Ok gang here is another chapter. Sorry it took me so long but my brain is not working well with my creative side. I know where i want to go with the story but I am having troubles figuring out how to get there. It is worse than writters block to me write now. Any ways here it is enjoy.
~later, Lady K.
Disclaimer, Nope i still don't own Inuyasha.
Chapter 8: Search.
Sesshoumaru allowed the boy to knock this time before telling him come in. He stood there in a nice blue and black haori and hakama set, with a black sash tied around his waste. Kisho held the Tetsusaiga sheath in both hand a crossed his body, a look of concern on his face, that darkened the normal bright color of his eyes.
Sesshoumaru raised his brow at the boy as he stopped in front of him. He looked at his father with a degree of seriousness which he had come to expect from his child.
"The next dream I have we should be able to start tracking it down?" His voice was low and had worry in it, " but… I… uh, I…" He turned his gaze away and looked down at the Tetsusaiga.
"But you what, I hardly have the time to listen to you prattle about in front of me so spit it out" He looked upon his son with great scrutiny.
"I still can't use it fully yet. So we won't be able to beat it unless we get Inuyasha now, but that means…" His voice cracked. He didn't wait to see any body die.
"His death… No Inuyasha will not be joining us. Simply because we will not be needing his help." He arms where now holding the boys shoulders pulling him out of his thoughts.
"But I can't use it fully, and from what mother said you can't even touch it so now what are we going to do" He briefly looked up then back down to the Tetsusaiga.
"We will…"Sesshoumaru reached down and touched the Tetsusiaga, "Win." Kisho gasped when he saw his father touching the sword in his hand and not get repelled by the barrier. He dropped his hands from the sword. Leaving his father standing slightly dumbfounded at the item he held in his hand.
After what seemed like hours of him staring at the sword, he pulled the Tetsusaiga from its sheath and watched as it transformed into the fang. He looked down at his son, with a smile a cross his features, he finally had his father's most powerful weapon.
"How?" Sesshoumaru voice was clearly shocked and the voice that answered him surprised him even more.
"I think it was part of Inuyasha's wish that a full youkai be able to use it as long as they were using it to protect," Kagome walked through the door to the study, the sound of the fabric of her black kimono was the only sound in the room. She stopped to look down at her son, then up to her mate. "That would be the only reason that Kisho was ever able to wield it."
"Your saying my brother broke the barrier of the Tetsusaiga with his wish." He looked up at her away from the sword in his hand for the first time.
"Maybe not broke the barrier just extended it. This Tetsusaiga is far different from the one Inuyasha now carries." She smiled at him, "You finally got it Sesshoumaru, you finally got your father's fang and you didn't even have to kill Inuyasha for it."
Sesshoumaru frowned at her comment, he did indeed have it now. He held his father's power, but in an odd way he didn't feel like destroying his brother with it like he thought he would. He looked into her eyes realizing that he didn't have to fight with Inuyasha for the sword any more and smiled back to her. He leaned over to her and kissed her, truly happy for the first time in centuries.
"EWWW!!! Disgusting! Can't you two do that someplace else like your room?" He stepped away from the couple.
The pair broke apart and looked down at the boy. Kagome resisted the urge to laugh, as she felt Sesshoumaru let out a low grumble from his chest She quickly place a hand on his chest bring his attention back to her.
He looked down at her and gave her a light smirk. "All of these rooms in the palace are my rooms." The boy turned around seeing that they were so close and seemed like they where going to kiss again. He turned back around when he heard Kagome laughing, he shot them a confused look and left the room, leaving them be.
---------Kisho's Dream-----
The three men sat at the fire, the moon shining down on them, as the smell of Sake filled the air. Their voices could be heard but the words they were saying where important.
The oldest of the men stood his grey hair reflecting part of the moons light. He placed his hand on his sword, then the other men went quiet. Taking up their weapons as well. They gazed out to where they heard something but all they saw was the blackness of night. Slowly a man in full armor started walking towards the sound leaving his companions behind to watch his back.
The men watched as their friend disappear into the blackness out in front of them. Just after he was from view they heard a muffled yelled and something fall to the ground.
They ran for where their friend had been, drawing their swords, they froze in fear when they saw two lighting blue eyes staring at them from the darkness. The two looked at each other and charge forward determined to avenge their friend.
As soon as they hit the darkness, their bodies where paralyzed, their skin went pale, as they lifted off the ground.
Their screams could not be heard no matter how much they did. The blood flowed from them being carried in the winds current then disappearing. Then two red beating lumps of flesh burst from their chest as their bodies when limp and fell to the ground.
The unknown attacker slipped into the darkness, living his victims to rot. As he left a barely noticeable purple glow came from them, shining like a beacon against the grey flesh of the dead.
The lighting blue orbs faded as it started to move away glancing up towards the sky. As the light faded out.
-------End Kisho's Dream-------
Kisho jumped up threw on a simple kimono, and tossed a few things into a bag. He ran out of his room, knowing now was the time. He was running and turning the corners so fast he was a streak of color in the halls. His heart was pounding so rapidly in his head, he couldn't hear.
He got to the door. He didn't bother knock, he ran in. Startling both of the adults in the room, from their sleep. They looked at him with frustration and confusion.
"We have to go Now!" he exclaimed between breaths.
It took a few second for what they heard to sink in and what it meant. The two then shot up out of bed, were dressed, grabbing their weapons, and Kagome her back pack. They were ready go in a few minutes.
While the two got ready Kisho ran through the halls again, telling Jaken they were leaving and didn't know when they would be back. Then he ran to the court yard, and paced back and forth for a minute as the two quickly walked out of the house. He raised an eye brow at the two. Why where they moving so slow, they had to move faster.
"Come on lets go, or we are going to miss it, come ON!" he ran for the gate only to be grabbed up by Sesshoumaru who had taken to the air.
Kagome was wrapped up in Sesshoumaru's tail clinging to his back, and Kisho was in his arms, quietly focusing on where they needed to go.
After some time Sesshoumaru was starting to wonder if Kisho knew where they where going. He had described the whole thing like he had been there. But it wasn't his sight he was going off of right now. It was the aura that surrounded the bodies.
Kisho looked up at the sky from time to time trying to place the stars from his dream. He could feel the aura around them getting closer as it got weaker. He cursed himself for not being able to pin point it. He knew they where close but how close he couldn't say. He sighed when the aura disappeared. He glanced up and told his father they should land because it was gone.
Kisho sat wake all night poking at the fire cursing himself for not finding it sooner. He pick up rocks and started throwing them into a tree as hard as he could wishing that he wasn't so weak right now.
Sesshoumaru listen as Kisho silently berated himself under his breath, he was not aware that someone could hear it if they chose to listen. He watched as the rocks he started throwing stuck into the tree. Once he finally stopped he leaned back against a tree and continually poked the fire until drawn.
