Chapter 11

It's been months and the quartet has been wandering around the lands for shards, but for some reason their luck hasn't been as good. Inuyasha and Sesshomaru sibling relationship had strengthened considerably and with Inu no Taisho's constant present they were able to a family. Or at least some semblance of having a family relationship. Koga visited Nyx on numerous occasions acting like the doting brother and catching up on old times. Allie and Inuyasha's relationship blossomed beautifully and he showed where his mother was buried and the place of his birth. Although his mother's spirit was in Allie's necklace he still wanted to show where she was buried and pay respects. Sesshomaru and Nyx's relationship however started to become a bit rocky after a heated argument. Nyx thought Sesshomaru was being too possessive and too overprotective. She liked the feeling of being protected and secure but Sesshomaru was suffocating her. He interfered with her making several male friends, all of which she had wanted to become sparring partners. Their argument was so heated that Nyx lost her temper and they began a physical altercation and was only stopped when Inuyasha and Allie interfered. "You're so fucking insufferable! I don't say shit to you whenever we go to a village and random bitches are eyeing your ass! I don't say shit because I know your doggy ass is mine! But I can't have male friends as sparring partners because your ego don't want me to associate with no other guy besides Inuyasha, Koga and inupapa!" She growled and punched him in the chest and left to cool off. But before she could leave Sesshomaru grabbed her arm rather roughly and shoved her to a tree hard. "I don't give a damn...you are mine." His eyes bled red and his grip tighten as he bared his fangs at her.

Her eyes was wide with slight fear that he might hurt her. She received a flashback of her last abusive relationship. "D-don't touch me." She shoved him away and ran away somewhere.

Sesshomaru was about to take off when Inuyasha stood in front of him. "Don't...if you go after her she'll think you're trying to hurt her..didn't you see the look in her eyes? I think she was hurt in a last relationship...Allie told me that she's been hurt before. Let her cool off before going after her." Inuyasha said to him.

Nyx ran away and sat under a tree. She rubbed her eyes. "T-that stupid mutt.." She sniffled and flinched as she rubbed her arms and felt the bruising on her upper arms vanish slowly. She turned to her left and saw Takado, the white stag that was Allie's familiar. He was now full grown and had an impressive size rack...er well antlers. He moves down and lays beside her.

'Calm yourself...my charge is worried but is leaving you be to calm yourself. Your mate cares but you are right to feel the way you do." He lowers his head and grazes on the grass beneath him. His blue eyes gazed at her with tenderness. 'Your mate has been possessive and overprotective, it is understandable that you wish to have more friends, especially sparring partners to want to increase your fighting capabilities. However you need to talk to your mate about your past relationships...he needs to know why you looked at him in fear earlier' he looked down and continued grazing.

"You're smart for a deer...t-thank you Takado." Nyx thanked the deer and patted his forehead and pulled her legs to her chest. She stared into space and shivered at her foreboding thoughts of Sesshomaru eventually hurting or abusing her. 'N-no I don't think he would ever do it...maybe slap me yes but I don't think he would beat me.'

"I've always said he was smart...that's my baby.." Allie hummed calmly as she approached and kissed his head between his antlers and she walked closer to her friend and sister and took her into her arms and hugged her. "I know...I know you are scared but I want you to remember. Sesshomaru is not him, and from Inuyasha has told me Sesshomaru has never been in a relationship like yours before or at all. You need to tell him love..." she kissed her friends cheek and hugged her to her chest and patted her head down comfortingly. "They are demons yes...and they love us deeply...they would never hurt us...we are their mates. Even when Inuyasha was in his demon form and he has no control he still recognizes me and doesn't hurt me. Demons lose control sometimes...but they never hurt their mates."

Meanwhile Sesshomaru breathed in and sat down and huffed. 'She never tells me anything...' he hummed and stands up. "Stay near them and protect them while I am gone...I will return shortly.." he takes off running finding Totosai and having a long conversation with the swordsmith. He would be gone for a few hours but it would only to be something for his mate. Totosai created a dagger from Sesshomaru's fang for Nyx...the same dagger he had seen her future self carry when they had gone through the well. He hadn't mentioned it to anyone but he knew it was his fang. The handle was blue crafted with his insignia and her name and a blue jewel on the end. Etched into the blade were words. Words of love and devotion from Sesshomaru to her that he would never tell anyone but her. "My light, my anger but my love. I will protect you always" it read in kanji. He wrapped the dagger in some cloth bowing his head to Totosai as a thank you before leaving back to the campfire Where Inuyasha waited and Inuyasha didn't say anything but nodded his head in knowing and started to cook boar for them and for the girls and Takado for when they would return.

Nyx nodded and rubbed her eyes. "Y-you are right." She hugged her friend tightly. "I'll tell him." She stood up and slowly walked to the campsite. "Sesshomaru...c-can I talk to you for a moment?"

Sesshomaru stood to his feet and nodded to his mate walking over to her and kissing her forehead gently. "Forgive me...let us go.." he holds her hand gently in his and the other hand holds the new dagger wrapped in the cloth for her as they walked away from the campsite.

