InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ All Things Come Full Circle ❯ Chapter 18 ( Chapter 18 )

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Chapter 18

After making it back to the wolf den, Kagome led Inuyasha and Inukigo to Kouga’s sleeping area, where, with some help from Inukigo, Inuyasha managed to get the wolf youkai off his back and gently lay him out on his stomach. Inukigo began to tend to Kouga, and though Kagome and Sango offered to help her, she insisted that they leave it to her. The girls reluctantly agreed, but Kagome left her first aid kit before she and Sango moved away to get the group settled in. It looked like they were going to be there awhile.

Inuyasha informed the rest of the group that he was going to get the wolf pack, since the danger had passed. When he returned with all of the wolves and Shippou in tow, Inukigo was still working at treating the burns on Kouga’s back, and the others were gathered around a fire they had started in the centre of the den. Ginta and Hakkaku were two of the first to enter behind him, and both took notice of their leader instantly.

“Kouga!”

They were about to run towards him, and their cry had drawn the attention of the rest of the wolves, but Inuyasha held an arm out to block their path. They pinned him with a astonished glare.

“What are you doing?”

“Why won’t you allow us to tend to our leader?”

The rest of the pack echoed their questions and began to press forward menacingly. Inuyasha levelled them all with a glare of his own.

“Inukigo is tending to him just fine. You will leave this to her.”

The wolves began to argue about leaving the well being of their leader in the hands of a hanyou, but Inuyasha growled and spoke in low tones to the two at the front of the pack.

“Listen, I know that the two of you know what’s going on between them. Inukigo feels responsible for what’s happened, and she needs to take care of him for her own sake.”

Ginta and Hakkaku looked at each other the back at Inuyasha with a look of understanding.

“What happened?”

“The demon we were fighting tried to attack Inukigo while she was down, but Kouga jumped in front of the blast.”

The two wolves nodded, then turned to the rest of the pack.

“Everyone get back to your duties. Kouga is being taken care of, we have no need to worry.”

The wolves were just short of outraged at the command, some of them protesting about Kouga being left in Inukigo’s care, others speculating on the scene they had witnessed earlier when Inukigo had first arrived. However, Ginta and Hakkaku quickly took charge.

“We are Kouga’s second and third in command,” Ginta yelled. Hakkaku followed up the statement.

“With Kouga in his present condition, we are in charge. You will do as we say. Now, get back to your duties, or you will be answering to Kouga when he has recovered.”

That got the wolves moving, though they grumbled as they went about their different jobs. Inuyasha gave the two remaining wolves a smirk and an impressed look.

“Never thought that you two would be all that great at keeping order.”

They both smiled at him as Ginta answered.

“Kouga didn’t make us his second and third for nothing.”

Inuyasha nodded, then walked off towards his intended mate. The den was relatively peaceful after that. The wolves went about their business and caused no more trouble for Inukigo, not that she had noticed their earlier protests.

A few hours passed, and Inukigo had remained at Kouga’s side ever since she had finished treating his injuries. She was absentmindedly running a hand over his unbound hair when he finally groaned and came to. Inukigo’s hand stilled and she leaned down a little to get a better look at his face.

“Kouga? Are you awake?”

Kouga’s eyes slowly opened wider, and the first things that he focused on were Inukigo’s golden eyes staring straight at him.

“Inu…kigo. Where are we?”

“We’re back at the den. How are you feeling?”

“Stiff,” he tried to shift and grunted, “And my back’s been better.”

He made to sit up and Inukigo moved to help him. Kouga’s movement had attracted the attention of the pack members currently in the den, and they all rushed towards their leader. Kouga and Inukigo looked up at their audience in surprise.

“Kouga, allow us to take you out of the hands of this…half breed,” one of them spoke up.

Inukigo flinched at the tone of his voice.

“Yes, these two,” another said, pointing to Ginta and Hakkaku, “Ordered us away. Perhaps you can now bring them to their senses.”

Kouga frowned and boldly wrapped an arm around Inukigo’s waist, drawing her in close to his body. Inukigo looked at him with wide eyes, but stayed silent as he spoke.

“Ginta and Hakkaku did what I expect of them. I am perfectly fine in the hands of this woman,” his frown turned to a glare, and his voice was a growl, as though daring them to argue with him, “My woman. I’m sure that there are no further complaints.”