Kagome woke up and stretched, she started boiling water for ramen. As she looked at a red eyed Kisho, and Sesshoumaru watching him intently.
"Goodmorning," She smiled at them both.
"Goodmorning," Sesshoumaru flashed her a small smile.
"There is nothing good about it." Kisho started, "I could even find them last night. Some help I was." Kagome looked at him with concern but before she could speak Sesshoumaru had spoken up.
"Enough," Kisho looked up at his father who was now towering over him, "I have heard this all night, I am tired of hearing it."
"But I…" He glance down ,depressed at the fact he forgot that his father was a youkai and there for had better hearing than a human would.
Kagome looked at the pair confused as to what they were talking about. She hadn't heard anything but night noises last night, but then they did have better hearing.
Having eaten breakfast the group was packed up and moving on foot towards the east. Unsure really where the next target would be, but now they had a chance to find it.
Late that day they stumbled a cross three dead men. Their skin was an unnatural grey color, and it appeared that there was no reason for them having died.
Sesshoumaru was about to start walking off, having found the bodies there was no need to stay. Kagome touched his arm getting him to turn around to see Kisho dragging one of the bodies over to a clear area where he started to dig, tears flowing from his eyes.
"Sesshoumaru," Kagome whispered getting him to look away from Kisho for a second, "Do you think we should help him?"
"I don't want your help I can do this by myself," Kisho yelled with out looked up from what he was doing.
"I guess not, " Sesshoumaru raised a brow, then sat down watching and the child pain stakingly dig three graves.
Kisho continued to bury the men who's names he didn't know. He felt that he owed them a proper burial. He dug his claws into the ground throwing the soil behind him. He could see his tears hit the dirt as he continued is digging.
As he drug each body to the grave he dug, he said so many apologies to them for not finding their killer. But he promised them he would find him and make him pay. Once he placed the three bodies then covered them, he went and grabbed there swords remembering which one wielded each one. He took them up in his hand placing their swords in the ground as far as he could. When the last sword was in the ground marking the grave, he collapsed, exhausted from his tears and the work.
Sesshoumaru went over and picked up the child, walking away from the graves. After they were a short distance away they made a camp, and decided to rest for the night. Kagome covered Kisho in her sleeping bag and went over and leaned against Sesshoumaru feeling his warmth and embrace keep the out the cold of the night way, as she drifted off to sleep.
Kagome's eyes shot open but she didn't move. She knew she sensed it, a shikon shard. It was heading this way, she didn't want to have to deal with this right now but she was guessing that she would have to; when she felt it wasn't changing its course.
She sat up looked at where Kisho had laid only to find him not there. She looked around finding them both standing at the edge of the fire's light. She stood up grabbing her bow and arrows and walked over to them.
Sesshoumaru had sensed it coming and waited for the right moment to strike. He didn't want to leave them alone just incase something else was to close by. Now all of them stood looking at the forest in anticipation of the youkai that was coming.
They looked at Kagome sensing her tension, as she readied her bow, notching an arrow. She glared intently on the center of the tree line a cross from them. As the crashing of trees where heard.
The forest exploded towards them as a giant snake youkai, towered above them. It had three tails and short arm like appendages. Sesshoumaru leapt forward slashing into the creature causing a howl of pain. After a second slash the creature laid in pieces on the ground.
Kagome stared at it, trying to focus on finding the shard before it could regenerate, but was distracted when Kisho ran from her side to look at the dead beast. She ran up to him forgetting momentarily about finding the shard, pushing Kisho away from it.
As she turned back she felt something grab the around her ankle and hoist her off the ground. Kagome screamed as she dropped her bow, and was dangled over the youkai mouth gazing at fangs that seemed bigger than she was, and being held in one of its three tails.
Kagome could feel the rush of blood to her head as she heard Sesshoumaru growl as he head towards the stupid creature, for trying to kill his mate. Kisho leapt into the air trying to free his dangling mother from it grasp but was easily slapped away.
Kagome was no longer dangling over it's mouth, but instead watching as Kisho was trying to dodge the venom of the snake youkai. Which was dissolving anything it touched slowly, she felt a great horror in her stomach as she watched the head of this beast heading for her son.
She reached out her hand to him, screaming to Kisho to move. As she did a bright light engulfed her and shot out of her hand towards Kisho, who had covered his eyes knowing this was the end.
The youkai screamed in agony as it hit a barrier that surrounded the child who looked up at his mother who was still glowing, a pinkish white hue. He watched as she turned to the creature who was reeling back in pain, as it looked towards her.
It darted towards her, mouth open spaying venom at her which never made contact with her person, as it evaporated when it hit her aura. Before its mouth could touch her it's head was sliced down the center causing it to drop Kagome and it crumbled to the ground.
Sesshoumaru caught her in mid fall and landed on the ground, looking at her for injuries. He noticed the white glow around her was starting to fade, as her eyes opened. She looked at the creature her gaze unwavering for a brief second then stood and walked to the dying thing. Sesshoumaru stood behind her, and watched as she touched the scales causing a pink glow to come from within the flesh to her hand, and the youkai to crumble to dust.
The shard in her hand went from a deep pink shard to a bright pink as she touched it, once again it become pure. As it did, the glow around her faded, as did the barrier around Kisho allowing him to run over to where they stood, shock on his face as he looked from one parent to the other. He had never seen that happen before.
Kagome walked back to their camp lost in thought with Kisho and Sesshoumaru close by. She had no idea exactly what happened, other than she wanted to protect Kisho from the youkai's jaws. She could feel her body tingling with energy as she sat down on her sleeping bag. Staring at the shard she now had. Things just got a little more difficult.
Sesshoumaru had told her to go back to sleep but she refused. She no longer felt tired. Sesshoumaru had not questioned her about what happened or why she hadn't told him the shard was present, he left her to her thoughts which consumed her at the moment, as she dug through her backpack looking for the small bag she used when she first started collecting the shard almost a year and a half ago.
Sesshoumaru watched her stare into the night lost in her thought. He could feel the pure energy coming off of her. He had felt it surge as he dove to save Kisho, stopping himself when he felt a barrier form around him. It wasn't as strong as when it surged but he could still feel it's presents in the air and in her scent. Her powers where growing now, he wasn't sure exactly why, but it seemed to be triggered by her need to protect Kisho.
He looked at the child as he pulled out a note from his haori, and started to read it to himself. His curiosity was peaked he had seen him read that same letter before. Every time he read it his scent was filled with sadness and longing. He would have to find out exactly what was in that letter of his, but now was not the time. He then let his gaze drift to Kagome who was off in her own thoughts.
