Sorry this one took so long, I've been very busy these past few weeks. Hopefully, I can start updating more frequently again but most likely it will be slow until mid June then I will start updating once or twice a week. Sorry guys.

"Shiori, why the hell did you go off with Sesshomaru!" Inuyasha barked. He'd been yelling at me hoping for an answer for several hours now.

"Why is it any of your business, Inuyasha?" I asked annoyed.

"I just…I want to know!" Inuyasha yelled.

"Just as usual, Inuyasha can't just keep his mouth shut and wait." Miroku commented.

"Maybe if he'd leave her alone she'd tell him." Shippo agreed. "Even I have enough common sense to know that."

"Well, you must admit he is persistent, however annoying he may be." Sango added. Kagome just sighed as we continued our search for Naraku.

"Look Inuyasha, you're not ready to know. Maybe I'll tell you but definitely not now. You're too immature to know the truth." I explained.

"You think I'm too immature to know!" Inuyasha bellowed.

"You're proving me correct as we speak." I told him. He turned red and finally shut up seeing as I caught him in a corner, he knew I was right. I sighed smelling the wind as it picked up. "Inuyasha," I said.

"What now?" He asked. A small smile crossed my face.

"We have company." I said. He looked at me bewildered and smelled the air.

"Get back!" He told the others as a huge ogre-like demon erupted from the cliffs nearby and burst towards us. Inuyasha pulled out the Tetsaiga and charged a very immature move. The demon was too fast for him and it stuck him hard in the side sending him flying into a nearby tree.

"Inuyasha, he's too fast for you." I told him mockingly.

"Give me the Sacred Jewel Shards!" The demon shouted charging for Kagome. I stepped between them.

"I'm tired of watching you from the sidelines Inuyasha. It's time that I had some fun." I told him. I pulled out my two blades at my hip gripping them tightly with the blades lined up against my arms in defense. The demon struck down, thinking it could easily thwart me. I didn't even have to try hard to hold him back. I flipped the blades upwards and sliced off his arm. The demon roared in agony. I smiled; this was the most fun I'd had in awhile. I connected the two hilts of my blades to form one long, two sided weapon. Then I spun it fast, creating lightning from one blade and fire from the other. The demon got back up and charged me once more; all I had to do to end it was swing.

In a flash of lightning the demon was disintegrated. Not much of a challenge for me, but it was enough for me to be able to use my blades Kasai and Raikou. Together they were known as Raikasai my demon blade that can be split into two separate blades of equal power. I had lost them when I went to sleep, dumbly I tossed them aside thinking I wouldn't need them anymore. Thankfully, Sesshomaru found them for me. I admired my blades for a moment then stashed them away in their sheathes. Shippo jumped onto my shoulder amazed at the raw power he had just witnessed.

"Wow Shiori, that was amazing!" He shouted. Inuyasha walked over to me a bit jealous.

"Since when have you had those?" Inuyasha asked.

"I've had them all my life but then I lost them. I only recently found them again." explained.

"Well, at least now I know you can fend for yourself." Inuyasha replied.

"I've always been able to fend for myself Inuyasha, more so than you." I told him.

"Heh, whatever." Was his only reply.

"Well, if the two of you are done?" Miroku asked.

"Let's go. I don't feel like dealing with nonsense anymore." I told Miroku.

"Nonsense!" Inuyasha exclaimed.

"Inuyasha, just drop it!" Kagome shouted.

"Really, this is just starting to get out of hand with you two." Sango added.

"Yes, it's nonsense Inuyasha. I shouldn't be interrogated for leaving, especially when I left with your brother! You act like I ran off with the devil himself! Really stop being a child." I yelled back.

"You shouldn't be running off with him in the first place and I have every right to know!" Inuyasha yelled.

"No, you have no right knowing what I do all the time! I can do whatever I feel is necessary when I please!"

"You should just answer me! Why'd you run off with him!" Inuyasha exclaimed.

"Drop it!" I yelled.

"No!" He replied.

"DROP IT!" I screamed.

"NO!" He shouted.

"Inuyasha, sit boy." Kagome said annoyed. Inuyasha went pummeling into the ground, head first. I watched, honestly a bit frightened, at Kagome's power over him.

"Uhh, thank you Kagome." I said.

"Not a problem." She replied with a smile.

"Why Kagome…?" Inuyasha moaned still head first in the ground.

"Idiot." I said and walked off ahead.

