Renamon's Assistant: Okay, so Ronomon is not up to field work yet, so I will take this prechapter show to thank my readers for the many reviews this story has already gotten. In the short time it's been posted it has already gotten more then double the reviews of my other story, Reverse Biomerge. For you Digimon fans out there Reverse Biomerge is a Digimon Tamers story about how the digimon partners return to their tamers. It may not be as good as this one, but check it out if you want an interesting read that mixes digimon with the alchemy of Full Metal Alchemist and elemental bending from Avatar the Last Airbender. That ends this prechapter show for chapter 10 of Inuyasha and the Digital Kitsune.

Disclaimer: I do not own digimon or inuyasha. All I own is the story itself and the elements of the story introduced from my imaginiation.

Chapter 10

The wolves

The castle was a two days away from where they had rescued Kagura. The group had decided to travel at a pace that would land them at the barrier at the nightfall of day two. This would allow them to get one more nights sleep before laying siege to Naraku's castle. Naraku's castles were nestled in the nearby mountains. To get there they would have to go threw the Wolf Demon forest and then climb the mountain. They had been on the move since they left Kagura free from Naraku's control. In the early afternoon they reached the edge of the Wolf Demon forest. The group decided to stop for a few minutes before entering the forest.

Renamon noticed as she sat in a tree by Inuyasha that he had an irritated look on his face, like he really be happier if we could go around the forest instead of through. Finally curiosity got the better of her and she asked, "What's the matter Inuyasha? You have been in a bad mood since we first saw this forest."

Inuyasha just said, "Feh, I just caught the scent of some wolf demons."

Renamon, "What, do you have something against wolf demons."

Inuyasha, "Not wolf demons in general, but there is this one scrawny wolf."

Renamon, "Does this wolf have a name."

Before Inuyasha could answer they could here Sesshomaru saying to the others, "I think we have rested enough, let's go." Inuyasha and Renamon jumped down from the tree and they all resumed their journey.

They had been walking for about an hour and a half when Inuyasha stopped dead in his tracks. Everyone stopped and began to wonder what the matter was. Inuyasha just got down in a fighting position and said, "Kouga".

Renamon wondered who Kouga was, but she didn't have to wonder long. Soon after Inuyasha said his name a small twister came barreling at the group from deep in the forest. Just before it was about to bowl them over it stopped and the winds died down. In the place of the twister was a man, with fangs, a brown wolf tail, and black hair in a long pony tail. Shortly after he arrived several wolves and two other wolf demons came running up behind him, very out of breath.

The twister guy merely smiled and said, "Hay Kagome".

Kagome just smiled slightly and said, "Hi Kouga, how have things been."

Kouga replied, "They been fine, you still hanging around with this mutt."

Inuyasha walked up to Kouga menacingly and said, "What did you call me, you scrawny wolf."

Kouga got a competitive feel about him and said, "I called you a mutt, because you are a mutt."

Inuyasha lunged at him as he said, "Fine, let's settle this here and now." Kouga just smile and reactivated his twister ability. The two fought for a few minutes, neither of them doing any real damage. Finally everyone else got tired of this.

Sesshomaru turned to Renamon and said, "You want to stop the wolf demon while I get Inuyasha."

Renamon turned to the lord of the west lands and said, "I think it be better if we let Kagome handle Inuyasha. Any way, I thought you liked seeing him eat dirt."

Sesshomaru just turned and said, "I still would like to be the one to handle him."

Renamon just shrugged and began walking towards the escalating fight. Sesshomaru soon followed suit. Inuyasha and Kouga had taken their fight into a nearby clearing, and they were now starting to do some actual damage to each other. They had one great clash in mid air and were sent flying to opposite ends of the clearing. This was when Sesshomaru stepped in a put himself in front of Inuyasha. Inuyasha yelled, "Get out of my way Sesshomaru." Sesshomaru just shook his head. He then turned slightly to look at Kouga.

Kouga just sat there, wondering why he was stopping the fight. He then said, "If you insist on stopping our fight I will kill you to." He then began to run at Sesshomaru, but before he got past the middle of the field something tripped him and he was sent tumbling. He kept tumbling past Sesshomaru and Inuyasha and finally rolled head first into a tree.

