Warnings: Explicit sexual content, gore.

italics are Yuki's thoughts

brief a/n: since some of y'all (baeluv or however you spell it) can't read, I'll repeat myself, I took this story from an old profile of mine and revised and edited it. This profile is jasmineflower112, which I don't have access to. You sound dumb saying the original was better because it was full of grammatical errors, punctuation errors, etc. Read the authors notes or you could take two seconds to look at my profile too. Bye now xo

To everyone else: thank you for your continued support as I push through this writer's block!

It's been a few days since they defeated the birds of paradise, and Kouga was making a swift recovery. He was still pouting about Inuyasha making a fool out of him, but luckily his wound was healing quite quickly. Yuki busied himself by patching up wounds and taking care of the other wolves that got hurt during the battle. Kouga hasn't said much to him, but hovers silently over his shoulder, always keeping a silent eye on him. Some would think this is creepy, but Yuki was pretty much used to it.

It was late one night when Yuki decided to go down to the river and take a much-needed bath. He hadn't rinsed off in a few days due to how busy he's been, and his clothes were begging to get washed too. Kouga was pretty distracted from earlier; a wolf demon from one of the outer tribes came by and told them of a castle that apparently has sacred jewel shards. Unusually, Kouga didn't seem to be that interested earlier today, and he still wasn't now. He sat exactly where he was sitting for the past four hours now, lost in thought and barely talking to anyone. Maybe his pride was hurt because some of his tribemates went off with those strangers?

Yuki let his troubled thoughts rest for now as he gathered his things and slipped out the cave, pausing behind the waterfall to admire the moonlight. He could never get tired of the view from Kouga's tribe den. He loved it. Making his way down, he peered behind to see a wolf following him, on Kouga's orders of course. Yuki is still not allowed to go anywhere by himself. Yuki figures it was most likely because the forest, or anywhere that wasn't within Kouga's sight, was considered dangerous for someone like Yuki. He wasn't a demon, nor did he have any special powers. He was just a teenager out of time, that could see shiny jewels. Was that truly the extent of what he could do?

The wolf trudging behind him padded up to the river and drank up some water. The strawberry blond let out a sigh, pushing his thoughts away yet again as he stripped down naked. Leaving his clothes on the shore, he stepped into the water. The water was surprising lukewarm, it instantly gave Yuki a soothing feeling. He sank into its' depths and swam around for a bit. At least he could get a moment of peace out here, away from the others. Especially Kouga. Not that the wolf demon said much to him to intimidate him, but his silence was deafening as well.

He didn't understand why Kouga was so focused on him. He hadn't done anything to provoke this kind of behavior. He hadn't indirectly flirted, or even indicated that he was into men, so he didn't understand why Kouga was so focused on him. Besides, the wolf demon is tall, tough, and protective. He could probably have anyone he wanted, and by anyone, Yuki would imagine some beautiful demoness, or even a male demon if that's the field he chooses to swing towards... Definitely not Yuki himself. He was just a jewel detector, and was helpless without the demon.

Maybe Kouga's just messing with him…

Whatever, all he had to do was help Kouga collect all the sacred shikon jewels and he could leave. Or, he might end up having to escape to his sister and her gang to get home.

Home, huh?

He briefly thought of his mother; what she was doing, whether she was worried, or if she even noticed he was gone. He had ran away to his cousins to get some space from the woman, and yet...

I miss you, mom.

He broke through the surface of the water, breathing in deep breaths of the crisp night air. He allowed himself to float on his back for a moment as he stared up at the beautiful night sky.

"Yuki."

The teen nearly jumped out of his skin as he quickly swam up into a standing position to see Kouga on the shore, his striking blue eyes locked on him. The wolf demon looked down at the wolf laying in the grass next to him, "Go back to the den."

The wolf obeyed, standing up and making his way up the cliff before disappearing behind the waterfall.

"What… What are you doing out here?" Yuki asked, a blush dusting his cheeks, very much aware of how naked he was.

"I wanted to talk to you where there were no prying ears," Kouga states, a smirk curving his lips. Heat rushed through Yuki's body, all trained on one spot. He couldn't help himself; the wolf demon was just too attractive to deny.

"Wh—Why would you want to do that?" Yuki crossed his arms and turned his back on him, "I'm trying to bathe here, can I not do even that in peace?"

"Get out of the water."

"No way! I'm naked!"

"Look, you have two options," Kouga's short temper sure hadn't changed, what a shocker, "You can either walk over here, or I'll come and drag you up here you brat! Your choice."

The teenager glared daggers at the demon, but he knew Kouga wouldn't hesitate to get him if he had to, and the brute would enjoy it too! He sighed deeply, his cheeks going a beet red as he slowly made his way out the water, towards where his pile of clothes were. Kouga however, stepped in front of said clothes, forcing the teen to face him, and not hide his indecency.

