When the shrieking had ceased, the feline turned to the wolf and reacted in a way that he once again would had never expected. The priestess turned feline all but jumped in his arms in gratitude. Purring as she rubbed her face in his chest in appreciation.

The constant change of emotions should have confused the wolf prince.

But it didn't.

Almost immediately, he knew what was occurring.

Conflict of identities.

It was normal. It happened to the youngest of pups. The identity between the individual and their beast. It was perfectly normal, and would settle in time. Their identities would merge, and they would become one.

He knew that.

But did Kagome?

Based off her conflicted and confused emotions, he assumed not.

"You fixed me!" The demoness purred in happiness. Fixed her? Quickly, the dread began to set in. The wolf prince glanced at the feline in nervousness and tried to come up with a response.

"You weren't broken, Kagome—ever."

For once, there was no conflict of emotions in her aura. It seemed that this would be the first time that her and her beast agreed on something. On him. On what he had said. Still, so many other topics needed to be addressed. The fact that she was demoness was one. The other was her lack of clothing.

Not that he minded.

But the wolf prince was more than sure that she did.


A/N: Within the next few chapters, a certain Daiyoukai is going to make his appearance requesting his pack member back. For all you Sesshoumaru fans, I'll let you contemplate on how that might go. Wolf and dog fighting over a feline. Can you guys imagine the poor and scared kitten?