A/n: Hiya! Here is my next update. I hope that with this chapter, more of my reviewers will come back. I really do apologize for the long wait. Oh and a heads up; all my other stories are on hiatus because I have no idea what to write for them. Give three cheers for the massive writers block! Anyway, enough of that, here is the next update.

Disclaimer: I own nothing relating to Inuyasha. All plots and characters belong to the creator: Rumiko Takanashi. If it did belong to me, we would be seeing a lot more Sesshomuru! Yay Fluffy!

Chapter 25: Confrontations

Last Time

Some place else

Sango woke up with a terrible headache and groaned in pain. As she forced her eyes open, she noticed that she was in an unfamiliar place.

" Where am I?" She whispered to herself as she studied the place. She was suddenly forced to remember all that she saw and her eyes watered as she tried to hold back her tears.

" Don't cry." A voice said as Sango suddenly felt a hand wipe her tears away.

" Bankotsu?" She asked and she felt his hands cup her face and gently put her to face him.

" Yes, it is me, and I promise that I would never hurt you... ever." He whispered as he lowered his head to kiss Sango gently. She answered the kiss and soon it was over. He pulled her into a hugged her gently.

' I'll even protect you from Naraku, my beloved Sango.' He thought as he felt her nuzzle his chest to comfort herself.

Now

Miroku and the gang rushed out of the café and went straight to Sango's house. They were all worried after hearing Miroku's conversation. They said nothing to Miroku because he didn't seem to approachable at the moment.

" We're here." Kagome sighed and went to the window and peeked inside. All the lights were off, giving it an eerie feel to it. Miroku said nothing as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a spare key.

" Let's go."

His friends nodded and followed him inside. They looked around the house, hoping to find Sango or some clue of her, but nothing.

" Denise, you can't sniff her out at all?" Inuyasha asked. She shook her head and sighed.

" It seems like she hasn't even been inside her house after she left this morning."

" Do you smell Bankotsu anywhere in this house?" Miroku asked. Denise walked around and sniffed lightly.

" Nope. Nothing."

" Where can they be?" Kagome asked as she continued to look around.

" Why would Bankotsu do this?" Inuyasha asked himself quietly. Denise glanced at him, but said nothing. If he didn't believe what she said, she wasn't going to convince him.

" Sango..." Miroku whispered as he clutched his fists.

Castle in the Mountains

Bankotsu walked the same hallway he was in a few hours ago, thinking about his next set of plans.

' How can I get Sesshomuru's mate without him noticing? Why do I even need to get the wench anyway? Ain't like I want her.'

He stopped at the door and waited to be acknowledge.

" Come in Bankotsu."

" Yes master." He entered and bowed down to the two shadows before him.

" Any progress with the plan."

" Got a minor problem with acquiring the fire demon without her mate breathing down my neck."

" What is wrong with taking her out in the opening? You never did like to do things in secrecy." Naraku said as he stared at Bankotsu with boredom.

" Don't get me wrong sir, I don't care how I accomplish my missions. I just don't want to have any complications." He responded quickly. The second shadow laughed.

" Then let me handle my celestial goddess. I would like to see the one who is trying to claim what is mine."

" Don't whatever you desire. But don't get yourself killed Onigumo or I will too."

" Sure, sure Naraku." He vanished and reappeared in a room with a single mirror in it.

" Let's see how she is fairing." He waved a hand in front of the mirror and his reflection wavered and showed a new image.

" How I long to touch you... I will get you myself and remind you of who you belong to." He chuckled as he caressed the image of Denise in front of him.

Sango's House

The gang had stopped their search an hour later and was sitting in the livingroom.

" I know I called this house and I know that the one who picked up was Bankotsu." Miroku said, trying to calm his anger.

" We will find her Miroku. Just like how you all found me." Kagome tried to reason with her friend.

" Of course." He muttered

" Trust us okay lech, we gonna get her back." Inuyasha smirked and patted his friend. The two turned to Denise, expecting her to say something, but she didn't. She was zoned out and blocked everything out of her head.

' They are all connected. Kouga, Onigumo, and Bankotsu. They are all connected to Naraku. Kouga is his message boy and Bankotsu is his warrior. But what does that make Onigumo?'

She thought about it and it finally clicked in her head as she thought about what Kouga said.

" Onigumo is very important to someone. You almost killing him almost killed that person."

" I got it!" Denise exclaimed and her friends looked startled.

" What did you get?" Inuyasha asked.

" Do you know where Sango is?" Miroku asked.

" Sorry, but no. I figured out the connections Naraku has with all of this." She explained what she thought and they agreed.

" So Onigumo and Naraku and connected so that if one dies, so do the other." Kagome said and smiled at Denise.

" Way to go Denise!"

" Thanks Kagome."

'Have to admit that was pretty perceptive of you. That is one of the traits that made me so fond off you... my celestial goddess.'

Denise gasped and looked around. 'He can't be anywhere near me.' She frantically looked around, trembling.

'Why are you scared? You belong to me and only me. Your body and mind belongs to me.' Denise felt something caress her face and she shook violently.

" Denise! What's wrong? Are you okay?" Inuyasha asked as they surrounded her. She looked up at him and he gasped at the amount of fear he saw in her eyes.

" Im scared big brother."

" Of what?" Kagome asked. She and the others were surprised because they barely ever saw Denise tremble with fear.

