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sorcerousfang: boo! hey, I edited this chapter recently, so Sesshomaru wants to say something

Sesshomaru: ...

sorcerousfang: ...I thought you had something to say.

Sesshomaru: I did, but you had to have a good memory and mess everything up.

sorcerousfang: oh, well... Anywho, read on!


Another arrow soared through the air, surrounded by the aura unique to the young priestess who shot it. Anger lashed around it as well, catching any demon in its path and severely wounding the lucky ones.

Kagome huffed and swung her bow around to make contact with one of the few ogres that had managed to get passed her. She wasn't quite sure how she was doing it, but her aura was responding to her anger much more than it ever had.

She liked it.

"Hyaaaa!" Hiro shouted as he brought his scythe down on a demon who attempted to get past his defenses. It dissipated as its body was cleaved in two.

"Lady Kagome, they want him!" he yelled over to her.

Her eyes narrowed as she took aim and fired another into the thick hoard.

"I know!" she shouted back. "What I want to know is how the heck all these demons managed to find out he was incapacitated!"

As she responded to the screams that had erupted behind her, she dug deep into her mind, trying to find one strand of the past events that could have any clue as to what was behind all of this madness; however, being in the middle of fighting for yours and about a hundred other people's lives made it hard to concentrate long enough to establish a connection between one thing and another. She tried to remember what the last thing she had been thinking about was as she was so rudely interrupted by a flock of winged demons. She knocked another arrow and sent them to their deaths.

The process of yelling, attempting to think about little details, and then forgetting everything that had just been reviewed in her head as someone either screamed, yelled, and/or alerted her that more demons were closing in went on until…

Crap.

"I need more arrows!" she cried, swinging her bow like a bat. She was cautious doing this; the bow could snap if she put too much pressure on it, but at the moment it was her only weapon. Normally, she was far above cursing, but in this sort of situation a colorful vocabulary seemed quite befitting. Inuyasha might have been proud, if not scared, by her choice of words.

"Go to hell, damn vermin!"

"Lady Kagome!"

She turned from her victims to the voice of the villager who was braving the montage to get a fully loaded quiver to the angry priestess. Her rage dissolved momentarily to thank the man, then she turned back to the demons, once again a deadly opponent as recognized by the wide-eyed looks of fear some of the smarter ones in the bunch were now giving her.

"Take this!" she yelled, releasing the arrow and her anger in one intensely pure aura of energy. It must have knocked out fifty from the ranks, but more filed in to take their place.

There was a yell to her right and she turned in time to see Tenmaru, who had come to join the frontline, and Hiro fending off what they could from getting too close to the hut where Sesshomaru was being housed. They were being overwhelmed.

She abandoned her position with a grunt of frustration after creating an opening for more villagers to escape, setting an arrow as she ran to their side. One demon crashed in through the wall, and a cry echoed inside it, but it wasn't one of fear. A blue glow emanated from the interior, and Kagome's alarm turned to relief as she recognized the blaze: fox fire.

"Lady Kagome, there's too many!" Tenmaru yelled, beating down a demon only half-way before two more were threatening his life. She fired her arrow above them, destroying some of the threat and showering them with the dust of their remains.

"Just keep fighting!"

A pulse of demonic power detonated somewhere from behind them, and she spun around only to be forced to the ground six feet further from where she once stood as an explosion of wood and dirt collided with her chest. She gasped as she opened her eyes, then screamed as she realized where the explosion had taken place.

"Shippo! Sesshomaru! No!" she cried to the cloud of dust that now billowed where the hut once stood. The ground was littered with shards of the wood that was once the hut's walls and she could make out the scars on the earth the explosion had caused as the dust began to dissipate. Tears welled in her eyes until they spilled over in a stream of grief. She just wasn't strong enough; that was all she could think for what seemed like hours of horrible self-loathing, until her brain registered that fragments were still raining down on the ground in front of her. Strange that there didn't seem to be any blood in the mess before her, but then everything felt strange at that moment. She had no clue how she was supposed to handle letting her friend die, and failing in her promise to keep the other alive.

Distant eyes looked up, and tears of sadness suddenly turned to tears of relief as the unnatural glow of demonic fire penetrated the dust. She jumped to her feet, ignoring the splinters in her flesh as she ran to the trembling fox demon hidden beneath the shield of his own fox fire. It too dissipated along with the dust, and Shippo, who just realized he had been holding his breath, gasped and tried to contain his body's trembling.

