Moonlit Encounter:

A Tale of Dogs & Wolves 

By: ChocolateEclar

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or any other character from the anime/manga "Inuyasha." So don't try to sue me.  ^___^

Claimer: I only own Koinu (Nobara) and Shirakaba. ^_-

To TetsuoTsubushi: ^_^ Hehe. I hope they're leading somewhere… Just kidding. I'm sure they are. Anyway, thanks for reviewing!

A/N: This is the sequel to my story "A Bond across Time." If you haven't read that, I recommend you do so you understand what's going on. ^.^

A/N 2: By the way, all my chapters in the last story were under various characters' POVs, but just so you know, none of the chapters in this will be under a character POV.

A/N 3: This is the new version of chapter 1. If you read this before 7/13/03 reread this. Most of it is new. Most of the old chapter 1 is now the new 'epilogue' for "A Bond Across Time." Sorry for the confusion.

Part 1: Koinu and Shirakaba

"SHIRAKABA, I'M GOIN' TO KILL YOU!!!" shrieked an enraged teenage girl. Several crashes and roars could be heard coming from a small house in the suburbs of modern day Tokyo. "Get back here!" screamed the same girl.

The front door was flung open by a boy of around eleven, his colorless hair a messy mop. He continued to run from the house as if his life depended upon it.

Soon afterwards, a fuming teenage girl appeared, her golden eyes scanning the neighborhood. She soon spotted her prey, the boy himself, who was running down the sidewalk. She smirked darkly and sprinted after the youth with the matching golden eyes.

The girl soon caught up with the boy, being about six years older than him and so a bit faster. "Gotcha!' she yelled triumphantly. "Now, ototo, you're not going to mess up my bedroom again, right?!" she continued menacingly.

Shi nodded, but protested slightly when his oneesan began dragging him back to their house. "Koinu?" Shi asked as they reached the front door.

"Nani?" snapped Koinu, turning her dark-haired head towards her ototo, Shirakaba.

"I thought we were having lunch with Mom at Camui so shouldn't we go now-" began Shi.

"NANI?!" yelped Koinu. "Let's go!" 'Shit!' she thought.

Shi sighed and followed his oneesan to the garage where Koinu was jumping into the driver's seat. Shi hesitated for a moment. Koinu wasn't the worst young driver, but she certainly wasn't the safest to be with either way. 'How did she get her driver's license? She's a danger to herself and everyone within a twenty mile radius,' Shi thought.

"Hurry it up, Shi!" she barked causing Shi to hop into the backseat. He put on his seat belt tightly and clutched onto his seat, closing his eyes.

Koinu backed up, roaring out of the driveway and onto the road, barely missing the neighbor's mailbox. Shi winced and opened one golden eye before quickly closing it again as Koinu nearly hit the curb. "Drive straight, Koinu!" he shouted.

Koinu scowled and finally began to drive in a somewhat safe manner. By the time they reached the restaurant though, she had nearly hit two curbs, one no parking sign, and two pedestrians. Shi collapsed onto his seat in relief. 'Thank Kami.'

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"Ooi, Mom!" called Koinu as they stepped inside of the restaurant. Kagome looked up and smiled, she peered with concern at Shi though. He looked a bit worse for wear, his fingers twitching slightly.

"What's wrong?" Kagome asked as Koinu excused herself to go to the bathroom.

"Oh nothing. Koinu just nearly killed me in a car accident," Shi muttered sarcastically.

"Oh," Kagome said. "She's not that bad, is she?"

"Bad is an understatement! I'd have better luck having a fight with a bear than being anywhere near her when she's driving!" Shi protested.

Kagome chuckled. "You'll be fine," she reassured him.

Shi sighed. 'No way,' he thought laughingly.

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"Whose your new teacher?" Koinu asked Shi the next day as he looked over the letter he had gotten from his elementary school.

"Mrs. Kijo."

"Yuck!" Koinu said. "She was super mean to me when I was in her class. I was seven though."

"Hmm," Shi muttered as he studied the supply list.

"I can drive you to school every day," Koinu offered. "Its only about a mile away from my high school after all."

Shi shook his head hurriedly. "No thanks! I value my life," he replied. "I'd rather take the bus."

"Very funny," Koinu said.

"Besides," Shi added, "Ninkimono's annoying and I know you always give her a lift."

Koinu laughed. "What's wrong with her?"

"She won't shut up and you know how out of it I am in the morning!" Shi snapped.

"That's why we call her 'Haipaa.' She's really hyper," replied Koinu.

"Obviously," Shi retorted dryly.

"Is that Ouka girl in your class again?" Koinu asked.

"Probably."

"I know you like her!" Koinu shouted causing Shi's face to turn beat red.

"What do you know, Koinu? You're seventeen and you don't even have a boyfriend?" Shi yelled.

Koinu's face blanched and then contorted in fury. "If you recall, dear, I had a freakin' boyfriend just last year!" she roared.

Shi nearly quavered in her rage. It was a gift his oneesan seemed to have. When she was angry you felt like shivering. "I didn't mean it," he managed to say without stammering.

Koinu just 'hmphed' and stormed away, her golden eyes fiery with infuriation.

Shi sighed. 'Nice going,' he thought sarcastically. 'She'll make my life hell for the rest of the day for causing her to think about Samoshii.'

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Inuyasha watched from his place on a relaxing chair in the living room as his ojousan thundered by in a huff. Anger and old feelings of distress were coming off her in waves as her scent reached his sensitive nose.

