InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Solace ❯ Awakening ( Prologue )

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Title: Solace
Author: Eloy Brightdreamer
Rating: NC-17 for later chapters
Genre: Angst/Romance
Summary: After a terrible tragedy strikes, how will Inuyasha and Kouga cope?
Warnings:
1. YAOI! This means romance and/or implied sex involving two male characters. Don't like it? Bug off! I will not tolerate flames from people who just don't like yaoi. No one's forcing you to read this. Consider yourself warned.
2. Character death.

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Prologue:

Cons ciousness returned slowly to Kouga. First, the smell of blood and medicinal herbs assaulted his sensitive nose. Then, the faint sound of a fire crackling reached his ears, followed by the windy splashing of the spring rainstorm outside the building. Building... how did I get inside? He felt the soft weight of a blanket covering him, along with something cool and wet across his forehead. Pain registered a moment later, lancing sharply from his lower back into his skull, eliciting a quick gasp from his parched lips. Clenching his teeth, Kouga forced the pain away, breathing deeply. Eventually the hurt receded, and the wolf demon slowly opened his eyes. A thatched roof came into focus. Huh... not back at my cave... Grimacing, he turned his head slightly, feeling his unbound hair stick and pull across his bare chest and arms, which were drenched with cold sweat. Sitting across the room was his rival, the hanyou. Inuyasha sat with his arms and legs crossed, apparently asleep.

"Oi, Dog-turd," Kouga rasped, then swallowed with a dry throat. "Hey," he tried again, cursing how weak his voice sounded.

Inuyasha slowly lifted his head, meeting Kouga's gaze. "Oh. You're awake, huh?"

Something about the hanyou's listless tone of voice set off warning bells in Kouga's head. He pushed the wet cloth off his forehead, struggled to one elbow, and looked closely at Inuyasha's face. Yes, there was definitely something wrong... he'd never seen his rival look so... depressed. His eyes... Kouga had never seen anyone with such haunted and sad eyes.

He was about to ask what was going on when the door opened with a blast of cold air. An older miko with a patch over one eye entered the room, carrying a wooden pail. She looked at Kouga with a surprised expression. "Ye should not be trying to get up, child," she admonished, kneeling beside him. She dipped a cup into the pail and held it to his lips, gently slipping her other arm behind his back. Kouga gulped the cold water gratefully as she spoke again. "I did not even expect to see ye awake yet." When Kouga had drained the cup, she lowered him carefully back down onto the futon.

Kouga looked past the old woman, searching for Inuyasha's face again. The pained, troubled expression was still on his face. "What's going on, mutt-face?" he asked, starting to be really worried. "Where are we? What happened? Where's..." Suddenly it hit him... what was missing... "Where's Kagome?" Inuyasha flinched at the name, but did not respond verbally. Kouga began to panic. "Where is she? What happened? Tell me!" He tried to sit up, but a wave of agony and dizziness assaulted him, causing dark spots to swim in his vision. He collapsed back onto the pillow, the room spinning above him. "Kagome..." he whispered one last time, before unconsciousness claimed him again.

To be continued...

A/N: Next chapter will be much longer, I promise! Please R&R!