Isamu's Betrayal : Sango's Love

"SHE DID WHAT!" InuYasha barked as he jumped to his feet and proceeded to stomp to Miroku's and Sango's hut. Sighing, Kagome jumped in front of him before he could even get too close so that they heard him.

"Listen, it was her mother. What else did you expect her to do? If you go over there and flip out, the little girl, the newest member to our so called family will never tell us anything again."

"I thought I told her never to go out on her own, I forbade her to even go outside without even letting someone know…"

"You can't lock her in the house, and come to find out, her mother saved her life.."

"As well as endangered it-" He cut himself off as he saw her looking at them from around the base of a tree, her eyes wide with fear and sorrow. InuYasha sighed before looking at Kagome one more time, who poked out her lip and hudged her head towards Yutamiki. He walked over to her slowly before opening his arms as she threw himself in them, nearly making him fall back in the process. Gripping handfuls of his haori, she bawled her heart out, making them press their ears to there heads as InuYasha put himself on his knees and wrapped his arms around her as she cried. Kagome walked over and began running her fingers through her hair and rubbing her back, whispering words of comfort.

"I'm sorry! I know you said not too, but I thought I could trust mother, and then she said daddy had died, and something in me cracked, and it was like I was seeing through someone else's eyes. I'm sorry and I won't do it again!" She sobbed. InuYasha nodded his head and whispered words of comfort.

"It's alright, I don't blame you, but don't, neither of you, do that again. When Kagome told me I was worried sick." Yutamiki nodded and pushed herself closer to him. He squeezed her tight before lifting her up and walking.

"Would you like to talk to someone about this, Kaede, or Miroku?" He asked her deliberately. Kagome snapped her head to look at him and clucked her teeth as he ignored her gaze. She knew what he was up to, and he knew as well as she did what Yutamiki was going to say.

"Shippou. I want to see Shippou." InuYasha nodded as he walked to the hut to hear the baby crying. Setting her down beside Shippou, they looked at each other before Shippou jumped up and embraced her deeply, making her crying start all over again. Kaede asked InuYasha to watch the baby as her and Kagome went to gather herbs. InuYasha and Kagome agreed, and he hopped on the top of the roof, with the baby as they walked out of the village gates and to the eastern part of the forest.

"Are you ok?" Shippou asked her once she calmed down. She laid down on her side not facing him and nodded her head as she solemnly ran her fingers through her hair. Shippou watched the young girl, who seems to traumatized but what happened last night, it was like she was a whole different being. He went and began rubbing her back, watching as she stiffened but gradually relxed before turning around and looking at him, her eyes filled with lost hope and remorse, her soul broken, and everything that she ever lived for lost.

"I had a dream before I left.." She started spilling, completely unaware that InuYasha overeheard them. Shippou knew though.

"You catching this?" He murmered as she talked.

"Yeah." InuYasha said as he continued listening.

"…I saw two of them, one of them, I didn't sense any life in him, as well as a soul. But on the second one, I sensed a broken soul, and he was in a jar that was filling up with sand, like time was running out for him. Then I saw the lady, Kagome called, Hisaki. She said she needed me and the Shikon No Tama, and she would be the reason for the future destruction of the world. Momma says not to trust any man I see as my father, that he has long died, been separated from his soul that later became shattered. She said my love for my father may kill me." Shippou sighed as her eyes began watering again.

"Why would father want to kill me, and why would this Hisaki person want to end the world? I will be no part of it, I already lost too much, and I don't want the world to lose everything!" She threw herself into Shippou's arms and began crying again, letting all the pain she welled up inside flow freely like a boil on her skin. She cried for a bout an hour, until she couldn't feel her face anymore, and she still cried for about tne more minutes until she thought she was becoming blue in the face. Shippou could do nothing but hold her and inwardly cry for her, so much pain and loss this young girl had to go through. InuYasha hopped down and walked into the hut, and Yutamiki reached for the baby, holding him close to her chest.

