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Let's see how Kagome reacts to Koga's behavior and if she can manage to squeeze herself into our favorite wolf demon's life, or just his packs' bellies...
Chapter Four
If We are being Honest with Ourselves...
After a while of being hauled over Koga's shoulder, my tears had no longer been able to continue to fall. I regretted ever letting my temper flare to his callousness. What had I expected to happen, for him to just remember a future that hasn't happened? Yeah, that was very naive of me.
My mind started to wander to thoughts of the wolf demon carrying me. He Had been silent since we left, but I could feel his muscles relax beneath me. What I wouldn't give to be able to hear his thoughts. Then I could try figuring out a way to at least salvage these recent events. At this rate, I'll be lucky to live to see tomorrow. I sighed, doubting there was much hope for even a friendship with the man I have slowly grown feelings for. It took about two years for me finally start realizing my own emotions for him. What had started as a beautiful and happy day, became clouded and a soft drizzle began. The weather seemed to mirror my own emotions.
"You ok back there?" He hesitated asking.
I sighed again, "I'm being kidnapped by a wolf demon to be ate as an appetizer. Oh and it's raining." I propped my elbow up against his back to lay my head in my hand as I watched trees and foliage pass by in a blur.
"For a human that's worried for their life, you seem pretty casual about it," he noted more as a fact than as an anomaly.
"Yeah? Well what am I, a human, supposed to do? I mean I could hurt you, but I honestly don't want to," I answered before considering that he sees me as just an average, albeit oddly dressed for this era, human. Now that the thought crossed my mind, Ah well. I guess it couldn't really hurt at this point. It was hard to be truly upset over something when you just accepted whatever fate was to come. His scent wafted towards my face periodically as his ponytail swayed rhythmically. It was also hard to be upset when I enjoyed his natural woodsy smell so much, I breathed out the mesmerizing aroma regrettably, wishing I could hold it forever. Yeah, I'm not pathetic or anything.
I was brought out of my inner monologue as he chuckled, "And how could you hurt me?" He paused for a short moment, "Wait...why wouldn't you want to hurt me? I've threatened your very life." He slowed to a stop and set me down. This is an improvement. I could feel my emotions lighten up slightly as hope grew.
"I told you I was looking for some friends," I started, not really certain how else I could answer his questions, "well one of them just so happened to be the leader of the eastern wolf tribe." I watched him intently, looking to his body language to clue in on how he would take that bit of information.
His expression hardened as he stared down into my eyes. My heart beat sped up ever so slightly at the intensity of his Ice blue eyes piercing through mine. His eyebrows were drawn together and his mouth formed a tight line, an expression of concentration mildly hinted with curiosity and confusion.
"So we have met," he began, "but how is it that I don't remember you, yet you seem to know exactly who I am?"
"Like I said earlier, it's a very long story. Even if I told you, you may not even believe it. I wouldn't believe it if I were in your position in all honesty," I looked down, away from his penetrating gaze for fear he would see what my heart was hiding.
His hand twitched before lifting his hand under my chin, gently forcing my eyes to see his again, "Try me." His expression soften minimally, or I made myself see that change through wishful thinking. If he doesn't stop holding me like this, my heart rate will just keep rising until I end up with a heart attack.
(^u^)
I wasn't sure what I was doing when my hand started to move on its own; but my instincts have yet to fail me as of yet, so I let my arm raise to her face. The gesture felt so natural with this feisty woman. Her cheeks heated softly, only adding to her already beautiful face. I rubbed my thumb slightly up her jaw line, and her skin softer than any material I've ever felt before.
"Try me." I watched her eyes for any signs of falsehood as I waited for her response.
"Do you know anything about the Jewel of Four Souls?"
"The shikon no tama?" I questioned, wondering where this could possibly be leading to.
"Yes."
"It's only legend from what I hear," I paused there before adding, "why?"
"Well roughly three years ago, I was dragged into the well by a demon who was after the jewel, which I unknowingly had inside of me," my eyes widened in surprise realizing she was telling the truth, or at least what she believed to be true. "I found out that the well transported me here, which is five hundred years in the past compared to the era I was born in. The jewel was shattered into many jewel shards and I made many friends along the way to reshape it. You were one of them. Once the jewel was back together I wished a very evil demon, that had hurt all of my friends in despicable way, to have never existed. That is the shortest and most simplest explanation I can give you." She stated all too factually, every word rolling off her tongue naturally. The likelihood of what she is saying to be false is pretty slim, or else she had rehearsed it. There was no reason for her to really lie, was there?
She watched me, patiently waiting to hear my response. Her anxious and nervous emotions were overwhelming my senses. She really wanted me to believe this story. Why? "How close was our friendship for you to be this concerned about me believing this?" I saw surprise flash through her expression.
"Well..ummm, pretty close. I guess..."
"You're lying," I smelled that her response was at least half a lie and was also stated very hesitantly.
"Honestly?"
"Yes, I want complete honesty."