Kagome swallowed him up in a hug of relief.

"Shippo, you're alive!"

"I-I used my f-fox-fire to protect us from the d-demon, then everything e-exploded. Kagome, I was scared!"

"You did great, Shippo," she praised him, wiping away her tears.

"I'm sorry to break up this great reunion, but we have demon problems still!" Hiro warned them as he struck down a snake-like demon.

"We have to get Sesshomaru somewhere safer, Kagome! I think his fever's higher; he won't stop squirming around, and now that the hut is gone…"

Kagome nodded in understanding and knocked an arrow, aiming for the demons surrounding her helpers and letting it fly. Then Shippo's words registered in her head.

"He won't stop squirming around…"

She froze. Those words she knew were significant…somehow…

"He squirmed under his gaze…prickling feeling in the air…"

Then suddenly all of the pieces fell into place, interlocking the strands of memory she had been so desperately trying to review. He was the cause of all of this. He was responsible for the madness that had erupted in the village. He nearly had them killed.

He would be dead in the next five minutes.

"Hiro, Tenmaru, take Sesshomaru closer to the village! I'll have your backs!" she ordered, drawing her bow and glaring at the demons gathering for another assault.

"But won't that take the demons closer to the village?"

"There's no time to argue that," she growled. "I know who's behind all this, and once Sesshomaru's safe, I'll kill him!" she let loose her arrow, emphasizing her point.

"This way!"

They turned to the woman that had gestured to them, confused for a few moments before she urged them on again. The woman rushed them on, then dared a few steps closer to Kagome to address her.

"Your demon friend can stay at my home, Priestess. I am Kyojin's mother, Mieko. You know where to find me."

Kagome turned to her to smile briefly, but her features were overcome with fear as she took in the image of a demon that had escaped her as it hovered dangerously over her friends.

"Hiro, Tenmaru, above you!" she yelled, instinctively drawing an arrow she knew in the back of her mind would never reach them in time.

"Hiraikotsu!"

Surprise fogged her mind as she watched the boomerang bone fly through the air and split the demon in half as it swept its way back to its wielder. She shook it from her head and looked up to see Sango and Miroku on Kirara's back, both ready and able to fight off the remaining demons.

"Sango, Miroku! I'm glad you're here!"

"Are you alright, Kagome," she called as she guided Kirara toward the ground. "You're bleeding."

Kagome glanced at her arms. She would have a few splinters to take care of when this was over.

"I'm fine, but we have to take care of the demons."

"Why are so many here?" Miroku wondered aloud as he took in the now corpse-ridden land around him.

"They caught wind that Sesshomaru was weak enough that these lesser demons could kill him. Apparently his head is worth a lot."

"Where's Inuyasha?"

"He had to get an antidote. Sesshomaru's fever won't break until he gets some. Speaking of him, can we borrow Kirara for a minute? We have to bring him to a different place now; the hut was destroyed."

Sango nodded.

"I wonder how they found out…"

Kagome's anger was suddenly renewed. "Oh, that reminds me. I'm supposed to be destroying him."

Before Sango or Miroku could question who, Kagome had taken off toward the village, mind set on her goal. They shook their heads.

"Sango, I'll take care of the rest of these demons. You go ahead and make sure they all make it to the village in once piece."

She nodded sternly, then took Kirara and headed in the opposite direction.

Miroku faced the now smaller hoard of demons, right hand outstretched, prayer beads daggling in his left. He clamped his hand shut, waiting for the right moment to come.

"This is the end for you, demons! Wind Tunnel!"

The fierce winds of the endless vortex pulled them in, swiftly dragging the remaining into the darkness of the void in his hand. Funny how a curse could come in handy so many times he thought briefly. If only it wasn't killing him.

He closed off the winds as the last demon disappeared within it, nodding to himself for a job complete. He said a quiet prayer, a habit considering he was a monk; even demons deserved to rest peacefully. Then, quickly, he turned to catch up to Sango.

Sango was in the process of helping to take the smothering load off of the two men's backs and transferring him to Kirara when Miroku returned to her side.

"Steady, Kirara. He's going to be warm, but only until we reach the hut," she said in a voice that swayed with an undertone of sadness.

"How is he, Sango?" Miroku questioned quietly.

"Not good. All this moving around is spreading the poison like wildfire. I hope Inuyasha gets here soon with the antidote."

