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To Protect the Alpha Female	By : Sylean Category: InuYasha > General Views: 10682 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Chapter 4: To Thwart an Inferior Claim

It started out as just another opponent, some murderous demon slaughtering a village, until that demon found the most annoying way to get under his skin, by calling him a Mutt. This Kouga demon, was no ordinary enemy either, his speed unmatched, and so in-tune with his bestial side, his instincts gave him a “sixth-sense” that foretold moves before they were made. Not only that, but he had no problem running away, as seen when he fled before the Windscar could be cast.

The next encounter was obviously planned out, and he succeeded in kidnapping Kagome. Inuyasha couldn’t help but feel like a total failure as her protector in allowing her to be snatched away. He hadn’t even gotten a chance to fight for her. They set out immediately to find her, hoping it was her ability Kouga had been after and not a meal. Luckily, Shippo had left a trail for them to follow. ‘Don’t worry, Kagome, I’ll save you,’ Inuyasha vowed.

As reluctant as Sesshomaru was to acknowledge Kagome’s merits, Kouga saw her assets with ease. The first thing she did was risk her own life for a little fox child, twice. Her loyalty surprised him, and his instincts told him she was powerful, even though he didn’t know in what way. She was definitely worthy of the title Alpha. “Hm, she risked her life to save her friend. She’s loyal,” he leapt off a cliff and landed deftly at her side, looking her over. “I’m going to make you my woman.” She had no idea how to respond to that.

“Hey, Kouga,” his men inquired, “I thought you were going to eat her when you were done with her, not mate her.”

“You don’t want her,” another chimed, “she’s a human.”

“Idiots! This woman can see the sacred jewel,” he explained the reason he could clearly see, leaving out what his instincts told him about her since those were harder to vocalize. “The birds of paradise aren’t the only ones with a shard, you know. With her ability, we’ll be able to gather all the sacred jewel shards in the region.” His reasoning satisfied his men, and that was his sole intention, but it also left a bad taste in Kagome’s mouth. She didn’t like the idea of him only wanting her for her abilities. Couldn’t anyone see her for herself?

“That would make us incredibly powerful,” the men got all excited over the prospect. “Our pack would be unstoppable!”

“That’s the idea, yeah. So you see she’s way more valuable to us than some female demon,” Kouga continued, turning his attention to Kagome. “Your name is Kagome, right? Wolves mate for life so you’re mine now. Got that?” His words may have made any female wolf demon melt, but Kagome was not having any of it. No way would she agree to be with someone who only wanted her to be a shard detector. She wanted to be loved for who she was!

“I don’t belong to anyone,” she screamed, reeling back, “get your hands off me!” The resounding smack of her hand against his cheek would have made Sango proud and left the wolf leader stunned. He had never been rejected before, having females swarm around him was just part of being the alpha. And yet, when he finally did choose one, she struck him.

All present were a combination of dumbstruck and terrified at what would happen next, backing away to avoid Kouga’s wrath. Nothing came though. He tried thinking over what he could have said to piss her off, but nothing was coming up until she explained it, “I’m not some slave at the auction. You can’t put in a bid and claim me as your property. Besides,” a small blush formed at her next words, “I’m not available. I’m already kind of seeing a guy, sort of.” She had no idea how true her words were, except not in regards to the younger brother.

“Y-You’re taken?” he stuttered out. “Don’t tell me you’re with that dog-eared mutt, Inutrasha.” She went into a rant, defending him, going off on tangents, and insisting he be called by his name. “Hmm, I don’t see what you like about him.”

‘What am I saying, talk about denial,’ Kagome reminded herself. ‘Come on, Kagome. Inuyasha is in love with Kikyo. He’s made that perfectly clear already. He doesn’t want you.’

“I don’t care,” Kouga continued, not making any better impression on her, “next time I see him I’ll put a spear through his heart and feed him to my wolves.” Kagome did not want to have that visual materialize in her mind; it was too disturbing. “Then he won’t be much competition anymore, just a pile of old bones.” This guy was deluded if he thought that would work to win her over. That would only make her fight harder. He didn’t even have any class about him, all blunt and crass. She couldn’t wait to get out of here.

They hauled her back into the den and made her sick to her stomach as she watched the wolf demons use even less table manners than Inuyasha, tearing at the bloody meat with fangs until their faces were covered in red. Turning away from the sight, she opted instead to ponder over her pathetic excuse for a love life. Kouga told his men she was valuable because of her unique sight, but really, Inuyasha had never really said anything besides that either. He only seemed concerned about her as far as her usefulness. She was hopeful something more would develop, and she’s seen glimpses of his soft side, but that dream-like image was always shattered soon after by his coarse behavior. He just didn’t make any sense to her.

