Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha and Co. I only own Yukiko.
--+--Kouga the Wolf Demon--+--
Kouga had found him, the little dirty thief that stole his Sacred Jewel Shard. His wolves drug the traitor from the human's reserve until he was kneeling before him. A cocky smirk appeared on the wolf leader's face as the groveling demon placed the shard before him. He took it, and started to leave.
"So you are letting me go? Thank you for your mercy." The traitor wolf demon shook with relief.
"Hum?" Kouga replied looking over his shoulder nonchalantly only to slash out his neck in a very graceful show of strength. "Idiot, I would have forgotten, too. Alright I got what I wanted, you stay here and feast to your heart's content. Catch up with me when you're done." His gruff primal voice commanded the pack of wolves. Then he turned and left replacing the stolen shard into his right forearm.
"Inuyasha what's wrong?" Sango asked somewhat worried, tightening her hold on the giant boomerang. She really didn't want to have to fight any demons, especially since Yukiko was getting worse rather than better. The woman woke with a burning fever, but insisted that she was fine and made everyone start going back to meet up with Kagome.
"I smell human blood," Inuyasha reviled, cringing his nose up at the smell. The others looked at him with shock, before hurrying after his retreating form towards the source.
When they got there everyone left was screaming, blood everywhere, and wolves were eating the remains of the dead. Body parts littered the ground and the metallic scent of blood permeated even the human's inferior nose. Inuyasha was quick to act, slicing thru the nearest wolf whose mouth held a still twitching hand. As the rather large wolf died it howled out in anguish dropping the hand and alerting the others to the threat. All at once everyone started to fight the wolves off; even though the beasts had killed everyone they still were not satisfied, and the lust for vengeance against their kin spurred them on.
It was all pretty routine except for one thing of course. Inuyasha was slashing the wolves into tiny wolf pieces, Miroku and Sango were combining their skill to form a windmill of death and Shippo was hiding out of the way, burning who so ever came near enough to feel the tricksters fox fire. The only thing out of place from their normal battle style was instead of an archer backing them up; there was a graceful cyclone of death.
Yukiko seemed more like a dancer than a fighter; everything she did from offensive to defensive was an act of grace and poise. With the simplest movement her enemy was cut down and dead. It didn't take too much imagination to realize she could not only effectively kill her enemy, but also maim, disfigure, paralyze or scar them for life; such control she held.
The wolves seeing that the worst was upon them decided to call for the aid of comrades. Though their numbers were now small that did not mean that they lost the will to live. In a gust of wind and the blink of an eye a large tornado appeared in front of the wolves and from it sprung forth a young, yet handsome wolf demon. His build was bold yet lean, and he was clad in brown wolf furs, accenting the tan rippling muscles that he endured.
Yukiko had indeed noticed the approaching jewel shards, however her strained body finally refused the treatment it was undergoing. Her entire being buckled and she fell forward coughing up dark spotted blood and nearly blacking out. The entire host turned to see what was ailing her now.
The newly arrived wolf demon took note of the mismatched gang and seeing wolf blood on all, he was ready for his own vengeance, despite the obviously ill woman. She was after all, merely a human.
"How dare you slaughter my Underlings." Inuyasha was quick to counter.
"So you are the leader of this blood thirsty pack?" Both of the canine demons tried to posture for dominance. Sango knew that their new friend was not going to make it threw a battle with an upper level demon like the one that had just shown up. She had barely made it through the battle with the mortal wolves for kami sake. The best way to go about this was to simply run, but even that could make the poison in her veins spread before Kagome could be returned to them with her medicine.
Just as Miroku was thinking the same thing, Yukiko fell onto the ground gasping for air and convulsing violently. Even he could smell the sweet scent of the toxin within her.
"Inu..Inuyasha…He has sh..shards…" the dying female was able to breathe out. With shock everyone looked at her; including their adversary. "He has one in his right fore... forearm and one on each leg in hi..his shins." Yukiko was able to finally get out. Her voice, as always a sonnet of beauty, despite her weakened state. Kouga stopped amazed at the fact that a mere human woman was able to see his shards of the Shikon no tama, much less how accurate she was able to detect where they were.
(A/N: ok because I haven't given a very good description of her before I want to give one now, threw the eyes of Kouga! I have actually drawn her and you can see her on my deviantart site at sarayuy06 )
The woman behind him was small, not really frail, even though it was apparent that her body suffered from the poison that was all but gushing out of her. She had very long black hair going down to mid thigh, which shone very much like coal does in the light and covered her right eye, while being bound in a half ponytail. Her skin looked soft and had a bronze copper tan to it (like the half bat demon child where Inuyasha got his red Tessaiga only slightly lighter), but unfortunately her color showed how badly her body was doing.
Although the woman had a very small frame she did seem to be greatly gifted by the gods in other aspects of her body; which heaved heavily in a kind of hypnotic rhythm while she search franticly for oxygen. Moving along…. Her face looked like it was chiseled very lovingly by a higher being; the high cheek bones, pointed chin, and small nose were so delicate that surly the woman was a demon or kami herself from the beauty she held. However, with all her gentle curves mixed with rigid facial beauty her eyes were hard and black like an onyx. So cold where her eyes that he wondered what could have happened to make those eyes look like that, even if they were under a heavy curtain of long and tempting thick lashes.
"Keh, I thought you were acting kinda cocky, but that's only because you're using the power of the sacred jewel." Inuyasha replied. "Why didn't you say something sooner?"
"Forgive me…I wa..was trying to…cough cough cough trying to die pea…peacefully…baka." The wolf demon's smirk grew wider at the fire the woman had despite the obvious fact she was going to die soon. Perhaps he could use her power, that is, if she wasn't going to die.
"Inuyasha you have to finish this fight so I can find the proper herbs for an antidote, it might not cure her completely but it will give you enough time to go and get Kagome." The female demon slayer pleaded with worry and anger in her eyes.
Despite the fact that she had just wounded his pride, the hanyou had to agree with Sango. He could not only test out his new Wind Scar, he could also see Kagome sooner and help his new pack member.
"Keh, fine whatever, ready to die ya mangy wolf?!"
"Heh, I am Kouga the new leader of the Wolf Demon Tribe and your destroyer. A mere puppy won't be able to bring me down!" the two clashed in the air causing violent ripples and wind to cover the others. However, just as the next clash was about to happen, 'Kouga', turned tail and ran off with his wolves.
The group stared, even Yukiko stopped coughing. Blink… Blink…? What the hell? cough cough coughingcontinued.
"Yukiko how long until you change back?" Miroku asked as he saw she was starting to regain some amount of composure.
"Not for another fifty one hours I'm afraid. Un…unlike Inuyasha my trans…for..mation is time based on hours not the light, i..it has only been twenty one hours…since I have changed…" she managed before falling into another coughing fit.
"Inuyasha we cannot move her, it will only increase the speed of the poison. You have to go and get Kagome, and bring her back. We can stay here and watch over her until you do. And like I said I can make up that antidote, but it won't last forever, it can only stabilize her." Sango pleaded/commanded, but because of what she said was of such great importance Inuyasha only nodded and ran as fast as he could towards the well and Inuyasha's Forest.
"Damn it why do I gotta do all the dirty work?" he complained before becoming docile and rushing to return his Alpha female.
Red leering eyes watched the incident with interest. A malevolent smirk painting the face as he bond his time waiting to see when the cards should be played.