"Kazuyu…"She whispered. "Kazuyu Daichu, eternal peace for the world." She gently kissed the baby on his forehead before handing him back to InuYasha. He smiled before pacing around with the baby in his arms before Kagome took him and began purring softly. Yutamiko watched silently, and grabbed her chest as he and Kagome looked off into the sky.

"Shikon No Tama…" They said in unison. Kagome shoved Tetsuyugo into the band around her waist that InuYasha had made for her and picked up her bow and arrows as InuYasha walked out of the hut behind her, one had securely on Tetsusaiga. They looked up to see Kagura coming down with Kohaku on her back. He looked like he was scared, nervous, and impatient. Sensing Naraku nowhere, InuYasha sighed as he stepped in fornt of Kagome just in case, folding his arms over his chest.

"InuYasha, he means no harm. He wants to help." She said as Yutamiki walked out into the hut and peered at the young boy who seemed lost, and she sensed an immense sadness as well as lonely coming from this boy, it radiated off of him like a barrier, not allowing anyone to mend his heart. She walked over to him and looked deep into his face, and smiled warmly.

"Worry not, it's not your fault." She whispered as she hugged him lightly and stepped back quickly. "Everything will be fine if you do what you know what's right." She ran back behind Shippou, who stayed in the doorway of the hut, out of harms way.

"Kagome, surely you since that the jewel is not being used. Look at him more closely InuYasha, this is the free Kohaku, not the slave." InuYasha snorted as he looked at the kid, whose eyes were filled with hope and sadness. When he was here to work for Naraku, Naraku's stench was all over him, and his eyes were cold, empty. Now, his smelled altered form that of Sango, and his eyes were full of emotions.

"Well, I'm glad to see you've decided to help. We can probably save you with Tensaiga, but we have to wait till Sango gets back. She'll be back about tomorrow morning, so sneak out at midnight and come here, and we will discuss this with her, as well as Sesshomaru, since it is his sword. What about Kanna?"

"She has no choice, but to stay in the castle. Naraku has the closest ties on her, so if we ever mess up, she'll be the one to pay." Kohaku said sadly as he looked off into the direction they had come. Kagome smiled and stepped in front of InuYasha before kneeling down in front of Kohaku.

"Don't worry, Sango's going to restart her bloodline, and she hopes when your free, you will too. We can't change the past, but we can alter the future." She smiled warmly at him as he blushed and stepped back behind Kagura.

"Until next time InuYasha…" She said as they floated into the air and away from them. InuYasha immediately turned to Yutamiki.

"You can't trust every person you see. It may as well kill you."

"I felt sadness in him, as well as lonely, and something told me he meant no harm. I knew nothing would happen, and I wanted to lighten his spirit, just a little."

"You can sense the emotions in people's auras, as well as if they have life or upon the living dead?" Yutamiki shrugged.

"I have no idea. I know it's kept me from being slaughtered countless times." Kagome giggled as InuYasha snorted and stomped back into the hut. He sat in the corner with a thump and began to pout as he thought about everything. Kagome said she fought Hisaki, and that the sword reacted like his. He didn't understand it. No way she could learn what took him about a few months in three minutes. Kagome was smart, but not that smart. And the fact that Naraku was following her orders baffled him, but he knew that after a time, she would come after Kagome, and they both had to be ready. He glanced at Yutamiki, who seemed deep in her own thoughts, holding a bottle of jewel shards that Kagome hadn't added to the jewel yet. They glowed and floated around, and she smiled at the brightness that shimmered through the glass.

A light shone on Kagome's chest followed by a warmness, and Izayoai appeared in front of them, wearing a beige dress. She smiled at all of them before staring at the frightened child who now sat in the corner. She walked over to her and held out her hands.

"Why do I frighten you child…." She whispered as she reached to touch her. Instantly Yutamiki screamed and threw her hands up as a barrier erected, preventing Izayoai from going any closer.

"Your not alive, yet you are not dead either. Stuck in the middle, not a demon, but no longer human. Just what are you?"

