InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ What Fate Has Brought Us ❯ Chapter 16
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By: Twilight dawn 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 07.09.2010 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.2K | Visits: 284 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 07.09.2010 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.2K | Visits: 284 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or its characters. The honor belongs to Rumiko Takahashi.
Jaken ran up to me as fast as his little green legs would allow him, huffing the entire time. He set his staff before him on the floor and leaned against it for support, trying to catch his breath. I let him rest for a few minutes before having him reveal anything to me. It wouldn’t do for him to keel over. “Inuyasha was seen a few minutes ago, running towards the gate.” He managed to get out in between breaths.
Just what is that fool up to now? Knowing Inuyasha, he is planning something extremely stupid. We can’t afford to get on Kouga’s bad side at the moment. His insight on Naraku could be useful in the upcoming battle in a few days and I can’t have Inuyasha messing it up, like he always manages to do.
“Of all the idiotic things to do,” I spoke out loud, mostly to myself.
I didn’t bother to wait for Jaken to recover. I gathered the sides of my white kimono with blue crescent moons and raced out of the castle and into the main courtyard. Everyone stopped what they were doing to stare at me. I paid them no heed and kept on running for the gate. I just hope that I don’t arrive too late.
I spotted the silver gate in the distance and could already hear the arguing between Inuyasha and Kouga. Fearing the worst, like one of them jumping over the fence to get the other, I sped up faster. I reached Inuyasha’s side in a matter of seconds and surprisingly, I wasn’t out of breath like I thought I would be.
I reached my hand out and gently touched Inuyasha’s arm, to let him know of my presence. He immediately stopped arguing with Kouga and turned his head sideways to get a good look at me. “You know you don’t have to be here. I can handle this for you.” He leaned down to whisper near my ear, not wanting Kouga to overhear.
“Oh, I believe that.” I spoke back, giving him a look of disbelief. “The two of you have never gotten along and always end up fighting over me. Which will happen, of course, and just like always, I will have to break it up.”
Inuyasha rolled his eyes. “You’re impossible sometimes, you know that?”
I smiled sweetly. “So I’ve been told.”
Kouga didn’t seem to notice me and continued tormenting Inuyasha. “You don’t look happy to see me, dog breath. I was expecting a warmer welcome.”
“What the hell do you think?” Inuyasha retorted, crossing his arms in front of him. “The only reason I’m here is so you can’t get your filthy paws on Kagome.”
Kouga glanced around and at one point locked his brown eyes with my icy blue ones, but quickly glanced away. “Where is my woman?” He asked, not recognizing me as the female demon before him.
I grew upset over his words, but I kept silent. It’s no use in trying to convince Kouga that I’m not his woman. I don’t know how many times I have tried to tell him and still he believes that he has a chance with me. I really don’t want to see what will happen when I tell him that I’m already someone else’s woman. He’s going to be devastated.
Inuyasha stared dumbfounded at Kouga. “Are you blind, wolf?” He questioned, looking over in my direction. “She’s right there.”
Kouga blinked in surprise. “That’s not Kagome. That’s a demon.”
“Look again, wolf.” Inuyasha insisted.
He squinted his brown eyes to focus on me better and even took a few steps forward. “That demon can’t possibly be Kagome. The last time I checked, Kagome was human.”
Inuyasha sighed and I knew he was getting frustrated with Kouga. “He can’t possibly be this dense.” He muttered quietly. “Even Shippo would be able to tell the difference.” I shot Inuyasha a warning glance and he just shrugged his shoulders. “It’s the truth.”
I decided to let Kouga know the truth. I was tired of him and Inuyasha arguing about it. “Hello, Kouga.”
Kouga stood in silence for a moment, trying to grasp the idea of me being a demon. “How is that even possible?” He asked, still confused about the situation.
Before I could answer him, Inuyasha beat me to it. “Isn’t it obvious? She had demon blood in her and when she mated, she turned into a full blooded demon. Face it, Kouga. She’s off the market.”