The wolves seemed shocked by his declaration, and the dark tone of his voice had them nodding and backing away to get back to whatever they were doing. Kouga sighed and ran a hand through his hair, then paused and looked down at the woman staring up at him with wide eyes.

“What?”

“You…you just…”

Kouga smirked at her.

“I called you my woman. Is that a problem?”

Inukigo’s mouth worked for a moment but no words came out. In the end she just settled for shaking her head. Kouga’s smirk softened to a smile, but the two were interrupted by someone clearing their throat. They both looked up to see Inuyasha, Kagome, and Shippou peering down at them. Inuyasha looked bored, Kagome and Shippou were giggling behind their hands. Inukigo blushed and lowered her eyes, which reminded her that she was pressed up against Kouga’s bare chest and she blushed even harder.

What’s wrong with me? I keep making a fool of myself.

Inuyasha smirked at his sister’s reaction, but then turned the look on Kouga.

“Still kickin’ huh, wolf?”

Kouga returned the smirk.

“Of course. I’m not going out that easily.”

Kagome leaned out around Inuyasha’s body.

“Are you two hungry? There’s some lunch left over if you want it.”

Kouga looked down at Inukigo curiously, then back up at Kagome.

“Yeah, sure Kagome.”

Kagome nodded, then took Inuyasha’s arm and hauled him away.

“You didn’t eat?”

Inukigo looked up at Kouga when she heard the question.

“I was taking care of you, I didn’t want anything.”

“It’s not that bad, you could have gone and eaten with the rest of them.”

Inukigo frowned and raised a hand behind Kouga’s back then smacked it firmly against his skin, knowing that it would hurt but wouldn’t do him any damage. As expected, Kouga’s entire body jerked and he forced himself to not release a shocked cry. He glared down at Inukigo.

“Damn it, woman-”

“It was that bad,” she cut in, “And I didn’t want anything. I was too nervous to be hungry.”

Kouga’s expression softened.

“You were that worried?” he asked, tilting his head to one side.

“Of course,” she replied, a little more harshly then she intended. She lowered her eyes and whispered softly, “And it was my fault that you were hurt, so of course I had to take care of you.”

Kouga frowned and grasped her chin to make her face him.

“Do not blame yourself for my injuries, do you hear me?”

“But-”

Kouga lightly shook her once.

“No buts. I wasn’t going to let you get hurt if I was right there and could prevent it. Do you really think that I would have been able to stand by and do nothing?”

Inukigo thought on it for a moment and knew that the answer was no. She also knew that she would have done the same if she had been in Kouga’s position.

“Sorry,” she said quietly, averting her eyes as a blush crept up her face, “Thank you, for protecting me.”

Kouga smiled at her bashfulness, not sure if it was from needing to be protected or being so close to him while in plain sight of everyone in the den. He leaned down and whispered directly into her ear.

“Thank you for taking care of me.”

Inukigo’s ear flicked, but Kouga didn’t move away.

“You’re welcome,” she replied.

Kouga chuckled, and spotted Kagome coming towards them over Inukigo’s head.

“I need to talk to you a little later. Privately, okay?” he whispered.

He was sure that she shivered and felt her nod. Slowly, he released her and moved away, just as Kagome arrived with their food.

“Here you go, you two. If you want seconds let me know.”

“Sure thing, Kagome,” Kouga replied, digging into his meal.

“Thanks, Kagome,” Inukigo replied.

Kagome smiled and gave Inukigo a wink before she turned around, showing that she had noticed how close the two had been just moments before. Inukigo gave herself a mental pat on the back when her face retained it’s normal colouration.

The two ate in silence for a time, before Inukigo noticed that much of the pack’s attention was on her, and that none of their looks seemed all that friendly. She sighed quietly, knowing that she should have expected the animosity from a group of full demons.

Kouga heard her sigh and noticed that she wasn’t really eating anymore.

“What’s wrong?” he asked.

Inukigo let her gaze wander over the hateful glares being directed at her from the wolf youkai, then turned her eyes up to meet Kouga’s.

“They don’t seem to like me all that much,” she said.

“What?” Kouga asked curiously. When her gaze slid out towards the rest of the den, he followed it and saw the hostile looks that most of the pack was sending her way. A growl welled up in his throat and he shot them all a look of his own that had them hurrying to turn around and mind their own business.

