InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Taming of the Wolf ❯ Gokurakuchou ( Chapter 5 )

Here we go! ^_^ Chapter 5! Since all of these chapters are in Japanese, I'll tell you what the previous chapters are in English

Chapter 1: Lady of Wolves

Chapter 2: Juuroumaru and Kageroumaru

Chapter 3: The Lives of Friends

Chapter 4: Achika's Jealousy

Chapter 5: Birds of Paradise

Chapter 5:Gokurakuchou

"Excuse me," Achika said as she got up to leave Kouga to himself.

"Hey, where are you going?" Kouga asked to her, sensing her mood changed. "Don't leave."

"Why?" Achika said with her arm laid on her hip. She had her head turned away from Kouga and closed her eyes, looking quite sad. Kouga was confused, he did not know what was wrong with her. Why did her mood change so? Whatever it was, he would try and comfort his friend.

"Achika." He said firmly.

"Yes," Achika answered softly.

"What's wrong?" Kouga asked, getting close to her and leaning inward a bit, trying to see her face.

"Nothing." She replied simply.

"I can tell that there is. I can sense it, Achika, you know that." Kouga told her.

Achika remained silent for a while.

"You'd better tell me." Kouga warned.

Achika was still silent, but she could feel Kouga's anger level rising. She did not want to make him too angry.

"Do you think because I have another that I will not feel what I do now for you?" Kouga asked, wondering if she thought that if he loved Kagome, he could have no room for her.

"Yes," Achika lied, she could not tell him the truth.

Kouga put his hand on her shoulder and smiled.

"Don't worry, you will always have a place in my tribe and in my life, Achika. I could never turn you out for any human, even if she can sense the other fragments of the Shikon no Tama."

Despite his comforts, Achika did not feel any better. She knew that was not what ailed her. She stared at the paleness of the moon, and sought comfort in it's dark, deep craters, that seemed to fill all around them in complete darkness. She could associate with this, the darkness she felt, was like that of the crater, sucking her heart into an abyss of never- ending rejection, but at least it wasn't hate.

She finally forced herself to look at the happy youkai who was standing infront of her. She cocked her head and smiled faintly at him.

"Let us rest for the night." She told Kouga, as she headed back to the cave.

Kouga headed back with her to get some well needed rest.

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As night dwindled away and the day arose over feudal Japan the first ray of sunlight befell on the smoke covered ears of Achika. She sat up and rubbed her eyes a bit. She stretched her limbs and basked in the sun for a moment; it's golden rays engulfing her body, seeming to animate her and spring life into her very being.

She arose and noticed Kouga sleeping soundly a few feet away from her. She tiptoed stealthily past him and made her way out of the mouth of the cave. There were a few scattered pack members here and there. They were lounging around lazily, taking sunbathes and moving sluggishly, as all people do when they first wake up.

Achika decided that she would go off into the mountains and do some early morning hunting for the pack. She made a makeshift spear out of stone, some vines and a long treelimb. She also took her sword for protection.

She wondered near and far, but was running short on luck. She had not found anything as of yet. The more she aimlessly wondered, the more she roamed into enemy territory without noticing.

After a while, Achika stopped for a reprieve. She looked around and noticed that she was alone. She stood for a while, letting the cool, gentle winds brush through her hair. She could feel a chill as a shadow passed over her for a brief moment. Her face suddenly twisted into a stern look of fear. She glanced around, sensing danger, she turned back to head up to the wolves' lair.

**There is definitely something wrong** She thought to herself as she picked up her pace. She could feel a terrible presence hovering over her body, just as she had felt the darkness from the empty craters of the moon, except this was not the darkness of loneliness, but the darkness of fear. A deep fear which struck through her every bone.

The dark shadow swiftly dived upon her, and Achika instinctively hit the ground. The figure resumed it's position in the sky. Achika rolled over and to her horror saw an ancient enemy and killer of her people, the Gokurakuchou. It was coming to claim her life, as it had so many other wolf youkai of her tribe.

"You shall not have my life so easily, bastard!" Achika declared as she pointed her sword at that the monstrous birdlike demon, who looked hungry for a meal.

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At the cave, Kouga had finally gotten fully awake. He looked around for his childhood friend, but found no sign of Achika. It was like she had vanished from the area. Kouga rushed outside and yelled at his fellow pack members.

"Hey!" Kouga shouted, looking very serious. "Have you seen Achika?"

"Well," one of the pack members replied. " She headed off towards the end of our territory with some type of makeshift weapon." He pointed to the far left.

Kouga's eyes widened.

"That's where the wolf killing Gokurakuchou live!! Why didn't you stop her!?!" He screamed.

The pack member looked accused. It was true, he did not try to stop her.

"Though most of them were defeated, during the time inukoro (A/N: Kouga calls Inu-chan this in the manga, I think it means dogturd. ^_^;) and I met, I knew some of them had to be around somewhere. They're tough bastards aren't they. They always find a way to live." Kouga sped off down into the valleys to rescue Achika, but the question is; Would he make it in time?

Please R&R!! Tell me what you think! This took a long time to write, sorry about the slow update, but I've been busy lately.