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Author's Note: Just an idea that I thought would be cool to write about. Reviews are always welcome, I'll even take the flames! I won't care and I will probably use them to spite whoever wrote them XD! Anyway, review and enjoy!

Summary: Ryoga wakes up after a night of drunkenness in a weird place, being poked by a strange being, and many surprises in store for him. Will he make it back to Nerima? Will he even want to go back? And who is this strange little creature poking him with a stick? Read to find out!

Chapter 3: I Love The Smell Of Demon In The Morning

Normal POV

The next morning Inuyasha and Kouga were woken up by quiet grunts and semi-loud thumps.

"What is that noise?" Kouga asked. He looked around and noticed that Ryoga was no longer sleeping next to him. "Where is Ryoga?" Inuyasha shrugged and they started to sniff around for the teen.

"His scent is coming from over there a ways. He must be next to a stream or something because I hear and smell water." Inuyasha said pointing to his left. They both set out, hearing the grunts and thumps getting louder the closer they came. About 45 yards away, they found Ryoga. He was swinging his arms and legs around gracefully, like he was fighting the air. "Whats he doing?"

Ryoga's head shot up after Inuyasha spoke and looked directly at the two of them. He sighed in relief after he realized who it was.

"Man, you guys scared me!" He dropped his stance and walked toward them. "Do you guys always sneak up on people?" He asked jokingly. Inuyasha huffed and crossed his arms.

"You should have heard or smelled us coming."

"I was thinking..."

"Must have been thinking pretty hard not to smell this wimpy wolf. I swear that scent could kill Naraku!" Inuyasha turned to Kouga smirking.

"Well, if he didn't smell me, he should have heard you! I thought you were half dog, not half elephant!" Kouga shot back, glaring.

"Mangy wolf!"

"Dog turd!"

"Incompetent ass!"

"Reckless bastard!" Before Inuyasha could shout out another insult, Kouga was sent flying into a tree. He was about to snicker, when he found himself also flying face-first into another tree. Kouga groaned in pain while rubbing his sore cheek. Inuyasha was rubbing his lower back where he had been kicked.

They both looked at Ryoga, who was massaging his right hand and looking extremely pissed off.

"You two are ridiculous! Your acting like a couple of children!" Kouga and Inuyasha looked at each other for a moment before snickering.

"Your pretty strong. All the better, we will have strong cubs!" Kouga exclaimed happily, cheek no longer in pain. Ryoga's eyebrow tweaked in annoyance at the statement before punching Kouga again, sending him across the clearing. Kouga hit the ground and jumped up as if it was nothing and preceded to make kissy faces at Ryoga, who chased after him in anger.

"So what were you thinking about earlier?" Inuyasha asked, not even phased by their antics. This stopped Ryoga from sending his fist into Kouga's smirking face. He turned away from the now pouting wolf demon and walked over to Inuyasha.

"W-well, I was just thinking about everything thats happened in the last couple of days. Its been really strange, stranger than I'm used to." Inuyasha and Kouga nodded their heads in understanding.

"What were you doing earlier?" Kouga asked.

"Oh, that. Well, I was just going through some Katas. They usually clear my head and relax me."

"Oh. So you fight?" Ryoga nodded.

"Do you guys fight?"

"Yeah!" They both exclaimed simultaneously.

"I'm the best there is!" Kouga said cockily, before being shoved by Inuyasha.

"Yeah right, ya wimpy wolf! I'm waaaay better than you!" Inuyasha yelled in Kouga's face. Kouga shoved him back, thus starting a yelling and shoving match.

"You wish! I could take you anywhere, any-" Kouga was cut off by a kick to back, sending both him and Inuyasha flying across the clearing and into the stream. They both came up sputtering and glaring. Ryoga stood at the bank with his hand on his hips and a smirk on his face.

"What was that for!" Inuyasha yelled angrily. Ryoga started to snicker before he was tugged into the stream by Kouga. He resurfaced sputtering in anger before throwing a punch at Kouga, who dodged it and tackled him back into the water. This caused a big splash of water to spray Inuyasha, who yelled and joined the two.

Ryoga finally got away from the wrestling and made his way toward the bank before smelling something horrid.

