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Disclaimer: Everyone that goes to this website should now that you aren't the owner of Inuyasha, so why explain it? For the extra space? Anyway...Who's TRULY the owner of Inuyasha and © in this situation? Takahashi Rumiko, or the lovely me? Rumiko, you say? I thought so too...

Summary: Sesshomaru's hurt, Rin's at fault, and Jaken's asleep. What more could you ask for, rather than a twenty year-old beauty, and a demon that's finding her strangely attractive...

Follow the Light

by Brijustme

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There was a long pause after that. The light breeze seemed to cease, the birds seemed to stop chirping, and the air seemed to have gotten heavy. The atmosphere between the women obviously wasn't pleasant.

"Sesshomaru would be proud," Kagura said with a smile. "His wench is willing to give her life away to save another... how honorable." She looked down at the still unconscious Kagome and tightened her grip on her. If the hanyou were to wake all hell would break loose. She had canine blood flowing through her veins, just like her other siblings; a dog could go crazy at any given moment. "Inuyasha would be proud as well. After all, why would he miss one child when he has two more, right?"

Rin nodded, not once letting her body show weakness, nor the fact that she disagreed with the sorceress. Kagura and Kanna scared her to death; just looking at them made her wheezy. She almost needed a tree, or better yet, Sesshomaru, to lean on. "Please don't hurt her... she's just a little girl." Reasoning with a demon that enjoyed killing wasn't the best move, but at least she had said her mind, which made her feel good on the inside.

She would give her life for Kagome because she had seen everything there was to see in all the land from twelve years of traveling. Kagome was only six, a child who hadn't even been to the beautiful remains of Mount Hakurei; what a sight.

Kanna looked down at her mirror. It was glowing on its own, which told her that Naraku was summoning she and Kagura back to their hideout. "Are you ready to leave your old life behind?" she asked rather emotionless. "Are you ready to start a new?"

Rin looked all around, hoping that Sesshomaru would appear and slice these clowns to pieces. But, when her wish wasn't answered, she sighed. "Yes..."

Her chocolate eyes watched as Kagura gave Kagome to Kanna, and came towards her.

She was slung over the demon's shoulder and hassled into the thickness of the forest... where she would never return to. Jaken... Ah-Un... and Sesshomaru... her family... gone. Seeing them a last time would have been the best way to end her story, as well as apologizing to her handsome lord.

'As long as Kagome's alright... then so am I.'

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"Inuyasha! Let go of me!"

"No way in hell are you going to find her! I'll go!"

"Yes I am! It's not like you can!" Kagome snapped as she grasped her mate's hand that was protectively holding hers, preventing her from leaving to find their youngest daughter. "...You can't-"

"I'm fine." Inuyasha looked deep into Kagome's eyes and tried sitting up with little success. He had a new stalker on the loose, and he was going to do everything in his power to make sure they went through a never ending hell. Blowing up the hut he was in that afternoon was one thing, but his daughter disappearing? That was another thing; a thing that generally pissed him off.

And to top that all off? The new moon was coming, which meant that he couldn't even bloody find her.

Kagome sighed and looked out the window of the hut she was occupied in. The sun had disappeared over the mountains. 'Kagome can make it home in the dark... right?' Biting her bottom lip, she yet again tried to free herself from Inuyasha's hold. "Let go of me!" she yelled into his ear. "None of you can go find her!" She sent glares to her other two children who had their wrists caught in Inuyasha's left hand, preventing them from leaving as well. "...You're all turning human." She gulped. "So's Kagome."

Inuyasha knew that Kagome only meant well; he, Inuyaku and Yuri were all turning human that night. His first aspect was to send Miroku and Sango after his youngest, but they had gone to a village to kill a demon. They weren't expected back for three days... and he needed about four to heal himself with the rate things were going with the moon's cycle.

As much as his fatherly mode was in session, he knew that Kagome knew how to defend herself, but didn't say anything about it. If it were Yuri that was another thing, but Kagome would be fine.

"She'll live."

Kagome's head snapped upwards at her eldest with glassy eyes, hoping that she hadn't heard anything leave his mouth, and also silently threatening him to keep quiet. "W-what?"

Inuyaku seemed to sense the tension in his mother's voice, which he guessed was the reason why his father released he and his sister the second she opened her mouth. "Kagome should be alright. If it were someone like Yuri here," he ushered with his eyes to his pouting sister, "then it would be the time to cry."

