Judge: yawns and grumbles a good bit at a certain evil muse

Felix: pouts Come on Judge Lady, don't be like that.

Judge: Glares at muse and continues to grumble something about lacking sleep due to an evil muse who wants to write all hours of the day and turns on some vampire movie promptly falling asleep

Felix: sigh Oh well, She no own so don't sue. Oh and Kouga has a bad mouth in this chapter so watch out.

"…" English

/…/ Japanese

Chapter 4: Placement And a Cure?

"Well it would seem that we have two new students" Snape said, after said boys and O'Mally were gone. He hadn't missed the look Dumbledore gave the pair during Kouga's speech, the man had also felt the sudden breeze that had kicked up. After one noticed the breeze it wasn't hard to figure that it had come from Kouga, nor to realize that the sight trembling of the ground had come from the weakened Sinko, which said that both were magical. "Where are to be housed?" he added after a moment when the headmaster didn't speak.

Dumbledore nodded "Yes it would seem we do Severus, as long as they agree of course. And as for housing, I was going to talk to the other heads of house and see where they thought they should be placed." The headmaster replied, but stopped any farther remarks at the look on Snape's face. "I suppose you were hoping they would go to your house then Severus?" he asked.

Snape smirked "Well it had occurred to me that they might make decent Slytherins." He replied. After all how more pure blood can you get, people like these boys were part of some of the pureblood families back then; and both of these boys seemed to already be good at potions at least.

O'Mally escorted the two boys to the great hall where room was made for them by Draco at the Slytherin table. Draco had seen the look on Snape's face, he was planning on trying to get the boys into Slytherin if they were going to stay at the school, so they might as well start getting to know the Slytherins now. It didn't last long however as the silver haired one suddenly mumbled something in that language of theirs the other boy responding in the same one, and seeming to disappear only to reappear beside Professor O'Mally.

"O'Mally, we need to go. My brother needs a place to rest." Kouga told the Irish professor and after receiving a nod made his way back to Sinko's side. /He will be here soon brother./ he told the half inu as he stood behind him when he noticed that he was starting to slip backwards some.

Sinko nodded in reply to Kouga, but his gaze was focused on the boy who was sitting next to them. His hair was white as snow, he wore robes of black, his eyes were grey and reminded him oddly of stone, his nose was slightly large for his face, and to complete the image on his chest he wore a gold badge with a large "P" on it. The hanyu watched the boy for long moment before getting rather annoyed at his staring /Ok you stupid boy why are you fucking stare…/ but he was cut off by a hand on his shoulder. He glanced up to see a smile on his brother's face /Oh ya/ he mumbled remembering that the offending ningen wouldn't be able to understand him. /You better find out what he problem is now Kouga or that boy is going to end up with a broken nose./ he told the Ookami shortly.

Kouga smirked /Of course brother. One explanation coming right up./ he teased Sinko before redirection his attention to the boy in question. "Do you have a problem fucking Ningen? Or did you just enjoy staring at my brother?" He snarled at the white haired Slytherin boy.

Draco merely returned Kouga's smirk with a sneer of his own "No wolf boy, I do not have a problem. But you will if you keep that up. I am Draco Malfoy, and a perfect in the Slytherin house." He countered standing up to face Kouga.

/His name is Draco, and he seems to believe he is important because he is something called a "perfect"/ Kouga relayed to Sinko as he kept his gaze fixed on Draco's. "Oh I will, will I?" Kouga countered raising an eyebrow at the pale and rather frail slip of a boy before him.

"Yes you will. And if you are going to be insulting me you should at least say it in english." Draco countered, but what ever else he was going to say was cut off by the appearance of Professor O'Mally. "Good day Professor." The blond added before he turned heading from the great hall.

O'Mally turned his attention to Kouga and Sinko once Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle had left the room. He raised an eyebrow /You were not fighting were you?/ he asked the boys. His only reactions were Sinko refusing to meet his gaze properly, and a snort from Kouga with a mumbled/not yet./ O'Mally sighed /There is to be no fighting boys. Especially in the great hall./ he chided them before suddenly noticing how much Sinko seemed to be leaning on Kouga. /Lets get you out of here and to Madame Pomfrey./ he told them before striding towards the exit.

