Tora-chan: Wow, I have such great readers! That's why I decided to add the next chapter.

Vitanie: You mean people actually read your story?

Tora-chan: Yes, they do. Thank you so much gfam89, inuyashaswife12, and RoCkRcHiK. I really appreciate the reviews, I was so happy when I saw all of them waiting for me. Oh and RoCkRcHiK thanks for the advice, it really does help.

Hiroshi: Tora-chan does not own Inuyasha.

Yuki: Now start the story already.

Tora-chan: Kay!

Last time: Kagome and Vitanie went to Makoto's shop to get strings for Hiroshi's lyre and ended up with an ocarina for Vitanie along with Hiroshi's strings. Makoto and the shop then disappeared leaving Vitanie and Kagome standing in the middle of the market at night.
Vitanie and Kagome now had their arms full of food and bandages as they walked up to the front of the Inn.

Standing just outside the doorway was a group of guys carrying swords and spears. Their clothing was a little ragged and worn but their weapons were well cared for and they held them with the ease of someone use to having them in their hands.

I don't like the look of them, Vitanie thought noticing some of them looking their direction.

"Kagome could you take these bags for me," Vee asked quietly looking over at the other girl.

Kagome had also seen the guys and the fact that they had to walk past them to get inside the Inn. "Sure thing," she replied shifting her bags so that she could hold Vitanie's.

"If they try to stop us I want you to run inside," Vitanie stated shifting her hold on her staff. She saw Kagome give a nod as they continued forward. They were almost to the group when one of the guys stepped away from the wall towards them.

"Well, well. If it isn't the cat girl back after all this time," he sneered.

"Do I know you?" she asked looking over the man. He had greasy brown hair falling in his face. His eyes were brown and beady on either side of a nose that had been broken more then once. He was diffidently not someone to brag about.

"What you don't remember me? I'm hurt we meet two years ago right outside this Inn."

"Oh I remember you now. You're from that group of thugs I chased off last time, because you were bothering Hiroshi. I thought I made it clear last time to get lost," Vitanie chuckled as she leaned forward on her staff in a very non-aggressive style.

"Yea, well we've been waiting for you to come back," he replied with a sneer as he drew his sword.

They had been so focused on Vitanie that they didn't even notice that Kagome had slipped past them and into the Inn. She could already hear Kagome calling for Inuyasha.

"Come on kitty, why don't you play," he laughed before charging her.

She easily blocked the strike with her staff while taking a step back. Every swing that he made she blocked not even trying to hit him, having Hiroshi take care most of the fights didn't give her much time to work on her moves, but Yuki had been sparing with her working on moves that would be a waste on this common thug.

"What not fighting back, kitty. Or are you too scared," he teased. Vitanie blocked a blow that would have cut her throat if she had been paying attention to his movements instead of his words. He was trying to distract her by talking and she didn't want to fall for that but she heard something that made her blood boil. She was almost ready to stop playing and start attacking for real.

"You call me kitty one more time," she growled in warning.

"What you don't like that kitty cat!"

Vitanie let out a hiss of rage as she swung her staff knocking the mans blow up and away from her but her swing didn't stop there but continued right into his side where she felt a rib crack. He grunted in pain but didn't let up on his attack. She easily dodge them not even using her staff to block anymore but instead rammed the tip into his gut. He grasped in pain as he dropped his sword and fell to the ground clutching his stomach. Vitanie though lifted her staff and started bringing it down toward the man's neck. His eyes where closed and watering from the previous blow so he didn't even know the next blow was coming. Her staff hit his across the shoulder against the base of his neck which would have broken if she hadn't pulled the blow at the last second only knocking him out instead of killing him.

The rest of his group was fine at watching the fight until their friend was losing and would have started attacking her if they hadn't been surrounded by some very angry demons, half demon, and humans.

"Vee, you okay," Yuki asked growling at group in front of him.

At hearing his voice she looked up in shock, "Oh, hey guys. I didn't even know you guys were out here."