“Bloody Hell,” I groaned. I was going to try and tell him in a subtle way, but Inuyasha blew that for me. He just loves to burst Kouga’s bubble, doesn’t he?
Inuyasha spoke like he knew what he was talking about and he did, after I had to explain it to him before. I guess I should be glad that Inuyasha even managed to listen to me at all then. He was pretty upset after learning that I was mated to his half-brother. He obviously realized himself that he wouldn’t lose me and that I’m now apart of his family. I just hope Kouga would be as understanding as Inuyasha is.
“I don’t believe it.” Kouga finally admitted, after keeping silent for quite some time. “Kagome wouldn’t do that to me. She knew how important she meant to me.”
I tried to tell him but nothing came out. I also tried to tell him that I was sorry. That didn’t come out either. I hated to do this but in order for Kouga to believe me, he has to see the truth. I brushed my bangs aside, so he could see the blue crescent moon on my forehead and I tilted my neck to the side, pushing my braid back, so he could see the two bite marks on my neck.
Kouga glanced away, his jaw tightening. “I’m not letting you go.” He told me. “I refuse to let you go.”
I smiled sadly at him. “You have to, Kouga.” I whispered to him quietly. “I belong to Sesshoumaru now.”
The moment came that I knew would happen, Kouga’s beast surfaced. His eyes grew a dark red and his lips rose up slightly, to show his fangs. “I could see you mated to dog breath here.” He growled out. “But to that cold bastard. I won’t let him treat you badly, Kagome. That’s what he will do if you stay with him. Dog demons are cruel to their mates.”
Kouga’s just saying that, so I would have second thoughts. All mates have their differences and Sesshoumaru and I would be no different. We will work out our differences and if we can’t see the same view, then we would work something out that both of us can agree on.
“Kouga, he won’t hurt me.”
He didn’t like that answer and gripped the gate’s bars, until his knuckles turned red. “He has tried to kill you many times, Kagome. He has a history of killing and asking questions later.”
I shook my head. “That’s true, but it’s all in the past now. He’s starting to care for me.”
Kouga sniffed the air, after catching the change in my scent and went ballistic. “You’re having his pup, too?!” I nodded. I was too afraid to answer him.
“Go ask Ayame to be your mate and have your pups.” Inuyasha tried to tell him without arguing. “Fulfill the promise that you made to her all those years ago.”
Inuyasha pushed me back, as Kouga rattled the gate. “Come down, wolf, or I’ll have to ask you to leave. Kagome doesn’t need this kind of stress, right now. Can’t you see that you’re scaring her?”
Ginta and Hakkaku came up to Kouga and pulled him back from the gate. “Calm down, Kouga. There is nothing you can do.” Ginta told him, trying to make him see reason. “Sister has chosen a mate outside of the pack.”
“Yeah, she’ll always be one of us.” Hakkaku added.
I love them both dearly, but they are not the smartest of demons. I know that their trying to help, but they just made things worse. To prove my reasoning, Kouga threw them off and began to turn into his large wolf form. The wolves in his tribe quickly hid in the woods, knowing what Kouga is capable in his demon form.
Kouga’s wolf form is a few feet smaller than that of Sesshoumaru’s, but still quite impressive. The back of his brown fur stood up from his hind end, letting others know that he was about to attack. His paws were massive and I couldn’t help but stare at the sharp nails attached to them. When he snarled, salvia dripped down and splashed on the ground, but his is not poisonous like my mate’s.
“Run, Kagome.” Inuyasha yelled at me, pushing me in the direction of the castle. “Don’t let him reach you. He will try to take you and force you to accept him.”
“But…” I tried to say, but Inuyasha interrupted me.
He gripped my arm and forced me to stare at him. “I’m trying to protect you here, Kagome. He won’t stop destroying everything around him, until he gets what he wants. I have to calm him down somehow and you will just be in my way.”
