InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Bastard's Gift ❯ Chapter 6

The fire was crackling in the pit as Kohaku carefully poured out some water into a cup with tea leaves. Inuyasha graciously accepted the cup as Kohaku sat back, having changed out of his slayer uniform and was now wearing a typical kimono for relaxing.

Katsutoshi was sleeping again in the adjacent room, and Rin was out bringing some of the extra food to some of the elderly villagers.

"You're looking well," Kohaku said.

"So are you," Inuyasha politely responded, a far cry from his days of youth.

Judging by the face Kohaku was making, he thought so too. "You've changed," he commented. "Both in the way you carry yourself and appearance."

Inuyasha sighed. "I had no choice. Especially with family to look after now." His ears dropped as thoughts of Kouga crossed his mind.

"May I?"

Inuyasha glanced up to see Kouga reaching out for his arm. With a small smile, Inuyasha extended his arm so that Kohaku could feel the material that made his hakama.

"The red is still from the firerat fur, isn't it?"

Inuyasha nodded. "We had it made by demon as Katsutoshi started getting older. Since he had a tendency to wander after he turned five, I figured him wearing part of the fur would give me enough peace of mind."

"You look more like a lord or a prince with all that gold stitching and silk," commented Kohaku, pulling back.

Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "Between Kouga and the gifts Rin kept sending, it was kind of hard breaking the habit of ruining my outfits. It's still a pain. I only have two that can be used for training and this is one of them!"

"Did you mate with Kouga, if you don't mind me asking?"

Inuyasha held his breath for a moment, and then nodded.

"And I'm guessing you are carrying."

"I know the symptoms. Not to mention I only suffered the heat for less than day."

Kohaku looked trouble. "So I don't understand. Why did you leave the safety of the clan if you have pups in you? Come to think of it, why did they let you leave?"

Inuyasha stared at the fire. "They didn't know I went into heat. Most of the clan members were out hunting and the rest were in their own bits of heat. We decided it was best to keep it quiet until we were certain the pups were gonna take. Not to mention… not to mention that threats of Naraku were in the air again."

Inuyasha sighed and his shoulders slumped, as his eyes became glassy.

One month and three days ago

"Kouga?"

"Shh. You can't come with me, Inu. If you really are expecting, you'll put the pup or pups at risk."

"Dammit, Kouga! We barely escaped Naraku last time, and now you're going by yourself?!"

"Ginta and Hakaku are going, as well as some of my toughest warriers. And I promise I'll only drive him away. I won't take any unnecessary risks. Not right now that you'll be needed me."

"I don't like this at all."

Inuyasha crossed his arms and turned away.

"Koi…" Kouga embraced the red clad hanyou from behind and nibbled on his ear. "Right now, the one that you carry is most important. So please understand. I would love to have you by my side fighting off that bastard, but…"

"I know. I still don't like it." Inuyasha turned to face the wolf demon. "No risks?"

"We won't follow. We'll just chase him off."

"Good."

Present

"I don't know what happened. But they said Naraku just went into a rage and threw himself at Kouga. There was little time to react. And they found themselves in retreat. They lost one third of their force… including Kouga. Ginta and Hakaku were able to bring his body back."

"But I still don't understand," stated Kohaku. "The wolf clan swore to protect you."

"The clan was divided. A lot of Kouga's supporters were dying of old age, and the newer ones weren't that fond of the fact that he accepted Naraku's… offspring… as a ward. Less than half of the clan were deeply loyal to Kouga. The rest were borderline. They followed Kouga, but they questioned a few things here and there." Inuyasha shook his head. "Overall, they did like me. Saw me as a valuable asset. Which is why…" Inuyasha blushed lightly.

"Why, what?"

"Which is why they thought it best to try to mate me to Arashi, their new alpha. I don't even know how The Asshole got picked as alpha."

Kohaku could hear the insult become a title for the new alpha of the clan.

"I think the fool was always jealous."

"Jealous?"

