Disclaimer- I don't own Inuyasha if I did Souten would make regular appearances on the show and so there could be more fluff between her and Shippo.

Kagome the Cat Demon Chapter 33 Zati

While the group waited in Kaede's village for Kagome to have her pup,(or kitten) they did their best to entertain themselves. Inuyasha lived in daily terror of Kagome's mood swings, Vadimir had left to look for Caharell, who had gone missing, and Kathy went with him. Sesshoumaru started training Rin to hit moving Targets with her youki whip much to Jaken's dismay, since he was the target running for his life. The Demon Lord also hadto watch outwhen Reia said 'baka', the reason was around his neck. The fox pups were training with Kazesune again. Miroku and Sango were going to confirm about the shard rumors that a Lord had with Kirara and Russet while Souten...
The young Thunder demon hummed to herself as she walked a hill near the village. She took out a piece of paper and sighed.

" Shippo." She said softly looking at the picture she drew of him, then hugged it.

" Oh Shippo, my darling lover boy fox." Said a voice. Souten spun around.

" Show yourself!" she demanded. Kina came out from behind a rock, smirking.

" Kina what are you doing here? I thought you were training."

" Souten and Shippo sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G." She chanted. " First comes love, second comes mating...humpf!" Kina couldn't continued because Souten ran over and placed a hand over her mouth. but in doing so she dropped the picture. Kina quickly picked it up. " Ohhh, you have it worse then I thought." She said.

" Give that back!" demanded Souten and began chasing Kina all over the village and knocked a few people down. Eventually Souten started to catch up.

" What are you two doing?" asked another voice. Souten felt her cheeks getting hot.

" Hi Shippo." She said.

" Hey Shippo, look what Souten had." Said Kina and showed Shippo the picture. Shippo blushed as he looked at the picture. It was him but older looking.

" Souten you made this?' He asked. The Thunder demon's cheeks were stained pink as she answered.

" Yes."

" Thanks." Said Shippo and handed her the picture back.

" You like it?" Souten asked, she reached for the rolled up picture and her hands brushed with Shippo's.
" Yeah." Said Shippo both demons were blushing.

" Should I leave you two alone for a while?" asked Kina. All of a sudden Souten and Shippo realized how close they were and jumped apart, dropping the picture. " You guys are so funny, why don't you just confess?" Kina asked. Shippo had had enough.

" Why don't you confess to Souta?" he asked with a sly grin. Now it was Kina's turn to blush. "Wwhat do you mean?" she asked. Souten caught on and joined in.

" It's so obvious that you like him." She said.

" I don't, he's a friend" Kina insisted.

" A friend you constantly flirt with? I don't think so." Said Souten.

" I don't like him." Kina said again. Just then Souta walked by.

" Kina-chan I've been looking all over for you." He said. Kina blushed sightly.

" What is it, Souta-kun?" She asked.

" Kazesune-sensi was looking for you and Shippo, he sent me to find you." said the Gingisune.

"Oh." Kina tried to hid her disappointment.

Naraku's Castle

Shiken lay in bed, his cuts had healed over but Kathy's youki was still bothering him.

" Have a little trouble Shiken? I hear you were taken down by an ordinary Nekko youkai." Said a dark brown Kitsune.

" Mind your business, spoiled fox." Said Shiken.

' I can't believe I was beaten by that wrench. If it had been one on one, she wouldn't have stood a chance.' He thought. Helig flew into Naraku's room.
" If you're going to enslave me, why don't I get anything to do? It's so boring here!" He said.

" Patience little spirit, or would you prefer I take that jewel shard from you and leave you to the Soul Piper? I'm sure you'll have plenty to do in hell." Said Naraku. Helig death glared him before leaving. Soon after Kohaku walked in.

" Naraku-sama,when is Kanna-chan's birthday?" He asked.

" Why do you ask?"

" I wanted to get her something." Said Kohaku with a slight blush.

" In a few weeks." Said Naraku. Kohaku bowed and left. Naraku chuckled.

Inuyasha-gumi

Sango, Miroku and the Fire cats returned late that night.

" Well? Did you get a jewel shard?" asked Inuyasha. The two shook their heads.

" It seemed that the holder of the jewel shard was away at the time. The lord was getting suspicious of us so we had to leave." Said Miroku.

" Have Vadimir and Kathy returned yet?"

" No, but I wouldn't worry about them." Said Kazesune.

" Why not?" asked Shippo.

" I'll tell you when your older." Said Kazesune.

" I don't think they're doing that." Said Souten. " Kathy's too naive."

" Maybe you're right." Said Kazesune. There was a distant rumbling. " Looks like there's going to be a storm."

Kathy and Vadimir

" It's going to rain." said Vadimir.

" I know I heard it too." Said Kathy. Soon it started to rain but they still hadn't found shelter, after a little while they found a cave. After checking to make sure it was empty, they settled down. Vadimir found some dry wood and used his fox fire to ignite it. The two demons sat down next to the fire, rather closely.

" What do you think happened to Caharel?" asked Kathy.

" Maybe he found a mate, unlikely though." Said Vadimir. There was a loud clap of thunder and Kathy grabbed Vadimir's arm. Vadimir was slightly surprised but enjoyed the contact. When Kathy realized she was doing she blushed, and let go. Then they waited in silence for the rain to end.

Inuyasha-gumi

' I'll have to remember to thank Caharel for the help.' Thought Kazesune the next morning smiling. the younger demons were having breakfast in Kaede's hut. then there was a flash of lightening but there were no storm clouds in sight. Then a boy walked into the hut, he was about twice as tall as Shippo, had black hair pulled into a pony tail and had blood red eyes. He wore black and red Samurai style armor, with two swords at his side. He walked straight to Souten.

" Lady Souten of the Thunder Demon tribe, I presume?" He asked.

" Who wants to know?" Souten asked.

" Where are my manners, I am Zati of the Tadsadio Clan, the Warriors of Lightening." Then he took Souten's hand and kissed it which made Souten blush. Shippo glared at Zati.

' Why's he flirting with Souten?' He thought angrily.

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