Raised "Wild"

By: Raiyoan Yashamaru

Rai: Yo, peoples!!! I'm glad everyone is enjoying this story!!!

Sess: You're always glad... Hm... which suggestion should I choose...?

Rai: chuckles Special thanks to Dragon Man 180!! You're an awesome reviewer and Sesshoumaru has taken quite a liking to you!!

Sess: Which one do you think would cause him a lot of pain?

Rai: Lemme think...

Sess: While she is busy helping me to decide, here is the next chapter.

{Flashback of Last Chapter}

Kagome was at Reinu's side the entire day, not even moving to go get something to eat. InuYasha watched her with pity and slight sorrow for Reinu. Reinu may have been silly, but he was fierce, brave warrior. Akito was always there, of course, and the two looked upset.

They seemed to be discussing something that somehow caused Kagome to "droop" even more into sorrow, and her lively eyes became dull. Akito nudged her, and she brought up her head and buried her head in his fur.

InuYasha turned away from the sad sight, growling with righteous fury. 'You'll pay Naraku... If not by Kagome's sword, then by MY claws!!!'

{End Flashback of Last Chapter}

Scroll 10: Things Come to an End; Half-Wolves' War 2

Now, InuYasha was currently trying to come up with an idea of how to get at Naraku when Kagome walked up. "InuYasha?" her voice was timid, soft, and was but a whisper. InuYasha looked up. "Yes?" he asked.

"InuYasha, Naraku... he is near." InuYasha's golden eyes widened. "SAY WHAT?!" Kagome nodded and looked to the East. "He is calling his minions..." InuYasha stood up, and stared into the same direction.

"How do you know this?" he asked, his voice matching her tone. "I do not know... I just... somehow... sense it..." Kagome's hand lingered on Hoshiha; the blade's pinkish purple jewel was glowing.

"But... aren't we going to collect the rest of your pack...?" Kagome shook her head, her eyes slightly glowing in the light of the full moon. "He... Naraku... has caught the rest, and has gathered them to him... they are... controlled..."

InuYasha growled. "How dare he!!" Kagome's voice suddenly took to a change of tone. "InuYasha, son of Inutaisho, son of Lyndis, younger brother of Sesshoumaru, son of Inutaisho, son of Veralidaine." InuYasha cocked his head to Kagome as he turned to see her body in a complete glow.

"When you fight Naraku, be careful... He is not what he seems. Do a favor to Kagome and destroy his control over her pack siblings. When the time is right, I will tell you of her past..." InuYasha could only nod, his eyes showing his awe at being talked to by the great Midoriko.

"Kagome is my reincarnation, InuYasha... but she is not human. She never was. However, you will learn this later on. Do what you must to protect Kagome, for she is the key to everyone's fate." InuYasha's jaw dropped slightly.

"She's... key...? What's... everyone... even...? Fate...?" InuYasha couldn't seem to get the words out; he was much too shocked at the information concerning Kagome's fate to make sense. However, Midoriko knew what he was trying to say.

"Do not worry, InuYasha; Kagome is to decide whether or not her fate is to save or destroy. But I'm pretty sure she'll choose to save; there are people out there that she loves, and a certain person that she loves the most."

InuYasha stared at Midoriko, his jaw agape. "Kagome's in love with someone? Who?!" Midoriko's figure began to fade. "You will see..." Kagome's body stopped glowing, and the Shikon stopped glowing as well.

"What... happened?" Kagome whispered, looking around. She knew that she had been in the presence of a great person but they had now left and now she was unable to ask any questions in the upcoming battle... of the half wolf pack.

"...Nothing, Kagome... Nothing," InuYasha whispered back, and they sat down together in the open meadow, both staring up at the twinkling full moonlit and starlit sky. Akito came over, laid down next to Kagome, and Reinu, who was healing and now fully awake, came to InuYasha's side. The four were praying that the battle to come would not end in to much tragedy.

Sesshoumaru was pacing – again. He had that habit about him. He may be a great lord, but even HIS patience wasn't limitless. Ok... so maybe sometimes it SEEMED as if it was, but even HE had his limits.

"Stop pacing, you're making me dizzy," said Brokefang, whom had been watching him for the past hour. Sesshoumaru sighed, and looked at the Mirror. "Where's Tyaa, Brokefang? She should have been here by now..."

