Ch.2 – Realization

"And if I don't want to go home with the likes of you?" The girl glares at him, crossing her arms angrily over her chest.

"Winter is setting in, you'll freeze to death out here. I'm not letting my partner come out here where it isn't safe. We're bonded as part of the Inuzuka Clan."

"There are Inus in this world?" Kagome clutches at his shirt, her eyes all lit up.

"Well yeah, pack members don't go that far."

"Pack! You have a pack?" Her grip tightens as her eyes start to water.

"Hey! Don't start crying! Stop that!" Kiba panics as Akamaru barks beside them.

"Please take me to the pack! I must see them!" She shakes him, forcing him to stop running.

"Woah there! What's gotten into you? A few minutes ago you hated me! Akamaru this girl is crazy!" The dog only tilts his head to the side, a canine grin crossing his face. "I know you like her but she's insane! You just saw her change moods at the drop of a hat!" Akamaru just shakes his head, his tail wagging back and forth. "You don't know this chick either!"

"Kagome." Said girl growls, startling Kiba.

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Kiba finally arrives at the Inuzuka compound with the strange girl to be greeted by Kuromaru. "What have you brought home?"

"Inu-san!" Kagome shoves Kiba, causing him to drop her on the walkway. She shifts her arms to hold herself up at the dog's eye-level. "Please help me Inu-san, I am lost."

"…How long have you been lost?" The wolf-looking dog inquires.

"…I don't… remember…" She frowns. "A long time I suppose…"

"Thoes ears, that tail… you are a true Inuyokai if I am not mistaken. Our clan only has traces left of what runs in your blood."

"…There are no more purebloods?"