a/n: Hey yall... Sorry it's been such a long time but I've had lots to do and then my internet went down so I'm finally getting back on now. I should be able to update more frequently soon cuz school's gonna be out friday and I'll try to update nearly everyday but yall know how it is ^.^ Well ON TO THE STORY...

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Chapter 15- The Bear Demons

The journey to Rin and Shippo's village had not taken long. Sango had convinced Sesshomaru that she needed to walk for a ways to stretch her legs or they would have already been there. A few minor demons had tried to attack them but had been so quickly dispatched by Sesshomaru that Sango was getting bored.

They were nearing the land that the young couple owned when suddenly a large group of bear demons, all with fairly large amounts of demonic aura, surrounded the small traveling family. Of course being bear demons, an incredibly stupid species that relied solely on strength to survive, they had no idea just whose family they were confronting and just how powerful the silver haired demon that they were threatening was.

"You! Demon. Move aside and we shall let you live. However, the woman will be quite useful before we devour her and the pup shall serve as my snack before our little activities," the bear demon leader roared from his place, a good 300 yards from Sesshomaru.

He couldn't have said a stupider thing. Sango, who was livid herself, looked to her mate to see that he was incredibly angry but had controlled himself enough that no red was seen in his golden eyes. That didn't mean, however, that the stupid bear demon was going to escape his wrath. On the contrary, the demon had just sealed his fate in a most painful way.

In a flash her mate had disappeared from her side to reappear in front of the demon and slice Tokijin through his stomach. The wound would not kill him instantly but during the time it took for the gaping wound in his stomach to bleed him to death he would have to witness the slaughter of his pack and suffer in the knowledge that he had lead to their destruction by arrogantly threatening the Lord of the West's family.

So as the bear demon leader collapsed in a pool of his own blood Sesshomaru began to slaughter the remaining demons with rapid and vicious precision. Sango had shifted Kohaku in his sling and moved Hiraikotsu into an easy to throw position in her right hand just in case any of the demons got to close.

She watched in enjoyment as her mate slaughtered the bears that had threatened her family. She was almost caught off guard as a bear demon suddenly appeared behind her and swung his long blunt claws in a deadly ark at her back. Moving her weapon to block, she was caught off balance and pushed to the ground. The bear had immediately thrown itself at her prone form and she had moved Hiraikotsu on top of herself and the baby to hold the demon off long enough for Sesshomaru to help her.

Sango pulled Kohaku's sling to the ground on her left side and moved both arms to support her weapon that was currently the only thing that kept the bear's snapping jaws from locking onto her or her babe.

"Sesshomaru!" she yelled in desperation; she wouldn't be able to hold the bear off for much longer and her muscles were already aching from the strain.

Out of the corner of her eye Sango saw a flash of light brown and black before the weight of the bear was suddenly lifted off of Hiraikotsu and she was able to push the heavy weapon off of her sore body. Gathering Kohaku into her arms she sat up to see the demon that had been attacking her being dispatched by a tall, slender fox demon with auburn hair and shining emerald eyes. The fox whipped his bloody sword off on the now deceased bear's hide before sheathing it and turning back to her battered form that still resided on the ground.

"Shippo!" Sango yelled happily, "I'm so glad to see you!"

"Sango are you ok?" the young fox asked worriedly.

"I'm fine, I'm fine, just a little bruised but that'll go away in a few hours," she said as he helped her up.

Sesshomaru suddenly appeared by her side and looked her over while taking a long sniff of the air around her to make sure that she wasn't bleeding before turning back to Shippo.

"Shippo," Sesshomaru said with a nod towards his son-in-law, "Thank you for protecting Sango while I was engaged with the other demons.

Sango looked at her mate to see that he had a bloody bite mark in his left shoulder and a small gash on the right side of his face.

"Sesshomaru! Your hurt! Why didn't you tell me?" Sango half yelled as she quickly moved to inspect the wounds; as expected, they were already healing but she still wished he would tell her when he gets hurt.

"It's nothing Sango. As you can see the wound is already healing. I simply underestimated the number of bear demons they had in reserve in the forest."

She looked up at him and studied his face a moment before looking away with an annoyed expression and mumbling something about arrogant men and thinking they're invincible.

"We've been having a few problems with the bear demon's recently," Shippo said as he looked at his father-in-law and the woman he considered a second mother, "I had my suspicions about old Thoross over there rallying an army but he's been keeping out of sight until now. Leave it to you two to draw out the hole army in one meeting."

Shippo smiled as he looked at his mother and noticed for the first time that she was no longer pregnant but now held a tiny infant in her arms. His eyes widened and his expression became one of total wonder as he moved closer to Sango to see the little pup that looked up at him with wide golden eyes.

"It's ok Shippo. If Kohaku felt threatened by you then he'd have been crying already," Sango assured gently.

