Disclaimer :

Me - I still don't own Inuyasha. But I do own all of my own chars! .

Alex - Inuyasha thinks he owns himself and everyone in the story. : points to a very egotistical hanyou who is ranting and raving. :

Inuyasha - MWUAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Bow to me mortals! I own you all! : Laughs evilly again. :

Sesshomaru - Ugh. Kagome, please shut up my half breed of a younger brother. It's giving me a headache. : places hand against his forehead. :

Inuyasha - What ho? A foe? : says acting like in Robin Hood movie. : Prepare yourself Sesshomaru! : turns back in to himself and unsheathes Tetsusaiga. Yet the sword doesn't transform. : Eh?? o.o?

Sesshomaru - : laughs and points as everyone else stares at Inuyasha in wonder. :

Inuyasha - : growls and throws his untransformed dog fang blade at Rae. :

Me - Eep! : ducks out of the sword's path. :

Sesshy - : stops laughing and chases Inuyasha. : Never harm Rae-chan! She's mine! Get back here runt!

Me - Sesshy! : clings to Sesshomaru as he hugs Rae and holds her tightly to him. :

Sesshy - You can go on with your story my Rae-chan. : pets Rae :

Me - Okies!

Alex - : anime falls : x.x : thud :

The Forest seemed so, empty and silent the miko noticed as she kept her previous arrow still strung upon her bow. Her eyes wandered around the area, darting her glances through the spaces in the trees trunks as she stepped carefully and slowly. Not like a seasoned hunter would, but, carefully enough. The power of the jewel was growing stronger to her. "I know the jewel is around here somewhere. So, where is it?" She asked herself in particular. Although, it would've been better had she kept quiet. An arm slowly snaked around from behind as a large hand now pressed over her mouth. Kagome tensed instantly as a second arm came to pin her arms to her sides as she was pinned against a taller, male figure.

"Miko, don't move, nor say a word and no harm will come to you. Understand?" Whispered a voice low in to her ear. His warm breath caressing against her ear and part of her cheek. With a slow nod, the arms pulled away and in front of her to take her bow and arrows as they soon released her to turn and face her "attacker". "Sesshomaru?" Kagome breathed in complete shock as the dog taiyoukai stood there, looking down at her emotionlessly and with no expression as always. "What are you doing here? And why do you have shards of the Shikon No Tama on you? I thought you didn't care about the Shikon!" Her voice was growing in clarity and volume as she stepped back from the man. Something about him didn't feel right to her, and she wasn't about to stand too close to find out.

"Why do you smell differently woman?" Sesshomaru asked softly. His darker gold amber eyes narrowing with each word as he advanced upon the trying to be brave and frightened at the same time Kagome. "You're not the priestess I remember. Course, new smells just did come from the Bone Eater's Well. Who are you with?" Obviously Sesshomaru had not seriously taken time to distinguish the other smells as he was only concerned with Kagome at the time being. "Smell differently? Sesshomaru, I'm Kagome. How could I smell differently to you?" Of course, Kagome thought in her head, Sesshomaru has been acting strangely. Usually he always smells Inuyasha first. The two are brothers, and are fighting for the same sword. All the youkai did was smirk as he now had Kagome backed up against a tree within more shadows.

His hand slowly raised as he caressed the shivering woman's cheek with the back of his fingers. "Don't quiver so. I won't harm you." This woman obviously wasn't the Kagome he knew. Or else she would've acted differently that fearing him. Kagome lowered her gaze to the ground as she flinched against Sesshomaru's touch. "You....you can't.....be.......him..." Kagome kept repeating to herself as she slowly shook her head just enough to cause her hair to shake along with her head's movements. "I am Sesshomaru, Kagome. How can I not be who I was born as?" The taiyoukai asked in slight confusion at the miko's words. Opening her eyes, she looked to find Sesshomaru staring at her unwaveringly.

Kagome gasped as she felt Sesshomaru's entire form pin her harder against the tree. His head leaned forward as his lips caressed lightly against her neck line. Oh kami-sama. What in the world is going on here? Inuyasha! Help me! The miko begged inside her head as her eyes shut tightly at the wandering of Sesshomaru's hands upon her sides. It frightened her. No, that's not the word. It PETRIFIED her that Sesshomaru was acting so openly like this with her. It reminded her of what Kouga would do to her if she let him.

Fear seemed to eminate off of Kagome and around the area. And naturally, Inuyasha picked up on it. The hanyou had made it his duty to protect Kagome, and always know what was going on with her, and what she was feeling at all times. This pure and unreal fear he smelled in her direction was too much for him to just pass off as her getting scared by a rabbit or something. "Kagome's in trouble. Let's go!" He demanded of the Houshi and Taijiya as he jumped to his feet and took off running.

