InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Lost Hopes ❯ Chapter 25

Ahoy Mateys! I am back! Sorry for the delay but I had a wedding to attend and after that the honeymoon… *hey don't glare at me like that. I am not joking!* I was the bride for god's sake!!! Yep this lady is married and settled… well not quite settled but…. Anyways I am back to writing again so I guess you will be seeing new chapters. I apologize again for the delay; I hope you people will understand. : D

 

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Chapter 25

 

The first rays of the sun touching his face pulled Kouga from the arms of dark slumber. He sighed and blinked, basking in the familiar warmth of his mate beside him. Along with the scent of wildflowers, musk and the impending inevitable evaded his sharp senses. “Not too long now.” Kouga sighed as he leaned forward to indulge himself. Softly, he caressed the rosy parted lips with his own and ran his fingers through the cascades of ivory silken hair, lingering briefly on the furry triangles. Temporarily sated, he untangled his limbs from Inuyasha's and sat up stretching, his blue-eyed gaze taking in the beauty of the small paradise they had only just discovered the day before.

 

The small waterfall hidden deep within the woods had been an enchanting discovery for them. They had spent most of the previous day in their bestial form, playing with each other, running through the field and nearby woods, and hunting. Nothing could have given the wolf prince more pleasure than seeing his mate so free, so happy. The small puppy had completely indulged himself in his playful hunting, first chasing bees, then butterflies, and then any insect he could get his paws on. His white plume of a tail waving to and fro in delight, an indication of lazy happiness. Between hunts, they had stretched out in the sweet-scented greenery, both relaxing in the sunny warmth. There Kouga had attended to his mate. Gently, he bathed the soft white fur with his tongue, cleaning him as one would their own pup and enjoying the soft purrs and gratified whines elicited. Time and again Inuyasha had challenged him, pulling him into play fights as they sprinted through the trees.

 

Suddenly pulling away from these rambunctious activities, the brave little inu decided he was hungry and attacked some nearby flowers. Purring in contentment, he had continued his actions until his mate attempted to stop him, to which the white puppy growled in irritation. He soon understood the reasoning behind the older canine's actions, however, as the flowers were regurgitated. Coughing, the small pup spat out the lingering taste before barking irritably at the stupid plant. If Kouga had been in his humanoid form, the dark wolf would have been rolling on the ground in laughter. However, the prince could sense his mate's hunger and instinct kicked in. With a wag of his tail near the inu's face and a whine for his mate to follow, Kouga had led a true hunt. Quickly, he found a few small rabbits and secured them for his mate. Tired but still sated, they had been seeking a place to rest and feed when they had stumbled across the small area hidden within the deep woods surrounded by shrubbery and trees.

 

Water, pure and white, crashed down gracefully over the cliff side before rushing to a small lake. Edging the pool lay a small meadow bathed in a soft bed of green grass and haphazardly strewn with small bursts of color from flowers and stray boulders. Kouga gazed on amazed as golden rays of the sun peeked through the veil of clouds, falling onto the dewy banks and the water, making everything sparkle with unworldly light. It was in this magical place that they had transformed back, spending the rest of the day and night lazily enjoying the blessings of their discovered treasure in companionable silence before surrendering to the calls of peaceful slumber and falling asleep entwined.

 

Slowly the wolf prince rose from their makeshift bed, listening to the exuberant chirping and squawking of resident birds as he inched toward the gushing waterfall intent on taking a bath before searching for their breakfast.

 

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A small smile graced rosy lips as golden eyes opened a slit to observe the shapely form of his mate. Appraisingly, those golden eyes watched as the wolf stretched his powerful muscles, which flexed beneath bronzed skin. The morning sun smiled down upon the standing figure, making the wolf glow with an ethereal light. Lazily stretching in his bed, the silent watcher's eyes suddenly lit up with sudden mischief. With a sly grin, he got up as silently as possible and began stalking his oblivious mate.

 

Meanwhile, Kouga was bending over the pool edge to wash his face. He heard the battle cry only an instant before he found himself pushed and he landed face first in the water with a great splash. Splitting laughter filled the quiet grounds accompanied by the panicky squalling of fleeing birds as Kouga coughed and spluttered. Spinning and turning a glare at his mate, Kouga found Inuyasha dancing from one leg to the next, a finger pointed at him as he kept on laughing.

 

“I…NU…YA…SHA!”

 

“He! He! He! How about it, Ko-chan? The great and mighty wolf warrior defeated by his little mate. What would papa wolfie say? HE! HE!” Inuyasha playfully laughed as he avoided the splash of water sent his way. “Nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah.”

