he needed to explain everything to Rose before she got to upset and did anything unnecessary.
Rose went back to her humanoid form before she reached the den. She got there and walked through the little field next to the waterfall. "Makoto!" Rose called and waved for him to come over. Makoto got up and went over to her, they both walked over to the side so no one could hear their conversation.
From the pack's view, all you could see was them talking, and Makoto nodding his head then pointing into the distance, and then Rose smiled and gave a short wave as she walked down the path descending the mountain and Makoto walked back to where he was sitting. All what was in Roses mind was this Kagome person, 'How is she better than me? What makes her so special? Well… I'm going to find out and see for myself.'
As soon as she reached the bottom of the mountain where all the trees were, she turned into her wolf form and decided to call upon her wolves, it would be nice to have some company and backup in case anything happens. Rose threw her head back and let out a long, loud howl that signaled Kiba to go to her, and the other wolves saw Kiba run off so they followed her.
The pack that was sitting in the field near the waterfall all just watched in confusion as to why the wolves ran off in such speed. "Where are the grey wolves going? Whose howl was that?" Were some of the questions asked around the pack. Makoto just looked into the distance and he already knew who it was, he just smiled, it was the first time he heard her howl before too.
Someone looked at Makoto and realized he wasn't confused by this at all, "Hey Makoto, do you know who that is?" Makoto just kept looking in the distance as he replied, "I think that was Rose." The pack members just scratched their heads and silenced for a while. "What did she tell you anyway?" One of his friends asked. Makoto looked at his friend and answered the question, "She said to tell Kouga that she will try to be back as soon as possible and to not worry, and for me to keep an eye on things while she's away."
Everyone started having their own conversations, some including questions and statements such as "Is it really okay to let her leave by herself? She is girl after all." "She's stronger then she leads on so she will be okay" "Do you think she will be safe?" "Where's Kouga? Will he be upset that we let her leave?" "Well…she's not really part of the pack so… we can't really stop her." "Where do you think she's going?" "Will Kouga mad?"
Kouga finally walked back to the den and it was already nightfall. He was thinking how he would explain this to Rose when he would face her again. When he got back he noticed things were quiet… to quiet. He decided to ignore them, he had more important things to do, he never wanted to make Rose cry, Rose as very important and he wanted her to be happy.
But while Kouga was walking by everyone he heard a few of them say his name trying to get his attention. He finally stopped to look at them and shouted "What do you guys want?! I have to go see Rose right now, so don't bother me." Kouga kept walking off, until he was interrupted again.
Finally Makoto called out, he had a strong deep voice "But Kouga, Rose is gone." Kouga stopped dead in his tracks and his eyes went wide. "WHAT?" Kouga walked up to him and firmly grabbed his arm. "What do you mean She's GONE?" Kouga demanded while he growled. "She came here earlier and told me to tell you she would be back as soon as she could and not to worry." Makoto said while looking slightly down at Kouga. (Makoto was quite a built man, he was also a little taller than Kouga and he was strong. But he had no interest in becoming pack leader so there was no need for fighting, and besides, he respected Kouga and they were friends.)
"And you guys just let her leave by herself?!"Kouga shouted while looking at all of them and watched as a few ducked their heads down and some ears went down as well, no one liked it when Kouga was angry because he often became more violent and reckless. "Well… we can't exactly stop her, she's not technically part of the pack so isn't she free to leave?" Someone bravely stated in the crowd of wolf demons. Kouga just stared at him, he did have a point.
"Everyone stay here, I'm getting my woman back." Kouga stated and started to descend down the mountain path while he heard claps and whistles in the background. 'They're all so annoying.' Kouga thought while rubbing his temples, he had to focus on Roses scent, so he could find out where she went.
When Rose howled she waited for her wolves to show, and then they ran together to find the whereabouts of 'Kouga's woman', she wasn't sure where exactly to look but she was given a general direction from Makoto so she would ask around there. She ran for quite a while, and decided to take a break for a bit, it's been a while since she had go run so far. Once they took a break they ran another while and stopped when it began to rain, and they huddled together and tried to stay warm.
