Hey im back! What? That make you unhappy? GOOD! You cant get rid of me! Im like that annoying relative that always shows up when not wanted. Well even though I only got 4 reviews I'm gonna update this because three of them were just glowing ones from such great writers. But that dosent mean I'm gonna be so nice next time! Got It!? Besides you should review me. Cause I always answer you and if you got a story I'm reading I'll do some PR on it. I like to think that I'm a good judge of story's (even though I may not be) so if you se me repin someone's story check it out! You can find a story I talk about in my profile in the favorite stories section.

Loki*-*TheGimScreamer: Thank you very much for the review and your advice. I re-read the story and I agree about the detail of the scenery. I will try to go into more detail on it. The reasons for the lack of thoughts form our dear Kagome was because she was in a dream and as we all know you don't think much why'll your dreaming. Well at least I don't. Come to think about it, I don't think that much at all. And on the whole Nar/Kag thing it was just me looking for more of a reason to beat his ass later in the story.

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Chapter 2: The Choices of Ryllis

Inuyasha sat in his tree and looked out over the forest near there camp. According to his map there was a trail that would take them straight through the forest and into Kaede's village by nightfall. 'That is if I decide to wake them up,' Inuyasha thought staring down at his friends. His pride had been stung so badly that he couldn't even look at his friends in the face without turning red.

'Cursed human blood,' thought Inuyasha, 'this wont happen again once I get the jewel completed. Ill be a full demon and stuff like this will never happen again.'

Inuyasha grinned but the smile soon faded. The shard was nearly complete. Only the pieces in Koga and Kohaku remained besides the few that Naraku had. What was he going to do once he made his wish? His whole life had been dedicated to turning himself into a full demon, but he had never once thought about what he would do once he accomplished it.

'Feh, Ill worry about it when the time comes' he said to himself.

Inuyasha turned his attention again to his sleeping friends. 'The battle tired them out. All the more reason to get to Kaede's village quickly. I haven't come to the village from this direction for a long time and these lands aren't familiar to me. With everyone exhausted we will be sitting ducks.' Inuyasha sighed, 'Ill give em a few more hours of rest and then will head out.'

Inuyasha looked out over the forest. Just then a brilliant blue flash lit up lit up the sky, so bright that it made Inuyasha blink furiously to clear his eyes.

'What the hell,' thought Inuyasha. As he looked out again another flash, this time bright yellow, came up as Inuyasha's amazing ears heard something deep in the woods explode.

'I need to check this one out,' the hanyou thought as he leaped down from his tree. He darted off to the entrance of the trail but was cut off by the sudden screaming of his friend Kagome.

'The fuck is going on here!' Inuyasha asked himself bewildered as he ran back to the screaming Kagome.

Inuyasha stooped over Kagome and shook her hard but it did not bring her out of her demented state. "Kagome wake up!," he yelled and shook her harder. "Damn it Kagome wake up!," he screamed. But Kagome continued to thrash around and scream.

Inuyasha was really beginning to worry. With nothing else coming to his mind he reached back his hand and slapped Kagome hard across her face.

Kagome finally quieted and relaxed. Her eyes opened and looked into the concerned golden eyed face of Inuyasha. "Wha? Inuyasha?" she asked confused, "What happened? Where are those people?"

Inuyahsa took hold of Kagome, as tears began to well up in her eyes, and wrapped his arms around her shaking body.

"Shh. It's okay, it was just a nightmare, your safe now. Nothin can hurt you while I'm here.," Inuyasha assured her, whispering quietly into her ear and cradling her body in his arms. 'Man that sounded corny,' he thought, 'I don't think I even said anything that mushy to Kikyo!'

Sango, Shippo, and Miroku who, although, had slept right through Kagome's screaming, strangely seemed to be unable to sleep through the small noises of Kagome's sobs and woke up to the scene of Inuyasha's arms wrapped around Kagome.

"Ah it is good to see that Inuyasha has finally admitted his feelings for young Kagome," the monk commented looking on.

'Curses,' Inuyasha thought to himself, 'Why is it im always caught in this position?' "She was having a nightmare you stupid monk," Inuyasha barked at him, "and if you don't shut up your gonna wish what I'm gonna do to you is nightmare."

