9. Kouga & co

Kouga was running through a thick forest. He had seen Kagome and her group and had had a small yellong match with the mutt. Now he was looking for his pack member who were not following him.

He caught the scent of Ginta and Hakkaku and left the wood path. He was following it for a while before reaching a hot spring. Kouga walked around a few thick trees and boulders shielding the spring before he reached a quite big pool. He stopped on its bank and stared at his fellow wolves who had yet to realize he was there.

"Oh, look, Ginta, sister Kagome's soap is making my skin soft!" Hakkaku sighed as he was scrubbing his biceps and forearms.

"Yes, it is a really amazing thing..." the other wolf agreed. "And the shampoo potion of hers is hepling my hair grow strong and shiny," he said, amazement obvious in his voce.

"It's a pity Kouga isn't here, his tail really could use some coconut oil. It'd be so shiny and tangle-free..." Ginta relaxed agains the rock behind his back.

"I think he could use a little trimming to his hair," his best friend said. "And he could also brush it more often instead of squeezing it under this bandana of his."

"A different hair do once in a while can help keep one's image sharp and fresh," Ginta dipped himself in the water to rinse the soap off his skin. "And he could get a mate to groom his hair like sis Kagome does to Inuyasha."

"I'd like a female of my own tending to my hair," Hakkaku grinned. "The first thing I do when we avenge our comrades I'll find a nice she-wolf..." he trailed off with a deep sigh.

"That's a good plan..." Ginta turned around and his jaw dropped when his eyes rested on his alpha.

Kouga was standing on the bank of thr spring, his blue eyes wide and full of shock and confusion.

"It's good to take a long, relaxing bath," Hakkaku was obvious of his friend and their leader staring at each other. "Kouga never lets us take a bath because he thinks..."

"You're washing off the scent of your manliness!" Kouga accused.

"...Yeah. I wonder if it's why only Ayame wants to be around him, because, you know, he smells too manly for other females..." Hakkaku voiced his little hypothesis. Ginta swallowed thickly.

"Hakkaku,,," he started, but Kouga was faster.

"Get off the spring, you lazy morons!" he roared. Hakkaku turned to look at him in shock. But to Kouga's surprise the two wolves didn't follow his order this time. Oh, no, they did the exact opposite.

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Kagome was riding on her hanyou's back, Kirara running beside him, easily keeping up with the dog youkai while carrying two humans and a kitsune. Trees seemed to fly by when they were cutting through a thick forest/

"Heeelp!"

"I can hear him!" Sango exclaimed. Miroku lifted his staff to the position allowing him both attack and defend. Inuyasha growled back in his throat.

"Stupid wolf, getting in trouble so close to my favourite spring," the hanyou felt Kagome rub her cheek against the area where humans had their ears. It instantly calmed down his annoyance a lot. Still, he was pretty annoyed, he had been leading his pack to this spring he liked a lot to rest near it and have a bath. It was a strategic decision - he wanted to be in Kagome's good graces because she was low on her ninja food and could easily stop feeding him dried potatoes if irked. Not mentioning starting feeding him dirt.

And just as they were nearing the spring he had picked the distinct stench of Kouga's ass and heard his screms on the wind. And like a total idiot he had told the rest about his discovery, prompting his soft-hearted pack mates to decide to go and help the poor excuse for a canine. And by soft-hearted Inuyasha meant...

"We must save him," she said. "Then you can yell at him, but no fighting, okay?"

...Exactly. The miko on his back.

"Feh," he jumped over the last bushes and stopped abruptly a few paces away from the spring. There were pieces of clothing laying on the shore and the action in the spring looked almost like a battle. Three stark naked men were stumbling and struggling in the hot water, splashing it around along with soap foam.

"Let me go, you morons!" Kouga screamed, trying to get away from his comrades holding him down in the water while trying to untangle his dark mane of hair. Sango yelped and grew red while jumping off Kirara's back and turning away, Kagome just hid her face in Inuyasha's hair with a quiet "Eeep! Gross!".

"It's for your good, Kouga!"

"You'll feel divine afterwards, promise!" exclaimed Kouga's betas at the same time.

"Are we interrupting?" Miroku asked amusedly. Kouga and his friends looked to the shore, stopping their struggles for a moment. Foam was dripping down Kouga's hair and pooling on the surface of the water around him. Ginta was holding a shampoo bottle in his hand while Hakkaku was gripping Kouga's shoulders in an iron grip. Some foam found its way into Kouga's eye.

"Help me!" called the proud wolf leader while rubbing at his eyes and trying to shake his friend's hands. Shippou snickered when Inuyasha shook his head with a vile youkai grin.

"We really shouldn't interfere with your pack's matters," he said and turned around. "Come on, guys, we need to set up camp before it gets dark."

Kouga was looking after the gang until they were no longer visible between the trees and boulders.

"Well," Ginta shrugged and shook the shampoo bottle in his hand. "Shall we continue?"

"Noooo!" Kouga's yell shook the forest.

A/N: I warned you it's silly, right? No? And what did you expect from me, huh?
But really - sneaking/stumbling upon bathing people is kinda common in Inuyasha's world. We got all varieties of situations with Inugang and Sesshomaru, but I've never seen Inugang and the wolves. So I decided to fill the blank spot and... yeah :D
Tell me what you think?

And if anyone's interested I'm going to write prompts from my readers for "free days" - so if you want to suggest any feel free to do it! If you want me to write sth in Forest Spirit AU for AU days let me know - I have one AU story idea written, but it can wait and be forged in an one shot later cuz it may be a little too long for this collection...