"Inuyasha!" KoKo kept calling out. "Kagome, I'm going to go look for Inuyasha, it's been too long since he's been here and it's already getting dark," KoKo worriedly said. "Ok. Here, take my bow and arrows," Kagome said as she handed KoKo are weapons. "Thank you," KoKo said, and she headed off towards the forest. 'I hope Inuyasha is ok; I just can't stand any more pain from seeing the ones I love get hurt.' KoKo searched high and low for a fresh scent of Inuyasha, but she could not even get a whiff of a fresh scent from Inuyasha. "Inuyasha! Inuyasha…! Inuyasha!" KoKo kept calling out for Inuyasha but there was no answer. - It was now dark and there was still no sign of Inuyasha, so KoKo decided to take a rest; she sat down on a rock and felt hopeless. "Oh, Inuyasha…if anything happens to you I just don't know what I would do," KoKo whispered to herself. KoKo jumped up at the sound of rustling from some dark bushes near by. KoKo set the bow and arrow in its attack position and waited for something to come out and attack her. "Please, do not hurt me; I mean no harm," an unfamiliar voice came out of the bushes. KoKo lowered her weapon but did not put them down incase it was a trap. 'It is only some kind of dog but it might be dangerous,' KoKo thought to herself. "Who are you?" KoKo demanded. "I am a coyote from the pack that you helped earlier," the, now known as a coyote, said. KoKo recognized the scent, so she set down her weapon on the rock she was sitting on. "What do you want?" KoKo questioned with anger. "I only came here to help you; I heard that you were look for the dog demon, Inuyasha, and I know where he is."- KoKo closely followed behind the coyote as he led KoKo to her brother. The coyote came to a halt and said, "This is where I last saw him, right before I came to get you." KoKo sniffed the air and said, "He has definitely been here. Thank you, coyote; I must be going now." KoKo followed Inuyasha's fresh scent to a steam bath in a clearing of the woods. "Inuyasha?" KoKo questioned as she saw a dark figure sitting on a rock. "Is that you?" KoKo questioned again. The dark figure did not answer; it just stood up, walked over to KoKo, and hugged her. KoKo quickly pulled away the dark figure, realizing it was too big to be Inuyasha, and quickly and demandingly questioned, "Who the hell are you? And why do you smell like Inuyasha?" The dark figure did not answer her question, it just put its' hand over KoKo and said, "You have grown." KoKo widened her eyes and confusingly said, "Father? No…it can't be! I will not be confused with that trick more then once!" KoKo grabbed her bow and arrow and shot it at the dark figure. KoKo waited for the enemy to fall…but it didn't. It stood there and quietly, pleasantly laughed, "Just like your mother: always being protective." KoKo growled and yelled, "How in the hell do you know my mother!" The moon shone over the dark figure where KoKo could see that it was a dog demon that looked just like her father. "Who are you!" KoKo once again demanded. "You know who I am," the dog demon answered. "If you do not believe, then you will find it in your heart sooner or later," the dog demon answered. "But for now, I am here to help you. Inuyasha is sitting near some rocks across the steam bath, and he is waiting for you." KoKo was confused. "He does not know you are coming, but he is waiting for you to come," the dog demon went on. The dog demon disappeared in thin air as KoKo headed towards Inuyasha. "Inuyasha?" KoKo questioned, hoping that this was not a trap. Inuyasha looked up at KoKo and quietly apologized, "KoKo, I'm sorry for acting like such a jerk earlier; I should have listened to you." KoKo sat next to Inuyasha and argued, "No, it's my fault; I shouldn't have told you like that…I should have waited until you were calmed down." - "No…do not blame yourself for everything; I should have accepted that you are a mixed demon; I should have been proud for you; I should have been there for you.- KoKo and Inuyasha headed back to where the others were without saying a word the whole way there. "You're alright, Inuyasha," Sango said in relief while Kagome smiled at Inuyasha. "What you looking at me like that for?" Inuyasha demanded. Kagome shook her head and softly said, "Nothing." Inuyasha opened his mouth, getting ready to say something, but changed his mind and closed his mouth. "What were you going to say, Inuyasha?" Shippo questioned. "None of your business, runt," Inuyasha rudely said. Inuyasha looked at Kagome and noticed her eyes twinkling when she looked at him. Inuyasha blushed. "We should probably stay here for the night," Inuyasha quickly said before anyone noticed him blushing, but Kagome noticed. "Ok, I'll just go check up on Koga," KoKo said as she climbed down the hill and walked to where Koga was. "Koga?" KoKo questioned. Koga did not answer. 'He's sleeping.' KoKo smiled at Koga and lied down next to his while the other slept on the hill for the night.