"I was a pure maiden that shared a soul with her sister. My sister eventually traded her soul to the Realm of the Dead for power, and I was sent here. That's what you sense. I am the Living Dead." Yutamiki gasped as Izayoai sat down away from her, and the barrier went down. For some reason, her mother wouldn't let this woman touch her. She wouldn't let her go near to her, and it didn't make sense. InuYasha frowned at the two women before closing his eyes to think again.

Ok, for some reason, Yutamiki's mother won't let her go near her. What's so bad about mother, that makes her not want to…Or maybe that's not mother. Maybe it's her memories, but in another being. No, that's crazy talk you foolish half-breed. He sighed inwardly as he opened his eyes and sniffed the air. No scent. It dawned on him. Even though she wasn't alive, she would have a scent, like Kikyou. He had been fooled all this time! He angrily growled, which went unnoticed, and Izayoai stared at him before smiling sadly.

"What's wrong?" Well she sure can act. He thought as he shook his head. The only thing that was bothering him was what was she doing here? And why did she stay with them? If she was a demon, she could have stole the Shikon No Tama a long time ago, yet she did not. Was she working with Hisaki, he could tell that they were sisters…that was the truth. But that was basically all he knew, and he fell prey to another trick. Surely Sesshomaru had to know as well, unless it's a spell. A spell that someone had cast on them.

Yutamiki said her father had disappeared about a month ago, the time when all this happened and Kagome had that dream. But it still didn't make sense. That meant that Yutamiki got her powers from her father's side, which meant that Kikyou had only gotten her powers by a family gene, not as a god given gift. She had told him her mother said he was long dead, that he soul was shattered, so is that what she does? Steal souls and turn the corpses into her slaves? InuYasha grimaced as understanding dawned on him. They had been tricked. A spell on them, to make them believe that Izayoai was his mother. He looked at her, to find a woman with no face to be staring at him. He smelt fear and nervousness before the demon looked away and focused in Kagome. It still didn't make sense. Hisaki was growing stronger, and they waited here for her….That was it! The demon made them wait as she got stronger!

She was working for her! She made us sit here like idiots and let her get stronger, taking jewel shards from under our nose…and we let her do it. Standing up and unsheathing Tetsusaiga, InuYasha held it to the demon's face with a dark scowl on his features.

"I've figured you out you disgusting youkai.." He sneered as 'Izayoai began crying.

"InuYasha-"

"Shut up. I know your not my mother. Kagome, take a closer look. Kikyou was dead, as in her body was brought back by sacrificing a soul, which happened to be hers anyway. Do you remember that Kikyou had a scent. It was slightly altered, but she still had one?" Kagome nodded slowly as she stared at 'Izayoai.' "Then why do you not have a scent." Kagome yelped and sniffed as she took a look at the demon with no face, now recognizing it as not being InuYasha's mother. She growled before standing to her feet andbaring her fangs, moving in front of Shippou and Yutamiki.

"Talk. Tell us all you know…."

"I know nothing, that a human with spiritual powers had set a curse on ye to see me as InuYasha's mother. I was forced to do it, and by the time my soul returned, it was far too late. My name really is Itachiko, and I am very sorry. Hisaki will be back, and she is very angry. Kill me now, please…" Itachiko sobbed.

"What about Naraku?" He demanded. "What do you know about Naraku?"

"I know that they despise one another, but listen to each other. I think Naraku, I have heard it from the rumors drifting in the wind, that he is going to absorb Hisaki once she is strong enough to his desire." Suddenly, Itachiko screamed in agony as she exploded into ashes.

"Hisaki knows…"Kaede whispered as she said a little prayer for the demon.

