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'She fell asleep' he thought smiling, and then while listening to her sleep, he too fell asleep. They awoke still in each other's arms. "Rose, it's time to wake up" Kouga softly said while nuzzling her face trying to slowly wake her up. Rose slowly opened her eyes, and as her yes remained half open, she brought her face to Kouga's and brushed her nose against his, then she closed her eyes again and groaned while burying her face into his warm neck. Kouga just sighed; she was usually bad with mornings. He slowly pried himself away and turned away with his back towards her, and bent down. "Rose, get on my back, you're still tired right?" Rose slowly sat up and rubbed her eyes "Mhmm..." She crawled over to Kouga and wrapped her arms around his neck while he lifted her up.
Kouga walked towards the wolf den carrying his tired little woman, Rose started to feel much more refreshed as they almost got there, "Kouga let me down, and I'm not tired anymore I promise!" Rose pleaded. Kouga slowly let her down and they started walking together. Once they heard shouting in the distance she grabbed Kouga's hand and ran to the den as fast as she could, and Kouga just held her hand and let her lead. Rose let go of his hand before they got there noticing that there was fighting going on everywhere, people were arguing and some were fighting. Kouga quickly ran to the fight and broke them up getting angry with them. But despite his efforts to stop the craziness around the place, it was quite enough. "This is ridiculous...we weren't even gone long..." Rose just stared into the large angry group of wolves. Rose took in a deep breath and shouted "HEY! EVERYONE SHUT UP AND LISTEN!" And the wolves by her side were also growling in aggravation.
Everyone quickly snapped to attention surprised by her outburst. "Makoto! Come out here and tell me what the hell is going on?!" Emerging from the middle of the crowd was Makoto, he went in front of her and said "I'm sorry, I tried to keep the peace but no one would listen." "No don't apologize Makoto, you did your best." Rose smiled. "Now, why is everyone so irritated and angry?" Rose demanded. "One of the pups got lost in the woods during the night.
He was running around everywhere so no one can find out exactly where he is. And there was a mix up with patrol so everyone is blaming each other." Makoto calmly explained. "Okay thanks for letting me know, I'll take care of it." Rose said while walking Over to Kouga, "Kouga, we need search parties immediately, get a few groups to help search the mountain." Rose said while holding his shoulder. "Yes of course and don't worry, the child will be okay, he is a child of the eastern wolf demon tribe after all, so he will be strong until we go get him." Kouga smiled to reassure her. "Okay everyone break up in groups! Most groups will search the woods while a few remain here and continue patrol. So let's break up in groups and search the woods, let's get the pup home before nightfall." Kouga commanded to the pack, they quickly grouped up and started going into the woods as commanded.
"I'm gonna search the woods too okay Kouga? I'll take my wolves with me. I'll be back soon" Rose questioned but backing up slowly. Kouga just nodded, 'she's strong, she'll be okay...right?' Kouga thought as she ran into re woods with her wolves close at hand, Kouga went towards the woods to also search for this pesky little pup. As Rose was walking she saw a river and decided to walk beside it looking for any signs of the lost pup. There was a tiny cave that the river ran trough, so Rose began to walk through it trying to find out the lost child. "Hey kid? Are you in here? Hello?" She whispered as she carefully walked through the cave.
She walked deeper and deeper into the cave trying to quietly call around seeing if the pup perhaps wondered in here. Rose was carefully walking and holding into the walls, it was pitch dark and she could barely see, one wrong step and you fall into the water rushing going farther underground. "Kid are you in here?" Rose tried asking again, "I'm down here, please help me, I want to get out" the young boy whimpered. Rose was surprised by this and accidently slipped into the water and was being forcefully brought deeper in the cave. Once she was able to stop she yelled "no! You guys stay up there! I'll get back up soon!" The wolves obeyed and just stood up there looking down towards them.
Rose looked around and saw the pup curled up in a corner, "hey what's wrong? It's gonna be okay, I'll take you back up." Rose smiles walking towards the upset wolf demon pup.
