Oh why did I do this to you? Why did I do this to myself! It's been three months… I am so sorry. Please forgive me for the tardiness in uploading this new chapter D':

I am sad to say that from this chapter on, I will try to update a chapter for each month. If more are published then good for all of us, but it will probably be one a month.

Now things will become…well I admit I am nervous about how you will see this chapter, but read carefully and remember the first chapter, and I can assure you that I have not forgotten that hook with which I caught you.

Read on please, if you want.

After Tomorrow- Chapter 3: Miichi

Inuyasha sees the ice on his shoulders, spreading to his chest...

"But I won't let it go that far."

Inuyasha looks up at the man as he stops in front of him. He holds his blade near Inuyasha's neck. Inuyasha feels his heart thudding in his throat.

Everyone looks on horrified. Anything they do… will break the ice…he'll lose his arms and Tetsusaiga…not even killing the enemy will stop the process…

The demons who were looking on break out into laughter.
"I-Inuyasha…" Kagome gasps out.
Izayoi covers her mouth, "Oh god…" tears welling up in her eyes.
Miroku hold his staff tighter, Sango grips Hiraikotsu, Kohaku grasps at his chain and sickle, all in frustration.
Shippō and Kilala quiver.

Inuyasha doesn't move- This is it… None of us can do anything about this… I always considered the possibility of meeting a demon stronger than me and dying by their hand… but I…

He feels the cold metal at the skin of his neck.

I didn't think it would be so soon… At least, at least I -
He remembers his friends, his lovers, the village, the good times and bad times, the friendship, trust and love…
At least I got to see my mother again, and meet my father… and show them how things have turned out…

He lowers his head as he feels the blade breaking the top layer of skin, beginning to shed blood.

Inuyasha closes his eyes- I'm glad that I got to meet all of you…

He hears his name screamed out.

This is the end… Thank you, everyone. Goodbye…

He smiles.

The man tightens his grip on the sword…

"Stop!" a deep voice booms.

The man stops, looking up at the slope.

Kagome and the others look as well… It's Inuyasha's father – he's come to!

"D-dearest…?"

Blood flows down his face; he's somewhat wobbly.

Inuyasha's eyes open- Dad…?

The man's eyes widen, "R-roshi…?" Inuyasha seems to hear the man whisper in amazement.

The General takes a step forward, "Otō-sama! Don't – that's enough!"

Kagome, "Wh-what?"
Miroku, "Otō-?"

"Ha, why not boy?"

Taishō manages a smile, "He's your grandchild."

Inuyasha's eyes, everyone's eyes, widen.

*Krkkrk – krak – krsh!* The ice cracks and shatters but not Inuyasha or his sword. Chunks of ice slip off of his sleeves and Tetsusaiga transforms back as Inuyasha drops it.

*Klank*
…the other sword was dropped?

He's suddenly grabbed by the collar, put on his feet and then - *bloop bloop*
The man is touching and squeezing his doggy ears - *bloop*

Inuyasha makes the face he always does when someone does that, "Uhhh…." *twitch twitch*

*Bloop! Bloop! Bloop! Bloop!*

"Will you cut that out!" he smacks Mikazuki's arms.

The man looks at him…. *slap!* "How dare you! After nearly killing you, I should be allowed to do whatever the damn hell I want with you – I let you live, boy! Furthermore, Roshi says I'm your grandfather so that's all the more reason!"

He grabs his ears - *bwoop bwoop bwoop*

Sango, "Th-that's your… father?"

Taishō sighs in relief, "Good… he spared him – nn? Sorry, what?"

Kohaku, "That man… is your father?"

"….yes. I suppose he was brought back too."

Izayoi, "Roshi...? That's short for your name, Hiroshi isn't it?"

"Well of course it is, what else could it be?"

Everyone turns around. He's right there… "Aah!" everyone yelps and steps back in shock.

Something's thrown in the gang's direction but Taishō catches it. It's Tetsusaiga – he caught it by the handle.

Mikazuki's carrying Inuyasha face down with his left arm around his waist, while the right one is being shaken. Inuyasha looks surprised too.

*sigh* "Otō-sama, was that necessary?"

