After 3 years and 9 months, I've finally updated this fic. Thank you to everyone that has continued to read my stories, and been so patient with me. I'd also like to say a special thank you to a friend of mine, for giving me the push I needed to update this today. Thanks mokomoko :)

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PS: I've migrated this fic to AO3, and there are only about 2 chapters more before it ends. I will be working on a sequel, but it will be posted on AO3, as I am no longer posting any new work here. I will only be updating incomplete stories. I am using the same pen name, so I hope you'll follow me there as well.


Inuyasha snarled at the fake officers as they escorted him to the abandoned building.

"This isn't the official government office!" He shouted as he wriggled in their grasp. "Where the hell are we?"

"I highly suggest you relax, Mr. Taisho. We're bringing you to the director." One of the men said in a calm voice as he tightened his grip on Inuyasha's arm.

"The director? You mean that weird man that runs the prison?" He pried as they led him through the doors.

"Weird man? Now that's no way to speak of your grandpa!" He said in a facetious tone.

Inuyasha turned his head away as the men pushed him into a creaky, wooden chair. "Grandpa?!" He huffed. "I hardly know you. What do you want? Why are you destroying my family?"

"I simply want to finish what I started. And you are the key to my finishing everything."

Inuyasha was confused. "What are you going to do to me?" He asked suspiciously.

"Why, nothing. You were my daughter's pride and joy. You're half of my blood. I simply want the Exon file you have. It contains very sensitive information that I do not want to be shared with anyone."

Inuyasha shrugged. "Iono where that is."

One of the men pressed a taser to Inuyasha's neck. He grimaced in pain.

Inuyasha let out a growl. "What the hell..."

"I hate being lied to, Inuyasha. We can do this the easy way..." He paused, his usually soft but crazed eyes became dark and evil as wings grew out of his back. "Or the hard way."

"What the fuck are you?!" Inuyasha asked fearfully as Izen became some sort of grisly gargoyle before his eyes.

"After decades of searching and studying, I finally found the key to immortality. I was forced to sacrifice my body and soul but managed to keep my mind in tact. Over the years, I have absorbed many demons."

Inuyasha stared at the dark man in horror and disgust. He could feel an ominous aura permeating from his body.

"After performing a test run on Kohaku, I realized my dreams were finally coming into fruition. I may even be stronger than your brother at this point."

Inuyasha gagged as horns grew from the old man's body and muscles began to develop before his eyes.

"Ah, yes. The transformation is quite unsightly, but to live forever is worth the sacrifice." Izen explained as he grasped at Inuyasha's necklace.

"This is a peculiar piece of jewelry. Is it custom made?"

"K-Kagome made it for me in High School." He grimaced as he nudged Izen's newly clawed hand away from his chest.

"Well until you tell me where you hid the Exon file, you'll be here for awhile, and I'm not very fond of hospitality."


InuNo's estate...the basement

Kohaku breathed heavily as he sweat profusely. After finally gathering his strength, and then some, he managed to sit up and pushed the replica brooch onto the floor.

"I need...to see Rin. I have to tell her something..." He spoke weakly as he stood too quickly, experiencing vertigo as he grasped the banister to the steps.

Kohaku struggled to make his way up and bumped into InuNo in the hallway.

"Ah, you're awake. Come have some tea."

"I don't have time for tea. I need to see Rin. It's very important."

"Okay, okay. We can arrange that. She isn't far. But you cannot leave the estate. You are a wanted felon, and Izen believes you are dead. We need to be tactical!"

Kohaku sighed. "You're right."

"I will call Rin over immediately."


30 minutes later...

"So...you're still alive." Rin wobbled over to him in disbelief.

Much to his surprise, she wrapped her arms around him. "I'm so glad."

Kohaku's eyes widened. "You are? Even after everything I've done?"

Rin looked up at him with tearful eyes. "Of course! You're a victim of circumstances. You were experimented on and abused. You have every right to live a normal life."

'What's the point of a life without you?' He thought to himself, sadly.

Kohaku quickly shook the thought and gently pulled away from Rin's embrace. "There's something I have to tell you."

