BL: yayness!! My computer be faster now!!!!
Inuyasha: what's she so happy about?
Sesshoumaru: She now has optimum, so her computer goes faster.
BL: YES! DANCE FOR BL'S HAPPINESS!! *dances*
All: *do nothing*
BL: ;___; you're no fun! XP
All: *rolls eyes*
BL: *scans crowd* okay, which one of you didn't do the disclaimer yet?
Jaken: *is thrown from crowd*
BL: *picks him up* AH! My little toad servant! ^_^
Jaken: please don't hurt me! ;__;
BL: do the disclaimer!
Jaken: Bakuralover-2008-sama doesn't own Inuyasha.
BL: Good boy! ^_^
Sesshoumaru: On with the fic.
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The Wrath of a Demon
Chapter 11 – Into the Past
Inuyasha and the others walked into the forest, marveling the beauty of it. Rin walked next to Inuyasha, her eyes never straining from tiredness or fear.
"Hey! Look at that," Sango pointed towards the castle that Inuyasha recognized to be his father's. He immediately started towards it, for his conscious told him that their quest for answers would start there. His companions followed him, having the same feeling within them as he had. Sango then stopped, for she had begun to think about something.
"Guys, if we go in there, won't whoever is there be able to see us," she questioned. The others looked at her, and started to think about the same thing.
"No, the only part of us that was brought here was our spirits, not our bodies. This way, we would not interfere with the time period," Inuyasha explained to them. Sango stared at him. He was actually the last person that she would guess who would explain this to them.
"And how would you know this," Koga stepped up to the hanyou. Inuyasha turned away and looked up towards the castle.
"Well......I've been through this 'time changing' sequence. Kyshi showed me an event like this the night before she came to see us," he explained. Koga looked confused after the mentioning of Kyshi, so Sango explained to him who she was and about her little 'visit' to them. At the end of her story, Koga didn't say anything, but rather nodded and retook his position at the rear of their little 'pack'.
Inuyasha and Rin led them into the castle and were not surprised to see many demon servants rushing about in the hall. The group walked until they reached a door, leading to the back garden. Inuyasha opened it without any hesitation.
"What's this.......?" Inuyasha was amazed with the garden's color and life. It was even more beautiful than that of the forest. Soon, he was snapped out of his trance when he heard the sound of a laughing child. He turned towards the sounds and noticed a gorgeous demon woman sitting upon the garden's flowers. Her long silver hair and blue eyes dazzled Inuyasha and his companions. Around her neck, was a pendant; a moon with diamond circlets surrounding it. She was watching a young demon boy playing within the garden. He ran over to her, and Inuyasha knew that it was a very young Sesshoumaru. The younger version of his brother ran to the woman, but tripped on his overly-large tail and fell into her lap. She smiled warmly at him, who smiled back before running off again. But, something caught Inuyasha's eyes. The inu hanyou noticed that the crescent moon on Sesshoumaru's forehead was not visible on the older, full-blooded youkai's younger self.
"That woman has to be Sesshoumaru's mother," Miroku said. Inuyasha nodded in agreement.
"Hey, Rin has seen that lady before," the young human said after examining the youkai woman. Inuyasha turned his head towards her, who looked up at him.
"Rin has seen this lady with Lord Sesshoumaru many times in her dreams. She has also seen the pendant worn around the demon lady's neck," she explained. Inuyasha looked up at the woman again. Her blue eyes and exceptionally long claws and fangs, reminded him of Sesshoumaru's transformation. He narrowed his golden eyes. Perhaps there was more to Sesshoumaru's mother than what they all thought.
Soon, the two youkais disappeared, and the garden faded a little. Inuyasha looked at the castle. He noticed that it started to look old, and the servants and maids vanished from it.
"We must be going through a 'time jump'," Miroku stated. They all looked at him, who explained.
"We are traveling to a different time period within the past. The staff knows that we will not find any more clues in this time, so it is sending us somewhere else," he said with his eyes closed. They all waited and watched, as time changed right before their very eyes.
When their 'time jump' did finish, the garden was much less lifelike, and the castle was abandoned. Inuyasha then knew that they must have jumped to a time after his father met his own mother.
"Where to now," Sango openly questioned the group. Inuyasha already knew the answer to that question as he started down the hallway and left the castle. The others followed him without questions.