His hand still shaking off the pain, "Yes. I couldn't hold it for that long." He lets go of Inuyasha.

Inuyasha gets up, dusts himself off and takes Tetsusaiga back.

The gang, Inuyasha and his mother take a real good look at this man – at Inuyasha's grandpa. They look at his figure, his colors, his stance, the shoulders thrown back, arms bent into his hakama slits, chest out, head tilted back a bit and to the side, his eyes…

The inner corners of Grandpa's eyebrows pull up. He turns to his son, "You got a human pregnant?"

Taishō, "…yes."

"…And I'm only vaguely surprised that you slipped it into a human, how 'bout that?" his eyes roll up and then focus on Inuyasha.

Everyone twitches a little, especially Taishō, Inuyasha, and Izayoi. It's uncomfortable hearing such things in front of your child, or parents – wait, only vaguely surprised?

Kagome steps up, "Well, she's Inuyasha's mother…" she says with some hesitation.

Grandpa leans in, "Who?"

Izayoi slightly raises her hand.

The in-law, huh? Grandpa looks at her, blinks, "Either you sold your soul or you were brought back from the dead too."

Her eyes widen.

Taishō, "She was brought back like you."

Shippō, "What made you say that?"

"She can't be anything over 25, and seeing as how this kid right here's grown… there's just no way she'd be alive to see him like that – unless she made a deal with demons for youth and/or an extended life or… she was brought back from the dead as a young lady," the whole time as he spoke he was taking steps closer to her but then he leaned to the side at Taishō, "They get younger every time don't they?"

Taishō blushes a little and so do some others of the group.

Grandpa makes a circling motion toward the gang, "So who are they?"

"The priestess is Inuyasha's wife and the rest are friends."

Each chirp out their names and introduce themselves. Inuyasha adds, "You're really the old man's dad, you old geezer?"

Inuyasha is on the ground getting beat up.

"What! After the ass whooping I gave you, you dare call me that! I'd expect 'honorable grandfather' at the least!"

"Augh! Get off-!"

The gang is shocked and Taishō gets closer, "Inuyasha, just call him 'grandpa'! Anything will do, even 'gramps'! Just not 'old geezer'!"

"Fine… gah! I-I'm sorry… Ojiji…!"

Grandpa stands up putting Inuyasha back onto his feet by pulling him up by the shoulders and then he pats Inuyasha's collar, "There…now that wasn't so hard was it?"

Inuyasha twitches.

The gang- He's insane…!

Grandpa glares at them.

"Hey!"

Everyone turns around. It's the demons.
"Aren't you supposed to finish each other off?"
"Yeah, what's the hold up?"

"Hey, Ojiji, those demons called you their leader earlier."

"Right... Heh, bastards couldn't manage to kill me so when they saw you they tried to get you to finish me off and that hopefully we'd kill each other… Pathetic ain't it?"

"He's a half-breed – you're letting him live!"
"He's a disgrace to you kind!"
"Get rid of him!"

Izayoi closes her eyes from the memories, Taishō and the gang glare at them, Inuyasha's lip curls up…

"Quiet!" Grandpa steps forward.

"Wh-what?"
"How dare you-"

"How dare I? Didn't you hear me? Shut your deformed trash-spitting snouts, sit your disgusting assess down, be quiet and wait!"

"Kill hi-"

"Di-di-di-dih! No. Can't you see that I'm trying to have a conversation?"

"But-"

"I'm trying to catch up with my son and grandchild who I've never met! When I'm done I'll go ahead and split those squash-shaped mugs of yours! In the meantime wait!" he turns around and begins to walk toward the group.

"You, you didn't have to be so mean about it…" the demons sulk.

"Silence! I'll be back when I'm done!"

The other demons back up a little.

Shippō clinging to Miroku's shoulder, "H-he's scary…"

Taishō manages a smile, "Otō-sama, you should reveal your scent."

"Fine…" Grandpa cocks his head and with the ease of flipping a light switch he has a scent and a demonic aura as strong as Taishō's.

The gang gasps at the sudden appearance of his yōki.
Inuyasha's nose twitches and then his eyes widen as he sees his grandfather's yōketsu (demon vortex) appear- That's why the dragon-scaled Tetsusaiga didn't work…!

