I don't own Inu-Yasha, so stop asking me for money!!! This chapter is a lot longer then the other ones so far. It would be a lot longer, but I wanted to post a new chapter, so here you go. Hopefully I will be done soon.

Chapter 13: Staying Behind to Fight

"Tsuta, I can hear her calling to Sesshomaru. She's in there alone; I have to get to her." Kagura said to herself as she fought the demons with Kaminari, Kyou, Sumire and Yume.

"Kagura, look out!" Kaminari screamed as she sent an energy blast towards a demon that was coming up behind her.

"Where are you, Sesshomaru?" Kagura thought to herself.

Further inside the castle courtyard Sesshomaru was fighting with Megami. "You are stronger than me, but I have a back up plan." Megami said as she pulled a jewel shard from her hair. "Master Naraku gave this to me, in case you were too strong for me." Megami said as she shoved the jewel shard into her chest.

"Such a cheap trick, even for a half demon." Sesshomaru told her.

"Shut up!" Megami screamed as she charged at him. With the Shikon Jewel shard in Megami's chest, it was harder for him to dodge her attacks. "What's the matter, Sesshomaru, are you having trouble?" Megami laughed as she thrust her katana into Sesshomaru's side. "Now I have you!" Megami laughed.

"No you don't!" Kagura screamed as she shot blades of energy at Megami. Megami turned and countered with her own fan. "But that..." Kagura couldn't believe it. The fan Megami held looked just like hers.

"My fan is more powerful than yours, which means I can defeat you." Megami laughed as she sent blades of energy hurling at Kagura.

"Kagura!" Sesshomaru threw himself in front of the energy, taking the full force of the attack.

"Sesshomaru!" Kagura let a tear fall before she summoned all her strength into one last attack. "Dance of the Dragon!" Kagura shouted as she sent the attack at Megami. A cyclone of wind and bones surrounded Megami. The wind caused the bones to fly around and threw Megami, beating her to death.

"What? How... did... you...?" Megami said as the cyclone disappeared and she fell to the ground.

"Sesshomaru, are you alright?" Kagura asked as she ran to his side.

"I will be fine. Where is Tsuta?" he asked.

"Megami? Why were you fighting her?" Kyou asked him.

"She attacked me. She was working for Naraku." Sesshomaru told him.

"Father!" Tsuta ran threw the castle, trying to find a way out. The castle had seemed to change, and now she was trapped. "Inu-Yasha is going to kill me if I do not get out of here." Tsuta thought to herself as she rounded a corner and hid behind a small statue. "I hope he does not find me." Tsuta cried. Suddenly Inu-Yasha walked around the corner and glanced over the room, and upon finding nothing, he left.

"Come out here child. I know you are behind that statue." Kanna said when she entered the room.

"Leave me alone. I am no match for Inu-Yasha, but I can fight you." Tsuta warned Kanna as she stepped out from behind the statue.

"There you are!" Inu-Yasha yelled as he charged at her.

"Ahhh!" Tsuta screamed and threw her hands before her. A blast of energy flew from her hands and into Inu-Yasha, causing him to fall back. Tsuta looked over at Kanna, and then ran.

"We better hurry up and get out of here. This place is unholy." Yume said as she looked around.

"We still have to find Tsuta, your father, Inu-Yasha, and Kanna." Kaminari told her.

"We'll split up. Sesshomaru, go find our daughter. Kaminari, you and Yume will go find Miroku and Inu-Yasha. Kyou and Sumire, stay here and keep the gates open so that we can escape. I will find Kanna and free the souls in her mirror." Kagura said. Yume and Kaminari nodded, then ran off, while Kyou and Sumire headed towards the gates.

"Be careful, Kagura. Just because you are free from Naraku's control does not mean that Kanna is. She may try to kill you." Sesshomaru warned his mate.

"I know." Kagura said as she turned and ran into the dark castle.

"Father?" Yume and Kaminari kept their guard up as they searched the castle for Inu-Yasha and Miroku. "Kaminari, you worked for Naraku, where did he keep the prisoners?" she asked her.

"Down this hallway. It should be the last room." she answered. Yume ran down the hallway and flung open the door.

"Father!" Yume screamed as she saw Miroku chained to the wall, unconscious. Yume ran to her father to free him, when she heard the door shut. "Kaminari? What are you doing?" Yume ran to the door, but it was locked.

"I can't very well have you running around while I'm trying to kill everyone else. Master Naraku gave me orders to leave you alive, for now, since your brother is dead. But don't worry, you will be dead soon enough, as will your mother and younger sister." Kaminari laughed as she turned and began to walk away.

"Have you done as instructed?" Naraku asked Kaminari as she walked into his chambers.

"Yes, Master Naraku. Yume is locked up with her father, and Inu-Yasha is now chasing down Kagura's offspring. What do you wish me to do now?" she asked. He looked up at Kaminari. She smiled at him and walked over to him and sat down before him. "Tonight, I will die." he told her.