One of the men who had been carrying him introduced himself and his friend to the two, explaining that Kagome had recruited them to help bandage his wounds. Since they were never formally introduced, Miroku and Sango mimicked their introduction before continuing on toward the main village.

"You two couldn't have come at a better time," Hiro mused.

"Yeah," Tenmaru agreed. "How did you know to come?"

"We felt the demonic aura while we were searching. Kirara was actually the first to realize it was headed for the village, so we abandoned our hunt to come back," Sango explained.

"You came back awful quick. Didn't you leave yesterday?"

"Yes, but we were walking. You can't see the forest floor when you're flying on Kirara's back, so walking was our next best option."

"Searching for his companions?"

"Yes. Did Kagome fill you in?"

Hiro nodded. "But we're to keep it amongst ourselves, at least for the time being."

They fell silent after that, following the woman who had offered to put them up in her hut. The other villagers stared as the made their way into the main village, whispering among themselves about the cause of the demons attacking and the reason one of their own was allowing a demon to stay in her home. One man stepped out of the throng and boldly spoke out what some of the others were thinking.

"It's his fault the demon's came!" he yelled, pointing an accusing finger at Sesshomaru.

Others who felt safer in numbers verbally agreed with him, until their words echoed through the small crowd.

"No appreciation for those who saved them, huh?" Miroku reflected.

The woman in front of them stopped short and turned to glare at the angry crowd.

"You want to blame all of your problems on a dying man?! It's not his fault he got this way, and it's not his fault they want him dead. Now show some appreciation to these people! If it wasn't for them, all of us would be dead and rotting in hell! Cowards."

They backed down at her words, a few of them catching the painful whimpers that came from the demon they were all blaming. Hiro looked to the crowd himself and addressed the lot of them.

"Instead of standing there, go start cleaning up! Get the wounded some help and patch up the fields. Get to work clearing those corpses; we don't want spoiled crops this season!"

His words made sense, and soon the able-bodied were hefting tools and carts all around them.

"Nice speeches. Thank you for your help," Miroku said.

"Not even a demon should have to put up with fools when he's in this condition," the woman spoke.

Miroku chuckled a little. "Mieko-san, was it? I'm sorry if I'm laughing. It's just that you remind me of a person we met a while ago."

"It's almost like Jinenji's mom has a much younger and more beautiful twin," he though sheepishly.

"Miroku, I know that look on your face. You better not be thinking what I think you're thinking," Sango threatened him warningly.

He froze his thoughts immediately.

Then a sudden crash caught their attention, and all heads turned.

./-/-/-/-/-/-/.

Kagome glared at him.

"You!" she shouted drawing her bow. She aimed the arrow right between his eyes. "You told the demons he was weak!"

"Now, now, Lady Kagome," the Headman stated smoothly. "What makes you think I would conspire with demons? I only have the village's greatest interests at heart."

"Don't give me that crap! You're a demon, too! That's why when we showed up no demons ever came! That why Sesshomaru hated it when ever you were in the hut! He was warning us that you were a demon, and now I can see why."

With each word she drew the string of the bow further back, until it was tight enough that she could feel the wood creaking with the pressure.

"Hehehe…priestess, you don't seem to understand. How could I, if I were a demon, live the life as a village headman?"

"Do you really think I'm so naïve that I don't know demons can take the form of humans? Sesshomaru looks human enough, but he's really a giant dog demon! Don't think that I don't know other demons can achieve such a transformation!"

"…True enough, but you still don't seem to understand why I would send demons after his life. Hehe, do you know how much the head of the dog general's son is worth? Do you know the glory it would bring to the demon that slays him? That explosion was supposed to distract everyone, but that damn kit had to use the shield of fox fire, and I couldn't get to him. To kill him…hehe…would give me ultimate power!"

His features contorted, revealing a mess of a demon that looked like it might have been a tiger a long time ago.

"Ultimate power…god, where have I heard that one before?" she thought sarcastically before releasing her arrow and all of her pent-up anger in a single shot. It glowed fiercely as it soared through the air and exploded as it came in contact with the "headman's" body.

It screamed, whining about how all it wanted was ultimate power, then dissipated into dust that flowed away with the wind.

"…Crap. I can't think of a witty thing to say. What would Inuyasha say after defeating something like this…?"

She cleared her throat, attempted a poor impersonation of the hanyou, then gave up when she realized she had better things to do.

She raced through the village, heading for Kyojin's home and hoping that everything was alright. She stopped to tell some villagers that she wouldn't mind bandaging their wounds, considering she had just recently changed Sesshomaru's, just as soon as she saw to her own small ones. Tenmaru met her halfway to the hut, eyes reflecting a bit of worry.