"There, happy now?" he asks his son.

Taishō's nose twitches, "Yes. Thank you, Father."

Grandpa turns to find the group staring at him. They look at him, then Taishō, then Inuyasha, then him – they do see some of Sesshōmaru in there but…

"You're eyes are blue…" says Kagome.

"Oh they are~?" Grandpa flicks his hand to his lip, the other hand on his hip. "What color did you expect them to be?" he asks gruffly.

"Well…" she looks at Inuyasha, Taishō and imagines Sesshōmaru, "…yellow."

He leans in, "Well, they aren't yellow are they? If my eyes aren't yellow and all of theirs are, then that means…"

"You're eyes can change color?" says Shippō.

"What."

"Please don't be mad," Shippō scoots away and bows.

"It means my wife's the one with the yellow eyes, you-! No way…" he gives himself a light facepalm, "That little – how is he still alive when he's older? I mean, really? How?"

"Wh-what are you talking about?"

Suddenly he stretches out his arm and closes his fist. He brings it in and when he opens it…

"My lord! Oh, I couldn't believe it but, but Mikazuki-sama you're back from the dead!" sobs out Myōga.

*Squish*

"Otō-sama!"

"It's old-flea Myōga?"

"You can have him," Grandpa throws the flea over at Taishō.

Myōga hugs his master's nose, and with big sparkling eyes and a flood of tears, "Master~!" *Shlurrrrrp…!* "Oh I missed your delicious blood so much-!" *Slap!*
Myōga, flat as a leaf, floats down into Taishō's hand.
"I honestly can't believe this to be true, but there's no mistaking your blood~! No one else but you, my lord, could have such tasty blood~~" he rubs his belly.

"It's nice too see you too…"

"How are you still alive?"

"Well, perhaps it's because I have refrained from engaging in dangers and vices."

Inuyasha, "So you've been running away for ages, huh?"

"No I haven't!"

"Yes you have," responds Grandpa.

"Are you done yet!" yells out a demon.

"Right… might as well."

Sango, "Mikazuki-Ojii-sama, wouldn't you want some help from your son or grandson?"

"I'm fine," he walks toward them. He picks up his sword, sheaths and twists it shut.

Kohaku, "Why is he…?"

Myōga, settled on Taishō's shoulder, "Mikazuki-sama hasn't had the opportunity to enjoy a fight in a long time."

Grandpa looks up at them, his eyes flash and he grins, "Come and get me!"

*Graah!* *Kreee!*

A neck is caught in between the crook of the pommel and the sheath snapping the neck. He turns, kicks one in the jaw snapping the neck back. Dodges, turns, he hits with a knee, an elbow, another swing – *Snap! Snap! Kra-ak!*
One hit, one kill.

He leaps up, kicking some as he comes back down. A demon with horns charges but Grandpa grabs it by the horns and drives them into another demon.

Everyone looks on as he takes on the hoard of demons, killing them barehanded and with his sheathed sword. Inuyasha's eyes quiver as he watches how he disposes of them with quick ruthlessness.

"You should be grateful Inuyasha-sama."

Inuyasha looks over at Myōga, "If it hadn't been for Tetsusaiga and all of the abilities you have absorbed with it, Mikazuki-sama would've killed you much sooner."

A true monster, towering above the rest like a dinosaur, roars. Grandpa runs toward it head on, jumps high above it, spins his body round as gravity pulls him down, untwists, and delivers a rotating heel drop kick sending that monster's face crashing into and cracking the earth, maybe even flattening anything alive beneath it at that moment.

"He found your 'tricks' interesting, Inuyasha-sama. As a result he refrained from killing you so that he could see them, and that's why when you ran out he decided to kill you. Without Tetsusaiga, you wouldn't have stood a chance."

Inuyasha gulps and turns his gaze back toward the battle, if it could be called that. No, it's more a massacre.

Grandpa grabs hold of the enemies' weapons using it against them. He twists limbs, trips others, has them run into one another, all in all, setting them up so that he can kill them more easily. As one wave is defeated another replaces it but he only continues to kill and they continue to die.

