Well…well…well…look who finally decided to update!

I tell ya! Insanity!

I was going to provide a bunch of updates in one swoop to make up for all of this but then I surprisingly got more reviews…also I'm having problems with my story research so I will update this now to let you know that I am not a fic killing, writing slacking loser! Okay, so I am!!!

Kitten Kisses - Hmm...maybe I'm not as great with detail as one should expect. By the way what kind of detail interests you?

Sesshomaru13 - That was a wonderful preview of what you are about to read. (I did my best!)

Crow T R0bot - My excuse: I was bored when I started writing this. My problem is that I shouldn't post a story unless I know for sure I will keep writing. Since we're near the end, I guess I'll keep writing.

No one - thanx no one

Youkaigirl99 - Teehee, was it Inuyasha's jealousy in chap 8 that gave it away? As for the answers to the Sess-Rin relationship, you'll have to wait for the sequel. YES THERE IS A SEQUEL!!!

NOTICE: Due to the new policies set at And due to getting in trouble once with this site: this fic is now rated R!!!

Chapter Ten

Warsaw, the same day as last chapter

The shaking ground. The loud screeching explosions. The smoky skies. Looking through the kitchen window Sesshomaru's stomach began to curl. The end had come and he had failed to fight back against the true enemy, which was his life. With one last drink, he swallowed and accepted his defeat.

As the red army got closer into town, the flat began to lose his strength. Sesshomaru rushed up to the attic. When he got there, the flat began to shake again. Rin was on the floor trying to cover herself as the small dusty debris began to rain down. There was no time left. Knowing that the building would soon fall, Sesshomaru pried Rin from the ground and carried her down the stairs.

He didn't know what to do or where to go now. These thoughts however, became interrupted the moment he got to the bottom of the stairs.

Naraku was standing there.

Sesshomaru placed Rin on the ground and she quickly hid behind him sitting herself on the stairs.

"What do you think you are doing here?" growled Sesshomaru.

"Finding out the truth," Naraku said. "What a shame, a high commanding officer like you hiding a filthy Jew all this time. Have you forgotten all of this hatred for your family, why you hate your father's second wife so much? Forgive me commander but I can't let you corrupt our values. I will report this impurity."

"You idiot, there's no point in doing so. Have you looked outside? It's over."

"It's not over!" said Naraku. "We still have a stronghold in the west. As soon as we flush these reds out will get our lands back. And we will come back much stronger."

"I knew that a mere private like you would be so light headed. I tell you this, the sooner we remain here the sooner those reds are going to slit our throats."

There was silence outside and Naraku smirked. "Do you hear that? I think you're scaring yourself over nothing. This means we are going to execute you and who knows, they might promote me to your position." Naraku was about to walk out the door when Sesshomaru said "You're one to talk about shame, half-Jew".

Naraku paused turning a slight head back to Sesshomaru. "What?"

"According to you records, your grandmother was a Jew. I discovered it when recruitment began but you were one of the best marksmen that I couldn't let go to waste. I defended you when other suspected you for looking like one."

Unknown to Sesshomaru, Naraku crept one hand under his coat. "So is this blackmail you are trying to pull on me?" Naraku's gun finally came out but it's first bullet only struck the side of the stairs. Sesshomaru found himself stumbling back as if instinct told him to be a shield for the little girl behind. Before Naraku could fire a second time, an explosion rocked the house and Naraku himself toppled back. His gun clumsily dropped out of his sight.

And Sesshomaru fought the shaking of the earth so he could fire. With the collapsing of his flat he fired more shots than he intended. Rin was covering herself again as the falling debris around her got bigger. Sesshomaru quickly pulled her out. He carried her over Naraku's bloodied corpse and out the front door.

"I'm scared, Miroku. What if they find me out?"

"I know but maybe we can pass through here safely. I just have a feeling that no one around here can be trusted."

Miroku had Sango dressed as a nun, the two souls had to evacuate from the church because it was literally falling apart from the blasts of the Russians. They took an old truck and managed to drive through the quiet areas of Warsaw, those that were already destroyed and those that were doomed the sudden destruction of war.

Sango was breathing hardly hoping that if they were to be stopped, it would be by a liberator in need of answers not a German still on a Jew hunt. Her worst fears however were confirmed as soon as the two saw a man in a German uniform standing down the street.

And indeed a few feet later, the German raised his hand ordering the truck to stop.

Both Sango and Miroku were shaking as they held hands. The German officer open the driver's door and using the threat of a gun ordered Miroku to step out of the car. Miroku did what he was told. Sango was still permitted to stay inside, praying that this German wasn't going to kill Miroku.