 

Kouga growled as he noticed that his mate had retained his puppyish humor along with a hint of Hotaru's sadistic touch even though he was now his hanyou grown-up self. The wolf was happy that his mate was happy. However, the call of sweet revenge tickled his senses. With a fanged grin, he suddenly charged his mate, not allowing the wide-eyed inu to react before picking him up and effortlessly flinging him into the deep water.

 

“Take that, mutt-face!” he yelled lightheartedly. However, as he waited for his mate to resurface the proud sensation of victory slowly began to turn into concern and finally full-blown worry when the hanyou didn't come up for air. On the edge of panic, the wolf jumped into the lake, water sloshing about him. Frantically, he called out Inuyasha's name once and then repeatedly, sharp eyes studying the surface of the water for any sign of his mate.

 

“Damn mutt, where are you?” he cried again as he waded deeper into the water. Just as he was about to dive under again, however, one of his legs was caught in a death grip and he was pulled down sharply.

 

“Gotcha, wimpy wolf!” Inuyasha barked happily as he finally resurfaced, amused to have tricked his mate twice.

 

“Damn you, you incorrigible, Hotaru-influence, piece of dog shit, YOU!” Kouga spluttered as he came up and thus, once again, began the everlasting war between the wolf and the dog. This time, however, there was no malice but only pure fun. Blissfully, they splashed water at each other with some occasional dunking as the opportunity allowed and poor Kouga was seriously losing.

 

This continued for quite some time until Kouga, finally having drunk enough spring water, decided to put a stop to his inu's actions. He pulled the aggressor close and attacked his lips, plundering that sweet mouth and possessively silencing Inuyasha.

 

Arms slipped tenderly around Kouga's neck as Inuyasha molded to his mate and released a needy whine. The kiss generated a sensual burning deep within him, the familiar call of heat growing ardent as their tongues slipped around one another in a passionate war. Still suckling gratefully on the wet appendage, Inuyasha gasped as hands caressed his wet back before slowly dropping further and further and taking hold of his round globes, gracing them a gripping squeeze. Inuyasha melted, becoming boneless as he unconsciously surrendered to his mate's dominance.

 

Wet and thrumming Kouga growled, sweeping Inuyasha off his feet. He gazed into the golden pools that had been filled with mischief not so long ago but now mirrored lust with the same intensity as his own.

 

“Inuyasha...” he sighed softly. The inu leaned forward, licking his shoulder and neck, and gently probing the shallow marks of mating that tied them together. Careful not to drop the hanyou, he quickly made his way across the bank reaching their bed and gently laid the inu down, his eyes lingering for a moment over his prone mate.

 

Silently opening himself up, Inuyasha lay with legs spread and neck bared to welcome his mate in total submission.

 

Kouga smiled, `Yes, it has began.' The wolf could smell in it the breeze, the sweet scent of heat. The air around him thickened with lust as he lowered himself slowly over his mate, claming his lips again. All sound suddenly seized, the world falling silent. Nothing mattered now except the labored breaths and necessitous moans uttered.

 

“Kouga, need you.” Inuyasha whimpered as his throat was attacked viciously, bites placed not so gently then lapped, leaving the reddening area sensitive and burning. “Please,” he cried helpless, face flushed. A tongue, wet and hot, lathed a path down his throat, and teeth bit gently into his collarbone before a kiss was placed there. “Kouga!”

 

“Hai, love.” Kouga smiled softly as his mouth hovered, teasing the overanxious nipple that was standing almost erect for his attention. His hand slowly caressed the feverish skin beneath, feeling the smooth texture beneath his, so familiar yet so foreign. Yes, this exotic creature was his, only his. His to love, and to claim, and to care for.

 

Goose bumps arose across the pale flesh and Inuyasha cried out as a wet mouth suddenly engulfed one of his nipples. A treacherous tongue swept to and fro, transforming the soft rosy skin into pebbled hardness. He could feel Kouga's hardness pressed against his thigh, throbbing and wet from oozing pre-come. Hips canted, Inuyasha groaned yet again as Kouga's fingers inched lower--oh so slowly. Their tickling touches traveling along the “V” of his lower torso, through the light dusting of ivory pubes and finally wrapping themselves around his semi-hardened arousal.

 

Kouga smirked as the inu howled, back arching and head falling back, then attacked the other pink delicacy with the same ardor suckling and swirling of his tongue, quickly bringing it to a hardened state as well. Leaving the reddened nipples, he slowly began tracing his path south lapping and gently nipping. His own arousal thrummed alongside the inu's awakened one as the body beneath him writhed. Urgently uttered mewls and moans encouraged him to quicken his actions yet he continued to torture his mate into sweet bliss.