“Maybe I should go and sit with the others for awhile. I’m just stressing the pack out by being so close to you.”

Inukigo made to stand up, but Kouga grabbed her arm and pulled her over onto his lap and up against his chest. Inukigo made to push away, but Kouga growled and his arm tightened around her waist.

“Ignore them. I’ve already announced you as my woman, so it won’t matter what you do; they’ll be pissed whether you’re next to me or not.”

Inukigo frowned and looked up at him, only to see that he wasn’t looking at her at all, rather he was staring at his pack over her shoulder, daring them to show any signs of protest. Inukigo growled and when she spoke it was a hissed whisper.

“Stop making a show of me.”

That made Kouga turn his attention to her, and he gave her a frown of his own.

“I have to show them that I’m the leader here. They have no right to complain about my choices unless it endangers the safety of the pack. I don’t think that you’re much of a danger to them, so they shouldn’t be going against my orders.”

Inukigo looked away sharply.

“Baka. It has nothing to do with me being a danger to the them.”

Kouga sighed and began rubbing his hand up and down her back.

“I know. They’re prejudice because you’re a hanyou. But given the position that I’ve put you in, they should be keeping those feelings to themselves. So, I can look at it as them disobeying my orders.”

Inukigo didn’t look at him, but laid her head on his shoulder.

“I want to go sit with my brother for awhile.”

Kouga’s face fell a little, but he pulled back and allowed her to get up from his lap.

“I still want to talk to you later,” he said before she had the chance to turn around and leave.

Inukigo stopped for a moment, then nodded and walked away. Upon reaching her group, all of which looked up in confusion when she appeared, she flopped down beside Inuyasha and sighed miserably. Shippou responded to her distress and climbed into her lap, where Inukigo began to busy herself with petting his hair.

“What’s the matter?” he asked.

“I feel like I’ve been put on display,” she half groaned.

“What do you mean?” Kagome asked.

“Almost the entire wolf pack has been sending me pretty hard looks ever since Kouga called me his woman.”

“Did Kouga do anything about it?” Inuyasha asked with a frown.

Inukigo snorted.

“Oh, he did something alright. He pulled me down on his lap and used me to exert his authority over them,” she sighed and her expression grew depressed, “I should have known to expect this kind of reaction from a bunch of full-blooded demons. I don’t know what will happen if I stay here much longer.”

“Kouga would never let them harm you, though I’m sure you would be able to handle them on your own,” Sango reassured.

“I know. That’s not what I mean. I feel like I’m invading their home, so I’m making this hard on them, and,” she lowered her voice so it wouldn’t carry to the ears of the wolves, “it’s supposed to be rather bright tomorrow night, right?”

The others caught on right away.

The full moon…Inukigo’s human night.

“As for the wolves, just ignore them. Kouga made a show of your status in front of them, and they don’t have any right to complain about his personal choices. And the other thing…well we could always just leave before then.”

Inukigo nodded and began chewing on her lip. Inuyasha noticed the rarely used nervous habit.

“What is it?” he asked, knowing that she wanted to say something.

“I think…that I want to let Kouga know.”

Inuyasha’s eyes widened.

“You sure?”

“I don’t know. But I want to stick around until I make up my mind. And Kouga said that he wanted to talk to me privately later, so I can’t leave just yet.”

No one noticed perverted look on Miroku’s face until he spoke.

“‘Privately?’ I wonder…”

“You will wonder nothing monk. Not another word. I don’t want to know what perverted images your mind is coming up with.”

The grin stayed plastered on his face despite the warning.

“I was just thinking about what sorts of things Kouga could be planning for our innocent Inukigo that would require privacy.”

Inukigo’s face flushed bright red, and the only warning that Miroku got that his life was in danger was the roar of his name before Inukigo flew over the fire towards him. He barely managed to roll out of the way and grabbed his staff in order to defend himself against Inukigo’s very angry fists.

“Um…some help?” he pleaded, glancing at the rest of his companions.

Sango snorted.

“I don’t think so, Houshi-sama. You brought this on yourself.”

The three adults ignored Miroku’s cries for help, while Shippou and Kirara watched in amusement.

“What’s going on?” Kouga asked as he approached the group, having been drawn by the commotion.

“Just Miroku being Miroku,” Kagome sighed.