"Ye have to hide, but not here. Seek refuge far into the mountains, and put up a barrier, hiding you until you know what to do." Kagome nodded, as she had long learned how to put up a barrier. She grabbed her bag and nodded as she grabbed Yutamiki and InuYasha grabbed Shippou, and they ran for their lives. They ran past meadows, praires, over to the far west, past Sesshomaru's castle, until they were about 50 miles from Kaede's village. Coming across a cave, InuYasha glanced back at Kagome, who's face was not covered with fatigue. Noticing the cave, she sighed in relief as he mucles cried out in agony and they fell into a jog as they walked into the cave. Kagome went back outside after she set Shippou down and closed her eyes before folding her hands to her chest. Muttering a few words, she felt her energied form into her arms as she swirled them in a wide arc, watching as a barrier erupted from her arms, covering about a mile each direction from the cave, letting nothing go or see in, but letting them go or see out. She walked back in to see InuYasha making a fire and Shippou and Yutamiki looking sleepy sitting on his haori.

"I'm going to make to or three fires." He said as the first one lit up and he made one about 5 feet away from it. "It's a huge cave, and it's kinda cold in here." Fishing for sheets and blankets that took up about 67 of her bag, she laid a blanket on the floor before laying Shippou and Yukimiki on it, and drapping two sheets and another blanket over them, ceasing their shivering as they closed their eyes and drifted back to sleep.

"We all can fit in there." She said as she handed him back the haori ans snuggled close to one of the four fires he made that was slowly warming up the cave. "Or you can sleep in the sleeping bag if you want."

"I'll take the sleeping bag." He said quietly as he sniffed the air and twitched his ears before sighing and taking a seat next to the sleeping children.

"What's wrong?"

"I've should've knew a long time ago. I can't believe I thought…"

"Don't beat yourself up about it. Hisaki just hit a spot she knew you would believe easily like a kitten and a bowl of milk." She said with a sigh. InuYasha snorted before he whined again. She peered over his shoulder to look at him before kissing him on his cheek, grinning at the slight flush that came over his face.

"Keh!" He said as he looked at Yutamiki and Shippou. He sniffed the air and took a confused look at he stared at Kagome.

"Kilala? No Sango and Miroku?"

"That's strange…."InuYasha pondered as the feline youkai entered the hut. InuYasha winced as she had cuts and bruises all over her. She collapsed in front of him, and transformed to her tiny form. InuYasha picked her up and stood up as he glanced at the children, and the now awake Kaede.

"Ye should go in another hut…"She said as she stuck a bottle that Kagome had brung into the babies mouth. "The children need not hear this." InuYasha nodded as him and Kagome carried Kilala to Kaede's hut. He sat Kilala down by the fire and wrapped her up in his haori before she transformed again with a sigh.

"He came again…"She gasped softly as she shuttered and curled into a ball of pain instinctively. Surprise that she talked, Kagome stared at her before jumping up and rummaging through her bag for her first aid kit. When she found it, she quickly crawled to her side and began using achohol swabs to clean her wounds, apologizing whenever she hissed and jerked in pain.

"I smelled him before he was even there. They helped me fight him, but he was too strong. They can't die…I won't let them…They have to live for Kazuyu…"

"Save your strength, and tell me in the morning." InuYasha said as he ran his fingers through her fur sympathetically. She shook her head stubbornly and kept talking.

"I carried them away, they are with Kouga. I don't think he'll look for them, he says he needs the power of the girl… I tried to kill him, but he was too strong, demanding where the jewel was. He asked for a weak hanyou and a miko who claims stole his daughter…" Kilala became silent and passed out. Blood oozed and colored her peach fur, making Kagome grimace as she bandaged them.

"The same guy she was talking about before…He came back. Is he looking for Kazuyu?" Kagome shrugged as she wrapped Kilala in his haori and picked her up much like a baby.

"If so, we mustn't leave them alone. We have to go back." He nodded as they walked quickly back to Sango's and Miroku's hut, to find everyone awake. Yutamiki looked most frightened, as well as nervous.

"Someone's here, they are watching us…" She whispered as she cuddled closer to Shippou. "They are waiting…they won't go away…." She began trembling, making Shippou growl. InuYasha and Kagoem snarled as they reached for their swords. They walked outside as Kaede began putting ofudas on the door, sealing them inside.

"I don't care what happens, don't leave the hut." InuYasha warned as a man walked out of the morning light of the forest. InuYasha and Kagome staggered and covered their noses with their wrists as the man continued to walk closer. He was dead, at least his body was, a was for a long time, but he still had life in his body, like someone was controlling him, like his soul was not his, but that of another persons. He smiled vaguely before looking at the hut and smiling, revealing yellow cracked teeth.

