A/N: Alright, it's been a really good run, but I am afraid that it's all over now. This is the last chapter. I've tormented you with cliff hangers, left you in suspense, made you wait for so long to find out the truth, and once I did that, I threw something else weird in there. Well, all questions will be answered. This is where it ends people! This is the last chapter of "The Other Side of the Story."

TO EVERYONE: If you have been waiting for me to finish this story and have not reviewed past chapters, I would appreciate it if you reviewed them. I have so many hits on this story, but not as many reviews that I would like. I mean, I want to keep up my sanity. If you have nothing to say, then that's alright, but it would be greatly appreciated.

LOOK HERE: Oh and here's a little bit of my next story coming out in September or October. Watch out for it, guys! There will plenty of Sesshoumaru and plenty of Inuyasha and of course other characters. What if Sesshoumaru had inherited the Tetsusaiga instead of Tenseiga?

PREVIEW FOR "THE RULER OF ALL"

I do not own Inuyasha

He held his father's fang tightly in his hands and gazed upon all of its magnificent glory. He had craved its power for so long. Ever since he saw the mighty power of the lethal and legendary Tetsusaiga, he wanted it for himself. To kill one hundred demons with one stroke was something worthy of Sesshoumaru. He was only waiting for his father to pass it on to him. Now the day had come. His father had met his tragic end because of a filthy mortal woman, a woman that just bore a half demon child: Sesshoumaru's younger brother, who was not even a day old yet.

"At last" Sesshoumaru said to himself "the Tetsusaiga is mine." It soon began to rain in the thick forest he was in. Lightening and thunder soon followed. It was not a simple drizzle, but the earth seemed to cry out, as if it already knew how dangerously close all of humanity was to ending. The sword that was once used to aid mankind was now in the hands of a demon who despised them. However, to end humanity was not his goal, but to rule over all was his main purpose. He would only destroy who was in his way, whether it be a mortal or a demon. "At last, I shall transform myself into a far greater power."

A small flea demon was watching Sesshoumaru from a distance. He had left the sword in a location where he knew Sesshoumaru would find it. It worried him though. 'The Tetsusaiga was once used to aid mankind, even though it was created from the fang of a demon. It seems strange that Sesshoumaru can even wield it.' He sighed. 'Ah, but his father's will is still alive and strong within the sword. If it is his will, than Sesshoumaru shall wield it, and he shall use its full potential as well.' Myouga, the tiny flea demon, was very old, and very wise. He did not share as much compassion for the human race as his former master, but he was still concerned with the new order of the world. 'I am not sure what will become of this land with Lord Sesshoumaru ruling with the Tetsusaiga. He shall rule it with an iron fist, but what shall be the ultimate fate of the world…'

"Now it shall begin" Sesshoumaru told himself. "Now my empire shall rise."

COMING SOON!

Now our feature presentation, the last chapter, of "THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY"

Chapter 12

I do not own Inuyasha or "Dearest."

"What have you done this time, demon?" Inochi asked looking all around him. Everything was foggy and it was hard to see anything around him.

"I have done nothing, mortal." Sesshoumaru could not really see anything either, but not only that, he could not smell, and he could barely even hear anything either. Sesshoumaru looked upon Inochi's forehead and realized that his crescent moon was backwards. 'It makes sense now. I am the only dog demon that has the crescent moon upon my head. I should have realized sooner.'

Soon, the sight in front of Inochi and Sesshoumaru began to become clear. Many flower pedals were on the ground, but the color was missing. The color should have been a soft pink, but instead it was a gray color. "This is odd" Inochi said out loud. The two of them only kept observing. More objects soon came into focus, but some where unclear and most of it was without color. It was a colorless garden. Everything beyond the garden was fog. Suddenly, Saikoubi and Inutashio were before them, sitting down upon the colorless grass staring at the child within Saikoubi's arms. "I understand now" Inochi said "we've been remembering each other's memories. It's about time that we remembered our own, when we were one. You don't suppose that we are-"

"Joining together again?" Sesshoumaru finished his thought, something that Inochi despised. "I hope that treacherous fate doesn't come upon me."

