waa, this is the first story i've put up on. i'm so happy! this is almost completely speculitive as i've no idea if the series has even gone this far and i've certainly not seen it (and i dont want spoilers!!! so DONT tell me!).

i must point out that my decision to make Sesshoumaru ally comes with my belief that he was training Inuyasha in his own very unorthadox way by being such an ass to him all the time. also, there will be no Rin/Sesshomaru romance. i find that pairing somewhat disturbing. but there will be at least a little Inuyasha/Kagome.

Disclaimer: I no own, you no sue.

"You're sure about this, Inuyasha? Once done, the Shikkon no Tama will disappear; there is nothing strong enough to change you back."

The hanyou closed his eyes and nodded, shifting around in the weights and seals plastered to his body.

The group had finally defeated Naraku a month ago, or so. There were casualties, most notably being half or so of the village that had served as home to the travelers between escapades. Kaede had been among the victims, falling to the golem Naraku had sent to wipe out the group's support.

Miroku's mischievous tanuki friend, Tachi, had also fallen, attempting to save little Shippo. The fox kit had survived the battle, only to leave the group to study under Kouga, who, surprisingly had grown faster without the help of his Shikkon shards, and seemed to actually respect the kitsune. This probably had more than a little to do with the fox using all his magic to the last to protect the wolf prince and his tribe after Naraku took the wolf's shards. Though still scared of Inuyasha, the kit had matured much since the final battle.

Kikyo had not lasted the battle through, using the rest of her spiritual powers to transfer her soul to a dieing Kagome, so that the younger miko might live to save Inuyasha and 'make him happy'.

Sango had made it though, and was pleased that her brother was alive. Why this happened was still a source of much debate among the travelers. After Naraku had taken the last shard from Kohaku, he had died again. Sesshomaru had then revived him using his father's sword, the Tenseiga. This was the how. The fact that remained unknown was why.

The demon hunters were currently living at the shrine, which was under Miroku's care until another miko could be found. Kagome and Inuyasha were also the monk's guests, though the latter spent more time outside than in.

After the battle, and Naraku's ensuing defeat, the group had returned with the completed Shikkon no Tama with the job of rebuilding. The issue of the jewel had remained on hold, strung around Kagome's neck, until two weeks after their victory, when the village had been put to rights.

At the end of that time, Kagome had handed the younger inu brother the jewel with a smile, telling him to make his choice. She would understand his choice either way and would still be by his side. He'd stared at her, holding the jewel, then nodded and went to the forest to think.

The end of the week had come, and brought with it a resolved Inuyasha.

Miroku sighed, "Very well then, Inuyasha. Kagome?"

The miko nodded and hesitantly stepped forwards until she stood in front of the hanyou, her priestess robes rustling. She took the jewel from her neck and unthreaded it as Miroku was speaking, "Kagome will place the jewel in your mouth, Inuyasha. Once she does, the rest is your choice. You can stay with this path or choose the other. But once your decision is made you must be clear. Think your choice in your head and bite through the jewel. You will only be able to break it if your wish is truly what you want and the Tama is used by your wish. Other wise, you're more likely to get a toothache than anything…"

Kagome smiled lightly at the monks mutterings. She looked up, meeting eyes with Inuyasha before placing the pink jewel in his mouth and stepping back.

Inuyasha looked back at her slightly sad face, doubting his choice. But then he remembered all the times he wasn't able to protect her and his resolve hardened. His brother had been adamant that if he failed to protect the miko, he would hunt the hanyou down, for inu youkai were known for their loyalty, and Kagome had earned his by saving Rin's life at great risk to her own.

His brother had been equally adamant that if his choice warranted it, he would be there to help.

Inuyasha spared a glance at the seated figure in the corner, amazed at the fact his brother was smiling, if only slightly, at the young human girl in his arms. His musings earned him a flash of gold and a mental brush that felt like a 'get on with it'.

Closing his eyes, the hanyou gathered his thoughts focusing them onto one point, one desire.

Then he bit.

There was a blinding flash of light, starting violet then blazing white as the powers sealed in the Shikkon no Tama were released into the world for the last time.