"Hey, is everything alright, Lady Kagome? We heard a crash of some sorts."

Kagome nodded, proceeding to explain.

"Your headman was the one who sent those demons after Sesshomaru. In fact, he's the cause of your demon problems since before we came."

"The Headman?"

"He was a demon himself."

"You can't be serious. The headman was a demon?! But, why did he pose as the headman?"

"That I don't know. What I do know is that Sesshomaru's life is worth a lot to the demon community. Apparently it's 'glory to whoever claims his life' or so he had basically put it."

Speaking about the demon's reasoning made her angry again, so she stopped and just told him he was dust on the wind now, and that they didn't need to worry about demon problems again so long as the next headman they appointed wasn't his brother or something.

Tenmaru left her with the knowledge that they were now all in Mieko-san's house, and he went off to spread the news of the headman's true nature. Kagome rushed her way to the home of the woman who had so graciously thought to send food her way the night before, and entered to find her placing a wet rag across the demon's temple with no hesitation at all.

"Thank you, Mieko-san," she smiled, taking a seat beside her.

"No need to thank me. No one, not even a demon, should be in his condition without friends beside him."

She smiled again to hide her uncertainty that they were really considered friends.

"Now get yourself bandaged up; you still have your own wounds to take care of."

She nodded to the woman, digging through the bag she was suddenly thankful had been within Shippo's fox fire.

As she bandaged her small cuts and removed the splinters with a bit of help from Sango, she explained about the headman and his true intentions. Everyone in the hut was surprised except for Mieko, who looked as if she had known what Kagome was telling now.

"I never did trust that man," she stated pointedly when Kagome finished. "Always had a bad feeling about him."

"My mom has good insight when it comes to strangers," Kyojin said, smiling. "That's why she trusts you so much, because she knows you're not bad people."

"That's good to know," Miroku hummed.

"Oh, Kyojin, what have I taught you about flattery," she scolded him, though her face was clearly smiling through the faint blush that covered her cheeks.

A man poked his head in timidly, and Kagome jumped up with her box of medical supplies right on cue.

"I offered to bandage their wounds for them, if you don't mind, Mieko-san."

"No, no, go ahead. It'll just be crowded in here."

She apologized, then allowed the people in one at time to see to their wounds. Some men asked if the words of Tenmaru were true; that the headman truly was a demon in disguise, and she confirmed it with a description that was becoming repetitive to those curious of his nature. Others were completely silent, eyes fixed on Sesshomaru the whole time they were in the hut. Very few asked about his condition, and to them they were given the answer that he would be better once Inuyasha returned with the antidote.

One man entered with a look of guilt, and when Kagome noticed the glare that Hiro and the others were giving to him, she asked why. He didn't enter any further, but she could tell he was favoring his left leg.

"Umm… I'm sorry for blaming him. It was the Headman's fault, not his."

Sango quietly filled Kagome in, and she nodded.

"Well, you've apologized, so get in here. I'm not blind; your leg's been hurt."

He apologized again as she bandaged it, and she told him it was normal to think like that, especially since the demons truly were after him. When he asked why, Kagome said it was simply because he was a strong demon, and they thought that killing him would make them strong.

The man left a bit happier than he had been when he had entered, and left them with hopes that their demon friend would heal soon.

Tenmaru entered shortly after, and upon observing that Kagome was tending to one of the villagers, he commented in surprise.

"Taking care of wounded and a dying demon, are we?"

"At least I have some help from Mieko-san now."

"And our help wasn't enough?"

"Hey, now, I didn't say that!"

"I'm just messing with you. I've actually come for Hiro. There are some villagers who would like to talk about something with you."

Hiro stood up, pausing as he noticed the smile that played on Tenmaru's features.

"I'll be back then."

The last villager that asked to be bandaged followed him out, leaving the rest of them to wonder what was going on now.

Miroku and Sango proceeded to explain what they had found, and that a mizudoubutsu was probably responsible for his condition. Kagome was relieved that it wasn't Naraku's doing; she didn't think it was him, but the reassurance made her feel better. She wished she could have told Inuyasha that was what caused it.

After about a half an hour of discussion, Sango stood and stretched.

"Kagome, Miroku and I should head back out. We need to find Rin."

"Sure. Good luck out there you guys."

They left her with a wave and a promise to slay any other demons they came across so they wouldn't make it to the village.