Inuyasha nodded. "He was always trying to prove that he was better than Kouga. He was like some stupid peacock strutting on a daily basis. And he tried to convince me that I deserved better than Kouga. I highly doubt he was that interested in me. He was one of the morons that only saw me as a prize. Imagine that. From filthy halfbreed to trophy mate. Keh! I should have told Kouga about him the first time around." Inuyasha sighed as he tried to calm down. "I knew that if I told the clan I was expecting, they would probably keep me safe and unmated until after the cub was born. But I couldn't risk that that pompous ass wouldn't try to do something to force me to an early heat cycle. Not to mention I heard how he was planning on running Katsutoshi off."

"I'm surprised you didn't challenge him."

"I wanted to. But like I said… The pup is too fragile during the first couple weeks. While they grow at a pretty fast rate during the first month and a half, they aren't secured in the womb. I could literally shake it loose. I would have risked losing it if I had challenged him. And those creepy old bastards were actually gonna try to set me up to be dominated by the new alpha."

"What?!" Kohaku slapped his hand over his mouth as he glanced over to where Katsutoshi was sleeping. Hearing nothing, he turned back to Inuyasha.

Inuyasha gave him a humorless smile. "Yeah. They had so conveniently sent those most loyal to Kouga to bury him in their ancestral grave yard, leaving me with those who were loyal to the new alpha. I got out of there fast."

"So those loyal to Kouga…?"

Inuyasha shook his head. "I didn't run into any of them. They should have found out something by now. Just not sure what story the council probably told them."

"If it weren't for the help they have offered, I'd go over and slay the bunch of them," said Kohaku, standing up.

Inuyasha snorted. "If it weren't for this little one, I would have slayed their asses myself!"

"I'm back!" Rin's cheerful voice carried through as she came in. "Did you miss me?"

"I miss you each time you're gone from my side," Kohaku responded, giving her a grin.

Inuyasha couldn't help but burst out laughing at the cheesy reply. Despite feeling sad each time he thought of Kouga, the line was so similar to something the crazy wolf would say. Of course, the biggest difference was that Rin was giggling happily, while he had responded with a snort, a punch, or a look.

Inuyasha sat back and watched with amusement as Rin and Kohaku shared a sweet moment together, chuckling when Rin began asking questions about when they would share a room together. He made a hasty retreat to the room Katsutoshi was in when Kohaku gave him a pleading look. X

Arashi was not a happy alpha. The hanyou he had demanded as a mate was still missing, presumably heading west towards Lord Sesshomaru. Days of tracking and he still was behind the hanyou. And Ginta and Hakaku, loyal followers of Kouga, seemed to be stirring up discontentment in the ranks. The wolf clan was heading towards a civil war and he knew that the only way to quell it was to track down Inuyasha and force him to submit.

The thought of forcing the cocky half demon into submission sparked lust into the grey haired demon. He would be taken seriously and no one would question him at all. And to touch that white hair, that lean body… To fill that filthy mouth with something other than curse words…

He briefly recalled when he had first noticed just how breathtaking the white hanyou was…

Five Years Ago

Arashi growled as he stormed back towards the clan's territory. Two years had gone by since they took in that stupid hanyou and kept an ongoing war against Naraku.

Now, he understood the need for that war, but he couldn't help but feel that Kouga was taking the war personally.

A leader who was led by his own heart was worthless, and not what a clan needed to be strong.

But to challenge Kouga now would be suicide. He was barely making progress in having the council warm up to him.

And who to chose for his beta?

The female that was supposedly engaged to Kouga was woefully inadequate. Sure she had a fire temper, but her skills in battle were lacking, in his opinion.

Arashi could hear the sound of lapping water, and he knew that he was near one of the lakes that provided water for the clan.

He slowed down his pace and decided he really wasn't in a hurry to go back.

Stepping out into the open, Arashi took in a deep breath to scent the water. A familiar smell caught his attention.

It was the hanyou.

Arashi mentally growled as he glared in the direction of the stupid half breed. He was lying on his back, face up. The stupid creature looked as if he were asleep.

Arashi silently made his way to the still form. He wasn't sure what he wanted to do. Part of him wanted to slay the creature. What business did they have taking care of a hanyou? Especially such a brash and obnoxious brat. Another part wanted to dominate him and prove to the clan that Kouga couldn't even take care of the half breed.

Arashi stared down at the white haired brat.

