InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Side Effects ❯ Myoga and Koga ( Chapter 3 )

DISCLIAMER: Inuyasha, world and characters, belong to Rumiko Takahashi and not to me. The only things that belong to me are the plot and any additional characters. I make no profit of this story, and am doing it only for my own enjoyment (and hopefully yours too).

 

MYOGA & KOGA

 

“Oh this is just terrible! Your father would be furious and demand that traitorous hag's head for doing this to you Master Inuyasha. It is an outrage!” Myoga cried, his voice and expression a weird mix of anger and sorrow as huge (for a flea Youkai) tears rolled down his face.

 

The old flea had been going on like that for a while now, and it was straining Inuyasha's last nerves. If it weren't for the fact that Kagome was sitting next to him, supportively rubbing his hand between both of hers, he would have squashed the damn flea ages ago just to shut up his bawling. As it was, even Kagome's comforting presence was wearing off but for once Myoga seemed unaware of the danger he was in and so kept up his ranting.

 

Before Myoga had arrived things had really seemed to be looking up for Inuyasha, at least for a while. After Kagome's revelation the day before - where she confessed that she was not only not put off by Inuyasha's new tail but actually thought it was cute - the half Inu Youkai had been feeling much better about the whole scenario. Just the fact that Kagome wasn't ashamed of him and still wanted to be his friend was enough to lighten Inuyasha's mood considerably. The fact that his new appendage was apparently `cute' to her was surprising and rather weird in Inuyasha's mind, but he wasn't about to start complaining about that. If there was anything in this world that might increase the chance of his greatest dream coming true - that of Kagome one day agreeing to be his mate - even the tiniest little bit he was willing to jump on it with open arms. He knew that in reality the chances of his dream truly coming true were probably about as likely as Hell freezing over, but anything that gave him in the smallest hope that it might be possible was something Inuyasha was not willing to pass up. If Kagome liked his tail, well then Inuyasha still thought it was weird but if Kagome liked it then he could certainly learn to like it too. Then again, exactly how did she like it? Did she think it was attractive in the way a woman feels over a potential mate, like Sango feels for that letch Miroku? Or did she think it was cute in an animalistic kind of way, like the way she gushed over how sweet Kirara was in her kitten form, or how she fawned over those puppies they'd seen in that glass box at that `pet shore' one day (something that actually disturbed Inuyasha somewhat, but that's a story for another day)? And another thing, even if Kagome did like his tail in the way a mate would, how would her family take to his new appendage? Would they be disgusted by it, thinking it one animalistic trait too far? Would they use that as an excuse to forbid any relationship that might form between the two of them? Inuyasha didn't know too much about the courting rituals of Kagome's world, but in his at least a family's opinion held enormous weight and could forbid matches if they felt it wasn't in their child's best interest. Inuyasha was sure that her Grandfather at the very least would jump on this latest excuse to keep them apart, not that he needed any extra excuses if all his rants about `evil demons' were anything to go on. Inuyasha was trying not to think about all that though. As had become something of his motto when it came to Kagome these last few months, Inuyasha was trying not to think about the future at all and just enjoy what he had at that moment. And right now, Kagome was being nicer than normal to him, most likely out of some kind of guilt for worrying him in the first place. She walked next to him during their hikes, sat next to him when they stopped to eat, worked hard to make the food just how he liked it. She even hugged him or held his hand at times, like she was doing right now. And although he pretended it didn't matter to him, in reality he eagerly soaked it all up, basking in her attention. Each moment a precious memory he would forever hold dear in his heart if the day did come when Kagome truly left him forever. He prayed that day never came, but if it did at least he had this time to look back on and cherish. Not, of course that he would ever tell anyone about all of this, he had a reputation to maintain after all, he couldn't come off as some pathetic wimp! It was all true though.

 

Anyway, back to the issue at hand, he had been enjoying yesterday afternoon a surprising amount considering. Things had been going well today too, until just after lunch. The group had just finished eating and were getting ready to go on the road again when none other than Myoga showed up.