The stubborn birds were only slowing them down, but eventually, they ran into Shippo who was able to direct them towards the wolf den. They found them in the middle of an all out war, just as Kagome was about to be attacked.

“Inu-Yasha?” she clung to him. “I was so scared.” Reunions and greetings taken care of, and an explanation given, Miroku single handedly took care of the remaining birds, minus the one with the shard.

“Great, it’s the mutt-face,” Kouga muttered to himself and then the two started tossing insults back and forth again.

“You’re gonna pay for kidnapping Kagome,” Inuyasha barked back, getting Kouga’s attention.

“Kagome?” Kouga whispered then prepared his warning and claim, “Hey Dog-breath, take this chance to run, but keep your hands off my woman, got that?”

“His woman?” Miroku echoed, listening to Kouga continue his declaration of love, embarrassing the hell out of Kagome and confusing her companions. “Is there any truth to what he’s saying, Kagome?”

“Nothing’s going on,” she hollered back in defense, “he’s deluded, its wishful thinking, he’s making it up.”

“I-I knew it, he’s living in a fantasy,” Inuyasha felt the relief wash over him. If he lost her like that, Sesshomaru really would kill him. Even if the bastard wanted her dead by his hands, her mating any other demon would be a massive insult to him and he’d kill her, the male, and Inuyasha, since he was supposed to be protecting her. “You flea-bag.”

“It’s not a fantasy, I’ve claimed her as mine,” Kouga announced. “I’m in love with you, Kagome.” She could do nothing but try not to die of mortification. “You’re far better off with me, and-“ Blah, blah blah, woof-whistles, cheering, etc.

Inuyasha was shaking with anger, there was no way he’d allow him to speak like that. He would protect her from everything, including overly cocky suitors, “Nobody talks down to Kagome like that with me around, how dare you humiliate her. She’s not your property!” He took off after the wolf only to have Kagome holler out to Kouga and help him find the shard. “Did she just- did she just help him?” His worry came rushing right back; worried she might have developed some kind of feelings for him. ‘Shit. She’s going to get us both killed.’ A bit more fighting and Kouga failed to defeat the demon, losing one of his jewel shards in the process. Inuyasha had no idea what Kagome thought of the wolf, but opted to deal with him after the flying nuisance, obliterating it in one swing with the Windscar and leaving Kouga’s jaw dropped. “Now just to deal with this flea-bag.”

Returning back down to the ground, he nearly fell back when she saw Kagome “hugging” Kouga. “You’re not going to be dealing with anything, you understand? Kouga’s hurt, this is no time for posturing,” she lectured, having no idea the position she was putting him in. Kouga tried to stand and put up a fight to defend his claim, but fell right back to the ground after Kagome sent Inuyasha sprawling face first into the dirt. “Get him out of here, and quick,” she commanded Kouga’s men before Inuyasha could pull himself up.

“Hey, come back,” Inyasha hollered, “cowards!” They vanished in a dust trail. “Why’d you let them go?”

“He wasn’t fit to fight,” she explained, not willing to let Inuyasha beat up on someone when they were already down. “Kouga was hurt; he was good to me, so I returned the favor.”

“Good to you?” Inuyasha screamed. “Are you nuts? Don’t tell me you get off on that kind of thing; you were kidnapped and almost killed.” Inuyasha was looking her over, scent, skin, luckily there were no marks; otherwise he really would be as good as dead when Sesshomaru found out. Maybe he should tell her, no, he wasn’t going to take her anger in his ass-hole brother’s place. Let him deal with telling her. ‘Oh yeah, Kagome, you belong to Sesshomaru. Just thought you should know. Like that would go over very well.’

“He looks rougher than he was,” she tried to explain. “He, protected me a lot, you know.” The others watched the events unfold, wondering if emotions had been formed in these last few hours.

Inuyasha just growled and resorted to dismissing the whole thing, “This is stupid! Forget it.” Kagome had only been trying to be just and fair; she didn’t want to see anyone get hurt. Not like she returned Kouga’s affections, but he had become a friend, and she defended all of her friends.

Trying to calm Inuyasha down later from more irate behavior, she supplied, “Not that it’s any of your business, but Kouga’s not my type, okay?” ‘I prefer guys with more self-control and respect for me.’

He responded with more “I don’t care,” and “I don’t wanna talk about it” like comments before letting curiosity take over and ask something dangerous, “So, what exactly happened between you guys?” She couldn’t believe he would actually think anything happened. Did she look like the easy type? The argument had her going home via Kirara after screaming her lungs out at the perceived insult and Inuyasha cowering behind a rock claiming he wasn’t scared.
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