Yo, welcome to the second chapter! Now before we get started I'd like to let every one in a few things, this might take awhile, but it's important, so I suggest you please read rather than skipping ahead. Thank you. n.n

First off, I'm still not sure on the pairing; I've narrowed the choices down to Kouga/Kagome, Kouga/Ayame, or Kouga/Kagura. I also debated on making this Yaoi or Shounen-ai and Having Kouga/Inuyasha, Kouga/Miroku, or Kouga/Sesshoumaru. But I've decided against it…

If you have a preferred pairing, please let me know and I'll see what I can do with my internal debate on this subject for the story.

Also, I'm still not making any promises on my updates…v.v

Speech- "Kouga"

Thoughts- Kouga

Actions- …erm…. jump?

See the difference; know the difference, read the difference! n.n

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The Youkai and The Healer Part One

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Here Kouga was, sitting in front of his campfire wondering what the hell he should do after getting up…

He decides on sleeping…no not sleeping standing up…just normal sleeping after a large hard fruit drops from the tree and knocks him out.

Several hours later after the fruit lost its effect, Kouga got up to find it was morning…Hn, this sucks… was the brilliant plan Kouga came up with! Not really knowing what else there was to do, he killed something and ate it. Then wandered around hoping something might come to mind.

Oh Kay…I need a mate. The only obvious choices are Kagome and Possibly Ayame…That is if we're going by the Anime version if not, then just Kagome. What the hell is Ah-nah-may? Oh well, no time to think about that! Kouga thought to himself as he walked through the opaque forest, keeping his senses open to any demonic activity; he still had his shards and couldn't be too careful about what demons may want them.

Kouga had been walking for what seemed like hours, with still no fresh ideas to help his cause. He stopped by a river and sighed slightly continuing to ponder his situation, what am I going to do sigh

A sound came from the right, a rustling in the trees; Kouga sniffed the air lightly and got into a fighting stance, heh, just what I need to pass the time! He smirked cockily and he prepared himself for the attack he knew was coming.

Just then, something lunged at him from one of the taller trees in the area! It was-it was! A furry black squirrel…? It jumped about 5 feet away from Kouga's feet sniffing delicately at some sort of nut that fell when it jumped.

Kouga sighed, noting that there would be no fight and he'd have to be sure to find that squirrel later when he got hungry. "Damn thing will make a nice side dish…" He spoke to no one of course and planted himself back down in front of the river, cupping some of the water in his hands and gulping it down.

That's when the real terror ensued. The squirrel got up on its hind legs, it looked soooo cuuute! Then it started foaming from the mouth and bit Kouga's tail.

Kouga as went wide and he gasped in a bit of pain and turned to see what was causing it…he growled at seeing the squirrel and swatted at it, as though it were nothing but a mosquito. How wrong he was…

The little cute black squirrel landed with a throbbing thud and hissed at Kouga, that's right the squirrel hissed! It's mouth grew three times its normal size as did its claws and it leaped at Kouga determined to show the wolf just what he was dealing with…. and oh did Kouga find out….

The squirrel latched on to Kouga's arm and refused to let go…that is until Kouga grabbed it by it's little squirrel head and ripped it off of his arm crushing it's skull in the process and getting a light lunch as well. How nice!

Kouga finished eating his small squirrel lunch and fell asleep once again after realizing he had nothing better to do…. and his head hurt from the fruit from the night before…. how annoying…. he sighed irritated at the events of the day so far and he allowed sleep to take him captive.

It was early evening when Kouga woke up the scent of herbs and human. Some how it reminded him of Kagome, she always smelled of some sort of medicine and magic as well, due to her miko powers. He opened his eyes slowly taking in his surroundings. He was still where he fell asleep, only now his arm was bandaged and a young human, maybe around Kagome's or that demon slayer girl's age.

"Oh, you're awake!" the young…it looked like a boy…but Kouga's sense of smell knew better, the scent it was giving off was clearly that of a female. Her voice sounded like it could be a young male's, slightly feminine yet a bit husky like a boy's. She wore a Haori and Hakama like many men do, rather than the traditional female kimono, he eyes were deep brown and her hair was black, up in a high short ponytail that went to her shoulders, rather than down or in a bun like most women.