Amazing how sweet he actually looked when he was quiet.

He would look a whole lot sweeter if Kouga forced him to be more docile like he should have done. Or did that stupid bleeding heart actually see Inuyasha as an equal?

Breeders were not meant to be equals. Den partners, yes, but not equals.

Arashi knelt down next to the prone figure.

He slowly reached out and touched the white hair.

Amazingly enough, it felt soft and silky, unlike his own. The fur of newborns is what it felt like. Did it have something to do with his human side? It just felt so delicate.

Feeling a little bolder, he touched the ear.

He couldn't help but smirk as it twitched out of his reach.

It will always be difficult for the hanyou to hide what it was feeling with these ears.

Then he caressed the hanyou's cheek and lips. How soft they felt!

Heart pounding, Arashi found himself leaning forward to kiss those lips.

It was a soft touch, and he found himself struggling to keep from ravishing the body beneath him.

But then Inuyasha let out such a breathy sigh.

Arashi thrust his tongue into the mouth of the hanyou as he let his full body weight come down on the hanyou. Hands reached up to grab the hanyou's wrists as he tried to wriggle his way between the hanyou's legs.

Inuyasha, unfortunately, was not appreciative of the attention Arashi wished to give him, judging by the way he went tense before bucking beneath him as his eyes snapped open.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing?!" he bellowed out after managing to land a punch across Arashi's face that sent the wolf demon sprawling across the floor.

It was his fault for losing focus. But looking up and seeing Inuyasha's red face as he panted for air, hair disheveled and eyes still glassy from being woken up… Arashi understood what Kouga had seen in the half breed. He wanted to see a similar look created by lavishing attention upon that body on their own pile of furs.

He mentally vowed that he would take Inuyasha as his second after taking away the leadership position of Kouga.

He grinned and stood up.

"Just getting a taste of what's to be mine."

"Of what's to be yours? Listen, asshole. Come near me again and I'll castrate you, assuming Kouga doesn't get you first!"

The hanyou stormed away and Arashi licked his lips.

Present

For reasons unknown, Inuyasha didn't tell Kouga about what happened at the lakeside. And Arashi supposed he could have been a bit more grateful about that.

Maybe the hanyou had taken his words into consideration.

Whatever the reason, Arashi was still able to approach Kouga and act like a loyal servant for the following years, earning trust to stay behind and guard Inuyasha and the spawn from time to time. Of course, it was much harder sneaking up on Inuyasha when he was awake. Arashi had to admit the dog was an excellent fighter when in top shape.

He had to find him and bring him back to the wolf lands.

Then he would be able to take care of what was happening in the tribe. That and launch an attack against Naraku to defeat him as the dark hanyou's samiyoshi was seen hovering about recently.

Maybe it was time to send Ginta and Hakaku off with the others to follow in the steps of their fallen leader. X

Inuyasha was practicing katas with his sword shortly after the sun peeked over the horizon. By his side, Katsutoshi was doing the same thing with a branch he had retrieved from the nearby forest.

Kohaku was just returning from his early morning hunt when he spotted the two.

"Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha nodded at him, and lowered the sword.

"What are you doing?" the demon slayer asked.

"It's the only form of exercise that I know won't endanger the cub," Inuyasha responded. "At least until I know it's securely taken. Probably in another couple of weeks. Then I'll work on a few leg exercises until I can't do them anymore."

Kohaku grinned. "I would love to see you reach that state of immobility."

Inuyasha grunted. "Only if you want to put up with me. Thinking back, I'm pretty surprised Kouga had that much patience with me. He had every right to run me off during my last couple months."

"Couldn't be that much worse than the Inuyasha who searched for the jewels shards," Kohaku teased.

"Ugh, no. Don't remind me!" Inuyasha grimaced as he thought back to how reckless and brash he had been. If his father or mother were around, he was certain they would have given him a few good spankings.

Fortunately for Inuyasha, he had only to do that once with Katsutoshi. His son had pushed a cub into the river to show it that it could instinctively swim in the water. Whether or not that was true, the current was swift. A nearby wolf was able to rescue the cub.