Sango sat up and took Kagome out of Inuyasha's arms and began asking Kagome about her dream. Seeing Kagome safe in the hands of a friend Inuyasha got up and walked over to Miroku.

Noting the look on Inuyasha's face the sharp minded monk looked intently at the half-demon. "That wasn't the only thing that occurred while we were asleep was it?" he asked.

Inuyasha shook his head. "Just before she woke up I was looking over the forest and two flashes of light went off some way in," he explained, "I was about to check it out but then I heard Kagome screaming so I had to turn around."

Miroku took all of this information in and turned to look into the forest. "So what do you think we should do now?" he asked turning back to Inuyasha. "Avoid the forest and go around?"

"No. Way too long it will take an extra week to go around. If anything this makes me want to get through that forest quicker." Inuyasha looked over at Kagome who had finally stopped shaking and crying from the nightmare, and was now being rocked gently in Sango's arms as Shippo frantically tried to figure out what was going on. "Were all way too tired to fight and it seems that there is probably some trouble in this area. I don't know these lands to well so the best thing to do is get through them as quick as possible." he said turning back to the monk.

Inuyasha walked over to the entrance of the trail through the woods. "I'm gonna go ahead and make sure the trail is safe." He called back over his shoulder. "When I come back we make a straight line as quick as we can to Kaede's village. You watch over things here. And keep your eyes open. Somethin aint right about these woods."

Miroku nodded to Inuyasha and then in the time it would take to blink the silver haired hanyou was gone, dashing off into the woods. ~~~~~~~~

Kagome could feel her body shudder in the arms of Inuyasha as she cried. 'Just stop crying,' she told herself, 'Just stop, get up and walk away.' But no matter what her mind said her body would not listen.

'It was just a dream. Nothing else. Nothing but a stupid nightmare.' Kagome assured herself. 'You didn't see those people. You didn't see Naraku attack them. Naraku didn't rape you. He didn't say he was coming after Inuyasha. It was just a nightmare.'

Kagome told this to herself again and again. She felt herself being slid into the arms of Sango and heard her whispering calming words into her ear. Shippo was bouncing around her, asking if she was okay and why she was crying but she could not bring herself to answer.

'It was just a nightmare,' Kagome told herself again, nearly forcing her into believing it. Finally her body stopped shaking. Shakily she sat up and looked into Sango's face.

"You all right Kagome?" she asked.

"Yeah I guess so." Kagome said brushing the tears away from her eyes. She then pushed her hair behind her ears, a habit she had developed over her time in the Feudal era as of late. Whenever she got nervous she would just start messing around with her hair.

"What was your nightmare about Kagome?" Shippo asked seeing that Kagome was now capable of listening to him.

Kagome looked down at the little kitsune. "I can't really remember." she lied. "It was just really horrible."

Shippo turned his head to an angle, giving Kagome a questioning look. Kagome was as equally puzzled with herself. 'Why did I just straight up lie to him?' she asked herself.

She was spared the thought as Sango cut in to her and Shippo's conversation. "Some people can't remember there dreams or nightmares Shippo." she explained. "And when it comes to the case of nightmares it is better that way."

This seemed to satisfy Shippo as he hugged Kagome's arm. "Good, I don't like to see you cry Kagome." He hugged her again and then went off to get something to eat from her backpack.

"You sure you're okay?" Sango asked as Kagome got up. Sango could not as easily shake off the image of Kagome sobbing in her arms as the young Kit and her eyes were dripping with concern.

"I'm fine, really." Kagome told her. "I just need to stretch out a bit."

Sango nodded and Kagome walked off towards the trail entrance where Miroku stood guard. Kagome wondered why she had just lied twice to two of her most trust worthy friends.

'No I'm not okay,' she said to herself. Kagome could not get rid of the feeling of those vines grabbing at her extremities. Creeping under her clothes. Violating her in so many ways. She shivered even with warmth of the mid-day sun in the air and wrapped her arms around her chest.

Miroku noticed Kagome walking up and nodded in greeting. "Where is Inuyasha?" she asked him.

"He went to scout the trail ahead. Apparently while we were sleeping some type of disturbance occurred in the woods. He wanted to make sure the trail was safe before we headed on." Miroku then looked intently at Kagome. Kagome couldn't help but turn red a little. The twin violet eyes of Miroku had that affect on people. Even though the monk screwed around a lot his eyes always had such a serious look it made the beholder feel like he was peering into the depths of their soul. The knowledge that Kagome had of Marko's past only made him seem more intelligent.