Rose crouched near the pup and started rubbing his back trying to make him feel better, "It's dangerous here, and we can't go back the way we came. And the only other way is also dangerous, the caves down here are very unstable..." The pup started crying again. "Hey, hey, don't cry! I promise it will be okay, I'll get you out of here. Just hold my hand and we'll carefully go through the caves and walk out." Rose smiled putting out her hand.
The boy just looked at her and carefully took her hand and they both stood up and began walking into the other cave hoping to find a way out. While all this was going on, Kiba decided to find Kouga as soon as possible and lead him to the caves where her master disappeared. She followed the scent of Kouga and kept barking at him until she got his attention. "What the hell do you want?! Where's Rose? Wasn't she with you?" Kouga questioned. He felt a pit in his stomach, 'this happened once before, when she was in trouble when she first arrived.' Kouga though, "where's rose? Take me to her now" Kouga demanded and Kiba started running leading the way and Kouga's group followed along to see if they needed help.
Kouga eventually found himself and at one place he hoped she wouldn't be. The caves below were unpredictable, and often collapsed. Rose was still walking holding the young boys hand, "how did you know these caves were dangerous?" Rose asked looking down at him while walking. The boy looked down, "Kouga told everyone to stay away, and warned us about this place." "Oh okay, hopefully Kouga will come soon, I'm sure he will." Rose calmly said while she kept on walking, then suddenly they saw a light, but at the same time she heard a rumbling sound.
They started running towards the light, "Rose! Are you in there?!" Kouga called out hoping to hear a reply. "Kouga! We're down here! Hurry!" Rose cried out, Kouga ran towards the lower caves hoping to help them both out. Just as they reached the end of the end rocks started coming down at the entrance, before it got to rough rose shoved the boy through with all her might, but before she could even think of leaving as well, larger rocks started falling and one fell on rose's leg cutting a deep long gash on it. Rose cried out and screamed, 'it hurts...how am I going to get out now...?' Rose thought while backing up deeper into the cave avoiding the falling rocks.
Kouga just reached and saw the little boy trying to run and climb out of the situation trying to avoid the rocks. "Where's rose?! Where's the person with you?" Kouga yelled at him, he just watched as the scared demon pointed towards the cave where the rocks just fell. Kouga felt crushed, he quickly ran to the entrance where the rocks just fell and he started to pull rocks away hoping to make a small entrance for rose to get out of. "ROSE! Rose!" Kouga desperately cried out, rose heard her name being called out, while remaining seated against a wall she cried out "Kouga! I'm in here!" Kouga felt as if a huge weight was lifted off his chest. "Are you okay?" He questioned loudly. "Yeah I'm okay, but I hurt my leg, some rocks fell on it." Rose tried to speak loudly. "Okay we'll get you out of there okay!? Just hang on!" Kouga yelled while pulling more rocks out of the way.
He waved to the others above to come down, "you guys help me move the rocks! We need to get her out before it collapses again" he kept digging and pulling rocks to the side. 'It's getting hard to breathe in here...I hope he comes soon' rose thought to herself beginning to take deep breathes. Kouga wanted to check up on her, so he yelled "Are you okay Rose?! How you doing? We'll be through soon!" "Kouga… hurry, I can't breathe very well in here." Rose replied trying not to panic. "Hold on Rose! We're coming!" Kouga shouted while restlessly pulling rocks out of the way despite the cuts he was beginning to get on his hands.
Everyone that could fit was also moving rocks out of the way; the rest just stayed out of the way watching their leader and friend desperately trying to get his woman out. Finally when the whole got big enough Kouga squeezed himself through and ran to the wolf demoness on the ground leaning on the rocky wall. "Rose, wake up" he said slightly shaking her, but she would not move. He saw her taking small fast breaths struggling to breathe. He picked her up and brought her outside and walked past everyone placing her in the grass. Everyone just stood in a circle around waiting in anticipation. The little boy ran through the crowd pushing everyone in his way and went to his rescuer with tears in his eyes.
