Hey the Next fic is soooooo up!

Ry - God that took a while!

Shut up Ryoku! I had Bobbits to kill and poptarts to eat

Ko - what the hells a Bobbit?

I dunno a Hobbit named Bob?

Sei - rolls eyes that's why you're the writer, I would never have been so ingenious as to create a Hobbit named Bob

Yup :)

Ry - I'm more manly than Kotsuro

Sei - That was random

Ko - are not!

Lets go get some ice-cream Seirei, I don't really wanna watch this

Sei - me neither

Ko - I'LL SHOW U MANLY!

Ry - BRING IT ON GIRLY!

Disclaimer - Someday I will own InuYasha but that day is not today!

A/n Sorry the intro was so long

Ry - your just making it longer

A/n Doh! slaps Ryoku

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Seirei slowly sat up and opened her eyes.

"What! RYOKU where? what!" The memory of the last few days slowly returned to her.

"Ryoku, he...saved me...brought me back...why?" She felt lost and confused. Who was this demon? One minute he's trying to kill her, the next saving her.

"Woah Woah Woah slow down Sei." InuYasha kneeled over his daughter.

"Kotsuro says he found you injured after you had wandered off following a demon, then you ran off again. Do you know how worried we were?" He scolded her but was really just glad she was ok.

"Father! There's a demon! Yokoshima! A spider! I..."

"A spider!" InuYasha's face turned to anger.

'Could it be? THE incarnation.'

He slid down next to Seirei.

"Sei, you need to stay here."

"What? Father?"

"Right Here! Understand!"

She nodded, still confused.

InuYasha went to go talk to Kagome.

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Ryoku winced as the whip lashes flew against his bare back.

"YOU LET HER GO!"

"I'm sorry master Yokoshima!" He cried out in pain as the razor sharp blades dug into his back.

"You love her!"

"No!"

"You let her go!"

"I don't love her!"

"She is the daughter of the one who destroyed our master!"

"What!"

The whips stopped briefly.

Yokoshima raised his devilish face from under the shadowed hood.

"She is the daughter of InuYasha."

Ryoku tensed. InuYasha, the man who slaughtered his master. While he had never met either his master or InuYasha the feelings of utter hatred had been born into him.

"You will kill her and her father!"

"Yes master."

"Now, rid yourself of your human filth."

Yokoshima shot bands of red light at Ryoku. Ryoku screamed at the horrible pain as it shot through his heart. It attacked his human heart. Ryoku felt the all too familiar side effects as his demon conscious gained control. He felt angry, murderous, longing for blood.

"Go, Kill the wench."

His voice became as dark and malicious as his demon heart, "Yes master."

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"InuYasha, are you sure this is truly the incarnation."

"Yes, Kagome, Seirei claims that he has the mark of the spider."

Kagome nodded her head and shivered slightly.

"Yes, that must be him."

"Kagome, when we defeated Naraku, he became nothing more than a pile of smoldering demon flesh. If the demon that they say he revived from his body is truly existent, then he would need some sort of power source to keep his form."

"InuYasha, why did he take Seirei?" Kagome said with a hint of fear.

InuYasha was silent.

"You don't think that she is the power source he requires, do you?" Kagome started to panic, how could she protect her daughter from this menace?

From her hiding spot behind the hut Seirei began to shiver with fear. She had heard everything. 'So, Yokoshima needs my blood for his own life. But, what about Ryoku?' She once again felt his breath on her face and could almost see into his deep, red eyes again. 'Is he Yokoshima's servant?'

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Ryoku flexed his claws. She was close, he could smell her. The girl, the one he had to kill. His human emotions had been locked away. All he felt was hatred. The girl was his target. She had to die. He inhaled the scent, and started off again through the forest to find her.

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Seirei raced into Kotsuro's hut.

"Kotsuro! Where's your father? I,...I gotta talk to him! "

Kotsuro just stared at her.

"Umm Sei, you ok?"

Seirei sighed and ran out back.

"Miroku!"

The monk looked up from his sutras.

"Oh hey Sei," he paused when he saw the desperate look on her face. "What's wrong?"

Seirei bit her lip and then sat down next to him.

"Miroku, please, I need you to tell me about what happened when Naraku was killed. I need to know about... about THE incarnation."

Miroku looked serious.

"Sei, why are you suddenly so interested?"

"Miroku!" Seirei was getting more and more anxious. "Miroku, I know about it. About all of it! Yokoshima is alive!"

Miroku closed his eyes in deep thought and then looked back up at Seirei.

"Your in danger Sei,"

She nodded. "I know Miroku, but I need to know why."

He sighed and finally nodded.