Inuyasha and Kagome both knew what their son was getting at. Yuri was their only child with no abilities whatsoever; she was defenseless when it came to something that wanted to kill her. They found it interesting that Yuri looked completely full youkai, but had the strength of only a modern human being.

In fact, all of their children were strange in their own ways. It had taken many years to get used to having two kids that could outrun them and disappear in the blink of an eye, excluding Yuri.

Inuyaku had been the "love" child. He had Kagome's black hair, Inuyasha's eyes and dog ears, as well as everything else about him—including his stupidness towards the opposite sex and cockiness towards others. The only thing they mainly fought about was the fact that Inuyaku didn't like long hair, which was why he kept it short except for his mane. What made the newly thirteen year-old different from his sisters was one thing, a certain special thing; he could wield Tetsaiga.

"IDIOTS!" both Kagome and Yuri said at the same time.

Inuyasha and Inuyaku exchanged the same cocky expression before giving them their little but still desirable attention; like father like son. They both knew that Kagome would be fine... or so they thought.

"Don't you two care about Kagome?! She's only six years old!"

Kagome Shiin Rose was different. She resembled her father completely: the hair, the eyes, the claws, the smile and of course the ears. She was a miko just as her mother; this was a first in a demon... which had caused many youkai to come and try to kill her to end the conflict between humans and demons.

Yuri would always be special just like Inuyaku and Kagome, for she reminded Inuyasha of his mate. The way she talked, the way she walked, the way she always seemed to find the right answer for everything, the way she always claims to be right... and of course... the way she gets angry easily. The only thing confusing about her was that he wanted to know who she got her looks from; she was the only one of his kids that had tattoos on her face.

Out of all of Inuyasha's children, Inuyaku would have to take the thrown in the 'most confusing' category. He could use his sword, he could outrun him, he liked "present time" clothing (unlike his sisters), and... he was the only one who could go down the well with his mate.

Inuyasha could still always go to Kagome's time, but chose to stay with his girls unless Kagome would drag him there.

"You alright, old man?"

Inuyasha's head snapped to his left, to stare into eyes that resembled his own. "Yeah," he said as his son grabbed his arm, lifting him up into a sitting position so his back was to the hut's wall. Kagome and Yuri had gone, and he was curious as to how they had gotten away from him. At least Inuyaku was loyal; his mate and middle child thought that almost everything he did was stupid.

"Yaku?"

The boy's head looked up from his father's waist. He had planned on stealing Tetsaiga so he could call a certain someone. He had discovered a way to use it; his own way. He could make the mighty sword give off a blue light that only his uncle knew of. If the demon was in the area then he would surly see it. "Yeah, what is it?"

"...Why the hell are you still here?" The sun was setting quickly, and already his demonic senses were disappearing; he was starting to feel the full pain of being blown up, and it hurt to breathe. Now he knew what Kagome meant during all three child births when she would scream "You don't know what pain is!".

Inuyaku greedily snatched the sword from his father and held it in his hands. He knew a missing Kagome was nothing to worry about, but his mother and Yuri weren't going to shut up if he and his father let this pass. His little sister getting killed was the last thing on their minds.

"I'll be back."

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Sesshomaru's hesitating eyes glanced at the arm in his right hand. He was curious about the outcome on everything. The first time he had gotten his arm back it had been lifeless; this time it was beating, which told him that he didn't need a sacred jewel shard. What also came out of the dark... was that Kagura had actually received his arm from the dead.

'Why?' he thought as he squeezed the flesh.

His mind kept telling him to use the arm, attach it to his body, become more powerful, but Tensaiga said otherwise. His sword was telling him to throw the body part off a cliff and return to Rin as if nothing had happened; he didn't like to think of Tensaiga as a conscience, but the blade was proving its usefulness.

"Sesshomaru, take the arm. Rin will be better off with us—with me."

What did she mean by that? He was onto the thought that it was because he was male, but came to see that Rin knew everything about being a woman from the thoughtful Kagome and Sango. She had no reason to leave him... or did she?

Sesshomaru shook his head. "She knows better than to run away," he tried convincing himself with no success. She could be half way across the country by now; he would find her. "She knows I will."

He soon found himself clutching his arm for dear life, somewhat scared at the fact that little Rin had been away from him twelve years ago.

Everything was fine now, but he was probably known as Rin's father by most. He had dealt with her smiles, frowns, teary eyes, crying and all those other emotions that she went through constantly. He had become a master of making her smile, and he liked this. A smile from Rin was like a blessing from the Gods; her smiles gave him peace.