"It must be the power of the Shikon Jewel Shards. It should not be powerful enough to join us, since the whole jewel split us apart."

The sound began to become clear and Saikoubi, Inutashio, and the half demon baby were the only things colored. The young half demon was crying but Saikoubi was still smiling as she started to place the young baby in the arms of his father. "Watch his head Inutashio, and please be very gentle with him!" she begged. He carefully took his boy and held him in his arms. Inutashio looked so uncomfortable and yet happy holding him and the baby soon stopped crying. "Sometimes he just needs his father." Saikoubi smiled. "My Dearest…" she spoke to her son with such admiration and love.

Inutashio struggled to keep the smile from coming to his face, but as his son reached out to touch him, he could not fight it off any longer. "My heir" he spoke softly with much pride.

'Our first memory is of our father holding us' Inochi thought with abhorrence. 'With him holding us though…' He pushed that thought into the back of his mind. "Watching this is sickening."

"And do you think I enjoy looking at that mortal, woman?" said Sesshoumaru.

The sight around them began to change. Everything was foggy again and nothing could be seen. "Perhaps that was our only memory. We were just a baby."

Soon, another sight began to come before them. This time, it was just Saikoubi who was holding them in her arms. He was crying, but she began rocking them back and forth. He kept on crying, unable to stop. "What is the matter, baby?" She only continued rocking. Nothing else was seen. Everything else was cloudy and shrouded in darkness. Only her beautiful face was clear. She was so beautiful. Even Sesshoumaru, who thought humans to be revolting, thought to himself in a rather quick thought that she was lovely. Her eyes were a chocolate brown that held such softness in them. She was not as pale as most Japanese maidens. She held such life in her cheeks. Her hair was long and beautiful, and Sesshoumaru and Inochi could even remember the softness of it, and the gentle touch of her hands. She was so warm. Even standing in front of her, watching as she comforted their former self, they could feel her warmth.

"Don't fret, little one. Your mother and father love you very much. I shall always hold you in my heart." She kissed him on his forehead and began to sing to him. Her voice was like sunshine; it warmed you and gave you hope. "It would be nice if we could put away and throw out everything except what really mattered, but reality is just cruel. In such times, I see you laughing whenever I close my eyes. Until the day I reach eternal sleep, that smiling face will have to stay with me without fail. People are all sad, so they go on and forget, but…for that which I should love, for that which gives me love, I will do what I can. Back then, when we met, it was all awkward. We went a long way, didn't we? We got hurt, didn't we? Until the day I reach eternal sleep, that smiling face will have to stay with me without fail. Back then, when we met, it was awkward. We went the long way, didn't we? We got there in the end."

Inochi could not remember his mother or father. Seeing her was reassuring, but it still didn't make any sense to him. 'Why would she end her own life? She is sad, but why would she leave us?'

Sesshoumaru had never honestly given much thought to his mother before, and for her to be a mortal woman was an unfortunate truth indeed. Saikoubi placed her son in his crib and everything around Sesshoumaru and Inochi went black. "Finally this abomination is ending."

"No" Inochi reassured him. "I can still hear. Our eyes are closed."

"Brother" said Saikoubi. She sounded so frightened though. "What are you doing here? Have you stopped the villagers?" There was a pause for a long moment. "What are you doing with that, Brother?"

"I need to reassure the people, and this is the only way." His voice was cold and dark. He was not someone to be trusted.

"It is my uncle" Inochi said out loud.

"No! I won't let you!" Sesshoumaru and Inochi could hear the struggle going on. Saikoubi sounded like she was in pain, using all of her strength to supposedly fight off their uncle. "I won't let you kill them!"

'Mother?'