" Of his touch. He is trying to get to me. I don't want him to touch me! Get him away from me!" She screamed as she shot up and backed away from her original position.

'I love the look of fear you have in your eyes. The smell of your fear is intoxicating.'

Denise screamed as she felt his filthy hands caress her face.

" Who is touching you?" Miroku asked worried. He didn't see anything but he didn't want to doubt his friend.

" Is it him, Denise?" Kagome asked as she tried to touch Denise, who flinched from her touch.

" Where's the bastard Denise?" Inuyasha asked.

" I don't know. I don't know where he is." She murmured as she continues to tremble.

' You don't need to know where I am. I will come for you soon. And your suppose-to-be mate can't protect you either.'

' Leave me alone!' She screamed in her head as she try to block out the voice.

" Denise! Snap out of it! He isn't here! Don't flip out on us now!" Inuyasha shook her and she whimpered.

" Inu-nii-chan? I'm scared. He won't leave!" She yelled and collapsed on the floor holding herself.

" Fuck!" He cursed as he dropped to the floor with her.

" Denise!" Miroku and Kagome went on either side of her.

" What are we going to do, Inuyasha? Sango is missing and Denise cracked! What the hell is going on?" Miroku asked.

" I don't know what we can do."

Meanwhile Denise froze and couldn't move.

'How I missed holding you like this. Don't you miss my touch too?' Denise felt him encircle his arms around her and she gasped. She began to struggle out of his grip, pushing aside her friends in the process.

" Inuyasha, call your brother. I think he is the only one to calm her down." Kagome said as she stood up. She helped him up and he reached for his cell.

Castle in the Mountains

Onigumo smirked as he watched the scene before him. So he was finally going to see who this Sesshomuru person is.

" Why don't I pay them a visit?" He laughed as his image wavered and vanished.

Sango's House

Denise stayed her fetal position even after Sesshomuru arrived. He looked at his brother for answers as soon as he saw her on the floor.

" She claims that she is being touched by Onigumo, so then she freaks out and been like that every since."

" She's been like that for a 45 minutes?"

" Yup." Kagome said as she stood next to her boyfriend. So much things happened today and she was tired.

" Where is the other girl who is usually with you?" He asked. The both of them avoided his gaze, so he guessed something happened.

" She was taken by Naraku." Miroku answered him sadly. Sesshomuru nodded and knelt in front of Denise.

" Hey Denise. It's me." He whispered and saw her ears twitch lightly.

" S-sesshomuru?"

" What happened?"

" He came after me. He was in my head and was talking to me. Then he started to touch me."

" He touched you?" He growled out and she nodded. His eyes flashed red for a second, but returned to his golden hue.

" He is gone now so you don't need to be afraid. Here." He stood up and offered his hand. She took it and he helped her up.

" Are you okay Denise?" Kagome asked. She nodded and Kagome gave her a quick hug.

" Good. I thought we lost you for a moment."

" I'm fine. Thank you for worrying about me."

" How touching." A voice said as a figure appeared sitting on the couch behind them.

"Who the fuck are you? Inuyasha asked glaring at the man.

"Wouldn't expect you to remember me. You only saw me once." He eyes drifted to Denise ans he smirked.

"How have you been my celestial goddess?" His smirk grew into a grin as he saw her violently tremble and hid behind Sesshomuru.

'So this is the scum who raped her. I'll kill him.' Sesshomuru muttered an incantation and summoned his legendary sword Toijkin. Onigumo stood up and laughed.

" So you are the one who is trying to take my mate?"

" She doesn't belong to you."

" She does since I claimed her body."

" What is your purpose here?" Sesshomuru snarled, sending chills down the spine of everyone but Onigumo.

" To collect what belongs to me."

" No.." Denise whispered so quietly that the only one who heard her was Sesshomuru.

" You will do no such thing." Sesshomuru growled as he positioned his body to protect her. Onigumo frowned and waved his hands to reveal a mirror (A/n: Just like Kanna's mirror.)

" You don't have a say in this matter." He placed a finger in the center of the mirror and began chanting. The words drifted to Denise and she felt something rip inside her.

" Ahh!" Denise screamed as she slowly disappeared.

" Denise!" They screamed and Sesshomuru tried to grasp her.

" Koibito. Don't disappear."

" You called me 'koibito'..." She whispered and smiled then vanished. Sesshomuru faced Onigumo and saw that inside his mirror, was a sleeping Denise.

" Give her BACK!" Sesshomuru snarled as his eyes turned red.

" She belongs to me, Lord of the Western Land." He smiled as he caressed the mirror .

" Give us back my little sister!" Inuyasha roared as he attacked Onigumo, who easily dodged him.

" You want her back, come and get her. I'll wait for you at Mt. Hakurei. Oh and you should come too." Onigumo pointed at Miroku.

" You have Sango?"

" I'm not her keeper so I don't care what the hell happens to her. I have my celestial goddess and that is all that matters to me."

Onigumo smiled and vanished.

" Sesshomuru...?" Inuyasha looked at his brother's face and was terrified at his look. He never saw him this furious at anyone. His eyes were glowing blood red and he was growling. His sword was pulsing the same color as his eyes.

" Sesshomuru. Calm down." Inuyasha said to his brother.

' I will get you back.' He thought in fury as he finally calmed down.

A/n: I don't know if it was good enough. It sounds good enough. But anyway I hope you all enjoy and please review! Thank you very much.

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