Pulling out of her, InuYasha pulled his small mate against him, as she mewed softly in pain. Softly, he began to nudge the wound that would soon scar her neck with his smooth tongue, healing it with his saliva as he offered her somewhat of some comfort for her soreness.

Slowly, he shifted so that his one arm lay lazily over her thin waist, cupping her well-sized breast and the other hand held her flush against him.

"InuYasha?" Nanashi murmured, tiredly, as she moaned at the stiffness that had over come her body after their ordeal.

"Yes mate?" InuYasha answered, as he leaned his head against hers in a nuzzle.

"I want to go home…"

Suddenly, she wished she had not verbalized her thoughts as her mate went deftly quiet behind her.

Tightening his grip on her, he dug his nails into her soft skin slightly, as he growled out, "WHAT!"

Shuddering from the tone his growl took on, she twitched as she repeated herself, "I... I want to go, InuYasha."

Quickly, before she knew what was happening, InuYasha removed himself and got dressed, before he stormed away from her, leaving her where they had lain the night before.

She quickly shook herself out of her stupor, as she rushed to her clothes to get dressed, before she ran out into the forest after her mate.

She had to find him before it was too late.

Kagome slowly walked into the kitchen of their den, as she took the meat that Kouga had collected for their dinner. She slowly cut the meat into small chucks, as she added it to a pot filled half way with water from the stream. Soon she was adding noodles to the meat, along with potatoes, carrots, onions, beans, and squash as she made a stew for her mate, her pup, and her guests.

Sango walked quietly into their den, as she began to help her friend with dinner.

Even though she herself could not cook to save her life, that did not mean that she could not help Kagome with minor things, like slicing or chopping vegetables or fruits.

At the time currently, she was chopping green apples up for Kagome, as Kagome rolled some dough. Soon she began to put the diced apples into the dough, as she added two sets of spices to the dough, before covering the apples with another piece of dough, with she put two slits into, before pinching the dough together and inserting it in the fire.

Kagome smiled at her, as she wiped the sweat from her brow, as she motioned for Sango to follow her into the main den.

Soon they were surrounded by all the other females of the den, except for the sisters. Kagome quickly excused herself, as she headed to check up on Shiori and Yume. She had not seen them in a few days and she wished to check up on them.

She softly padded towards the wolves' den, as she suddenly heard Yume cry out in pain.

Quickly she rushed towards the girls room, as she saw Shiori frantically trying to sooth her sister, as she gripped her hand in a bone-shattering grip.

Shiori looked up, and spotted the princess. "Kagome! Go and get Kouga and the elders!"

Nodding Kagome turned and ran from the room, in search of her mate to get his help.

Chikara sat quietly on her pelt, as she watched her mate pace to and fro in frustration, as he growled out complaints about their daughter deciding to mate an Inu youkai.

She was quickly growing tired of this, she had kept her tongue in check for nearly 48 hours, without sleep, food or bathing, and if she hear one more sentence of complaint about her pup, she was going to ring her mates neck until he ceased to breath.

Kuro stopped to take a breath, as he looked down at his mate. She had yet to say anything to either object, agree, or ask to be pardoned. She had just sat there, silent, and unmoving.

"Chii?" he asked, as she looked up at him, glaring. Quickly he did the first thing that came to mind; he took a large step back.

Standing up, Chikara grabbed him by his shirt, pulling him towards her, her finger pointing him right in the face, as she growled, "Now LISTEN you fucking BASTARD! I don't want to hear one more fucking word about my pup! She has done nothing wrong! If you have a problem with their mating then you should have spoken up to her like a good father and told her she had an intended before another male came along with a request for her to be their mate!"

She quickly took a breath, as she let her mate go, whom fell flat on his ass upon her letting him go. "You have NO RIGHT to go and put her below you, or him for that matter, when you yourself took you your own mate as your own even though she already had an intended!"

Growling, Kuro looked up at his defiant mate, "Chikara…"

Chikara bared her fangs at him, and grabbed a hold of her armor. "I'm staying with my sister until you find out where your heads at, and you decide to forgive our pup. Until then I'm not coming back," she said as she stormed out.

All right everyone. I have to explain some things.

Nanashi wishes to go home, yes. But she does not mean to make InuYasha upset.

Nanashi wants to redeem herself in her tribe's eyes, even though she has mated with an Inu youkai, which is one of their enemies.

Kagome still has feelings for InuYasha, but it's only friendship.

Yes, Chikara just said she too had an intended. Did she like him? Who knows, but he will have a later part in this story…Maybe, if I feel the need to mention him…

I want you all to review and tell me whether or not you want the pups and/or Yume to survive. It/their lives rest in your hands. It's all up to you.

Other questions and requests are open, I'm pretty willing, so make suggestions, please!

Thank you for reading! Review and I shall love you forever!