Before the Oncoming Storm

By Zaru

Summary: The great Inutaisho has returned full force from the world of spirits. He follows the scent of his youngest son only to become mesmerized by the sweet scent of Sesshomaru's ward left behind in the village.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. It was created by Rumiko Takahashi.

A/n: This is a new story that I have created. It's a story I have wanted to write for a long time now for the series of Inuyasha. So, behold! My new Inuyasha fic! Have fun reading!

~~~~~~PROLOGUE~~~~~~

Hazy.

That was all he could see through his eyes. The world was blurry to him and he was unable to adjust them enough to scout his current location. All he could hear was the sound of birds cawing in the distance and the strong smell of death. If only he could figure out where he was, he could find a way out easily and be rid of the putrid stench that continued to invade his keen nostrils.

He continued to rub his eyes hoping to get the blurriness away. It had been such a long time since he was able to view the world when he was alive. But now that he was back, he began to wonder if anything truly changed from when he met his fate in that burning estate protecting his child and human mate. Is she still alive? He hoped she was. There was no telling how long he had been dead, but he hoped it hadn't been too long of a time since then.

Finally able to see better, he gasped, shocked at what he was seeing. The atmosphere was dark with dead bodies continuing their decay and bones piled high. Glancing upward, he noticed where the cawing was coming from as several boned birds flew aimlessly in the sky above.

This place. It is where Myouga hid my remains as I had requested. But now he wondered why he mentioned to his loyal flea follower that he was to buried here. It was dreadful.

The dog demon just shook his head. No matter. I am alive again and I shall get my way out of here. Standing, he noticed he was set in his own large mouth overlooking the death site.

My bones. Never before had he seen how huge his form could be. It was most exquisite to see himself like that. But that thought was not the appropriate issue at the moment. How he even came back was a question within itself. There were only two things capable of bringing the taiyoukai back. Either it was his first mate's necklace that connected to the souls of the Netherworld or Sesshomaru had been in his grave and the power of Tensaiga yielded itself to help bring him back.

But where was Sesshomaru or his first mate? If one of them had brought him back, he would think they would be there to welcome him back into the land of the living. But neither could be seen.

"Tetsusaiga." The first word finally spilt from his mouth. Inutaisho wandered within his bones to retrieve the rough sword from its binding. But when he got there, it was nowhere to be seen. Sesshomaru would have been unable to unsheathe Tetsusaiga because of the barrier. And Inuyasha is the only one who is able to wield it. So he must have been here along with Sesshomaru. He smiled a little thinking about his two sons. How would Inuyasha look today? He must have been older since he had found his way there along with his older brother. Did they get along and Sesshomaru was just showing him where to find the heirloom he left behind? Or were they fighting about who was the rightful master of the Tetsusaiga since he was gone. The endless questions and answers.

He shook his head wanting to find out the answers as quickly as possible.

Spreading his arm out next to him, he was able to use what little power he had so far to open a small hole. It was enough for him to slip through, but a tight fit it would be. And unfortunately, he had no idea where it would take him. As long as it's away from this place, I shall be fine.

The taiyoukai took a leap of faith and traveled into the hole which would take him to an unknown destination.

Inuyasha and Kagome were walking along the paths through Inuyasha's Forest. They had decided to take a walk since Kagome needed the fresh air. The young miko had been working hard all day and the hanyou felt it wasn't right for his pregnant wife to work herself to the bone. Even though she was only a couple months along, there was a slight bump in her stomach and she caressed it as they continued to travel the paths.

"You know, Inuyasha, you don't have to worry so much. I'm in the first trimester of my pregnancy. I'm fine doing that kind of work for now."

The silver-haired inu looked at her and shook his head, brow furrowed. "No, Kagome. I'm not having my pregnant mate lifting heavy stuff like firewood when her husband, me, is around to do it for her." He argued.

Kagome sighed heavily. "I'm quite capable of doing the little things, Inuyasha. You don't have to worry over me all the time, ya know."

"Feh. I'll worry if I want to, Kagome. You're my mate after all and I don't want you to hurt yourself."

Kagome smiled a little. She understood how worried he could be over her. Especially when she was carrying their first child. And with the work she did, it was harder to get her chores done with him looking over her shoulder all the time. Not a second went by without him asking if she was all right. Sometimes it annoyed her and sometimes it didn't. But there was a limit to how far he should go. Especially when it's a pregnant woman. And they certainly could get very hormonal.

As they continued walking, Inuyasha's arm slipped around her waist making sure to support her. Their conversation took a turn as Kagome asked him how the jobs with Miroku were going. In the past few years when she wasn't with them, Inuyasha and Miroku had been traveling around Japan to villages who needed their experience to exercise terrible demons. Although, Miroku had embezzled a high amount of food and money from the villagers for mere demons. But of course he did have a family to support since he was married to Sango and three little ones of their own already.

Inuyasha looked over, smiling down at his wife and mate. She was practically glowing with her huge smiles that measured from ear to ear. Ever since she found out she was pregnant, the smiles seemed endless as she was excited about their new bundle of joy ready to come within a few more months. Inside he was overjoyed about it. He was finally able to have his first child since Kagome came back through the well three years before.

