CHAPTER 1: 250 years of Lies

The group was battling hard and it was all up to them. The wind roared and the grass in the field hummed as the wind passed over it. Inuyasha stood with Tessaiga slung over his shoulder and a determined look on his face. The jewel was now whole and in Naraku's hands. They had to stop him. Inuyasha and his friends knew this was the final fight. To live or die, it would be decided here and now. Naraku was standing there with a smile on his face as the wind blew his dark hair. He was just staring at Inuyasha, his dark gaze made Inuyasha's blood run cold.

"You know Inuyasha, I could so easily let you use the Jewel to become a full demon at last." said Naraku in a teasing manner.

"Fuck you Naraku! Right now, I'm happy the way I am you stupid son of a bitch." Inuyasha growled in warning at the snide evil half-demon. "Now shut the fuck up and fight me!"

Kagome stood ready with her arrow nocked and waiting. The howling wind was making her shiver she was so scared for everyone, but she had to smile. She loved Inuyasha just as he was and was overjoyed that he was finally happy to remain a hanyou.

Naraku had been the cause of so much death throughout their travels. He had killed Kohaku when he'd reclaimed the shard in his back, and he'd killed Koga to get his shards too.

Inuyasha, Sango, and Miroku were giving the battle everything they had. Kagome was ordered to stay back, Inuyasha didn't want to lose her. She was angry, she wanted in on the fight. She stood there at the ready biting her lip in frustration. Kagome suddenly got a sense of something and a feeling that she had to follow. Leaving the battle behind she ran off in the direction that she felt the pull coming from. In the distance she could hear Inuyasha yelling after her.

When she came to a stop the wind sorceress Kagura was standing in front of her, waiting.

"Kagome, do you want to destroy Naraku once and for all?"

Kagome simply stared at her as if to say 'dumb question'. Kagura smirked and turned to lay a baby on the ground at her feet.

"This is Akago, he is Naraku's heart. This is the reason you cannot kill him. Kill the child: kill Naraku. She glanced back the way Kagome had come in fear, "Hurry, before Naraku finds out what I've done!"

Kagome knelt next to the infant and noticed that it was the same baby that had tried to steal her soul back in that castle so long ago.

Gathering her strength she put her hands on the child and they immediately started to glow. Brighter and brighter her purifying power pulsed around them. In the distance Kagome heard Naraku begin to scream. The remaining battling trio watched in awe as Naraku simply began to glow and then vanished.

Kagura could feel her missing heart once again beating in her chest. The wind was blowing and she turned her face into it. Kagura smiled and said with tears in her eyes, "Thank you Kagome, you saved me from a fate worse than death. I owe you my life and if you ever need help, I will come." She pulled her feather from hair and transforming it flew off into the distance.

Inuyasha's group were all so worried about Kagome that they rushed to follow Inuyasha while he franticly sniffed out her scent trail. He suddenly smelt something odd on the wind. Another presence was mixed with Kagome's smell and that thought scared him.

"No!" He breathed, "Come on guys we need to find her now." said Inuyasha and the others could hear the panic in his voice.

They came upon a glowing Kagome kneeling next to the remains, for Akago now reduced to a pile of ash. As Kagome made to stand she stumbled, but in a flash of hands she was supported from behind. Turning to thank her rescuer, Kagome gasped coming face to face with Kikyo. Kikyo quickly grabbed Kagome by the throat rendering her immobile.

"Thank you for disposing of Naraku. Now that he has been taken care of I can rest at last. I'm not here to fight you, I'm here for Inuyasha." Her voice became menacing, "You will not Interfere."

With surprising strength, she threw Kagome away from her. Inuyasha caught Kagome before she hit the ground and growled low in his throat as he stood to face Kikyo.

"You can take me, I'm ready wench. But you will not harm Kagome!" He called over his shoulder to the monk, "Miroku, please take care of Kagome and get her somewhere safe quickly. She doesn't need to witness this." he added sadly.