"The main question is are you okay? You had Inuyasha pretty freaked out there for a second." he told her.

'How many times am I gonna get asked this?' Kagome asked herself. "I'm okay, just a little shaken up that's all." Suddenly a little picture of Miroku popped up in her mind. 'The main question is why do you lie when people ask you this question?' The picture asked her. Kagome shoved the image away.

Miroku did not seem to buy her answer though. He fixed Kagome with another stare and said, "Something tells me that you're not telling the truth, Kagome. You may be able to lie to Sango and Shippo but I'm not hat easy."

'Damn intuitive monk!' Kagome cursed silently. She shifted under the man's gaze, raking her brain trying to come up with something to break the uncomfortable silence of Miroku's words.

"No really Miroku I'm........" Kagome's words were cut short as she leaned against a tree and one of its knobby branches poked into the side of her rib cage.

"AHH!" she exclaimed all of her breath leaving her in a hiss and she fell down to both knees clutching her sides convulsively.

"Kagome are you okay?" Miroku asked running over to her.

"My side, It hurts," she managed to gasp out loud through the pain that racked through her.

Sango and Shippo had just come up trying to find out what had happened to Kagome. "What's going on?" the huntress asked Miroku.

"I don't know. Something seems to be hurting lady Kagome's ribs." He focused on Kagome again. "Kagome lift up your shirt."

'What the monk asked something like that and didn't get slapped for it. I must still be dreaming.' Kagome thought to herself. She looked over to Sango to see her nodding in agreement. Slowly she lifted up her shirt just enough to show her ribs.

Sango gasped and Miroku went pale. Shippo squealed and nearly started to cry. "Kagome your ribs are covered in bruises!" Sango explained, looking like she was fighting the urge to throw up.

Kagome looked down at herself and nearly fainted. All around her side, front and back rib cage blue and purple bruises covered every inch of her normally flawless skin. It was as if some giant snake had wrapped around her and tried to squeeze the very life out of her.

Kagome's heart skipped a beat and her blood turned to ice when she went over that thought again. 'The nightmare,' she thought, 'What is going on to me?'

Kagome was so wrapped up in her thoughts she barely heard Miroku telling Sango to go get bandages. Miroku continued mumbling incoherent words to her but Kagome was not listening. Her thoughts were elsewhere. Back in that forest. With those people. And Naraku. The vines. A chill went through her body and goose bumps shivered up her skin.

'Did it really happen?' she asked herself, 'Did that horrible thing really happen?' Questions flew through her mind like dust clouds being whipped up by a tornado. She was finally brought back by Miroku's hands on her ribs as pain shot through her from the light contact.

"...... still can't believe you didn't tell us you had been injured in that last battle. It looks like you'll be okay, there not broken but they are definitely badly bruised. Will need to have Kaede check them out, but you will not be seeing action for quite some time that is for sure." Miroku continued on like this as he started to apply the bandages. Kagome winced and gasped every time he applied the slightest ounce of pressure to her ribs. When he was finally done he led her back over too the resting space by the tree where as Shippo followed jumping up in down trying to find out why the woman he thought almost as a mother was in so much pain.

"Lie down and don't move around too much till Inuyasha comes back, okay?" he asked. Kagome nodded and Miroku went to go confer with Sango.

Kagome laid there, not troubling herself with the little Kitsune's constant questions concerning her state. Finally Shippo gave up and curled up close to her ready to help her when she needed it. Millions of thoughts went through Kagome's mind, moving at the pace of a speeding car. She almost felt like she was about to explode when Inuyasha ran back into the camp.

"Inuyasha we have a...." Miroku went silent at the look on Inuyasha's face. There was a mix of everything on it. Hatred, surprise, confusion, even what looked like fear. 'The hell.......' Kagome thought looking over.

"Inuyasha what is it?" Miroku asked, slightly alarmed at the look on the hanyou's face.

"What is it Inuyasha?" Kagome repeated the monks question when the half-demon didn't answer. She rose from her position on the ground, wincing slightly from her ribs, and walked over towards the group with Shippo at her side.

