InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Taming of the Wolf ❯ Achika no Shitto ( Chapter 4 )

Here we go, another chappie!!

Chapter 4: Achika no Shitto

Kouga and Achika walked out into the cool night air. Achika could smell the night and hear the haunting calls of the night songbirds and various insects that inhabited the region of the mountains. Kouga sat perched on a large boulder, looking up the he moon, whose paleness illuminated everything around it in a ghostly shade of white.

Achika seemed twice as pale as she originally was in the moonlight, her light hair and skin against the moon's radiance made her seem almost ghostly. She climbed onto the boulder, digging her claws into its tough, rocky surface, making her way steadily upwards.

As soon as she got up to Kouga, she sat beside of him. She looked at him for a moment and wondered to herself about many different things.

There was Kouga, Prince of Wolves and leader of her tribe. How she has missed the years!! She could recall the days when they would go exploring; they were quite the mischievous pair and often got into trouble. Kouga was the fearless leader and Achika was the faithful follower. They would often go and explore new things, like how to catch frogs and annoy fireants, learning how to stalk and pounce. How to growl and run, how to fight, though it was playful.

Those were the days. Days of happiness, where childhood seemed eternal and all you could do all day was play, laugh and have a good time. You could play all day and enjoy yourself without a care in the world, and your parents would protect you from the cruel, harsh, unmoving world.

She remembered the good, and she remembered young Kouga, the small scruffy youkai who was but a couple years younger then she. Look at him now! That scruffy little youkai had blossomed into a beautiful male specimen of her people. He was regal, and he held his head up with great prestige, as a mighty leader should. His body was highlighted against the pale moonlight, which shown his every feature. His lean body and strong, powerful limbs; fueled by the Shikkon no Tama.

Kouga and Achika sat together, with a person spacing between them. They gazed around at the numerous mountain peaks and the rich dark sky, full of stars and the vast space of the universe beyond that. A worked far beyond the times of feudal Japan.

"Nice night." Kouga finally said, hoping to strike a conversation.

"Yes," Achika agreed, trying to keep her eyes on the scenery, as not to cause questioning.

Deep in her heart, she had many unresolved feelings. It seemed that every time she glanced at Kouga, something told her that they were destined to be. She would try to deny herself of such feelings. Kouga was a childhood friend, and nothing more, or so she had thought. He has changed, he is not who he used to be. Achika's feelings were stronger for him.

Ever since the Juuroumaru fight, she had been compelled to figure out what exactly struck her into liking Kouga and commenting on his looks. Perhaps she was lonely; years of solitude will do that to a solo wonderer, or was it something else? An attraction that had built upon friendship? Surely friends cannot become lovers! This was not her style of theory.

"Kouga?" Achika questioned.

"Yes," Kouga answered with a turn of his head.

"Do you believe in love at first sight?" Achika asked.

"Well, that is how I found mine." Kouga told her. " I saw her and I knew she was the one."

"Saw.....her?" Achika questioned.

"Yes, I love Kagome." Kouga told her.

Kagome? The girl she was traveling with? The one who was with the hanyou, Inuyasha? Achika sat in silence for a while, wondering what inspired Kouga's thinking and wondered what logic there was behind his thoughts.

How could he love that human girl? She obviously liked Inuyasha more, at least, that is what Achika had thought. She let Kouga escape, that was true, but she seemed more concerned when Inuyasha was hurt, then when Kouga got his leg cut by Kageroumaru. It did not seem to make sense, and the relationship seemed very one-sided.

"Why do you love this Kagome?" Achika asked. "What does she mean to you?"

Kouga glared at Achika for a moment before answering her.

"I don't know..." He trailed, " She is beautiful and she can sense the Shikkon no Tama. With a girl like that, I can posses all of the shards and become more powerful."

"You love her so you can get what you want?" Achika asked a hint of jealousy in her voice.

"Did I just hear Achika-chan get angry?" Kouga seemed to joke, wondering why his love for Kagome would make her so angry.

"You would love a human, and not a youkai?" She questioned. “You would only use her to get what you want, like a servant? Then discard her as if she was nothing. "

Achika's ears went back in anger and she made a very cold, stern look, but not at Kouga, at the ground.

Why was Achika so angry? She did not know. Did she want Kouga to notice her? Or did she think her place in Kouga's heart could not be matched of that of a human girl, who he'd had only met a couple of times? Achika was angry because Kouga's heart would only end up shattered, and his being would be tormented and sorrow-striken from loss. She did not love him, and Achika knew it, she knew and she wanted nothing more then for Kouga to be happy with someone who really appreciated him: another youkai.

Well, that is all for now! Please R&R as always! ^_~

~Ja