A Wolf's Lover

A/N: I want to thank people who have been reviewing, and special thanks to Dunbarbalooie2, but I don’t know what Beta is so…yeah…the spelling mistakes are my own. I try to go back through it and make sure everything is ok, but I miss a lot of things if I go to fast.. also about the review thing! I’m going to get a new account and transfer everything to that one so yeah I’ll see if that works…

Warning: in later chapters is almost PWP which as a teeny tiny plot will have lemon. So if you don’t like lemon, or are to young to view lemon, please don’t read past chapter one!

Disclaimer: I don’t own any Inuyasha characters! I just use them for mine and other peoples enjoyment!

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Koharu woke in the middle of the night and looked around the camp. Ginta and Hakkaku were both sleeping peacefully across the dead fire. She looked around for Kouga, but she couldn’t find him anywhere.

“Can’t sleep?” Koharu sat up and looked above her. Kouga was sitting in a tree with his face towards the sky. Koharu nodded to him. “Me either. I’ve been thinking. I really ought to thank you. By the time we catch up with Inuyasha, it’ll be the new moon.” Koharu looked at him confused as he got a huge smile on his face.

“Why would that matter?” She asked. He looked down at her and shook his head.

“You’ll see.” Koharu sighed and leaned back against the tree. “If you’re hungry, I cooked you some meat. You fell asleep before I could give it to you though. There is some water with it, over there.” Kouga pointed to the right of Koharu and she stood to walk over to the food. Her legs burned from walking all day yesterday, but she ignored it and walked to the food. She ate silently and then drank some of the water from the jug made out of what she thought was an animal hide. She looked up at the stars once she settled back against her tree and smiled. They shone brightly and she loved looking at them.

“So…how did you met Kagome?”

“I was at a human village…and I got into a fight with her half breed friend.” Kouga said, leaving out the par about feeding the village to his wolves. “I fell in love with her…that was about two years ago I guess.” Kouga shrugged, still looking at the stars. “What about you and the monk?” Koharu blushed.

“When I was young, both my parents were killed and I had to stay with an oil merchant and work for him. He was cruel and made me work so much that I rarely got to eat. One day I was sitting atop a hill and Miro-kun was passing through. He saw me and fed me; he was the only person ever kind to me. He told me about Naraku and about his father dieing to the wind void, and how he wanted a woman to bare his child s that if he were to die to, his son could go after Naraku. He asked me to be that woman. I agreed, but I was too young, so he promised to come back. Miro-kun then left, and he did come back, but we didn’t have enough time to, do that.” She blushed bright red and laid back down on the ground, trying to get comfortable. “So, now that I’m a run away, I figured I’d travel with them.” Kouga looked down at her as she yawned and turned onto her side, asleep within seconds. ‘She’s was still a pup when that pervert asked her to mate? What an ass. Does she not know that he asks every pretty girl he sees to mate with him?’

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Koharu sighed and resisted the urge to rub her swollen feet as she walked with Ginta and Hakkaku on either side of her. Kouga was in the lead again and said that they were about to go through a human village. He said normally they wouldn’t, but Koharu had asked if she could so she could buy some more comfortable clothes. Kouga had been reluctant at first, but finally gave into the girls not so silent pleas.

“Ok there you go. We’ll wait right here.” Kouga said as they reach the top of a hill over looking a village. Koharu smiled and nodded before making her way to the village in front of her. She made her way through the town and realized that people were staring at her. ‘I must look like crap. I haven’t even washed my hair in days!’ She thought to herself, blushing at how she must look. She rushed her way to a large hut that she guessed would be the clothing hut. She was right.

“Excuse me!” Koharu called as she walked into the hut. A woman in her 30’s was arranging work kimono’s.

“Hello there! What can I get for you?” Koharu smiled and reached into her clothing to get out her small pouch that was filled with her money.

“I need something that will be comfortable to travel in, but this is all the money I have.” Koharu gave the pouch to the woman. She smiled and gave the pouch back and walked over to a shelf with haori and hakama’s grabbing a blue pair and handing them to Koharu. “These are expensive!” Koharu said, fingering the martial. “Are you sure I can afford them?”

“Well yes, and no. You cannot afford the under piece, but other then that you can afford the hoari and hakama. They are made from the protective skin of the blue water lion and protect against heat and fire, magical attacks, and other things.” Koharu smiled and paid for it before leaving the large hut and turning to walk out of the village. She was humming to herself and looking at the sky when a shadow fell over her and she looked up at it.

“Hello there again.” She backed away scared; it was the same man that had called her a slut and demanded that she be arrested. “I thought you would have died, but I guess I was wrong.” Koharu ran pass him quickly and could hear him following after her, slowly catching up with her. She pumped her legs faster as she clutched her new items to her chest. Her legs burned from abuse of walking all day yesterday, today, and now running, but she pushed the pain aside. She ran out of the village and to into the meadow and then tripped, landing onto her face. Her new clothes flew from her hands and the man that had chased her pounced on top of her, turning her over and kissing her. When he tried to stick his tongue into her mouth she bit him hard and he sat up, straddling her thighs. He then slapped her. “You bitch!” Koharu whimpered in fear. ‘Kouga will save me!’ She thought before trashing at the man.

“Kouga! Help!” She cried out as loud as she could, knowing that the wolf would hear her. Sure enough, less then a minute later, the man was yanked off her and thrown to the ground. Kouga was in front of her, and Ginta helped her stand while Hakkaku grabbed her clothes for her.