"You guys might wanna come see this." Inuyasha told them, and led them onto the trail once they packed there stuff. ~~~~~~~~~

Kagome walked at a quick pace with the rest of the group. Inuyasha had told them nothing of what he had seen only that he could not describe it. He was moving very quickly as if whatever was there would disappear before they got to it.

Whatever it was Kagome knew it was serious. Once he had gotten information from Miroku on Kagome's injuries he had only told her to not be so stubborn about telling them of her injuries and that was it. No taunts, no curses, just a reprimand and then silence. 'Whatever happened has him spooked,' she thought, 'and big time.'

Kagome winced as her side gave off a flare of pain when she tripped momentarily over a rock. She still could not understand what had happened to her. She had been asleep. She had even asked Inuyasha if she had been at the camp the whole time he had watched guard. This only got her a quizzical look from the hanyou and an offhand answer, "What do you think you woke up in the campsite."

Kagome began to get frustrated with herself. She didn't understand how could something that had had not happened still affect her physically? She kept asking herself this question until her head ached and this caused her sides to hurt even more. 'I need to rest,' She thought. "Inuyasha how far are we from this place?"

"Will be there in a few moments." He answered and that was all she got out of him. Kagome sighed and glanced around, finally taking a look at the woods around them. If there was the one thing she loved about her trips to the feudal era it was the unspoiled beauty of the lands. Trees were everywhere, in places where they belonged. Not some plants that were set up so the government could make it's town look prettier to guests. Trees that had actually just been randomly put down as a seed and grew there, unrestricted by the confines of humanity. She felt strange though, as if she had been here before. But that was stupid, she and Inuyasha had never been to Kaede's village by this direction before. 'Must look like some of the other forest we've been through.' she told to herself.

The woods around her were especially beautiful. Lush vegetation grew all around her. A never ending row of trees seemed to go beyond sight. Kagome turned around a bend in the road and looked on expecting to see more of the beautiful forest and stopped short.

What she saw was a wasteland. The entire left side of the forest had been completely destroyed. What looked like tiny glass shards covered what had been the forest floor. Absolutely nothing living had survived the wreckage.

As the others bombarded Inuyasha with questions on who or what was capable of this, Kagome seemed frozen in herself. 'God someone tell me I'm still dreaming. Please wake me up.' Kagome pinched herself and felt it. 'God it wasn't a nightmare it happened. It really happened. What the hell is going on here? What is happening to me?'

Kagome was shaken out of her thoughts as Inuyasha yelled out "Quiet!" silencing the monk, kitsune, and demon huntress. He led them a little bit farther down the path. Kagome didn't gasp out loud like the others did, because she already knew what was there. Scattered in the road were the four unconscious bodies of the ones she had seen in her dream.

"There all still alive but badly injured." Inuyasha explained. "I didn't bring them back to camp because I didn't know if it was safe to move them."

Miroku moved over to the bodies of the travelers, slowly checking each one. Finally he walked back to his friends. "The half-demon seems to have taken a heavy blow to the head. He is not bleeding and if he has the same recuperation powers as you Inuyasha then he will be okay. The one black man seems to have be alright. It looks like he was suffocated but he is now breathing easy. The fairy and the fire elf on the other hand....." he paused, "The fairy seems to have broken both her left leg and arm. The fire elf is much worse off though. I cannot be sure but she may have broken her spine. You were wise not to move them Inuyasha. Doing so to her could have resulted in death for her." Miroku looked at Inuyasha, "They all have extremely powerful auras. Do you have any idea of what was capable of defeating them?"

"I don't have an idea, I know," Inuyasha sneered, "This trail has Naraku's scent all over it." Inuyasha's voice bubbled with rage when he spoke his name.

"What should we do?" Sango asked Miroku, bringing the attention back to the injured traveler's.

"We need to take them to Kaede's village immediately." He said. "Kirara will need to take two on her back and Inuyasha will need to carry another. We need to make a temporary stretcher for the fire elf so you and I can carry her so she doesn't get jostled and injured worse."

"Let's move quick." Inuyasha told them. "The longer we are in this forest the larger the risk."

Inuyasha quickly cut down wood and then roped it all together using rope from Kagome's pack. Then slowly and carefully he lifted the unconscious fire elf and placed her on the stretcher. Kirara then transformed and took both the black man and the fairy onto her back. Finally Inuyasha picked up the Hanyou and they headed off to the village at the quickest pace they could muster with their new burden.

