InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Ushiro Kugishime ❯ Rules of the Game ( Chapter 4 )
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By: JackoVance 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 11.30.2004 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.3K | Visits: 405 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 11.30.2004 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.3K | Visits: 405 | Status: Work In Progress
AN: I'm sorry. I got this chapter a while ago but I really had no time to post it. But I promise I will post Chapter 5 tomorrow. Once again I want to tell you that if you are able to read German you can read the German version on ff.net. Just search for Eskaria. Enough from me have fun.
Rules of the Game (Chapter 4)
"No, you can't do that! You have to follow the rules, Kouga."
"I make my own rules. So I say I can do that. Game on!"
Some members of Kouga's pack came to investigate when they heard the angry voices of their chief and the human girl coming from the slope below the cave that led down to the lake. Why were they squabbling this time?
The answer was very simple. They were playing a game she had brought with her. Kagome had tried to explain the game to Kouga, but the wolf demon didn't understand the rules. Or didn't want to understand them. Kagome thought it was the second reason, because as long as Kouga was winning he played it right, but when it seemed he would lose he began cheating. Even when she told him he was wrong he kept cheating.
Now they were facing each other and glaring daggers.
"I won't play with you if you don't play fair!"
"You're saying I don't play fair!?" Kouga reacted angrily.
"Yes! You don't play fair, you're cheating all the time," Kagome snapped back.
Kouga turned around and looked at the lake.
"Then you should play your game alone. It's a stupid game, by the way," he provoked Kagome.
"WHAT! The game is stupid? You're stupid if you can't understand the rules," she returned.
"I am not stupid, wench. I am the leader of a wolf pack. I can't be stupid."
"You're saying it's intelligent to repeat the same mistake again and again?"
Kouga had enough. He gave her a snort, got up and strode to the lake.
Kagome fought back the urge to laugh and followed him. "Are you sulking? You are so much like InuYasha."
Kouga turned to her and screamed "Don't compare me to --- blubb "
He couldn't say much more because Kagome had gave him a push which had him greeting the surprised fishes.
As he came back to the surface he saw Kagome with her hands on her hips, looking at him teasingly.
"You will pay for this Kagome, I swear!" Kagome just laughed.
"Are wolves hydrophobic?" she kept on teasing.
Kouga climbed out of the water and shook himself to dry off, spraying drops everywhere. Kagome was holding her stomach, clearly in pain from laughing so hard. Before she could react Kouga had lifted and thrown her in the lake. Seconds later she made the acquaintance of the same fish as Kouga before her. She came back to the surface and swam back towards Kouga. As she began to climb out of the water, she saw Kouga's extended hand; she thought about pulling him in the water again but decided against it, and let him help her out.
"Are we even?" Kouga asked her.
"Yes, we're even but look what you did. This was the only clothing I still had," she answered him.
"No problem. I was going to ask you to wear something more appropriate anyway."
Kouga noticed her sceptical gaze and smiled at her. "What? Everyone likes fur nowadays."
Kagome tried her best to imagine herself in fur. "Ahmm Kouga I don't know... do you think..." Kagome didn't know how to tell Kouga that she would rather not wear the fur typical of the wolf tribe. He was being so friendly to her and she didn't want to hurt his feelings.
While she was still thinking about how to tell him he took her hand and led her back to the cave.
"Just be quiet Kagome. Here, look at this." Kouga broke the silence and showed her a trunk hidden in the darkness at the back of the cave. When Kouga opened it, the eyes of the girl beside him widened in shock. In the trunk were the prettiest kimonos she had ever seen.
While fighting he urge to laugh Kouga teased her, "You didn't really think you would have to wear fur, did you?"
Kagome's contrite expression was answer enough. "I'll leave you alone. Take what you want." With these words he was gone.
Kagome stripped off her wet clothes and dressed in the first kimono that came to hand. It was way too long but would do the job. She wrung excess water out of her hair and bound it in a ponytail. Now she looked into the trunk, and began taking out garments and piling them into two heaps: one of clothes she could wear and the second of those which didn't fit. She put those back into the trunk.
