The small group froze and before Inuyasha could even comprehend what he was doing he snagged the small red blur as it went to run past him.
Looking down they were all shocked to see a far (in Crane and Minato's opinion) too small baby Kitsune struggle in Inuyasha's grip (something he immediately made looser once he realized what exactly he was holding.
Without really thinking about it Crane let his instincts take over as he gently took the distressed kit from Inuyasha's somewhat awkward hold and bring him to his chest while quietly crooning soft encouragements.
Neither Minato nor Inuyasha looked very surprised by the scene and Kagome and Kaede quickly got over their shock and became concerned over the young demon (who had calmed down in Crane's arms).
Kagome was the first to speak breaking the silence that had fallen that was only broken by Crane's softly spoken words "hello sweetheart what's your name and why were you running" she asked making sure to keep her voice soft and even so as not to scare the small kit.
The small kit looked towards Crane before answering whilst trying to hold back his tears "m-my name is Shippo and I am running from the men that killed my mummy and daddy" after his declaration the now named Shippo burst into tears.
Which caused Crane to begin mothering him and whispering soft reassurances into his ear leaving Inuyasha, Minato, Kagome and Kaede to silently fume as they inwardly plotted the men that had caused the kit harm violent deaths.
Once he was sure the Kit had calmed down Crane turned to Minato "we need to go sort out everything now and Kurama has to be included" Minato just nodded knowing just how serious this was.
Kagome, Crane, Minato, Inuyasha and Shippo made their way to the bone eaters well but not before telling Kaede they would meet up at her hut later Shippo was going to go with her but decided that he didn't want to part with Crane at all.
They made their way to the well and in almost no time at all they were all stood around it (well Shippo was in Crane's arms) "so do we all just jump in then or what" Kagome asked looking around in confusion.
Minato shrugged "well it's worth a try but just in case let's all go together" Crane nodded agreeing with the other Kitsunes plan "okay guys hold each other's hands and Shippo you grab tight to my shirt and don't let go".
And as if they had just had a count down the small group all jumped into the well and with a large flash of light they were gone leaving a surprised Demon Lord a few hundred miles away looking a bit lost before he put his mask back up.
The small group appeared back in the present in a small flash of light that went unnoticed by anyone, seeing that they were at the bottom of the well Minato grabbed Kagome and jumped up Inuyasha quickly following.
Crane reassured Shippo before he too jumped out the well and made his way to where Kagome, Minato and inuyasha were waiting at the top of the Shrine's stairs something he was not looking forward to climbing but did so anyway.
"come on guys let's have a meeting in the living room to decided what we should do fast and who is doing what" Kagome commanded before she walked into the living room expecting the three boys ( and one Kit) to follow...which they did.
Once they were all settled down and Shippo was happily eating some food Crane had gotten from somewhere (he had summoned it) they got down to business and begun planning surprisingly Inuyasha was a very good strategist.
"Okay the first thing we need to do is come up with the story for why you will no longer be going to school and get that Kitsune you guys know to help" Inuyasha said looking at the small group.
Crane nodded "I can do that me and Kurama can come up with a good excuse that are school will believe easy enough" Kagome frowned slightly "what if Kurama doesn't want to go on this journey with us" Minato just snorted from where he was sitting next to Inuyasha.
"Believe me Kags getting the Fluffy bastard to help won't be an issue in the slightest especially if Crane is the one to ask" Inuyasha looked at Crane in question Crane just shrugged "He owes me".
"Okay so the next thing we need to do is collecting everything you guys will need and maybe a few things for the Kit as I doubt he has anything on him" Inuyasha pointed to the now sleeping Kit Minato nodded.
"I will do that though Kagome you may need to help me with your things and Inuyasha you can help me with the weapons and finding some things for you as well" Inuyasha and Kagome nodded before starting to get up.
"So now we know who is doing what meet you guys back here in three hours Crane are you alright with Shippo?" Crane just nodded before pulling a long black scarf from somewhere and making a sling for the small sleeping Kit.
"Don't worry I love children and know how to handle them I will be fine have fun gathering all the items we need oh and Minato don't forget to back my swords" and with that he walked out the house leaving a gaping Inu demon behind.
All he heard as he was leaving the family home was a shocked exclamation of "SWORDS" and some cut off laughter he was smirking the entire way to his old friend's house not even stopping when a man almost ran into wall next to him.
He did however stop when his friend haired friend jumped out of a tree in front of him however "when did you get a child Crane" the red haired thief asked looking at the small kit in surprise.
Crane smiled softly "It's a long story" the other Kitsune smirked "enlighten me"
Hey guys Guess what I am now 16 and because of this I have gotten a brand new laptop so yay hopefully updates wont take as long now I have also gotten a Bearded Dragon who I call Smaug he is 6 months old and a real sweetheart. I hope you like this chapter as always if you want to get a hold of me leave a review or PM me you can also get a hold of me on Tumblr there is a link on my profile or you can just search for the midnightstalker. also if you have any questions just ask and I will get back to you as soon as I can.