Sesshoumaru could feel himself about to move to actually help her, but he stopped himself. He couldn't see the enemy, and it was just a memory. Besides, it was a mortal woman after all.

"Please stop it, no! Inutashio! Ahhh!" Her struggle suddenly stopped and the baby began to cry again.

Inochi and Sesshoumaru were not fools. They heard it. They couldn't see it, but it was easy enough to figure out. 'She was murdered. Not even Myouga knew the truth…' Inochi could feel the anger beginning to burn within him. 'That treacherous snake! My uncle slaughtered her. He tried to kill us, but instead killed her. He then staged it as a suicide to Inutashio and Myouga and to everyone else; he lied to me and he told me that my father murdered her.'

"Again you learn that what you believed was wrong, mortal. Is there even a real truth anymore?" Sesshoumaru meant to mock him, but Inochi did not get upset. He was more disappointed that no one figured it out.

"There's nothing I can do to make sure he gets what he deserves, for he has been dead for many, many years."

The darkness soon left, and the fog returned. "Another memory?" Sesshoumaru did not wish to see anymore. He was disgusted with himself. He was disgusted that he felt his mother's warmth, the warmth of a mortal woman.

"We are soon to be separated. This might be the last one."

It was their last memory indeed. It was just like their first one, when everything was gray except for their parents. But this time, he only had his father holding him in the outskirts of the village. Myouga was on Inutashio's shoulder, but he had no color to him. He would talk, but no sound would come out. The only thing that mattered was Inutashio, who was holding his son. "He hasn't stopped crying since his mother died." Myouga replied back, but Sesshoumaru and Inochi could not hear what he was saying. They were both grateful that they couldn't hear Myouga speak. They both wanted to wipe him off of the face of existence for his betrayal. "She wished things were different." He was holding his son in one hand and the Shikon Jewel in the other. Inutashio had such sadness in his eyes. He had never been so heartbroken before. He had never loved, and now she was gone and he believed that it was his entire fault. "I shall grant her last request, using the power of the Jewel of Four Souls. It is said that it can grant the wishes of whoever holds it in possession." He held the jewel closer to his son and it began to glow brightly. "We shall see if the rumors are true, my son."

Sesshoumaru and Inochi could feel themselves being pulled away from each other. They weren't just watching it happen, but they could feel themselves being pulled away. The memory began to fade, for there was nothing else to remember. Now they had their own separate memories. As soon as the glowing of the Shikon Jewel stopped, Sesshoumaru and Inochi could see each other, and they were back in front of the castle. "We must have pulled into one."

"Or tried." Sesshoumaru said, and you could almost hear the relief in his voice. He didn't have to be a half demon ever again. "Shall we continue?" Sesshoumaru cracked his knuckles.

As soon as Inochi stepped closer to Sesshoumaru to fight him, the crescent moon on his head began to reappear. "I see. Father had it all locked away somehow, but if you and I continue fighting, then we shall once again-"

"We shall once again join bodies if we continue to fight, and as much as I hate the idea of letting you live, I find even less pleasure joining bodies with you again."

"Agreed" Inochi and Sesshoumaru dropped their defenses. They were done. The worst thing that could ever happen to them was to be rejoined into one body.

Demons had already descended upon the village. Sesshoumaru and Inochi had been occupied for a long while now. Inochi had to act fast in order to save what was left of his village and Sesshoumaru had no more quarrel there at the village. He began to leave, without saying a word of acknowledgement to his other half and that was fine with Inochi. He didn't want to acknowledge Sesshoumaru anyway. To Inochi, Sesshoumaru was still beneath him, and to Sesshoumaru, Inochi was beneath him. They were the same, only opposite.