 

Reaching the contours of the flat tummy, he nuzzled and placed a small kiss, a prayer for a pup silently sent to the deities above. Cool blue eyes gazed up into the blazing golden ones that were watching him silently before a soft smile spread across his lips, which was instantly returned. Reaching up he locked his lips in a soft, reassuring, and apologetic kiss, silently asking forgiveness for all the sins he had committed against his loved one in blind pride. Unshed tears pricked his eyes and he closed them before he lost control.

 

Wrapping his arms around his mate, Inuyasha pulled the wolf closer, gently kissing him back to show his love and forgiveness.

 

“Kouga, I love you.” The sincerely uttered words lit Kouga's world anew. He had longed so much for those three words, had waited so patiently to be accepted.

 

“Inuyasha-” he began but was silenced with a finger.

 

“Shhhh…love. I am here. Love me.” And Kouga smiled softly. Mentally shaking himself, he leaned in for another kiss before returning to the task at hand. His pink tongue emerged from its confines to lick a path around the hollow of the inu's navel, lips sucked at the soft skin before the tongue dived into the small hole, viciously attacking and driving Inuyasha insane. His fingers worked their way ever so gently around his mate's hardened member.

 

“Kou…oh…Kouga…I”

 

“Shhh…” Kouga soothingly nuzzled the soft flesh of Inuyasha's inner thigh before his tongue reached out to lick it. Inuyasha shuddered beneath him, desperate for his mate to touch him, he needed to…oh!

 

Finally taking mercy on his little inu, Kouga engulfed the straining member and Inuyasha keened at the incredulous feeling of being surrounded by a wet heat that was tasting, pleasuring, torturing with slow swipes, and almost driving him over the edge. His hips arched seeking more roughness and friction yet he was gently denied as Kouga proceeded to pay singular attention to the bulbous head of his sleek member, pushing the foreskin down to discover the treasure hidden within.

 

“Kouga, please!” Inuyasha cried, heels digging and body howling for release. “Faster, please!” His pleas were answered as Kouga took more of him in, throat muscles moving and clenching as Kouga moved up and down on him, careful fingers fondling his balls bringing him closer and closer to his release. Fingers locked into the wavy obsidian locks as Inuyasha pulled Kouga closer, thrusting into that warm mouth desperately seeking his release.

 

Sensing his mate on the edge, Kouga suddenly released the engorged member and received a cross between a pleading whimper and a reprimanding growl from his mate.

 

“Kouga, damn you!” Inuyasha cursed as Kouga laughed.

 

“Not so soon love, we shall do it together, ne?” Not giving Inuyasha time to answer, Kouga stretched up reaching for a kiss and effectively silencing the expletives threatening to pour off his frustrated mate. When Inuyasha finally relaxed again, he dared to continue his ministration. He began shifting down to give Inuyasha's shaft a teasing lick, which earned him a glare and curse, before moving further and licking the wrinkles of the inu's balls which changed those muttered curses into tiny groans. His tongue reached for the hidden rosette, which Kouga lapped before pushing in through the tight muscles of Inuyasha's body.

 

Releasing an audible gasp, Inuyasha squirmed under the intruding tongue wanting nothing more than to have Kouga inside him. The fire inside was scorching him, he needed the salve and he knew only Kouga could provide it for him. Licking his lips as he was thoroughly prepared, he whined low and keened informing his mate of his pressing need.

 

Finally Kouga rose. Running his fingers soothingly through the inu's hair, he positioned his dripping cock near the quivering entrance. “I know, love. You shall have it,” he assured.

 

A sultry seductive gaze met one of lazy eroticism as Inuyasha spread his legs further, assertively rubbing over Kouga's member with suggestive eagerness.

 

Head falling into the crook of his lover's shoulder, Kouga carefully breached Inuyasha and felt the sharp intake of breath and cry of longing vibrate through the inu's body. Yes! With a howl of triumph, he surged forward--carefully since he could never hurt his mate--until he was fully sheathed in the vessel of molten heat. Barely holding himself on the edge, he waited for Inuyasha to adjust to the intrusion and focused instead on the crook of the inu's neck and showering it with soft nips and kisses.

 

Finally, Inuyasha pushed forward in silent invitation for his wolf to move and grunted when Kouga pulled back slowly before pushing himself forward again. Wrapping his legs around Kouga's hips, Inuyasha screamed--his cries of ecstasy harmonizing with Kouga's grunts and moans as they surged against one another moving as one body and soul.