Kouga looked confused, so Shippou explained

“Miroku said some stuff that he shouldn’t have, and got Inukigo embarrassed. Believe me, you don’t want to know.”

Kouga raised an eyebrow, but took the kit’s advice.

“Itai!”

Everyone looked up to see Miroku covering his head and Inukigo glowering at him.

“Really, I meant no offence, Inukigo-”

“Not another word,” Inukigo warned, raising a fist at him, “Unless you want me to give you a matching set…”

The threat hung in the air, and Miroku hurriedly shook his head and held his hands up defensively.

“Some advice,” Inuyasha whispered to the wolf demon standing behind him, “Never piss her off to that point. You’ll live longer.”

Kouga gulped and nodded.

While Inukigo was still occupied with Miroku, Inuyasha took the opportunity to turn around and look up at Kouga.

“Your wolves have been giving her a hard time.”

“I know,” Kouga sighed as he sat down, “I’m taking care of it. Since I announced her as my woman, she’s part of my personal life, and the pack as no say in my personal life. So, really, they shouldn’t be treating her this way. But it’s not that simple. I can’t force the pack to accept her, she’s going to have to prove herself to them.”

“What can she do?” Inuyasha asked. Inukigo had stopped yelling at Miroku and both were now listening to the conversation.

“Short of killing one of them, which I won’t be allowing since that would be endangering one of my pack members, I don’t know.”

Inukigo’s ears drooped at the information. Kouga laid eyes on her and remembered another reason why he had ventured towards them.

“Come with me,” he said, grabbing Inukigo’s wrist and pulling her along behind him.

“W-what?” she stuttered as she stumbled along and tried to dig her heels in, but to no avail.

“I changed my mind,” Kouga said over his shoulder, “I want to talk to you now.”

“Wait a minute! Hey!” Inukigo cried out as she struggled against his grip, but he ignored her and kept walking. He led her through the waterfall at the cave entrance and was gone.

Most everyone in the den had watched the entire display with wide eyes.

“Well,” Sango said after a moment, “That was…abrupt.”

“No kidding,” Kagome agreed.

“Will Inukigo be okay?” Shippou asked.

“She’ll be fine, runt,” Inuyasha replied.

“You sure?”

“Yup,” he said curtly, signalling that the conversation was over.

Sesshoumaru must have said yes then. You better not screw this up you stupid wolf. If Inukigo comes back here upset, you’ll be paying for it.

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“Kouga, where are we going?” Inukigo asked impatiently.

“Hold on will you. We’re almost there.”

Inukigo huffed from her position on Kouga’s shoulder. After exiting the cave, he had thrown her up to her current perch and took off without a word as to what their destination would be. She had tried to get him to put her down, but he had ignored her efforts completely, save for tightening his grip on her legs.

Inukigo was surprised when Kouga suddenly came to a stop and set her on her feet. Looking around she had to admire the location that he had chosen for their talk. A small pool of water, supplied by it’s own waterfall, was next to a cliff face and completely enclosed by trees. The area was completely secure, and the sunlight peeking through the canopy of leaves gave it a very relaxing atmosphere.

“I don’t think anyone else in the den knows about this place. It’s hard to find spots like this around here.”

Inukigo nodded to let him know that she heard him as she continued looking around.

“What did you want to talk about, Kouga?” she asked.

“Come over here,” he called to her as he sat down with his back to a tree.

Inukigo complied and sat down beside him, her cheeks only slightly tinged pink when he wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her up against his chest.

“How long have we been courting now?” he asked, resting his head against hers. He was a bit peeved when he found that her hair was pulled back too tightly to bury his face in it. He’d fix that in a minute.

“About three weeks…why?” she asked, relaxing against him.

“Hmm…I needed to ask you something,” he said, breathing over her neck as he spoke.

“What is it?” Inukigo asked, her eyes growing heavy lidded.

“Be my mate?” he whispered in her ear.

Inukigo’s eyes snapped open and she turned around so that she was kneeling beside him.

“W-what?”

“Bear my mark?” he asked, reaching up with one hand to remove the tie that held her hair back.

Inukigo’s mouth worked for a few moments, then closed as her face grew thoughtful.

Am I really ready for this? I care about him, a lot, and I guess that I do want to be his mate eventually. And it’s not like this part of the courtship has to be rushed…I can carry his mark until we’re ready to really become mates.