"Ahhhh!" Inochi heard a familiar scream and knew who it was. He ran without thinking to the girl. It was Bijin who was covered in blood. Some was hers, and some was not. She had been fighting a long while and was about to be devoured by a giant worm demon. "Someone help!" She closed her eyes and waited for it all to end, but when she opened them; she saw the magnificent sight of Lord Inochi landing on his feet so gracefully and the worm demon that sought to devour her was gone. "Lord Inochi! You are still alive!"

He would have taken great insult to it, but he thought for sure that he would be dead as well. "You had best escape half breed. This is no place for you."

"But this is my village too!" she argued. "I can't turn my back on it."

"And why would you care for this village at all? You are aware of how humans and demons treat half breeds. Why protect them?"

"I'm not doing this for the village itself Lord Inochi" she got on her feet. "Lord Inochi, this is your village. You made it great, and I am not going to let some demons tear it down. You are too great to fall, Lord Inochi. I would do anything for you."

"Let her help."

Inochi turned around to see Kagome, Inuyasha, Miroku, Shippo, and Sango. "You are all foolish. Your wounds have not healed."

"That's never stopped me before" Inuyasha told him. "Stop being so stuck up and shut your trap! We're offering our help, so just accept it. I don't even want to." Inuyasha admitted. "Kagome's the one who wanted to help you."

"If it wasn't for you" Kagome said thankfully "we wouldn't be here right now. Kirara still needs time to heal, but the rest of us can help. Just let us."

"Just stay out of my way" Inochi told them. "What you do matters not to me. You can live, or you can die. It's of no consequence to me." Inochi's hand began to glow. "Just stay out of my way, weaklings." Inochi ran to other demons and began exploding them with just one touch from his hand.

"It all makes sense now" Sango said.

"Yes, even the way he moves is just like Sesshoumaru. We should have been able to figure it out, but it seems rather impossible, especially with how much Sesshoumaru talks about Inuyasha for being a half breed."

"No" Inuyasha smiled. "We should have known." Inuyasha looked up at the sky. The battle between Sesshoumaru and Inochi had raged on for a long time and the two of them were swallowed within the light of each other and the jewel shards for a long while as well. The night was now ending and the light began to shine through the darkness. "I disliked Inochi too much for him not to be my brother." Inuyasha's body began to pulse and his hair transformed back to its silver color and his eyes turned golden. "The night of the new moon is over." His claws and his fangs were the last to return. His wounds were just about completely gone now. "Now let's get started."

"Right" Kagome prepared to fire her arrows. "We've got to save what's left of the village." Many had died, but many of the villagers had fought on. The most damage had been caused by Sesshoumaru's earlier assault. No one could stand up to his might, but most of the village consisted of demon slayers and could stand up against some of the demons.

"It would seem that all of the demons from the forest have left to join against Lord Inochi. They wish to stop him here and now." Bijin was worried for the safety of her Lord.

"We're not going to let that happen!" Sango drew her sword. She didn't use it too often, but Sesshoumaru had destroyed her weapon. She was still determined to win though.

"Let's go, Sango." Miroku told her. "Shippo, I want you to stay here with Bijin. Make sure that nothing happens to her."

Shippo nodded. "I sure will." Miroku, Sango, Kagome, and Inuyasha began to help Inochi destroy as many demons as possible. There were more than just one hundred demons; there were thousands that had descended upon the village. The wind scar couldn't get rid of all of them at once, even though Inuyasha tried. Inochi wasn't sure where his sword was, but he figured that it was better to use his spiritual power against the demons anyway. Miroku was glad that he could use his wind tunnel all he liked. Usually, there would be some obstacle in his way stopping him from using it, like Naraku's poisonous insects. He just needed to make sure that he didn't overdo it.

"We are losing" one demon said. "We must join together and devour Inochi now!" All of the demons that everyone was battling fled from Inuyasha and his companions to Inochi.

"This is familiar" Sango said. "This reminds me of Priestess Midoriko and how she had battled for many days and many nights. Then the demons joined together and tried to devour her."

"We can't let that happen to Inochi!" Kagome yelled.