"I've found her…Give her to me…" He held his arms out and began walking away from Kagome and InuYasha, around them towards the hut. InuYasha stepped over a little bit and waved his sword in a wide arc, warning the man to step any closer.

"Back off, whoever you want, they are not going anywhere with you. Who are you and what do you want?" He sneered.

"I am Isamu. I have come to retrieve my daughter, so she can fulfill her purpose. Extraordinary girl is she not, just like her mother…"He began chuckling as InuYasha's face darkened with hate.

"Your nasty, you've mated with Hisaki…I can smell it on you…" Kagome gasped. She sheathed her sword and nocked back her bow and arrow, aiming for Isamu's heart.

"Why do you fight? You are only prolonging her demise. She was created to be sacrifice, don't you understand, you two of all people, that the world now has to pay for the segregation of life? You, hanyou, of all people should know that judgement day is coming to the people, and that she is the key to it." InuYasha glanced back at the hut.

"The world shouldn't be destroyed because of hate in people's heart."

"Your wrong. We are trying to destroy the hate in humans, hateful humans. Trying to make a better world. We are working for you…"

"So is that her plan? Get rid of Naraku, and rebirth the world, so she can live with her beloved Onigumo? That makes sense, it's the only way we can save him…"Kagome thought, still biting her lips in concentration.

"We are only trying to help, now give me my daughter, so that she can make a better world, or do you want the world to die at it's own hands?" InuYasha let his sword down. He couldn't tell if he was lying or not, but he knew Yutamiki couldn't go with him. She didn't deserve to die, the girl was different, special. The man was playing with his conscious, knew what he wished when he was a child, knew about his tragic childhood, and he was using it against him, trying to make him understand how to make a better life for him. InuYasha shook his head stubbornly as he readied Tetsusaiga.

"I won't let you take Yutamiki. However…"He added, seeing Isamu's surprised expression. "I will find a way, to stop you, to save the world. True the world is evil, but that is not a reason to destroy it, because wherever there its good, there is evil, or else we would not exist." Isamu growled as he snapped his fingers and vanished into the chilly wind that suddenly blew, moving InuYasha and Kagome's hair to the right. She shuddered as he scent slapped her hard again before walking into the hut to hug Yutamiki. She held her close to her heart, seeing the heartbreak in the girls eyes.

"Promise me if you ever see him, you will run away as fast as you can as call me.." Kagome murmured and sighed as she felt Yutamiki nod. InuYasha walked in looking deeply disturbed as he picked up the crying baby and rocked his in his arms as he shoved the bottle in his mouth and handed him back to Kaede, who seemed grateful.

"Ye should have held him for capturing. But at least we know know what her purpose is."

"Yeah…that's a start." InuYasha murmured as he absently scratched his ears, making them twitch and move around like a radar before he did it again. He glanced at Kilala, who was now sleeping peacefully. He understood how she ran away with Sango and Miroku, but how did they manage to get away without Isamu finding them. Surely they could run, but he still would have stopped them a long time ago, unless he let them escape. Even though it didn't make sense, he learned when he was youkai chasing down the prey was much more fun then just killing it while it willingly laid there and allowed fate to take them away. He shuddered as old feeling entered his body when he transformed, and tried to shake the thought.

He came for her, she is the key. So as long as she stays with us, we buy the world some more time. He thought with relief. He looked at her and watched as Kagome continued hugging her, before taking the baby and purring. She changed his diaper while he was drowsy and bathed him in the basin before dressing him again quickly and purring a little more, settling him to sleep. She sighed as she stared at the baby that looked just like his parents.

Promise me you are alright…Kagome thought to herself as she looked into the morning sky through the hut's windows.


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Hisaki growled as she struck Isamu across the face, knocking spit out of his mouth.

