By the way, I think some of the "Namida of the Misma" readers thought the story ended right after Kouga died. There's a thirteenth chapter, it's kind of the ending and you find out what happens to Honey. I'd look for that if I were you before you read this chapter.



Chapter 3: Nine Inch Nails



The commander Popisi of the ox demon army stood on a raised platform. "Commrads! Today we conqure the wolf demons!"

His troops cheered and cried their battle cry.

"WE'RE GONNA CRUSH'M, RIP'M UP INTO TINY PIECIES AND THEIR CAVALRY WILL RUN AWAY WITH THEIR TAIL BETWEEN THEIR LEGS!" he shouted. As he revved up his army they cheered and screamed in response. Then They all stared to shout, "KILL THEM WOLVES! KILL THEM WOLVES! KILL THEM WOL-"

SLASH!

The commander's head rolled across the grass. The troops had pretty much quieted. They went white with shock and stared at the beheader.

"Don't chu know you should never cry wolf?" the young women said. She stood there in a women's battle armor. Blood dripped from her long nails and she smirked demonically at the troops. She winked at them and sang, "Popisi, for those who think young!"

"Get her! She's the leader of the wolf army!" the second in command shouted. They ran toward her and the wolf tribe warriors jumped out of hiding and continued with their war.

She flipped her long black hair and crossed her hands across her chest, "Time to rollout the big guns," she said. "NINE INCH NAILS!" Suddenly her nails became almost as long as a ruler. (An: I know it sounds corny, but I couldn't think of any other name for that attack.) And she made sushi of over 300 ox demons.

She stood trying to catch her breath on a pile of her kill. She jumped down in front of her tribe, "Tonight-HAMBURGERS ALL AROUND!"

"Yeah!" The tribe cheered.

She turned to wolfman patch and wolfman spike and said, "Whew! How was that?"

"You rule Mistress Hachimitsu!" they said clapping.

"Thanks, guys." She said. "And I owe it all to my #1 inspiration," She clasped her hands together and looked upward with stars in her eyes, "Musuko! Wherever he is, I will always love him! He will always be my man, and that Pathetic Puppy, Inu Onna hasn't got a chance."

Then she heard a high pitched whistle. She and her two wolf friends shrieked in pain. "What the hell was that?!" she said.

"Well, Dogboy, if you didn't have to keep trying to jump me when I least expect it, I wouldn't have to blow the Anger Adjuster!"

Honey looked over the side of the cliff and saw a dark demon girl walking with Shippou and a dog demon dressed as weirdly as Kagome he also carried a large duffelbag.

"Ooh!" Hachimitsu said, "If it weren't for my unrequited love for Musuko, I would kill that girl and take that hottie in a minute!"

She stood up and said. "Well, guys. It's time for a road trip, we're going out to search for my love!"

"Lead the way, Mistress!" the two wolf guys said. They stood in runners stance, then took off in a whirlwind.





April walked along with the boy walking right behind her. Shippou sat on her shoulder and neither of them heard a word from him the whole time.

"This silence is disturbing." She whispered to Shippou, but the boy could here anyway. He walked while scowling down at the dirt path.

"He reminds me of Inu Yasha when he sulks." Shippou said. The boy looked up at them when he heard that, but didn't say anything.

April sweatdropped and the silence continued. "So," she asked. "What's your name?"

He didn't answer at first and said, "Why should you care?"

She raised the whistle to her mouth and blew lightly across the top. He shivered and said, "Do you always make friends this way?"

"So you want to be my friend?" she smiled.

"No!" he said quickly.

TWEET!

"AAARGH!" he covered his ears and waited for the pain to go away.

"How about this," April said. "I'll tell you my name, then you tell me yours." She stopped and turned to him. "Hi! My name is April? And you are?"

"April?" he said. "What kind of name is that?"

She started to raise the whistle to her mouth. He threw out his hands. "SORRY!" he shouted quickly.

'He said sorry!' she thought. "I think I'm getting through to you, boy! Can you tell me what your real name is now so I can stop calling you boy?"

He said nothing for a few seconds. Then she turned around considering the whistle and he said, "Inu Otoko."

'Inu Otoko,' she repeated the name in her mind. 'That's actually kind of a cute name.'

"Well, Inu Otoko, I kind of don't get something," April said.

"What's that?" he asked.

"Well I know this dog demon named Inu Yasha and he REALLY looks like a dog demon..."

Inu Otoko looked up at her.

"But you're a dog demon also, and you look more like a human." She said.

Inu Otoko smirked in his little secrets and said, "Imagine that."

April kept walking util she was tackled from behind. She fumbled for the whistle but he grabbed her wrist. "SHH! No!" he whispered. "There's a demon nearby."

He got up and sniffed the air, then jumped at the high level demon there. "YOU'RE MINE!"



From across the valley, the group heard a blood curtling scream that could only come from a demon.

"Let's Roll!" Inu Onna said and they all ran in that direction.



Inu Otoko gave the demon one last swipe of his claws and it died. His claws slid back into their sheaths and he staggered tiredly toward April. The demon had knocked her out and put a few scratched on her arms and gashes in her baggy pants. Inu Otoko fell to his knees and crawled over to her.

"Give-me-the whistle!" he panted. Then his weight gave out and he collapsed on top of her.

Shippou started to scream, "HELP! HELP!"

Then the group walked in and Inu Otoko saw a pair of bare feet at his eye level. He looked up to see a not amused Inu Yasha. "Well, well, what do we have here?" he said.

Inu Otoko just stared back. He knew what it must've looked like, but he didn't have the strength to argue or get up.

Miroku and Musuko yanked him up off of her. Sango and Kagome ran to help April.

"I knew it was a bad idea to bring her here." Inu Yasha said.

Inu Yasha flexed his claws and Shippou jumped in front of Inu Otoko. "Wait, Inu Yasha!"

The dog demon pushed him out of the way and gave the half dead boy a couple of hits. Inu Otoko crashed to the Earth with blood dripping from his nose. Inu Yasha was about to give him a swift kick when Inu Otoko coughed and choked up some blood. He reached out and grabbed Inu Onna's ankle. She gasped and he said in a hoarse voice, "Help me, Inu Onna."

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