A/N…. Sorry it has taken me so long to update this story. Things have been hectic at home and I got distracted with a couple of other stories I am working on. One may end up on here eventually, however the other is my second original story. My first book is in the works of publication, I'll update info on that as it happens. On to the story.
Chapter 10
As if knowing what was the mission of the group, the skies were dark and grey, threatening rain, but so far holding back their watery curtain. They traveled faster than their usual pace, in a hurry to confront the demon responsible for all the madness, and sadness.
As usual, Inuyasha carried Kagome on his back leaping from treetop to treetop, however, Kaede rode with Sango on Kirara, and Shippo used his balloon form to carry Miroku. It took a good portion of the day to reach the base of the mountain. They decided to camp for the night instead of confronting her in the dark. Inuyasha argued, yelled, and basically was his usual brash self wanting to go in and rip her apart. They had to remind him that they were humans and couldn't see in the dark like he could. Miroku pointed out that the demon obviously wanted to meet them, of course probably to kill them. But if she had wanted to just kill the kids, she didn't need to take them prisoner to do so. She would have just slaughtered them like the others.
They opted to eat quickly, consuming Kagome's space food noodles, then going to bed to be ready to go at first light. Even though they were bedded down, they were all restless and did not sleep well. The old priestess did not complain , however the others knew she was cold. She was not used to sleeping in the open as they were, and it was colder here in the mountains than in her village. Sango woke little Kirara in her lap and whispered to her. The Nekomata yawned and stretched, then walked over to the Miko. She transformed to her fire demon form and curled around the priestess to go back to sleep. The old woman was surprised and wasn't sure what was happening, then Sango told her that she would be warm this way, smiling.
"My thanks little one, Ye are a blessing to these old bones. However, I can't say I ever thought I would be sleeping with a demon in my lifetime!" She then pet the cats soft, furry, and giant paw, and settled herself down to sleep again.
Inuyasha grunted and jumped up into the branches of the closest tree, his preferred sleeping spot. He knew he wouldn't sleep this night, too much on edge, and too much going through his head. He wanted to go in and just rip her apart. Kagome worried that the dogs would out number him and and she would take advantage to slip in and hurt him. Of course this pissed him off. He could slice through hundred's of mutts in one slice of his claws, not even using tetseiga. But he had to temper himself and remember that she is human, and despite their long time together, she often forgets his demon side. She's the only one who had ever looked at him for just what he was, not what he looked like, or his heritage. She didn't care that he was a hanyu, just that he was her friend.
That in itself was different for him. He had never had a friend before Kagome. He never had anyone, actually. He'd been alone his whole life. So while he argued, yelled and grumped, he gave her a bit of slack when it came to her knowledge of demons. There were no demons in her time, at least none that either of them could detect. So some how in the next 500 years, they would just be gone. He knew she was afraid that they all died out. But he couldn't see that ever happening. He thought it more likely that they moved into hiding somewhere. Maybe even to the mainland. He didn't know where, but he was sure that there had to be some somewhere.
But back to present time, he couldn't understand why this Inu female would be killing these pups. Pups were everything to Inu demons. They lived for their mates and pups. And loyalty was everything. Well, not to his half-brother. But that was a whole other jackass problem. Once this was over, he would have to inform Sesshomaru of it. As Lord of the Western Lands, he was also the first Alpha to all Inu demons. He and Sesshomaru were the only Inu in the Western Lands, however, his brother's mother lived in her moon palace high in the sky, and there were one or two very small packs of Inu in the Northern Lands. But they all fell under Sesshomaru's rule. There would be hell to pay for what ever pack she was from.
He just couldn't figure out why she would do this. Especially with the Inu line declining, Every pup was treasured, protected fiercely by every single member of its pack, and every other Inu demon. So the pups couldn't really have anything to do with this. Just a way to get attention. But who's attention and why. That is what was irking him!
All this thinking was making his head hurt. He grunted again and closed his eyes.