Inuyasha led them back to the forest, which still looked as beautiful as it did when they saw it before. However, now it was the home to many demons. They walked in, but were soon stopped by another discovery.
"Look guys," Sango pointed towards a tree, where a young, almost teenage looking demon sat upon a branch. Inuyasha jumped on it, and was not surprised to see that it was another version of Sesshoumaru. What did shock him a little was that the full-blooded youkai had crimson blood dripping down his left arm and face. The moon upon Sesshoumaru's forehead was still invisible, which also made the hanyou think.
"Inuyasha, isn't that you," Miroku asked, as the half-demon's younger version walked up to the tree and looked towards his older brother.
"Sesshoumaru? Are........are you okay," the little Inuyasha questioned. The full youkai didn't say anything, but Inuyasha noticed his face grow more solemn. The small hanyou called out to his brother again.
"Sesshoumaru," Inuyasha heard his younger self before hearing the elder of the two speak.
"Don't talk to me. Go away," Sesshoumaru said scornfully. The little Inuyasha's eyes looked hurt, and he spoke again.
"Umm.......I'm sorry for what happened before," and after this statement, the full youkai's eyes became angry, and he jumped down from the tree.
"You know what you should be sorry for?! Being a worthless hanyou! For being a lowly half-breed, for coming into my life in the first place, and for being father's favorite," he yelled just before striking his younger brother, causing the little hanyou to fly back into the tree, blood covering his face. Inuyasha swore he saw crystal tears forming in Sesshoumaru's eyes before the full youkai retreated into the darkness of the forest.
The little Inuyasha watched this, as tears flowed down his face freely. These tears were probably not from the pain of his wounds on his body, but from the pain of the wounds in his heart. The small half-breed only wanted his brother to love him, not despise him.
"Inuyasha," the whole group turned their heads to where they heard the hanyou's name being called. From the trees, emerged the two brother's mighty father, who immediately ran to his youngest son's side.
"What happened here," he questioned, worry filling his voice. The little Inuyasha wiped his tears away quickly.
"N-nothing......." He stammered. Inuyasha knew that his younger self did not want Sesshoumaru in any more trouble than he already was in. His father looked at sternly at him.
"Inuyasha.......talk to me," he ordered his hanyou son, who decided to speak up.
"Father.......what's a hanyou," little Inuyasha asked. He had been wondering that ever since Sesshoumaru had called him that. The inu youkai's eyes narrowed and his son then believed that he may have made a mistake.
"Who called you that," he asked, his voice filled with distain towards the person who addressed his son using that word. The little Inuyasha looked at the ground, before mumbling his brother's name.
"Sesshoumaru........." once the name came out, his father stood and walked towards where Sesshoumaru had run off to.
Inuyasha and his companions quickly followed the angry youkai lord. The hanyou was now able to remember that event happening in his childhood. Soon, they all stopped, and Inuyasha could almost smell Sesshoumaru's fear of their enraged father. The young demon was once again sitting on top a tree branch, almost hidden, but not enough to keep himself away from his father.
"Sesshoumaru," he yelled up to the elder of the two brothers. Inuyasha watched as the young youkai jumped down from the tree, a pained look on his face.
"Yes father," he whispered. He knew how mad his father was at him, and he was positive that he knew the reasoning behind the anger.
"What have I told you about your attitude towards Inuyasha," he asked his son sternly.
"But father! He's a worthless hanyou! Why do you expect me to treat him as my equal," the young inu demon shouted out. His father's eyes narrowed and then grabbed hold of Sesshoumaru's long silver hair and picked him up from the ground.
"I don't care if he is hanyou! He is your younger brother, and you will respect him," he scolded. Then, he threw Sesshoumaru into the tree, which then went right through it and a couple more. The group watched as the angry lord stormed away, leaving his son standing there, blood covering all over him now. Sighing, he turned in the opposite direction and walked away. Rin, being the curious little firecracker that she is, followed him. Inuyasha followed closely behind her, and the others behind him.
Sesshoumaru lead them to the waterfall that they all knew of. Inuyasha turned his head towards the lake and immediately thought of Kagome. As he watched his older brother, the hanyou almost felt somewhat sorry for him. Now, Sesshoumaru was kneeling by the lake, scooping water into his hands, and splashing it onto his face. The youkai started to mumble to himself.