 

Inuyasha hadn't seen Myoga in some time now. After Meikyuu had cast her spell on Inuyasha, and it appeared that there weren't going to be any serious side effects (called that one too early, Inuyasha thought ruefully), Inuyasha had immediately started back for the Well and Kagome. Myoga on the other hand had stayed with Meikyuu for a while, to fill her in on what had been happening with him and some of the other of the late Inu No Taisho's vassals whom Meikyuu hadn't seen in quite some time. Myoga's opinion of Meikyuu actually wasn't much better than Inuyasha's actually, he respected her magic but her personality had always irritated the old flea. Still, after the spell had been cast Myoga felt somewhat obliged to answer Meikyuu's inquiries on what their old colleagues had been doing lately. Myoga had eventually left after Myoga and Meikyuu ran out of colleagues to talk about, who weren't already long dead and buried anyway (it had been quite some time now since the Inu No Taisho had died after all). Afterwards the old flea had set out in search of Inuyasha, apparently deciding that for once it was safe enough to do so and wanting to know how Inuyasha had been since the spell was cast. Finding out that his master had mysteriously grown a tail, however, was not something Myoga had anticipated, and the shock of it had sent him into the rant that had lasted for a good half an hour now.

 

“Enough already!” Inuyasha yelled suddenly, shocking Myoga into silence. Myoga had been so caught up in his raving that he hadn't noticed how annoyed Inuyasha had gotten. Add that to the fact that he was just shouting and not squashing the old flea, and Myoga was very surprised indeed. “Damn it, we've all got it, I've got a tail now. Boo hoo. Damn bug, if I'm dealing with it you can too. Unless you think Meikyuu can get rid of it?”

 

“Um, well, I don't know, my lord.” Myoga said nervously, probably wondering whether or not Inuyasha was about to squash him. “She might be able to, but even if she could I'm not sure that she would. Even when your father was alive she would usually just do her own thing without caring what others wanted. And besides, when I left her she was planning on heading back to the continent. I don't think you would be able to catch her before she leaves and once she leaves the island I don't believe we will be likely to see her for another century or more.”

 

“Figures.” Inuyasha said dryly. “Oh well, I never counted on her help anyway. Besides, it's just a tail. Weird, I know but I can live with it. There's no use going crazy over the damn thing.”

 

“Oh master, you're so brave!” Myoga said, tears coming back into his eyes. “So courageous to face such a horrible thing happening to you and move on so quickly. Even your great father would be unsettled to be cursed with such a hideous appendage!”

 

“Hey!” Shippo interrupted Myoga's new rant angrily. “I have a tail too, and I don't think it's ugly!”

 

“Well, yes there is that.” Myoga said carefully moving away from Shippo, just in case the kit had picked up the habit of squashing fleas when they said something he didn't like from Inuyasha. “But it is different for Kitsune. For your kind, your tail is an important part of kitsune magic and shape-shifting abilities. That is why it is so difficult for a kitsune who is weak or under-trained to conceal it properly. It is different for Inu. Inu have not had tails for thousands upon thousands of years.”

 

“You mean Inu used to have tails, a long time ago?” Kagome asked, curious about the possibility that Inu Youkai have had tails on a large scale and then universally lost them, as Myoga's words seemed to imply. Did that mean some kind of Youkai evolution? She knew all about the theory of evolution from school, but she had never considered it in relation to Youkai before.

 

“Well, yes they did, once.” Myoga said, seeming uncomfortable with this line of conversation. “But only in their most primal state, eons ago. As Inu Youkai became more civilised, and keep in mind that Inu were one of the first Youkai species to do so, their tails were lost and never returned. The same can be said for most civilised Youkai now days, save those like Kitsunes whose tails serve a logical purpose. The only other Youkai that have tails now days are the more animalistic ones.”

 

“But Koga and a lot of other Ookami Youkai have tails.” Kagome said, ignoring Inuyasha's low growl when she said his rival's name. Kagome was intrigued by Myoga's words; this was something about Youkai she had never thought about before. When she thought about it though she saw that Myoga was right, very few humanoid Youkai had seemed to have tails.

 

“Yes, well, you can hardly call the average Ookami civilised.” Myoga said with a dismissive snort. “Cave dwelling beasts that they are, they live no differently from the wolves they control for the most part. It is little wonder they are so late to lose their tails. Besides only about one in every five Ookami has a tail.”

