Hey guys! Here is chapter 10. Woah! now I never thought I would make it this far. So thank you everyone who have supported me while writing this story. I hope you will enjoy it further down the road.

Disclaimer:I do not own or profit from any Intellectual Properties belonging to Rumiko Takahashi, Shogakukan, Sunrise and Viz Media especially InuYasha.

"Gasp" Kagome woke up.

She was sleeping in front of her study desk. Somehow she fell asleep while finishing her school work. But somehow she just woke up.

She looked around but there was nothing. That was strange she just felt something was wrong but there was nothing here. Everything was fine. For once she really did feel

Thinking that she may have been tired she stood up and opened the window hoping to freshen up her mind. She closed her eyes and took in the cool fresh breeze.

She opened her eyes when she noticed that the sky was black. At that moment she realized that it was the night of the new moon. It was the night when InuYasha becomes human. It was the time he hated the most, the time of his weakness. Her fresh mood immediately turned to worry. InuYasha was often reckless even in his human nights. He almost got himself killed in several of these occasions.

But then again he had no reason to be in danger again. He had friends now with whom he could truly trust with his life on. He was safe and nothing could go wrong. But then again she just felt doubtful about that. Not that she doubted Miroku or Sango but she doubted her own instinct.

"Please, Miroku. Please, Sango look after him." She said looking at the sky.

However, she never realized that she was too late to say those prayers since out of her knowledge, InuYasha had run away with a pain in his heart buried deep within.

Kagome stood there for a few more minutes until a bright light flashed in the sky and after a few moments a crashing sound of lightning came thundering down to the earth.

Back at Kaedae's village, Sango looked out at the black sky just imagining the days when under these same skies Miroku used to grope her and she would lend him a hand in his face.

"Lady Sango. I wondered where you were." A voice came from behind.

"Oh, Rin you are not asleep yet?" Sango asked.

"No, I was about to go to sleep when I saw you staring at the sky." Rin replied. "Are you missing someone?"

"Huh, yes I am." Sango replied.

"Is it master Miroku?" Rin asked.

Sango looked at Rin's face who was giving her a big wide smile.

"Maybe, or it could be my brother as well." Sango replied with a smile as she looked at the sky.

"Oh, I see. So you miss both of them." Rin said.

"Well, I miss all of them, even InuYasha and Kagome, and their constant bantering. It was annoying back in the day but now all of a sudden I miss that because the village feels so quiet and lifeless without them." Sango said.

"Please bring him back soon Miroku." She said to herself.

She then looked up as a bright light flashed in the sky and after a few moments a crashing sound of lightning came thundering down to the earth.

Somewhere Miroku and Kohaku had found themselves out of the forest and were taking shelter under a roof of a nearby village. After a long hard travel they were finally out of the hard soil and at least for now were comfortable.

Kohaku was preparing to sack up for the day inside his futon bed while Miroku was sitting in front of the window looking at the black sky.

"Is something wrong brother-in-law?" Kohaku asked.

"Huh, oh just thinking when will this be all over." Miroku replied.

"It will brother-in-law. We just have to act fast and hope that we find him in time." Kohaku said.

"It will end, but its long way there. Even if we meet him right now we will not be able to convince him to come back. He will try to avoid us by scolding us for following him." Miroku said.

Kohaku could only leave a sigh. Then he settled down to sleep. Miroku did not go to sleep, he just stared at the sky. Then he heard a mew. It was Kirara.

"So you aren't sleeping as well my friend." He said as he stroked the cat demon's hair.

Kirara only gave a mew in response.

"You want me to sleep then? I guess I can't say no to that." Miroku said.

Then he stood up and settled on his own futon bed.

"I wonder what you are doing right now Sango." Miroku thought to himself.

Then Miroku closed his eyes and went to sleep as a bright light flashed in the sky and after a few moments a crashing sound of lightning came thundering down to the earth.

"Wh..What are you?" InuYasha asked.

Nobu couldn't reply anything. He was caught. He had to give some answers, but how?

"I have no time to explain everything. We have to get to her." Nobu said.

"Not until you tell me everything." InuYasha spoke up in a loud voice.

"I will tell you but now is not the time. We must go after them." Nobu tried to reason.

"Fine" InuYasha replied in a frustrated manner. "But how do you expect to find her."

"I am pretty much sure I know the man who would come after her. Now let's get going. It's not far away from here." Nobu said.

InuYasha agreed and they went forward. It was the night of the new moon and now he was looking for the girl in the night of his weakness. This wasn't going on as planned. How could everything go so horribly wrong?

"Hey, can't we wait till its morning." InuYasha asked.

"NO WE CAN'T WAIT. DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?" Nobu yelled back.

InuYasha jumped back in terror. He just yelled at him. But right now he was nothing more than a mere human. He was already weak so he couldn't pound Nobu's head. At least he didn't want to deal with a boy who just got resurrected from his dead state. InuYasha was certain he was dead, but how is that even possible. He didn't even have a stench of a demons scent on him. He couldn't be a demon. He simply smelled like a normal human being. But could he be a ghost or even a spirit. It can't be that as well because ghosts don't have a physical body. They are ethereal beings. What was this boy?

