Title: Change of Heart

Chapter 10: Revealed

Summary: Ok, this chpt. just has a whole wack of things, I can't really sum it up. But I will tell you this, Naraku has a back up plan. Anyway, enjoy the show.

Disclaimer: Neko: Hello people! Tenshi doesn't own anything to do with Inuyasha.

Inu: If she did I'd quit.

Neko: That's not nice.

Inu: So?

Neko: Never mind. Anywho, we just have to wait for Tenshi, cause she's getting things ready so that I can get my soul back.

Inu: This should be good.

Neko: So while she's doing that I'll start the show.

Inu: Why can't I?

Neko: Cause I say so!

Inu: So?

Neko: Ok everyone it's time to-

Inu: Start the show!

Neko: Hey! You stole my line!

Story: "Hiro-chan!" Rin came running over to Hiroku looking upset. They stopped for a small break so that Rin could play with Hiroku. They're in a small field, with beautiful flowers and a clear blue sky. Sesshomaru's resting against a tree with AhUn beside him. And Rin was with Jaken picking flowers, which left Hiroku wandering around. Until Rin came running up to her upset about something.

"What's wrong Rin?" Hiroku asked bending down so that she was at Rin's eye level.

"Master Jaken's being mean to Rin. He keeps call Rin names and throwing dirt at her."

"Did he now." Hiroku stood up, and walked with Rin over to where Jaken was.

Sesshomaru had noticed that Rin had gone off some where with Hiroku, with his good hearing, he heard what Rin was upset about. He wondered what Hiroku was going to do. In the time that they've known each other, he knows that Hiroku won't tolerate seeing someone like Rin getting hurt.

Just then he could hear shouts, and then he saw Jaken come running over to him with a bumb on his head. He continued running in circles, as Hiroku came running up to him yelling at Jaken for hurting Rin.

"Get back here!" when Hiroku had caught up to Jaken, she chased him around hitting him with her staff and kicking him. Rin had finally caught up and was watching Hiroku as Rin continued laughing at Jaken. "If you ever hurt her again I'll kill you got it?" she asked harshly.

"Y-yes..." Jaken replied.

Then finally, it stopped, and Jaken sat beside AhUn with a least six or seven bumbs on his head, a bruised eye, and was muttering a few strings of curses. Rin and Hiroku were laughing all the while, and Sesshomaru, well, didn't do anything, although he was fighting the urge to laugh as well. Hiroku walked over to him, and bent down, looking striaght at him with a look of confusion.

"Why don't you laugh?" at her question, his eyes snapped open and looked directly at her. "I asked why you don't laugh."

"Why would I want to." he said more than asked.

"Because it feels good. Come on, laugh." she told him, in a tone as if she was ordering him to.

"I give the orders around here, not you." he snapped back at her. "Laughing is pointless."

"Is not! Laugh. It makes you feel good, now laugh!" she said without backing down. Sesshomaru could sense this, and knew that he would not be able to change her mind, so he made a small curve of a smile. "That's just pathetic." she sat back and crossed her arms in disappointment. "Even I know that you can do better than that."

"Watch who you're calling pathetic hanyou." he said sternly.

"This is going to take a while." Hiroku shrugged.

"Hiro-chan!" Rin stood in front of her. "Com on, you can help Rin pick some flowers!"

"Ok." they both walked over to a small flower field nearby and picked flowers of many different colors.

"Hiro-chan?" Rin sat in Hiroku's lap, and Hiroku looked down at her. "I know you're Rin's big sister and all but... Rin also thinks that you'd be a really good mother."

"Where's she taking this?" Hiroku wondered.

"Lord Sesshomaru is like a father to Rin. But Rin needs a mother..." she stopped again, unsure of what she wanted to say. "Would you be Rin's mother?" she asked innocently.

Hiroku went stiff at Rin's question. "Uh..." is all Hiroku could get out.

"Rin thinks that Sesshomaru likes you. Do you like him?"

"Uh, I don't know, there's a possibility though..."

"Really?"

"Yeah." Hiroku wasn't sure what to tell her, except the truth.

