As usual, I don't own InuYasha. Except some OC's I have added in this story, InuYasha characters belongs to Rumiko Takahachi.

Two weeks. Two weeks had passed and Kouga hadn't found her yet. Not her and neither the mutt. By now the wolf prince was so frustrated that he growled at everyone trying to talk to him, and killing the demons that came in his way met a fast death. Before, when he had seen his father die by a Bird of Paradise, he had let out his grief by killing some of them. But this time it wasn't enough to kill lower demons. His mate – intended mate – was gone and the grief in his heart and his very soul were paining him to the point of breaking.

He had wished several times these weeks that he had a dog's nose. 'Yeah, that's right! I want your damn snout, InuTrasha!' If only he had the same sensitive nose as the dog-turd, maybe he would have found her by now. Kouga let out a pained growl and drove his hand roughly through his jet-black hair.

"Kouga Onii-sama."

He sighed deeply and glanced at the kitsune, red eyed and sniffling slightly from still unshed tears. His intended mate's adopted son, and thereby his own. Kouga kneeled in front of the boy and stared sadly into the green orbs.

*sniff* "Found anything yet?"

Every day the boy would ask the same question; in the beginning hopefully and excited for news, nowadays sad and hollow for the lack of the right answer.

Kouga sighed again and tugged the boy to him. "Not yet, kiddo."

The kitsune sighed and sniffed, a little louder now. Kouga's muzzle may not be as sensitive as a dog's but he could smell the salty tears welling up from the boy. Shippo hugged the older youkai's arm tightly, as if that very arm was the only thing keeping him from falling.

"I miss her," the boy hiccupped.

Kouga held the boy an armlength from him and looked the kitsune straight in the eye. "I do too. But we men have to be strong for her to come back."

Shippou sniveled again and nodded, straightening his back and lifting his head high. The wolf prince smiled at the boy and ruffled the red hair. "Good boy."

The young youkai smiled weakly at Kouga before turning on his heel and slowly walking back to where Sango and Miroku had their camp. Kouga sighed deeply and watched as the horizon started to bleed with the upcoming sun.

He was… restless. Or possibly bored. Whatever it was, he hadn't left Edo in two weeks' time. Sesshomaru sighed inwardly, but didn't let his thoughts grumble his outward appearance. He was the Lord Sesshomaru; no one would be able to tell how he felt and get away with it. Therefore, he did his outmost to prevent such bloodshed.

"My lord, may I ask why we are still in this pitiable place called Edo?"

Not regarding the imp with a sign of interest, the dog lord continued to stroll. No, trailing was a better word. Graceful, indeed, but also strong and fast as if the lord really did have a goal. Also this a outward appearance.

"M-my lord?"

Sighing inwardly once more the demon suddenly stopped in his tracks, resulting in a scared-to-death Jaken to crash into his leg.

"Please for-"

"Jaken. Stop your yapping."

The imp lowered his head and clutched the Staff of Two Heads more tightly. "Y-yes my lord, please forgive this lowly servant of the g-"

"Jaken." The dog lord narrowed his eyes slightly and shot a nasty look at the imp behind him. Jaken immediately shut his mouth shut. The lord then slowly let his gaze wander to look at his young ward, for the moment sleeping soundly on Ah-Un. He let out the smallest of sigh's in relief; he didn't know how he would be able to not kill something if Rin started her chattering for another hour.

"Oi! The mutt's brother!"

Sesshomaru tensed slightly in his tracks as the words – mutts brother – flew around his ears, taunting him to the point of making his nape crawl with disgust. Sniffing the air for the intruder he wrinkled his nose remotely as he sensed the other male youkai.

"Speak your business with me, wolf."

Kouga bit down hard on his lower lip as he felt InuTrasha's brother's yoki flared out at him. Somehow the wolf had made the silver haired taiyoukai upset, but how he had, it escaped his sense. He cleared his throat to get the annoying sense of defeat from his throat. It all hang on a thing thread.

"Lord Sesshomaru, I beg of you." Kouga let his voice drip with thick-fake-respect and lowered himself on the ground, kneeling unwillingly in front of the powerful Lord of the West.
"My intended got abducted two weeks ago, and I'm desperate for any lead at all to find her. Since my nose is far to non-sensibly to that of yours, I have come to beg for your help."
The wolf bowed all the way down until his nose touched the grass. "I beg of you my lord; help me."

It was unearthly quiet in the clearing and Kouga wondered panicked if he had said anything inappropriate; he had made a fool of himself just so that the oh-so-great Sesshomaru would lend his sense to Kouga's aid.

"What would I get out of this bargain?" the chilly lord then replied. Kouga smirked to himself.

"I will give you the bastard mutt, of course," he said, chancing a glance at the stoic demon lord who by now had the slightest sparkle of interest in his eyes. "You know him. InuYasha."

Sesshomaru tilted his head slightly and took a few fluid steps forward before stopping again. "Why would you offer the half-breed? I can smell the tajiya's and monk's scent on you, wolf. Clearly you are one of my silly little brother's companions."

"He," Kouga said with ill-covered malice," is the one keeping me and my intended mate apart." He lifted his eyes and found the demon lord staring interested back at him. No, not interested; curiously. 'Is he a pup or what?' Kouga wondered.

"Who is this intended that has ensnared my dimwit brother?"

Kouga growled warningly at the lord. "My Kagome has not ensnared anyone but me, dog lord." Remembering his mannerisms he added," I mean to say that my Kagome not is more loved than by me who are desperate enough to ask for a dog demon's aid, someone who we wolf demon's usually loath, and likewise dog demons hold the same feelings for my kind."

Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes and blinked gradually. 'Kagome'. The name swirled around his thoughts, sneaking in and out of distant memories. Suddenly he remembered a bleeding girl and his brother's hateful shouts and the desperate voice thereafter 'Why is Kagome hurt?'
'You… came?'. He jerked away from the memory, and felt confused at himself. Why had he recoiled so violently?

"Fine, wolf." Sesshomaru felt more surprised than the kneeling wolf in front of him seemed. The demon lord straightened himself into his full length. "I will lend you my aid, if you give me my brother." He declared, when he caught the whiff of old blood molest his nose.

The wolf had clearly sensed it too, since he stood, his feet planted deeply in the ground and watching his surroundings closely. Sesshomaru however stood in place, not bothering to draw his Tokujin. This scent was just as pleasing as it was disturbing.

The poor fool who staggered into the clearing looked like nothing but a pulp, covered in red and purple. The head was shaved, and little tufts of hair sticking out like a badly groomed lawn. Sesshomaru smirked as the person stopped in it's tracks and unseeing gaped at them, before it collapsed on the ground.

"What the hell?" the wolf announced unintelligently.

Sesshomaru sniffed and gave a short laugh, that was in need of training. "InuYasha, you fool."

Mwahahahaha! Yes, InuYasha, what a fool you are for getting yourself beaten up 83
No, seriously. It kinda hurt to imagine how he looked like, his beautiful silver hair gone, blood and bruises covering him from top to toe. Oh God, his beautiful hair *cry*
Hmm... so. Where's Kagome and what's she doing?

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