- "Inuyasha…. Inuyasha…Inuyasha!" KoKo sat up quickly, sweating all over. KoKo breathed hard and deeply and thought to herself, 'It was only a dream…calm down KoKo…it was only a dream.' "It's already day- break. Time to get going, again," Koga said. KoKo looked over and noticed that Koga was already getting ready to go, so KoKo started to get ready as well. "Where are Bunzie and Boonzie?" KoKo questioned, looking around for them. "They went to the lake to wash up; they stunk really bad, so I told them they can not follow unless they were clean," Koga said. KoKo started to laugh at this; normally, KoKo was the one that had to say this to Bunzie and Boonzie. - "There…we're all set to go," Koga said as he picked up KoKo's folded blanket. Koga and KoKo started walking, and Bunzie and Boonzie started yelling far back, "Wait for us!" KoKo turned around, still walking, and yelled back, "Hurry up, you two!" Koga was looking straight ahead when he asked, "KoKo, how did you get your name? I mean I have never heard the name before." KoKo smiled then said, "It's a name that my mother made up; she said that it means Strong Mixed Demon." Koga stared at KoKo with a confused look and questioned, "Why doesn't she just give you a different name that means half demon instead of mixed demon?" KoKo stopped and thought about this, "I don't know…normally mixed demon means more than half demon…like a part demon…. But that's not possible; my father was a dog demon, and my mother was a wolf demon, so she probably couldn't find a name for strong half demon." - They both had shook off the question of why KoKo's mother had given her that name and were thinking of new thoughts now while walking through a forest. KoKo suddenly stopped with a hypnotized look on her face and whispered, "Koga…." Koga stopped, walked back to KoKo, looked at her, and questioned, "What's wrong?" KoKo did not answer; she just looked up as a shadow grew over the four wolf demons. The thing that had made the giant shadow was now standing on the ground…it was a woman! "Who are you, woman?" Koga demanded to know as he popped his knuckles. KoKo stiffly put her arm in front of Koga and questioned, "Mother?" Koga put a huge shock look on his face and questioned, "What! But your mother is…dead!" The woman walked up to KoKo and wrapped her arms around KoKo; KoKo wrapped her arms around her mother. KoKo pulled her mother away and said, "I thought you were dead…." The woman smiled and said, "I was not dead, I was captured by Naraku and kept captive; I am free now that Naraku is gone." Koga stared at KoKo and her so-called mother as they hugged and Koga suspiciously thought to himself, 'This does not seem right.' - "You ok, Koga?" Koga looked at KoKo but did not answer. KoKo stood next to her mother, waiting for an answer from Koga. Koga walked over to KoKo's mother and sniffed her. "Koga!" KoKo said in embarrassment. "I'm so sorry, mom. He doesn't normally act like this. Oh yeah, this is Koga, my fiancé." KoKo's mother looked at Koga. "I am KiKi," KoKo's mother said, trying to shake Koga's hand. Koga did nothing but look at KiKi's hand. KiKi put down her hand and smiled, "It's ok; it's going to take some time for you to get used to me." KiKi walked off, following Bunzie and Boonzie back to the wolf territory while KoKo and Koga stayed behind. "I can't believe you embarrassed me like that!" KoKo argued. "KoKo, that is not your mother…" - "Well of course she is!" - "No…she doesn't smell like a wolf…she smells like Naraku!"- "Of course she does! She's been captured by Naraku and has been with him for years now!" - "No, you don't understand…" KoKo quickly cut Koga off and argued, "Yes, I do understand!" KoKo stomped off in rampage, leaving Koga to walk back to the wolf territory by himself. 'That just can't be KoKo's mother…she smells too much like Naraku. I can't even find a scent on her that smells like a wolf.' - "You can stay here for the night, mom." KoKo showed her mother a pile of hay in which where she and Koga slept. "Where the hell am I supposed to sleep!" Koga yelled at KoKo. "You can sleep where the rest of the pack sleeps!" KoKo yelled back. Koga growled and stomped off. "I'm sorry, mom, but I need to take a walk." KoKo ran off into the forest, fell on her knees, and started crying. "Oh, Inuyasha. What am I going to do; Koga is angry with me, he doesn't like my mother, and he probably hates me now…." KoKo kept sobbing over her fears that Koga might not talk to her anymore. "No…." KoKo started to wipe her tears away and put a strong tone in her voice. "Koga would never do that to me; Koga would never hate me; Koga loves me." KoKo straightened herself up as she headed back to the wolf territory. "Koga…Koga? Where are you?" KoKo searched for Koga and when she did, she wished she didn't. "KOGA!"