"This isn't over with you got that Shiori!" He exclaimed. I gave out a loud sigh so he could hear and kept on walking. Eventually everyone followed after. I walked alone mostly; trying to ignore Inuyasha's constant murmuring to himself about why I'd left and been so rude to him excreta, excreta…After awhile though, I started to get a bit lonely, so I decided to call a friend. When no one was paying attention I ran off further ahead and transformed. Then I howled to her, calling her from who knows where. Immediately I heard her returning call and rejoiced. I changed back as the others approached me.

"What was that all about?" Shippo asked curiously.

"Well, I realized I hadn't seen my friend in awhile so I asked her to meet me." I replied nonchalantly.

"Oh, so she was close then?" He asked.

"No, I didn't really ask her where it was, but it was definitely far." I explained.

"Wow, so she can hear you wherever? Can all wolf demons do that? I saw you do it before." Shippo exclaimed.

"Some of us can, the wolves I called before are picked as my father's right hand men for their hearing. They can hear danger for hundreds of miles, not to mention the other wolves' calls to warn them from even farther than that, but my friend and I have a bond. That's the only reason we can hear each other." I told him.

"Wow." He said quietly.

"Great, that's what we need another pain in the ass wolf demon." Inuyasha complained. I ignored his ignorant comment. I just smiled in anticipation for her arrival. We camped out later that night, and still nothing from her. I wasn't worried however. Everyone else was very anxious other than Inuyasha. Only the call on the wind would arouse him. Her smell crossed me on the wind. I watched the woods for her. Kirara's hackles rose, which surprised me. Even Shippo seemed a bit nervous as she approached. I heard her footsteps as she approached and a low growl as she approached.

"Minako, come out. You have no reason to be wary." I called. Inuyasha's eyes shifted toward the woods. Slowly she approached still with a slight growl coming from her muzzle, almost like a whisper. I watched as everyone gazed at her, she was a very proud wolf demon, but unlike me she had no human like form. She existed as she was, a strong grey wolf, slightly bigger than Kirara with piercing golden eyes. Finally, she saw me and relaxed. She trotted over to me and rubbed her muzzle against me. "Hey, I've missed you."

"Wow, she's cool, Shiori!" Shippo exclaimed. I laughed and agreed.

"I've known her for many years, she's very loyal, she's….my best friend." I said with a smile. I turned to her and spoke in wolf. "I called you here to ask if you'd like to travel with me once again."

"You shouldn't have to ask, I've always been with you Shiori and nothing will change that." She shifted into the usual size for a wolf. Unlike some demons she could look at least somewhat normal. Most wolf demons could become human like or wolf like against their demon forms. "Shiori, why are you with these humans? I see a few demons among them and a half demon, but usually you travel alone, with Sesshomaru, or with people of our kind."

"I owe a debt to the half demon sulking over there." We both looked to Inuyasha who, like the others, could understand nothing of what we were saying. He just stared blankly back at us. "He's the son of the Inutaisho, Sesshomaru's younger brother. I am paying him back by assisting him in his search for a demon named Naraku."

"Naraku that loathsome spider, he has been wreaking havoc on these lands for years now. Many foolish demons either side with him or attempt at destroying him, altogether I feel it's just foolishness." Her expression became mildly depressed. "Even the likes of me has not the power to kill him."

"I see, even I attempted but was thwarted when he sent a dragon after me. By the time it was dead, Naraku was long gone. I didn't even have a chance to strike him." I explained.

"And what of Sesshomaru?" Minako added in.

"Sesshomaru and I are traveling separate, although we wish to achieve the same goals." I replied.

"I heard rumor that when the Inutaisho died, he turned on you." She replied. Of course she would ask, I've been missing for so long and last she heard of I was with Sesshomaru. It wasn't strange that she'd look into every detail of my disappearance.

"It wasn't a rumor, but a fact. He attacked me blindly of anger for the loss of his father, for as you know the Inutaisho died protecting his half demon brother, Inuyasha."

"Why you though, Shiori. Why would he attack you?"

"Because I was there and I am part human, I suppose. That is all in the past now, I do not judge him for his actions while grieving. I acted foolishly upon it in the past but no more."

"Uhm Shiori, what's going on?" Shippo asked. It was strange that he asked for I could see everyone was wondering.

"Nothing, we were just discussing some old times sorry. I forgot you all were here." I laughed.

"We should be getting some rest. We'll be leaving early tomorrow. Minako is joining us I presume." Miroku told us.

"Yes, if you would allow her." I asked.

"I have no objection to that." Miroku replied.

"It's fine with me." Sango added. Kagome smiled in return.

"Whatever." Inuyasha replied.

"Thank you." I replied. "I have this feeling that tomorrow shall be an eventful day." I said as I laid down to sleep.