Sorry I didn't update in so long, guys. A virus attacked our computer (Norton antivirus sux!) and since I'm the primary user, I got restricted. But here's the third chapter. Don't hate me!!

"Take a left turn, Sesshoumaru"

Kagome led the taiyoukai down the subway tunnel when he slumped against a wall.

"Come on, what's wrong?" she said impatiently. "We're almost there!"

Her face softened as she saw his breath hitch and noted the reddish color of his skin. She put a hand to his forehead, which elicited a growl.

"Oh, hush…wow, you're pretty warm…"

"My blood temperature is higher than a human…"

"I know that, stupid! But you're still a little hot…"

Sesshoumaru sighed.

Suddenly, the young miko noted a large spot of red on his white haori.

"Your wounds are opening again."

"So what? I want to go home…"

Sesshoumaru walked slowly, mincing his steps still, and finally they entered the hustle and bustle of the subway, Kagome in the lead.

"Come on, Sesshoumaru," she said.

As the demon entered the crowd, he reeled back.

Sweat. Blood. Tears. Body odor. Emotions.

He began to cough and feel dizzy. There were way too many scents for his nose to handle.

Likewise, his ears were pounding from the immense noise. People talking, walking, breathing harshly, screaming, and of course loud music playing from CD players and boom boxes.

He fell to his knees.

Heightened senses suck sometimes, he thought as his eyes began to roll in his head.

Kagome however, had long since walked off, thinking Sesshoumaru was still tailing her. When she finally checked back, she found out he wasn't.

"Sesshoumaru?!?! Where are you?!?!?!"

Kagome retraced her steps, searching frantically for the demon lord. She found him passed out on the subway floor, and she saw that he was looking awfully pale again.

"It must be the sounds," she thought fervently. "And the scents. I have to get him out of here…"

Sesshoumaru came to his senses after a while. He didn't even remember blacking out. All he remembered was the noise, and his headache. Even now, his head pounded awfully, and it was making him sick to his stomach.

"Wench…get me a basin now."

"Are you going to be sick?"

"No, I'm going to shit in it!" he snarled, stifling a heave. "Be quick with your hands, not your stupidity!"

It was lucky she took his advice, because she didn't arrive a moment too soon. As soon as the container was plunked down, Sesshoumaru leaned over it and emptied his stomach.

The taiyoukai felt awful. His head was pounding, his nose was burning, and his wound was aching the worst of all.

"Take me home, wench! I want to be home!!" Sesshoumaru growled, eyes steely as ever.

"Oh, fine! Ungrateful mutt!!"

Kagome took hold of Sesshoumaru's good arm and yanked him up. The movement after all of his previous disorientation caused him to retch once again, but he soon followed her to the well they had come from. The girl was surprised he hadn't questioned about the well earlier, but was secretly glad as well.

Soon enough, he was back in his time, crabby as ever and ready to go.

"RIN!" he called. "Rin, you may come out now!!"

"Hai, Lord Sesshoumaru!"

The young girl leapt from the bushes and trailed Sesshoumaru.

"Farewell, foolish mortals. And Inuyasha, the next time we meet shall be in battle, I expect, so be ready."

Day of the Waning Crescent Moon

Sesshoumaru sighed. He hadn't felt so good all day. In fact, he'd needed to rest a lot during the day. Perhaps it was the wench's cure for the Madness, so he decided to find and ask her. He'd left Rin, Jaken, and Ah-Un at their current campsite. He knew they would be fine, especially if Ah-Un manned the fort.

Sesshoumaru began to feel queasy as the night approached. By the evening, he had slowed his gait to a very paced walk. He suddenly felt the crescent moon mark on his head throb painfully. Involuntarily, his hand shot up to it, rubbing the marking furiously. Never had pain coursed through the technical birthmark on his forehead.

The trees gave way to a clearing and he stared at the cloudy sky as the final rays of purple and red gave way to darkness. Around midnight, the clouds parted to reveal the crescent sliver of the moon.

Suddenly, Sesshoumaru pitched forward, feeling as if his whole body was on fire. It pulsed with power as the moonlight shone heavily on his form.

His body began to transform until he was in total Inu Youkai form.

But it didn't stop there.

His fangs grew to massive proportions and his shoulders hunched more prominently. His eyes turned pure red and his claws sharpened and lengthened.

No!! He thought. What is happening to me?!?!?!

Suddenly, he was overcome with rage.

The taiyoukai tilted his head back and let out a bloodthirsty howl.

AWWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

Inuyasha was scared. Nothing had rattled the hanyou as much as the howl he had just heard. It was the sound of a feral animal.

On the downwind draft was the scent of his brother, the same place where he'd heard the sound.

Ah, well. Sesshoumaru is good for somethin' I guess. He'll get rid of that animalistic thing out there.

Inuyasha shuddered as the howls grew frighteningly close and Sesshoumaru's scent, close as it was, didn't have a fighting scent to it.

As the howls approached within a thousand feet of the camp, Inuyasha realized that Sesshoumaru wasn't near the beast.

He was the beast.

"KAGOME!!! WE HAVE TO GO!!!"

"Inuyasha, what are you yelling about?"

"Sesshoumaru's gone Mad. I know it! That's his scent and that howl…it doesn't even sound like him but it is…"

"He can't have rabies though. The cure works on dogs and humans!" Kagome cried; eyes wide.

"Then maybe…maybe a Maddened dog didn't bite him. Maybe it was one of the horror Dogs of legend…"

"What do you mean…?"

"Maybe he was bitten by one of the rarest of Dogs, one with the most incredible of incurable diseases…"

"Inuyasha, you're not making sense. What are these dogs of legend you're talking about?!"

"Maybe he's a Were-Dog…"

Yah, I know. It's a crappy cliffhanger. I was thinkin' Chobits when I wrote it. Hope you like it!

R&R!!!