A Story About Ginta

Blizzard

I am Blizzard, I've never actually posted one of my fanfics online before, and so I'm pretty uneasy about it. Just as a warning, Ginta isn't really in the beginning, um… he won't enter 'til the 4th chapter… sorry. It'll start out with Kagome and Inuyasha.

I do not own Inuyasha

"Oh c'mon Inuyasha, it's not that bad." Kagome said looking over her shoulder at the pouting hanyou. She didn't have time for his temper and she wasn't in the mood. She was very tired and she had to push a bike and carry a two ton backpack full of items over her shoulders. Plus there was the fact that she had found her little brother Sota going through her dresser, that's what had put her in a bad mood in the first place. She yelled at him to get out cause he had strung all of her clothing all over the floor.

Inuyasha's temper wasn't helping much at all. He merely huffed and crossed his arms in anger. She sighed and turned to look at Sango and Miroku who where walking next to him, she didn't say anything but her eyes where begging for help. They nodded and both walked to either side of the Inu-youkai.

"Look on the bright side Inuyasha; at least you'll get a jewel shard." Miroku said smiling innocently. Inuyasha looked over at him in disgust.

"Is Kagome sure that there's even any jewel shard here?" He asked more to himself than to Miroku. "How do we know she's not sensing Koga's?" Kagome glared at him, she stopped so abruptly that Inuyasha almost ran into her. She turned her body around to fully face him then she put her hands on her hips and leaned forward.

"Excuse me! I think I'd know if I was sensing Koga's jewel shards Inuyasha! We're not even in the wolf demon territory! We're near the mountains!" She yelled turning back around and continuing onward, pushing her bike along. Sango and Miroku looked at each other in surprise. Kagome was in one of her moods. Inuyasha was taken aback but quickly regained himself.

"Well excuse me if this entire area smells like wolf!" He yelled back at her, his ears twitching with each word. "Maybe you're sense of directions gone bad."

"Well maybe you're sense of smell is what's gone bad!" She yelled stopping and turning back around to face him. Her bike crashed into the dirt and Shippo, who had been sleeping in the basket, sprawled out onto the ground. He opened his eyes and looked up at Kagome and Inuyasha who seemed to be having a glaring contest.

"Huh? What's going on? Are Inuyasha and Kagome fighting again?" He asked Sango as he ran over and jumped onto Miroku's shoulder.

"Yup." Came her short reply.

"M-my sense of smell is just fine, you're jewel shard sensing powers are probably going whack!" Inuyasha snorted pointing to his head. Kagome clenched her fists and squeezed her eyes shut.

"Inuyasha…" She opened her eyes again, "YOU ARE SUCH A JERK! Sit, sit, sit sitsitsit!" The rosary around Inuyasha's neck glowed a bright purple and he was suddenly yanked, face first to the ground. Inuyasha was now lying in a hole about a foot deep. Sango, Miroku and Shippo stared wide eyed at Kagome as she picked up her bike and walked down the dirt road.

"Inuyasha, you need to grow up." Shippo said peeking into the hole, "you know you're supposed to be nice to Kagome when she's in a bad mood, you should apologize." Inuyasha lifted himself halfway up and glared at the young kitsune.

"Me, apologize to her? She's the one who owes me an apology!" He cried getting to his knees.

"You're hopeless." Shippo sighed closing his eyes. Suddenly he felt Inuyasha's fist connect with his head. He yelped and grasped the now tender lump that had formed.

"Oww! That hurt!" He cried. Inuyasha casually stood up and dusted off his kimono. He looked at Kagome's shrinking figure and glared daggers in the direction.

"Well we'd better catch up with Kagome; we don't want to leave her alone with a jewel shard that big hanging around her neck." Miroku stated. He and Sango started walking ahead. Sango stopped and peered over her shoulder.

"Are you two coming?" She asked the two demons who had there arms crossed and where facing opposite directions. Shippo stood up and jumped onto her shoulder then turned around and stuck his tongue at Inuyasha's back.

"Inuyasha, are you sure you want to leave Kagome alone?" Miroku asked Inuyasha's back.

"Keh! Let her go! I don't care." He said beginning to walk the other way.

"Well you care about the jewel shards…" Sango began.