She looked at Kisho realizing that she felt two different energies coming off him now. She could felt his youkai energy around him, like she had sense she first saw him, but now, she felt an energy like she felt coming off of Keade. Something pure and clear from him, at first she thought it was just because of the barrier that she put around him. But it was a low pulse of energy coming from with in him. Her eyes widened slightly as she realized why the energy felt familiar. It was the same type of energy that her arrows had after she shot them. It was this energy that had given him his dreams. It was what he had inherited from her, a miko's energy, it was hardly noticeable but it was there. She knew her senses had increased, her power was defiantly growing. Just how far it would grow, and what would she be able to do?
The three sat in silence for the next few hours each caught in their own thoughts. Finally as the sun started to peak around the horizon; they left their camp and headed the way Kisho said their target had in his dream.
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As the sunset they saw a village up ahead. If it was going to attack to night it was attack either wondering travelers or someone from the village. They decided it was best that they stay outside the village, and wait.
They settled down into an uneasy rest but no one slept. Kisho watched the fire to afraid of what his dreams would hold if he slept. Kagome was kept awake by her worries about how they were going to defeat such a youkai that seemed unbeatable, as Sesshoumaru wondered the same.
He had been reading an ancient scrolls on the youkai but none of them told of how to beat it. They told of how it would drain its victims of their blood, and there hearts would be pulled out of there chest. How it only came out at night, and how it took several days at first to process the power it had taken.
It never spoke of exactly why everyone who had fought it had died. Or why its victims never seemed to fight back no matter if it was human, youkai, or hanyou. Sesshoumaru wasn't sure exactly how they could fight something that, they seemed untouchable. His mind drifted again, to why it had to be him and Kagome. What was so special about them? That it was thought that they could defeat it when no one else had been able to, centuries before his father was born.
Kisho glanced up from his thoughts he felt something at the back of his mind, like the plucking of a string. He looked around and felt it again, only this time it seemed more defined. He closed his eyes trying to see into the strange felling. He felt a darkness that seemed to pass over him, making his body shiver.
Sesshoumaru and Kagome watched as he shivered even though it wasn't cold, nor was there a breeze. They looked into his eyes as he slowly opened them they seemed glow a pale blue and had no pupils. He looked at each of them.
"It's here," He closed his eyes again, seeing a man tripping on a branch the other side of town running as fast as he could to get away, he reopened his eyes and pointed to the direction of what he sensed.
Sesshoumaru picked up Kagome and rushed over towards the other side of the town. They ran through the sleeping village, and as they neared the outer edge a muffled yell was heard. They saw a man picked up off the ground and into a dark cloud.
Sesshoumaru stopped slightly taken back by what he was watching and how it matched detail for detail what Kisho had described. He understood now exactly what troubled him in his dreams. He dropped Kagome and charged the youkai., slashing upwards with his poison claw, through the center, sure that it was defenseless. Then he froze in midair.
His body went numb; all energy was leaving him. No matter how he tried to move he couldn't. He fought to see, and to smell what was going on around him. But he was met with a darkness that was like the eternity of death. All his senses where filled with that same void. He tried to yell to Kagome to stay back but his mouth wouldn't move, his voice wasn't there.
Kagome was frozen in shock as she watched Sesshoumaru attack it with out a second thought. When he hit the outer edges of the whirlwind he stopped, he didn't fall, it was like he was frozen in time.
The color in him became paler, the red strips on his cheeks vanished as did his blue crescent moon on his forehead. His eyes first went wide with shock then slowly dimmed to from there rich golden color to glazed orbs of a dull orange. She saw blood swirling in the whirlwind. Whether it was Sesshoumaru's or not she didn't care she had to stop what ever was happening.
Kagome reached back, notching an arrow and aimed for the center area that Sesshoumaru was trying to attack. She said a silent prayer to herself as she pulled back the bow, and let the arrow fly towards its target.
The arrow lit with a pink glow as it struck its target. The whirlwind stopped, the man inside dropped to the ground, and Sesshoumaru was thrown several feet from the lighting blue eyes that glared at Kagome as she notched another arrow. But before she could let it go, the youkai vanished in to the darkness of the night sky.
Kagome ran over to Sesshoumaru's lifeless form, taking it in to her arms, calling to him. His eyes where transfixed in a perpetual gaze into the night. His body shook has if he where freezing though he felt warm to the touch. After a second his markings started to slowly fade back into his face, and his color returned. His eyes returned to their normal appearance and he still shook violently.
Slowly he became aware of what was going on around him. First his senses came back, then his vision returned and he found he was staring up into Kagome's tearful blue-grey eyes. He tried to move but his whole body tingled, and had pain shooting though it, and shook uncontrollably. After a minute that too left him, and he sat up, putting Kagome's fears to rest as to whether or not he was ok.
They walked over to the man's body; his eyes still open frozen in fear and horror. His skin pale but not grey like the others, Though he was not wounded he laid in a pool of his own blood.
Kagome turned away from the terrible site. As Sesshoumaru, tried to gain some sense of which way it had gone. Though there was no scent in the air other than the mans, and no tracks. He glanced down, sure that it didn't get to finish the job, so maybe that would slow it down, and give them a chance to make a plan. He turned to the woman behind him, and they started to return to their camp site.
Kisho sat frozen, staring into the fire. He knew they were still alive. He had seen it all as if he where really there. Then all of his dreams where like that, ones where he could see someone in need of help but never able to help, only able to watch. He could feel the man's fear, and sadness pouring out of him as the blood swirled. He could feel his father's rage, shock, then fear, as he was stopped cold from aiding. His power slowly taken away. He could feel it relishing in the power it had over the youkai lord. He felt the sting of the arrow as it hit, and the bastard's anger at his mother for stopping its feeding.
But she was safe he wouldn't have to say goodbye just yet. He felt a single tear run down his face, as he pulled out the note and allowed his finger to trace his name. He could remember the last day he spent with his mother the day she had wrote the notes, and given them to him.
----Flashback----
"Why do I have to go alone, it is just not fair." He stomped his foot earning an annoyed glance from her.
"I told you Kisho, we can't stop it here, it has destroyed so much and became too strong." She returned her attention to the paper and writing.
"I don't want to go, I can't leave you. I have to protect you." He set his hand on her shoulder.
"I know you want to, but you can't you are not strong enough right now to protect me by yourself, and I can't keep protecting us both." She gave him a warm smile, and gripped his hand in hers. As she continued, "The only way I can hope that you will make it is to send you back."
"How do you know I will be sent to the right place, and not someplace completely different?"
"I don't; that is why we have to pray that this works. This is bigger than both of us, it will mean so many lives saved, Kisho do you understand? This could save the lives of your father, Miroku, Sango, and countless others."
"But why is it so easy for you to give me up and send me away. Are they more important then me?" Tears where rolling down his face now, as he waiting for his answer.
She turned to him, tears welled up and pure sadness was on her face as she grabbed her son and pulled him close to her.
"It is nothing like that. You are more important to me than the whole world but there isn't going to be much of a world left for you to live in if this youkai isn't stopped. I can't live with the idea that you would be force to hide for the rest of your life. At least in the past you would have a chance. A chance to live be happy, grow up, become strong, maybe even find a girlfriend when you grow up."