Brokefang sighed. "Don't look at this battle as if it's the last and final battle!! There are still many more in the pack than you might believe. Naraku only has a fourth of them." Sesshoumaru stared.

"What kind of pack IS your pack anyway?" Sesshoumaru pondered. "I have my secrets... But, the one special thing about my pack is that, though we may be half-wolf, our other half is dog. Thus, since we've been exposed to the youkai and human race for so long, we have our own abilities."

Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow. "Like what?" Brokefang broke into his famous animalish grin, with one of his broken fangs showing – that was why he was called Brokefang – and said, "Becoming humanoid. Like you, Sesshoumaru, right now. It is an interesting experience."

Sesshoumaru nodded. "So is THAT how you rescued Kagome before?" Brokefang's grin widened. "Kagome may have seen us as wolves, but that's because she has her own special power."

"I see..." Sesshoumaru now turned to watch as the day of the – kind of – half wolf war would unfold.

The next day, the morning of the battle...

Kagome awoke to find strong, masculine arms around her waist, causing her face to burn. She looked to see InuYasha was the one holding her, and that they were in one of the most AWKWARD positions she'd ever been in, and that was saying a lot, since she'd never, EVER, been near humans this MUCH before.

As she tried to get away, InuYasha's grip tightened, and he mumbled something she couldn't quite understand. Kagome sighed, and fell back into laying beside him, and his grip on her relaxed slightly. Kagome sighed as she wondered how they ever got into this position. Then she remembered.

{Flashback}

"...Nothing, Kagome... Nothing," InuYasha whispered back, and they sat down together in the open meadow, both staring up at the twinkling full moonlit and starlit sky. Akito came over, laid down next to Kagome, and Reinu, who was healing and now fully awake, came to InuYasha's side. The four were praying that the battle to come would not end in to much tragedy.

Akito and Reinu soon left to go do whatever those twins usually did, and Kagome soon fell asleep. InuYasha must have noticed her shaking, because he wrapped his arms hesitantly around her at first, but then he wrapped his arms around her more fully when he saw she had stopped shaking.

He knew his face was red, but, not wanting to wake Kagome up, he fell into a sleeping position next to her, and slept.

{End Flashback}

(Rai: Awww... SO KAWAII!!!

Sess: ...)

InuYasha soon woke to find Kagome still sleeping within his arms, and he felt his face burn. Looking around, he sniffed the air, to find that Akito and Reinu had rounded the others up and were sleeping a little ways off.

'Whew... That was kind of embarrassing...' he thought to himself. He felt Kagome move, and unconsciously he wrapped his arms tighter around her. She opened her eyes and they stared at each other for a while.

Then, blushing madly, Kagome got up and said, "Thanks... for keeping me warm last night... InuYasha..." InuYasha nodded; his face red as well. Kagome leaned in and pecked him on the mouth – teasingly – before she got up to go find what Akito and Reinu were doing.

That's when he noticed. Kagome was scouting the area. He growled. "I forgot... the battle..." Stretching a bit, he glanced up at the sun. "Late morn..." he muttered to himself. 'Was I THAT comfortable with Kagome in my arms last night?'

The thought left his face red as he returned to the others, which, now, had disappeared. "Everyone ready?" All nodded. Kagome jumped atop of Akito and she called, "Then let us go!!!" Of course, no one really understood her with the exception of InuYasha.

InuYasha slightly grinned before he translated, "She said, let's go!!!" "Oooooooooooh!!!" The rest of the group replied – except for the half- wolves, for they, of course, understood the first time.

At the battle site, they saw at least 50 half-wolves, all under the control of Naraku's evil hand. "That is only one fourth of our pack gathered here. He must have not had time to gather the entire pack," Kagome said after she observed the "army".

InuYasha nodded. "So... How BIG is your pack?" Kagome chuckled softly. "You'd be surprised at the number of them." InuYasha shrugged. "Then I'll ask another time. Now's not the time to be surprised and shout out our position."

Kagome looked around. "He's not here..." "Who, Naraku?" Kagome nodded. "His puppet is, though... it's over there, surrounded by some of the biggest half- wolves... hey!! That is Shining Coat and Rip!!"

Kagome growled. "Our pack's chosen leaders!! How DARE Naraku!! Oh, he will pay dearly!!!" The others were waiting for InuYasha's signal to go. InuYasha left Kagome to continue to observe to see if there were any traps to go and explain to the others.