"I give you one simple task, and you fail me!" She hissed as she struck him again, this time her claws grazing his skin and making it bleed. He didn't even flinch as he got to his feet and looked at her, willing to take anything. Sighing she walked to him, using her hand to wipe away the blood that was running down her face.

"Ok, maybe we have to take a different approach to everything. If she can't go with you, make her come to you." Isamu raised his eyebrows and smiled as Hisaki walked over to her glowing orb. She ran oher fingers over it lightly, making the color inside dance widly. Smiling she looked back at Isamu, who watched her every move.

"They will not ruin my plans. I won't let them." She hissed as Kanna walked into the room. She looked from the injured Isamu and shuddered before looking at Hisaki.

"Naraku wishes to see you…" She said in a cold voice as she stared at the woman. Hisaki smiled at the pale girl before looking at Isamu.

"Keep an eye on them for me. They tend to get into a lot of trouble." She said flatly as she walked out of the room with Kanna. Sensing her uncomfort, her untrust, she smiled before trying to start a conversation with the girl.

"Nice mirror you have there." Kanna said nothing as she began walking even more quickly. She took a sharp right and kicked a corpse out of the way before shuddering and continuing.

"You are a beautiful young girl. Shame you have to waste it serving the loathsome Naraku." Kanna slowed down a little bit and gained her senses before she began walking quicker as ever. Hisaki smiled to herself as Kanna slowly began paying more and more attention to her.

"No use trying to walk faster. I like you despise Naraku, and wish nothing more, besides for my Onigumo, that he was dead. I can help you, if you only help me." Kanna said nothing, but she looked at Hisaki through the corner of her eye, and Hisaki caught the emotion that swept through it. It was complete untrust, and hate. This little girl didn't even know her, yet she hated her so much to let it show through that blank mask. If she wasn't concentration on trying to keep the conversation going, she probably would have struck the child for such rudeness.

"Trust me." She whispered as they stopped in front of Naraku's door and knocked.

"I can grant you freedom." Hisaki murmered as the door opened slightly and she slipped inside, closing it softly behind her. In a blink of an eye, Kanna was whizzing through the castle, past the chambers, past poisoned youkai moaning in agony, until she burst in Kagura's room, who was staring into space intently. She stared at Kanna as she closed the door and sat next to her sister, holding the mirror safely close to her chest.

"Hisaki, she says to let her help me kill Naraku. She says she despises him as well, as well as grant us freedom." Kanna said in one breath.

"She said this? Did you except?" Kagura said, and Kanna did not miss the hint of hope that was filled in it.

"No, I don't trust her. She is too manipulating, and sneaky, and I don't even like her scent. It makes me sick."

"Darling, that' snot her scent. I don't think she even has one anymore." Kanna's eyes widened in understanding and she wrinkled her nose.

"Both human and youkai?"

"Yup, and neither seemed to care. Try your hardest to avoid ever being alone with her." Kagura said as Kanna walked out and closed the door behind her with a sigh.

So, you plan to demolish us as well? Well I'm not so stupid…Kagura sneered as she stared out the window. I will not die, not by the hands of a filthy whore like you. I will die with honor and respect, that I will see to.


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Kohaku sighed as he walked up the hill towards his old village. He really hadn't been here in a long time, he remembered going here only when Naraku ordered him too. Sniffing the air as maple leaves clouded his nostrils, he sighed before moving a little bit faster. Once he reached the top, he dropped to his hands and knees at the sound of a woman and crawled behind the nearest hut as she bent down and placed a flower on the last of the graves. A monk stood nearby, holding her shoulders as she stood back up, burying her face in his shoulder crying silently.

"Sango…"He whispered as he stood up and began walking to them. Miroku whirled around as he sensed Kohaku's presence and held his staff up, ready to fight. His eyes widened at realization, but he didn't let the staff down. Sango put her hands to her chest as she began stepping forward.

"Kohaku…." She whispered as he began walking a little bit faster. Miroku held his staff more firmly, until Sango ducked under it and ran to her brother, throwing her arms around him as they sunk to the ground and cried together. Miroku sighed and walked over to them, watching nearby just in case Isamu came back.