When she was done, she took off the too-long kimono, took a red sarong from the remaining heap and got dressed again. It was like the sarong was made for her. It was a little tight in all the right places and made her look very feminine. Kagome wanted to see herself in a mirror, but recognized that as impossible; she put the clothes with her other belongings and went out of the cave.
Outside she couldn't see at first because the sun was way too bright. She tried to shield her eyes with her hand until her eyes adjusted and looked around searching for Kouga. What she saw gave her pause. The young wolf youkai was lying in the sun not very far away from the cave. The only clothes he was wearing was the little fur loincloth. He had put the other things off to one side to let them dry while he was sleeping. His head was pillowed on his arms in the shadow of a tree, while his muscular chest was gleaming in the sun. His face looked so peaceful.
Kagome gulped and looked around for the others. No one of his pack was nearby. 'Where could they be?'
Hesitantly, Kagome walked over to Kouga. Should she wake him? Suddenly she felt the urge to sit beside him and touch his chest. Would his skin be as soft and tender as it looked? Would he notice her caressing? Of course he would, he was a demon after all. How would he react? Would he let her continue or would he push away her hand?
She took one step more toward him like she was magnetized to him. Nearly against her will her hand stretched towards his chest which rose and fell gently.
Spellbound, she looked at his body. She let herself drop softly down to the grass beside him and eyed him again. Starting with his feet, her gaze roved over his muscular calves and powerful thighs, to his pelvis, over his chest, up to his throat. She saw him gulp and lifted her gaze.
She sat petrified when her eyes found contact with his ice blue ones. She took a deep breath and waited for a reaction.
Kouga had awoken, warned by his instincts, when Kagome came close to him. But he kept his eyes closed and remained silent to find out what she would do. When he realized that she was staring at him he became nervous. Kouga wondered if she noticed that he was awake and decided to open his eyes. At that moment their eyes met and both were paralyzed. A battle began as to who would be the one who looked away first. Once or twice Kagome opened her mouth to say something, but she couldn't find her voice.
"Kouga!" Hakaku ran up to them. With a smile on his face, Kouga took his gaze off of Kagome, telling her with his smile that it wasn't over yet. Now it was Kagome's turn to gulp.
"What happened?" asked Kouga.
"We have found a demon a few miles away from here. The scouts told us that he had a jewel shard." Before Hakaku had finished speaking Kouga grabbed the rest of his clothes. While he was dressing he noticed that Kagome was getting her stuff and was making herself ready too. A strange, indescribable expression was in her eyes.
"A jewel shard?" she whispered.
The hint of happiness in her face was making Kouga angry. He took her by her shoulders and turned her to him so she had to look into his eyes.
"You are thinking about him , aren't you?"
"About who?" It seemed she couldn't understand what the young wolf was talking about.
"Inuyasha! How can you think about him after what happened between us?" Kouga was trying hard not to lose his self-control and shake her. 'Why does she admire that half breed so much?'
"Nothing happened between us," was her simple answer. She looked away. She was too confused, and wouldn't talk to him about it until she understood what happened between them a few seconds ago.
Still deep in her thoughts she didn't notice when Kouga let go of her and stood looking at her. He was obviously really hurt by these words.
"I should have known." Something in his voice brought her attention back to the demon.
"What do you mean?"
"I should have known that when dog turd is close you would push me aside like always. I thought I saw something in you that wasn't there. Alright, I will bring you to mutt face if you want." He didn't wait for her answer but turned around and ran away.
"Kouga wait!" Kagome raised her hand but without success. Kouga was already gone. Once again he had misunderstood everything. Slowly she let her hand fall down again and spoke to Hakaku, who was still standing there, staring over the scene he had just witnessed. "Can you look after him for me please?" He nodded and took off after his chief.