"EWW!!! Come on mom I hate all girls except you." He face twisted in to a scowl as he stuck his tongue out at her.
She giggled, and patted him on the head as tears ran down her face. He looked at her confused then hugged her tight.
"Why don't you go say goodbye to everyone now then get ready to leave" She pulled away from him, looking down into his eyes. He nodded and turned away from her and walked outside. Once she was sure he was out of sight she turned back to her table.
"Ok self your going to have to take good care of him. He is the most important thing to me, maybe even get his stubborn father to care about him." She picked up her pen and continued writing.
Kisho walked to the god tree. He had been there what seemed like a million times ever since he could remember. He looked around the tree and saw a sword sticking out of the ground first. He looked down at the stone tablet underneath the sword that bore his father's name on it.
"I hate you, you know that. If you hadn't just blindly jumped into that fight with it, you might still be here. And I would have had a real family." He took in a deep breath allowing his anger to flow away from him, "but I guess I can't be mad at you right now, because you see I am hopefully going to be seeing you real soon."
He reached out and touched the Toukijin with his clawed hand, "I might even be able to see you use this famed sword that could contend the tetsusaiga." He walked away left those to be his last words to his father's memory.
He stopped at the other graves of Sango, Miroku, and Shippo, placing flowers on their markers saying a few words of good bye to them before he made his way to Inuyasha's grave.
"Hey uncle!" his voice was happy and up lifted. "I guess this is the last time I will have to talk to you this way. I am going to be leaving soon. I am afraid to go back there, everything will be so different. Everyone I have mourned will be alive again, which will make me happy but they won't remember me." He voice was now low as he admitted this to himself and his late relative, as he knelt there. "I am not sure what to expect really, I have heard all the stories of your search for the tama, and my father's attempts to kill you for the Tetsusaiga. But I also know my father has a kind spot some where in him he protected and felt in love with mother when he saved her before I was born. Even if no one thinks he did. I wish I knew exactly when I was going, then maybe… oh well it doesn't matter now does it.
He jumped to his feet, "But hey I finally got the Tetsusaiga, for my birthday last week, I can carry it around everywhere now, and make it transform just like you did." He bowed to the grave of his uncle, "Well I got to go Mom is making a special meal for me tonight, seeing as I am leaving in the morning. I will try to remember to thank you for all you have given me when I see you. Goodbye Uncle Inuyasha"
He ran to the edge of the clearing they had made around the god tree. He turned around and saw all the shadows of the weapons and the god tree join in the middle as the wind blew, relaxing him. He could almost feel their presents here with him.
"Goodbye."
It was just about dark when he got back to the hut they lived in. He could smell the food she was making and he ran for the hut, sitting down at the table. He hungrily ate his food.
"Now remember Kisho try not to tell them exactly who you are." Her eyes were stern as the fire's light reflected in them.
He nodded, "I remember mother."
"But if you should happed to tell them give them these. Only if they know who you really are ok?"
"I got it. WE have been over this a million times."
"I know but it is important."
Both mother and son froze as they started to lie down to sleep for the night. Each feeling a presents that should not be that close.
"Kisho grab you bag now."
"But I am not supposed to leave…"
"NOW!! " Kagome grabbed her bow and arrows, as Kisho put the small bag in to his shirt with the letters, and she grabbed up the Tetsusaiga, and her son. Then stepped out of the hut.
"It is the shikon, but it is almost complete. We have to make a break for the well. It wants our one piece and if it gets it where done." Kisho wrapped his arms around her as she ran full tilt towards the well.
Kisho watched as the giant shadow consumed the village as they made it in the forest. He could feel how strong the youkai truly was. He suddenly released how childish he was being earlier that day and how much he needed to go back now.
"I am sorry mother."
She grabbed him tighter, "For what dear." Her word were space between breaths
"For bring the Shikon back."
"It wasn't your fault, just like it wasn't mine, you where just born with it."
"But if I…"
"If you hadn't been born with it I couldn't try to save you."
He sat silent letting her carry him to the well. She tried to deflect the branches from hitting him on the way there, though he felt the cold sting of every one that hit his back.
He remembered the sudden shock of his head hitting the well when she hit the ground, as her legs giving out. He watched as she reached into her shirt for the Shikon shard. Then the crash of the trees being crushed as the shadow youkai blew through the forest.
His heart jumped into his throat when she turned from him, firing an arrow towards it. But as he saw the barrier go up, he knew what she had done. Brought them some time.
She ripped the shard from the chain and placed in his hand not letting go of it as she picked up the Tetsusaiga. He watched her eyes well with tears as she held it close to her heart. Then she was broken out of her thoughts, she handed it to him.
She reminded him of what needed to be done and she looked at her son one last time, as she hugged him stopping any words from him.
She told him she loved him after he heard the barrier give way, but before he could answer she place the Tetsusaiga into his hand, and closed his hands around the shard. Then he was falling.
------End flashback----
Kisho's eyes over flowed with tears as he continued to trace characters on the paper, lost in the replaying memory of that day, "I love you, too" he whispered. He never got the chance to say he loved her or goodbye that night, and that fact still hurt.
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"I can't believe we have found this many shards." Shippou exclaimed perching on Inuyasha's shoulders, staring at the three shards that he held.
'Feh' was the only answer he offered before he slumped back against a tree staring a cross the fire as he stowed the shards into his haori.
"They aren't pure like they should be." Miroku spoke somberly, "Only Kagome could do that."
"It just doesn't seem the same," His eyes reflected painfully the light of the fire. "I wonder how she is doing?"
"I am sure she is fine my friend." Miroku was trying his best to reassure his friends as well as himself of that. "She is strong, I am sure that Sesshoumaru is making sure she is safe."
"When do you think she will come back Miroku?" The kitsune cub was looking wide eyed. Miroku signed not fully sure what to say to him that wouldn't start him crying again. It had taken them quite some time to get him to stop before.
"When she defeats the Shadow Youkai, and feels it is safe to join us." Sango petting Kirira who was sleeping on her lap as the night drew on. The same camp fell deadly silent.
Inuyasha looked up towards the western sky, he felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end. Something is wrong, he told himself. He couldn't exactly say what was out of place or wrong but he couldn't help but feel something amiss.
He stood up and walked to the each of the fire's light staring out into the forest searching for the unknown. He was so taken by the odd feeling he had be didn't even notice that the others where now standing next to him trying to see what it was he was seeing.
"What is it Inuyasha?" he was snapped back to reality when two green eyes peered down in to his face, from the top of his head.
"I am not sure but something doesn't feel right." Miroku nodded he to had been sensing something but had not mentioned it.
"I do feel it." Inuyasha pushed Shippou off his head and on to the ground with a loud thump, as he stepped that way.