"You are free?"

"No, just Naraku hasn't toyed with me recently." He said sadly as they began walking back to their hideout. Miroku sighed as they reached the barrier, and he mumbled a chant before it opened, allowing them inside. They walked into a nearby cave and sat down as Sango put logs into the fire and stared at her brother.

"So, you have decided to deceive Naraku along with Kagura and Kanna." She said as he told her the story.

"I need Kagome to pull the shard out of my back-"

"But you will die!"

"I know, but we will request that Sesshomaru uses Tensaiga to revive me." Sango looked a bit troubled and she crawled over next to her brother.

"Are you sure you want to do this? I mean positive?" Kohaku nodded as MIroku began talking.

"Surely, you know that Tensaiga might refuse to save you if your intentions are to take another life. Then you have sealed your own fate." He said, his eyes glittering with mistrust. Sango felt irritation rise in her.

"Miroku, are you saying my brother is here to deceive me?"

"He did once, he might to it again." Miroku said stubbornly. "We do not know if this is Naraku's plan, and you just had child Sango. I can't risk you being slayed at crucial times like these." Kohaku snapped his neck at Sango.

"You…had…a….baby?" He said slowly.

"Um, er…yeah. We have gotten married to Kohaku, this is your brother now." Sango said, using a Kagome's famous plastered smiled.

"It's hard to have a brother if he mistrusts you." Sango sighed as they narrowed their eyes at each other. " Naraku tells me he's a lecherous monk. You sure he won't deceive you sister? He is a fool for making you have child when Naraku is alive and well. If he strikes, then the baby is going to slow you down, and bear with me, most likely kill you." Sango looked away into the fire.

"I know that Kohaku. That's why I did it. If we die, my children will live on in my footsteps, and fight to avenge me. I think it was a good idea to have child now, so that I can teach it early how deceitful Naraku really is." Kohaku looked at his sister before shrugging and rolling his eyes. He looked at Miroku, who looked deeply touched, and he stared into the fire.

Is this what it's like, to be in love? Where nothing in the world can stop you, you feel invincible. He looked back at the couple before laying back and putting his head on his forearms. Unbelievable. To think she fell for a lecher….Unbelievable indeed. Kohaku stayed for a couple more minutes, until they heard the hovering of Kagura;s feather. They all got up and walked him outside as she waited impatiently.

"Come. Naraku is getting suspicious. We have to lay low for a couple of months, ok?" She added to Miroku and Sango. Sango looked sad for a moment, but she hugged her brother and gave him a quick kiss on the temple before he climbed on the feather. Kagura glanced at him and smiled before they rose up and floated back to Naraku's castle. Sango watched long after they were gone, with nervousness, but also, she was happy that she was going to have her brother back. Miroku snaked an arm on her shoulder and gave it a slight squeeze, before reminding them that they should go inside. She sighed once more and walked in with Miroku, sitting on the mat slowly. She really wanted to go home, and see her beloved Kazuyu, but they couldn't leave until Kilala came back. She was still surprised Kilala actually talked to her. She never knew she possessed the power. She knew Kilala had a lot of injuries, because that other, well, being, was very strong.

Looking at Miroku, she opened her mouth to say something, then shut it, then opened it again, before getting up and beginning to walk outside.

"Sango, why do you think Kilala brought us here?" She shrugged.

"To keep us safe."

"Not only that, she wanted us to live. For her, and Kazuyu. She brought us here and requested we lealve only when necessary, and I think, because she fought bravely, we should at least abide by her request. Plus, it's safer if we stay in here."

"But it's a barrier about a mile in each direction-"

"That doesn't mean that they can't sense you." Sango nodded and sat down next to Miroku. She put her head on his shoulder, smiling when she felt his arm go around her waist.