Because of his good hearing, Sesshomaru heard everything, from Rin asking Hiroku the question about being her mother, to the hanyou saying that there might be a possiblity to liking him. He found what Rin said a bit amusing, as well as what Hiroku had told her.

'You like her.'

'What?'

'You like her.' came again, the voice of Sesshomaru's conscience.

'I don't.'

'Sure, that's why you're glad that she said there's a possibility that she might really like you.'

'I don't care if she does or not, it matters not to me.' Sesshomaru answered finally.

'Watch it, here she comes.' then it left.

"Lord Sesshomaru?" asked Hiroku and he snapped out of his daze, though he gave her no reply or eye contact.

"Naraku, the demon has failed." said Kagura. She's standing in front of Naraku whose sitting in a corner by a window. Outside of the window is a dark pinky-purple light of the barrier. The room is dark and dank.

"I'm aware of that. I didn't think that Sesshomaru would be so protective of her."

"It is odd. I could go get her if you wish, and I'll get that miko Kagome to." Kagura turned to leave when Naraku had stopped her.

"Don't bother. Inuyasha would get in the way, as well as Sesshomaru. They're both protective of those girls. And Sesshomaru seems to care for that half-breed, so getting her would be difficult."

"Then what do you... wish me to do?" she asked reluctantly.

"Pre-pare Kanna and Kohaku for a battle, I will be taking down the barrier." then when Kagura bowed and left, Naraku laughed minically. And got rid of the barrier, allowing the groups who wished to fight him, find him.

Both Sesshomaru and Hiroku instantly sensed Naraku. "Is that him?" asked Hiroku staring striaght ahead of them.

"It is." said Sesshomaru.

"Why all of a sudden though?" she asked but got no answer.

"Jaken stay here with Rin and Hiroku." Jaken bowed as well as Rin who stood beside AhUn.

"What? I'm going to!" Hiroku stomped over to him.

"You're staying."

"I'm going, I told you. I want to kill Naraku to. Remember, when ever a friend goes into battle, so do I."

"... Fine." Hiroku stood beside Sesshomaru as his arm found its way around her waist, and pulled her closer to him.

"What are you doing?" she asked blushing.

"We're going to fly there." then out from under kneathe them, formed a demon cloud, and they soared to the sky.

"Bye Hiro-chan and Lord Sesshomaru!" shouted Rin waving at them, as they flew over the forests.

Hiroku had a death grip on Sesshomaru's arm, afraid of letting go, until he assured her that she would not fall through. Then Hiroku let go and looked out over the land. They weren't very hight, maybe a little higher than the trees. She was amazed at the sight of all the trees as they flew past.

"This is so cool, I wish that I could fly."

They flew mostly in silence, Hiroku was unsure of what to talk about. And Sesshomaru isn't very talkitive, so she decided that she'd ask about Naraku, there's something that she has been wondering. "Um, Lord Sesshomaru?" she looked up at him, and he acknowloged her by returning the glance. "There's something that I've been wondering about. When ever I sense or smell Naraku, I don't smell a demon..."

Sesshomaru knew where this was going, so he didn't bother letting her finish. "Naraku's a hanyou."

"What?" Hiroku had a look of shock. "Him? A hanyou?"

"Yes."

"..."

"Does that bother you?"

"No. I'm just surprised that's all."

"Are you afriad?"

"Afraid? Me? Ha! He's the one who should be afraid."

"Really." this is not a question, though he said it in a amused way.

"We can beat him together and-"

"I don't need your help. I'll kill him on my own."

"Ugh... we'll never beat him this way..." she sighed and remained quiet until something caught her nose as well as Sesshomaru's. Looking down to the ground, there's a dirt path, and on the dirt path was a group of five people. The cloud was low enough that the two riding it could see who it is.

"Hey, it's Inuyasha and his group."

"Don't say his name."

"Land this thing."

"What?" he glared at her.

"Land this thing, I'm sure that they're heading for Naraku to, and we could use their help."

"I don't need their help."

"I'll rephrase it. They could use our help. There happy." she said in a sarcastic tone.

"I have no intention of landing."

"Fine, I'll go down there myself." Hiroku walked over to the edge and looked down.

"How are you going to do that?"

"I'll jump. We're low enough that I could make it to the ground without getting hurt."

