As night fell, Inuyasha picked up Ayame's scent and followed it back to her cave. He found her asleep with the child still in her arms. He covered them both with wolf skin and fell asleep on a boulder outside.

The next morning, Ayame settled the pup on a blanket and went outside to wash to find Inuyasha asleep. She carried him in to the cave and asked herself,

'What was he doing?'

Inuyasha's eyes fluttered opened and found two bright brown eyes staring at him. He gasped and crawled back to find it was Koinu. Ayame came running when she her the gasp and saw Inuyasha's startled face. She laughed, picked up the little hanyou and extended her hand to the older hanyou. He took it and haled himself up. They all went outside and soaked the bright sun.
"So what were you doing out here, Inuyasha?"

"Just checking up on you and the kid."

"You didn't have to."

"But I wanted to."

She looked at him with soft eyes, clasped his hand with her free one and held it tightly. Koinu jumped from Ayame's arm and started to sniff then Inuyasha and Ayame joined in. She leaned into Inuyasha's shoulder and whispered, "I smell a demon."

"It's a water-demon." Inuyasha whispered back to her.

The two growled and Ayame picked up the child and held him in her arms. A girl appeared from the bushes. While bitten and bruised, she stumbled to Inuyasha's feet. He stepped in front of the girl and drew his blade while Ayame tended to her. The girl had silver hair and powder blue eyes surrounded with tears and cuts.

Suddenly, a dragon demon flew up amongst the trees, throwing beams of ice through his fangs. The girl gasped and hid wearily behind Inuyasha. The dragon spoke in a booming voice, "Give me the girl!" and shot at Inuyasha with a borage of icicles. He quickly deflected the ice and jumped to attack, but the dragon dodged and dove to the ground with high speed.

Ayame picked up the baby and the girl and jumped back, making the dragon crashed into a boulder. A large carter was left where it fell and Inuyasha landed at Ayame's side. The little girl let out a sigh of relief laid and collapsed on a patch of moss. The baby hanyou started to cry and Ayame cradled it slowly in her arms. Inuyasha sat next to the girl and asked, "So what did that demon want with you, kid?"

She sat up and looked at him, "Me and my mother were at the riverside when the dragon came. You see my father killed his offspring and it killed him, but then it came after us and unfortunately my mother didn't survive."

She started to cry now grabbed at Inuyasha's robe. "She's dead! I'm all alone now!"

Inuyasha looked up at Ayame who was holding the baby and his eyes sent her a message, "Can we really help her?"

She nodded put the child down in the inu's lap. She turned to the girl and asked, " Would you care to stay with us?"

"Really!"

She nodded again with a smile and pulled the girl in to a hug. Inuyasha gave a smiled and then screamed as the baby pulled at his hair. Ayame and the girl looked at the hanyoues and they laughed. Ayame turned to her again and asked, " So what's your name?"

" My name is Kashu."

" I'm Ayame." She moved toward Inuyasha and loosened the child's grip on his white hair.

" This little boy is Koinu," and she put a hand on Inuyasha's head, "And this is Inuyasha."

" It's a pleasure to meet you, Ayame,. and you too, Inuyasha." She bowed respectfully.

"Well let's get you cleaned up," said Ayame as she took Kashou by the hand and picked up the baby in her arm.

Inuyasha yelled as the group walked off, "Hey! What do you want me to do!"

" You can go if you like!" Ayame yelled back.

He stood up and sniffed out the scents of his friends. He started to run towards them a couple of yards away. When he got there, they all stared at him as if they never seen him before. " Where were you all day?" asked Kagome.

" None of your damn business." said Inuyasha calmly.

The next morning, as Inuyasha left, Kagome followed him. He paused, then turned and walked to his left. She followed from a fair distance and watched carefully as he turned. Suddenly, he jumped and she lost him in the branches, but then she felt a sharp object on her back. She turned and Inuyasha was right there with angry look on his face.

"What are you doing her, Kagome?" he asked, not letting his anger get the best of him.

"Just taking a walk." she said a little fearful.

"Bullshit. You were following me and after I said it was none of you busy!"

"I was making sure you were okay!"

"Well I'm fine as you can see!" he said as calmly as he could.
Just at that moment, Koinu jump out of the bushes, right into Inuyasha's arms. Kagome was surprised at the sight of the pup. "Koinu!" came Kashou's voice and a moment later she was there in front of Kagome, too.

" Oh hello Inuyasha!"

" Kashou, take Koinu back to the camp and I'll see you soon." said Inuyasha in a kind and gentle tone as he placed the boy in her hands.

Kagome was baffled and dumbfounded as the girl went back the way she came.

" I guess it's kind of a shock to you, but there's a good explanation for everything."

After tell the story of both children, Kagome felt at ease.

"But please don't tell the others about this." She nodded and went back to her camp.