"W-what is it?"

"It's about the Exon file."


At the hospital...

Inumira and Kagome sat in awkward silence as the baby rested.

"Inuyasha has been gone for such a long time. Is he going to be okay?"

Inumira shrugged "That boy isn't quite my cup of tea, but I would wish death on his father before I did him. It appears he was a victim of circumstances, along with many others."

"He's heartbroken that he was the product of a scandal. He thought his parents were really in love."

"InuNo was always a lecherous buffoon. He had a taste for human flesh his entire life, so I would consider Inuyasha the product of a fetish rather than a scandal."

"It still sounds pretty awful."

"It is, in fact. All of this scheming and backstabbing for immortality research. Research that has been perverted into a sick and twisted method to splice humans and forcefully create half demons by absorbing demonic energy. That's absolutely disgusting."

"And keeping Sesshomaru under mind control for all this time..."

"Yes, this wacko Izen believes he is some sort of God. Transforming bodies and souls, controlling minds, all with my sister's research."

"He doesn't have all of it, right? Inuyasha still has that file and—oh no! The file! That's what they took him for."

"If Izen gets his hands on that file, he won't be creating replica brooches anymore. They'll be the real thing."

Back at InuNo's estate...

"It also contains stolen footage from the facilities, back when we were experimented on. The surveillance footage is usually archived after 24 hours,but InuKimi managed to get her hands on the footage, dating back to the late 80's."

"We don't need him to obtain that file. Imagine the damage that can be done once he gets his hands on it!" Rin bit her fingernail, nervously.

Suddenly, InuNo's phone rang.

"Hello?...yes, hello, Miroku...What?! Where are you? Do not attempt to enter that building alone. I am going to send all the reinforcements you need." He hung up his phone and looked up at Kohaku.

"Izen has Inuyasha. I need you to rescue him."

Kohaku stood quickly. "I'm ready."

Rin stood as well. "Are you sure?! You were severely injured."

"I feel fine. Izen needs to go down. I haven't used all of my power just yet." He turned to InuNo. "Where do I need to go?"


Back at the old commercial building...

Inuyasha was lying on the floor, bruised and coughing up blood, still refusing to talk. He had no idea what to do, or how to get out of this situation. He worried he would never see his fiancée or daughter again.

Izen knelt next to him, looking down. "Haven't you had enough yet? Don't you want to get back to your family? Just tell me where you're keeping the file and I'll let you go."

Just then, Inuyasha had an idea. It was a risky and faulty plan, but a plan nonetheless.

"It's...at the school...in my office...second drawer." He said as he breathed heavily.

Izen patted his back and chuckled. "You're a good boy, just as I hoped you would turn out to be." He lifted Inuyasha by the back of his collar. "Let's go retrieve it."

Inuyasha was consumed by fear and anxiety. He knew once Izen learned he was just buying time, he may kill him!

'Wait...no. He won't kill me. He desperately needs that file. He may torture me. Or worse...put me under mind control! I'm absolutely fucked.'

As Izen and his henchmen were exiting the building with Inuyasha, the sound of a revving motorcycle entered their ears.

Sango's motorcycle dramatically broke through the doors, with Sesshomaru barely hanging onto the back.

"Did you truly have to make such an entrance?" He groused.

"Sorry. It's just how I operate."

Sesshomaru approached Izen and gave him a cold glare. "You are hideous."

"Sesshomaru! I'm glad you're here! I have been eager to test my powers on you. I don't have much time to play around. I intend to dispose of you quickly, and retrieve the Exon file."

"The Exon file?"

"Yes. We will retrieve it from the school and my plans will finally come into fruition."

Sesshomaru knew the Exon file was in Inuyasha's necklace. He looked at his half brother's condition and felt a stinging feeling in his chest. Inuyasha was willing to sacrifice himself to keep that file out of Izen's hands. It was his duty to avenge him as well.

"Put my brother down." He said in a cold and threatening voice.

'He called me...his brother?' Inuyasha wondered in shock.

"Absolutely. He would only be in our way." Izen tossed Inuyasha across the room and turned his attention to Sango.