Everyone, even Kouga's own pack, was trying to stifle their laughter, except Inuyasha who was laughing out loud at wolf demon pack leader. Kouga had taken a few seconds to get up, rubbing his head in the process. Once he had gotten his bearings again he looked out at the clearing. Trying to see who or what he had tripped on. He then saw the yellow fox digimon, Renamon, standing right beside where he had tripped.

Kouga's rage got the better of him and he was now concentrating all of his attacks on Renamon. Sesshomaru watched as Kouga tried every move he knew, but smiled on the inside when he saw no matter what Kouga did Renamon was able to dodge it like a graceful dancer. Finally Sesshomaru said, "I know that it must be fun to make a fool out him, but we do have more pressing matters."

Renamon nodded in Sesshomaru's direction and she leapt into the air. Not knowing what to expect Kouga just watched her until he could feel a large amount of energy being built up. Just as Renamon launched her diamond storm attack Kouga had thought quickly and jumped out of the way of the attack. When Renamon landed she readied herself for another assault, but was amazed to see that Kouga was just standing straight up in a relaxed manner, like they weren't even fighting. He walked over to Renamon, and instead of hitting her he said, "My, I never would have guessed you were such a good fighter. Could I get your name again?"

The yellow fox digimon didn't like the tone in his voice but she did reply by saying, "My name is Renamon."

Kouga just continued to smile as he said, "Renamon; that is quite the lovely name. It just rolls of the tongue." Kouga then took something out of a pouch he had. Renamon noticed it was a fine blue powder. All the sudden Kouga blew it in her face. Before Renamon knew it she began to feel very woozy, and then she blacked out from the strange powder.

Sesshomaru and the others watched as Renamon began to fall over, but were relieved when Kouga caught her mid fall. Their worries returned soon after when he scooped her up like a bride and turned to the others. After a moment of silence he said, "Look Inuyasha, I still don't like you, but you can have Kagome. Since she never accepted me were together we never really were mates, so I have no regrets in leaving her with you."

Sesshomaru growled in his throat as he said, "What is this supposed to mean wolf demon?"

Kouga smiled as he said, "What it means is I have taken Renamon as my girl now, and there is nothing you can do to stop me." Then with out warning he took of into the forest in the same manner as he had appeared, in a swirling twister. The rest of his pack had seen what was coming and had disappeared well before Kouga, leaving Inuyasha, Sesshomaru, and the others without their newest friend.

The others had run up to Inuyasha and Sesshomaru, who were both standing their in shock. Miroku said, "We must follow them, and find her quickly. I don't think Rika would like to find out that Renamon was forced to become Kouga's girl."

Sango then added, "Yes, and without her we have no chance of breaking Naraku's barrier."

Shippo said, "Yeah, but how are we to follow her. She has a very weak scent, and Inuyasha may not be able to find it through all the scents of the wolf demons." The Sango, Miroku, Kagome, Shippo, and Inuyasha continued to talk, trying to think of a way to find her. They were so caught up in their conversation they didn't even notice that Sesshomaru hadn't moved a muscle since Renamon had been taken by Kouga.

Jaken and Rin walked up to their lord, wondering if he was alright. There was a long silence before Jaken said, "Lord Sesshomaru? Are you all right Lord Sesshomaru?" Sesshomaru continued to stare off into the distance. By this time the others had noticed how still and quite Sesshomaru was. They all walked over and watched him. It was then silent for another few minutes. Rin finally walked up to Sesshomaru and tugged on one of his sleeves. This brought Sesshomaru out of his trance. He quickly began to look around. His eyes then rested on Jaken's staff of two heads.

Sesshomaru turned to face Jaken and said, "Jaken, I need the staff."

Jaken looked at him for a second and then handed him the staff of two heads saying, "Of course Lord Sesshomaru."

Inuyasha walked up and asked, "How can that stick help us find her."

Sesshomaru turned and said, "It can lock on to her spiritual energy and lead us to her. Now Jaken I want you to stay here, and wait for my return. Kagome?"

Kagome said, "Yes, Sesshomaru."

