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Chapter 46: Making Up Is The Best Part
At first he thought it was a dream, it was all a dream. Kouga thought that so much so that he was afraid to wake up the next morning. He laid in his bed in his den, but he wasn't alone for the first time in nearly a year. A small woman laid curled up against his chest.
Please don't let this be a dream...Kami please, that would be cruel... he thought to himself.
Slowly he opened his eyes halfway, looking at the ceiling. Feeling her soft skin stir against his, he smiled. Glancing down at the woman laying next to him, the light drifting in just slightly, making her silver hair almost sparkle and the dog ears atop of her head twitch a little. Her face shifted to hide more into his bare chest, almost willing the light to go away so she could sleep more.
He wasn't too sure if she was awake yet, but he wasn't quite ready to get up, so he didn't even want to wake her if she was asleep.
Letting out a sigh as he watched her, his eyes closing halfway. It'd been a year since she shared their bed with him. And they'd slept in a little. It was probably almost noon, but nobody dared to come and wake them. Some of the women tended to the pups, so he didn't worry about them. Him and Tamako had been up pretty late last night.
He'd eventually gotten his way and gotten her to have sex with him. It wasn't on the forest floor, but in their own bed. Honestly, it'd felt really good to be with her in their own bed instead of on the forest floor, in a lake, or in the springs. When they'd sort of been dating thats where they'd have sex. Never in their bed. And he liked it.
Feeling her stir next to him more, he smiled, leaning to kiss the top of her head, bringing his arm more around her and rubbing her shoulder. "Morning..." he whispered to her. "Or, well, afternoon I guess."
Tamako yawned against his chest, her face still partially hidden against his muscles. "Mmm...mornin'.." she whined. Shifting her head to rest her cheek more against his chest, opening her eyes halfway and looking up at his face, smiling a little to him. She had to admit too that it felt good to wake up next to him again. They still had to fix their relationship, but this was definitely a start. She'd decided she was going to fight to save her marriage, not abandon it. She had to learn to trust him again to do that, and he had to learn to get over her one night stand with Kohaku. Even though she hadn't really told Kouga who the guy she had sex was with.
Slowly she stretched her arm and shifted to cuddle up more against his side, closing her eyes and leaning to hide her face into his shoulder. "Mm...do we have to get up?"
"Nope." he answered. Bringing his arm more around her shoulders, holding her close to him and rubbing her shoulder slowly. Letting his fingers play across her skin as he looked down at her, watching her.
She could feel his stare and she blinked her eyes open a little, looking up at his face. Laughing nervously. "What are you staring at me for?"
"Cause...I missed you. I missed this. Waking up to you. Its just...I keep thinking if I don't look at you, you'll disappear." he admitted.
Her laugh stopped and she pouted just a little, looking at his face. "Oh Kouga.." she said. Shifting a little so her body was half on top of him, looking down at his face. "I'm not going anywhere. To fix this, to fix us...I have to be here. Right here. I know I've been gone for a while, and...and its mostly been insecurities. I was afraid of getting hurt again, and I still am. When I found out about Ayame it was like my world was torn apart..." she said.
He cut her off. Slowly bringing his hands up to rest on the sides of her neck, leaning up and kissing her lips, letting his eyes close as he kissed her.
And she melted down into his kiss, her eyes closing slowly as she leaned against him.
When he broke the kiss, he looked up at her and shook his head. "I won't let that happen again. I want to be with you. Only you. Being without you made me realize just how much I need you. And I'm not going to fuck that up." he said, smiling a little to her.
"Good. Then prove it to me." she told him.
"I will. But first..." he said, grinning a little.
His grin made her blink. "But first what?" she asked.
Gently he moved to push her back onto the bed, shifting on top of her and kissing her again. His hands moved down to her thighs, bringing them up and around his waist, pressing close to her.
He surprised her a little, but she kissed him back for a moment before leaning back. "Mm, stoppp. Its getting late, we really should get out of bed.."
"Like hell we should. You, my lady, are not leaving this room until I'm ready for you to leave. This I will put my foot down on." he said, leaning to start kissing along her neck.
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When they finally got cleaned up and dressed, it was past lunch time, and Tamako was starving. Stopping by the kitchen to grab some food, eating a bowl of miso soup before she headed to find her pups.
It'd been all day, and she missed them. When she finally found them outside she smiled a little. "Hey there." she said.
Koichi looked up at his mother and smiled happily. "Mommyyy!" he cried out, reaching out for her.
She laughed and bent down a little, scooping him up into her arms and bringing him close to her chest, placing kisses all over his face, which made him squeal and laugh.
"Mommyyyy!" he whined out, trying to lean away from her relentless kisses to his face.
But, she kept kissing him, playfully tickling his sides, making him squirm in her arms in attempt to get away from her.
Kouga walked outside just in time to see them like that, and it made him smile. He loved seeing his mate and pups happy. Walking over himself, he leaned down to pick up Sayuri, bringing her against his chest and kissing her cheek. "Hows daddys princess?" he asked.
"Daaad..." she said in an annoyed voice, looking up at him and pouting.
