Precious Little Brother


'Souta! Can you get the fan out? It's too hot to watch anything without a fan.'

When Kagome received no answer, she stuck her head in to see her little brother sitting on the living room floor, staring at something and nothing, his eyes listless.

'Souta, don't play games with me. Go and get the fan so we can watch television together without getting hot and before mama and jii-chan come back, ne?'

Still, she got no answer.

'Souta?'

She walked over to her little brother, sitting next to him, trying to see what he was looking at. Seeing nothing interesting, she turned back to her little brother.

'Souta?'

She tried again, and getting nothing but soft laughter. She stood up in alarm, her blood chilled. She knew that voice.

'Naraku. What do you want? What have you done to my little brother?' Kagome hissed, memories coming up. How Naraku was responsible for Miroku's Air Void, for the death and revival of Sango's little brother, Kohaku.

The laughter got a little bit louder.

'What do I want? What have I done?'

Naraku laughed harder. Kagome whirled around, looking for the hanyou. Naraku's laughter had stopped, and his voice had become serious.

'I want you tainted. So you won't be pure. You're priestess powers will weaken and finally become no more. And for your little brother, he's just a soulless puppet for now.'

Kagome knelt down and hugged her little brother close to her, protectively.

'You sick thing,' spat out Kagome. 'Heartless bastard of a thief.'

Out of the darkness, Naraku came out and smiled at Kagome's insults.

'Hmm, you should be thankful that I'm actually putting your brother's soul back in his body. Ungrateful, just like Kikyo.'

Kagome didn't say anything. She didn't know what to say. And she kept silent as a glowing blue orb appeared on Naraku's hand. She watched as the blue orb floated from his hand towards her little brother. As soon as the orb was absorbed into her little brother's body, Naraku moved, extending his claws as he did.

Kagome will never forget the screams of pain and pure fear from her little brother.

She will never forget her lack of power to protect her little brother.

Her precious little brother.