She went back to the cave. Kouga's words echoed in her mind, "Alright, I will bring you to mutt face if you want." Did she want this? Did she want to return to Inuyasha? One week ago the answer would have been yes, a few days ago no. But what did she want now? She didn't know. There was a longing in her soul towards the hanyou, but his betrayal still hurt too much. And now there was Kouga. He always had been just a friend to her until this afternoon, when he was sleeping in front of the cave. This event had awoken feelings in her, feelings she just had for Inuyasha so far.
~*~
"No, Miroku! No more excuses. I am already sick of your continuous groping." Without waiting for an answer Sango rushed out of the village towards Kaede's hut. She left behind a baffled Miroku and a grumpy Inuyasha.
"What was that all about? Usually she doesn't get this angry," the houshi questioned, and looked to the half demon. But Inuyasha wasn't listening.
"Inuyasha." Miroku poked him with his staff.
"What? Let me alone!" He turned and rushed off like Sango before him, but in the opposite direction.
Miroku looked after him dumbfounded. 'Really, I don't know what's happening. Shippo doesn't want to travel with us any more, Sango is sulky for no reason and Inuyasha is even more grumpy then normal. We also haven't found any jewel shards lately. How could we? We can't find them without Kagome.'
Sango had been intercepted by Shippo before she reached Kaede's hut. "You really think Kagome is still in this time, Shippo?" she asked. The young kitsune nodded very enthusiasticly.
"Will you help me find her, Sango?" He looked her deep in the eyes pleadingly.
Sango thought about it quickly and answered, "Why not? Without Kagome we won't find any pieces of the shikon jewel, and Miroku and Inuyasha are driving me nuts at the moment."
"What have they done to you?" the demon wanted to know.
"Nothing, but I can't stand Miroku asking every woman who is stupid enough to come close to him to bear his child." Sango regretted her words one second later.
"Are you jealous?" Shippo asked, interested. Sango blushed and turned away from him.
"No, of course not." But the kitsune wasn't listening; he was thinking about being with Kagome again. Sango gathered her gear and made herself ready to go, attracting her firecat's attention.
"Don't you want to say goodbye to Miroku and Inuyasha?"
"No, that's not necessary. Come on Shippo! Kirara!"
Rules of the Game (Chapter 4)
"No, you can't do that! You have to follow the rules, Kouga."
"I make my own rules. So I say I can do that. Game on!"
Some members of Kouga's pack came to investigate when they heard the angry voices of their chief and the human girl coming from the slope below the cave that led down to the lake. Why were they squabbling this time?
The answer was very simple. They were playing a game she had brought with her. Kagome had tried to explain the game to Kouga, but the wolf demon didn't understand the rules. Or didn't want to understand them. Kagome thought it was the second reason, because as long as Kouga was winning he played it right, but when it seemed he would lose he began cheating. Even when she told him he was wrong he kept cheating.
Now they were facing each other and glaring daggers.
"I won't play with you if you don't play fair!"
"You're saying I don't play fair!?" Kouga reacted angrily.
"Yes! You don't play fair, you're cheating all the time," Kagome snapped back.
Kouga turned around and looked at the lake.
"Then you should play your game alone. It's a stupid game, by the way," he provoked Kagome.
"WHAT! The game is stupid? You're stupid if you can't understand the rules," she returned.
"I am not stupid, wench. I am the leader of a wolf pack. I can't be stupid."
"You're saying it's intelligent to repeat the same mistake again and again?"
Kouga had enough. He gave her a snort, got up and strode to the lake.
Kagome fought back the urge to laugh and followed him. "Are you sulking? You are so much like InuYasha."
Kouga turned to her and screamed "Don't compare me to --- blubb "
He couldn't say much more because Kagome had gave him a push which had him greeting the surprised fishes.
As he came back to the surface he saw Kagome with her hands on her hips, looking at him teasingly.
"You will pay for this Kagome, I swear!" Kagome just laughed.
