please note: Rin is an inu demon who can manipulate ores and make illusions (thats why Sessh desolved in Chp. 2) & pretty much looks like Ayame, only dark hair w/ mini sailor moonmeat balls XD& the clothes r kinda combined with a battle outfit like Sango's. Kagome is just a - holy - type demon (is that possible...? x.x) & she can lighten gravity with her hands to make things float. she mostly wears kimonos that r adapted to combat and quick movements, usuallyin pastel colors.Hakuu is tall w/ long greenish-black hair thats tied in a pony, but it's not way up on his head like Koga's is. he looks like 1 of those smart people & pretty much is, but doesnt like to show it. he's the next strongest demon in the palace after Sessh, Kagome & Rin.

& of course, italics are thoughts & flash backs

so yes, please enjoy!


Chp. 3 - What Was Left Behind

"Shippo..."

Kagome didnt know what to do. She didnt know if she should be happy to see her surrogate son before her, or affraid at the sudden appearance and look of him.

He looked different, yet still the same. He had grown dramaticly, now looking to be around eighteen in human years. His clothes still resembled his childhood wardrobe, though now they were made for traveling and fighting, and showed the many hardships and battles he'd been through with rips, holes and dirt. The whole Shikon no Tama hung around his neck in the same bottle Kagome had used to keep the shards in . He was taller then Kagome, but not quite as tall as Sesshomaru, though in a few years she knew he would certainly rival the demon lord's height. He was slim, yet fit, and his hair had grown down to just past his shoulders and was tied up in a pony tail very similar to Koga's, though his beautiful copper hair was tangled and coated in mud to match the rest of his attire. His face was no longer cute and innocent, but spent and furious, looking as though he'd seen more horrible things in his life then one would care to imagine. He looked downright exhausted, but refused to acknowledge the fact as he dropped the vase he had been holding, letting it fall and shatter to the floor beside him. His eyes dulled as he looked on at the well kept Lady Kagome. He took a step forward, reaching out his hand to her, whispering so only those close by could hear, "I finnaly found you..." before he passed out.

Sesshomaru placed a protective arm around Kagome as he watched the rabid demon step forward, then was surprised when he passed out, whispering barely audible words as he fell. Kagome broke from his grip to rush to Shippo's side. She knelt down, turning him over so he lay on his back. His hands held deep cuts in them that bled onto the marvelous cherry wood floor. She held her hands out over him and closed her eyes, emiting her power onto him. The kitsun glew a bright white color as his wounds healed in seconds. Kagome looked up to a nearby servent.

"Take him to a room in the southern wing. I want him bathed and rubbed with aloe. Have the tailors make identical clothes and burn his old ones. Do not touch the Shikon no Tama, understand? I placed him a deep sleep so he should be out for at least a day or two. And be gental with him."

The servent looked at her like she was crazy, but bowed, nontheless, and lifted Shippo with the help of another servent. Kagome stood and watched them carry him off.

Sessh stood next to her, "Kagome, do you know what you're doing? He just destroyed our entired entrance hall, who knows what other damage he can do."

"He's my adopted son, Sessh. I havent seen in over fifty years, i cant just let him be how he was. And you saw him, he was exhausted and in a state of rage. He was probably doing things he wouldnt normaly do in his right mind," she turned to Rin, who was standing beside a tall tiger demon that looked seventeen in human years who was Hakuu, "will you two do me a favor please? I want you to stay with him and make sure he doesnt do this again when he wakes. He knows you, Rin, so he should hopefully be a little at ease. Tell him i will be with him shortly when he wakes."

Rin nodded, but said nothing. She looked up appologeticly at Sesshomaru, but recieved only a warm smile from him.

"I've decided you two may be together, but i'm warning you, if you try anything i will tear you to shreds and send you to be a minion of Naraku in the underworld," Sessh said to Hakuu.

Hakuu gave him a nervous look before smilling cheekily, "dont worry, my Lord, I promise nothing will go on that you would not approve of," he bowed, taking Rin's hand in his and left the entrance hall to follow the direction in which the servents had taken Shippo.

Sessh sighed and looked back at Kagome who was healing one of the servents who had tried in vain to stop Shippo's rempage. His arm had been snapped in two, and grimmaced as it slowly righted itself under Kagome's hand.

When she finnished she looked around at the surrounding mess. She waved her hands. Everything glew a dull white as it lifted into the air, zooming around till they were in their rightful places and fixing themselves so everything looked good as new when the color finally faded away.

The servents watched in awe as she did this, each gaining a new respect for their lady. Hopefully now they wont think of me as a disgrace to the demon race...

She walked over to Sesshomaru who watched his love heal not only people, but the inadimate objects around her. He knew for sure now that with this show, the little group of servents around them would follow her into war and to death if she asked them. Their awe-inspired looks proved that.