He sat on the other side of her and whimpered, then looked up at Kouga who was on the other side of her "is she gonna be okay?" The small boy questioned then looked back down at her watching her take small breaths. Kouga just sat there in shock, what would he say? "She'll be fine." Was all he managed to say. Rose's eyes slowly opened and she slowly reached for Kouga's hand. Kouga snapped out of it and quickly looked at her, "That was a close one huh?" Rose smiled trying to sit up. "What were you thinking going in there by yourself!?" Kouga angrily asked. "How was I suppose to know if no one told me!?" Rose angrily answered, "uh...sis? Your leg is bleeding..." The little boy stated while pointing to it. 'Did he just say… sis?' Rose thought for a minute, "I'm so glad your okay! You had me worried like crazy! Your mother must be glad your okay!"
The mother pushed her way through the crowd and sat near her son, "Thank you so much! I don't know what would of happened if you weren't there!" Tears were in her eyes, she held onto one of Rose's hands as she spoke. She wasn't too old, probably just a few years older than Rose. "It's fine, I'm really glad he is okay! But you should go ahead and get him checked out right away just in case." Rose smiled and looked into her eyes and used one finger to wipe her tear, "Everything is going to be alright so don't cry okay?" The woman just tried to smile, then she nodded and got up and took her son back to the dens to get checked out.
Rose looked around and saw everyone still surrounding her, "Why is everyone standing around here for? You saw someone get hurt before right?" Rose said starting to sound annoyed. Kouga still shocked by everything, scooped her up in his arms and started walking towards the den while everyone stayed behind a bit to give them some distance. No seen Kouga so freaked out and shocked before, and they all knew the only thing that would calm him down would be her.
He carried her to his den; neither of them said anything the whole way there, "Kouga where are we going?" Rose asked as she slightly looked up. He just put his head down and nuzzled her head and face. Rose just closed her eyes and nuzzled him back, she knew how freaked out he was. They finally made it back to his den and Kouga placed her on the bed. She sat on the bed as just let him inspect her leg, "does your leg hurt?" He asked still worried about any injuries. "Kouga I'm fine I promise!" Rose smiled.
He looked all around her legs and then moved up her waist and started lifting up her clothing. He moved her clothing all around and checked for any injuries, "Kouga I'm okay!" Rose said started to sound annoyed, he finally gave up and laid down on the bed, he stared at her with sad eyes. "It wasn't your fault okay? Next time I won't go anywhere without you, so don't be upset anymore." She said also lying down. He just sighed and closed his eyes, Rose decided to go real close to his face and softly kiss his lips.
He slowly joined in and then eventually the kiss grew hungrier, he started getting up and went over her but held himself up. They both passionately kissed and each person hands reaching into the other persons clothing. Kouga's hands went under her furs and clothing and he started feeling her sides, and his Hands wondered everywhere. Rose put her hands in his furs as well but was feeling all of his strong back, starting from the top going all the way down. They parted for a minute and Kouga put his face in the warmth of her neck and the smell of her nearby gave him peace of mind, he could forget about everything. They both breathed heavily with their faces both very hot.
"You still to get your leg checked by the healer and cleaned up. I'll take you there." Kouga said, and then he got up and helped her up. Rose took his hand and let him help her walk. She held onto his arm as they walked, she had a slight limp to her step so Rose was glad she could walk around. They left the cave and when they got outside the wolves came to meet up with her and they were happy she was okay. Rose just smiled and laughed and she walked to the healers with Kouga.
Everyone was back to their regular things except for Ginta and Hakkaku giggling in the distance. Rose finally made it to the healer and she got checked out, "it's not too bad, get Kouga to use a little water and clean the dirt off. And be more careful Rose, you were lucky this time." "Okay, I'll try to be careful!" Rose waved and walked over to Kouga. "The healer said it just needs water on it, and I need to make sure all the dirt is cleaned off." "I'm glad you're okay; just go back to the den okay? I'll be back soon with a cloth and water." He cupped his hand to her cheek and as she lightly blushed he walked away.
