InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Secret Love ❯ Chapter 23

A/N: This is just a short little chapter that I had planned to add to the end of the last one.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of its characters as they all belong to Rumiko Takahashi.

Chapter 23

Everyone was hard at work, training and figuring out the strengths and weaknesses of their new allies and how best to work together. For the past week they had been doing this, only resting when the sun had started to dip toward the horizon in the evening. Kagome was just taking a break from practicing her archery when Inuyasha suddenly lifted his head and snarled at the scent he had caught on the breeze. She was at first alarmed thinking it was Naraku and she hadn't sensed him, but then she caught sight of a whirlwind in the distance, rapidly approaching them. Kagome grimaced, dreading the upcoming confrontation. Sooner than Kagome would have liked, Koga was standing in front of her, taking her hands in his.

“Hey, Kagome. Aren't you glad to see me?” Koga asked cockily.

Kagome blushed and gave a nervous laugh. The laugh quickly turned to a squeak when she saw the black scowl on Bankotsu's face as he nearly ran over to them.

“Is there a reason why this filthy demon has his hands on you, Kagome?” Bankotsu asked angrily.

Koga turned to Bankotsu with a scowl. “Who the hell are you?” Koga asked, wrapping a possessive arm around Kagome's waist.

Bankotsu smirked sinisterly. “The name is Bankotsu. And I suggest you take that arm from around Kagome unless you wanna lose it,” he finished, raising his Banryuu and pointing it menacingly.

Koga's scowl deepened. “Where do you get off telling me what to do with my woman?” he asked angrily.

“Your woman? I don't think so. Kagome is mine,” Bankotsu declared, snatching the object of their argument from Koga's grip.

Kagome was starting to get annoyed. She had gotten used to Inuyasha fighting with Koga over her; she didn't need Bankotsu in that fight too. Koga was just about to respond to Bankotsu's last comment, but Kagome interrupted them.

“Okay, stop right now. Bankotsu, don't listen to Koga, we're just friends. And Koga, I've said this before, and this time I mean it. I'm not your woman. Me and Bankotsu are together, so deal with it,” Kagome said huffily.

Bankotsu smirked while Koga scowled and grumbled. He clearly had more to say on the matter, and he wasn't one to hold his tongue.

“I can't believe this Kagome. I thought that we had established that you would wait for me until Naraku was dead? But instead you find another man while I'm away? Well, I guess I'm glad I found out the type of woman you really are before I made you the queen of my wolves. That would have been a disaster,” Koga said, raising his nose in the air.

Kagome scowled, growing just a tad bit angry. “Wait just a minute. You said that I was your woman and that I was to wait for you but I never agreed. How is my fault that you are stubborn and don't listen? I've told you more than once that I don't belong to you so don't make me out as the bad guy.”

Koga opened his mouth but snapped it shut again. He glared at Bankotsu one last time before turning towards everyone.

“I'll be in the area.” Then he was gone back the way he came, past the panting and out of breath Ginta and Hakkaku just making it to them, who groaned and turned back around, yelling for their leader to slow down all the way.

Kagome breathed a sigh of relief that no physical fights broke out. “Well that went better than I thought it would,” she said happily.

Bankotsu smirked again. “As long as the wolf knows who you really belong to,” he said before he suddenly pulled her to his chest and kissed her soundly.

“Yeah,” was all she could murmur.

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