“It’s not his fault, Inuyasha. He’s upset and hurt.” I told him sadly, knowing that Kouga was now watching us. “Try not to hurt or kill him.”
Inuyasha nodded and took out Tetsusiaga from his waist band. The sword transformed and Inuyasha braced himself for Kouga. I took this as my cue and ran from the sight. I prayed that Inuyasha wouldn’t get hurt or Kouga for that matter. I just wished things didn’t have to turn out like they did.
Kouga must have gotten past Inuyasha, because I could hear him running closely behind me. I decided that I will be the one to tame the beast, before anyone else got hurt. I stopped in mid stride and swirled around to face Kouga. He stopped, obviously pleased with my decision of not running away from him.
My mate wouldn’t appreciate me touching another male outside of his family, but I had no choice. I motioned for Kouga to lie down and walked up to him. I reached my arms out and began to pet his long nose. “You’re sure you want this?” I asked him, raising my head to look at him. “You know as well as I do that we could never be happy together, Kouga. I just don’t like you that way.”
He began to whine. “I want us to be friends but right now, you are making that hard for me. Do you think that my mate will allow me to be friends with someone who has tried to hurt me?” I knew Kouga understood my words for his eyes grew sad. “Enough of this farce. Turn back into your human form and face the situation like a man.”
Kouga returned to his human form and stood up. “I’m sorry for my behavior. I guess I let jealousy cloud my judgment.”
I smiled. “I will accept your apology, but only if you and your wolves join us against the battle with Naraku.”
Kouga nodded. “Done.”
I motioned for the guards at the gate to open it, so Kouga’s wolves could enter. They came out of hiding earlier, knowing that their leader calmed. I linked my arm through Kouga’s and let him lead me to the castle. “By the way what happened to Inuyasha?” I asked him, turning my head sideways to look up at him.
“He will be with us later. Ginta and Hakkaku are trying to wake him up from his nap.” Kouga laughed while telling me.
I couldn’t help but laugh with him. “You didn’t hurt him much, did you?”
Kouga shook his head. “Nah, just knocked some sense into him is all.”
To be continued…
Jaken ran up to me as fast as his little green legs would allow him, huffing the entire time. He set his staff before him on the floor and leaned against it for support, trying to catch his breath. I let him rest for a few minutes before having him reveal anything to me. It wouldn’t do for him to keel over. “Inuyasha was seen a few minutes ago, running towards the gate.” He managed to get out in between breaths.
Just what is that fool up to now? Knowing Inuyasha, he is planning something extremely stupid. We can’t afford to get on Kouga’s bad side at the moment. His insight on Naraku could be useful in the upcoming battle in a few days and I can’t have Inuyasha messing it up, like he always manages to do.
“Of all the idiotic things to do,” I spoke out loud, mostly to myself.
I didn’t bother to wait for Jaken to recover. I gathered the sides of my white kimono with blue crescent moons and raced out of the castle and into the main courtyard. Everyone stopped what they were doing to stare at me. I paid them no heed and kept on running for the gate. I just hope that I don’t arrive too late.
I spotted the silver gate in the distance and could already hear the arguing between Inuyasha and Kouga. Fearing the worst, like one of them jumping over the fence to get the other, I sped up faster. I reached Inuyasha’s side in a matter of seconds and surprisingly, I wasn’t out of breath like I thought I would be.
I reached my hand out and gently touched Inuyasha’s arm, to let him know of my presence. He immediately stopped arguing with Kouga and turned his head sideways to get a good look at me. “You know you don’t have to be here. I can handle this for you.” He leaned down to whisper near my ear, not wanting Kouga to overhear.
“Oh, I believe that.” I spoke back, giving him a look of disbelief. “The two of you have never gotten along and always end up fighting over me. Which will happen, of course, and just like always, I will have to break it up.”
Inuyasha rolled his eyes. “You’re impossible sometimes, you know that?”
I smiled sweetly. “So I’ve been told.”