Kouga narrowed his eyes to the human as though wondering what the boyish looking girl could be up too. The female just smiled slightly, "No worries demon, I've taken the liberty of bandaging your wounds, you are a demon so it should be healed by daybreak."

Kouga questioned why a human woman would help a demon, sure Kagome would, but that was Kagome, she was different from other humans and Kouga wasn't sure there was anyone else like that. "Why would a human help a demon?" Kouga reasoned out loud, but still waited for an answer.

The human just looked confused, "I'm sorry, is that strange?" Kouga's left eyebrow twitched in impatience, just how dim-witted could a human be? "I suppose it is a bit weird, the other villagers aren't fond of demons in the least." Well no dip shit…Kouga thought to himself, still listening to the human ramble on, he had nothing better to do. "I guess I don't mind as much because when I was younger I was taken in by a family of Kitsune, so I have more experience than the other villagers do with demons." Kouga pretty much tuned everything out after that, he didn't really care and he was still tired.

A light rustling was heard again and Kouga opened his eyes once more to look in the direction it was coming from, now that he allowed his senses to be alert, he noticed that the human was still there and continuing to ramble on about nonsense. "But I really like beef stew…" ok…no clue what that was about…Kouga continued to stare at the spot the noise came from, ignoring the human once more.

"Kyou-kun! Kyou-kun where the hell have you been?" Another human came from the forest, he was taller than the human female and had dark lavender colored hair; it almost looked black. His eyes were green, but Kouga paid about as much attention to that human as he did the other. "ne, Kyou-kun! You're helping demons again? The head of the village will have your head he finds out about this!" The young boy scowled at the human girl.

Kouga listened to some extent, the human girl seemed like a complete moron so far, may as well see what happens. "You know as well as I do that the village whatever can't do a thing! They need me to much!" A slight fire lit the woman that the boy called Kyou's eyes, she was obviously a bit angry and seemed almost cocky as she stated that 'they needed her'.

The boy glared at her, "I don't care, either way, we need back at the village, hurry up!" with that he started to retreat, only stopping when he heard the woman's voice.

"What happened? I should know so I can prepare the proper herbs and medication." The girl, Kyou, looked at the boy from her position standing two feet in front of Kouga and about half a foot to his right.

The boy sighed and shook his head, "There's been an accident, one of the warriors was injured severally during a practice match, so of course your skills are needed. Oh great healer, will you help us?" He smirked at the sarcastic remark he made and waited for the answer.

"Sure, but just remember…" she was cut off before she could finish.

"I know, I know. If I tell any one about what I saw here you'll tear my head from my shoulders." He sighed the dolefully and stalked off in the direction he came.

Kyou smirked and turned back towards Kouga, "I have to go, but here's this." She bent down to the level that Kouga was sitting at and took out a small brown pouch from the fold of her haori, women didn't normally wear such clothing, but Kouga shrugged it off, women weren't usually named Kyou either, but it really didn't matter to him. "it's a special medicine made from only the finest herbs. If any thing should arise it should heal your wounds twice as fast and work in sync with your demonic ability to heal. It'll speed up the healing process for humans as well, but it's predisposed to have a better outcome on demons." She smiled, got up, and walked in the same direction as the boy waving slightly as she trotted off.

Who the hell trots? Kouga thought to himself as he stood up, thinking of what he could do now as he did so.

"I know." He said out loud to no one and rushed off to the northeast. I can stay with Kagome! The mutt won't like it, but Kagome probably wouldn't mind, as long as Inuyasha and I don't kill each other, that is.

So, Kouga continued his journey towards the young miko and her group, his nose leading him in what he was sure was the correct direction.

What will the future hold from this young confused and mateless, "temporarily dismissed" wolf demon leader?

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That's all for now! Please review with suggestions and comments, I look forward to reading them.

And I'm still not making any promises on the updates…just lucky I'm fresh on idea's right now…u.u; I've never been this lucky when it comes to writing, not for a long time at least! O.o

Well, Ja ne!