 

Kagome frowned at the insult to whom she considered a friend, even as Inuyasha snickered. Kagome opened her mouth to defend Koga and his pack, when suddenly the wolf den she had spent a number of hours held captive in when she and Koga first meet flashed threw her mind. She remembered the bone-strewn floor of the cave, the wolves and Ookami Youkai alike lounging about wherever there was space, the absolutely horrible stuffy smell of the place. She closed her mouth. Maybe Myoga had a point after all.

 

*!*!*

 

It was mid afternoon, and the gang was finally on the move again after the extended lunch and talk following Myoga's arrival. In Inuyasha's opinion the damn conversation had gone on for far longer than it should have, and contained information that was less than useless. It took forever for him to get the gang moving again, but even after he did that he couldn't get the meaningless talk to stop. Kagome for some strange reason seemed fascinated by Myoga's tales of how certain Youkai species have changed over time, and even now the two were talking about it as Kagome walked along with the flea hitching a ride on her shoulder. Why the old flea was even still hanging around Inuyasha didn't know. They were looking for Naraku after all, why wasn't that enough to scare the coward off? If he had to listen to such mindless dribble for much longer, Inuyasha felt he was going to loose it. Besides, it was taking Kagome's attention away from Inuyasha himself, who had happily been the centre Kagome's focus the last few days. Damn, but Inuyasha wanted her attention back. Just Inuyasha's luck, the one time Myoga decides to hang around is the one time he really wants him to go away.

 

Fuck it, but Inuyasha really needed something else to take his mind off this depressing situation.

 

A moment later Inuyasha regretted that thought, as a change in the wind revealed to him that his wish was about to be granted but not in a way he could ever hope for…

 

“Inuyasha!” Kagome called out from the back of the pack where she had been trailing since breaking from their extended lunch. “I'm sensing two jewel shards coming this way, fast! I think it's…”

 

“Koga, I know.” Inuyasha growled out, just as the telltale whirlwind appeared on the horizon and quickly drew closer. Knowing what was about to happen, Inuyasha swiped at the annoying Ookami as he zoomed past him on his way to Kagome, but as usual he was just too damn fast. Having over balanced himself from his swing, by the time Inuyasha had turned around Koga was already holding Kagome's hands while giving her that same old dopey look.

 

“Kagome, my woman, how are you?” Said Koga, as usual even not noticing or ignoring the fact that Kagome was less than thrilled to see him.

 

“Fine Koga.” Kagome said, big and very fake smile on her face as she tried in vain to reclaim her hand before the inevitable…

 

“Get your filthy hands off her, Mangy Wolf!” Inuyasha yelled, running up and making another swipe. Koga as expected was able to get out of the way in time and turned around in order to proceed to the usual fight between the two when he suddenly stopped and stared at Inuyasha in amazement.

 

“Inukoro? What on earth is that, and when did you get it?” Koga asked, staring at Inuyasha like he couldn't believe what he was seeing… or to be more precise at Inuyasha's new tail.

 

Inuyasha stiffened. Of course, this was the first time Koga had seen him since he got his new tail. It had only been a few days after all, even if it seemed longer to him. He was just getting used to it, but he just knew that Koga about to start teasing him and insulting him about it any minute…

 

“That tail is absolutely gorgeous!” Koga practically yelled, his voice flooded with amazement, envy and something else which Inuyasha couldn't yet identify. “Damn, how on earth did you get that? My tail's always been one of the best looking in my pack, but that one is out of this world, it is absolutely stunning! Why have you been hiding it? Or is it new? Damn, you know how many Ookami would kill to have a tail like that?”

 

Inuyasha just stared and blinked. Okay, that was not the reaction he was expecting. Inuyasha started to come out of his stunned stupor when Koga turned to Kagome, only to be knocked right back into it by Koga's next words.

 

“Kagome, I guess now I really don't have much chance of winning you after all, do I?” He asked sadly. “I always knew that Inuyasha held a place in your heart, but I guess I hoped that maybe I could take it off him. I never really sure what was so special about him, I have to admit, but now I think I do. How can you not love someone with a tail like that? I hate to admit it, but in comparison I'm a wallflower next to his beauty, aren't I?”

