Her scream pierced the silence and he was crouched ready to dart out with sword blazing when a hand stayed him. The monk's inscrutable look and almost imperceptible nod stilled him.

All at once there was a rustling in the undergrowth and then a green and white blur came barreling into the clearing straight toward the red clad figure. The girl scrabbled up the startled boy's side.

The monk made a sweeping gesture with his arms, then wrapping them around himself, while nodding his head meaningfully toward the other man.

A small kitsune child had run toward them, his hand held out with the carapace of a rather large ugly bug in it. He was opening his mouth a hurt and confused expression marring his face just as he noticed the older girl give her head a quick shake while motioning with her hand for him to step behind her.

Disclaimer- I do not own 'InuYasha', nor do i own anything else. I only borrow the characters to play with as a child plays with dolls.