It was the only time disappointment and fear clouded Inuyasha's entire mind as he publically swatted his own son.

He remembered that although he remained firm in his appearance, he was filled with such guilt as his son claimed to have hated him for two days after. He was most relieved on the third day when Katsutoshi resumed treating him like he was the center of his universe.

"Is that breakfast?" Katsutoshi asked, pointing at the hares that Kohaku had caught.

"Yes, it is," responded Kohaku. "Rin will prepare it and it should be ready within the hour."

"But I'm hungry now!"

"Erm, he prefers it raw," Inuyasha admitted.

"Oh! Excuse me. I should have thought about that as a possibility." Kohaku removed one of the bundled hares. "Most demons like it raw, right?" He held out the critter.

"Ew! I'm no animal. Aren't you gonna peel it?"

"Katsu!"

"Please peel it?"

Kohaku laughed. "Demon with some human tendencies!" He pulled back the hare. "Okay, I'll let Rin have these now. So just come back in a few minutes and she'll have it peeled and ready for you."

"Yay!" X

Rin, Inuyasha, and Kohaku sat around the fire pit. Katsutoshi was practicing outside, and as long as Inuyasha could see him from the window, he was okay with having Katsu outside. After all, demons had to learn a little bit of independency. What better way than to allow Katsutoshi to play minimally unsupervised?

"So can you tell me about when you two became mates? Was it while you were carrying Katsutoshi? Was he romantic?"

Rin shot off question after question, leaving Inuyasha unable to answer right away.

"Rin, please," pleaded Kohaku, knowing full well that such a situation was private, not to mention painful for Inuyasha.

But Inuyasha knew that Rin's curiosity would persist until she got something out of him.

"Kouga and I didn't mate until almost a month ago, Rin. Three days before he died."

Rin looked confused. "But did you not stay with him for almost seven years?"

"Well, yes, but…mating is similar to the weddings humans have. For six of those years, we were promised to each other."

"Like an engagement?"

Inuyasha nodded, grateful that he could find a way to give her an edited version of what had transpired between the two.

"Oh, did you accept his proposal right away?"

Inuyasha blushed. "Sort of," he admitted. "Almost a month after Katsutoshi was born."

"Oh, please tell me about that day!"

Inuyasha scratched the back of his head.

"Um, we need more water," Kohaku stated, as he got up and grabbed a jug. He made a hasty retreat.

Outside, Inuyasha watched as Kohaku paused by Katsu. His son looked at him and pointed in the direction of the river. Inuyasha nodded, and Katsutoshi turned to follow Kohaku.

Inuyasha then turned to face Rin, carefully planning on how to tell her what happened without revealing the actions he was too embarrassed to say to a girl not quite marrying age.

Six Years and Nine Months Ago

Inuyasha paced around in Kouga's den, struggling to not show how anxious he was getting. The new moon was upon him once more, and Kouga had not made his way into the den. And it wasn't as if there was some urgent matter. In fact, he was making his rounds, speaking with some of his clan, all while showing off Katsutoshi, his ward.

Inuyasha internally sighed with relief when Kouga entered the den, cradling a squirming Katsu. Glancing out towards the open cave, he could see that the omegas were already herding the young into the deep dens while the hunters were getting ready to go out at dusk.

There had been no need for demon hunting, and Inuyasha didn't fail to notice that Kouga had not offered to scent him. Pride kept him from asking, but fear was winning.

He knew he could trust Kouga, Ginta and Hakaku, as well as some of the wolves. But he knew quite a few of them that disagreed with having accepted the hanyou into the pack. He didn't want them to find out about his human night.

He turned to Kouga who had dropped onto Inuyasha's furs. He was on his back, pushing Katsu up into the air, and then bringing him down to nuzzle his stomach. Katsutoshi let out some high pitch giggles each time Kouga nipped at his stomach, kicking out his legs.

"Who tastes so yummy yummy?" he was growling.

Katsu growled in return, although it sounded more like a gurgle.

Kouga then stopped and looked at Inuyasha.

"How was training? Are you almost ready to spar with me?"

"Uh, I think so." Inuyasha looked on, bewildered as Kouga just acted like it was a normal day. He wasn't expecting that comment.