While Inukigo was having her inner monologue, Kouga was growing more and more nervous. Inukigo’s silence was unnerving him.

Why isn’t she answering? Gods, please don’t let me have scared her off.

Just before Kouga was about to have a panic attack, Inukigo made up her mind and climbed into his lap. She looked to be slightly embarrassed by her actions, and wouldn’t meet his eyes.

“Yes.”

When he heard that one word, Kouga thought he was imagining things.

“What?”

Inukigo looked up at him with a smile on her face.

“I said ‘yes.’ I’ll take your mark Kouga.”

It took only a second for her words to sink in, then his face split into a huge grin and he kissed her full on the mouth. Inukigo was too shocked to respond and when it was over she was left speechless. Kouga was still grinning when she gathered her bearings and she lowered her eyes again as she began playing with few strands of hair that had fallen over his shoulders.

“Wolves mark differently than dog demons, right?” she asked, looking up again slightly to see Kouga nod, “I don’t know how…”

Kouga smiled warmly and grasped her arms.

“Don’t worry, just leave it to me.”

He began turning her so that she ended up sitting between his legs with her back pressed tightly against his chest. Kouga’s arms came around her waist and his chin rested on her shoulder.

“For wolf demons, the male does not receive a mark until the mating ceremony. Any mark put on me before then would mean something different than it would mean for a male dog demon.”

“What would it mean?”

“That I took an unwilling partner,” Kouga explained.

“Oh. It’s a lot different, even though we’re both canine, ne?”

“Yeah,” Kouga agreed, “Anyway, that’s why I’m going to mark you this way. You’ll probably feel the need to bite me, since that’s what dog demons do, but if you’re facing away there’s nowhere for you to bite.”

“Okay,” Inukigo replied.

Kouga reached up with both hands to undo the clasps holding her top closed, making sure that she understood what he was doing first, then pulled the material down to reveal her shoulders. He pulled her hair over the shoulder opposite of the one he was planning to bite, then bent his head down until he was almost touching her skin.

“Ready?” he asked.

Inukigo nodded and Kouga lowered his mouth to the juncture of her neck and shoulder. He began licking then sucking the flesh into his mouth, then when Inukigo whimpered he began to slowly sink in his fangs. She stiffened in his arms for a moment, but relaxed again when his teeth were as deep as they could go. He noticed that Inukigo was panting lightly, and experimentally sucked while his fangs were still embedded in her shoulder. She gave a harsh cry as her head fell back and her back arched away from him. He repeated the action a few more times, and each time Inukigo’s back bowed as if she were trying to press into something that wasn’t there. Finally, he removed his teeth, giving the mark a quick lick as he pulled away. Inukigo released what could have been called a sob.

“I heard that marks could be really sensitive…did I really almost bring you just by sucking on it?” he asked quietly.

Inukigo could only nod and try to catch her breath.

“You okay?” he asked when she didn’t supply him with a verbal answer.

She just nodded again.

Kouga smirked.

“What did it feel like?”

Inukigo was finally able to speak this time, though her voice was breathy.

“Like your mouth was somewhere else,” she admitted.

Kouga smirk only grew.

“We’ll have to do that some other time,” he scented the air around them and groaned.

“Gods, that scent. You were really close, weren’t you?”

“Yeah,” she replied. She was still aching actually.

Kouga pressed his cheek against hers and there was a grin on his face.

“You want me to finish it?” he asked as one hand moved towards the apex of her thighs.

Just before it reached its destination, Inukigo reacted on instinct and before she knew it, she had a fist aiming for his face. Kouga saw it coming and managed to react quickly enough to catch it before it made contact.

“Inukigo? What the hell…?”

He was confused when he heard Inukigo whimper and quickly turned her around to face him.

“What’s wrong?”

She didn’t answer, and he grew concerned when fear began to cover up the scent of her arousal. He quickly grasped her face with both hands and forced her to pay attention to him.

“Inukigo!”

She seemed to jolt awake at her name and instantly realized what she had almost done.

“I’m sorry…I didn’t mean to…I just-” she was almost crying when he cut her off.

“Inukigo, calm down. What’s wrong? You reek of fear and you’re shaking. Did I scare you?”

“No,” she replied, and he loosened his grip when she tried to shake her head, “Not you…bad memories.”

Kouga’s eyes widened and he pulled her to his chest.

