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"And you just gave up!" Shippo cried. Inuyasha glared down at him, but he was too weak to stand up for himself. His weakness was not a result from his wounded hand, but his heart was aching with just as much sorrow as he felt when he had learned of Kikyo's death. He felt so stupid… so pathetic… He just gave Kagome to the demon wolf Kovu. But that wolf was so strong… and he was in his human form… How could he have even hoped to save Kagome? She had been kidnapped many times before, but this was the first time he truly felt that he could not save her. No, I can't give up. She needs me…

"We need to hurry and find Kovu and save Kagome." Inu said, standing. He ignored the pain in his bandaged right hand, where two of his fingers had melted away. Miroku and Sango gave each other nervous glances.

"We… think you should wait a bit and heal…"

"NO!" Inuyasha snapped. Miroku sighed and shook his head.

"Inuyasha… you won't be able to fight Kovu with two of your fingers are missing. You wouldn't be able to wield the Tetsaiga! Either we find a way to get your fingers back or you need to learn how to fight with your left hand…"

"OR I could just go now and kick that bastard's ass!" Inu was furious at Miroku's ideas. He had to save Kagome before that demon does Gods know what to his beloved. Sango stood up as well.

"I want to save her too, we all do, but we can't go after the prince of the Cimarron Demon Wolf Pack and hope to get Kagome back, let alone live!"

"Wait, what?" Inu blinked. Prince?

Miroku motioned for the two to sit, and slowly they obeyed. "We found out some info while you slept. Turns out, Kovu is really Kovu Shadow Heart Wolfe, son of Kayla Shadow Fang Wolfe, who just so happens to be a powerful alpha female of a huge demon wolf pack."

Inuyasha growled. "So?"

"So… that means he's very powerful since he is a prince, so to speak. But… the Cimarron Demon Wolf Pack thrives off somewhere else, not in Japan."

"So what's he doing here!" Inuyasha sank his nails into the ground to hold himself back from taking off and going after Kovu. Sango shrugged.

"We don't know, nobody does."

"But, it seems he didn't come alone." Miroku sounded somewhat hopeful, which confused Inu.

"What do you mean?" Inu asked, bewildered.

"Is everything ok? Has the silver haired one woken yet?"

Inuyasha turned and blinked at a slender woman who stood in the doorway of their room. She had mid-back black hair with deep, deep ocean blue eyes. A pair of black wolf ears twitched on the top of her head, and a black tail with a blue tip swayed behind her. She looked friendly and gentle, but Inuyasha still growled at her demon wolf scent.

"Who are you!" Inu snapped. The she-demon wolf flinched in shock, but then bowed.

"I am Aleu Ocean Eyes Wolfe, I'm very sorry for what my dear brother has done to you." Aleu said in a shy, gentle voice. Inuyasha felt his ears quirk like his eyebrows.

"Huh?"

"Inuyasha, this is Kovu's sister. Don't worry, she's on our side." Sango said. The silver haired half demon snorted, glaring at Aleu.

"Where is Kovu! You better tell me or…"

"What's going on in here?" came a voice from behind Aleu. She turned, revealing a teenaged looking boy with baggy dark brown hair. As he walked closer, Inu flinched when he noticed the boy's eyes. One was calm brown, while the other was bright blue, the pupil thinned like Kirara's.

"Nothing is wrong, Darrick." Aleu murmured, causing the teen boy, Darrick, to relax. Inu shook his head.

"W-what the hell is going on!" he snarled. Miroku chuckled nervously and patted Inu's shoulder.

"Calm down. These two people here are going to help us find Kovu and…"

"But what are they doing here?" Inuyasha sounded inpatient. What's going on? All I want is to save Kagome, I don't care about these people!

"We're here to find my brother and take him back to our pack." Aleu answered. "We'll help you get Kagome back, but first we need to tend to your hand."

"Forget my hand, it's fine!" Inuyasha stood and stormed past Aleu and Darrick, ignoring their protests. Forget them. I'll find Kagome on my own, with or without my fingers.

He did not get far. Orange/brown flames leaped from the ground, blocking Inuyasha's way. He flinched and reached for his Tetsaiga… But he found it hard to get a strong grip on the hilt. The flames roared and arched, forming a giant flame tiger. It hissed at Inu, who growled in return.

"We can't let you leave, Inuyasha." Aleu said behind him. Inu turned and saw Aleu standing almost right behind him, her hand afire. "Kovu is too strong for just you. Please, stay here and relax, we have some herbs here that can help heal your hand. Once your hand is done healing, we'll leave and go after him."

Inuyasha was silent. He wanted to go now, but Aleu was right. Kovu is strong. And to beat him, I need all of my fingers and my friends.

Quietly, the half dog demon walked back to the room, the giant tiger behind him fading away. Inu sat where he had slept the night before and waited for Aleu to finish mixing the herbs. Darrick sat down next to her, watching her with his unusually colored eyes. After a while, Inuyasha could not hold himself back from asking, "Hey… Darrick, what's up with your eyes?"

Darrick looked over at him and smiled. "I'm a half demon too. Ya see, my blue eye is from my demonic mother and my brown is from my human father."

Another half demon…

"Whose your parents?" Inu heard Shippo ask. Darrick looked at Aleu.

"Aleu is my mother… and my father…."

"Here we are, all done." Aleu said quickly, as if meaning to cut Darrick off. "Un-bandage your hand, dear."

Inuyasha began to unwrap the bandage. He could smell decaying flesh, hell, everybody in the room could as he dropped the bandage and lifted up his hand. It was horrible looking, not only was two of his fingers missing, but nearly half of his third and a huge chuck of his hand was gone too. His hand was nearly completely green and black, reeking of decay and death. Inuyasha turned his head away, gagging. What the hell did Kovu do to me!

"Dear Gods…" Aleu muttered, then took the half demon's hand and slowly poured the pasty substance on it. Inuyasha clenched his teeth together, feeling the pain burn once again. Aleu had began to hum to help calm Inu, it worked a little, but the herbs felt like they were eating away at his hand, just like the acid had done. He fought back the urge to scream like he did before, until Aleu let go of his hand and said cheerfully, "There, all better."

Inuyasha blinked, realizing the pain had suddenly vanished. He looked at his hand, and to his great surprise it was totally healed. He had five fingers again, there was so sign of green or black, and the horrible smell and gone away like the pain. Slowly, he bent all five of his fingers, smiling.

"Thanks…" he said to Aleu. The beautiful she-demon wolf bowed with a smile.

"You were just lucky that I found these herbs."

Inuyasha stood up and walked outside, where he whipped out his Tetsaiga. It roared and transformed within his strong hand, and at that the half demon chuckled. He turned around and faced his friends, counting Aleu and Darrick.

"Well then, let's go."

Darrick and Aleu nodded and walked to him, the rest of the group following.

"Kovu is at those mountains." Darrick said, pointing to the tall mountains in the horizon. Inuyasha nodded.

"We all ready?"

"All ready!" Shippo yelled out excitedly. Inuyasha smiled broadly and started off toward the mountains. Here we come, Kagome. And you better watch out, Kovu… you days are numbered…

(Sorry that this chapter is short nn'' I hope yall really are enjoying this story as much as I am. Oh, and if you want to see some pictures of Kovu and Darrick, please visit and search for kagomelovesinu. She just recently posted a few pictures of my characters that she drew I too have an account there. I don't have a lot of pictures since Usagi (kagomelovesinu) is the one that has to scan them for me. For my art, search for wolfofsorrow. Please review for this story! PEACE!)