Tora-chan: (sitting on couch watching parents annoying puppy)

Yuki: I'm gone for six months and I come home to see that you replaced my with a poodle.

Tora-chan: Yuki! (Runs up to him and crushes him in a hug) I missed you so much!

Yuki: That's why you replace me!

Tora-chan: Baka wolf I didn't replace you (then in whisper) my parents did.

Yuki: WHAT!!!

Hiroshi: While Tora-chan tries to calm Yuki down the story will continue.

Vitanie: Man and I was enjoying the quiet

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Last time: Finally got the Hoshi Ken.

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Vitanie was leaned up against the wall next to Inuyasha absently running her hands through the tip of her braid.

"You know you can get some sleep right?" she asked not even looking over at him.

"I never sleep when I turn human" he grumbled.

"Maybe you should trust your friends and actually get a good night sleep," she replied.

"I don't see you sleeping when you turn human," he growled causing the tigress to laugh.

"Maybe that's because I turn human during the day. I'm not going to waste a whole day sleeping when I should be traveling. But you change at night and you have friends around that will help keep you safe. So way is it that you don't trust anyone enough to get some sleep?"

Inuyasha decided to turn away from the other half demon, getting annoyed that she had hit a sore spot.

With a final sigh Vitanie gave up and stood, "Well you're in luck. The sun is just about to rise. I'll be waiting outside for everyone." Before moving away she made sure that the Hoshi Ken was secured at her side then she grabbed her battle staff from where it leaned against the wall and walked out the door just as the sun started to shine into the courtyard.

Inuyasha huffed in annoyance as he transformed back into a half demon, then he too stood and walked outside. From there he jumped onto the roof to wait for the others to awaken.

"That jerk, Vitanie stayed up all night so that he could get some sleep and he just brushed it off without even a thank you," Yuki snarled as he stared at the roof over his head were he felt Inuyasha lying.

"What do you expect, he's a half demon. He was probably treated badly while growing up. That would teach you either one of two things. Number one would be not to trust anyone," Leiko commented.

"And two?" the wolf asked curiously.

"To try your hardest to gain the respect you'll never receive," she whispered before heading out in search for Vitanie.

Yuki stared off after the half tigress/lioness unsure on what to say.

"She's specking from experience," Hideaki commented from where he was still leaning against the wall feigning sleep.

"But why would she have trust issues? She's full demon," Yuki exclaimed causing some of the others to move in irritation at his loud voice.

"She might be full demon, but she was half Tijian growing up in a Lyjian village."

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Vitanie stopped by the gate to the temple grounds looking at the marks on it from the battle the day before. She sighed in frustration having caused problems for others once again.

"It wasn't your fault," Leiko called out before she reached her.

"What isn't my fault?" she asked pretending to not know what she was referring to.

"The battle yesterday wasn't your fault. You helped save the shrine from attack, you should be happy that you were able to help," she replied leaning against the door that Vitanie had been studying.

"I know I helped protect it, but if I hadn't been here then the Lyjian's never would have attacked," she replied in frustration. "You and Hideaki should leave, I'll only cause problems for you if you stay," she suddenly blurted looking at the slightly darker strips in Leiko's tan colored hair.

"Vitanie, I'm going to go with you whether you want me there or not. Even though I was set on killing you, you still saved me and I couldn't live with myself if something happened to you," Leiko said looking at Vitanie critically.

"You're not getting rid of me that easily either," Hideaki supplied from behind her. "Rei killed my whole family before I could make it home. You're bound to run into him again because of the stones around your neck and I'm going to be there so that I can show him exactly what I think of that," he finished the red part of his eyes starting to bleed a little into the purple as his anger increased.

"But it's because of me that you betrayed Rei and your family got killed. I'll only cause more troubles for you," she insisted. The next thing she knew she felt a hand hit her upside the back of her head. "Hey, what's that for?" she growled rubbing her head.

"For being an idiot," Inuyasha replied. "Now let's get out of here." With that he walked toward the gate and opened it easily. "The sooner we get back the sooner this is over."

"Don't mind him, that's just his way of showing that he cares," Kagome said coming up beside her.

"Figures," Vitanie mumbled. Right then Mari and Shippo jumped onto her shoulders and both started talking so fast and loudly that her ears swerved to lay straight back against her head. Even though the chatter hurt her head she laughed at how they excited they were.

Sango, Kohaku, and Miroku watched the mood of the half tigress change in an instant and smiled at how innocent she seemed.

"She's too trusting," a voice said coming up behind the three.

"What do you mean?" Sango asked turning toward Sora.

"She let's people join her without a second thought. What is to keep those that join her from turning on her?" the girl asked as they started following the others.

"Her trust in others," Yuki answered coming up behind them. He didn't feel like arguing with Inuyasha about who should be leading the way so he decided to take up the rear. "She has such a pure trust in people that they don't want to lose it."

"Speaking from experience?" Miroku asked moving closer to Sango, who sent him a glare causing him to chuckle and back off a bit.

"The first time I met Vitanie, my pack was so hungry that we were ready to kill her and Hiroshi just so we could eat. Thankfully Hiroshi put us to sleep, Vee then woke me up and we got to talk. It wasn't until a few weeks later that I joined her on her journey but she showed trust instantly in someone that wanted to kill her. I value that trust so much now that I don't know what I would do if I lost it," the wolf finished. He leaned his head back and stared up at the clear sky overhead.

He was enjoying the feel of the sun on his face until he saw something large heading their direction, before a shout could be heard.

"Lord Miroku!"

Everyone stopped and looked up to see a large yellow oblong - - bubble?

"What is that?" Vitanie asked confusion written all over her face.

"That would be Hachi, he's a badger," Kagome answered as the bubble saddened transformed into the badger she had mentioned.

"Ah, Hachi, what brings you here?" Miroku asked.

"An interesting rumor that I thought you would be interested in hearing. It seems that a bunch of demons in this area has decided to attack a nearby temple," he said in a rush.

"If you're talking about the Lyjian attack, they were defeated yesterday," Sango said as she shifted her boomerang.

"No, I didn't hear anything about Lyjians, but there was a large group of panthers in the group as well as some foxes and weasels."

"That's odd. Usually panthers wouldn't work with foxes and neither is likely to work with weasels," Kohaku mumbled thinking over what he was hearing.

"Do you know when the attack is supposed to take place and where?" Vitanie asked starting to feel uneasy. There weren't many known temples in the area, except for the one then just left and - - her families.

"In two days time at the Sunrise Temple," Hachi answered easily.

Everyone looked at each other is shock before turning toward Vitanie. Where she had been standing was now Shippo and Mari who had been on her shoulders. Vitanie on the other hand was out of sight as they turned toward her home.

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Tora-chan: I am so sorry for taking so long. I've had such a hard time with writer's block. I meant to have this out months ago but could think of what to write.

Yuki: No, you where just being lazy.

Tora-chan: I want to see you go to collage and work and church and everything else I have to do. Do you think it's easy, because I will gladly take a vacation to let you take over.

Yuki: Sure great. You replace me with a black poodle, so why not make me do all the work too.

Leiko: (comes up behind the two and knocks them out) Tora-chan and Yuki are going to be out of commission for awhile. We'll make sure that they are fine and ready for another chapter, until then please review.

Hiroshi: Yes please review and give Tora-chan some ideas. If not who knows when she let us out again. Until then have a good morning, day, and night.