Over 200 reveiws! Hurrah, hurray, it's a time of celebration! *Does the 'over 200 review dance'*

Sesshoumaru is here! More celebration! Isn't he the best? *kuggles Sesshoumaru*

Actually, my friend and me have a sneaky theory about Sesshoumaru: Look at all the hanyous we meet in Inu-Yasha. Every single one of them has a demon father and the demon father is –always- a pretty boy. (Actually we don't know about Inu's pop, but we're assuming. Look at his sons!) So thus, we have come to a logical conclusion: Sesshoumaru is going to have a hanyou child. It makes perfect sense, don't you think?

Well, that's enough of my theories. On with the story!

Disclaimer: Own nothing do I.

Chapter 13:

Warning

"Who's that?" Sango asked, as both she, Kirrara and Kagome watched as Inu-Yasha was alone on the roof one moment and a tall, elaborately dressed man was behind him the next. Kagome shook her head in confusion, having never seen him before. But his aura was demonic and very strong demonic too. And the way he made Inu-Yasha jump was really making her nervous. She wondered if she should go over to where Inu-Yasha was, but then decided she might be safer with Sango and Kirrara.

Inu-Yasha was having the same thoughts as he glanced over to where Kagome, Sango and Kirrara were, before focusing on the demon before him. As long as Kagome stayed with other people, she was going to be fine. He kept the sword in front of him and snarled quietly, much to the other demon's disgust.

"Truly, you are as horrible as your half-blood father." The demon said curtly. "Why chichiue favored him more is beyond my comprehension." His left hand went up to fiddle with one of the two swords hung at his side. He was dressed quite handsomely, wearing a long white kimono with elaborate designs, and a furry boa wrapped around his right shoulder, leaving to question whether it was a decoration or his tail. He wore a chest plate with a thin, spike armlet that wrapped around his left shoulder, and he had two stripes on both sides of his face, with a curved moon design on his forehead. He regarded Inu-Yasha coolly with orange eyes. "Now are we going to discuss this like gentlemen or resort to fighting your way?" His hand gripped the sword handle.

Inu-Yasha snarled a bit more, but decided that a safest way would be to put Tetsusaiga away. No use bringing mortals into this. He jumped onto the ground beside the booth and sat down, holding his hands up but never taking his eyes off of the demon that landed elegantly in front of him. "What do you want Sesshoumaru?"

"That's Fourth Lord to you." The demon said condescendingly. "And I'm here to talk, little nephew, so don't growl at me like that. It's most unbecoming of you."

Inu-Yasha glared at him. "If you came here to talk, then talk. I'm not going to sit around and take your insults all night, uncle. So just be a good Demon Lord, say your shit and get the hell out of here. And take your bitch with you." He jabbed a thumb behind him to the girl and the other demon, who were watching them now.

Sesshoumaru frowned and seemed about to say something when the other demon spoke up. "Inu-Yasha, mind your tongue! Do not call Sesshoumaru-sama's mortal soul a – a 'bitch'!" He hit Inu-Yasha on the head with his staff.

"I was talking about you." Inu-Yasha leered at him, grabbing the demon's staff and bonking him on the head with it. The demon nursed the wound on his head and looked dearly like he wanted to hit Inu-Yasha again but knew he'd just get the blow back double time. Then what Inu-Yasha said reached him. "How dare you call this Jaken a bitch!" He shrieked.

"Shut up." Inu-Yasha snapped and Jaken did so, only because Sesshoumaru was glaring at him as well. The smaller demon pouted and fiddled with his staff, glaring at the confused young Rin as if all this were her fault.

"Rin and Jaken are here merely to draw you out, which worked as well as I expected." Sesshoumaru explained, ignoring his henchman's protests.

" 'Draw me out'?" Inu-Yasha repeated sarcastically. "You've sunk that low that you had to use a mortal and a demon that couldn't even defeat a baby to draw me out? Keh, you really are pathetic." He glanced back to where Jaken was glaring at him and Rin was watching him with wide-eyes. He turned back to the Demon Lord. "And since when did you have a mortal follower anyway? I thought you hated them all."

Sesshoumaru was doing a rather good job at keeping a straight face and not just killing his quarter-nephew right then and there for his impudence. He stopped fiddling with his sword's handle and rested his arm by his side while the other held his boa up and he looked at the half-angel coolly.

