Here's the other chapter! I hope you'll forgive me for forgetting to post these chapters for so long ^^; Plz enjoy!

Inuyasha turned away while I continued to glare at him, more so now for harming my poor little fox kit. Miroku bent down to whisper to Shippo, but I could still hear him. Inuyasha probably heard, but he showed no sign of it. "Shippo, if you bug Inuyasha you'll only feel his fist." He stated.

We all tensed up as the bushes rustled. We turned to see a bunch of human thieves approaching us with weapons at the ready, laughing.

"The bear?!" Shippo cried in fear.

"Don't worry," Miroku said. "They're just ordinary thieves."

"Hey! Who you calling "ordinary"?!" One said.

"Looks like ya ain't got no money. Just leave us the women and we'll call it even!" Another said, obviously the leader.

I now glared at them while Kuro stepped protectively in front of me. Inuyasha scoffed. "Do you know what? I don't want to waste any more of my time. So if you don't want to get hurt, ya better leave!"

Sango suddenly gripped the strap that held her large boomerang over her shoulder.

"What did you say?!" The thieves stiffened at Inuyasha's threat.

"Kagome!" Sango said.

"I can feel the Sacred Jewel shard coming!" Kagome answered. I felt it as well. And it was nearby.

Suddenly, a huge paw swiped at a few trees, uprooting them and sending them straight towards us. One fell on the thieves while Sango threw her weapon, smashing the other tree in half before it could crush us. The giant bear roared to the sky, its red eyes blazing, before staring down at us.

"The shard is in its forehead!" Kagome and I shouted.

"He might be huge, but he's got the brain of a bush pig!" Inuyasha smirked. He leaped into the air with Tetsaiga drawn in his hands. "Take this!" He swung at the bear's neck before landing in a tree. He glanced over his shoulder.

The bear didn't seem to be hurt, but it still bent over from the impact. The clouds above darkened to a purplish hue as a swarm of something emerged.

"Naraku's insects?!"

"Look!" Miroku exclaimed.

The bear roared as the insects swarmed around it. Some began to crawl on its head as its red eyes glistened. An insect flew off its head, holding the shard that was imbedded in the bear's forehead.

"They're taking out the jewel shard!" Inuyasha shouted.

The bear roared once more before falling to the ground, motionless. It started to disintegrate, well its skin did. The bones were left behind. The insects left before everything disintegrated.

"Is it a trap?" I asked.

"Probably…" Miroku said.

"Fine with me!" Inuyasha growled. "And this time Naraku won't manage to escape!" I bared my fangs, as well as Kuro, in agreement.

The insects flew over the walls and into what looked like a castle. Though, it wasn't exactly, it looked like all the other ones Naraku had hidden in.

"Naraku!" Inuyasha yelled, smashing down the door to the entrance with his bare fists. Like that's a real shocker. "What's all this?"

We all stared at the sight in front of us. I gasped, bringing my hands up to cup my mouth as I did so.

"Wolves?!"

"Are they of the demon wolf tribe?"

I nodded slowly. Though most of them smelled of a different tribe, some of them smelled of Koga's tribe. And they were all, slaughtered. Though I had not witnessed it personally, I have now seen another wolf tribe - two to be exact - slaughtered and killed off to be fed to the crows. I stared in shock as I took a step back, only to step into Kuro's embrace once more.

"What were they doing here?!"

Suddenly, a gust of wind swept out across the mass of bodies. And they started to get up! Oh god, this was a nightmare!

"Impossible!"

"They're still alive?!"

"I don't sense any life in these men!"

"Their souls have left."

The wolf-demons then started to attack us. Sango and Miroku knocked them away. As soon as the bodies hit the ground, they got back up.

"Do you see that? Even if you knock them down, they revive again!" Miroku observed. "How can they keep coming back to life, if they were even dead in the first place?!"

I couldn't do anything. I couldn't even watch. I just stood there, my feet frozen to the ground as they attacked. Kuro had to knock the lifeless bodies away from me. When he got the chance, he shook my shoulders, shaking me out of my fear-stricken trance.

Suddenly, all the bodies flew up in a circle around Inuyasha. "What?!" They flew down towards him and slammed into him before splitting open, spraying blood everywhere and falling to the ground, remaining motionless this time.

Some of the blood managed to get on my cheek and along my neck and shoulder and I flinched, my pupils dilating to slits before I grasped my arms, as if to keep from getting cold, and slid down to my knees, staring horror-stricken at the ground in front of me. All Kuro could do was stand by my side. There wasn't really much he could do. In this situation, he couldn't hug me in a comforting embrace. The wolf-demons could spring up and attack any moment, but it didn't seem like they would anytime soon.

