HLF: I feel sooooo bad! I'm so sorry to all. But I forgot my entire story! I forgot all my ideas since before the last chapter I hadn't updated in quite a while. The thing that I stood out as I read the comments was "I'm confused." And I was wondering, why?

But then I realized I had altered Kagome's dad a tonne throughout this entire story as well as probably a lot of other things throughout the time I've had this story running.

Hopefully, this story comes to a smooth ending and I apologize in advance for any mistakes or errors I make along the way.

NOTE: I may even attempt later on to edit this entire story when I have time but who knows. I'll try my best though because just leaving it like this for me is just unacceptable.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything but this story.

Shin threw a left hook at the seemingly younger man's jaw. His face was scrunched up in total anger and disregard for Aion's life... He didn't care then and he didn't care now.

It missed as Aion grabbed the man's fist. He then proceeded to make a shameful attempt to overturn the powerful male but to no avail.

Shin removed his hand from Aion's hand and pulled it back. Doing this only to grab full force for the man's neck. He held on grabbing with all his might.

They twisted and turned as the two men tussled across the bitten ground. Aion's weapon lay discarded as it lay, bitten into the dry, beaten ground. Shin toppled over as Aion rolled away. Shin hurried to his feet as he fought to protect his own flesh and blood.

Aion smirked as his fist came up to wipe the blood that had accumulated at his brow.

"Kagome" he said, drawing the girls' attention.

Kagome looked up as if stunned that he was still alive.

"R…" He struggled to speak as he coughed. "Remember how bothersome your father was to you?"

He laughed as a look of insecurity crossed Kagome's face.

"He never had anytime to see you..." he spat out cruelly. "He was always busy with work and never even bothered to play with you at all"

Kagome grew angry. "You bastard!" she growled out as she stormed up to Aion her body enflamed with the black fire that seemed to consume her to the core.

"What makes you think you are so freely able to judge him?!" she screamed as she grabbed the mans shoulders and shook him in fury. "What makes you any better you twisted freak!

"You know nothing!" she screamed as.

"Even when he was busy in some far off country he always, always made time for me. I don't know how but he did!" she said as tears slipped freely from her reddening eyes.

"My father LOVED me! You on the other hand only came because you thought that what? Maybe he wasn't good enough for our family?! That maybe you could do better?" she seethed.

"Mei, you should forget about Shin. He's only cheating on you with some blonde whore in America! I still don't understand why you wait for him all this time!"

Aion was infuriated with his brother's female who was still loyal to the man after six years. He glared at her in frustration and confusion from his spot beside her in the kitchen. But, Mei still continued to throw his words to the side without even considering them. She just continued to wash the dishes from dinner without a worry in the world.

A four-year-old Kagome blinked from behind the stairs of her home. She wondered what this 'hoare' was but didn't dare ask for fear of being discovered. She was supposed to be snuggled up in her sheets at this time of night.

Mei, Kagome's mother, scrubbed harder at the plate she was holding as she became more and more annoyed. 'This man dare come to our house, eat from our food and then turn around and yell at me for being faithful!?'

Aion grabbed her shoulder and forced her to look at him. Mei's hand grew slack as the dish slipped out of her hand and cracked as it hit the floor.

Mei stared up at him silently, eyes thoughtful and yet angry.

"Look Aion" she said leaning against the sink counter. "I'm grateful for your help and all but I love Shin. Nothing would change my mind and I wouldn't think of betraying him"

Aion looked at her as his features softened. "But maybe its time you moved onto better men... Like maybe me" he said smiling shyly.

Mei's eyes grew large as she slapped the man, swift and hard. "Imagine what Shin would think of you if he saw you now!"

She hurried to rush up the stairs as Aion grasped a kitchen knife from the many newly washed kitchen utensils.

Kagome covered her mouth to stop her cries but the tears couldn't be held as they easily slipped. She watched her mother be butchered by the one man that had come to care for them while her father was gone. One of the few she had learned to truly love and understand.

Needless to say, Kagome never saw her mother's smile anymore.

Shin looked at his daughter and then back to his brother.