Inuyasha grunted in pain as he felt his muscles and bones tear, break, shift and then reform. His world started to go dark and dim til he could no longer touch the surface of conscious thought. He realized with a shock that he had been pushed to a corner of his own mind.

Wh-what?! What the hell? I'm trapped?!

He was vaguely aware of Kagome's sweet, fresh scent getting stronger and closer, and hear her voice as if through cloth, "Inuyasha? Are you ok? Did it work?"

He was shocked to the core as he heard his own voice, slightly deeper and more raw, answer back, "sure, 'Gome. I'm here. I'll always be here…."

His head lifted.

Kagome put her hands up to shield her eyes, remembering only after the light was gone that she had a long miko robe that would have worked much better than her hand to block the light. She blinked away the dark spots from her vision only to gasp in shock at the white haired figure in front of her. She sighed as she realized his choice, watching his trade mark ears sticking from his mane flick at the sound.

She glanced at Sesshomaru, relieved if only slightly to see the minute frown lines around his eyes and mouth. He looked up at her and nodded fractionally towards his half brother.

The miko nodded and licked her lips nervously, before approaching the seated figure in red robes, "Inuyasha? Are you ok? Did it work?"

His answer unnerved her as well as his brother, who stood up, after depositing Rin on the floor, and drew Tokijin.

She had never heard him call her by any nick-name, other than 'wench', and his general tone of voice just seemed…wrong.

His head lifted as she gasped in fear. His golden eyes were red again and his pupils had become purple. He had gained a thin half circle mark on his forehead that reminded Kagome of the moon as it struggled to hold on to it's light. The faint blue lines on his cheeks had revealed themselves again and his eye shape had narrowed and thinned out, making him look much more like his brother. His smirk had become a sneer that changed to a snarl as he lunged at her.

Sesshomaru moved faster than his brother's increased speed, parrying aside the youkai's claws with Tokijin as he used his new arm to pull Kagome out of the way.

Demon Inuyasha fell to the floor heavily as Miroku responded to the danger by activating the binding charms plastered to the younger inu brother. They had decided to leave his mouth unbound, from which was currently spewing liberal amounts of insults and graphic threats, "You sons of bitches, damned mother fucking whores! Let me go you assholes, or I swear, I'll skin you alive!..."

After releasing Kagome, Sesshomaru turned to his younger brother and looked down at him with a haughty look, "And how do you purpose to do that, brother? You cannot even sit up."

With a snarl, demon Inuyasha forced himself to his knees and attempted to stand only to be brought down again by Kagome, who had regained enough sense to step in.

"SIT!"

The string of curses against Sesshomaru's mother and choice of bed partners stopped in mid-rant as the demon's face met floor.

The taiyoukai looked over at the miko in complete seriousness, "How many times a day can you perform that spell?"

Said miko blinked, "Um… as many as I want. Why?"

An eyebrow twitched, "…he's annoying."

A pain-filled groan came from the pair's feet as Inuyasha regained consciousness, "Kagome…? Why does my head hurt?"

Kagome blinked at the question, then stared as he raised his face. His eyes were back to normal, other than their shape, and the small half circle on his forehead had resolved into a clear crescent shape, like that of his older brother's. The stripes on his face had also calmed down, loosing their ragged look and sliming to thin lines. All in all, he looked much more controlled, and very regal, not to mention handsome.

"I-Inuyasha?" Kagome almost cried in relief as he looked groggily at her. "Are you alright? Are you…" she trailed off nervously.

"…you're annoying, dimwitted self?" his brother monotoned.

Inuyasha growled at his brother, his eyes flashing red as he struggled to stand up, "….b-bas…tard…"

The taiyoukai just looked down at the struggling form. Inuyasha eventually gave up, finding his body weakening, which didn't make sense. Hadn't he become a full demon? Shouldn't he be much stronger than he was as a hanyou, not weaker?

He grunted in pain and put a hand to his head as his temples started to throb, "d-…damnit…"

The next thing he knew, he was stuck back in that little corner of his mind as his body started to curse out his own brother and his-….er, Kagome.

Kagome took a step back in shock as Inuyasha suddenly stopped clutching his own head and looked up with red eyes again.

"You… you stupid wench! Get these damned charms off me! Mother fucking bastards…!", he took a swing at her with his claws not getting very much distance or length because of said charms.

