Aftermath Chapter 37: Angry Father, an inuyasha fanfic

Author's Note: I really wish someone else could finish this story. It is starting to become a hassle. I don't even have all of it written down. I will have to kind of wing it near the end. sigh Sorry to my readers that I am seeming a little insensitive or inconsiderate or something with an "in" in front of it. I just would prefer to finish my homework first. I dread homework. Tis evil! Right, well, read and enjoy!

Chapter 37. Angry Father

As if right on cue came the demon lord's cold and deadly voice that matched the panic in his servant's. Through the same gap in the stands that the Band of Seven and Lady Rin had come through approached Lord Sesshomaru; his two sons on either side of him, Daichi and Aki; his mother, Lady Mami; and his general, Kenji.

"Ah! Lord Sesshomaru!" Jaken immediately bowed to his master, as did anyone else except Inuyasha, Kagome, and Joe.

"Sesshomaru," Kagome quickly began once everyone was standing. But his attention wasn't on her but Tracy. She was still soaked in Misan's blood. He strode up to the girl and stopped a few feet away, towering over her.

"Why is my daughter's blood all over you?" he inquired with one of his most frightening voices.

Tracy couldn't believe it. Lord Sesshomaru, his sons, and Kenji were the most handsome men she had ever seen. Misan's father reminded her of her good friend, Misan herself. he looked only a little over twenty and his face had the same cold, emotionless features. Same eyes, hair, markings, kimono, fur, the swords almost looked the same even! This only made her feel even guiltier than before. it was because Misan had gotten distracted by her kidnapping that Rin was given the perfect opportunity to cast the spell on her which led to Misan's capture.

"She saved me and her wound was still open so the blood leaked onto me," she said in nothing more than a whisper, her voice trembling and about to crack. Tracy didn't even look at him while saying it but she felt his intense gaze.

"Sesshomaru!" Kagome cried to get his attention once more.

"Explain, priestess," he demanded. Every second, his voice sounded harsher and deadlier as the more of his own daughter's scent of blood filled his nose and assaulted his senses.

"Naraku's back. He stole most of Rin and Misan's soul's into two jewels and he is able to control their bodies with them. He resurrected the Band of Seven again. Then, Naraku had Rin fight Misan, leaving a major wound in the stomach. During their battle, Misan's soul was slowly being sucked into the jewel somehow placed inside of her. When Naraku was about to kidnap Tracy, Misan stopped fighting with Rin in her true form and saved her. Right at that same moment, Rin cast a spell on Misan which temporarily turned her human. He took Misan once she was unconscious along with Rin and the Band of Seven. Naraku is in love with Misan and plans to make her his mate," Kagome explained quickly.

That was when things really got bad. First thing Sesshomaru did was turn around to Inuyasha and gave him one of the hardest punches possible. Caught by surprise, Inuyasha didn't land on his feet but on his head.

"What the hell was that for?!" Inuyasha shouted at his brother.

"You fool!" Sesshomaru hissed with hatred all throughout his tone. "You let my mate be controlled and my daughter get kidnapped to be that worthless half-breed's mate!" he drew Tokijin at this point. If he didn't, then he would have changed into his true form. "You shall die now, Inuyasha. I will not go easy on you at all, LITTLE BROTHER!" Sesshomaru roared shooting toward him.

Inuyasha drew Tetsusaiga as fast as he could and blocked the first blow.

"Lord Sesshomaru! You must stop battling Inuyasha!" Miroku tried to reason as Sesshomaru zoomed around his brother and attacked again and again at every angle. "We have to wonder if he'll try and make another Sacred Jewel from Rin's soul or just try and go for the first one!"

"Where is the Sacred Jewel, anyway?" Kagome questioned Sango and Miroku.

"Last we knew of its whereabouts it was under Lady Rin's protection. Then one day, it just vanished. Demons stopped coming after it," Sango said. "I think it was with Misan, though. Rin must have give it to Misan because she felt she could protect it more efficiently."