Miroku and Sango could only stare at each other for a few seconds, then take off after the hurrying out of view hanyou. Sango climbed upon Miroku's back since Kirara wasn't here for the time being. And without warning, the houshi took off after Inuyasha. The hanyou ahead of them was a blur of red clothes, and white hair as he jumped from the ground quickly to now leap from tree to tree.

Inuyasha skidded to a halt just out of view from the clearing Sesshomaru was now kissing Kagome's neck in. His hands wandering against the skin of her stomach as Inuyasha walked silently in to sight. "Sesshomaru!" Inuyasha yelled as he saw his brother's hand wandering up under Kagome's shirt. Both youkai and miko immediately stopped. Their heads snapping in the direction of Inuyasha's voice.

"Inuyasha," Sesshomaru said slowly pulling his hands and form free of Kagome's as he stared at his younger half brother in that same emotionless and coldhearted way. "I see you've come to kill the woman already." Kagome looked from Inuyasha to Sesshomaru in confusion, then turned back to see the look of complete and utter bewilderment and the look saying that he thought Sesshomaru had finally lost it and gone insane, etch its way across his face.

Before Inuyasha had a chance to ask Sesshomaru what he meant, Sesshomaru finished his little speech. "Well, I won't let you touch her whatsoever." That did it for Inuyasha. Anger coursed through his system faster than it had ever done so before. No one told him not to touch Kagome. Ever! Flexing a clawed right hand, he lunged for his brother. "Stay.....away......from........Kagome!" The hanyou demanded as Sesshomaru now lunged towards his brother that instant. A clawed hand extended and flexed as well.

"Sankon Tetsusou!" Inuyasha yelled as he brought his hand across him, slashing at the taiyoukai before him. Waves of bright yellow light flashed in three lines towards the older dog demon. Jumping quickly out of the way, Kagome had just enough time to duck behind another tree as the one she was previously against was cut down in size.

Without words, Sesshomaru countered with his own attack of Dokkasou. The hanyou had enough time to leap out of the way of his brother's poisoness attack to land upon the opposite side of the clearing that he started on. Sesshomaru landed upon his feet and turned to stare emotionlessly at Inuyasha. Both staring each other down.

"Inuyasha, can we go home now?" Kagome asked as she slowly began walking towards the hanyou. Her eyes tainted with worry and concern for Inuyasha's safety and welfare in this fight as a hand reached out for his touch. Her eyes actually pleading. "Inuyasha, die!" Sesshomaru declared as he unsheathed Toukijin and rushed forward. The sword's energy pulsated powerfully as the taiyoukai brought it down in an energy attack as he lunged towards his younger brother.

Inuyasha had enough time to dodge the first attack as he unsheathed Tetsusaiga with Sesshomaru's oncoming sword to sword attack should the energy wave not do it. "It's over!" Inuyasha claimed in a roar as the transformed Tetsusaiga rippled with energy. Whisps of pale blue smoke swirled and rippled up and down the dog fang blade. Bringing the sword up above his head, Inuyasha gave one last feral roar as he downswung his sword. Five large waves of energy raced across the ground towards Sesshomaru as Inuyasha announced his own energy wave attack. "Kaze no Kizu!"

Sesshomaru's eyes widened at the sudden return of an energy wave as Toukijin was lost from his grip. Pulling out Tenseiga just as the energy wave hit him, Tenseiga rippled and pulsated with it's own energy as blue light surrounded Sesshomaru's form, helping him survive the attack.

Inuyasha landed next to Kagome and reverted the Tetsusaiga back to its rusty and dormant Katana form. Sheathing the blade, his arms wrapped around Kagome's waist and pulled her close as he looked her up and down for wounds, or bruises. "Are you alright? He didn't hurt you did he?" Kagome smiled gently and shook her head as she laid her head against Inuyasha's well built and strong chest.

Turning to a still alive, and still standing Sesshomaru, Inuyasha growled as he clutched Kagome against him a bit more tightly. "Never, EVER touch Kagome again! Or I swear it'll be the last thing you ever do!" Inuyasha glared just as coldheartedly at his brother as the older youkai stared back emotionlessly. Sheathing Tenseiga and then following suit with Toukijin, Sesshomaru walked up to Inuyasha and a clinging Kagome.
"I think I better explain this world to you." He said softly as he ran a clawed hand slowly through his knee length silver-white hair. Dark gold amber eyes looked between the hanyou and miko as Kagome still clung herself tightly to Inuyasha. And Inuyasha reassured her by embracing her that much more. "Explain what?" Inuyasha asked for the couple as Sesshomaru smiled gently.