"Master Naraku, no!" Kaminari didn't want to hear it.

"Before I leave this world I have one thing left that I must do."

"I will help you do anything, just tell me what you wish of me." Kaminari said.

"I must have an heir. A child that will carry on my wishes once I am dead."

"I can give you that. I will do anything for you." Kaminari said as she kissed him.

"That is what I wished to hear." Naraku grinned as he pulled off Kaminari's kimono.

"Father?" Yume released Miroku from the chains and helped him to sit down on the floor.

"Yume, what are you doing here?" he asked her.

"Kibou and I came to free you and Inu-Yasha." she told him as tears began to fill her eyes.

"What is it?"

"Kibou is dead. Naraku killed him. I couldn't protect him." Yume cried. "Now mother and Ivory will die too!" Yume cried as she told her father what had happened.

"Rin!" Tsuta ran and threw herself into the young woman's arms. "I am so glad to see you. Inu-Yasha is trying to kill me, we must find my father." Tsuta told her.

"Yes, we must find Lord Sesshomaru." Rin said as she took the child's hand and led her through the castle. After a few minutes, they finally found Sesshomaru.

"Father!" Tsuta yelled to him as they reached the door leading to the courtyard.

"Tsuta is unharmed." Sesshomaru grinned a little. "Rin! Bring Tsuta to me!" Sesshomaru yelled to her from across the yard. But she didn't listen.

"Rin, we must go to my father." Tsuta told her, but when she tried to run to her father, Rin tightened her grip on Tsuta. "Rin, what are you doing? Release me." Tsuta told her, but there was no response.

"Rin?" Sesshomaru looked into her eyes, but saw no soul. "Tsuta! Get away from Rin!" he yelled, but it was no use. Sesshomaru watched as Rin pulled out a dagger and stabbed Tsuta with it. "No!" Sesshomaru ran to Tsuta, but she was already dead. He threw Rin across the courtyard, knocking her out. As Sesshomaru picked up his daughter, Kagura walked around the corner.

"Tsuta! Sesshomaru what happened?" Kagura began screaming and crying as she saw blood drip down from their daughter's body. Kagura couldn't stop screaming as Sesshomaru carried their daughter's body from the castle.

Near by, Kanna watched from a tree branch. "Kagura, I am sorry." she said as a single tear fell from her eye. Then Kanna turned to her mirror and watched as Inu-Yasha happened onto Yume and Miroku.

"Inu-Yasha, I thought you were going home to warn Sango and Kagome." Miroku said as he tried to stand up. But Inu-Yasha didn't reply. "What's wrong?" Miroku asked his friend. Inu-Yasha still didn't reply, but instead pulled out Tetseiga. "Inu-Yasha, what are you doing?" Miroku grabbed for his staff, which was sitting in the corner of the cell, as Inu-Yasha brought the Tetseiga down. "Yume, run. Go to your mother and warn her." Miroku told his daughter as he tried to fight off Inu-Yasha.

"But..."

"Go! Your mother's life is at stake! Hurry." Miroku yelled at her. Tears fell from her eyes as she ran out of the cell, leaving her father to fight Inu-Yasha alone.

"Yume, what is it?" Sumire and Kyou stopped her as she ran towards the gate.

"We must hurry! Our families and friends are in danger." Yume told them.

"Sumire, go with Yume to protect Kagome. I will go back to the castle." Kyou ordered.

"What about the others inside the caste?" Sumire asked.

"They can take care of themselves." Kyou answered as he ran off towards the wolf tribe's castle. Yume and Sumire ran in the other direction, towards Kagome's hut.

Sesshomaru stopped as he reached the edge of the courtyard. Kagura blinked as he laid Tsuta down and stood up. "Sesshomaru? What is it?" Kagura asked him as she walked up to him.

"Take Tsuta back to the castle and call Jakken to find my sword. If I do not return, find my brother." Sesshomaru ordered.

"Inu-Yasha? Why?" Kagura asked.

"He and I are the only ones that may wield Tenseiga. If I do not live threw this night..." Sesshomaru tried to say, but was interrupted.

"Nooo! Please come with me! I don't want to lose you too." Kagura threw herself into his arms and wept. "Sesshomaru, I love you. I have loved you since the first time I laid my eyes on you. If I lost you..." Kagura's tears streamed down her face as she spoke. Sesshomaru took hold of Kagura and pushed her away from him so that he could look into her eyes.

"I will never leave you. If I die tonight, I will live on, threw you and our children." Sesshomaru kissed her softly, and then left her alone.

"Please come back to me." Kagura said as she watched him walk into the fog and disappear. Then she turned to her daughter's corpse. "Tsuta... I'm sorry this happened to you. If it wasn't for me..." Kagura whipped the tears from her eyes as she picked up her daughter and threw a feather into the air.