"You. You have betrayed me, even after I spared your brother." Izen reached out his hand, and Sango was dragged in by a gravitational pull.

Sesshomaru stopped her with his arm and extended a poison claw at Izen.

Izen hissed in pain as Sesshomaru's poison claw made contact with his hairy, muscular arm.

"You can't save everyone from the impending future! I will have what I want!" Izen growled.

"Go to Inuyasha. Make sure he is alright." Sesshomaru said to Sango.

She nodded and rushed to Inuyasha's side.

Sesshomaru advanced Izen.

Izen agilely dodged his attack and spread his wings.

Sesshomaru followed, accepting the challenge to an aerial fight.

Izen bore his claws, and Sesshomaru did the same.

The combatants swooped in on one another, both landing a three claw marked attack on each other.

Izen was fast and powerful in this state, but how long could his fake demonic energy last?

Sesshomaru's plan was to exhaust his demonic energy, until he needed a brooch to recharge.

Izen attempted to use his gravitational pull on Sesshomaru, and he barely moved.

"Your powers are waning already. You can hardly move me." Sesshomaru taunted condescendingly.

Izen snarled angrily and charged at Sesshomaru, who then used his agility to move, projecting himself behind Izen.

He forced him down to the ground, pushing his face into the cold ground, cracking the floor.

Sesshomaru stood over him, glaring at him with cold empty eyes, his foot pressed firmly into one of his wings.

Izen let out a loud groan. "Ryu! Activate the device!" He shouted in desperation.

"Device?" Sesshomaru echoed in confusion.

Izen chuckled darkly as a very low sequence of random sounds began to play.

"Hmph. Are you attempting to brainwash me once more?" He dug his heel into Izen's wing harder, causing him to moan in distress. "Your silly tricks won't work on me."

"N-No." He said in a breathy voice, followed by a sinister chortle.

"How are you feeling?" Sango asked Inuyasha, helping prop him up against the wall.

"I'm fi—" Inuyasha groaned loudly. "My head! My head is killing me! Make that noise fucking stop!"

Sesshomaru turned sharply, his eyes on Inuyasha. "What's wrong with him?"

Izen continued to chortle, until his laughter turned into a loud cackle.

Sesshomaru watched as Inuyasha grasped his head and let out screams and groans. Suddenly, an old memory flashed into Sesshomaru's mind.

21 years ago…

Sesshomaru was at home, watching his younger brother.

"Sesshomaru, is it normal for me to get a lot of headaches?"

"I don't know, and I don't care. Just go take something. It's only a little headache."

"Yeah but…they really hurt. Sometimes I don't…I don't remember things."

"I told you, I'm not interested."

"Please? It really hurts!"

Sesshomaru groaned in annoyance and searched the medicine cabinet for children's pain relief medicine."Take this, and go to sleep."


Sesshomaru glared down at Izen, seething with immeasurable rage. "Your own grandson? You placed him under your control?!"

He chuckled. "His demon blood is powerful, but only when fully awakened. I needed something to…help it along."

"Get away from Inuyasha!" He warned Sango, his teeth clenched.

"What?" Sango looked over at Inuyasha. He was snarling and his eyes were turning red. She moved away quickly, then turned towards Sesshomaru, watching as he sliced Ryu and destroyed the device.

Inuyasha fainted and his head hit the ground with a harsh thud. Sango hesitantly returned to his side and sat him up against the wall.

She looked back at Sesshomaru once again as Izen was attempting a sneak attack.

"Look ou—"

Sesshomaru turned sharply and beheaded Izen with his claws.

Sango's eyes widened in shock. "Y-you did it. You killed him."

"No. I've hardly done anything." Sesshomaru responded, holding the snarling head. "This body is thriving off of demonic energy, and cannot be killed the ordinary way."

"His body is still moving!" She exclaimed in shock.

"Indeed. It needs to be drained of demonic energy entirely, before he manages to regenerate somehow."

"Can't you absorb demonic energy also?"

"Without the brooch, I cannot. This is something only your brother would be able to do."

"But…he's…"

"No. He is much like Izen, and he is close."