Kagome was distraught, she fought Miroku when he took her by the shoulders and began to lead her away. "Noo! Inuyasha don't do this! I need you, please don't leave me!" Miroku held her back firmly but gently.

Kagome watched in horror as Inuyasha fell to his knees, suddenly weak. A cold blue glow surrounded him and was being drawn out of his body: Kikyo was taking his soul.

Kagome's eyes blazed in anger as she realised what was happening. "Kikyo! You can't have him!" she screamed, "I won't let you!" Tears of anger coursed down her cheeks as she watched the one she loved submitting to another and being taken to Hell. "I love him! I don't care if he wants to be with me or not but..." Her voice took on a dangerous edge and she raised her hand palm out, towards Kikyo, "...he WILL live!" With that she summoned her own spiritual powers making a pink ball in her hand. She threw it at the undead priestess, it gave an unearthly howl as it streaked towards Kikyo.

Kikyo gave a word less scream of fury as she watched the ball of power coming towards her. Using her vengeance to power her movements, she quickly nocked an arrow and fired at Inuyasha. "If I can't have him, then neither will you!"

With strength borne of fear for another, Kagome ripped herself from Miroku's grasp and jumped in front of Inuyasha. The arrow pierced her side and came out her back. As it hit her, Kagome grasped at the wound, gave a soft sigh and collapsed in a boneless heap in front of Inuyasha.

Hearing a soft sigh come from Kagome, Inuyasha came to just in time to see Kikyo's arrow strike her and watched her collapse in front of him. Yanking his soul back into his body, he screamed his anguish and crawled to her side. "No! Kagomeee!"

He looked up as Kikyo gave an unearthly wail. Kagome's spiritual energy had overtaken her and she was writhing in pink flames that covered her from head to foot. He gave her one malicious smile and turned back to Kagome.

Kagome watched Inuyasha's eyes, so filled with pain as he leaned over her and pulled her to him. "Why...Why did you do that?!" The agony in his voice made her choke back as anguished sob of her own. "I'm just a filthy hanyou... You shouldn't have... I don't deserve... Please... You can't leave me here alone..." His voice shook and he tried to sound confident, just like he usually did when she passed out, Well, if I'm going to be stuck here, so are you! Wake up Kagome!"

Kagome felt something wet fall onto her cheek and the feeling help her rise through the levels of consciousness. She could hear Inuyasha calling her, he sounded so alone. Her eyes fluttered open and she saw Inuyasha crying over her.

Inuyasha was crying?! She reached up with one bloody hand and caressed his face gently. "You are the only man I will ever love. I will always love you. You have held my heart In your hands from the day I met you and you saved me for the first time."

A radiant smile brightened her face, "I'm happy you're alive Inuyasha."

She looked him in the eye and he could see pain in her eyes, "I have to get the jewel. I don't think I can walk...Inuyasha, will you take me to it?"

Picking her up carefully, Inuyasha carried her bridal style, across his body and took her to the battleground where Naraku had fallen. Keeling down carefully, he watched as Kagome grabbed the jewel from where it lay. Her arm shook almost uncontrollably and she was beginning to feel cold. Inuyasha new what was going to happen. Kagome was so weak already she was not going to last much longer, he knew it. For the first time in his life, he wished his idiot brother was at his side with Tenseiga.

As Kagome held the Jewel in her hand, it was instantly purified. Kagome smiled wearily up at Inuyasha and made him take the jewel from her.

"It is done. Make your wish Inuyasha, decide what it is you want..."she whispered as she fought to stay conscious.

Next to them Sango was crying and the monk had wrapped his arms around her trying to comfort the usually strong demon slayer. Inuyasha sat on the ground with Kagome in his lap and gripped the Jewel tightly in one hand.