Grandpa plants his sword into the ground, spreads his left arm out to his side, his right hand out before him which then spins toward his waist, and bows.
"Ta-da~" - *BOOM!* an explosion on his left sends his staff flying toward the group! -*Krak!* as it stabs into the ground the gang jumps back!

Grandpa looks to his left, "Huh." He turns back around to meet the next wave – it's something big. He slaughters the little guys blocking his way toward the monster. Standing on his hands, spinning kicks, hands snapping necks, spines, more kicks and he runs up the monster's back doing a flip landing on its opens jaws.

He has a foot on the roof of its mouth and the other on the opposite side – he's doing the splits. Grandpa looks into its mouth, then closes his legs falling in - *Vwroom!*
It's sliced from the inside, from the throat down to its stomach, and Grandpa appears again landing on the ground completely intact.

The other demons stare in horror and retreat.

"What the hell do you think you're doing? Get your little punk-asses back here and face me! I'm not done with you yet! You're all goddamn useless cowards!" He pauses, inhales, then sighs…

"Ah!" the gang jumps as Grandpa appears suddenly in front of them again. Taishō had grabbed the staff and tries to give it back.

"Wait," they look at his hands. They're completely drenched in blood. He walks over to Izayoi; she stares at his bloody, dripping hands. He bends over- *rrrip!* and he stands back up again with a chunk of Izayoi's outer kimonos cleaning his hands with it.

Inuyasha, "Wh-what are you-?"

"Otō-sama!"

"What? She doesn't need those," he tosses the cloth over his shoulders when he's done, then walks over to his son staring at the bloody half of his face.
*Blink*
He walks over to Izayoi again- *rrrip!*

"Hey!"

"Honestly, they just leave you like this? What kind of bull is that?" he says as he wipes the blood off of Taishō's face with another chunk of Izayoi's outer kimonos.

"Otō-sama…quit it. That's enough."

He tosses that cloth too and takes his staff.

Inuyasha, "Why are you all back from the dead anyway?"

Izayoi shakes her head, Grandpa shrugs, and Taishō, "Well…"

Grandpa suddenly turns toward him, "Wait…y-you're dead? You died…?"

Taishō looks down, "Yes…"

"Myōga, how long have I been dead?" Grandpa asks.

"I'd say about a good 300 years."

"How long has Roshi been dead?"

"About 200 years…"

"But…" he looks at his son. Late 30s, early 40s – there was still so much he could have…
He turns to Inuyasha. The boy's so young. He can't be anymore than, but then…
"How did he die?"

"Master was gravely wounded and immediately afterward – Izayoi-sama and Inuyasha-sama, who was barely born, they were in danger. He went for them and in the end died protecting them… Today is the first time that Inuyasha-sama has ever met his father."

Everyone's eyes widen.

Inuyasha, "Wait…Dad…that's how…?"
He had known about Ryuukotsusei, but not that part. He remembers Sesshōmaru's words…
^^ "You don't know anything: about what happened, why you are alive, why you even still exist. You ignorantly jump around unaware…" ^^
I guess he had a point…

Grandpa closes his eyes shaking his head. He tilts his head back and squints to the sky, "And your mother?"

"I'm sorry, Otō-sama…" Taishō pauses, "And Akiyo died too."

Myōga adds in, "But Sesshōmaru's still alive."

Inuyasha looks on at his grandfather.
^^ "Everyone's gone… it's just you and me…" ^^
He sees him close his eyes tight and then…

"We don't have a lot of time."

"?"

"Neither of you remember how you were brought back?"

"No, sir," responds Izayoi.
Taishō shakes his head.

"Me neither. Who ever was behind it didn't want to reveal themselves."

Sango, "What was the first thing you saw when you awoke from the dead?"

Izayoi, "We were inside a cave and our clothes were there, but there wasn't a sign of anyone else."

"Well these bodies are flesh and blood," he looks at his own wound and his son's.
"There must be a catch; you can't just bring back the dead. There's always a price."

The rest think on that. When Kikyō was resurrected, it was into a body of soil and clay that needed others' souls to animate. Kohaku was brought back with a jewel shard but he was under Naraku's control, and his life was bound to the shard the way that the Band of Seven's were. Although Kohaku remained alive, it was only because the last pure light of the shard was given to him allowing the jewel to be consumed by darkness, making Naraku more powerful. Tenseiga can only bring a life back once and never again.

