The night wore on as the kids went to bed, then Kagome and Yuri who became quick friends went to sleep near the fire. Shiho was lying down next to Kagome's head as Sesshomaru got up to walk off.

After a few minutes Shiho noticed that he wasn't around as she lifted her head. Shiho got up slowly and quietly making sure she didn't wake anyone up. She walked off to find Sesshomaru, wherever he was.

Sesshomaru sat up on a hill that over looked the still village. The moon was high in the air as the smokes from the fires inside the huts started to seep out of the ones of certain people who stayed up late. He had a small bit of sake with him as he sat on the hill.

Sesshomaru downed another gulp of it as he heard a bark.

Sesshomaru looked to see the white dog he grew to know as his younger brother come prancing over to him. "I know it doesn't affect me."

Shiho let out a few yaps.

"I am doing this because it still tastes good." He told the dog. "Would you like some?" he asked holding out the jug. Shiho shook her head, "I figured I would ask." He whispered as he took another sip.

Shiho let out a few yips.

"Yes, I know I didn't treat you with the best of respect." Sesshomaru gulped down another bit of sake. "You died before I could talk to you."

Shiho looked at Sesshomaru with her head cocked to the side.

"I was going to talk to you- to tell you…" Sesshomaru took in another gulp of his drink before he put his head in his hand. "I can't believe she made me promise that I will tell you this next time I see you…"

Shiho cocked her head to the side again.

He closed his eyes trying to get the exact line Yuri made him memorize before they found out that his brother died, "Inuyasha, I am sorry for how I treat you."

Shiho let out a few barks.

"Way you treated me? You were fine; you were doing what you had to in order to defend yourself. I was the bastard who kept trying to kill you; however, when it came down to it I don't think I could have killed you. I believe I merely came after you out of boredom."

Shiho let out a few sounds.

Sesshomaru shook his head while smiling, "True, I guess technically you were the bastard not me if you want to actually look at parents. You know my mother made me promise that I would never be like father. She said that she never wants me to find another girl at any time other than the woman I marry. At the time I said sure but then I realized if he never did that then you would never be my little brother. I would never know you as I do right now. I probably wouldn't have found a human to be with. I also wanted to let you know that I didn't try and kill you because I hated you; it is only because I was afraid you would become stronger than me. I had to make sure you were afraid of me so that I knew you wouldn't try and attack me when I was not ready. You were so strong when you were little and I didn't want you to become stronger than me."

Shiho let out a few sounds that sound almost like a laugh.

"It's true. When you were younger and I was teaching you how to fight you picked up so quickly. I decided that if I kept going the way I did, then you would become stronger than me. I did the only thing I could think of, I wasn't going to try and kill you but I wasn't going to try and teach you so easily. I would teach you through action. You would see how I fought you and then you could learn how to fight."

Shiho stared at him, this seemed so heartfelt. This wasn't the Sesshomaru she remembered. She barked at him.

Sesshomaru laughed, "Yeah, I am starting to think this stuff effects me too." He said holding up the sake as he took another sip. "You should get to bed before the sun shines through."

Shiho barked at him.

"Yes, I forgive you too."

Shiho looked around to make sure no one was around as she sniffed the air to make sure there was no one off in the distance before going up to Sesshomaru and nuzzling up to him.

Sesshomaru was stunned at first before putting his arm around Shiho and patting the back of the dog.

They stayed in that position for a few minutes before both broke out of it at the same point looking different directions.

"This never gets spoken about again to anyone and I will keep treating you as I have been." Sesshomaru told the dog.

Shiho barked at that shaking her tale.

"Go back to your family now; I will be there soon myself." He said as Shiho barked and ran off to get to her family. Shiho stopped at the edge of the forest looking back at the man that she once called brother. She hoped that one day she might be able to have another moment like this- he seemed to have grown a lot. She then turned around and left the area, she had to get to Yasha before the sun came up and they woke up. Yasha would get scared if she wasn't around when they woke up.

Shiho walked into the camp as the sun started to rise. She lay next to Kagome but as soon as she closed her eyes Kagome started to stir and then pet the dog's back. Shiho looked at Kagome, "How did you sleep?" she asked the dog.