"All I want is you, Kagome! It is all that I have ever wanted! To have you by my side for as long as we're both alive! You love me as I am, no questions asked. I realized that I didn't need to become a full Youkai to be stronger, as long as I had you at my side I would be stronger than any full blooded Youkai." His voice became a pained whisper, "Your love does that to me...Just don't ever leave me..."

With a soft smile Kagome pulled him to her to place a chaste kiss on his lips. As she pulled back her body Her eyes started to close. Inuyasha could feel the life drain from her body and she slumped in his arms, unmoving.

Inuyasha felt his grief rise into his throat and it burst from him in a soul shattering howl.

In true Inu Youkai fashion, as any full blooded Inu would do at the loss of his Mate, the ground shook and Sango and Miroku felt the force of the sound shake their bones. They feel to their knees and this time Miroku was crying too. When Inuyasha's howl hit them, they could feel all his pain and anguish, all the hurt he was feeling from deep within his soul.

He held Kagome's lifeless body to his chest and howled again. His pain was too great to bear: he needed Kagome to survive and now she'd left him alone in this world. His heart was crushed and he did not have the will to keep on living. He'd follow his love, he'd give it all up and die so that he could be with her...

As a peaceful resolve settled over him, Inuyasha noticed that the jewel was still in his fist, pressed against Kagome. What would he do with it now? It hadn't granted his wish had it? Perhaps he ought to give it to Sango to protect, it had come from her village after all.

He stared at the jewel and it seemed to him that it began to glow in the late afternoon sunlight. It truly was beautiful, but the cares of this world were no longer any of his concern: he was going to die and leave it behind.

The Jewel pulsed in his hand and started to glow brighter. He laid the jewel upon Kagome's chest and it glowed brighter and brighter until it was too bright to be viewed. The jewel started to be re-absorbed slowly back into Kagome's body. He watched in amazement as it vanished fully inside her and her eyes flew open as she suddenly drew a great shuddering breath. His heart stopped and he prayed that she take another breath.

The Kami must have been watching over him, as Kagome began breathing in a regular rhythm. Had the jewel just granted his wish?

Inuyasha put his ear to Kagome's chest and he could hear her strong heartbeat. He wondered why the jewel had been re-absorbed back in to her. Then he realised.

Kagome was one with the jewel. One of the four souls that made up the jewel was Love. He knew that this was why she was able to love him so unconditionally. Even after he hurt her, she still stayed with him and loved him. The soul of the jewel recognised the compassion and affection in Kagome's own soul and had brought them together.

She closed her eyes and sank back into unconsciousness. Inuyasha pulled her closes and hugged her tightly to his chest and almost cried again when he felt her strong heart beat against his chest.

Miroku and Sango walked up to Inuyasha slowly and still in shock form the seen they just witnessed. Miroku went to stand beside Inuyasha, his face stained from the tears he was shedding and he placed a comforting hand on Inuyasha's shoulder. The two men looked at each other neither one afraid to show the other the tears in their eyes. The hanyou looked up at him with a radiant smile, "She's alive..."

Miroku smiled gently as he wiped the tears from his eyes on the sleeve of his robe and said in a serious tone, "Inuyasha we have to get her out of here and some place safe. The battle with Naraku will draw all kinds of youkai, to this spot and when they find out that Kagome once again carries the complete jewel..." He began scanning the area, as if at any moment the youkai he mentioned would attack. "We need to go now Inuyasha, Some place safe ware Kagome can rest and heal." He reached out to help Inuyasha carry Kagome.

Inuyasha picked her up alone and said, "No one is touching Kagome, I know a place..." He stood and about to lead the others away when he finally noticed the pile of ashes that lay where Kikyo had fallen. "Monk can you go retrieve Kikyo's ashes? So we can lay her to rest back in the village? Kaede deserves that much for all her help."

He shrugged out of his fire rat haori, wrapping Kagome in it. The group left the area moving as fast as they could.

Inuyasha really didn't want to go where he was taking his friends, but he did know that at this time it was the safest place to hide from wandering demons.