"They must have known where the graves were," says Taishō.

"Hm? Why?"

"In accordance with your will, we buried Nagareboshi with you," he eyes his staff. "And your grave is back on Shikoku. Who ever did it went through a lot of trouble…" he wonders how that person got to his remains when his grave is on the border between this world and the next.

Miroku, "That's a lot of work to bring you back if they aren't even so much as using you."

"Let's go to The Estate."

"Why?"

"The estate…?" asks Kagome.

"Yeah. It'd be one thing if it was only you and her who were brought back – you're both Inuyasha's parents – but the fact that I've been brought back too…? Just you, me and your woman? That can't be right. You have to bring back granny too," his eyes begin to lighten up and he starts to pace.
"Where are the others' graves?"

"Next to yours…"

"Then why stop at us? Why not bring back the others back too? If they traveled all the way over there, why not dig up everyone else's grave while they're at it? Obviously the ability to do so is no problem."

"But why would they bring you back?"

"Who cares! We're alive and here – let's enjoy this! Take advantage of this extra time! If I'm right and they were brought back, they would've headed to The Estate. I mean they don't know who died after them; as far as they're concerned someone's there."

Inuyasha, "You mean…the rest of our family could be waiting…?" he envisions those smiles Sesshōmaru told him about.
^^ "You would've liked them…and they you…" ^^

If Grandpa's reaction, or more correctly his lack of reaction toward him being a half-demon, is any sign…then maybe, maybe…

"Yes! It's worth a shot. Even if they're not there, the boy still deserves to see where his father grew up, his family's land."

There's no response for a moment.

"Master…"

"Let's go."

Grandpa looks at Inuyasha.

"Let's go check it out."
This is an opportunity that he just can't miss. He needs to see them if they're there.

"Atta boy. Fine, let's go to The Estate!"

Shippō hops down, "You can't mean… THE Estate? Of the Agekkōki's?"

"The one and only."

Shippō petrifies, "….Inuyasha, what in the world is wrong with you!" he hits Inuyasha. "How do you not know your own clan – that you're, you're, you're related to, to-" he looks at Taishō and Grandpa and bows on all fours.
"You deserve far more respect. I apologize for the rudeness of your descendant. Forgive him for he is ignorant."

"Nice to know the name still strikes fear after so many years," Grandpa laughs. "Alright let's go now."

Shippō gets up, "Wait! But, but by the time we'll get there the, the sun will have set!"

Inuyasha, "So? What's the problem?"

"You really don't know anything…" Shippō trembles, turning slowly toward Inuyasha, "You are NEVER supposed to go to The Estate at night."

*Evil Laugher!*

Shippō jumps onto Inuyasha's head.

It was Grandpa, "That's right. You're not. But you're gonna be with us so it'll be okay," he waves it off. "Now let's get a movin' people…"
He lets out another evil laugh, "To The Estate!" *randomly cue darkness, thunder and lightning!*

"Father, stop that. You're scaring everyone."

"No, shut up."

To be continued…

*Look up the Japanese Islands to see how far the island of Shikoku is from Tokyo (which is on the island of Honshu) to give you an idea of how much trouble the person went through :D

**Note on Taishō's name: I made it up. Hiroshi isn't Inu no Taishō's (and Taishō is just his title "General") real name. Touga, commonly believed to be his name, is in fact a temporary name that the director/creator-people of the 3rd Inuyasha movie called him. (I guess it was to make things easier during storyboards and stuff?)
Touga means "Fighting Fang," Touga-ō means "Great Fighting Fang," but dear Rumiko Takahashi never approved of those names, so it is not his name.

I carefully picked out the meaning (more like agonized)
The 1st kanji (弘) means like: vast, extensive, immense, magnificent, grand. That kanji itself can be read as 'hiroshi' but can also be read as 'hiro' and the latter is what I chose.
The 2nd kanji (志) for 'shi' means like: ambition, aspiration, a wish, a desire, hope, resolution, will, an aim, a purpose, aspire, kindness, goodwill, a small gift.