"Why should I treat him as my equal? That damned hanyou and his stupid human mother came into my life, and father wants me to act like nothing is wrong with them," he muttered to himself. Inuyasha suddenly smelt another demon in the air, and the scent was somewhat familiar. Sesshoumaru must have smelt it too, for he whirled around and stared into the darkness.
"Where are you?! Show yourself," the youkai shouted out. Suddenly, a demon woman stepped from the shadows. Sesshoumaru and the group's eyes widened, for it was the young youkai's mother. She stepped towards him.
"You did not even recognize my scent," she almost whispered. Sesshoumaru stood there, staring at her in shock. Then, he quickly turned, trying to hide his tears from her.
"Why did you leave? And for one thing, why are you here," he asked her. She smiled, but unlike the smile that they saw before, it now seemed more sinister, not warm.
"I wasn't able to show myself because I was disgraced. I've been watching you though. I know what they've been doing to you," she told him. He stood there, shaking a little from her presence. She continued.
"Sesshoumaru, I cannot stay here for long. But, I am going to stay with you," she said. He turned and looked at her.
"What do you mean," he questioned. Her demeanor was different, and her aura somewhat made him grow cold inside. She knelt by him and pointed up. He obeyed, looking into the stars, confused.
"See these stars? They represent human life. Humans are inferior to demons, but your father cannot understand that. However, I will make you understand," she stated. Her son looked at her, confused. She then took out her pendant and held it up to his face.
"The moon is a representation of demon strength. See, there are many more stars in the sky, but the moon will always give more light than those stars ever will. That is how it works. Demons will always be stronger, but humans will always overpopulate us. Unless someone is able to stop that," she told her confused son. The pendant started to glow, and Sesshoumaru felt an immense pain in his chest.
"You will be the one to do this for me," she said. The pendant then stopped glowing, and Sesshoumaru's pain was released. He looked at her, who kissed him on his forehead, before returning to the darkness of the forest.
"Sesshoumaru," the youkai prince heard his father calling him. He turned and saw the lord running towards him, followed by Inuyasha and his mother. Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes at the two of them. His father looked at him strangely.
"Sesshoumaru, what's on your forehead," his father asked him. Sesshoumaru looked at him confusedly, and then turned to the pond. When he looked in, his reflection showed a blue crescent moon on his forehead. His eyes widened and he thought of his mother.
"She was here wasn't she," Sesshoumaru turned to his father, who looked enraged. Sesshoumaru looked at Inuyasha's mother again, and suddenly felt an urge, an urge to kill her, and this urge would not go away.
"Answer me! Was she here," his father yelled. Sesshoumaru then couldn't control himself anymore, as a voice inside his head became louder and louder. His eyes became an ice blue, and his fangs and claws grew.
"Sesshoumaru.......?" Little Inuyasha and his parents were taken aback by Sesshoumaru's sudden change. The youkai smirked, showing off his new improved fangs. His father's eyes widened, and was unable to stop his son's attack.
"SESSHOUMARU," he called to his elder son, but it was too late. The youkai had jumped over his father and brother, and landed right in front of the human. He then slashed right through her chest, pulled out her heart, and crushed it. Inuyasha watched this painfully, it was exactly how he had killed Kagome.
The transformed youkai turned around, smirking at his father and younger brother. He then started laughing. The two couldn't move. They were in too much shock. Until.......
"MOTHER," the little Inuyasha ran to his mother's dead corpse. Sesshoumaru watched him run by, and lifted his hand right over the little hanyou's head.
"NO," Sesshoumaru was stopped by his father, who tackled him before he could strike the hanyou. The two youkais battled, and the hanyou watched, horrified. He then smelt another demon in the air.
"Maybe it's time for a change in scenery," the voice of Sesshoumaru's mother stated, and then they were all teleported to the castle garden. Inuyasha and his group noticed that now, the pendant was embedded in the large oak tree standing in the middle of the yard.
"What did you do to my son," the inu lord demanded. His former wife laughed evilly.
"I just gave to him what he desired. The power and strength to rid this world of all your precious humans forever," she explained. Sesshoumaru jumped in front of her, as if to protect her. She continued.