They came to a cave entrance with a barrier across it. Without warning, Inuyasha put his hand to his mouth and bit until he drew blood. Turning he handed the unconscious Kagome to Sango as she sat on Kirara.

"Hold on this will feel kinda funny." He stuck his bleeding hand through the middle of the cave opening and stood. There was light coming from around his hand as if it was trying to recognize who was there. The light grew and an opening appeared around Inuyasha's hand. Finally he turned back to the others.

"Move it! I can't keep the doorway open for long!" They went through the cave opening and assumed they would be standing in a cave, but instead the were at the edge of a large field overlooking a big house with a hot spring pooling beside it. It was beautiful and peaceful to look upon.

"We're home my love..."Inuyasha sighed and took Kagome back from Sango, ignoring the questioning look that passed between the monk and the demon slayer.

"Inuyasha you said home. Do you live here?" asked Miroku.

"I do, well, I did. This is the house where my mother and I lived until she died." said Inuyasha his face stone serious.

"That barrier we passed...it was ingenious, Who created it?" asked Miroku. He knew it wasn't a spirit barrier like the ones he and Kagome put up; it was something entirely different.

"My Mother did." Inuyasha's voice was quietly proud, "I know I don't speak of her often, but she was very powerful for a Human." His voice became distant, as if remembering something from very long ago.

"This place... I never wanted to return here...At least not until I had taken a mate...But, here I am again after so many years...This is the safest place I know." He looked down at Kagome and wonder made his voice soft. "She loves me, she said she did." He pulled her closer to his chest, like she was a lifeline that he could not afford to lose, "I can't live without her."

He was lost in thought as he gazed down at her peaceful face. 'I hope she will consent to be my mate...'

Miroku opened the front door and they all went inside. It was bigger than it looked. There were five bedrooms and everything was beautifully decorated. He went up the stairs and placed Kagome on the bed in the biggest room. He went on to the bathing chamber and got a wet cloth and returned placed it gently on her forehead.

After some time passed Inuyasha noticed that her skin and clothing were dirty and torn. He called Sango and asked her to help him change her clothing and wash her down: he knew how she hated being dirty.

Miroku held up a hand and stopped Inuyasha before he could do anything, "Inuyasha Why don't you go get cleaned up. You are tired and dirty as well. Sango can take care of Kagome."

Inuyasha glanced down at himself and noticed he was covered in blood and assorted grime from the battle. He closed his eyes and growled in agreement.

Inuyasha returned to the bathing chamber and looked in the mirror and saw the bloody hand print on his face. He cringed at the memory of how it got there and at the fact he almost lost Kagome. Wandering back to his mother's room, he went to the wardrobe and took out a black haori and hakama. He assumed they must have been his father's because they had been there as long as he could remember. He unpacked one of his mother's robes and brought it down the hall to Sango. "Here this is for Kagome. How is she?"

"Very pale and she's lost a lot of blood but she's okay. She is still sleeping." Sango said turning from Kagome's bedside. Inuyasha sighed as he took in Kagome's sleeping form and then he turned to leave and get himself cleaned up.

As he sat in the steaming water he found himself lost in thought. 'How could I have not known? I should have seen it sooner. If I was human it would have been so simple. I have always been too stupid to listen. 'No,' a voice said in his head. Inuyasha growled "not stupid. Lonely..." the voice said.

'How would you know?' he thought back at it.

"Because I'm you, baka. The really dumb thing you did was repeatedly hurt that lovely girl, that wonderful soul who has saved your life and stood up for you more times than any other." The voice said angrily .

The voice was not finished with him just yet though, "Hell, if it weren't for her you would still be stuck to that fucking tree. No one gave a shit about you until Kagome came along."

"I...I couldn't make up my mind..." Inuyasha whispered.