"Well, I didn't sense it with neither Rin nor Misan," Kagome said but paused. "Wait," she turned in Tracy's direction but overlooked the quiet girl, "I can barely feel it, but I swear it is there. It's probably really far away."

Sesshomaru and Inuyasha actually stopped to listen to the conversation, Tetsusaiga pressed against Tokijin.

Tracy listened to the conversation as well. She had heard all about the Sacred Jewel from Inuyasha but never knew what it looked like. The slayer clenched her hands tighter even thinking about what what may happen if Naraku got a hold of it. Surely, they would be doomed.

She remembered the things in her palms when she clenched her fingers harder.

"Take this to my father and have him protect it," Misan whispered to Tracy while pressing down on a small, round, smooth, blood-covered object into her hand.

With all the courage she could muster, Tracy shakily walked toward the sword-locked demon lord. He glanced over to her and glared.

"Lord Sesshomaru," she said with her voice barely holding on, "Lady Misan wished for me to give this to you." Tracy opened the palm of her hand just enough so she could pick up the small orb and extended it out to Lord Sesshomaru.

The others gasped at the pinkish-purple jewel in between her thumb and forefinger.

"The Sacred Jewel," Kagome said in a wispy, awed voice.

Tracy heard Kagome and was surprised that Misan had given her such a powerful thing. But she was determined to obey her savior, princess, and friend and give her father the Shikon no Tama.

"She told me to have you protect it." Tracy dropped it into his outstretched hand.

Lord Sesshomaru backed away from Inuyasha and placed Tokijin in his sash and observed the little jewel. The blood had already dripped off of its surface.

"I don't get it…I can barely sense it yet it's right in front of me," Kagome commented to herself. "But it's slowly getting stronger."

"If I know my sister at all, I would take a guess and say that she hid the Jewel's aura. That's why the demons no longer came after it when it was passed to her," Daichi hypothesized.

"I believe that Misan had hidden the Shikon no Tama inside her because when she was holding her stomach where the wounds were, I could have sworn she reached inside of her own body to grab it. That's why it was covered in blood," Tracy guessed.

"But why did she give it to Tracy and have her give it to Lord Sesshomaru?" Miroku considered.

"It's obvious, isn't it," Inuyasha intervened. He actually got the idea and stated it more than asked it. "Misan believes Sesshomaru is the strongest of them all, that it would be impossible for Naraku to get hold of the Sacred Jewel if it was being protected by her father. She worships him, doesn't she?

A wave of realization crashed over them all. Everyone knew that Misan had the highest opinion of Sesshomaru, no one could compare with her loyalty to the dog demon lord. It made perfect sense.

"Very well," Sesshomaru declared. "I am going to find Naraku and kill him," he said with menacing hate.

"No you don't!" Inuyasha yelled like the idiot he was. He charged at his older brother. "Naraku's mine to kill!"

"Stay out of the way!" Sesshomaru fought with Inuyasha. "he will pay for taking Rin and Misan!" he raged. Now, Sesshomaru was dealing all the hits and Inuyasha was trying his hardest to block and dodge.

"No way!" Inuyasha argued once more. "He set Kikyo and me up! He—!" Inuyasha was going to continue but Kagome scolded him.

"Inuyasha! Stop being selfish and open your eyes to the situation! Compare what Naraku did to you and what he did, and is still doing, to your brother!" Kagome put into perspective. Sesshomaru's eyes were red and his maroon stripes elongated. Nothing but hate, fury, anger, and loss were in his mind. "Sure, Naraku made you and Kikyo betray each other! Kikyo died and you were sealed to a tree for 50 years! But look at Sesshomaru! He stole Rin's soul again and Misan's! Naraku kidnapped his daughter and has made his one true love a slave! Sesshomaru has lost both of the closest females in his life and it is tearing him apart! His situation is a lot worse than yours was!"

Inuyasha took a minute to think it over while dodging Sesshomaru's attacks.