Suddenly, he stopped, doubling over to the ground, his clawed hand covering his right eye. Kagome gasped leaning down next to him.

"Inuyasha! What's wrong? Are you okay?" She asked as she slipped a hand across his back. She used her free hand to grab the arm that was using the hand to cover his eye. "Did something get into your eye again? Let me see."

He ground his fangs together. "No! It's not that! Nothing went in my eye! It's something coming out!" The poor hanyou hissed as the pain intensified in his head.

"Inuyasha…" She trailed off, worried for her mate.

"Ngh!" He kneeled on one knee, his other clawed hand grasping the ground underneath him in pain.

It was then Kagome noticed a bright light emerging from the covered eye. "Inuyasha!"

He screamed in pain once again and finally let go, his head sharply pushed back facing toward the sky. The bright light appeared to grow bright and bigger before it finally released itself from the hanyou and sped off into the atmosphere.

Kagome was bewildered. What had just happened? What was that thing that came pouring out of Inuyasha's eye? She shook her raven hair and concentrated on the person next to her.

"Inuyasha, are you okay?"

He snapped his head forward as he struggled to breathe. "That… was intense." He finally managed to mutter.

"Inuyasha, what was that coming out of your eye?"

The hanyou shook his head. "I don't know, Kagome. But whatever it was, we need to find it right now."

Standing up, he lifted Kagome into his arms and leapt toward the village.

The bright light finally ceased its travel, shimmering away and dropping the inuyoukai to the ground with a huge thud, dust flying around him. He groaned heavily.

"Couldn't have dropped myself off some place less hard could I?"

Inutaisho pulled himself together and pushed himself up from the ground. The surrounding forest wasn't familiar at all to him, which led him to believe he was nowhere near his territory. But why would he drop himself off in unknown territory and not his own? That was when he picked up a faint scent in the air.

"This scent. I know it." The smell he had picked up on was of his precious Izayoi. But there was another mixed in. "Mine?" He wondered. Moments passed before it clicked in his mind. "Inuyasha."

He scrambled in the opposite direction the wind was blowing hoping to finally be able to see his precious Izayoi and son again.

Kaede had no more work to be done. Although the miko was very old and tired all the time, her guardian continued doing her daily work of gathering herbs and teaching the young children of the village about healing.

Rin was very excited to be able to go out. The sun was at its highest and most beautiful. And the flowers that grew in the open field near the Bone Eater's Well were calling for her to pick them. She ran happily and laughed to herself, spreading her arms wide while twirling around in her colorful world.

"Ahh." She exhaled and fell to the ground, crushing a few flowers beneath her body. She laid back, arms tucked behind her head as she watched the clouds fly by slowly. Rin was able to see pictures in the cloud and thought of her Lord Sesshomaru when she saw one that looked like his dog form. It had been awhile since he last came and it made her worry about when she would see him again.

Then, not a moment too soon, she could feel a presence watching her from afar. She thought it might be somebody from the village passing by. So she sat up and turned with a smile on her face ready to wave and say her hello.

"Hel-" Her voice stopped. Silver hair. Was it? Could it be? "Ha! Lord Sesshomaru!" Rin stood up happily, but noticed the silver-haired man didn't have a crescent moon in the middle of his forehead nor did he adorn the kind of armor Sesshomaru wore. And Jaken nor Ah-Un were in sight either. Inuyasha? No. The man didn't have dog ears. He had the pointed ears like her lord so he must be a demon. She wasn't scared though because she sensed nothing bad coming from the stranger. Who could he be? And why was he there?

Inutaisho had ran as fast as he could, his armor feeling a little heavier than usual and slowing him down. I'm not at my full strength yet. But I must make haste to see Izayoi and Inuyasha! But the wind had died down and Inuyasha's scent faded away. No!

He stopped in his tracks hoping to pick it up again until a light wind blew in from the north carrying a sweet scent. An innocent scent of the dew before the oncoming storms. It intrigued him somehow. Where is this scent coming from? What could possibly have that smell? Even though he had finding his son as first priority, he couldn't help but make a detour run.

He followed it, a little slower than before as it became stronger with each step toward it. Finally the forest was coming to an end and a field of blooming flowers came into view. There he stopped beside a tree and sniffed. There it was. Inutaisho stood still and watched some movement under the flower petals. He could make out a person there, but couldn't tell who. Of course it was a human, the taiyoukai knew that much. But what kind of human could smell like that? The smell of dew before a storm wasn't a smell everybody liked, but he had always loved it. It was the rain that made him happy as it was a beautiful sight when a colorful arch appeared in the sky afterwards.

The inuyoukai reached out to touch the tree beside him hoping the little human who was in the field would stand up soon so he could see what could pull him away from his current task.

Finally, the human sat up, turning with a smile on her face and waving.

"Hel-" She had stopped, until she stood up abruptly after yelling, "Ha! Lord Sesshomaru!"

Lord Sesshomaru? Could she be speaking about my son? It made him question many things once again. What exactly was this human to his son? He took a step forward and bowed. He would find out right there.

TBC….

A/n: Oh yeah! I rule! I rock! My prologue of my new fic is FINALLY OUT! Yay! So clap your hands for Inutaisho and Rin! Yay! I mean, I know it may not be the best start, but I do hope to make the chapters great for all you readers out there! So please, enjoy! Much love!

Zaru-san