"Ah! What is that gross smell!? Its almost as bad Akane's cooking!" He threw his hands over his nose, turning a sickly green. Just then Sango, Miroku, Kagome, Kirara, and Shippo ran into the clearing in panic.

"Inuyasha! There are demons coming!" Inuyasha and Kouga immediately stopped wrestling and jumped out of the water. They both sniffed the air.

"Smells like a bunch of them. Yeesh, they stink!" Inuyasha said waving the air in front of his nose.

"They aren't that powerful though, thats good." Kouga added. Just then a bunch of various demons burst through the forest, surrounding them.

"Give us the jewel shards!" Was shouted multiple times, among other grunts and yelling.

"Stay behind me Kagome!" She moved to the center of the group holding Shippo, who was shaking and hiding his face in Kagome's shoulder. Ryoga seemed to be shocked into silence by the number of demons and how bad they smelled. He still had his hand covering his nose and accidentally let out a whimper. Kouga heard and grabbed him, ran a while and jumped into a tree a ways away from the clearing.

"Stay here, I'll be back in a jiff!" Kouga said cockily and kissing the silent boy's forehead. Before Ryoga could regain his composure and shout at Kouga for treating him like a girl, the wolf was gone in a whirl of wind. He crossed his arms and huffed in annoyance.

After roughly an hour or so, Kouga returned to see his mate curled up adorably on the branch where he had left him, snoring softly. This caused him to smile and a light red to tint his cheeks. He watched him for a few moments, before reluctantly waking Ryoga up, by shaking his shoulder gently. Ryoga woke up almost immediately and let out a yawn and stretching.

"Hey Kouga, you guys done?"

"Yep! Took longer than I hoped though. Some of them were pretty feisty." He smirked and winked at Ryoga causing him to blush and twitch in annoyance then punch Kouga in the cheek, sending him to the ground. Kouga groaned as he sat up.

"Why are you always hitting me?" He wined rubbing his cheek in exaggeration. Ryoga rolled his eyes.

"Maybe if you weren't constantly flirting with me or fighting with Inuyasha, I wouldn't need to hit you." Kouga jumped onto the branch, his face inches from Ryoga's, causing him to blush.

"Why does my flirting bother you? Your my mate, what do you think is gonna happen when mating season comes around?" This caused Ryoga to blush even more, his face turning completely red.

"I'm n-not-"

"Gay, yeah, whatever. You'll see, when mating season comes around, you'll be glad that I'm your mate. Trust me, you'll be begging to mate!"

"I highly doubt that." He muttered. "So when is mating season exactly?"

"Its gonna start in two or three days. You'll know, there will be so much mating going on, you'll be able to smell it everywhere. Thats why I originally came, I wanted to ask Kagome to mate with me, but then...well, you know."

"You bit me." Ryoga glared at Kouga before sighing and looking away.

"You gotta understand that I was just acting on instinct." Ryoga snorted. "Hey, they've never led me astray before, and you'll see when your instincts kick in. They'll save your ass."

"Whatever, lets just get back to the others." They both hopped off the branch, landing on the ground easily.

"I'll race you back." Kouga had on a devilish smirk that scared Ryoga a little bit, but he rose to challenge non-the-less.

"Alright, but on one condition." Kouga tilted his head to the side, questioningly, "If I win, you have to stop flirting with me." Kouga seemed to want to say no, before grinning.

"And if I win, you have to give me a kiss...on the lips." Ryoga blanched and weighed the odds in his head.

"Alright, your on. On three." Kouga nodded and they both got into running stances.

"One."

"Two."

"THREE!" They both took off, Kouga holding back a bit, not that Ryoga knew that. They were both neck and neck for a majority of the race. When they both could see the clearing, Kouga let Ryoga get a little bit ahead of him, smirking the whole time.

"I'm gonna wiiiiin!" Ryoga said tauntingly, looking back at a still smirking Kouga.

"Not so fast!" Then Kouga put on a burst of speed, passing Ryoga and breaking through the trees into the clearing. Ryoga running through, a few seconds later. Kouga stood before the panting Ryoga with his hands on his hips, smirking cockily. "I won." Ryoga glared and pouted.

"So?" Ryoga crossed his arms in defiance.

"You know, I won. Don't tell me you forgot the stakes?" Kouga asked sauntering up to the half wolf.