Inu-Yasha reached the castle in no time. He had left Miroku for dead when Naraku had called him to go to Iyasu's castle, and kill her as well as her unborn child. There were many guards outside the castle, watching out for intruders, but Inu-Yasha knew they would be easy for him to kill. Inu-Yasha quickly makes his way threw the guards and then into the main hall of the castle, where Iyasu was currently sitting with Kouga. "Father? What are you doing here?" Iyasu asked as she stood up and walked over to him.

"Iyasu, get away from him!" Kouga warned her.

"But, why? It's only my father." Iyasu turned and asked him

"There's something wrong with him!" Kouga tried to warn her, but Inu-Yasha was already making his move. Kouga was just fast enough to get Iyasu out of the way before the Tetseiga was brought down. "Are you alright?" Kouga asked her as he sat her down.

"What's wrong with my father?" she asked.

"I don't know." He answered. "But Kyou would kill me if anything happened to you, so I have to get you out of here." he said as he picked her up and ran out of the castle.

"Where are you taking me?" she asked as he ran through the forest.

"To the old den. Inu-Yasha isn't fast enough to keep up with me, so I'll leave you there and lead him away from you." he told her.

"Mother! Kagome!" Yume yelled as she and Sumire ran up to the huts.

"What is it, Yume, where is Kibou?" Sango asked as she ran out of the hut carrying Inochi. It was late so Ketsuzen and Ivory were asleep inside the hut.

"We have to get out of here. Do you know of somewhere safe for us to go?" Yume asked her mother.

"My home village. It's in ruins now, but no one would think to look there for us. Now tell me what's going on? Where is Kibou?"

"Kibou is dead. Naraku killed him. We have to leave now. Naraku is going to send Inu-Yasha here to kill us." Yume told her mother. Sango wanted to fall to the ground and cry, but she couldn't. She knew she had to be strong for Ivory and Yume.

"Yume, take Inochi. I'll go to find Kagome. Get the horses and pack some things." Sango said as she ran into the dark forest.

"Inu-Yasha, follow my voice. I can lead you back to your body." Kagome said to him.

"Kagome, it's too dark. I can't see you." Inu-Yasha walked through the dark forest, but he couldn't see two feet in front of him.

"Just follow my voice." Kagome's voice seemed to echo around him.

"Which direction is her voice coming from?"

"Kagome!" Sango finally reached the clearing by the pond, where Kagome and Inu-Yasha often went. "I thought you would be here." Sango said as she walked up to her friend. As she reached Kagome, she noticed something wasn't right. "Kagome?" Sango placed her hand on her friend's shoulder.

"Leave me!" Kagome screamed at her.

"Kagome, what's wrong?"

"Inu-Yasha needs my help. Leave me so that I may help him." Kagome said, then she turned back to the pond and peered in.

"But Kagome... Inu-Yasha is on his way here. Naraku's sending him here to kill us." Sango told her.

"I know. But I can't leave until Inu-Yasha has returned to himself." a singled tear fell from her eye.

"Then I will stay by you." Sango said as she turned to go back to the hut to get her weapon.

"Please, Sango, so many lives will be lost this night. Do not add another to the list." Kagome told her friend.

"If Inu-Yasha comes and you can't help him, then you will need my protection." Sango said as she vanished into the trees.

"Mother, everything is ready, but Kaze and Kage are here. What do you wish for us to do with them?" Yume asked.

"Take them with you." Sango told her.

"With me? Aren't you coming with us, where is Kagome?" Yume asked.

"She's not going, and neither am I. I have to stay and protect her, I own Kagome." Sango told her daughter.

"But you are no match for Inu-Yasha." Yume cried.

"I have fought Inu-Yasha before and held my own. I will be fine." Sango hugged her daughter, then walked over to Ivory, who was on horse back. "Ivory, Yume is going to take you somewhere that you will be safe. Listen to her and I will come for you as soon as I can." Sango told her as she kissed her softly.

"Goodbye Mommy." Ivory waved as Sumire lead her horse away from the huts, with Ketsuzen right behind them on his own horse, followed by Kaze and Kage. Yume jumped onto another horse and held Inochi in her arms.

"If we are the only one's to survive this..." Yume looked down at Inochi.

"Take care of them, Yume." Sango said. Yume nodded and then took off on her horse. Sango watched as the three horses rode over the hill and disappeared. Then Sango ran into her hut and pulled out her old slayer outfit. Moments later she immerged wearing her demon slayer outfit and carrying her hiratsu. "Kirara! What are you still doing here?" Sango bent down and picked up her small cat demon. "Please, go to Yume and protect her and the others. I will be fine with out you." Sango told her. Kirara jumped down from Sango's arms and transformed, then flew into the air. "Goodbye, old friend." Sango smiled as she turned and headed back towards the forest. But before she could reach the forest, she was attacked. "Inu-Yasha, you came sooner then I thought." Sango said as she dodged his attack.