"Ok, there are 50 half-wolves out there, but whatever you do, knock them out, don't kill them. Head for the doll sitting with the biggest half- wolves out there, you'll know by the size, don't worry. Now, is everybody ready to go?"

Sango nodded, as did Miroku. They would be riding Kirara into battle. "Gotcha!!!" Kagome returned. "InuYasha, do not go to the left side of the "army"!! There is a trap awaiting us there." InuYasha nodded and told the others quickly.

"Where should we start first?" Miroku asked. Kagome replied, "To the right and fight our way to the center." InuYasha translated, and Miroku nodded. He and Sango would be the distractions to lead most of the wolves away to the left.

"Let's go!!" Kagome, Akito, Reinu, Battle, and Sharp Fang slipped silently away, surprising the others when they finally noticed they had gone. InuYasha was startled as well; they were as silent as shadows.

"I'm going with them; you guys go ahead and start!! Kouga, you know what to do!" InuYasha slipped after Kagome's group and Kouga left as well. His role was to attract the half-wolves should Miroku and Sango fail at moving the half-wolves over toward the left.

"Let's pray this works!!" Sango shouted, and the half-wolves looked up. 'Perfect!' Kagome noted that only about four half-wolves remained to watch the right side. She went in and got the last four's attention and knocked them out for good measure.

"It is not easy to knock out this particular pack, but you can know their weaknesses for now, InuYasha. Sango, Miroku, and Kouga will not have a problem because Kouga will know how to knock them out so do not worry."

InuYasha was not heading to the puppet. However, he was caught before he could get there, and the half-wolves howled. Kagome remained to be unseen, but if you looked closer you could see that she had sneaked by the capture InuYasha, Sharp Fang, Reinu, and Battle with Akito and had just knocked out Shining Coat and Rip.

She then pulled out Hoshiha and shouted, "For the lives of the leaders of my pack, you will pay!!! Hoshiha's Kibishisa Nikurashii!!!" Kagome's sword glowing a powerful white, blinding everyone except for her. (Rai: Translation: Starblade's Severe Hatred!!)

The puppet disintegrated into small particles as it said, "Well done... but can you catch me?" It faded away and its particles blew away with the wind. The half-wolves returned to normal, but as Kagome counted, she knew one was missing...

Frostfur.

The battle was over, and Kagome had a fourth of her pack back. Shining Coat (the one female) and Rip (the one male) were anointed leaders (duh) of the half-wolf pack, chosen by Brokefang and Tyaa.

'Bastard!' InuYasha thought as he stared into the sky, Kagome sitting next to him, her head laying on his shoulder, 'When I get my claws on you, you'll not be a bastard coward, you'd be a pleading shredded spider!!!'

Owari

A/N time!!!

Rai: How can a person pace for so long?! This chapter was longer than the others, but it's the final chapter!! Sorry!!!

Sess: This Sesshoumaru can do many things silly humans can not. Have you decided on the voodoo torture? Forgive Raiyoan, reviewers, but she wants her sequel to explain everything.

Rai: Uh... Yes, I have!! Now, we start with number one and then while he's pinned PAINFULLY hang it over a heat source and then throw catnip all over him while hanging there and call Kirara in!!!

Sess: smirks evilly Will do. That's why I don't mind working with you and that's what I like about you, Raiyoan.

Rai: blushes Oh, thanks Sesshou!! And Dragon Man 180, you can do some Naraku torture yourself!! Hee... But the scary part is most DEFINITELY a Naraku plushie!!

Naraku: is in a BUNCH, no, TONS, no, BOTH pain AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rai: Here are the review replies:

Dragon Man 180 – You're such a faithful reviewer!!! And yes, this is the last chapter of them all. You'll have to read the sequel, which goes into Kagome's past. That's where things start to really get going!!! Thanks for the suggestions!!! Too bad you don't have AIM!! Oh well, that's fine with me!!! Thanks for reading!!!

Rai: Here's the title of my sequel: Wild's Past

Sess: It's a very good story. Things really get into what do you call it...

Rai: ACTION AND FLUFFINESS!!! And by fluffiness I mean ROMANCE!!!

Sess: Please read "The Scent of Night" as well if you're interested in Sess/Kag couple.

Rai: Well, that's all!! Enjoy, everybody!!! R & R!!! I'll reply to your reviews in my sequel soon as I get done typing it!!