Kagome walked quickly along with the rest of her companions in a daze. She felt that in her heart, that something terrible had occurred. And there was nothing she could do to stop it. ~~~~~~~~~~~

Sango finally placed the last layer of bandages around the hanyou's head. On the way to the village Inuyasha must had been to rough with his cargo and a wound had opened up on the half-demons head where he had been hit.

Sango looked up from her finished job and viewed the rest of last nights work. All four of the travelers had been taken right in to Kaede's hut for treatment. Since Miroku had to put forth all of his spiritual effort on the fire elf, the duty fell to Sango to take care of the other three since Kagome was in no shape to take care of anyone and Inuyasha had no skills in healing.

Sango walked around the room checking each one of the travelers to see if they were doing okay. Despite the opening of the hanyou's head wound it looked like he was gonna be okay. Sango wondered back to their entrance to the village and meeting Kaede. When Kaede had seen the half-demon Sango had been sure that she had seen a brief look of shock pass over the old woman's face. She may have been wrong, but Sango believed that there was going to an interesting story to tell when the half-demon awoke.

Sango then came to the black man. He seemed to be okay. It looked like had gotten knocked out from lack of air and he would be getting up soon. This really didn't matter to Sango, what did was that this was the first black skinned man she had seen in her life. Sango remembered stories that her father had told her of a land very far away. In that land lived people who had dwelt so long under the sun that there very skin had been burned to the color of black. They lived on vast plains of grasslands were creatures of amazing diversity dwelled. Large grey animals the size of houses with thick grey armor for skin and teeth loner than her. Great cats with long hair sprouting from their necks and others that ran at speeds that not even Kouga could match, the spots on their yellow coats becoming blurs in mere seconds. And wild horses with stripes of white and black running down their fur. To Sango this place sounded to heaven like her, a wild untamed land where she could live freely. 'Maybe I can ask this man about it when he wakes,' she thought to herself.

Sango came next to the fairy. This was where she had to spend much gut wrenching and agonizing hours over. She had set many broken bones in her life but that didn't change how much she hated the sound of bones grinding against each other as she put them back in place. And with her she had to set both the left leg and left arm. She was glad that the fairy had been unconscious during the event. She didn't think she would have been able to take the screams she would have invoked with her work. Despite her worries though, Sango had set the bones well and the fairy was resting peacefully, her butterfly wings curled under her back.

Finally Sango came to the fire elf. If what she had gone through with the elf was agonizing, then Miroku's struggles with the elf must had been unbearable. All through the night, since they had arrived at the village during sunset, till night finally began to lift and go towards morning, Miroku had sat over the elf, bringing all of his powers as a monk to full bear to heal the paralyzed elf. Few monks had the power to give full movement back to one who had been paralyzed but Miroku had become strong over their journey. As dawn approached a sweat covered Miroku informed Sango that he had fully healed the red skinned elf. Then he had left to sleep through the day, the same he told Sango that his patient must do.

Sango came back to the hanyou. Restlessly she began checking the bandage. Kaede had offered to watch after them but Sango refused, not being able to sleep. Now the tajiya was the only one of her group still left awake.

Satisfied the bandage was good, Sango turned her attention to the rest of the hanyou. Maybe the others hadn't noticed but to Sango the half- demon bore a striking resemblance to Inuyasha. He had the same silver hair and ears. The same build and what shocked Sango the most, the same curse necklace.

Sango bent over and examined the necklace. It was in every way, exactly like Inuyasha's. Black pearls with some fangs spaced evenly in between. 'Isn't this Kaede's work?' Sango asked her own mind. She wasn't sure if only Kaede was capable of putting on the curse necklace. Then what was with the look she had seen. Did Kaede know this half-demon? If so then why didn't she say anything? Things were getting way to confusing for Sango now, and she sat down and calmed her mind. They would learn what was needed when he awoke.

Sango wondered who held the power over this hanyou. A mental image of the fire elf telling the hanyou to sit formed in Sango's head. She snickered quietly.

With that small sound the half-demon's ice blue eyes suddenly shot open and whirled around the room. Startled Sango shot up and backed away towards the door.

