lostmoonchild: Needless to say that this is another chapter for you guys to check out. It's cloudy and looking like rain here in central South Dakota so I'm seriously debating whether or not we're going riding tonight. Went riding a few days ago with my brother's girlfriend and we've agreed that going to a trail ride in late August or early September would be awesome. When we weren't discussing going on a trail ride we were discussing anime.

Disclaimer: I don't own YYH or Inuyasha so don't sue me.

Chapter Ten

-------Yusuke's POV-------

The women in the family are forces to be feared by all living creatures. I mean, they are to be feared more than the wrath of any god alive. When they were pissed off at somebody then not even the bravest man in the world dared to challenge them. They would always run in the opposite direction or wait until they settled down before challenging them. That's how scary they are and I'm not dumb enough to pick any fights with any of the women in the family unless they're happy.

People complained about me since I was the delinquent. I always got into fights, I rarely went school, and I stole stuff. Put Kagome in the picture, then I really was the picture of delinquency.

At least that was until people saw Kagome pissed off and then she was put next to me. Then I was the poster child of troubled youth. Kagome? She was the damn poster child for women who kill. When you lose her forgiveness, you're basically screwed seven ways to hell.

Auntie had a chance to get Hana back. Kagome had been willing to give our aunt a chance at redeeming herself but she had managed to screw that up. Now one cousin was missing and the other one was clearly planning the best way to kill without getting caught.

Kagome was right. Our family has a record for having less than noble people in it and the only way our family seems to be redeemed is the fact that there are priests. With all of the molestation accusations that the Catholic church seems to be going through with their priests, I can't help but wonder if that's a good thing. Sure, none of us are Catholic but priests seem to be getting a bad rep due to the whole molesting kids.

As I glance around the room, I can see that my cousin's friends and Inuyasha and look worried. Clearly they've seen this fury in her eyes before and from the look in our aunt's eyes, she never has. "Where are the kids." Kagome questions, each word laced with venom.

Oh yeah. Kagome's seriously pissed. There's always a telltale sign that she's pissed and when venom's laced in with each word then you know she's reaching the point that she doesn't give a damn about what happens to her. All that really matters when she reaches that point is that she gets to take revenge upon the bastard that had done something to offend her.

I wonder how many times Inuaysha's reached that point. Surely he hasn't done anything to keep her from forgiving him seeing as she let him between her legs and they had kids together. Now when it came to reaching that point of no forgiveness, I just wonder how many times he's actually gotten pretty damn close to it.

Kikyo, sure, I could see her reaching that point since Kagome got pretty damn protective over Inuyasha. Watching Kikyo attempt to drag Inuyasha to hell surely didn't suit Kagome very well. Maybe the walking corpse being put back in her grave had been a good thing to begin with. Spare Kagome the effort of actually having to think up a plan that would make Kikyo go away forever.

Auntie doesn't say anything for a moment, allowing the tears to continue to fall. Even I can tell that she's crying just because her damn husband took off and left her behind. "I don't know!" Auntie says finally. Her voice fills with desperation. "Please, I didn't know that he was going to hurt them. My little girl screamed so much…"

If she's trying to play on some small amount of sympathy then she's out of luck. None of us have any sympathy to waste on her. She knew what was going on and she clearly chose to stay with her new husband instead of helping the children escape while they all were unharmed.

I touched Kagome's shoulder, her furious eyes piercing into my own. "I'll take over from here," I silently tell her.

Kagome stares at me for a moment and I wonder if I have to say it out loud. Before I can vocalize my words, she nods slightly. "Can we blame a demon for killing her? We can tell Mama and Aunt Atsuko that a demon killed her." Kagome replies with a curious look.

I shake my head and Kagome frowns. She obviously wants to kill Auntie for what happened to the kids but we need Auntie alive. Besides, if the Reikai found out that we had killed our own Aunt when we were considered to no longer be human then we would face the same punishment that demons who killed humans received.

A look of understanding crossed her features and she nodded slightly in understanding. How long did it take for people to develop this kind of communication? I knew that Hiei and Kurama had the same kind of thing but most of it was telepathic.

Auntie looks at us with a pleading look before saying, "Don't hurt my husband. Please don't hurt my husband."

Why is she pleading for him? Doesn't she care that he had let some freak take off her daughter's finger? Doesn't she care that he had been torturing those kids? Why in the hell was she a mother if she didn't care about what was happening to her down daughter? Even my mother, who had been an alcoholic for practically my entire childhood, had been a better mother than my aunt was proving herself to be right now. Every time she opened her mouth, there was another reason to the list why she wouldn't ever have Hana back again. Maybe she should take a page out of Kuwabara's book and keep her damn mouth shut to avoid looking stupid.

Anger flashes in Kagome's eyes and I know we're thinking the same thing. The bar was high for her since her mother had been one hell of a mother and my mother hadn't quite met Kagome's mother in the parenting department but our aunt had simply fallen off of the damn parental map. Maybe some parents were terrible parents but they probably tried like hell for their kids. "Yusuke. Kagome. Please don't hurt him." Auntie says again.

"She hurt Hana, Auntie." Kagome tells her softly. "Hana's one of my kids. I don't forgive anybody who hurts my child."

Inuyasha, you chose one hell of a woman to be your wife. That's all I really have to say about that particular subject. When this is over and done with, you and I are going out for a drink and we're getting totally shit faced.

----------End POV----------

lostmoonchild: Okay, I couldn't resist doing Yusuke's POV. I love him dearly and felt that he needed a chance to shine with his thoughts. Anyway, I've got this done about twenty five minutes before I need to get to babysitting so have fun and leave a review. Seriously, let me know if you like it, love it, hate it, or just want to see another chapter with someone's POV.