"Kagome what-"

Kagome whipped her head around to look at her father. He looked at her and moved forward to hold her. She grasped his elbows as his arms came around. With his one hand patting her head and the other holding her to him he whispered soothingly into her ear.

"Shhh... Kaggy. Daddy's here"

Aion grew angry at the pitiful sight and positioned himself to charge at the two.

'Oh no you don't you bastard!'

Bankotsu whipped his Banyruu to the side and lunged for the older man.

"Dad..." sniffled Kagome as she pulled away from her father. She whispered softly into his ear and then pulled back only to look up at him through thick lashes.

Those words echoed in Shin's mind...

"Did you know that Aion liked mom?"

Aion stopped as Bankotsu slowly recoiled his fists. They both turned to look at Shin as utter silence fell upon the group.

Shin took this time to slowly turn and look at Aion in regret and betrayal. 'Had this man been fooling him all this time? Dragging him to this time period only to just toy with him in some sick twisted prank? His own brother?'

"Aion.. what did you really bring me out here to this era for?" he said looking his brother in the eye.

Aion shoved the unsuspecting Bankotsu off of him with a grunt and stood up. "Well..." he said sheepishly scratching the back of his head. "You know since we're in an earlier time period I thought we could have an easy way to get to all the minerals and gold that this planet has to offer. That is supposing they haven't been found yet"

Shin's eyes narrowed threateningly and in a flash he was at his brother's throat, clamping him hand around his air tunnel.

"Don't lie to me" he whispered as Aion desperately tried to free himself.

"I just thought I'd be better this way" he coughed through ragged breaths.

Shin threw him to the ground. "Explain yourself, scum"

Aion took the short amount of time he had to slowly back away from his older brother that was now engulfed in the black flames. Shin took a step forward in a threatening way and Aion was immediately on his feet.

"You didn't deserve her" Aion spat out, losing his cheery attitude. "Always making her worry and what not. While you were off in some far off land with some woman I don't doubt"

He stepped up to face his brother nose to nose. "I was taking care of your family"

"As months passed I fell in love with Mei and there wasn't a damn thing I could do about it. She needed me..." he whispered as his arms closed around his brother, grasped him as if he were life itself.

"She... Your daughter" he said motioning to Kagome who was wrapped up in Bankotsu's arms. "She looks exactly like Mei. She doesn't resemble anyone from our side of the family. So I thought if she gave up on you. I could take her as my own..."

"But Mei didn't agree" laughed Shin as Aion drew back thinking his brother was crazy but agreeing with him none the less.

"Listen dear brother" whispered Shin with a knowing smirk. "Stay the hell away from my family"

Aion drew back with a look of surprise but quickly regained his composure.

"I love Mei with all I have and I chose her because I trusted her. Knowing this, I knew she would never cheat on me" laughed Shin.

Aion grew angry and jumped back with inhuman strength to grab his sword. He drew himself up from his crouched position and directed his sword with the stabbing end facing Shin.

He charged whilst yelling incoherent words.

Shin's eyes widened and he swore he saw a flash of light as Aion's form disappeared into nothing but black ash. He turned quickly to see his only daughter, Kagome. Her eyes were screaming 'murder' with black flames engulfing her body.

"Ha, I see you tapped it!" he exclaimed scratching the back of his head.

The flames died down as Kagome stared at him with a confused face. Her dad smiled with his eyes glowing with glee.

"Well, I'll discuss it with you later" he said laughing as she beat her tiny little fists against his back as he walked away.

"Tell me! Tell meeeeee!!" she wailed as the group laughed.

HLF: Nyaah! Short chapter but I'm glad I updated.

Ehm... for some reason I haven't been getting my usual e-mails of 'blah blah you have received a review for your story blah blah.' I don't think I changed anything on my account and its just different so I have to actually visit to see my reviews which is different then it being easier for me to just check my inbox. If anyone knows what's wrong please PM me.

Kouga: That's a long paragraph you got there...

HLF: Eh? It's not a paragraph! I just like to give a lot of details!!

Kouga: Meh, talk about blabbermouth...

HLF: I'm not a blabbermouth!!

Other then that review peeps, thanks! :3