"And Kagome's carrying them all…" Miroku thought out loud.

"So if Kagome where to get captured by a demon…" Shippo stated.

"Then you'd loose all those shards because of you're stubbornness." Sango finished turning around and walking after Kagome. Inuyasha froze in mid walk. He thought of Kagome getting snatched up by a big hairy demon and it making off with the jewel. Quickly he turned around and ran after the others.

"Ahh… I see you've decided to join us Inuyasha." Miroku said smugly.

"Shut up monk, I'm only going to protect the jewel shards. Kagome will most likely loose them." He stated. Nice excuse, Miroku thought. He looked over at Sango and smiled. There plan had worked.

They finally caught up with Kagome. Shippo leapt onto her shoulder then took his place back in the basket. They entered a forested area, Kagome and Inuyasha refused to talk to each other. There was a long silence as they walked deeper into the forest. The forest began to seem a lot less inviting as the sun disappeared. Inuyasha looked up at the sky.

"We should probably make camp. It's getting late." He said looking at Kagome. She merely nodded and didn't look at him. He groaned in frustration, she's still mad at him. Suddenly he froze. Kagome and the others looked back at him.

"What's wrong now Inuyasha?" She asked sounding slightly angry. He lifted his head slightly and closed his eyes, sniffing.

"Hah, I knew it! I knew I smelled wolf!" He yelled leaping ahead.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled. Without hesitation she hopped on her bike and rode after him as fast as she could. Sango called out her two tailed friend Kirara. Kirara transformed into her full form and Sango leapt on, then held out her hand to Miroku who accepted. They caught up to Kagome quite fast.

"Sango! Do you see Inuyasha?" Kagome called swerving out of the way of a huge hole in the ground. Sango looked ahead but the forest had gotten too dark to see very far.

"No! He must've-" Just then Inuyasha came into view, he was standing at the end of the path looking down the cliff. Kagome skidded to a stop right next to him, while Kirara landed lightly next to her. Kagome leapt off her bike and set it against a tree, then she went over and stood next to Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha why did you run off?" Shippo asked, he clung to Kagome's shoulder after she jumped off her bike. Sango and Miroku came up next to them, Kirara lying lightly in Sango's arms. Inuyasha pointed down the cliff.

"Humph, I told you I wasn't wrong about the wolves." He said, everyone followed his gaze then gasped. A pack of what looked to be about fifty wolf demons sat just below the cliff. Kagome couldn't believe it! Are these Koga's wolves? She thought looking down in awe. Just then she noticed something.

"These are wolf demons… just like Koga but, they're different." She said. And she was right. Unlike Koga who was a brown wolf demon all the demons in the clearing where either grey or white. And they where all wearing sort of thick clothing.

"They're a wolf demon pack from the mountains." Everyone turned towards Sango.

"From the mountains?" Kagome repeated. Sango nodded.

"Yes, I've heard about them from father, they're supposed to be excellent climbers and great jumpers, there very strong and agile. They also specialize in poisonous herbs they find at the top of the mountain. They can make many poisons that even we demon slayers never heard of. But...What I find odd is why they've come so far down from there own territory." She thought a moment. Kagome looked back down at the pack. Why did they come down from the mountain? Suddenly she saw a wolf demon with long white hair but his bangs and the top part of his head where black. It wasn't his hair that caught her eyes though. It was the jewel shard he had in his chest.

"Inuyasha, you see that wolf demon right there?" She said pointing at the one she was looking at. Inuyasha looked in the direction she was pointing.

"Yeah… I think he's the leader from the look of things." He said watching as the actual wolves lowered there head in respect as he walked by.

"Well, he has a jewel shard embedded in his chest." She said. Inuyasha gawked at her.

"Are you sure?" He asked, wanting to make sure she wasn't just tricking him. She glared at him and nudged him hard in the ribs.

"Of course I am! Why would I lie about something like that?" She hissed angrily. Sango, Miroku and Shippo thought for sure that Inuyasha would yell something back but to there surprise he didn't.

"R-right, sorry." He mumbled looking away. Kagome's eyes got wide, the others jaws dropped to the ground. Did Inuyasha just apologize willingly? Kagome thought, she felt her heart skip a beat and her face flushed. Inuyasha looked back at her confused.

