A bit of fluff in this chapter! XD And the other character that appears is a character a friend made, and she wanted it in the fanfic.

Chapter 18: Jewels from Kouga

Almost a half month later InuYasha had come up with a plan to get a few Shards of the Shikon Jewel. Kagome reluctantly agreed with it, wanting to get the Jewel Shards as badly as possible.

Kyoumi walked towards Kouga's wolf den in her fire transformation and with Mitsu next to her in his wolf transformation. He reached Kyoumi's height in that transformation, just a half foot shorter than normal. He had electric blue eyes and had long claws on his feet, and very sharp.

Once in the den Kyoumi started to make smoke, and it got whoever was behind them out of the den. In the very back of the den was Kouga, sleeping soundly.

Kyoumi reached for Kouga's leg and grabbed one of the Jewel shards, and then reached for the other one.

Kouga's eyes opened abruptly and he growled.

"Who are you? And what are you doing taking my Jewel Shards!" yelled Kouga as he got up.

Kyoumi held one of the Jewel Shards in her hand and said, "We're just taking them back to the person who lost them."

"Give me back my Jewel Shard!"

Kyoumi took out her black sword and it lit on fire.

"If you don't give me that other Jewel Shard, I'll have to kill you," Kyoumi said, brining the sword close to his face. He could feel the heat from the fire and started to sweat, but didn't look worried. He just smirked.

"Your scent smells familiar," Kouga said.

"If that's true, how come I've never met you before?" lied Kyoumi. Mitsu growled and bared his teeth and Kyoumi pushed the flaming blade even closer.

"Give me the Jewel Shard or die," Kyoumi said, the fire on her blade turning dark blue and black, matching the sword that it was on.

Intimidated, Kouga reached down to the leg with the remaining Jewel Shard and pulled it out.

Kyoumi held out her hand with the other Jewel Shard and waited for Kouga to give her the other Jewel.

He dropped it into her palm and and she closed her hand, smirking.

"Thanks," said Kyoumi, and she turned and ran through the smoke that was still there. Mitsu followed and she ran as fast as she could out of there, wanting to get out of this evil act as soon as possible.

But someone was blocking their way. It was a female wolf youkai that was a bit shorter than Kyoumi, but looked quite similar. She had black and white hair, that looked like it alternated, in a braid that went down to her ankles. She had a black and white tail too, and regular youkai ears. Her eyes were light gray and they pierced your skin with her gaze.

"Give back the Jewel Shards," said the wolf youkai.

"Who are you to question us?" Kyoumi asked.

"I am Tamashi, and I'm going to get those Jewel Shards no matter what," said the wolf youkai.

She ran towards them with her claws ready to slice them through, but Kyoumi put up a wall of fire in front of her.

"What is this!" exclaimed Tamashi.

"Something to show you that you shouldn't meddle in other people's business," said Kyoumi as she made the fire make a large circle around Tamashi, but the flames were getting bigger and bigger. Only when Kyoumi was out of range would they diminish.

"Let me out of here!" yelled Tamashi.

Mitsu and Kyoumi started to run as fast as they could so they could get to InuYasha and the others.

They stopped for a rest and Mitsu returned to his regular form, smiling. Kyoumi sat against a tree and turned into her regular youkai form also.

"Nice acting back there," Mitsu said, sitting next to her.

Kyoumi opened up her palm and said, "Yeah. But it doesn't feel right, you know? I feel like a common thief. I feel like I am dirty and I can't clean myself off... You didn't have to do much of the work, just growl..."

"You know why. He would have recognized me in my regular form," Mitsu said.

"I know, but it still feels wrong."

"Don't worry," he said, putting a hand on her shoulder.

Kyoumi's heart started to beat faster and she nodded. "Ok..."

"Should we get going?" asked Mitsu as he stood up.

"Yeah..."

"You OK?"

Kyoumi nodded and stood up.

What happened?

XD Kyoumi seems confused, doesn't she?