"What? You're my princess." he said with a smile, glancing back at Tamako and Koichi. "Who you thinks gunna win? Mommy or Koichi?" he asked.
Sayuri looked at her mother and brother, blinking a little. "Mama." she answered. She was speaking a little more now that they were all home, but it still wasn't as much as Koichi.
Kouga laughed and nodded. "I think so too." he said.
All the while, Tamako kept placing the playful kisses all over her sons face, making him squeal and squirm.
"Giiiive!" he yelled out.
At that word, Tamako stopped and smiled, placing one final kiss on his forehead. "Good. I win." she teased, rubbing his back a little. Glancing at Sayuri with Kouga, she leaned to kiss her daughters cheek. "You two having fun?"
"Uh huh." Koichi answered her, looking up at his mother. "Ayame was playing a game with us." he told her.
At the sound of Ayame's name, Tamako tensed up, a small growl forming in her throat. "Oh was she now?" she asked. Shifting, settling her son against her hip before she looked up to Kouga, glaring a little. "Why is Ayame playing with my pups?" she asked.
She hadn't even noticed, but Ayame sat with Isao in her lap. Isao was younger than the twins by several months, but he looked so much like Kouga. Koichi and Isao could even pass as twins they both looked so much like their father.
Tamako's eyes turned to Ayame and then back to Kouga, waiting for an answer.
Kouga stood there, blinking a little. He hadn't really gotten a chance to tell her that Ayame was staying with them with Isao. Well, now the cat was out of the bag. "Um...Ayame's been staying here with Isao. It was a temporary solution until I figured something out..."
A growl stayed in Tamako's throat, but she was trying to control herself. Taking in a breath as she stopped growling, shaking her head. "That woman is not allowed to so much as look at my pups, much less play with them. You hear me, Kouga? That is a rule I will not budge on." she said, shooting a glare at Ayame.
Ayame was sort of sitting there pretty quietly, letting them deal with it. She really didn't want to fight with Tamako. They'd done that before.
"Isao is Koichi and Sayuri's brother though.." Kouga argued.
"Brother or not. Ayame is not allowed to even look at my pups. Are we clear? We'll discuss the fact that she shouldn't be here later. Be grateful, Kouga, I'm keeping my temper. After all, your whore did have her filthy hands on my children." she said in the most calm voice she could muster.
Koichi watched them and blinked a little. "Whatsa whore?" he asked curiously.
It was Tamako who answered him. Looking down at her son slowly. "A whore is a very bad woman, Koichi. Someone you shouldn't be around."
"Then whys she daddys?" Koichi asked.
"Because he did a very bad thing with her before you were born. You'll understand when you're older honey." she answered.
At this, Kouga growled, looking at her. "Stop filling their heads with nonsense." he said.
Tamako shrugged. "Its not nonsense if its true." she said, looking at him again. "Now, I'll take the pups, and you'll get rid of her. We'll talk about this later. Be happy I didn't loose my cool." she said.
Moving closer to him, she took Sayuri from him. Holding each pup, one on each of her hips as she started to walk back into the den with them.
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Tamako was beyond furious, but she kept it hidden inside her, letting it fester and fume within her, almost making her feel like her heart would explode. But she couldn't explode, she had to sit there and wait for Kouga to come back and explode on him.
Just the idea of Ayame holding her kids sent her into a rage that she tried her hardest not to let consume her.
Sitting in their room where she'd gone to cool off, the pups were taking an afternoon nap in the room by theirs, one that had belonged to her father when he stayed with them.
When she heard his footsteps she tensed up, taking in a deep breath. Hearing him come through the door, she crossed her arms across her chest, gripping herself tightly, her back to him, not saying a word.
"Babe..." he said first. Stepping up to her, moving to rest his hand on her shoulder.
But she flinched when she felt his touch, flinching away from him and turning to look at his face. "Don't babe me. Why was that woman touching my kids? She shouldn't even be speaking to them." she demanded instantly.
Kouga sighed a little, letting his hand drop once she'd flinched from him. "Look, it was a mistake. I forgot she was even here, I swear! I was so happy to have you and the pups back last night, I forgot she'd been staying here..."
"And just why was she staying here? Are you screwing her again?" she asked, jealousy tainting her tone.
But Kouga shook his head. "No no no no far from it, I'm not screwing her. I let her stay here so I could see my son Isao. Thats it."
"Koichi tells me he's played with her before. When my pups have been here, has she had contact with them?"
Kouga bit his bottom lip a little, trying not to seem guilty. "Well...well yeah. Isao was playing with them, so I guess Ayame was too..."
That made Tamako growl and shake her head. "No more. I want that woman out of our den. Today, Kouga."
"I can't just kick her out, come on. Her tribe all but abandoned her because she was pupped with no mate. No other guy is going to want her, not a demon guy anyway...and doubtful any humans would either. We like our women untouched. She's been touched. I didn't think when I did that, how it'd ruin both of us..."
Tamako rolled her eyes, looking away. "Well that doesn't seem like my problem. I don't want her here, Kouga. Its not fair."