Kouga also transformed into a wolf and was running in the direction of Roses scent. He remembered the conversation they kind of had about Kagome, and that Rose was upset. Kouga basically knew where she was headed, Rose was heading straight for the village Kagome was residing. It started raining and Kouga lost the scent to the rain, but he was too worried to even think about stopping, he kept running in the direction all night long.
Kouga reached the village and walked around in search for Kagome, he eventually couldn't smell anything because the mutt's stench was all over the damn place. He eventually ran into the mutt face before Kagome, and decided to ask him if he seen a wolf around, or a wolf demon, despite how he hated even talking to Inuyasha.
Inuyasha saw him and immediately shouted, "What are you doing here you mangy wolf?! I thought you knew that Kagome is with me now! So don't even think about flirting around with her again!" Inuyasha shouted in his face. "Awh shut up dog breath! There you go again running your mouth before you know what's going on! I came here to look for Rose, she's a wolf demon. She's either in her wolf form or humanoid form. She should have been coming this way; I think she's looking for Kagome. Ginta and Hakkaku brought up some things from the past and she got upset and started heading this way, I'm not sure what's she planning so let's find Kagome."
Inuyasha didn't really know what to say for once in his life, so he just nodded a lead the way to Kagome. Kagome was in the field by the bone eaters well debating whether or not to go back to study for her tests until she heard arguing in the distance. Kouga pushed Inuyasha out of the way and began to explain the situation. After he explained Kagome was really happy for him for finding someone, an agreed for them just to be friends. (Even though Kagome already saw him that way)
Kouga held Kagome's hands together and thanked her. Meanwhile, Rose was in her wolf form watching this whole thing. She couldn't hear what they were saying but when she saw them holding hands she decided to turn around and leave. She just so happened to bump into Shippo, Shippo jumped back and his eyes trembled with fear as the wolf growled at him. Rose just turned away and kept going, 'There was no need to fight, and he was just a little kitsune.' Shippo ran out of the bushes yelling and screaming and jumped into Kagome's arms and looked at Kouga "Why are your wolves here!? I just a strange looking on in the bushes! Luckily it just growled at me and walked away!" "What!? Where did it go?" Kouga desperately questioned Shippo.
Shippo pointed and ran off it that direction trying to find Rose. Kagome felt for this demon, it was hard seeing someone you like with someone else. Kagome decided she and Inuyasha would also help looking for this saddened wolf demon. Rose smelled Kouga's scent getting stronger, so she ran and stuffed herself in an old fallen tree trunk to hide herself, 'I just wanna be alone right now...' Rose thought while putting her head down lying in the old tree.
'I told the wolves to wait for me, so I'll just wait a little while here longer.' All of a sudden she smelled a human walking nearby. Kagome thought 'If I were upset with Inuyasha, I would probably hide or go somewhere he couldn't find me for a while.' Kagome decided looking under everything, anything a wolf can fit into.
She found an old tree where the trunk hollowed out, so Kagome checked in there and soon enough there was a wolf with bright purple eyes and grey fur, and it was growling at her. "Your Rose right?" Kagome smiled. "Kouga is really worried about you ya' know." Kagome sat down. She proceeded to talk once the growling settled down, "I hope you know that this is a big misunderstanding, Kouga was extremely crazy when I first met him, sure he liked me but it was nothing but one sided love. I'm with Inuyasha, and Kouga and I are just friends, nothing more. You know, he was telling me all about you, he likes you a lot." Kagome lightly smiled.
Rose slowly inched her way out of the hiding spot and put head on Kagome's lap, then apologetically licked Kagome's hand. "It's okay; I forgive you for being at least a little angry with me." Kagome stated while slowly petting her head trying to make her feel better. Then she turned into mist and soon enough a girl with long brown hair and grey for ad armor with lavender colored eyes was half laying Kagome's lap.
