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Chapter 23

Inuyasha, Kat, Kenshin, Kageunsei and Suzaku arrived at the hut at sunset.

Tanya had heard the playful yips from the wolves as they had come out of the forest and had wandered out to see what was going on.

A black wolf came through the clearing.

To call the wolf just simply black was a kind of insult.

The color of the wolf's fur was darker than charcoal or the color of the sky at midnight.

It was so dark, it looked almost supernatural.

It had golden eyes that had the same familiar hue as the Battousai's.

The first wolf was joined by a second.

The other wolf was white.

A pure color that was so white, it surpassed the whitest sheet of paper or snow.

This wolf had purple eyes that also matched the tint of Kenshin's.

What was strange about the two wolves was that they seemed to be the exact opposite of each other.

The black one melted with the shadows while the white one had no shadow.

The white wolf trotted over to Tanya and the black one paused at the clearing of the forest.

The wolves sat down and pointed their noses to the sky.

Their harmonic melody cascaded over the land.

The black one's heartrending cry swept through the forest.

Their song melted together into one distressing but stunning song.

They suddenly stopped and turned their gazes to the forest.

The black wolf turned its gaze back to Tanya and seemed to glare at her for a moment before directing its gaze back to the forest.

Tanya wondered what the wolves could be staring at.

She approached the gleaming ivory wolf and stroked its mane.

It was smooth, too smooth.

No animal's fur could possibly be that was that soft and silky.

'I've got to be dreaming! Am I going crazy? Since when were wolves this friendly?'

A gust of bitter cold wind swept across the clearing.

The black wolf had crept up to Tanya when she wasn't paying attention and sat down next to her.

Tanya untied the jacket she was wearing from her waist and cringed when her hand grazed the coarse hair of the ebony wolf.

Another gust of frigid wind blew over the group and Tanya shivered.

A sliding and scraping sound came from within the woods and she swore she heard curses.

The sounds were coming closer and she recognized the cursing, "Inuyasha!"

He burst from the clearing wearing a harness and pulling a sled.

Tanya stared bewildered at the scene.

Kenshin was trying to keep from falling out of the sled while Kat was trying to keep it from tipping over while Inuyasha was tearing at the harness he was strapped into.

The white wolf barked in greeting and watched as the sled tipped over.

Kat jumped off the sled before it could tip all the way and Inuyasha just stood there as the harness he was wearing ripped off from the weight of the sled.

Kenshin, as unlucky as he was, had gotten his foot caught in the tresses and was hidden from sight as the sled toppled over.

All the items that had been on the sled were now strewn about in the snow.

Blankets were peeking out from the wreck and a few gi had managed to come unpacked.

Kat sat up and spit out a mouthful of snow.

Inuyasha rushed over and helped her up then carried her to the sled.

Kat jumped out of his arms and Inuyasha tipped the sled over.

"I knew it was a bad idea to let you steer!" Kat growled to him.

"Well it would be a lot easier if I didn't have a backseat driver!" he snapped.

"Backseat driver?! That is what a musher is supposed to do!" Kat hissed.

Inuyasha lifted the suitcase and placed it back on the sled.

Kat gasped when she saw Kenshin.

He was face down in the snow and wasn't moving.

Inuyasha grabbed the back of his gi and hoisted him up.

He set Kenshin on his feet and Kat watched as Kenshin spit out snow and gasp for breath.

"Are you ok?!" Kat asked.

"I'm fine," Kenshin said a little irritated.

He swayed on his feet and said, "Then again, maybe I'm not. Oro?"

He collapsed in the snow and Kat rolled her eyes.

Suzaku trotted over and began to drag Kenshin back to the hut.

"Tanya!" Kat exclaimed.

She ran over to her friend and hugged her, "I missed you!"

Tanya stood there, "What just happened?"

Kat laughed, "It's a long story. Let's go inside."

Inuyasha followed the girls and picked up the fourteen foot long Kageunsei by the scruff of the neck.

The wolf growled in protest and snapped its jaws but Inuyasha continued to drag the wolf inside, "Come on, it's cold out here."

(A/N: *cough, cough* So *sneeze!* I have a cold. (Or at least I did when I wrote this chapter *looks around innocently whistling*)Yahoo. PLEASE REVIEW!!!)