"Wh-what?" He asked.

"N-nothing, thank you Inuyasha." She said smiling at him. He looked at her more confused then ever.

"Huh?"

"hm-mm, never mind." She said.

"Women." He remarked looking at her suspiciously.

"I-I-Inuyasha! Are you feeling alright?" Shippo asked jumping onto his head and feeling his forehead. "You apologized, are you sick?" Inuyasha grumbled, grabbed Shippo and threw him onto the ground.

"So what if I apologized! I actually know how to do that you know." He stated crossing his arms and looking away. Then he realized everyone looking at him shocked.

"You do?" They all said in unison. Inuyasha looked down at the ground and clenched his fists. Are they making fun of me? He thought feeling about ready to whack each and every one of them on the head about twenty times.

"Hey! Who're you?" They all turned around just as about ten spears were pointed at them. The wolf demons had heard them speaking and now they where surrounded. Inuyasha smiled smugly and cracked his knuckles.

"Heh, so ya wanna take me on do ya scrawny wolves?" He said taking a step forward. But the wolves didn't lower there weapons, they didn't even flinch.

"Um, I don't think you intimidate them Inuyasha." Shippo said climbing up Kagome's leg and hiding in her hair. Kagome looked back and saw that all of the wolf demons that where down below where staring up at them.

"Keh! I wasn't trying to intimidate them Shippo, but I will give them a chance to run away like cowards, we've dealt with wolves before." He said holding up his hand, his claws gleamed.

"No Inuyasha!" Sango said. "Mountain wolves are different, they're a whole new enemy." He looked over at her.

"What do you mean? I can tak'em." He snorted glaring back at the wolves who still hadn't moved, there eyes watched Inuyasha closely.

"You don't understand, there not like the other wolves we fought, there a lot more deadly." Sango stated. "Take a close look at there spears."

"Huh?" Inuyasha looked over at the spear closest to him and his eyes widened. There was a glint of a clear liquid on the spear; the tip was covered in poison. Then he realized, if he had just charged in, in attempt of a frontal assault he would have leapt strait into a poison trap, even a slight cut could be deadly.

"So w-what do we do?" Shippo stammered peeking out at the demons. At that moment, they heard a voice from behind the wolves.

"Lower you're weapons." The wolves immediately obeyed, they lowered there spears and parted. They revealed the demon Kagome had realized possessed a jewel shard. She got a better look at him now, his clothes where pretty much like Koga's, except the small cape, but his hair went down just past his shoulders, his feet had what looked like fur boots on them that went up to his knees. His eyes where slanted slightly and they gleamed an ice blue shade. He walked out in front of Inuyasha.

"What-Who are you?" He asked him cocking his head slightly to one side, an almost invisible gesture that Kagome noticed. He must've not seen many dog demons living up in the mountains, but she was sure that they had occasionally come down.

"Who wants to know." Inuyasha said.

"I do." The wolf demon replied looking slightly confused. Kagome was amused at the look on Inuyasha's face. The leader was trying to be nice!

"A smart alec eh?" Inuyasha smirked taking a fighting stance, but Kagome stopped him.

"No Inuyasha!" He looked at her confused.

"Why not? They started it!" He yelled. This time it was the wolf demons turn to be amused. He moved his hair out of his face. Kagome realized he looked somewhat familiar, she tried to picture him with shorter hair but she wasn't having much success with that.

"Perhaps if I introduced myself first." He said clearing his throat. "My name is Kima, leader of the Mountain wolf demon tribe." Inuyasha looked at him for a second then straitened up.

"I'm Inuyasha." He said, the wolf demon bowed slightly. Must be common courtesy for wolves to do that when they first meet someone. Kagome thought, she was glad that Inuyasha wasn't going to fight them now. Then Kima looked over at her and the others.

"And who are you're friends?" He asked smiling sweetly at Kagome.

"I'm Kagome!" She replied happily, "This is Shippo" She said pointing at the young fox child on her shoulder. "And these are Sango, Miroku, and Kirara." Sango and Miroku waved, Kirara yawned and fell asleep. He bowed again and smiled. Then he turned to the wolf demons.

