disclaimer- i DO own the characters amida, akira and kuroii, as well as the sword tetsukai. they were made by me in 2005 on the account, Niji o Tsukinuketa. in the later chapters, i have created several other characters as well that i will disclaim when the time comes. i do NOT own inuyasha, the series, or any of the characters (including ginta and hakkaku). please review with your comments. no hates. have a good one. :)

Chapter Two

Devious Love

Owls hooted and the forest became alive with sound as darkness engulfed the sky. Akira and Amida were now two months old, bouncing and loving. The two babies, though they were still young, had an absolute bond together.

Inuyasha was becoming accustomed to the thought of being a father, playing gently with her little tail and smiling back at her with the same golden orbs. It was a strange sight to see, hateful and gruff Inuyasha being so loving to another individual, and that individual being his infant daughter.

"I'm so tired," Kagome yawned, setting up her sleeping bag. "Today was so tiring. As if we walked that far!" Sango nodded her agreement. Now being mothers, they weren't used to walking and travelling as much as they used to. But the Shikon no Tama was not about to wait for them, even with Naraku's disappearance.

Inuyasha handed Akira to Kagome, and then picked up Akira's sword, the Tetsukai. "I'm off to see Totousai. He's gonna do some more fixing on the sword," he caught Kagome rolling her eyes. "Feh, she will use the sword. I'm telling you."

"Whatever, Inuyasha, don't be too long." Kagome and Akira were already snuggled up in her sleeping bag. Inuyasha snorted, and then went his way.

A couple feet away, Kagome heard a loud slap and a shifting sleeping bag. She bothered not to look, but knew it was Miroku and Sango.

"I'm really impressed with Inuaysha's parental abilities," Miroku rubbed his face and sat up, inching away from Sango's bag. She wasn't exactly in the mood tonight, apparently. "I mean, he still is an idiot. Don't get me wrong. But I didn't think he'd care as much as he did." There was a silence. "Sorry if that offended you..."

"No, it's alright," Kagome smiled to herself. "You're right. I didn't think so either. He loves her so much." She kissed Akira's little head, and snuggled into her. They all fell sleeping moments later.

Not too far away, the bushes rustled quietly. Three sets of glowing, blue eyes peered through at the sleeping group.

"Fuck that Inuyasha," Kouga growled, speaking as quiet as he could in wolf. "It makes me sick to see her bear his child. She belongs to me, and not him..."

"Er, Master, don't forget Lady Ayame," Hakkaku wrinkled his eyebrows. "You're married, so technically Lady Kagome isn't yours anymore." He inched away, wary of Kouga's anger... and fists.

"Shut up," Kouga's facade flushed red as he thought of Ayame. Hot as she was, she wasn't Kagome. "Nothing wrong with having two wives, is there? Just be quiet, I don't want any other dogs listening in."

"What exactly are we here for, Master?" Ginta fiddled with his fingers nervously. He had a bad feeling about tonight, but knew better than to express his worries.

'Yes, what are we here for?' A voice entered the three minds, calm and collected. Each swivelled round to see two piercing red eyes staring at them from near the grass.

"Ah, Kuroii, you're here." Kouga flashed a toothy grin, and then began to speak human. The black figure padded up to the three wolf demons, and sat on its behind. A nekomatta, the figure was; dark fur except for two white stripes on its back, and two on its single tail.

'I am,' The small cat replied. 'And you must be Kouga, leader of that mountainous Oukami clan. I assume you have the catnip?' It gave a small smirk, and a flick of it's tail.

"What the fuh..." Hakkaku and Ginta were prepared to run, but with a pound to both their heads, they fell to the ground.

"That I do. Now that you're here, I can discuss my plan," Kouga pulled his two tribe members closer to him and the nekomatta. "We need to sneak into the field that those humans are. Kuroii, you will follow me to the human that I need your help with, while you two goons make sure the others are fast asleep." He glared at Ginta and Hakkaku, both shaking ever so slightly. "Then Kuroii, you have to do that thing or whatever, that thing you can do. You know what I'm talking about, right? After that we can grab the kid and get out of here. We'll just put the kid in some forest. Some chick'll find her, and raise her. No problems. But this needs to go smoothly, got that, boys?"

Kuroii and the wolves nodded slowly. Rising to their feet (and paws), they made their way to Akira.