"Err… I think not…" the miko was starting to panic. What was with the mood swings? She got even more paranoid as a thought crossed her mind. Was this second personality Naraku?!

She remembered the final blow to the dark hanyou clearly…

FLASHBACK

Naraku laughed evilly at the inu brothers' struggles. They had figured out that Naraku was venerable to both Tenseiga and Tensaiga and that the brothers' attacks in tandem were more affective than by themselves.

Naraku had realized they had realized this and they knew he had… figured it out as well ( you though I was gonna say it again!). So, while the inu hanyou and the taiyoukai tried to land synchronized blows, the demon had used Kanna's recently re-absorbed powers to reflect their attacks back at each other.

"Give up!" Naraku hissed, as he deflected another Kaze no Kizu at the Lord of the Western Lands.

He gasped in pain and shock as a holy arrow dissolved his right arm, glad he had the Shikkon no Tama around his neck. He glared at the robed figure, expecting to see his infatuation but shocked to see the reincarnation struggling to her feet. He grimaced in pain and irritation. Hadn't he seen Kagura kill the miko a short time before?

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Inuyasha started as Naraku's arm was dissolved, immediately recognizing the shine of a holy arrow. Kikyo!

But, as he turned to the figure to confirm he was shocked to see Kagome struggle to her feet, her red and white miko robes saturated with blood. She glanced at him from the corner of her eye then purposely locked eyes with the demon after repeating the procedure with his elder brother, "What's the matter Naraku? You were never this weak before!"

She readied another arrow, her form tall and proud as she glared at the dark hanyou that had caused her friends such pain. Sango had been dealt a painful blow to the abdomen and had to retreat, Miroku soon following as he was swept across the back by Naraku's claws.

She glared at him and let her arrow fly, a small smirk gracing her lips as she watched it connect with his right hip, purifying his flesh and removing half his form. His remaining tentacles twitched in pain and he sat panting on the ground as blood oozed from his wounds. He glared up at her and she put all of her rage, hurt and loathing of him onto her face just as Inuyasha struck.

Inuyasha came in quick from the right; glad his brother had helped him increase his speed. He readied his newest attack, designed to rip the soul from the body so that his brother might shred it with the Tenseiga.

He could sense it, from much practice with Sesshomaru, the place where Naraku's soul started to ebb away, where it met with the barrier that would dissolve when his soul was ready to go to the next world.

Aiming for that place, he hurled his special attack at the gate, smashing it, "Reikon no Kizu!"

He watched in a kind of sadistic glee as he saw the dark hanyou's eyes widen at his attack's name before loosing their look of life. His job done, he jumped out of the way as his brother rushed in, Tenseiga ready.

One swift cut and it was over.

The chain around Naraku's neck broke and the Shikkon no Tama bounced along the ground, glowing blue, to land neatly at Kagome's feet.

Eyebrows furrowed in confusion and exhaustion, she bent down and picked the jewel up. The Tama purified instantly at her touch, and she struggled to stand, her legs falling out from under her. Inuyasha rushed forwards and caught her, his golden eyes radiating worry…

END FLASHBACK

Had Naraku been able to transfer his soul to the Tama before Sesshomaru's attack? Was that why Inuyasha now had such violent mood swings? Kagome thought back, trying to differentiate between Inuyasha's previous transformations and this final one.

That didn't make sense at all… in his previous transformations Inuyasha had been violent to the point of psychosis. Now he was just violent and loud, not crazed.

She then compared his bad side to Naraku's personality. She furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. Well that didn't make any sense either. Naraku wasn't openly violent, preferring to use others to do his dirty work rather than get his own hands dirty. This new personality was openly insulting and course, rubbing everyone the wrong way, another thing Naraku wasn't. Naraku used subtle insults, more taunting than true insults in fact, and Kagome had rarely heard him swear.

She shook her head. Besides, it didn't make sense for Naraku to reveal that he wasn't Inuyasha like this but not reveal his identity.

Kagome sighed, glad that Inuyasha wasn't being possessed by Naraku's soul but also disheartened that she could think of no other explanation.

