Chapter 1: Enter, Two in Need Of Help

"I'll go and get the firewood, okay Inuyasha?" Kagome asked. She was wearing her school uniform, but with an oversized jacket. It was getting pretty cold. He nodded, wanting his ramen as quickly as possible with out him having to work for it. He felt quite lazy today, but he wasn't sure why. He leaned against a tree and closed his eyes, a waiting for her safe return.

Kagome trudged along and quickly gather more than enough firewood. She was returning when she came across a small path. Vegetation had almost covered it, so she knew that it was unused. At least, that was what she thought until she saw a figure coming towards her on it. The figure was limping badly.

"Hello?" Kagome called out unsurely. "Are you hurt? Hello?" But the person kept on walking. She guessed that the person hadn't heard her. When the figure was about twenty feet away from her, she backed away involuntarily.

'Sesshoumaru?! Why is he here?! What happened to him?' She stood still, too scared to move. Sesshoumaru had kept his head down, and was looking at where he was stepping. His eyes suddenly found a pair of shoes, shoes he couldn't recognize. Yet the smell, it was like he had finally died and gone to heaven. Yet he knew that that wasn't true. He would go to hell, not heaven. His eyes slowly traveled up the person who was blocking his path to nowhere. His eyes locked onto hers and blinked slowly.

'This is Inuyasha's wench? What is she doing here?' He thought. He saw fear pooling off of her like a waterfall that didn't know where to run. Her eyes traveled down his battered body and landed on his right waist, where his cloth was soaked through with blood. Her head jerked back up to his face and she saw that his eyes did not see clearly. (They were without the glare thing.) They are where rings under his eyes and Kagome could see his cheekbones.

Then he just suddenly closed his eyes and slumped to the ground. Kagome dropped the firewood she had been caring.

"Sesshoumaru?" She asked hesitantly. 'I need Inuyasha now!' She picked up a rather sharp stick and rubbed it against her right arm until it bled. All she could do was hope that Inuyasha could smell it. And yes, he could. He jumped up so quickly and ran there so fast that Miroku and Sango hardly saw anything.

"Kagome!" He yelled running to her. She was scared frozen, staring at something on the ground. Inuyasha looked down and saw his half brother lying on the ground.

"Did he hurt you? Kagome.did you.hurt him?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome shook her head.

"I hurt myself so you would come. He just walked along this path and then collapsed." Kagome shivered as she saw the blood polling around him. Inuyasha picked her and the firewood up.

"Come on. We should get back." He said. Kagome turned to him, "What about Sesshoumaru?"

"What about him?"

"Are you going to leave your brother here to die?" She yelled at him.

"Half brother." Inuyasha growled, turning and left.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome called. But he was already gone.

"How can he just leave his brother like this?" She asked under her breath. She turned to Sesshoumaru's cold body. She took off her jacket and wrapped it around him. She had gained some muscles during the past year she had been with Inuyasha. She pulled him to his feet and looped his left arm over her shoulder. She put her right arm around his waist, her left one holding onto his left arm. The progress was slow, but she finally made it to camp.

"Kagome!" Shippo cried. Then he screamed as he saw whom she was helping. After Kagome had explained everything, she softly lay down Sesshoumaru. She walked up to Inuyasha and backhanded him on the cheek.

"How could you leave him there?" She yelled at him and attempted to hit him again when Miroku stepped in front and took the blow to the shoulder.

"Ow! Kagome, you're getting pretty strong."

"I'm sorry Miroku." She walked back over to Sesshoumaru and took her jacket off of him. She opened his already torn kimono and ended to his wounds. Sango came and sat next to her, helping he. Soon, Miroku and even Shippo tried to help. When all was done, Kagome washed her jacket and dried it near the fire Inuyasha had gotten going. She removed Sesshoumaru's top kimono, both the inner and outer layer, and wrapped her jacket around him instead. It was a bit too big for him. Good thing she had gotten it so big. She frowned when she saw that he was sweating. He started murmuring. Sango and Miroku leaned over to try and understand what he was saying.

