InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Wolf and The Dog ❯ Chapter 5: The Wolf’s Den and The Prophecy ( Chapter 5 )

Disclaimer: Don't own Inuyasha but Yuuka and elders are MINE…. ha ha ha

 

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Chapter 5: The Wolf's Den and The Prophecy

 

Kouga reached his lair, his mind filled with questions. As soon as he reached the outskirts of the residing area Ginta and Hakkaku came running.

 

“Where were you Kouga? Why are you so late? Did something happen? Kouga?… KOUGA?”

 

“Huh??”

 

“Why were you late?”

 

“Oh… I was thinking.”

 

“Thinking? What were you thinking?” Ginta asked.

 

“Huh?!”

 

“Kouga, man are you all right?” Hakkaku asked concerned.

 

“It's nothing, now was is it that you need?” Kouga asked.

 

“The council members are waiting for you. They want you to make your decision.” Ginta looked frightened.

 

“Oh god!! Will they ever leave me alone?” Kouga threw his hands up in the air.

 

“I don't think so, you better go meet them, ol' Yamato is shouting his lungs out, you know how impatient he is.” Hakkaku snorted. “Scared the hell out of poor Ginta when he tried to defend you.”

 

“Yeah might as well get over with it.” Kouga slowly made his way to the meeting area.

 

As he neared the meeting area Yamato's voice could be heard ringing through the walls. Yamato was Kouga's uncle and was well known for very short-temper. Poor Ginta was scared of him since he was a child and today was no different. Kouga stopped outside the meeting chamber to listen to the heated conversation going on inside. After all who would want to face a screaming and huffing Yamato?

 

“Where is that BRAT?” Yamato yelled.

 

“Yamato!!! He is the leader, how can speak of him in such a way?” Chikato another elder protested.

 

“How can he do that to us? We need an heir and we need it now. We have lost so many warriors. Our pack is growing shorter by the day. And all he cares about is his baths?!”

 

“Yamato, aren't you being hard on him? He works really hard and you know that without him our tribe would be extinct.” Akimitsu, another elder piped in, defending Kouga.

 

“Well…. the way he is acting our tribe WILL become extinct in a few months and what about the prophecy huh?!” Yamato yelled.

 

“Calm down Yamato we don't even know for sure that Kouga is the one mentioned in the prophecy.” Yuuka another elder and Yamato's mate tried to reason.

 

“If he isn't the one, than who is? Most of the us royal family members are old and the others are too young to be mated, Kouga is the only eligible male now, don't you see???”

 

“Yeah yeah…. But...” Yuuka started but Yamato cut her off.

 

“No buts today, Kouga has to make his decision and…”

 

“Yamato!” Yuuka warned.

 

“…I'm not leaving that uncouth brat until…..”

 

“Yamato!!”

 

“….I get some answers from that over grown…..”

 

(Outside Kouga gritted his teeth in anger. How dare he call him uncouth brat? He was about to enter the chamber when…)

 

“Oh Shut up ya ol' mangy wolf or I'll rip that tail of yers right off yer ass!!!” Yuuka yelled with a finality in his voice. This silenced the screeching wolf immediately.

 

(Kouga had to clasp his hand over his mouth to prevent himself from laughing out loud. Only Yuuka had such power over ol' Yamato. She knew perfectly well that Yamato and Kouga were the only ones with tail in the whole wolf pack and that they both were rather fond of it and she had used this information numerous times and rather ruthlessly to her advantage. Yuuka was like a mother to him. He was just a pup when the wolf tribe was attacked by the tiger demons. Although they were able to fight them off, Yuuka lost her two sons in the battle. Even Kouga's parents, who were the leader of that group at that moment sacrificed their lives to save the pack. Kouga was a pup of only few weeks old when Yuuka took him in and raised him as her own son. She loved him more than anything. You could say she was a bit over-protective towards him and he too loved her very much. And Even though Yamato was arrogant and short-tempered and cared for no one's feelings, Kouga knew well very that deep down he too loved him and though Kouga would never admit it he respected the old wolf very much.)

 

“No one knows the prophecy better than I do, after all I have spent more than half of my life reading them.”

 

A small “hmph” could be heard from Yamato. Yuuka chose to ignore it as she continued with her speech “You people are only thinking about one of them, but what about the other one, the one forsaken by his own kind. There's no information in the prophecy regarding him. And among all the suitable matches for Kouga that Yamato had presented in our last meeting, none of them matches the criteria.”

 

(Kouga could remember the prophecy clearly. One night when he asked Yuuka about it and she had told him a part of it: When the world is threatened by the dark force and the wolf demons would face extinction a powerful force will be brought into this world by a holy union of two demons: one of whom is forsaken by their own kind and has a heart filled of sorrow and darkness and another will belong to the royal family of wolves, strong and dynamic, a true leader. There shall be two born of the holy union who will bring in a new era of peace and will be the cause of destruction of the dark force.)