The hanyou stood quickly and then a dazed look came over his eyes as he tried to deal with the pain rushing to his head. The hanyou blinked several times, clearing his vision. Then his eyes found Sango.

"Where am I?" he asked, an edge of panic taking over his voice. "What's going on? Where is Kiryoku?"

Sango took a tentative step forward. "It's okay, your......"

"Stay away from me!" He yelled, the panic in his voice rising. His eyes frantically searched the room, taking in each of his injured friends and finally coming to his sword laying by his side.

Sango backed up a few more steps as the half-demon unsheathed his sword. Her eyes went wide as flames burst around the blade and the hanyou pointed the end towards her.

Sudden realization dawned on Sango that she was blocking the only exit. To the freaked out hanyou it must have seemed that she was trying to keep him trapped in. 'Oh shit.' She thought. "Out of my way!" he yelled.

Demon hunter instincts took over as fires leapt forth from the blade and powered towards her. Before she had event thought about it she did a series of back flips out of the house and away from the flames, her body and reactions taking over when her mind was not fast enough.

Like a bolt of lightning the hanyou shot from the house, fiery sword extended. He stopped out in the street and frantically looked around the village.

"Where is Kiryoku!?" he yelled at Sango again, a wild look in his eyes.

"I don't know who your talking about." she said, trying to calm him down. She was completely unarmed and had no way of defending herself. She would have too use words to get out of this one. 'Not exactly my strong suit either,' thought Sango grimly.

"You lie!" The hanyou roared and leapt at her with his fiery sword swinging.

Sango's agile body went into action, dodging, weaving, and escaping the blows. She kept up the dance with speed that only the demon hunters of her village could only boast of. But not even she could do this forever. Her body began to tire.

With a quick unexpected move the hanyou kicked her feet right out from under her. Before she could even cry out the fiery blade was screaming down towards her neck. Sango closed her eyes. 'Well cant say I didn't have a good run,' she thought.

A loud clanging sound rung out through the air above her. 'What the...?' Sango opened her eyes to see Inuyasha standing over her, tetsuiga blocking the flaming sword. Every muscle of Inuyasha's body seemed to strain from the pressure.

With one mighty shove of power, Inuyasha sent the half-demon flying into a house. People ran away, screaming at the top of their lungs.

Kagome ran over to Sango's side, coming down to one knee to help her friend up. "Are you okay Sango?" she asked, concern in ever syllable of her words.

"I'm fine," she answered, shakily rising to her feet. Her eyes found Inuyasha squaring off with the half-demon who had climbed out of the wreckage of the house.

"Tell me where Kiryoku is, or I will tear this whole village apart looking for her!" he threatened, leveling his sword at Inuyasha.

"Listen pal, I don't know who the hell this Kiryoku is but I can promise you wont touch this village without coming through me." Inuyasha warned him, bringing the tetsuiga to an at ready position.

"That can be arranged!," the hanyou roared and he bore down on Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha, don't hurt him!" Kagome yelled out to him.

"I wont! That much anyway." Inuyasha charged and met the hanyou's attack with his own.

The two engaged in furious swordplay. Leaping into the air, running on the top of buildings, the whole village turned into their battle field. People scrambled madly to get out of their way lest they became part of the battle.

The fight seemed to be even with neither gaining the upper hand. But Sango noticed the hanyou was beginning to take the advantage. Inuyasha was fighting at a defensive, trying only to wound and not killed. This cut his attack repertoire almost in half. This coupled with the panic driven death blows the hanyou was trying to land, and things begin to look bad for Inuyasha.

Both leaped into the air and the two swords met. With lightning quick speed the hanyou kicked the tetsuiga out of Inuyasha's grasp and punched him straight down. With a cry of victory the half –demon came flying down, sword aiming for the prone form of Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled in terror and shock, watching as the fiery sword came flying down at her friend.

The sword clove down through the air.......

"SIT BOY!"

A shocked look passed over the hanyou's head as he was suddenly pile drived head first into the ground. He pulled his head out of the ground, a dazed look on his face.

Sango looked over at Kagome with wide eyes. "I didn't say it," Kagome said with an equally stupefied look on her face.

"Honestly. Were not even in a town for more than a day and he is already causing trouble. Can he be taken anywhere?"

Many sets of eyes turned towards Kaede's house from where the voice had come. Standing calmly in front with a walking stick as a crutch was the fairy.