Rose looked up with watery eyes "Thank you Kagome, and I'm sorry" this pretty demoness sat up, and all of a sudden Kouga rushed out of the bushes. "Rose! What is wrong with you!? You could have got lost or hurt! If you haven't run off I would of explained everything" Kouga yelled while walking towards her. Rose felt a little guilty, "I told you not to worry, and I can take care of myself. I'm sorry I made you worry okay? But I wanted to see this Kagome myself." Rose went behind Kagome worried for what he would do.
He walked over and yanked her hand up forcing her to fall into an embrace. "Don't do that anymore okay? If you want to see Kagome then I will take you to her, just don't run away anymore okay? Stay with me." Kouga said with his eyes closed hugging her tightly with his chin on her head. Rose slightly teared up and nuzzled his neck "Okay, I'll stay." Kagome was just sitting there holding her heart. 'What a beautiful site, I'm so glad they're together! What a cute couple!' "Someone stinks." Rose stayed with a blank look her face looking into the woods. "I forgot that mutt face was still around." Kouga said also looking into the woods. "Who stinks!? You rotten wolves!" Inuyasha yelled out walking out of the bushes.
Rose walked up to Inuyasha and tugged on his ears. "Interesting..." Inuyasha went to hit her had away but she avoided it. "Did you...half demon try to hit me?" Rose asked, then went to poke him. Inuyasha tried to swat her ham away but missed again. "How come, what the heck" Inuyasha said out of frustration. Rose just laughed, "Try it you smelly dog." Kouga just watched while standing beside Kagome. "Uhm. Kouga is it wise to let them spar?" Kagome asked pointing to them.
"She's really good at determining her opponent's actions before they make them. No one can usually lay a hand on her before getting kicked down" Kouga just smiled and shook his head. Rose was dodging the claws before she got bored, she ducked right quick and used her leg to trip Inuyasha. "Sorry puppy but I'm getting quite bored." Rose walked away and whistled very loudly, then in the distance you hear barking and running.
5 wolves came running out from the bushes and ran right to Rose. Then she ducked down and laughed and started petting them. "What a huge wolf!" Kagome said with a surprised expression on her face, Rose laughed and pet Kiba while saying "Oh that's Kiba, don't worry she won't bite you Kagome". Inuyasha came out of nowhere and went to poke Kiba's nose, but before he could touch it Kiba quickly turned her head and bit his hand. For a minute everyone went silent, until Inuyasha yelped and jumped back holding his hand "I thought you said it doesn't bite!" Inuyasha yelled out. "I SAID She won't bite KA-GO-ME. I didn't say anything about you!" Rose angrily said with her hands on her hips.
"Don't touch the wolf if you can't handle it's bite." Rose warned and shrugged. Kouga just laughed while holding his stomach and Kagome rushed over to Inuyasha seeing if he was okay. "Okay, we should probably get going before mutt face over there gets hurt again" Kouga said while holding Rose's hand slightly walking away. Rose looked back and waved "Bye Kagome! Until we met again!" Kagome waved back and smiled and watched the new couple walk away with they're wolves into the woods. "Are we going back home Kouga? I hope you weren't too hard on them!" Kouga just nervously laughed and itched his head. Rose gasped "Kouga! You were hard on them!" She punched him on the arm and kept walking.
"You hungry? Let's find something to eat" Kouga suggested as he hung his arms around her. "Fine, Fine, let's find something to eat and rest for a bit, I'm getting tired." Rose slowly agreed. She turned into a wolf and watched Kouga as he too turned into a brown mist and it slowly floated to the ground and materialized into a big brown wolf with blue eyes. Kouga stood proudly while his soon to be mate circled around him looking at his new form. He too was curious, he never seen her up close, so they circled each other until they were satisfied.
Rose rubbed her body against him in affection and then ran off with him following close behind. It didn't take too long to find something; they ate it and went to find somewhere to sleep. They turned into their humanoid form and cuddled close together against a few trees. Rose nuzzled herself as close as she could to Kouga for warmth. Kouga just held her close and engulfed himself her in scent, and even thought he couldn't claim her at the moment, wrapping her up in his scent was good enough for him now.
As he held her close keeping her warm, he could hear her breathing began to soften and even out, 'She fell asleep' he thought smiling, then while listening to her sleep, he too fell asleep.