Sesshomaru stared down at the girl who was looking up at him with a smile. She was frightening when she was like this, but he knew deep down that she was only being Rin; the Rin he knew always smiled whether she was happy or sad.

"...Lord Sesshomaru?" she called in a whisper.

He looked to the sky. About three hours of his precious day had been wasted in telling Rin that her tooth would grow back. He soon came to find that he couldn't refuse this child. "Yes?" he casually asked as he got down on a knee, ready to listen to whatever it was she had to say. He ignored Jaken's snickering and babbling from Ah-Un's back. "You think it grew back yet?" He chose not to say 'again'.

She shook her head and grabbed his empty sleeve that was blowing in the light wind. "Um... no... well... not exactly..." She seemed to be nervous about something, and before she knew it, she was blushing at her lord.

Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow. The only time he had seen her shy was when they had first met; she had a wild personality and lots of energy that she would burn with just picking flowers. "Is there something you want?" he asked as her grip on his sleeve tightened. Female things were so confusing... or so he heard.

Rin shook her head and looked her lord strait in the eye. What she had to say was rather embarrassing, which made her sad at that fact that she wasn't traveling with a woman. "No... it's not that..." Forcing her hand to release from the silky cloth, she pointed a small finger towards her stomach.

Sesshomaru stared at her, hoping that she would get to the point. His keen sense of hearing picked up a gurgling sound. "Are you hun-"

"No," the girl said while taking in a large amount of air. She let it out slowly and wrapped her arms around herself. "My..." The blush returned when her lord's eyes seemed to soften for a few seconds. She wanted to beat Jaken to death when he asked what the matter was with his lord, and his eyes returned to normal: cold. "...stomach hurts."

This was the second time that Rin had shocked him.

His eyes seemed to widen, and he inhaled her scent. Just as she had confusingly informed, she was bleeding, which made it terrible for her to walk. He didn't understand why she hadn't just said it, but came to find that he wasn't a woman. The only good thing about this was that she wasn't the "emotional" type while she was going through her cycle; thank God.

The twelve year-old gave her attention to her feet. "Can you... lift me onto Ah-Un?" She had a terrible stomach ache and wanted nothing more than to get off her feet.

She smiled when her lord set her down on the two-headed demon's back. She smiled even more at the fact that he was slightly blushing.

He didn't know why he was thinking about this particular moment with Rin, but it meant something deep within his heart. She had always been more than a companion in his eyes... and she always would be.

Speaking of Rin, she should be cooled off by now.

Sesshomaru lifted his head to the sky. It was seconds away from turning dark blue. He had been circling the area of where the campsite was for over an hour, doing his best to gather his thoughts together. Rin was upset with him, and it didn't look like she was going to forgive him easily; she was such a vixen.

Exhaling deeply, he inhaled the air.

His eyes widened when he couldn't find a trace of her. He could smell Jaken and Ah-Un, but Rin... it was like her scent disappeared; vanished. 'Where is she?' She couldn't have gotten that far, for she was only human. He would find her.

Though she would have to wait.

A blue light was going off. It was faint and barely noticeable, but he could point it out like it was standing in front of him and smiling in his face. He predicted it to be about a mile down the mountain, then another eight to get to the location, just to show how good his eyesight was.

"I know that light."

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"Dammit!"

Inuyaku's eyes widened as he felt his teeth grow smaller, his sharp claws turn to human fingernails, and his eyesight get duller. He had gotten out five slashes from the mighty sword, and hoped that his uncle had seen them. He could smell him in the area, which assured him that he would come.

"But then again," he said as he rubbed his chin, "the old man still says that he hates Uncle Sesshomaru..." Groaning, he exhaled deeply before running a hand through his now silver hair. He found it unusual that when he turned human that his hair turned silver, but that was ok with him. "Having black hair all the time gets boring, anyway."

Returning Tetsaiga to its sheath, he held the cold thing in his right hand, hoping with all his might that Kagome had seen it; if she were to come home his mother and sister would leave him alone.

"Inuyaku! Inuyaku!"

Inuyaku mumbled something about shoving something down Yuri's throat, and turned around. There standing two heads below him was his little sister. "What is it?" he asked while eyeing her now black hair that was always in a high ponytail. She had their father's eyes and skin color. "Did she come back?"

Yuri shook her head, and gasped when a shadow covered her brother's. Letting a squeal escape her, she smiled widely and attacked her uncle's leg. "So you really did come!" she said with a grin as she hugged the leg for dear life. She wanted to ask why he wasn't wearing his armor or fluffy thing, but found that other things were on her mind.

