InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Its Just The Beginning ❯ Chapter ( Chapter 9 )

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((Chapter 9))

Kagome strained her ears when she heard Kougas laughter trail out from far away. She didn't know how she heard it but she did. Kouga was out with some of the other men. They had went out hunting a couple of hours before and then had brought the food back, which was being cooked this very moment. The delicious aroma filled the caves.

Kagome heard a loud clap of thunder not far behind her and frowned. It was going to rain? She glanced up at the sky. There wasn't even a cloud in sight. She then felt a deep vibration on the ground beneath her and then... A forboding sense filled her. All the other women stilled then and started to growl. Kagome felt the presence of a demon.

"Ahhhh!" Kagome and the others fell to there knees, covering there ears as a loud piercing shrill hit the ear. The sound was deafening and Kagome knew as much as it hurt her ears it had to be torture to the others here since there hearing was inhanced becaose of there demon blood.

"Make it stop!" Mai cried out, clapping her hands over her ears.

Kagome felt a gust of wind behind her and then a loud 'thump' that sent vibrations through the ground and through her body. She started to turn half way and she saw out of the corner of her eye a huge clawed hand, about the size of half her body swinging at her-- Arms swept under Kagomes knees and around her back and she wa swept up into a pair of muscled arms , moving swiftly to the side as the demon hit the place where Kagome had been.

Kagome glanced up, her hands still covering her ears. Kougas face was set in stone, his features hard and his ears were twitching. A grimace appearing over his handsome features as the demon let out another piercing scream.

The demon was obviously pissed that someone had taken his target and turned in the direction Kouga had bounded off towards. The demon was large. At least 10 feet tall and he was...Fat to say the least but he moved with no difficulty. He jumped up into the air and landed right in front of Kouga.

"Dammit." Kouga dug his feet into the ground hard, trying to stop himself as he skidded towards the demon with Kagome in his arms. He jerked to the side and jumped over a rock in the other direction. The demon swept his arm out, knocking over one of the men and the wolf that came towards him.

"I need my arrows!" Kagome yelled out. Kouga wasn't sure what she had said. His ears were still ringing from the demons screams. He dumped Kagome onto a patch of dirt and then picked her up again as the demon charged them again, hitting the spot where they had both been a few seconds earlier. "Fuck!" Kouga hissed in annoyance. He turned around then and jumped into the air, kicking his leg out hard so that it connected with the demons eye. Kouga jumped back, somewhat satisfied that he had hurt the demon. However, when Kouga jumped back and was falling back to the ground with Kagome, a safe distance from the demon, but level with the demons mouth, the demon opened his mouth in outrage from the attack on his eye and let out another piercing scream. Which was directly level with Kouga and Kagome.

Kouga dropped Kagome as the sound waves hit them and the both hit the ground hard. Kagome eyes snapped shut the from the shrilling, her hands keeping over her ears. Kouga was crouched, hands covering his ears. "Fuck fuck fuck!" He was getting sick of this.

Wolves launched themselves at the demon, a few knocked off and onto the boulders while others dug there sharp canines into the beast flesh. He screamed in pain as more and more latched onto him. Kagome found her bow and arrows on the ground but before she could do anything she saw Kouga run forward and kick the demon in the face, knocking him over. Kagome took the oppertunity and let an arrow fly. It shot past Kouga and hit the demon directly. The demon exploded in a bright light and then dissappeared.

Kagome lowered her shaking hands. Her hears were still ringing, as were the others. Kouga shook his head to stop the ringing. "Is everyone alright?" He called out. Everyone nodded. A few of them were hurt but only minorly.

Kagome turned as she heard Mai calling out to her. "Are you alright?"

Mai called her again. "Mommy...?"

Kagome walked over to the girl and kneeled before her. "I'm here. Are you alright?"

Mai frowned. "Mommy, I can't hear anything." The girls lips started to tremble as Kagome just stared at her. Kouga turned towards them, as did the others.

"Oh Mai..." Kagome whispered, despair filling her eyes.


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Kagome ran her fingers through Mais hair. The girls head rested in her lap and she was fast asleep, dried tears on her cheeks. She had finally fallen asleep but not before she had broke down and started crying because she couldn't hear anything. She'd fallen asleep with her head pillowed on Kagomes lap. Kagome didn't know what to do.
Kouga stepped deeper into the cave, away from the others and sat down beside Kagome. "She can't hear."

Kagome nodded numbly. She felt so bad for Mai. "Shes deaf." She only hoped that her hearing would come back. Even she couldn't imagine not being able to hear anything ever again.

"De...deaf?"

Kagome nodded. "Yes. Deaf. Its where someone can't hear. Thats what it was called in my...Thats what it was called then." She didn't say 'my time'. She didn't want to think of her old life. That was gone.