Sinko quickly struggled to his feet, he was not going to have to do this much longer, his sickness whould probably have the last of him by the end of the week. He followed after O'Mally sensing Kouga's presence behind him the entire way. He knew Kouga was there in case he needed the help, and while it was good to know he hated that this was how it had to be. He wanted to be back with the pack, he wanted to die with them, to know that he was with his family when he died. No instead he was going to be here, in this place with these ningens. He suddenly missed his mother, and father, a good bit he wanted them back.

O'Mally made short work of getting them to the hospital wing and with a quick call of "Madame Pomfrey!" the man had a short plump woman coming their way from a door not to far away. After they had gotten Sinko onto one of the beds O'Mally finally decided to answer the woman's questions. "This is Sinko. He can't speak english. He is rather sick, what with we do not know though Kouga can tell you his symptoms, and he is in dire need of your help." He told the mediwitch.

The woman nodded "Thank you Professor, I will take care of him now." She said waving the man away. Once the professor was gone she made her way back towards Sinko only to be stopped by the boy who had come in with him. "If you will excuse me, but I need to treat him." She told the black haired boy as she rested a hand on her hip and stared at the boy.

When the boy didn't move and would not allow her to pass she changed tactics "Kouga was it not?" she asked only receiving a nod in reply. "Well Kouga did you want Sinko to die?" she asked this time receiving a shake of the boy's head. "Then why will you not let me see to him? I am a doctor of sorts and can help fix him." She said calmly.

Kouga shook his head again "I'm sorry but I can not allow you near him. He does not like having to be here as it is, and he does not want to be poked and prodded by some ningen he does not know. Now you are going to back away or I am going to have to kill you." He replied just willing the woman to leave them be. He didn't know what a 'doctor' was, and couldn't care. He just wanted his brother to die in piece as he wished, and to follow him as soon as he could. Yes he was dieing as well, he knew he was. He had started showing signs of the disease about a week ago, but luckily had managed to hide it from his brother as of yet.

The nurse frowned "I'm sorry but I do not know what I ningen is. And I do not wish to poke and prod him, I want to make him better. Which I might add you could help me with if you would tell me what symptoms come with this sickness of his." she replied ignoreing the death threat

"A ningen is what you are I can smell it and I know that you can not help him. The packs have tried for generations and have still been unable to cure anyone of this. Sinko and I being the foolish ones we were though thought we could, but we have failed." Kouga replied a slight frown and a sadness of his eyes flicking over his face for a few seconds. "Though if you insist I can tell you how to know the canine death if you see it." He added before looking over his shoulder at Sinko.

After a long moment he returned his attention to the woman before him and took a deep breath. "The disease starts out as a small case of irritated skin. After a couple of days the coughing and wrenching set in. This is followed by a paleness of the sick canine, which also comes with physical weakness. The final stage is a lose of senses: touch and taste are first to go; then sight; then smell; and finally hearing. The final loss is soon followed by certain death." He paused again.

After another short pause he continued "Sinko is nearing the final stage of the sickness." He stated in bland tones before a silent cough racked his body.

On the bed he was protecting Sinko sat, he knew what his brother said without needing to be told. He was telling what had and was to happen to him before he was finally allowed to die. When Kouga had finished however and then suddenly doubled over in coughing something finally clicked in his mind. /Why didn't you say something? You are sick too... and it's all my fault. You should have listened to the alpha and stayed with the pack, now you will die to./ he said in a voice barely above a whisper as he fought hard to keep back his tears.

His brother was dieing, and it was all his fault, he couldn't have just taken his own life or left the pack when he had found out he was sick. That was how it was supposed to be, if you found out you had the killing sickness you were to take your life, leave your pack, or do both. It was for the good of the pack that this was the understood way of dealing with the sickness. He could not leave it be though and had put it off until his brother, mother, and father had found out he was sick. Then to make things worse he had dragged his brother to death with him when he allowed his to be so close to him when he was sick.

"Why thank you Headmaster. I am honored you would allow me this chance." Snape said before turning to acknowledge the reentrance of Professor O'Mally with a sneer.

"Wasn't their something you needed to explain O'Mally?" Dumbledore stated calmly not wanting this to become a battle for any reason.