"He's immortal" Inuyasha pointed out. "He or Sesshoumaru cannot die. Those demons don't stand a chance against Inochi." Inuyasha began to sniff the air. 'Besides, I doubt Sesshoumaru wants to die anytime soon, even temporarily. He's still around here somewhere.'

"Come against me and perish!" Inochi told the demons that had begun to form into one. He had heard the story of Priestess Midoriko before, but there was one big difference between Midoriko and Inochi. "I do not fear demons, no matter how fierce they are" he told them as they completed their transformation into one giant demon. It reminded Inochi of a snake, but only because of its long and slim body. It had wings that looked like that of a demon and did possess arms. The fiercest feature of the demon was its fangs. When it opened its mouth to devour Inochi, Inochi could see that each one of its teeth was as large as Inochi's whole body.

"We've got to do something!" Kagome yelled. She began to run to him, but felt a tug from Inuyasha.

"Don't do anything Kagome."

"Why not? He needs our help."

"He needs to stop the demons here and now. If he doesn't, then they'll just be back bigger and stronger. You need to let him do this. You need to let him end this here and now, Kagome." Inuyasha let go of Kagome once she understood. "Don't worry. He can't die anyway."

"But what would happen if his whole body was destroyed?"

"That's an interesting question" Miroku said. "But we'll have to wait and see about the outcome. None of us really have enough strength to stop the demon. Not even Inuyasha has fully recovered from the battle with Sesshoumaru. We have no choice but to stand here and watch."

Bijin and Shippo were far away from Inuyasha, or Inochi, but Bijin knew that her Lord was in trouble. 'All shall be well though. I believe in him.' "You can do it Lord Inochi!"

Inochi called forth all of his spiritual power. He hadn't called so much at once before and was not sure what would happen to him, but he needed to. Inuyasha dropped to his knees and Shippo passed out from the spiritual power that Inochi was emitting. Sango could only hope that Kirara was alright inside the castle. The demon was in severe pain too, but it was determined to kill Inochi before it died. Inochi couldn't hold his ground for long. Sesshoumaru had wounded him greatly. "Do you wish to know what the difference is between me and everyone else, demon?" The demon charged straight for him with its mouth wide open. It was ready to destroy him. Inochi concentrated all of his energy in his hands and prepared himself. "Everyone else is beneath me." Inochi released his spiritual power at the demon and Inochi could feel all of his energy draining as the demon was ripping apart from the inside until it was nothing but pieces, but soon even the pieces disintegrated in the presence on Inochi's awesome power.

Inochi was exhausted and without meaning to, he dropped to his knees and tried to catch his breath. "No demon is strong enough to defeat me."

"I suppose not."

A small smirk snuck upon Inochi's face and he used what little strength he had to turn around to face his challenger. "So you've finally come out of hiding, Kakihara. It saves me the trouble of hunting you down, you pathetic excuse for a human."

"You think you are so mighty and so great, but I know the truth about you, Lord Inochi! You're not even human. It's not possible for you to be one, not after all I've done. Not after how hard I tried to kill you!" Kakihara had a sword grasped tightly in his hands. He was ready to kill Inochi. He wanted him gone.

"It's Kakihara" Miroku informed his friends.

"I knew there was something about him that I didn't like" Inuyasha pointed out. "All of these assaults on Inochi and the village have been all because of him!" What was left of the villagers that were fighting was shocked at this grave news. They all trusted Kakihara. "He wanted to assume power."

"You didn't try at all." Inochi said to Kakihara with distaste. "You succeeded, twice."

"How is it that you're still alive? Are you a demon?"

"Do you seek to take my place and rule over this land?" Inochi remembered what he had read about his uncle and remembered how he slaughtered his mother. "You're the most pitiful sight I've ever seen, Kakihara. You've been blessed with the gift of humanity, and yet you still wish to act like a savage beast. You don't deserve to live."

