Okay, I waited long enough. I think I can do the review replies now. Some are from previous chapters because I'm sooo negligent and lazy that I forgot to do them.

Ch. 1 reviews

Shilyn- Thanks for the compliment, and with Sesshoumaru, you never know, so maybe he could tolerate his bro long enough. That's what I was playing on.

Ch. 2 reviews

ChibiFluffy- Glad you like this load of trash. Only thing I ask is that you please don't curse in a review. As you can tell, I don't mind, but the e-mail from the site filters thru my mom. I still appreciate the review. Thanks!

Miah The Storm Wolf- Thanks for the compliment. As for Shippo, I dunno about how foxes react, but I do know that in other stories he does get that kind of treat sometimes. And about your dog, that may be true, but I also don't know. And she's smart, man!

Aura Black Chan- I do feel sorry for Sesshoumaru when I do this, but then I counter it with what he's done to others. Still...poor puppy...I mean doggy...I mean honorable lord...

Ch.3 reviews

Aura Black Chan- Thanks for the compliment, Aura Black Chan. I was wondering if it came out bad or not.

sessy ocd- I did post more so I hope you like it!

Ch.4 reviews

Aura Black Chan- Whew! I'm glad I forgot about the Advil the time I wrote the chapter! I don't wanna kill Sessho or not know that I did. Thanks for the info, even if you weren't sure.

Ch. 5 reviews

Aura Black Chan- Democratic! Psh! I wasn't thinking of that before, but thanks for the compliment anyway! Btw, I'll probably include the story somewhere, because in one of my Idiot Brothers sequels, Sesshoumaru and Sakura have twins, and I drew a pic of Sesshoumaru being killed at last by Ryurikusanotsussei. Waahh! And Akamaru (his son) had to witness it! I'm so bad!

sessy ocd- I have no problem putting more Sessh, but I may do some more of the other chars just to be fair. And he's going to change in all of their eyes differently eventually, so keep reading if ya wanna see it!

Ch. 6 reviews

Aura Black Chan- Once again, thanks! I really appreciate your dedication to reviewing and reading my story! And I liked that sequence too!

"Open your eyes, retarded mutt!" Inuyasha said.

"They are open, bastard!" Sesshoumaru proved it by looking at where he'd heard Inuyasha's voice come from.

Everyone gasped. The taiyoukai's once golden eyes were now a dull whitish color.

"Am I...am I blind?" he said fearfully.

"Yeah, you are," Shippo said, "But I know how to heal it!"

Collectively, the group glanced at the young kitsune.

"There's a special flower my father told me about. It's supposed to be a blue flower with red thorns."

Kagome rolled her eyes. I could have sworn this was like Shrek. Next thing you know, we'll have a damn talking donkey! She glanced at Jaken. Oh, never mind.

"I know of the flower as well," Sesshoumaru said in recognition. "It resides in the Southern Lands."

"Well that's just great!" Inuyasha yelled in annoyance. "We're in the North, you mostly only know the West, and you're blind! What next?"

-We can take you to the South. We happen to know where there is a secluded patch of the rare flower,- Ah said.

"I had to say it! Now we're following a two-headed dragon into unfamiliar territory after we've just been attacked! Anything else?" Inuyasha added, nearly in hysterics.

Suddenly (And unexpectedly), Sesshoumaru keeled over and threw up.

"Oh, how could we forget?" the hanyou said sarcastically. "You're also the sick one."

"You would do well to hold your tongue around me. My talons are still in fine working order."

Kagome bonked Sesshoumaru on the head.

"Wench! What are you doing?"

"Don't threaten Inuyasha! He's been trying to help you!"

"Against his better judgment, might I add," Sesshoumaru said. He ran a claw down Kagome's cheek softly. "And against your common sense, I expect."

Kagome shivered as his claw ran down her cheek.

"Well...I guess I'm nice. Now let's go."

Sesshoumaru straightened up.

"Rin. Jaken. Come with me."

Jaken took hold of one of Sesshoumaru's pant legs and Rin took hold of the other. A whitish cloud began to form under Sesshoumaru's feet until he was clear off the ground. Ah-Un and Kirara took the lead and he followed expertly on his cloud-thing.

"Hey, Sesshoumaru, how do you know which direction to take?" Kagome called curiously after an hour or so.

