FINDING THE PLACE WHERE WE BELONG written by HieiKitty, aka Becca

Written on Sunday, October 17, 2004 at 11:20 pm

Yesh, I just realized how short I made the last chapter and I apologize once again. Me am so sorry!!! ::Sniffle:: Eh, but this chapter shall be longer!!! ::heroic pose:: For I am HIEIKITTY, PROTECTOR OF THE HIEIS!!! ::insane laughter::

Anyways, let's get on with the chapter before I'm attack by someone or something..... ::Points at Sara who's hiding behind a door:: I CAN SEE YOU, SARA!!!! ::gets out the baseball bat that Sara hasn't broken yet:: DON'T COME ANY CLOSER OR YOU GET THE BAT IN THE FACE!!! .... ::blinks:: FACE!

Finding the Place Where We Belong

Chapter Thirty Six: Convincing Sesshomaru and Talking With Father

After a while, Inuyasha allowed the others to catch up with him. Sango, Kagome, and Miroku all apologized to the inu hanyou and Sango even offered to let Inuyasha use Kirara's back to carry Sara but regardless of all their efforts, Inuyasha remained soundless and held Sara's body even closer to him. He wanted so badly to hear her even breathing to signify that she was no more than sleeping and not actually deceased but life is consequently malicious.

Unexpectedly, fire was emitted from beyond them and headed in the direction of Inuyasha. Fortuitously, the inu hanyou jumped out of the way and the fire assault missed him by a vast distance. Everyone got prepared to fight their assailant and they all looked up to look at the sky. And can you possibly conjecture who was there? Come on! You know you want to! Yup, that's correct! It was Sesshomaru and Jaken.

Sesshomaru descended and once he touched ground, his diminutive cloud disappeared into the air. You know the one that he is on and flying through the air during the third ending for the series. Anyways, the cloud vanished and Sesshomaru used his youkai swiftness to get in front of Inuyasha more rapidly than you could blink. The inu taiyoukai grabbed a hold of his neck and held him above the ground with Sara still in the inu hanyou's arms. "Why are you in my lands, little brother?"

Before Inuyasha could give his elder half brother an answer, Sesshomaru threw Inuyasha with one swift movement of his lower arm and wrist. Inuyasha moved so that he landed benevolently on his feet. The two inu half brothers glared at each other impersonally. The others stood in close proximity prepared to fight if required. "You still have not answered me, Inuyasha." Sesshomaru pointed out to him. Inuyasha continued to glare at him and scoffed.

"Why do you think we would be in these nauseating lands of yours, Sesshomaru? Don't tell me that you can not smell the blood." Inuyasha told him. Sesshomaru could without a doubt smell the once ookami hanyou's blood that was emitted without restraint from her body. The inu taiyoukai scanned the collection of Inuyasha's traveling companions from the corner of his eye. Someone was absent. "Where is that other kitsune?" Sesshomaru asked him undemonstratively hiding his insignificant inquisitiveness. (BIG WORDS!)

"Hmph, why does it matter anyways? That girl is most likely dead somewhere. That's what she gets for betraying us and helping Naraku kill Sara. That doesn't matter anyhow. We came here so that you could use Tenseiga and bring Sara back not to talk about that kitsune thing." Inuyasha told him straightforwardly. Sesshomaru looked back at Inuyasha and Sara.

"And what, may I ask, allows you to believe that I, Lord Sesshomaru of the Western Lands, would use my sword, the Tenseiga, to bring a measly human to back to life?" Sesshomaru inquired his younger half brother. Inuyasha just stood there. He actually didn't believe that Sesshomaru would assist him of his own free will but one way or another he had to get him to help. Sara's life depended on it. When he still didn't answer him, Sesshomaru scoffed and gave him a look. "Inuyasha, what makes her so exceptional that you would desire to bring her back from the deceased?"

Everyone just turned and stared at the inu hanyou who went silent. He stood there staring down at Sara who lay motionless in his arms. Regardless of the fact that she was covered in blood and dirt, he could still see her beauty that surpassed any's he has ever seen. Kagome was the only one who actually needed to know if he treasured the ookami hanyou or not. If he did, she still had Kouga despite the fact that she hadn't seen him since the day before. She sighed and waited for Inuyasha to respond to Sesshomaru's inquiry. Inuyasha sighed and held her even closer if that was achievable. "Sara means more to me than anything else in the world. I thought that Kagome was the one for me but after I met Sara, I began to question that. Sara is unique and she is always there for me. I don't know what I would do if I could never see her smile or hear her voice once more."