At her answer Yuki and Hiroshi spun towards her a look of shock on their faces. Kagome shook her head, while Inuyasha just kept looking at the group of thugs cowering in front of him.

"I would recommend taking you friend and getting out of here before I lose what little bit of my patience I have left," Inuyasha barked. With that the thugs jumped and hurried toward their friend picked him up and ran down the street.

"Vitanie you really should pay more attention to what's going on around you," Hiroshi commented with a sigh.

"Yeah, yeah whatever," she mumbled a little upset at how easy the fight was. "Oh here, she said taking the box of strings out from her back pocket and hitting him in the chest (lightly) with it.

"Where did you get these?" he asked a little confused.

"Where do I always get strings and end up not paying for them?" she countered.

"Makoto," he answered with a laugh.

He headed inside to restring his lyre while Vitanie leaned back against the wall trying to get her temper down a little before heading inside. Yuki saw the expression on her face and quickly retreated not wanting to get on her bad side quickly followed by everyone else.

She saw them all head inside and sighed once she was alone. She pushed away from the wall and walked two blocks east of the Inn until she reached one of the bridges leading out of the town. She leaned against the air enjoying the cool spring breeze off the water and watched the reflection of the full moon in the river.

With a start she stared at the moon in the river and then stared up at the moon hanging in the sky. With a few choice words she turned and headed back toward the Inn, walked through the door and straight toward the room she smelled all of her friends. Sliding the door open she glanced at Yuki and Hiroshi and growled.

"Why didn't you tell me that tonight is the full moon?" she snarled.

Sango, Miroku, and Kohaku threw their heads up in surprise at the sudden entrance. Kagome spun around in shock dropping her bag to the ground when the door flew open. Inuyasha barely looked up from where he leaned against the wall his sword leaning against his shoulder. All completely confused.

Hiroshi looked up from stringing his lyre and over at Yuki who was leaning against the wall looking out the window.

"Do you mean to tell us that you forgot again about the full moon?" Hiroshi asked.

"Of course she forgot you know how clueless she is to the moon cycle. It wouldn't be Vitanie if she didn't forget," Yuki smirked. He looked up at Vitanie as she slammed the door shut glaring at him, before stalking across the room toward him, her staff still clasped in her hand.

" I'm still ticked from those brainless thugs so I would watch your mouth you worthless, mangy wolf," she hissed. Yuki just smiled at her enjoying seeing her aggravated.

"What the hell is wrong with you, you idiot cat? Why would you care about the full moon?" Inuyasha asked with his eyes closed looking very bored and relaxed leaning against the wall.

"Shut up mutt!" she exclaimed turning on him. "I'm sure there is a time during the moon cycle that you keep track of so shut the hell up before I decided to bash your head in!"

"Vee, watch what you say," Hiroshi warned. She was angry and not thinking clearly so she was saying things that would be best to keep quiet or at least saying things that the whole Inn didn't need to hear.

"So your time to turn human falls around the full moon," Inuyasha proclaimed in a very smug voice and small smile gracing his lips.

"I told you . . ."

"Vee, calm down," Yuki interrupted grabbing her shoulder and pushing her to the floor. Once she was down he grabbed her staff and set it by the door then went back to leaning against the wall by the window listening to her growl.

"So you're about to turn human?" Kagome asked quietly.

Vitanie closed her eyes and counted to ten trying to cool off her temper before sigh and answering her question.

"You would have found out anyway and I'm sure you've experienced something like this with Inuyasha," she paused looking up at them. Everyone nodded except for Shippo and Mari who where asleep and Kohaku.

"Oh that's right, you've only been with us for a few days now so you don't know," Sango said. "Let me explain. Half demons will lose their demonic power and become human during a certain time during the moon cycle. This time varies from half demon to half demon. Inuyasha's won't happen for a while yet but evidently Vitanie's is very soon," she explained trying to keep Inuyasha's secret while still explaining it to her brother. She had almost to him that Inuyasha's time was during the night of the new moon, but had decided that with so many people around he would probably want to keep it a secret for a while longer. The glare that she felt from Inuyasha has also convinced her at that.