Kouga didn’t seem to notice me and continued tormenting Inuyasha. “You don’t look happy to see me, dog breath. I was expecting a warmer welcome.”
“What the hell do you think?” Inuyasha retorted, crossing his arms in front of him. “The only reason I’m here is so you can’t get your filthy paws on Kagome.”
Kouga glanced around and at one point locked his brown eyes with my icy blue ones, but quickly glanced away. “Where is my woman?” He asked, not recognizing me as the female demon before him.
I grew upset over his words, but I kept silent. It’s no use in trying to convince Kouga that I’m not his woman. I don’t know how many times I have tried to tell him and still he believes that he has a chance with me. I really don’t want to see what will happen when I tell him that I’m already someone else’s woman. He’s going to be devastated.
Inuyasha stared dumbfounded at Kouga. “Are you blind, wolf?” He questioned, looking over in my direction. “She’s right there.”
Kouga blinked in surprise. “That’s not Kagome. That’s a demon.”
“Look again, wolf.” Inuyasha insisted.
He squinted his brown eyes to focus on me better and even took a few steps forward. “That demon can’t possibly be Kagome. The last time I checked, Kagome was human.”
Inuyasha sighed and I knew he was getting frustrated with Kouga. “He can’t possibly be this dense.” He muttered quietly. “Even Shippo would be able to tell the difference.” I shot Inuyasha a warning glance and he just shrugged his shoulders. “It’s the truth.”
I decided to let Kouga know the truth. I was tired of him and Inuyasha arguing about it. “Hello, Kouga.”
Kouga stood in silence for a moment, trying to grasp the idea of me being a demon. “How is that even possible?” He asked, still confused about the situation.
Before I could answer him, Inuyasha beat me to it. “Isn’t it obvious? She had demon blood in her and when she mated, she turned into a full blooded demon. Face it, Kouga. She’s off the market.”
“Bloody Hell,” I groaned. I was going to try and tell him in a subtle way, but Inuyasha blew that for me. He just loves to burst Kouga’s bubble, doesn’t he?
Inuyasha spoke like he knew what he was talking about and he did, after I had to explain it to him before. I guess I should be glad that Inuyasha even managed to listen to me at all then. He was pretty upset after learning that I was mated to his half-brother. He obviously realized himself that he wouldn’t lose me and that I’m now apart of his family. I just hope Kouga would be as understanding as Inuyasha is.
“I don’t believe it.” Kouga finally admitted, after keeping silent for quite some time. “Kagome wouldn’t do that to me. She knew how important she meant to me.”
I tried to tell him but nothing came out. I also tried to tell him that I was sorry. That didn’t come out either. I hated to do this but in order for Kouga to believe me, he has to see the truth. I brushed my bangs aside, so he could see the blue crescent moon on my forehead and I tilted my neck to the side, pushing my braid back, so he could see the two bite marks on my neck.
Kouga glanced away, his jaw tightening. “I’m not letting you go.” He told me. “I refuse to let you go.”
I smiled sadly at him. “You have to, Kouga.” I whispered to him quietly. “I belong to Sesshoumaru now.”
The moment came that I knew would happen, Kouga’s beast surfaced. His eyes grew a dark red and his lips rose up slightly, to show his fangs. “I could see you mated to dog breath here.” He growled out. “But to that cold bastard. I won’t let him treat you badly, Kagome. That’s what he will do if you stay with him. Dog demons are cruel to their mates.”
Kouga’s just saying that, so I would have second thoughts. All mates have their differences and Sesshoumaru and I would be no different. We will work out our differences and if we can’t see the same view, then we would work something out that both of us can agree on.
“Kouga, he won’t hurt me.”
He didn’t like that answer and gripped the gate’s bars, until his knuckles turned red. “He has tried to kill you many times, Kagome. He has a history of killing and asking questions later.”
I shook my head. “That’s true, but it’s all in the past now. He’s starting to care for me.”