"It's not even like you cared anything about him once that human came into your life," she added. Inuyasha then noticed his father pull out a sword. The youkai woman laughed.
"You plan to destroy me with the Tensegia (a/n-please tell me if I spelt it wrong). That pathetic sword can only revive, and you know that as well as I do," she stated. The youkai lord laughed, and she became confused.
"You do not even know the true power of the Tensegia, and yet you mock it," he said, holding the sword in his right hand. He held it up in the air, and it started to glow.
"Yes, it may be a sword of healing, but........when it's true power is unlocked, then it becomes a sword capable of destroying any evil dark spirits, including you," he said. Her eyes widened. Tensegia then became encoded with a white light, and the mighty youkai lord jumped over Sesshoumaru, and slashed through her.
"This......cannot be," she quietly said to herself, as a white light surrounded her. When this happened, Sesshoumaru was freed, and fell unconscious onto the floor. His father ran to him, and did not notice the former queen retreat before she was totally destroyed. Inuyasha watched her leave, and the realized that the pendant was still embedded in the tree, and that is what had kept Sesshoumaru under her control. Then, he realized what they had to do.
"Guys! We have to go back to our time, and destroy that pendant. When we do that, then Sesshoumaru will be freed from his mother's mind control," he told them. Sango then stepped up.
"But Inuyasha, we don't know if that's truly it. I mean, this didn't start happening until........" her eyes widened. Miroku continued.
"Until Sesshoumaru used Tensegia for himself," he said. They all looked at Rin. Each one of them knew of his concern for the human girl, and that he revived her using the sword of healing.
"That means that Sesshoumaru's mother must have cursed Tensegia, and when he used it on a human, that would be when her control over him also returned. Because that would mean that he had started to develop some sort of feelings for humans, which was the last thing that she wanted," Inuyasha said. Then, they were all pulled into the vortex again.
When they came out of the vortex, Inuyasha noticed the staff of time fall from the place where it had been standing. They had found out what they had to do; now it was just a matter of getting it done.
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BL: yay! Long chappy!
Inuyasha: not really.
BL: well, longer than my other ones! ^_^
Inuyasha: *rolls eyes*
Sesshoumaru: well, please review.
Inuyasha: what's she so happy about?
Sesshoumaru: She now has optimum, so her computer goes faster.
BL: YES! DANCE FOR BL'S HAPPINESS!! *dances*
All: *do nothing*
BL: ;___; you're no fun! XP
All: *rolls eyes*
BL: *scans crowd* okay, which one of you didn't do the disclaimer yet?
Jaken: *is thrown from crowd*
BL: *picks him up* AH! My little toad servant! ^_^
Jaken: please don't hurt me! ;__;
BL: do the disclaimer!
Jaken: Bakuralover-2008-sama doesn't own Inuyasha.
BL: Good boy! ^_^
Sesshoumaru: On with the fic.
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The Wrath of a Demon
Chapter 11 – Into the Past
Inuyasha and the others walked into the forest, marveling the beauty of it. Rin walked next to Inuyasha, her eyes never straining from tiredness or fear.
"Hey! Look at that," Sango pointed towards the castle that Inuyasha recognized to be his father's. He immediately started towards it, for his conscious told him that their quest for answers would start there. His companions followed him, having the same feeling within them as he had. Sango then stopped, for she had begun to think about something.
"Guys, if we go in there, won't whoever is there be able to see us," she questioned. The others looked at her, and started to think about the same thing.
"No, the only part of us that was brought here was our spirits, not our bodies. This way, we would not interfere with the time period," Inuyasha explained to them. Sango stared at him. He was actually the last person that she would guess who would explain this to them.
"And how would you know this," Koga stepped up to the hanyou. Inuyasha turned away and looked up towards the castle.
"Well......I've been through this 'time changing' sequence. Kyshi showed me an event like this the night before she came to see us," he explained. Koga looked confused after the mentioning of Kyshi, so Sango explained to him who she was and about her little 'visit' to them. At the end of her story, Koga didn't say anything, but rather nodded and retook his position at the rear of their little 'pack'.
Inuyasha and Rin led them into the castle and were not surprised to see many demon servants rushing about in the hall. The group walked until they reached a door, leading to the back garden. Inuyasha opened it without any hesitation.
