I was so furious when I started writing this story, I couldn't grasp and start the story. I got three pages into it and had to walk away. I didn't know what I wanted to happen in this story. I have a list of things that was going to happen but I couldn't make them work and I didn't know where I wanted them to start happening. It was all very frustrating and I'm glad I actually met my deadline with the one week thing I had originally planned. I finally got it to flow and I became happy with the outcome. I just needed some time away.

It was my plan to make this chapter seem confusing. Its not hard to understand though there are some mysteries to it. I wanted to explain more into the dragon twins past. It was part of the story, as to why they don't have a soul and such. Especially why they hated Kura so much.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha though the OC's are mine!

Redone 8/23/09

Inuyasha walked down a long, seemly endless hallway. Though he has been in the palace for five years it still seems like a maze that you could get lost in at any second. He was heading for the garden where he knew Koichi would be. Sure enough, sitting in the middle in the garden, on a bench, was Koichi.

His long, course White hair was now up in a ponytail for when it wasn't, it went down to his waist. As it was, it went down mid-back. His lovely round eyes didn't look as innocent as when Sashiko was alive. They were filled now with the truth of the world. His face lost most of its baby roundness with age, his demon stripes stood out more. He was now 15 years old, and almost as tall as Inuyasha.

He turned his golden eyes to Inuyasha, "Hello Father." His voice was clipped, and sometimes reminded him of Sashiko, "What are you doing out here?"

Inuyasha took a seat next to his eldest son, "I finished my share of the paperwork so I came out to see how you were doing. Where are the others?"

"Rin's picking flowers as they play in the flowerbeds." Koichi replied. Even though Rin was now 22, she still picks flowers to, as she says, make the palace look alive. Koichi argues that it always looks alive since there's servants and kids running around.

"Good to see you outside, Inuyasha. Is Lord Sesshomaru coming out as well?" Rin asked coming around the corner, a bouquet of flowers in her hands. Following behind her was Yasuo. His silver colored hair was a little longer than shoulder in length and full of mud. His golden eyes widened when he spotted his father then looked down embarrassed. His face was all full of dirt. Just as they thought, he was a quiet child unless around people he knew very well, then he could be quite talkative.

"I don't think Sesshomaru will be coming out. I came to get you, just in time I see." He looked at his younger son with a teasing smile, "Yasuo, why are you all muddy?"

"I didn't do it, papa. Akina started it." He pouted thinking he was in trouble. Inuyasha frowned when he didn't see her. He was about to ask when a flash of white came running at them.

"Me didn't, Me didn't!" It proclaimed stopping in front of Yasuo, "Yasuo fault." Inuyasha shook his head at his younger two children.

Akina was the baby of the family. Though she was only two, you could never forget her presence for more then a second. Unlike Yasuo, she was very outspoken, even around strangers. Her silky Silver hair was exactly like Sesshomaru's, as were her eyes but they were a dark gold in color. She had two stripes on each cheek, same colors as a full-demon Inuyasha. She also had puppy-dog ears, with seemed to be a more dominate trait than they originally thought. Her face was round and had that baby look to it. She was adorable, but held her own against her two older brothers.

Koichi sighed and picked up Akina, still she struggled against him, "Akina, behave yourself."

"Want down, Want down." She chanted, "Down, down, down!" Koichi looked helplessly at his father. Akina was too muddy to walk around the castle, she definitely needed to be carried. Annoyed that she wasn't going to be set down, Akina did the only thing she could. She bit Koichi's hand. Immediately Koichi put her down.

"Akina! That was very bad." Koichi chided in his big-brother tone. Akina just stuck out her tongue as she bounced around. She did not like being treated as a baby. Koichi looked at his father, waiting for him to say something to the little girl. Inuyasha just sat there smiling. Koichi smelt the air and knew why instantly.

"Akina," A smooth velvety voice said behind her, "What did you do to Koichi?" Akina's eyes went wide. She was Sesshomaru's little girl and always tried to listen and copy him. She looked up to see Tosan standing behind her.

"Wouldn't put down." Akina sulked. Sesshomaru bent down to retrieve his little girl, not caring at all that his clothes were getting filthy.

"We do not bite our siblings." Sesshomaru scolded, the little girl whimpering next to him in shame. Yasuo tilted his head to the side, confused

"But Tosan, you bit Papa." Yasuo spoke up confused. Inuyasha rubbed his mating mark embarrassed. Koichi choked to cover up his laugh. Yasuo continued to look at Sesshomaru, waiting for the reply. Sesshomaru simply raised an eyebrow at Yasuo before turning to Inuyasha.

"Did you tell them yet?" Sesshomaru asked. Inuyasha shook his head no.

"What's going on?" Koichi asked, bending down so Yasuo could get a piggy back ride through the castle. Inuyasha stood up as they began to trek back inside.

