Chapter 4:

Search for the Brothers:



He leapt down from the tree and walked up to Songo. "Long time no see. Where the hell have you been?" Songo just smiled. She knew that Inu Yasha was going to add some sort of insult.

"That's none of your business. But, I would like to know what the hell is going on around here. Why is Kagome in such a position?"

"She was shocked unconscious by some electrical wolf demon called Damaru. Sesshomeru showed up with some old friends... Kouga and his demons... and some new friends, Damaru, the electrical wolf transformer... She can transform from a human- like form to a wolf demon... similar to Sesshomeru, I guess..." Songo gasped as she stared past Inu Yasha, and at Kilala, tugging gently on Miroku's robes, as if sensing something was wrong.

"Oh, what happened to Miroku?" She asked in concern.

"When you landed before, you sort of saw what happened..." Reluctantly, Inu Yasha explained the whole story, then leapt back up to the tree branch. At least Kagome was sitting up. Inu Yasha picked her up and carried her down the tree, setting her against the tree's trunk. Kilala leapt into her lap, mewing sweetly to her.

"Hey, Kilala." She felt so weak she almost wanted to fall asleep again, but she resisted and did her best to stay awake.



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"Lord Sesshy?"

"What is it, Damaru?"

"Who else are we going to recruit? Naraku sure as hell won't do it, and we're all out of other canine demons..."

"We may be out of canine demons, but there are still many demons who would be equally

amused to claim the head of Inu Yasha."

"Saa... demo... who else?"

"The thunder brothers."

"But, I thought they were–?"

"No, Damaru, they are dead. But, with the help of a Shikon jewel fragment," He took out a small shard of the shikon jewel from his pocket, "we can allow them to walk the earth once again."

"Is that where we're headed, Lord Sesshy?"

"Yes. We are headed towards the Thunder brothers' grave to bring them back from the dead."

"Yay! Lord Sesshy's going to give us more warriors!" She flew ahead going at light speed, doing back flips and barrel rolls.

"Calm yourself, Pup."

"Pup?" At the words, she transformed into her puppy form; exactly like her wolf form, only smaller and younger. She let out a small bark.

"You know, that form of you's kind of appealing..." Kouga said. Damaru flied up to him and flew into his arms. She folded her dragon wings and nuzzled him gently. "Heh. You're definitely cuter now than in your normal form." Damaru barked slightly in response.

Pup was Sesshomeru's pet name for her. She loved it when he called her that. For, although it was normally said in a stern voice, commanding context, and demanding way, there was something appealing to the fact that her Lord Sesshy would call her Pup.

"Pup. Come here."

"Yes, Lord Sesshy." She spread her wings and broke away from Kouga's firm yet gental grip and soared up to Lord Sesshy.

"Yes, my Lord?"

"Here. I would like you to try and find the exact spot of the grave." He held a piece of fabric in front of her.

"Is this from the Thunder Brothers' clothes?"

"Hai." He nodded slightly.

She sniffed it then sniffed the air. She nodded a little at Lord Sesshomeru and flew ahead on her large dragon wings. She followed the scent for miles, Kouga and Lord Sesshomeru following. She finally began to descend, slowly moving toward a cliff on a mountain. Sesshomeru began to speed up slightly out of anticipation. Kouga barely noticed, and was trying to keep his wolves from barking at the snow- white flying pup.

She landed on the cliff and sniffed the ground slightly. She took off a run took a hair- pin turn into a cave. She raced, following the scent along the ground. Then she stopped at a dead end and sniffed the ground. It was a circular area in the cave, and was darker than any other part of the cave, probably because it was the farthest in. She began to generate electricity throughout her body, making herself crackle slightly and glow. This created enough light to see in the small corridor of the cave. She looked up to Sesshomeru. He nodded. She transformed back into her regular Wolfen form and began to dig as fast as she could. She dug down to the skeletons beneath the soil.

"Yes. Nice work, Pup." Sesshomeru cackled evilly and Kouga, Damaru and Kouga's wolf demon howled.