“Inukigo…were you…?” he couldn’t bring himself to finish the sentence.

“No,” she responded, “But…when I was younger…there was a village where some older boys tried…” she took a shaky breath as she continued, “I don’t think they would have really done anything, since I’m a hanyou, but…they touched me…and I couldn’t do anything before that because the villagers were looking for an excuse to attack us. As it was, Inuyasha and I had to take off after that.”

Kouga nodded as she finished, running a hand through her hair to offer comfort.

“I’m sorry I tried to hit you. You just surprised me-”

“It’s alright,” Kouga replied, “I should have asked first anyway. But you know…I won’t hurt you.”

“I know,” she said, nodding against his chest.

Kouga took a breath and was relieved that the scent of her fear was dissipating. But her arousal was still fairly strong, now that the fear wasn’t covering it up. He was sure that she must have been aching with it.

“Will you let me try again?” he asked softly.

Inukigo looked up at him reluctantly.

“I don’t know…”

“I promise you that it won’t hurt. Let me do this for you, please?”

Inukigo was reluctant, but after a few moments she nodded.

“Okay.”

Smiling down at her, Kouga began moving her back to her previous position, saying that the angle was better for what he wanted to do. Inukigo went along with it and found herself resting against his chest once again.

“Alright, I’m going to touch you now, so just relax and it’ll be fine. Keep looking at me for now, okay.”

Inukigo nodded and did as she was told, keeping her eyes locked on his, even as his hand was placed between her legs again. She froze for a moment, but willed herself to stay calm.

“Good. Just keep looking at me.”

She didn’t get to respond this time, as Kouga began to rub her centre with his hand. The first time surprised her and she gasped, then she released a small moan as he continued the action. She barely managed to keep her eyes on him.

“Feel alright?” he asked, though his voice sounded husky.

“Yes…” she sighed.

“Lie back and don’t think about anything but what I’m doing.”

Inukigo gratefully rested her head back on his shoulder and closed her eyes as she let the sensations wash over her. Just when she thought she was getting used to the feelings, Kouga’s mouth was on the mark again and she cried out for him. It felt like his hand was pressing harder and when she arched up his other hand found it’s way inside her top, giving her something to press her breasts against.

“Kouga…”

He didn’t say anything in reply, but he sucked the mark harder and since she was already so aroused to start with, that was all that was needed for her to break. The tightness that had been building in her lower abdomen let go, and she released a small scream as her back bowed as far as it could. She only remained that way for a few seconds before relaxing and slumping back against his chest. Kouga had already released the mark from his mouth and moved his hands so that they were wrapped around her waist. Funny, she didn’t recall him doing that…

“Wow…that was a…a…”

“That was an orgasm. Looked like a pretty good one too. Am I right?”

“Oh yeah…” she replied.

Kouga chuckled.

“See, I told you that you’d be fine.”

Inukigo nodded, and it was only then that she finally noticed the telltale bulge that was pressing against her rear and lower back. She blushed and looked up at him.

“Kouga, you…I could…if you want…”

Kouga looked at her curiously, then realized what she was getting at and smiled.

“Thanks for the offer, but I don’t think you’re ready to do that just yet. You were nervous enough about letting me touch you. I’m not going to make you touch me. We’ll work our way up to that, okay?”

Inukigo nodded in agreement, then was surprised when Kouga stood up and pulled her up with him.

“You go clean up a bit. Shouldn’t go back to the den smelling like that.”

Inukigo blushed at the thought of what would happen.

“What about you?” she asked.

“I’m gonna take care of my little problem, then I’ll be back to wash up myself.”

He kissed her quickly on the mouth then took off into the brush, leaving Inukigo alone to dwell on what exactly had just happened between herself and her intended mate.

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Yay, fluffiness! Did you think it would be that pairing? I think it should have been rather obvious as to what I was planning. A bit later than what I first intended, but not too bad. Next time I’ll update Shingetsu Inc. (what possessed me to have two stories in progress at once?), and that’s how I’m planning to handle updating both stories from now on. I’ll just alternate which one I update.

And I must say that I was rather disappointed that only one person reviewed last time (two if you count the person who emailed me because mm . org was being a bitch). So, special thanks to Patriot1776 (ff . net) and skyangel_chick (I don’t know what else to call you so…), really appreciate the reviews guys.