Another year pasted almost in a blur the pups were growing and their demon aging was kicking in, making the boys age and they look and act like they are six and Sakiyami now is about five. Rin was in the village with Ayame and Sesshomaru talking to Koga about how they could maybe dig to the surface with the help of the aggressive mole demons.

Sakiyami smiles as she is chasing a butterfly through a small meadow as she was running her eye focusing on her prey suddenly a white flash and it was gone, she saw her brother Aoikiyodai and tears filled her eyes. Her brother stood there with a big smile on his face the butterfly in his hands as he opened them to show he caught it for her it was smashed its former beauty and life was all gone smashed to a green mush in the palms of his hands. His little triangle ears flickered and twitched at a sound that made his smile vanish, as he looked up at the sounds of sniffles and the smell of salt water his eyes widened as he saw her tears.

He watched as Sakiyami was pulled into a pair of arms that made him snarl as he saw his older brother Kurostukiyuu "Hey let her go! So ain't a baby ya know!" Kurostukiyuu's eyes just harden from their gentle gaze at Sakiyami to his brother who he often thought of as clueless, he let out a growl and motioned to what was in Aoikiyodai hand and then at Sakiyami. A switch went off in his head and he sighed and wiped away the bug on the grass "I'm sorry Sakiyami I was just trying to get it for you, you fall a lot when you chase those… I just wanted you not to cry."

Kurostukiyuu narrowed his eyes and lifted the corner of his lip in a snarl of anger, as Aoikiyodai nodded "Yeah yeah I know I made her cry." Sakiyami hugged Kurostukiyuu and he leaned down looking softly into her watery eyes and wipes away her tears and kneels as she crawls onto his back and clings in a piggy back. Aoikiyodai grumbled something as he went to walk and his older brother tripped him and walked off towards the south east. Sakiyami watched as Aoikiyodai ran off northwest, she hugged Kurostukiyuu's neck and smiled "Kurostukiyuu where are we going?"

He pointed towards a blooming flower patch with tons of butterflies and wiggled off his back to run to the beautiful creatures and smiled as she sat low to the growl acting as if she were hunting, she looked to her side and saw a normal sized black dog come up to her side she giggle and nodded she and him both ran and jumped in the middle causing all the butterflies to fly in the air at once creating a beautiful moving cloud. She saw her brother's ears perk on his head as he turned his head in another direction she looked over there and he moved to stand in front of her and there was a fast red flash.

Sakiyami ran and hugged her brother's leg he tensed and the let out a growl looking at the creature who caused the flash seeing a red flash and saw a twelve year old copper headed boy who had a copper tail tipped with white, his eyes a robbin's egg green. The boy spoke as if he were many many years older which only angered Kurostukiyuu more.

Sakiyami spoke up knowing her brother wouldn't "What is it that you want?! Speak quick or my brother will end you here and now!" The boy smirked and leaned to one side swaying his hips and shook his head "What a rude little thing, but when I have you as my mate I will beat that out of you." Her eyes widened she didn't know much about mates, only that her mommy and daddy loved each other and they were mates. So it had to do with love? She knew one thing 'I don't love this stranger! So we can't!'

"We can't mate! Mates are about love!"

The fox growled and threw five leaves all surrounding the two siblings the leaves slowly admitted dust. Kurostukiyuu growled lowly his nose burning and his eyesight blurring. He let out a howl he knew Aoikiyodai wasn't far and would be there soon, he hated asking his younger brother for help but it was for Sakiyami.

He heard a scream and then his hearing was fading whatever that fox dust was it was to mute the senses, he hated foxes. Sesshomaru taught his pups all the tribes around here and one was the fox tribe they were tricky and he saw it as coward behavior for not fighting face to face fairly.

The fox boy smiled and down at the prize within his arms, he carried her over his shoulder with her chest over the front of his shoulder so he could see his beautiful capture. She began kicking his back it hardly hurt and didn't bother him much "NO! Mates have to love each other! I don't love you put me down!"

"In time I will make you love me, that is if you love food, water and freedom. I will be the only way you get any of those."

Sakiyami looked to see the boy holding her in his arms as he jumped from tree to tree "When I heard he had a daughter I knew I had to have you as a mate, he is the most powerful being down here to be related to him would be a great advantage!"

'Mate is love.'

Sakiyami screamed as loud as she could "No! Let me go! Let me go!"

'Mates are love. I only love my family!'

"Return me to my mate!" Sakiyami screamed louder than she thought she could.

This stopped him as he rested on a branch and jerked her to stare at her neck "You have no mark, you smell unmarked physically so you have no mate! Are you saying you intent to mate with that boy?"

She growled and puffed out her cheeks angered he wasn't understanding "Mommy and Daddy love eachother and they are mates, I love Kurostukiyuu… so we are mates!"

Her kidnapper laughed bounding off and shook his head "Oh I will show you what real mating is. They say I should wait until my mate wants to mate, but I suppose if I seal the deal now I won't have to wait." He then landed in front of a little burrow he had made a safe distance away from the boy she was with. She screamed and kicked as he went in the burrow.

Soon Kurostukiyuu senses were returning as the dust faded and there in the edge of the forest was running to meet his brother in his Taiyoukai form Aoikiyodai and he then transformed into his humanoid form as he ran and hugged his elder brother "I heard her scream! Where is she?! What happened to you?!"