Shiho nuzzled her head into Kagome.

"I slept well too." She whispered as she yawned. "Want to go for a walk before Yasha gets up?"

Shiho jumped up ready to walk with her, no matter how tired she was.

Shiho and Kagome were walking through the woods as the sun rose. They knew they couldn't talk to each other so they were both quiet as they enjoyed the serene sounds of the woods.

Kagome looked down at Shiho, "So, we have a little more than three weeks here before we go back to the future."

Shiho nodded.

"We have only been here for a few days and it feels like we never left."

Shiho let out a content noise.

Kagome smiled as they kept walking down the path.

Shiho then let out a growl as she put her nose up in the air.

"What is it?" Kagome asked.

Shiho let out another growl as she veered off the path to find the person behind this scent.

"Shiho where are you going?" Kagome asked following the dog.

Shiho started to run as her growls intensified. Kagome couldn't think of who it could be. Shiho was used to Sesshomaru now and Koga always came to find her- Inuyasha never went to find Koga. Kagome ran after the dog as she heard the dog start to bark.

Shiho knew this scent, even after five hundred years, she knew this scent better than any other scent. The one scent that ruined her life as a hanyou five hundred years ago. She finally saw the man behind the smell. She growled as she picked up speed and jumped into the air making her front paws hit the man's shoulders as the man fell on his back. Shiho had all her paws on the ground now as she put her teeth around his neck as she growled at the man.

"Get off you stupid animal." The man said as he tried to pick the dog up. Shiho just put her jaw tighter around his neck. All she wanted to do was kill this man for everything he put everyone through.

Kagome ran through the woods until she found Shiho standing over a man who looked to be quite old, but no matter how old he was, Kagome knew this man from anywhere. This was the man who captured both her and Inuyasha. He was the reason for the way their lives turned.

"Oh, is this your animal? Can you get it off?" the man asked almost pleadingly.

Kagome glared at the man, "You don't remember me?" She questioned.

"Why would I?" the man yelled as he stayed still as Shiho growled.

Kagome bent down to the man's face, "You caught me and a half demon over fourteen years ago. You sold us to a rich lord." Kagome spat out.

"I can't remember who I sold, people came in and out." He yelled at her. "Now get your animal up."

Kagome started to feel tears come to her eyes at that, she started to yell, "You are the reason for the scars that follow me no matter where I go…the nightmares I have of that dreadful place."

"Look you wench, I don't do that anymore, and I stopped it seven years ago. Ever since then I haven't done it. Now get your animal off of me."

"What happened to the girl that was with you?" Kagome asked the man, ignoring his plea.

"How am I supposed to remember which girl you saw?"

"The one whose family you killed."

"Naomi?" the man asked getting upset with the fact that Shiho still had her teeth around his neck.

"Yes." Kagome figured that was the one Inuyasha told her about on their lonely nights in the castle.

"She died seven years ago by a demon. It was too strong for us. It killed her and ate a few of my fingers." Kagome then noticed the few fingers missing on each hand.

"Then you stopped your horrible scheme?" Kagome whispered.

"Yes, I don't catch people anymore." The man spat, "Now let me up."

Shiho growled at the man as she watched Kagome to see what she would want to do.

Kagome was so upset, she had tears forming. Naomi was so sweet, she didn't deserve to die, but this man did. She kicked the man right in the stomach before looking at Shiho, "Shiho do what you want with him." she said as she walked off. She couldn't watch but she knew Inuyasha would do the right thing.

Shiho was debating on what she should do. She could end him here or let him go free, "No please. I promise I will never do anything like that again." He pleaded as tears came into his eyes.

Shiho started to loosen her grip around his neck before she heard a noise in a bush. She looked up to see Yasha walking her way. She didn't want Yasha to witness her killing someone. Shiho got up and started to walk away from the man to go get Yasha and get out of here.

The man got up slowly repeating, "Thank you, thank you." as soon as Shiho's back was turned he grabbed a knife from his boot he was wearing as he started to walk behind Shiho. He grabbed Shiho by the scruff as Shiho tried to pull away.