"I suppose you've heard about the girl then." He said, then continued before Inu-Yasha could answer. "It's really rather simple. Rin's family and neighbors were attacked by soul-sucking demons, which after destroyed the place to remove the evidence, although I assume you already know that. However, the girl's guardian angel died defending her, yet she was not harmed. I happened to be fixing up any problems the demons may have caused when I found her and decided to allow her to join me, since the incident had caused her to faze half-in, half-out between the mortal and spiritual realms. I just gave her a little boost into the spiritual one."

"You killed her." Inu-Yasha accused immediately, although he knew it didn't make sense.

Sesshoumaru looked at him as though he were a complete idiot. "No, as you can see she is very much alive. I just simply crossed her over here so that I may watch her more closely."

Inu-Yasha raised an eyebrow. "Can I ask why?"

Sesshoumaru was beginning to look slightly irritated. "That is none of your concern, nephew. That is not what I'm here for."

Inu-Yasha's gaze flickered to Kagome and Sango before focusing back on the powerful demon before him. "I suppose you either want to talk or kill me, eh?" He himself rested a hand on Tetsusaiga's handle. The Fourth Lord was beginning to look annoyed.

"Nephew, you should know better then that that I, Sesshoumaru, am now a Lord of Hell and keeper of one of the twelve keys, which means I care naught for your stupid little plaything anymore. I am now more powerful then your chichiue and do not require his fang for my own suffice." The corner of his mouth twitched into what was almost a smile. "I am here for a much more important discussion concerning your incompetence."

"My what?" Inu-Yasha snarled, shifting positions so he could move more easily. Sesshoumaru regarded him calmly.

"Your incompetence, nephew, on killing a certain demon nearly 200 years ago. I believe you know exactly what I'm talking about." He watched Inu-Yasha as the younger growled under his breath but was now interested in Tetsusaiga's handle. Sesshoumaru seemed unfazed, although slightly amused, by Inu-Yasha's actions. "I also believe that you're very much aware that your little 'party' is made up of the reincarnations or descendants of that half-breed's original group that defeated the cretin: You, Kinu's brat, the feline, the monk, the exterminator and of course," Again came the near smile hovering as Sesshoumaru watched Inu-Yasha begin to growl, "the Reborn. Whose very existence is due to your incompetence."

Inu-Yasha bristled at Sesshoumaru's blunt observations but before he could snap out a retort the Demon Lord held up a delicate, clawed hand to silence him. "The Reborn is the reason why I am here, to warn you. I, Sesshoumaru, am a very powerful Demon Lord, at the highest point in the ranks and ruling over the eastern section. However this… Naraku," he spoke the word heavily with distaste, "is an extremely influential demon and has recruited many. Weak demons, I agree, but the sheer numbers of them is far more then enough to overrun this small, pathetic realm of mortals." He looked pointedly at the half-angel, who matched him glare for glare.

After a moment or so Inu-Yasha let out a sharp bark, almost laughing. "Nice try unc," he sneered, "but since when did you care for the lives of mortals? I know how fuckin' stuck up you are and this is probably the first time in your life you seem to give a damn." He glanced back at Rin and smirked. "'k, second."

Sesshoumaru was beginning to get irritated. "I still believe that mortals are pathetic, useless creatures inferior to demons, but that is not why I have concern for this world. It's the keys that I worry about, and no matter what existence the key is in when it's destroyed it still results in disaster in all three existences. Naraku is focusing on this area and I felt that I should warn you in case he should attack, especially since he is determined to get a hold of the Reborn. Besides," He added, the slight, smug turn at the corner of his mouth apparent this time, "it is to be I, Sesshoumaru that kills you. I don't want that pleasure taken away from me once more." He walked past Inu-Yasha to where Rin and Jaken waited and walked past them. "Until we meet again, nephew." He said, disappearing into the shadows, his followers watching the blackness.

"Se-Sesshoumaru-sama~a!" Jaken squealed and stumbled into the shadows, followed by the strange girl Rin, both of them disappearing from sight.

Inu-Yasha snorted, watching where they had disappeared to for a few minutes before standing up and brushing off the dirt on the kimono Kagome had picked out for him. His ears twitched backwards at a few sounds, as he picked a few stubborn dirt flakes off one knee before his ears snapped completely back and he froze.

He was up in a flash, jumping on top of a booth, Tetsusaiga unsheathed and transformed. He ran over to where Kagome and Sango had been and positioned himself right overtop of them. He sniffed then twitched his ears before launching himself from the roof, shouting efficiently.

"Die you bastar-"

"SIT!"

Inu-Yasha slammed into the ground, momentum added by his powerful jump, Tetsusaiga transforming to its original state and falling to the ground as the half-angel flexed his claws angrily. He lifted his head, spat out a few pebbles, then shot an evil glare at the girl standing over him. "Dammit girl, what the fuck was that for?"

