Chapter 3:

(Last Time)

"No, just the usual, Miroku being a Hentai, and Sango slapped him, and Inuyasha decked him," Shippo replied jumping into his soon-to-be mother's arms.

Kagome felt a familiar shock run through her body, and an unfamiliar scent fill her senses. "I sense a jewel shard, no wait two," she said and her brow furrowed in confusion. They all left the hut, and saw……..

(This time)

They saw a giant centipede demon, it had large red eyes, and four arms on each side of its body.

"Kagome, where are the shards," Inuyasha asked drawing out his Tetsusaiga.

"They're in it's forehead, and lower left arm," she replied, drawing a bow from her quiver and fitting it into the bow.

"Hiraikotsu," Sango yelled lobbing off one of the centipedes arms, unfortunately the wrong arm. "Damn it," she cursed, as the Hiraikotsu flew back to her, Kirara transformed and she jumped onto the neko's back.

"Go!" Kagome shouted and the arrow pierced it's forehead.

"Kaze no Kizu!" Inuyasha shouted and the demon was resolved to dust, and the two shards fell back down to the earth. Kagome went forward and picked them up instantly purifying them.

"That was easy," Kagome said with an unsettling feeling in the pit of her stomach. "Too easy if you ask me,"

"Exactly what I was thinking," Sango said as Kirara landed next to Kagome.

"Okaasan!!!" Shippo cried from the hut, and there was a loud noise.

"Shippo," Kagome yelled bolting back into the hut, but Shippo was gone, and the back of the hut was completely gone. Inuyasha came in after her, same as Sango, and Miroku. "Someone took him, I have to find him," she said, and was about to run off when Inuyasha pulled her back. "What are you doing, he could get hurt,"

"First: It's too dangerous to go alone, and Second: you don't even have Shippo's scent," Inuyasha said, trying to calm her down.

"Yes, but what if they hurt him before we get to him," she asked, her eyes watering.

"Get on my back, let's hurry," Inuyasha said, and Kagome climbed onto his back, Sango and Miroku on Kirara's. Inuyasha sniffed around quickly before he caught Shippo's scent.

They came to a clearing and saw a very large bear demon, was holding an unconscious Shippo in its claws. Kagome jumped off of Inuyasha's back, and let out a ferocious growl.

"Let him go," she said glaring at the demon.

"Give me the jewel shards," the bear said. "And I'll let the kit go,"

"No, you will let him go now!" she shouted, her eyes hidden from view now.

Sango jumped off Kirara who was hovering a foot about the ground, and rushed over to Inuyasha. "Is she transforming?" she asked slightly scared.

Inuyasha could smell Sango's fear. "Yeah, he's harmed Shippo, and Kagome considers him her pup," Inuyasha informed.

Kagome's hair grew longer as did her nails, and fangs, her eyes now a blood red, with turquoise pupils. "Now you die," she screamed and jumped at the bear demon, she scratched its arm causing it to drop Shippo, she caught him before he hit the ground, and quickly brought him to Sango, and ran back to the bear easily ripping it in half. As it faded a jewel shard appeared, and Kagome transformed back due to Inuyasha.

"Osuwarii," he said, and she hit the dirt.

"Ouch," she sat up and rubbed her face, and Sango rushed over to her.

"Oh, Kagome-chan, I'm so glad you're normal again," she squeezed Kagome in a hug.

"Wh--What happened?" she asked, not really wanting to know the answer.

"You transformed," Inuyasha explained, gently putting Shippo in Kagome's lap.

"I--I did," Kagome asked her eyes grew fearful.

"Yeah, the bear was harming Shippo," Sango replied. Then Kagome's hanyou ears picked up on a soft crying not to far away.

"Sango, take Shippo," Kagome handed the small kit to Sango, and followed the small wails, they sounded like a wounded dog.

"Kagome where are you going," Inuyasha asked.

"Do you hear it," she asked, stepping towards the woods.

"You mean the crying," he asked, she nodded.

"I'm going to check it out," she said.

"I'm coming with, you're not going alone," he said, she nodded and they left to find out what was making the strange cries.

They walked for about ten minutes when they found what looked like a small child curled up in a ball, she had a gray tail, and her hair was gray also, with black streaks.

"Hey, are you okay," Kagome asked softly, the child now only whimpering, looked up at her with dark brown eyes. On her head were two gray wolf ears, she was a wolf hanyou.

"Wh--Who are you," the little girl asked fearful.

"My name is Kagome, and I'm not going to hurt you," Kagome said softly. "And this is Inuyasha, he won't hurt you either," she said glancing over at him. "Now, what's your name sweetie,"

"M--My name is Moriko," she said.

"Are you lost," Kagome asked, Moriko shook her head 'no.' "Then where are you parents?"

"That bear demon killed them," Moriko said, she was starting to calm down and her brown eyes showed determination.

"Would you like to come with us," Kagome asked, and Inuyasha scoffed. Moriko nodded her head, and Kagome lifted her up, Moriko was trembling. "Come on Inuyasha, let's go," she said, she was eager to check on Shippo, check for any wounds.