Yes, I know I said things would get better for Sesshoumaru, but this isn't a story I plan out before I type. It just happens. Like poop...

Okay, maybe not like that.

Sorry for being late, my computer was out for a while bcuz my dad knocked the cable out when he was cutting trees...

Luckily enough, Sesshoumaru didn't prove to be very ill. He was much better the next day, all traces of the fever gone by midday.

The only thing they had to explain was his body's strange behavior, particularly his arm's strange pulsation.

"That is why I think we should go back," Kagome explained. "He's reacting very badly to being from his time before a transformation…"
"Then why wasn't he affected too badly over here…I mean…"

"Because he belongs in the Sengoku Jidai. He's only crossing here for a temporary time. It's not so bad that way."

"So…are you telling me that this transformation here…it was…unnecessary?" Sesshoumaru muttered.

"Yes. I totally forgot. It's all my fault, Sesshoumaru, and I'm really, really sorry," Kagome said.

"You are sorry? Hn. There is no sorry for that. You don't even sound sorry."

"What are you saying!"

"I'm saying that you may be kind, but you aren't very good with emotions all the time. I am going home. I advise you both to stay until tomorrow. My transformation…I can sense it will be terrible…"

"Sesshoumaru…"

"That is my final word on the matter!" he spat.

And with that, he leapt into the well. With a flash of blue light, he was transported back into his time, and just as he pulled himself out of the well, he could feel the moon beginning to change him.

"AAAARRGHHH!" he screamed. Still, he distanced himself from the well as much as he could.

I…can't put Inuyasha…and Kagome…into danger, was all that he could think.

His hands trembled and his claws dug into the dirt as they lengthened. Another scream tore through the forest as he continued to transform. Eventually, the demon lord collapsed to the ground indefinitely and the transformation quickened until he was a full Were-Dog.

I will get her…the WOMAN who caused me to suffer. It is the WOMAN's fault that I am so sick…she might as well have bitten me…and the MAN bit me. He might as well have bitten me too!

Sesshoumaru growled.

Why was I so foolish to associate with them? He thought bitterly.

Suddenly, his eyes narrowed.

They were here. They were trying their fate with him.

I gave them a chance when I was still weak. My weakness let them stay. But now I'm free. My weak side is no longer in control.

The youkai in me has been freed to do as it pleases. No more Blood of Ice. Just youkai and evil nature.

Inuyasha was scared the instant he stepped into the forest. He had all the intention (Though he would hardly admit it) of following his brother's orders. He feared the Were-Dog Sesshoumaru.

"Kagome…I don't think it's safe here…" he said nervously.

"I don't care. He blames me for this, and he has every right to," Kagome said determinedly. "We need to watch him, or he'll tear the nearest village to ribbons!"

Suddenly, a growl interrupted their conversation.

Dear me, we ARE in trouble, were the thoughts that went through their heads.

"S-S-Sesshoumaru…?"

Hello, dear little brother. Do you like my new ability?

"You can talk telepathically!"

Just some of the perks of being a Were-Dog. I am growing up, oto-chan. And I'm learning things. Things about power.

"What? Power?" Kagome repeated.

I can feel this great power as a Were-Dog, and I now see that it is the ultimate! Thought Sesshoumaru into their minds. It's your fault this has happened, and you shall pay. Your fault that I had to go through such pain…but it is all worth it…

"B-but…If it hurts…" Inuyasha said.

No pain no gain. Now, don't you think you should be running?

Another growl emanated from Sesshoumaru's throat.

"KAGOME, RUN!"

Sesshoumaru's POV

It was futile for them to run. Did they honestly believe I would let them go free?

No…they will pay for what they have caused me.

Inuyasha bolted with his bitch, but I caught up to them easily. Being a Were-Dog had its definite perks.

Inuyasha, you cannot hide from me!

I pinned my hanyou brother down with a paw, relishing the feel of his flesh beneath my claws. The Tetsusaiga was twenty feet from his reach.

"You…bastard…" he snarled.

Suddenly, I sensed a change in him. His blood was changing into something entirely aberrant to its normal state. He now smelled like a demon. A full demon.

Enough tricks, oto! You shall die!

But he was no longer underneath my paw.

Normal POV

Sesshoumaru howled as he felt Inuyasha's sharp claws dig into his hind leg. Viciously, he whipped his head around and snapped his jaws at the hanyou.

"You damned mutt!" Inuyasha roared. He slapped Sesshoumaru on the muzzle, digging into the flesh. Sesshoumaru gave a yelp and fell painfully to the ground.

Inuyasha laughed before he began to rip and shred his brother's stomach open.

The Were-Dog howled piteously in pain.

"SIT BOY!"

WHAM!

"Argh! Kagome, what the…?"

"Inuyasha, grab the Tetsusaiga! Hold onto it!"

"What did I…?"

The sun rose a few minutes later. Inuyasha's battle with Sesshoumaru had lasted the rest of the night Sesshoumaru had stumbled into in his time and now he was demorphing.

"Inuyasha…what did you do…?" Kagome said sadly. She went to Sesshoumaru's side and tried to comfort him.

"Sesshoumaru…"

"Ka…gome…" he coughed, face becoming pale. "I told you…stay home…"

"It was my fault you had to go through two transformations. I wasn't going to leave you here to cope with it!"

"But…I almost killed you…I wanted to kill you…I do not know where that telepathy and those thoughts came from…ugh!"

Sesshoumaru coughed violently for a moment before continuing.

"I…just want everyone…to…be…safe…"

The demon stared at the gaping hole in his gut, which gushed blood.

"That…really…h-hurts…" he told her. "I am afraid, Kagome…afraid I will not live to see the next day…"

"Of course you will!" Kagome sobbed. "You won't die here, you can't!"

"…B-b-b-but if I d-do…know that I forgive you for bringing me to your time. It was…in all honesty…the most fun I have been a part of in two hundred years at least…since I last saw my Chichi-ue…"

"Don't talk like you're gonna die," Inuyasha finally said. "You can't die, I won't let you! Dammit, only I can kill you, and I want to do it with Tetsusaiga, not my claws!"

Inuyasha tried to pull the loose, nearly severed flaps of his brother's skin together and he pressed his hands on them.

"You can't die, no!" he cried angrily. "You can't!"

Sesshoumaru's eyes closed slowly and his breathing began to hitch in his throat. Blood bubbled up his throat.

"If it is my time…I shall go…"

R&R, please!