"I mean if he keeps acting like this were gonna never be allowed to go any where," she stated as if she didn't even notice that everyone in the village was staring at her.

"Kouketsu, wha, what are you doing?," the hanyou asked bewildered.

Kaede walked up and helped the inu-hanyou off the ground. "It will all be explained in a little while Ryllis. Now lets get you inside." And with that Kaede shooed everyone into her house and off the street. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"And then Inuyasha found you all laying unconscious on the road," Miroku told the three travelers. The fourth one, whom they came to know as Hinote, was still sleeping soundly.

"And you didn't find any young girl with us?" the hanyou named Ryllis asked while Kaede wrapped new bandages around his head.

"I'm sorry, but no we didn't," Sango answered with a downcast look on her face. "Who is this girl?" she asked.

"Her name is Kiryoku," the fairy known as Kouketsu answered. "She is the only mortal who really never regarded us with fear. When her parents were killed by Naraku we took her in." Miroku and everyone else looked expectantly at her but she did not continue.

"Sorry but that is not a story we want to retell at this time," Ryllis told them rising from the ground. "We thank you for your care and I apologize for the damage that was caused but we must get ready to leave soon." Ryllis looked out one of the windows and then spoke, almost to himself, "Naraku couldn't have gotten far."

"Sorry pal," Inuyasha said interrupting his thoughts. "But your not going anywhere till we get some more answers."

"Listen I don't have time to stick around here," Ryllis told him impatiently. "Once Hinote wakes up we will leave."

"Hinote will not be getting up for a while Ryllis," Miroku said, cutting in. "I healed her back but the amount of energy it required will have her exhausted for a very long time, almost a month."

"A month sounds like enough time to answer a few questions," Inuyasha sneered. The hanyou was none too happy with Ryllis, considering the guy had tried to relieve his shoulders of his head only just a few hours ago.

"Ryllis come on man," the black man named Brandon said, "There aint no harm in it. And it sounds like we gonna be here a while."

"Fine what do you want to know?" Ryllis conceded, plopping to the ground.

"Well what were you doing coming to Kaede's village anyway?" Kagome asked sweetly. She believed Inuyasha was being a little too harsh, and she was trying to tone down the situation a little.

"We were basically coming to visit lady Kaede," Ryllis explained, "We haven't seen her since we left for a village that was rumored to have some demon problems. We wanted to help out but it turned out to only be a trap by Naraku to get me. It happened 25 years ago."

"Perished, I thought ye did in that attack," said Kaede, "It was a surprise to see ye arrive last night. Too bad ye was in bad condition."

"We almost did," Kouketsu said, "We barely escaped with our lives from that death trap Naraku set for us."

"Why was Naraku after you?" Miroku asked, becoming interested with the story.

"He was after my sword," Ryllis explained, hefting up his small katana. "It's called the Tersaga. Made from one of the fangs of my father before he died. About the only good thing the worthless youkai left me. It has the power to control the elements. Naraku didn't like me possessing something so powerful."

Miroku's head whipped around to look at Inuyasha who was now clutching the Tetsuiga. 'Wasn't that how Inuyasha's sword was made?' Miroku asked himself.

Inuyasha's voice went from a sneer to low and serious in seconds. "Ryllis who forged that sword?" he asked, looking like he had seen a ghost.

"Huh. Ohh some old guy called Totosai. He apparently had forged a few swords for my father." Ryllis looked hard at Inuyasha. "What you know the guy?"

"Yeah I do," Inuyasha looked down at his sword. "He forged mine. Ryllis, do you remember your father's name?" he asked, looking up at the hanyou.

Ryllis looked over at Inuyasha with a cold stare. "No. He was never around to tell it to me. All I know is that he was some silver haired dog youkai that slept around with a bunch of women and left me and my mother out in the cold." His eyes took on a questioning look, "What's it to you?"

Inuyasha looked down at his sword. "Cause Totosai made me the tetsuiga." His voice got lower. "He forged it from the fang of a powerful inu-youkai. That youkai was my father."

The room got really quiet. Miroku swore that a pin could have dropped and caused an echo. Then with no warning, Ryllis got up and marched out of the cabin.

"The hell...." Inuyasha said bewildered. "Did I say some thing wrong?" he asked looking bewildered at Ryllis' companions.

