Disclaimer: I do now own Inuyasha but I do own any OC's and the plot. Sesshoumaru is OOC in this chapter.

Kiniro Sakura

Chapter Twenty-Four: Reunion

Sakura sighed as she looked towards the East, where she once lived. Sesshoumaru and Keshi were walking a few feet ahead of Sakura while Suzuran and Tsuki walked behind her. Suzuran and Tsuki shared a worried glance as they Sakura's eyes glaze over. Suzuran was about to go over and knock Sakura on the head but stopped when Sakura let out an earsplitting scream as she held her side. Sesshoumaru was at her side immediately while Suzuran, Tsuki and Keshi crowed around them. Sakura caught Suzuran and Tsuki's eyes and nodded.

"It is the poison." Suzuran said gravely. Sesshoumaru stood up and narrowed his eyes at Tsuki and Suzuran as Keshi watched on with a confused and worried look on his face.

"What poison?" Sesshoumaru asked coldly. Suzuran started to sweat lightly at the coldness of his voice and intensity of his eyes. Sakura grabbed onto Sesshoumaru's arm to keep herself upright.

"It was not their fault. During my last battle with Naraku, he poisoned me. It is not life threatening, but it will make me very weak. I have a feeling that he will be attacking us soon so we should meet up with the others and head back to the Western Lands. Oh, by the way Keshi, did anyone attack the other group?" Sakura said/asked quietly. Keshi looked away.

"Lady Komadori and Lady Kojima attacked and they killed them after they had injured Kagome. But their is a new member in their group. He is a wolf demon named Kouga. Do you know him?" He said as he looked back to the demons behind him. Sakura's head was cast down, Tsuki had a few tears falling down her face and Suzuran had a thoughtful expression on her face. Sesshoumaru was just holding Sakura by the shoulders and whispering comforting words to her. Keshi raised his eyebrow at Sesshoumaru's affectionate display. He was about to tease them but shut up when Suzuran and Tsuki sent a death glare at him. He gulped and started walking again. Soon Suzuran and Tsuki followed with Sesshoumaru and Sakura trailing behind. Sakura was now crying and Sesshoumaru hugged her before letting her go and being content with holding her hand. Sakura looked at him weirdly for a moment before sighing and looking up at the darkening sky. Suzuran watched Sakura out of the corner of her eye and sighed. Keshi and Tsuki heard her but did not comment. They knew what it was about. Keshi also knew that Suzuran and Sakura knew Kouga, though they won't admit it. Suddenly Suzuran and Sakura tensed up. The others stared at them as Sakura and Suzuran got into fighting stances. Keshi sniffed the air once and smiled happily. Tsuki and the others looked confused at his actions but everyone soon turned their attention to the whirlwind that had just appeared out of the forest. As the dust settled Sakura could barely make out a figure. She smelled the air and smiled slightly but that soon turned into a frown. Is he friend or foe? If he's friend me and the girls can play matchmaker with Suzuran! But if he's a foe...we won't get to! Sakura thought. Just as soon as those thoughts appeared they vanished when several more figures came out of the forest. Sakura and Suzuran barked happily and ran over to the group. Sesshoumaru smiled slightly when Sakura glomped Kagome, Sango, Tsubaki, and Suiren.(A/N: Did I take Suiren out of this fic? I can't remember...) Keshi walked over to talk with Asagao and Hinoki. Sesshoumaru joined him a few minutes later. Inuyasha, Miroku and Shippo stared at the females while shaking their heads. The wolf demon just stared at the group. Well, mostly Sakura and Suzuran. Scratch that, he was staring at Suzuran with a dazed look on his face. Suddenly Suzuran and Sakura turned to look at him. Asagao cleared his throat and everyone fell silent.

"Everyone that hasn't met him yet, this is Kouga. Kouga, this is Lady Sakura, Lady Suzuran, Lord Sesshoumaru, Lord Keshi and Lady Tsuki." He said. After the small introduction, Sakura and Suzuran were staring at Kouga in bewilderment. He was just the same except with a more confused look on his face. Suddenly all three demons yipped before jumping at each other. There were a few dust clouds but then everything settled. In Sakura's spot was a giant fox demon while in Suzuran's spot was a giant wolf demon. But what surprised almost everyone was the large brown wolf demon on the other side of Suzuran. Kagome attentively stepped up to the brown wolf.

"K-Kouga, is that you?" She asked in surprise. The wolf nodded and suddenly Kouga stood there. Sakura and Suzuran changed back a few minutes later. Inuyasha was furious.

"How come you never told us that you had a demon form!?" Inuyasha snarled. Kouga shrugged.

"You never asked. Besides, I'm a full demon and all full demons have an animal form; like Sesshoumaru, Sakura, Asagao, Suzuran and everyone else that is a full humanoid demon." Kouga explained. Sakura and Suzuran nodded. Inuyasha fehed and jumped up into a tree. Kagome looked up at him and sighed. Then she turned back to Kouga, Sakura and Suzuran and smiled.

"Shall we head back to the Western Lands?" She asked. Sakura nodded and everyone started the walk towards the Western Lands. Sesshoumaru stayed close to Sakura and Kouga looked at Suzuran every chance he got. After a few hours it was well past dark so the group decided to settle down. They started a fire and everyone sat down, eating something called 'pizza' from Kagome's world. Asagao and Hinoki loved it and looked very funny swallowing pizza slice after pizza slice. Everyone else ate more mannerly. Except Inuyasha. He didn't even bother to come down out of the tree. Kagome was trying to persuade him to eat but had no luck. Suzuran was getting fed up with it so she stood up and walked under Inuyasha's tree next to Kagome.

"OI! DOG-TURD! GET YOUR LAZY ASS DOWN HERE AND EAT! I'M GETTING ANNOYED! IF YOU DON'T COME DOWN I WILL COME UP THERE!" She yelled. A few people had to cover their ears but some were used to it. Inuyasha flattened his ears and looked away. Suzuran growled and Sakura winced. This is going to get messy. She thought as Suzuran jumped up into the tree and pushed Inuyasha out of it. After she was done beating Inuyasha to a bloody pulp, she stared at Kagome with a look of confusion and a small hint of a you-are-stupid look.

"How come you didn't 'sit' him?" Sakura asked. Kagome sighed and shook her head.

"For some reason, it doesn't have any affect on him any more. It's a wonder he hasn't tried to kill us yet." Kagome whispered the last part quietly but Sakura and Suzuran still heard. They shared a secret glance and vowed to protect Kagome from Inuyasha. For they had an idea in their minds.

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I hated the way I did this chapter but oh well. And sorry about the cliffy. If it is a cliffy.*Shrugs* Who cares. I know that Sesshoumaru, Kouga and Inuyasha are a little out of character but that can't be helped. Next Chapter: Inuyasha will appear 'evil' at first but that will change in a few chapters. Also, Kikyo visits the group and Kagome is betrayed. Sorta. Suzuran and Sakura are also betrayed. Sorta. And the others are just plain confused. Sorta. Confused? Just read the next chapter whenever I put it out. Ja and please review! Animechick8