 

“What the hell?” Kagome choked out, voicing what was probably the thoughts of every other person in the group, and certainly Inuyasha's.

 

“Um, Miss Kagome.” Myoga said nervously from his place on Kagome's shoulder, where he had been sitting forgotten until now. “Remember how I told you about one in five Ookami Youkai have tails? Well, since they're such a rare feature amongst themselves, and even more amongst other Youkai, that they consider a tail the pinnacle of beauty. It's considered very, well, sexy among Ookami.”

 

Inuyasha shook his head in amazement at Myoga's words. `You have got to be kidding' He thought dryly. `Over a year of fighting with this guy, and he still won't back off, but five minutes after I get a tail and he's going on about how he'll never be able to compete with me? Well, at least that's one good thing that came out of this whole tail deal, but still, this whole conversation could not get any weirder…' However, just as Inuyasha was thinking that, he noticed Koga had turned away from the still stunned Kagome and was looking at him in a way that he didn't really understand but knew he didn't like.

 

“Actually, with that tail you really are a beauty, aren't you Inuyasha?” Koga said slowly, his eyes running over the hanyou's whole body while that strange emotion Inuyasha had noticed in his voice before coming back and much stronger this time. Inuyasha couldn't help but feel that he should know what that was, but for some reason he couldn't quite place it. Whatever it was, it made him feel very uncomfortable. “I guess you always were, even without that magnificent tail, but somehow I never noticed before. Really beautiful. I don't usually swing that way, but with a face, body and tail like that, I can make an exception.”

 

Suddenly, like a bolt of lightening, Inuyasha realised what that emotion in Koga's eyes and voice was. Lust! The lousy Ookami was lusting over him! Over his tail!

 

Only one thought managed to make itself known to the shocked and panicked Hanyou.

 

Holy Crap!

 

“Are you sure you want to stay with Kagome, Inuyasha?” Koga asked, coming much to close for Inuyasha's comfort as he stood there frozen in shock. “After all, she's just a weak human, and she doesn't have a tail at all. I know I'm not much of a catch compared to her, but doesn't a strong Youkai like me turn you on at all? Imagine the fun we can have together. Hey, maybe we could even have a threesome! You, me and Kagome? Damn, that sounds so hot, don't you think? Just as long as I get to have you first. Can't you just picture it, me stroking your tail as you pound into Kagome, or you doing the same for me? Or Kagome caressing both of our tails as I pound into you cute ass? Damn, I'm getting hard just thinking about it! Oh please say you find it as intriguing as I do! Come on, we can grab Kagome, lose the monk, slayer and brat and be getting hot and heavy in my cave within the hour! What do you say, hot stuff?”

 

“I say get away from me!” Inuyasha screamed, finally breaking out of his shock-induced stupor to jump a good ten feet back while brandishing Tetsusaiga. If that damn creepy Ookami took one step towards him, he'd slice him in half, starting with his dick, no matter how many times Kagome sat him for it. Not that it looked like she would, she was staring at Koga in what appeared to be the same horrified shock he himself felt.

 

Koga looked devastated.

 

“Is it because my tail's not as pretty as yours?” Koga asked sadly. “Well then, I'll just have to prove myself to you, won't I my Hanyou love? I'll defeat Naraku and prove that I'm strong enough for you. And in the meantime, I know lots of potions and the like to use on tails to make them better looking. By the time you see me again, my tail will be almost a beautiful as yours, if that's even possible. Then you'll see how perfect we are for each other. Until we meet again Inuyasha. You too Kagome, I mean it when I say I'd love to have that threesome that includes you. Think you can talk Inuyasha into it? Oh well, see what you can do. Later!”

 

With that, Koga disappeared into his whirlwind and ran off before anyway else to could even think of something to say. As one the gang stared in the direction the Ookami had disappeared in silence for over a full minute, not sure what on earth they could say.

 

Finally, Shippo broke the silence.

 

“That has got to be the weirdest thing that Koga has ever said or done, and I for one hope he never says it again!”

 

Silently, the rest of the gang agreed.

 

AUTHOR'S NOTES

Merry Christmas everyone! Sorry this chapter's been so long coming. Hope you like it okay. Clean version can be found on Fanfiction.net.