Nyx took his hand and walked with him. They stopped near a large Sakura tree and she sat down. "I...had several relationships with men." She started and continued telling him of her past relationships. She told him about Nate, Jared, and Max. She mentioned that Jared was the worst of them and was physically and verbally abusive.

Sesshomaru listened to her intently. His hands slightly twitching in anger not at her but at the thought of any man hurting her or touching her. He breathed in and looked to her and held the cloth. "I understand...this is for you.."

Nyx looked up and stared at him. She looked into his eyes and then at his hands and took the item. She removed the cloth from it. "A dagger?" She looked at him curiously.

"Read the blade.." he whispered and moved closer to kiss her shoulder. "If you are ever in danger and I am not around...stab this into someone and I will smell their blood and find you..." he kissed her forehead gently and nipped her ear. "Otherwise you may also use it...for sparring...know that I trust you just not others." He pulled her into his lap. "It is made from my fang...when we were in that different time...your elder self had it with her."

"Thank you lord fluffy." She launched herself at him and kissed his forehead. "I forgive you but don't do that again or else I'll collar your ass."

Sesshomaru chuckled deeply and held her close. "You've threatened that before...now..." he laid her down on the ground and slowly gets on top of his mate. "The whelp and his mate can wait for us.." he whispered huskily before claiming her lips with his and proceeding to pleasure his mate for some time.

Meanwhile Allie watched them go and let out a sigh of relief and nuzzled Takado as he walked alongside her back to the camp and she went to sit in her own mates lap. "It'll be okay...it will work itself out."

Inuyasha looked at her. "I hope so..." he muttered. "Cause it'll be hard to travel with them with tension."

"Don't worry.." Allie kissed her mate gently and sat with him waiting for the other two to return.

Allie looked to Inuyasha as she chewed on the meat from the boar and she watched him eat like a pig and she rolled her eyes but smiled at her mate. A thought still going on in the back of her head. Why didn't her future self and Inuyasha's future self have children with them? And this thought was turning into a worry that she kept to herself. "Inu...I remember you and Sesshomaru saying that his mother wasn't far and that she was very intelligent...would she...maybe know something about my race of demon?"

"Perhaps...ice lord's mom should know a lot of things and she has this magic cauldron." Inuyasha looked at Allie. "Why? Something wrong?" He asked worriedly and wiped his mouth clean.

"No I just...I want to know more is all...since I'm the last one that we know about anyway.." she looked at him and kissed his cheek. "Don't worry okay? And you shouldn't call Sesshomaru that he is your brother." She moved to sit closer to him and she rested her head on his shoulder and held his hand and watched the fire.

"At least I'm not calling him a bastard." Inuyasha mumbled and folded his arms. "So can I tell you something?"

"You just did.." she giggled playfully but nodded and kissed his cheek. "What is it?"

"You're the best thing that ever happened to me you know. I never want you to think I don't care because I do ok." Inuyasha grinned at her and place his hands at her waist.

"I love you.." she smiled and whispered to him and held his face and started to kiss him slow and intimately and she rubbed his ears gently while giggling.

He blushed and became flustered. "S-stop not the ears!" He flattened them down to his hair. "You do that on purpose."

"Because it's cute.." she smiled and nuzzle him gently. "Do you ever worry about anything and you don't tell me about it?"

"Yes, I just don't want you to worry. My problems aren't yours to worry about...firefly." Inuyasha hummed at the name that he chose.

She smiled at the nickname and kissed him gently. "But they are, you're my mate...so you need to trust me and tell me them.." she whispered before straddling him to kiss him deeply. Takado looked to his familiar and hummed and saw the sword Nyx often carried that had the soul of Inu No Taisho and the necklace Allie often wore that held the soul of Izayoi. 'It is time to let my powers come forth...' Without anyone realizing it Takado took the two artifacts into the forest and his antlers glowed and they were raised up into the air and he looked at them. 'Inu No Taisho and Lady Izayoi...your lives have ended long before they were meant too...and while I was born to protect the last of the elemental demons I was meant to also keep safe anyone she cared for...you both fall into that realm for her desire to see her mate and her brother in law so to speak and her friend happy...I shall restore your lives...' Takado hummed and his antlers grew brightly almost like the brightness of an Eclipse and the artifacts glowed bright before they were turned and shaped into bodies. The bodies of Inu No Taisho and Lady Izayoi. The process was long and took about two hours for their souls to fully mend with the new bodies so that they could be alive again. But once they were Takado gently let them come down to the ground.

"My dear..." Izayoi looked at her new body and then to her love. "We are alive...we can be together again.."

"You are right.." Touga looked at his body before to his mate and he kissed her gently before marking her neck, something he couldn't do when they were together before and now her lifespan would match his. "I thank you deer..."

Takado nodded his head slowly. 'Your sons will sense you soon...which is good because it seems they are done mating with their mates..'

Izayoi giggled playfully and looked at her mate. "They take after you indeed.."