The miko was started out of her musings as Miroku called her and the taiyoukai over to the corner he inhabited. The monk looked between the two, momentarily at a loss for words. Kagome noticed he was rubbing his right hand nervously, a habit he had acquired since the loss of the wind tunnel.

Sesshomaru broke the silence between the three, speaking slightly louder so that his voice would carry over that of his younger brother's, "miko, would you kindly subdue Inuyasha?"

Kagome cocked her head at him, then realized what he meant and mumbled an affirmative before "SIT"ing Inuyasha.

Miroku started again, "I have no idea what's wrong with Inuyasha. Do either of you have a clue?"

Sesshomaru looked thoughtful but then glanced purposefully at Kagome. Following the taiyoukai's gaze, the monk also stared at the miko. Kagome, who had been lost in thought, looked up and realized they were both staring at her, "….what?"

Sesshomaru leaned in closer and studied her before pulling back again, "you have thought of something."

She blinked. It had only been a passing thought, really, but she supposed she wouldn't be left alone until the youkai lord got an answer, "well… I was just thinking about the other times he transformed to a full youkai… I mean, then he was crazed; he wouldn't listen to reason, he just killed everything. But that doesn't make sense because … well… I mean, you don't have any desire to suddenly start killing us do you, Sesshomaru?"

The taiyoukai just looked at her.

"Erm, for the sake of my sanity and my argument I'm going to say that was a 'no', ok?"

Still no response.

"O….kay…. so, back to my thoughts. Why was only Inuyasha crazy? I think, and this is only a theory so it's not perfect, that Inuyasha being a hanyou kinda… screwed with his personality. He basically had two sides, like a yin and yang. In his hanyou form he was both aggressive and sweet, all though it seems that he was more aggressive than nice, but that could be because of his past, so never mind. But in his human form he was gentle and kind, physically unable to cause much harm and mentally he found violence less appealing. But in his full youkai form, he was…well, you know. So I'm thinking that his human side took all his peaceful tendencies from his youkai side and his youkai side stole all his rage, anger and bloodlust from his human side."

Miroku nodded and even the taiyoukai made a small noise of agreement, "that makes sense, Kagome. But what about now? Shouldn't he be just like other youkai now that he no longer has a human side?"

Kagome hesitated, "well… like I said, I'm just speculating here but, what if… what if all that anger that he locked away changed his personality when he became full youkai? I mean, when he was a hanyou, all his rage was locked away in his youkai side, only coming out to defend his life. That's a lot of hate stored for a long time. He'd be much more used to his emotions, seeing as how he's been human once a month for his entire life…"

Sesshomaru lifted an eyebrow; this was curious.

Kagome didn't notice and continued right on, "… but all that rage was only released, what? Four, five times at most? He wouldn't have any idea how to control it. It would control him. Fortunately, it seems his human side's removal has calmed his rage down some. At least now he'll talk."

She took a deep breath; they were not going to enjoy her next suggestion, "I think we have to get him used to his anger. Let him learn how to control it and help him integrate it into his personality without using it as often."

Miroku looked at her in suspicion, "and how do we do that, Kagome?"

Said miko gulped and looked down at her feet, "Wehavetolethimoutandtalktohimunitlhecalmsdown."

The monk and the taiyoukai blinked at the young time-traveler. Surely not…

Kagome looked up hesitantly to be met by twin incredulous looks. Sesshomaru said what they both had thought, "surely not. He would attack us the moment he was free. And we would only end up killing him."

"We must not attack him. It's absolutely vital that we do nothing to provoke him. It's the only way he'll calm down." The miko said determinedly.

The two males stared at her. They glanced at each other then back at the miko, then turned their gazes to the pile of red and silver on the floor. Miroku turned around first, "ok, Kagome. We'll try this. But I'm not taking the charms off, I'll just deactivate them."

Kagome nodded happily. She was sure this would work.

soooooooooo... yes, i'm sure you all noticed that this needs some revision. and i'm acctually getting pretty far on the second chapter. pretty far. anyway, i'm looking for beta's if i didn't already say that. for this and my 'Shinigami Chornicles' Bleach fanfic that i just put up. if anyone's interested, send an em adress, and i'll send you the rough versions of the stories. please make any changes in red or another color font so i can read it. also, i have micorsoft word 2003, so make sure you have a document reading program that will support .doc files.