She glared at him. "That's just what I was about to ask you. Were you trying to kill us?"

"Kill you? I was trying to fuckin' save you!" He shouted, pushing himself up. Kagome looked confused. "From what?" she asked. "There's nothing here."

"Shut up." Inu-Yasha snarled, still temperamental from the family reunion. Kagome sighed when she shrieked and jumped. Inu-Yasha was up in a flash, Tetsusaiga drawn and ready to kill any demons. Instead, Kagome handled it pretty well herself with a good slap to Miroku's face, Sango helping along with her boomerang. Shippo peeked out from behind Miroku where he had been hiding and hopped over to Kagome's shoulder to look at her angel curiously. "Inu-Yasha, what's got you so worked up?"

Kagome, Miroku, Sango and Kirrara looked over to where Inu-Yasha looked liable to kill as he put Tetsusaiga away. "Nothing." He mumbled. "I'm just a bit tense, that all."

Kagome remembered the demon that Inu-Yasha had been talking to before he disappeared. "Inu-Yasha who was that?" She asked, receiving no answer from her guardian. "Inu-Yasha?"

"That was Sesshoumaru-sama, Inu-Yasha's uncle." Myouga said from his perch in Shippo's hair. Everyone looked at him in shock, except Inu-Yasha who was dearly wishing that the flea demon didn't know everything about him. Myouga nodded at their disbelief. "It is true. Inu-Yasha's father was a hanyou but he had an older, full youkai brother as well. Of course, they tried to kill each other many, many times because although Inu-Yasha's grandfather was a Demon Lord he still favored his half-breed son."

Anymore Myouga had to say was cut short by Inu-Yasha squashing the tiny flea, an irritated look on his face. Kagome looked back at him, similar irritation on her face. "What did you do that for?"

"I'm tired of the old man telling my freakin' life story." Inu-Yasha growled, turning his back on the group. "So just shut the hell up." His ears twitched angrily and Kagome fumed, close to saying the 's' word when her thoughts, as well as everyone else's, were interrupted by a high-pitched scream. Everyone looked over in the direction of the scream to see a huge flame shoot up into the air and a giant group of people running frantically away from it. Out of the blaze a red, snake-like demon rose out, it's two heads hissing and grinning wickedly, one shooting flame. Inu-Yasha grabbed Kagome and jumped away while Kirrara transformed and pulled Sango and Miroku out of the way of the fiery blast.

Before their eyes a swarm of hundreds of demons began teeming around the fair grounds. Inu-Yasha swore and landed on a booth, putting Kagome down. He quickly surveyed the information and turned to Kirrara.

"Miroku!" He shouted, getting the monk's attention. "How good is that 'air rip' of yours?"

Miroku smiled, beginning to unravel the beads around his wrist. "One step ahead of you, Inu-Yasha. Sango put me down and stay out of the way." He advised the girl, who nodded and Kirrara set the monk down on another booth top. As the angel and girl pulled back Miroku ripped the beads off of his wrist and before the spirit's eyes a black hole in his hand began to literally suck up everything around him. As they watched the smaller demons were pulled into the void, along with leaves and other small objects from the mortal realm. Everything else seemed pretty much unfazed, although Kagome didn't want to be in the way of that vacuum.

However there were too many demons for just Miroku to dispose of, so quickly Sango transformed into her battle costume and grabbed the boomerang that appeared behind her. Riding Kirrara she flew into the swarm, swinging her boomerang around and taking out the demons while Kirrara ripped them apart with her teeth and claws.

Inu-Yasha watched this with satisfaction, then turned his attention to the two-headed snake demon. He looked down at Kagome, who was clutching Shippo fearfully. "Kagome, stay here and stay safe." He said, remarkably calm. "Shippo, guard her." With that he jumped into the fray, beating youkai left and right to get at the serpent, avoiding the mortals as much as possible. Shippo jumped out of Kagome's arms and stood proudly, though somewhat shaking. "Don't worry Kagome, I'll protect you." He said firmly. Kagome smiled.

"I trust in you, Shippo-chan." She said, focusing to bring out a bow and arrow like Sango had taught her too. She stood up, prepared, and fired, the arrow blasting apart some youkai with a strange, rose energy. She watched in awe at what her weapon had done, then was quickly firing again to keep the demons from reaching her and Shippo.

