Moonlit Encounter:

A Tale of Dogs & Wolves 

By: ChocolateEclar

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or any other character from the anime/manga "Inuyasha." So don't try to sue me.  ^___^

Claimer: I own Koinu (Nobara), Shirakaba, Yu (Yousukou), Hime (Yuck!), Mashiro, Itoshii, Haipaa, Koishii and her children, and all of Yu's younger siblings and cousins.

To Kyu-bi: I reply to everyone even when all I can say is "Thanks for reviewing." Well, thanks for reviewing! ^_-

To Sailor Universe: Yea, Hime is a hag. *laughs* Thanks again!

Attention: I will be on vacation till August 12th of 2003! I'm be bringing my laptop though so I'll try to post atleast one chapter while I'm gone, but don't count on it! I'm sorry, guys, but atleast I'm letting you know! ^_^;;

Part 8: Karasubairo and Yaki Shinrin

Mashiro read the mathematical problem with obvious delight, her green eyes sparkling. After a few moments she looked up at Yu and Koinu. "Well, its not terribly difficult if you know what to do," said Mashiro. She was sitting on some furs in her den, while Koinu and Yu stood before her.

Yu watched as his okaasan spent the next half hour explaining and assisting Koinu with the question. When she was done, Koinu was practically glowing with happiness as she thanked Mashiro.

"Now," asked Mashiro, "who wants lunch?"

Yu and Koinu nodded. Koinu tucked her paper into her jean pocket and they both followed Mashiro to the back of the cave. The demoness handed them little strips of smoked meat and flasks of water.

Koinu could understand why all the urufu youkai in Kouga's tribe where so thin. Her own stomach was grumbling after she had finished the small 'lunch.' She sighed but didn't complain.

"Hakkaku!" called out Mashiro as she looked out from the cavern opening.

A wolf demon with spiky locks appeared a minute later. "Yea, Mashi," he said.

"Give this to Kouga and the others," explained Mashiro, handing him a basket full of shreds of beef.

"Sure," said the male urufu youkai grabbing the container.

"Arigatou, Hakkaku."

Koinu watched the basket go a little hungrily. 'Oh well,' she thought.

"Give these to your little kyoudai, Yu," said Mashiro, handing him a smaller bin filled with even thinner meat slivers.

"Alright," said Yu standing up and taking the basket. He too left, through the doorway, leaving Koinu to sit beside Mashiro.

"I'm the healer and I store the food for the pack," explained Mashiro.

Koinu nodded, her thoughts wandering. She immediately thought of Shi. He'd been lying, she was sure of that now. He was such a horrible liar. He would never look someone in the eye when he was doing it. 'Who was he really having lunch with?' she pondered. She couldn't think of a definite person though so she went on to another thought.

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Later that afternoon, Yu took Koinu home in the usual whirlwind. Koinu said good-bye to Yu and, once inside, hunted Shi down. "Yo, SHIIII!!!" she called.

Shi jumped and turned to Koinu darkly. He was sitting in his room in front of his computer and now was eyeing his oneesan. "What do ya want?" he snapped, though he was having trouble keeping in his glee.

"'Just to see my favorite ototo."

"I'm your only ototo," retorted Shi turning back to the processor.

"True," muttered Koinu, grinning. She had noticed his poorly disguised joy and it gave her an idea as to who had been with him. "How was Ouka?" she asked innocently.

"She was fine-waaa!!! I mean-oh! Damn you, Koinu!" he said realizing his slip.

Koinu chuckled triumphantly, making a 'victory sign' with her fingers. "Gotcha."

"Oh shut up!"

Koinu smirked and queried, "So, what did you two do?"

"N-Nothing, we just talked and had lunch," replied Shi.

"And?"

"And what?!"

"And what else? You obviously did something else to be so flustered, gumai," reprimanded Koinu.

"Oh shut up, baka!"

"Tell me, teinousha!!"

"Urgh!"

"Shirakaba, tell me!"

"NO, NOBARA!!"

"TELL ME NOW OR I'LL UNPLUG YOUR COMPUTER!!!" snarled Koinu.

Shi shivered slightly and consented. "Fine, fine. She just kissed my cheek when she left, okay? Now go away, baka."

Koinu grinned and complied, leaving his room and going into her own. That was when a thought struck her making her bang her own head with a pillow. 'Atleast Shi's crush kissed him on the cheek. I haven't been kissed by my crush at all!' She sighed and flopped down on her bed. 'Oh well.'

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Yu hopped from tree to tree without missing, his steps agile. His senses were alerted to a rustle below him and he looked down, stopping and couching on a bough. His nose told him the creature below him was some kind of mix of canine youkai. He could smell urufu, inu, and kitsune quite clearly. The mutt youkai was in his full demon form, his fur a matted, scruffy black color. His eyes were a deep, piercing emerald that sent shivers through Yu and made his hair prickle in alarm. His ears were long and pointed upwards, each tipped with a white patch. He was enormous. A huge canine with lengthy, sharp fangs.

'What's he doing?' wondered Yu from his perch.

The youkai was sniffing the ground like a bloodhound, his huge dark nose pressed against the dirt. He looked up then, his fangs bared. Yu froze in terror. Those eyes were looking at him with abject loathing.

"Err…" he began before recalling what he usually said to intruders. "T-This is my father's territory. You're trespassing so leave!" For once he wished he had something better to say. The mutt demon growled causing Yu to stand up in distress.

The youkai pounced up at him using his strong back legs. Yu met him head on, kicking him in the stomach. Unfortunately, the demon grabbed his leg and yanked on him. The youkai bit down on Yu's leg causing agony and a warm gush of blood. Yu cried out in pain and slashed out at the mutt with his extended claws. The mutt youkai let go, causing Yu to fall and hit the ground hard.