"Are wolves hydrophobic?" she kept on teasing.
Kouga climbed out of the water and shook himself to dry off, spraying drops everywhere. Kagome was holding her stomach, clearly in pain from laughing so hard. Before she could react Kouga had lifted and thrown her in the lake. Seconds later she made the acquaintance of the same fish as Kouga before her. She came back to the surface and swam back towards Kouga. As she began to climb out of the water, she saw Kouga's extended hand; she thought about pulling him in the water again but decided against it, and let him help her out.
"Are we even?" Kouga asked her.
"Yes, we're even but look what you did. This was the only clothing I still had," she answered him.
"No problem. I was going to ask you to wear something more appropriate anyway."
Kouga noticed her sceptical gaze and smiled at her. "What? Everyone likes fur nowadays."
Kagome tried her best to imagine herself in fur. "Ahmm Kouga I don't know... do you think..." Kagome didn't know how to tell Kouga that she would rather not wear the fur typical of the wolf tribe. He was being so friendly to her and she didn't want to hurt his feelings.
While she was still thinking about how to tell him he took her hand and led her back to the cave.
"Just be quiet Kagome. Here, look at this." Kouga broke the silence and showed her a trunk hidden in the darkness at the back of the cave. When Kouga opened it, the eyes of the girl beside him widened in shock. In the trunk were the prettiest kimonos she had ever seen.
While fighting he urge to laugh Kouga teased her, "You didn't really think you would have to wear fur, did you?"
Kagome's contrite expression was answer enough. "I'll leave you alone. Take what you want." With these words he was gone.
Kagome stripped off her wet clothes and dressed in the first kimono that came to hand. It was way too long but would do the job. She wrung excess water out of her hair and bound it in a ponytail. Now she looked into the trunk, and began taking out garments and piling them into two heaps: one of clothes she could wear and the second of those which didn't fit. She put those back into the trunk.
When she was done, she took off the too-long kimono, took a red sarong from the remaining heap and got dressed again. It was like the sarong was made for her. It was a little tight in all the right places and made her look very feminine. Kagome wanted to see herself in a mirror, but recognized that as impossible; she put the clothes with her other belongings and went out of the cave.
Outside she couldn't see at first because the sun was way too bright. She tried to shield her eyes with her hand until her eyes adjusted and looked around searching for Kouga. What she saw gave her pause. The young wolf youkai was lying in the sun not very far away from the cave. The only clothes he was wearing was the little fur loincloth. He had put the other things off to one side to let them dry while he was sleeping. His head was pillowed on his arms in the shadow of a tree, while his muscular chest was gleaming in the sun. His face looked so peaceful.
Kagome gulped and looked around for the others. No one of his pack was nearby. 'Where could they be?'
Hesitantly, Kagome walked over to Kouga. Should she wake him? Suddenly she felt the urge to sit beside him and touch his chest. Would his skin be as soft and tender as it looked? Would he notice her caressing? Of course he would, he was a demon after all. How would he react? Would he let her continue or would he push away her hand?
She took one step more toward him like she was magnetized to him. Nearly against her will her hand stretched towards his chest which rose and fell gently.
Spellbound, she looked at his body. She let herself drop softly down to the grass beside him and eyed him again. Starting with his feet, her gaze roved over his muscular calves and powerful thighs, to his pelvis, over his chest, up to his throat. She saw him gulp and lifted her gaze.
She sat petrified when her eyes found contact with his ice blue ones. She took a deep breath and waited for a reaction.
Kouga had awoken, warned by his instincts, when Kagome came close to him. But he kept his eyes closed and remained silent to find out what she would do. When he realized that she was staring at him he became nervous. Kouga wondered if she noticed that he was awake and decided to open his eyes. At that moment their eyes met and both were paralyzed. A battle began as to who would be the one who looked away first. Once or twice Kagome opened her mouth to say something, but she couldn't find her voice.