She turned around and walked back to the den where her wolves were waiting. Rose sat on the bed while petting the smaller wolves when Kouga walked in. Rose watched him as he wet the cloth in the waterfall, and then he walked to her and gently started cleaning her wound. "Oww!" Rose winced, "Are you okay?" He asked with his eyes full of concern. "Thanks to you I'm just fine." Rose smiled. Kouga just smiled back and used his hand to quickly rub the top of her head leaving her hair a big mess. Rose let out a low growl, "I'll get you back for that..." She said as he just laughed. "What? You're growling at me Rose? Are you angry?" He teased; Rose just closed her eyes and clenched her fist as he teased her.
"I'm not angry, I'm annoyed!" She pouted; she turned herself around on the bed with her back facing him. "Are you going to punish me Rose?" He teased some more. "Would you like...to be punished?" Rose smirked as she turned her head around. 'What is she up to?' He thought. She turned around and stood up in front of him and she traced his muscles on his arms, then she put her hands on his stomach, and then slowly dragged her finger tips to his chest, then she put her hand on his chest.
Kouga was overwhelmed by the tingling trails that her fingers left, he couldn't help himself but to start breathing a little heavier the longer she played around, he lifted up her chin lightly with his finger then when they're lips were basically touching she pulled away and smirked as she said "Sorry Kouga, but bad wolves don't deserve treats." She just watched as Kouga crossed his arms and leaned against the wall all flustered and frustrated. 'She got me good...I'll get her next time.' He thought as he tried to brainstorm for a plan. He sighed, "I'm going hunting so I'll be back later. Do behave yourself when I'm gone." He smirked.
They walked out of the cave together and in front of it he turned around and faced her, "I'll try to be back soon my love." He stole a kiss before she even knew what hit her. "Uh...ah...okay." She slightly blushed by this as he left. "Hey wait! I'll get the wolves to help you guys out!" She said as he quickly grabbed his arm to stop him. They were now in front of many people because he was going to find a group to go in the trip with him. "Kiba! Boys!" She called, they all came running towards her, and "You guys go with Kouga on the hunting trip okay? Make sure everything goes well and do everything he tells you."
They all looked at her, they all let out low growls and the boys went to Kouga, but Kiba stayed remaining. "Kiba? Are you disobeying me?" Rose questioned shocked by her disobedience. Kiba growled louder and stayed where she was. They just faced each other each was quite upset. "Kiba, I will NOT tell you again! Why are you acting this way?" She shouted. Everyone's eyes were on her, her wolves always obeyed, loved, cherished Rose, so why they were suddenly upset? Finally with the last snarl Kiba gave up and went with Kouga.
Kouga looked at Rose with confusion; she just shrugged and walked back to the den but was quickly grabbed and yanked by all the females in the pack. Rose screamed by the surprise and when Kouga heard her scream he turned around to see what happened to find that the females were dragging her away. Kouga and the others just laughed, the females were crazy when it came to bothering and playing around with a new pack mate. "Hey what are you doing?! Put me down! Where are we going?" Rose yelled while she was getting pulled back into one of the large caves where the females usually hung out.
They tossed her in the back and rose quickly turned around and said "What was that for!?" They all giggled and talked to themselves while looking at her. Then someone came out from the crowd, 'it's the mother of that boy that was in the caves with me!' "Please don't be angry Rose! But we heard the news and we just had to ask!" She giggled along with everyone else. Rose was really confused, once she calmed down she asked "Uh, what news?" "Come on! Tell us! Tell us!" They chanted, "tell you what!?" She questioned again a little louder. "We heard that your Kouga's mate!" Someone shouted out. Rose just remained quiet as she stared into the crowd, "WHAT?!"