Chapter Three

The Wolf and the Sword

Kagome sat down at the base of a gnarled old tree in Bokuseno's forest. "Talk, Sesshomaru. Tell me what you know of the old bat Totosai," she said, smiling at her younger brother.

"That old geezer is a spitting ancient fool who doesn't know the difference between a pig and a sword," the demon lord snorted. "He may be a sword smith, but he tends to hide behind our little brother whenever he's with them and I show up."

"Sounds like a coward who might as well be better off being a living fossil than a withering old brain," Kagome remarked. "I want to see him again. I want a new sword."

"Why? Isn't Shinsaiga already powerful enough?" Sesshomaru was slightly confused.

"The Shinsaiga was born from Father's fang. I detest that traitor from very bottom of my heart. I want him to make me a new Shinsaiga, from my own fang," Kagome answered. "Is that reason enough?"

Sesshomaru nodded. "I trust in you, my faithful sister," he said. "Now, where shall we be off to?"

"I told you a moment ago. We will be going to Totosai's place," the female demon repeated. She touched his arm and they both rose into the air on their fluffy cloud transportations.

Kagome released her younger brother's arm as they sailed over the trees, heading towards the dim shadow of a volcano in the distance. "Is it possible that Totosai will refuse to make me a sword?" Kagome asked. "I heard he refused you."

"I don't know, has he seen you before?" Sesshomaru inquired.

"That old bat probably has forgotten what I look like, because the last time he saw me, I was but a mere child, and you were not born yet," Kagome snorted. "I'll knock the brains out of him if he doesn't remember me."

"Perhaps you should sit and watch him so he does not run away like he did to me," Sesshomaru suggested.

Kagome laughed a slightly hollow laugh, "Run? From me? Ha! That ancient geezer isn't even worth running after if it takes a few minutes just to catch him. We dog demons are blessed with a sharp sense of smell, we can detect many things."

Sesshomaru did not want to argue with his older sister. "Very well," he said. "It is your decision."

They arrived at Totosai's place in several moments. Kagome dispatched the cloud and gracefully walked to the mouth of the skeleton. "Totosai!" she called, stepping into the cave.

He was sitting crosslegged with his hammer going up and down on another sword. He paused in midswing when his name was called by a slightly familiar voice. His round, bulbous eyes peered at the newcomers. He dropped his hammer when the first person he saw was Sesshomaru.

"It's you! Have you come for another sword?! Don't you know I already made you Tenseiga?!" he yelled, shaking a fist at the demon lord. He raised a slim silver eyebrow at this, and chuckled.

"Totosai, it was not my voice that called your name. Had it been, you would've dropped the hammer on your head," he chuckled.

"You old male crone, don't you remember me?! The daughter of Inutaisho?!" a female demon shrieked, leaping forward and grabbing the front of Totosai's clothing.

His eyes went even wider. "I remember you! Kagome, is it not? You share the same name as Inuyasha's companion!" he gasped.

"Good, you remember me. Inuyasha's Kagome is sealed in my body, but I like how I am now. Totosai, I have come to make a request," she said, adding a slight sweet tone to her voice.

"What is it, Young Mistress?" Totosai asked, getting on one knee and bowing so low, his eyes were pressed against the floor.

"Totosai, I would like you to reforge my Shinsaiga with one of my fangs. Don't run from me," she said.

Totosai jumped up in shock. "You're asking me to remake Shinsaiga with your fang?! It is impossible, I cannot copy another blade with exactly the same skills. I suppose I must make it slightly differently," he cried.

"One more thing, you old ant, treat my brother with respect," she said.

Sesshomaru heard a tiny voice from his shoulder and looked down to find the tiny flea Myoga speaking to him, "Sesshomaru, is that really Lady Kagome?"

He nodded. The flea gave an excited squeak and hopped right to her. "Lady Kagome, you've returned from your disappearance over two hundred years ago! At last, although you had the same name as Lord Inuyasha's friend, I thought you had returned then, but it appears you–" he said, before she squished him in between her fingers.

