I don't own Inu-Yasha. Here it is the sequel to Past Mistakes, Present Decisions. I hope you like it.
Chapter 1: Midoriko's Cave
Sesshomaru stumbled into the castle. He was tired and injured from his encounter with Megami. "This wound in worse then I had originally thought." Sesshomaru said as he placed his hand over the cut. "Something is wrong. My vision is..." Sesshomaru said as he fell to the ground.
"Lord Sesshomaru!" Jakken said as he ran to his side. "Not him too." Jakken said, just as the doors swung open. "What do you want?" Jakken said as he held up his staff. "Stay back or else." Jakken said as fire flew from the mouth of one of the heads on the staff.
"Do you really believe you can hurt me?" a young woman's voice said. The young woman was shielded by a force field, causing the fire to go around her.
"Tell me what you want?" Jakken asked her as she stepped closer.
"I only wish to help your Lord." She said as she bent down to Sesshomaru, her long, white hair falling down, sweeping the ground, and revealing her dark eyes. She pulled the white flower from her hair and placed it on Sesshomaru's wound, then placed her hand over the flower. Sesshomaru began to glow as the wound disappeared.
"How did you do that?" Jakken asked her. "Who are you?"
"I am Kanna of the Void." She answered him.
"Impossible. I watched her die." Sesshomaru said as he stood up.
"I did not die." Kanna told him.
"But Naraku is dead. I killed him."
"Naraku is dead, but his life force has been past on to another."
"A child?"
"Kaminari will birth Naraku's child in nine months. She will raise him to hate you and take revenge for the death of Naraku." Kanna told him.
"Jakken, where is Kagura?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Kagura..." Sesshomaru picked her up and carried her into his chambers. When he returned he picked up the Tenseiga and tried to use it to save Tsuta, but the sword wouldn't work.
"What? Why is your sword not working, my Lord?" Jakken asked him.
"Because she's a full blooded demon." Inu-Yasha said as he and Kagome walked in. Kanna walked up to Tsuta and placed her hand on Tsuta's forehead.
"You, Jakken, bring me a flower of light." Kanna ordered him.
"What? How dare you order me around?" Jakken yelled at her.
"Do you wish for me to save the child?" Kanna asked him, showing no emotion on her face.
"Do as she commands." Sesshomaru told Jakken.
"Aye, my Lord." Jakken then ran out of the castle.
"Why have you come here?" Sesshomaru asked Inu-Yasha and Kagome.
"We need you to use your sword to save the life of our friend." Kagome told him.
"Why should I do anything for you?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Because we have your children. She sent the children to a safe place because she knew Naraku was sending someone to kill us. If she stays dead, then we will never know where she sent them." Kagome answered Sesshomaru.
"You do not think I could find my own children?" Sesshomaru asked her.
"We know you could, but what makes you think we would let you have them back?" Inu-Yasha replied.
"You would fight me at the risk of dying, just to save the life of your friend?"
"Yes." was all he would say.
"I will come with you and revive your friend, and then you will return my children." Sesshomaru said, and then he turned to Kanna. "I leave Kagura and Tsuta in your hands. If anything happens to them, I will kill you." Sesshomaru promised. Kanna nodded then turned back to Tsuta.
"I will revive her." Kanna told him.
"Where are you going?" Sumire asked Yume as she climbed onto Kirara's back.
"I have to find out what's going on. If I don't return..."
"I will take them to my home. We will keep them safe." Sumire promised.
"Thank you." Yume said, and then Kirara flew away.
"This is the woman that you wish me to revive?" Sesshomaru asked as they walked up to Sango's dead body lying on the ground.
"If you don't, you will never see your children again." Kagome warned him. She didn't want to threaten Sesshomaru using his children, but there was noting else for her to do.
"Sand back." Sesshomaru ordered as he pulled out the Tenseiga. In seconds Sango was alive again.
"Sango!" Miroku took her into his arms. "I will never leave your side again." He promised her.
"Oh, Miroku!" Sango hugged him tightly.
"I have kept my part of the deal, where are my children?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Mother! Father!" Yume yelled to them as Kirara landed next to them.
"Yume, where are the children?" Kagome asked.
"At the Slayer's Village. Mother told me to take them there. Sumire is there with them." Yume answered her.
"Inu-Yasha..."
"What is it Kagome?"
"I have a bad feeling about this." she told him.
"Ketsuzen, take this." Sumire said as she handed the young boy a katana.
"What's this for?"
"Did your father ever teach you how to use a katana?"
"Of course, but why do I need one?" he asked.
"Because we are about to be attacked." Sumire told him. "Stay in the hut with the others and keep the demons out, no matter what." Ketsuzen nodded and ran back into the hut.
"What's wrong?" Ivory asked him.
"Demons are coming." He answered as he rushed the children towards the back of the hut. The children listened as Sumire tried her best to fight off the demons.
"Who could have sent them here? They didn't come on their own accord." Sumire thought to herself. There were too many demons for her to fight herself, all she could do was buy them time. "I hope someone comes soon." Sumire said as she killed another demon.
"Hurry, Inu-Yasha!" Kagome told him.
"I could go a lot faster if you weren't on my back!" he yelled.
"Shut up and hurry!" Kagome yelled back.
"I told you to stay with them!" Sango yelled at Yume as they and Miroku rode on Kirara's back. Sesshomaru was behind the group, since he didn't know where the village was. As he followed Inu-Yasha and his friends, he couldn't help but think about Rin, Kagura and Tsuta. Rin was being controlled by Naraku, but she still killed Tsuta. Inu-Yasha had killed his friend, but they acted like nothing had happened. How could they still treat him as their friend, even after he had killed his friend? Perhaps he should look for Rin as soon as his family was safe. She meant a lot to him, and he was worried about her.