"Ok, look," He began telling her the story, with obvious hesitation. "When Naraku died, rumor has it that he somehow was able to incarnate two demons with the last of his power. These demons were supposed to have not only the power of Naraku, and his savage lust for blood. Yokoshima is apparently one of these demons. We didn't believe it at first because, well, the demons would be formless without..."

Miroku shook his head.

"Miroku, please tell me." Seirei pleaded.

"They would need the spilt blood of both the powerful demon, and the pure miko that killed them. They would need to kill InuYasha and Kagome."

Seirei gave him a confused look. "So, there after my parents?"

Miroku just looked at her.

"No, Sei you don't understand. They don't need your parents. They need you, your mixed blood. Without it soon, the demon won't have the power to sustain physical form."

Seirei remembered Yokoshima in the temple. 'He stayed in the shadows, and it seems like he gets Ryoku to do his work for him. I wonder, can Yokoshima even move?"

Miroku looked at Seirei seriously. "Seirei, Yokoshima isn't the only demon is he? The story speaks of another demon born from Naraku's flesh. I need you to tell me all you know."

"I...uh there was another demon." Seirei faltered. She didn't want to tell him about Ryoku. 'Why am I protecting him?' "Uhh yes, Yokoshima's servant. He was able to move and fight unlike Yokoshima. He...He looked like, like a..." She stopped, how could she describe Ryoku? He was a demon but, so different. Like there's more to him, like he had a soul, like maybe he's... "Human" Seirei whispered.

"What?"

"Uhh nothing, the demon was very powerful...and uh he...he stayed in a human form instead of reverting to his true form in battle."

Miroku stared at her hard like he was trying to understand what he knew she wasn't telling him.

"Sei, did you ever see his demon form?"

"No, I...I only saw him once. I need to go now. Thank You Miroku."

She bowed low and then turned to leave.

"Sei, you must stay close to us in the village. You must not wander off. Please heed my words, you could be in danger." Miroku warned.

Seirei nodded slowly and then walked out toward her hut.

Miroku watched her. He sighed and blew upwards at his bangs. 'If she's anything like her mother something like a warning of death isn't going to stop her."

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Ryoku crept toward the scent. It was close. He silently waded into the shallow water.

Seirei was bathing out in the river. She pondered what Miroku had told her as she dunked her head into the water. 'The demon's need my blood to live, then, why is it that Ryoku can move and fight without my blood. What's keeping his body alive? And...why is it that he keeps protecting me? Why do I feel so strange?' She shivered and sunk lower into the water.

Flashback

Ryoku stared deep into Seirei's eyes. He looked so troubled, like he was pleading with her.

"Do not return, if you do, I will have to kill you."

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The girl was close. Her smell was everywhere. Ryoku silently moved in on his prey. He swam under the water stealthily, suddenly, he came upon his target. He stared at the beautiful. She was sitting there, an open target. All he had to do was strike her. He breathed in her scent. 'Wait, I know that scent, I know her.' Suddenly memories flooded back to him. He remembered holding her lifeless form, he remembered giving up all his energy to heal her body. He remembered Yokoshima's voice.

"You love her!"

"No! No! I can't love her!"

Ryoku doubled over. He felt emotions strike him like a hammer. His human conscious flowed into him. He heard Yokoshima again in his head. Whispering.

"Kill her!"

"I...I can't"

"KILL HER!"

"NO! Arrggggghhhh!" Ryoku fell back in pain. He felt white hot talons tearing the skin from his back and searing into his neck and chest." Yokoshima's magic shot through his body. Ryoku screamed. The pain was too much for him. He blacked out.

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"Are you ok?"

Ryoku awoke to find Seirei standing over his body. He was lying on the side of the river. His body was covered in open burns and wounds.

"I...Seirei?"

"What? How do you know my name?"

"You..." He tried to stand up but fell back after a shock of pain rung through his torn body.

Seirei sat down next to him and helped him lean against a tree trunk.

"Hey, you really hurt. I need to get you to my mother. She can help you."

Ryoku shifted and met her gaze slowly. 'She doesn't remember me?'

"You... You don't"

"Oh, yeah," Seirei reached up and felt her ears. "I'm a hanyou. But, don't worry, I'm not evil or anything." She offered her hand to him. He took it reluctantly and slowly stood.

"It's not that." He allowed himself to lean on her for balance. "I'm just..."

Suddenly he stooped and stared at himself in the water. He felt his insides do a somersault. The streaks in his black hair were gone. His ears were gone. He looked at his hand. His claws had become nails. He slowly brought his hand to his back. His tail was gone.

He was human.

A/n So yeah there ya go Chapter 4 woohoo!

Ih8passwordsalot- Thanks for reviewing and yeah I tried to make this less confusing. The symbol I used to separate time gaps doesn't show up on Fanfiction. Sorry! I hope this one was easier to read.