"He's so tiny," Shippo said as he placed one of his large fingers into Kohaku's tiny hand and watched in awe as the pup grabbed his finger, stuck it into his tiny mouth, and promptly began to chew on it with his little fangs.

All three adults smiled at the babe as he moved Shippo's fingers around his mouth to position it so he could bite it with his fangs.

"Ouch!" Shippo yelled as he pulled his hand back to find a small bloody spot on his finger, "You little blood sucker!"

Kohaku responded by giggling happily and flashing his tiny fangs at Shippo with a smile. Sesshomaru smiled at his little son's actions, it was obvious whose son he was. Shippo removed his finger from his mouth and smiled at his little nephew whose golden eyes were eyeing the finger he'd bitten.

"We'd better head home," Shippo said to his parents, "I left in a hurry when I felt your aura spike and I'm sure Rin is getting worried. She wanted to come but I told her that I'd get here faster by myself."

"Of course. I can't wait to see Rin again. It's been so long," Sango said with a smile as she adjusted Kohaku, "Hold on a minute while I get Hiraikotsu."

She turned to retrieve her weapon but found that Shippo had already grabbed it and hoisted it onto his back easily.

"It never ceases to amaze me the weight of Hiraikotsu and how easily you can lift it Sango," Shippo said as they began to move towards his home.

"It comes from years of practice and training Shippo, I've told you that," Sango said as she shrugged the compliment off with a slight blush; she'd never taken compliments well, even from Sesshomaru.

"You are to modest Sango," Sesshomaru said as he walked alongside his mate, once again looking her over to assure himself that she was unharmed, "many full blooded demon cannot lift your weapon."

Succumbing to a full-blown blush, Sango bent her head so that her bangs would hide the redness of her cheeks. Why all the compliments? Did this happen often and the memory of it had been burned? She doubted it. Sesshomaru had surely seen the blush at Shippo's compliment and knew that it embarrassed her. He had his playful moments and most of the time his playfulness was taken out on her. Shaking her head she sighed; the things she puts up with.

She was brought out of her thoughts as they approached the house and Rin's yell broke through her concentration.

"Mommy! Daddy!"

"Rin!" Sango yelled as she broke away from the group and ran towards the girl who she'd raised after she and Sesshomaru had gotten together and thought of as a daughter.

"Mommy I'm so glad to see you!" Rin yelled as she threw her arms around her mother. Their hug was cut short when Kohaku let out a small cry off annoyance and Rin jerked back with wide eyes. "Mommy, the baby's finally come?

"Yes Rin, you've got a baby brother now. His name's Kohaku," Sango said sweetly.

By then Sesshomaru and Shippo had made it to where the girls were excitedly chatting about little Kohaku. The talking ceased momentarily as Rin noticed Sesshomaru standing nearby and promptly ran over to give him a hug.

"Daddy!" she yelled happily as she gave him a more sedate hug than her mother.

"Rin. I am glad to see you," Sesshomaru said as she released him and stepped back a step.

Rin had truly grown into a lovely woman. Her long brown hair was still loose but no longer had the small pony tail at the top, but instead was styled very similar to Sango's but without the bangs. Her body was now very similar to Sango's but a little less muscular and covered in an orange version of Kikyo's priestess garb. She had trained extensively with both Sango and Kagome while growing up and was now a skilled priestess and demon slayer, though her niche had always been with healing. She was very skilled with a bow and arrow as well as a bow staff, but she could use any weapon if needed and even throw her mother's Hiraikotsu awkwardly.

She had been Kaede's village's healer before she had found love with Shippo and moved to a nearby village where they'd made a sizeable home for themselves; she as their healer, Shippo as their protector. Shippo himself had grown quite a bit from his days of shard hunting with the group and his long, muscular body was tanned and well built. His beautiful auburn hair was still pulled back in its' short and poofy pony tail that he'd had during child hood but his emerald eyes had taken on an air of confidence and maturity that was not seen before.

"Let's go inside Rin. I'm sure Sango and Sesshomaru and tired from their journey," Shippo said as he wrapped one arm around her shoulders and moved to walk back towards their home.

"Oh! Of course how silly of me. Come mommy, daddy, you must be tired and little Kohaku must need taking care of as well," Rin chattered happily as she and Shippo led the way into their home to continue their reunion indoors.

a/n: Those stupid bear demon's! They really thought that they could threaten Sango and Kokahu like that and get away with it? Apparently... Idiots. ^.^ But anyways, there's chappie 15. Just a little bit of info on Shippo and Rin. Next time Sesshy gets to tell the two about what's goin on with Sango... dun, dun, dun... but that's not really a big deal anyways so not really a cliffie this chappie. Or last chappie for that matter! Aren't you proad of me!?!

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