I was back in Kaede's hut, InuYasha's smell all over the bed I was laying in. I was clean, the kimono I was wearing hanging on the wall to dry. My bandages had been changed again and I felt relaxed. A sweet smell filled the room; it was incense again, the good smelling kind. I yawned and rolled over then winced, remembering I had been in a horrid fight and had some terrible wounds.

"You've lost a lot of blood, amazingly because InuYasha had more and deeper wounds than you." It was Kagome's voice.

I sat up and looked around the room, the thin blanket falling from my upper torso like before, but this time I had to shreds to cover me. I saw InuYasha sitting against the far wall, his head was turning away and he was blushing slightly. He seemed perfectly alright, his Obi miraculously flawless as well as his body. I remembered that demons heal quickly and wandered why I hadn't.

"I've lost a lot of blood?" I was still drowsy, "How did I get here? Why am I not in the tree? Why am I clean and who did it?"

"Well, InuYasha brought you here after you fell out of the tree. And... um... InuYasha volunteered to clean you up." She cleared her throat.

I blinked and looked at him again, his face was redder and he refused to look at me. Then I noticed that Miroku was basically drooling and starring at me so I snarled at him which was followed by a slap from Sango. I snickered and turned back to Kagome. "InuYasha did?" My left eye twitched. "Interesting, how have I been asleep?"

"Um... well..." Kagome hesitated.

"About four days." Sango answered for her. "As Kagome said, you lost a lot of blood and we thought we lost you. InuYasha's been worried too."

Kagome nodded.

Another big stupid grin crossed my face as I looked at InuYasha again; he was watching me, his face still red. I stood up, the rest of the blanket falling from my mostly healed form. The only thing covering me were scattered bandages but they weren't even close to covering what needed to be covered.

"Aww, little Inu, give me a hug!" My arms were spread out and I was stark necked.

"WHA-, WHAT?" InuYasha jumped, trying to get away from me. But I was too quick, even with my injuries.

"That's so sweet!" I clung to him, wolfish tail wagging happily. "And warm!"

He looked like he wanted to cry. "Some one please get her off? And clothe her!" He complained.

I started to purr, my tail still wagging.

"Alright, Krizpie, here, put this on." Kagome handed me my custom Obi. It was a deep violet with black flames on it. Letting go of a whimpering InuYasha I drooled over my new outfit and slipped into it. "How do I look?" I looked myself over. It was designed after InuYasha's obi but with different colors, the inner shirt was a light pink and there was a hole in the back for my tail to comfortably slip through. Bushy tassel wagging I stretched and withdrew at once. "Ow..."

"Careful, yer still not completely healed and need more rest." Kaede was sitting next to my bed with salves. "Now come here, it's time for me to put this on ye."

"Fine" I sighed and walked over to her, taking off the top of my Obi and the inner shirt, I held it to my front to keep it concealed.

While Kaede applied the salve, I started to question InuYasha. "So, Inu, what'd you do it fer?"

"Do what? I don't know what you're talking about." He started to get defensive.

"Save me and clean me up, Duh."

"Well... um... Because I was told to, that's why." He snorted.

"Kagome said you volunteered to clean me up."

Just then Shippo walked in with a small bucket of water. "How's she doing?" The little Kitsune asked.

"I'll be just fine." I smiled at him. "But I am hungry; I haven't eaten all week..."

"I could get something from Kagome, but she's back in her time right now."

"What? She left without me?" I wrinkled my nose and flipped my tail.

"I'm done, just need to rewrap yer wounds." Kaede announced and got right on it.

I moaned and shifted slightly, looking back at InuYasha who appeared to be sleeping. "Wake up, dog boy, I know yer not sleepin'."

He opened an eye and looked at me, "What ever." and closed it again.

"Hey! I'm talking to you!" I tossed a rock at him and it bounced off his head,

"Hey! What was that for?"

I snickered. "So why did you offer to clean me?"

"Because Miroku offered first, must I explain further?"

I twitched, "No, and thanks, I really would've beaten the crap outa that monk..."

"What ever."

"I'm back!" Kagome's voice sounded from outside. InuYasha looked up and watched Kagome walk in, her yellow bag huge with things. "I've got food, medical equipment, blankets, towels, and the whole kit-n-cabooty."

"Any aspirin©?" I asked wearily.

"Sorry, didn't think you could take it."

"Well, duh! I'm from yer time." I smacked my forehead with the ball of my hand. "Don't worry about it; I'm sure I'll live."