"I received a letter from Kouga this morning. They're coming down to stay with us. They will be here sometime today." Inuyasha explained, as Koichi cheered. He usually only saw Kisho once a year. Its always during the spring, when the flowers just start to bloom.

"I suggest you get cleaned up before they arrive." Sesshomaru announced, looking at them all.

"You're dirty too, Tosan." Yasuo said, his arms wrapped around Koichi's neck. Sesshomaru looked down at where Akina was getting his clothes all muddy.

"Not as messy as you two." He stated. Inuyasha frowned, knowing he was going to have to clean the kids up. Akina and Yasuo were awful when it came to bath time. It usually took Inuyasha and Koichi, sometimes even Sesshomaru to get them in the bath, and keep them there. This was going to take awhile.

-Magia-

Onyx stood alone in front of the lake. It was an odd sight not seeing Wojna anywhere around her, but Wojna had to her own place to be on this day…for now.

'1,000 years.' Onyx thought, 'Its been a thousand years since I've seen his smiling, innocent face. Why Kura? Why doom us to this existence?' Onyx fell to her knees, slamming her fist into the ground, 'Damn you Kura!'

Onyx screamed, "Damn you, you sick twisted son of a bitch!" Birds flew out of the tree's at the sudden cursing, "I hope you rot in hell for what you've caused me."

"What she caused us." Wojna whispered, coming out of the tree lines. Her Red/Black eyes stared Onyx down, though the pain in them were evident. They looked exactly the same as they did 5 years ago….as they did 1000 years ago.

"It is not getting any easier." Onyx choked out, "It's been so long, but the pain is still so fresh." Her neon Green eyes looked at her elder twin sister helplessly. Wojna kneeled next to her sister.

"Is Kouga going to go visit the western lands soon?" Wojna asked, quietly. Onyx stared at her as if trying to process the information.

"Yeah, he'll be there today." Onyx mumbled, not understanding where this was going.

"Lets go as well. See how Inuyasha is. I want to see Koichi and Yasuo. Didn't you say they had a….girl as well?" Wojna wondered.

"Yes, her name is Akina." Onyx confirmed. Wojna gave a sharp nod.

"I believe we should visit them."

Onyx looked over at Sashiko's memorial marker, that laid a few feet away from them, "Yes, we should."

-Later that day-

Koichi and Kisho managed to sneak out of the palace and ran to spar away from the children. They loved their siblings they really did, but they can get very annoying.

Ayame sighed when she realized her eldest was gone, "Darn I wanted him to watch Leiko." She mumbled, holding a red haired girl in her arms.

Leiko was 3 years old. She had dark red hair and bright blue eyes. She wore Ayame's white pelts. She had a reddish tail like her fathers, just a different color. She was very tan. She was a lot like Akina but only more subtle and she knew how to stop talking.

"Its fine, Ayame. The kids can stay with our nanny." Inuyasha stated. Kouga nodded in agreement, looking at Ayame. She sighed and handed her little girl over to the fox demon to watch her. She gathered the three little ones and took them outside to play.

The adults went to the study to discuss their lives since they last time they have seen each other.

"How is everything with you?" Inuyasha asked as they sat down.

"Fine, we visited Miroku and Sango. 5 years without Naraku and they have three kids. Two girls and a boy."

Inuyasha chuckled, "Well, Miroku's been waiting a long time for that." Kouga muttered something about being a perverted monk.

"We're not exactly sure what happened to Shippo, he left about 2 years ago and they haven't heard from him." Ayame put in, frowning slightly. Inuyasha scowled at that. Though he supposed the young fox was old enough to be on his own now.

They continued with idle chitchat until Yasuo came running to the room, the girls not far behind.

"Papa, Tosan!" Akina yelled, before Yasuo could say anything, "People people!" They looked at her confused.

"Scary, Scary," Leiko added, her own eyes wide.

"Some people are here claiming to be friends of yours. They are really scary looking." Yasuo clarified. Sesshomaru got a thoughtful look on his face.

"Describe them." He asked.

"There's two, both girls. One has funny hair that's three different colors! Her eyes were Black eyes with Red pupils. The other has long Dark red hair that hiding one of her green eyes." Yasuo said happy to help his Tosan.

"The dragon twins." All the adults announced together. They swiftly got up and walked to the front of the castle to see that Kisho and Koichi had beat them there. Both sisters stood perfectly straight as they talked to the kids.

"Sheesh, you guys haven't aged a bit." Koichi teased, "I look as old as you."

"Dragons age much slower, you should know different demon species age differently." Onyx stated, before looking at the others, "Its good to see again, Inuyasha, Sesshomaru, Kouga, Ayame." She bent down smiling at Yasuo, who was hiding behind his father, "You've grown so much, Yasuo." Yasuo sniffed the air, the scent was familiar, but old.