"Go." Miroku said. "He said 'go get'." Sango leaned over more intently.

"Go get what?" Shippo asked. Sesshoumaru's eyes flung open.

"Daughter!" He cried. Kagome and co jumped back, Shippo screaming. Kagome was the first to recover and quickly brought a cold cloth and wiped his face. His eyes were open and he was breathing heavily. He grabbed her hand and pulled it to his chest.

"Hey you-" Inuyasha said standing up. Sesshoumaru ignored him and said to Kagome.

"Go get my daughter. Please find.we were attacked.Naraku has her." He slid back into his uneasy sleep.

"Inuyasha, do you have a niece?" Shippo asked his father figure.

"Not that I know of."

"Do you think that human child that was with him-is it she he is talking about?" Sango asked. Inuyasha stood up.

"Something's coming. Can you feel it?" Miroku stood.

"A human, but a damaged one." From the edge of the clearing came another limping figure. Her pale face shone brightly in the moonlight.

"Ta-tasu.kete." She called out in a whimper meant to be a scream. "Help me." She collapsed to the ground. Miroku ran to "help her" but Sango beat him to it. She picked the girl up and laid her next to Sesshoumaru. The girl muttered something that sounded like thank you.

"I-I found a little girl in the woods. I went to save her and then something attacked me. The girl screamed out to me-she-she said-" The girl left of in several coughs. Sesshoumaru moaned and rolled over, facing the girl. Her eyes went wide for a moment.

"What's wrong?" Kagome asked. The girl sighed.

"This guy-he reminded me of someone I used to know as a child. I don't think he ever liked me-we met each other only for a moment, and then he ran on his way. But, I-I pined for him. I guess-" She was cut off by Inuyasha.

"Look-we'd love to know your personal love life but we need to know what the little girl said." The young woman turned to see the speaker. That voice. She then cried out.

"It is you! Inuyasha!" She cried. She struggled to her feet and hugged him, not letting go.

"Do-do I know you?" He stuttered, seeing Kagome's hurt expression. The girl let go of him and fell to her knees.

"How could I be so stupid? I knew you wouldn't remember me! I should have just died that day. The only reason I lived was because I believed that you would come back for me! You can't even recognize my face, can you?" Kagome put her arm around the girl, comforting her.

"Inuyasha had a rough childhood. You can't expect him to remember it all." She said, trying to comfort the girl. But all that did was upset her even more.

"You, " she cried to Inuyasha, "all you remember is the bad things! Don't you remember at least one of the good ones?" She yelled at him. He growled.

"Of course I remember at least one thing! I remember the girl that tried to protect me from all those humans. I remember how she told me it would be okay since she had punched one of the boys. Then my mom was killed and I ran and never went back! Are you happy now? Do you understand me at all bitch?" He was in such a furry.

"I bet you don't even remember that girl's name!" She screamed at him.

"Of course I do! It was Getsumei!" He yelled at her.

"No it wasn't!" She shrieked back. "My name is Gesshoku! You stupid moron! I shouldn't have done a thing for you!" She turned and started to walk off but fell to the ground, her breathing shallow. She coughed up some blood.

"Getsumei means moonlight." Miroku said.

"Gesshoku also means moonlight." Sango said. Inuyasha's face contorted in pain.

"Kinpa?" Inuyasha asked. "Is it really you?" (A/N: Kinpa also means moonlight, but it can also mean golden waves.) He went over to her and picked her up, holding her close to his face. She slapped him crying, "Unhand me you half man!" He picked her up and laid her down next to his brother. She turned to face Sesshoumaru and told the rest of the story, not knowing he was awake.

"The little girl screamed at me. She told me to save her father. She gave me this and told me to tell him she has been dead once anyway, the experience wouldn't be new. She said to be accurate: "Rin's father is not her real one, but Rin loves him a lot. Please tell him I love him and will see him sooner or later." It was then I was attacked." Sesshoumaru turned to face her.

"Eh?" Gesshoku said. "You're awake?"

"Where is my Rin? Where is my daughter?"