Sessy'sgirlfriend: I would love to tell you what you want to know, but then the surprise would be ruined.

Same as always, I don't own Inu-Yasha, but read my story anyway!

Also, I noticed that I made a slight mistake in the last chapter, at the end. Iyasu's brother isn't inside the castle, her father is. I would go and fix it, but I'm way too lazy.

Chapter 7: Into the Castle, Out of the Dark

Kouga slowly walked into the castle, followed by Iyasu and other wolf youkai. "Iyasu?" Inu-Yasha said as he turned and saw her. "What are you doing here?" he asked.

"Dad?" Iyasu was shocked. Her father hated Kouga, could he have been part of Sentaku's death?

"Kouga? What are you doing here?" the wolf youkai leader asked.

"Iyasu, where is she?" Kouga asked.

"Her." Iyasu said pointing to Megami.

"So you're the one that killed my son. I won't let you live!" Kouga said as he charged at Megami.

"Oh no you don't!" Inu-Yasha said as he stepped between them.

"Get out of my way, dog face." Kouga warned him.

"You're not hurting my sister." Inu-Yasha said as he pushed Kouga back.

"Your sister?" Iyasu was confused. She was always told that Inu-Yasha's only sibling was Sesshomaru.

"Inu-Yasha, she killed my son!" Kouga told him as Kyou and the others finally made their way inside.

"I don't even know who you are! How could I have killed your son?" Megami asked.

"Iyasu saw you kill him." Kouga told her.

"Iyasu... did you really see Megami kill Sentaku?" Inu-Yasha asked his daughter.

"If she is Megami, then yes."

"Are you positive?" he asked again. Iyasu began to doubt herself. Her father really seemed to trust this Megami woman. Perhaps it wasn't her, maybe it was someone else. Kouga heard Iyasu's words and charged at Megami again.

"Wait!" Iyasu screamed.

"What?" Kouga stopped his charge and turned to Iyasu.

"I don't know if she is the one that killed Sentaku." Iyasu told him.

"What do you mean?" Kyou asked as he ran up to her.

"She looks like the woman that killed Sentaku, but her scent... its different." she told him.

"If she isn't the one, then who?" Kyou asked.

"Guess I have been discovered. Perhaps it is time I leave." a shape shifting youkai said as she stood up from the window sill she was sitting on. She had long, blue hair, and green, glowing eyes. She wore a blue and green kimono and carried a golden staff adorned with blue and green gems. "Naraku will not be happy about this." she said as a puff of blue smoke surrounded her and she disappeared.

"The scent... it's gone." Iyasu said.

"Then it could have been Megami, she's still here." Inu-Yasha told Kouga.

"I will not let the killer of my eldest son get away." Kouga stepped towards Megami.

"But Megami isn't the one responsible." Inu-Yasha stepped in front of him.

"Your daughter said she was the one."

"But then she said Megami isn't the one."

"Inu-Yasha, get out of my way or you will die too." Kouga warned.

"I won't let you kill my sister."

"Enough!" finally the wolf youkai leader spoke. "Megami did not kill your son." he said.

"How do you know that?" Kouga asked.

"Because I am the one that killed him." he answered.

"What?!?" Kouga couldn't believe it.

"Why did you kill my son?" Ayame asked him.

"Members of my tribe were beginning to leave to join Kouga. I couldn't have all my wolf youkai joining Kouga, I would then become weak. I had your son killed so that your line would end at you. You youngest son should have been killed too but I don't know why he is still alive." he told them.

"This was all about power?" Ayame asked.

"Of course. It is always about power, why do you think I allowed Megami to live so long?" he replied.

"I should kill you!" Megami began towards him but was stopped by a golden spear covered in green and blue gems. "Who?" Megami looked up and saw that same demon standing atop a statue.

"Who is she?" Kouga asked.

"I know her! She's the one that killed Sentaku!" Iyasu told Kyou.

"That's right. I am the one that killed your son, Kouga."

