InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Slave Trade ❯ Kouga's Appearance ( Chapter 3 )

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Sorry! I'm the world's worst updater!!!!! But I will try to be better! But in my defense, I have been busy, but I will spare you from my whining and get on with the story.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha and I never will…..unless I kidnap Rumiko Takahashi and take her place. *shifty eyes*

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Engelina--- I tried, I really did! But for some unknown reason I can't post my story on adultfanfiction. Sorry!! It won't even let me read stories from AFF!

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The Slave Trade

Kouga's Appearance

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Inuyasha lay quietly on top of Kagome's bed, staring at the ceiling. It's funny how you never notice how interesting a ceiling is until you try avoiding conversation with someone. But apparently Kagome didn't notice that he had no desire to talk, because she continued to sit in a small chair next to the bed and stare at him.

He could feel her gaze burning into the side of his face. What would she say to him? Would she yell at him? Force him to talk to her? Force him to do… other things? Inuyasha gave an involuntary shudder.

"Are you cold," Kagome asked tilting her head to the side in a way that Inuyasha found slightly… cute.

Something was extremely wrong with him today. He couldn't help thinking she looked, well, rather pretty. The way her ebony hair surrounded her face, contrasting greatly with the creamy pale skin that was utterly flawless. How her beautiful blue eyes, which found his own and held him captive, were filled with concern, for him. How her firm breasts moved with each breath that filled her pink supple lips. How her small waist flared out to her hips, and her long legs that were perfect for wrapping around someone's waist.

Maybe even, his waist.

It was funny; he never noticed what amazing curves she had until this moment. That was when he realized he was staring at her. He stopped breathing and slowly looked up from her flat stomach to look at her face, praying to every god he knew that she hadn't noticed his appreciative gaze.

She had.

Her face was a deep crimson that matched his haori and made his own face burn with shame. For a full minute they just stared at each other, neither of them so much as blinking.

"Well," Kagome said awkwardly.

"I am sorry for staring, Lady Kagome, I-"

Inuyasha was abruptly cut off by Kagome's voice.

"That's just it! That's exactly why we need to have this talk. No more Lady Kagome, please just call me Kagome. And you don't have to be so polite, just act the way you would if you weren't a slave."

"I can't La- Kagome," he said after a moment's hesitation, "I have been a slave for a long time and don't know how else to act."

Kagome paused. How would she be able to explain his personality to him, when she didn't know what it was?

"Well, when you act a certain way you can just feel if it's right or not. Take Miroku for example, he's a pervert; he knows he's a pervert, and he's happy to be a pervert."

Inuyasha eye's widened and he gaped at her. She just insulted one of the country's leaders! That could lead to a war between them!

Kagome chuckled at Inuyasha's expression.

"Inuyasha, Miroku and I are friends, he won't mind if I call him a pervert or anything else, and if he does mind he'll let me know."

Inuyasha inwardly smiled a small sad smile. Friends, he had never had a friend before, he would give anything to have one. But no one could care for a dirty, filthy, hanyou slave like him

"I would be your friend Inuyasha, but how can I grow to care for you as a friend when you don't even know who you are. It doesn't matter to me that you're a slave, but it bothers me that you don't have opinions or likes or dislikes. To be a friend you have to be more open with me," Kagome stated as if reading his mind.

Inuyasha smiled, not one of those fake smiles, or a smile that he kept inside, but a smile the whole world could see if it just cared to look.

Seeing his smile caused Kagome to widely grin. He had a breakthrough, now he would be more open and caring and he would smile and laugh and be happy and-

Kagome's thoughts were cut off when Sango came bursting through the door, causing Inuyasha's smile to fall off his face and to bow his head so he was looking at the floor.

Kagome sighed, well there goes my breakthrough.

"What is it Sango," Kagome asked, slightly disappointed that her time with Inuyasha had been cut short.

"There is a man here who refuses to leave until you see him," Sango replied breathlessly, as if she had run the entire way there.

"Did he say his name?" Kagome asked after letting Sango slightly catch her breath.

"He said his name was Kouga."

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Kagome hurriedly ran down the steps that led to the main entry hall, with Inuyasha following right behind her. She walked to the oak doors that led outside, her shoes clicking with every step on the polished wood floor.

As she reached the main entry doors, she hesitated before slowly opening the doors and walking outside.

"Kagome!" Was immediately heard as she walked down the stone steps to see a young man with several other men behind him.

The young man had black hair, which was currently tied in a high ponytail with his ruffled bangs just above his icy blue eyes. He wore brown fur and armor, and had a brown tail which reached to the back of his knees.