"I think we should check it out." The other each nodded their agreements, but seeing as everyone was tired from their travels none of them moved on it. They each settled down for the night and they would head that way tomorrow.
~later, Lady K.
Disclaimer, Nope i still don't own Inuyasha.
Chapter 8: Search.
Sesshoumaru allowed the boy to knock this time before telling him come in. He stood there in a nice blue and black haori and hakama set, with a black sash tied around his waste. Kisho held the Tetsusaiga sheath in both hand a crossed his body, a look of concern on his face, that darkened the normal bright color of his eyes.
Sesshoumaru raised his brow at the boy as he stopped in front of him. He looked at his father with a degree of seriousness which he had come to expect from his child.
"The next dream I have we should be able to start tracking it down?" His voice was low and had worry in it, " but… I… uh, I…" He turned his gaze away and looked down at the Tetsusaiga.
"But you what, I hardly have the time to listen to you prattle about in front of me so spit it out" He looked upon his son with great scrutiny.
"I still can't use it fully yet. So we won't be able to beat it unless we get Inuyasha now, but that means…" His voice cracked. He didn't wait to see any body die.
"His death… No Inuyasha will not be joining us. Simply because we will not be needing his help." He arms where now holding the boys shoulders pulling him out of his thoughts.
"But I can't use it fully, and from what mother said you can't even touch it so now what are we going to do" He briefly looked up then back down to the Tetsusaiga.
"We will…"Sesshoumaru reached down and touched the Tetsusiaga, "Win." Kisho gasped when he saw his father touching the sword in his hand and not get repelled by the barrier. He dropped his hands from the sword. Leaving his father standing slightly dumbfounded at the item he held in his hand.
After what seemed like hours of him staring at the sword, he pulled the Tetsusaiga from its sheath and watched as it transformed into the fang. He looked down at his son, with a smile a cross his features, he finally had his father's most powerful weapon.
"How?" Sesshoumaru voice was clearly shocked and the voice that answered him surprised him even more.
"I think it was part of Inuyasha's wish that a full youkai be able to use it as long as they were using it to protect," Kagome walked through the door to the study, the sound of the fabric of her black kimono was the only sound in the room. She stopped to look down at her son, then up to her mate. "That would be the only reason that Kisho was ever able to wield it."
"Your saying my brother broke the barrier of the Tetsusaiga with his wish." He looked up at her away from the sword in his hand for the first time.
"Maybe not broke the barrier just extended it. This Tetsusaiga is far different from the one Inuyasha now carries." She smiled at him, "You finally got it Sesshoumaru, you finally got your father's fang and you didn't even have to kill Inuyasha for it."
Sesshoumaru frowned at her comment, he did indeed have it now. He held his father's power, but in an odd way he didn't feel like destroying his brother with it like he thought he would. He looked into her eyes realizing that he didn't have to fight with Inuyasha for the sword any more and smiled back to her. He leaned over to her and kissed her, truly happy for the first time in centuries.
"EWWW!!! Disgusting! Can't you two do that someplace else like your room?" He stepped away from the couple.
The pair broke apart and looked down at the boy. Kagome resisted the urge to laugh, as she felt Sesshoumaru let out a low grumble from his chest She quickly place a hand on his chest bring his attention back to her.
He looked down at her and gave her a light smirk. "All of these rooms in the palace are my rooms." The boy turned around seeing that they were so close and seemed like they where going to kiss again. He turned back around when he heard Kagome laughing, he shot them a confused look and left the room, leaving them be.
---------Kisho's Dream-----
The three men sat at the fire, the moon shining down on them, as the smell of Sake filled the air. Their voices could be heard but the words they were saying where important.
The oldest of the men stood his grey hair reflecting part of the moons light. He placed his hand on his sword, then the other men went quiet. Taking up their weapons as well. They gazed out to where they heard something but all they saw was the blackness of night. Slowly a man in full armor started walking towards the sound leaving his companions behind to watch his back.
The men watched as their friend disappear into the blackness out in front of them. Just after he was from view they heard a muffled yelled and something fall to the ground.
They ran for where their friend had been, drawing their swords, they froze in fear when they saw two lighting blue eyes staring at them from the darkness. The two looked at each other and charge forward determined to avenge their friend.
As soon as they hit the darkness, their bodies where paralyzed, their skin went pale, as they lifted off the ground.
Their screams could not be heard no matter how much they did. The blood flowed from them being carried in the winds current then disappearing. Then two red beating lumps of flesh burst from their chest as their bodies when limp and fell to the ground.
The unknown attacker slipped into the darkness, living his victims to rot. As he left a barely noticeable purple glow came from them, shining like a beacon against the grey flesh of the dead.
The lighting blue orbs faded as it started to move away glancing up towards the sky. As the light faded out.
-------End Kisho's Dream-------
Kisho jumped up threw on a simple kimono, and tossed a few things into a bag. He ran out of his room, knowing now was the time. He was running and turning the corners so fast he was a streak of color in the halls. His heart was pounding so rapidly in his head, he couldn't hear.
He got to the door. He didn't bother knock, he ran in. Startling both of the adults in the room, from their sleep. They looked at him with frustration and confusion.
"We have to go Now!" he exclaimed between breaths.
It took a few second for what they heard to sink in and what it meant. The two then shot up out of bed, were dressed, grabbing their weapons, and Kagome her back pack. They were ready go in a few minutes.
While the two got ready Kisho ran through the halls again, telling Jaken they were leaving and didn't know when they would be back. Then he ran to the court yard, and paced back and forth for a minute as the two quickly walked out of the house. He raised an eye brow at the two. Why where they moving so slow, they had to move faster.
"Come on lets go, or we are going to miss it, come ON!" he ran for the gate only to be grabbed up by Sesshoumaru who had taken to the air.
Kagome was wrapped up in Sesshoumaru's tail clinging to his back, and Kisho was in his arms, quietly focusing on where they needed to go.
After some time Sesshoumaru was starting to wonder if Kisho knew where they where going. He had described the whole thing like he had been there. But it wasn't his sight he was going off of right now. It was the aura that surrounded the bodies.
Kisho looked up at the sky from time to time trying to place the stars from his dream. He could feel the aura around them getting closer as it got weaker. He cursed himself for not being able to pin point it. He knew they where close but how close he couldn't say. He sighed when the aura disappeared. He glanced up and told his father they should land because it was gone.
Kisho sat wake all night poking at the fire cursing himself for not finding it sooner. He pick up rocks and started throwing them into a tree as hard as he could wishing that he wasn't so weak right now.
Sesshoumaru listen as Kisho silently berated himself under his breath, he was not aware that someone could hear it if they chose to listen. He watched as the rocks he started throwing stuck into the tree. Once he finally stopped he leaned back against a tree and continually poked the fire until drawn.
Kagome woke up and stretched, she started boiling water for ramen. As she looked at a red eyed Kisho, and Sesshoumaru watching him intently.