"But how? She doesn't look like Megami." Inu-Yasha asked.

"I am a shape shifting demon. I was created by Naraku to kill you all." she said. "My name is Kaminari. I am the last of Naraku's creations." she told them.

"If you're one of Naraku's creations then why don't you smell like him?" Kouga asked.

"I said I was one of his creations, not one of his incarnations." Kaminari answered him.

"Then what are you?" Ayame asked.

"Enough! Kaminari, kill them, but leave Megami alive." the leader commanded.

"Get one thing straight old man, I work for Naraku, not you. But I will kill them because that is what Naraku wants." Kaminari told him. Kaminari picked up her staff and prepared to fight Inu-Yasha and the others.

"Kagome!" Kibou yelled to her as she and Kirara appeared in the sky. Sango, Ketsuzen and Yume ran out of the hut.

"Mom!" Ketsuzen ran to his mother as soon as Kirara landed.

"Sango, Inu-Yasha is in trouble. We have to help him." Kagome told Sango as she helped her down from Kirara.

"Yume, Kibou, grab your weapons." Sango told her children. "Where is he?" Sango asked Kagome.

"Kirara knows." Kagome said, just before she collapsed.

"Kagome!" Sango ran to her friend's side. "Yume, Kibou, take Kirara to Inu-Yasha and bring him back here. You have to hurry. Kagome is having the baby." Sango told them. Yume and Kibou quickly jumped onto Kirara and took off.

"What can I do?" Ketsuzen asked Sango.

"Dad!" Iyasu screamed as her father flew into a wall.

"Your father is far too weak to fight me." Kaminari laughed.

"Dad, are you alright?" Iyasu ran to Inu-Yasha's side.

"Iyasu, get back." he said as he pushed her away.

"But..." Iyasu tried to run to him but Kyou grabbed her arm.

"Iyasu, you have to stay back. Inu-Yasha can take care of himself." Kyou told her.

"Inu-Yasha, you will never be able to defeat me." Kaminari laughed as Inu-Yasha swung his sword at her and she dodged it.

"Not alone, but I can help!" Megami yelled as she pulled out her katana and sliced at Kaminari.

"That's what you think!" Kaminari pounded her staff on the ground three times and a bolt of lightening came out of the blue gem atop of her staff.

"Ahhh!" Megami screamed as she was hit by the lightening.

"Megami! Iyasu, help her." Inu-Yasha told her as he tried to fight Kaminari. Iyasu ran over to Megami to try and help her.

"Inu-Yasha!" Kyou yelled as Inu-Yasha went flying across the room and into a wall. "Iyasu, your father..." Kyou turned to face her and was shocked by what he saw. "Iyasu?"

"Leave my family alone!" Iyasu screamed as her eyes began to glow bright red.

"What is this? She isn't even a hanyou, but her scent is that of a full blooded youkai." Kaminari thought as Iyasu stepped closer and closer to her. "Your father was no match for me, what makes you think you can defeat me?" Kaminari asked.

"I have been detached from all my emotions. All I care about is killing you." Iyasu said as a bright red light shot from her right palm.

"How can she have all this power?" Kaminari asked as the energy hit her in the chest.

"Now die!" Iyasu released more energy from her hand and into Kaminari.

"I have to get out of here before she kills me." Kaminari thought as she was surrounded by a cloud of blue smoke. When the smoke cleared, she was gone.

"Where did she go?" Kouga asked.

"She's gone." Iyasu told him as her eyes began to return to normal. "How's my father?" she asked Ayame.

"He will be fine. But you should probably get him home." Ayame answered her. Just then Kibou and Yume flew in on Kirara.

"Inu-Yasha! What happened?" Yume asked as she jumped down from Kirara's back.

"I'll tell you later, can we use Kirara to get him home?" Iyasu asked her.

"Of course." Yume helped Kyou to put Inu-Yasha on Kirara's back.

"We have to hurry, your mother is having the baby." Kibou told Iyasu.