Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha and company they are the creation of Rumiko Takahashi. I do however own the plot and the other characters there in.

A/n: I say if I were in the feudal era then I would love to be the mom of a half demon they are always so cute. Well anyway on with the story.

"Talking"; 'Thinking' ; (me)

Chapter Three: Maternal Instincts Come First.

Izayoi led Lord Ronin back to where she had the children safely secured. But as they came up on the cave they saw a bear youkai trying to get into the cave only to be thrown back by the barrier. It wasn't happy with its efforts. Lord Ronin went to go over when Izayoi stopped him. She walked over to the bear demon and stopped just a little bit away. She could hear Inuyasha fussing in there. She could also see that the bear demon was a female one.

(Yeah I know could never happen right well in this fan fiction it does so haha.)

Izayoi said in perfect bear language, "Hold up friend. You will only hurt yourself if you continue to hit that barrier like that. Why do you want inside with my children friend?"

The bear looked at this human who had been talking to her in her own language with a curious look but decided to answer her question since she was being nice.

The Bear said in bear youkai, "The child is crying because it is hungry. It has been crying for a while now. My cubs are fed and asleep so I came to investigate the crying. If they are your children I will not bother them then. I have seen many humans and demons leave their children to starve in this forest."

Izayoi said in bear youkai, "You are a very caring and gentle bear. You can go in if you want and check them out just let me take the barrier down first."

Lord Ronin was watching Izayoi as she talked to the bear demon then watched as she walked into the cave and took down the barrier that protected her children. To his surprise the bear went in and Izayoi wasn't even fazed by it. He went over to her and looked at Izayoi with an odd look.

He said, "Why was she trying to get into here anyway?"

Izayoi said, "She was trying to get into here because Inuyasha was crying. Maternal instincts kick in once you have children and you hear on crying far off and it doesn't stop. I was too far to hear him crying. I told her she could come in and check for herself that they were alright. She says a lot of demons and humans abandoned their children in this forest to starve."

They went into the cave a little further. They saw that the mother bear had both the pups out of their bed and had them in front of her. Both were eating healthy and strong. The female bear youkai looked at who had come in with the human and let out a warning growl to him. Ronin was surprised to find that the mother bear had already taken a defensive stance when it came to the pups.

Lord Ronin said, "You have nothing to fear from me young bear. I will not harm you in the least. I was invited here by Lady Izayoi."

The female bear looked at the human and said, "Is this true young human? Did you invite this dragon here?"

Izayoi said, "It is true I invited him here he is a good friend of my mate. He will do you no harm or my children any harm."

The bear had quit growling but was still apprehensive about the dragon demon. Something didn't add up here anyway. She could smell the human on both of the pups but could not understand why she would take a wolf pup as her own when she had a perfectly healthy son that was a dog demon. She would have to stay and investigate this matter more throughly. But as for now both pups were fed and would sleep some more before they would need it again. She picked up the wolf pup and put him back into the crib and then the inu hanyou she picked up and gave to his mother.

The Bear said, "Your son isn't tired yet. The other has fallen asleep. They are going to have to be fed in an hour again. Young pups I have come to find out eat a lot more when they are young then when they get older. They are but seven hours old so they will eat about once every hour. Since you smell as if you have not come into your milk as of yet I will return in an hour and feed them again."

Izayoi followed her to the entrance and she configured the barrier to the she bear's aura. So that even with the barrier up it would allow her into the den but no one else. The she bear had left and went back to her own cubs who would need to be fed soon as well. Lady Izayoi walked back to the main part of the cave where Lord Ronin was waiting with Kouga. She held Inuyasha in her arms as she walked toward them. She felt uneasy about something but hadn't been able to find what it was that caused her distress. So she wrote it off as nonsense.

Ronin saw Izayoi come in with his friend's child and said, "How will the she bear come in if you have a barrier up on the entrance?"

Izayoi said, "I have configured it to let her inside when the barrier is up. That way even when I am not here they are taken care of. But I will always be here though so there is nothing to worry about. So would you like to see my Inuyasha?"

A/n: I want to thank Demonic Tamai and InuGoddess715 for their reviews. I will update as soon as I can.