Sesshomaru continued, "Would you mind staying here to keep an eye on them. Rin needs protection and with out his staff of two heads Jaken is pretty much defenseless." Kagome nodded. Sesshomaru returned the nod and then turned his attention to Inuyasha, Sango, and Miroku. He said, "Can you three come with me to rescue Renamon."

Inuyasha frowned slightly and said, "Why should we help you."

Sesshomaru turned away from then and said, "You don't have to come, but I hope you would for Renamon's sake." He then turned back, and waited. Inuyasha thought about it a second, and then nodded his head to Sesshomaru. Sango and Miroku also nodded their heads. Sesshomaru turned back to the forest and then raised the staff of two heads up. He the staff then began to spin in his hand. It suddenly stopped and the beautiful head then open its mouth.

Sesshomaru turned his head to where the staff was pointing and began to run off in that direction, Inuyasha right behind him. Miroku and Sango followed from above as they rode Kirara. They followed the staff of two heads for about half an hour before they came upon a cave, hidden amongst the brush and trees. Inuyasha sniffed around a little bit and said, "Yep, The smell of wolf demons is strong here, but I also can smell Renamon." Sesshomaru motioned to Sango and Miroku they had found the wolf demons lair, and that they should come down. Once they landed Kirara turned back into her kitten form and hopped onto Sango's shoulders.

They all looked down, into the deep dark cave. Then Sesshomaru turned to Sango and Miroku. He said to them, "I would like you two to stay out here and keep an eye out for any other wolf demons. Once we have begun to fight Kouga the sound of fighting will probably bring the others running to help their leader."

Sango said, "Very well, we will wait here."

Miroku then added, "I would ask one thing Sesshomaru, if don't need to kill Kouga, then don't. He has helped us out of some tough scrapes."

Sesshomaru nodded, accepting the monk's request and then turned to Inuyasha, "Shall we go?" Inuyasha nodded and the two brothers, enemies to the end, walked into the cave as allies to rescue their digital friend. They walked for a good 15 minutes before they saw a light coming from the depths of the cave. Once they got closer they could hear voices, one of which belonged to Kouga. After a few more minutes of walking they were at the bend that lead into the larger area of the cave where the wolf demon pack took up residence. They saw several wolf demons all sitting around the few fires in the cave. There were three campfires in the cave. Two were larger ones with a majority of the wolf demons around them. Then in the back was the third, it was a smaller fire, but it only had two people beside it. One of them was sitting up right and eating a bit of food. The other was a smaller figure, who was lying on the ground beside the fire. Once Inuyasha and Sesshomaru's eyes had adjusted to the lighting of the cave they saw that the one sitting up was Kouga and the one laying down was Renamon. It looked like she was still knocked out from when Kouga blew that blue powder at her.

Sesshomaru and Inuyasha took a few steps back. They looked at each other and Inuyasha said, "Well, how do you propose we get through all of them?"

Sesshomaru replied, "We can't fight them in here, it is to cramped and Renamon might get hurt in the process."

Inuyasha rubbed his head a second and then said, "How about I lead them away. Once a majority of them are gone you can swoop in, fight who ever is left, and get Renamon out of there."

"I must admit, that is not a bad idea brother."

"What's with the brother talk? You going soft on me Sesshomaru."

"Who knows, but this week of having to travel with you has given me a chance to know you. To me you are still a dirty half-breed who has some of our father's blood in you, but I am starting to get use to the idea."

"I guess you aren't that bad Sesshomaru, now take cover. I am about to become a major distraction." Sesshomaru nodded his head in understanding and jumped up into a crevasse into the roof of the cave. Inuyasha waited to make sure he was hidden and then pulled out his Tetsusaiga. He waited a few minutes, letting the wind scare appear around his blade. He then ran into the room, and before Kouga was even able to get up he launched a weakened version of the Wind Scare. This attack cut up the whole pack of demons, but all of them were able to get up easily after the attack had subsided.

Kouga got up from where he was thrown and yelled, "WHY YOU MUTT, YOU WILL PAY FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. EVERYONE, ATTACK THIS HALF DEMON AND TEACH HIM TO FEAR THE WOLF DEMON PACK." Inuyasha had already turned tail, and he was now running to the exit of the cave, where Sango and Miroku waited to help him distract the pack of angry wolf demons.

