Standard disclaimer applies. I am a poor student, take pity on me.

Chapter 4

Inuki couldn't help but smile at the look on the older demon's face.

'If what I am seeing is really happening… mmmm' the endless possibilities flooded through Inuyasha's head.  "Now I know you're lying," he stated trying to goad the other into giving up more information.

"Obviously, if you had been raised properly, you would know what I am telling you is true and would not resort to petty insults."

'Now, how in the hell am I going to get what I want without letting this guy know here I am from.  Obviously there are demons here in the present but they keep themselves hidden with the humans.  There is no way what he said about being a guardian could be true.  If memory serves, only master mikos and houshi get reincarnated as them, and they never breed.' He took a deep breath and tried to dissect the scent again.  'Definitely part human… the rest, hmm, smells like demon, but more wholesome, more innocent.  I don't think that I've ever scented something like that before.  "For your knowledge, I was raised by humans after my parents died." 'That should satisfy him,' he thought smugly, 'enough of the truth, and awkward enough not to question me more.'

"Well then someone needs to teach you," Inuki said in a good hearted, kind tone. 

'What a sucker, this is way easier that I thought it would be.  This guy is too noble for his own good.'

"All you need to do is take your yoki and mold it into the true form of your animal spirit.  It may take you a while to get it under control and bend it to your will, but with practice it will get easier."

Closing his eyes and taking long deep breaths, the inu-hanyou concentrated on the form of his yoki.  He could feel it fluctuate and undulate around him.  To test his present level of control, he tried to move it to the left.  He found it surprisingly easy when the unruly mass seemed to flow out of his body and as he thought on it more it almost seemed as if there was a wind that had blown it towards he desired direction. He tried again but to the right this time.  I seemed to move easily in that course.  'Well, that is simple enough, lets try something a bit more complicated.' With this he allowed his yoki to disperse has it had been before and as it spread out around him, instead tried to limit the fluctuations.  This was a bit more difficult, but he was almost able to keep it in an almost flawless sphere.  'No that I know I can control it, what the hell is he taking about when he said spirit animal?'

Aware now that the man next to him had been watching him intently as he has gone thru his antics, he plastered his face with an annoyed scowl and said, "How am I supposed to know what the true form of this stupid animal is supposed to be like anyway?"

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BTW, sorry I was not able to update sooner I got carried away by an update to my current favorite story, 'Present Time' (I hope it still counts as a short story?).  Any way everyone should go and read it.  It is at http://fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1084561