Disclaimer: Nope, sorry, don't own InuYasha. . .

A/N: Konbanwa everyone! I am SO sorry that I haven't updated this story in so long! I've been doing lots of things with my Beta Club, practicing my flute for All County Band, and playing waitress. This chapter is dedicated to another of my friends, Erin, or as we all know her, Sunshine Cat. Thanks for the reviews! But anyway, I'm back for our next chapter that involves InuYasha getting jacked up on a wall by Sessy! But anyway, chapter away!!! *rides off into the sunset*

A Blast From The Past
Chapter Seven-Brother's Meeting

InuYasha was beginning to get worried. Of course, Kagome had only been gone for a scant five minutes, but InuYasha was always paranoid on the nights of the new moon when he lost all of his inherent half demon powers. He'd gained a recent, slight respect, for the human side of himself, but that didn't mean he liked not being able to smell his mate's scent, or hear what she was doing from the other side of the apartment.

The loud silence of the room threatened to overwhelm InuYasha as he set there, staring defiantly at the clock, as though daring it to start beeping or something. Kagome should be back any time now, with news of their son's most recent monster nightmare.

The large mirror propped up on Kagome's bureau gleamed as a car with bright headlights passed by the apartment, divulging InuYasha's reflection from its silvery surface. His normally silver-white hair was jet black, his eyes a dark blue, and of course he was without his signature dog ears. The mirror showed InuYasha the human, not InuYasha the hanyou.

The seconds crawled by with an infinite slowness as InuYasha ever so slowly drew Tetsusaiga towards him, with fingers lacking their normal claws. Kagome was taking too long. Seven minutes was long enough to check on Ryou. Something must have happened, InuYasha's anxious human mind concluded. That had to be it.

With that in mind, InuYasha belted on his father's fang. Well, it was his fang that adorned the sword now. He belted it across his bare chest, letting it hang down across his back, partially obscured from view by his unkempt black mane. As much as he tried to muffle his footsteps, he winced as the floor beneath him creaked loudly at every movement.

"Kagome!" He hissed as he reached the bedroom door, looking down and across the hall. Ryou's room lights were on, and the door was cracked open slightly, letting a small stream of pale light shine through, leaving a pale streak across InuYasha's muscular form. He heard no answer to his call.

"Ka-" InuYasha began to call his mate's name once more, when he felt an ever so familiar presence. Before his human body had time to act, a viciously clawed hand reached out to catch a firm grip on his throat before lifting him up and slamming him bodily into the nearest wall. A small whoosh of air escaped his lips as he had the wind knocked out of him, looking down at the glowering face of his attacker.

It was his half-brother, Sessho-Maru.

He tried to speak, his feet kicking feebly nearly a foot off the ground. He didn't know what the hell Sessho-Maru was doing in his apartment, let alone the present time, but he certainly wasn't just going to go limp. Unfortunately, Sessho-Maru's firm grasp of his throat prevented any coherent speech, so the younger brother had to settle for a few measly gurgles.

"Where is Rin?" Sessho-Maru demanded, shaking InuYasha's frail and weakened human body for emphasis. InuYasha's eyes widened slightly, and his mouth opened soundlessly. In response, Sessho-Maru loosened his death grip slightly, to allow speech.

"What kind of shit are you babbling about Sessho-Maru?" InuYasha croaked, managing somehow to smirk before his elder brother renewed his fierce grip on his esophagus. Sessho-Maru didn't know why InuYasha bothered to deny anything. Naraku's trail led right through his house, and along with it, Rin's. This was what happened to full demons when they finally started trusting younger, hanyou brothers, wasn't it? Then, as he took a longer whiff of smell, much to InuYasha's puzzlement, a realization hit him like a ton of bricks. Wait a minute. That hadn't been his realization. That had been an ever aggressive Inuyasha landing a square kick to his groin. Itai.

When Sessho-Maru finally recovered himself, which didn't take too long, he stood up and stared coldly at his younger brother, who was standing quite defiantly. At least, as defiant as one could look in a pair of black boxers with an old looking sword strapped to one's back and a purpling bruise on one's neck. InuYasha cocked an eyebrow at his brother's amused expression, before Sessho-Maru gestured absently in the direction of Ryou's room.

"Have you checked my darling nephew's room yet, dear brother?" Sessho-Maru drawled, of course acting the epitome of calm and collected in front of InuYasha. Emotion was something showed to Rin and her alone. InuYasha mentally smacked himself as he brushed past Sessho-Maru and slammed open Ryou's door. There was no one there. The only sound was the creaking off the open door, swinging back and forth on its hinges. Sessho- Maru sidled past him, and stared at the room, picking up the faint traces of lingering fear, child, Rin, and of course, miasma, Naraku's calling card in this case.

When Sessho-Maru turned towards InuYasha, he was almost embarrassed to see crystalline tears in the corners of his brother's human eyes. Had being mated to that miko changed him that much? Even with Rin, Sessho-Maru had never cried; of course not. He cleared his throat noisily, making InuYasha stiffen in surprise. The tears had gone.

"Is Rin gone too?" InuYasha said hollowly, staring down at the floor, his hands spasming into fists at his side. If he'd had his claws, he would have ripped holes in his flesh. Sessho-Maru crossed his hands over his chest, absently tucking in his tail, nodding quietly. He hated to admit it, but InuYasha was the one who would know of this time, and he would have to, he didn't want to even think it. He'd have to trust InuYasha with this.

"And now Kagome and Ryou are missing." He said evenly. Of course, this had to happen on the new moon. If he'd had his normal sense of smell, sight, and hearing, this wouldn't have happened. It almost made him regret the Shikon no Tama wish. The one in which he had denied himself a full demon form, instead returning the bits of lost soul from his previous transformations. Almost, well, not at all actually.

"Your assumptions amaze me." Sessho-Maru said sarcastically, waiting for his ever so clever brother to say something worthwhile. If he didn't, The Lord of the West would just have to go out into this so called 'present time' and find Rin himself. As if sensing that very thought, InuYasha turned towards him.

"You know nothing of this time." He said, ignoring his elder brother's snide comment, for now.

"You're going to need me to help, and I'll need you." Sessho-Maru could have gagged, had he lacked his dignity. As it were, he simply rolled his eyes slightly. This was obvious, he didn't know why InuYasha even bothered to say it.

"I advise that we team up. You need to find Rin. I need to find Kagome and Ryou. Naraku obviously has some hand in this, though I have no clue as how, considering how we killed him." InuYasha stated, holding out his hand, waiting for his brother to either accept or reject his offer. Sessho-Maru stared at his younger brother through narrowed slits of eyes. Team up with him? Well, if he couldn't find Rin, he could always kill InuYasha for it later.

With that thought in mind, The Lord of the West grasped his younger brother's hand, and shook it firmly. The hunt was on.

A/N: Weeeellll. That's it for today, and, once again, I am so sorry for the delay! Domo arigato gazaimasu for all those purty reviews!! Next chapter is entitled Rin's Predicament.