"The soul of that stupid bitch is mine to control, now. She won't overpower me," Kagome said to the old flea, tossing him over her shoulder.

Myoga straightened himself and said, "Please forgive me, Lady Kagome. I had no idea you would be so insulted." He did a little bow with two of his arms on his belly.

"Save it, ya old flea. Don't waste your breath telling me garbage," she snorted, returning her attention to Totosai and her Shinsaiga.

The aged swordsmith scratched his head and said, "I suppose I could make a new Shinsaiga, but why would you need to when you already have your father's sword? You can put it to great use!"

"I don't need the fang of that asshole!" she roared, taking the sword from the sheath, throwing it to the floor, and stepping on it, trying to crack it.

Totosai hastened to calm down the enraged female by saying, "Oh, all right, all right! I will make a new Shinsaiga, and break the old one in half."

He took up his heavy hammer and told Kagome to move. She gladly took her foot off of the sword and moved away. Totosai swung his hammer down and splintered the fang into fragments. He tossed the pieces out, and watched them sink into the lava.

"Now, if you want to get the new Shinsaiga, you'll have to give me one of your fangs," he said.

Kagome opened her mouth and tugged off a fang, handing it to Totosai. There was a bit of blood, but it healed and a fang grew back quickly. "How long will it take?" she questioned, sitting down.

"Hmm…" Totosai mused. "This is Totosai you're talking to! I should be able to have it ready for you in four days' time."

"All right then. Come along, Sesshomaru, we have a bone to pick with our dear little brother," Kagome said, walking out of the cave.

"Would it be wise to leave Totosai alone?" Sesshomaru asked skeptically.

Kagome waved her hand. "I've got it taken care of," she said. Sesshomaru stepped out of the cave. At once the entrance was sealed shut by something that shimmered purple, then vanished. "That will do the trick."

They got on their cloud transports and flew off, leaving Totosai in his cave with Myoga. He watched them go. "Myoga, do you know why Kagome would return after all this time she's been gone?" he inquired, looking at the flea.

"I don't know, actually. She said that the soul of the Kagome that stood by Inuyasha was trapped in her body," Myoga admitted.

Totosai looked down at the fang he held. "Well, I better start working," he said, taking up his hammer and blowing fire on the fang.

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Inuyasha and his group were trudging along a dirt path when he smelled something. He growled, clenching his fist, "Why does that flea-bitten Koga have to bother me now?! I don't have Kagome with me, because she turned into my half-sister!"

In seconds, the whirlwind stopped in front of them. Koga stepped forward. "Hey, mutt, where's Kagome? I don't see her around. If you hurt her, I'll–"

"Shut up, Koga. She…she turned into a demoness."

"What?! Are you saying a demon cursed her?! Damn you to hell!" Koga shouted, aiming to kick Inuyasha's head with his legs.

"Koga, stop! Inuyasha's not to blame for this," Sango said, hurrying towards the two of them.

Kopga stopped in mid-kick, looking at the demon slayer. "Do you know where Kagome is?" he inquired.

"Inuyasha's telling the truth. The last time we saw the real Kagome, she told Inuyasha he could go with Kikyo. The next time we saw her, it wasn't her, it was a demoness who looked slightly like Sesshomaru, but with no armor or fluff," Sango explained. Koga lowered his foot.

"A demoness? How could that have happened?" Koga asked.

"We don't know," Miroku answered.

Inuyasha took a big sniff and almost gagged. "What the fuck they're coming to us!" he yelled, facing the sky.

"Who?" Koga said, puzzled.

"Ah, Inuyasha, were you talking with a wolf?" a feminine voice said.

Koga saw Sesshomaru jump to the ground with a demoness he had never seen before. "One of your enemies or something, Inutrasha?" he muttered.

"What do you want with me this time, bastards?!" Inuyasha growled.

"Patience is a virtue, little brother," the demoness said. "Now, I'm just waiting for Totosai to make me my sword, so I wanted to have a little fun today."

"Who the heck are you?" Koga asked. "And why do you have Kagome's scent on you?!"

"Your name is…Koga, am I correct?" the demoness said. "I am Kagome."

