Kirara landed in front of Kaede's house where Sango thought Miroku, InuYasha and Shippou would be. Inside, all there were was Shippou cuddled up in some hay by a corner. "Shippou, do you know where InuYasha and Miroku went?"

"Hm? I think they went to the next village... The one that's fighting with this one..."

"Thanks." Sango went back outside and climbed onto Kirara's back.

"Wait! I wanna come with you!"

"Alright." Shippou hopped on Kirara's back along with Sango. "Kirara, try to sniff out InuYasha and Miroku's scent." Flames burst from Kirara's paws as she jumped into the air on the way to find the two men.

"InuYasha, maybe we could get to our destination more quickly if we started to run."

"Fine with me. You up to it?"

"Of course." At the same moment, they began to run at a steady pace. Miroku's staff was jingling as he kept up with InuYasha.

"Miroku! InuYasha!" InuYasha and Miroku halted from their run when they heard Sango's voice.

"What is it, Sango?" Miroku asked.

"Why did you two leave without telling me?"

"Ehh... We forgot." Miroku said hesitantly.

"Sorry 'bout that Sango. Kaede told me something about a hanyou living in the village we're headed to."

"Oh. You'll get there faster if you come with me. Hop on." They did as instructed and got back on their way."

While she was studying that evening, Kagome heard a car door slam shut. "Mom and Souta are home!" She went down the stairs to the front door to greet her mother after not seeing her for a couple weeks. "Hey, Mom!"

"Kagome! You're home! What a nice surprise. Did you read my note?"

"Yes."

"Hey, Sis, did'ja bring InuYasha home with you?"

"Yea, but he left because he thought he had better things to do."

"Oh, that's too bad... I bought something for him."

"What? Mom, you bought something for InuYasha?"

"Uh huh." She reached down into one of the bags and pulled a black T-shirt and a pair of jeans. "Every time he comes here he's wearing that same cloak. I thought maybe he could wear these for when he comes over here."

"Mom, by the way things have been working out, I think all he needs is the cap."

"It wouldn't hurt for him to try something new, would it?" Kagome's mom smiled.

"Okay! Fine, I'll get it to him!" kagome took the clothes and walked up to her room. 'Heh. InuYasha wouldn't accept these. He would totally rip them apart the second I give them to him.' Kagome put the clothes away and returned to her studying.

Sango, Shippou, InuYasha, and Miroku just arrived at the village. The moon was shining brightly.

"Perhaps we should camp out at the edge of the village tonight."

"Miroku's right. It wouldn't be the best position for us to walk into the village at night. They might think we've planned to attack it." Sango added as she was petting Kirara for flying them to the designated place.

"B-But what about demons?" Shippou asked frightened.

"No need to worry, Shippou. You've got Sango, InuYasha, and me. We're not going to let any demons get you."

"Sure, we'll let them eat you up. You're totally meaningless to us!" InuYasha pestered Shippou and scared him even more.

"WHAAA!!!"

"InuYasha, stop scaring him!" Sango gave InuYasha a big clonk on the head with her Hiraikotsu.

"Ugh! Hey, I was just teasing him!"

"Don't worry, Shippou. No demons are going to get you." Sango assured him again.

"I think one already has." Shippou rubbed his eyes. In the distance, a small flame came towards them.

"Who there?!" The man shouted.

"Oh, great... They caught us..." InuYasha stomped toward the man.

"What are you strangers doing here at night?"

"We're looking for a hanyou child. Take us to him!"

"You mean Tatsuya?"

"If that's what his name is."

"He just comes and goes through the woods. It'll be tomorrow before you ever get to see him. I suggest you leave before Master Koji finds out and gets uncomfortable."

"Keh..." InuYasha shoved the villager out of his way.

"InuYasha! Where are you going?" Sango asked.

"What do you think?"

"Eh..." Sango, Miroku, and Shippou watched as InuYasha stubbornly went into the village as the villager chased him.

"I have a feeling we should go after him. Knowing how InuYasha is, he'll get himself into a lot of trouble." Shippou bounded onto Miroku's shoulder and they followed after InuYasha.

"You really must go. Master Koji will surely get his men to attack you."

"Take me to this Master Koji."

"But-" the villager was stopped by InuYasha's ominous stare and the crackling of his knuckles. "Follow me." He took InuYasha to the largest building in the village. "He's in that room at the end of the hallway." Their footsteps could be heard on the wooden floor. InuYasha smelled the scent of a demon. In the room was a man probably in his late forties.

"You! Koji! Where's the hanyou?! Tell me where the little whelp is!"

"Oh, Koji Sama! I tried to tell him Tatsuya wouldn't be here! Forgive me for letting this demon onto our land!" Sango, Miroku, and Shippou found the room InuYasha and Koji Sama were in, but stopped to listen.

"This good man is right. You won't be seeing Tatsuya until tomorrow. He hides out at night in fear of us."

"Hides out? Care to tell me why he hides out from the village at night?"

"Heheh..." Koji Sama snickered.

"You beat him, don't you, you stupid bastard!"

"I guess you could say that, youkai dog."

"I may be a dog, but I'm definitely not a youkai."

"Ah, so you're a hanyou like the child. Perfect. Now we'll have two heads on our posts."

"You wanna fight? I'll show you how powerful I am." InuYasha cracked his knuckles. The three that were spying tumbled through the door.

"No, InuYasha! Don't do that!" Miroku shouted quickly while Sango fell upon his back and Shippou bounced on his head. Noticing Sango was there, Miroku couldn't pass up the chance to grope on her butt.

"Nngh! Miroku!" Sango punched Miroku on the side of the head as Shippou jumped out of the way.

"Gaaah! Sorry, my hand's been cursed, see?" Miroku rubbed on the side of her leg.

"Stop it, lech!" Sango gave quite a beating all over Miroku's head and numerous bumps appeared. Miroku was left twitching and sore all over. InuYasha and Koji Sama watched in terror as she got up from Miroku's back. "All right, let's get this little ordeal over with." InuYasha and Koji Sama couldn't move and stared. "What?"

Sorry people for keeping you waiting for who knows how long it took me to get this chappy up ; And I'm also sorry if you think the story is dragging on, but... uhg... I don't like short chapters I try to make them at least 2 ½ pages X-p blech! Anyway, just be happy that Ii got back to it and enjoy it :-p