"And so what, Lord Inochi?" he asked mockingly. "Do you wish to kill me? Fine then, slaughter me! Then we can both be beasts!"

"I am nothing like you, and I am not a demon. Killing you won't make me one. We're nothing alike. I shall kill you, because you don't deserve to live. It will not weigh on my conscious."

"You cannot even stand up." Kakihara raised his sword in the air. "You cannot defend yourself."

"Inuyasha, do something!" Kagome yelled. Inuyasha was still weak from Inochi's burst of power though and wouldn't get to Inochi in time to save him.

"No! Lord Inochi!" Bijin felt herself begin to break. "Please someone!"

Inochi couldn't move. He only prepared himself, knowing that he could be resurrected again, but there was a quick flash of light, faster than what Inochi could pick up with his eyes. Kakihara suddenly stopped with his sword in midair. "Kakihara?" He dropped his sword on the ground and could not speak, and his heart stopped beating. A red line of blood formed in the middle of Kakihara and when it had formed all around his body, it spilt into two. "What?" Inochi looked ahead to see his other half with his fingers still stretched out and glowing "Sesshoumaru?"

"No way!" said Inuyasha "Sesshoumaru just saved him."

Inochi found it hard to believe it himself. "Sesshoumaru…"

"Don't think anything has changed between us, human." Sesshoumaru still spoke with just as much disgust as ever and his eyes were still cold. "I just didn't feel like dying. That is all."

They exchanged glances, and that was it. Sesshoumaru wanted nothing else to do with Inochi, and Inochi felt the same way. 'Things will never change between us, demon. You are still a pathetic soul and I still despise you.' Sesshoumaru had been wounded by Inochi, but he had enough strength to fly. He transformed into a ball of light and flew away from the sight of Inochi, and Inochi was glad. 'I hope I never encounter you again, my blood brother. You are still a demon, and I am still a human.'

It had been a bloody day, but at least Kakihara was dead, and the threat from the demons of the forest was gone. Many had died, but in the end, Inochi and his village survived. Inuyasha and his friends only needed another day of rest and then they felt good enough to travel again. Even Kirara's severe wounds had time to heal. At the outskirts of the village, Inochi and Bijin were with Inuyasha, saying goodbye. "How unfortunate for me" Inuyasha teased "I've discovered I have another brother."

"How unfortunate indeed" Inochi replied, very coldly, just like Sesshoumaru would. "You had best keep your distance from Sesshoumaru. He has spared you before, but now knowing my secret may cost you your life."

"I'm not scared of Sesshoumaru" Inuyasha replied. "I'll take him on anytime, anywhere."

Inochi found Inuyasha's ignorance to be amusing, and a smile almost crept on his face. "You always were a fool, Inuyasha."

"Why you-"

"So anyway" Shippo asked jumping on Inuyasha's shoulder. "You are going to change your policy on demons, aren't you? We're not all bad."

"His policy doesn't need to change" Inuyasha told Shippo. "Demons are bad, and most humans are good. Just because there are some exceptions, doesn't mean his beliefs are wrong. He shouldn't change how he runs his village."

"Just know that when you become a full demon, I will kill you, Inuyasha." Inochi handed Inuyasha the jewel shards that he had stolen from Kagome while she was sleeping.

"If you can."

"Goodbye, Lord Inochi" said Myouga, who jumped on Inuyasha's shoulder.

"And where have you been? I haven't seen you since Inochi and Sesshoumaru were still trying to kill each other!"

"My apologies…" He bowed his head to Inochi. "I am very sorry I kept this a secret for so long. I was trying to honor your father's word."

'My father…' Inochi hated the thought of having a demon for a father, but he could still remember him. He only had two memories of his father, but he knew that his father cared for him, and he had to at least respect that. "I won't kill you now Myouga, but I had better not see you again." Myouga hid himself from the sight of Inochi and moved to Inuyasha's backside.