"FINE!" Inuyasha jumped to Kagome and Sesshomaru backed down.

"Daichi, Aki, Kenji…come," Sesshomaru ordered his two handsome, furious, and protective sons as well as the general who was in the same state of rage. They began to walk away until Sesshomaru halted, standing stock still. "Are you coming?" he asked without looking back. The demon lord rotated his head around, pivoting one foot and staring directly at Tracy.

Tracy was a bit baffled at what he wanted.

'Why would he want me to come along rather than Inuyasha or one of the more experienced demon slayers? Wait, no, scratch that. He hates Inuyasha. But why me?' Tracy wondered as she ran to catch up.

Ah-Un, who was currently carrying Jaken on his back, knelt down for her. This action confused her as well. Did he want her to ride him?

"Hurry up, Muro! Get on already!" Jaken squawked at her. That pissed her off.

"I'm not Muro, Master Jaken! I'm Tracy–Muro's granddaughter!" the angered slayer corrected. Tracy climbed onto Ah-Un's back behind the demon toad. Once she was on, she realized that her hand was clenched into a fist around something. Out of sight of everyone, Tracy peeked into her hand, finding a finely linked silver chain and a small silver pendant. It was carved into the shape of a dog's head staring off. Her developed priestess powers allowed her to detect a slight demonic aura surrounding it. Usually, objects around a demon for a long enough time will develop a power of its own. Of course, this takes centuries to do if not created for that reason. Mainly family heirlooms in demon families.

'What is this?' Tracy questioned in her head. Instead of thinking on it some more, she tucked it away somewhere safe underneath her armor.

Sesshomaru jumped up high while his fur expanded beneath him and Daichi, Aki, and Kenji did the same. Ah-Un's ankles had blue fire on it as he launched into the sky with his two passengers. Lord Sesshomaru kept up ahead while Lord Aki stayed to the left of his father just a little behind. Ah-Un was a few feet directly behind his master and Lord Daichi flew protectively beside Tracy, sometimes casting glances to the girl. Tracy could have sworn she was blushing sometimes. Kenji followed in the back.

Inuyasha watched his brother, nephews, the general, the two-headed dragon, demon slayer, and imp fly away. There was no way to dissuade his brother.

It was common knowledge how much Sesshomaru cared for Rin and Misan. Rin he had brought back from the dead after she showed kindness to him. She was his one true love and mate, the one who gave him children, happiness, and other peace of mind. But Misan…she was his special little girl. Ever since the day she was born the moment it began snowing and he was afraid she was dead. When she watched him intently with great interest and held his finger. Always accompanying him to his study and keeping him company while they read bothersome political letters. He loved Daichi and Aki, true, but they would spend their time playing in the gardens with their mother. However, Misan preferred to sit with him in their understanding silence rather than fooling around with flowers. His protective fatherly instincts of his youngest and most treasured child went into overdrive when she was in battle or traveling where he couldn't keep an eye on her.

Everyone admired and loved the princess, even her enemies. Only jealous women such as the ladies and princesses who were greedy and selfish loathed Misan.

None the less, Inuyasha knew that Sesshomaru was pissed. He pitied any poor unfortunate creature that got in his way. That wouldn't stop him from trying to save his niece and sister-in-law, though. Everyone knew what to do. Sang and Miroku went atop Kirara. Shippo carried Souten on his back. Kagome, as she had used to do, climbed onto Inuyasha so he and Shippo took off at an inhumanely fast run, leaping after every few steps. Kohaku and Kanna rode on Kagura's enlarged feather. The other demon slayers and Koga had to run along the ground in the direction the dog demons departed.

Author's Note: Finally! I finished typing it! I have absolutely nothing to do because I am going to be going to the airport tomorrow at four in the morning and need to do something to pass the time because I am completely excited! I won't be adding another chapter, though, because I still need my sleep because it is going to be a whole day of flying. I will be back from Europe in ten days and may or may not get straight back to this. It may take some time. Ciao!