Chapter 6 the Last Calm before the Storm

Inuyasha looked at the mountains and wished he knew what was beyond them. He had taken a week to heal and gather his strength back. His brother had taken him, miroku, and sango to his palace andmade every attempt to make them comfortable.

"I don't like sitting here doing nothing. I need to know if kagome is safe. I need to get out of this place. I need to…..Gah!"

He yelled as he struck the nearest boulder causing it to chatter into a million pieces. "Inuyasha calm down. Sesshoumaru wants to get kagome back as well. We have to trust him. He did save us from dying in the cold out there." Said miroku as he walked into the gazebo.

"You have to give him a chance. I mean he is your brother after all."

Inuyasha nodded and looked at him. "Ok I will talk to him when he returns. He took another battalion to find where naraku moved his castle to."

Miroku walked over to Inuyasha and placed his hand on his shoulder. "Come let's go to the hot springs. One of the maids said they have a wonderful mens area."

Inuyasha sighed. "Ok maybe it will help me relax."

He turned around and started walking towards the palace. He stopped dead and looked at miroku. "Wait, how did you get this information from this maid?"

Miroku looked taken back by Inuyasha's question. "Umm, well, you see, all I did was ask her." Miroku walked into the palace. "Oh I have something I need to do first; I will be in with you soon"

Inuyasha stepped into the hotsprings with nothing but a towel on. He walked over to the spring and took it off. He looked at his reflection in the water and hated what he saw. He didnt like how he looked and thought it was amazing he even had a mate. That raised another guestion. Why did she love him? After all that they had been through why did she stick with him? He sighed as the last moments of kagaku strolled through his mind over and over again. He planned on killing himself and dying next to kagomes body, but sesshoumaru had to but in. In a way he was thankful. He did save him from dying.

He flinched as a hand was placed on his shoulder. "Deep in thought little brother? Yah know if you stay out here naked youll get sick and be of no use to me."

"How can I be of any use to you in this castle? I don't even know what I am doing here. When can I leave? I have found naraku more times than you have. I know how his mind works, and you keep me locked up in here like a servant." Inuyasha yelled at him. Sesshoumaru looked calm and assuring, almost too assuring. Inuyasha sighed and stepped into the steaming water.

"Maybe being cooped up in here is making you think too much. You need an asignment and i know exactly what it will be." Sesshoumaru took off his clothes and stepped into the water with inuyasha. "We found naraku. "Inuyasha looked at his youkai brother at his youkai brother in complete disbelief. "I want you to lead the forces that will storm his castle. Just leave him for me, i swore to take his life with my own hands and i will."

Miroku walked towards the mens hot spring with a spring in his step. Today was the day; he was going to tell sango his true feelings. He had decided that being in this palace and having control over him to not touch a single woman was proof enough for any man to decide whether or not he truly loved someone. He had resisted all temptation and thought about her constantly. Today was going to be the day. Miroku was so in thought that he didn't notice he walked passed the mens hot springs. He took a left when he saw a door thinking he was there. What he saw made him wish he hadn't. He was in the girls' bathhouse and sango was standing there dripping wet. He stood there gaping at her for a few seconds while she got over the shock of seeing him.

"What the hell are you doing you pervert? You can't just walk into the girls bath and stand there gaping. Get the hell outa here." She said grabbing a towel and covering herself up.

He started to slowly walk out but it wasn't fast enough for her. She picked up her heavy weapon (which she had next to her clothes) and threw it at him. He ducked and wished he hadn't. She was on him in a flash, dragging him out of the room by the ear. She tossed him out before he could even explain what had happened. He reached up to stop her but he grabbed her towel on accident. He looked at the thing in his hand as if it was his doom. He looked up to see a fuming naked sango above him. She grabbed the towel and balled her fists. The beating could be heard throughout the entire palace.

Miroku lay in his room nursing his wounds and pride. "Man she will never take me serious after that. What will I do now?" He sighed into his pillow and breathed in. He heard his door open and he looked at the figure in the door way.

"Miroku get your ass up. She can't have hurt you that bad."

"Man does everyone know? There wasn't anyone around when it happened."

"Well we could hear her beating you up even in the next hall. She really walloped you. Not you mention the damage to the walls her weapon caused."

"Seshoumaru must be pissed. I wrecked of his palace, he might even kill me."

"Actually that wouldn't be that bad right now since it would save sango the effort." He thought to himself as he lay there.

"Naw, when you blacked out we were the thinking someone had attacked the palace. We also got a wallop from her. Sesshoumaru was laughing like no one has ever done before." Inuyasha laughed as he sat down on the nearest chair.

"Anyways why did you come here? To laugh at me, or is there another purpose to your visit?"

"Well you got me; I am here to tell you that sango wants to talk to you about something. She also said knock this time. Man, I haven't laughed this hard in a while." Said Inuyasha walking through the door still laughing.

"Sango wants to see me. This isn't looking too good.

Miroku made his way through the halls wondering what was going to be his fate. He sighed as he stopped outside a room and looked at the door. "Well I better get this over with." He knocked on the door and heard a soft reply,

"Yes, who is it?"

"Umm, it's me Miroku. Inuyasha said you wanted to talk to me."

"Yeah hold on let me get something on." Miroku leaned against the wall wondering why she wanted to see him, especially after what happened in the hot springs. He smiled as the image of sango naked ran through his mind. Something hit him in the back of the head and brought him back to earth. Sango stood there in a beautiful kimono with her hair tied back into a bun.

"Don't think anything of it. I ruined my clothes when I grabbed my weapon. All my clothes ended up in the springs." She smiled at him as he tried to hide the shock on his face. He regained himself and offered his arm to her.

"I guess it is a mans duty to escort a lady to dinner." Sango look at him and smiled even sweeter. She turned her head and looked at the other wall.

"Miroku, I need to ask you something. Do you love me?" He never had a chance to answer the question as a dark hooded figure turned the corner and looked at them. They looked at him and suddenly felt a draft of cold air shiver through them. They were unarmed and defenseless. The dark figure started to take off his cloak, what they saw made them wished he hadnt.

Inuyasha was running at full speed as hr raced to where sango and mirokus scent was. Then there suddenly was that scent again. That scent, almost exactly like his and sesshoumarus, but how was that possible? Unless...no that was impossible, But how did they get in the castle? with guards posted at every door and the entire army outside. It would be suicide to attack. This was a professional and he was here to kill one of them, maybe all of them. On his back he had miroku and sangos weapons. How coule hey have been so careless? This was a war and they could never be safe, even here. He turned a corner and dropped the load he carried. At the end was a black hooded figure at the other end leaning against the wall. When he saw inuyasha he got up and took off his hood. At first glance he looked human but a closer look showed a pair of dog ears on his head (the sign of a inuyoukai). He also had the same markings as sesshoumaru and inuyasha, but they were green. This inuyoukai belonged to a different clan, a rival clan.

"Who are you? State your business here." Said inuyasha never taking his eyes off the demon in front of him.

"Since it is professional for an assasin for an assasin to tell his prey his name, I shall fill you in." Said the demon smiling from ear to ear. "My name is Jin, of the Takeshi clan dark assasins. Me and my two brothers have been dispatched to kill you, your brother, and your companions. We have been given free reign to do as we wish with you. All that is required is that we do not leave you alive. If need be we will kill ourselves to fufill this mission.