"You can't be her!"

"I assure you, I am," Kagome drawled, ducking when Koga was about to kick her. She grabbed his leg and threw him hard.

Koga crashed into Inuyasha and both went tumbling head over heels to the group, Koga on top. "Now, Inuyasha, attack me with the Tetsusaiga…" Kagome said.

Inuyasha threw Koga off and drew his sword. "I will! Wind Scar!!!" Streaks of yellow light split the ground as they headed for Kagome. She stood still, smirking.

From the front, it looked as if the attack had hit her, but really, she had jumped up to avoid it. Inuyasha was about to crow triumphantly when a fist connected with his face. "Is that all the power you have, dear little brother?" Kagome asked.

"What the fuck?!" Inuyasha sputtered. "That attack hit you!"

Kagome rolled her eyes. "This is what happens to you if you're blind," she said. She held up one finger and touched Inuyasha's forehead.

A blue glow was cast over him. He opened his mouth to say something, but nobody heard his words. They only saw his lips move frantically. "Perish, and let your half-breed blood flow over the ground from your demolished corpse!" she hissed.

Inuyasha yelled when he exploded. Koga stared. "Why would his sister try to kill him?" he wondered.

Kagome withdrew her fingers when he exploded, but was frustrated to find that there was no blood nor a corpse. "Hmph, bastard," she muttered.

She beckoned to Sesshomaru. He stepped forward at the gesture of her hand. Koga said, "Huh? I thought Inuyasha's older brother wouldn't follow the orders of a woman."

"I am the oldest in the family," Kagome said, turning her fierce golden eyes on him, molten gold clashing with deep blue. "I suggest you keep away from me."

"The mutt can't defeat you, but maybe I can. With the power of the Shikon shards in my legs!" he sped forward, cracking his knuckles.

Kagome smirked. "Fool," she said softly.

Sesshomaru snorted derisively, "You, a puny wolf, take down my all-powerful sister? You're going to greet death early."

Koga sped on, ignoring the warning Sesshomaru gave him. Inuyasha was unconscious on the ground, his hair dirty and his clothes blackened. Sango knelt over him, trying to shake him awake. "Inuyasha, wake up!"

Koga leaped up, intending to kick Kagome in the head. He held up a hand and poisonous mist sprayed from it. Koga coughed as it burned him. He fell to the ground, clutching his throat. Kagome's form loomed over him and she placed a foot on his chest.

"Well, wolf? Do you concede defeat?" she barked, putting pressure on his chest.

"N-no…ne…ver!" Koga gasped. He winced as she put more pressure into crushing his chest with her foot.

"Give it up," she said, taking her foot off him. She kneeled down and sprayed poison all over his legs. Koga was paralyzed. His vision blurred.

"And thank you…for these Shikon shards," she said coolly, pulling them from Koga's legs.

The last thing Koga saw before he blacked out was Kagome's victorious face. He reached out to her, but when he lost consciousness, his hand dropped to the ground. "Wolves always were weak," Kagome drawled.

Sango hadn't been able to wake Inuyasha up. It was as if he had gone into a deep sleep. She had even whacked him with her Hiraikotsu in an attempt to wake him up.

She stood up, glared at the demoness and screamed, "What the hell do you want from us?! You call this fun?! You're sick! You're not Kagome, you're just some demon fraud who calls herself Inuyasha's sister! YOU BITCH!!!!!"

The demon slayer lunged at Kagome, swinging her Hiraikotsu to hit her…"Look before you aim," came Sesshomaru's cold voice. Hiraikotsu had struck nothing.

Kagome said, "Come, Sesshomaru. We will go back to your toad and your human ward." He nodded, rising up on his cloud. They disappeared into the sky. Sango slumped to the ground, shaking. Miroku hurried over to her.

"Sango, come on. We'll have to wait for Koga and Inuyasha to wake up on their own."

She gave a quick nod of her head, and they laid Koga and Inuyasha side by side on the ground and waited for them to awaken from the darkness.

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Well, the third chapter to this story. Hope ya like it. R&R plz!

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