He kept running, not stopping to look if anyone was following him. After a few hours he perched himself in a tree that overlooked the bone eaters well. He was worn out, mentally and physically. So many thoughts were running through his head. He felt like he was a child again, not capable of solving his own problems. He would give anything so that his mother was alive so he could run to her comforting arms like he had when he was small. His head was spinning and the air became thicker. He was about to pass out when he spotted a figure in a white kimono on the tree branch next to him.

"So brother, I see you are alone again." Sesshomaru sneered, eyes expressionless and cold. This was the last person Inuyasha wanted to see, which just proved how rotten his luck was. "What do you want?" Inuyasha hissed with more confidence then he felt. "I want your wench." Sesshomaru said after some time. "My wench? What the hell are you talking about?" Inuyasha spat. "No need to be so bothersome dear brother. I want your wench. The pretty one you have recently started hanging around again. Give her to me and I won't have to injure you any more." With that he brought out his hand and slapped Inuyasha briskly across the face. "What are you talking about?!" Inuyasha said, enraged. "Kikyou... Her name is Kikyou. I want to make her mine." Inuyasha's eyes widened, and he shuttered, repulsed. Sesshomaru slapped him again, this time a bit harder.

"Where is she, brother?"

Inuyasha glared at him, his face stinging and a drop of blood coming from his lip.

"I don't know, why don't you go find her yourself?"

Sesshomaru gave him one last look, and hopped from the tree, dashing into the ever thickening mist.