"Goodmorning," She smiled at them both.
"Goodmorning," Sesshoumaru flashed her a small smile.
"There is nothing good about it." Kisho started, "I could even find them last night. Some help I was." Kagome looked at him with concern but before she could speak Sesshoumaru had spoken up.
"Enough," Kisho looked up at his father who was now towering over him, "I have heard this all night, I am tired of hearing it."
"But I…" He glance down ,depressed at the fact he forgot that his father was a youkai and there for had better hearing than a human would.
Kagome looked at the pair confused as to what they were talking about. She hadn't heard anything but night noises last night, but then they did have better hearing.
Having eaten breakfast the group was packed up and moving on foot towards the east. Unsure really where the next target would be, but now they had a chance to find it.
Late that day they stumbled a cross three dead men. Their skin was an unnatural grey color, and it appeared that there was no reason for them having died.
Sesshoumaru was about to start walking off, having found the bodies there was no need to stay. Kagome touched his arm getting him to turn around to see Kisho dragging one of the bodies over to a clear area where he started to dig, tears flowing from his eyes.
"Sesshoumaru," Kagome whispered getting him to look away from Kisho for a second, "Do you think we should help him?"
"I don't want your help I can do this by myself," Kisho yelled with out looked up from what he was doing.
"I guess not, " Sesshoumaru raised a brow, then sat down watching and the child pain stakingly dig three graves.
Kisho continued to bury the men who's names he didn't know. He felt that he owed them a proper burial. He dug his claws into the ground throwing the soil behind him. He could see his tears hit the dirt as he continued is digging.
As he drug each body to the grave he dug, he said so many apologies to them for not finding their killer. But he promised them he would find him and make him pay. Once he placed the three bodies then covered them, he went and grabbed there swords remembering which one wielded each one. He took them up in his hand placing their swords in the ground as far as he could. When the last sword was in the ground marking the grave, he collapsed, exhausted from his tears and the work.
Sesshoumaru went over and picked up the child, walking away from the graves. After they were a short distance away they made a camp, and decided to rest for the night. Kagome covered Kisho in her sleeping bag and went over and leaned against Sesshoumaru feeling his warmth and embrace keep the out the cold of the night way, as she drifted off to sleep.
Kagome's eyes shot open but she didn't move. She knew she sensed it, a shikon shard. It was heading this way, she didn't want to have to deal with this right now but she was guessing that she would have to; when she felt it wasn't changing its course.
She sat up looked at where Kisho had laid only to find him not there. She looked around finding them both standing at the edge of the fire's light. She stood up grabbing her bow and arrows and walked over to them.
Sesshoumaru had sensed it coming and waited for the right moment to strike. He didn't want to leave them alone just incase something else was to close by. Now all of them stood looking at the forest in anticipation of the youkai that was coming.
They looked at Kagome sensing her tension, as she readied her bow, notching an arrow. She glared intently on the center of the tree line a cross from them. As the crashing of trees where heard.
The forest exploded towards them as a giant snake youkai, towered above them. It had three tails and short arm like appendages. Sesshoumaru leapt forward slashing into the creature causing a howl of pain. After a second slash the creature laid in pieces on the ground.
Kagome stared at it, trying to focus on finding the shard before it could regenerate, but was distracted when Kisho ran from her side to look at the dead beast. She ran up to him forgetting momentarily about finding the shard, pushing Kisho away from it.
As she turned back she felt something grab the around her ankle and hoist her off the ground. Kagome screamed as she dropped her bow, and was dangled over the youkai mouth gazing at fangs that seemed bigger than she was, and being held in one of its three tails.
Kagome could feel the rush of blood to her head as she heard Sesshoumaru growl as he head towards the stupid creature, for trying to kill his mate. Kisho leapt into the air trying to free his dangling mother from it grasp but was easily slapped away.
Kagome was no longer dangling over it's mouth, but instead watching as Kisho was trying to dodge the venom of the snake youkai. Which was dissolving anything it touched slowly, she felt a great horror in her stomach as she watched the head of this beast heading for her son.
She reached out her hand to him, screaming to Kisho to move. As she did a bright light engulfed her and shot out of her hand towards Kisho, who had covered his eyes knowing this was the end.
The youkai screamed in agony as it hit a barrier that surrounded the child who looked up at his mother who was still glowing, a pinkish white hue. He watched as she turned to the creature who was reeling back in pain, as it looked towards her.
It darted towards her, mouth open spaying venom at her which never made contact with her person, as it evaporated when it hit her aura. Before its mouth could touch her it's head was sliced down the center causing it to drop Kagome and it crumbled to the ground.
Sesshoumaru caught her in mid fall and landed on the ground, looking at her for injuries. He noticed the white glow around her was starting to fade, as her eyes opened. She looked at the creature her gaze unwavering for a brief second then stood and walked to the dying thing. Sesshoumaru stood behind her, and watched as she touched the scales causing a pink glow to come from within the flesh to her hand, and the youkai to crumble to dust.
The shard in her hand went from a deep pink shard to a bright pink as she touched it, once again it become pure. As it did, the glow around her faded, as did the barrier around Kisho allowing him to run over to where they stood, shock on his face as he looked from one parent to the other. He had never seen that happen before.
Kagome walked back to their camp lost in thought with Kisho and Sesshoumaru close by. She had no idea exactly what happened, other than she wanted to protect Kisho from the youkai's jaws. She could feel her body tingling with energy as she sat down on her sleeping bag. Staring at the shard she now had. Things just got a little more difficult.
Sesshoumaru had told her to go back to sleep but she refused. She no longer felt tired. Sesshoumaru had not questioned her about what happened or why she hadn't told him the shard was present, he left her to her thoughts which consumed her at the moment, as she dug through her backpack looking for the small bag she used when she first started collecting the shard almost a year and a half ago.
Sesshoumaru watched her stare into the night lost in her thought. He could feel the pure energy coming off of her. He had felt it surge as he dove to save Kisho, stopping himself when he felt a barrier form around him. It wasn't as strong as when it surged but he could still feel it's presents in the air and in her scent. Her powers where growing now, he wasn't sure exactly why, but it seemed to be triggered by her need to protect Kisho.
He looked at the child as he pulled out a note from his haori, and started to read it to himself. His curiosity was peaked he had seen him read that same letter before. Every time he read it his scent was filled with sadness and longing. He would have to find out exactly what was in that letter of his, but now was not the time. He then let his gaze drift to Kagome who was off in her own thoughts.
She looked at Kisho realizing that she felt two different energies coming off him now. She could felt his youkai energy around him, like she had sense she first saw him, but now, she felt an energy like she felt coming off of Keade. Something pure and clear from him, at first she thought it was just because of the barrier that she put around him. But it was a low pulse of energy coming from with in him. Her eyes widened slightly as she realized why the energy felt familiar. It was the same type of energy that her arrows had after she shot them. It was this energy that had given him his dreams. It was what he had inherited from her, a miko's energy, it was hardly noticeable but it was there. She knew her senses had increased, her power was defiantly growing. Just how far it would grow, and what would she be able to do?