"Kagome," Kouga once again shouted as she reached the bottom step and strode towards him, "you are looking more beautiful than the last time I saw you, if that is possible."

Inuyasha quietly growled, how dare this dirty wolf call Kagome beautiful, that right should be reserved for him and him alone.

Wait, did that mean that he thought Kagome was beautiful?

`No, she is attractive, but not beautiful,' he thought

`Yes she is, just admit it,' a voice inside his head told him.

`No'

`Yes'

`NO!'

`YES!'

`NO!!!'

`You do realize you are arguing with yourself don't you'

`….'

`Yeah, that's what I thought'

`Shut up'

With that Inuyasha ended the conversation with himself and watched as Kagome smiled nervously.

"Kouga, what are you doing here?" Kagome asked, her eye slightly twitching. She Kouga was nice and all, but he could go a little overboard with the compliments.

"I just wanted to see how my woman was doing." And that, he went waaay overboard with that.

Kagome chuckled nervously, "Kouga, we have been though this; I am not your woman."

"Yeah, so back off shit-for-brains," Inuyasha growled out, suddenly appearing beside Kagome.

Kagome looked at Inuyasha in amazement at his sudden display of aggression.

"And who are you," Kouga sniffed the air slightly and made a face of disgust, "you smell like dog shit."

Inuyasha's eyes narrowed to slits in clear annoyance and took a threatening step towards the wolf youkai, "Well you look like dog shit!"

"This coming from the guy whose face sends children screaming?" yelled an outraged Kouga.

"Wolf shit!"

"Dog shit!"

"Boys!" a wide-eyed Kagome shouted, "Stop fighting, you're acting like children!"

By now the men were right in each other's face barking insults at one another, but upon hearing Kagome's voice they quickly pulled apart and bowed their heads in shame.

"Now, what was so important that you had to come and see me Kouga?" Kagome asked with slight annoyance.

"Oh, yeah, that," Kouga said as a serious expression came over him, "maybe we should discuss this inside, with the other Lords and Ladies present as well."

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A short time later, Kagome, Inuyasha, Kouga, Sango, Miroku, Rin, and Sesshomaru found themselves in the conference room of Kagome's home.

The conference room consisted of a long wooden table that could seat about 100 people comfortably. The chairs were made of a fine wood with dark red velvet on the front where the person put their back. There were several large windows with dark red drapes pulled up so the garden was visible through them.

Kagome sat on the end of the table with Inuyasha to her right and Kouga to her left. Next to Kouga sat Miroku with Sango on his other side. Next to Inuyasha, Rin sat with Sesshomaru at her side.

"Now that everyone is here and accounted for, what do you need to tell us Kouga?" Kagome asked the wolf.

"My pack and I were down in the Southern Lands, when one of my pack members told me he had seen some wild wolves, which we train and have join our pack. He had told me where he had seen them, and I was going to go get them, when I stumbled upon these two youkai. They seemed to be having a conference of some sort; I was planning on ignoring them, when I noticed that one was a servant of yours. So I decided to see what she was doing all the way out there."

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"What have you found out, Kagura?" a figure wrapped in a black shawl asked, coldly.

"She has a door by her bedside, that is where she keeps the Shikon no Tama when she is sleeping, but it is blocked by her miko powers," a woman with dark hair, and ruby eyes stated.

"And when she is awake?" The dark figure asked impatiently.

"I have yet to see her take it off," Kagura said sullenly. Until her master got the Shikon no Tama, he wouldn't release her from her duties as a slave to him.

"But you do have everything prepared, right?" The figure asked with annoyance in his voice.

"Of course," Kagura said with a smirk upon her blood red lips.

"Excellent," the figure replied, pulling the shawl off and revealing his face to Kouga, "it's just a matter of time until the jewel belongs to me."

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Kagome cleared her throat, gaining the attention of everyone in the room, "Just who was this man?"

Kouga looked at her with hard eyes, "It was Naraku." (AN: Big shocker there huh?)

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Inuyasha sat patiently as his master paced back and forth.

After Kouga had told them it was Naraku, they had all thought about what course of action to take. Should they declare war? Should they pretend they knew nothing of his plan to take the Shikon jewel, and just be careful around him? Should they confront him?

After much discussion, they had all went their separate ways, leaving the matter undecided. Kagome had then taken Inuyasha to her room rest.

Inuyasha inwardly let out a sigh, they hadn't rested yet.

"The nerve of that man!" Kagome exclaimed, "Not even 2 days ago he was at my home, where I showed him the utmost courtesy, and now he pulls this…this treason!"

Kagome continued to rant and rave, as Inuyasha discreetly scooted over to his new bed, which had been put up since they had been gone.