With several questions raised in his weak form he just couldn't argue anymore. He had to agree or this boy might just kill him. After all he resurrected right in front of his eyes. There is a high possibility that InuYasha himself could be killed in this state of his, but no matter what there is no way he could kill this boy.

"Sigh! Suzume is right. I am an idiot. Just look I scared you lifeless. Sorry, I am just tense and impatient with everything happening." Nobu apologized with his palm over his forehead.

Huh! Now that was really unexpected. InuYasha thought Suzume had that split moment changing attitude but this boy as well? He was feeling idiot. With all the things happening InuYasha was now reeling. It was first his human night, then the kidnapped girl and now an idiot boy who can resurrect himself.

"Don't say anything. You just want to save her and I can't argue with that." InuYasha asked.

Nobu only gave a nod. He really felt like an idiot for yelling mindlessly.

"THEN WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU APOLIGIZING ME FOR? LET US GO AND SAVE HER." InuYasha said in a loud voice.

InuYasha stood up and was about to leave expecting the boy to follow him.

"Wait, you don't need to get involved. You don't trust me after all that happened. Let me go alone. We may part ways here." Nobu said.

At that very moment InuYasha just wanted to run away. But how could he even think that he would turn back now? These two got him involved the moment Suzume yelled at him. Even if he wanted he couldn't turn back now. It wasn't even an option. After all turning back wasn't in his dictionary. He had the job to protect them. At least he had to help these two fools out of this mess.

"You idiot, after all the time now you tell me to back away. I'm sorry but I can't. Not now. I wasn't taught to back out from helping people and right now you need my help, so no more objections. Just stand up and let's get this over with." InuYasha scolded Nobu.

"But your ti….."

"FORGET MY TIME, RIGHT NOW HER TIME IS RUNNING OUT." InuYasha yelled again cutting Nobu out.

Nobuhiro on the other hand couldn't argue anymore. He was right time was running out. He could no longer wait. They had to get Suzume back or else… He couldn't even imagine what would happen.

With no other options both of them stood up and went through the darkness to find Suzume.

The sky was slowly being covered with black cloud with every step they took. The stars were being hidden away by the dark black mass in the sky ready to drop off its share of load on the ground.

"So who is this guy you're after?" InuYasha asked curiously.

"He is Kenji Makashima, the young leader of his group of samurais and also the head of his village." Nobu replied.

"What has he got to do with Suzume?" InuYasha asked.

"I don't know it yet. But something tells me he hasn't got any good motives." Nobu replied.

InuYasha was listening closely.

"However I did hear that a group of demons framed him for some crime that he didn't commit which led him to being exiled. It was for that reason he hated demons. He then later on saved a group of slaves and established a village. He trained a few men to be a samurai while he taught the rest of the village things like agriculture." Nobu told the story.

"That's very common. I have heard a lot of humans having grudge against demons. That's nothing new." InuYasha responded. "So where are we going?"

"That bastard's village is not far away from here. We are almost out of the forest. That's where we are going." Nobu replied.

They walked throught the darkness in silence. When…

"Uhm, hey." InuYasha called.

"Yes?" Nobu asked.

"What are you?" InuYasha asked back.

"I knew you would ask me that question. I figured that a long time ago." Nobu replied.

"Are you gonna tell me or not?" InuYasha asked in a frustrated manner.

"Geez, calm down, will you?" Nobu spoke up.

"Then, spit it out." InuYasha replied.

"Okay, Okay. Sigh! You are probably thinking that I may be a demon or a ghost. But to be honest, I am a human or you can say a dead human and a foolish being that committed a fatal taboo for a human being and got lucky." Nobu replied.

"And what that taboo might be?" InuYasha asked.

"I ate the flesh of a god." Nobu replied.

What? It couldn't be. This boy claims to have eaten a god's meat. How could that even be possible? Gods never manifest themselves to the realm of the living. Till now InuYasha had only faced four so called gods. But besides that, there were no gods he faced. He only faced demons, spirits and ghosts and all of them had weird background revolving around them. But not in once he heard a god manifesting from the world beyond the skies. This couldn't be the truth.

"How can that be possible? Gods don't manifest themselves to world of the living being." InuYasha asked.

"Actually they do. It is said that there is one rare night in many moon cycles when gods manifest themselves to the world of the living. They come down from the world beyond to live one day as a normal human being. But during this time only male gods manifest themselves to the earth. It is said that they manifest as human beings in order to check on the world as a human and to solve problems by emotionally connecting with humans. So they can make correct choices. However there are some gods who have only ill intents. These gods are often told to be servants of the great gods who are mostly jealous of their position. So when they manifest to the world of living, it is up to the great gods to look after them. If they fail then they can do anything. Some will resist their inner unhappiness and do what's right, some don't feel anything and are told to be happy with what they are and what they have while others will take the advantage and flee to wreak havoc. And when they do then bad things can happen." He replied.

