Two Months Later:

"What is this place?" Momoneko asked, looking around a desolate area, standing between Sesshomaru and Inuyasha.

It had been two months since Momoneko and Sesshomaru made love—and then had angry sex against a tree. Because of Inuyasha, they haven't had sex of any sort since then.

Also, even with how deep he came inside of her, Momoneko wasn't pregnant.

"Who knows? Let's just keep moving; I have a bad feeling." Inuyasha said, looking around.

"There's a barrier around this entire area; we passed through it a little ways back." Kagome calmly spoke up.

"There are no people here; it's unquestionably unsafe. Inuyasha, I would not do that, if I were you." Sesshomaru said as Inuyasha was about to take a step forward.

"Well, you're not me, now are you? What are you? Chicken?" Inuyasha asked, looking at him.

"No, I'm smart." Sesshomaru said, chucking the skull of some "poor excuse" of a demon a few feet into the barren land.

As soon as the skull hit the ground and rolled a little ways, a giant worm-like demon came shooting out of the ground; it went diving back underground just as fast.

"What was that?" Kagome asked, scared.

"I'm not sure." Miroku answered, uneasy.

"This is the land of the Inkling Worms." Momoneko spoke, eyes wide with fear.

"The what?" Inuyasha asked, annoyed, looking at his sister.

"The land of the Inkling Worms. Inkling Worms are giant worm demons who live underground; they only emerge from the ground to get their food. A very powerful priest (who is now dead) placed a barrier around the area to keep the worms from getting to other villages. The worms can get as long as twenty feet. Despite their size, they move at alarming speeds." Momoneko explained, looking forward.

"How do you know all that?" Inuyasha asked, looking at her.

"I heard others talking about how they barely made it out alive. And rumors—a lot of rumors." Momoneko answered.

"But why underground?" Inuyasha asked as Sesshomaru picked up another skull and tossed it, causing an Inkling Worm to shoot up.

"Isn't obvious, Little brother?" Sesshomaru asked, looking at Inuyasha.

"Don't you patronize me, you damn bastard!" Inuyasha yelled, annoyed.

"They hunt by sound and vibration; they can't see or smell." Momoneko explained before a fight started between her brother and her lover—again.

"Great! Now what do we do?" Inuyasha asked, pissed off.

"They can't get through solid rock or boulders." Momoneko answered as she stood there, fidgeting.

"What's wrong with you? And what is that smell?" Inuyasha asked, looking at his younger sister.

"She's in heat." An unknown male voice calmly said, standing behind them.

"Who the hell are you?" Inuyasha asked, annoyed as both he and Sesshomaru stood in front of Momoneko and Kagome.

They may not get along, but the one thing Sesshomaru and Inuyasha can agree on, is that both Momoneko and Kagome are important.

At the moment, Momoneko is unable to protect herself. However, Sesshomaru had a sword made for her out of one of his fangs and part of one of his claws a while back.

The sword itself was light enough for her to handle but sturdy enough that it wouldn't break easily.

Inuyasha and Sesshomaru had been teaching her how to use the sword—utterly confusing her, as they both have different ways of using a sword.

Kagome has been teaching Momoneko how to use a bow and arrow as well; she's slowly catching onto that. Now, if only when she pulled back, she wouldn't elbow herself in the face.

"What do you mean she's in heat?" Inuyasha asked, pissed off.

"I mean what I mean, the little slut's in heat. She is, after all, a cat demon; they go into heat—even if they are only half and half-human." The man said, causing Momoneko to shrink away, feeling small.

This man only continued to piss Inuyasha and Sesshomaru off.

"If you're not ready—and it pleases you, I can take the girl; I can take all the girls—even the pregnant one." The man calmly said.

That was it; he completely pissed Sesshomaru off now as his eyes turned to red slits as he started transforming into his dog form.

This man had no clue what he had just gotten himself into.

Oh, and Shippo, Jaken, and Rin were asleep on either Kilala or A-un...