Chapter 11

Slowly InuYasha's eyes opened, his clawed hand went to his head as he tried to stop everything from spinning. Still he felt dizzy and the feeling of someone beside him. "Rin?" He questioned, looking down at the small child sleeping beside him. A smile came to him as he looked at the young child's sleeping form beside him. It surprised him that this child seemed to thrust him so much in such a short time knowing him. As he started to stand he removed his outer robe to cover the sleeping Rin and move her somewhere comfortable.

As he turned with Rin now cradled in his arms, InuYasha's golden eyes soon found her. Kagome was sitting motionless hugging her knees. 'Kagome seems so sad and is there a barrier around her, but wait who?' Carefully he set Rin down and moved closer to Kagome. As he neared she looked up at him with a deep sadness. It almost was to much for him and without thinking, forgot about the barrier as he went to embrace her. The hard electric shock of the barrier caused him to go flying back hard into the caste wall. The impacted caused some of the wall to break apart and fall on him. With a growl and pushing the crumbled pieces of wall off and managed to stand. "Dammit!" InuYasha cursed. "And I even knew there was barrier."

Now standing with her hands touching the now weakened barrier, Kagome pushed though and broke it. Her mind and body felt so weak and confused as she quickly hurried to his side. "InuYasha are you okay? That was such a hard hit." Her hand was now cupping his right cheek, as she gave him a worried smile. "I'm so sorry for all of this. If I had only seen the truth before all this you and my daughter wouldn't be suffering now." Kagome's eyes quickly filled with tears and to her surprise, found herself being embraced by the one she should've chose as a mate. "I just want to fix all of this, but how!" She held him even tighter as her tears fell.

As if his body knew what she needed before his brain, his arms instantly wrapped around her and embraced her just as tight. "Shhhh, it's in the past Kagome. We need to move forward and not look back." InuYasha told her as his body started rocking her a little as he tried to comfort her. "Come on Kagome, you know it's not safe to go and think negative, especially since the jewel is inside you." He really didn't want to ask but needed to know for sure. So after a deep sigh, he asked her the question. "Tell me Kagome, the jewel did you become one with it?"

Kagome's eyes stayed focused on the floor as she spoke. "I'm sorry InuYasha I didn't know what else to do. I was just so angry and acted off of that anger, I know now I was wrong. Please I don't want this, all the hate I feel it's not normal." Her tears soon started to fall, tears he never want to see. This wasn't just sadness it was pain and all her emotions were now increased due to the jewel. Still as she cried he embraced her tightly and told her not to give up.

"Please Kagome, don't let the sadness and anger take over. You have so much to fight for, especially Rin." The mention of her daughter made her look up at him. He gave her a smile trying to show her there was something very important she needed to fight for. "Yes Kagome, Rin needs you even I still need you. We will beat this somehow, I know we can" resting her head back on his chest Kagome gave a small smile. Which made him smile and whisper to her. "I'm never leaving you, no matter what I will never leave you again! I'm not giving up on you either no matter how hopeless it feels right now." Their tender moment was shattered with a shadow fell over them.

"Very touching little brother, however she still belongs to me!" His words were short and his speed was too fast for InuYasha, in an instance Sesshōmaru had thrusted his sword straight through InuYasha from behind. Blood now covered Kagome as she tried to support him from falling face first to the floor. Giving the sword a twist as he pulled it free from InuYasha's body, Sesshōmaru moved away to gather up his daughter and then get his mate. "Pathetic half breed, as if I'd allow you to take what is mine." Standing over his sleeping daughter, Sesshōmaru admired her for a second as he thought. 'She has such power for a hanyou, but than I expect nothing less from my daughter.' He was about to pick her up when.

"Don't...you...dare...touch her...you ba-stard!" Sesshōmaru turned to see a bloody red eyed InuYasha glaring at him. Purple jagged lines marked his face and his fangs and claws looked longer. The blood had now stopped pouring from his wound and the look of only wanting to kill showed in his eyes. "You don't deserve her or Kagome you heartless demon. I knew you didn't love her and only wanted father's kingdom. Dammit Sesshōmaru, how dare you destroy the light that once shined from Kagome's eyes!" InuYasha flexed his fingers getting ready to attack his full demon brother.

Not far was Kagome, her hands covered in InuYasha's blood. And when she heard his words she shivered. 'I was a fool to think Sesshōmaru actually cared about me. And now my daughter is suffering because of my choice.' She thought as Kagome squeezed her fists tight together and left her anger once again fuel the jewel. Her eyes closed as she concentrated all her anger into her hands. They soon glowed purple and before she knew it was standing face to face with her husband and mate. "If you touch Rin, I'll kill you right here at this very spot where you're standing."

Seeing Kagome's redish, purple glow. Caused InuYasha to freeze, and soon his eyes had turned golden again. With his mind now clear he tried to stop Kagome from using the jewel. Only now the effects of the sword wound had increased, most likely due to the poison that was placed on the blade. Still he needed to stop her. "Please Kagome, this isn't the way. You can't keep hiding behind the jewel, it's not what you want to do. Just get Rin and leave, these's no point in getting into a killing match." His breathing was becoming harder now and he knew the chances of Kagome listening were small. So with his last bit of straight, InuYasha charged Sesshōmaru, but it was pointless. His brother was stronger then him on a good day, now InuYasha was barely conscious.

In his defense mode, Sesshōmaru left his poison whip fly slicing his brother's body. Pieces of his white gi went flying through the air, blood now dripped from his cut body as he landed hard on the ground at his brother's feet. "So little brother I finally repaid you for killing father. As if your weak half breed body could stop me, and to think I would allow you to stop me. Pathetic InuYasha, now you'll no longer stand between me and Kagome." Something hit the side of his royal kimono, causing him to look.

"You're right Sesshōmaru, InuYasha may not stand between us. However I can not allow you to continue hurting me or Rin. Not once since she was born have you held her for more then one minute. You locked us away like private materials, and I was to blind to see it." She tightened her fists and the glow grew a hot red. "This jewel can't be all bad if it allowed me to see you and the truth. Now I think it's time you leave me and my daughter alone!"