A.N: Sorry for the looong absence. College and moving to Canada took up a lot of time.


So Little They Know

Chapter 11

The Jealous Kouga Monster


"Hojo! What are you doing here?" an excited Kagome blurted out. She could feel the beat emanating from her cheeks. With all of the chaos and the confusion running around in her home, she wouldn't be able to explain anything to him nor could she cover up.

"You have been gone for such a long time that I thou-" a large gust of wind and a foot in his stomach cut Hojo short from his explanation.

"Who are you! Who gave you permission to come to my lair! Die filthy wretch!"

"KOUGA! NO! BAD BOY! BAD BAD BAD BOY!" Kagome's finger bobbed up and down at him with anger. It was if her small appendage took on a fury all of it's own. Kouga knew he was in trouble this time, but he just couldn't resist saying, "I'll be your bad boy. I'm so bad I need a spanking!" with an angry howl and bit of a hiss, Kagome bellowed, "SIT!".

The command echoed in the air and somewhere in the back of the house one could hear a small "Thuwmp!" as Inu-Yasha face planted the floor. Kouga simply stared at Kagome who was still pointing at him, her face painting itself pink much like the cherry blossoms did in spring. He wondered if her skin was just as soft as flower petals.

"Ugggggggh. Geez mister," Hojo groaned from the floor, arms clasping his stomach, "I'm so sorry! I didn't see you there," Kagome gave him a look that spoke of how astonished she was at how well he played the idiot.. if there were any playing at all that is. Kouga merely glared down at him before giving him a good boot to the head. As he opened his mouth to speak, a loud "THUNK!" sounded the room followed by a screaming Kagome.

"What the HELL was THAT FOR!" her face was starting to turn a disturbing shade of red. Kouga started to slink away to take shelter away from the impending doom cloud named Inu-Yasha. With a quick flick of the wrist and an angry grunt, Kagome yanked him back and threw him into a sitting position near the unconscience Hojo. As Kouga looked closer he noticed how odd this young human was. "His hair looks like wheat," said Shippo who had popped out from behind him. He turned around to see if Kagome was still behind him. Satisfied with her angry attention turned toward Dog Shit, he went back to his inspection of the terrible monster known as Hoho. Upon further inspection, he concluded that Shippo was right, it did look like wheat. Turning towards his tiny fox cohort, he replied, "I bet he's here to seduce Kagome away to steal her soul."

Shippo looked up at him with horror shinning in his eyes like the moon shines down on the water. "REALLY? Oh no! We have to stop him!" Kouga nodded grimly. This was a task that could only be awarded to his more than capable hands. "We throw him into the black river with the demons that scream day and night. He won't stand a chance!"

"Yes! You're right! We must do it! We must save Kagome! But how do we get to this black river?"

"Simple. There's one around this lair. Kagome called it Stuh-reet. And the demons are known as Kah-arz. We should be careful. If –she- warned us not to go there then it must be dangerous." Shippo nodded sagely, his little arms crossed in front of him wisely, "We must hurry Kouga! Here! I'll get his legs."

"No wait! We have to strip him of all of his protective gear," replied Kouga. Shippo began to jump up and down excitedly. "His hair! It must be enchanted!" Kouga nodded in agreement. "Hurry and go get the skiz-zors and we'll be rid of them."

"Don't you mean scissors?"

"No. Skiz-zors. I'm smarter than you are so go get them!"

"You are not! You're just a wolf! I'm a –fox-. Eff oh Ex. FOX!"
"Which means you are cunning and sly. Not smart."

"I AM TO SMART!"

"Then get the skiz-zors," Shippo grumbled about being too small and scampred off to find the magical demon killing skiz-zors. Kouga began to sniff the dreaded Hoho monster up and down. Thankfully, Kagome and Inu-Yasha were still screaming at each other, furniture flying across the room. As he inspected the strange human youth, he came upon a small, rectangle thing that was made of cow skin and had many different pieces of hard paper that shined and sparkled different letters. There were even small coins of different sizes and small paintings that looked so real he could have sworn that people were living inside. With a closer examination of this odd object, Kouga came to a brilliant conclusion "A talisman holder! He'll need that to revive himself with the souls that he has seduced! I'll dispose of it before the squirt gets back," not wanting good cow hide to go to waist, he began to gnaw happily on the weird item. By the time Shippo arrived, Kouga had completely devoured the talisman holder, successfully thwarting any means the creature had to revive itself.

"I found the scissors!" exclaimed Shippo. "Now let's get back to Saving Kagome." Kouga grabbed a chunk of Hoho Monsters' hair and pulled it taught. With a snap of the skiz-zors (which was obviously the sound of demon power being extinguished), Shippo started the balding process. After three minutes of the demon expulsion technique, Shippo and Kouga were satisfied at his obvious lack of power.

"Ok!" a very happy Kouga chirped, "Now we save Kagome!"

"Save me from what exactly?" Kouga and Shippo turned white. She was under the spell already! They needed to cut more hair! "Distract her Shippo as I throw him into the river Stuh-reet!" gathering Hojo into his arms and slinging him over his shoulder, Kouga bolted for the river Stuh-reet.

"NO! NOOOOO! COME BACK!" screamed Kagome.

"It's ok Kagome! We'll save you!" Shippo latched onto her leg, a death grip forming on her. Kagome flew after Kouga like a dog running after a bone. Just as Kouga lifted Hojo above his head to chunk him into the dark abyss of screaming demons, she tackled him to the ground, knocking Hojo onto the floor. The large jolt must have woken Hojo up, for at that exact moment, his eyes popped open and he grabbed his head.

"Wow. My head hurts. I better head on home Kagome. I'll come by tomorrow to see how you are doing. Take care!" as he stood up and started to leave, Shippo started pelting him with yellow anti demon wards. As they hit his back, they exploaded in yellowy sugar mixed with a creamy foam. A definite sign of harm to a demon.

"Begone foul demon! I cast you out with the power of these magical Tween-keys!"

"Is this your little brother Kagome? He's so cute! I better head on home though. I'll be sure to call next time I'm over. Which will be tomorrow!"

"BACK! BACK FOU"

"That's enough Shippo. You both have thoroughly saved me from having a normal life." Shippo and Kouga beamed proudly and strutted back into the house.