"What's this.......?" Inuyasha was amazed with the garden's color and life. It was even more beautiful than that of the forest. Soon, he was snapped out of his trance when he heard the sound of a laughing child. He turned towards the sounds and noticed a gorgeous demon woman sitting upon the garden's flowers. Her long silver hair and blue eyes dazzled Inuyasha and his companions. Around her neck, was a pendant; a moon with diamond circlets surrounding it. She was watching a young demon boy playing within the garden. He ran over to her, and Inuyasha knew that it was a very young Sesshoumaru. The younger version of his brother ran to the woman, but tripped on his overly-large tail and fell into her lap. She smiled warmly at him, who smiled back before running off again. But, something caught Inuyasha's eyes. The inu hanyou noticed that the crescent moon on Sesshoumaru's forehead was not visible on the older, full-blooded youkai's younger self.
"That woman has to be Sesshoumaru's mother," Miroku said. Inuyasha nodded in agreement.
"Hey, Rin has seen that lady before," the young human said after examining the youkai woman. Inuyasha turned his head towards her, who looked up at him.
"Rin has seen this lady with Lord Sesshoumaru many times in her dreams. She has also seen the pendant worn around the demon lady's neck," she explained. Inuyasha looked up at the woman again. Her blue eyes and exceptionally long claws and fangs, reminded him of Sesshoumaru's transformation. He narrowed his golden eyes. Perhaps there was more to Sesshoumaru's mother than what they all thought.
Soon, the two youkais disappeared, and the garden faded a little. Inuyasha looked at the castle. He noticed that it started to look old, and the servants and maids vanished from it.
"We must be going through a 'time jump'," Miroku stated. They all looked at him, who explained.
"We are traveling to a different time period within the past. The staff knows that we will not find any more clues in this time, so it is sending us somewhere else," he said with his eyes closed. They all waited and watched, as time changed right before their very eyes.
When their 'time jump' did finish, the garden was much less lifelike, and the castle was abandoned. Inuyasha then knew that they must have jumped to a time after his father met his own mother.
"Where to now," Sango openly questioned the group. Inuyasha already knew the answer to that question as he started down the hallway and left the castle. The others followed him without questions.
Inuyasha led them back to the forest, which still looked as beautiful as it did when they saw it before. However, now it was the home to many demons. They walked in, but were soon stopped by another discovery.
"Look guys," Sango pointed towards a tree, where a young, almost teenage looking demon sat upon a branch. Inuyasha jumped on it, and was not surprised to see that it was another version of Sesshoumaru. What did shock him a little was that the full-blooded youkai had crimson blood dripping down his left arm and face. The moon upon Sesshoumaru's forehead was still invisible, which also made the hanyou think.
"Inuyasha, isn't that you," Miroku asked, as the half-demon's younger version walked up to the tree and looked towards his older brother.
"Sesshoumaru? Are........are you okay," the little Inuyasha questioned. The full youkai didn't say anything, but Inuyasha noticed his face grow more solemn. The small hanyou called out to his brother again.
"Sesshoumaru," Inuyasha heard his younger self before hearing the elder of the two speak.
"Don't talk to me. Go away," Sesshoumaru said scornfully. The little Inuyasha's eyes looked hurt, and he spoke again.
"Umm.......I'm sorry for what happened before," and after this statement, the full youkai's eyes became angry, and he jumped down from the tree.
"You know what you should be sorry for?! Being a worthless hanyou! For being a lowly half-breed, for coming into my life in the first place, and for being father's favorite," he yelled just before striking his younger brother, causing the little hanyou to fly back into the tree, blood covering his face. Inuyasha swore he saw crystal tears forming in Sesshoumaru's eyes before the full youkai retreated into the darkness of the forest.
The little Inuyasha watched this, as tears flowed down his face freely. These tears were probably not from the pain of his wounds on his body, but from the pain of the wounds in his heart. The small half-breed only wanted his brother to love him, not despise him.
"Inuyasha," the whole group turned their heads to where they heard the hanyou's name being called. From the trees, emerged the two brother's mighty father, who immediately ran to his youngest son's side.
"What happened here," he questioned, worry filling his voice. The little Inuyasha wiped his tears away quickly.
"N-nothing......." He stammered. Inuyasha knew that his younger self did not want Sesshoumaru in any more trouble than he already was in. His father looked at sternly at him.
