It didn't take very long to get to Sakura's village. When they got there, all of the tiger demons that were there were staring at InuYasha. They had never seen another high-class demon before, aside from the rest of the clan. InuYasha started to feel awkward. "What're all of you staring at? Jeez, you'd think the'd never seen another demon before." InuYasha said defensively.

"Actually, they haven't. All of us tiger demons have only been around the rest of our clan. Oh, and Kirara." Sakura replied.

"Oh. Speaking of her, where is she?" InuYasha said, changing the subject.

"She's here, in my house." Sakura said, opening the front door. Her house was just a simple wooden hut, no bigger than a room in a normal house.

"It's so...small." InuYasha said.

"We only sleep here. We usually spend the rest of our day either at the tamari or around the village." Sakura said.

"Or by the lake." InuYasha said quietly. Sakura looked up at him, then looked back down.

"I'm usually the only one to sit by the lake. It's the only place I can go to get away from my responsibilities." Sakura said, almost ashamed. "Oh, there you are Kirara!" she said, deciding to change the subject. She picked up Kirara and wrapped her up in a small blanket. "She hasn't been feeling well, so you need to make sure to take care of her." Sakura then started talking in cat to Kirara.

"What are you saying to her?" InuYasha asked, letting his curiosity get the best of him.

"I was telling Kirara that you came to pick her up, and shes saying that she doesn't want to leave me, but she wants to go back to her human friend Sango, so she's torn and doesn't know what to do." Sakura said. Kirara spoke to her again, and Sakura seemed to disagree with her, and they argued for a few moments. InuYasha looked at the two quizically, wishing he knew cat. Sakura noticed that he was looking at them. She wasn't used to someone not understanding cat language. "Kirara wants me to go with you guys, but I can't." Sakura said.

"Why not?" InuYasha asked. "If you're looking for permission to travel with us, then you already have all of the permission you need." he said with a grin.

"No, it's not that."

"Then what is it? I'm sure the rest of the group would love to have you."

"It's just...well..." Sakura thought for a moment. "a long time ago an evil demon, Naraku..." InuYasha growled at the sound of the name Naraku. He had killed InuYasha's love, Kikyo, and had done equally horrible things to most of the other members of his group. Sakura looked at him. "So he has done things to you as well?"

"More than you could ever know."

"Well at least you're allowed to roam the lands. Us tiger demons aren't allowed out of Tora Forest. If we leave, we'll be killed, no questions asked." Sakura said quietly. InuYasha was about to reply when they heard a loud roar. Sakura's ears pricked up, and Kirara jumped out of her arms. Sakura transformed into her tiger form. "Come on, we gotta go to the tamari. My dad is holding a meeting, so we all gotta go." Sakura said to InuYasha, then she and Kirara took off towards the large building in front of her house. InuYasha stood there awkwardly. Sakura was a few feet outside her door and turned around, realizing that InuYasha wasn't following. "InuYasha, everyone that's present in the forest has to come. Even the small animals come."

InuYasha sighed. "But I don't know anything about your clan. What could I possibly do to help?"

"Just being there is enough. Now come on, we're already late."

InuYasha finally gave in and came. When they got there, Sakura and Kirara walked toward what InuYasha assumed was the leader of the tiger demons.It was hard to tell anyone apart because they were all in their tiger forms. At one point, InuYasha lost sight of Sakura and decided to follow Kirara instead. The tiger that seemed to be Sakura layed down on the floor behind the leader tiger, and Kirara layed down next to Sakura. Sakura looked at InuYasha and nodded at the floor next to her. InuYasha went and sat down next to her. He leaned over and whispered to her, "Is that your father?"

"Yes, he is. Shh, he's about to speak." Sakura whispered.Her father had stood up, and the entire room fell silent.

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Yay longer chapter! The first one was way too short, don't you agree? Please review!