"Well. . .we met kinda similarly as we did this time, you kidnapped me. Last time you kidnapped me because I could sense the shikon jewels in your legs and right arm. Shortly after you claimed me as your woman. To which I slapped you on the side of your face. Heh heh," She ended with a nervous laugh.
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His face dropped in utter shock and disbelief with a sweat drop forming on his temple. Well he DID say to tell him the truth, I just didn't tell him how our relationship ended up being before I made my wish. Not that I could completely tell him that anyways. I only know how I felt, I blushed at just the thought, and feel still.
"What did this evil demon do to hurt me?" He asked suddenly. I felt all my facial features drop, remembering all too well how badly this news had hurt him before.
I looked down before responding, "He killed a great many of your pack who went out in search of more shards." I didn't want to see his reaction to this dreadful fact that happened in an alternate reality.
He growled sharply and I flinched, not out of fear, but at how I knew what he was feeling about it. I regretted him even needing to know. I looked off into the deep woods, focusing on anything to grab my attention. I settled on watching the leaves blow in the wind and watching the rain drops fall from them.
"What are you thinking about?" He was forcing the conversation through bared teeth, maybe to try calming himself down. I glanced towards him noticing for the first time the whites of his eyes had turned red in stark contrast to his ice blue irises.
"Nothing in particular, just sad to be the reason you feel that pain this time around, even if it hasn't happened. I know how much your pack means to you and how distraught you were over their deaths. You nearly had gotten yourself killed trying to kill the demon responsible for vengeance. I had to heal you from the poison you were tricked into believing was a jewel shard."
His face softened ever so slightly and the intensity of his red eyes receded marginally. That's a good sign, I smiled softly seeing his mood heading in the right direction.
The rain started picking up and my body trembled in response to becoming thoroughly drenched, water dripping from my bangs. Koga scooped my body in his arms bridal style. "What are you doing?"
"Getting you out of the rain," he said gruffly, the red all but gone now. I let him carry me in silence, letting him work through any lingering emotions without having someone eaves drop over them.
(^u^)
This Kagome was definitely unlike any other human I have ever met. I nearly lost control of my yokai blood and I know she knew that; yet, she stood there calmly. No fear whatsoever. She must have trusted me in that other reality, trusted me a lot. That much was clear. That trust and her concern for my feelings had been the only reason I was able to reign in my yokai blood.
I was pulled out of my thoughts from a gentle pressure placed on my shoulder, I looked down and saw her head resting there. I believe I am starting to see what I had saw in her before that made me want to claim this woman as my own. I smiled softly at the girl in my arms, unaware I was looking at her as the cave I was searching for came into sight. I quickly ran into the cave and sat her down gently on her feet.
"Stay here. I'll gather wood to get a fire started and be right back. You'll be safe here until then." I turned around and was bounding off, but not before hearing her voice speak softly.
"Thank you."
I was soon out of sight of the cave and gathering any dry piece of wood I could find in this weather. I found myself rushing and getting increasingly aggravated at every branch I found that was wet.
I heard thunder crack in the distance before deciding what I had already gathered would be enough to last the storm that was approaching. Even if it wasn't, it was more important to get a fire started now to get Kagome dry before the storm arrived. It would only bring in colder winds and she would get sick without the warmth.
I made it back to the cave in record time, noticing she had sat down against a cave wall curled in on herself for warmth. I quickly set myself to getting a fire started, dropping the fire wood in a pile near the center of the cave.
(^u^)
I watched his back as he started building the fire. My mind drifted off to everything we have said in the past couple of hours as I watched the torrent of rain outside grow darker with the end of the day.
"So," I started, noticing his tail sway to the side slightly as I broke the silence, "you dreamed about my last night?"
His tail fell limp at my inquiry as his visible back muscles flexed beneath his armor. I waited for a long moment and nearly asked again when he took in a deep breath.
"You remembered that I said that, did ya?" He said as I saw a warm orange light fill the cave and he stood. He walked on the opposite side of the fire before sitting to face me, looking only into the fire. I scooted myself closer to the fire in order to get warm. AND of course to see him better for this conversation, I added mentally. My eyes weren't as strong as a demon's after all.
"All I saw was you walking away in that," he gestured to my school uniform as he said this, "clothing of yours and I was unable to stop you from leaving. I smelled the same lilacs and lavender aroma that I followed to the well when I found you. The dream you had bothered me all morning, and I didn't even know who you were."
Silence filled the cave for a moment before I dared ask the next question that filled my mind, "When will I become a meal?"
He stared at me with a steady gaze, an emotionless expression for a few moments. "Never if I can help it."
My breath caught at the unmistakable promise that just passed his lips. Once the shock of his proclamation wore off, I smiled at him. A yawn filled the cave before noticing the sound came from me.
"Sleep," he told me simply.
I laid down, feeling my eyes becoming heavy and too tired to try fighting sleep with everything that had happened today. I heard movement in the cave before I felt him sit next to me. I scooted closer and laid my head on his leg. My eyes drifted closed thinking of all the times Koga had proved his love and devotion in that other reality.