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Interlude VII-Present

"You did what!?" Yuki screams into the phone at Taka.

The younger demoness holds the phone away from her ear. She sits in the basement during the middle of the night, talking to her older half-sister. "Look what was I supposed to do? I know it was wrong, but Tsukimaru didn't give me a chance to think!"

"Since when do you think about anyone but yourself?"

"I don't deserve that and you know it! You know damn well Chichiue and Haha-ue kept me locked in that castle for three and a half centuries telling me what to think and believe and you never even gave me the time of day!"

"Because you didn't deserve it, you conniving, manipulative-"

"Yuki!" She slams the phone against a nearby table cracking the screen, "I…help me save her, please?"

"You took someone who you think has the soul of my dead mother and travelled to the United States, does it even bother you how much pain you caused Chichiue?" Yuki rebukes her over the phone.

"Yes," Taka says quickly, "look…I messed up okay. I messed up badly. I'm not making excuses but she needs Chichiue. She's sick."

"So take her to a doctor-"

"It's APL, leukemia. They tried all the treatments, she fell into the ten percent that can't be treated."

"You can't play with his heart like this Taka," there is shuffling on the other end of the phone. "You don't even know for sure it's her."

"How is he?" Taka inquires both of her father and of Katsumoto.

"Chichiue's tremors are worse. He can barely get through a few hours without needing an injection. I'm coming Katsumoto," she calls to her lover.

"Yuki, please. She has Leukemia. They can't heal it. Would you know if it was your mother?"

"I don't know," Yuki is suddenly subdued. "I need to go. Katsumoto needs me."

"Yuki, I'm begging you please. Get me an appointment in his office as soon as you can."

"You know it doesn't work like that. He has to do all those preliminary tests to make sure the patient is well enough to survive the treatment."

"I know a CBC and a blast count and then they have to not have been sick or had fevers before. I know, Yuki…I've never lied to you. You have to know I'm desperate if I called you. I know how you feel about me. How I was conceived," Taka whispers and wiped her eyes, "I sent you a picture."

"Kami," Yuki whispers, "she looks just like Ka-san. This doesn't prove anything," she says stubbornly.

"She has her memories."

"Stop it Taka."

"He found her in the forest when she was eight."

"She found him and everyone knows that."

"They fell in love when she was sixteen but he was stubborn about it until she was seventeen. Right after she faced some snake demons."

"Everyone talks about that story!"

"Ugh!" Taka screams into the phone. "Okay…you want something no one else would know? Fine…you got lost after Harutoga was born. You were mad that he was a boy and you ran away from home. You fell into the river and hit your head. You woke up in a village alone and Inuyasha came to get you, because Chichiue insisted you would have gone up river. He wouldn't believe that you would have gotten hurt. The village wouldn't give you up until Chichiue came because they knew who you belonged to and Chichiue refused to say his brother found you and not him!"

"How do you know that? Ka-san didn't know that."

"Inuyasha told his wife who told your mother, Yuki. She has her memories. Chichiue was too proud to admit that Inuyasha found you and not him. It's her! Please Aniue," Taka uses the epitaph of 'big sister' in the hopes it will convince Yuki, "make up a story. Use the American Make a Wish Foundation. If I don't get her there in the next six weeks she'll be dead. I'll pay for her ticket…I'll…"

"Shut-up Taka," Yuki's voice changes, "look I'll call Taiyomaru and Harutoga and have them claim to be part of this Make a Wish Foundation thing. We'll pool the money to bring you here. Don't say anything to Chichiue. He'll know if it's her. I have to go."

"Bye," she exhales and falls to the floor on her knees. How do I keep her alive until she sees Chichiue? She closes her eyes thinking then runs up the stairs and takes a cup from the kitchen. She slits her wrist and allows her blood to drip down the side of the glass. It's risky and no the complete treatment, but if it gives Nina the strength to live, that is all that matters.

Oh Please Review! Please Review! Yuki agreed to help! If you want me to write the drabble for Yuki getting lost after Harutoga was born let me know.

Story Plug: Fire and Ice by Elohiniar...guys I am trying to write a fluff story and you know how far out of my comfort zone that is. So please go check it out and let me know what you think. Guys for that story I need Inu/Kag details. I need jobs, kids, how many, gender, Inu is 24 and Kags is around the same age. Review on that story and make your suggestions.

Coming next on January 28th Sesshomaru-Present III

Moraity: So I hope the explanation of timelines helped. The Interludes were before the present timeline but now the two have merged so Mayumi and Izayoi have 9.5 years left with their Uncle and he won't relinquish them so easily.

Mechine: Thank you for the reviews! You are going to have to keep reading to find out what will happen with these two. Nina is her own person which is something that I wanted from the start because she may have Rin's memory but she is not Rin.

Gina: Sesshomaru definitely is in danger of dying.

Luin-Fanel: Mayumi is a butthead but it's mostly because she is hurting. Hope this chapter explained it for you!