He scrambled onto his knees, his leg flooding blood. The pain was nearly blinding but he began to quickly crawl away. His own youkai blood would heal him as long as he had enough time.

But time wasn't something he had in abundance at the moment.

The mutt youkai came down after him with a roar.

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Koinu stared at the clock on her computer screen apprehensively. Yu should have been there ten minutes before at noon. But he wasn't and it left her with a nervous feeling creeping up her back. 'I'll give him twenty more minutes,' she told herself.

At half past twelve Koinu decided to go see Yu and find out what was keeping him. She said farewell to her okaasan and otousan only because Shi was out with his furenzu.

She took off, using her youkai abilities. It took her about twenty minutes to reach Kouga's territory. When she did the over-whelming scent of fresh, sticky blood reached her sensitive nose.

Yu's blood.

The realization made her quicken her pace. She reached an area enclosed with tall trees surrounding it and saw Yu and the mutt youkai. Yu was standing, facing the creature, his leg bleeding freely. He had a few scratches and cuts on his body as well, some of which were trickling thin trails of blood. He was panting and dodging the stampede-like maneuvers the mutt was doing.

Koinu almost called out to him but stopped. Instead she crept around the area behind the trees until she was closer to the mixed demon. Then she pounced out from the trees and kicked and punched the demon. The mutt stumbled back snarling at her.

The youkai transformed next, his features twisting and becoming mostly ninjen-like. When he was finished shape shifting, he smirked, showing his fangs. He had shoulder-length, sleek black hair and was adorned in a navy blue business suit. A white shirt could be seen under his suit and around his neck was a silver chain with a small curved fang as a pendent. His eyes still consisted of a swirling, deep green and his arms were crossed.

Koinu watched him warily, her golden eyes never leaving him. "Who are you?" she barked, stepping closer to Yu.

"I'm called Yabai Kiba, youjo," replied the mixed youkai coldly. He pulled out a white handkerchief and wiped Yu's blood from his mouth carelessly.

"You're 'Dangerous Fang?!' " gasped Yu, clutching his leg wound.

"Hai."

"What are you doing here?"

"I have a job to do, booi," answered Yabai Kiba.

"So you decided to attack some random person on the way?!" shrieked Koinu.

"Its not my fault the kid's a hopeless fool."

"Urgh!"

"Leave the kodomotachi along, Yaki," reprimanded a woman coming towards them.  She was beautiful with full lips but a stern face. Her hair was waist length and raven-black. She was adorned in a dark shirt and short shorts. She had on matching black combat boots and had eyes as piercingly emerald as Yabai Kiba's.

"What are you doing here, Karasu?" snapped Yabai Kiba.

"I'm keeping you from making more of a fool of yourself," retorted the woman. She turned to Koinu and Yu and said, "My name's Karasubairo Shinrin and this is my tsuin, Yaki Shinrin. She added laughingly, "Aka Yabai Kiba." She smiled slightly and continued, "Yaki was once engaged to your okaasan, booi. But she went with your otousan instead and Yaki was left alone. Over time he became a renowned assassin, naturally not a lot of people liked him and he decided to come after your otousan's pack today because someone hired him to. Being the dumb ass my brother is, he attacked you without thought."

"Go away, Karasu," growled Yabai.

"What? Or you'll kill me too, Yaki?!" snapped Karasubairo.

Both Koinu and Yu smirked faintly as the killer and his sister yelled at each other. "Take this for his leg, girl," said Karasu mid-retort throwing a pale purple cloth to Koinu..

Koinu caught it and wrapped it around Yu's bleeding appendage. Yu looked a bit faint from loss of blood but otherwise he was feeling better already.

A rush of wind alerted them of the rest of the wolf tribe's presence. "Yaki? Karasu?" queried Mashiro, a baby and a toddler in her arms. At her feet were several other children. Her and the others were all either standing on tree limbs or on the ground encircling the enclosed area. "What happened to you, Yousukou?" asked Mashiro.

"'Smells like that guy attacked him, Mashi," said a teenage urufu youkai with short, curly red tresses.

All eyes turned to Yabai who shifted uneasily.

"Well?" snapped Kouga.

"Yaki was sent to assassinate all of you," said Karasu cheerfully.

Yabai blanched and snarled at his tsuin.

"Nani?!" Mashiro gasped.

"He won't though. Right, Yaki?" reassured Karasu.

Yabai grumbled but eventually replied, "I didn't really intend to bite the kid, I came here to inform you all of the call for your eliminations."

"Oh really?!" retorted Koinu. She was finding it hard to trust a guy with a little of Yu's blood still on his face.

"I had a feeling you would betray me, Kiba," said a low threatening voice. "Atleast you managed to gather them all in one place so it'll be easier to kill all of you," the person added.

The following moment they were surrounded by thirty adult youkai of varying kinds. At their head was a female neko youkai in her ninjen form. "Kill them all," she ordered in the same tone.

Koinu found herself in the middle of a battleground with an injured Yu at her side, a pack of urufu youkai (only half of which were adults or teenagers), and two mutt youkai (one of which she didn't trust at all). She gulped. 'Ah oh.'

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A/N: Attention: Remember, I will be on vacation till August 12th of 2003! I'm be bringing my laptop though so I'll try to post atleast one chapter while I'm gone, but don't count on it! I'm sorry, guys, but atleast I'm letting you know! ^_^;;

A/N 2: Here are the regular translations:

Gumai=stupid

Teinousha=imbecile/moron Youjo=little girl Booi=boy Tsuin=twin Here are the name translations: Yabai=dangerous Kiba=tusk/fang

Yaki=night air/stillness of night/cool evening

Karasu=crow/raven

Karasubairo=glossy black Shinrin=forest/woods A/N 3: Don't forget to review! Bye!