"You won't...leave again...will you?" Kouga asked, feeling as though his heart was in his throat.
But Tamako sighed and looked away. "No. I won't leave. But you've got to see how much this'll hurt me. I'll be miserable, and I can't control this rage growing inside me at the idea of that woman even looking at my kids. At my mate. How would you like it if I brought the man I slept with to this den?" she asked. She mentioned him on purpose, almost wanting to see that spark of jealousy in his eyes.
And, she saw it. Jealousy sparked through his eyes as he growled at the mention of her being with another man. His hands gripped into fists and he shook his head. "I would kill him."
"Then why do you expect me to do differently? I can't Kouga...I can't do this. I can't do fixing us, and living with that woman. The constant reminder that she is the reason we're fighting, that she broke our family apart for so long." she said, looking up at him.
Sighing as he stepped up to her, resting his hands on her shoulders and gripping them slowly. "I...I see your point. But...but what would you have me do? She's the mother of my son..."
"So am I." she told him. This time she also didn't flinch away from his touch, she stood there, looking up at him.
Nodding a little. "I know. And our pups are beautiful, just like their mother. But...but I could not throw her out in the cold just like I couldn't do that to you. So, what would you have me do?"
"Get rid of her. I don't care where she goes, or what she does, so long as its away from my family. Please Kouga...please."
"And what of my son?" he asked, gripping her shoulders a little. He didn't like the plan, not at all.
Tamako looked away when he asked that, sighing slowly. "He can stay, if you want. But I am not raising him. He is not mine." she told him, closing her eyes halfway. She wasn't completely happy with that, but it was a compromise.
Kouga sighed, looking at her and nodding. "Fine." he said. Moving his thumbs to rub her shoulders, smiling a little down to her. "You win. Ayame will be gone first thing tomorrow morning, I swear it to you."
Glancing up at him just slowly from the corner of her eye, biting her bottom lip. "You swear it?"
"Mmhm, I do. I would do anything to make you happy. I want our family back. I want my wife back. And...if this is what it takes to get her, then I'll do it."
A slight smile crossed her lips at what he said, nodding a little. "Good. I want our family back too. I just can not, and will not, live miserably and allow that woman to be around my pups. What if they pick up her bad habits? Like...like the habit of being a stalker bitch who goes after another woman's mate?" she asked.
Kouga shook his head, leaning down to kiss her forehead. "Our pups are perfect, koi. Never think otherwise. Ayame will not teach them a thing. She'll be gone by morning..."
Though, Kouga wasn't sure about this...he didn't want to even think about the fight he'd have with Ayame when he told her to leave. But he had to make sure Tamako stayed happy, stayed in the den with him.
A grin washed over his face as he leaned back from his kiss to her forehead. Leaning in, he slowly kissed her bottom lip and then started to kiss along one side of her neck. Slipping his hands down her arms and moving to rest on her sides, bringing her up closer to him.
Giggling slowly, Tamako squirmed against him. "Kougaaaa, what are you doing?" she asked.
"Whats it look like? I'm making up with my wife." he said. Resting his hands on her hips, pulling her up close to him to press against him.
Taking in a breath as she felt him press against her, shaking her head. "Didn't you get enough this morning? And last night? And...yesterday afternoon? Seesh we sound like a couple of sex addicts." she said, looking up at him.
Kouga shrugged, looking up to her face. "Nope, I didn't. Hey, you've been gone for almost a year now, I need to make up for lost time." he said as his fingers moved along her hips and up her sides slowly.
Shaking her head, she rested one hand on his chest and leaned back from him, looking up at his face. "Nope, you don't. No sex, not right now. Later though...maybe.
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Meanwhile, in other parts of Japan::
"She's perfect. Urasue would be proud, Enju..." a males voice came.
The young red headed girl looked down, hugging herself a little. "Perhaps. But Inuyasha will not..." she said.
"You fear Inuyasha's wrath?" he asked, looking back at Enju.
Enju nodded. "I do. Inuyasha is a kind man...until you mess with his family or friends. He was kind to me..." she said with a sigh, closing her eyes halfway. "And besides, the soul is powerful. What if it betrays you, Kyora?" she asked, giving the man beside her a side-glance.
"Keh, the wench's soul will not disobey me." he said, glancing back at Enju. "You've done perfect work. You will be greatly rewarded."
She rolled her eyes and looked away. "The only reward I wish is your death."
Kyora chuckled, reaching to take ahold of her chin and pulling her up to him. "Is that so? So you do not wish for your freedom?"
Looking up at him with a pained expression, shaking her head. "Its something I will never attain...now go, take the girl and leave."
Roughly he shoved her face away, making her stumble a little. "You'll do well to learn your place, Enju. I will be back to deal with your insolent tongue later." he said.
And once he left, his bundle in tow, Enju walked to the mouth of the cave, hugging herself as she looked out at the sky, sighing a little. "Inuyasha...forgive me..." she said, closing her eyes halfway and looking down.
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A/N: I know I'm mean ending like that :-p. Stay tuned!
And in case you were wondering, I used the character Enju from Inuyasha Episode 92. If thats any hint of what might happen.