"What are you guys rambling on about?" Inuyasha asked in annoyance.

"Well, Ryoga agreed to race me here. If he won, I would have to stop flirting with me, but if I won, he would have to give me a kiss. I won and now he doesn't want to give me my prize." Inuyasha snorted.

"Who would want to kiss you?"

"Exactly! You understand, right Inuyasha?" Ryoga pleaded, giving Inuyasha the puppy dog eyes.

"Oh, I understand. You lost the race, now you have to kiss the wimpy wolf. I feel for ya kid, I really do, but you agreed to the stakes. You reap what you sow." Inuyasha shrugged.

"You heard him! Pucker up!" Sango shouted, giggling. Ryoga pouted and approached the wolf.

"Fine, but I'm not gonna enjoy it!"

"We'll see." Kouga said closing his eyes and waiting in anticipation. Ryoga looked around nervously.

"You guys have to turn around, I don't want you watching!" They all rolled their eyes and turned around. Ryoga looked back at the waiting wolf and steeled his nerves. He stepped forward awkwardly, not really knowing what to do, but deciding to start by placing his hands on Kouga's shoulders. He gulped and leaned up on his tip toes, still not able to reach.

"U-um, could you lean down a bit? I can't reach." Kouga grinned and leaned down slightly. "Thats good." They stood there awkwardly for a moment, while Ryoga gathered his nerves. Finally, Ryoga kissed him. Kouga wrapped his arms around Ryoga and tilted his head, giving him better access to deepen the kiss. Ryoga stood stock still, mentally freaking out.

'I can't believe this is my first kiss! Its...its...A GUY!' He felt Kouga's lips moving against his and was surprised that it felt so...nice. He felt something massaging his neck where he was bitten and gasped, letting Kouga's tongue slip in his mouth. Kouga's tongue poked at his tongue playfully, encouragingly. They engaged in a playful tongue war, until Ryoga pulled away for air. He was about to go back for more, when someone cleared their throat loudly. Ryoga jumped away and blushed heavily.

"Now that you two are done, we can get going! We have to get away from the village before mating season and we have to drop Kagome off at the well. She wants to go home before mating season." The two of them nodded and followed them back to where they made camp the previous day. Kouga was pouting and glaring at random things as they walked and Ryoga walked next to Sango, trying to avoid looking at Kouga or else he might start blushing again. Once they reached camp, they packed up and headed back the way they came.

They reached the well a few hours later.

"Well, I'll be back in a few weeks. If something comes up, come get me alright Inuyasha?"

"Yeah yeah, I get it. Just don't come back until the three weeks are up."

"Are you sure Ryoga can't come back with me?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha rolled his eyes.

"Look, its safer if he is here. Just because he will be in your time, doesn't mean he won't be experiencing the call of mating season. At least here, he will have someone to keep him under control." Kagome huffed and jumped down the well, a blue light signifying her transportation back to her era. Inuyasha sighed and turned to the others. "Well, I think you should take Sango and Shippo to the village, Miroku. You guys will be alright there with Kaede. I'll take Ryoga to the mountains. I know a cave where we can stay and wait out the season. We'll be back in a few weeks." They nodded and headed to the village. Inuyasha looked at Kouga, crossing his arms.

"Well I'm coming with you guys." Kouga crossed his arms as well.

"I don't think that would be a good idea-"

"I don't care what you think, I'm coming with you. If anyone is gonna protect my mate during mating season, its gonna be me! Not some mutt."

"Whose gonna protect him from you?"

"He doesn't need protection from me! I'm his mate!"

"Kouga, you and I both know that during mating season, your resolve weakens. I can barely keep it at bay and thats only because of my human side. You'll be humping air on the first day, I'll bet." Kouga looked indignant but eventually gave in.

"I'm still coming, I'll just stay away from the cave." He compromised. Inuyasha just sighed and agreed.

"Alright, but if I catch you anywhere near the cave, I won't hesitate to knock you out." They both nodded and turned to Ryoga. "C'mon. We gotta get moving if we want to make it to the mountains by the day after tomorrow and find a place to stay." Ryoga nodded and they set out toward the mountains.

Well, thats it for this chapter! Peace everyone! Reviews are really great!