"Look what I got for you." She waved a bag of potato chips in front of InuYasha.

"All right! Dried potatoes!" He took the bag and started to devour them.

"Dude, they're called potato chips, not 'dried potatoes'." I huffed and shook my head.

"All done, Krizpie." Kaede started to clean up.

"Thanks Kaede." I redressed myself and shook like a dog. "So, d'you bring anything fer me?"

"Um... I didn't know what you would like, but since your part cat, wolf, and fox, I brought some candy, chocolate, doggy biscuits, cat treats, and marshmallows."

"Aw, sweet! I love you!" I gave her a hug and took some candy and chocolate peaces. "Mmm! I love these! Thanks Kagome!" My tail wagged as I ate happily.

"What did you get me Kagome?" Shippo bounced onto her shoulder.

"What do you think?" She smiled and pulled out a rainbow all day sucker.

"Thanks Kagome." He took it and sat next to me, eating his treat.

Kagome left us to eat our treats. I glanced at Shippo happily licking away at his lollypop. In one swift movement, I snapped at the sucker, latching on to the top of it.

"AHH!" I startled Shippo. "Hey! Let go, it's mine!"

"I don't want all of it, I just want a bite, here have some chocolate, it's good fer da hart."

"Really?" He took a peace and tossed it into his mouth. "Mmm! This is good!"

I took my bite of his sucker, my feline-canine jaws easily crushing the candy. "Man, I can't remember the last time I had and all day sucker. I love candy." I smiles and ate another chocolate.

That night we were all sitting around a campfire. The first time we were together in around a week. We roasted marshmallows and talked.

"So what happened with you, Kriz, when you fought InuYasha? I know that he turns into a full demon, but you're already a full demon. So what happened to you?" Miroku asked.

I put down my marshmallow stick. "Well, as far as I know, I'm not a demon at all, I'm just me. And what happened was Karnage, the evil, dark part of me. My strong will usually keeps her at bay in a dark corner of my mind. But when Inu kicked me, he hurt her as well. And that had to of been a very deep hurt because she's never come out before. And I've never been rendered unconscious before, so my mental strength was gone and she seized the opportunity and escaped."

"What was the black explosion we saw that nearly killed InuYasha?" Sango asked.

"I don't know. But I didn't like it. It was like a black hole of emotions, sucking up everything I ever felt. Much like the dementors I read about in the Harry Potter© books. But fear couldn't escape its grasp. I became scared, very scared, I was scared for Inu, and Kagome, and everyone else, but mostly for meself. I didn't know what I had become, and I didn't know how to stop it." I shuddered, remembering the pleasure I had in hurting InuYasha.

"But it stopped, it never got to him." Kagome put in.

"It didn't?" I was surprised. "It stopped? I thought it hit him! I thought he was dead fer sure!"

"But I'm not, can we please move on?" InuYasha sounded irritated.

"Why? Are you embarrassed that I beat you so bad?"

"No, it's just that I don't like being in my full demon form, and talking about you and your evil side takes me back there."

I looked down. "I know how you feel."

A small mew caught my attention and I looked up. Kirara was sitting on my knee, since I was cross-legged she reminded me much of one of my own cats. "Well hey there," I hugged her, but gently. "I love cats, I always have. I grew up around them and I swore they knew more than we did. I bet Kirara here's smarter than all of us." I smiled and petted her.

InuYasha snorted.

"What? You have a problem with my philosophy? I bet I can understand just about any animal better than you." I spat.

"Oh really? Then go find a wolf and tell me what it says after chewing you to pieces."

"And then the grumpy little hanyou'll come to save the day." I smirked.

He growled. "We'll see about that."

"Oo, I'm scared." I imitated a scared child, shivering even. "Are you going to unleash the wrath of the banana sword on me?" I looked at him.

"'Banana sword'? What're you talking about?" He looked confused, standing up with one hand on Tetsiega's hilt.

"Tetsiega looks kinda like a banana if you really think about it." Nods, "I got that from a picture on the internet, that drew you and called it 'Wrath of the Banana Sword', I thought it was a bit mean but really funny at the same time."

InuYasha growled and a sharp wind blew, the trees ruffled and scattered leaves danced a the dusty ground. The heavy scent of wolf filled the air as the demon's signature cyclone homed in on out location. It dissipated, leaving Koga standing there, looking at the rest of us.

The wolf demon spotted Kagome and rushed right over, taking her hands in his. "I'm so glad to see that you're safe."

Kagome's eye twitched.

