Still I don't own Inuyasha. So I hope you like this chapter as well ^_^

The Yōkai Child

An Alpha and a pack of wolves part two

As Kagome walked around she finally found a mushroom that Shippo had. It cried out as another one popped up. As she followed them she mentally beat herself up. 'How could I fall in to that perverted wolf's trap!' a chiming in the back of her head told her someone had an idea. And there was a grumble in there as well. While the two voices bickered she was gonna find that wolf and give him a piece of her mind. And maybe more. 'If only they would stop with the fighting.' she mentally sighed. Soon she found the mushrooms growing further apart.

"We could find that toy you're so fond of if you let us free that is." the male voice said. His voice was so scary but when she pictured him as that tiny puppy. A sudden bout of laughter made her trip over a tree root. The chiming was also back as she picked herself up. When a screaming mushroom popped up right in her face. Startled she fell back right into something solid. 'This feels kinda familiar.' she thought as a pair of hands grabbed her.

"Now than I finally found you. So no tricks this time why does Kikyo want you for?" a male voice questioned her. She suddenly open and not in a good way. "So you can deal with a pervert in your birthday suite but no with this guy asking you a question?" the sing-song voice chirped in her ear.

"Will you just shut it." Kagome thought while saying it out loud, which she didn't plan to say. She was going for the if I don't say anything he might lose interest, line of thought. This pissed the hanyo off royally.

"Why you little..." this remained unfinished as Kagome got violent. She smashed the back of her head into his face. He was not expecting her to do that as she slammed a sandaled foot down on his bare foot. She than kicked him where well he fell after that hit. Right on to his knees and that is when she finished the job with a right knee to his face. He fell back defeated and unconscious.

'Huh who knew Gramp's present would actually come in handy? He wouldn't be too happy I needed it but...It worked!' she thought as she took a look at her attacker.

"Oh so he got free of the tree. Too bad he is such a jerk, or he might have been cute." she said going after the screaming mushroom.

Shippo was looking up at the yokai who had picked him up. He found out from his blabbing he had already planned this before he got rejected by Kagome. When he had circled to her back he was looking at him. He admitted to being confused as to the reason for him and Kagome being together. Unless he was her child was his reasoning behind this little mystery. Shippo want to say something but found it was better not to talk at all as he led Kagome to their hideout. So she could call for Ryuu to save him. But the thought of him growing so fast scared him, because he didn't want to lose her.

"You've been quite back their kid. Unless you have laid down a trail for your mama ta follow ya." he said picking the boy up by the tail. "Oh by the look on your face I take it I guessed right." he said with a low voice that showed he was only alive because of Kagome. Shippo shook his head at this question.

"Oh really so you wouldn't mind falling to yer death than right here would ja." he asked the tiny kitsune. "Or maybe you could be the prize for my wolves to chase to their heart's content." Shippo couldn't take it anymore.

"You'll be sorry if you do! When nee-chan gets angry she gets scary." he said trying to put up a brave front.

"Really well then you better keep leaving that trail or you might become a chew toy." the wolf yokai said with a grin.

Inuyasha woke with pain as he felt all the damage Kagome inflected upon him. He remember being hit but it goes black. He sits up fast causing his head to rush with pain. After everything stops moving he looks around the spot he was in. "Dame it! How could I have lost her twice!" silently adding 'After getting beat up both times.' he thought as he got up to try sniffing her out. Which hurt a lot he would have like to add but he would never admit to it since he was a big tough hanyo.

As he quickly runs off he thinks about what happened with Kikyo. 'I wonder why she has become so cold? And why is it so important for me to get that girl to her. True she was really strong but she doesn't smell of human blood. So what reason could she have?' Inuyasha thought as he endured the pain in his foot and other places.