Aoikiyodai stared at his elder brother who hadn't moved at all his eyes were wide as he stared off into space, fear increased in him 'Brother is strong and never weak yet he looks frightened right now. Aoikiyodai may have a lot of pride and fight with his brother, but he was the younger brother and he purposely tested his brother's limits and looked up to him.

"Kurostukiyuu? Kurostuk-!"

"Shut up Aoikiyodai!"

"Brother!"

"My vision is returning, I'll catch up go get her back!"

Aoikiyodai was a surprised that his brother was talking, he normally only spoke once every few days and only when he absolutely needed too. Their parents didn't mind, his mother even told him that at one time she was mute and couldn't speak at all even if she wanted too and yet Kurostukiyuu could at least talk when he wanted so it didn't bother his parents. It really annoyed Aoikiyodai, but his father was a man a few words so he figured it was just pasted onto his elder brother and he got his mother's talkative personality.

"GO! A FOX WANTS SAKIYAMI TO BE HIS MATE!"

This made all worry for his brother leave his mind and now his mind was solely filled with worry for his sister and rage for the fox who would dare claim her. His blue irises turned to an even icier blue and the whites of his eyes began to bleed red, a bloody ruby red. Kurostukiyuu looked over at him his blurry vision didn't help but he could feel his demonic aura increasing and knew his brother had lost himself to his true self, his inner beast was controlling him.

His younger brother had good control over the inner beast but in times of danger he would lose himself sometimes "Aoikiyodai quit being useless and go get her, that fox wasn't playing around."

Rin heard her daughter's screams and her eyes widened and found her feet carrying her toward the fox clan, she spoke to Sesshomaru mentally 'Sesshomaru! Sesshomaru! GET SAKIYAMI! SHE IS IN DANGER!" She heard him let out a howl, her mate was near the borders of the cage and the fox clan is near the south- western border.

Her mate would be close…

Aoikiyodai heard his father's howl and this increased his speed he wanted to save her before him to show him he was just as good as him. Kurostukiyuu's vision was back to normal and smelled his brother and ran catching up to him in no time as he did he looked at his brother who had somehow regained control over his beast and was in his Taiyoukai full form again. He knew his younger brother wished to be so much like his father and he stayed in his Taiyoukai form most of the time.

He ran even faster and saw their sister running out of the burrow and towards them Kurostukiyuu, she as a scratch on her neck and her little claws have blood on them. She hugged Kurostukiyuu and cries he holds her and cradles her head to his chest and nods at the forest where he saw his father emerging, the fox boy ran out of the burrow and saw he was no longer alone. Sesshomaru saw his daughter run crying to her elder brother as he comforted her and then turned to look at the fox boy and saw his left eye was bleeding and he had another cut on his face. 'She got him good and I smell no wounds on her or blood, she is still unmarked in anyway…good.'

He narrowed his eyes on the fox pup and ran up to him while the fox stared in fear and shock unable to move at Sesshomaru coming towards him, with one swipe of his large claws the was sliced apart with Sesshomaru's poison tipped claws. Koga watched from the edge of the forest and smirked thinking he would have done the same if someone tried to hurt his child.

Aoikiyodai turned into his humanoid form and hugged his sister in a sibling group hug. Sesshomaru walked towards them and in that moment an idea crossed his mind, the future of his family… He walked them home telling Koga that was enough for today. Sakiyami ran over to her father and cuddled his foot and smiled up at him "I love you daddy!" It warmed his heart he never thought he could have this, a family 'I also love you.'

She smiled and giggled and he ran over to her brothers and she walked between the two so she was in the middle and grabbed both of their hands and smiled even wider "Swing!" Both brother looked down at his younger brother, Aoikiyodai was a few inches shorter than his elder brother as blue and gold irises seemed to exchange silent words.

They moved their arms to swing her as they walked and she smiled giggling looking back and forth between the two brothers and yet so different, Aoikiyodai had blue eyes and white hair in a low pony tail that went to the middle of his back, with little puppy ears and he was a few inches shorter. Her elder brother Kurostukiyuu had black hair down to his waist his eyes were sunshine gold and his face had a crescent moon the open part facing up like her mother's. While her younger brother had no marks and she smiled giggling as they made their way home, Sesshomaru watched his children and smirked to himself 'A fine little pack.'

Rin smiled she sat at the front of the cave and saw her family coming into view she ran to her family and saw her little Sakiyami run towards her as her sons walk slowly behind and her mate walking calmly behind them 'Thank you.'

He smiled back and nodded his head 'Mate I was not need, the boys would of saved her.' She looked at her boys and smiled her little boys were becoming little men, and not just men great powerful men who protect those they love. Just like her mate…

'Sesshomaru…'

He smirked and knew he was loved as Rin walked up to him and hugged him even kissed his large arm, he turned into his smaller Taiyoukai form and hugged her back. He then nearly laughed when he heard his daughter sigh "Aw daddy and mommy love each other!" Rin blushed he could see it when she looked up at him and she spoke softly "Yes, we do."

Author's note :Well I'm posting again, my nana's husband has been in the hospital with many surgeries and I have been up there and working three jobs and went on a date ^-^ so busy but I'm posing again.