The voice became scathing and hard. "What was there to decide! Kagome was alive and warm, Kikyo was dead and cold.' The voice softened it's tone, 'You knew you loved Kagome, everyone did. Just look how you reacted every time Koga came sniffing around. You wanted her for yourself.' Now the voice full of self loathing, 'You should have let Koga have her because you don't deserve her. She even trusted you enough to give you the Jewel, and you say that you couldn't chose her over a dead girl, and one that wanted to erase half of who you were... you stupid bastard.'

Inuyasha let out a growl. "I'll make it all up to her."

"You'd better, because who knows what the Jewel is going to do with Kagome now it's inside her again. Don't fuck this up dog boy, Kagome deserves to be happy.' The voice became a little sad, 'And besides, you will never find anyone with that much love for you again in your life time, no matter how long you live.'

Finally finished with his bath, he ducked under the water once more and then got up out of the tub. He quickly dried himself and donned the black haori and hakama.

He went into his mother's bedroom and perched on the edge of a small desk by the window. On it was a box he remembered his mother using it to keep private things in. He carefully picked up the box: he could remember being curious about it as a kid and had tried and failed to open it on many occasions.

He tried but it would not budge. Then he put the box down and tried to pry it open with his claws, but his hand slipped and he got a small cut on his finger. He put the injured finger to his mouth and suddenly remembered the barrier.

'I wonder..' he thought. He smeared a little blood on the lid of the box. It glowed and he heard a barely audible 'click' as the lock unlatched.

'Mother you sure were something...' He thought smiling softly. He opened the lid and found a stack of letters tied with an elegant silver ribbon, He pulled one out and read it.

My dearest Izayoi,

I have missed you these past few weeks, but I am on my way home. I will come and see you when I return home and so I will see you soon. You are so beautiful and I can hardly wait to hold you in my arms again. You always taste sweet and smell just as pure. I miss the sound of your sweet laughter. Still, we'll be together soon.

Forever yours...

Inuyasha felt sick and started to shake as he looked at the letter. He had thought it was from his father. It was a shock to see the name signed in elegant script at the bottom of it. He cursed. The love note that he'd found had not been sent by his father. It was actually from...

SESSHOMARU

He growled menacingly, 'That son of a bitch, what the fuck did he think he was doing?'

He read another letter and another. They were all like the first one. They told of how much his brother missed her and wanted her there. Was his brother retarded or something? 'I thought he hated humans?' He thought as he set the previous letter down.

He came to one letter that pained him and he actually felt sorry for that poor son of a bitch.

Izayoi,

Please don't go through with this! Father is just doing this to hurt me, to get even with me for falling for you and trying to take you away from him. We could run away! To Hell the western lands! To hell with it all! As long as we're together it doesn't matter. After last night, when we made love under the new moon, how could you? It was the most magical night of my life, the stars were shining, you were lovelier than I have ever seen you...

Please this is killing me! Don't do it, stay with me. I need you.

Sesshomaru

'My jerk brother slept with my mother...' That was it. Now he was getting pissed. He wanted to go find him and kill for the principle what he'd done. Inuyasha shook his head sadly. He never should have opened the box. He never should have read the letters. He was such an ass.

He wanted to scream, 'Mother how the fuck could you do that? What about father, didn't you love him? was it all one sided? Then he stopped, now he knew how Kagome felt in the beginning. She loved him and he couldn't make up his damned mind about who he wanted. Was that how it was with his mother, brother and father? They both loved her, but she couldn't make up her mind between them?

Rifling through the letters once more, he found a letter with Sesshomaru's name on it Written with a different hand. It still had the wax seal intact. The seal of the crescent moon was pressed into the wax. He wanted to open it but stopped himself. He had dealt with enough shocks for one day. From down the hall he heard someone calling him. Inuyasha stuffed the letters into his haori. Half way down the hall he ran into Sango.

"Kagome's awake and she asking for you." She smiled.

He rushed into the bedroom and over to Kagome. Kneeling down beside the bed he touched her face softly. "Kagome are you ok?" He asked.

