In the early hours of the morning InuYasha awoke to the sound of barking. A foul

stench filled the air. That smell. It's so familiar but what is it? InuYasha sniffed the air

more carefully. Koga! That bastard! I don't smell Kagome! What if something

happened to her? InuYasha jumped to his feet and began leaping through branches

toward the barks. Kagome where are you? What's happened to you? InuYasha

leaped from a tree branch and landed in front of the young wolf leader.

"Where's Kagome?" Growled InuYasha. Koga grinned and looked back at his

comrades.

"She's back at our den, tending to our pups." Koga chuckled. InuYasha's

expression went blank.

"Y-Your pups? Your PUPS? Heh, pups, yeah." InuYasha sank lower. Koga and his

pack laughed before taking off through the trees.

" Gotta get back to my woman now." Koga's voice trailed behind.

"Heh." InuYasha collapsed onto the ground. Shippo ran up to him.

"I found him! Over here!" Shippo yelled. Sango and Miroku soon appeared from the

forest.

"Pups. Pups. They had pups. Heh, yeah pups."InuYasha muttered. Sango and

Miroku exchanged confused looks.

"Who? Who had pups?" Miroku asked. InuYasha looked up at him.

"Kagome and Koga. They had puppies." InuYasha looked at the ground again.

Miroku jumped back.

"Ahh. They did what?" He cried. InuYasha jumped to his feet.

"They had puppies! Need me to say it louder? THEY HAD PUPPIES!" InuYasha

yelled. He turned toward the God Tree and stomped off. How could she? With him!

I thought she loved me? I'm such a fool. InuYasha scowled himself in his head.

Sango jogged along beside him.

"If we're to continue on our quest for the jewel shards we should leave now. Miroku

said he saw Koga gathering up jewels from a pile of dust earlier." Sango told

InuYasha. InuYasha turned and look back at her.

"Your right. Lets go." InuYasha and Sango ran back to Miroku and Shippo.

"Glad to see you back so soon, InuYasha."Miroku cheerfully welcomed.InuYasha

swooped Shippo onto his back and started to run off into the woods.

"Miroku! Help me!" Shippo cried out. InuYasha glared at Shippo.

" What you don't trust me? Geez." InuYasha asked. Shippo looked down at him

confused.

"Your not going to try and kill me?"

"If killing you was my intention I wouldn't have to try and plus you'd be dead by

now" InuYasha huffed.

"So where are we going?" Shippo asked, relaxing.

"To find more jewel shards." InuYasha replied.

"How are we going to find them without Kagome?"

" Easily." InuYasha snickered. Miroku and Sango soared above them aboard Kirara.

InuYasha jumped into a tree. Soon he was on the tree top. Miroku reached down

and grasped InuYasha's hand helping him onto kirara. Dust rose from a clearing up

ahead. InuYasha sniffed the air and growled.