Hi! Sorry for taking so long to update people. I would like to give thanks to my beta BriiBear for joining me and helping make this story better. Here's the next installment of The Love of The Wolf! "Speaking" 'Thoughts' "Inner demon speaking" 'Inner demon thoughts' I DO NOT own Inuyasha. Chapter 8: Partner "Right now?" I said. "Yes, right now." Alex replied. We walked to a small meadow with a cave next to it. As we neared the entrance I realized that it was well hidden in the ivy. If you weren't part of the pack or knew it was there you wouldn't be able to see it. When Marrissa moved the curtain of ivy covering the entryway of the cave I could hear yipping and whining. As I entered the cave i could see there were Three mothers nursing pups. One mothers pups were a week old, but the other two had pups that were ready to be partnered. I went over and sat by the two mothers and waited for the pups to come to me. Soon enough three pups slowly padded away from their mothers and come over to see what I was doing. The first pup had a grayish silver coat and it looked at me with curious black eyes, the second had a russet coat and green eyes, the third had a solid black coat and brown eyes. I reached out to the black one and scratched it behind the ear, but I didn't feel any kind of connection with the cute pup. I noticed that the russet pup was sitting down in front of me, staring up at my face. I reached out to scratch him behind his ear, but as soon as my hand made contact it felt as if I got shocked. I pulled my hand back and looked at my middle finger. On the tip there was now a small star shaped scar, as I picked the pup up and cradled him to my chest I saw that he had a matching scar on the back of his ear. "What is his name?" I asked in barks and yips. "He is called Shippo, My lady." the she-wolf replied. "I will care for him as if he were my own." I said to the she-wolf, and she grinned at me. "You said you wanted to train me?" I said. They both smiled at me, and that was when the pain began. - "Now Shippo!" I yelled as I watched my partner leap towards Sango. Now i needed to prepare to test my new attack. I widened my stance to make sure I wouldn't get thrown back by the force of the blast. I breathed in deep, taking in as much air as possible, then howled with all my might. The howl amplified and became a sonic blast as soon as it left my mouth making Sango fly back into the bushes that line the clearing. "Yes! The Sonic Howl worked!" I exclaimed. When the realization of all that had happened, I froze. "Oh My God, Sango!?" I shouted while running over to check on her. I hovered over the spot where she had disappeared into the bushes, trying to find her, when she suddenly shot up and stopped inches from my face. I realized how close our faces were and blushed bright crimson, Sango noticed as well considering the pink color on her face. I backed up a little and helped her out of the bushes. As we stood next to each other I remembered why I asked Sagno to train with me in the first place. "Sango, I'm getting a weapon soon!" I exclaimed. "Really? Me too!" she replied. Simultaneously we both said the name that our weapons were going to have "It's called..." _ (Time skip 3yrs) "Kurai Kiba!" "Hiraikotsu!" two women shouted as their weapons clashed. Each pushing with all their might trying to overpower the other, yet neither gaining any ground. Each smiled at the other while putting their respective weapons away. "Looks like I finally caught up, huh Sango." "Yeah, you did, Kagome." _ As I stood there cooling down from todays sparring match I got lost in my thoughts. Three years ago Shippo and I started our training, One and a half years ago Sango asked my parents for their permission to court me. They agreed but they had one condition. Sango had to fight both of them at the same time to prove she would be able to protect me and to earn their approval. Their battle raged on for hours, all three of them getting wounded until finally Marissa called a stop to the fight. Sango was bedridden for a week healing from wounds; a broken leg and a broken arm. She asked to court me and I accepted. After the first few outings with her I began to open up and really see the true Sango, she was beautiful and so was her personality. The feeling of Sango wrapping her arms around my waist brought me out of my trance, and I leaned back into her embrace and rested my head against her neck. I felt her move behind me, but before I could realize what she was attempting to do she craned her head forward and latched her mouth to my neck. I froze as I felt her canines grazing my throat and whined. She nipped me and I let my head loll to the side showing my submission. She growled in happiness and nuzzled my neck, then she moved her lips up to mine and kissed me. I growled lightly as I tasted the sweet nectar that was her lips. I pulled away slowly, panting and out of breath. I looked towards the sky and realized the sun was setting. "Sango, we should head back home." I said. "Yeah, they're serving beef stew tonight." Sango replied. "Awesome! Catch me if you can!" I took off running, laughing at the dumbstruck look on her face. Then her look shifted into something possessive as she sped off after me. I bobbed and weaved around trees, jumping the occasional fallen log or bush, laughing as she chased me through the forest. She sped up and got closer so I picked my speed up as well. I saw the open gates to the den coming closer and sped off as fast as I could, behind me I heard her growl at the challenge and as I passed the gate I felt her pounce and fly into my back. As we tumbled into the den giggling and growling, rolling over each other, I could hear the older residents of our den laughing at our playing. We finally stopped with Sango ontop of my waist pinning me. "I win!" Sango purred at me. Panting I replied. "Yeah." Then I smelled my parents coming close and as I looked to the side I could see them laughing and smiling. "Come on you two, dinner is being passed out." Alex said. "Coming mother!...As soon as Sango decides to get off of me that is." Taking the hint she stood up and stepped to the side, then held her hand out for me to take. I put my hand in hers and let her pull me up. After dusting myself off we all made our way to the kitchens.