Sora glared at Koga. He called her out of the cave with a kitsune child on his shoulder. Knowing that this was her ningen night, and having promised not to tell she was furious. "What the hell have you done?!"

Koga glared right back. "Look, the kit and I have something in common. We were both betrayed by Kagome. He wants a youkai to look after him, and I understand how he feels. I am letting him stay."

Crossing her arms she stomped up to Koga and looked up into his blue eyes. They were mesmerizing and she felt like she was loosing control. She always had her emotions running wild on her ningen night. "You bastard! What good is a kid that can't fight?"

"Simple. He will stay with the other two youkai that are with us that run from fights. Ginta and Hakaku."

"I won't have it!"

"You don't have to worry about it. He is my responsibility. Not yours. So back off and leave him alone." Then he walked over and sat down in front of the fire. He took what food was going to be his and gave Shippo some of it.

Shippo smiled and ate the food. "Arigato Koga."

"Don't mention it."

Sora sat down and glared at Koga. She really couldn't do anything about who he let tag along after him, but she did not want it to be a kid. She didn't care that the kitsune had been betrayed like him by Kagome.

Kagome. That was why he was keeping the kit with him. "Are you keeping him with you because he reminds you of Kagome?"

Koga looked shocked at her. "Nani?"

"Because he use to travel with Kagome, is that the reason why he is here with you now and not sent home." Sora knew that her jealousy over Kagome was showing full throttle, but she could not stop it. She did not want her youkai to claim Koga. She wanted to remain unmated her entire life!

Koga glared at her and growled. "No it is not because of Kagome I am letting him stay. I get where he is coming from. Inuyasha is ningen now and no longer hanyou. Everyone that he cares about is ningen, and will die before he even grows a single inch. By the time he is half grown he would have watched as Kagome , her kids, her grand kids, and her great grandkids all lived and died. With me, I will stay the same. And I can train him so that he won't be helpless. What can a ningen do to train a youkai?"

Sora felt like pure crap for throwing that at him. She knew how he felt right about now. She felt the same way about Karasu. Heartbroken. "Gomen nasai." Then she laid down and put her back to Koga. Tears streaming down her face because of how she knew that she hurt him. She didn't mean to.

Koga smiled. "Don't worry about it. I get it. Inuyasha would always loose control of his emotions when he turned ningen as well. Nothing to cry over. Just get some sleep. You too Shippo. I will let you know what Kagome tells Hakaku in the morning."

Shippo nodded and jumped down in his lap and curled up and was asleep instantly.

Koga was knew to this. But it felt good to have someone trust him as much as the kitsune did. Considering only a little less than a year ago he had tried to feed him to his wolves. He looked up when he saw Hakaku coming down the road.

"Well. What did she say about Shippo?"

"She don't care if he stays. Just to keep him safe and bring him around to visit once in a while." Hakaku sat down and tore off some food for himself. "Where is Ginta?"

Koga looked around. "I don't know. Me and Sora had it out over Shippo. He probably took off to get away from that." A sniff of the air told him that he was indeed sitting in a tree not to far off. "Go and get the baka. He is in a damned tree somewhere that way."

Hakaku nodded and went to get Ginta.

x

Kosha was the one who interrupted the story this time, laughing. He knew that it happened. But he still couldn't get over the fact that his father tried to feed his brother to his wolves. "Gomen. I still just find it funny that you tried to feed Shippo to the wolves. Then you were the one that he turned too when he felt like everyone else betrayed him."

Koga smiled. "I was just as shocked when he asked. Considering I did try to kill him, I did not think that he would have turned to me. But I would be lying if I said that I wish it would have been different. I could not imagine life without Shippo now. What about you Sora?"

Sora smiled and shook her head. "Iie. Shippo is pack. Even if I was more than a little miffed about him joining us on my ningen night."

Mizuki smiled. The look in her mother's and father's eyes when they looked at each other was one of true peace and bond. "Hai. Shippo is my older brother after all. Yours too Kosha."

Kosha looked at his twin. "This I have never argued with and never will. I wonder when I will be an uncle?"

Koga laughed. "The same time I will be a grandfather."

"Dad!" Kosha glared at his father. "I was being serous. I don't have much experience with the smell of a kitsune when she is pregnant, but there was something off about her scent."