"Alright, there not a threat lets head back." He said and walked past. The other demons followed close behind after staring suspiciously at Inuyasha. Suddenly Inuyasha turned to Kagome.

"H-hey! What about the jewel shard?" He said, Kagome stared at him for a moment not taking in what he had said.

"Huh?" She asked jerking back to reality. She was still thinking of that wolf demon Kima. He looked familiar, as if she'd seen him before, only when he was younger, but that was impossible considering this was the first time she had met a mountain wolf. Inuyasha grabbed her shoulders and shook her hard.

"You know the jewel shard in his chest! The shard you saw, or were you just making it up." She glared at him.

"I was not making it up Inuyasha but we couldn't just take it from him." She said putting her hands on her hips.

"And why not?" Inuyasha asked crossing his arms.

"Because it would have been ungrateful to just take it from him after he saved us." She said, glaring at him. He's so ungrateful. She thought.

"Saved us? We could've taken those wolves." He yelled.

"Maybe, but at least one of us would have been poisoned and that- no matter who it was- would have been very bad. We don't know anything about there poisons and so we wouldn't know how to heal it. Sheesh." She said crossing her arms and looking away.

"Kagome's right Inuyasha, like I said before, the mountain wolves are a whole new enemy. There poisons are the reason that there so successful, and powerful." Sango exclaimed stepping up and putting her hand on Kagome's shoulder.

"But we need the jewel shard if we're going to be able to get all the pieces." Inuyasha retorted.

"Oh, so you want this?" They all spun around. Kima was standing behind them holding up the jewel shard in his hand.

"Kima." Kagome said.

"I was wondering, I know this may sound kind of strange seeing as we just met but I want to ask you a favor." He said scratching the back of his head and looking away.

"Huh?"

"I was thinking that maybe you could help me. In exchange I'll give you this shard, we mountain wolves have no use for such gems." He held the shard out to Kagome. Inuyasha leapt forward.

"Fine, we'll do it!" He yelled. Kagome frowned and pushed Inuyasha back.

"Wait Inuyasha! We don't even know what he wants help with!" She said. She turned back to Kima.

"It depends, what you want our help with." She stated. Kima smiled, she was a very smart young lady.

"Very well, why don't you come down and I'll explain everything. It's getting late." He said turning around. Sango and Miroku exchanged glances.

"He wants our help?" Miroku asked.

"Strange… why would a demon, let alone a mountain wolf demon want our help?" Sango thought, "this is very suspicious."

"Keh! Whatever, he's giving us a jewel shard, giving it to us! We don't have to fight him for it." Inuyasha remarked following Kima back down the path.

"We may as well see what he wants. Maybe it won't be too hard." Kagome thought out loud. "What do you think Shippo?" She asked the kitsune on her shoulder.

"Well I say let's do it." He yelled happily, "And besides" He said as Kagome caught up with Inuyasha, pushing her bike, "We have to make sure Inuyasha doesn't do anything stupid." He jumped into the basket, a split second later Inuyasha whacked him across the head with his fist.

"Shut up runt!" He exclaimed walking ahead.

"OW! Kagome Inuyasha's being mean!" Shippo cried rubbing his head close to the same spot he had been whacked earlier.

"Inuyasha! Stop hitting Shippo! Sit!" She yelled. The Rosary glowed again and Inuyasha fell face first into the ground. He lifted his head and glared menacingly at Kagome. Then he leapt up and shook his fist at her.

"Will you stop with that already!" He yelled. Kagome just held her head up and walked right past. Inuyasha stood there in that odd position for a moment. Is she still mad at me? He thought turning his head around. Sango and Miroku walked up next to him. Miroku sighed.

"Inuyasha, you can't keep yelling at Kagome, she's a young lady and you have to be gentle with her." He said shaking his head to the side. Suddenly Sango shuddered, she looked over at Miroku, his hand was placed lightly on her butt. Without hesitation her hand flew up and smacked him across the face. She backed up her face completely red.

"For the last time keep you're filthy hands to yourself pervert!" She cried. Miroku merely looked away smiling, he held the spot where there was now a red mark in the shape of Sango's hand on his face. Inuyasha folded his arms and looked at him.