 

However Keiko another elder seemed to agree with Yamato “But Yuuka we have to do something about it and soon. Who knows what else will happen if we are late. Naraku grows stronger with every passing day and ..”

 

“Gods you people! Don't you trust the prophecy? If it is written there, then the event will occur even if all hell breaks loose. Just leave everything on fate and STOP PESTERING THE POOR BOY!!!”

 

“But Yuuka…” Yamato tried to protest in a weak voice.

 

“Yamato, ya flea-bitten fur-ball if you utter one more word I swear you'll loose that tail of yours today…”

 

Kouga chose that moment to enter the meeting chamber. Yamato was growling away lowly in his throat.

 

“Ah Kouga! So you finally honoured us with your presence.” Yamato growled.

 

“Yamaaaaaaatoooo!!!” The old wolf involuntarily cringed. Before he could say anything more Yuuka pulled Kouga in a bear hug.

 

“Oh Kouga, I missed you so much!!”

 

“But Yuuka, I was only gone for a few hours?”

 

“So? I missed you anyway.” She pouted.

 

“Ahem.” Keiko cleared her throat. “So Kouga, what took you so long?”

 

“Uh… I… I fell asleep at the spring.”

 

Before anyone could say anything Yuuka started fawning over Kouga “Oh…. My poor baby, what happened?… you don't look so good, you're flushed… maybe it's a fever… you should rest… and later I can send you some medicine… maybe I should send Akaho (A/n: Pack healer) to check on you?” Yuuka was mumbling to herself more now. The council room was very silent now. Everyone knew better than to talk when Yuuka was in her Full Mother Mode. Even Yamato was silent for once.

 

“But Yuuka I was summoned here for some reason, I would like to know…” Yuuka cut him off with a wave of her hand.

 

“Oh it's nothing important. Ayame's grandfather sent a messenger this afternoon. Looks like the old prune finally accepted Ayame and her mate Hayaki. You're invited to witness their daughter's awakening. I knew the old man would come to his senses someday. I say you go there. You owe them a visit after all and while you are there you can look into the problem regarding the evil energy. I suggest you rest up dear… you will have to leave tomorrow morning for the northeast mountains. I'll tell Ginta and Hakkaku to go with you. You don't have to worry about a thing.”

 

`Oh! But I have a lot to worry about.' Kouga thought. “Okay, so if that's all I'll retire to my chambers.”

 

“You do that and I'll make sure none of these old flea-bags pester you.” Yuuka added while glaring at the other council members.

 

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Kouga made his made way deeper into the cave to where his living chamber was. Unlike the other wolves of the pack the council members and the royal family members had separate quarters of their own, Kouga's being the largest. He was their leader after all.

 

He pushed open the door to his living quarters and entered the sitting area. This area consisted of six to seven tree stumps arranged in a circle and a wooden table in the center. The area was mainly used for urgent or very confidential meetings. The room had a bookshelf with a many books of wolves' history and scrolls of various kinds that were mainly used in the meetings. This chamber was quite simple. Another door at the back of the room led to his bedchamber. This chamber was lavishly decorated consisting of a very large futon, which took up half of the place. The futon was covered by numerous layers of fur from different animals he had hunted so far, with a thin wine red sheet colored spread over them. Pillows of various colors: wine red, black and even a few white and golden ones were strewn across the bed. There was a large armoire of teak wood in one corner of the room and a large couch placed near the wall opposite to the futon. He almost smiled remembering the look on the lords face whose home they had raided last month, he had recovered the couch from there and it was becoming his favorite piece of furniture. In front of the couch was a wooden table with a few books lying carelessly on it. Many beeswax candles lighted each room.

 

He crossed the room to enter the washing area. The washing area had a small inbuilt artificial hot spring. Water from a rather large spring present deep inside the cave was piped into small artificial hot springs present in the various chambers of the caves so that the residents could enjoy this luxury in their own private space. Another ingenious idea of Yuuka. However Kouga preferred that small spring in the forest to this artificial hot spring. He washed his face in the spring water and returned to the bedchamber and opened another door, which led to the kitchen. The kitchen was very clean with a very few things. Kouga didn't know how to cook and so he rarely used the area. Yuuka always brought him the food he needed. Today was nothing unusual. He made himself a small dinner from the provision Yuuka left him and ate his fill.

 

He returned to bedchamber and threw himself on the bed burying his face in the soft pillows, his thoughts wondering to the silver-haired being he had left behind. He felt a pang of guilt leaving him there, but he had to think things through before he made any decision. “Wonder what he's doing right now?” He sighed before a small smile crossed his face. “He's probably cursing his head off…. If I could only be there with him now…. Hmmmm…” He yawned and slowly his eyelids drooped as he fell into a deep dreamless sleep.

 

A/N: Another chapter finished *yawn*. Wow it's three in the morning I better get some sleep ne.. hope you enjoy this chapter. Ja ne.