"Looking forward to it. Maybe you can join our hunting group two days from now."

"Yeah, sure."

Inuyasha took a deep breath. "Um, tonight's the new moon," he said, rubbing the back of his neck with his hand.

Kouga glanced at him. "Yeah?" he asked, as if it were nothing special. He sat up and cradled Katsutoshi on his lap.

"Shouldn't we… you know?"

Kouga tilted his head, a gentle smile on his face. "You're not carrying anymore, Puppy. There's no need for me to put my scent on you."

Inuyasha gave a start. "There isn't?"

Kouga shook his head. "The wolves accept you as part of the clan. And thanks to the marking I gave Katsutoshi, they accept him as my ward. I don't have to mount you."

"Oh…" Inuyasha, for some reason, felt disappointed, and he wasn't sure why.

"Unless…"

Inuyasha looked at Kouga, who was looking at him with longing in his eyes.

"Unless you want me to."

Inuyasha felt himself blushing.

"But then that means that you're accepting me as a potential mate. Remember?"

Inuyasha felt his head go light headed for a moment.

Mates.

Kouga was throwing that word around again.

To be honest with himself, the thought terrified him. It meant admitting that he was allowing another being into his heart, another weapon to leave him broken. And he had come to enjoy their monthly nights together. When Kouga managed to get to him before the new moon evenings, he would stay by Inuyasha's side, spooning against each other. It made him feel safe, something he never really felt after his mother's death. On the nights he had to kick Kouga out before he transformed, he spent them awake and lonely.

He hadn't realized how much he had missed the feeling of belonging until Kouga had taken him in.

If he agreed to taking Kouga as his mate, that meant that he wouldn't have to wait monthly for a night of feeling loved.

But at the same time, accepting to be Kouga's mate meant being his bitch, and he wasn't comfortable with that idea.

"You'll be my equal," Kouga suddenly stated, watching as Katsutoshi wrapped his small hands around one of his fingers. It was almost as if he knew what thoughts were plaguing Inuyasha's mind.

Inuyasha took a deep breath. He tried thinking about how he would feel without Kouga beside him, and he realized that it actually hurt. Not as badly as when he lost his friends, but it was still painful. He looked up at him.

"I accept," he said softly.

"What?"

Inuyasha raised his voice. "I accept. I think I did a couple months ago. I just never… admitted it to myself."

Kouga stood up, holding Katsutoshi over one shoulder. The pup squirmed as he tried grabbing for Kouga's ponytail. Inuyasha felt his face burning as Kouga stepped up and looked at him eye to eye.

"Do you mean that? Or is it fear that's talking?"

Inuyasha growled. "Asshole."

Kouga reached up and caressed Inuyasha's face. The hanyou leaned into the touch before jerking away, looking embarrassed.

Kouga grinned as one of the wolf demons stepped into his den.

"Lord Kouga?" he called.

Kouga stepped away from Inuyasha and went over to the demon. He handed Katsutoshi over, who promptly pouted and whimpered. "Night, Katsu," Kouga murmured. The demon turned and took the infant away towards the nursery den with all the other cubs and omegas.

Kouga walked back to Inuyasha.

"Mates don't hide anything."

Inuyasha gave him a confused look.

"You said it yourself. Tonight is the new moon."

Inuyasha's eyes widened as he understood what Kouga was now asking of him. His face turned pale for a moment, and then turned bright red in embarrassment. Although why he was embarrassed he really didn't know. Kouga was only asking to see him as a human, right?

"Why do you want to see me in my human form?"

"Why do you have such a problem with it? I've seen it once before, when we fought against Kagura."

Inuyasha growled. "And it wasn't by choice that I showed myself that night."

"You could have left me to die."

Inuyasha glared at Kouga. "Like I said… I had no choice."

Kouga grinned. "Did someone like me then?"

"Moron! Your wolves probably would have run rampant without you as their leader!" Inuyasha took a deep breath and tried to calm down. "It… it's not that easy for me." he admitted. "I didn't even like showing myself to the group when it happened. And when they found out, it wasn't even by my choice. If it wasn't for that stupid spider demon, I would have hid myself."