It looked exactly like Kagome's, which meant it had a wooden headrest, and stood, about 3 feet off the ground, except he had blood red silk sheets, in contrast to her light blue ones.

"…and of course he decided to do this just as I was gaining my title. I can see it now, he steals the Shikon no Tama, my people lose faith in my ability to rule, and he takes over!"

Inuyasha slowly lay down on his bed, trying not to gain her attention, not that it mattered. She was pretty preoccupied with her ranting.

Inuyasha's eyes slowly drifted shut, Kagome's voice, even if in an angry tone, was the perfect lullaby to the hanyou, and soon enough he was peacefully whisked away to the calming darkness of sleep.

"What do you think we should do Inuyasha?" Kagome asked the young man expecting an answer, but received nothing but silence.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome turned towards where the boy had been standing but saw no trace of said hanyou.

Panic began to overwhelm Kagome as she franticly looked around for the silver-haired teen.

She sighed with relief when she spotted him sleeping on his new bed. She quietly walked over to him.

She stared at the hanyou's face. He was so beautiful when he was sleeping, gone were the worries and stress that normally adorned his handsome face. But even so, he was beautiful when he was awake too.

Her hand absently reached out and brushed a stray lock of hair from the young man's face. His skin was so soft and smooth, not one blemish or scar marked his perfect skin.

Kagome wondered if the rest of his body was this smooth.

Her face burst into flames as she thought of his naked body. Her eyes lowered in shame as the object of her affection rolled over in his sleep, so he was lying on his side facing her.

She once again reached out her hand, but this time it went to his cheek. Her hand slowly traveled down his face, going from his cheek to his nose, to his chin, and finally resting on his lips.

Unconsciously, his lips parted, revealing sharp, white fangs. Her index finger lightly touched the tip of one of them and lightly pushed on it, letting out a squeak of surprise when it drew blood. She knew that they were sharp, but not that sharp.

She was just about to pull her finger out of his mouth, when Inuyasha's wrist shot up and held her hand in place.

With his eyes still closed, he wrapped his lips around the injured finger, and began to suckle on it. His tongue lightly caressing the cut, letting his saliva heal the wound his fangs had created.

Kagome could do nothing but stare at the hanyou that held her finger prisoner to his sweet mouth.

Then, as suddenly as he had started, he stopped, and his amber eyes opened to see Kagome's blue and gray ones. For a minute they did nothing but stare at each other, until Inuyasha slowly pulled her finger from the recesses of his mouth.

Kagome's turned red all the way to the roots of her hair, and Inuyasha's ears had turned a slight pink, along with his red face.

"Um… well, I should be getting to bed, good-night," Kagome said as she all but ran to her own bed.

Inuyasha didn't reply, but pulled the covers over his body and tried to fall asleep.

Kagome, after she had changed into her nightgown and put the Shikon no Tama in its sacred room, lay staring up at the ceiling.

She couldn't disagree with the thought that she was attracted to the hanyou, who wouldn't be? He had the most gorgeous face and body she had ever seen. But she was worried about him too. He had expressed emotions today, not all of them good. She smiled slightly as she thought of his argument with Kouga. But he was still afraid of her, she could tell. How could she make that fear go away?

She clenched her hand into a fist. It was that horrible necklace, if only she could change it, make it less pai-

Kagome shot up, leaving her thoughts, and ran to the doorway.

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"Kaede!" Kagome shouted out of the room, afraid to leave and hurt Inuyasha.

After a surprisingly short time, Kaede walked up to Kagome, wearing a gray nightgown.

"What do ye need at this late hour child?" Kaede asked, clearly having just woke up.

"I need a favor," Kagome asked with a mysterious smile.

"Anything you need," Kaede replied.

"I know I can't take off the necklace, but can I change its power?" Kagome asked with a mischievous smile.

"Yes, I believe ye can," Kaede said, catching on to Kagome's idea.

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Inuyasha yawned loudly as he opened his eyes. He slowly blinked at the sight before him, before focusing on the woman whose face was two inches in front of his own.

"Inuyasha, I have a surprise for you," Kagome said, not moving from her position above the said hanyou.

"What would that be, Kagome?" Inuyasha asked slightly uncomfortable with the woman above him.

Instead of answering, Kagome slowly started lowering her face closer to his.

Inuyasha swallowed the lump in his throat as her saw her coming closer to him, until he could feel her warm breath on his ear.

"Sit."

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…and that's a wrap!!

Once again, I am sooooo sorry it took me so long to update, I will try not to let it happen again.

Until the next update.

inu fan