"I have much better hearing and instincts than a mere ningen. However, I cannot keep this up long."

Sesshoumaru sighed at his underestimation. They had only been going for about twenty miles and he already felt spent.

"You think you can hold out a while longer? Inuyasha told me that Ah-Un says it's only about forty miles away, now..."

"Hn..."

Sesshoumaru swayed on the cloud, but steadied himself quickly.

"M'lord, are you going to make it?" Rin asked.

He did not answer, merely stared straight ahead.

"Okay, let's stop."

Sesshoumaru sighed. That miko knew everything. After they landed, he sat down near Ah-Un, panting rather heavily.

"Here, Sesshoumaru. Take this."

He turned to her voice and took an experimental sniff. It was the same nasty pink stuff he'd had to take before.

"I think I'll pass."

"It could make you better."

"Nothing you have could heal me! We've already tried that."

"Hmph! I won't!"

Suddenly, he felt a heavy mass hit him.

"Oof!"

Taking advantage of his momentary surprise, Kagome shoved the contents of the small cup down his throat.

"Blub!!"

He nearly choked and began to spit it out when he felt Kagome cover his mouth and begin to rub his throat rapidly.

With a few more choked gasps, he began to swallow the substance against his will.

What is this wench doing to make me swallow? How dare she!

After Sesshoumaru swallowed the last drops, he shoved Kagome off of him, still coughing.

"Don't...ever...do that again," he said menacingly and between coughs.

Suddenly, he felt another force punch him in the stomach.

"Oof!" he grunted again.

"Don't ever lay your filthy claws on Kagome again!" Inuyasha snarled brutally. He gave Sesshoumaru an extra-hard kick in the chest, which elicited another "Oof!" The taiyoukai wrapped his only arm around his chest and wheezed as silently as possible.

"Inuyasha, SIT!! SIT, SIT, SIT!!!"

Sesshoumaru had the small satisfaction of hearing his brother's pain before his fever, ever annoying, flared up again.

"Damn! Not again!" he snarled, pressing his hand against his forehead. "Not again!"

"Sesshoumaru, don't pass out. Please try not to," Sango said urgently. "If you do, we will have to stop."

"Sango—"

Sango gave Kagome a significant look. It quieted the girl, but she didn't yet understand fully what her taijiya friend implicated.

Sesshoumaru's eyes were rolling in his head slightly, but despite his dizziness, he rose to his feet and began to take deep breaths.

"The south..." he whispered softly to himself. "Find the south..."

He locked onto the scent he knew as the one his father had described of the healing flower.

"Follow me!" he said in a strained voice. "I may not hold out for long, but I can at least get you in the general area. Do not lose my scent!"

Sesshoumaru took off, leaving to the shard hunters only his after-images. He started out strong, then began to falter, his steps becoming irregular.

"I will stay strong! I shall not falter in my journey!"

The scent of the flowers was maddeningly near, yet so far away. His legs failed him and he fell onto his face.

Damn it!

His claws gripped grass and his eyes shone red.

"I must continue!" he yelled in a determined tone, managing to drag himself forward about seven feet before succumbing to his burning head. The grass in his fingers began to melt away as his pain activated his poison. His eyes were wide and shining with fever.

"Why will it not go away?"

Eventually, the others caught up to Sesshoumaru, who, by then, was in deep stages of delirium. Sango reached him first.

"Come, Sesshoumaru," she said softly. "We will protect you."

His lips moved wordlessly as Sango placed his head on her lap. Eventually, he was able to put sound to it and from his mouth came the single word.

"Mother..."

Sesshoumaru's POV

I felt it.

I felt her near me.

The scent was hers, it must be, or my nose is muddled with my head.

My mother was there.

I tried to see her, I really did, cursing Seiryu for what he'd caused me to miss. I wanted to see her face, her ivory face with the red stripes and my crescent moon. Her elegant form with her exquisite tail and her soft yet deadly eyes.

"Mother..." I managed to say. I was too weak to move, but I felt happy. My fingers clutched at her kimono, childishly I know, but the cloth's feel comforted me.

Now I could rest and feel safe...

Oh, the disgusting mush!! Save yourselves!! I mean...hi! Umm...

R&R? Please?