DISCLAIMER: I do not own Inuyasha… yadda yadda ya! Okay, let's cut to the chase shall we. Oh, and this is for Psycho-Sango and everybody else. Thanks. Here we go…

SOMETHING I'M NOT

PART FOUR: THE BARRIER

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"The barrier! It's… it's… it's weak! Look it's not even glowing brightly, it's just dimming." Miroku announced as he lifted his hand above his eyes for better vision over the distant area.

"Well, he's half demon, so, maybe he has weak points where most of his powers are gone too," Sango analyzed.

"But whatever is causing the barrier to weaken, I'm glad it is. You don't know what would happen if… I never want to say it."

Something caught both of their sights.

It was something that was white and feather-like that was floating a couple hundred feet above their heads.

"Did you see that, Miroku?" Sango asked, making sure it wasn't just a simple figment of her imagination.

"Yes."

"Great, we're doomed! Without Inuyasha, well, we won't get any leads on where Naraku might be."

"Perhaps I can be of some assistance!" Miroku cleared his throat and motioned Kirara to land where the feather from a distance seemed to land.

As Kirara got closer and closer to the ground, they realized that it was nobody but Kagura, a wind sorceress made by a part of Naraku.

"What are you doing here, Kagura?" Sango asked coldly as she reached out for her giant boomerang attached to her back.

"Hold it, demon slaughter, I have no intention to fight, let alone kill you before somebody else will be," Kagura glared at the two with her crimson eyes that were fueled by hatred of all living things.

"What do you mean Kagura?" Miroku asked nervously as he lowered his staff down.

"Kodoshi has a fate that only a true warrior will have, she will overcome all the odds and weaken Naraku's barrier, and then die a horrible death."

"Who's Kodoshi?" Sango asked.

"You didn't know? The half-breed mutt that fell out of that portal! She will need your help more than ever."

"When will this take place?" Miroku wanted to know every last detail in order to save this event before it even started.

"Nobody knows. It's called timing and patience. Can't wait to see that Inuyasha get what he deserves!"

"KAGURA…" Sango screamed through the loud roaring of Kagura getting the feather from her hair and flying off.

"Do you think we'd better tell the others?" Sango suggested after the feather was out of sight.

"I don't know."

"Why not, Miroku? Do you want watch an innocent's blood shed again? I can't take all the dying anymore. Everybody I meet is dying off and I'm trying to fade them out of my memory, but they just won't go away. I'm haunted by my memories." Sango stated, trying to keep cool and mellow about the whole experience she's been through.

"Sango, its fate. There's nothing stronger in the world than fate. We need to stand out the way and let nature do the rest. But what Naraku did to your brother and the way he cursed my grandfather is not fate."

"I want to live a normal life and I don't know why you're going on with this whole ordeal is okay with you. I just think that you need to give me a better reason why you think that that poor innocent girl's death is okay with you."

"Let's go tell the other's about Naraku's barrier, but do not tell a soul about the fate of Kodoshi. Her fate is no other way. Naraku didn't plan it out. It's the way things are meant to be. Now, let's go."

"What is wrong with you? How do you know he didn't?"

"Cause everybody knows the story of Kodoshi Daisuke. That's why I was astonished during the discovery that it was her. But, now that you know, you need to keep it between you and me. No sweet talking your way out of this one."

"Fine!"

They both headed out to the hut which held Inuyasha and the others.

About halfway there, she realized something that she said before she left the others.

"Um, Miroku?"

"Yes, Sango?"

"I thought we'd return to the other during sun-up, you know, when Inuyasha turns to his demon nature?"

"Yes, but there is no sense in going to Naraku's barrier without a fight. Waste of energy."

"Oh, okay."

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But, now that you know, you need to keep it between you and me. Those are the words that were floating in Sango's head as she approached the hut.

As she pulled back the entranceway, she was astonished to see something that was out of place. Kodoshi, or whatever her name was, had black hair. But then her instincts snapped back to reality as she realized that Kodoshi was half-demon.

Inuyasha, Shippou, Kodoshi, and Kagome were sound asleep as Sango and Miroku steadied into their sleeping places.

Sango couldn't stop but stare at Kodoshi's bun sticks (the two sticks that hold a bun together in her hair). They were silver with brown tips on the top. That's strange? Why do they look like miniature swords? Sango wondered inside her empty head, drifting off to sleep.

Sango couldn't help but wonder how it felt to wear those sticks in her own hair. So, she quietly crawled on her knees to the place where Kodoshi was resting, then carefully lifted one of the bun sticks out. When she was moving it around surprised how lightweight it was, it started to transform into something. It got bigger and bigger while a light yellow light glowed over it until it was about as big as Inuyasha's sword. The yellow light ceased and revealed something incredible.

"What?!" Sango whispered to herself as she examined it.

"What are you up to?" a familiar voice called in from the corner.

What?! Who caught me? Sango raced through her mind as she looked up and saw human Inuyasha opening one eye with his half-lifted head to show Sango that he was awake.

"Inuyasha, um, what are you doing up? I thought that you were asleep?"

"Have you ever heard of a thing called pretending?"

"Did you see what just happened?" she asked, pointing at the sword that she carefully put on the floor.

"Yes, what the heck is that thing?" Inuyasha drew closer, wanting to touch the sword with his very fingertips.

Then, another yellow light engulfed the sword as it shrunk back to size as the bun stick.

"What the-"

"Let me just put it in there…" Sango cautiously placed the bun stick back in Kodoshi's hair.

"Do you think we should tell?" Sango wondered.

"No."

"Now you're sounding like Miroku!"

"Let her discover," he smirked, then proceeded with his speech, "then probably kill herself with the sword."

But that's not her fate, is it? I thought that her destiny would be sealed when she made Naraku permanently weaker so that there's an advantage on our side. I just hope that everything turns better than the way I picture it to be. Oh, I wish Kodoshi the best luck I could ever give anybody. Sango glanced at the sleeping body and grinned, knowing that she was out of harms way for now.

"What are you smiling at?" Inuyasha demanded to know.

"Um, nothing!"

"Good, now go to sleep so I can!" he growled, then propped himself to fit his comfort.

Good night Inuyasha. Good night Kodoshi.

Sango watched Inuyasha calm down and breathe until his rasp breaths became smooth and controlled by his sleep.

She smiled and then shut her eyes, demanding her mind to let go of the night and awaken in the day. It did as she wanted. Her dreams were filled with dark nothingness, which was better than her constant nightmares.