"I miss my dear Kazuyu." She said sadly. She never intended to leave him this long, and he must be screaming his little head off. She worried whether the man was coming for her baby, so she tried to fight as much as she could. But she had a feeling her baby was perfectly fine, but they were going on a journey. She could feel it, it's too peaceful, and the demons are to quiet and restful. Something evil is underway, and it scared her not to know what was going to happen. She felt a cold wash of fear come over her, and she shivered as she wrapped her arms around herself. Miroku looked at her before pulling her closer and kissing her on her cheek.

"What's wrong my dear Sango?" She shook her head, but shivered again. He frowned as he gave her a light squeeze. She sighed and confessed.

"I'm scared. It's too peaceful, I want my dear Kazuyu in my arms, and I think something is happening, well waiting to happen that we won't be able to handle, and it frightens me because I don't know what it is." Miroku smiled.

"I know that evil is underway, and the only way to take them, is if we train. We're going to need that extra power, something to fight for. When I fight for you, I feel like a different man, I tolerate no failure, and my reward was you and your loving." Sango blushed as Miroku kissed her sweetly.

Find something to fight for? She echoed in her head as her and Miroku shared sweet kisses. Miroku and Kazuyu, my inspirations. She smiled inwardly.


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Kaede sighed as she paced back and forth in the hut with the screaming baby. Yutamiki and Shippou had gone with Kagome and InuYasha to pick up Sango and Miroku, and the only one here was Kilala, who decided to sleep on the roof because of Kazuyu's constant screaming. She held him on her shoulder, on his back, every comfortable position she knew of, and still, he would not stop crying. She tried to feed him, his diaper was dry, Kagome bathed him before she left. She sighed as she mentally went down the list of possible problems. Kaede made faces, and noises, and even did funny things like set him down and fall, but he didn't stop until Kilala came downstairs. She stood in front of Kaede and transformed into her true form.

"Put him on my back please." Kaede did, but held him as his crying ease and he ran his fingers along her fur. He smiled slightly as he tail tickled the back of his neck, making him swing at it without even turning around and his red puffy eyes shining with joy. Kilala chuckled when she baby tried to cover his neck completely in an effort to keep her from tickling it. Kazuyu began laughing and leaned from side to side, making Kaede's have to grip him harder as she giggled at the babies happiness. She picked the baby up and watched as Kilala transformed into her baby form as Kaede set him on the floor between her legs. Kilala came over and began licking his feet, making him squeal uncontrollably. She smiled as she ran her tail over his legs, making him sjake them frantically to keep her form tickling him. She smiled as she curled into a ball on his lap and he petted her softly.

"Thank you Kilala." Kaede whispered as the baby began to nod off. Kaede laid Kazuyu on the mat and draped a cover over him as his eyes slipped closed. Kilala sat next to Kaede and laid down as the old woman began to pet her, being careful of the bandages that were on her back t hat she hid from the baby. She grimaced as she looked at them, her bandages needed to be changed.

"Aye. Why didn't ye remind me Kagome is no longer here, and that I will have to change your bandages. Kilala sighed as she stood up and walked over to Kaede's bowl of herbs and laid down. Kaede got some salve and opened up Kilala's bandages before hissing loudly and almost dropping the urn. Her cuts were deep, here pretty peach fur colored, and it just wasn't something Kaede would ask to see. Quickly but gently, she put the salve on that wound, as well as all the others, and bandaged her up, telling her to be careful until the salve was absorbed.

InuYasha snorted as Shippou playfully nipped at his ears.

"Watch it runt." He growled before Yutamiki sighed, staring at Kagome's ears. Shippou caught this out the corner of his eye, and smiled before grabbing InuYasha's ears, making him bark in protest, startling everybody. He blushed creimson and muttered a sorry as everyone stared at him wide-eyed.

"Kagome, can I touch your ears?" Kagome smiled.

"Ok, go ahead. Just be careful." Kagome sighed as Yutamiki's warm fingers caressed the bottom of her ears. Her eyes drooped and Kagome slowed down a little as she fell into a drunken state smiling. Shaking her head, she tightened her grip on her legs. Yutamiki sighed in protest as Kagome pried her fingers off of her ears.

"Not now, I almost fell and killed both of us." She said gently as Yutamiki pouted, but said nothing of it.