"Kouga!" Hakaku ran up to them. With a smile on his face, Kouga took his gaze off of Kagome, telling her with his smile that it wasn't over yet. Now it was Kagome's turn to gulp.
"What happened?" asked Kouga.
"We have found a demon a few miles away from here. The scouts told us that he had a jewel shard." Before Hakaku had finished speaking Kouga grabbed the rest of his clothes. While he was dressing he noticed that Kagome was getting her stuff and was making herself ready too. A strange, indescribable expression was in her eyes.
"A jewel shard?" she whispered.
The hint of happiness in her face was making Kouga angry. He took her by her shoulders and turned her to him so she had to look into his eyes.
"You are thinking about him , aren't you?"
"About who?" It seemed she couldn't understand what the young wolf was talking about.
"Inuyasha! How can you think about him after what happened between us?" Kouga was trying hard not to lose his self-control and shake her. 'Why does she admire that half breed so much?'
"Nothing happened between us," was her simple answer. She looked away. She was too confused, and wouldn't talk to him about it until she understood what happened between them a few seconds ago.
Still deep in her thoughts she didn't notice when Kouga let go of her and stood looking at her. He was obviously really hurt by these words.
"I should have known." Something in his voice brought her attention back to the demon.
"What do you mean?"
"I should have known that when dog turd is close you would push me aside like always. I thought I saw something in you that wasn't there. Alright, I will bring you to mutt face if you want." He didn't wait for her answer but turned around and ran away.
"Kouga wait!" Kagome raised her hand but without success. Kouga was already gone. Once again he had misunderstood everything. Slowly she let her hand fall down again and spoke to Hakaku, who was still standing there, staring over the scene he had just witnessed. "Can you look after him for me please?" He nodded and took off after his chief.
She went back to the cave. Kouga's words echoed in her mind, "Alright, I will bring you to mutt face if you want." Did she want this? Did she want to return to Inuyasha? One week ago the answer would have been yes, a few days ago no. But what did she want now? She didn't know. There was a longing in her soul towards the hanyou, but his betrayal still hurt too much. And now there was Kouga. He always had been just a friend to her until this afternoon, when he was sleeping in front of the cave. This event had awoken feelings in her, feelings she just had for Inuyasha so far.
~*~
"No, Miroku! No more excuses. I am already sick of your continuous groping." Without waiting for an answer Sango rushed out of the village towards Kaede's hut. She left behind a baffled Miroku and a grumpy Inuyasha.
"What was that all about? Usually she doesn't get this angry," the houshi questioned, and looked to the half demon. But Inuyasha wasn't listening.
"Inuyasha." Miroku poked him with his staff.
"What? Let me alone!" He turned and rushed off like Sango before him, but in the opposite direction.
Miroku looked after him dumbfounded. 'Really, I don't know what's happening. Shippo doesn't want to travel with us any more, Sango is sulky for no reason and Inuyasha is even more grumpy then normal. We also haven't found any jewel shards lately. How could we? We can't find them without Kagome.'
Sango had been intercepted by Shippo before she reached Kaede's hut. "You really think Kagome is still in this time, Shippo?" she asked. The young kitsune nodded very enthusiasticly.
"Will you help me find her, Sango?" He looked her deep in the eyes pleadingly.
Sango thought about it quickly and answered, "Why not? Without Kagome we won't find any pieces of the shikon jewel, and Miroku and Inuyasha are driving me nuts at the moment."
"What have they done to you?" the demon wanted to know.
"Nothing, but I can't stand Miroku asking every woman who is stupid enough to come close to him to bear his child." Sango regretted her words one second later.
"Are you jealous?" Shippo asked, interested. Sango blushed and turned away from him.
"No, of course not." But the kitsune wasn't listening; he was thinking about being with Kagome again. Sango gathered her gear and made herself ready to go, attracting her firecat's attention.
"Don't you want to say goodbye to Miroku and Inuyasha?"
"No, that's not necessary. Come on Shippo! Kirara!"