I ended up sitting on his head but like I do to InuYasha, cross-legged, my bushy tail flipping behind me.

"What the... Hey! Get off my head!"

I snickered and clung to him like a pup to a ball, my tail wagging furiously. "Nuh uh!"

"And why not?"

"Because you're bothering Kagome, and you know she's Inu's girl."

InuYasha growled and turned pink, Kagome turned pink too.

"What!" He jumped up and I had to really clean to stay on. "Do you mean that he's claimed you already!"

"No! Not that way!" I shuddered and punched Koga on the head, sending him into the ground while I remained levitating. I floated over to InuYasha and put an arm around his shoulder. "You haven't have you?" I couldn't almost feel the heat radiating from his face.

"No!" He yelled at me, almost sending me flying.

"Good," My right ear was now ringing, "so that means Kagome's free, but not just anyone can have her." I motioned towards an irritated Koga. "And friends first is my principle." I motioned towards InuYasha.

"So how 'bout it Kagome? Friends first?" I floated over to her. I could hear her yelling 'oswari' in her mind, but that kind of command didn't work on me. "Oh, and just to let you know, sit doesn't work on me..."

She looked at me weird. "How'd you know I was thinking about yelling sit?" InuYasha yelled and was pulled to that ground. "Oops, sorry."

He growled.

I snickered. "FRED told me..."

"FRED? Who's FRED? And who're you?" Koga demanded, getting way too close for comfort.

I looked at him straight in the eye... and spat in his face. "Stay out of my face. And FRED is my demented little cockroach conscience who wants to take over the world. He has a little hammer that's a bit smaller than the big marshmallows. He wants to take over the world." I sighed. "He says things to me, and he's telepathic. He can do things with his mind, like moves objects, and read people's thoughts." I nodded.

"Oh ya? I'd like to see you prove it." Koga smirked, he was getting mad at me.

"You see, there's a problem with that, I can't tap into FRED's powers, only he can use them, and at the moment," I paused, "he's laughing at you."

"What? How dare the little runt." Koga spat.

"Oh he dares, and he says other things too."

"Like what?" InuYasha asked.

"You don't want to know, trust me on this one."

"If I didn't, I wouldn't have asked." He countered.

I growled, "Fine, um... let's see here... FRED says that you're a two timer that can't make up his mind and doesn't know what the hell he is or who he is." The hanyou looked as if he was going to pummel me so I quickly added. "IT WASN'T ME EDDY!!" Then he just looked confused.

"Eddy? Who's Eddy?"

"Forget it."

"What's he say about me?" Miroku asked.

I twitched. "Bad things, dude, bad things."

He cocked a brow. "Like what?"

"No, I can't, Sango there'll kill me."

"I'll make sure she doesn't, so tell me."

"Alright, but I warned you, he says that you're a fuckin' man whore who's just a horny bastard but actually like someone but is too chicken to admit it because he's such a womanizer." I blushed slightly. "It's wasn't me! Honest! Blame the roach!" I hid behind InuYasha.

"Alright! Enough of this, who are you, and why are you here?" Koga spat.

"I'm Krizpie, The Kriz by minions. And just Kriz for lazy people. I have no idea how I got here but I'm here because I convinced the gang that I'm not just another evil demon who wants to destroy the world... okay, maybe I am but that's FRED's fault! And I have a shard in my chest that just doesn't want to come out." I was now floating on my back, I really got the hang of this levitating thing.

"Alright, Krizpie, so you've got a shard in your chest eh? So what does it make more powerful for you?" Koga asked skeptically.

"I have no idea! But it's poking a rib and it hurts like hell." I stated sarcastically. "What's it to ye?"

"Nothing," He sniffed the air, a confused look on his wolfish features. "what kind of demon are you?"

"I duno, cat, wolf, and fox." I shrugged. "Something to that effect."

"How's that possible?"

I shrugged again. "Heritage?"

"What ever, well, since you're part wolf, maybe we should fight, you might be a challenge, other than the mutt over there." He nodded towards InuYasha who growled.

I cocked a brow. "I'm a mutt too ya know. With three different breads, I'm sure that would make me a mutt." I snorted. "So, ye want a challenge? I'm sure Karnage would make a great challenge, but I don't want to go down that road again." I looked solemnly at the hanyou for a quick second, and I thought I saw sympathy in his eyes for a moment before it was gone. He growled and I winked at him. "Well, anyways," I took a fighting stance, turning sideways to make myself a smaller target and putting one hand in front of me and the other by my head.