"Thank you all" Bijin said. "I'll miss all of you." Bijin was smiling brightly now. She could be at Inochi's side.

"And thank you for all of your help as well" Miroku grabbed her hands and smiled at her. "For a beauty such as yourself-"

He was cut off when Sango hit Miroku on the head with her giant boomerang. "And thank you very much for repairing my weapon, Lord Inochi. I don't know what I'd do without it."

"Take care" Kagome told Inochi and Bijin. As they were walking away, parting with each other, Kagome became worried for Bijin's sake and wondered if she would be alright in the end. 'What am I worrying for? Inochi will treat her well. He can hide it all he wants, but he cares for her, just like Sesshoumaru protects that little girl Rin. Those two will be alright in the end.' Kagome kept a smile on her face.

"You don't think Inuyasha will speak of your secret?" Bijin asked Inochi with such fret. "If the villagers knew then-"

"Inuyasha will not speak my secret. He hates me and Sesshoumaru, but he wouldn't speak our secret. Inuyasha himself finds it odd enough." 'I have no quarrel with you until you become a full fledge demon Inuyasha, and that's if you can control the jewel. If you cannot, you might just end up being like Sesshoumaru and I.'

Jaken was afraid to ask Lord Sesshoumaru anything. He had been quiet and cold, more than usual. 'To find out that he was a half demon all along must surely tear him up inside.' "Uh…" he was petrified "my Lord, might I ask…"

"What is it Jaken?" Sesshoumaru interrupted, which made Jaken jump back with fear. Sesshoumaru continued on speaking though. "Has anything changed? The Tokijin is gone but my left arm has been restored." Jaken was about to mention Sesshoumaru's true heritage, but Sesshoumaru continued on speaking, and he was calm and cold, as usual. He didn't raise his voice, even though his origin was disgusting. "Jaken, the fact that my mother was not a demon, does not change anything. I am still a full blooded demon and I still despise mortals. My focus has not changed. After I destroy Naraku, I shall rule over all. That has not changed."

"I see…" Jaken trailed off.

"I have discovered the reason to my spontaneous deaths, but, I have also learned that it is impossible for me to lose my life."

"Yes, my Lord."

"For every downfall, there is a gain, Jaken. Much has changed, but I still hate mortals, and that fact shall never cease."

'You hate mortals, and yet you are so kind to me, Lord Sesshoumaru.' Rin was riding on top of Ah-Un. "I promise I'll keep it a secret, Lord Sesshoumaru! I'll be loyal to you forever."

"Jaken, if you would ever utter a word, you will die."

"I would never!" Jaken yelled it from the top of his lungs to reassure his Lord that he would never ever think of doing such a thing. "You are still the greatest demon that ever lived, Lord Sesshoumaru!"

"Agreed" Rin said happily.

Sesshoumaru must have been blessed with a lot of patience for deal with Jaken and Rin everyday. That was something his father never had possession over. 'I suppose I inherited it from that human woman.' Yes, it was still disgusting to him, but he couldn't shake the feeling from when she saw her holding him. He honestly hadn't given much thought to his mother before. His father never mentioned her, and neither did Myouga, so Sesshoumaru himself never thought her to be that important. He wondered, but not much. He never asked one time about who she was, not that his father would answer. He still hated humans, and he still thought Inuyasha to be disgusting and worthless. He tried not to think of that half breed child he saw deep within his hidden memories, but there was one thing he couldn't forget: He felt his mother's warmth. "Let's be off."

"Yes my Lord."

"So" Shippo asked Inuyasha as they continued in their travels "does this really change anything? Was that effective in anyway?"

"Sure it was!" Inuyasha practically yelled. He was so excited. "I've got plenty of ammo to use for our next battle with Sesshoumaru."

"Don't do that to him, Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled. "Sit boy!"

"Ahhh!" Kagome totally blew his whole entire mood. He was steaming as soon as he stood up. "And what's your problem!"