Yuki's entire face was aflamed, "Wh—What is it?"

Kouga made it obvious that he was checking him out, "I can smell your hormones, you're turned on."

"I AM NOT!"

"Don't even lie, besides it would only make sense. The way you were acting during the battle a few days ago, you were really worried about me!"

"No I wasn't!" Yuki crossed his arms, "If you were to die, your tribe probably would've eaten me!"

"Not even, the tribe respects you like a brother now! You saved their lives, after all!"

Yuki tried to sneer at him, but he couldn't deny that. This damn wolf… Acting all high and mighty, rubbing it in his face like this…

"Fine! Maybe I was worried about you! That doesn't mean I feel anything for you!"

"Quit lying to yourself! You can't lie to me anymore Yuki, I know how you feel," Kouga said, but in a serious voice. A voice that made Yuki's blush deepen.

The teen took a step back from him, "Don't be ridiculous! You are a stubborn, hot headed brute! There's no way I'd be interested in you."

"Oh Yuki," Kouga smirked, advancing on him and trapping him in his arms, "That almost sounded convincing."

Before Yuki could protest further, Kouga leaned in, and pressed his lips against his. Yuki's entire body flushed, his entire, naked body. The water was just beginning to dry on his skin, causing his arms and legs to erupt in goosebumps thanks to the cold wind. Yuki was frozen, he couldn't move. All he could think about was Kouga's rough, warm lips pressing against his. The demon wrapped his arm around Yuki's slim waist, tugging his nude body against his clothed one. When Yuki felt a knee slide between his legs, the spell broke and Yuki pulled out of the kiss, no matter how dazed he was.

"K—Kouga, stop," the teen begged, shifting in discomfort at the position they were in, everything was happening so fast, his heart was pounding loudly in his chest and he could feel himself blushing up to the tips of his ears. Kouga grabbed him around the waist and lifted him up, dragging him towards a tree and pinning him against it.

"Yuki…" He murmured, his eyes staring directly into Yuki's, causing the teen to blush even harder, if that was possible, "I love you," he murmured before insistently pressing his lips against his.

The teen couldn't help but melt into the kiss. It just felt so good, the rough bark of the tree digging gently into his back, Kouga's warm arms around him and his warm body pressing against his. He moaned softly as Kouga's hand travelled from his back to rest on his butt, giving it a slight squeeze. Yuki never felt more embarrassed and flustered, breaking free of the kiss and turning his head away from him, "J—Jerk..." he groaned as Kouga nibbled on his neck.

"I want you," Kouga growled; his voice had changed again. It sounded primal, almost desperate.

"Wai—What? Kouga st—" damn this stupid wolf demon! He was doing all this on purpose.

Suddenly, there was a commotion coming from the cliff end that caught both their attention. Kouga released him, sensing something that didn't feel right. He was so annoyed; there was always something interrupting the two of them!

"Put your clothes on," Kouga drawled, finally releasing him, seemingly annoyed but his focus was drawn elsewhere now, "There seems to be a situation."

Yuki was shaking and blushing a dark red, "Jackass," he muttered, pulling all his clothes on as quickly as possible and following Kouga up the cliff side.

They jogged up the cliff side until they got to the near top, drawing closer to the crowd of wolf demons gathered around the hill. They were gathering around a demon who left earlier with the other tribe. He looked to be in bad shape, too.

"What's wrong?" Kouga asked urgently, pushing demons out his way and Yuki followed closely behind, "What happened?" he asked in a lower voice.

The demon held out his clenched fist to him, "I was only able to get one," he choked out, his voice strained as he opened his palm to reveal a sacred jewel shard. Yuki paused, and squinted his eyes at the shard. It sure did look like one, but something didn't feel right…

"You got a jewel shard?" Kouga breathed in awe.

"H—Hurry to the castle Kouga," the wolf huffed out, "If you don't everyone will be slaughtered."

Kouga was gone in seconds—before Yuki could even try to stop him. Yuki couldn't shake off the bad feeling he was getting; something wasn't right about all of this…

"Come inside and rest," Hakkaku spoke up to their injured tribe member.

"You're amazing," Ginta added in, stepping closer to him, "How did you make it back with all those injuries?"

The tribe member's wounds suddenly burst in foam, his head sagged down as a blank look settled into his eyes, and he fell to the ground… in halves.

Yuki gasped in shock, taking a step back as he watched the body crumple to the ground in pieces. He was surprised he didn't scream, because many of the demons, including Ginta and Hakkaku, shouted in shock and disgust.

"H—He's dead?" Ginta questioned out loud, one hand covering his mouth.

'Was he dead this whole time?' the teen thought in horror, his head turning upwards, in the direction that Kouga disappeared off into, 'Kouga…'