“How dare you try to harm one of my pack!” He growled at the man who started to cower before him.

“I didn’t touch the bitch! She was hitting on me and then decided that she didn’t want to!”

“He’s lying, Kouga!” Koharu defended herself, praying Kouga would believe her.

“Shut it girl. I can practically taste the deceit coming from him. Get out of here, human before I decide to slice you open.” The man ran away, fearing for his life. Kouga turned to Koharu and she latched herself to him, hugging him tightly and crying into his chest. “Shh…come on, I’m here, you don’t need to cry.” It was awkward for a few seconds, the only sound being Kouga shushing and Koharu’s sniveling and whimpering. She pulled away then and wiped the tears from her eyes and looked up at Kouga, who was much taller then she.

“Thank you. You saved me, again.” Kouga gave her a confused look, he had only saved her once he thought. “I know I wouldn’t have survived alone in the woods if you hadn’t let me stay with you.”

“But Ginta found you.” Koharu nodded and looked at Ginta and Hakkaku, giving them both a smile.

“Yes, but you let me stay.” She hugged Kouga one last time before taking her clothing from Hakkaku. “Thank you for retrieving my new clothing. And thank you for helping me back up.” Both demons smiled at her.

“No problem.”

“We like helping you, Sister Koharu!” Koharu gave them a confused look.

“I’m not your sister?” She asked them. Both their smiles grew wider.

“Sure you are! Kouga said you were a part of are pack just now. He told that man not to harm one of his pack. That makes you our pack sister!” Koharu blushed and turned to Kouga, who was looking at Ginta and Hakkaku shocked, then turned his eyes towards Koharu.

“Am I really a part of your pack, Kouga?” She asked in a quiet voice. Kouga blushed and nodded.

“Uh, yeah. Sister Koharu.” Kouga said back to her. “Now come on, we have to get moving.

“Kouga…is there a hot spring or body of water near where I can bathe in and change?” Kouga sighed and sniffed the air, looking for any bodies of water. He looked pleased as he smelled a hot spring not to far away.

“Yeah, it’s close, come on you guys.” He said, taking the lead and leading them east, towards it. They walked in quiet and quickly arrived at the rather large hot spring. Koharu looked extremely please at it, and Ginta and Hakkaku were practically drooling. “You guys want to bathe too, don’t you?”

“Can we Kouga! Please!” Ginta begged, almost going down to his hands and knees.

“I sure hope you guys don’t mean with me.” When they nodded Koharu almost growled. “No way! I’m a girl and you are boys, you cannot bathe with me!” Kouga laughed at Koharu’s modesty.

“Look, we’ll bathe behind those rocks. We wont peek, promise.” Koharu nodded reluctantly and the three demons walked away. When she couldn’t see them she looked around for the herbs to wash her hair with. She found some growing next to a rock and carefully picked them before stripping her clothes and getting into the water. She melted right away and sighed deeply.

“Oh this feels sooooo good!” She said softly. She then dunked her head, getting all of her hair went and grabbed the herbs from the bank. She scrubbed her hair and every part of her body. Soon she was sighing and leaning against a boulder. After a few minutes she got out of the water and put on her new haori and hakama. She frowned when it stuck to her wet flesh tightly; but it would be comfortable if her skin wasn’t wet.

“Kouga-kun! Are you guys ready!” Kouga and the other two demons came towards her, all of them soaking a dripping wet. “Hey! All ready to go.” She said cheerfully. Kouga looked at her funny for a second then nodded and they started walking again.

“So, how much did those cost you; they look expensive.” Kouga commented offhandedly as they made their way down the beaten dirt path. Koharu smiled at him.

“Yeah, they were! I couldn’t afford the under clothes, but I had just enough for these. They’re soooo comfortable too!” She said happily, resisting the urge to skip. “The owner of the shop said that they are made from the skin of a blue water lion. Is that a type of demon?” Kouga nodded.

“Yeah. Their pretty common, which is why that didn’t cost a lot I'm guessing. They usually live in rivers or large streams.” They walked a bit farther, then the sun started to set. “We can rest for one more day, but then we have to catch up with them so it’ll be the new moon.” Kouga said as he stopped abruptly. “We’ll camp here. This is a nice sized clearing.” He turned and faced Koharu, Ginta, and Hakkaku. “Ginta, get us some water, Hakkaku, you go hunting with me. Koharu, fetch some wood to make a fire. And if you run into any trouble, yell for me.” They all nodded and went off. Koharu quickly found some good sized wood for a fire and carried many back with her. When she got back she saw Ginta already there. He smiled to her and showed her how to make a fire. Just as the flames lit, Kouga and Hakkaku returned with a few rabbits and a small deer.

“The rabbits are for you, Sister Koharu.” Hakkaku said cheerfully.

“Yeah, you’re looking a little thin.” Kouga commented off handedly as the three demons started to skin the hides. After they were skinned and the meat taken off the bones, they buried everything, marking it with their scent so they could come back later. Kouga set about cooking the rabbits and started eating his meat as did so. Koharu drank some water and watched as Hakkaku and Ginta talked and ate. Kouga handed her her food once it was cook and she ate to before drifting off into her dream world.

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A/N: Well this is my longest so far! Lol. Well this was the third chapter, here it is. Remember it really doesn’t matter if you review so yeah. There are no authors notes so I’ll just go now! Bye!