Chapter 29

Welp, I finally figured out the perfect end to this story. To be honest, it's completely off-base from what I originally thought of, but it's waaaay better. I seriously froze the second I thought of it from the perfection of it.

Anyway, no spoilers, Just saying this now, it's close to ending, a few more chapters then the ending. I'll be making another story after this, it's based in the same 'universe' as this story, but it'll be about Touga and another OC (Not saying who the OC is so no asking) Sonya and Sessh will be in it, but not as much, sorry if I lose some of you for that, but I've gone pretty much as far as I can with them besides the basics of them having their kids and such, but that'll be taken care of in the next one.

As for this chapter, I know it's kinda all over the place, but it'll make sense in chapter 30, I promise lol.

Ummm I think that's it really, I can't think of anything else to say anyway so...

Onward!

-I do NOT own Inuyasha or it's characters

-I DO own Sonya and the plot

~TL S0nya

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Damn it!'

'Inuyasha!'

'You fool! You will kill her!'

'I don't care if that bitch dies, Sonya hasn't done a damn thing to deserve this!'

'If you kill Kagura now, you kill Sonya's body!'

'Damn it...'

These voices... I know them. Who are they?

Who am I..?

Where am I..?

'Miroku, Touga, hold him back!'

K... Ka...

'Inuyasha, no!'

Mi...

'Damn it, pup! Would you cool your anger!'

To...

'You insolent fool, you are lucky her body is unharmed.'

Sess...

Sesshomaru... Yes, that's right. Sesshomaru is here, he knows everything.

What is it that he knows..?

'You bastard! What are you going to do with her!'

In... Inu... Inuyasha?

'It is not your concern, half-demon. However with her mate hear... I do believe I owe an explination to him.'

What... Who... Why... What happened?

'With her soul trapped within this stone, her powers are reachable. I can use them how I wish.'

'What!'

Powers..? Stone..?

'Don't you dare use her like that! Don't you have any sense of decency?'

Sango... Yes, Sango...

A burning sensation, being drawn out, stretched apart and ripped to pieces.

Without a mouth to scream with, all I can do is endure, to hope it ends.

A muffled shout then nothing once more, the pain vanishes.

'You will never free her. The soul is trapped without a path to free itself.'

Trapped? I'm... Trapped? But, why? What did I do to have this happen to me?

Did I do something wrong again? Did I say something?

What did I do?

Shadouhāto sneered at the group gathered around where he sat on the ground bound up in rope. "There is no hope of freeing her, once a soul is drawn into the stone, they reside there forever."

"Shut up!" Inuyasha snorted, kicking the guy in the side before turning to stare at Sesshomaru as he held the stone up and studied it with poorly disguised desperation. "Sesshomaru...-"

"Silence." Without bothering to look at his brother, Sesshomaru gently placed the gem in his haori then turned to where her body lay prone on the ground. After the initial transfer, Kagura remained in the wolf's body. Only after the reality demon used Sonya's stone for the first time was her soul forced out and back into her own.

Even now the wind witch remained standing in the corner where the cat, Kirara had her trapped. Kneeling down, Sesshomaru gently brushed some hair from her face and studied it silently. 'Without a soul, the body will not last. It will whither and die...'

"Sesshomaru." At his father's voice, he turned to glance at the older man over his shoulder, not bothering to say anything, the look in Touga's eyes was enough to tell him he already knew what would happen. "Is there no way to reverse the spell?"

To the untrained ear, Sesshomaru's voice sounded normal, calm and even. Unfortunately to Touga, he had watched his pup grow and knew the slightest variations. Resisting the urge to wince at the empty note in his voice, Touga knelt beside Sesshomaru, his eyes moving away from his oldest son's face to Sonya's still one. "I do not know."

"Hey, what are you doing!" Inuyasha's exclamation drew both of their attentions away from the still body in front of them and over to where he stood guard over Shadouhāto.

The male had his head bent down, the soft sounds of chanting reaching their ears.

Jumping up, Touga felt his body tense at the familiar cadence. "No! Do not let him finish the chant!"

The others all turned towards the demon, preparing to forcefully restrain him only to be blown back by a wave of energy. A small grunt of surprised pain came from Sesshomaru, making Touga turn towards him. Watching him, he watched as Sesshomaru pulled out the now-glowing gem with a grimace on his face. Steam rose up from where it rested in his palm, followed by the scent of burned flesh.

Amber eyes flashed from the bright stone over to where Shadouhāto stood with a triumphant look on his face. "Even while I do not hold the stone, her power still responds to my commands. Drop it before your hand is burned away, the power of a twin-tailed wolf is too much even for you to handle."