I have to keep Kagome safe, Shippo thought as he blasted one of the minor youkai with some foxfire. He really wished Miroku would allow him to let all of his power out like Sango did with Kirrara, but his task seemed busy right now. Shippo didn't know what was worse; an angel that's controlled too much or an angel that's not controlled enough, like Inu-Yasha. The rosary didn't work on him like it did with other angels because he was only half. At least Kagome's comfortable with using her word, Shippo thought as he shuddered. And thank Kami that his word wasn't part of everyday speech.

Kagome was so busy shooting that she didn't register the strange chill that went up her spine until she heard the all too familiar voice behind her. "Not a bad shot darling. But you're a little off to the right."

Kagome froze, turning around to see the wind demon Kagura smile coldly, the fan raised. "It's so nice that we meet again. I'm sure we have so much to catch up on." Before Kagome could move the demon knocked her against a tree and tied her there with the wind bonds. Shippo, hearing the noise and Kagome's muffled scream, turned around to see Kagura standing there, fan lifted up to finish Kagome off. He squeaked in shock and quickly fired a blast of foxfire. "Leave Kagome alone!"

Kagura felt the kitsune magic hit her on the back and she turned around to glare at the tiny angel. "Brat. Get out of my way." She hissed, knocking Shippo away with a windblast. The fox child flew into the air and hit the ground hard, remaining still afterwards. "Shippo-chan!" Kagome shrieked at his unconscious form. "Shippo-chan, get up!"

"Silence!" Kagura shouted, whipping around to slap Kagome on the face, shutting the girl up. "Not another word." She hissed, then returned to her calm self and, smiling, held up a snake demon that smiled evilly at Kagome. "Do you know what this is?" She asked sweetly, as the snake fixed it's eyes on Kagome and hissed. "It's a youkai that's particularly in tune with angel power, especially angel power as strong as the Shikon no Tama. It's going to find where you're carrying the jewel so I don't have to slice you up into messy little bits to find it." She held the snake closer to Kagome, who struggled to get away from it. She tried to scream to Inu-Yasha but Kagura quickly gagged her with another air bond, also disabling Kagome's breath.

"Now hold still. This is going to hurt a lot." The wind demon said, as the snake studied the frightened girl before it. Suddenly it opened its mouth, revealing wicked looking fangs, and struck her in the side, biting deep. Kagome tried to scream but she couldn't get the air into her lungs. The pain flashed through her as the snake ripped through her side before finally pulling back, a gleaming rose jewel in its teeth, dripping blood. Kagura smiled and took the jewel, killing the snake demon immediately. "Thank you so much." She said to the barely-conscious girl. "You can die now."

"Kagura!" A rough voice shouted out and Kagura looked up only to be knocked aside. She hissed at her offender and raised her fan, sending blasts of air blades at Kagome's rescuer. He avoided them easily and knocked the other demon into a tree with a well-placed kick.

"Not so tough now, are you Kagura? Picking on mortal girls. You're pathetic." He sneered with a harsh laugh.

"I'll kill you!" Kagura shouted, sending wind blade after wind blade to her opponent, who avoided them with ease. "You're getting slower." He taunted, ignoring the few nicks he got here and there. This bitch had the Shikon no Tama, he could smell it on her. And no stupid scratches were going to stop him from taking it. "Now why don't you give me the jewel and be a good little demon and leave me the hell alone?" he asked.

Seething with anger Kagura quickly boarded her feather and flew away, much to her attacker's disgust. He gave her the finger and kicked some dirt and swearwords in her direction, muttering about her incompetence. He then turned to Kagome, whose bonds just broke, and he quickly caught her. "Hey, you okay?" He asked but she didn't answer as she slumped against him, unconscious. He sniffed and recognized blood, seeing it all over her yukata. He quickly picked her up and began running off. "Don't worry girl, I'll get you somewhere safe." He said, jumping through the melee of the small war being held at the festival, where Miroku and Sango were finishing their work.

Inu-Yasha was still occupied with battling the two-headed snake as Kagome and her mysterious, demonic savior shot past them and out of the city, into the mountains.

End Chapter 13

Ah, isn't it wonderful? Just one more chapter to go and book 1 is done. Finito! It's wonderful! *waves little fans around*

And special recommendation advertising! *waves fans again* All of you obviously love Inu-Yasha or else you wouldn't be reading this fic. (duh) Well, one of my friends works at a comic shop (called The Comic Book Shoppe) and she gives me free anime all the time! And this weekend I saw one of the best and funniest animes ever: Fruits Basket!

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'till next time!

~Ama

("Now as the only youkai in the team it is up to me to protect everyone! I must stand firm, I must stand firm, I must stand – (bushes rustle) KYAAAA!!!! Kagome!"

   -Shippo)