"No you didn't. I'm sorry, you must understand. He hates his father." Kouketsu explained. "His mother died soon after his father left her. He despises everything about the demon, including himself. Just the fact that his father's blood runs through his veins disgusts him."

"And that puts you on his 'wanna kill a nigga' list," Brandon added in. "Since it looks like you and him got the same blood, bruh."

"You think I'm proud of my father?" Inuyasha asked, his voice taking a defensive edge. "Hell if I knew what was comin I would of told my mom to keep me inside her!" Then a small look of realization came over Inuyasha's face and he whipped around on Kaede.

"Wait a second you knew this guy!" he roared. "And I'm bettin you knew we were related! Why the hell didn't you tell me that I had a second brother?!" Inuyasha's face looked like it was about to erupt.

"The first reason was because ye was still pinned to a tree when I met the young hanyou." Kaede answered calmly. "The second reason is because I was told specifically by Myoga that in no way were ye supposed to know about him. He told me that your father wanted all knowledge of Ryllis to be kept from both ye and Sesshomaru."

'Hmm, this is interesting,' thought Miroku, 'It looks like that if Inuyasha tries to think anymore his head will explode.' And it definitely looked that way. Inuyasha's face was screwed up as he tried to deal with a million questions passing through his head. The biggest one being most likely why his father had wanted him to not know he had a second brother.

"Inuyasha come with me." Kaede standing up and headed outside. "It is past time ye had a talk with your brother." Inuyasha got up and followed, leaving everyone else in silence, thinking over the events that had just occurred. ~~~~~~~~~

Inuyasha and Kaede finally found Ryllis sitting on a branch high in a tree at the edge of the village. 'Keh, for a guy who hates his family so much he does a great job of imitating us,' Inuyasha mused.

"Go speak with him Inuyasha," Kaede told him, "He needs to learn acceptance and the best thing he can start with is his brother."

Inuyasha said nothing and leaped effortlessly into the tree, startling Ryllis.

"Easy pal. I aint gonna kill ya." Inuyasha walked down the branch and sat in front of his new found brother.

"All right listen man. I can understand ya for hatin the old man. He was a bitch and I can completely understand if you wanna leave," Inuyasha gave a mock sigh then continued, "But unfortunately I can already see were about to have a problem. Kagome's gonna go all 'Inuyasha we need to help them, it's the right thing to do and he is your family' and all that shit. She can really go crazy with that stuff."

Inuyasha looked his brother up and down. Ryllis remained quiet and starred down at his lap. 'Whew this won't be easy,' Inuyasha thought. 'Let's play the sympathy card.'

"Father also left me with nothing but a sword." Ryllis looked up at Inuyasha at this. "I had to spend my life fending for myself and living as an outcast. So I can see where you are comin from."

"Ryllis I'm gonna cut the crap." Inuyasha said as his last statement was greeted with another span of silence. "Your friends are hurt. They need time to heal. That girl Hinote will be out for almost a month with the energy it takes for the recovery of her back to return."

Inuyasha paused and then continued making sure had Ryllis' attention. "And your goin against Naraku. You need help to do it. We can help ya."

"Why?" Ryllis finally asked looking into the amber eyes of his brother.

Inuyasha struggled with the question in his head for a bit. "Well hey you're the first family member I had since my mom that didn't think I was a disgrace. Seems like the right thing to do." Inuyasha replied. "Just think of it as a chance to catch up, huh?" he said standing up.

Ryllis stood up with his brother and glanced across the village. "I guess we could stay for a little while." he said with slight reservation in his voice. Whatever he was thinking about suddenly left him though as his eyes drooped down as his stomach growled. "Okay fine. I'll stay but as long as I get some food." the inu-hanyou said rubbing his stomach

Inuyasha grinned, glad he had convinced him. "My bother Ryllis it is time to show you the infinite joys of ramen." ~~~~~~~~~~

So what yall think. Id like some input here! 5 reviews alright! I wont be so lenient this time! I hope the addition of a new brother works for yall. Anyway if you guys got questions ask them damnit! Ohh and I just wanna apologize for a mistake in my last chapter. I realize that Inuyasha changes at new moon. So just pretend that I said new moon. Peace out Bitches!

Your Lord and Master,
Ryan aka The Mutt