He had spent years hiding his human side. And with Kagome and his group, he had no choice but to keep showing his human side because they wanted to help protect him. But even then he would go up into the trees or stay as far away from the camp fire as possible so that he could not see them looking at him.

"You know… I found out that most of the wolves already know about your human night."

"What?!"

"And many of them are just curious. There is no need to fear showing yourself to any of the clan."

"Why should I show myself to a clan that can suddenly tear me apart?!"

"My wolves won't do that, Inuyasha."

"Yeah, well in case you haven't noticed, not all of your wolves seem to think kindly of me being a hanyou and all. They're just keeping quiet."

"That's because they don't know you."

"Keh!" Inuyasha crossed his arms.

Kouga sighed, looking a bit defeated. "Then whenever you are ready, that's when I'll accept your words of acceptance."

Kouga turned to leave. "You can stay in my den if it makes you feel better. I'll stay in yours."

"Wait." Inuyasha reached out and grasped Kouga's arm. "I'm just telling you it's not an easy choice to do this willingly. But I'm not afraid of showing you. I don't think I've ever really been. Just embarrassed."

"Why?"

"Because I'm at my weakest," Inuyasha spat out. "And that was when…"

Kouga understood, kicking himself for having forgotten that one little detail. Being human was probably the only reason Naraku had gotten his slimy tentacles on Inuyasha. Had he still been half demon, he would have been able to fight off Naraku long enough for him and Sesshomaru to find him, before the heat completely took over.

"But it doesn't matter. I… I told you a trusted you. And I still do." Inuyasha gave him a steely look.

Kouga couldn't help but grin. "And you just made me the happiest alpha!"

Inuyasha grunted in surprise as Kouga grabbed him around the waist and whirled him around.

"What are you doing?! Put me down, you crazy wolf!"

Kouga just grinned as he put him down and then pulled Inuyasha's head toward him, kissing his lips.

"Let me take you in your human form?"

"Huh?"

Kouga held on tight as Inuyasha scrambled to try to get out of the wolf's embrace.

"Are you insane?!" Inuyasha hissed, unable to get enough leverage to break free.

"But didn't you just accept me as your mate to be? Mates are all about trust. What better way to prove myself than by taking care of you at your most vulnerable state?"

"How is mounting me while I'm human 'taking care' of me?" Inuyasha could feel his face burning.

Kouga chuckled as he nipped at Inuyasha's jaw line. "I'm covering your back?"

Inuyasha huffed and stopped moving so that he could glare at the wolf holding him in place. It was so hard trying to stay angry with the feeling of Kouga's lips trailing across his skin.

Kouga raised his head to look Inuyasha in the eyes. "It's not really about protection in this case, Puppy. It's about whether or not you can trust me to not hurt you, no matter what form you're in."

Inuyasha turned away, silent.

To expose himself completely to Kouga was a scary step for him to take.

To submit to him, he couldn't even think of words to describe his feelings.

But he understood what Kouga was trying to say. And so he found himself doubting his feelings for a bit. Did he accept Kouga's proposal to be mates because of the need to feel protected and loved, or did he really care for the wolf?

"Just tell me to stop if it becomes too much for you," Kouga whispered, as if seeing the conflict in Inuyasha's mind and deciding to take charge.

Kouga's lips descended upon his, languidly wrestling with their tongues. Inuyasha closed his eyes and decided to trust the wolf.

Gentle hands, not much different from when Kouga first mounted him, undid his ties and slowly shed off his clothing. With shaky hands, Inuyasha fumbled around, doing the same in removing Kouga's armor. He found himself struggling not to laugh as all this time he never stripped Kouga of his clothing and he felt clumsy.

Kouga pulled back enough to help with taking the rest of the armor before pushing Inuyasha back and onto the furs that made his sleeping area. His lips began to trail down Inuyasha's neck and chest, and Inuyasha could feel his blood and temperature begin to rise again.

Inuyasha hissed as Kouga's tongue reached his growing cock and began to lick him.  He bucked upwards when Kouga's mouth completely engulfed him.  So similar to that first evening in the cave when Kouga first mounted him.  Yet, there was something different.  Kouga was doing this without a real reason other than wanting to.