Instead of saying a single word, the German placed an arm behind himself and pulled a littler Jewish girl infront of Miroku. The girl was push closer to him. And then the German officer waved his gun back at Miroku, driving both him and the child back into the truck. Sango was shocked by this sudden presence that managed to squeeze in between the two. The German officer was walking away and Miroku cautiously ignited the truck.

"It can't be," Sango said. "This girl is…a Jew."

"See, there is no need to worry. He thought we were both from the church so he knew this child would be safe with us…I think." In truth, they had no idea because so many questions without answers were going through each other's heads.

Sesshomaru turned to watch the beaten green truck disappear.

Rin was looking back to nothing just the wall of the truck. It then occurred to her that she would never see that man again.

Auschwitz, January 18, 1945

For the past many hours, the prisoners were being herded around outside of their barracks. Since news came of the Warsaw Liberation, the Gestapo had to act quickly. There was no way that they could remain here and have their crimes exposed to the world.

Inuyasha was given no chances to do what he desperately wanted to do right now and that was to find Kagome. The Gestapo was pulling him out of the crowds to work. 'On what?' he thought. If the Soviets were coming, if the Gestapo knew they have lost, then what was left to be done?

It turns out that it was all because the Gestapo were cowards.

In the early morning with the sunrise hidden behind the winter clouds, massive groups of Jew were rounded up and marched out of the camps. The Jews were cold and confused. Some even thought that they were being freed, but the Gestapo walled them as they were driven out of the camp. Their destination was unknown to them except from the high officers. They had to get the Jews out of the east and into the camps in the West, safe from the Soviets.

Inuyasha was forced to work double time with digging holes. He was good at it but it disgusted him to realize why he was digging holes. Bodies, clothes, items, whatever remained of the dead Jews, even the skeletons need to be buried to hide the evidence of such mass genocide, which had occurred here for several years. The remains of the crematories had to be destroyed as well. Nothing would be left out in the open.

There were few Jews here now. Some were being killed that weren't working but the guards had to stop or otherwise there would be no one to bury their corpses as well. The many thousands who were here yesterday had vanished as if their lives were taken by the cold wind in one swoop.

The last time Inuyasha saw her, Kagome was working with the regular prisoners with a bit of strength and persistence. It made Inuyasha feel better to know that the risk of sneaking extra food to Kagome was worth imagining the possibility of a smile on her face had she seen him.

But now he was looking around, there was hardly a woman being forced to stay behind to do this type of German cowardly duty. By the day's end, things began to die down, the Jews and guards worked slower relaxing their concerns that the Soviets were going to come today. But it did not happen.

And it made Inuyasha think as he was driven to the mostly empty barracks for the night. It would take a week at least to fully clean the camp out. Would they kill him and the left behinds once they were finished? He could imagine himself and the other Jews being driven into the woods and their dead bodies being buried amongst the snow.

Then he felt a pain worse than death. It occurred to him that all of the other Jews, those hoards of thousands were probably being driven into the woods or camps to their deaths as well. Kagome didn't get the privilege of staying behind. He knew this or otherwise he would have definitely seen her today. She didn't have a chance anyway. Had she been able to eat something recently? How long would the Jews be walking in the cold?

Tears began to give Inuyasha a moment's warmth. His brother had warned him of getting close and now Inuyasha understood. He would never get to see Kagome again. If anything she could already be dead…

…and he never got to say goodbye.

Choking the sobs back, he struggled to mentally wish for one last chance to see her. If he could just tell her to be strong and not give up, then she could be saved.

It wasn't the cold that got to the herds. It was the endless marching. It they stopped, they would be shot dead. If they dropped to the ground, they would still be shot in case they were faking it.

Kagome lagged behind the large group of women she marched with, staring at nothing but the backs of others, hearing nothing but the shots and yells of people. She looked back and noticed that she was getting closer and closer to the back of the line. She had to pull herself farther front without using up her strength for her legs were weights to her thin and fragile being.

She closed her eyes thinking of Inuyasha and how strong he seemed to her. Kagome had lived off of that strength through the hell of it all and now she tried to imagine that strength inside of her. It was a slow pain to endure but she had to do what it would take to survive longer. After all, the small things were what spared her life. And miracle of miracles she slowly caught up to the safe part of the marching line.

'Inuyasha just for you…I won't give up…I will never give up!'

Next Chap: Auschwitz is liberated but where will Inuyasha go? And can Miroku, Sango, and Rin travel through Poland without running into any Reds or Nazis? What about Kagome?!

Disclaimer: Inuyasha and characters are owned by Rumiko Takahashi. Most of the events in this story are based on the real events of the Holocaust and are being told in chronological order. Information used to tell this story may not have been 100% accurate and might be coincidental. In other words, it's just a story. Don't sue and review!