“YOU,” Ayame seethed in accusation, the pure murder in her voice making Kagome flinch, “slept with MY fiancé?!”

“No!” the miko cried, looking desperately between her and Sesshoumaru as if trying to determine who was the frying pan and who was the fire. “Never! Absolutely not!” Blood boiling, she glared at the wolf prince. “Kouga! How could you say such a thing?!”

Cool as a cucumber, Kouga smirked back. “Because it’s true–we have slept together. Don’t deny you’ve shared my bed, Kagome-chan.”

“Shared your…!” Kagome spluttered, her face alternating between stark white and beet red. “Oh. Wait…you mean…but that’s–that’s not the same thing at all!”

“Explain how it’s different, human!” Ayame cried, a pale, high wind rising up around her. “Did you sleep with him or not?!”

“T-technicallly–but, wait, just hear me out–”

“Technically!” the wolf demoness growled, unsheathing the katana at her hip. “Forget it–I’m done listening to you!”

Entei feinted to the side as Ayame lunged, his superior speed literally saving Kagome’s neck. As he took to the air, the wolf girl changed tactics, aiming a barrage of razor-sharp throwing leaves straight at the miko’s face. Entei dove and swerved expertly to avoid them, Kagome struggling to hold onto her lunch as Kouga thankfully sprang to her aid.

“Hey, Ayame–cut it out!” he barked, reeling back with a bloody nose as the raging demoness bashed her forehead against it.

“Don’t you try to stop me!” she snarled. “I’m gonna kill this good-for-nothing tramp!”

Kagome’s stomach dropped. Counting on any help from Sesshoumaru was out of the question–judging by the way his youki was scalding her even from this distance, just making eye contact with him right now would probably be a guaranteed death sentence. She would just have to rely on her own powers of persuasion–and the truth, of course, which was absolutely, frustratingly on her side…

“Listen, Ayame-san–ugh!” she began, her teeth clashing as Entei lurched to the left. “What I mean is–yes–I technically slept with him–yikes!–as in–we slept in the same bed–yoww!” she gasped as one of the leaf-blades nicked her cheek despite her horse friend’s swift maneuvering. “Fully clothed!”

Breathing heavily, Ayame paused, a razor-edged leaf still poised in her hand. “What?” she snapped. “But, why…”

Panting, Kagome pointed damningly toward the still doubled-over wolf prince. “Because he kidnapped me and put me there!”

Once more the forest fell silent, all eyes turning now to Kouga–who suddenly seemed to have a lot more to contend with than a broken nose, as Sesshoumaru’s steely claws pinned him by the throat.

Inuyasha © Rumiko Takahashi

Lol sorry, another short one–once again seemed like a good place to stop! 🙂 but hey, there’s a new chapter of The Pact, so check that out if you haven’t yet!! Longer update tomorrow, I promise. <3