Kagome sat in silence for a while, massaging one of the cuts on her arm that had been made by what looked like an extra large piece of wood. It was sore now, and she worried it would affect her ability to bandage Sesshomaru's wounds when the time came that they would need changing. A long sigh escaped her.

Mieko turned to her, question holding her eyes as she addressed her.

"Lady Kagome, have you given him any water since you found him?" she asked.

Kagome suddenly felt worried as she stood and made her way to her side.

"To be truthful, I hadn't even thought about it. I've been so focused on his wounds…"

"Well then let's see what we can do about that."

Kagome blushed lightly, embarrassed as she admitted that she had never actually tried to administer water or even medicine to someone who was unconscious. It was always Kaede or someone else who had that capability who had done that. Mieko shook her head, saying she would teach her then, and she suddenly seemed to acquire a very motherly air about her.

Kagome listened intently as she explained what needed to be done to make someone swallow and the proper way to hold them and the amount of water to give them each time. Then she watched in awe as she slowly lifted him onto her lap, cradling his head in the crook of her arm as she situated herself. With one hand she dipped the ladle in the water, filling it only enough that she could give the whole spoonful to him without causing him to choke. Her other hand she turn in such a way that she could massage his throat.

"You have to be gentle doing this, because if you put too much pressure on his neck it could cause him to choke on any water or medicine you try to give him."

Without any hesitation, she ladled the water into his mouth and made him swallow it. Kagome was amazed by how gentle she was, and by how little she seemed to think of him as a demon. He looked more like a child in her arms than anything now.

"Now it's your turn."

./-/-/-/-/-/.

Inuyasha raced along the grass like everything depended on his return, and it did, which made him run even faster. He could smell the village in the distance, a comforting scent that almost made him want to slow down.

It was a good thing it did for a few moments because out of nowhere he picked up the sound of something being squished.

"…Squish?"

Then to his great relief he heard the tiny voice of his oh-so-cowardly retainer coming from below his foot. He snatched him off of the ground without wasting a moment, opting to explain while he ran rather than stopping and wasting precious time.

"Master Inuyasha! What's the rush?" the flee cried from between his fingers.

"There's no time to explain. We have to get to the village; we need your help!"

"My help," he asked, bewildered. "Why me?! You never need my help!"

"It's Sesshomaru. He's-!"

The flee was squirming in his hand now, trying to break free from his iron grip but to no avail.

"Myoga, listen, I'm not finished! He's dying!"

That stopped his struggle effectively.

"…What?"

"You heard me! Sesshomaru's been poisoned by something that he couldn't counter. We found him just before we left the village, and now Kagome and Shippo are looking after him until I get back there with this antidote! You have to help! There's only so much human medicine can do, and you might be his only hope!"

He launched himself further along, his sense of urgency renewed. Myoga was silent now, as if he couldn't think of the words to say that would express how much he didn't believe him.

"Look, Myoga, after you help you can run away, I don't care. Just stay with me long enough to save him."

Myoga stared at him, disbelieving, but the plain fear that rested in the hanyou's eyes forced him to agree. He had never seen Inuyasha so distraught in his life. To think that the brother that had always wanted him dead could spark such intensity in his eyes…perhaps Inuyasha could never force himself to feel the same way.

Inuyasha caught something in the air that unsettled him deeply, and when he recognized the scent as blood and demons, his instincts moved his feet faster than he thought possible.

He was quickly over the hill that he had left from, and there he froze for the first time since he left. From where he stood his wide eyes could take in the devastation of the village. Corpses littered the ground, villagers seemed disheveled, and as his eyes turned toward where he had once been staying, fear gripped his senses. The remains of what was the hut were charred and shattered, except for one spot where sheets were still laying in the spot where his brother had once laid. Hope seemed distant as he told his feet to move.

He suddenly wished he hadn't wanted everyone to know.

"…Kagome, where are you…" he whispered. Myoga assumed the village outskirts hadn't looked like this when Inuyasha had left. "Kagome!"

He ran into the village, dodging surprised villagers as his mind ran frantically over reasons and outcomes, until a strong-armed man slowed him.

"Whoa, hey, Lady Kagome and the demon are fine."

He stared at him with eyes filled with relief.

"Where are they?"

"The second hut on the right. You can't miss it, since that's where the crowd keeps gathering."

Inuyasha quickly thanked him and pushed his way through the crowd and into the hut and was met with the sight of a woman showing Kagome the process of trying to get an unconscious demon to drink water.