"I feel bad for him…a little bit."

"I kind of do too" Sango admitted.

"You people are crazy! What about all of the battles that we've gotten into? What about him trying to kill us?"

"Well," Miroku jumped in "we were prying into his business, Inuyasha."

"You guys are so stupid! What about all those times he called me a half breed? He's called me worthless more times than what I can count! He deserves every bad thing that happens. He's a lousy hypocrite!"

"But he didn't know." Kagome argued. "How would you feel if your whole life, you had been living a lie? Poor Inochi grew up an orphan, thinking that a demon killed his mother in cold blood. Then he learned the rest in pieces. He thought his dad killed his mom, and then he thought his mom killed herself, only to figure out that his uncle who raised him was responsible for her death. Not even Myouga knew the whole truth. I feel bad for Inochi especially, but I also feel bad for Sesshoumaru as well. I mean, what if you found out that your mother wasn't really your mom, Inuyasha?"

"That's totally different! It's not the same situation at all, Kagome!"

"Besides," Kagome sighed "I think Sesshoumaru is disgusted with you personally more than the fact of you being a half demon."

Miroku nodded his head in agreement. "I second that, Kagome."

"You guys are supposed to be on my side." None of his friends would waver. 'To be living a lie for that long though…it would be horrible, but you of all creatures doesn't deserve to feel the gentle touch of a mortal woman's hand, especially someone as loving as a mother, Sesshoumaru.' "Let's just get out of here! We've got a demon to kill!"

Inochi caressed his mother's journal with his fingers gently and only cursed himself for not knowing the truth. 'A human priestess for a mother and a demon Lord for my father; how very strange indeed.' He sat the book down on his floor. 'I know you are still upset, blood brother. You always will be. We will always be, but you can't deny that you felt the warmth of our human mother, and you for a brief moment, loved her back.'

"Lord Sesshoumaru?" Rin spotted him looking off into to distance, in deep concentration. He often did, but she was worried about him. "Is there something the matter?"

Something was the matter, but he didn't answer her question. 'I understand why my father kept such a secret. I still can barely understand now. Why would you make the mistake of being with a mortal woman twice, father?'

Her voice played back in his head. "Don't fret, little one. Your mother and father love you very much. I shall always hold you in my heart."

'I still do not understand your actions, father. To fall in love with a mortal…' He glanced behind him and saw Rin happily humming, and the image of his mother singing to him as a baby, that he had worked so hard to forget, plagued his mind once again. 'I still don't understand.'

"It would be nice if we could put away and throw out everything except what really mattered, but reality is just cruel. In such times, I see you laughing whenever I close my eyes. Until the day I reach eternal sleep, that smiling face will have to stay with me without fail. People are all sad, so they go on and forget, but…for that which I should love, for that which gives me love, I will do what I can. Back then, when we met, it was all awkward. We went a long way, didn't we? We got hurt, didn't we? Until the day I reach eternal sleep, that smiling face will have to stay with me without fail. Back then, when we met, it was awkward. We went the long way, didn't we? We got there in the end."


THE END!

A/N: Thank you very much for reading this story! I loved it to death! I was always excited to write it and I had a nice run with it. Please review or I will cry my eyes out! I hope you read the preview for "The Ruler of All" and that will be coming in September or October, so watch out for it. It will be really good! I promise it will be. Feel free to check out "Irony" or "Shattered Innocence" while you wait for the new one, and please always review.

Domo Arigato!

Name Meanings:

Saikoubi: Lovely One (The most lovely name, for a very lovely person.)

Inochi: Life (I forget the meaning of Sesshoumaru's name, but it has something to do with destruction, so I thought life would be the appropriate turn around.)

Bijin: Beautiful One (I chose this because she's the most beautiful girl in the village.)

Kakihara: Enclosed Field (I don't even remember why. I had a good explanation, but I can't remember it anymore.)

Goodbye everybody! I love you!