"You should talk monk you can't even respect their privacy." He exclaimed huffing and walking up behind Kagome. Slowly, her eyes on Miroku, Sango walked past. They walked around a ridge and took a sharp slant downhill, when they turned the corner Kagome's eyes widened. There where so many white wolves and wolf demons. She turned her head and saw a group of wolves grinding up this strange, black powder, she watched in amazement as they poured water over it. The black powder slowly turned into a clear liquid, Kagome knew what it was… poison. They then picked up the bowl and poured the poison into a small canister. They only looked up from what they where doing to watch the group go by. Kagome heard one of them growl in disgust and the other one mumble something.

"I don't think this wolf pack likes us very much." She said walking behind Inuyasha.

"The mountain wolves aren't very trusting, they don't trust anyone outside there pack, not humans, other demons, or even other wolves. They live in conditions where there seen as a threat to every demon or human who lives around there territory." Sango said looking over her shoulder to see that the wolf demons where watching them with looks of hatred on there faces.

"Well you can't really blame the humans and other demons for seeing them as a threat," Miroku stated matter-of-factly. "I mean look at all these weapons and poisons. They'd be a formidable foe indeed."

Kagome looked at Sango, she knew so much about the mountain wolves and she bet that she knew how they felt more than anyone else there. The demon slayers where hated all around the region cause they exterminated many demons. Of course now Sango was the only one left except her brother, who is at the moment under the control of the evil demon Naraku.

Suddenly they saw a young girl of about sixteen or seventeen running towards them, she had white hair that she tied up in a ponytail and she wore a fur pelt around her chest with a skirt that was about as short as Kagome's. Looking at her feet Kagome saw she was wearing fur boots that went all the way up to her knees just like Kima's. Even in that outfit she couldn't possibly stay warm up on the mountain. She stopped in front of Kima.

"Father, who are they?" She asked looking at the group. Kima smiled and patted her head.

"There friends, I'm asking them for help." He said softly. She looked at him then back at them then back at her father again.

"Father…we don't need there help, not for something like this and besides you said that I would be the one who gets to-," Kima cut her off with a raise of his hand. She lowered her head.

"Kulna we need all the help we can get for something like this, the other wolf pack is the only pack that we have ever seen as a true enemy and if we want this to succeed…" He trailed off. His daughter nodded then closed her eyes and smiled.

"I understand father, that's why you're the leader!" Kagome and Sango looked at each other. Kima walked over next to a cave and sat down, Kulna sitting on his right. Inuyasha walked up and sat down, the others did the same.

"So what is it you want our help with, wolf?" Inuyasha asked getting right down to business, he folded his arms and waited impatiently for the reply. Kima closed his eyes and looked down for a moment, almost as if he were praying. He looked back up at the group, the kind, soft look in his eyes had disappeared. Shippo looked up at Miroku but stayed in Kagome's lap. Miroku looked back, he was probably also feeling a little uneasy.

"We need you to help us get revenge on a traitor of our pack." He said. There eyes widened.

"Revenge?" Kagome asked.

"On a member of your own pack?" Inuyasha remarked disbelieving. Shippo jumped up.

"Wait, you mean you want to kill a member of your own pack? That's just cruel I thought you wolves where like family!" He yelled jumping up and down on Kagome's lap, she grabbed him and settled him down.

"Calm down Shippo!" She looked back at Kima who still had that hard look on his face. "Why would you want to get revenge on a member of your own pack?" She asked. Kima looked up at the sky, his voice was calm when he said it.

"He's not a member of my pack anymore… he left five years ago, he betrayed his own family and went and joined a river pack." Kagome looked at him not believing what she was hearing. He went on.

"Of course when he first left we thought he had died but we recently found out that he is now living with a different pack. Unfortunately the pack is strong. They're leader is younger than most of the wolves in the pack but he's said to be the strongest…" Kagome looked over at Kulna and saw her shaking with fury, then she realized to her surprise that she was crying. She looked back at Kima.

"Who was this wolf who betrayed you're pack?" She asked, the others leaned forward slightly, they wanted to know too. Kulna looked back up, seemingly shocked at the question. Kima lowered his head and sighed, then looked back up at the others.

"It was… my son."