"Now move your hand here."

"Like this?"

"That's right."

"And then…oh! Inuyasha!"

She would have jumped up in embarrassment, except for the fact that it was Sesshomaru on her lap and he was in no condition to be thrown, as well as the slight possibility that he was aware of what was going on and would hold it against her for the rest of his life (obviously his would be much longer). She was relieved to see him, though, and did the next best thing.

"I'm so glad you're back, Inuyasha. You wouldn't believe-"

"What happened? You're hurt," he interrupted her, coming to her side to examine the bandages on her arms and legs.

"The headman of the village turned out to be the demon behind all of the attacks before we came. He saw Sesshomaru and decided to tell the other demons in the area that he was here and an easy target. Sango and Miroku noticed the demons, too, and they came back to help. Sesshomaru's fine, although no better than he was. Mieko's putting us up until he's better, and she trying to help me get water down him and…"

Inuyasha just shook his head.

"Tell me later. Right now we should get him the antidote," he stated, pulling it out of his haori. Myoga jumped off of his shoulder and onto the floor next to the squirming priestess.

"Myoga?" she questioned, astonished that the cowardly flee was actually within two feet of Sesshomaru.

"Oh, Lord Sesshomaru, to see you like this…" he whined, blowing his nose in his tiny handkerchief. "It just reminds me of your father!"

Inuyasha stared at him for several minutes, reminding himself that Myoga had been there when their father had died, and that Sesshomaru must resemble him more than himself since he was a full demon. Kagome's voice cut him from his thoughts.

"We shouldn't waste any time. Myoga, can you try to get as much of the poison out of his blood stream as possible?"

Myoga nodded, but the look in his eyes told them he had never gone near Sesshomaru for as long as he could remember, let alone be so bold as to drink his blood. After a few moments of what looked like self assurance, he hopped onto his neck and grew about seven times his original size in the process of drawing the out poison.

"That's as much as I can do. The antidote will have to do the rest."

Mieko offered to mix it since Kagome was still occupied with the demon on her lap. Inuyasha knelt down beside her, eyeing his brother as he responded to Myoga's actions by wincing and squirming. His efforts were weak, though, and Inuyasha had to shift his attention elsewhere while he calmed his unorganized emotions. His eyes rested on the bandage wrapped around her arm, but he withheld his questioning until after the antidote was in his system.

"Here you go," Mieko said, handing Kagome the bowl. "You remember what I was telling you, right?"

Kagome nodded sternly. "Yes."

Inuyasha watched her ease the solution down his throat with some awe, only reaching out when he tried to refuse it.

"This will help, I promise," Inuyasha said under his breath, rolling over the possibility of the solution tasting as horrid as it smelled. He soothed his hair away from his face, a strange gesture he had once seen Kagome do to comfort Shippo. It seemed to make him relax. "I promise."


sorcerousfang: Well, this one wasn't so cliff-hanger-ish, so I hope this helps those of you who wait on me to hold out for a while until the next chapter.

Sesshomaru: I'm getting the antidote, I'm getting the antidote!

sorecerousfang: …Are you singing?

Sesshomaru: …hey, you would sing too if you were finally going to wake up after being half-dead for seven chapters.

sorcerousfang: technically speaking, you've only been out since chapter three…

Sesshomaru: That's still a long time!

sorcerousfang: …anywho, aside from fluffy's little dance over there –

Sesshomaru: Hey!

sorcerousfang: I hope this chapter satisfies you all to some degree. Everything should be winding down and wrapping up…of course, you never know when I might hit you with another *cough*cliffhanger*cough*

Look forward to seeing you next chapter!

(sorcerousfang: oh, and for those of you who read this before and reread it and noticed Sesshomaru's dance being a little different, well that's because I replaced the old chapter with an edited version, and accidently forgot to add this back on to it, so I had to do this by memory. Needless to say, Sesshomaru was quite happy his dance had been deleted; at least until he found out my memory was good.

Sesshomaru: Curse you…

sorcerousfang: hehe ^^ If you remember anything I missed that you thought was funny before, let me know in your review, okay?

Sesshomaru: No, don't listen to her.

sorcerousfang: …You know, Sesshomaru, I could always change the story so that your little antidote doesn't work and you die.

Sesshomaru: …Tell her what she missed so I can escape this hell-hole.

sorcerousfang: Good boy.

Sesshomaru: help me, dear lord…)