She smiled wanly at him, "You didn't wish to be a full blooded demon? That's good. I love you just the way you are. My big brave hanyou." she softly stroked his cheek.

Inuyasha felt his love for the human girl swell in his chest. Before he could stop him self he said, "Kagome, will you stay with me. Will you...Will you be my mate?" His voice filled with love and kindness.

Kagome thought she would explode from the joy that welled up inside her. "I will never leave you, Inuyasha. Yes I will be your mate, from now until the end of time." She smiled up at him, touching his face lightly.

He leaned forward kissed her softly. He could feel the heat that came off of her, sensing the love in her heart for him and only him."I'm so tired." she said, as her eyes drifted shut.

"Rest now, you're safe here with me." Inuyasha said.

"I love you," she said and closed her eyes. He wanted to ask her advice about what to do about the letters and his brother, but she needed her rest. He didn't want to bother her.

There was little in the way of foodstuffs in the house as he'd not been back since his mother died, Inuyasha decided that he would go hunting so Kagome could have something to eat when she woke up. After all, she was his mate now and it was his duty to provide for her. He puffed up with pride at the thought that he now had such a wonderful mate. She was strong and loyal and was not afraid of him in any form. It was not a question of her being worthy of him. Quite the reverse, he had to be worthy of her. He'd start by providing for her.

He headed down to the bedroom where the monk and the demon slayer were relaxing. He stopped outside the room and peeked in. Miroku had Sango wrapped in his arms.

For the past month the two had been hiding and sneaking around to be with each other. They must have thought that he and Kagome wouldn't notice their sudden absences from the campfire. He smiled and went in.

"Monk, I'm going to get some food." he said. "If you're done trying to seduce Sango into a quickie then you better come with me and help. We need to talk."

Miroku had become a good friend during their long travels and when he needed advice or just some one to talk to, Miroku was always there. He could have talked to Sango, but as a woman, she was a little more inclined to take Kagome's side in an argument. Miroku had stopped picking on him a while back, when he confessed to the monk how much he loved Kagome and didn't want her to suffer, being with a dirty hanyou. He had divulged his plans on how he planned to drive her away. The Monk had just laughed and said Kagome loved him so much, that it didn't mater what he did. She wasn't going anywhere. He had turned serious then and told Inuyasha that he needed to stop playing around and grow up, or he would lose her for good and forever regret it.

Miroku quietly followed the hanyou outside the house and asked, "What's wrong Inuyasha?" He could always tell when something was eating at him.

"I need your advice monk" he said handing him the stack of letters. "I don't know what to do about these."

Miroku took the pile of letters and said "What's this?"

"Letters to my mother from...from...my brother." he said with a broken voice.

Miroku began looking through the letters and didn't know what to say to his friend, who was obviously still shell shocked. Inuyasha added, "I also found a letter to my brother from my mother that was never sent. I don't know if I should open it or not? Or if I should just give it to my brother?"

Miroku said, "Allow me read these, then maybe I could be of more help to you."

Inuyasha left the letters with the Houshi and took off with out another word into the surrounding field and woods to hunt.

Miroku sat there on the porch and read the letters one by one. He was speechless. He felt for his friend and then he got to the last letter, the one that bothered Inuyasha so. 'The night of the new moon. Isn't that the night Inuyasha changes?' a thought crossed his mind and he brushed it off 'Couldn't be...'

When Inuyasha returned from the hunt he had captured two rabbits. Sango took them into the kitchen area to clean and cook. "How's Kagome?" he pestered her.

"Fine, she's still asleep and the wound is heeling fast." said Sango.

He sat next to the monk and watched Sango leave to get started on dinner. When she was out of sight, he turned back to the monk.

"Well Monk, what do you think?" Inuyasha asked hesitantly.

"I think maybe you should confront your brother and see how he responds. If you think at that time you should give him the letter, then do so." said the monk.