Vitanie smiled noticing how Sango had remained quiet about the exact time of Inuyasha's transformation to a human. "You're right. Did you understand that?" she asked looking at Kohaku.

"I believe so, yes," he nodded.

"Okay then. Well from sunrise to sunset on the day after the full moon, I will be human," Vitanie almost whispered, but was till loud enough that everyone heard her.

"So tomorrow, we're going to have to protect you, Inuyasha grumbled.

"Actually she can protect herself," Yuki mentioned before Vitanie could retort. "Her temper is much worse when she's human."

"You only know that because you guys refuse to let me do anything when I'm human," she pouted.

They all laughed at the hurt expression on her face, reminding them of a little child who was trying to get her way. After a minute of that she laughed with them her temper full cooled as she started a conversation with Sango and Kagome.

Hiroshi quickly went back to string his lyre. He made sure all seven strings were in the right spot before starting to tune them. He kept his eyes on Vitanie as he plucked at the strings and then adjusted them.

Inuyasha noticed Hiroshi's behavior as he tuned the instrument and looked over at Vitanie as well. Hiroshi plucked a string and Inuyasha thought that the note was flat, but while looking at Vitanie he saw her ear twitch. At first he didn't think anything of it until Hiroshi plucked the string again with the note still slightly flat and saw Vitanie's ear twitch once again. The third time the note was played it was fine. When Hiroshi played the second note it was sharp and Inuyasha saw Vitanie shudder slightly. The movement didn't even affect her conversation and she didn't seem the least bit aware of it. He kept looking between Hiroshi and Vitanie as the lyre was tuned. Hiroshi didn't even once take his eyes off of Vitanie and sure enough every time a note was flat her ear would twitch and when a note was sharp she would shudder.

Once the lyre was tuned and Hiroshi was playing randomly again Inuyasha started to laugh. Everyone turned in shock at the sound.

"Inuyasha what are you laughing at?" Kagome asked confused.

"I think he finally lost it," Miroku suggested.

He had a superior smile one his face as he turned toward Vitanie. "Did you know that Hiroshi is using you as a tuning fork?" he asked smugly.

"What are you talking about?" Vitanie asked in shock.

"When he was tuning he never took his eyes off of you. Every time the note was flat your ear would twitch and at every sharp note you would shudder," he said starting to laugh again.

Yuki started to chuckle softly then could keep quiet and had to sit down because he was laugh so much. In between laughs he said, "I was wondering when she would finally figure that out. I just never thought that someone would have to tell her," he exploded.

"Hiroshi is that true?" she asked eyeing the musician who turned an unbelievable shade of red. "Hiroshi!" she exclaimed pushing up off the floor and grasping across the room for him. He managed to dodge her hand and then got up and started to run around the room trying to get away from the slightly angry tiger demon. As she exclaimed at how she wasn't a tuning fork the rest of the group was laughing at the two as the dove around the room.

Tora-chan: Well I think I'll end there for now. It's just over six pages at the moment. Sorry about the fight sence, I'm not really good at those so I'm not sure how it turned out. Oh, and if I don't update for a few days it's because my manager moved me to the overnight shift for the next few days, so I'll be getting little to no sleep and I can't write well when I'm tired. So sorry ahead of time.

Tora-chan: Oh and sorry but you'll just have to wait and see what's going on with Makoto and Sen. (I love the suspense! - - evil grin)

Hiroshi: Did you have to tell Vitanie about how I tuned my instruments?

Tora-chan: I'm sorry Hiroshi but it's just too funny (trying not to burst out laughing)

Hiroshi: It isn't funny. You didn't have to run from her.

Tora-chan: (couldn't stop and started out right laughing)

Hiroshi: Tora-chan - - (sighs). Since Tora-chan seems to be busy at the moment . . . I hope you enjoyed the story and please review. Thank you again (bows). It's not THAT funny! (Tora-chan fell out of her chair and is now on the floor laughing)