O'Mally nodded "Yes sir. Well it would seem our new students are Demons Headmaster; Ones from feudal Japan if I haven't missed my mark. They appear to be an Ookami and an Inu, or another words a wolf demon and a dog demon. It would seem Sinko was adopted into Kouga's pack when he was younger, and upon that time had his named changed so that he was made to seem less Inu, and less insulting, as Inuyasha litterly means female dog demon. In legends the Ookami and the Inu had not usually been the best of friends, so that Sinko was brought into the pack was in its self quite amazing. It would explain why Kouga is defending him so much, even after having his named changed from that of an Inu to an Ookami Sinko has probably always had a rough time with nonmembers of the pack. Even more so if they were members of another Ookami or Inu pack, though Kitsune-or wolf demons-would have bothered him as well. He would have been an outcast his entire life when he was not with his adopted pack." The man explained.

Dumbledore nodded, he did not know much about demon mythology so the slight background would be a bit of help in dealing with the boys, and only reinforced the earlier decision he and Snape had made to keep them in the same house if they could get them to agree to stay at the school. "Well then shall we go and see how Poppy is fairing with them?" he asked as he stood up and indicated that they should precede him out of his office.

/Fuck, no brother I am not going to fucking argue with you right now. She can worry about me later, let her try and help you now. I am still well enough and you know that there is nothing she can do to cure either of us so there is no reason for me to inform her I am sick as well. So i am not going to fucking tell her./ Kouga countered his voice remaining even, but holding an acid tone.

Just out side the door O'Mally's eyes widened slightly "That would explain a good bit." He mumbled catching the comment as they cracked the door open. Seeing the look on the Headmaster's face the DADA professor smiled a bit "Sorry sir forgot they weren't speaking in english. It would seem that Kouga is sick with what ever Sinko has, and Sinko is angry that Kouga won't tell Madame Pomfrey that he is sick as well." The red head explained.

After receiving a nod from bother Dumbledore and Snape he pushed the door the rest if the way open and they made their way in. /That is something you should really tell us Kouga, we do not appreciate it when students hide things from us./ O'Mally said sternly his gazed locked on Kouga.

Kouga didn't bother to ask what O'Mally was taking about, but he did object to the man's assumptions. "First O'Mally neither I nor my brother are students, at this what ever it is. And since we are not I could care less what you have to say you worthless ningen..." but what ever else the black haired boy was going to say was cut short by a low growl from Sinko.

Wanting to get this situation over as quickly as possible the mediwitch spoke up again. "I thank you for outlining the symptoms Kouga, and I believe I know what it is your brother may have and I should be able to have him fixed up in no time." She said before she headed over to a set of shelves and started pulling out different vials.

Dumbledore watched the two boys for a moment and seeing as they were once again talking together in Japanese with hushed voices he decided it would be safe to allow them their time together. So instead he turned his attention towards Madame Pomfrey "It might do good to see if you can find two potions Poppy. Kouga seems to be sick as well, just hiding it from us all." He told the nurse, earning himself a scowl from Kouga.

A few moments later Madame Pomfrey came back over to the two boys caring two vials of a purple liquid handing one to each of them. "Drink it all, and then try and get some sleep. By morning you should both be better and ready to get back to classes." She stated trying to usher Kouga into a bed not far from Sinko's.

Kouga glared at the woman "I am not moving from this spot, I am going to stay here with Sinko." He stated sitting on the end of the half Inu's cot earning a reply of "Nani?" from said inu. /This lady wants us to drink this. She says it will make us better by morning. She is also trying to move me to that other cot./ Kouga replied motioning to the offending Ningen and cot.

Sinko nodded and after sniffing at the offered potion turned in down in one gulp, causing Kouga to do so shortly after words. Kouga had no hope nor thought that this would help, but knew that at this point it certainly couldn't hurt and if Sinko was willing to trust it well he would too. The inu yawned as a warm and sleepy feeling quickly washed over him causing the empty vial to slip form his hand and onto the ground shattering. /This feels nice. So warm/ he murmured yawning again /Don't leave me brother./ he added as he slipped into a deep sleep.

/Don't worry brother, I would never leave you./ Kouga replied shifting his position so that he was more comfortable. 'Sinko must be rather sick, acting like such a lost child, and asking me to stay here' the ookami thought as he tried to top him self from yawning. It didn't help much however as he too soon drifted off into a deep sleep where he sat despite his efforts to fight the urge. His last thought before he passed out was that at least they might get to sleep though the rest of the pain, it would be all they could ask for so far from home and pack.

Judge: Yep another chapter done, hopefully just one more before the story starts picking up a bit.

Felix: Yep that's if I let that happen. Well either way please R&R.