The three sat in silence for the next few hours each caught in their own thoughts. Finally as the sun started to peak around the horizon; they left their camp and headed the way Kisho said their target had in his dream.
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As the sunset they saw a village up ahead. If it was going to attack to night it was attack either wondering travelers or someone from the village. They decided it was best that they stay outside the village, and wait.
They settled down into an uneasy rest but no one slept. Kisho watched the fire to afraid of what his dreams would hold if he slept. Kagome was kept awake by her worries about how they were going to defeat such a youkai that seemed unbeatable, as Sesshoumaru wondered the same.
He had been reading an ancient scrolls on the youkai but none of them told of how to beat it. They told of how it would drain its victims of their blood, and there hearts would be pulled out of there chest. How it only came out at night, and how it took several days at first to process the power it had taken.
It never spoke of exactly why everyone who had fought it had died. Or why its victims never seemed to fight back no matter if it was human, youkai, or hanyou. Sesshoumaru wasn't sure exactly how they could fight something that, they seemed untouchable. His mind drifted again, to why it had to be him and Kagome. What was so special about them? That it was thought that they could defeat it when no one else had been able to, centuries before his father was born.
Kisho glanced up from his thoughts he felt something at the back of his mind, like the plucking of a string. He looked around and felt it again, only this time it seemed more defined. He closed his eyes trying to see into the strange felling. He felt a darkness that seemed to pass over him, making his body shiver.
Sesshoumaru and Kagome watched as he shivered even though it wasn't cold, nor was there a breeze. They looked into his eyes as he slowly opened them they seemed glow a pale blue and had no pupils. He looked at each of them.
"It's here," He closed his eyes again, seeing a man tripping on a branch the other side of town running as fast as he could to get away, he reopened his eyes and pointed to the direction of what he sensed.
Sesshoumaru picked up Kagome and rushed over towards the other side of the town. They ran through the sleeping village, and as they neared the outer edge a muffled yell was heard. They saw a man picked up off the ground and into a dark cloud.
Sesshoumaru stopped slightly taken back by what he was watching and how it matched detail for detail what Kisho had described. He understood now exactly what troubled him in his dreams. He dropped Kagome and charged the youkai., slashing upwards with his poison claw, through the center, sure that it was defenseless. Then he froze in midair.
His body went numb; all energy was leaving him. No matter how he tried to move he couldn't. He fought to see, and to smell what was going on around him. But he was met with a darkness that was like the eternity of death. All his senses where filled with that same void. He tried to yell to Kagome to stay back but his mouth wouldn't move, his voice wasn't there.
Kagome was frozen in shock as she watched Sesshoumaru attack it with out a second thought. When he hit the outer edges of the whirlwind he stopped, he didn't fall, it was like he was frozen in time.
The color in him became paler, the red strips on his cheeks vanished as did his blue crescent moon on his forehead. His eyes first went wide with shock then slowly dimmed to from there rich golden color to glazed orbs of a dull orange. She saw blood swirling in the whirlwind. Whether it was Sesshoumaru's or not she didn't care she had to stop what ever was happening.
Kagome reached back, notching an arrow and aimed for the center area that Sesshoumaru was trying to attack. She said a silent prayer to herself as she pulled back the bow, and let the arrow fly towards its target.
The arrow lit with a pink glow as it struck its target. The whirlwind stopped, the man inside dropped to the ground, and Sesshoumaru was thrown several feet from the lighting blue eyes that glared at Kagome as she notched another arrow. But before she could let it go, the youkai vanished in to the darkness of the night sky.
Kagome ran over to Sesshoumaru's lifeless form, taking it in to her arms, calling to him. His eyes where transfixed in a perpetual gaze into the night. His body shook has if he where freezing though he felt warm to the touch. After a second his markings started to slowly fade back into his face, and his color returned. His eyes returned to their normal appearance and he still shook violently.
Slowly he became aware of what was going on around him. First his senses came back, then his vision returned and he found he was staring up into Kagome's tearful blue-grey eyes. He tried to move but his whole body tingled, and had pain shooting though it, and shook uncontrollably. After a minute that too left him, and he sat up, putting Kagome's fears to rest as to whether or not he was ok.
They walked over to the man's body; his eyes still open frozen in fear and horror. His skin pale but not grey like the others, Though he was not wounded he laid in a pool of his own blood.
Kagome turned away from the terrible site. As Sesshoumaru, tried to gain some sense of which way it had gone. Though there was no scent in the air other than the mans, and no tracks. He glanced down, sure that it didn't get to finish the job, so maybe that would slow it down, and give them a chance to make a plan. He turned to the woman behind him, and they started to return to their camp site.
Kisho sat frozen, staring into the fire. He knew they were still alive. He had seen it all as if he where really there. Then all of his dreams where like that, ones where he could see someone in need of help but never able to help, only able to watch. He could feel the man's fear, and sadness pouring out of him as the blood swirled. He could feel his father's rage, shock, then fear, as he was stopped cold from aiding. His power slowly taken away. He could feel it relishing in the power it had over the youkai lord. He felt the sting of the arrow as it hit, and the bastard's anger at his mother for stopping its feeding.
But she was safe he wouldn't have to say goodbye just yet. He felt a single tear run down his face, as he pulled out the note and allowed his finger to trace his name. He could remember the last day he spent with his mother the day she had wrote the notes, and given them to him.
----Flashback----
"Why do I have to go alone, it is just not fair." He stomped his foot earning an annoyed glance from her.
"I told you Kisho, we can't stop it here, it has destroyed so much and became too strong." She returned her attention to the paper and writing.
"I don't want to go, I can't leave you. I have to protect you." He set his hand on her shoulder.
"I know you want to, but you can't you are not strong enough right now to protect me by yourself, and I can't keep protecting us both." She gave him a warm smile, and gripped his hand in hers. As she continued, "The only way I can hope that you will make it is to send you back."
"How do you know I will be sent to the right place, and not someplace completely different?"
"I don't; that is why we have to pray that this works. This is bigger than both of us, it will mean so many lives saved, Kisho do you understand? This could save the lives of your father, Miroku, Sango, and countless others."
"But why is it so easy for you to give me up and send me away. Are they more important then me?" Tears where rolling down his face now, as he waiting for his answer.
She turned to him, tears welled up and pure sadness was on her face as she grabbed her son and pulled him close to her.
"It is nothing like that. You are more important to me than the whole world but there isn't going to be much of a world left for you to live in if this youkai isn't stopped. I can't live with the idea that you would be force to hide for the rest of your life. At least in the past you would have a chance. A chance to live be happy, grow up, become strong, maybe even find a girlfriend when you grow up."
