Sword Transcending Time 6- Tetsusaiga and Memories

She's awake, but not moving. Oh. Chains. I unsheathe Tsuki-j'ou and slice the gremlins that are holding the chains in half. She swats her face and stares at the flea. That must be Myouga.

"Not as paralyzed as I thought."

"Kagome, we have to help Inuyasha before that demon eats his soul."

"Eats his soul?!" I point at the Un-mother and Kagome stares at it. "What's it doing?!"

"Eating him! We have to stop her."

"What is it anyways?"

"The Un-mother. A creation of the grief and pain of mothers that lost children to war and famine. It eats the souls of others to fill the void in itself."

"How do we stop it?" I notice the reflection on the water. So does Kagome. "Hey, that kid…is that Inuyasha?" I nod.

"An illusion, but yes."

"Then all we have to do is break the illusion?" Kagome gets up and runs through the water, splashing and disrupting the reflection. "Inuyasha! Wake up!" It stops and I relax slightly.

"I understand it now." Sesshoumaru shows up and grabs Inuyasha by the throat. I spot Jaken and kick him, ripping his staff out of his hands. I crack my knuckles and glare down at Jaken.

"I've been wanting to kill you, you annoying little Imp!"

"Ah!" He starts running and I smirk. It's not worth chasing him. Inuyasha yells and I look over. Sesshoumaru is pulling something out of Inuyasha's right eye. A black pearl? Oh! The Right Pearl! That's what it meant! Sesshoumaru drops Inuyasha and looks at him.

"You've outlived yourself, Little Brother." He goes to attack him and I hurry to get in the way, drawing my sword. The Un-mother gets there first, getting destroyed. Sesshoumaru smashes her head and looks around. "Jaken!"

"Coming Milord!" Jaken shows up, carrying the staff again. I must have dropped it in my hurry. Sesshoumaru takes it from him and stabs the pearl with the staff. The face of an old man on the staff starts laughing and a strange portal opens in the air in front of Sesshoumaru. He goes in and Jaken follows him.

"Come on!" I hurry to the portal and look at Inuyasha and Kagome.

"Come on! You're just gonna let Sesshoumaru take your dad's sword like that? Without even putting up a fight?"

"What do I care? It's not like I want anything of the old man's anyways." Kagome joins me and starts into the portal.

"What are you doing?"

"I don't know about you, but I'm going after him. It's your dad's grave. And he's about to steal from it. That's not right. And besides, it was pretty cruel to trick you like that. Don't you think?" Inuyasha gets up and follows her. I shrug and start to go in.

"If you enter the grave, most likely, the sight of Chichiue's remains will jog all of the memories from Hahaue's life. Probably very painfully. You might not want to learn of your past life so painfully as that." I clench my fist and sit down to wait for them to come out.

"What am I doing? I don't care how painful it is. I want to know more about Lady Mai. And to find out the quickest way will be to go in there." I get up and go into the portal, coming out in a giant space, with skeletal birds and a giant skeleton in the middle of it all. No way, could that be…Inu no Taisho? A bird catches me and I wince at a pain. It feels like my chest is about to burst, and my head about to explode.

"How cute. Onii-sama, he looks just like you!"

"Heh and you know that how? You weren't alive yet when I was born!"

"Onii-sama…" I get off the bird on the shoulder of the skeleton. Where are they? Inside! I can hear them. I jump inside the mouth and slide down to the cavern where everyone else is. I land with a painful thud and get up, rubbing my lower back.

"Itte…" I gasp and double over as another wave of pain hits me.

"Oba-sama!"

"What, Sesshoumaru?"

"Onee-sama won't play with me."

"Shush, Sesshoumaru, you know you're not supposed to call them that."

"Gomenasai, Oba-sama."

"What do you want to play anyways? You know that Mari and Mina are supposed to be doing their duties at the shrine."

"Yea, I know. I haven't been able to practice at all the past few days!"

"Oh! That's what you want. Okay. I'll play with you."

"Awesome!"

"Seiya?!" Kagome…I get up and look around. Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha are fighting, and Jaken is hiding, cheering for Sesshoumaru. Kagome is running towards me. "Seiya? Are you okay?" I nod. But I don't know when the next wave of memories and pain will hit.

A life that long…about twenty years worth of memories hit me the last time, but it was more like a hundred years the first time. I understand why Mari said it would be painful. All those memories getting jammed into my head at once…it feels like my head will explode. The most prominent memories are the strong ones, when Mari and her sister were born, when Sesshoumaru was born, certain parts of helping to raise Sesshoumaru, and a few major fights both before and after that.

I can see why Mai said that Sesshoumaru was just like his father. "Seiya?"

"I'm fine. Don't worry about me. Could Inuyasha pull the sword out?"

"No. How did you know he tried?"

"It's meant for him. He should have been able to pull it out. What about Sesshoumaru?"

"I think it actually wouldn't even let him touch it." I nod.

"I figured as much." I wince and grip my side as another wave of pain hits me.

"Seiya?!"

"I'm fine." I think. It's another wave of memories. What'll stand out this time?

"Hahaue! Where's Sesshoumaru-kun? We were gonna spar some today."

"I think he went with Onii-sama. I was about to head to the Shrine in the East."

"Oh, would you tell Onee-sama that I said hi?"

"Sure thing! See you." Finally. The end of it. The pain stops and I look around. Kagome is seriously worried. And Sesshoumaru looks like he's about to kill Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha! Look out! That Poison is acidic! It'll eat right through you!"

"Are you okay?" I nod and straighten up.

"Yea. I'm fine. No worries. Ugh. You again." Jaken comes over, brandishing his staff. "You annoying little imp!" I kick him square in the head and send him flying into the air, smacking against a rib with a loud cracking sound and tumbling bone fragments. Tetsusaiga…Inuyasha can at least fend off Sesshoumaru with it. I hurry to the spot where the sword is and grab the hilt. I jump back and stare at a burn on my hand. Oh shit. I double over as another wave of memories and pain hits me.

"Oba-sama, you're willing to sacrifice yourself for that human?"

"Of course. I promised Onii-sama that I would protect her and Inuyasha."

"I swear, neither of you made any sense to me."

"I'll see you later eh?"

"And what will we do if you end up dying? You're already injured from that stupid fight with the panthers."

"Myouga will probably show up and let you know. Tsuki-j'ou is going to Mari and Taiyou-j'ou to Mina. If I don't come back alive, I'll trust you to take care of them, huh."

"Fine. You'd better come back though, Oba-sama. Onee-sama will kick my ass if she finds out that I didn't stop you."

"You can handle your own. You've got your father's acid claws remember? See you!" Okay, that's the end of it, I think. So far it seemed to be in chronological order, and that was just the end of her life.

"Seiya, are you okay? Seriously."

"Yea, I think that was the end of it."

"End of what? Ew! Get away." Kagome gets hit by the staff and she catches herself with the sword. She gets up and trips, pulling the sword out. "Oops."