Inuyasha writhed as Kouga began to pump his cock with his hand, mouth moving further down.  His body jerked as Kouga's tongue teased his opening before thrusting in.  After a few moments, he felt Kouga shift upwards, pushing one of his leps up.  The tip of his cock circled and pressed against Inuyasha's opening, before breaching him.

Inuyasha gasped for air at the feeling, arching his back and clawing the furs that made Kouga's sleeping area. He wriggled as he felt the wolf stay still.

"What are you doing?" he gasped.

"Waiting," Kouga murmured.

In a scant few moments, Inuyasha knew when the sun finally had set. The cave became darker, the sense of smell faded, and for some reason, Kouga just felt a whole lot bigger in him. It hurt, but not unbearable so.

"So big!" he couldn't help but gasp out.

"So tight!" he heard Kouga murmur.

And then he began to move.

Inuyasha cried out, pain giving way to pleasure as the wolf began to thrust into him.  He could feel each inch of the wolf demon pulling out and pushing back in.  He could feel the power behind the wolf, power that Kouga was not completely using. He was restraining himself with each thrust, and Inuyasha was overwhelmed with various feelings. There was a bit of terror in knowing that Kouga could easily hurt him with those claws that were now grazing his skin hard enough to make welts rise as they slid between grasping his hips and grabbing his thighs. He could feel the clenching muscles of Kouga's body between his thighs, and knew how much power were really behind them and that Kouga was not brutally thrusting into him.

"It was like watching a god turn mortal," Kouga whispered as he leaned forward and kissed Inuyasha's lips. And then he rolled them so that Inuyasha was straddled on him.

"Go at your own pace, Puppy," he said, as Inuyasha gasped for air.

It felt so strange, that he was being penetrated and yet being given control to do what he wanted.  He pushed himself up and let himself come back down, sweat breaking out on his forehead.  

"So beautiful," Kouga whispered, reaching up to grab a strand of black hair, letting it slip through his fingers as Inuyasha moved above him.  Kouga gently rolled his hips upwards to meet Inuyasha's thrusts, running his fingertip over the welts on the human's hips and thighs.

He moved one hand to grasp the dark haired beauty's weeping cock and pumped it.

Inuyasha shuddered and cried out as he spurted his seed all over Kouga's hand and chest.

The vibration was enough to bring Kouga to his edge.

He thrust upwards and filled him up.

And then he grabbed Inuyasha and rolled them once more so that he lay panting above Inuyasha's body.

"My future mate," he growled.

Inuyasha hummed in pleasure as his arms wrapped around Kouga's back. "Mine," he whispered as well, as he fell asleep under the weight and heat of the wolf prince.

Present

"After I told him I would let him see me in my human form, he was really happy. And he stayed with me that night."

"So you guys shared a room then like a married couple?"

"Er, yes."

"What did you do?"

"Uh, well, we cuddled in the same den."

Rin looked at Kohaku who was trying to drink tea and ignore the conversation he had come back to.

"So is that what married couples do? Why can't we cuddle in a shared room, Ko?"

Kohaku spat out his tea and coughed. "Demons and humans are different!" he gasped out, waving his hands and looking trouble. "It's not appropriate with humans. And Lord Sesshomaru knows this so he will be most unhappy if you keep persisting on it!"

"Lord Sesshomaru is never unhappy with me."

"Yes, well, he will blame me!"

Inuyasha sat back chuckling as he watched Kohaku try to maneuver his way out of explaining what real husbands and wives were to Rin for the moment. His thoughts wandered back to that night. While it was filled with gentle love, the morning after was totally different.

Kouga, having restrained himself that evening, unleashed all his lust the second Inuyasha turned back into his half demon state, rutting like wild animals.

It was also still a cherished memory, coming in at a close second after his human night.

To be continued

A/N: Yay, slightly happier note than previous chapters. Unedited version (technically edited because this version was written first) will be found in adultfanfiction, mediaminer,and y-gal. It's so hard trying not to break the no higher than M rules and this one is borderline MA! Which is a no no to the fanfiction site. And to tease you guys a little more, the next chapter does go back to Inuyasha's memories of the morning after. :