"EWW!!! Come on mom I hate all girls except you." He face twisted in to a scowl as he stuck his tongue out at her.
She giggled, and patted him on the head as tears ran down her face. He looked at her confused then hugged her tight.
"Why don't you go say goodbye to everyone now then get ready to leave" She pulled away from him, looking down into his eyes. He nodded and turned away from her and walked outside. Once she was sure he was out of sight she turned back to her table.
"Ok self your going to have to take good care of him. He is the most important thing to me, maybe even get his stubborn father to care about him." She picked up her pen and continued writing.
Kisho walked to the god tree. He had been there what seemed like a million times ever since he could remember. He looked around the tree and saw a sword sticking out of the ground first. He looked down at the stone tablet underneath the sword that bore his father's name on it.
"I hate you, you know that. If you hadn't just blindly jumped into that fight with it, you might still be here. And I would have had a real family." He took in a deep breath allowing his anger to flow away from him, "but I guess I can't be mad at you right now, because you see I am hopefully going to be seeing you real soon."
He reached out and touched the Toukijin with his clawed hand, "I might even be able to see you use this famed sword that could contend the tetsusaiga." He walked away left those to be his last words to his father's memory.
He stopped at the other graves of Sango, Miroku, and Shippo, placing flowers on their markers saying a few words of good bye to them before he made his way to Inuyasha's grave.
"Hey uncle!" his voice was happy and up lifted. "I guess this is the last time I will have to talk to you this way. I am going to be leaving soon. I am afraid to go back there, everything will be so different. Everyone I have mourned will be alive again, which will make me happy but they won't remember me." He voice was now low as he admitted this to himself and his late relative, as he knelt there. "I am not sure what to expect really, I have heard all the stories of your search for the tama, and my father's attempts to kill you for the Tetsusaiga. But I also know my father has a kind spot some where in him he protected and felt in love with mother when he saved her before I was born. Even if no one thinks he did. I wish I knew exactly when I was going, then maybe… oh well it doesn't matter now does it.
He jumped to his feet, "But hey I finally got the Tetsusaiga, for my birthday last week, I can carry it around everywhere now, and make it transform just like you did." He bowed to the grave of his uncle, "Well I got to go Mom is making a special meal for me tonight, seeing as I am leaving in the morning. I will try to remember to thank you for all you have given me when I see you. Goodbye Uncle Inuyasha"
He ran to the edge of the clearing they had made around the god tree. He turned around and saw all the shadows of the weapons and the god tree join in the middle as the wind blew, relaxing him. He could almost feel their presents here with him.
"Goodbye."
It was just about dark when he got back to the hut they lived in. He could smell the food she was making and he ran for the hut, sitting down at the table. He hungrily ate his food.
"Now remember Kisho try not to tell them exactly who you are." Her eyes were stern as the fire's light reflected in them.
He nodded, "I remember mother."
"But if you should happed to tell them give them these. Only if they know who you really are ok?"
"I got it. WE have been over this a million times."
"I know but it is important."
Both mother and son froze as they started to lie down to sleep for the night. Each feeling a presents that should not be that close.
"Kisho grab you bag now."
"But I am not supposed to leave…"
"NOW!! " Kagome grabbed her bow and arrows, as Kisho put the small bag in to his shirt with the letters, and she grabbed up the Tetsusaiga, and her son. Then stepped out of the hut.
"It is the shikon, but it is almost complete. We have to make a break for the well. It wants our one piece and if it gets it where done." Kisho wrapped his arms around her as she ran full tilt towards the well.
Kisho watched as the giant shadow consumed the village as they made it in the forest. He could feel how strong the youkai truly was. He suddenly released how childish he was being earlier that day and how much he needed to go back now.
"I am sorry mother."
She grabbed him tighter, "For what dear." Her word were space between breaths
"For bring the Shikon back."
"It wasn't your fault, just like it wasn't mine, you where just born with it."
"But if I…"
"If you hadn't been born with it I couldn't try to save you."
He sat silent letting her carry him to the well. She tried to deflect the branches from hitting him on the way there, though he felt the cold sting of every one that hit his back.
He remembered the sudden shock of his head hitting the well when she hit the ground, as her legs giving out. He watched as she reached into her shirt for the Shikon shard. Then the crash of the trees being crushed as the shadow youkai blew through the forest.
His heart jumped into his throat when she turned from him, firing an arrow towards it. But as he saw the barrier go up, he knew what she had done. Brought them some time.
She ripped the shard from the chain and placed in his hand not letting go of it as she picked up the Tetsusaiga. He watched her eyes well with tears as she held it close to her heart. Then she was broken out of her thoughts, she handed it to him.
She reminded him of what needed to be done and she looked at her son one last time, as she hugged him stopping any words from him.
She told him she loved him after he heard the barrier give way, but before he could answer she place the Tetsusaiga into his hand, and closed his hands around the shard. Then he was falling.
------End flashback----
Kisho's eyes over flowed with tears as he continued to trace characters on the paper, lost in the replaying memory of that day, "I love you, too" he whispered. He never got the chance to say he loved her or goodbye that night, and that fact still hurt.
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"I can't believe we have found this many shards." Shippou exclaimed perching on Inuyasha's shoulders, staring at the three shards that he held.
'Feh' was the only answer he offered before he slumped back against a tree staring a cross the fire as he stowed the shards into his haori.
"They aren't pure like they should be." Miroku spoke somberly, "Only Kagome could do that."
"It just doesn't seem the same," His eyes reflected painfully the light of the fire. "I wonder how she is doing?"
"I am sure she is fine my friend." Miroku was trying his best to reassure his friends as well as himself of that. "She is strong, I am sure that Sesshoumaru is making sure she is safe."
"When do you think she will come back Miroku?" The kitsune cub was looking wide eyed. Miroku signed not fully sure what to say to him that wouldn't start him crying again. It had taken them quite some time to get him to stop before.
"When she defeats the Shadow Youkai, and feels it is safe to join us." Sango petting Kirira who was sleeping on her lap as the night drew on. The same camp fell deadly silent.
Inuyasha looked up towards the western sky, he felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end. Something is wrong, he told himself. He couldn't exactly say what was out of place or wrong but he couldn't help but feel something amiss.
He stood up and walked to the each of the fire's light staring out into the forest searching for the unknown. He was so taken by the odd feeling he had be didn't even notice that the others where now standing next to him trying to see what it was he was seeing.
"What is it Inuyasha?" he was snapped back to reality when two green eyes peered down in to his face, from the top of his head.
"I am not sure but something doesn't feel right." Miroku nodded he to had been sensing something but had not mentioned it.
"I do feel it." Inuyasha pushed Shippou off his head and on to the ground with a loud thump, as he stepped that way.
"I think we should check it out." The other each nodded their agreements, but seeing as everyone was tired from their travels none of them moved on it. They each settled down for the night and they would head that way tomorrow.