Inuyaku's sweat dropped. "Hey!" he said with a smile.

Sesshomaru lifted his niece into his right arm and held her close to him, not effected at all when she grabbed a chunk of his hair. Even with someone of his coldness, he showed his soft side to his nieces and nephew. "Yaku, what's the matter?" he asked, referring to why the thirteen year-old had used Tetsaiga. He knew that Inuyasha was as possessive of it as he had been all those years ago.

Inuyaku nodded. "You haven't seen Kagome, have you?" he asked while looking behind his uncle. He sighed when he saw that Kagome hadn't attached herself so some part of Sesshomaru's body. "Guess not."

Sesshomaru temporarily ignored the two children, and gave his attention to the sky. There wasn't a moon in sight. 'Dammit, not now.'

His concern for Rin was getting the better of him; he couldn't smell or detect her scent anywhere. Once again, she knew better than to run away from him. The part about all this that bothered him was the fact that she had actually run and that her scent had completely disappeared, as if she was never in the mountains.

Looking down at his nephew, his eyes seemed to soften as he let out a rather pathetic sigh. "Have you seen Rin anywhere?"

Inuyaku laughed. "You sound just like the old man and Mom when they fight."

Sesshomaru winced, which was noticed by Yuri. He had in fact been fighting with Rin, and if he had known the outcome, he would not have opened his mouth to her in the first place. She was just like Inuyasha; naïve. What the hell was the matter with BLOOD?!

There was so much he had to learn about that odd woman...

Setting Yuri down when she reached with her hands towards the ground, the air was knocked out of him when he felt something crash into his chest. 'What the hell?' Looking down, he was greeted with a head full of black hair, but not his head full of black hair. Still, he raised an eyebrow when the woman clutched his haori.

"Is there something wrong with you too?" This family was so dysfunctional. One minute a kid was missing, and the next the mother was having an emotional breakdown; this was quite comical in his perspective.

Sighing, he looked into brown eyes when he was dragged by the hair to do so. He couldn't say much, for he was just as dysfunctional... in his own way.

Kagome stared at the demon through glassy eyes. "Fix your stupid brother!" she yelled with a pointed finger. She was shaking terribly; now she knew how her mother felt when she was six at the local Tokyo mall. The place had closed down until she was found in a candy store's storage room... gorging herself with delicious delicacies.

Her eyes seemed to shine at Sesshomaru. She could depend on him in this situation. "Sesshomaru... you may not like me very much..." Ushering her eyes to the left when he raised an eyebrow, she released herself from him and stood a good foot away.

Sesshomaru inhaled the air. He had to take his eyes off Kagome; she reminded him of Rin in so many ways. Not that he would take advantage of this woman, it was just that he was lonely without the twenty year-old tagging along with him all the time. At first he thought of it as nothing but annoying, but he had come to like her company. "I'll find her."

It just wasn't right. Coming to this village and not having a little girl that looked exactly like Inuyasha attack her wasn't normal... whatever that meant in this dysfunctional family. For some reason the half demon looked up to him. 'Isn't that what a father's for?'

The next thing he knew, he was taking two steps back from the pressure of having a grown woman and her daughter hugging him to death. Patting Yuri on the head and giving her a comforting small smile, he noticed for the first time that his brother was nowhere present. "Where's-"

"Sealed in a hut," Kagome responded innocently with the most evil eyes. "He's staying in there until I say he can come out. He was in the worst condition from the bomb..." She chose not to say that with Inuyasha being human that the pressure was ten times worse.

…Bomb?

Sesshomaru inhaled the air again. Now that he came to realize, there was a trace of gunpowder still in the air...

Regaining his ability to breathe when the women released him, he eyed his niece and nephew. They were indeed odd children... but that was just him.

Jaken and Ah-Un didn't concern him in this situation. Ah-Un pretty much knew everything he did, since the two had been together since his father had given him the demon as a gift when he was an infant. Even if the demon was silent all the time, it knew when he would try something, and that he trusted it more than Jaken with Rin's safety.

Not that he would ever confess, but he was terribly confused. He didn't understand anything. Now Kagome had been dragged into this. He still had the arm, which told him that Kagura hadn't come after him yet to take it back.

'Why?'

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Bri Note- Thanks to those of you who found out about my first oneshot! Things are getting complicated, but never fear, Bri's here (where else did you think you were?)! Alas, it's time for me to go, but don't forget to press the purple button in the corner. You see it? Great!

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