"Koinu?" he asked.

Koinu stopped and, without looking at him, said, "I'll be out for a few hours." And with that said, she walked out of the house, and into the boiling heat of summer.

She hopped into her car, backing it out of the garage and down the driveway. Then, she left in the direction of the nearest forest.

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Shi was surprised to hear Koinu's car being started up. He had expected her to go sulk in her room. He remembered what Koinu had said. "Is that Ouka girl in your class again? … I know you like her!"

Shirakaba grinned slightly and, without a second thought, grabbed the telephone from off his dresser and dialed his best friend's phone number.

"Moshimoshi?" came the usual phone greeting.

"Hey, Zat, it's me," Shi replied.

"Oh!" came Zatsugaku Ekiyuu's reply. "What's up, Shi?"

"You know whose in our class this year, right?" Shi asked.

"Yea, my mom's a purofessaa, remember? I snuck into the main office and copied the class list when she brought me to work with her last week so she could decorate her classroom," Zat answered proudly.

"I figured you had," Shi said grinning. "So is Ouka in our class again?"

Shi heard Zat sigh on the other end and knew the answer before he even said it. "'Fraid not, pal. She's in the class next door," Zat said.

"Oh well. At least we'll still see her once and awhile," Shi muttered dejectedly.

"I'm sure we will," Zat said encouragingly. "So, you wanna go with me and Uindo to the arcade. They've got that new game…"

Shi grinned again. "Fine, I'll be there in twenty."

"Good. See ya!" Zat said before hanging up.

Shi's smile faded slightly. 'I can't believe Ouka's not in our class!' he thought despondently.

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Inuyasha opened one golden eye as Shi stepped out of his room.

"Bye, Dad! I'm goin' to the arcade!" Shirakaba said as he ran by and out the door.

Inuyasha sighed and yawned. He had the house all to himself. 'No more noisy kids,' he mused lightly before falling asleep again. A few hours later that would be were his mate would find him sleeping peacefully.

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Koinu stepped out of her crimson automobile, breathing in the fresh mountain air. She stared up at the trees focusing her golden eyes on the leaves. She then locked the door, pocketing her keys, and went hiking.

'This is kinda like my 'element,'' she thought. She looked a bit out of place among the browns and greens adorned in a cerulean tank top and jean shorts. As she went deeper into the wood, her golden eyes were the only bright things in sight, giving them an even more piercing appearance.

Something was watching her with light blue eyes as she walked. 'She's got some youkai blood,' he thought. He sniffed again. ''Smells like inu youkai blood,' he deduced.

Koinu stopped, her nose scrunched up slightly. 'Someone's here,' she realized. "Whoever you are, show yourself!" she bellowed into the forest, scaring a couple of birds into flight.

Her observer sprang from the tree he had been sitting in and stood directly in front of her. "This is my father's territory. You're trespassing so leave!" he shouted. He was several inches taller than the short Koinu with dark brown hair, a long matching tail, and light azure eyes.

Koinu's eyes went from angry to murderous in seconds. "I don't care whose land this is? I just wanted to go for a walk," she snapped defiantly.

"Well, tough," retorted the observer laughingly.

Koinu's folded her arms in front of her chest. 'Hmm. He looks and smells like an urufu youkai… Shippou said they live in the mountain areas; I guess I stumbled on one of their regions,' she pondered. She then said to the observer, "Fine, I don't want some urufu on my tail."

"So you do have some inu youkai blood in you," stated the youkai.

"Yep. I'm a one fourth inu youkai and three-fourths ninjen," Koinu replied as she began to walk back to her car.

"I figured. You reek of ninjen and inu," the young urufu youkai muttered.

"Reek, do I?" Koinu inquired dangerously, as she turned her head back towards the wolf teenager.

"Yea, you smell awful," teased the youkai.

"Me? Atleast I use shampoo!" Koinu retorted good-naturedly. "Do you even use soap?!"

"Why would I use that ninjen project?"

"I dunno. Maybe because it stops you from smelling like a dang pig!" Koinu said mockingly.

"You shouldn't talk, mutt!" barked the urufu youkai.

"Mutt?! Mutt?!" yelled Koinu. She was angry again, her eyes golden flames in the darkening forest.

The youkai backed up a bit. 'She's as scary as Hime when she gets pissed off,' he thought.

"Ooi, I didn't mean it!" he apologized.

"You know you're the second person to say that to me today!!!" shrieked Koinu. That was when the full moon came into view and Koinu felt the familiar change. Within moments, her eyes had turned dark so that everything seemed murkier without their golden radiance.

She was full ninjen and alone in a forest with a young wolf youkai.

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A/N: ^__^ Cliffy! *dodges the pots and pans from reviewers*

A/N 2: Here are the translations for the Japanese words in this chapter:

Ototo=younger brother

Oneesan=older sister

Ooi=hey!

Ojousan=daughter

Moshimoshi=hello (on phone) Purofessaa=professor

Urufu=wolf

Translations of new people's names:

Ninkimono=popular person/favorite (A/N: 'Haipaa's actually popular' even though she's spacey.) Haipaa=hyper Ouka=cherry blossom Samoshii=selfish/self-seeking/self-interested/mean Zatsugaku=miscellaneous knowledge

Ekiyuu=good friend/useful friend

Uindo=wind Hime=princess/young lady of noble birth A/N 3: Don't forget to review! ^____^ Bye!