"Inuyasha.......talk to me," he ordered his hanyou son, who decided to speak up.
"Father.......what's a hanyou," little Inuyasha asked. He had been wondering that ever since Sesshoumaru had called him that. The inu youkai's eyes narrowed and his son then believed that he may have made a mistake.
"Who called you that," he asked, his voice filled with distain towards the person who addressed his son using that word. The little Inuyasha looked at the ground, before mumbling his brother's name.
"Sesshoumaru........." once the name came out, his father stood and walked towards where Sesshoumaru had run off to.
Inuyasha and his companions quickly followed the angry youkai lord. The hanyou was now able to remember that event happening in his childhood. Soon, they all stopped, and Inuyasha could almost smell Sesshoumaru's fear of their enraged father. The young demon was once again sitting on top a tree branch, almost hidden, but not enough to keep himself away from his father.
"Sesshoumaru," he yelled up to the elder of the two brothers. Inuyasha watched as the young youkai jumped down from the tree, a pained look on his face.
"Yes father," he whispered. He knew how mad his father was at him, and he was positive that he knew the reasoning behind the anger.
"What have I told you about your attitude towards Inuyasha," he asked his son sternly.
"But father! He's a worthless hanyou! Why do you expect me to treat him as my equal," the young inu demon shouted out. His father's eyes narrowed and then grabbed hold of Sesshoumaru's long silver hair and picked him up from the ground.
"I don't care if he is hanyou! He is your younger brother, and you will respect him," he scolded. Then, he threw Sesshoumaru into the tree, which then went right through it and a couple more. The group watched as the angry lord stormed away, leaving his son standing there, blood covering all over him now. Sighing, he turned in the opposite direction and walked away. Rin, being the curious little firecracker that she is, followed him. Inuyasha followed closely behind her, and the others behind him.
Sesshoumaru lead them to the waterfall that they all knew of. Inuyasha turned his head towards the lake and immediately thought of Kagome. As he watched his older brother, the hanyou almost felt somewhat sorry for him. Now, Sesshoumaru was kneeling by the lake, scooping water into his hands, and splashing it onto his face. The youkai started to mumble to himself.
"Why should I treat him as my equal? That damned hanyou and his stupid human mother came into my life, and father wants me to act like nothing is wrong with them," he muttered to himself. Inuyasha suddenly smelt another demon in the air, and the scent was somewhat familiar. Sesshoumaru must have smelt it too, for he whirled around and stared into the darkness.
"Where are you?! Show yourself," the youkai shouted out. Suddenly, a demon woman stepped from the shadows. Sesshoumaru and the group's eyes widened, for it was the young youkai's mother. She stepped towards him.
"You did not even recognize my scent," she almost whispered. Sesshoumaru stood there, staring at her in shock. Then, he quickly turned, trying to hide his tears from her.
"Why did you leave? And for one thing, why are you here," he asked her. She smiled, but unlike the smile that they saw before, it now seemed more sinister, not warm.
"I wasn't able to show myself because I was disgraced. I've been watching you though. I know what they've been doing to you," she told him. He stood there, shaking a little from her presence. She continued.
"Sesshoumaru, I cannot stay here for long. But, I am going to stay with you," she said. He turned and looked at her.
"What do you mean," he questioned. Her demeanor was different, and her aura somewhat made him grow cold inside. She knelt by him and pointed up. He obeyed, looking into the stars, confused.
"See these stars? They represent human life. Humans are inferior to demons, but your father cannot understand that. However, I will make you understand," she stated. Her son looked at her, confused. She then took out her pendant and held it up to his face.
"The moon is a representation of demon strength. See, there are many more stars in the sky, but the moon will always give more light than those stars ever will. That is how it works. Demons will always be stronger, but humans will always overpopulate us. Unless someone is able to stop that," she told her confused son. The pendant started to glow, and Sesshoumaru felt an immense pain in his chest.
"You will be the one to do this for me," she said. The pendant then stopped glowing, and Sesshoumaru's pain was released. He looked at her, who kissed him on his forehead, before returning to the darkness of the forest.
"Sesshoumaru," the youkai prince heard his father calling him. He turned and saw the lord running towards him, followed by Inuyasha and his mother. Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes at the two of them. His father looked at him strangely.