"Tch." Sesshomaru grit his teeth and wrapped his fingers around the stone, refusing to let it go even as the power pouring from it grew. Stepping forward, Touga drew the demon's attention away from his son and narrowed his eyes. "Tell me, what did you hope to accomplish by trapping her soul within the stone? What do you need her power for?"

Shadouhāto bared his fangs, sudden hate flashing across his features at the question. "My father died pitifully. He left me alone in the world because he deemed the lives of humans were worth more than his own!"

"What the hell does that have to do with anything?" Inuyasha snorted, his hand clenching and unclenching repeatedly on the hilt of his sword, Kagome, Sango and Miroku all standing slightly behind him as he took a small step toward him.

"I desire to bring him back to the land of the living, her power is the only way to make this happen. I preserved his body within these caves, and using her power... I can call him back from the land of the dead, so I may kill him myself." Shadouhāto shot a glare in the hanyou's direction, stopping him in his tracks. "That doesn't make any sense though, he's already dead, why go through all of this trouble just so you can kill him yourself?" Kagome finally spoke up, confusion written across her face as she looked around at the grim expressions surrounding her.

"Kagome, it is normal for demons to kill their fathers." Sango explained quietly, making the miko look over her at her in surprise. "In order to surpass them, they duel to the death, and in some species, once they destroy their own father, they gain their power to add to their own."

"You're kidding!" A small gasp slipped from Kagome as she looked back over at the Reality Demon standing in front of him in shock. "Why would you kill your own father? Just for power? You already have enough as it is, don't you see what you can do already?"

"Heh, that is not enough to do what I wish. I desire to warp the world around you humans and turn it into a nightmare none of you can escape from. My father's love for you weaker creatures is beyond my understanding, and in order to make him pay for his senseless death, I plan on tormenting those that he loved the most."

A small clatter of stone hitting stone made everyone turn to where Sesshomaru knelt on the ground, one hand clutching the other wrist, black skin still smoking in the center of his palm from where he held the stone that now lay on the ground in front of him. "Ah... You held on longer than I thought you would, impressive, for a dog."

Sesshomaru shot him a cold glare as he reached out with his other hand to the stone, only to be stopped by a spark of energy arching out in warning. 'No... Don't touch me. You'll only damage your other hand...' Hearing her familiar voice in his head, Sesshomaru's eyes widened in surprise. 'What is this..?'

'Listen to me. While I'm in here, I have no control over anything I do. The stone is what reacts to him, not me, Sesshomaru.'

Sesshomaru hesitated for a moment before reaching out again only to be stopped once more by another spark of energy. 'I won't let you hurt yourself because of some stupid idea that you can save me by burning your hand off, you idiot. Now stop trying to pick me up!'

Gritting his teeth, Sesshomaru glared at the stone then glanced up to see Shadouhāto slowly walking towards him, the air around him bending slightly as his power flared out in response to Inuyasha's attempt to stop him.

'Don't touch me. If you can't hold me without hurting yourself, then it's not hard to believe that he can't either. Most likely he'll only use his power to make me hover over his hand, and if that's the case, then my power won't be as strong. You can't let him bring his father back, not matter what, even if you have to break the damn stone, Sesshomaru.'

A slim hand appeared in Sesshomaru's line of vision, gently closing around the stone for a split second before a flare of energy shot out, making Shadouhāto pull back with a hiss of surprised pain. "I see... Then if that is the case, dear wolf..." He reached out again, the air bending around his form once again as he flared his power once more, encasing the stone Sonya lay trapped in and pulling it up into the air without touching it.

"If you wish to live, leave." He warned them before vanishing into the shadows at the back of the cavern without a trace.

Clenching his damaged hand into a fist, Sesshomaru stood up and cast a cold look around at the others. "Inuyasha."

"Huh?" The hanyou looked over at him in surprise.

"I require the use of your sword."

"Keh, there ain't no way you can use it. You can't even touch Tetsaigua." Inuyasha snorted and folded his arms while looking away from him.

Sesshomaru closed his eyes and took a small breath to ease the flash of anger that flared up at the idiot's response. "Use the windscar to cut a path in the wall, you fool."

"Oh... Right." With a sheepish look on his face, Inuyasha pulled out his sword and aimed it at the wall Shadouhāto vanished in. "Stand back, Kagome."

"Right..." Kagome took a few steps away from him, joining Sango and Miroku off to the side with a worried look on her face as energy began to swirl around the blade in his hands. "Be careful."

"Keh, I'll be fine, you're the one that would be crushed if this place collapses." Inuyasha snorted again and lifted the blade over his head. With a cry of 'Wind scar!' He swung it down and watched as the energy shot towards the wall, blasting a hole in it with ease.

A low rumble began under their feet and slowly worked it's way outwards and around them, making everyone tense, ready to run if need be as it grew louder. However it only lasted a few minutes then died down again, leaving a small sense of unease behind as they made their way through the new opening.

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