Sora smiled at her son. "She is ready. That is what you smell. I have a feeling that sometime in the next week, Shippo will be back with her to let us know that we are going to be grandparents, aunts and uncles."

Koga smiled at his mate. "Hai. I noticed it as well."

Isamu looked up at his father like he was insane. "What are you talking about otousan? She just smelled like a female kitsune to me."

Everyone, except for Akira who was nodding in agreement with her twin burst into a fit of laughter. Akira and Isamu both said, "What is so funny?" at the same time.

Daisuke was the one who spoke up. "You are still too young to start to notice the difference in a female when it is the time for her to become with child and when it is not. You will know what we mean when you get older."

Isamu looked up at his mother who was giggling behind her hand. "Mama!"

"Gomen sochi. But Daisuke is right. You will learn what we are talking about when you get older. Right now you are just a child, be a child." Wrapping her arms around him she sighed.

"Whatever you say mama."

Akira glared at her twin and her eldest brother. "If the two of you are done interrupting the story, I would like to hear the rest of it now if you don't mind."

Koga smiled. "Hai pup. Here we go."

x

Koga shook Shippo awake just after dawn. "Come on kit. It is time to head out."

Shippo opened his eyes and looked up at Koga. Then the night before came flooding back to him. "What did Kagome say?"

Koga smiled as he stood up. "Welcome to my pack kitsune." He was taken aback but smiled when Shippo lunged up onto his shoulder and held on.

"Great! So what is the deal with a youkai like Naraku." He had heard what they were saying, but wanted to know more. After all he was there the whole time himself as well.

Koga waited for everyone to be ready to leave. He and Sora led the way as he told Shippo what they new. "Well all we really know is that the youkai is attacking people from the ningen village where Sora's mother use to live. We talk to people, and the description changes every time. His scent is all over the place and we can't figure out where he is."

Sora looked over and added, "And for some reason, he likes to target young women when they are alone in the woods."

Shippo quirked his head to the side. He can do a perfect transformation as long as he dose not try to get out of hand with it. Changing into a young woman in a simple kimono would be nothing. He could change into Kagome perfectly when they were fighting the Thunder Brothers. And it only got better the more he practiced.

Tapping Koga on the shoulder, "Koga I can help you with that one I think. I am a ton better at my transformations now. I can transform into a ningen woman and go out picking herbs in the woods and see if he attacks me."

Koga stared at him with a smile. "Shippo, the last time that I saw your transformations was when you were trying to help get Kagome out of my den when I kidnapped her. Your tail will give you away."

Shippo heard the low growl coming from the hanyou beside them. He did not know if it was because they were talking about Kagome, or because she did not think that Koga was being serous. "Look Koga I'll show you." Then he leapt off of Koga and landed in a puff of smoke.

Sora stared unbelieving at the figure that stood in front of her. It was her ningen form! "How did you do that?"

Shippo smiled. He could even get the voices right now. "I only have to meet you once and then I can transform into you. I even have your voice. And look Koga, no tail." And he spun around to show his back to Koga.

Koga smiled. It just might work. There was one ningen woman who got away from him. She said that he said he would get her sooner or later when she had to return to the woods. "Sora. The one that got away from him. He could turn into her and go back in the woods."

Sora thought for a second. He had a point. The one that got away. He would be ready to pounce on that. He would not even use his nose for it. The humility that she gave him by getting away would be more than he could handle. He would jump at the chance to kill her. "Hai. That is a good idea. But we will need to get him out of there fast when the youkai figures out he is youkai and not a ningen onna."

Shippo changed back to his kitsune form and was once again on Koga's shoulder. He waited to see what Koga would say. Kagome would never let him do anything like this because she said it was too dangerous. But he wanted to prove that he would be strong enough to live with Koga and worthy enough for Koga to train.

Koga thought for a second. If it looked dangerous he could swoop in and get Shippo and hand him off to Ginta and Hakaku before the youkai knew what hit him. Then a combined attack from him and Sora would be enough to kill it. "Hai. I know exactly what we need to do. And Shippo, this is all in your hands if we get him or not. Don't let me down."

Shippo beamed with pride. "I won't Koga. I promise."