"Sesshoumaru, what's on your forehead," his father asked him. Sesshoumaru looked at him confusedly, and then turned to the pond. When he looked in, his reflection showed a blue crescent moon on his forehead. His eyes widened and he thought of his mother.
"She was here wasn't she," Sesshoumaru turned to his father, who looked enraged. Sesshoumaru looked at Inuyasha's mother again, and suddenly felt an urge, an urge to kill her, and this urge would not go away.
"Answer me! Was she here," his father yelled. Sesshoumaru then couldn't control himself anymore, as a voice inside his head became louder and louder. His eyes became an ice blue, and his fangs and claws grew.
"Sesshoumaru.......?" Little Inuyasha and his parents were taken aback by Sesshoumaru's sudden change. The youkai smirked, showing off his new improved fangs. His father's eyes widened, and was unable to stop his son's attack.
"SESSHOUMARU," he called to his elder son, but it was too late. The youkai had jumped over his father and brother, and landed right in front of the human. He then slashed right through her chest, pulled out her heart, and crushed it. Inuyasha watched this painfully, it was exactly how he had killed Kagome.
The transformed youkai turned around, smirking at his father and younger brother. He then started laughing. The two couldn't move. They were in too much shock. Until.......
"MOTHER," the little Inuyasha ran to his mother's dead corpse. Sesshoumaru watched him run by, and lifted his hand right over the little hanyou's head.
"NO," Sesshoumaru was stopped by his father, who tackled him before he could strike the hanyou. The two youkais battled, and the hanyou watched, horrified. He then smelt another demon in the air.
"Maybe it's time for a change in scenery," the voice of Sesshoumaru's mother stated, and then they were all teleported to the castle garden. Inuyasha and his group noticed that now, the pendant was embedded in the large oak tree standing in the middle of the yard.
"What did you do to my son," the inu lord demanded. His former wife laughed evilly.
"I just gave to him what he desired. The power and strength to rid this world of all your precious humans forever," she explained. Sesshoumaru jumped in front of her, as if to protect her. She continued.
"It's not even like you cared anything about him once that human came into your life," she added. Inuyasha then noticed his father pull out a sword. The youkai woman laughed.
"You plan to destroy me with the Tensegia (a/n-please tell me if I spelt it wrong). That pathetic sword can only revive, and you know that as well as I do," she stated. The youkai lord laughed, and she became confused.
"You do not even know the true power of the Tensegia, and yet you mock it," he said, holding the sword in his right hand. He held it up in the air, and it started to glow.
"Yes, it may be a sword of healing, but........when it's true power is unlocked, then it becomes a sword capable of destroying any evil dark spirits, including you," he said. Her eyes widened. Tensegia then became encoded with a white light, and the mighty youkai lord jumped over Sesshoumaru, and slashed through her.
"This......cannot be," she quietly said to herself, as a white light surrounded her. When this happened, Sesshoumaru was freed, and fell unconscious onto the floor. His father ran to him, and did not notice the former queen retreat before she was totally destroyed. Inuyasha watched her leave, and the realized that the pendant was still embedded in the tree, and that is what had kept Sesshoumaru under her control. Then, he realized what they had to do.
"Guys! We have to go back to our time, and destroy that pendant. When we do that, then Sesshoumaru will be freed from his mother's mind control," he told them. Sango then stepped up.
"But Inuyasha, we don't know if that's truly it. I mean, this didn't start happening until........" her eyes widened. Miroku continued.
"Until Sesshoumaru used Tensegia for himself," he said. They all looked at Rin. Each one of them knew of his concern for the human girl, and that he revived her using the sword of healing.
"That means that Sesshoumaru's mother must have cursed Tensegia, and when he used it on a human, that would be when her control over him also returned. Because that would mean that he had started to develop some sort of feelings for humans, which was the last thing that she wanted," Inuyasha said. Then, they were all pulled into the vortex again.
When they came out of the vortex, Inuyasha noticed the staff of time fall from the place where it had been standing. They had found out what they had to do; now it was just a matter of getting it done.
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BL: yay! Long chappy!
Inuyasha: not really.
BL: well, longer than my other ones! ^_^
Inuyasha: *rolls eyes*
Sesshoumaru: well, please review.