Kouga sniffed the air, after catching the change in my scent and went ballistic. “You’re having his pup, too?!” I nodded. I was too afraid to answer him.
“Go ask Ayame to be your mate and have your pups.” Inuyasha tried to tell him without arguing. “Fulfill the promise that you made to her all those years ago.”
Inuyasha pushed me back, as Kouga rattled the gate. “Come down, wolf, or I’ll have to ask you to leave. Kagome doesn’t need this kind of stress, right now. Can’t you see that you’re scaring her?”
Ginta and Hakkaku came up to Kouga and pulled him back from the gate. “Calm down, Kouga. There is nothing you can do.” Ginta told him, trying to make him see reason. “Sister has chosen a mate outside of the pack.”
“Yeah, she’ll always be one of us.” Hakkaku added.
I love them both dearly, but they are not the smartest of demons. I know that their trying to help, but they just made things worse. To prove my reasoning, Kouga threw them off and began to turn into his large wolf form. The wolves in his tribe quickly hid in the woods, knowing what Kouga is capable in his demon form.
Kouga’s wolf form is a few feet smaller than that of Sesshoumaru’s, but still quite impressive. The back of his brown fur stood up from his hind end, letting others know that he was about to attack. His paws were massive and I couldn’t help but stare at the sharp nails attached to them. When he snarled, salvia dripped down and splashed on the ground, but his is not poisonous like my mate’s.
“Run, Kagome.” Inuyasha yelled at me, pushing me in the direction of the castle. “Don’t let him reach you. He will try to take you and force you to accept him.”
“But…” I tried to say, but Inuyasha interrupted me.
He gripped my arm and forced me to stare at him. “I’m trying to protect you here, Kagome. He won’t stop destroying everything around him, until he gets what he wants. I have to calm him down somehow and you will just be in my way.”
“It’s not his fault, Inuyasha. He’s upset and hurt.” I told him sadly, knowing that Kouga was now watching us. “Try not to hurt or kill him.”
Inuyasha nodded and took out Tetsusiaga from his waist band. The sword transformed and Inuyasha braced himself for Kouga. I took this as my cue and ran from the sight. I prayed that Inuyasha wouldn’t get hurt or Kouga for that matter. I just wished things didn’t have to turn out like they did.
Kouga must have gotten past Inuyasha, because I could hear him running closely behind me. I decided that I will be the one to tame the beast, before anyone else got hurt. I stopped in mid stride and swirled around to face Kouga. He stopped, obviously pleased with my decision of not running away from him.
My mate wouldn’t appreciate me touching another male outside of his family, but I had no choice. I motioned for Kouga to lie down and walked up to him. I reached my arms out and began to pet his long nose. “You’re sure you want this?” I asked him, raising my head to look at him. “You know as well as I do that we could never be happy together, Kouga. I just don’t like you that way.”
He began to whine. “I want us to be friends but right now, you are making that hard for me. Do you think that my mate will allow me to be friends with someone who has tried to hurt me?” I knew Kouga understood my words for his eyes grew sad. “Enough of this farce. Turn back into your human form and face the situation like a man.”
Kouga returned to his human form and stood up. “I’m sorry for my behavior. I guess I let jealousy cloud my judgment.”
I smiled. “I will accept your apology, but only if you and your wolves join us against the battle with Naraku.”
Kouga nodded. “Done.”
I motioned for the guards at the gate to open it, so Kouga’s wolves could enter. They came out of hiding earlier, knowing that their leader calmed. I linked my arm through Kouga’s and let him lead me to the castle. “By the way what happened to Inuyasha?” I asked him, turning my head sideways to look up at him.
“He will be with us later. Ginta and Hakkaku are trying to wake him up from his nap.” Kouga laughed while telling me.
I couldn’t help but laugh with him. “You didn’t hurt him much, did you?”
Kouga shook his head. “Nah, just knocked some sense into him is all.”
To be continued…