He smiled, leading her out of the entrance hall and into their own room in the center and highest point of the palace. They entered the room, which was the size of an entire normal twentieth century house. The four poster bed was larger then a king sized bed and furnished with silver and emerald sheets and bed spreads. A dark green canopy covered it on all sides, making it hard to see the inside. Kagome absolutely loved the bed. She truely felt like the demon lord's mate when sleeping in it beside him.

She walked over to the double glass doors on the opposite side of the room and opened them, letting the cool breeze waft in. She had asked Sesshomaru to have the doors specially made, exclaiming how the room was too stuffy and needed natural lighting, even if the candles gave the room a very sexy atmosphere.

She walked out onto the balcony, looking out over the palace & the northern section of the demon lord's land. She watched as the cherry orchard past the palace swayed gently in t breeze, giving the area a very serene feel. Sesshomaru came up beside her, leaning on the rail.

Kagome sighed, "so what do you think will come out of this?"

Sesshomaru looked at her out of the corner of his eye and grinned, "a long night of hot sex."

The miko laughed, "not that, i mean Shippo returning."

"I'm not sure," Sessh looked out over the cherry orchards, "nothing good, i suspect. He's not the same little demon child you knew from fifty years ago. Plus you left him with that monster."

"Hey now! You know full well i wanted to go back for him but you wouldnt let me!"

"I know, I know, i'm just kidding."

Kagome pretended to growl at him as he jumped on her, wrapping his arms around her. He led her to the bed, moving aside the canopy to fall atop the soft bedspread. His hands roamed her body once more, finnaly able to free her soft skin from it's cloth confinement. Once hers were off, he quickly worked as disrobing himself, delving back down onto her body for a long night full of wonderful love making.


Where am I...? It's too quiet in here... I havent had a peaceful rest in so many years...

Shippo's eyes slowly opened, focusing on the unfamiliar ceiling above him. He sat up with a jolt, his hand instinctively reaching up to the small bottle around his neck. He relaxed slightly as he felt the cool glass benieth his fingers. He noticed the only clothes he wore was a pair of loose short pants, and had been bathed and rubbed with aloe at some point of his sleep, much to his distaste.

He looked about the room, examining the finely furnished furniture. Everything was set in shades of green, his favorite color. This calmed him a little, but he couldnt ignore the anxious feeling that never left his stomach. His eyes darted to the door as it abruptly opened, emiting the grown up version of the youg Rin he remembered from fifty years ago. A tall man had followed her, only to stop in the doorway as he noticed the kitsune had awakened from his slumber.

"What is it, Hakuu?" Rin turned around, her smile fading as she saw Shippo glaring at her.

"Uhh, I'll go get Kagome..." Hakuu turned, closing the door lightly behind him.

Rin looked at him nervously before walking accross the room to open the window, well aware of his eyes following her every move, "Kagome will be here shortly to speak with you, " she turned back around, shrinking under his slitted gaze, "Um, how are you feeling? You've been asleep for three days now and it's just past noon in case you're wondering."

When she recieved no response, she continued, "we had new clothes made for you. They're in the wardrobe. They look exactly the same as your old ones, but these are made with the finest of silk. Um, you can change in the wash room, just there. I'm not supposed to leave your room once you're awake, as I'm sure you can imagine why."

Shippo stood and walked over to the wardrobe at the foot of his bed, grabbing the teal ribbon set upon it to tie his hair back. He opened it and pulled out his outfit. It did indeed look exactly the same as his old clothes, only now they held a glossy sheen indicating it to be made ofsilk fit only for a ruler. He hadnt felt such fine silk since before his father was alive. The smooth feeling of the cloth in his fingers brought back memories he had long put to the back of his mind.

He looked up at Rin who waswatching his actions with fascination. Without a word to her, he walked pastand into the washroom to clothe himself.

As he pulled the soft cloth over his arms, he reveled in the watery feeling of it, looking at himself in the mirror and noting how his newly groomed look made him look lordly. He liked it. He stepped back out to see Rin standing beside Kagome by the door. The girl smiled warmly at him before leaving the room, closing the door behind her to stand just outside in case Kagome would need aid for any reason.

Shippo scoffed, sitting himself down in the chair in the corner of the room, crossing his arms and legs and looking at Kagome with sharp eyes. She fiddled nervously with her fingers before walking over to sit at the end of the bed nearest him.

"It's nice to see you after so many years, Kagome."

His voice cut through her like Kagura's Dance of Blades (1). It sounded remarkably like Inuyasha's voice. Not so much in pitch or tone, but more the attitude. This disappointed her remarkably. So he's mad at me for leaving him behind... cant say i blame him though... i deserve it...

"So... how have you been, Shippo?" she asked, deciding to ignore the voice similarity.