When Inuyasha told him that, Kagome gasped. He had loved her but he didn't anymore. He cared more about Sara than he will about her ever again. She took a couple steps back and ran into Sango who gave her a sympatric look. Kagome moved away from her and turned her attention back to Inuyasha and his brother. Sesshomaru didn't say anything as he unsheathed one of his swords. Which one, no one could truly tell but they hoped it was Tenseiga. The inu taiyoukai crossed the diminutive distance between them and stood in front of Inuyasha. Neither of them made eye contact as Sesshomaru raised his sword then slashed the messengers from the underworld that surrounded Sara's body.

Rebecca sat there on the wood flooring for a while before she heard footsteps coming towards her. She turned her head and saw a man that looked very similar to her father walking up to her. The once kitsune stood up and faced him. The man walked up to her and stopped in front of her. "I take it that you are Rebecca, Master Naraku's daughter, am I right?"

"Hai. Who the hell are you?" Rebecca asked him with a raised eyebrow. The man just smiled at her and turned to leave. "Master Naraku would like to speak with you at the moment. My name is Bakemono." The man told her then began to walk away. "Please follow me."

Rebecca followed the man named Bakemono passed a few of the rooms she knew. She had no clue why she was following him when she knew this place like the back of her hand and Naraku would most likely be in the room he had stayed in when they lived there. The two stopped in front of a pair of paper doors. Bakemono nodded to Rebecca then left her to go back to where he had been. Rebecca glared at him, wanting to shake her fist at him but didn't. She turned and little by little opened the paper doors. In the room, her father sat at the back looking at her. Rebecca stepped into the room and closed the doors behind her then sat down in front of him.

"Rebecca, do you know why you are here?" Naraku abruptly asked her breaking the silence they had between them. Rebecca thought about it for a minute but when she couldn't think of any logical reason why she was there, she shook her head. "You are being punished."

"Why?! What did I do to be punished? And how is this punishment? We used to live here when I was young. This is our home!" Rebecca told him. She wanted to know what this precisely had to do with her being here. Naraku gave her a cold look.

"You failed two of your missions. You did not retrieve Tetsusaiga nor did you keep Sara away from Inuyasha so that I would be able to possess his body to get rid of the others." Naraku told her. Rebecca returned his look and slammed her fist on the ground.

"That isn't fair! It's not my fault that I wasn't able to get Tetsusaiga away from Inuyasha. When we tried to get it, I was a kitsune and youkai can't touch the Tetsusaiga! And how was I supposed to know that Inuyasha would follow us to see what we were talking about when you possessed his body!? Plus, you never said anything about having Inuyasha attack me and Sara!" Rebecca yelled at him angrily. Naraku glared at her and his arm transform into the tree trunk thing.

"You will not talk back to me. I can without difficulty destroy you, Rebecca. Do you understand?" Naraku asked her. Rebecca went silent and stared at his arm. She wasn't dense. He could easily kill her with one hit of that arm of his. After all, she was human now. Seeing that she wasn't going to say anything else at that moment, Naraku continued with his explanation.

"You and Sara are now ningens because that is also part of your punishment. See? You are not the only one being punished here. Sara's punishment was death for she fell in love with Inuyasha when you two were supposed to steal Tetsusaiga then kill him. Your wound is punishment for running off with Inuyasha's elder brother." Naraku told her. Forgetting what her father told her about back talking, Rebecca glared back at him and slammed her fist on the ground once again.

"I did not run off with Sesshomaru!!! Kanna knocked me out and then when I woke up, I was with him. I didn't do it!!! He practically kidnapped me and I'm the one who's being punished for this?! That's completely not fair!!!" Rebecca once again yelled at her father. Naraku's expression grew angrier and colder. His arm rose slightly and he hit Rebecca in the side. The force behind the attack knocked Rebecca to the ground and she skidded a few feet to the right.

"Do not forget what I told you. You brought you into this world and I can easily take you out of this world. Do you understand?" Naraku asked her once again. Rebecca sat back in front of him trying not to flinched or show any signs of weakness.

"Hai, Father. I understand." Rebecca told him with a slight nod. Naraku's arm turned back to its normal form and he nodded as well.

"Just make sure that you understand. Oh, and Lord Sesshomaru is neither our enemy or our ally but that does not mean that you are allowed to mate with him. Stay away from him. Oh, and the last part of punishment is that you must stay here. That is until Inuyasha is dead."

End of Chapter Thirty Six

See? I told you that this chapter was going to be longer than the last two. HA! I am always right! Ok, maybe not always but most of the time cause I'm so smart!!! WOOT!!! GO INTELLIGENCE!!!

Don't you dare forget to review or I will come after you and I don't think you want to mess with a rabid obsessed Sesshy fan girl hyped up on Dr. Pepper. Nope, you don't.

Oh, and Sara: YOU BEST TELL ME WHERE HIEI IS!!! I JUST UPDATE A LONG CHAPTER AND A SHORT CHAPTER AND THEN A CHAPTER FOR BWWFM!!! I THINK YOU SHOULD TELL ME NOW!!!

-HieiKitty-