Chapter 9

Lori watched them go in and then come running out and into the woods, she followed them into the woods and saw the trap set up and them nearing it so she rushed forth and...

Once she found them she saw Kuronue trapped in a bamboo cage and Youko about to go back to help him but Kuronue yelling at Youko to run, Lori spotted the hunters and quickly got out her twin swords and jumped in front of them before they could reach Kuronue and Youko to hurt them.

"LORI! What are you doing run!" Kuronue yelled at her, but Lori wouldn't she raised her blades and struck the hunter who came at her killing him instantly.

"NO! I won't leave you here!" Lori said her eyes turning blood red and charging at the other hunter's who were charging at them, she spun and twisted out of all the hunters attacks killing them one by one with her swords.

"Youko, get Kuronue out of here!" Lori yelled over the clashing of swords and yells, Youko nodded and broke the bamboo caging Kuronue and they both ran. They stopped when heard a scream and turned around to see Lori standing in the middle of the mob, she growled at them and hissed when one of the hunters swords sliced her arm.

"Bastard!" Lori screamed slashing her swords at the mob and killing half of them, Youko and Kuronue looked at each other and quickly decided to fight with Lori. They turned running back to where Lori was and fought with her, it only took the three of them 10 minutes to kill all the hunters. Lori sighed and relaxed putting her blades away and turning to Youko and Kuronue.

"Let's get out of here before any more hunters come looking for you" Lori said walking passed them and heading back to the base, Youko and Kuronue following beside her.

(At the base)

Once they had reached the base Lori quickly made her way to her room and slumped against the closed door breathing harshly, she looked down and winced. Lori quickly placed a scent barrier around the room and sighed looking down at her wound on her arm, she slowly go up and headed straight for the hot spring to wash the blood away and heal it. Once she had finished she got dressed and went out to find Shippo, she found him about 10 minutes later training with Youko. She smiled at them and gasped in surprise when she felt arms circle her middle, she looked up and turned her head a bit and saw Kuronue was behind her. He leaned down till his chin was resting on top of her head while he tightened his hold around her stomach, Lori turned and faced Kuronue who looked down at her and smiled a small smile.

"What's wrong Kuronue?" Lori asked tilting her head to the side watching him, he shook his head saying nothing was wrong. Yuki narrowed her eyes at him and asked again what was wrong, he sighed.

"I thought we were going to lose you back there Lori, that's all" Kuronue said quietly, Yuki blinked and smiled. She nuzzled her head under his chin and purred in reassurance, Kuronue tightened his arms around Yuki more and let him self purr back. Youko who had seen the exchange smiled, then turned back to training Shippo. It was a couple hours later that Shippo was shipped off to bed by Lori who tucked him in and was about to leave but was stopped by a whimper.

"What's wrong Ship?" Lori asked coming to stand next to Shippo's bed, Shippo stared up at her and made a puppy face at which she sighed at and she transformed into her kitsune form (the size of Kirara when she transforms to battle) and curled herself next to him purring to soothe him so he could fall a sleep. About a half hour later both Shippo and Lori had fallen asleep and that was how Youko and Kuronue found them, they looked at each other and then both of them transformed into the beast forms. Youko curled himself behind Lori who shifted a bit closer to Shippo and laid his tail over Shippo who snuggled into it, Kuronue laid down on Lori's head and closed his eyes falling into a light sleep like Youko.

(The next morning)

When Lori came too she felt warm and safe, when she opened her eyes the first thing she saw was Shippo and a silver tail over him. She blinked then felt something shift on her head when it slid down to her muzzle, she looked cross-eyed at it and it smiled at her. Lori jerked her head up and the bat flew into the air and opened its wings to stop from falling back down, that movement woke up the body curled up behind her and she looked back to see a silver fox staring at her. Lori blinked and then realized that it was Youko in his beast form, and when she looked up to the ceiling where the bat was, she saw Kuronue staring at her. Kuronue slowly came down and landed beside the bed, Youko slowly got off the bed and stretched out then transformed back into his humanoid form followed by Lori who picked up a still sleeping Shippo. They all stared at each other in silence but was interrupted by Shippo yawning.

"I'm hungry" Shippo whined looking up at Lori with his puppy eyes, she smiled and cuddled him walking out of the room towards the dining hall to eat breakfast. Youko and Kuronue followed silently behind them, the both of them looking at each other then back to Lori and Shippo while saying to themselves 'she would make a wonderful mother to my kits'. After breakfast Shippo went back to training while Lori took a seat in the training room and started to read, Kuronue laid his head down on her lap and dozed off. Lori smiled down at Kuronue and ran her hand threw his hair and went kept reading, every once in a while she would look up to watch Shippo and Youko train. It would only be a year later that Lori and Shippo would see Kagome and the others again, when there would be an attack on the western lands by Naraku.

Chapter end!

Sorry its so short but I wanted to get it out for you all to read!

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Next chapter "fight against Naraku!".

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