Yasha came out to see Shiho being held by someone with a knife in his hands. "Shiho no." he yelled.

The man looked at Yasha and smiled, "First I will kill you, and then that boy over there will be dead."

Shiho stopped struggling to see the man glaring at her. She couldn't' take it, the fact that someone would threaten Yasha. No one threatened Yasha.

Shiho pulled out of his grasp in one motion as she went for the arm with the knife. She sunk her teeth into his upper arm as she started to shake back and forth. She felt the blood pouring into her mouth as she kept biting his arm and ripping new wounds into it. She was doing this for Kagome, for Naomi, and everyone else whose lives were ruined by this man. She kept going, nothing could make her stop.

At least she thought that until she felt herself get picked up by the scruff as she kept holding onto the man's arm as she growled and shook. She felt a hand hit her muzzle as she dropped the man's arm allowing him to grab his wounded arm.

Shiho was about to turn and bite whoever grabbed her from behind before she realized it was Sesshomaru. Shiho growled as she struggled to get from his grasp.

"Look what you did out of anger." Sesshomaru said scolding the dog. Shiho looked to see the man holding the bleeding arm as muscle was hanging from the arm. She saw the arm seem to go limp as he tried to hold the arm.

"Thank you sir." The man said bowing to him, "Thank you so much."

Sesshomaru stared at him, "I am not doing this for you, I see the knife you were going to stab this animal. You are not innocent. Now get out. Never hold a knife again or I will allow this animal to end your pathetic life next time." He said as the man jumped to his feet and ran away as blood dripped behind him.

Shiho growled trying to be released from Sesshomaru's grasp. Sesshomaru held on tighter. "Your son came to get me, he told me what happened. I am very upset to see that you decided to try and kill that man with your son watching. I made him stay back at the camp so that he couldn't witness anymore."

Shiho barked at him.

"I don't care what he did. You tried to kill him in front of your son. Look at yourself; you degraded yourself over something that happened way to long ago. You now look filthy."

Shiho realized the blood dripping from her jaws. She looked at her paws which were a mixture of dirt and blood. Her tail that was curled under her from still being held by the scruff also had some red on it. She whimpered as Sesshomaru walked off still holding the dog by the scruff- not allowing the dog's feet to touch the ground.

"Get washed up." He yelled throwing the dog into a pond.

Shiho fell in as she made her way back to shore growling at Sesshomaru.

"You disappoint me." He said as he knelt down to the dog holding a pink handkerchief that he got from his kimono. He dipped it into the water as he cleaned Shiho's face. Shiho looked at him in disbelief. "The pink is my girl's doing." He said as if he could read what Shiho was thinking.

Shiho allowed him to clean her face with it before she worked on the rest of her body, making sure she was white again and not red spotted.

"Do you feel any better after hurting that man? Did you get anything accomplished?"

Shiho whimpered knowing the answer. She didn't do anything by hurting him. She just felt terrible now. The man did say he wasn't doing that anymore, so it wasn't like she even taught him a lesson.

"That's what I thought." Sesshomaru said. "Think before you act, not only that but it isn't like you are half demon now. You can't kill someone if you are extremely hurt."

Shiho never thought she would see a time when Sesshomaru would give her real brotherly advice. Shiho whimpered as she put her head down.

"Don't worry about it now. Come with me- your son is worried."

Shiho followed behind Sesshomaru with her tail hung low. She looked back into the tree line hoping the man was okay. She let out a sigh as she followed behind Sesshomaru hoping to be able to control her temper.

Soooo, another chapter bites the dust. I don't think I did it in here but there will be times when I have certain characters say he about Shiho rather than she. Please don't get confused- as long as the character is speaking in quotations- they mean to say it! Just watch, only the characters who know about Shiho will do it!! It is NOT a mistake.

I know this chapter is early but I wanted to put it out early because you guys are so great and I made it past fifty reviews a while back! There had to be a way to thank my loyal reviewers so I decided to make the chapter come out earlier! By now- I used to expect over a hundred reviews but a lot of people left Inuyasha fics when the manga was done…which I kinda did too- I only write- I rarely read them anymore.

Thanks for your reviews and please keep reviewing!