 

Inuyasha shuddered at the familiar pooling of heat within his belly, melting his insides, liquefying his senses as it billowed, the tidal waves rushing toward his core. “Inuyasha, together now!” Kouga cried out and the waves crashed, sweeping them off their senses, drowning them in a sea of darkness before bursting into explosive brightness. Sweaty and sweetly exhausted they collapsed, Inuyasha embracing his wolf fiercely as they heaved and shuddered, together riding the waves of pleasure.

 

Lying for what seemed like hours, safe and loved within his inu's arms, Kouga sighed. Reluctantly he moved off, pulling himself out in the process. “Aishiteru, Inuyasha,” he uttered softly, kissing one flushed cheek and smiling as Inuyasha `hmmed' in his near-sleep state.

 

Cracking an eye open, Inuyasha smiled softly. Feeling both sated and warm with his mate at his side, he widely and loudly yawned. Kouga grinned as he caressed the silvery locks lovingly. “Sleep love, you need rest,” he said as he sat up slowly, stretching to reach for the clothing they had placed on the branch of a nearby tree last night.

 

“You?” Inuyasha asked, frowning a bit.

 

“I'll be here, love. I just need to look for our breakfast.”

 

“Later.” Inuyasha pouted sleepily as he snuggled closer to his mate, trapping him with his arms and legs. “Now sleep.”

 

“But, Inuyasha-”

 

“No, sleep.” Inuyasha insisted and Kouga sighed. Giving in to his mate's wishes, he lay down beside him and pressed a kiss to the inu's forehead. Grinning, Inuyasha burrowed closer to his mate and kissed the exposed chest before falling asleep with a smile.

 

Wrapping his arms around his little doggy, Kouga soon followed Inuyasha into sleep--his dreams blissful and filled with peace.

 

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*Later that evening*

 

“I can walk, you know. I do have two legs.” Inuyasha huffed, quite irritated by his mate's coddling.

 

“Yeah, I know,” Kouga smirked. “But if you walk, then I cannot carry you and I want to carry you, love.”

 

“Yeah, as if. You just like to show off your muscles and how strong you are,” the inu snapped.

 

“Do I now?” asked a smug Kouga. “However, you weren't complaining a while ago--were you, puppy?”

 

A delicate blush spread across Inuyasha's face and Kouga grinned. “Don't grin at me, ya stupid wolf!”

 

The grin grew wider just as Kouga lowered his lips onto the inu's twitching ear, giving it a teasing lick and watching as the hanyou visibly shuddered in his arms.

 

“Kouga, stop it!” Inuyasha glared, hoping no one had seen them.

“Oh shy now, are we? Modesty doesn't suit you, love, especially not here.” Receiving a glare, he grinned. “Let's proceed to where you're most comfortable, love. Do you know you smell good enough to eat? And I can't wait to devour that sinful mouth of yours.”

 

“Baka ookami.” Inuyasha blushed harder yet somehow the wolf's possessiveness made him ache for his mate. For his touch. The scent of arousal grew and, looking up, he licked his lips. “Hurry up then, Kouga,” he whispered, smiling as the wolf's eyes widened and his steps quickened toward their chambers.

 

Keiko smiled as she watched the happy couple emerge from Hotaru's chambers--their eyes locked in silent conversation as Kouga carried his mate and they traced their path back to their chambers. She had wanted to talked to her son, wanted to know where they both had disappeared to for the day but watching Inuyasha and Kouga together, happy and contented, she decided to wait until later. Moreover, she had caught Inuyasha's scent; the inu had entered his seasonal heat and she knew better than to disturb them. Sighing slowly, she turned intent on returning to her own chambers when two twinkling grey orbs caught her attention.

 

Hotaru slowly made her way to her daughter-in-law, smiling as she read the questions all over the younger woman's face. She looked ready to simply burst.

 

“Mother, how? Why?” Keiko asked with her gaze still on the pair disappearing around the edge of the corridor.

 

“It was needed,” Hotaru answered simply.

 

“But why, Mother? And why you?”

 

“It was essential, my dear daughter-in-law. His youkai was at unrest and it would have continued to affect him in the future. So you see, the great Hotaru decided to take matters into her own hands. After all, I had to ensure that our little puppy will have a happy life.” She answered these questions gleefully before turning to Keiko in all seriousness. “That boy has suffered too much in his life. He needs to grow and learn to trust others. Moreover, this development will only have a positive effect on him and assure, although unconsciously, the growth of mental strength needed to support his fertility. After all, who better than I to see that my great-grandchildren arrive safely?”

 

Keiko looked at her incredulously and Hotaru smirked. “But don't go announcing my recent openheartedness to everyone. I do have a reputation to maintain.” She gave Keiko a stern look to which Keiko smiled before nodding. “For now, let them enjoy the togetherness and close bond they share. Let them love each other and all will be well.”