They moved even forward when Nobu spoke up again.

"But to be honest I ate the flesh of a half-god."

Here was another plot changing nonsense. InuYasha was getting tired of this entire plot changing problems. How many times was he going to twist and turn the plot? Couldn't he stay in one straight narration?

"SAY IT STRAIGHT FOOL." InuYasha yelled.

"WILL YOU SHUT UP AND LISTEN FOOL?" Nobu yelled back.

InuYasha kept quiet. He already had enough things running in his head, arguing would the last thing to do. However the whole lore was indeed intriguing to him. He had to listen more.

"It is said that during this period a god becomes equivalent to a human. Meaning he will feel hunger, pain, emotion, everything. The only thing he can't do is to die, no matter what happens they can't die. So during this period if they breed with humans, they can conceive children." Nobu narrated.

"So why did you eat it? If it were a taboo then you could have avoided it." InuYasha asked.

"Let's just say I wasn't exposed to the world enough at the time. My father decided that I was old enough not to be lazing around the house. So they sent me with a group of people to travel farther lands. It was one night when all of the people from my group came late. They had a lot of meat saying it was our dinner. They said it was a new type of meat. The one made with magic. They relayed to me that if we ate the meat it would grant any wish. Now imagine that happening, any wish that would come true. Any man would jump on board if they were given such opportunity. I really didn't have a wish at that time. I was only curious with excitement and therefore ate it. I never knew that the consequences would be….horrible." Nobu replied as he closed his eyes.

"So, what happened next?" InuYasha asked intrigued by his story.

"After that, everyone died right in front of my eyes. Some were turned into hideous monsters called soulless. I somehow survived. I don't know why. All I know is I was alive and normal. I wasn't turned into those soulless yet nor was I dead. The soulless attacked me and the next moment I know is when I found myself waking up in immense pain. I noticed that I had a deep tear on my cloth on the backside and a blood all over the floor. I was slashed in the back by one of those soulless. But I never realized that. I was lost, confused. I couldn't even go back home. I had no home anymore, until I was finally taken in a village. It was later on, I realized that I couldn't die. I was given eternal life. I couldn't age, I couldn't die. I cannot even believe that I have even lost count of how old I am. All the people I have lived with grew old and passed away right in front of my eyes. After that people started thrashing me mercilessly because of their jealousy that I could live an eternal life and they couldn't. In other words they tried to kill me but in vain. So I couldn't take it anymore. The moment they thought I was dead I ran and began wandering places not making attachments to anybody. I was all alone in the world. For the first time in my life I had a wish and that was to die. For countless times I tried to kill myself but I just failed every time. I just hated living until.. until.." Nobu said.

"You met Suzume." InuYasha filled the words that Nobuhiro was failing to speak.

"Yes, it was after that I realized I had a purpose in living. I only lived for Suzume, and nobody else." Nobu replied.

InuYasha could only hear his story. He could only imagine his own story at the time. But this boy had something to live for. He was envying something he couldn't have, a reason to live.

InuYasha didn't care if he would live or die. He had no purpose in life anymore. He had no Kagome.

"Yes, so what is your story?" Nobu asked back.

"I am a half-demon. As you know, we have no place in either place in this world. I never knew my father. My mother never spoke about him. I was always bullied by children, beaten down by the villagers. My mother was also hated for baring a child of a demon. But she didn't have to suffer anymore. She died later on and I was there looking at her die just feeling helpless….."

InuYasha narrated his story. Well, most of it.

"And that was my story."InuYasha said as he finished narrating his story.

"I see, so we are all of same." Nobu responded looking at the black sky as InuYasha finished his story.

"I guess. I was seeing myself when I saw you." InuYasha said.

"Hahaha, it was the same thing here." Nobu said. "Oh! We are here."

They had finally reached the village. Most of the questions were answered now. But there was still more left to be answered. What has Suzume got to do in all this game? How would Nobu reverse the mistake he made? But one thing was now clear to InuYasha, he could trust these people. He had no reason to doubt these two. After hearing a story like this he was sure that they wouldn't kill him or whatever. Right now he was weak and he needed help. But for now it seemed these two needed help even more.

InuYasha looked over and looked at the village that lay down the hill as a bright light flashed in the sky and after a few moments a crashing sound of lightning came thundering down to the earth.

So in this chapter I unveiled the lore behind this arc and a slice of Nobu's past. I thought I owe it to you guys for the cliffhanger I left you all with last time. But I haven't revealed everything.

Well, that's it for this chapter guys. Please, do feel free to leave a review since it would really help me or send me a PM if you have any questions or just to chat around. I will try to answer them if possible.

Also before I go I would like to mention that first chapter for my second series called "InuYasha NEO" is live. If you are interested please feel free to check it out. So that's it for now guys and I will see you all around.

My favourite InuYasha songs:

-My Will (1'st closing)
-Fukai Mori (2'nd closing)
-GRIP! (4'th opening)
-Inai Mirai (or simply The Final Act opening)