"There it is!" Sango yelled as they reached the bottom of the hill.
"Ahhh!" Sumire screamed as a demon threw her through a hut, knocking her unconscious.
"Oh no." Ketsuzen said when he looked outside the hut and saw the demons heading right for them. "Look out." Ketsuzen moved the children out of the way and used the katana to cut a hole in the back of the hut. "Come on." Ketsuzen said as he picked Inochi up and lead the others out of the hut. "I've gotta hide you guys somewhere." he said out loud.
"I know where we can hide." Ivory said.
"Where?"
"Follow me." she said as she ran towards the cave that was right outside of the village.
"I do not like this place." Kaze said as his little sister grabbed his hand. They were standing outside of Midoriko's cave. The power from the dead priestess was still strong inside the cave, and it scared the two demon children.
"We'll be safe in here. The demons can't enter this place." Ivory told Ketsuzen.
"We cannot enter this place." Kaze and Kage told her.
"Trust me." Ivory said as she took their hands and led them into the cave. As they walked in, the barrier at the entrance of the cave dissipated.
"The barriers gone and the demons will be here soon." Ketsuzen became worried.
"Why did the barrier go away?" Kage asked Ivory.
"I don't know. Let's move further into the cave, maybe there's a barrier further back." Ivory suggested. The others followed Ivory to the back of the cave.
"What is that?" Ketsuzen asked when they reached the stone figure of Midoriko and the demon that attacked her.
"I don't know." Ivory said as she moved closer to it. Suddenly it began to glow and a light surrounded Ivory. The light grew so bright that Ivory could no longer see.
Once the light dimmed, Ivory was no longer with her friends. "Where am I?" she asked.
"Hello, Ivory." a beautiful woman greeted her.
"Who are you?" she asked
"My name is Midoriko. I am a priestess." she told her.
"Midoriko? My mommy told me stories about you. She told me how you fought all kinds of demons, and that your soul is in the Shikon no Tama." Ivory told her.
"Your mother is right. I have a present for you, would you like it?" she asked Ivory.
"A present for me? What is it?"
"I want to give you my powers. Will you take them?"
"Why?"
"I no longer am able to fight demons and protect the world. I need someone that is still alive to do my work for me. You are very special and I believe you would use my powers for good." Midoriko answered her.
"Okay. I'll only use your powers to kill demons." Ivory promised as she held out her hand. Midoriko smiled as she took Ivory's little hand and gave her powers to her. Ivory closed her eyes as her body began to glow.
When she opened her eyes, she was back in the cave with her friends. "Are you okay?" Ketsuzen asked Ivory when she opened her eyes.
"I'm okay."
"Get up and move to the back of the cave. The demons are getting closer." Ketsuzen told her. But instead of moving to the back of the cave with the others, Ivory moved towards the front of the cave. "What are you doing? Ivory, get back here!" Ketsuzen tried to stop her, but he couldn't. Ivory sat down in front of the entrance, closed her eyes and put her hands together. Suddenly there was a barrier in the cave entrance. "How did you do that?" Ketsuzen asked her.
"Shhh. She needs to concentrate." Kage told him.
"Sumire! Where are the children?" Kagome asked her as she ran to her side.
"I don't know. A demon threw me into this hut and I was knocked out." she answered her.
"If my children are dead, you will pay for it." Sesshomaru told Yume.
"Kagome, look over at Midoriko's Cave. There's a bunch of demon there. Maybe the children ran into the cave." Sango said.
"Demons can't enter the cave. If that's where they are, then their fine." Kagome told Sesshomaru. They hurried over to the cave, and in a matter of seconds, destroyed all the demons.
"Ivory?" Sango was shocked to see her daughter sitting at the entrance to the cave, holding up a barrier. "Miroku, did you teach her to do that?" Sango asked as they walked up to the cave.
"No."
"Ivory..." Sango's words reached her daughter and the barrier fell.
"Mommy! Daddy!" Ivory ran and jumped into her mother's arms.
"Mom! Dad!" Ketsuzen ran out of the cave carrying Inochi.
"Ketsuzen!" Kagome took Inochi from her son and hugged them both tightly. "I'm glad you're both alright." Kagome told him.
"Father." Kaze said as he and Kage walked out of the cave.
"Are you alright?" he asked them, and they both nodded.
"See, Sesshomaru, I knew everything would be alright." Kagome told him. Sesshomaru didn't say anything as he picked up the twins, then left.
"Ungrateful jerk." Yume said to herself.
"Let's go home." Miroku suggested.
"Miroku, wait." Sango said as he began to walk away.
"What is it, Sango?"
"Maybe..."
"Sango?"
"Maybe we could stay here." Sango suggested.
"You want to live here, in the Slayer's Village?"
"It is my home and where I grew up. I never thought to come back here before, but now that I'm here... I don't want to leave. All my memories of my father are here, as well as his grave, and now with Kibou being gone..." Sango told him.
"Then we will stay here." Miroku smiled and kissed her forehead.
"Thank you." Sango smiled up at him, then looked down at Ivory. "I wonder where she learned to create barriers, and such strong ones too." Sango thought to herself.
"Inu-Yasha... I don't want to leave Sango and Miroku here alone." Kagome said as she looked down at Inochi. "And I don't want Inochi to live in a place where demons can easily get to her."
"You want to stay here too?" Inu-Yasha asked her. She nodded as she looked up at him. "A half demon living in the Slayer's Village, that's just not right. It's a good thing I love you." Inu-Yasha griped.
"So we're staying too?" Kagome asked.
"Yeah, sure." he replied.