"You want me to put her in her bed?" Kouga asked.

Kagome almost said that Mai could stay here but changed her mind. Mai always snuck in here if she woke up. She'd have to stop that sometime or another. She nodded and Kouga gently picked the girl up. Making sure that his touch was light and gentle so that he didn't wake her up. Kagome laid down on her side, facing the wall, when Kouga left the small part of the cave. She couldn't believe that Mai was deaf. It just didn't seem fair. She heard a rustling of clothes then and turned as Kouga sat down and crossed his legs indian style behind her. She sat up and turned to face him.

"Kagome, why does she call you her mother? Shes not your daughter and you're not her mother."

His question startled her. Kagome shrugged. "I... Her Father died and then her mother died...She had no one so she turned to me I guess. She was a year or two old when her mother died so I think... She came to me as a motherly figure." She shrugged.

Kouga leaned over and kissed her forhead. 'He wanted to do so much more.' "Go to sleep. You're tired."

Kagome laid down. She was tired but as her eyes slid closed she watched as he walked out of the cave. She tried to sleep but she couldn't. So much had happened in such a short time. She wondered if Kouga had went to the very edge of the cliff, far away from everyone else, as she sometimes did. Silly.

Kagome got up, checking on Mai as she did so and walked out of the cave. Tiptoeing with each step because she knew how enhanced their hearing was. She made her way to the edge of the cliff which was a good distance away. She stopped though when she saw a form silhouetted against the light of the moon. He was sitting on the edge of the cliff, his head lowered slightly and his hands were cupped together as if he were thinking. He turned when he heard her approach.

Kagome sat down beside Kouga, dangling her legs over the edge.

"Careful." He replied. Kouga was silent for a moment before he finally spoke. "Why did you join my pack?"

"Why didn't you come back?" She retorted back.

Kouga sighed. "Kagome...I couldn't. At first I was to weak, I could barely walk. I don't know how I survived but I did. Its pathetic that he beat me like he did. But... When I eventuly did catch the scent of the pack again I knew I couldn't come back right away. Inuyasha would have killed you all just to get back at me. I used the years to train myself better. To become harder. I did everything I could. I wasn't going to fail you again, or my pack." Kouga looked up at her. "Now, why did you join my pack, Kagome?" His voice was soft when he asked.

Kagome stared at the ground, her eyes wondering over the edge. "I was lost. I had nothing left, Kouga. He had taken everything from me. My friends. My family. I had no one. Then your pack came to me. They offered me a home." She'd come to love them all. And Kagome noticed; the thought came unbidden; that unlike Inuyasha, Kouga hid nothing from her. He told her everything. And she believed him. "They're my home now. I wouldn't have it any other way."

Kouga did something that shocked her then. She'd never seen or heard him do it before. He looked up towards the sky and stared at the moon and then howled. He actually 'howled'. The sound wasn't ugly or rough. It was rather...beautiful. She'd heard the others doing it before but she had never watched them.

Kagome studied him and then glanced up towards the moon and stretched her neck and let out a small howl of her own. It didn't come out right, it was a little off key and high pitched. She then felt a soft touch on her chin.

Kougas fingers grasped her chin lightly and tipped it upwards slightly. His fingers then slid down the slender legth of her neck and then to the back of it. He massaged the back of her neck until the muscles there relaxed and her neck was no longer stretched upwards. He tipped her chin back up slightly when she started to lower it. "Breath while you do it." He mumured.

Kagome felt a small tingle in her body at his words and she made another small howl. It didn't come out the way she wanted. She didn't see the smile that crept to Kougas lips. "Let it come from your soul." He looked up at the moon and howled again and it sent shivers down her spine from the intensity of it.

Kagome closed her eyes and tilted her chin up again. Kouga touched her chin, keeping his fingers under it as she did it again. The sound that came out was low and intense.

Kouga watched. He had been shocked when he'd heard that first how from her lips. He was elated as well. It touched him in more ways than one. When he helped her this last time the howl sent delicious chills down his spine.

When the last sound left her lips Kouga cupped her chin in his hand again and Kagomes eyes met his in the dim light cast from the moon. He leaned close. His dark eyes intense. His breath feathered over her lips. He heard Kagomes heart beat increase.

"I have to go back." Kagome whispered. "Mai might come looking for me..." Kouga released her chin, watching as her lips moved farther apart from his. He didn't say anything. He helped out to her feet and watched as she stared at him for a moment and then walked back towards the caves. He turned then, his fist clenching. He'd been so close to those delectable lips. All he'd have to have done was close those last few inchs between them...

He tilted his head back again and howled deeply.