"This world is run by an evil hanyou. He and his miko sorceress are trying to take over this land, and others if they can. The man I have allied myself with is doing his best to keep things peaceful and free of this growing evil." Sesshomaru was careful enough not to mention names just yet. He'd only do so if they asked for names. Which, they did directly after he paused.

"Who is this evil that you speak of?" Kagome asked quietly. Yet because of both their excelent hearing, Sesshomaru answered immediately. "Their names are Inuyasha and Kagome." The couples' mouths opened wide in shock. Their eyes opened wide in utter shock. Yet, there was more to this story. "The man whom I'm allied with is trying to keep the Shikon No Tama from Inuyasha and Kagome's grasp. The jewel right now is in my care."

"You're care?" Kagome asked in even more shock as she was slowly starting to pull herself away from clinging to heavily to Inuyasha's form. Inuyasha was silent the entire time so far. He was kinda happy that in another world, he was ruling lands, and had Kagome by his side.

"Your assistants and personal servants are Houshi and Taijiya. They have as much power as the rulers they serve." Just as Sesshomaru finished his little explanation of Sango and Miroku, both houshi and taijiya walked in to view. Miroku's staff held before him at seeing Sesshomaru and Sango's Hiraikotsu held at the ready to wield should need come for a battle to ensue.

"We've been trying so hard not to have this world damaged by this hanyou's ideas of world domination and complete and utter control of everything. But, it's obvious to me that Naraku is wearing down and...."

"Wait, did you say Naraku?" Inuyasha asked interrupting Sesshomaru just for the mention of Naraku. Was Naraku the man Sesshomaru was helping to stop his and Kagome's evil selves?

"Yes Inuyasha. Naraku is the man whom I'm allied with. We've been trying our hardest but, the evil Inuyasha is always coming up with some way to destroy things. And the power of his sorceress isn't easing his strength and willpower."

"Is there something we can do?" Sango asked. Both Taijiya and Houshi wanted to stop this evil. It would be hard trying to figure out how to end this battle without as much collateral damage as possible but, it was a risk that needed to be taken. "Yes. I suggest we help you Sesshomaru. To the best of our abilities naturally." Miroku said to explain that, though they could help, there was only so much they could give in the way of assisstance.

"Well, it would be a great ease of my mind for helping in protecting the Shikon No Tama." Sesshomaru said placing his chin casually in his hand. "Naraku has help protecting himself but, he can only spare so many. Most are afraid of the power of the Jewel but, I'm not."

Kagome nodded slowly and pulled herself free of Inuyasha's embrace. "Then it's settled!" She announced loudly and happily. Her voice once more had its original clarity and volume. Inuyasha tensed more at the fact that Kagome was no longer in his arms than the loudness of her voice. Seeing the look of happiness in Sesshomaru's eyes at the sudden announcement that they would help him was enough for Inuyasha to grow jealous. No one was taking Kagome from him. Not even his own brother.

"What's settled Kagome?" Inuyasha asked gruffly. Even though he knew the answer, he just enjoyed hearing Kagome speak to him. And him alone usually. "We're helping Sesshomaru protect the jewel and to stop our evil selves from destroying this world." Her voice held so much closure to the discussion that allowed no one to argue. "Keh." Was all she got as his agreement as Sango, Miroku, Kagome and Sesshomaru began talking of places to stay now.

As the group all traveled with Sesshomaru back to his palace grounds for a place to stay, they all failed to notice the shadowy figure that followed behind them. Eyes glinting of evil happiness as its eyes fell upon Kagome's smiling and laughing form as Sesshomaru actually made a joke. Unfortunately at Inuyasha's expense. The hanyou made a face of disappointment and disagreement at his older brother's joke and they all laughed.

An evil chuckle escaped the figure softly as it continued to slink along in the dark shadows. Night was approaching, so it was easier to hide. The shadow noticed the others, yet focused mainly upon Kagome. With thoughts of how to torture the girl, and pleasure itself running through its mind, the figure now slinked back in to the darkening shadows back towards its waiting master for news of the newcomers.

[ Me - Isn't that figure scary? : watches for shadows following her as she clings to Sesshomaru. :

Sesshomaru - No worries Rae-chan. I'll protect you. : holds Rae close and pets her hair gently. :

Alex - : stalks Rae. But stops as he sees Sesshy and Inuyasha glaring at him. : Ok ok.

Me - Okies. Words of the story so far!

Taiyoukai - Demon Lord
Houshi - Monk
Taijiya - Slayer
Youaki - Demon
Hanyou - Half Demon

Look in next "chapter" for the attacks of everyone in the story. K?
Sayonara! ]