1Something to Protect

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or anything else except maybe my cat but still some times he makes me wonder who owns who

sorry it took me so long to update I like writing this fic so much more than my other fic but people still seem to like the other one more sigh

prologue to chapter

It had been about two weeks since the two hanyou children had met and Inuyasha had gained himself a reputation of being hard to handle and having a bad temper, especially when it came to his companion Kagome who he was known to be overly protective of. The two were now inseparable and did every thing together, Inuyasha refused to let Kagome out of his sight unless it was for her to use the wash room and even then he sat out side the door glaring at any one who walked by. Inuyasha had even managed to find his friend some more suitable clothes then the rags he had met her in, though it was still a green Kimono it was a lot nicer and barely even torn. Their relation ship was a big brother little sister kind of relationship even though they were the same age Inuyasha was like a loving and over protective big brother and Kagome acted like a loving and submissive little sister. They still shared a bed and they would until they left the orphanage but then who knows they might still share one afterwards

Enter Sango and Miroku

Kagome and Inuyasha had just finished breakfast and were trying to decide on what to do next "hey Inu-chan," Kagome piped in "why don't we go to the rec room and watch TV?"

"OK Kagome" Inuyasha said, he would do anything she wanted to do as long as it made her happy and as long as Kagome was happy he was happy

when they got there only one spot was left so Inuyasha sat down and since Kagome was shorter he pulled her onto his lap so they could both sit down to enjoy the TV.

About half way through the show Inuyasha noticed two new kids about his and Kagome's age come into the rec room looking lost. One was a boy dressed in Purple and black monk attire with violet eyes and short black hair pulled into a small low pony tale carrying a matching bag that had a black pillow and the corner of a purple blanket sticking out of the top. The other was a girl dressed in a white Kimono with dark pink flowers along the hem, sleeves, and collar with a matching dark pink ribbon around her middle that tied into a bow at the back, she had dark brown eyes and chocolate colored hair pulled into a high pony tail and was also carrying a matching bag but it was lumpier than the boys and Inuyasha could have sworn he saw something

move inside of it .

The other two children looked around for a few minutes before the girls eyes rested on Inuyasha and Kagome. The other little girl's eyes fixed on Kagome's ears confused then she turned to her companion asking him something , the only things that inuyasha could pick out from all the noise were do you, her, and ears. The boy shrugged and the girl started walking towards Inyasha and Kagome followed by the boy.

Kagome noticed the other girl coming towards them, eyes fixed on her ears. Kagome tilted her head to the side in a questioning manner.

When the girl first saw Kagome her first thoughts were that this strange girl with cute little black puppy dog ears and black hair to contrast her snowy skin looked like a porcelain doll sitting on the lap of the other boy with the same puppy dog ears, but his were silvery-white to match his hair, but when she got closer she noticed that the white of the girls porcelain skin was broken by pale, greenish-brown bruises on her lower legs and face then her thoughts wandered to what other bruises that could be hidden beneath the girls Kimono.

The little girl finally reached Kagome ,followed by her companion of course, and asked the questions that she had been dying to know since she first laid eyes on the girl "I'm Sango, this is Miroku miroku bows slightly who are you? Hold are you? We're 9. How come you have puppy dog ears? Can I pet them?"

Kagome giggled at the girls questions "I'm Kagome," she said standing up, "me and Inu-chan here motions towards Inuyasha are 8, I got puppy dog ears 'cause I'm a hanyou, a half demon, and yeah you can pet them if you wanna but don't try to pet Inu's 'cause he might bite your hand off"

Kagome's last statement made Sango giggle but she stopped when inuyasha growled and told her that if she hurt Kagome's ears he'd do more than bite her hand off, this earned him a frown from Kagome and a look that said "I wouldn't let you touch her" from Miroku. Miroku's thoughts: 'I wouldn't let you touch my best friend, that's my job' (he may be a kid but he's still a lecher)

Sango hesitated after Inuyasha's threat but decided to reach up to pet Kagome's ears any way "they're so soft! I wish I had ears like yours, Kagome, they're so cute" Sango said enthusiastically while lowering her hands

"Really?" Kagome asked surprised, 'usually people are disgusted by me and my ears and want to chop off my ears or pull them'

"Yeah, who wouldn't?" she asked still excited that she got to touch her cute little puppy dog ears

"A lot of people" Kagome said her ears drooping as she remembered her past "usually they say that my ears are disgusting and they want to chop them of or they pull on them"

"Well that's not very polite of them" Miroku said speaking up for the first time

"You can talk?" Kagome asked ears perking up again in curiosity

"Well of course I can lady Kagome" Miroku said politely

"How come you're dressed like that? Are you a Monk?" Kagome asked, head tilted in curiosity

"Yes I am a monk and I'm dressed like this" he said waving his hands down his outfit "because that's how monks dress"

"Ooooooh" Kagome said then continued with her questions "how come you've got beads on your hand, is that part of being a monk too?"

Miroku looked down at the ground so his bangs covered his eyes "only if your from my family"

"Hey can we go some where else to continue this conversation?" Sango asked trying to help her friend "my bags getting a little heavy."

"OK" kagome replied grabbing Sango's hand to lead her in the right direction. The whole walk their Kagome babbled on and on about everything from the food to the man in charge and his girl friend, Kikyou.

"Kikyou's real mean" Kagome said doing vibrant gestures with her hands "and she smokes a lot and blows it in people's faces, like the big bad wolf demon" Kagome took a deep breath in and pretended to blow down something like the big bad wolf demon.

Sango giggled at her dog eared friends antics and looked back to see Miroku still skulking a little with a very upset yet content looking Inuyasha trailing not too far behind. She sighed.

Kagome caught Sango's sigh and turned around stopping right in front of Sango.

Sango turned back around to almost running into Kagome whose face was right up close to hers

"Do you like Miroku-nii-san?" Kagome asked innocently

Sango's face turned bright red, Kagome took this as a yes and her eyes glowed "you like Miroku-nii-san!" Kagome whispered

"Do not!" Sango said a little too loud "he's my best friend, and plus" she added at the end "I don't like boys like that yet"

"OK" Kagome said smiling happily "I don't either, but Kouga-kun likes girls like that all ready and he thinks that Inu-chan might like me like that so he gets real mad and–"

"Woah slow down Kagome-chan," Sango said stopping for a second to shake her head "first off whose Kouga-kun? and second why does he get mad at Inuyasha?"

"Oh Kouga-kun is–" Kagome was cut off by a whirl wind coming down the hall, Sango eep-ed and jumped to the side and Kagome just sighed and said "Kouga-kun"

The whirl wind stopped and turned into a wolf demon boy "this is Kouga-kun, Sango-nii-chan, the wolf demon"