Then something dawned on Inuyasha. He hadn't seen his brother in quite awhile. When they fought Naraku he had thought he would show up to steal the show, but he never did. He brushed it off as nothing. His brother obviously didn't give a fuck about him ,so why should he care about that supercilious asshole anyway?

Inuyasha happily fed Kagome dinner in bed. Afterwards he approached Sango and asked if she would take Kirara back to the village and deliver Kikyo's ashes to Kaede. He also wanted to check on Shippo, whom they had left behind in the village for safety when they had left for the final battle.

Sango looked hard at the Monk and he held up his hands imploringly, "Don't worry, I'll behave. If I don't, I know that Inuyasha will kill me for you." Sango smiled and simply rolled her eyes.

He asked the monk if he could watch over Kagome until he came back. He was going to talk to his idiot brother as well as let Sango out of the cave barrier. He told Sango to stay at Kaede's for a day or two to make sure the old priestess was okay. Then to meet back at the cave entrance so he would be sure to let her back through the barrier.

Soon Inuyasha was running through the forest outside the barrier, but there was no sign of his brother. He could feel the night air blowing through his hair it was soothing and relaxed him. He figured he needed the relaxation he could get so he wouldn't kill his brother on sight. He kept going and there was no still no sign. It was getting late and he thought he better stop for the night. Finding a suitable branch to rest on for the evening he settled in and let his mind start to wander. He was actually kind of worried for the stupid shit. Sesshomaru should have made an appearance by now. Did Naraku finally get his claws into the Taiyoukai? He started suddenly. He smelt blood near by and it carried his brother's scent. He got up and followed his nose, entering into a clearing only to see Sesshomaru standing with his back to him facing the darkening woods.

"Inuyasha, what do you want?" Sesshomaru asked.

"I wanted to ask you a question you jerk, but what the hell are you just doing standing there?" asked Inuyasha sensing something wrong. "Where are Rin and Jaken?"

"They went to get some water. The girl insists on taking care of me and I needed the time alone so I let her go to get some water." said Sesshomaru. Inuyasha watched as his brother's body started to shake and watched with growing horror as Sesshomaru turned, putting his back to the nearest tree and slid slowly to the ground.

"Hey! You are really hurt. What the hell happened to you?" Inuyasha gasped as he saw the blood running down his brother's side staining the white silk of his kimono.

"Hakudoshi." Sesshomaru said through clenched teeth. Inuyasha had forgotten all about that lethal little bastard. Naraku must have sent him to stop his brother from joining the final fight.

"Ask me your question or be gone from my sight. I'm not in the mood right now for this." said Sesshomaru.

"Where's Hakudoshi now?" growled Inuyasha.

Sesshomaru smirked, "He's around...all around the area actually." Inuyasha knew what he meant. His brother had torn Hakudoshi to shreds and scattered them all over the place. 'My brother is such a sick fuck.' he thought.

"Inuyasha, ask your damn question and go, I am exceedingly tired." he said and with that his eyes closed. Inuyasha sighed watching his brother. Now how the fuck do you stay mad at someone who looks like they're fighting hard not to die.

He heard Rin and Jaken coming back into the clearing followed by the lumbering Ah-Un.

"Get away from him, you wretched hanyou!" Jaken yelled. Inuyasha turned in time to see Rin, who was not so little any more, slap Jaken upside the head. She turned back to look at Inuyasha.

"Please Lord Inuyasha help my Master, he is hurt really bad and I'm scared." She pleaded as a tears rolled down her cheek. Inuyasha just stared at the girl then looked at his brother "Please Lord Inuyasha, you travel with that miko Kagome, the one that has the ability to heals others. Please help him." Rin asked this time on her knees.

"Kagome was injured in the battle with Naraku, it'll depend on how able she is feeling, but I'm sure she'll see what she can do Rin." he said and picking his brother up, he threw Sesshomaru carefully over his shoulder. Ignoring Jaken's high pitched protests he signalled the others to follow.

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