"Onyx, Wojna, meet Akina and Leiko. Akina is 2 and Leiko is 3." Sesshomaru said pointing to each girl. Onyx smiled, and the girls smiled timidly back. Sesshomaru didn't feel the need to say who's kid was who, it was quite obvious.

Inuyasha raised an eyebrow at the mature acting twins, "Is that really you?" Inuyasha asked, looking at the dragon twins, "You're acting well…normal."

"It has been five years, Inuyasha. We are bound to change." Onyx said, still looking at the girls and Yasuo. Her smile was pained.

"But...you're...you're normal." Kisho butted in.

"Just because I'm more sophisticated now means nothing. I'm still the same." Onyx replied looking up at them.

"It's scary."

"What? That I actually have manners, that I'm actually smart, doing the thinking and putting to getting word thing. That I'm now soph-ohh a rabbit!" Onyx cut off mid-sentence to chase a rabbit, Wojna right next to her.

"Umm...never mind you're the same as always." Inuyasha shook his head, resisting the urge to hit himself with his palm.

"Bunny, bunny, bunny, bunny," Wojna sang out, jumping for it.

"ok maybe they're even more stupid..." The three kids looked at the girls. They acted like little kids though they looked the same age as their older brothers. Akina, the least timid in the group, ran to join them. Leiko followed not far behind.

"Great, now they're influencing our kids," Kouga grumbled good-naturally. Inuyasha just shook his head. Wojna was the first one to stop.

"Sorry, we couldn't help ourselves." She chuckled, "I hope you don't mind us being here. Its been a long time since we've seen you."

"That's because you two, somehow, are always gone when we go to visit Sashiko's grave." Koichi grumbled, rolling his eyes.

"No problem at all" Inuyasha exclaimed, smiling, ignoring his son's comment. He knew Sashiko had always loved the two dragon sisters. Sesshomaru nodded his head in agreement with his mate.

Wojna smiled her thanks before looking at Onyx and the children. Onyx kept looking at Yasuo with sad eyes. Wojna took a deep breath, having such little kids around was going to be hard on them, more than anyone knew.

-Naraku's castle-

Naraku sat in a study like room with Kikyo. Both were discussing necessary actions needed to attack Inuyasha and destroy his family. They've been biding their time for five years now, waiting for them to feel safe. A sharp knock was heard at the door knocking them out of their conversation.

"Enter," Naraku hissed, Kagura walked slowly into the room. Kaze never managed to actually kill her, though Kanna was, sadly, dead. Behind her entered a beautiful girl with long silver hair in a ponytail that went down to her waist. Her golden eyes looked as fierce as they did 5 years ago but they also looked more dead. Her pitch black kimono made her hair stand out, almost glowing. She was as pale as ever, and it made her crescent marking, and stripes stand out more then usual. Her puppy ears were laid to the back of her head.

"Ah, Kagura, Sashiko, so good to see you." Both bowed in respect to demon in front of them. They waited until he spoke because standing straight once again.

"There's a village to the West, I need you to go and retrieve something for me." Naraku threw a scroll at them that showed them what he wanted, "Leave nobody alive." Both nodded, quickly.

"Of course, Master." Kagura stated, her face expressionless.

"As you wish, Master." Sashiko said coldly. Naraku laughed, he never got tired of that.

"I told you Sashiko. All I needed was leverage." Sashiko's eyes flashed with fury before looking dead again. He reminded of that constantly.

"As you say, Master."

"Get out of here, do your jobs." Both bowed again and exited the room. Kagura called her huge feather out and they both rode on that to the village which they were going to destroy.

"Kagura, do you still wish to be free?" Sashiko whispered, looking straight ahead, as if afraid Naraku could still hear them.

"Every single day." Was the reply.

"So do I, So do I."

They were silent the rest of the trip to the village. Though Sashiko has been doing this for the past 3 years it doesn't get any easier. As they approached the village, Kagura jumped off the feather, Sashiko not far behind. Both walked casually into the village, not drawing any attention to themselves...yet.

"Do you know what we're searching for," Sashiko asked. She had not looked at the scroll leaving it to Kagura.

"Yes, but like usual its easier if we destroy the village first to get it." Kagura explained. Sashiko just raised an eyebrow, but agreed, this always seemed to happen. They both jumped up on a roof of a hut in the middle of the village. People stopped to look at them.

"Dance of blades!" Kagura yelled, pulling out her fan. People began to run as households were destroyed.

"Lodowe szpady Huragan," Sashiko called her shards of ice and spread them with a hurricane. They cut people down easily. Kagura launched her own attack to kill anyone who tried to leave. Within minutes everyone was dead and the village in ruins. Kagura quickly found what they were searching for. The two stared at it for a moment, not sure what they were exactly looking at. It didn't look like much, but the power felt off it was undeniable.

"We are now in the beginning of the end."

Thank you for reading the first chapter! Please review. I know it's a little odd but you'll find out the leverage used to Sashiko and other things as well.