"How does it look like i've been, Kagome? After you left with the demon lord, Inuyasha went balistic. I saw the entire thing from when you came out of the well. It's not exactly easy coping with two of my friend's deaths."

"What? What are you talking about? Who died?" Kagome looked at him with confusion, truely not understanding what he was talking about.

"So, your night in shinning armor hasnt told you everything after all. How interesting," he looked up in a very thoughtful way, purposfully dragging on the moment and keeping Kagome on her toes.

"So tell me what happened then."

"It's simple," Shippo looked back at Kagome, allowing her to dive into his eyes to see the years of pain and torture he'd endured, "Inuyasha killed Sango and Miroku."

Kagome's heart stopped. No way could that be possible. How could two of her very best friends be dead, simple as that? Especially not by Inuyasha's hand. Sure, he was enraged at her for more then one reason, but that couldnt drive him to turn on his other friends, could it? Surely this was a mistake. It had to be, or Shippo was lying outright to her. But when she thought about, the later seemed more likely.

"You know, Sesshomaru could have saved them. He was close enough to hear their screams as Inuyasha cut through them like butter. He turned to see him do it, too, but i saw the look on his face as he turned around to keep going. He's not the loving demon lord you take him to be, Kagome," Shippo's eyes were cruel as he looked on her without blinking.

Tears came to Kagome's eyes, but she refused to break away from his gaze, "you're wrong. He cares about more things then you could ever imagine. He would have gone back for them, but he knew he would have been too late. And he would never leave me as an open target..." the tears streamed down her face now, and she couldnt help but burring her face in her hands, allowing her sobs to come out in full, "I cant believe this... They're dead and it's all my fault... I'm such a horrible person...!"

"Kagome..." she could hear his voice soften slightly, "you know they would willingly die for you if they had to. As would I. You dont know how many times i would cry myself to sleep at night, wishing i could be with you. That's why i've dedicated my life to getting the entire Shikon no Tama for you, which is one reason why I am here before you."

Kagome's tears stopped as she looked up to see Shippo stand and pull the little bottle from around his neck and hold it out to her. The tears flowed once more as she jumped up, embracing the kitsune in a death squeeze. Shippo hesitated before wrapping his own arms around her, remembering a time when he often felt another person's warm body against him.

She pulled away and took the bottle, holding it in her hands as though it were something that could shatter at the slightst touch. Shippo took a step back and scratched bhind his head with a sheepish grin on his face.

"The only thing about the jewel is that there's only one shard missing," he looked down appologeticly at Kagome as she pulled it out from the bottle, "Inuyasha has it."

Kagome gasped, looking up at him in horror.

He continued, "yeah... The Tetsusaiga wouldnt work for him after you left so he had to go get a new sword made and Toutousai refused to forge him one, so he had to go to the next best thing, which was a girl who had taken up her father's job as a black smith after he died. She supported her entire family with this job, and she luckily happened up come upon a shard, which she melded with her main tool to make her crafts. When she finnished Inuyasha's sword, he killed her and took the shard from the hammer and used it for his own purposes."

Kagome ran her finger over the chip in the jewel's surface, listening to Shippo as he continued his story, "I was surprised when Sesshmaru didnt pick up the jewel after you had dropped it coming out of the well, but i'm more glad that Inuyasha didnt get his hands on it. I had snatched it up before he had even known it was out of your possesion. After he killed Sango and Miroku i ran away to Kaede and had her place a non-detection spell upon it so Inuyasha wouldnt know i had it. When Inuyasha found me with her, he assumed i had run away out of fear and forced me to go with him."

Shippo ran a hand through his hair and sat down in the chair once more, looking hard at the floor for several minutes. "He thought he could train me to be his vassal, but i refused, and recieved more then my share of beatings from him. After many years of abuse i was finnaly able to get away. I went to Koga and Ayame's pack. I knew they would willing protect me from that terror for as long as they could, and they didnt a good job of it for a while. When i was with them, Koga trained me in combat and i learned skills that even Inuyasha hadnt heard of. Ayame trained me with medicinal herbs and helped me earn the respect of all wolves, so now wherever I go, i can get aid from the local wolves if I ever need it. But Inuyasha eventually found me, and he demolished Koga's entire land, nearly killing the whole pack, but i drove him away. We battled for several hours and i almost lost my life to that monster, but i managed to evade his final blow and escape him. After that i knew it wouldnt be safe to stay with anyone else, so i roamed the land, passing throught towns to stay alive and spreading the word of a new terror running about, and searching for the jewel shards. Then a week ago, while I was at a village on the other side of the moutain ranges that surround this land, i sensed and extremely large jewel fragment coming from a cave at the very edge of the mountains. So i went over to find an enormus demon there, who put up one of the greatest fights i've had after Inuyasha. After i pulled the shard from It's body and watched it meld with the rest of the jewel, who all but Inuyasha himself would come out from the cave's depths, laughing like a maniac..."