Sesshomaru grunted and he sniffed as he sensed the familiar energy and he looked to his Mate. "Get dressed now." He stood up dressing himself quickly. An urgency in his voice.

Nyx rolled over and whine softly. She sat up and popped her back and clothed herself. "Sesshomaru, What's wrong?" She asked him and placed her hand on his shoulder.
He looked down to her and picked her up and started to run to where he smelled the scent of his father.

Inuyasha stiffened and sniffed. He urgently looked around. "Up, get dressed now." He stood up and got dress quickly.

"But Inuyasha.." Allie whimpered and got dressed and she felt her neck. "Y-your moms necklace is gone.." Inuyasha wasted no time in picking her up and following the scent of his mother in the air.

Sesshomaru carried Nyx and stopped seeing Touga there with Izayoi. He looked to Takado and he breathed in. "So...it was you deer.." he looked at Touga. "So you're alive again father.."

Inuyasha and Allie arrived quickly and he stood there with wide eyes. He stared and launched himself at Izayoi. "M-mother!" He hugged her tightly and cried like a child.

Touga nods. "Yes, the deer gave me my life back." He looks to Nyx and gave her the hilt of So'unga. "The sword belongs to you.."

"Wow...Inupapa you're hot. I wouldn't mind calling you Daddy." Nyx muttered and took the sword.

Touga laughed deeply causing Nyx to blush as deep voices were one of her weaknesses. "You can call me anything you wish babygirl." He winked.

"You've been in my head too long...you know all of my kinks." She mumbled and folded her arms blushing.

He grinned and looked to Allie. "Oh my such a beauty you are. My sons chose beautiful women as their mates."

Sesshomaru's eye twitched and he looked at Touga. "You would do well to keep your opinions about my mate to yourself father. You won't only just have me to deal with." He growled his eyes twitching to red while Izayoi was holding Inuyasha but also glaring at Touga.

Allie blushed slightly. 'That's his parents! Oh wow..' she breathed in and let Inuyasha and Izayoi have their mother and son moment.

Touga chuckled nervously and rubbed the back of his head sheepishly while looking at Izayoi. "Forgive me my love.."

Izayoi huffed but patted down Inuyasha's head. "I've missed my puppy...he's grown into such a strong man." She giggled and pinched Inuyasha's cheeks playfully.

Inuyasha blushed and hugged her. "I missed you...I can't believe you're back." He touched her face and inhaled her scent.

Nyx hummed and looked at everyone. "Wish I had a camera for this." She said softly.

Allie walked over and took Nyx's hand. "Let's let them have their moment.."

Sesshomaru hummed and looked to Touga. "You have a grandchild...a human but we are going to see mother soon since she knows of a way to change that."

Izayoi smiled softly. "I'm so happy sweetie...you found such a sweet girl who adores you."

"Already have a grandchild." He tilted his head and grinned. "Very well." He walked forward and place his hand on Sesshomaru's shoulder. "I am proud of you..." he then turned to Inuyasha. "I'm proud of both of you my sons.."

Inuyasha blushed at the compliments and pulled away from Izayoi. "Thanks mom."

Allie watched the exchange for a moment and she smiled and looked to her friend and petted Takado as he walks over. "Thank you baby.."

Takado looked at Allie. 'I am taller than you." He said to her and nudged his head against his familiar and mother.

The night turned into a celebration for all of them. Celebrating family and being together with Izayoi and Tougas second chance at life. Once it got later into the night Izayoi and Touga had left the Quartet to find themselves a home together deciding that it was time they would finally be truly alone and without their aid but of course they would always offer to help should they need them. Sesshomaru held his mate while Inuyasha held his as they slept. Sesshomaru looked to his younger brother and hummed. "You share more of fathers qualities than I originally thought."

Inuyasha turned to Sesshomaru and rose a brow. "What do you mean?" He asked him. "Allie wanted to see your mother..."

"You and Father share a lot of things in common.." he hummed and patted Nyx's head gently letting her sleep on his chest. "Well I had planned on taking Nyx to see her in the morning. I suppose you shall come with us."

"That's good." Inuyasha nodded and leaned back and stared at the sky. "So um everything alright with you and Nyx?"

"Yes..." Sesshomaru hummed and watched his mate sleep and then looked over to his brothers mate. "And yours? Why would she wish to see my mother?"

"Allie has a question about her race. She thinks your mother would know something about her race." Inuyasha answered and covered Allie from the cool breeze.

Sesshomaru hummed and wrapped his arms around his mate. "I see...she would probably...she has an extensive library."

"That's interesting." Inuyasha hummed and nodded his head. "To be honest...I was worried for you."

"And why would you be worried little brother?" Sesshomaru rose a brow and rubbed Nyx's back gently and his eye looked down at Allie as she nuzzled Inuyasha gently in her sleep.

"I was worried she wouldn't want to be with you anymore. Because if that happened then Allie would be upset." The inuhanyou muttered. "I'm going to bed." He closed his eyes and yawned.

Sesshomaru huffed and held his mate and watched her. "I wouldn't let that happen.." he kissed her head gently and closed his eyes to sleep.