"Go ahead, just don't expect me to catch you." he said coldly.

"Ok I won't." then she jumped off, making her way to the ground. As she fell down, she felt almost as light as a feather, the wind against her felt good, and it kind of ticlked her face. Sesshomaru looked as she fell, he didn't think that she really would jump. "Inuyasha!" Hiroku called down to them, as the Inu gang looked up and saw her.

"Hiroku? Inuyasha, you need to catch her." Kagome told him, and Inuyasha was already in the air.

He got closer and closer to her, and almost had her in his grasp, when a white blur flew past and grabbed Hiroku and made its way to the ground with Inuyasha not far behind. Everyone ran over to where it landed, and saw who it was.

"You idiot! What if I didn't catch you?!" shouted Sesshomaru. He was still holding Hiroku with his arms around her waist.

"What were you thinking jumping like that?!" shouted Inuyasha.

"Hello!" Hiroku pushed herself away from Sesshomaru and stood beside him. "I'm half-demon remember, we were low enough that I could have landed with out getting hurt."

"So what are you doing here?" asked Sango.

"You guys are heading for Naraku right?"

"So you sensed him as well?" Miroku walked up to her, and took Hiroku's hands in his.

"Yeah..." she said a bit nervously.

"I know that you told me no already, but I have a terrible curse and I need someone to bare my child. So-" he never got to finish for there was a low growl. Miroku looked up and saw Sesshomaru glaring down at him. He had a glare saying 'Touch her and die' instantly Miroku back off, then got a well deserved hit in the head by Sango's Hirukatsu.

"Have you come to help us?" asked Kagome.

"We don't need their help." snorted Inuyasha.

"Like wise." said Sesshomaru.

"Oh come on you guys. Strength in numbers remember?" said Hiroku.

"Right, so Inuyasha, Sesshomaru, you'll just have to get use to each other." both Hiroku and Kagome smiled. "Besides, we should be at Naraku's castle soon, he's pretty close."

The two brothers glared at each other for a moment. "Come on, let's get going." said Sango.

They decided to keep the two brothers separate. So Inuyasha and Miroku walked ahead of everyone. With Sango, Kagome, Kirara and Shippo in the middle and Hiroku and the demon lord not far behind. They continued walking along the dirt road, as the scent of Naraku got stronger.

Once they reached the top of a hill, they all saw Naraku's dark castle, and above it, a cloud of demonic aura. "You know something just occured to me..." started Miroku. Everyone looked over to him. "Why would Naraku decide to reveal himself now? I just find it odd." he stated.

"I agree." said Sango a bit worried.

"We don't have a choice though. He'll come after us anyway right." said Hiroku.

"True."

"Then let's get this over with." said Inuyasha unsheathing Tetseiga and racing down the hill.

Sango quickly changed into her exterminator outfit and got on Kirara along with Miroku, Kagome who had her bow and arrows ready and Shippo. Then Sesshomaru took out Tokijin, and Hiroku grasped her staff tight in her hands. They both charged down the hill, gaining speed as they did.

"They're coming." said Kagura. She, along with Kanna and Kohaku are standing next to Naraku within the doors of the castle.

"Good. Let the battle begin" he smirked as the people headed right for him, as he planned.

To be continued...

Neko: I hate you so much right now.

me: Ok, I'm sorry, I know that I did another cliffy. But please don't hurt me.

Neko: I hope that you get the next chapter. done soon.

me: Don't worry, I already have ideas, as well as ideas for the next few chapters.

Neko: Yay! And what about my soul?

me: You should have it back sometime in the next chapter.

Neko: Yay! I'm getting my soul back! Woohoo!

me: Anyway, I hope that you like my chapter. R&R.

Previews for next chapter- Chapter 11: Taken

"Oh look, the little half-breed can control the wind to." Kagura mocked.

"Kagome are you ok?" he asked her still fighting off more demons.

"Kohaku..." she let his name escape her lips again, as he lunged at her, and she blocked by pulling her hirukatsu out in front of her.

"Hm, you have the same eyes as your mother." he observed taking a step closer, and making Hiroku take a step back.

"Kaogme!" Shippou called as he saw his mother get pulled away.