Flash Back

"So It's true. You're the one who's been scouring the land for the jewel shards and spreading word of another monster out. Dont you find it rather remarkable that the next unbeatable monster would be a half breed such as myself?" Inuyasha's eyes glew a blood red as he glared at Shippo, his fangs bared in a maniac grin.

Shippo spat at the ground before Inuyasha, "you are no half breed, you are just as you say, a monster. Worse then Naraku himself."

Inuyasha's grin grew, "I suspect that you'll run to that wench, now that youhave all that you can get of the jewel shards. All but the one that's laid burried in my chest. You'll need all theKamis in the heavens to help you get this one from me."

Shippo watched as Inuyasha reached over to pull his sword from It's sheath, but looked on in shock as the Tetsusaiga was thrown roughly at his feet. He looked up, to see Inuyasha pointing above his head, where a human girl was dangling on a rope by her middle.

"Pick up the sword and defend her, Shippo. You wouldnt want to see such an innocent girl die by my hand, now would you?"

Shippo glared back at him, "she wouldnt be the first innocent person I've seen you murder, Inuyasha," he cringed as he heard the girl above him cry out in fear.

"Very well, then."

Inuyasha pulled his sword from it's sheath. It looked different then he remembered. Before it merely looked like a second Tetsusaiga, now it glowed a blood red to match his eyes, and just above the hilt was what looked like a contorted monstrous face. Huge yellow eyes buldged out, awaiting to see it's next victim, and a mouth full of four inch long fangs drooled in aniticipation of it's soon to come meal.

The half breed raised the sword, jumping forward, only to be stopped by the Tetsusaiga's shinning blade.

"So, It's asI thought," Inuyasha backed off, but kept his sword out, "I want you to relay a message to Kagome. Tell her that soon she will find herself at war with who she had onced loved. I'll make her par forall she's done to me.And take that sword to my brother. He may need it in the battle to come."

"You think it's that simple to just let me go like that?"

Inuyasha looked thoughtful before raising his sword again, "you're right."

With speeds too fast for even Shippo's keen eyes to catch, Inuyasha was in front of him, delivering a blow to his stomach and knocking him back on the ground with a breath taking jab of his sword's pommel. Shippo gasped, looking up at the monster in time tosee him reach up and cut the girl lose, letting her fall to the ground with a painful thud. She looked up at him with pleading eyes as he raised his sword one last time and brought it down with hardly any effort, letting it cut through her entire blody. No blood spilled just yet, as her two halves fell to the ground, leavng the white orb of her sould floating where her heart had once been. Inuyasha held out his sword as the contorted face sucked in the air around it, gulping down the girl's soul entirely. Shippo's stomach churned as he watched the sword pulse with new power.

Without waiting for another word, Shippo got up and ran from the cave, not bothering to stop for anything as he he headed west, set out to find Kagome at last.

End Flashback

"So that's how i came to you," Shippo explained as he continued to keep his eyes averted to the floor, "Inuyasha's new sword, the Kurautama(2), It's nothing live i've ever seen before. It doesnt just kill people, it eats their soul and then disintegrates their bodies and grows stronger with each soul it's eaten. I dont know how we're going to beat him in this next battle, but we have to find a way or else the world will be worse off then if it were Naraku. Inuyasha is seriously the most powerful demon i have ever encountered or heard of. This is the second reason i have returned to you. To warn you of the war that's about to break out."

Kagome nodded, "Shippo... i dont know what else to say other then i'm sorry you had to go through all of that, and thank you for coming back to me. I dont know where I'd end up if you hadnt."

He examined her eyes, seeing that was genuinly in pain for him having to endure all that he had and that she was more then grateful that he came back to her. He scoffed, and looked away, "It's no big deal. I really had no where else to go other then here." Before he knew what happened, he found himself in another of Kagome's embraces, his breath nearly squeezed from his lungs, "uhh... Kagome... cant breath..."

"Oh, right," she released him wiping away the tears of joy that had sprung to her eyes, "c'mon, lets go talk with Sesshy about you staying here."

"Uhh, i dont think that's such a good idea..."

"Nonsense! You're staying, or else!" Kagome pulled him from the room before he could further argue and soon found himself staring up into the eyes of the demon lordwho looked all but pleased with his suddenappearance.


(1) i think it's called Dance of Blades, right? well, u all know what i mean! X.X i havent seen inuyasha since like, the end of season 4. i miss it mucho, but i never find the time to watch it. one of these days i'll buy the entire series, which will be like... a lot of money...

(2) Kurautama - soul eater. something i came up with on my own. XD


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doooooooooooood, omg! i had this finnished like twice & stuff kept happeneing to my comp so things didnt save & i've hadto re-type everything like a kajillion times! meh! dies
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