Sesshomaru watched this, and once the final wolf demon had passed by his hiding place he jumped back down to the cave floor and snuck up to the entrance to the main cave. He then took a look to see who was left in the cave. Every wolf demon had left, except for Kouga, who was once again sitting by the fire. This time though he was looking down at Renamon. Sesshomaru listened as Kouga said, "I can't wait for you to wake up my dear, for when you do I will mark you and make you mine forever."

Sesshomaru turned away from the entrance, stunned at what he had heard. He thought to himself, "That perverted wolf, how dare he do this to Renamon. Marking a girl his own when they have no word in the matter. Even Inuyasha would have the common decency to ask someone before he marked them as his. Even our father asked Inuyasha's mother before he marked her. I would never be caught dead marking Renamon with out her permission." His eyes widened as he contemplated the thought that had just crossed his mind. He though, "Wait, why did I specify Renamon, when the truth is I wouldn't mark any girl. I really don't even want to have a mate right now. I have to keep my mind focused on the tasks at hand, and not some woman waiting for me at home. But then why is it when I have went to sleep the past few night all that I dream about is Renamon. I mean, I know she is beautiful, smart, and she does have a cool confident attitude you don't find in girls very often. Is that why I am trying so hard to rescue her? Could I possibly have feelings for her? Then the next question, could she ever love me back."

Sesshomaru was then brought back to reality when he heard a low, but loud moaning coming from the cave. He looked back inside to see Renamon was getting up. She was still heavily sedated from the blue powder, but was still awake. He then saw Kouga smile as he put he hands on her shoulders and prepared to bite her on the neck, marking her as his.

This is when Sesshomaru decided to strike. He brought up his right hand as head ran into the cave. Kouga saw him a quickly began to kneel down to bite Renamon. Kouga was to slow though, for Sesshomaru launched his lightning whip attack from his hand and knock the wolf demon into the wall hard. That one hit was enough to knock Kouga out, and leave him with a fresh whip mark on his fore head. Sesshomaru made sure Kouga was out before he went over to check on Renamon.

The powders affects were starting to wear off a bit more now, and she was able to stand up with out swaying. Sesshomaru waited a moment before saying, "Renamon, you feeling okay?"

Renamon gave her head one more good shack to clear her thoughts before she said, "Yeah, I am usually not caught off guard like that, but he was just freaking me out in so many ways, from the tone of his voice to the way he was standing."

Sesshomaru let a small smile creep on to his face and said, "Well then, may I escort you out Renamon."

Renamon turned her head and saw that Sesshomaru was waiting there with a good smile on his face. Renamon was flattered by this and said, "I appreciate that, thank you." Sesshomaru then started to lead Renamon out of the cave. Once they got to the entrance they saw that Inuyasha, Sango, and Miroku were still fighting a good portion of the wolf pack. They turned when they saw Sesshomaru and Renamon walking out of the cave. The pack then put two and two together and realized that something must have happened to Kouga. So before Sesshomaru or Renamon could get a single word out the entire pack ran into the cave to see if their leader was alright. Renamon and Sesshomaru turned and looked back down the passage. Sesshomaru turned his head and said, "You know, the second he wakes up he is going to come looking for you."

Renamon nodded her head and said, "Yes, that is true, but he will have to dig himself out first." Renamon then jumped into the air and launched her Diamond Storm attack at the cave. The attack caused the roof of the cave to cave in, but only enough to slow down the wolf demon tribe, not nearly enough to trap them in there forever. Renamon and Sesshomaru then turned back to Inuyasha, Miroku, and Sango who all nodded their heads in satisfaction. The sun was starting to set when the group got back to where they had left Shippo, Kagome, Rin, and Jaken. Sesshomaru returned the staff of two heads to Jaken without a word and then walked into the forest as he said, "I need some time alone. Jaken, you and Rin stay here with Renamon. I will be back in a while." With that Sesshomaru disappeared into the forest. The others knew he only need some time alone, so they decided to make camp in the clearing, and continue their journey in the morning.