"What's going on?!" Inuyasha asked, mostly to himself.

"I don't get it! Why are they collapsing?!"

"It's him!" Now that was Koga's voice. It wasn't even enough to break me from my trance.

"Huh?" Inuyasha glanced over his shoulder to Koga standing on the wall.

"Inuyasha!" Koga yelled.

"It's Koga of the wolf tribe!"

"Inuyasha! How dare you do this?!" Koga shouted once more.

"Don't jump to conclusions." Inuyasha said. "Your pals here were already dead by the time I got to the castle!"

"Shut up! Don't lie! You're covered head to foot in their blood!" Koga accused.

"Koga, you're wrong!" Kagome stepped up, defending him. "We came here looking for Naraku and found the wolf tribe slaughtered! But then…"

"Kagome?!" Koga interrupted her. She continued as if he hadn't interrupted her.

"…they came to life again and attacked us! But they weren't really alive, they were zombies!" I blinked and shivered. I could feel Koga's gaze on me for an instant but it quickly faded.

"Kagome! Don't even try to protect that cur!" Koga barked. ""Already dead when you got here"?! How stupid do you think I am, you blood-thirsty mutt?!"

"Oh no…" Kagome said softly.

"We were set up by Naraku." Miroku stated. "It was his poison insects that led us here in the first place. The demon wolf tribes were somehow enticed here too and they were quickly slaughtered."

"Koga rushed to their rescue and arrived just in time to find Inuyasha covered in his comrades' blood." Sango added.

My eyes widened even more, if that was even possible, considering they were already wide. It sounded just like what happened with our tribe. Although, we didn't have anyone to blame. We saw them get slaughtered. We saw our father die. We saw Daisuke die in our arms. And it was all his fault. It was Naraku's fault. He put us through this, and now he was putting Koga through the same thing. How dare he?

"The sight of the slaughter has put him into a fixed rage of vengeance. He can't even be reasoned with. They'll fight to the death." Sango continued.

"The blood has gone straight to Koga's had," Shippo said. "There's nothing that will get him to back down!"

"Oh no!" Kagome said.

Koga suddenly leaped from his perch on the wall and punched the ground where Inuyasha had been a second ago. The force of the punch sent a straight line in one direction, making a small gorge in the ground. He stood up as Inuyasha began to speak.

"I see you've managed to find another jewel shard for your arm!"

"You stole my original jewel shard the last time we met. But I warn you, this one's even better!" Koga growled.

A dark glow emitted from the shard in Koga's right arm, making me wince from the impurity and Kagome gasped.

"Strange light! Is that the glow from the jewel shard?" Kagome asked. "No, it's darker… the energy is warped! What's it a fragment of?!"

Koga then began to throw punches at Inuyasha. Each time, Inuyasha managed to dodge them.

"Stop it, Koga! Listen! Please! It's a trap! Inuyasha didn't kill your friends! It was somebody else!" Kagome shouted. Somehow, the determination in Kagome's voice gave me courage and the strength to snap out of my trance. I gave one more shudder before standing up and slowly walking over to stand beside her, staring at Koga.

"Shut up! I believe what I see with my own eyes!" Koga barked.

"Koga!" Kagome gasped. I blinked in surprise at his persistence and stupidity at this situation.

"Forget it, Kagome." Shippo said. "He's got a block of wood for a brain, so he can't grasp anything too complicated. All he understands is a few punches in the head!" He continued as Koga raised a fist to stare at his arm. "The demon wolf tribes live in packs and they cherish their comrades like family." I nodded in agreement at that. "Seeing so many of his brothers dead all at once would make him insane with grief!"

"I thought he would listen to you, Kagome, but I was wrong. He's too far gone." Miroku said.

"You can't blame Inuyasha for fighting back. He has to defend himself!" Sango added.

Inuyasha seemed to be lost in thought as he stared at the main building.

"Pay attention!" Koga barked. "What are you looking at?!" He took a swing at Inuyasha. I couldn't tell if he was able to dodge it or not this time.

"Should we help?" Sango asked.

"Inuyasha came here looking for Naraku. Do you think Naraku's inside the castle?" Miroku asked. "Charging into the enemy's trap is generally unwise…"

Sango ran forward, throwing her weapon. "We don't have a choice!" It disappeared through the open doorway, Sango and Miroku following behind it. Kagome, Kuro, and I stayed behind to watch the fight between Koga and Inuyasha.

:O Koga! Listen to reason, you jackass! I don't think Kokoa would forgive Inuyasha for slaying a whole tribe! Right, Kokoa?

Kokoa and Kuro: *nods* That's right.

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